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by geobru
Sat Feb 08, 2014 3:25 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Trail to Levers
Replies: 44
Views: 6548

Re: The Trail to Levers

My first lever was a Daisy BB gun, but my love for levers started with my dad. Above the piano in our living room was a nice 4 point buck that dad shot with his old 1894 rifle in 30WCF. I listened to that story numerous times over the years, and dreamed of the day when I would be able to go deer hun...
by geobru
Tue Feb 04, 2014 3:06 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: WW2 survivor
Replies: 9
Views: 1673

Re: WW2 survivor

I had a good friend who was shot down over Germany. His crew had to climb vertically up through the plane so they could exit through the tail as it corkscrewed toward the ground. IIRC, not all of the crew made it out of the plane before it hit the ground. They were very brave men, and I salute those...
by geobru
Sat Feb 01, 2014 9:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New Farm Boss
Replies: 33
Views: 2985

Re: New Farm Boss

I have worked in the timber industry most of my career in Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Most of the loggers run Stihl in this region, but there are those who like the Husqvarna and use them too. I always used a Stihl, figuring that most of the timber cutters in the woods had good reasons for their p...
by geobru
Tue Jan 28, 2014 1:23 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: winchester model 61
Replies: 6
Views: 561

Re: winchester model 61

Midway has a part for about $20, but it sounds like it has to be fitted to work properly.

http://www.midwayusa.com/find?sortby=1& ... onid=18349

Homestead Firearms and Numrich are out of stock.
by geobru
Mon Jan 27, 2014 10:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: winchester model 61
Replies: 6
Views: 561

Re: winchester model 61

According to Wisener's website they have the part listed, but they say call for info.
by geobru
Wed Jan 15, 2014 1:26 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Big score at Bi-Mart
Replies: 12
Views: 1015

Re: Big score at Bi-Mart

Yep, Bi-Mart is a great store. Its the only place I have seen 22lr on the shelves in 2+ years. They get powder in on a fairly regular basis, and they have had primers on the shelves all of the time since they opened last year in Aberdeen. This week, the only powder they had when I checked was 3 poun...
by geobru
Wed Jan 15, 2014 1:06 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ineresting find
Replies: 5
Views: 1069

Re: Ineresting find

When I was 19, I shot a nice 3 point mule deer. When I skinned him, I noticed a hard red lump in the hide on one side. I wondered what caused it, and was watching for any indication of a corresponding lump on the other side of the body in the hide. Sure enough, there was one on each side of the body...
by geobru
Tue Jan 14, 2014 12:54 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Please - pray for us
Replies: 92
Views: 16104

Re: Please - pray for us specifically for this Friday

Prayers sent in your behalf.
by geobru
Sat Jan 04, 2014 6:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Need help loading 40-82
Replies: 10
Views: 1537

Re: Need help loading 40-82

Cap, If you have Excel, PM me your email address and I'll send you the load information that I have accumulated over the last 5 years or so. There are 40+ loads that I've gleaned from different sources. I started reloading my 40-82 in 2008 and have spent a lot of time developing loads for the gun. T...
by geobru
Sat Jan 04, 2014 2:24 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Just for fun - Cars We've Owned:
Replies: 42
Views: 5282

Re: Just for fun - Cars We've Owned:

56 Chev Belair
54 Willies PU
64 GTO 4 speed 383 cu w/ Tripower
66 Chev Impala 283 cu auto
71 Ford F150 4 speed
7? Ford Mustang 2
7? Ford LTD wagon
78 Ford 1 ton van
92 Toyota Previa van
86 Chrysler New Yorker
04 Toyota Sienna
93 Ford Explorer Sport
by geobru
Tue Dec 31, 2013 12:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New Henry Golden Boy 22 Question
Replies: 5
Views: 2684

Re: New Henry Golden Boy 22 Question

That is what I thought. In order to look through a scope mounted on that rifle, it seems to me anyway that you have to crane your neck to see through the scope! Zero cheek weld! Do the older Winchesters (1873, 1876, 1866) have a higher comb than the 86's and newer? I'm wondering if Henry copied the ...
by geobru
Tue Dec 31, 2013 1:40 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New Henry Golden Boy 22 Question
Replies: 5
Views: 2684

New Henry Golden Boy 22 Question

I checked out a new Henry Golden Boy at a local shop before Christmas. It had an octagon barrel and the typical smooth Henry action. This gun appears to be based on an 1873? Winchester. The receiver is longer than the blued H0001 rifles. When I shouldered the rifle, I noticed that there is not a goo...
by geobru
Mon Dec 16, 2013 11:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Somebody's gonna get hurt...
Replies: 14
Views: 1169

Re: Somebody's gonna get hurt...

