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Yes!!!! Excellent job Colt!!! We complained when revolvers were not in the line up so I certainly hope to read positive things here now that Colt listened. Is one in my future???.....maybe so...maybe so.... Time to check the funds...

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I wear foam ear plugs PLUS Silencio ear muffs. I can barely hear in the woods when I wear this but my tinnitus is so bad it almost drives me nutty sometimes. As a result deer often surprise me and I don't get as many as I used to but I just cant chance any more loud noises. Even driving a nail with ...

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Thank you all!! I'm a bit late with the thanks but it is much appreciated.

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I didnt know Savage would letter a gun! How much and how do I do about it? Just picked up a 99 takedown in 303 from maybe 1920 era or so.

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Funny I should read this today. Yesterday I took my 71 to the range to blow thru some ammo. I couldn't shoot it.... I couldn't pick up the sights! How depressing but it does beat the alternative. So now its decision time.....a tang/receiver sight will buy some time. I also am now REALLY regretting p...

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I have 2 of these barrels. I bought one via ebay directly from the maker in Florida for an 1890 Winchester I was rebuilding (turned it into a pistol grip version then after polishing sent it off to Turnbull). (The fellow in Montana who made the WONDERFUL barrel for my 1886 in 33 WCF was no longer in...

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Its 1" across the flats. I want to take it back to 50 cal but it looks like it will have to be 51. Wonder what the deal is there? Seems to me since all 50 Caliber muzzleloader barrels are .500 that the liners should be too.

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Anybody know a source of a barrel liner in 50 cal (1:48 or 1:60 twist) that is .500/.520 diameter? Track of the wolf and TJs both have liners but in .510/.530. I just got my shot out muzzleloader barrel drilled out to 11/16 and want a .500 bore liner.

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I must have recrowned a dozen guns so far and, so far, accuracy has never improved. Precision Shooting did an article a few years ago where the author hacked up crowns to see at what point accuracy suffered. At one point he got so aggressive he accidentally BROKE a carbide burring tool off while try...

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Well, this is difficult to answer. The sharps and trapdoors are 2 different beasts. After reading the Custer book are you interested in the history? If so you'll want a trapdoor. Price will enter the equation. Original Sharps are expensive. Trapdoor rifles can be had for around 400-500. Trapdoor car...

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I too got one of the early Chaparrals, 45-75 cal with a 28" barrel, at the time I had to make cases from 348 Win, then Jamison came out with brass. . I LOVE it, took it out to Montana one year and had a ball shooting 300 or 400 yards with it out in the sagebrush areas. The prices have plummette...

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Okay, add me to the list of a few more pictures: specifically...can you take a sideplate off and get us a picture of the guts? Also, will SOME parts interchange with originals? i need a dust cover (bought one in a parts bin at a gun show last year for $5...and promptly lost it!!). On ebay now they b...

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This is an old post I know, but I am in the process of working on a bushed 1873 bolt myself. The problem this original poster had, I believe, was a wrong firing pin. Winchester changed its firing pin design once they stopped bushing the bolts around serial 92000. Shasta, you have the late style firi...

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Yes SavvyJack, the gun was inspected. I believe the verdict was double (or excess) charge of smokeless. that was my point I guess. You cant double charge black or pyrodex. I also get what you mean about the SASS stuff, they turned me off with the "spirit of the game" being flushed down the...

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No, this is the first I ever heard of that. Very interesting and I would love to see the data. Even so, while I am certainly no engineer to fully understand pressure curves etc and all that, I do know these guns were engineered for black powder. I have gone through this with many people and find the...

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Here is my 2 cents and I guess once again I will be the minority oddball. I have owned 10 1873s (not all at once...sold some to fund others). Shot the heck out of all of them. Pyrodex or blackpowder ONLY for me. It is just not safe in my mind otherwise. Too many people confuse "strong actions&q...

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No quandry at all if it were mine. Look at it...it is BEAUTIFUL as is and reeks of history!! Getting it redone, even if expertly done, negates all that. It then becomes a redone 1886 instead of an originally used 1886. The only time I redo old lever or pump guns is when they are ugly or inoperable. ...

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My hunch is that the decline of small game in most areas is due to the explosion of the house cat population rather than due to birds of prey. No i would not shoot a bird of prey.

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And the best one of all:

He was once abducted by aliens, and was asked to anal probe them.

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We won the battle of Lake Erie too. ("We have met the enemy and they are ours")

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My chaparral came with tang sight holes, are you sure yours isnt?

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definitely some high class people on this forum!!!

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Didn't know that....thank you.

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Those prices from CDNN right now on the Chaparral clones just make me want to cry (compared to what I paid for mine). I am in the same boat as you. I believe we got ours around the same time. But just think....we can consider ourselves the pioneers in this field now! Heck, when I got mine I HAD to ...

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Have a Chaparral in 45-75 and it is a hoot!!! Love it!!! Found it very sensitive to load for though. I never put smokeless thru it, only pyrodex RS and 777. Actually got mediocre accuracy (4-5" at 100 yards) until I used a LDPE wad between the bullet (Lyman 457122) and the powder. Did a lot of ...

