Thanks. I've got some work to do on an old receiver and was planning on having that testing done so that I make sure my repairs were done correctly. Now I'm convinced.

Wow. You went and posted a pic of that .32-40 1893.... now you owe me a keyboard. I drooled so long over that pic my keyboard shorted out. Having to use a PC type with my laptop now!

Y'all are being far too polite.

Very nice.

Tis actually two, the link and carrier. Both holes on the right side have been peened. ?The link so much so that the hole has migrated rearwarrd & downward. Needs a little filling in also! Mucho malo.

Joe & Mike, I had talked with Colt1849 and IIRC he said he stays away from the post '64 sintered steel receivers. Val, have you done this with a Post '64? I have a guy that's willing to TIG the small repair needed, (weld up a screw hole that has become enlongated so I can redrill and tap.) But, ...

Does anyone know what type of rod I would use to weld a flaw in a post '64 Winchester 94 Receiver? Or where about's to go to get an answer?

Hanz, Keep soaking it, use some heat and work with the screws. Get it apart. Clean and derust everything. If the chamber and bore and action isn't in bad shape it will work. At least ... that's what I'd do. Me too. I've got one as bad I'm going to rebuild: http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d197/sas...

marlinman93 wrote:Registrations only happen once...

Ask the Russians and Germans what happens right after.

marlinman93 wrote:Yea, and these pictures don't irritate the wives when they see us drooling at them!

Not my wife, she knows that when I'm lookin' at levers I'm only a credit card swipe away from sinnin'; she knows I couldn't have them women in the magazines if I was 20 again!

I'd say you have the photo thing down pat! Good looking levers.

Ji and his family are in my prayers. May we all have such parents to love and cherish. May we all be such parents.

Happy Easter

The Central Coast ain't so bad, but many an Angelino have trouble breathing air they can't see! Hope your friend adjusts to the lifestyle. Don't forget to put him on Northern Tool's mailing list so he can their specials on snowblowers!

marlinman93 wrote:Hey that's cheatin Griff! Only one of those is in .25-35!

Hey, it got included! Besides, you have toi remember what it sez on the door:

I've been doing some thinking along those same lines. Here's my dream rifle: Winchester 94, top eject, take down with 6 barrels. It needs to be in a rifle configuration, curved steel buttplate, nicely figured wood. I want the buttplate, receiver, lower tang, lever and forend cap color case hardened....

86er,
Those are fantastic pictures.

Was kinda neat. I suspect that he'd been planning that little April Fool's joke for a while. I mean, you don't just up and create a website in a day... or is it really that simple and folks have been getting ripped off for lots of money by it seeming more complicated that it is?

The Hodgdon Powder website only lists a 405 and 485 gr bullets, so it's not much help. But, would be a starting point. They list loads for both 3031 and 4064, but nothing for 748 in this cartridge.

Whereas I agree with you about the original Winchester M71, I just don't see the Browning copies as having that same... inviolate nature. I have a 1886 Browning rifle, that is just as it was received from the factory, with the only changes being it's no longer "unfired". However, there isn...

Ah, I see the difference. They used a professional photographer so the shooter and everything except the receiver of the rifle is blurry. Your photo has great focus and is very clear. Obviously an amateurish attempt to replicate the ad. Besides, it looks better.

Check out Ruger's new almost clone of the Colt 1872 Open Top.

Gosh, and I thought mine was in rough shape. That's not as bad as some I've seen. I haven't used them, but I'm planning on having http://www.classicgunsinc.com do the metal work on the projects I'm working on. They were recommended to me by another gunsmith who sends them his long guns refinishing.

Sounds like a bargain, but...

Insert funny/witty comment of your choice here.

Well, Little John's Levergun auction is history. My BIL bought two 94 Winchester SRCs. Paid ~$600 for one with almost no finish, but very nice condition otherwise (yet missing the ring), the other was about 60% finish and good condition and he paid $1,000. He said that your average SRC and Rifle wer...

HOPE nobody was on the ATV! You look so sad about this event. Were we wantin' some hamburger? Maybe just a little bit!

Excellent letter. I wish him well. (It does me good also).

He might not have volunteered if he knew you were going to wear that hat in his "thank you, Mr. Yak, photo!

I've gone by Griff since my high-school baseball days. Even my wife calls me that... when not using some other [s]term of endearment[/s] epitath.

Very nice Congrats to the Mrs.