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M. M. Wright

Washington Irvings "A Tour On The Prairie" is good.

M. M. Wright

I have two similar rifles, use a bigger hammer. The front has to be started first, tap it forward.

M. M. Wright

I'll admit that I really like the 1911 platform and have owned a bunch of them from a lot of manufacturers. If I were buying a new one from stock today it would come from Bill Wilson. One of the best I've owned was a Colt prepared by Frank Pachmeyer. No telling how many rounds I fed it. I did have t...

M. M. Wright

I have a pair of 2nd gen 45s with 7 1/2" barrels and they like a case full of fffg Goex. Plenty of oomph for anything I shoot and it will work in your 73 or 92 also.

M. M. Wright

A little grainy maybe but still beautiful. Thanks Nath.

M. M. Wright

After consulting my 20-20 hind sight I'm having not buyers remorse. I recall the seller saying that the bore was shiney. Yeah, I'm remorseful but I just really don't need another project.

M. M. Wright

Yep, Junbug won it!

M. M. Wright

Was at the Grand National gun show in Tulsa over the weekend. Got offered a '94 Winchester in 30 WCF with a 26" octagon barrel, crescent butt and it was a take-down. Pretty rough but hadn't been over cleaned. $500 asking price. Should I have bought it? Unknown on the bore condition but it was a...

M. M. Wright

I love the .41 Mag. Have had several but my favorite was the S&W model 58. Carried one of those for many years as a part time leo. Always noticed that the 41s shot much flatter than the 44. I liked the 190 grain HP over more 296 than I want to say out loud. I too had the 94 Marlin in 41 but then...

M. M. Wright

Thanks Blaine, I liked that so much I sent it to my sister in Oregon. She is a horse person. Just for info, there is no beast so treacherous as a mean mule. Much smarter than a horse and they live to be 40+ so an old one can have a lot of experience. But l like mules, you get a horse trained to abou...

M. M. Wright

I had a 99 in 250 that had the 1:14 twist. Super accurate with 87 grain bullets but I would have liked to be able to use 100 grain but got about a 5" group with them. The later 1:10 twist is a much better solution. It allows the use of 117 grain bullets.

M. M. Wright

I was introduced to Garand in '61 during basic training in the Army. Really liked it then and still do. I've owned several over the years. Even had a Winchester for a while but it's bore was dark so I traded it off to someone who needed it for their collection. Don't have one right now and really ha...

M. M. Wright

Just so you'll know, it is OK to replace or fix broken or worn parts but any changes to the finish/patina of an antique firearm will definitely lower its value. An original 73 Winchester in any condition is a collectable piece. Even cleaning the finish can detract from the value. I have a '92 in 32 ...

M. M. Wright

Dings shouldn't be problem unless you step on them. I burn ffg in mine so I knock out the primers then wash in hot water with dish soap and vinegar. Usually let them dry overnight before tumbling in walnut hulls. I mostly use a couple of Uberties. 24 inch with pistol grip and checkering and a 20 inc...

M. M. Wright

Don't know if he's still around or not but there used to be a guy called Cheif AJ who accurized mini-14s. Think he was in the Dakotas.

M. M. Wright

Thanks for all the info. Nate, those look like they have had some cosmetic work to make them look more like an original cold that have seen in the stores. Is that the cold nickel plating process you did? I never did any work to either my SAA or Pietta, though I tried fire lapping the SAA with embed...

M. M. Wright

MacEntyre, Before you buy a 92, try the heft of a 73 carbine. That is unless you just have to load those heavy loads for ???? Much smoother action, you can put in a short stroke kit, aluminum lifter etc. and the 73 after a slick up is just untouchable by the 92s. Now for me, the 73 short rifle with ...

M. M. Wright

10-4 on the dynomite. Keep a small tackle box with short fuses already crimped into caps in the top trays and sticks of 60% in the bottom.

M. M. Wright

I currently have a pair of 1860 Army 44s, (really 45s as the bores are .451). One Pietta and one Uberti. I re-cut the forcing cone, cleaned up the muzzle and slicked up the actions on both while installing Treso nipples. Had to heat and bend the trigger of the Pietta to get it to sit in the back of ...

M. M. Wright

I carry the Colt Cobra, dehorned and sporting a Tyler T in a pocket holster, usually in my vest pocket but it works in a pants pocket too. The aluminum frame gives it light weight and I really like the idea of that 6th shot. Probably not really important except for peace of mind. I do carry a speed ...

M. M. Wright

http://i1141.photobucket.com/albums/n594/cabincreek/d7aeb398-ef8e-4860-86d9-d6894c1fd172_zpsa19a03dc.jpg In about 59 or 60 I spotted this 94, 25-35 standing in the corner of a filling station in Gravette Arkansas. Bought it for $22.50. It was in this exact configuration, well maybe it has a few mor...

M. M. Wright

I use 125 grain XTPs in a +P load. Marshall and Sanow's data show this to be the best fight stopper.

