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In the '50s normally around 18 cents or so , I was stationed at Biggs AFB in El Paso in 1959 and they got into a price war there, such things being fairly common in those days. It got down to 6 cents people just went nuts, bringing anything that would hold liquid including dishpans, washtubs and buc...

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I have a Marlin 336A .30-30 with the "F" prefix serial number, made in 1949 IIRC. I cannot get the bolt out. I have at least 4 different books that detail how to get the bolt out, but it doesnt work. I remove the lever and the bolt is supposed to slide right out, but it comes up against a ...

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A discussion on another forum led to ear protection for children while at the range. Children's ears are very much more susceptible to noise damage than adult's, and must be treated with great care. Some shooters are not aware that there are protective ear muffs made just for kids. Here's a link: ht...

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Welcome home.

http://www.retirees.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123100232

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J Miller wrote: . And that refrigerator idea is cool ....... oops, I just had to say that.

Joe

I had faith you'd come through, Joe.

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Occasionally someone will post photos of their reloading area, here's mine. This setup has served me well for about 25 years. The benchtop is a molded countertop 8' long. I reenforced it by glueing to the bottom a sheet of 1" floor underlay. The bases are bathroom cabinet bases, shortened about...

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8.0 grains Lil Gun. Works great for me.

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Put the cartridge in your press and run it up. Clamp down on the bullet with a pair of pliers or vice grips, holding them vertically. Lower the ram, the pliers wont go thru the die hole, pulling out the bullet.

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You are talking about a very light duty intermittant use here. Either one should last forever at the rate you will use it. DeWalt is a great brand, you might want to inspect each one and make up your own mind, I wonder is they are BOTH made in China?

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Here you go, works fine for me: http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product. ... id=9189093

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Did my patriotic duty today by going out and putting some bucks into circulation. Had a good day at the Riverton, Wyoming gunshow, always a very nice show indeed. Got a jug of 3031, some bulk 30-30 brass, 2000 small pistol primers, a donut and a cup of coffee!! :lol: My friend came up with an extrem...

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Those are mighty kind words, Henry, thanks very much.

Also thanks to everyone for your comments. Sure is nice to have this great website to share the joy with others of the same inclinations.

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32-20 Marlin 1894CL for silhouette.

.22 Hornet for prairie dogs, CZ527 and Savage 23d.

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Thought maybe you fellers would like to see a REAL cowboy gun that was owned by a REAL Wyoming cowboy. In 1932-1933 my parents were dirt poor ranch and farm workers struggling to survive the depression. Being childless at the time, they took in a homeless 11-year old waif who was being held in bonda...

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GOOD dial calipers. A must

2" micrometer comes in handy.

Reloading die lock ring wrench.

Small Maglite.

Red rags from Wallyworld auto dept.

2" masking tape, makes great ammo box labels.

I keep a small shopvac under the bench, and use it frequently.

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Dewight wrote:We had a saying in Viet Nam, "If there is lead in the air, there is a danger there!"

"If you aint scared, you dont understand the situation"!

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In metallic silhouette, the .357 Magnum knocks down the 55 pound rams with no problems to speak of.

Makes me wonder why we are talking about shooting at human beings at 200 yards with a levergun. Is that what we do here?

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Good deal! Thanks!

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I'm 68 and have the same problem. Fixed it with Marbles tang sight, Merit adjustable aperture disc and Lyman 17a front sight.

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Speechless with dismay!!

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Congratulations to your son, and to you for raising an American patriot!!

I saw one of those hats about 6 months ago or so, didnt know whether to laugh or cry. Wound up not buying it, probably should have, 40 years is a long time.

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Fellers, thanks for the kind words, I appreciate it.

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Here is a great article on iron sights of all types: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_sight

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Old Ironsights wrote:

I wish I could afford to live there now.

It aint bad once you get past the exorbitant costs of housing, utilities, food, gasoline and medical care.

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Lander, Wyoming in 1948-49 was a small, remote ranch town of about 2500 people where the Great Depression was just starting to end. As a nine year old boy, I would spend my 15 cents at the Saturday matinee and then go hang out at my favorite place, Spaldsbury's Saddlery and Sporting Goods. What a wo...

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We are going to stay pretty close to the fire. The RV will stay parked, no doubt. I have a Vietnam reunion in Dayton Ohio in October, it's over 1500 miles one way so we will probably be better off flying.