For years I thought the dumbest thing on earth was a sheep. Then one day I pulled up to a stop sign and there was a dove pecking gravel in the middle of the lane. I slowed down and stopped at the intersection...... I thought that the dove had flown off until I heard the sound of my radiator fan crea...
by geobru
Mon Dec 09, 2013 9:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Blowing Snow...Madman 4570 Style
Replies: 20
Views: 1177

Re: Blowing Snow...Madman 4570 Style

6 The last winter I was in Minnesota, I didn't want to buy a snow blower because I knew I was going to move out to Idaho. My driveway was about 250 feet long, which was way too much to do by hand, so I used my riding lawn mower to mow the snow off the road. Did I invent a snow mower??? :lol: As long...
by geobru
Thu Dec 05, 2013 1:08 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: FS---PA.---Manual Wood Splitting Tools
Replies: 38
Views: 3902

Re: FS---PA.---Manual Wood Splitting Tools

I'm 62 and I am really blessed that I can still go out and cut and split wood with guys half my age any day of the week.

Only thing is that they can go out and do it the next day. I have to wait about a week before I can do it again! :twisted: :lol:
by geobru
Tue Dec 03, 2013 9:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How many instruments can you count?
Replies: 8
Views: 1032

Re: How many instruments can you count?

VERY COOL.
Thanks for posting

MERRY CHRISTMAS!
by geobru
Sat Nov 30, 2013 3:38 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Stripping a Henry H0001 stock
Replies: 13
Views: 1971

Stripping a Henry H0001 stock

What kind of stripper should a guy use to remove the factory finish on a henry stock? My SIL wants a satin finish rather than the shiny factory finish. :?:
by geobru
Wed Nov 27, 2013 1:46 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Need help please
Replies: 5
Views: 446

Re: Need help please

Les Staley wrote:Thanks for handling this for me, Mike..and you too, Geobru...Les
Glad to be able to help out. Good luck with the sale!

gb
by geobru
Mon Nov 25, 2013 10:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Need help please
Replies: 5
Views: 446

Re: Need help please

PM Sent
by geobru
Sat Nov 23, 2013 12:36 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 308 Winchester--nice compromise
Replies: 21
Views: 1848

Re: 308 Winchester--nice compromise

Geobru, great pics. I have a pristine BLR 243 that is almost 25 years old. And a 40 year old 88 in 308. 1100 rds through those two. The 308 is ammo picky, half inch is hat best with Fed 150s and 5 inch plus with Win 180 RN. My BLR doesn't like the Winchester Power Point either. I also have an 88 in...
by geobru
Thu Nov 21, 2013 1:50 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 308 Winchester--nice compromise
Replies: 21
Views: 1848

Re: 308 Winchester--nice compromise

My primary gun for over 30 years was this BLR in 308. I bought it new just before I got married. It worked very well on deer and elk over the years while we were raising our family. When I look at the worn receiver and the checkering that is worn smooth from carrying, I think of the days that I pack...
by geobru
Sat Nov 16, 2013 8:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Handloads for Mod 88 in 308 win cal
Replies: 6
Views: 703

Re: Handloads for Mod 88 in 308 win cal

I have a couple of targets shot from an 88. 41 and 43 grains of 3031, Rem CoreLokt bullets. 1.5 inches at 100 yards all the time, sometimes better.
by geobru
Fri Nov 15, 2013 9:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Off centered williams Peep in order to sight in?
Replies: 16
Views: 647

Re: Off centered williams Peep in order to sight in?

If the front sight is centered, it is what it is!
I'd line it up and shoot the heck out of it! :D


Welcome to the board!
by geobru
Sun Nov 10, 2013 7:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: powder
Replies: 43
Views: 2535

Re: powder

Week before last, I happened to hit Cabela's in Lacey when they actually had some powder, including 3031, 2400, 4064, 4198, One or two Winchester powders. I went back this week and bought a pound of 3031 for 27.99, which was $5 more than I paid at a store in Aberdeen last month.
by geobru
Sun Nov 03, 2013 9:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lets hear it,stupid things you have done
Replies: 44
Views: 3284

Re: Lets hear it,stupid things you have done

Back in the late 60's three of us had a balloon sling, a small outbuilding to get on top of so we could pull the pouch down to the ground and shoot balloons higher and farther. We started lobbing water balloons high over the trees that lined the street, trying to hit a car. Great fun huh?? :twisted:...
by geobru
Thu Oct 31, 2013 8:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Range Report - Model 64 Winchester 32 Special
Replies: 18
Views: 1868

Re: Range Report - Model 64 Winchester 32 Special

Someone who has better eyes than mine will have to give a younger perspective than me, but I find that the light conditions affect the vertical POI on different days.
by geobru
Thu Oct 24, 2013 8:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Happy Birthday geobru.
Replies: 6
Views: 244

Re: Happy Birthday geobru.

