Griff wrote:Definitely a carb driven machine!

Too funny! Gotta remember that one

Ahh, the things that make us happy... I had a couple hot rods myself but soon found the expense was outweighing the enjoyment. That's when the shooting began

Marlin man, by the looks of your avitar you do one heck of a job too - that piece is crazy looking!

No pics needed..
Lol, nice. Reminds me of years ago in Calgary the city police shut down a major roadway to escort a mama duck and her squad of ducklings to the nearest exit, safe and sound.

This small mule deer started walking up the front path yesterday evening as I was busy painting. I seeeee youuuuuu. Ha

And a red squirrel, tempting the fates.. Little turd!

Trail boss seems pretty much idiot proof so that's what I chose to start with. The wipeout will have to wait, Remington brite bore is just going to have to do for now, but thanks for the tip. Was wondering why I was getting all that gold shrapnel in my action and I'm sure it was because of a protrus...

Nice, love those articles. Hopefully I will get to experience all of that. So far it's been a strict diet of 55 grainers. I picked this one up on sale about 6 years ago for $320 to to shoot coyotes with my dad. A 100 ATR in .243.. ugly as sin. Had to ground out the forearm major as it was pressing i...

Bill, this prayer's for you. Been tryin to see a specialist bout my lower for 4 years now so I'm really rooting for you.

Pics or stories of the wild (or not so wild) ones... 'Ol grand Pooh-Bah feeding a mulie I had this mallard pluckin bread from my fingertips. Watching her walk on the gravel was hilarious, tryin to find her land legs x2 And then theres moosey. The only time we see him is when we're headed out to the ...

Started laughing so hard I scared my little muskrat friend away..

I'm a fan of the cowboy version also... A couple heaping tablespoons of ground per big cup into whatever will hold water, fill with water, bring to boil, splash with cold and enjoy.

At the moment this is what I have to work with (pics). I had to leave my job of 14 years after my back quit on me. Turned my world upsidedown and money is tight.. Listening to country folk on stingray right now, love that stuff. Thank God for family, AND MY RIFLES! :D http://i.imgur.com/XEXCiK4.jpg ...

Cowboy die set, ya should have got that instead. Didn't know about it at the time. Slugged my barrel a few times and it keeps coming out at .3085"
I suppose I could flare the case mouth a bit with something before seating...

Back to barrel cleaning!

Good morning fellow lever lovers :) Finally, decent weather but now the folks have plans for some painting chores, lol. The info provided regarding the loads is percect, thank you all. Was wondering if any of you turn your 30-30 necks for uniformity? Also, been reading about guys switching out the e...

Thanks for the great tips, and great stories too! At least I have the confidence now to take it apart as I've already had it apart a couple times in the past day or so flitzing here and there. We too started with 'ol grand poobah's 45-70 and .22's but I wanted something I could shoot a little more c...

Ya, I guess that was pompous. Thanks, I needed that.. I don't want to bash gunsmiths, sorry guys. :oops: I'm sure their frustration is worse, dealing with people like me. More gunsmiths have helped me over the years reading and watching vids on the internet than I even care to count. My bad. Great, ...

Trying to get the pics goin...
Edit -- Before cleaning:

Nice, nice... very nice responses. What I'm trying to do is get a better understanding of my wonderful piece, without having to google my life away searching. If I'm gonna be handloading I should probably know some stuff about my chamber area. Many people talking about chamber issues got me wonderin...

Recently I was asked, "What exactly were you trying to do?" Well, I must admit that it took me a few minutes to recover from my chain of thought. The why determined the what here. My first and only experience with a gunsmith was mixed. Had a brand spanky new rem pump 572 bdl fieldmaster th...

Hey guys.. It's been raining up here where I'm at in Alberta for a few days now, so I decided to poke around my first and MOST favorite, a 1976 94 30-30. In 15 years I've never had it apart... Ha, that's crazy to think it's been so long. I cleaned it twice, I think, early in its life. Brought it hom...

Lol, thanks guys!

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Looking forward to it (:

Hey, nice! I wasn't a big fan of leo at first but over time and noticing him in different movies, (although I never did watch Titanic, not a big water guy, although the perfect storm was awesome..) wasn't so bad. I've been writing the other movies down that have been mentioned haha. Better go wipe o...

I remember as a young kid in the mid 70's I would find old catalogs and quietly lay on the carpet in the afternoon sun flipping pages (while visiting my grandparents in the middle of nowhere, during their afternoon naps). I would drool over the black and white pages of levers... those naps could nev...