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mikez wrote:You guys have to be kidding? Right?

Nope.

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Attaboy, jdad. Good job.

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Hey, J Miller, I like VHS (what a dinosaur!) if you want to sell, put 'em up here or just PM me a list. Thanks jn.

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70x80 is indeed very good!! What are these hotshots using for equipment, and are they your local guys?

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I would use the JB. A friend has Marlin semiauto .22 that would NOT keep the scope mount on the grooves no matter what. We tried the red locktite to no avail, still shot loose. JB fixed it, has not come loose after about 5000 rounds.

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I once fixed up a garage with a complete set of metal kitchen cabinets I obtained from a contractor who was overhauling a kitchen. Worked great. Hard to find the old metal ones now, but might not be too hard to find some wooden ones. Ask around.

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The Redfield Olympic is no longer manufactured but not to fret. It is a VERY robust sight made to exacting tolerances and intended for the constant adjustments required in precision marksmanship. I have never seen or heard tell of one failing in any way. These sights are readily available on ebay, a...

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Good thought.

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I have a Ruger Mark II Target and a couple of Single Six. I enjoy shooting all of them. The Mark II is VERY accurate, shoots like a rifle. The revolvers are just for fun!!

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Good job, looks great, I will file this trick away for future reference. Thanks.

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Already done, thanks Hobie.

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This is a Savage Model 23d, .22 Hornet. From the factory letter, it was manufactured at the Utica plant and shipped on Feb 13, 1934 to Shapleigh Hardware Company of St. Louis Missouri. Sold at the time for about $20.00 or so. I got the rifle at the Yuma Arizona gunshow about 5 years ago. While there...

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Great advice, Scott. Hope some of them listen!

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Ysabel Kid wrote:
Those are beautiful! Only thing better than a great gun is a great gun you got for a song!!!

Might be a song now, but sure wasnt then. I think my base pay was about 110 dollars, minus the social security, old soldiers home, etc. Was a very major purchase back then.

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The 32-20, 25-20 and .357 are all legal and highly effective. You DONT need to worry about knocking down the rams with a highpowered max load of some kind, load for ACCURACY, if you cant hit 'em you cant knock 'em down. Any reasonable load for any of these cartridges will do the trick. Some clubs ma...

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This is a Marlin 39a Mountie and a Ruger Single Six made in about 1960. While stationed at Yokota AFB, Japan in 1963, a fellow airman sold me the unfired pair for $50.00. Keep in mind $50.00 was half a month's pay. Anyway I took them to the Base Exchange gun shop and they sent them off and got them ...

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On another board, some mention was made of the current state of affairs regarding the marksmanship training our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines now receive in Basic Training and advanced training . Would be neat if some active duty members could chime in here, some from each branch, and give u...

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Thanks, T B , I might have to do the same thing. Do I understand someone makes a one-piece firing pin, and is that an advantage and why??

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I have been having some misfire problems with my Marlin 1894CL 32-20. The primer strikes look pretty weak to me. I took the rifle apart and lubed the firing pin, it moves freely and the protusion is good. The rifle's hammer spring has been replaced with a Wolff spring which I am loath to mess with b...

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Got it! Thanks from one old goat to another!

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Mighty nice rifle there, Chuck!

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Well, I dont have one for ANY 1894 and would like to have one. I have been getting light primer strikes causing misfires and I want to see if the firing pin channel is gunked up. Yup, it's clear.

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Does someone have a link to illustrated disassembly/assembly instructions for the Marlin 1894 CL, there was a link here at one time and I have lost it. Thanks.

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When visiting the Buffalo Bill Historic Center in Cody Wyoming a few years ago, in the firearms collection they had some rifles from the 1700's , maybe before, with what amounted to a peep sight or tang sight. Cant recall any details. I have four different rifles with the Marbles sight and prefer th...

Search found 3920 matches

Marlin guru needed, please

ear protection for kids.

OT- a Spectre crew comes home.

A reloading setup

Stimulating the economy

Another old guns story. It's a lever!

Another old gun story- sorry, not a lever

Re: JB weld

Another old gun story. Sorry, not a lever.

I have a pair! Lemme show ya.

OT but still guns.

Question on primers

Marlin1894 CL