A Modest levergun collection...
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A Modest levergun collection...
Mucking around with the camera now that I have a new rifle....
At top is a Model 92 24inch octagonal barrelled .44/40 with a tang sight. Will put through 3 bullets through one hole at 50 yards.
Then a .44/40 Rossi 92 carbine - shes brand new out of the box basically. No bolt safefty, front sight on the barrel not the barrel band, wood is plain but perfectly acceptable. Have only just starting shooting here, and so far it's 2 inchs at 50 yards but Im working on that. Finding it harder to shoot the much lighter carbine off the bench.
Bottom is a 1952 model 94 in .30/30 with an old steel lyman 66 receiver sight. Off the bench with my handloads and 150grain power point bullet I can do 1.5 inch groups with it fairly regurlary (depending on the weather - bright sunlight is hard off the beaded forsight) I have made up some 170grain Hornday interlock loads but havnt tested them yet. Have got some red deer with this rifle.
After playing with the .44 carbine - the .30/30 model 94 feels like a cannon..and those loooong cartridges...
Just some background about lever actions in New Zealand, we have always had them and they have always been popular. Used for pig hunting by both Europeans and Maori and the 'bush carbine' was a rifle to be proud of. (Even today lever actions are vaguely regarded as rifle only suitable for pig hunting, it has become a part of that type of hunting...) The Rossi 92 sells like hot cakes to pig hunters.
Before WW2 the most common rifles were the Lee Enfield .303 (of course) and the Winchester 92, in .44/40, .32/20 or .25/20.
Interestingly from when they started making them in the 1890's people ordered in Winchester 92's by the bucketload - but they never catalogued the Winchester 94 at all. Despite the fact it was so popular in the states, people stuck with the little 92. It wasnt untill after the second war and they had stopped manufacturing the 92 that people ordered the 94 model, but my then other bolt action rifles were becoming more available and affordable.
This '52 made 94 is the earliest Winchester 94 I have ever seen over here.
At top is a Model 92 24inch octagonal barrelled .44/40 with a tang sight. Will put through 3 bullets through one hole at 50 yards.
Then a .44/40 Rossi 92 carbine - shes brand new out of the box basically. No bolt safefty, front sight on the barrel not the barrel band, wood is plain but perfectly acceptable. Have only just starting shooting here, and so far it's 2 inchs at 50 yards but Im working on that. Finding it harder to shoot the much lighter carbine off the bench.
Bottom is a 1952 model 94 in .30/30 with an old steel lyman 66 receiver sight. Off the bench with my handloads and 150grain power point bullet I can do 1.5 inch groups with it fairly regurlary (depending on the weather - bright sunlight is hard off the beaded forsight) I have made up some 170grain Hornday interlock loads but havnt tested them yet. Have got some red deer with this rifle.
After playing with the .44 carbine - the .30/30 model 94 feels like a cannon..and those loooong cartridges...
Just some background about lever actions in New Zealand, we have always had them and they have always been popular. Used for pig hunting by both Europeans and Maori and the 'bush carbine' was a rifle to be proud of. (Even today lever actions are vaguely regarded as rifle only suitable for pig hunting, it has become a part of that type of hunting...) The Rossi 92 sells like hot cakes to pig hunters.
Before WW2 the most common rifles were the Lee Enfield .303 (of course) and the Winchester 92, in .44/40, .32/20 or .25/20.
Interestingly from when they started making them in the 1890's people ordered in Winchester 92's by the bucketload - but they never catalogued the Winchester 94 at all. Despite the fact it was so popular in the states, people stuck with the little 92. It wasnt untill after the second war and they had stopped manufacturing the 92 that people ordered the 94 model, but my then other bolt action rifles were becoming more available and affordable.
This '52 made 94 is the earliest Winchester 94 I have ever seen over here.
Last edited by Carlsen Highway on Tue Aug 19, 2008 8:25 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Welcome and very nice collection and post. thanks
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Very nice. Be sure and post pics if you do bag a red deer! I'd like to see that
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OSOK - only have one photo -
But I m going out again on friday for five days taking the .44 carbine for its first hunt, so I have high hopes to get one with the .44/40....
But I m going out again on friday for five days taking the .44 carbine for its first hunt, so I have high hopes to get one with the .44/40....
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Cool - thanks! And best wishes for a successful hunt!
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An excellent collection you have.
It's been many years since I visited Dunedin. NZ still gets my vote for prettiest country in the world.
It's been many years since I visited Dunedin. NZ still gets my vote for prettiest country in the world.
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Thanks for posting. Very nice wood on that M 94.
Interesting timing - tonight I met a man from Wellington, NZ who founded a company named Cistera here in Dallas. He now lives in Toronto. Since I have done business in both cities, we had a nice visit. I enjoyed hearing the NZ accent again.
Interesting timing - tonight I met a man from Wellington, NZ who founded a company named Cistera here in Dallas. He now lives in Toronto. Since I have done business in both cities, we had a nice visit. I enjoyed hearing the NZ accent again.
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Carlsen,
Very nice collection, thanks for the photos; we seem to thrive on photos here. Did I tell you that my maternal Granddad was born & raised in Dunedin?
Very nice collection, thanks for the photos; we seem to thrive on photos here. Did I tell you that my maternal Granddad was born & raised in Dunedin?
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Fine looking rifles,I too like the 92's and 94's. I hope you can stick around and post more pictures of your hunts.
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Well, if all goes well, I should have some pictures of this little trip Im making to Fiordland, Ill put something up when I get back...suprised to see you guys with NZ connections, even to the same town!
I think the US country is prettier, the forest in autumn and that and quite diffirent to what I know...and the amount of animal life is much more and varied over there I believe. I am hoping one day to make a trip to Arkansas to visit a friend who came over hunting with me last year
I think the US country is prettier, the forest in autumn and that and quite diffirent to what I know...and the amount of animal life is much more and varied over there I believe. I am hoping one day to make a trip to Arkansas to visit a friend who came over hunting with me last year
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Nice group there - seems unusual for some reason but a fine battery.
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Savage, probably seems unusual because the top rifle is closer to the camera than the others - makes the little '92 action look bigger than it should be! Me and the old man are .44/40 fans. (Top one is his, other two are mine.)
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Great post and photos. Always interesting to hear about hunting in faraway places.
I wish some of those 92s in 32/20 would find there way over here!
By the way I love your signature line.
I wish some of those 92s in 32/20 would find there way over here!
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real nice shooters...
and welcome to the forum...
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You've done more with 3 rifles than many men would do with a monster collection. Good post, thanks for sharing.
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Welcome, and nice collection.
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Welcome aboard Bro