Lever gun's in action
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Lever gun's in action
Just thought I'd start a photo thread of lever guns actually being shot.
Shooting my Win 94AE Trapper .45 Colt in the AZ desert, circa 98.
1950 Win 94 Carbine 30-30 at the Leverguns/Sixguns meet in southern IN, 11-12-05 ... got her hot, smokin!!!!
2005 vintage Marlin 1894 Cowboy Limited .45 Colt at the Leverguns meet in northern IN 6-13&14-09.
OK, so now it's your guys turn.
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Shooting my Win 94AE Trapper .45 Colt in the AZ desert, circa 98.
1950 Win 94 Carbine 30-30 at the Leverguns/Sixguns meet in southern IN, 11-12-05 ... got her hot, smokin!!!!
2005 vintage Marlin 1894 Cowboy Limited .45 Colt at the Leverguns meet in northern IN 6-13&14-09.
OK, so now it's your guys turn.
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I don't have any levergun action shots. Just the double. I can't hardly ever get anyone to go to the range with me anymore since I started going at first light.
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Ted,
I know what you mean. All the lever gun pics I have from the last 10 years were taken in Indiana. I can't get my wife to go to the range with me here. So, no IL pics.
Joee
I know what you mean. All the lever gun pics I have from the last 10 years were taken in Indiana. I can't get my wife to go to the range with me here. So, no IL pics.
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Oh what the heck, I'm going to throw this in here. It's got a small lever on top!
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Ted,
... that'll get her done!!!!!!!!!!
Joe
... that'll get her done!!!!!!!!!!
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Great stuff fellas! Keep em comin if you can.
Ricky...I noticed you guys don't practice changing your pants after each Buffalo charge. What's up with that?
Ricky...I noticed you guys don't practice changing your pants after each Buffalo charge. What's up with that?
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C. Cash wrote:Great stuff fellas! Keep em comin if you can.
Ricky...I noticed you guys don't practice changing your pants after each Buffalo charge. What's up with that?
We did... we just turned the video off first .
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Here are a couple one shooter leverguns. Took these at a shoot last year. I don't have any other "action" shots.
Wait! I have an after action shot,
Wait! I have an after action shot,
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Isnt it amazing how many people post without reading the thread?
Isnt it amazing how many people post without reading the thread?
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RKrodle wrote:C. Cash wrote:Great stuff fellas! Keep em comin if you can.
Ricky...I noticed you guys don't practice changing your pants after each Buffalo charge. What's up with that?
We did... we just turned the video off first .
I really like the logic behind that target setup...makes alot of sense. Dang, I'm gonna have to get a photo of me shooting my lever now to keep up with you guys......
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1890 vintage Winchester '73 in 38-40. The cases usually land in the crown of my hat.
Here is my 1886 touching off a 40-65 black powder round.
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Cool photos and post Joe!
I don't have any action shots of me shooting; I'm not sophisicated enough to set the camera up if I am out solo. Now that Y2K is shooting with me almost all the time, I'll have him snap a few next we're out.
Great idea!
I don't have any action shots of me shooting; I'm not sophisicated enough to set the camera up if I am out solo. Now that Y2K is shooting with me almost all the time, I'll have him snap a few next we're out.
Great idea!
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Like I mentioned above I've got the same problem. I have one 35mm camera that you can set to take a pic ever so many seconds and it will continue until the roll of film is used up. I've done that before and it works great.Ysabel Kid wrote:Cool photos and post Joe!
I don't have any action shots of me shooting; I'm not sophisicated enough to set the camera up if I am out solo. Now that Y2K is shooting with me almost all the time, I'll have him snap a few next we're out.
Great idea!
But then I have to get the film developed, then scan the pics into the computer and ..... it's a lot of trouble, but not as much as getting my wife to go along. Looks like I need to find some more film.
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Joe it ain't brain science or rocket surgery. Almost all digital cameras will do video. Put yer camera on a tripod or other solid rest framing the shooting station, start the video and go shoot. Then grab frames from the vid as snapshots.
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Only after action photos.
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Yeah it is, for me anyway. I've read all the instructions and studied them till I'm cross eyed and I still cannot understand those computerized cameras.adirondakjack wrote:Joe it ain't brain science or rocket surgery. Almost all digital cameras will do video. Put yer camera on a tripod or other solid rest framing the shooting station, start the video and go shoot. Then grab frames from the vid as snapshots.
My digital is a Canon D60 DSLR. It will not take videos, only stills. And for those I leave the on board computer on "Automatic".
I don't even understand how to make it do a timer pic. Just TOO complicated for me.
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Well Dad Gum... after watching those charging buff videos, I am gonna HAVE to set me up something like that in the country!!
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It was easy to make, bought some square tubing and used some wood for the target frames. I used some kind of press board for the target backer and ordered the targets online. I drove two T post in the ground about a foot a part and then slipped some scrap plastic pipe over them and used that for a cable guide so that if I pulled to the side it wouldn't take the shooters feet out from under them . Then I just drove a stake in the ground to reference where to stop pulling. The back side of the targets show the animals vital parts.Markbo wrote:Well Dad Gum... after watching those charging buff videos, I am gonna HAVE to set me up something like that in the country!!
