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I just picked up a 9422 built in 1972 that has been well used. The metal is marred, but not too bad. The wood was dented, scuffed and gouged and needed some attention. I used Zip Strip to clean off the finish, a wet wash cloth and an iron to steam out the dents in the wood, 0000 steel wool to take o...

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I had some kitchen cabinets that were really dulled out and dry. I put on Watco Danish oil stain and it livened that wood up immediately. You will know in about 30 seconds if it is going to work. I haven't seen it fail myself. I wouldn't use any of the poly finishes on a gun because it is hard to re...

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Safe travels Blaine. Enjoy the trip and have a safe return.

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Small point of fact. The British navy didn't beat the Spanish armada. Weather did the job nicely. I imagine had the entire armada faced the British, both at full strength, the story would have been much different. British navy folks always seem to forget this little point. Well, yeah, they're Briti...

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Good one!

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Can't say for sure if you made the right decision or not, but your comment about the magazine has me wondering. I bought an extra magazine for my 88 that came from a Model 100. I bought it from a friend with the stipulation that if it didn't work in my 88, I would return it. Loaded it worked fine, b...

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Say....has it been dry fired much do you think? Nath. The only dry fires that I am aware of would be that shot taken after the last shot in the magazine was sent down range. I bought the gun used and have shot it a couple thousand times I'd guess. I don't know what the previous owner did with it, a...

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I took my daughter out shooting last weekend and were having a great time until the BL22 stopped firing. I checked the ammo and found no strike on the brass, so I figured the firing pin was broken. I went home and started the learning process of how to disassemble the BL22. After removing the broken...

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[quote="southfork"]It seems that there aren't too many firing Model 1886 Winchesters out there these days in 40-82. I guess maybe that's because reloading components haven't exactly been plentiful for that caliber. I had a thought about using .405 jacketed bullets made by Hornady in reload...

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I was watching a show that was set in the 1800's in the southern US. As the kid walked along, I saw a house through the trees that was a modern ranch style home. You ever notice that in The Man From Snowy River, in some of the shots when the horses are running by, there are two men riding a couple o...

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The longer wood ahead of the band is an older style, and came back in the 90's I think. The shorter fore ends came about in the late 30's or 40's. The longer wood looks much nicer to me. IIRC, they went from the longer to the shorter wood in 1950-51. The 1950 rifles had longer wood and the 51's hav...

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What is the rate of twist in the new 45-90? My original 86 won't stabilize a 405 grain bullet.

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My first choice will be my 40-82. http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg193/Brugeo_4082/Gun%20stuff/1886%2040-82/1886_4082_8a-2.jpg Second choice is my model 64 in 32 Win. Special. This is a really sweet gun with a great trigger and its light as a feather when compared to the 86! http://i248.photobuc...

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Blaine, I was wondering where you came up with that!

Must've been a skeleton in your closet!

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Bimart opened a store here a few months ago. Every once in a while they have a few pounds of powder, but they have had CCI primers for 3.59 per 100. Large rifle is scarce, but they have had a steady supply of small pistol and large pistol. Remington large rifle are 4.69 when they have them. One othe...

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Nice rifle, Rusty!

My first rifle was a 721 in 06. They are fine guns and are surprisingly accurate. I always thought mine wasa 2" gun at 100 yards until I shot it from a lead sled and had a 3/4 inch group at 100 yards!

Keep packing it in the woods and you will bag that deer.

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My prayers are with him.

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Take the cardboard roll from the center of a roll of toilet paper, put a piece of cheese in one end. put it on the edge of a counter so the end with the bait extends out over the edge. Place this over a wastebasket half full of water. The mouse enters the roll, walks toward the bait, and the TP roll...

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I bought a old 94 that sat for 50 years & the safety button was gummed up & stayed up I took the stock off & blasted it clean with carb cleaner then lightly oiled things up been working great ever since ollogger That may well be what is needed. I wish my Brother would've let me take the...

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Griff wrote:Winchester Bob:
W94105 FINGER LEVER SAFETY SPRING L SHAPED FLAT LIKE EARLY ORIGINAL $6.00

Thanks Griff. I knew I had seen it somewhere. Dang elderly moments anyway!

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Yesterday, I met up with my brother to go out to the Columbia River where we spent a great deal of time when we were growing up. As a side activity, we took the 1886 Winchester 40-82 and the 1894 Winchester 30-30 rifle that our Dad had out for some exercise. It seemed fitting because it was the day ...

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I shot a friend's in the early 70's. All I can remember for sure is that it was an absolute tack driver! The Belgium Brownings are first rate when it comes to fit and finish. IIRC, it did come from the factory with a peep site on it. In those days, I didn't appreciate the peep site like I do now wit...

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Can you see the far shore of Lake Superior or is it over the horizon? Thanks for sharing views of a part of this country I have never seen. Bill, I lived about 20 miles west of Duluth for 2 years, and one thing that is impressive is the great lakes. I started to realize how big lake Superior is whe...

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Beach 4 at Kalaloch http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg193/Brugeo_4082/Ocean%20Scenes/100_3304.jpg Tide Pool http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg193/Brugeo_4082/Ocean%20Scenes/100_3292.jpg Lake Quinault looking east toward the Olympic Mts. http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg193/Brugeo_4082/Ocea...

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A couple of decades ago, I took a friend elk hunting. He had never shot anything before, and I was at a time in my life when we relied on the game that I got in the fall to provide 90% of the meat that we ate. The first day of the hunt, my friend shot a very nice 5x6 bull. After the excitement of th...

