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BenT

I have both models. The one piece lever releases easily like a Win model 94. The two piece is a positive latch. I am putting a new stock on the flat side right now and it has a totally different feel than the later model. It feels much more like a Win 94. The later model is heavier and feels more ro...

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In Wisconsin woods shots are never very far on deer. So any Levergun cartridge works fine. My favorite is the Win 94 in 356. Anchors them better than the 30-30.

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I love the smell of a pipe. The farmer I used to work for in my teens smoked one. I have one in the garage and cherry tobacco. I will light it up a couple times a year with a beer when relaxing in the garage.

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Great going! I am sure will take pride in being stewards of this land. This has always been my opinion with hunting land. I have mentioned it to the DNR, that they should start an adopt a farmer program. Where you help a farmer out with maintaining their land in exchange for hunting access. Hunting ...

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I have one just like that. I bought it to get it bored to a 358 Win. But my brother needed a gun for deer hunting and I threw a scope on it, sighted it in. It shoots so good that I couldn't bring myself to have it converted.

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Like Elmo said the 307 and 356 AE had the fold down rear sight. Try MIdwest Gun works.

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Super Nice, Sixgun. I always felt the 1895 carried great when hunting.

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The 1895 Win is the third 30-40 Krag on my rack. I have a 1898 Krag Carbine and a 1899 Remington Lee, which the caliber stamp is 30 USA on the barrel. So I am going to work up a cast bullet load and see which one shoots the best. I have never shot a deer with a bolt gun, they have all been with leve...

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I picked up a flat side last year in 30-40. The stock was cut down for a youth and it was drilled and tapped for a receiver sight. Which brought the price down to my range. It likes the Hornady 180 grain bullets. I got a new stock fitted this winter and decided to get it reblued. Hopefully it will b...

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I actually bought some Remington 9mm ammo 2 weeks ago. Vista outdoors bought the Remington Arkansas ammo plant with all naming rights for $80 million. They are back up to 800 employees. Not sure if they will be sending reloading components our way but I know Federal Ammunition stated that they had e...

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Hornady has been putting out components. I have run across 6mm,6.5mm, 270 , 30 and 35 cal bullets at multiple places when the shelves have been empty for months. I bought 129 gr interlock 6.5mm for $30 a box locally while I see online they wanted $40 a box. Last week I seen a shelf full of 556 Winch...

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The 327 full power loads are loud and obnoxious. It has accuracy. I load mine down to about 1000 fps with 115 gr lead bullets and they hammer raccoons. That way it is as pleasant as 32 H&R loads to shoot. I have never shot full power loads out of the single 7. only in the Blackhawk and they were...

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I first listened to him in 89 when driving around St. Paul taking service calls. I learned a lot about politics with him. I enjoyed the days when he would bring up the HR bills and what the content of those bills were. He was a Pioneer in the new age of talk radio formats. Big shoes to fill.

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The Aussie's determined it killed Covid 19 last April and sounds like it has been used as a preventative measure for health care workers in parts of the world with good results. It is not a vaccine and you would have to take it all the time to keep Covid 19 at bay. The biggest problem with it is tha...

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Sorry to here about your Father.

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Forty one years ago my Father went in for a Hernia operation. Put him under and his heart stopped. He came out of the hospital with a triple bypass. He was 49. He was an outdoorsman and would of surely died of a heart attack working on the farm or out in the woods hunting. So I was lucky to have him...

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I have a 8 shot Blackhawk in 327 Federal. I mostly shoot 32 H&R with 100 grainers and my 327 loads are 115 grain cast at about 1000 fps. When I first go this 10 years ago. Hamilton Bowen would make a 32-20 cylinder to fit it for about $400. I never did get around to sending it in because the hea...

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Here is a picture of what I did with mine. I don't know how to post a picture with Google drive. It started out with square stock 1/2 x 1/2 inch. Cut to size and drill holes while square. Then grind, file, and sand for final fit. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ym3E3qZiKC-ZVoLsOwL3G0fGRHiAhO1d/view...

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Boyds Gun stocks has a set of replacement stocks on sale right now for about $70. You can try Jack Firsts Guns or Numrich, otherwise watch Ebay and Gunbroker for parts. I recently did a project 99 and had the same issue with a broken latch. I ended up filing a piece of metal to fit the forend and us...

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I have a 1895 in 35 Win that was already tapped for the climbing Lyman sight. So I bought the reproduction one. The thing is that even in 35 Win you don't need all that elevation, never raise it. The 30-06 shoots even flatter so I wouldn't do it. I had my Browning 1895 in 30-06 tapped for a Williams...

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Even before Sandy Hook, when I went to Walmart once a month I would buy a 500 bulk pack of 22lr. Just part of the shopping list. I kept 2k of each primer on hand. After Sandy Hook I went up to 4K of each and a more 22LR. With an Election Year I always stock up early. But the COVID drove it earlier t...

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Yep, very enjoyable, just like a Western.

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If your eyes are getting older like mine then get rid of the see through mounts and just use the scope. See through mounts are a compromise anyways. The only way a can use irons sights is with a peep sight. I like a 2x7 power scope. Leave it on 2x and shoot with both eyes open. If you want to shim a...

