An 1886 - and I done it!
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An 1886 - and I done it!
Oh my! Walked in to the fun shop today and the shelves were more barren than I've ever seen......but over yonder sat a Winchester 1886 on the racks that'd not been there a few days ago. (Yes, my trolling has reached disease levels! ) Closer inspection revealed a Mirokuchester 1886 in .45-70, 24" (I think) octagonal barrel, full mag, satin finish on the metal and stocks, and marked "Limited Edition 1 of 500".
I've wanted a .45-70 for ages, but I just can't warm up to a Marlin unless it's an 1881 (too expensive), Brownings are like hen's teeth (and too expensive usually), Italian repros have gotten too expensive and I never see them anyhow, and every Winchester I've seen for several years now has been an original (too expensive) or a Lightweight (don't want). This one was just about right (I'd prefer a high gloss finish), priced at $999, and I'd brought along an old rifle that I didn't want for trade. He gave me a good price so BAM! Done.
I can't pick it up until the 11th of Feb. due to background checks on the gun (it's used, with box and papers). Ho boy, am I pleased!!
Grabbed a crummy cell phone photo:
Cheers,
Oly
I've wanted a .45-70 for ages, but I just can't warm up to a Marlin unless it's an 1881 (too expensive), Brownings are like hen's teeth (and too expensive usually), Italian repros have gotten too expensive and I never see them anyhow, and every Winchester I've seen for several years now has been an original (too expensive) or a Lightweight (don't want). This one was just about right (I'd prefer a high gloss finish), priced at $999, and I'd brought along an old rifle that I didn't want for trade. He gave me a good price so BAM! Done.
I can't pick it up until the 11th of Feb. due to background checks on the gun (it's used, with box and papers). Ho boy, am I pleased!!
Grabbed a crummy cell phone photo:
Cheers,
Oly
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Re: An 1886 - and I done it!
Oly, what's the deal on the background check taking so long. Are you in Arizona or PRC?
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Nice. looks like he has a few nice single actions there. What old rifle you trade in ?
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Great acquisition - a buddy had one we loaded for.
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Nice!!! If you're going to plink all afternoon, wear a padded vest...that steel buttplate will leave a mark
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Re: An 1886 - and I done it!
Background check on the GUN - not me. When someone sells a gun to a gun shop, the county here requires 20 days for the serial number to be reported as stolen before they'll let a buyer walk with it.jnyork wrote:Oly, WTF, what's the deal on the background check taking so long. Are you in Arizona or PRC?
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A Mosin with a bore like a sewer pipe!3leggedturtle wrote:Nice. looks like he has a few nice single actions there. What old rifle you trade in ?
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Grats bro, like mine alot but they do hurt the shoulder.
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Dang, Feb 11th... I hope they'll let you visit it between now and then.
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Very nice. Start cranking out some rounds as you will love shooting that one!
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20 DAYS!?!?!?!?! GADZOOOOKS when did they change it to that? When I left in 98 it wasn't more than 10 at the most.olyinaz wrote:Background check on the GUN - not me. When someone sells a gun to a gun shop, the county here requires 20 days for the serial number to be reported as stolen before they'll let a buyer walk with it.jnyork wrote:Oly, WTF, what's the deal on the background check taking so long. Are you in Arizona or PRC?
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Dammit, Joe, Big Brother knows bestJ Miller wrote:20 DAYS!?!?!?!?! GADZOOOOKS when did they change it to that? When I left in 98 it wasn't more than 10 at the most.olyinaz wrote:Background check on the GUN - not me. When someone sells a gun to a gun shop, the county here requires 20 days for the serial number to be reported as stolen before they'll let a buyer walk with it.jnyork wrote:Oly, WTF, what's the deal on the background check taking so long. Are you in Arizona or PRC?
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That 20 day wait period would be enough to drive a sane man crazy and go hunt down them sums-o-britches and give them a tast of what they thought...
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That SHOULD have a gloss finish on the metal. And I still could 16 long gun stocks in that pic. Looks like a good selection of ammo too... if you don't want too much of a particular flavor!