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Sorry to here of your loss.
Whenever we lose someone unexpectedly, it is a reminder of the tenuous hold that we all cling to life.
RIP

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awp101 wrote:
geobru wrote:That is a nice discount on a good shooter! The last one I have seen anyplace for $275 was the one I bought in 1979.

I must have been really tired when I typed that. I bought that BL-22 in 2009. (Elderly moment)

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Had a BLR-22. Mine was not particulary accurate. Sold it down the road and years later bought a Henry, not as pretty, but the Henry 's got it beat in the accuracy department. I'm a HUGE fan of Browning pre 81's, 86 carbines and model 71's. Perhaps i just got a bad one? You might have got a bad one....

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From what I have seen in the last year, $275 to $325. I am no expert with them, but for nice guns that is the range I have seen. $400 to $500 seems way high IMHO.

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That is a nice discount on a good shooter! The last one I have seen anyplace for $275 was the one I bought in 2009. I paid $275+$30 for shipping + $25 for the FFL = $335. It is in really nice shape, but at the time I shopped around and most decent guns were $325+. You won't find one for less money, ...

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Welcome to the forum!

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The KEY, I think, is to cover the FACE and to not have big eyes, aka glasses. I have thought the same thing for some time. I suppose anything larger than a rabbit that has eyes in the front of its head is a threat to deer, and they are conditioned to notice such things. I have not seen any research...

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I'll bet that was gone an hour or two. These pictures were taken at 6:30 PM after being sold all day long. At 2:00 in the afternoon, all of the shelves were filled with the buckets. I went back today out of curiosity to see if they had any left. They didn't. I spoke with a clerk who said they start...

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Bimart had a grand opening of their new store in Aberdeen today. This morning it was a fully stocked store. They even had 22 lr! 525 round boxes for $18.79 042513 22 ammo 2.JPG 1400 round bucket for $54.97 042513 22 ammo 1.JPG They had pistol ammo, rifle ammo including the EBR ammo in 200 round boxe...

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I think the best dehydrators are the Excalibur brand. I have the 9 tray version with out the timer. Here are a few sites with Recipes and how to videos http://www.dehydrate2store.com/ http://www.backpackingchef.com/ +1 on the Excaliber brand. They have the adjustable temperature and do a great job....

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Geometrically, the group should be 4x the size of the 25 yard group, but it depends on the type of sight you are using and how good your eyes are. I can't see as well at 100, so my groups vary with lighting and how I am seeing that day!

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I went to college at WSU which is about 8 or 9 miles west of Moscow in Washington, and lived in Lewiston for 3 1/2 years before I moved here 6 years ago. When you are in Moscow, it feels like you are still in the Palouse Hills because you are surrounded by wheat fields. Just a few miles east and you...

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mod71alaska wrote:Posting pics of what...?

Your rifles, of course! Or your range trips, hunting trips, trophies taken, fishing...anything you're posting about!

You see, we are a visual lot here...
If ya can't touch em, ya gotta see em.

Welcome to the fire.

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Most likely nickle steel But I dont see the ususal NI steel markings, barrels made of NI Steel during that time frame were generally marked M.N.S. for Midvale Ni steel, supplied by the Midvale steel co. Now there is a circle marking under that barrel, looks closely, if there is a C in the middle of...

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If it was done that late, what kind of steel would it likely be made of?

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Thank you Six!

Outside fitting.... Does that mean that the barrel was installed by a gunsmith that ordered it from Winchester?

Was there a point in production when the concave area on the bottom of the barrel was replaced with the flat like this barrel has?

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MikeD (may he rest in God's memory) would have had an answer for you in 2 minutes. How can we capture all the knowlege that some of the forum members have? My guess is that it could be a Winchester Factory replacement barrel. Do you thinf I am close? Pop. +1 on MikeD's knowledge! As for a factory r...

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. I know the "1" inside the triangle & the letters, etc are various unk inspector's marks, not proof marks - whereas the "VP" stands for " violent proof ". AFAIK, the lines before/after the bbl addy were added only to some bbls, in the early 1890's. I have no clue ...

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I picked up a 20" barrel a while back for a project I have been contemplating for some time. It is a 40-65 and has some of the usual barrel markings, but there are some anomalies that leave me scratching my head. This pic shows the usual UU, VP and 1 in a triangle proof marks, but I don't recog...

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Recently I bought some virgin 45 basic brass that was sized and trimmed to 40-82 WCF. This brass was in a guys shop for the last 20 years or so, just sitting there. My question is very simple.... Should I anneal this brass before I use it? I know that used brass needs to be annealed periodically, bu...

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I cut my teeth with a 30-06, Remington 721. At the time, I could buy surplus ammo for 10 cents a round, so I'd save up my pennies from my paper route, buy 30 or 40 rounds and go shooting. More than once I'd take it out and shoot it with nothing but a T-shirt on. At the end of the day, by shoulder wa...

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Here in Washington, I have mowed my lawn twice this year so far. Yesterday, it was 8-12 inches high after a week and a half. Sometimes you have to watch what you ask for.

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Hightime, I feel your pain. I lived in Esko for two years in 2003 & 2004. I couldn't believe how everything was so "dead" after being freeze dried all winter long! The thing about the mid-west is that when spring comes, it really pops! I had a crabapple in my yard that was the pretties...

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ONLY A MAN WOULD ATTEMPT THIS Last weekend I saw something at Larry's Pistol & Pawn Shop that sparked my interest. The occasion was our 15th anniversary and I was looking for a little something extra for my wife Julie. What I came across was a 100,000-volt, pocket/purse-sized Tazer. The effects ...

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