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Most every stock I'v ever seen split on a levergun split because the tang was recieving the recoil forces. Many factory guns have a space between the reciever flare & shoulder of the buttstock where recoil forces should be transfered from steel to wood. Since the tangs are tapered if theres spac...

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Heck I do about anything you can do with guns.
I hunt, though mostly bowhunting these days, I shoot, I collect or accumulate, I reload & I restore them sometimes.

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Lostowl05661 wrote:So, what is it sold as like that now? A pistol?

Yup.

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I think Maple is harder & more prone to splitting that walnut if thats what you mean.

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If theyre gonna do this they should start with a BLR type thing so at least you can get 30 round mags for it.

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Thanks Gents. If the wood wasnt so oversanded I'd let it be. I like old wood but not when its been butchered. I'll stain the new pieces & they'll look right. If it shoots I wont line it, but its pretty bad, even the chamber is pitted. I dont think I'm going beyond making it into a shooter though...

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Dang, that thing might just have spoilt my whole day.

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Got an 1889 Marlin 38/40 last week. All original cept for a screw & the sight elevator it looks like. The woods been oversanded though & about every screw is buggered. Bores not so good but the guy I got it from said it did good in cowboy action for him. We'll see, I'm not against getting it...

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Nice! Definately a 1893 carbine. Any info with the pics?

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It's a modern manufactured tool. It's not vintage, collectable, or rare. Joe I know that sounded like a downer, but the rifle has a huge upside, they are nice to look at, usually have great wood, finish and detailing, plus its a takedown in a cool caliber -- and , last but not least -- its a Winche...

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I'd drill & tap the side in a heartbeat for a williams or Lyman aperure sight. In a perfect world they would come that way. I had it done on my Rossi without issue & imagine a Japchester would be no problem either.

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44s will do the same thing. The ones that dont benefit much at all from a longer barrel are calibers like 9mm, 45 etc because they dont have room for larger charges of slower powders. The 158 Federal AE comes from my 20" Rossi @1700fps and though I never chronied it its likely about 12oo fps fr...

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Here's the problem as I see it. IF a '73 is properly fitted up, with the links over-centering upon closing the lever, it is a pretty strong action. The problem is, far too many '73s leave the factory with links a hair too short to allow them to fully over-center upon lock-up, and may even have wide...

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Other than the bottle, which is obviously a bottle, I'd say the rest is rusty junk. :mrgreen: I find similar stuff whenever I dig in our back yard. My yard abuts a tidal pond. This whole area used to be farms & my place was part of a farm up until the early 1920's. I find bones & bottles alo...

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Here's the problem as I see it. IF a '73 is properly fitted up, with the links over-centering upon closing the lever, it is a pretty strong action. The problem is, far too many '73s leave the factory with links a hair too short to allow them to fully over-center upon lock-up, and may even have wide...

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Think a minute.. Count all the clones of Colt's 1911 or AR15/M-16.. This behemoth bears little or no familial resemblence to Henry's .22s.. Yeah I suppose your right. Even their 22s are previously made guns. I just cant figure a reason NOT to use a loading gate. On another note I tend to agree with...

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The original King's patent, along with any Browning, Winchester or Marlin patents regarding the loading gate have long expired.. There must be another reason... Your likely right, I know nothing about such things. But I was thinking they had to make it at least a little different in some way from a...

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Rimfire McNutjob, et al, Are those picrues of the pre-production .45-70? Maybe. No "King's Improvement" loading gate? It sure looks like they considered it, for the Big Boy: http://www.leverguns.com/images/bigboy.jpg I prefer the loading gate. Shawn Yeah I saw that pic in a gun rag before...

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Is that a Marlin or what? I know it's not, but wow, talk about plagiarism. Yup, only thing missing is the loading gate, might be the difference between a lawsuit & none. Its missing the saftey too but thats ok. They also use some sort of transfer bar setup I believe. I thoroughly dislike the fr...

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Bought this year before last, an 02 Yamaha 650 V-Star classic. http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a186/Leverdude/Bike/101_0339.jpg Changed it a little with a backrest, Mustang seat, easy brackets & bags so now it either looks like this, http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a186/Leverdude/Bike/HPIM19...

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Is that a Marlin or what? I know it's not, but wow, talk about plagiarism. Yup, only thing missing is the loading gate, might be the difference between a lawsuit & none. Its missing the saftey too but thats ok. They also use some sort of transfer bar setup I believe. I thoroughly dislike the fr...

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I found a great product at a recent gun show that out performs any existing cold blue product I've seen. It's a solution that you just brush on (an old toothbrush was used), and it penetrates the metal, just like hot bluing. The only difference is that penetrates just half as far. I watch this guy ...

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I know he has a good reputation but I have to qustion any smith that does major work & doesnt check function. On another note its not rwally a "Marlin jam" if the cartridge is part way out. The Marlin jam is when the lifter gets stuck nunder the rim of the next one & cant lift the ...

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I took the spring & follower out of my Rossi Rio Grande in .30-30 WCF to both clean the inside of the magazine tube & take a look at & measure the cheap plastic follower. I noticed that the follower looked remarkably similar in shape & size to the stainless steel follower I got from...

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Actually Marlin was using them in '05 and maybe sooner. My 2005 vintage 1894 Cowboy had an orange plastic follower in it. That was the first thing I changed out. I bought a stainless one from Brownells. At the time they had them for the 336s as well. Well, I just checked Brownells. They don't show ...