Thanks to all of you well wishers!

May your shoulder hold up and your bullets fly true!
by geobru
Thu Oct 24, 2013 8:59 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Range Report - Model 64 Winchester 32 Special
Replies: 18
Views: 1868

Re: Range Report - Model 64 Winchester 32 Special

yes, that M64 is a great rifle. I have a 1942/43 M64 chambered in 30WCF and am always looking for a mate in 32 Win. Special. When I picked this rifle up I was a little leery about the 32 special as a caliber, but once I got the reloading dies and some bullets, I was set. It may not be any different...
by geobru
Wed Oct 23, 2013 12:23 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Range Report - Model 64 Winchester 32 Special
Replies: 18
Views: 1868

Range Report - Model 64 Winchester 32 Special

I bought this rifle about a year ago. At the time, I loved the trigger (3.5 lbs.) and thought it had the potential to be a really accurate rifle. The first problem that emerged was the front sight was too short. I did some calculations and figured that the .260 sight would have to be replaced with a...
by geobru
Sat Oct 19, 2013 10:22 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Has this been posted before?
Replies: 2
Views: 325

Re: Has this been posted before?

I haven't seen it. Good place for airplane aficionados to to look at some vintage aircraft!
by geobru
Mon Oct 07, 2013 9:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Win 94 - pre 64 front sight height..?
Replies: 5
Views: 1714

Re: Win 94 - pre 64 front sight height..?

My pre-64 94 and M64 have .260 front sights. I am changing the 64 to a .310 so I can use the elevator on the second notch.
by geobru
Sat Oct 05, 2013 12:01 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My 40-82 is a shooter
Replies: 3
Views: 362

Re: My 40-82 is a shooter

Watch fleabay.
Every once in a while 40-82 dies come up for sale for reasonable prices.
by geobru
Sat Sep 28, 2013 6:07 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Flint n Rawhide (warning: LONG)
Replies: 17
Views: 1210

Re: Flint n Rawhide (warning: LONG)

As a youth, my family's hobby was to hunt for arrowheads along the Columbia River and a few sorties into central Oregon where we found some fine obsidian points. I could always tell the real thing from a modern point because the modern artisans would work the edges and leave the middle of the tool s...
by geobru
Mon Sep 23, 2013 9:06 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Browning BL-22
Replies: 6
Views: 1177

Re: Browning BL-22

Sent the rifle to Browning and it was returned last week, repaired. Cost was $120. When I sent the rifle to them, I asked for some explanation of what had happened but I got nothing. I will call and see if they could offer an explanation. What's to keep this from happening again? Sometimes stuff ha...
by geobru
Sat Sep 21, 2013 9:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Browning BL22 help
Replies: 11
Views: 1752

Re: Browning BL22 help

Glad you got it back up and running. Your girls will love the BL-22. Its a great little gun.
by geobru
Sat Sep 21, 2013 12:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Browning BL22 help
Replies: 11
Views: 1752

Re: Browning BL22 help

I just looked at your pics again. Try this: Put the edge of the cover under the front dovetail line up the hole with the pin and press your thumb against the cover to see if it will snap into place. Your picture shows it the opposite way, with the cover in the rear cut away and the front of the cove...
by geobru
Sat Sep 21, 2013 11:59 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Browning BL22 help
Replies: 11
Views: 1752

Re: Browning BL22 help

Is there anything in the dovetail that is not supposed to be there that would be blocking the cover from properly seating?
by geobru
Sat Sep 21, 2013 11:06 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Where to get 9422 factory parts has changed
Replies: 0
Views: 804

Where to get 9422 factory parts has changed

FYI This past week, I tried to order a few parts for a 9422. I called the Browning/Winchester parts number and was told that they sold all of their factory parts for the 9422 to Midwest Gun Works last April. Midwest has a nice website, its easy to use, but the prices for the parts are now higher tha...
by geobru
Sat Sep 21, 2013 10:42 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Browning BL22 help
Replies: 11
Views: 1752

Re: Browning BL22 help

Minute man, Welcome to the forum! I had to replace my firing pin not too long ago and took some pictures of the disassembly process. This is the thread http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=50072&hilit=BL+22+assembly If you look at the 6th picture that shows the broken firing...
by geobru
Sat Sep 21, 2013 10:21 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ban Sniper ... er... Toilet Bowl Brushes...
Replies: 7
Views: 508

Re: Ban Sniper ... er... Toilet Bowl Brushes...

