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David LaPell

I went on Midway and looked at this, these items are not even listed on their website now. Small CCI primers are, but not the specific items in the APS strips like they're saying are discontinued, so it could be true. The rest of the primers just say out of stock.

David LaPell

I was wondering if anyone knows if Brad Johnson (the actor) still does any work with old Winchester rifles at all? I don't see anything listed for a website and I knew at one time it was called Johnson's Winchesters, but I can't find much on that at all online.

David LaPell

I really can't say how much I enjoy the Model 1894 Winchester rifle I got back in early October. I had never owned a .32-40 before but I've had 1894's in every other caliber, and I had heard that they can be very accurate. I went out, handloaded some Hornady 170 grain jacketed soft point rounds for ...

David LaPell

I need to replace the hammer (main) spring in my Marlin '94, this is an earlier gun so it doesn't have the coil spring of the newer guns. I've had a heck of a time trying to find one. Numrich has a wire spring they set fits the earlier guns, but as far as I knew, they were like mine, a flat spring.

David LaPell

I have an early 1894 Winchester that has some worn out cartridge guides that need to be replaced, these are the older style where the screw heads are on the inside of the receiver. Has anyone ever had to take them out before? What did you use since there's no way to get a screwdriver in there and so...

David LaPell

FLINT wrote: ↑Wed Nov 04, 2020 1:48 pm That's great!

What load did you use?

Hornady 170 grain JSP with 19.0 grains of IMR 4198.

David LaPell

Tonight the most recent old time of mine, I just got it about three weeks ago, an 1894 Winchester in .32-40 got it done tonight. Shot this 5 point buck at about 50 plus yards, went a couple hundred yards, bleeding like a stuck pig all the way in the snow before he gave up the ghost. Not bad for an o...

David LaPell

Got the .32-40 Winchester 1894 out today, using some Hornady .321" 170 grain bullets, usually what you would see in a .32 Special, same diameter. Five shot group at 30 yards was pretty good, very mild, shoots like a dream. Going to work up a few more of these tonight and will take the Wincheste...

David LaPell

My first squirrel of the season, I've since gotten another with another gun, I took with my Marlin 410 shotgun. This gun is just so much fun to hunt with and points so naturally. I got this grey back in mid September with a load of #6 shot. My son was with me and can't wait to go squirrel hunting ne...

David LaPell

Well, I acquired a couple more lever guns over the last little while, one being a Savage 1899F carbine in .30-30, which has to be one of the nicest handling lever guns I've ever gotten. It was made in 1924, solid frame but at one time someone "checkered" the forearm which wasn't the best w...

David LaPell

I was looking for a real hunting shotgun to use for hunting next year and for some small game hunting besides my .410 but I really wanted an old double barrel. I looked at a lot of newer double barrels, none really caught my attention. I found a few really nice older ones, but the prices scared me a...

David LaPell

A little while back I picked up a gun just for the fun of it, something I don't often do. I got a Pedersoli Baker Cavalry shotgun, a muzzleloading double barrel 20 gauge with 11 1/4" barrels. This gun is legal because as a muzzleloader it falls under the antique firearm rule. I took it to the r...

David LaPell

My local gun shop has picked up an entire collection of Winchester 1894 rifles, all with special order features, one or another from one collector who was about 80 years old. There were five calibers, all the original rounds of the 1894, .25-35, .30-30, .32 Special, .32-40 and .38-55. All of these g...

David LaPell

I took the Marlin Model 410 to the range with some Remington 2 1/2" #6 shot to pattern it and try it out. The action is super slick, better than any new Marlin I have seen in a long time. The knob that I thought was for a cartridge stop didn't seem to affect it at all, so I am thinking there wa...

David LaPell

I took the gun outside this morning and loaded three rounds in the magazine with this knob screwed in all the way. The gun feeds just fine, smooth as glass actually, and ejects just fine too. If this knob was part of a shell or cartridge stop, there must have been a second part to it like a spring o...

David LaPell

GunnyMack wrote: ↑Sat Sep 21, 2019 4:28 pm So the button is fixed and doesn't push in as a cartridge stop? Hmm this is a real head scratcher.
Any idea what choke it has ?

These guns came from the factory with a full choke, as far as I know that's what it still is.

David LaPell

My Marlin 410 came in today. The action is slick as snot on a brass doorknob. I can't believe how light the gun is, compared to the newer Marlin 410's that were made on the 1895 and it's got to be a couple pounds lighter than the Henry .410 lever action. This one had some ivory inlays put in, and si...

David LaPell

I have always wanted a Model 71 for as long as I can recall. I have seen a few Winchester Model 71's over the years, most have been well out of my price range. A few months back, a guy brought an entire collection of Model 71's into a local gun shop. He had two Winchester 71 deluxe rifles and three ...

David LaPell

Well, I did it again. I was looking for a .410 shotgun for small game hunting, and every shop I went to didn't have anything I wanted or fit me, so I looked around online at places I had bought from before, and found an original Marlin .410 lever action shotgun. This one being a deluxe model, howeve...

David LaPell

I took the Model 94 .30-30 Trapper takedown carbine to the range today. This gun was made in 1964 according to the serial number and started life as a regular Model 94 carbine. I took pics of how the rifle takes down with the button under the front band on the mag tube. Push the button, slide the ma...

David LaPell

I ran across something unusual today and decided to get it. Someone at one time took this .30-30 Model 94 Winchester, made it into a takedown gun, and also cut the barrel down to 16-inches like a trapper. The release is on the underside of the barrel where someone milled out the front barrel band an...

David LaPell

A few weeks ago I walked into a gun shop and found a well used 1894 Winchester rifle made in 1895 in one of my favorite calibers, .38-55. The gun has been around to say the least. Apparently the last owner was in his 70's and had used the gun up until the last year or so. The wood forearm was not or...

