And thanks! to Joe too.

I've been going through withdrawals from Leverguns.......

That sounds like a real good friend there. And a sweet Lever too.

A big congrats on both.

And thanks KirkD for that mesage. We've been swamped at work & home and I just had a real chance to log on LeverGuns.

Our family prayers for Junior.

Congrats and our best. Way to go!

Reminds me of that joke about the gun owner with a big sign in his front yard. The sign pointed at the anti-gun neighbors house and said something like "I respect my neighbor's decision not to own any guns because he believes all problems can be solved by peaceful & polite discussion, and t...

444Hal wrote:Maybe I should send'em some back copies of "American Rifleman", dog eared to "the armed citizen" section.
Don't know why they don't just contact the NRA.

+1

Hanz,

Thanks and yup. Only problem I've had was caused by me - I dry fired enough to break the firing pin. I paid the gunsmith to fixit and haven't done that since.

The rifle is more accurate than I ever was, worked well for plinking and hunting (rabbits & squirrels) and pest control.

I've had a 865 since '67 and shot probably six+ bricks a year for years. Not a problem with LR or Longs. Shorts had issues when I loaded more than 12 or something in the mag.

I'm glad to find this, work won't let me on the other temporary forum..

Thanks to AmBracol and anyone else....