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marlinman93

Great report Jim!
I've never seen a live one as haven't spent much time down southwest where they seem to be mostly.

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Artificial shortages go back a very long time, and happen often with all sorts of manufacturers. I remember my parents talking about of all things peanut butter being tough to find back in the 1930's and the prices went nuts. Once it ended, the price of peanut butter never went back to where it was ...

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Very cool. I saw some home-made single-shot pistols from Rolling Blocks when I was a kid. Rough workmanship but they did work. I once owned one made into a pistol and fitted with a .32-20 barrel. It was well done and looked good, but I was uneasy about rifle actions made into pistols, and how to pr...

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Last Sunday at our monthly collector gun show at OAC a friend stopped to tell me about two Rolling Block .50 caliber pistols he saw at a local gun shop for sale. He said the seller wouldn't break the pair up, and wanted someone to buy both. He wanted one, but not two, so I told him I'd be happy to h...

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They'll either fire or not, but if they wont there's not any chance those that don't would cause a problem. I would listen for squib loads as you fire, just in case that happened, but doubt it will.

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Being a lot lighter than lead balls my guess is they weren't very accurate at anything very far. Likely used in close combat where accuracy wasn't a big issue. They'd destabilize pretty quickly.

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gcs wrote: ↑Sun Dec 17, 2023 8:43 am Let it drop, but keep copies of all documentation and correspondence, and maybe add another camera to cover any blind spots....

We have no blind spots with cameras on each side of the house, plus motion and sound activated lights and cameras.

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There's enough open uncheckered wood to still let the beauty of the walnut show. I like that he did a slightly darker finish over the checkering as it enhances the checkering a bit, and makes it look like it's been there awhile.

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Thanks!
I liked the way it came out before, but always looked not quite finished. This finally put an exclamation point at the end of the build. This was the same gun before I gave him the stock set to work on:

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Got a nice surprise at our monthly OAC collector gun show this morning! Last month I gave the stocks from my very first Hepburn to my gunsmith friend so his checkerer could checker them. I built this rifle up from a project I bought from a friend over 20 years ago, but never got around to checkering...

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What a nice gun, and gesture Jim!

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As kids around 12 years old my buddy and I made up BP from a formula we got in a science book at the library. Had to buy some from the local pharmacy and he asked what we needed it for? We thought he might not sell it if we told him the truth, so we told him a science project for school. If a couple...

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I have a friend who retired from the force and we are members of a antique arms collector group that met last night. I ran the video for him, and told him what had transpired so far to get his input. He said I should keep copies of the video, and all correspondence by email, plus write down what dis...

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He is assigned to East Precinct where I live, and that's how I found out what wasn't going on in my neighborhood. Since I had his name off his vest they could check his end of shift report and see he didn't mention he'd responded to any incidents at my house or anywhere near it. Also how they could ...

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We have security cameras all around our home, and Wed. morning I checked them as I do every morning. I saw 3 videos at 1:15 AM of a city police officer at our front door! In the first video he's opening our screen door, and the next video shows him looking around inside and outside the screen door. ...

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That's a pretty nifty takedown conversion. First I've heard of this company.

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Unless you just enjoy spending money, I'd give the Micro-Groove barrel a good chance. They are great barrels, IF you find out what it likes for bullet size. A pin gauge wont tell you much, and you need a lead ball to slug the bore and a quality micrometer to measure groove diameter before you go gue...

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All beautiful, but that 1893 with #5-4 engraving, and G checkering is really the icing on top of them all!
A good friend of mine recently sold a very similar 1893 in just slightly higher condition, and I'll be watching to see where this one goes when the dust settles.

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Looks like a FAJEN stock too?! We literally had 55 gallon drums full of Mauser K98s, P14s at school the students could buy as donors actions. Those Oldies are still goodies! Seems there were more Pattern 14's made than 17's? At least I used to see far more in .303 than .30-06. I'm pretty sure both ...

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Looks like a very basic reworked Enfield using a lot of the original stock. I think you're right about it being tailored towards the average guy, vs. the usual Westley Richards high end builds. There was a time when these rifles were extremely cheap, and plentiful as surplus, so a lot of them got se...

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I've seen these forging lines on a lot of old lever action repeating rifles, and always on blued receivers with a little or a lot of wear. Can't say as I've ever seen them on color cased receivers, and I think it's because the bluing salts can get into microscopic pores and highlight the forging lin...

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Big old Lego set there! Or maybe Lincoln logs?

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I've had far more issues with FedEx and firearms than UPS! Everything from lost/stolen firearms, to damaged packages and firearms; to long delays and shipping times. I refuse to use FedEx ever, and if buying a firearm I always tell the seller I wont pay for shipping if they send it to me via FedEx. ...

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We ran into the big increase last year, and on top of the increase they reduced our home's total coverage from $450,000 to $267,000! When I asked why they'd reduce our coverage they answered it was to try to keep cost down. But the cost of the reduced coverage was about 50% higher than the previous ...

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The OP mentioned the 94 clones as being made by Chiappa. I know that Uberti makes them, never knew Chiappa also does. Does Chiappa actually make any guns from scratch? I always thought they bought castings or machined parts from other Italian makers and finished them? I believe they list Armi Sport...

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I've got several Uberti SAA clones, and they all seem to be fine guns and accurate. My only change to all of them was to lighten the mainsprings to reduce heavier than needed hammers, and help trigger pulls too. I had an Uberti Bisley in .45 Colt I bought from Ballard Rifle Co. back when they existe...