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Okay, found my data. This is still a work in progress. As a base, my best load using hornady 200 gn JFN is 49.5 grains of IMR 3031. According to Hornady I should get 2440 fps, with my chrono I get 2390 fps. Only shot 3 groups with this load, 3 shots each at 100 yards from a bench with the open sight...

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I have tried the flex tip 348 in my 71 and it shot well. Will post my data later today when I get back home. However, I have thoughts about the whole flex tip thing in lever guns. I mean, they have better ballistics and thus are better at long range, but the limiting factor with the guns are the sig...

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I am not sure the original owners actually get them back! I have heard horror stories about this...the cops keep them for evidence, then the insurance company that initially paid you for them asks that they be destroyed.

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Excellent. I thank you sir.

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Okay, count me in...the trapdoor is one historic rifle. And thank you for this drawing.

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just wondering what box was used for this era 9422. Winchester had so many...was it the brown box w/red lettering? did it say USRA or Winchester? If anybody has a 1991 9422 and can post a pic of the box I would appreciate it.

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Griff, gives a new meaning to "taking the babies out for a stroll!"

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Kirk, I never thought to mic the bullet diameter!! Duh on me! In any case, the 2.2" group does not bother me and I am quite happy with it. Statistically group sizes should follow a bell shaped curve...the tight groups are no doubt on the left side of the curve. If I were to shoot more groups th...

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Thanks guys. Phil Sharpes book lists loads for lightning, and by interpolating I find 33 grains of it would give 2150fps, so perhaps the age of the rounds (80 years) is responsible for the velocity loss. I notice I have a "fast" barrel...that is, my reloads tend to chrono HIGHER than what ...

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Well, I am still testing old factory ammo for leverguns. Already tested 30-30 and 348 Win ammo. Here are the latests musings and testing of factory ammo for the 33 Win in my 1886. My procedure is to pull all bullets with a collet type puller. This allows examination of powder (for deterioration and ...

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Hi buckeye shooter, thanks for the advice but this is an old post. The gun is finished and shooting like a DREAM! I posted a thread last year, but have not followed thru with posting targets...maybe next week if I have time. Anyway, here is a link to the post about the completed rifle. http://leverg...

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This all started when I sold off my cartridge collection....there was some I could barely give away! If I recall I had 3 or 4 boxes of 32 WCF ammo (among others). The most I was offered was $10 per box of 50! So I shot them and was amazed at how accurate they were in my 1892. That got me buying the ...

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Earl, have not chrono'd yet but soon. So does anybody know the vintage of these boxes????

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Have been buying up and testing old ammo that I find at gunshows (348, 33 WCF, 32 WCF, and now 30WCF). Boy am I surprised! My procedure is to pull the bullet and examine everything then reseat the bullet. This does several things. First of all after 30-40-50 or even 60 years the bullet can sometimes...

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Okay here it is http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l299/coyote1960/DSC02220.jpg on the left is the 250 Silvertip with the flat base pulled from a round from the box in the background. Any body know the years this box was used? Next is a 250 concave base silvertip from a loose round in a super-x case....

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I've owned one of these for years: http://www.amazon.com/StreetWise-Ultrasonic-Dog-Repeller/dp/B000KKV7XE/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1327836293&sr=8-3 They most definitely work, but the problem is the range is short, about twenty feet. I'd love it if somebody would invent a high-powered "b...

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What is happening at Ruger that I dont know about? Should I sell my stock in them now????

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Does your Marlin have microgroove rifling???

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I will try to post pictures tomorrow. Have been buying up lots of old 348 Winchester ammo and have several questions. 1. Have some 250 GN silvertips in Super X cases. Pulled the bullets and some have a flat base and some have a concave base. Anybody know what years Winchester did the switch? Flat ba...

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If you want to have any resale value when selling later on, I strongly recommend getting a trapdoor with a stock cartouche. Generally, the first thing collectors (myself included) look for when examining a TD is to flip it on its side and look for a cartouche. When selling, it is almost impossible t...

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Anybody know which gas brands DO NOT have ethanol in them? Also, why isnt it a law that they HAVE to put the 10% ethanol sticker on the pump?? I want to know what i am putting into my engine.

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Boy I REALLY wish someone would make a repro in 44 RF AND a company would make rf ammo for it. Uberti actually did make 44RF versions of the 1873 - very limited production. Passed one up that was for sale at Ron Peterson's in Albuquerque about 10 years ago. Beautiful rifle with fancy wood and engra...

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Boy I REALLY wish someone would make a repro in 44 RF AND a company would make rf ammo for it. Navy arms had someone in Brazil make 32 RF ammo, so the ammo may not be an issue as much as the guns are. I am REAL close to just making my own, but I guess step one would be to get an original to get meas...

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Thanks guys. I had already checked 2 of these sites and they didnt carry it. Midwest has it listed but they are out of stock and frankly with Browning not reproducing the carbine version I doubt if they will get any in anytime soon. Still may be worth my while to call them tomorrow and see if they e...

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