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by Alphawolf45
Fri Dec 11, 2020 10:33 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: shoulder replacement
Replies: 14
Views: 2823

Re: shoulder replacement

I didnt know they did shoulder replacements , that is replacing both the ball and socket? I'd like to hear how a shoulder got that bad. I had shoulder surgery 2 months ago .The surgeon had to reattach 3 tendons that had torn away from the bone and a 4th tendon was cut and screwed down to another loc...
by Alphawolf45
Sun Dec 06, 2020 2:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Done
Replies: 18
Views: 3945

Re: For Those Who Think Facebook Isn't Anti White, Anti American . . . . .

Well us regular types dont care a pimple about skin color but rather obsess over behavior . I still say there ought to be a hunting season on the really evil ones that the courts let out jails and prisons. Hey it could be a lottery for hunting permits and strict bag limits and daytime hunting only a...
by Alphawolf45
Sun Dec 06, 2020 10:23 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Most of you probably know this ...
Replies: 27
Views: 4112

Re: Most of you probably know this ...

I like it that seems everybody here reloads.. Personally I completely despise reloading but I have to do it. I am fortunate to have a nice stockpile of components , BUT now I want to shoot enough to get decent at a shooting match that I am not any good at . I didnt stockpile enough to fire that 10,0...
by Alphawolf45
Thu Nov 26, 2020 9:42 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Done
Replies: 11
Views: 2092

Re: Impressions After First 10,000 Rds Handloaded On My XL 750

I use a Dillon 650 and very happy with it except I have had issues enough with the primer feeder so that I ordered a new primer feeder assembly. Now with this thread I would like to know if the Dillon 750 primer feeder would mount to a 650? Ole Steve has made the 750 primer feeder sound mighty good....
by Alphawolf45
Thu Nov 19, 2020 5:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Done
Replies: 9
Views: 1645

Re: Cleanlyness is Next to . . . . . . .

OMG Steve This makes my life so much easier. I dont have as much brass as you have but the stuff I have is filling lil coffee cans and zip lock bags seems to be all over the place..I dont snack ever so I will tell my wife to order a half dozen of those 55 oz plastic jars and she gets to munch on wha...
by Alphawolf45
Thu Nov 19, 2020 2:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Done
Replies: 9
Views: 1645

Re: Cleanlyness is Next to . . . . . . .

My shop is 4600 sq feet of bad mess. And it always will be. I respect clean and orderly but that aint a priority for me.. But Steve , I seen your bench pictures before and I been meaning to pry.. Where in the world did you get the big plastic jugs to hold brass and such? That addition alone to my sh...
by Alphawolf45
Thu Nov 19, 2020 12:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Family issues, need prayers big time
Replies: 15
Views: 2510

Re: Family issues, need prayers big time

OP I feel for you . I'd really hate to have a missing family member.. I wonder how I would feel if my older brother croaked. My wife flew to OKC this morning because her very lucid ,sharp as a tack- 93 year old Korean War veteran Father is waiting as best as he can for his scattered children to gath...
by Alphawolf45
Thu Nov 19, 2020 6:35 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Home recovering from knee surgery- might get expensive
Replies: 15
Views: 2670

Re: Home recovering from knee surgery- might get expensive

My wife had total knee replacement 3 years ago. Two weeks later she was walking painfree and the Doctor dismissed her , told her that he didnt need to see her anymore. I had shoulder surgery 7 weeks ago and I quit the Doctor visits 2 weeks after the operation and not going to physical therapy.. I th...
by Alphawolf45
Thu Oct 22, 2020 12:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 1873 Winchester iron receivers
Replies: 25
Views: 3211

Re: 1873 Winchester iron receivers

The iron used in the Win. 1873 and '76 would have been wrought iron and certainly up to the challenge of standing to the pressure of cartridges of the era. Also due to the silicon and other impurities in the iron matrix there is an inherent resistance to rusting . Forged wrought iron parts are good ...
by Alphawolf45
Fri Aug 28, 2020 4:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Winchester 92 Mag tube.
Replies: 4
Views: 908

Re: Winchester 92 Mag tube.

