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Jeff H

For the checkered grips, some gel stripper and use poly or oil finish. For the box, sanding block and elbow grease, get it clean and down to 220 and spray it with satin poly. What he said... :wink: What they said, but I would use Tru-Oil. True Oil is just an oil based (wiping) varnish but it's so e...

Jeff H

......So I guess I'll clean the 88 and put it away........ That's right - set it back for the lucky bum who gets it at your estate sale. :wink: I tease my best friend about that all the time. It's yours - do with it what makes you happy. It's YOURs right now though, not the next fellas. He'll get i...

Jeff H

If you want the best Trail gun ever made, it is the S&W model 34/22 Kit-gun............... Ahhhhh, the Holy Grail of .22 Kit Guns. :mrgreen: I will amend my answer(s) with...... "now,....... if someone else was payin' for it......" :wink: Maybe some day. I handled one in a shop decade...

Jeff H

My own personal choice was not the easiest one, but I finally settled in with a SS NM Bearcat. I found the Single Six too heavy for a six shot .22 LR (subjective personal preference thing). My youngest daughter uses an OM Bearcat (JXXX and collectibilty be darned - it's a fine user and it's hers). I...

Jeff H

I've had a 4" Dual-Cylinder Target Pathfinder for just shy of 2 years now, and like it just fime....... Pete44ru, those are some fine pieces you have there. I still think the old Smiths have truly classis looks and the Ruger SAs (and OLD DAs) are beautiful in their own right, but I think the C...

Jeff H

I can't find any one around here that carries them. I do know after handling the Taurus it's trigger is just plain terrible. I'm hoping Ruger brings out the Sp101 in 22 like I seen in a Guns & Ammo article, but I would like to handle a Charter also. I am not clear on which one you are saying wa...

Jeff H

I am a big fan of Charter. I have owned a bunch of them and don't understand what people are talking about when they badmouth them. I know they started looking rather crappy some time ago, but early and recent ones have been gems. I wish they still produced their tapered 3" barrels though. I ha...

Jeff H

I just read an article by Mike about why he doesn't take his guns apart.
Next one may why he now wears a seatbelt!

At least the fella has the nerve to tell one on himself.

Jeff H

VERY cool!
Thanks for sharing that.

Jeff H

Very nice.
Makes me want another, but in stainless.

Jeff H

I am still using the first model of the gun cradle (caddy?) that MTM came out with. I believe it was under $20 at the time. I have used it for cleaning, mounting scopes, bore sighting, bedding actions and doing what you have to do to old milspurps, which is much more serious, tedious, strenuous than...

Jeff H

I have to admit - that's a pretty inventive.
The caulk tube spout in lieu of duct tape or, well, caulk is what really makes it classy.

Jeff H

Thanks for the info. There seems to be a little too much play in the cylinder in mine, Rugers vary in that way. Haven't tried much in it yet. I will have to get on of the base pins and see how that works, oldguy has one in a 44 mag that I was impressed with. Mic yours and see if it's smaller than ....

Jeff H

Jeff, I have the same Ruger - did the base pin help the accuracy? Nope! It came out of the box shooting like I have had to work for in anything else I have owned. I added the base pin because I can get a better grip on it, especially when it's below freezing outside. It's purely a luxury item and s...

Jeff H

........No, I could gander at it for quite a while... :mrgreen: It's a sweetheart for sure. I thought the .41 mag. was available in that frame now, but haven't followed up on the rumor. It's not overly heavy for the .357 either really. I think your idea of not passing up a good deal regardless of w...

Jeff H

....I've thought about the .44 Special angle but it seems a shame to use a Mag frame strictly for Specials on down. At least I don't think there is a Special only BH. I keep thinking the ones I've seen are built on Vaquero frames but I could be sadly mistaken. Hope you guys aren't getting tired of ...

Jeff H

I have not used that Sierra in the .308, but have used the Sierra 110 grain HP in the .308 and it's been incredibly accurate (under half inch) in three rifles (Ruger M77 UL, Husqvarna 51L and another I forget), all of which had very light barrels. I think mkany would believe the short, fat 110 and t...

Jeff H

No apologies necessary for the long post. I appreciate the information. It is amazing how thing slike that happen under our noses - foreign interests affecting legislation in our country. Starts out as some little thing and someone throws them a harmless little bone to shut them up for a while - nex...

Jeff H

Great pics, Mike and great that you got out.

I have to think it's good medicine to get outside.

Jeff H

.....IF HE HAD THE BRAINS OF A KUMQUAT HE'D HAVE SEEN THE GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY..........AS HE CAN CORRECT ALL THAT "OLD AGE" stuff WITH THE CORRECT CORRECTIVE LENSES......... I have to second that one. My eye Doc is a sensible lady who is full of ideas regarding how to use what is available...

Jeff H

Mike D. wrote:......he said the it was "dramatically improved". Whew!......

Man, that made my day!

Great news!!

Jeff H

Very nice! I must have gotten mine in '77. Same deal - Dad got it for me. Sometime in the mid-eighties. I refinished the stock much like you did and added a rubber recoil pad so it wasn't slippery. Mine is a "dee-lux" with the flat butt, so it was fairly wasy. I still use it today and it s...

Jeff H

I've rebuilt my Coleman stove so many times I can't tell you how many. Been lucky so far, but for as long as I have had it, I probably should just out of respect. Not too many things you can buy today (or that I can buy) that CAN be rebuilt and give a lifetime of service. One of the reasons I have ...

Jeff H

I still have a white gas Coleman I bought in 1980.
Glad you posted that because it's been a couple years since I have checked it out.
If I dig it out and use it once a year, it's fine, but it's been a few.

Jeff H

Man, Pitchy, you've been busy!
I just sold the loom a few days ago too, so you're going to have to make one of those too.