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Great thread. I grew up on a small farm in the Driftless area of Wisconsin. My family wasn't into guns, they were just tools. My Grandfather had a Springfield single shot 22 and a Steven single shot 12 gauge. My father had a 742 in 30-06 and a H&R 22 handgun for coon hunting. In fact I don't rem...

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I took out the Henry this weekend and shot 32 H&R handloads. 100 grain Rainier plated bullets and 5.0 grains of AA5. Mine has the 16 inch barrel and I shot 8 shots and I got a 1 inch group at 50 yards. Seven of them were in 3/4 inch. I then shot all 4 handguns at 25 yards and they averaged about...

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Nice deer!

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Nice! I shot a 7 point this year with the 250 Savage at 80 yards and it dropped on the spot. I used the Speer 100 grain with Varget at a little more than 2800 FPS. First deer kill with the 250 Savage. You are correct that Speer bullets are very hard to find this year. The basic Speer Hot core bullet...

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Since you went through all the hassle of digging that out you might as well box it up and send it to me and I will send you some dead presidents. This will free up more space for you. :D How many do you want to send me? I bought it new and shot 20 rounds out of it with cast bullets and gently put i...

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I dug this out...a like new factory d & t in .358 with a one piece mount.---6 https://i.postimg.cc/VvbvB7M5/IMG-8377.jpg Since you went through all the hassle of digging that out you might as well box it up and send it to me and I will send you some dead presidents. This will free up more space...

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Those weaver bases looks correct. The one piece base like in Sixguns picture do not work with the new shorter tube scopes. You can't slide the scope far enough back to get good eye relief. Shoot it the way that it is.

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My fire starter is pine cones. I have 6 gunny sacks full in the barn to get me through the winter. I keep an old coal bucket full of them by the wood stove.

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I had a 99 savage in 300 where the back scope base was not tapped correctly and was a little crooked. The problem this caused was the scope would loosen up after about 30 rounds. I solved the problem with a Leupold one piece scope mount . It uses the front two base mount screws and only the front sc...

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Sourcing a barrel is the biggest cost. Watch Ebay and check Numrich for used barrels. Once you have a barrel figure about $100 to swap them out. But like others say you can buy a used 30-30 for the cost of this conversions and have 2 guns. I you want to shoot you 32 special reloading is the best opt...

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Too bad Trump isn't going to continue being President because Face Book needs to loose it's protections from law suits. I have never used it, I am a anti social network person. Give me my guns, chainsaw and the good old outdoors and I am Happy.

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I have the 16 inch barrel version and shoot 32 H&R medium loads that run about 1000fps out of my revolvers. I get just under 2 inches at 50 yards, But I have not really done any load development for this rifle. I have just been shooting loads that I already use. Part of the reason I bought it wa...

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Looks like fun. Reminds me that I need to tear into the PTO clutch on the 460 utility. It doesn't disengage.

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I was planning on buying a 6.5 PRC this year to play with and decided on the RUGER american. But I couldn't find one and then COVID hit so I don't plan a them making anymore anytime soon. So it went on the back burner till next year. But keep us posted on how this Savage shoots because that was my s...

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8 1/2 pounds. It plants nice for off hand shooting.

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I used that barrel on a build over a decade ago. You will be very happy with the accuracy of it. I used a pre 64 forend on a post 64 receiver, no issues. I had the pre 64 forend cap with a screw from each side, the post 64 has 1 screw that goes all the way through. My forend measures 9 3/8 inches fr...

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NICE!! I like it when a hunt comes together like that. What bullet did you use in the 356? Where did you the butt stock cartridge holder ?

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Excellent. If people would listen to MLK I have a dream speech. It has to do with the absence of color. But the last 10 years has been about our color is special.

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I just moved to Minnesota in the mid 80's and seen one of these in a gunshop when looking for a used shotgun. I wanted the 22LR version of this so bad just becasue it was mechanically different, they were expensive. But I didn't own a shotgun and being in MN it was all about duck and goose hunting. ...

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I use a french press to make coffee because it is less acidic.

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Last Mohecken topic about cutting firewood brouht this to mind. I cut a lot of firewood as supplimental heat in the winter. I spend a lot of time in the woods Spring and Fall cutting wood. I found out years ago that if I don't have a firearm on me that is when a I see coyotes or skunks that need to ...

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It happens. You can't go wrong with a 39.

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Nice job! I having been looking into an old sewing machine for leather also. it would come in handy.

Sixgun, what country do you live in where you have to have your vehicle's brakes inspected for a sticker? Or is it like the stickers I would give my kids for doing a good job!

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Married 31 years in June. Have fun with the kids and ask them if they have change for a $2 bill.

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Pretty common procedure, my BIL got his done two weeks ago. It will be great to be able to see again. You got this.

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One of my favorite games. Get an old gun to shoot again. Of course you took it to the next level with cartridge box.

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It is nice to have options. I like the fact that Henry stepped up bringing alternate cartridges to leverguns after Marlin stopped doing it. I was thinking about buying a Long Ranger in 6.5 Creedmoore for my nephew. I would prefer one in 338 Federal for myself. It's not like I need another caliber in...

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