"maybe things are getting back to normal."
--.45 Colt
Supply may be getting better, but how about prices on the ammunition you saw?
Search found 1774 matches
- Thu Feb 10, 2022 2:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Things Looking up...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 670
- Wed Feb 09, 2022 8:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Winchester 32 special ammo
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5719
Re: Winchester 32 special ammo
Speaking of old reloading manuals, Cornell Publications has reprints available for many and some going back to the 1870's for Sharps, Remington, and Winchester, etc. I've purchased some and they are very good reprints for a reasonable price.
http://www.cornellpubs.com/index.php
http://www.cornellpubs.com/index.php
- Tue Feb 08, 2022 4:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: S&W Schofield 2000
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1238
Re: S&W Schofield 2000
Blaine: failed to scratch the itch because you really don't want one or can't find one? I know there is a range rumor about a Navy Arms Schofield -- US cavalry Schofield reproduction, .45 Colt, New in the box/unfired, made in 1995, serial number not quite 500. If you are interested, I could track do...
- Sun Feb 06, 2022 4:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Winchester 32 special ammo
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5719
Re: Winchester 32 special ammo
AmBraCol gave good advice.
Before I started to reload .32 Win Special, it was easier to find factory ammunition around hunting time.
Before I started to reload .32 Win Special, it was easier to find factory ammunition around hunting time.
- Sat Feb 05, 2022 3:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: When was the last time you sat around a campfire?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2269
Re: When was the last time you sat around a campfire?
Been a very long time for me as those that I did it with have passed on.
- Mon Jan 31, 2022 10:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Think the military will really go 6.8mm...??
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1344
Re: Think the military will really go 6.8mm...??
I think Ol' Win is onto it!
- Sat Jan 29, 2022 2:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Winchester 1876 In 50 Express
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2872
Re: Winchester 1876 In 50 Express
Nice find, very nice indeed! So far it looks like it will be a shooter. Enjoy it and be a good caretaker of it for the next generation of shooters/collectors.
- Fri Jan 28, 2022 12:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 3G network down
- Replies: 6
- Views: 720
Re: 3G network down
"you watch, now we can't get new phones because of chip shortage!"
--Rossim92
or, the only phones available will be high-end units with all the bells and whistles that most will not need.
--Rossim92
or, the only phones available will be high-end units with all the bells and whistles that most will not need.
- Sun Jan 23, 2022 5:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Primer Plant in Texas staffing soon-400 staff by 2023
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1368
Re: Primer Plant in Texas staffing soon-400 staff by 2023
I hope this works well. But to me the overriding unanswered question is: "At what selling price point?"
- Fri Jan 21, 2022 11:46 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Marlin marauder 30-30
- Replies: 7
- Views: 864
Re: Marlin marauder 30-30
Did the Marlin Marauder have a "Marauder only" serial number prefix? A few years ago, one was at a local gun shop and the dealers said it was a fake as it did not have the Y,Z, or W prefix. According to him a few others the barrel was cut down to either 16.25" or 16.50", but did ...
- Sat Jan 15, 2022 5:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Vaquero obsession continues
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1478
Re: The Vaquero obsession continues
Nice find; very nice indeed. I still regret not buying a large framed .41 Rem. Magnum Vaquero when they were available.
- Thu Jan 13, 2022 3:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Protecting the Protected from the Unprotected...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1063
Re: Protecting the Protected from the Unprotected...
Too bad far many don't understand it.
- Wed Jan 12, 2022 2:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 1967 S&W 10-5
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1212
Re: 1967 S&W 10-5
Nice score and at a very reasonable price! I enjoy the .38 loaded with wadcutters -- pleasant and and economical to shoot. Known a few Fellow Shooters who were able to hit anything and at any distance with one. Myself,tried shooting one and I just can't seem to get a consistent sight picture with th...
- Tue Jan 11, 2022 6:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Quigley shot
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1902
Re: The Quigley shot
Blaine: I am also skeptical. As for his movie comments, the movie is just entrainment, nothing more. As for hitting a 16x16" target off hand and without a spirit level to show any rifle cant at 782 yards, I just don't know. My eyes are correctable to 20/20 and from watching 600-1000 yard matche...