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The .250-3000 brass was a great find, but that .35 Winchester is even tougher to find these days! You definitely hit the jackpot on those two, and at a steal too!

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.38-55 ammo used to be very commonly found, and brass even more so. But these days ammo is very tough to find, and brass almost as tough to find. I've been a .38-55 fan for decades, and owned a number of 1893 and a couple 1881 Marlins in .38-55. All gone now, but I still own 6 or 8 Marlin Ballard ri...

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We saw some big herds with at least 9-10 6x6 bull elk at my nephew's place near Goldendale, Wa. during deer season. But two weeks later when 1st season elk began there not an elk in sight anywhere.

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I used a red dot for bullseye matches for a long time back 30 years ago. An Aimpoint, not a heads up display as shown above. But I bought an AR15 on a lark maybe 5 years ago, and I put a heads up display red dot on it. Much different than my old Aimpoint as it has 4 different crossharis with a norma...

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One of the first admonishments I received when shooting my Sharps was to make sure I pulled the hammer back to at least half cock before opening the breech. Not doing so was the most common cause of breaking the firing pin. A simple step, but one easily overlooked. One of the features the Freund Im...

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I've had my Shiloh Sharps since 1987 and have only taken it apart once to clean out the breech block after firing many thousands of BP rounds... that has to be at least 10 or so years ago. It wasn't really to fix a problem... just thought it might be nice to do. Glad to hear you've got yours sorted...

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I'm not worried. That's why I collect single shot rifles. Tough to conceal, and too slow for gang bangers.

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When I look back on how many nice used 336's I bought for $100-$150, and how many Model 39's I bought for the same money! If I'd have just kept them all and sold them today it would make a nice bonus to retirement! I don't even see them at our monthly gun shows anymore, and I used to see multiples o...

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Thanks Bill, building is also the reason we need doctors- us guys are broken down, beat & wore out joints ! :lol: I'm right there with you on broken down, and beat up! I've been driving 60 miles round trip each day to help my nephew wire his new home since October! It's been 13 yrs. since I ret...

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I've never had the opportunity to see a Sharps with my fingers' so I'm no help but it sounds like you got it figured out! I'm curious how your range trip turns out! I hope it goes well now. I think having 5 primed cases all ignite gives me some satisfaction or confidence it will go bang. Now just h...

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Got my Sharps back and the new transfer bar fitted yesterday at the gun show. So I decided to reassemble it this afternoon. I know a lot of guys love these guns, but I've never been crazy about them and now I remember why! After the last 3-4 hours I realized why I haven't collected or had a Sharps i...

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Thanks!
Along with my single shot rifles, I have an addiction to old scopes also. Nice old scopes or very rare old scopes just are amazing to me. Normally a Lyman is a great scope but not all that rare. But this one does it for me just because it's so old, and so nice with it's box.

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We had our monthly OAC collector show yesterday, and I heard a friend who has a table behind me ask another friend if he was interested in an old target scope. Of course my ears perked up, and I turned around to maybe see what I was missing out on! I couldn't see what they were looking at, but I saw...

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First thing you need to do is slug the bore on your Marlin 375! Without knowing the groove diameter it's impossible to know if the factory bullets fit well. After slugging the bore, pull a bullet and mic it to see how close it is. Then reassemble the cartridge without powder and seat the bullet out ...

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Happy Thanksgiving to all!

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These two bucks were on his property a week before the 4 day either sex season began. Unfortunately they were no shows over the 4 day hunt.

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JBowen wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 5:59 pm Great job! I like the old saying " Take your kids hunting and you won't be out hunting your kids".

JBowen

Spot on for sure!

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I have to ask the reloaders here if any of you seriously doesn't enjoy the process and considers it work to reload? I enjoy reloading too. It was a necessity in Alaska for me to have the loads I wanted to use for meat supplies. I considered reloading as part of the harvest and provisioning the hous...

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I was an electrician, so our first aid kit on the job was a roll of Scotch 33+ and a paper towel from the bathroom. Then back to work.

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I've never taken time away from work, or anything that made money to reload ammo. So the theory that reloading costs us money we could be making only works if you turned down overtime, or paying jobs to stay home and reload. I've been reloading for well over 50 years, and casting bullets almost that...

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I've always started with pre made kits, and over time made changes or removed things I never used, and replaced them with things I wanted. Working construction I was amazed at how often during demolition I saw wall mounted first aid kits being tossed in businesses, or commercial rebuilds. I guess th...

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That's fantastic-always warms my heart to see good parents raising good kids! Congratulations young man! He has indeed been raised well! He and his sister have chores around the farm to do, and if not done they lose privileges. They know it, and don't often press their luck. Emett has his chickens ...

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Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Sun Nov 19, 2023 11:10 am That's just excellent Vall. Hope he has many more hunts while that fire burns brightly. Was this in Oregon? Washington?

They live in SW Washington and have a small 10 acre farm there. Just a few horses, some chickens, and an apple orchard, so not a farm that raises much beyond great kids!

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Figured I'd follow up to my previous post about coyotes taking a young buck recently. Last week my nephew asked me to help him figure out his new inline CVA muzzleloader and get the scope and gun sighted in. We got it quickly on paper with 250 gr. sabots and 100 gr. Pyrodex pellets. So he was ready ...

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