Nice find. Should also be a 26" barrel unless it's been chopped. And you'll like the weight of it with that buttplate. I know I couldn't shoot mine if it wasn't heavy!
Nice find. Should also be a 26" barrel unless it's been chopped. And you'll like the weight of it with that buttplate. I know I couldn't shoot mine if it wasn't heavy!
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Oh man, the Cadillac of 45-70's. Your going to have a blast with that baby.
"crummy cell phone pic"??? I've seen your photography and your cell phone pics put my regular photos to shame.
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As for the "waiting game", I've been told by my son, who lives in Colorado, where the wait is now 2 weeks is because of NICS being so slow. BS!! Here in Pa, 2 weeks ago when I bought the Uzi, I had to wait a terrible 2 hours. Thats enough to pee off the Good Humor Man. --------------6
"crummy cell phone pic"??? I've seen your photography and your cell phone pics put my regular photos to shame.
Yes, this board can really cost us some money. --------------6
As for the "waiting game", I've been told by my son, who lives in Colorado, where the wait is now 2 weeks is because of NICS being so slow. BS!! Here in Pa, 2 weeks ago when I bought the Uzi, I had to wait a terrible 2 hours. Thats enough to pee off the Good Humor Man. --------------6
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I'm ordering brass and bullets as we speak!rjohns94 wrote:Very nice. Start cranking out some rounds as you will love shooting that one!
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Oly check out Midstate Cast bullets. They have some real good prices on .458 diameter bullets.
30/30 Winchester: Not accurate enough fer varmints, barely adequate for small deer; BUT In a 10" to 14" barrelled pistol; is good for moose/elk to 200 yards; ground squirrels to 300 metres
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I don't know if it's true, but a friend of mine who is a Deputy told me that they bumped it to 20 days after a family returned from two weeks vacation to find their home robbed. By the time the numbers get filed and logged, it can take 20 days or more if the theft is not discovered immediately, but 20 days is about all the local community will tolerate.J Miller wrote:20 DAYS!?!?!?!?! GADZOOOOKS when did they change it to that? When I left in 98 it wasn't more than 10 at the most. Joeolyinaz wrote:Background check on the GUN - not me. When someone sells a gun to a gun shop, the county here requires 20 days for the serial number to be reported as stolen before they'll let a buyer walk with it.jnyork wrote:Oly, WTF, what's the deal on the background check taking so long. Are you in Arizona or PRC?
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It probably is 26", I didn't measure it. What's odd about the matte finish is how well done and absolutely factory original it looks. Does anyone remember a Miroku 86 in matte blue finish? Whatever the case, it sure looked great.Griff wrote:That SHOULD have a gloss finish on the metal. And I still could 16 long gun stocks in that pic. Looks like a good selection of ammo too... if you don't want too much of a particular flavor!
Nice find. Should also be a 26" barrel unless it's been chopped. And you'll like the weight of it with that buttplate. I know I couldn't shoot mine if it wasn't heavy!
And yes, they still have a good selection of lever and bolt guns. Shotguns too. Anything "tactical" or semi-auto is vapor; compact pistols and ammo also.
Oly
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Thanks!3leggedturtle wrote:Oly check out Midstate Cast bullets. They have some real good prices on .458 diameter bullets.
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Good find and a great price. I know Miroku made some matte finish 86s in 45-90, had one for about an hour. Does yours have the safety and rebounding hammer?
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Re: An 1886 - and I done it!
Yep, it has the safety and rebounding hammer. Hopefully it wont give me any trouble, but if it does you guys will square me away.
On another note, I was out scrounging for .45-70 ammo today. No shortage of THAT in Tucson. I found boxes of eight different flavors at the local shops. Brass, bullets and primers too. Crickey, I'm floating in the stuff now.
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On another note, I was out scrounging for .45-70 ammo today. No shortage of THAT in Tucson. I found boxes of eight different flavors at the local shops. Brass, bullets and primers too. Crickey, I'm floating in the stuff now.