- Mon Jan 10, 2022 3:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Gas Check Cast Bullet in .35 Remington
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1016
Re: Gas Check Cast Bullet in .35 Remington
Earlmck is onto it about price! I know several shooters who buy from Montana Bullet Works and are well satisfied witht he price, quality, and delivery time. On a whim I looked on Montana Bullet Works site and found these in boxes of 100, gas checked, 2 choices of alloy, 3 choices of diameter, and ap...
- Sun Jan 09, 2022 12:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Y'all see the prices for the new Ruger Marlin on Gunbroker?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2998
Re: Y'all see the prices for the new Ruger Marlin on Gunbroker?
MarlinMan93 is onto it! I feel and do the same for not only firearms but tools as well.
- Sat Jan 08, 2022 5:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Can't have enough .45-70s. (new tang sight)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1719
Re: Can't have enough .45-70s.
2ndOVC: your Browning .45-70 at 11.6 pounds is a lightweight. Back in 2007-08, Kirk at Shiloh-Sharps built me a .45-2.4” (AKA erroneously called a .45-90) M1874 Sharps. Sports a 34” heavy barrel with 6X MVA ‘scope it tips the scale at just about 24 pounds. It’s a rifle that can be shot all day witho...
- Fri Jan 07, 2022 11:05 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: current ammo situation?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2311
Re: current ammo situation?
OldWin: I think you are onto it.
- Fri Dec 31, 2021 3:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New bullet mould for the trapdoor
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1464
Re: New bullet mould for the trapdoor
Jay Bird: did you ever try the Lyman 457-121PH bullet?
More than a few years ago, that bullet was "the cat's meow for Black Powder cartridge rifle shooters. Now, I don't see it listed much at all on the various Black Powder rifle match equipment lists.
More than a few years ago, that bullet was "the cat's meow for Black Powder cartridge rifle shooters. Now, I don't see it listed much at all on the various Black Powder rifle match equipment lists.
- Fri Dec 31, 2021 2:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New bullet mould for the trapdoor
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1464
Re: New bullet mould for the trapdoor
Earl: you probably already know this, byt the original M1873 bullet was hollow based and 20:1 alloy. So you just may be onto something. I never tried that bullet in my Trapdoors. For Those-Not-In-The-Know, J.S. Wolf wrote The Book on loading, casting, shooting, and using the original US Arsenal sigh...
- Mon Dec 27, 2021 3:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A Solution to the Student Debt "Crisis"
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1647
Re: A Solution to the Student Debt "Crisis"
"The biggest issue is predatory lending by these Institutions. Our babysitter is going to school for elementary education where she will be lucky to make $36G a year but will have $200G in student loans. Its insanity." --WVFarrier Insanity is also going in debt to the tune of some $200,000...
- Thu Dec 16, 2021 1:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What's the lowest price you paid...
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3574
Re: What's the lowest price you paid...
Back in the late 50's-early 60's a 50 round box of Remington or Winchester .22 LR was about US $ .45-50 cents. In the mid 1980s, I bought No-Name 500 round bricks of .22LR for about $4.50-5.00 when on sale at Coast To Coast Hardware. Son and I shot a great deal of .22LR back then. I am surprised he ...
- Wed Dec 15, 2021 5:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 30/06 govt.?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1003
Re: 30/06 govt.?
JeepNik: most of those US WW II era weapons and "surplus" ammunition were given/loaned to US allies/strategic alliance partners after WW II to "fight" the Cold War.
- Wed Dec 08, 2021 4:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Baldwin: " . . . I didn't pull the trigger."
- Replies: 62
- Views: 11056
Re: Baldwin: " . . . I didn't pull the trigger."
" Sooner or later, he'll do that to a guy that doesn't care who he is and give him the proper beating he should have gotten years ago. Like most bullies, they get real quiet after they lose a couple of teeth." --2ndovc Tha is why Baldwin doesn't go anywhere alone. As been reported by vario...