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Ricky,
I just watched your videos. That looks like fun. I'd like to try it.
Joe
I just watched your videos. That looks like fun. I'd like to try it.
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1860 Henry:
Stealth action w/94 Winchester:
From a CAS match near Ft Myers, FL; especially loved the concentration the lass gave her shootin': more to come!
Stealth action w/94 Winchester:
From a CAS match near Ft Myers, FL; especially loved the concentration the lass gave her shootin': more to come!
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Joe,
It was a lot of fun. several Levergunners from around here came over and the moving target was the closing act for us. We had guys with big bore revolvers, bolt actions, but mostly Leversguns. The target moves around more then it looks in the video and adds to the fun.
It was a lot of fun. several Levergunners from around here came over and the moving target was the closing act for us. We had guys with big bore revolvers, bolt actions, but mostly Leversguns. The target moves around more then it looks in the video and adds to the fun.
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Boy this was short lived thread, second page already.
What's the matter levergunners, you guys and gals spend all your money on guns and skip the cameras???
Come on .... I know more of you got pics. Purty pleaze
Joe
What's the matter levergunners, you guys and gals spend all your money on guns and skip the cameras???
Come on .... I know more of you got pics. Purty pleaze
Joe
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Best I can do Joe.....shooting Ruger No. 1 East of Flagstaff.
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C. Cash,
Hey, it's got a lever on it ... right.
What kind of scope is that? Looks really long.
Joe
Hey, it's got a lever on it ... right.
What kind of scope is that? Looks really long.
Joe
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Good Morning Joe! It's a Weaver K10.....appears to be an older one. My Dad bought this gun from a buddy who used it to hunt antelope in Colorado, and gave it to me last year for my Birthday. Love everything about this Ruger No. 1.J Miller wrote:C. Cash,
Hey, it's got a lever on it ... right.
What kind of scope is that? Looks really long.
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Silhouette shooting video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da3TBtCY3G4
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Click on the above photo to see a '66 levergun in ACTION, but watch to end... you see what a rather sluggish Texas Star looks like. Either its pivot is rusty, or somebody forgot to oil the bearings!
Here's JW at the FoBD shoot in 2008 lining up on a distant target with his 1886 carbine.
And here's forum member Little Doc trying it out!
And, although not done with a levergun, here's one of the only hits on the targets:
And let no one mistake how difficult the feat is, these may appear huge up close... at 1538 yards they are awful tiny!
Click on the above photo to see a '66 levergun in ACTION, but watch to end... you see what a rather sluggish Texas Star looks like. Either its pivot is rusty, or somebody forgot to oil the bearings!
Here's JW at the FoBD shoot in 2008 lining up on a distant target with his 1886 carbine.
And here's forum member Little Doc trying it out!
And, although not done with a levergun, here's one of the only hits on the targets:
And let no one mistake how difficult the feat is, these may appear huge up close... at 1538 yards they are awful tiny!
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OK Griff, I need you to school me. How did you get the youtube video to post up like you did. I tried for an hour the other day and couldn't get it to do right. I would hit preview and it would just be code. What am I doing wrong?
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Nobody goes shooting with me either!J Miller wrote:Boy this was short lived thread, second page already.
What's the matter levergunners, you guys and gals spend all your money on guns and skip the cameras???
Come on .... I know more of you got pics. Purty pleaze
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I find it much more enjoyable to have someone with me when I go shooting. But I guess we all got to just bite the bullet and go even if it is alone.Hobie wrote:Nobody goes shooting with me either!J Miller wrote:Boy this was short lived thread, second page already.
What's the matter levergunners, you guys and gals spend all your money on guns and skip the cameras???
Come on .... I know more of you got pics. Purty pleaze
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Should look like this: "{url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th7yJbaS ... /img}{/url}"; but with square brkts instead of the round ones. I just used the still outta my photobucket account. Thought that was neater than a simple hyperlink... since the "embed" doesn't work here. Oh yeah, that was my 1st youtube upload video... so a coupla firsts for me!RKrodle wrote:OK Griff, I need you to school me. How did you get the youtube video to post up like you did. I tried for an hour the other day and couldn't get it to do right. I would hit preview and it would just be code. What am I doing wrong?
Glad you found it, I forgot to add, "click on pic" instr.
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Thanks Griff, I think I got it now. You embedded the photo into the link for the youtube url.
Click on the Picture.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LFwiTfK ... C01021.jpg[/img]
Click on the Picture.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LFwiTfK ... C01021.jpg[/img]
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Except you only need the youtube link once.
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Me shooting the turkeys with my Marlin 1889 in 44-40
and my son-in-law shooting at the pigs with my Winchester AE Trapper in .357 on a slightly warmer day. You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
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Brrr... looks cold!
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Plinking with one my 336's earlier this year.