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ollogger wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2017 6:05 pm That surely is one awesome 73 & most likely one of the best left in SRC
If you don't mind what year is it?

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It is 1891 manufacture...

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After months of looking for the right 1873 SRC, I finally found one. Finding a 1873 SRC with any condition is hard enough, but to find it in 38-40 is even harder. My research turns up less than 6000 were made in 38-40. It is a nice gun... https://i.imgur.com/SvkFXbAl.jpg https://i.imgur.com/xzv5XQ5l...

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Westley Richards 10 gauge Hammergun...

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I will take Marcot's book all day over the data you have to sift through to find what you want in a book like Maddis' book on Winchesters.

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Griff wrote: ↑Tue Mar 28, 2017 7:48 pm
Shrapnel wrote: ↑Tue Mar 28, 2017 7:23 pm Give me a holler on your way through, I am in Bozeman, we could have lunch or something. I doubt Shiloh will have the book, but they are worth the visit...
How early do you do breakfast? I'm likely to stop @ the Broadway Travel Plaza tonite in Belgrade.

I sent you a PM...

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Give me a holler on your way through, I am in Bozeman, we could have lunch or something. I doubt Shiloh will have the book, but they are worth the visit...

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It was worth the wait. A real nice book, just the way I like them, lots of pictures. I was fortunate enough to get a real rare Sharps a few years ago that was marked "A.D. McAusland" from Miles City Montana. Ron and Roy came to Montana a couple years ago photographing Sharps rifles and I h...

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I have a couple cases of MRE's, but they are around 3,000 calories. If you are 21 and packing a 65 pound pack in the desert somewhere, that won't hurt you, but normally, 3,000 calories is a bit much. I have gotten "Mountain House" meals at Costco and they are nearly the same price, but muc...

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Nothing like a good set of custom grips. I had a local guy make a set of one piece grips for a first generation Colt out of rose wood...

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Smaller bullets, but larger numbers. Nearly 600 17 Remington, varmint season soon approaches...

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Help us Shrapnel! The pistol grip and trigger guard are the lever? The trigger guard and the pistol grip, actually slide backwards to work the action. Here is are pictures of another Burgess wrist/slide action shotgun. This one isn't a folder like the first, but it works the same... http://i235.pho...

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Here is areal doozy, that was made for concealment. It works great and turns heads at the cowboy shoots... http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee202/bridgershooters/shotguns/DSCN2561_1.jpg http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee202/bridgershooters/shotguns/DSCN2562.jpg http://i235.photobucket.com/album...

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I won a bet with him about a month ago, it is costing him dinner at the Rib and Chop House in Livingston. Easily the best steak within 100 miles of here. It is my birthday as well, so he gets double the mileage on just one bet. I will tell him everyone is concerned...

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I suppose it would be a good idea when you get married in a trailer park with a garbage can full of rancid meat to keep the flies off your bride...

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Mike went into the hospital with a bad case of stomach flu. I talked to him on the phone and he sounded quite sick. I was picking up a package at his house on the way home and called him again to let him know. He sounded much more normal, but was completely confused and didn't know where he was or e...

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"Harvesting" itself is bending to the sanitizing of the sport of hunting. Harvesting applies to grain and vegetables, hunting and killing is for animals. I still hunt and kill and save harvesting for farmers...

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I always stuck with the 405 FN because I have the mold and only shoot deer in brush country and I figure the heavier the better for that. :) That 405 does make the 45-70 capable of killing most anything in North America... http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee202/bridgershooters/Hunting%20big%20gam...

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A friend handed me one in .45 Colt a few years back and I believe he was hoping I would make an offer after I tried it. Fifty rounds of my cowboy loads later and I was not impressed by the accuracy. It was new and I had lots of jams, many stovepipe, and it didn't matter how fast or slow I worked th...

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Pitchy, That BAR man is just too cool. Even carryin' his box of ammo! Shrapnel, How much air is under that prairie dog? I just love it when my Swift sucks one out the hole like that. People don't realize how versatile a BAR really is. They will lift a prairie dog a couple feet and make a cottontail...

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BAR on prairie dogs...

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They are death on gophers too...

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The originals are great, there is nothing like an original Lightning. This is an original SRC in 44-40. They work much better than the cheaper copies. The USFA copies are equal in quality to the originals and will work much better than the Taurus and other copies. They aren't easy to find and when y...

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They are great for rabbits too...

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More rare than seeing an eagle take small game is to actually get your camera out and capture the picture...

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I've only owned two Whitney Kennedys. One in .44-40 and another in .40-60. I didn't have ay issues with cycling in either gun. I was collecting pre WWI Marlin rifles at the time, and stumbled across the two Whitneys at different times. I always thought they were a really nice gun, and very signific...

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I know I would love to own an old 94 in 25-35, on my wish list for sure, and a late model 86 in 40-82, that would be all I would need. The 25-35 is more than adequate as a killer, it is worth the hunt to find one. As for the 40-82, unless you are wanting to load black powder to it's full potential,...