Jeff H

One glaring error. The 45-70 was not designed to take down large game....... Men and horses don't constitute "big game??" :lol: OK,......... he DID say "buffalo." :D As far as how suitable a lever is in whatever cataclysmic situation one could dream up, I will not go there with ...

Jeff H

That's interesting. I know some might balk at the very idea and it would not be my own first choice, but one may find oneself in a situation where one has to use what one has. If it's running right and you are practiced up, you could have an edge over an aggressor who is likely as not "putting ...

Jeff H

The one Fadala book that counts here has come down in price along with the economy (has have many such books). Where it was $100 and up it is now about $50 and up........ Holy cow! The ones I saw were his black powder books for $3 to $20+. I bought my Dad one someone here mentioned recently for fat...

Jeff H

Sam Fadala was quite fond of the 30-30AI and wrote about it on a couple occasions. Once was in a book called something like "The Complete Rifleman" or "Rifleman's Bible." He did a nice write-up on it but I have given about a ton of books away and that one was in the pile. His boo...

Jeff H

I like the idea. I have an SP101 in .357 and I love the gun. It's sort of like my old Security Sixes, but more compact. I always felt that the Single Six was a lot of gun for six rounds of .22 LR. In my case (mine was an Old Model), it was an awful lot of gun nfor FIVE .22 LRs. A couple, three more ...

Jeff H

You may have even seen this on your TV.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtjW78IU ... re=related

Jeff H

These are great guns--have hada dozen or so, various calibers including .357. I have no stake in but helping a friend selling a clean, no issue Interarms SRC .357. See my "FS Elsewhere" in Classifieds. That's one to jump on. Had I seen this before buying my Rossi a few months ago, I would...

Jeff H

Went shopping and my dealer only has 44mag. I don't think I want to do that with the cresant metal buut stock. No 357Mag in stock can order but not sure on how long of wait. I think I will just have to wait. :| I had wanted one for a long time before I decided to get one. I passively shopped for a ...

Jeff H

Bear traps to spinning wheels, dog sleds, cowboy wash houses.....

You could get a job making props for the histirical documentaries if all else fails.

Jeff H

Man, Pitchy, you've got it covered! That's cool!

I think I saw one of those once, if not only in a book.

You skipped right past the drop spindle though.

Jeff H

Our cat leaves the adult rabbits alone but will ruin a mess of babies quickly.
Don't tell my wife though or she will have me out there chaperoning the cat.

It totally disregards skunks and coons and they her. Smart cat.

Jeff H

http://www.freechex.net/ I have never used one and avoid GCs as much as possible due to the cost and one more tiny little thing to handle in the porcess of making up a load. I am not a GC hater either and use them when I have to - just prefer not to. The foks on the castboolits forums talk about the...

Jeff H

cpy911 wrote:.....Let me know if you want my carbine stock if you ever end up with a longer crescent stock. Mine is too short for my long, long arms.

It'll be a while before I can swing another one, but I will keep you in mind because I love the length of my carbine.

Thanks.

Jeff H

.........What you need is a Rossi oct rifle stock. Besides being longer than the carbine stock it's about an 1" longer than the original Win Rifle stock as well........... That's good to know. My next Rossi will be a longer-barreled one and I would probably consider swapping the stock to a car...

Jeff H

cpy911 wrote:
Jeff H wrote:.............How tall are you???

5'-6" last I checked and it's been a long time. May not even be that tall any more.

Someone once told me my legs were "too short."

The way I figure it, they reach the ground so they're just right!

Jeff H

I have seen 94 stocks listed as 94/92, but I can't remember where. I have also seen at least one post somewhere where the owner of a 92 fitted a 94 stock. I can't say for sure how well they fit or how much work it is, but I have seen at least a few references to havuing used a 94 stock on a 92. The ...

Jeff H

WOW! Very, VERY cool!

Jeff H

My "collection" has been pared down to what gets used and a couple my Dad gave me and none of it is pricey or anything others might covet, but this one is tugging. I have been pretty well satisfied with what I have and just don't get all worked up about the next new thing (or old thing) be...

Jeff H

Steve will be able to do you the most good, but so far it sounds like one of the rounds in the tube jumps the stop. Since the .38s are shorter, the one on the carrier will leave room for the errant round to stick part way out of the tube and over the carrier. The bolt should still be able to come ba...

Jeff H

....he thing is.......this gun worked fine for two summers of shooting........then the problem started...... Yours is not the vintage mine is then so probably not one of the many issues I had. Possibly, it's a difference in the ammo - are you shooting the same ammo? If the case rims are smaller, yo...

Jeff H

Does $800 sound like an awful lot of money, or is it just me? Jack Yes, but even $600 does to me. I hadn't bought a gun or any reloading components for about five or six years when I went looking for something in early '09 and HOLY COW!!! What a jump in prices! I had a notion that I would find a Ro...

Jeff H

......We've shot WFNGC hardcast bullets and everything under the sun and it works properly. I don't know if anything was tweaked on this rifle............ I still suspect that a recent run of '92s from Braztech specifically was rushed through the factory. Mine had about every concievable "issu...

Jeff H

..........First one fired and ejected ok......2nd one fired ....but then it was jammed up........... If "jammed up" means the lever won't actuate far enough to eject the case in the chamber AND that you have to remove the magazine spring and follower to get the cartridges out and get thin...

Jeff H

VERY cool!

I would have taken a 96-44 if they had still been making them, but a .357 would have been a dream.

Jeff H

Pitchy, I started reading and that BIG steel wheel caught my eye in the pic. I thought you were going to use THAT!! :lol: Beautiful work. What's the advantage of a walker over a treadle? The one I had in mind would have been sort of a castle wheel design with a square oak frame. I found plans with t...

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