Numrich sells tubular mags . I just now got 4 of them for 4 Marlins I am building. I did get one a while back for a Win 92. If the question is how much trouble is fitting a new tube mag , my answer is that there cant be much to as I find it very easy and I am not a gunsmith - just a machinist that l...
by Alphawolf45
Thu Aug 20, 2020 1:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 1892 firing pin
Replies: 7
Views: 1142

Re: 1892 firing pin

Sorry if I am stating the obvious . Turning the 92's firing pin 180 degrees puts the flat side of the FP up into FP's front hole. . Put it correct side up and any crud or rust inside the FP hole near the breach face end will put the FP out of alignment. Could even have been the cause - previously in...
by Alphawolf45
Mon Aug 17, 2020 7:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Has there ever been a lever action
Replies: 15
Views: 3488

Re: Has there ever been a lever action

Shasta You have a 92 with a 65 barrel . I have a 65 that I removed the (freshly relined) .218 BEE barrel and changed to a new .32-20 barrel which sorta makes it a 92..Hehhehh, Naw the .218 BEE or the .22 Hornet are devastating to small critters but there is no silhouette match that I can use either ...
by Alphawolf45
Thu Jul 30, 2020 12:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My .32-40 Winchester
Replies: 7
Views: 1720

Re: My .32-40 Winchester

You had me going for a long minute there. Unfamiliar with the cartridge I had to read up on it . Ohhh yeah I could want one bad and now .I love target shooting.. Then I remembered that I already have too many rifles chambered for cartridges that have to reload for and I have no heirs that are that d...
by Alphawolf45
Thu Jul 30, 2020 7:56 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: More Range Time with the Marlin Project Rifle
Replies: 10
Views: 1224

Re: More Range Time with the Marlin Project Rifle

Nice groups JimT . The rifle was rusty everywhere on the outside .What was it like inside the bore?
by Alphawolf45
Tue Jul 28, 2020 9:41 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Portland Saturday @ 6am
Replies: 20
Views: 2676

Re: Portland Saturday @ 6am

You guys are too radical.. I say catch the rioters , inject them with a GPS tracking device and release them.. Then issue hunting permits . :D
by Alphawolf45
Sun Jul 26, 2020 11:22 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Regarding that Rossi 92 I picked up . . .
Replies: 7
Views: 1413

Re: Regarding that Rossi 92 I picked up . . .

My meds cause me some confusion so if I ever say Marlin 95 or Marlin 92 in a thread about Winchesters 95 or 92 , forgive me. Chemo does that. I want to praise Steves springs.. I rebuilt a Winchester 65 that had been through a fire while loaded and blew it up to bad condition. Even blew the loading g...
by Alphawolf45
Fri Jul 17, 2020 9:19 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A Man With Guts, and a BAR
Replies: 7
Views: 1730

Re: A Man With Guts, and a BAR

How was it that he was alone for two hours? No comrades , artillary or air support? A feel good story but sounds fishy to me.
by Alphawolf45
Thu Jul 16, 2020 7:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gun Store Clerk
Replies: 17
Views: 3064

Re: Gun Store Clerk

I was in my favorite gunshop buying some rifle or pistol or something I dont recall.. The youngster behind the counter has been selling to me for several years. I told him I had scratch built a rifle chambered for an obsolete round and that I wasnt afraid if somebody stole it from me as I'd have the...
by Alphawolf45
Fri Jul 10, 2020 4:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Question / POLL
Replies: 115
Views: 20507

Re: Question / POLL

I am 64 1/2 .Wife owns two horses that are boarded at a riding school/ranch down the road. It occurred to me today that the last time I saw those horses I didnt have a grey hair on my head but now I have all white hair.. Wish dogs lived as long as horses.
by Alphawolf45
Fri Jul 10, 2020 10:52 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Need some Marlin 1893 takedown advice
Replies: 11
Views: 2158

Re: Need some Marlin 1893 takedown advice

I got phone call from Green Mountain saying that they are out of the .38-55 barrels, the virus has them working without making new barrels for the time being.. . So I ordered a .40-65 barrel for the scratch built Sharps I started 7 or 8 years ago.. There isnt much to finish on the Sharps . I already...
by Alphawolf45
Wed Jul 08, 2020 8:44 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Need some Marlin 1893 takedown advice
Replies: 11
Views: 2158