M. M. Wright

Gotta agree with MacEntyre, Browning 95 with receiver sight. Maybe I would put a Marbles tang sight and a Sourdough front on it. Should do anything you need to on this continent.

M. M. Wright

Have seen pictures of it many times but didn't know the story. Thanks.

M. M. Wright

Pisgah has the correct solution.

M. M. Wright

The biggest problem I've run into with tearing down old 73s is the screws that hold the springs for the lifter and lever. The two screws that look down on either side at the front of the lever. Get the sideplates off and put some penetrating oil on them for a good soak then a correctly ground screwd...

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Just what I thought. Beautiful rifle still though. I'll be Turnbull could make it look just like that all over again if that's what you wanted. I remember setting up Wanamaker next to them when about all they did was Marlin cased colors, what they started with as I recall.

M. M. Wright

Dang Gobbler, that is way cool! My Grandson came in and saw it so now I may have to build something similar. May be a 2 wheeler though.

M. M. Wright

Even if you wanted to shoot the first two, 44 Henry Flat is hard to find. Nice levers friend and welcome.

M. M. Wright

Prayers up.

Listen for God's small, still voice.

M. M. Wright

I just use the freezer paper and masking tape. Have used it for many years and it's okay. The slick side goes next to the meat.

M. M. Wright

Prayers up.

M. M. Wright

An old friend has a large collection of high end Browning rifles. You know the ones with scratching and gold inlays. Still lives at home with his mother surviving. He sold one these beuties and went looking for the box, when he asked Mother she said, "oh, those old things, I burned them".

M. M. Wright

For getting the white out: Try a Q-tip and some of your significant others polish remover, (acetone). If this fails I'll bet a black Sharpy will cover them up.
By the way, I really like little wheel guns. I carry a Colt Cobra most of the time.

M. M. Wright

My favorite homemade lube consists of toilet bowl wax and olive oil. About 90/10 by volume. Works great for black powder or smokeless. I melt it in an old electric percolator and pour it into my old Lyman sizer/lubricator. You can sometimes find the waxes for $0.99 but the newer ones have a piece of...

M. M. Wright

Ford says: I'm really interested in lever actions. All those high tech things that kids want now days are stupid! If you wanna be the right guy, you gotta have a lever action. I have a Marlin 39 too and a Winchester model 12, 20 gauge with a matted rib.
No! I will not trade it for an X-box.

M. M. Wright

I love it but I want mine in 45 ACP.

M. M. Wright

7.62, My ground source has 6 each hundred foot deep wells with loops down in them. Ground temp below 5 feet is a constant 55 degrees so it really works great both winter and summer. Built this house about 15 years ago and used 2 x 6 studs on 2 foot centers and insulated with wet blown cellulose. Big...

M. M. Wright

Here in NE OK it was -11F Sunday night and we had a high Monday of 14. I think it went to about zero last night but then warmed up to about 10 by daylight. I had to hustle up some wood for our stove just because I like the heat from it better than the ground source heat pump we have. I sold a bunch ...

M. M. Wright

From my experience with the 6mm AI, that blue streak meant that my bullet had vaporized in the air. Only happened with high humidity and cold temps but it did happen with 60 grain bullets that I used for varmints. Velocities over 4000 fps were touted for that combo but I had no chronograph back then...

M. M. Wright

It's nearly 16:30 here and still only 14 F. Will be the high for today. Bought another pet carrier to let me have separate bedrooms for my dogs. I stuffed them both in the same one last night accompanied by much growling and snapping but I just didn't feel right about leaving them out in -6 or less ...

M. M. Wright

Thought about you and Snoop as I let my Walker dogs out this morning. They slept inside last night as it's record setting cold here in NE OK this morning. "This world is not my home, I'm just a passin' through. My treasures are laid up somewhere beyond the blue. The angels beckon me from heaven...

M. M. Wright

Great cap, and just what you need here in what used to be Indian Territory. I'm wearing my cheap imitation of it as I sit here on my unheated porch to use the computer. It's -6F here at 8:00 this morning.

M. M. Wright

During those Clinton years there were tons of M-14 parts for sale at every gun show I went to. De-milled receivers were everywhere; cut in two with a torch. Lots of guys would find a front that was long and a rear that was long and mill them to the correct lengths and weld them together. Done correc...

M. M. Wright

Welcome to the fire Paddy. The 32-20 in a 92 can be a wonderful thing. You might want to see how it shoots as is before going to a .357.

M. M. Wright

Thanks rr7, I especially like the one of the boys from 1914. Hard to believe that's a hundred years ago.

M. M. Wright

Thanks Gobbler, I guess I keep riding for the same reasons as those guys. Part of it's for the memories.

M. M. Wright

But Buck, girls with warts turn me on!

M. M. Wright

I too have one of the originals in 380, Remington made them in 32 auto too but they command a little higher price since they are mostly sought by collectors. I've had several of them over my lifetime and they are really great little pistols. The old ads touted them as "feels like the hand of a ...

M. M. Wright

This is my Grandson Ford with his new, (to him) BLR in 308.

The scope is set far back because the stock is too long for him.

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