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geobru

Really cool pics Bro! We never see trees that big here in the east. The one thing that really amazes me is that every tree has its own rifle. Probably to keep those two man saw teams out of the woods. --------- :D -------6 That's right 6! They are all over the place! Only thing is every time I grab...

geobru

You really do know how to find them Kirk! That is one NICE rifle!

I am intrigued by your comment about the difference in octagon versus round barrel performance.

How do they differ in your experience?

geobru

I took a couple days off to take my new to me 32 SPL for a walk in the woods. I didn't see any buck deer, but I did get to reconnect with a beautiful area. I went up onto Forest Service land in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. This is an area that burned in 1918. I have been stumping around thes...

geobru

Your gun will love cast....better than a 30-30......not always but usually.......slower twist......run em 14-1600......even up to 18........I just prefer that magical velocity of 14-16 You want to shoot all day for cheap???? 30-30 cases.....18 grains of 5744......some type of a gas checked cast bul...

geobru

Congrats on your find,I too have a 07 94 in .32spl. I inherited it from my grandfather years ago and have taken several deer with it. Somewhere along the line before gramps bought it, someone has shortened the octagon barrel down to 20" and shortened the magazine tube to three quarters length....

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I recently picked up a 1907 era 1894 Winchester rifle in 32 Spl at the local candy store. It was a consignment gun that had been in the rack for a couple of months, during which time I looked it over pretty closely. Generally the gun was an honest gun, but the mag tube was dented, the front sight wa...

geobru

This is an ingenious device! Thanks for sharing!

...[/quote]I meant my post was worthless, not the thread. It gave very little useful info...[/quote]

Mike,
If it is any consolation, that is how I read your post and thought that is what you meant.

geobru

Easiest one was a 5x5 bull. I shot it through the heart at 35 yards with my 308 BLR. It went about 50 feet. I fired the signal shots and 4 guys arrived at about the time I had it gutted. They drug it whole about 200 yards downhill and slid it down a cutbank into the back of a pickup. Hardest one was...

geobru

I am in my 60s.
I DO resemble that.
They are VERY close to home.
I just picked myself up off the ground.

geobru

After reading all these posts, I had to run downstairs to the bathroom..... FAST!
On the way down, I missed a stair and twisted an ankle.........
Thanks to you guys, I now have an ankylosaurus!!
I thought you were my friends!

geobru

Driving to school with a shotgun in the gun rack so me and my buddies could go hunt pheasants after school.

geobru

Jay, Prayers are up in your behalf. You described the EXACT same thing that happened to me after 21 years. Job is eliminated, no performance issues, etc. etc. I went home, closed my bedroom door, and cried. Like you, I had kids in school and was too young to retire. It was a tough time, but I learne...

geobru

I sure wish I had bought the only 87 I have ever seen!

I was 14 and buying a used Model 12 Winchester, 16 gauge. I bought it fir $65.
I turned down a 12 gauge 1887 for $69........
20-20 hindsight!

geobru

Nice collections gents!
Here is some more eye candy!

Left to right:
1950 Model 64 32 Spl
1951 Model 94 carbine 30-30
1972 Model 9422 22LR
1975 Model 9422 22M

Model 94 and variants Winchester Leverguns 1.0.jpg

1907 Model 1894 rifle 32 Spl

Winchester 1894 Left gun Cropped.jpg

geobru

Thank you gents!
I feel greatly blessed that I can still get around.
Celebrated my BD by taking the 32 Spl out and shooting some holes in paper!

geobru

Hummingbirds.

geobru

Did either of these rifles, at one time in their lives, have a tang or receiver sight mounted on them? No on the 64, and I don't know on the 1894! It doesn't appear that there was a tang sight on the 1894. Finally one I can answer. It still has the front sight for the black powder cartridges availa...

geobru

How can a rifle have the "correct" front and rear sights on it and shoot high with the rear sight at the lowest position? Seems that if you did change a sight and the gun doesn't hit where you want it that you would correct the problem. I have had this experience with two Winchesters in th...

geobru

This is my favorite because of the story behind it, and because it is the reason that I have a love affair with lever guns. My dad bought it in 1929 at an auction for $1.50 or $1.75. (After 5 moves, I cant find the paper I have it written on.) The auctioneer handed it to my dad and said here kid, us...

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Thanks for the replies. Six, that stock is what got me scratching my head. The stock and forestock matched grain. Other than the SRC butt stock, it looked just like any other post war carbine up to 1952. Ramp front sight, standard sights, barrel band behind the ramp, etc. Then a SRC STOCK!!!! DING D...

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I dropped in to the local candy shop today and the proprietor asked me to look at a gun that a guy had. It was a 1938 Winchester carbine. Metal was really nice for its age, but the wood was sanded. The thing that got me was the stock. It had a square stock like a SRC. Was that standard for that time...

geobru

Nice old gun & glad you got it! For me the sight that is on it now is a lot more user friendly than the original. I have to at least get a sight that looks right on the rifle. The Marbles that is on it just looks too new. Besides that, when I shot the old girl, the POI was about 8" high at...

geobru

Me too!
I was pleased with the outcome. The new tube matches pretty well because there is still a lot of original bluing on the barrel.

Next step is to get a front sight that is correct for the vintage of the gun!

geobru

I recently picked up a 1908 era 1894 Winchester rifle in 32 Spl at the local candy store. It was a consignment gun that sat in the rack for a couple of months, during which time I looked it over pretty closely. Generally the gun was an honest gun, but the mag tube was dented, the front sight was a n...

geobru

I bought a copy today and went straight to the 1886 load data for the 40-82 to see if they had anything new to offer. Not really, nothing new to me anyway. Two loads were ok with a velocity between 1400 and 1500 fps. The third one is over 2000 fps. That is a recipe to blow up a mild steel barrel! Th...