Re: Need some Marlin 1893 takedown advice

I am flattered that .45Colt and Fordwannabe still remembers me. I am bothered by two kinds of cancer at the same time. Not the really bad stuff though and I just mention it because the chemo takes away energy and fogs your mind. So I cant get much work done in a days time. Now I will admit something...
by Alphawolf45
Tue Jul 07, 2020 8:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Need some Marlin 1893 takedown advice
Replies: 11
Views: 2158

Re: Need some Marlin 1893 takedown advice

Thankyou Sixgun .That underside of the magazine picture explains it all . I appreciate it :D I will try to make mine look as good as yours but it will take a miracle, or just a lot of time loving on it. , who would take a hammer to a rifle anyway?
Steven
by Alphawolf45
Tue Jul 07, 2020 1:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Need some Marlin 1893 takedown advice
Replies: 11
Views: 2158

Need some Marlin 1893 takedown advice

I build guns for a hobby- and in better days I compete with them. Last one I finished was a scratch built Marlin 1889 in .25-20 caliber. Also I built the Marlin 1892 , rebuilt an 1888 - am scratchbuilding another one of those , and rebuilt a 336 and a model 60.. I rather like Marlins. So about 10 ye...
by Alphawolf45
Wed Jan 02, 2019 4:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: how would you like walking up on this
Replies: 32
Views: 3793

Re: how would you like walking up on this

I must say that you guys here are a close knit group that will never let a new guy in. I am perhaps 70% as edumacated in lever actions and reloading as the real experts here.....I don't rate high but I have some experience.. But I get no replies to my posts nor any respect.
by Alphawolf45
Wed Jan 02, 2019 2:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: how would you like walking up on this
Replies: 32
Views: 3793

Re: how would you like walking up on this

6 or 8 years ago I was hiking/camping alone thru a wilderness following a growed over trail with bushes and tall grass. Out of corner of my eye I saw something strike at my boot. Looking down I saw that my left hiking pole had pinned a small rattler to the ground .. I jumped as far down the trail as...
by Alphawolf45
Tue Jan 01, 2019 2:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Winchester 1873 dimensions?
Replies: 12
Views: 3147

Re: Winchester 1873 dimensions?

The book "Winchester Lever Action Repeating Firearms" Volume 1 by Arthur Pirkle has majority of the dimensions you require. I did build an 1873 in .22lr but I cheated on the extractor so it would need some rework to get it to function reliably.. I use a scratch built Marlin 1892 repeating ...
by Alphawolf45
Tue Dec 04, 2018 10:24 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Rossi 92 sights
Replies: 5
Views: 1510

Re: Rossi 92 sights

I have a Winchester model 65 that I rebuilt after a fire. The 65 is same as a 92 except it has pistol grip and a peep sight on the bolt. .I have not shot it enough to have worked up a really good load for it. Does however seem that the inconsistent bolt lockup spreads the shots around a bit.. I've u...
by Alphawolf45
Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Help quitting the beer
Replies: 43
Views: 5532

Re: Help quitting the beer

I am what I call a high functioning alcoholic...I am 62 1/2 .I can drink a half gallon of 80 proof and get up feeling fine the next morning...Now I have cancer and chemo treatments for the next 2 years..I have now from some necesity cut back to a pint of an evening..Booze is one of my favorite topic...
by Alphawolf45
Sun Sep 02, 2018 5:16 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Marbles tang sight. IMPRESSIVE.
Replies: 9
Views: 2300

Re: Marbles tang sight. IMPRESSIVE.