- Sat Dec 04, 2021 5:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Winchester 95 carbine
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2410
Re: Winchester 95 carbine
Nice rifle. Regret the lost opportunity to buy either a Browning or Winchester 1895 carbine or rifle in "aught six" or .30-40 when they were available....
- Wed Dec 01, 2021 5:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Baldwin: " . . . I didn't pull the trigger."
- Replies: 62
- Views: 11056
Re: Baldwin: " . . . I didn't pull the trigger."
I saw that. To me, it all looked and sounded phony. Believe it was LBJ who said a good politician knows how and when to cry -- same holds true for actors....
- Tue Nov 23, 2021 2:25 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Who's shooting the "Big Fifty", 348, 358, 375 Win?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1975
Re: Who's shooting the "Big Fifty", 348, 358, 375 Win?
There is a saying in Judo, "He who hesitates, is thrown". Regards, -Tutt
Sounds a bit like "He who snoozes, looses"
Sounds a bit like "He who snoozes, looses"
- Mon Nov 22, 2021 10:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Who's shooting the "Big Fifty", 348, 358, 375 Win?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1975
Re: Who's shooting the "Big Fifty", 348, 358, 375 Win?
Tutt: go back and look at the brass at Creedmoor. I looked at the brass availability for different calibres and probably 75% of it is "unavailable, back order OK".
- Mon Nov 22, 2021 5:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: If You're On A Budget This Christmas
- Replies: 2
- Views: 545
Re: If You're On A Budget This Christmas
Or just tell the kids Santa contacted covid and didn't pull through it.
- Sun Nov 21, 2021 2:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Range Report: 1892 .44 mag
- Replies: 6
- Views: 684
Re: Range Report: 1892 .44 mag
ThrillHouse: a new Miroku -- well done! I've seen more than few originals 1892's rechambered to .44 Magnum and all -- except for one -- exhibited headspace issues.
- Fri Nov 19, 2021 10:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Rittenhouse Trial
- Replies: 93
- Views: 9159
Re: Rittenhouse Trial
A prediction: within the next year, attempts to curtail/prohibit the right of self-defense will be made and it will gain traction in the media, congress, state legislatures, some church groups/denominations, and hard core leftists....
- Fri Nov 19, 2021 6:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Range Report: 1892 .44 mag
- Replies: 6
- Views: 684
Re: Range Report: 1892 .44 mag
ThrillHouse: you posted you were shooting a Winchester 1892. Is the rifle a new Winchester 1892 (or clone) or an original production rifle bored out to .44 MAgnum?
Inquiring minds would like to know....
Inquiring minds would like to know....
- Fri Nov 19, 2021 1:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Rittenhouse Trial
- Replies: 93
- Views: 9159
Re: Rittenhouse Trial
Verdict renewed my faith in the jury system.
- Sat Nov 13, 2021 11:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Reasons/Categories for owning guns, or a particular gun
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4592
Re: Reasons/Categories for owning guns, or a particular gun
"Because I don't need a reason...."
--Scott Tschirhart
BINGO! We have the wining answer here!
--Scott Tschirhart
BINGO! We have the wining answer here!
- Thu Nov 11, 2021 7:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A 94 AE, SRC, Trapper-length 30WCF
- Replies: 8
- Views: 982
Re: A 94 AE, SRC, Trapper-length 30WCF
Blaine: sounds like the old County Line Gun Shop, which morphed into Long Shot down now by Walmart??
- Thu Nov 11, 2021 7:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A 94 AE, SRC, Trapper-length 30WCF
- Replies: 8
- Views: 982
Re: A 94 AE, SRC, Trapper-length 30WCF
Three hundred? Three hundred?? You stole that! Good score.
- Thu Nov 11, 2021 11:47 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Winchester Model 94 question
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1790
Re: Winchester Model 94 question
My SWAG (Scientific Wild Arsed Guess): Around here US $400-450 and depending upon condition of the bore. If bore is pitted, rusted, muzzle wear at crown, etc., maybe not US $400.00.
