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I'm sure Jason will have a thought when he sees this thread. I've been up in the PA woods since last week. Just saw this. Most important, like the others have said, is that everyone is ok! Every ins. co. is different, but if you have any issues, please feel free to shoot me a PM. Most likely the lo...

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44shooter wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 5:57 pm Does your family need anything while your house is being repaired?

No, thanks. We don't need for anything thankfully. We can manage with what we have and the parts of the house that was not damaged.

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Turns out the Tornado was an EF-2 tornado. I was very lucky. I lost part of the roof and got water soaked on the interior. Others further down the path did not fare as well. We don't have basements here in south Louisiana. Those would be called indoor pools. We don't get lots of tornado activity her...

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Thanks for all the words of encouragement everyone.

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Thanks.

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Yesterday I woke up and started working from home. The weather was supposed to be bad so our 11 year old was home from school. The weather was coming in waves and I was videoing the weather and texting videos back and fourth with my daughter. I saw our trampoline lift off from the back yard and leav...

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horsesoldier03 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2024 3:45 pm The only Blackhawk I have. It was nothing impressive when I got it, but we got that fixed so I will let it slide.

Very nice.

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Man, that is a good question. I really enjoy my 5.5" Bisley flattop Blackhawk in .44spl. That said, I love 45 Colt more than 44 special so I would pick my Blackhawk 45 that I am currently in the process of building. It has been a great revolver for many years and now with its new face lift I g...

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Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2024 3:24 pm Rube, I sure love your slick-up of that .45 Colt. Who did the case hardening? Gorgeous grips!

Thanks. GTSCustomizing in Wyoming did the finish work. Case Color Hardening and Bluing.
Wrenegade Grips did the Maple Burl grips.

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Man, that is a good question. I really enjoy my 5.5" Bisley flattop Blackhawk in .44spl. That said, I love 45 Colt more than 44 special so I would pick my Blackhawk 45 that I am currently in the process of building. It has been a great revolver for many years and now with its new face lift I gu...

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LeverGunner wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2024 9:43 pm Here is my NM Flattop. I didn't care for the XR3 grip frame as my hand felt bunched, so I replaced it with a stainless XR3-RED grip frame.

Good looking revolver.

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I had this one on loan for review from Taylors. It was very nice. At first I was having a little trouble with the first and last round being a little sticky to get in to battery but finally figured it out.

https://youtu.be/LltvTej7ib0?si=OVyD3HdowDR_uHb2

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Walt wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 3:55 pm I'm very happy with mine. You sure polished yours up nice and purdy, Rube. Thanks for the picture!

Well when that photo was made it was still new. Thanks though. Its a beautiful revolver.

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I find it funny that some well known Western actors look like they have never fired a rifle or a revolver in their lives... :roll: It's even funnier watching them on a horse. There is a big big difference in watching Western Movie Actors from the 50s and such who could actually ride compared to the...

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TraderVic wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 11:50 am I've browsed the 44 Spl flattop Bisley, but didn't think they're still being made (?).

There was a run of them a few years back. I don't think they are in production currently but I could be mistaken.

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I have a new model Blackhawk 44spl Flattop that is one of my favorite revolvers.

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I just recently loaded up some test loads of various amounts of 2400. Hope to get to test them out in my Blackhawk 44spl Flattop soon.

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Excellent. Good to see the rifle still getting the job done and looking good while doing it.

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Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Wed Feb 21, 2024 10:02 pm I’d like to have one, but only for the rare occasion when I need to slap a surly bartender upside the head.

https://youtu.be/OLNshIY2W-Y?si=q18Y-ms6xmx7ch0_

Have always liked that scene.

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I have used several different laser sight in tools and most seem to work okay for getting you real close. Definitely saves bullets but I have yet to have one that gets you there in 1 shot.

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You're looking back on the evoloution of hand guns with modern thoughts. The original Walkers had the same issue with the loading lever falling. The dragoon corrected that problem and a couple other problems. I have seen photographs of originals somewhere with a piece of rawhide or wire wrapped arou...

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Here is my little 300 Blackout that I built. It has a 6" barrel and usually wears an Omega 36m Suppressor.

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I got mine in .44 Russian. Same reason - I already load that caliber. It is a hoot! :D And GK, it is a shame that these didn't end up in the hands of the south... other than battlefield captures, which we were famous for! :wink: https://i.ibb.co/2tPtLvg/111-Armi-Sport-1865-Spencer-Carbine-14.jpg Wh...