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BlaineG wrote: There are some particularly wicked twistys heading out to Mt Rainier. It's very deft on the corners, faster than my motorcycle.

Highway 7 past Eatonville is a FUN ride! Right in your back yard too!

I did it in a 67 Camaro 30+ years ago. Just don't hit Bambi!

geobru

Thing I'd be worried about is if the bullet is too long and won't stabilize. Mike Venturino reported that he shot a 300 grain bullet in an 86 in 40-82 in an article he wrote, so it might work. I tried a 325 grain in my 40-82 that tumbled. If you are shooting < 1800 fps in an 86 with a 1:28 twist rat...

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I just scratched an itch with a 1941 vintage H&R Sportsman 22 cal. double action pistol. A buddy had one, I shot it and liked it, and 5 years later, I ran across the second one I have ever seen.

geobru

Welcome to the internet 12 step program for lever gun addicts.
We will help you contain those urges.
We will give you encouragement when you buy any lever gun,
and advise you to buy a larger than you currently need gun safe
to "contain" all those levers that you wind up buying!

Welcome!

geobru

Nath, Anyone that has ever had that one dog, that for whatever reason stood out above all the other dogs that we have worked and loved, feels the pain of your loss. For that we mourn with you. The grief will be replaced with the memories of the cold mornings, the crack of the gun, the retrieve and t...

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http://www.agrisupply.com/product.aspx?p=32511&sid=bsf10&eid=Ebsf10&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=NB_PLA_AllProducts_BING&zmam=77232640&zmas=1&zmac=2&zmap=32511 I use one of these, but I'm only planting eight 70 foot rows. Once you get the ground til...

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I wanted a 16 guage model 12. Bought one when I was 13 with my paper route money. It had a poly choke on it and cost ~$60. I passed on a Winchester 1887 12 gauge in favor of the model 12. IIRC, it was $65. (ouch!)

geobru

For long range shooting my BLR in 308. For general packing and offhand woods shooting, the model 64 in 32 SP.

geobru

Also, am I crazy to want to shoot this antique? That is a question only you can answer! I have an 86 in 40-82 that I shoot every chance I get. It is a shooter grade, unlike your restored model. Knowing the crowd here in this forum, you will get the full range from It was made to shoot, so shoot the...

geobru

For the wood, I look at the wood/metal fit. The wood should be proud to the metal. The hardest place to hide a refinish job is at the wrist and next to the butt plate. If its been sanded at all, the wood will lose that proud edge and looks rounded. The old Winchesters have that redish color, and if ...

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Thanks guys! Blaine, I wasn't out looking for the mythical Cascade Ghost, but I did go into the local candy shop and saw a gun that I just had to have. Its not a lever, but is a Rossi 20 gauge and 22LR. Comes with 2 barrels, fiber optic sights on the 22. Stores in a fabric scabbard that is 8x25"...

geobru

That is a real pretty rifle!

Not one I have seen before.

geobru

Try Homestead Firearms. It is $27.50 there

http://www.homesteadparts.com/

geobru

I haven't shot one. I couldn't justify the difference between the octagon and standard barrel. I'd guess that it woud be a good shooter. I sure like my carbine!

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Griff, I've only had one experience with a 97. A friend saw me working on my Model 12 and asked if I did any gunsmithing. I said I worked on my own guns, why? He went into his closet, came out, and handed me a 97. All the small parts were in a box. Apparently, in a moment when he had had a few too m...

geobru

This is a link to a thread on safes that I learned from.

http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewt ... fe#p329201

geobru

I bone out the deer, then separate the larger muscles and cut steaks out of the heart of them and either use the ends for stew meat or grind it for burger. I make sure that all of the tallow is in the garbage can. The backstrap and tenderloins are sliced for breakfast steaks.

geobru

Easy Off oven cleaner to draw the stain out of the wood. See how it looks, then apply oil.
OR
Apply a walnut stain to even out the color. Then add the oil finish

geobru

I haven't shot the 40-65 yet, but I have a project involving an 1886 in 45-90 with a funky barrel that is going to wind up as a 40-65. I am looking forward to shooting it as a 40-65. It will go nicely with my 86 in 40-82. Learning what shoots well in your gun is the majority of the fun in having the...

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Earl, I've used TP in a 40-82 and 45-90. The longer cases of these cartridges are about right for a single sheet of TP rolled and folded as Kirk described. IIRC, the 45-90 family of cartridges are ~3/10 of an inch longer than the 45-70 family of cartridges. Even with he longer case, the TP pretty mu...

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Mine is a 32 special. Definitely was hunted with...... a lot!
It has a 3.5 pound trigger that helps make it one my most accurate rifles.
I shot a 3/8" group at 50 yards with the open sights on a good day when my old eyes managed to focus!
The 64 is an elegant rifle that was made to be used!

geobru

Ray,
I'd take it apart to see if there are parts that aren't working properly. Someone mentioned leading in the chamber that might keep the action from closing all the way. I don't know, but if you get the gun torn down, you will be able to check out the chamber.
Good luck!

geobru

Here is a link on tearing down a BL-22.
A BL-22 shouldn't vibrate the lever when fired in my experience.

http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewt ... 2+assembly

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I also have an original Winchester 1886 in 40-82. It is a caliber I plan to reload for just as soon as "Captech International" (formerly Jamison) does a run of new 40-82 brass. They told me that they expect do get a run of the brass completed by late Summer 2015. I wouldn't think they wou...

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