I use the Marbles tang sight on one rifle for two silhouette matches..Found that folding it down to go into the gun case and raising it again for use was moving the horizontal adjustment.The detent spring wasnt strong enough so I installed a spring so stout it takes real strength to move it.
by Alphawolf45
Wed Aug 15, 2018 4:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My brand new Marlin 1889 in .25-20
Replies: 25
Views: 3207

Re: My brand new Marlin 1889 in .25-20

No ,I dont deserve the praise.I just dont quit is my one virtue.The perseverance deserves an honorable mention but that is all. I had the idea for a while that I could replicate any firearm ever produced...Then a good friend loaned me his Broom handle mauser..I took it apart and my reaction was Ohh ...
by Alphawolf45
Wed Aug 15, 2018 9:28 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My brand new Marlin 1889 in .25-20
Replies: 25
Views: 3207

Re: My brand new Marlin 1889 in .25-20

oldwin I appreciate the enlightenment.Interesting stuff and I was unaware of all of it.. 3leggedturtle The Marlin 1889 is plenty stout...It is the model 1888 that has the weakness..The cartridge lifter comes up and stays up for the shot,(it has to stay up or you would not be able to load cartridges ...
by Alphawolf45
Mon Aug 13, 2018 4:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My brand new Marlin 1889 in .25-20
Replies: 25
Views: 3207

Re: My brand new Marlin 1889 in .25-20

Well oldwin... I doubt Marlin needed much encouragement to design away from the model 1888...It is a very weak design. Can you show evidence that Winchester sued Marlin over the Marlin 1888 design?? I would like to see that...The Marlin model 1888 is a terrible designed product that would have faile...
by Alphawolf45
Mon Aug 13, 2018 9:06 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My brand new Marlin 1889 in .25-20
Replies: 25
Views: 3207

Re: My brand new Marlin 1889 in .25-20

Thought I was gonna die from the cancer but caught it quick and it is one of the easier to treat cancers..So I am good there..However while I was worrying over it and I looked at my unfinished projects, I came to realize that I had no friends to pass them to who would be able to finish one.. I also ...
by Alphawolf45
Sun Aug 12, 2018 10:32 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My brand new Marlin 1889 in .25-20
Replies: 25
Views: 3207

Re: My brand new Marlin 1889 in .25-20

I must tell you that the real master of gun replications..Charlie , has gave up his machinery and moved to the Ukraine to live out his remaining days in the arms of a very nice lady....I will miss him and be happy for him..
by Alphawolf45
Sun Aug 12, 2018 10:27 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My brand new Marlin 1889 in .25-20
Replies: 25
Views: 3207

Re: My brand new Marlin 1889 in .25-20

And one last picture.
by Alphawolf45
Sun Aug 12, 2018 10:23 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My brand new Marlin 1889 in .25-20
Replies: 25
Views: 3207

Re: My brand new Marlin 1889 in .25-20

And below the Marlin 1889 is my .22 lr replication of Marlins 1892..I have shot that one in a couple dozen matches and won a few but never really embarrassed myself.
by Alphawolf45
Sun Aug 12, 2018 10:20 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My brand new Marlin 1889 in .25-20
Replies: 25
Views: 3207

My brand new Marlin 1889 in .25-20

Three years back I bought a nice old Marlin 1889 for $700.00...Here it is.Well no, I gave that rifle to a friend..What you see is a home shop built replication..It isnt really a Marlin but a faithful replication by Alphawolf. I have cancer that has kept me from shooting my favorite shooting matches ...
by Alphawolf45
Wed May 09, 2018 8:23 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My Response to EBay's cry for help
Replies: 22
Views: 4690

Re: My Response to EBay's cry for help

Taxing purchases made online (and not just affecting Ebay) is very bad for those of us that live miles from town of any size and rely on the internet...I'll go to town to buy a firearm to avoid transfer hassles but the same store does not stock scope mounts , tang or globe sights nor a host of other...
by Alphawolf45
Thu Apr 19, 2018 11:06 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Just Because
Replies: 12
Views: 1830

Re: Just Because

I have a Rossi .357 with 24 inch octagon barrel. I use it for pistol caliber silhouette matches and a lever action rifle caliber silhouette match..Couldnt tell you how many thousands of rounds I have fired thru mine and the only trouble I ever had with it was one time the screw that holds the trigge...
by Alphawolf45
Mon Feb 12, 2018 10:29 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Anybody here still drive a stick shift?
Replies: 67
Views: 11203

Re: Anybody here still drive a stick shift?