David LaPell

I picked up another .32-20 recently. I really looked around and wanted to make sure I found a good one, it took me a month to nail down a gun I really liked, and instead of it being another Winchester, I got this Marlin 1894. This one was made sometime around 1916-1917 and has a bore that is about a...

David LaPell

I have always wanted a Winchester 71 and over the years and either they happened to show up when I had no money or when the timing wasn't right. Lately the local gun shop had a hoard of them come in, two original Winchester 71 Deluxe Long tang rifles in near mint condition and three Browning 71's al...

David LaPell

I have been trying to decide which rifle I want to pick up in .32-20, a Marlin 1894 or Winchester 1892. I have had the 1892 before and a couple of newer 1894CL rifles from the late 1980's, but never an early 1894. Both guns are around the same time period, the late 1910's-1920's. Which of the two te...

David LaPell

Still a nice looking 94. I like the gumwood src buttstock. If folks would shoot them off the bicep (as designed/intended) instead of the shoulder, more would be around... That buttplate is a hold over from muzzle loader days. The pamphlet that came with our older production Great Plains .54 caplock...

David LaPell

I recently found a horde of Winchester & Browning Model 71 rifles in one gun shop. A guy in his 70's put his two Model 71 Winchester Deluxe rifles on consignment as well as three Browning Model 71's that were still new in the box. It seems this guy had a major thing for the Model 71 and bought t...

David LaPell

Ok David.......maybe so....for the most part src buttstocks were not being used after the late twenties. Anything is possible and I would have agreed if the wood to metal fit was closer. There's several old sayings amongst collectors....it's easy to convince yourself but it's not easy to convince a...

David LaPell

Just noticed something...that buttstock is not original to the gun....that's a saddle ring carbine buttstock....and it's made from gumwood.----6 Sorry to take so long to get back on to this post, BUT, this is not the only one of these I have seen, I found two more Winchester 94's in this serial num...

David LaPell

I took my Model 94 out yesterday with the 110 grain Speer LRN bullets and 30.0 grains of Reloader 7, which is on the very low end of that load. It shot high, to be expected and when I finally got a decent 6 o'clock hold figured out, it shot some pretty wide groups and to the left. Compare that to th...

David LaPell

Was thinking about my grandfather's old Winchester 1894 .30-30 the other day. The earliest photo I have is with him and it's dated October, 1936. You can just see on the fender of the car the antler of a very large deer he shot. It was just one of many. I have seen photos of him with this gun and ra...

David LaPell

I picked up a box of Sierra 110 grain round nose bullets the other day, I think these might make a decent varmint load for my .30-30, anyone have experience or loading info for these bullets?

David LaPell

I have a thing for Remington Rolling Blocks, I have had a couple in .32 rimfire but with ammo being what it is, or in this case isn't, I sold it. I have a #1 Spanish rifle in .43 Spanish but that gun is a little heavy and recoil is a bit brisk, my son who just turned nine loved it, but obviously it'...

David LaPell

After I picked up my Model 94 Winchester, I wanted to put a sling on it, but when I looked at some of the leather "no drill" slings and found them to be pretty expensive and money is tight right now. The wife and I were visiting a thrift store last week and I spotted a fleece scarf and I w...

David LaPell

I picked this gun up earlier this year that was pretty much ignored by everyone at my local gun shop. A Winchester 1885 Low Wall in .32-20 that the serial number puts as being made in 1889. I got a letter from Cody on it and it's original except the Lyman sight was added. I had to replace one of the...

David LaPell

I have always had a healthy respect for the Winchester 94 and .30-30 as a round in general. I have had seven or eight Model 94's and a couple Marlin .30-30's, and I know that they make a great all around rifle, not just for hunting but would be a great truck gun and if I had to have one rifle for ev...

David LaPell

A couple of weeks ago I picked up a Winchester 94 in .30-30, known as a "transition" rifle. This gun was made in 1939, has the newer style of barrel but has the earlier receiver minus the saddle ring and earlier buttplate. It has an excellent bore and an action silky smooth. This gun came ...

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Re: Midway says that CCI primers are a discontinued item

Brad Johnson Winchester rifles

Found a good cast load for the 1894 Winchester .32-40

Marlin '94 hammer (mainspring)

Replacing cartridge guides on an 1894 Winchester

Re: The 1894 Winchester in .32-40 got it done tonight

The 1894 Winchester in .32-40 got it done tonight

Winchester 1894 .32-40 to the range

The Marlin 410 and another squirrel for the stew

Acquired a couple more leverguns a Savage 1899 & Winchester 1894

Sweden, not just good for Ikea and meatballs

Picked up a gun just for the fun value

I snagged a pair of Winchester 1894 special order rifles

The Marlin 410 to the range

Re: The Marlin 410 has arrived

Re: The Marlin 410 has arrived

The Marlin 410 has arrived

Browning 71 Carbine

Marlin .410 with an interesting feature

I took the Model 94 Trapper Takedown to the range

I Continue to Find the Strange and Unusual

I rescued a relic from 1895

Marlin 1894 .32-20

Picked up a Grail Gun, Long Time Coming

Marlin 1894 versus Winchester 1892

Re: Winchester 94 Transition rifle

.348 Winchester versus .45-70 in terms of recoil

Re: Winchester 94 Transition rifle

Re: Winchester 94 Transition rifle

Winchester 94 .30-30 with light loads

An old Winchester in the family

.30-30 110 grain loads

My son and my Remington #4 .22 LR

Making use of free material

Winchester 1885 Low Wall

Winchester 94 out past 100 yards

Winchester 94 Transition rifle