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I lost a friend the same way 35 years ago. Hunting with a small group, someone tripped up crossing a fence. Sad, tragic, unavoidable , and all the other words won't bring him back. We all should learn from this and use it as a reminder. My condolences. agree except definitely avoidable Every accide...

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Those are big. Our Red squirrels are smaller than grays by a long shot, just a size over chipmunks really. They call those little red squirrels "Boomers" over in Appalachia. I have never hunted them they are so small. I have killed a pile of big fox squirrels though. They like areas with ...

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Those are big. Our Red squirrels are smaller than grays by a long shot, just a size over chipmunks really.

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Awesome!

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I think theres a reason God put rims on revolver & lever action cartridges. As us 35 Remington fans know, there's no God-mandated requirement for a rim on a lever cartridge. And the rim on the straight-walled cartridges is more for the nice headspacing than for a feeding requirement. Now the tw...

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Why does it not have a problem with the 35 Rem.? Because its bottlenecked & tapered. The lifter needs to be able to come up enough to block the next round in the tube while letting the body of the current one slip in. Rifle calibers have more of a fudge factor, thats why we usually hear about t...

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Lack of a rim causes issues in most actions more than length. In a Marlin pistol caliber the dia difference between the rim & case body is what keeps it from double feeding, in any properly functioning Marlin empty cases should feed onto the carrier fine, its tricky getting empty straight walled...

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Sorry for your loss.

We put Sam, our dog down in May, 16 years we got out of him. Still hurts, we buried him in the yard too.

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Theres some surf caster fisherman here but most catch them from boats. Those are biggies for sure! I think they need to be 28" before we can keep them now. Was 36 at one time.

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The terminal velocity of a baseball is about 95 miles an hour. That’s about the same speed a ball travels when thrown by a good fastball pitcher. A bullet fired straight up will lose velocity and eventually stop. Then gravity will cause the bullet to accelerate downward against air resistance. When...

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I am definately one of the hunters that is ANNOYED :x with the commercialization of DEER HUNTING! All we ever see in the Hunting mags is how we have to have the most modern equipment if we want to harvest a nice deer. Glad to say this year I harvested a NICE buck using my Marlin 336 30-30 and a box...

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I dont worry much what other people do, or what they think either to be quite honest. When I hunt in big woods I walk, look, listen & often find a place to sit & watch for game. When I bowhunt near home I use tree stands, pop up blinds and sometimes bait. Similar to what 86er said I'v found ...

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I dunno if that makes sense to me Kirk if your compareing jacketed to cast. Not sure its a safe correlation in any event, but if a certain pressure creates a certain kinetic energy with a jacketed bullet, given that the kinetic energy is directly proportional to velocity and a jacketed bullet will n...

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I been drinking "Smithwicks" Irish Ale the last couple years. Guiness makes it. My wife likes Guiness Stout & I bought this because they had none one day. She hates it but I like it. Sam Adams makes an Irish Red thats good too. I drank more Budweiser by the time I was 30 than most sane...

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Heck, you only need to move a few miles west into VT to get to the model of gun rights states VT. A couple Western states are catching up but the north east has the benefit of many thousands of acres of open land, both public & private. If its not posted you can hunt on it. Of course its nice to...

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I would suspect that Remington offered to keep any Marlin guys willing to relocate to SC. I'd bet there VERY few takers; especially in this economy. If you were a skilled machinist, your wife held a good job, you were near SS age w/a mortgage, who's income could more easily be replaced. Ny wife &am...

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I don't find it necessary to unload when I come in.. Simply opening the action will usually suffice, or just clearing the chamber.. Maybe it isn't by "the Book" but my firearms are always loaded, and every gun should be considered as such.. I am with you. ALL my firearms are loaded, All t...

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I fiigured they were shot because they killed livestock, not for doing what God put them here for. I shoot most I see but things like that string of pics dont bug me much. Course I'd rather a shot at that deer than having him feed the coyotes, crows & worms, but the fact is they need it more tha...

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Buy a reloading kit. I dont think I'd shoot much beyond 22s if I had to buy ammo these days.

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JMO but I call BS. I know a couple guys who worked for Marlin before Rem thru them in the dirt and from what I gather the biggest problem is Remington not letting their people get taught by the people who had been building the guns for decades. At any rate since every gun coming out doesn't have the...

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I've never seen a Rio Grande live and up close. Is it a Marlin 336 type action? Pretty much a clone. From what I can see they changed the shape of the trigger plate & lever a little but thats about it. Its worth noteing that the Henry centerfires are Marlin actions for the most part too, though...

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Massachusetts wasn't FOUNDED by sheep who willingly accepted tyranny.

Nope, but its being ruined by them. And the fact that the GOP and republicans in general are willing to even consider Mitt as a candidate does not make the GOP or Republicans look very conservative at all.

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And just think, we might end up with a former Mass Governor as the GOP candidate.

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BlaineG wrote:Everyone raves about the slicked up 92s by Rossi, but how do the stock ones shoot?

Mines fine and all I did was work on the trigger a very little. Was smooth as silk & positive feeding right out of the box. The trigger wasn't even bad really, I just like to fiddle with things so I did.

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Might be had little faith in a puny 300 grain bullet. Thats about a varmint load in 45/70.

Probably a hollow point too & thats why he needed two shots. I'll never understand hollow points in a .458.

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