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yes Miroku made them with the matte finish,it's a factory finish. Advertised by Winchester as their "Hunter Finish".Here is one for sale Man! you stole yours!olyinaz wrote:It probably is 26", I didn't measure it. What's odd about the matte finish is how well done and absolutely factory original it looks. Does anyone remember a Miroku 86 in matte blue finish? Whatever the case, it sure looked great.Griff wrote:That SHOULD have a gloss finish on the metal. And I still could 16 long gun stocks in that pic. Looks like a good selection of ammo too... if you don't want too much of a particular flavor!
Nice find. Should also be a 26" barrel unless it's been chopped. And you'll like the weight of it with that buttplate. I know I couldn't shoot mine if it wasn't heavy!
And yes, they still have a good selection of lever and bolt guns. Shotguns too. Anything "tactical" or semi-auto is vapor; compact pistols and ammo also.
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Re: An 1886 - and I done it!
Get yourself some 5744. 30 grains gives bp velocity and you can up the ante for more velocity. Not position sensitive and gives me good accuracy in my Browning 86. Even use it in my 45-90 86 from 1916. My 86s bore is sorta dark so it needs gas checks to really shoot good.
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You certainly got a great buy on a very fine rifle. I remember seeing that low-glare finish on a couple new '86 rifles at a local shop a few years back.
My own Miroku '86 is a gloss finish take-down model, used mostly for NRA Cowboy Lever Action Silhouette shooting. I tried running some handloads with the old standard Lyman 457125 military 520 grain bullet, but they were too long to feed through the action. I was able to fire them by loading singles directly into the chamber, but silhouette rules specify that the cartridge must be fed from the magazine. I really can't recommend this bullet anyway unless you really like heavy recoil. The 405 grain Lyman 457193 bullet feeds very well and is very accurate, but over the course of a 40 round silhouette match recoil is still a bit much. My favorite bullet in this rifle is the RCBS 45-300-FN, a 300 grain gas-checked bullet that has plenty of power with substantially less felt recoil. I am using IMR 3031 powder.
Good luck, and be sure to give us a range report!
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My own Miroku '86 is a gloss finish take-down model, used mostly for NRA Cowboy Lever Action Silhouette shooting. I tried running some handloads with the old standard Lyman 457125 military 520 grain bullet, but they were too long to feed through the action. I was able to fire them by loading singles directly into the chamber, but silhouette rules specify that the cartridge must be fed from the magazine. I really can't recommend this bullet anyway unless you really like heavy recoil. The 405 grain Lyman 457193 bullet feeds very well and is very accurate, but over the course of a 40 round silhouette match recoil is still a bit much. My favorite bullet in this rifle is the RCBS 45-300-FN, a 300 grain gas-checked bullet that has plenty of power with substantially less felt recoil. I am using IMR 3031 powder.
Good luck, and be sure to give us a range report!
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Re: An 1886 - and I done it!
Yep - that's exactly it. Thanks for finding that!Mossyoak1957 wrote:yes Miroku made them with the matte finish,it's a factory finish. Advertised by Winchester as their "Hunter Finish".Here is one for sale Man! you stole yours!olyinaz wrote:It probably is 26", I didn't measure it. What's odd about the matte finish is how well done and absolutely factory original it looks. Does anyone remember a Miroku 86 in matte blue finish? Whatever the case, it sure looked great.Griff wrote:That SHOULD have a gloss finish on the metal. And I still could 16 long gun stocks in that pic. Looks like a good selection of ammo too... if you don't want too much of a particular flavor!
Nice find. Should also be a 26" barrel unless it's been chopped. And you'll like the weight of it with that buttplate. I know I couldn't shoot mine if it wasn't heavy!
And yes, they still have a good selection of lever and bolt guns. Shotguns too. Anything "tactical" or semi-auto is vapor; compact pistols and ammo also.
Oly
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And thanks for the info and load recipes guys. I've got brass and bullets and primers, but no powder to be had locally other than Blackhorn 209. Thankfully I've found plenty of factory ammo to test, but I'm a bit miffed that right when I finally get a reloading shop and something I'd like to load for the whole obamination goes nuts and buys up all the powder to be had. Dag nab it.
I am going to load some of that Blackhorn though! I'll report. One of about fifty reports promised...one of these days me and my life will be in the same vicinity...not that anyone is keeping track...
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Comgrats
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