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by Ray Newman
Thu Feb 10, 2022 2:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Things Looking up...
Replies: 6
Views: 670

Re: Things Looking up...

"maybe things are getting back to normal."
--.45 Colt

Supply may be getting better, but how about prices on the ammunition you saw?
by Ray Newman
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
by Ray Newman
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...
by Ray Newman
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.
by Ray Newman
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.
by Ray Newman
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!
by Ray Newman
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.
by Ray Newman
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.
by Ray Newman
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?"
by Ray Newman
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 ...
by Ray Newman
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.
by Ray Newman
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.
by Ray Newman
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...
by Ray Newman
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...
by Ray Newman
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...
by Ray Newman
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.
by Ray Newman
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...
by Ray Newman
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.
by Ray Newman
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.
by Ray Newman
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...
by Ray Newman
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...
by Ray Newman
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 ...
by Ray Newman
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.
by Ray Newman
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...
by Ray Newman
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....
by Ray Newman
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....
by Ray Newman
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" :D
by Ray Newman
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".
by Ray Newman
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.
by Ray Newman
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.
by Ray Newman
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....
by Ray Newman
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....
by Ray Newman
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.
by Ray Newman
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!
by Ray Newman
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??
by Ray Newman
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.
by Ray Newman
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.
by Ray Newman
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...
by Ray Newman
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...
by Ray Newman
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
by Ray Newman
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
by Ray Newman
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
by Ray Newman
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...
by Ray Newman
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....
by Ray Newman
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...
by Ray Newman
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.
by Ray Newman
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.
by Ray Newman
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...
by Ray Newman
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...