- Wed Nov 10, 2021 10:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 'Tis a Pittance of Time
- Replies: 4
- Views: 670
- Fri Nov 05, 2021 8:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Guy Fawkes Day
- Replies: 8
- Views: 780
Guy Fawkes Day
To our Fellow Firearms enthusiasts on the other side of the pond: Happy Guy Fawkes Day! May the bonfires be spectacular and the ale and beer freely flow. As the poem goes: "Remember, rember, the fifth of November!" http://www.potw.org/archive/potw405.html For those Not-In-The Know about ol...
- Sat Oct 30, 2021 1:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Marlin 1895 LTD
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1198
Re: Marlin 1895 LTD
Blaine: I'll wager that a LTD these days is north of US $1000.00. Back when I bought mine, I paid a little over $900.00. Rifle is marked "Marlin 1895-LTD", 45-70. # DFC001XX, 24” half-octagon barrel, straight stock, no checkering, full magazine tube. Serial number is stamped on left receiv...
- Fri Oct 29, 2021 12:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 1951 94
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1332
Re: 1951 94
Hard to beat a well tuned and well taken care of M94!
Blaine: good shooting; very good shooting! I envy you for being able to see and use barrel sights and still hit the target
Blaine: good shooting; very good shooting! I envy you for being able to see and use barrel sights and still hit the target
- Wed Oct 27, 2021 3:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Who has shipped a bunch of magazines?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 914
Re: Who has shipped a bunch of magazines?
Bill: if you toss them, please contact me first. When I moved from CA to WA, I lost/misplaced a few of the earliest issues. I will pay you for them + shipping. Cheers, ray
- Tue Oct 26, 2021 9:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Who has shipped a bunch of magazines?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 914
Re: Who has shipped a bunch of magazines?
be advised about the USPS book rate/media mail. At the USPS discretion, they can/will open a package and if there is any advertising enclosed, it will be returned to the sender. See "Features" at :
https://faq.usps.com/s/article/What-is- ... -Book-Rate
https://faq.usps.com/s/article/What-is- ... -Book-Rate
- Mon Oct 25, 2021 10:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 10/25/1415 St. Crispin’s day and Agincourt
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1188
10/25/1415 St. Crispin’s day and Agincourt
St. Crispian's day and the anniversary of the battle of Agincourt -- 1415 -- when the English longbow decimated the French knights on French soil. As Shakespeare wrote: "That he which hath no stomach to this fight, Let him depart; his passport shall be made And crowns for convoy put into his pu...
- Sat Oct 23, 2021 3:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: First Ruglin
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1379
Re: First Ruglin
I'll believe the Marlin(s) are in actual production when I see the "new" Marlins on my local dealer's rifle rack....
- Tue Oct 19, 2021 3:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: S&W Standard Catalogue info request
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1015
Re: S&W Standard Catalogue info request
“Whomever says a 2" Combat Masterpiece are a "dime a dozen" knows little or they are trying to weasel your goods into their pocket...... Colt Pythons are catalogued in 2" with no special premium but how many do you see?” --SixGun Six: Appreciate you comment. I think you are right...
- Tue Oct 19, 2021 11:55 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: S&W Standard Catalogue info request
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1015
Re: S&W Standard Catalogue info request
Elmo: thanks for that information.
- Tue Oct 19, 2021 1:20 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: S&W Standard Catalogue info request
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1015
Re: S&W Standard Catalogue info request
Sixgun: yes, that's it.
- Mon Oct 18, 2021 1:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Finest revolver 20th century.
- Replies: 60
- Views: 9674
Re: Finest revolver 20th century.
"The job requirements have a whole lot to do with that choice. Personal opinion, too." --Blaine G. BINGO! My sentiments exactly. But, the wag in me would saty the finest revolver is the one I am shooting at the time. I just punch paper and for me I am very partial to the S&W M14, 15, 1...
- Mon Oct 18, 2021 1:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: S&W Standard Catalogue info request
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1015
S&W Standard Catalogue info request
Colleagues need some help. Does anyone have the S&W Standard Catalogue? Reason I ask is I have a new in the box unfired with all the paperwork Model 15-4 with 2” barrel.From what I have told based upon serial range, it is a 1977. Thinking about selling it. Have been told that the 2” barrel is ma...