BlaineG wrote:That guy is flush with ideas....
Yeah boy! And he really enjoys doing what he's doing! You gotta like that guy!
by geobru
Sat Sep 14, 2013 9:39 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: old tow behind road grader ( pic heavy )
Replies: 10
Views: 1753

Re: old tow behind road grader ( pic heavy )

I think your grader is a fresno. My dad talked about building a fresno for use on the farm he worked on. The term fresno refers to a grader that was originally pulled with horses. Yours looks like it was built to be pulled with a tractor. Good looking piece of equipment!
by geobru
Sat Sep 14, 2013 9:26 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Refinish a pre 64 stock. Original finish question?-DONE!
Replies: 23
Views: 4279

Re: Refinish a pre 64 stock. Original finish question?

Rather than sand the wood, I have used paint stripper to remove the old finish, rubbing with nothing harsher than steel wool. Steam out dents by placing a damp cloth over the stock and ironing it with your wife's clothes iron. (she has since given me my own iron) Repeat this process until you have ...
by geobru
Sat Sep 14, 2013 2:49 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gun Porn
Replies: 6
Views: 487

Gun Porn

Well, the wife is gone for a few days and I got lonely, so I surrounded myself with things that bring me comfort. I drug my leverguns out and lined them up. That hasn't happened here for quite a while. It was a treat to be able to fondle them as needed, and crank those levers at will without having ...
by geobru
Thu Sep 12, 2013 11:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: First lesson on new to me 9422
Replies: 4
Views: 399

Re: First lesson on new to me 9422

Bob, I'm sure you will like hat rifle. A year or so ago, I bought a 9422M. I liked it so much that I decided that I "had" to have one in 22 lr so I could afford to shoot it more. They are adult sized rifles and have a really nice feel to them when you shoulder it. I find that the 9422 is e...
by geobru
Wed Sep 11, 2013 7:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Project Mauser7mm: Stripping Stocks
Replies: 36
Views: 2980

Re: Project Mauser7mm: Stripping Stocks

Good project! I'd start with the stain now as others have said. You can experiment by putting the stain on and removing it after a short time to compare how each piece takes the stain. Reapply stain to each piece as needed to get a uniform color. Some may take more applications than others, but you ...
by geobru
Tue Sep 10, 2013 4:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 9422 Stock refinished
Replies: 12
Views: 1093

Re: 9422 Stock refinished

How did you fix the gouge in the forend? I have a Martini with a similar gouge & would like to do the same. Thanks in advance! I used a punch out panel from an electrical box to use as a scraper. One side of the metal has a sharp edge to it. I put that edge right up to the drop off where the ba...
by geobru
Tue Sep 10, 2013 9:41 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 9422 Stock refinished
Replies: 12
Views: 1093

Re: 9422 Stock refinished

I think you did a pretty good job of capturing the lighter/blonder coloring common in that era. Some of the pics were taken outside with a bright sun and are a little over exposed making the wood appear a bit lighter than it is. It is definitely lighter than the newer 9422's are. I think that Winch...
by geobru
Tue Sep 10, 2013 8:44 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 9422 Stock refinished
Replies: 12
Views: 1093

Re: 9422 Stock refinished

It looks redder. Did you use a stain? Nice finish. I am taking notes..... I didn't use any stain, just True Oil. Walnut has a wide range of colors in it. Stain colors the wood and makes the colors more uniform. I like to see the natural colors in wood and don't mind the darker with the light. I wil...
by geobru
Tue Sep 10, 2013 1:36 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 9422 Stock refinished
Replies: 12
Views: 1093

Re: 9422 Stock refinished

These are pics of the finished work. All in all I think it looks ok. I didn't want to do much to the wood other than to smooth out the gouge and pull out the dings and dents. I didn't try to get all of the imperfections in the wood out because the metal isn't perfect either. I cleaned it up to make ...