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I got mine in .44 Russian. Same reason - I already load that caliber. It is a hoot! :D And GK, it is a shame that these didn't end up in the hands of the south... other than battlefield captures, which we were famous for! :wink: https://i.ibb.co/2tPtLvg/111-Armi-Sport-1865-Spencer-Carbine-14.jpg Wh...

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They are fun, aren't they? I had one in .56-50. I have probably posted this image before. I had had one when they first came out and traded it. Then, working as a volunteer at Oliver Lee State Park in New Mexico, I kept staring at the original in the visitor's center -- as used in various skirmishe...

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Pretty slick, Looks like it started to smooth out after a while. I keep looking at the Spencers, Great great grandpa Ezra most likely carried one during his time in the Second Ohio Vol. Cavalry. He was in Company H and I've seen pictures of other 2nd OVC. soldiers with Spencer carbines, but saw ano...

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gamekeeper wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 5:13 am Cool carbine, I have always been interested in the Spencer, quite a game changer in it's day, shame the Confederacy weren't issued with it...

Yeah, the Spencer was definitely a head of its time.

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Had some fun this weekend shooting a 1860 Spencer Carbine from Taylor's and Company.

Here is a video that I hope you'll check out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LltvTej7ib0

Again, I can never figure out how to make the video show in the thread. Just the link.

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I don't agree. What it showed was Christians wasing the feet of people who in general denounce the Christian Faith. Lets not forget that Jesus was washing the feet of his deciples. He was not out washing the feet of people who denounce him. He was not out saying that is okay to live in such sins as ...

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Awesome feat. I travel I-12 between Baton Rouge and Slidell Louisiana daily and it's considered one of the most dangerous stretches of Interstate in the country so I have seen plenty of big rig accidents. I know those pesky little cars can cause a problem for you in a moments notice so congrats on ...

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Awesome feat. I travel I-12 between Baton Rouge and Slidell Louisiana daily and it's considered one of the most dangerous stretches of Interstate in the country so I have seen plenty of big rig accidents. I know those pesky little cars can cause a problem for you in a moments notice so congrats on p...

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Looks like another Henry. I am all for the introduction of new lever guns. It will surely bring a new audience to lever guns and help keep the levergun going strong. I have def. seen way worse lever guns of late.

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Oh man, those are some beautiful guns there.

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Man, that sucks. Glad it was not worse.

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I love the 44 special but have only shot keith style bullets.

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Sorry for your loss. May he rest in peace.

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Why does he not post here anymore? He sure is missed.

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Here is my most used hunting rifle. It's a Winchester 94AE in 30-30 and I have carried it for many years and last season my youngest son got his first deer with it.

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I always enjoy stories like this.

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Band of Brothers and Lonesome Dove are my top two mini series ever. I really like how Band Of Brothers takes you from boot camp through the end of the war. Lets you get to know the people in the show and grow to like them. When/if something happens to one of them you feel a sadness. Like losing some...

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The lever on mine was quite floppy - it would drop about 1/2” to 3/4” with the action closed. Anyhow, some of the remedies I read about suggested a spring was broken and needed replacement. I was dreading this as finding and importing that sort of stuff is a nightmare these days. I partially disman...

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Good find. They are great rimfire leverguns. About a year ago I picked up one, a Mountie, that was made around 1960. I bought it sight unseen at auction and unbeknown to me it had the floppy lever syndrome. Anyhow, after a bit of google investigation it needed a bit of tightening and adjustment. Fo...

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Pat C wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 6:25 pm Old CADA Gun Journal from early 90's.

Wow. Very nice.

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Pat C wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 5:09 pm Nice, one of these days I'm going to get another 39 with octagon barrel and S style grip.Theycare so pricey now.$$$$

Oh nice, I have not seen them with the octagon barrel and s style grip.

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You got a good one. Mine is a 74 with thousands of rounds thru it. It liked everything I put thru it, but WWSX the best followed by the CILImperial stuff. Have some match ammo to try thru it, but it would be hard to beat a dime sized group @150yds my gun shot one time. Probably blind squirred syndr...

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I have wanted one of these for a long time now but just never came across one in person. Never even knew anyone who had one. Well, I went into a local pawn/gun shop to pick up another gun I was having delivered there and they had this beautiful Marlin Original 39A up there on the shelf. It was looki...

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Dang. The new Winchester rounds have been around 56 a box and I thought that was high. Guess my ole model 8 will continue to diet untill I pick up some dies for the 35

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Nice pick up.

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I make a lot of holsters. You done a good job on picking out that holster and wet forming it. Looks like it was made for it. One of these days I need to grab myself a Lemat.

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I use Dustin's kit as well. Good stuff.

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