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My apologies to the OP and anyone following this discourse. The intent of this thread was a question about relining a barrel, nothing more. Giving some advice was all I did, no mention of any of my guns or my net worth, you brought that up. 9000 posts and you rate yourself an expert. Others have pos...

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Gunny...that's what I said earlier.....the area after the liner has to be freebored. Maybe I'm looking into this too much....like...what's the reason other than to hide the liner work when it's so much easier and surer to work to drill all the way out? Well, that's what's great about America....we ...

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The Whitney Kennedy shares a lot of design similarities with the 1881 Marlin, and Colt Burgess. What are the quirks of the Whitney Kennedy? For instance, I've read feeding from magazine to chamber wasn't the most reliable on the early 1881 models. That's a very nice looking example, Shrapnel. I hav...

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Click on the picture it is a video. Dig as much as you need, then chain up the front...

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http://www.longrangehunting.com/article ... rown-1.php

This may be of some interest...

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Gunny...that's what I said earlier.....the area after the liner has to be freebored. Maybe I'm looking into this too much....like...what's the reason other than to hide the liner work when it's so much easier and surer to work to drill all the way out? Well, that's what's great about America....we ...

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I would think the method mentioned would also prevent the liner from being pushed out of the bore. The liners Brownell's has listed is for the lower velocity calibers, 25-20, 38-40 & 44-40 and as long as the liner has a good crown the end of the bore at the muzzle could be oversize and it would...

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No, I have not. I've also never poured 60 grains of Bullseye in a 50-100-450 Winchester case and topped it with a 450 gr. bullet for the sake of experimentation This is kind of reasoning that leads to the constant criticism of unfamiliar territory. If you were an accomplished gunsmith and had tried...

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A local gunsmith around here will reline a barrel and ream it from the breech, stopping short of the muzzle. When he is done, there is no sign of the relining, as the liner is hidden by the original muzzle on the rifle due to that process. It works well and shows no sign of the reline... OK.....but...

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What a beautiful addition to your collection! The condition of that rifle is amazing. I might have missed where you mentioned it, but what year do you think it was made? I am very impressed with the fact that it is in 45-60 caliber. If it is the same as the Winchester 45-60, it would put a 300 grai...

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A local gunsmith around here will reline a barrel and ream it from the breech, stopping short of the muzzle. When he is done, there is no sign of the relining, as the liner is hidden by the original muzzle on the rifle due to that process. It works well and shows no sign of the reline...

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That is a beaut!! Not knowing much about them, how do those rifles take a 44-40 and a 45-60 in the same action or is there a small frame version? Very nice gun!! Irv Same action, although some people call the larger caliber guns "Large Frame" even though they are the same. Here are the 2 ...

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It is an extremely early gun with "S" lever, sling swivels and double set triggers. There weren't that many Whitney Kennedy rifles made to begin with, let alone these features. I already have 3 other Whitney rifles, a 44-40 rifle, 44-40 SRC, and a 45-60 SRC.

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I just picked up this original Whitney Kennedy last week. I am anticipating shooting it soon... http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee202/bridgershooters/For%20Sale/DSCN3409.jpg http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee202/bridgershooters/For%20Sale/DSCN3411.jpg http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee202/b...

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Here is an example of "no need to mess with something" but someone felt that it needed changed and the net gain is a trainwreck. These guns are the equivalent...

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Taking old guns hunting is what they were made for. It is especially fulfilling to have a great backdrop for a good photo. I found this old sandstone rock with 100 year old inscriptions on it for a good picture, much the same as your old tree trunk... http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee202/bridger...

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You asked for opinions, here is mine: It is butt-ugly and I wouldn't own one on a bet. It appears to be an answer for a question not asked. Sometimes it is better to leave well enough alone. The lever action rifle rose to height of beauty, fit and function over 100 years ago. Modifications such as t...

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Moose with a Deluxe 1876 in 40-60...

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Tidiness is indication of nothing going on... http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee202/bridgershooters/Reloading/115_2134.jpg http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee202/bridgershooters/Reloading/115_2135.jpg http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee202/bridgershooters/Reloading/DSCN1704.jpg http://i235.ph...

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hfcable wrote:just finishing up [ going back to alaska on sunday ] two weeks in bozeman visiting kids...have doe tag and lever gun but no luck so far

In Bozeman eh? I'm here for about the next 40 years or so...

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I still can't get as many levers out each fall to shoot as I would like, but this year was not bad. An antelope with a Sako Finnwolf 308 and a deer with a 95 in 40-72... http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee202/bridgershooters/Deer/DSCN3141.jpg http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee202/bridgershooter...

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Some first generation 7 1/2 inch:

45 Colt

38-40

44-40

Bisley 38-40

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claybob86 wrote:
Shrapnel wrote:Very rare, Burgess cutaway shotgun from the 1890's...

This is probably a stoopid question, but can that cutaway be fired? Looks well used...

I don't know if that is a stupid question, but I do think it may not be smart to shoot it...

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