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This has bugged me for decades. Wild Bill Hickock was murdered while playing poker. His hand was two pair, aces and eights, the identity of which is known. What was the fifth card? In motion pictures depicting the event, the card's identification has been picked out of the ether of the screenwriter'...

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If this jam does not occur with all factory cartridges when feeding from magazine, possibilities are??
1. Nose configuration is too long or too blunt.

2. Cartridge overall length is too long.

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I've owned both. As far as I can determine, the mechanical difference between them is Browning's multiple-piece firing pin versus Winchester's one-piece version. That's it.

Hope this helps.

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I'm unclear on why delaying resolution of this benefits the Democratic Party's candidate. It will be resolved in court. And were Mr. Obama judged legally ineligible to serve, that's that. Legislation to render him retroactively eligible violates the Constitution. There is no statute that causes the ...

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I believe Lyman's sight is not vernier adjustable for windage while Marble's sight is. I think I deciphered PITA; I'm not enthusiastic about Internet short forms. Without details this is aproductive. With the exception of perhaps needing to recreate the serial number elsewhere, Winchester and Marlin...

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The "view window" of the tang sight is, however, much larger and quicker to acquire -- or that's how the 475's sight is. Consider removing the aperture from the sight you have, and using it in 'ghost ring' configuration. I find that to be fast to use, and yet can ALSO be very accurate if ...

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While I am not personally aquainted with the current Marlin I can generally say that a tang sight is superior at an open sight in virtually all shooting situations. The main complaint with a tang sight is it either requires you to hold your thumb along the side of the receiver to avoid the sight or...

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With two friends I recently shot one's newly arrived USRAC/Winchester M1886 that Doug Turnbull had rebored and converted to 475 Turnbull. Among the most startling things about the shooting were: Mr. Turnbull had installed a Marble's tang sight; the sight did not interfere with manipulating the rifle...

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This procedure you do once. More than once will not be beneficial for the leather. Needed: Isopropyl alcohol 99 percent and a container-bucket large enough to submerge your holster. Plastic-handled toothbrush or other firm smooth rounded tool of about the same length. Whatever skin-tight covering fo...

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Yep, like a 457 WWG on steroids, less costly to shoot and create, though. *** Regarding Pile-Driver bullets, I'm making an assumption that this wide meplat projectile will be the most difficult to get to feed in the rifle. If feeding is assured with it from inception of the project, other bullets ha...

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Please let us know how this contact works for you and if you are satisfied with the response. Also, how about some details about the rifle you are having customized? What is it now and what will it be when you get it done? :?: Inquiring minds want to know. I called Beartooth and they are sending fo...

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Simple and effective solution. No wonder I didn't think of it. Many thanks. I'm on it.

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I am having a 45-70 rifle customized in the next ten days. Has anyone had experience with the two WLN 45-70 bullets Beartooth named "Pile-Driver" and "Pile-Driver, Jr.?" These bullets have meplats of, I believe, .374 or .375 inch on weights of 425 and 525 grains. If anyone can fu...

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What is the brand and model of the non-ventilated recoil pad Marlin supplies on its M1895 XLR? I handled an XLR rifle yesterday. The pad was softer and more flexible than anything I've experienced before. 1. How effectively does it control recoil impact on shooting shoulder? 2. Upon shot being fired...

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"Here, surely, is the ultimate in the domain of the ridiculous and the contemptible. . . ."

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Do M1895 XLR and M1895 GS barrels have identical profiles -- that is, from breech to 18.5 inches, the length of the GS barrel, are diameters of these barrels the same?

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Is this an appropriate time to mention I have a Browning M71 in the Classifieds, and a USRAC/Winchester 45-70 not yeat listed?

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Anyone on here every had one? I been talking to them and debating on forking over the cash this spring for one and just wanting to see if anyone has shot one or any comments. They are about $3000 for a plain one in the new 475trunbull .Thanks You're getting lucky in your old age. My friend Jimmy Ha...

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I strongly recommend Jimmy Harrison, owner of Double H Custom Hat Company (Darby, MT). http://www.doublehhats.com jimmy@doublehhats.com 1-877-HAT-MAKR He uses only beaver fur felt of the highest quality. His quality control, originality, and willingness to work with you to achieve the result you wan...