#29 Post by JHarold » Mon Jan 08, 2018 9:04 pm The only time I hate my stick shift is when I am eating an ice cream cone! Top I got in a vicious fight with a black belt katate instructor..When we were finished they hauled him to the hospital with broken ribs. I got in my 1953 GMC pickup with 3 on th...
by Alphawolf45
Fri Feb 02, 2018 6:53 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: "Beer Is Good For You"
Replies: 17
Views: 3192

Re: "Beer Is Good For You"

I am an alcoholic and I worked hard at getting to this point so I am not ashamed to admit it... I have developed an actual addiction to rum..I can drink a pint or a quart every night and feel great in the morning but withdrawel symptoms begin 8 hrs after my last drink..My hands tremble at first and ...
by Alphawolf45
Wed Nov 01, 2017 2:21 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bought My Granddaughter a "Radio Flyer" Wagon!
Replies: 11
Views: 1703

Re: Bought My Granddaughter a "Radio Flyer" Wagon!

My Dad deceased now claimed that when the wagon was about to be introduced the company held a contest for kids to come up for a name for it..Radios at that time were a very hot commodity so the name associated with the childs product sold a lot of wagons....Ohh yeah Dad claimed that he was the child...
by Alphawolf45
Wed Oct 18, 2017 8:10 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Chamber and barrel inserts
Replies: 19
Views: 4176

Re: Chamber and barrel inserts

I will agree that,"The offset rimfire chambers look hopelessly imprecise to shoot anything a 22 is appropriate for." But I shoot a BPCR .22 match that is shot out to 200 yards and the guys using the offset .22 inserts in Highwall, Stevens and Sharps rifles barreled and chambered for .40-65...
by Alphawolf45
Mon Oct 09, 2017 11:27 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Identify Old Outboard Motor
Replies: 8
Views: 2287

Re: Identify Old Outboard Motor

I cant identify it..Being a machinist, my hobby for a year was buying old outboards and rebuilding them..I now use a 1947 2 cylinder 7.5 hp Firestone engine on an antique Winchester brand fishing boat. I can take a rusted solid engine and use a slide hammer to pull piston out of the bore and reweld ...
by Alphawolf45
Sat Sep 30, 2017 5:01 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Competition Shoot
Replies: 90
Views: 13462

Re: Competition Shoot

I wish I had seen this thread when it started. Offhand levergun shooting is my only match that I attend (up to 5 matches per month). I am not very good with the pistol caliber rifles and the extra incentive of this forum match would have given me motivation to get to the range more often.My primary ...
by Alphawolf45
Sat Apr 15, 2017 7:50 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: You know you're old when......
Replies: 11
Views: 2563

Re: You know you're old when......

You forgot to add that you now get up at the same time you used to get home from a good night out on the town.
by Alphawolf45
Fri Apr 14, 2017 6:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Sex In Marriages
Replies: 15
Views: 2722

Re: Sex In Marriages

My wife and I been married 31 years and I complain and raise the roof that I don't get it enough. .But, we manage to hookup every Monday thru thurs. and once in a while twice a day...It has been this way for the full 31 years. Was not what we agreed upon before marriage but she is stubborn. Y'never ...
by Alphawolf45
Fri Feb 17, 2017 10:52 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Charlie?
Replies: 20
Views: 3632

Re: Charlie?

Charlie and I are sort of opposites.. As an engineer by trade it made him both highly particular and capable but also exceptionally proud of his work.. When he took a work in progress picture he made certain the pieces shown were without tool marks and highly polished PLUS he put as much efforts int...
by Alphawolf45
Thu Feb 16, 2017 5:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Charlie?
Replies: 20
Views: 3632

Re: Charlie?

Charlie had some serious issues in his personal life a couple years ago and I don't believe he has regained the ambition to build anything.. I am scratch building a Marlin 1888 and an 1889 and can attest to fact that it don't take much distraction to slow or stop a project. Seems it has been about 9...
by Alphawolf45
Tue May 17, 2016 6:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Squirrel rifle finished
Replies: 31
Views: 3502

Re: Squirrel rifle finished

I agree , beautiful work.. But as a rifle to shoot squirrels I think it is lacking profoundly. Though I know there are persons capable of clean kills with one shot on squirrels with nearly every shot I suspect that group of shooters is dying out rapidly.......I am an offhand silhouette shooter (AAA ...