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Small but important point, guys. If Mr. Murtha is acquitted -- until he is convicted -- aren't you doing to him precisely what you are castigating him for doing?

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I am in Phoenix on business and visited a local gun store. Found a WIN. (Davidson) 1886 45/70. It has a full oct. 26 in barrel, PISTOL GRIP stock. The safety and rebound hammer have been removed. Single piece stainless firing pin and some kind of front ladder site that I am not sure of the make. Th...

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O.S.O.K. wrote:http://www.marblearms.com/standardPeepTang.html

As I view the graphics, the difference in Marlin's 336 variant and the others is that Marlin's sight base is truncated. If I saw what is, this explains how the serial number remains readable.

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Marble's makes a folding spring-loaded tang sight for Marlin 1895s. I think I read that its installation does not conceal the rifle's serial number on the top tang. How is the sight installed? If anyone has a graphic of the sight installed on an 1895, please post it. Is there one model version of th...

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Grizzly anxiety is just that -- anxiety. I don't consider them a problem except in one instance. Were I to kill a large animal and be field dressing it, this is the instance where I would be alert for a grizzly going to the hog trough. The theory is that my hunting partner will stand around while I ...

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I did tests on most 400 grain jacketed bullets that were avaiable at the time, at an impact speed of 1900fps. The test was commisioned by a curious individual that had a 450-348AK. Both the Rem and the Speer will over expand if driven too fast and you hit something hard. The over-expansion severely...

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At 50 yards or less, I don't think the elk will know the difference. Either of the bullets you mentioned will probably penetrate completely at the distance you mentioned given a broadside shot. Both bullets will break a shoulder on a quartering shot. If the shot gets any longer, I would go with the...

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What kind of recoil do you get from the 45-70 using the 405 fnsp in compared to the 325 grain hornady flex tip. Man I got to say those 325's got some sting. Not that recoil is a problem for me, It is not too late for me to change my ammo before deer season, I'm thinking about going with a soft poin...

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Speer's FNSP (loaded round, and bullet on right) 400-grain and Remington's 405-grain FNSP (bullet on left) are moderately priced bullets intended for 45-70 cartridges. Loading ammunition to chronographed muzzle velocity of 1900 fps, which of them will penetrate elk more deeply, more reliably at 50 y...

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When I lived in Washington state, it was divided between the greater Seattle area and everywhere else. There was -- may still be?? -- a movement for much of out-state Washington to break from greater Seattle.

Greater Seattle is San Francisco north.

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I've concluded the Alaska Bullet Works 405-grain Kodiak bonded core flat nose soft point bullet is the primary big game bullet I want to obtain for 45-70s. Between Remington 405-grain and Speer 400-grain jacketed flat points, which more closely duplicates the trajectory and point of impact of the 40...

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I am considering how to attach a carrying sling to my 1895 .405. . . . Any suggestions would be appreciated. Stop what you're doing! Regardless what you do, no sling for a Winchester M1895 can be used well as a shooting sling. It is strictly for carrying convenience. Go to http://www.levergunleathe...

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I always thought it interesting that all the gun rag articles talked about how easy it was to clean a cap n ball - just separate barrel, frame and cylinder clean and go. I found powder residue EVERYWHERE inside the lockworks. I cannot imagine this not being a problem down the road. That's why we ha...

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Teacher Arrested at JFK - - A public school teacher was arrested today at John F. Kennedy International Airport as he attempted to board a flight while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a set square, a slide rule, and a calculator. At a morning press conference, the Attorney General said he b...

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Mic just mentioned as an aside on an email to me that he won't work on Winchesters with a rebounding hammer (or any Rossi Puma or Win 94 with rebounding hammers), so that eliminates the Win repro 86's except for the Brownings. I haven't asked him about the 510 KE on an 86, but I think we have that ...

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We agree that there is no safety reason an 1886 basis action cannot be converted. Ben Forkin was mentioned. Does Mr. Forkin also do a 510 Kodiak Express aka "50/2.3 improved" or something very close? One of the things Mr. McPherson does is to alter barrel threads in Marlin M1895 receivers ...

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I'm with Buckeye on this for the following reason: My friend Mic McPherson is the one who makes the 510 Kodiak Express (a modified 50-110) which is the most powerful chambering in a levergun that we are aware of (5000 ft/lbs of muzzel energy). While he has not built one on an 1886 yet, he indicated...

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Rate of expansion, the hawks expand quickly slowing penetration. The Kodiak and A-frame expand at a slower rate allowing for more, deeper, penetration. A Hawk may work well on a small animal but, not as well on a big animal. A Kodiak may not expand much on a small animal. Match the bullet to the ga...

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I own USRAC/Winchester 1886s, a Browning 71, and Marlin 1895 GS. Rather than think in terms of failure strength of actions, think in terms of working strength. There is apparently little or no difference here. Were this otherwise, commercial loading manuals would reflect such differences. And the in...

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86er: Thanks for the information and experience. What I think I read is that .035-inch jackets expand too much, causing final sectional density to become inadequate. Barnes Original bullets currently manufactured for 45-70 have .032-inch jackets -- more and worse. Costs of Kodiak bullets and Swift A...

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Apparently, Hawk bullets are created in a similar fashion with Barnes originals. They also apparently use essentially identical materials -- annealed pure copper tubing for jacket and pure lead inserted before forming. In the 45-70-class of bullets, they have three jacket thicknesses available, .025...

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I have a great little book I got from "Backwoodsman Magazine" about Buckskin Bill. Here sure was a fascinating character. Rusty: I strongly recommend a biographical sketch written by the late Harold L. Peterson, The Last of the Mountain Men . This biography of Sylvan Hart aka "Bucksk...

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Although Buckskin Bill, the last of the Mountain Men, has been gone for nearly 30 years, Ed Stevenson is still around. I stumbled on this article about him and his rifles. Here is the link.

http://www.z-hat.com/Stevenson.htm

Enjoy.

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You've posted this same question on 2 other website forums. I'm gonna give ya the same answer here, as I did on one of the others. The 300 gr. nosler partition is the best. As I said before, 6 hogs, 1 javelina, 1 bear, and 7 head of african plains game, can't be wrong! :mrgreen: maddog Powerful end...

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In your experience what is the best controlled expansion bullet, cast or commercial jacketed, for use on large soft-skinned game? By "controlled expansion" I mean the bullet will expand while losing little or none of its original weight. Bullets weight must be between 350 grains and 480 gr...

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Leverluver wrote:The 348 is a 2.8" cartridge. I have never heard of successfully fitting a full sized (length) 348 in a Marlin. If it could be done DC would have already done it.

While accurate, this is slightly misleading. 348 Winchester case is 2.20 inches. Handlloaded ammunition can be to an acceptable OAL.

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. . . Does the 348 DC have some advantage over the 348WCF, or is it a problem with the 348 WCF working in the Marlin action? Since the Marlin M1895 accepts 50 Alaskan, a non-bottle necked cartridge, and 470 Turnbull, a bottle necked cartridge, without resorting to altering M1895's cartridge length,...

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I'm curious because you think enough of the 348/45-70 to invest a substantial number of dollars. Why did you choose this wildcat caliber rather than the 348 Winchester? So long as cartridge overall length remains acceptable for feeding through a Marlin's carrier assembly, there is no safety-related ...

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I run Macintosh OS 9.2.2 and Mozilla (gecko) 1.3.1. Two days ago my login screen became a large blank blue screen with login fields at the bottom. Logging in reverts me to the leverguns.com INDEX page I'm accustomed to. When I want to reply to a thread, the forum asks me to login again, and each tim...

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Would not cost of conversion be significantly less, maintaining a 45-70 basis case in a [converted] 45-70 rifle versus converting to a 50 AK basis case? Conversion to the 475 may be as simple as reboring or rebarrelling.

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I anticipate a substantial part of its improvement over comparably loaded 45-70s accrues from the bullet's larger meplat. Wound channel would be commensurately larger.

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