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My old Rossi 92 in .357 Mag is a hard times "bouncing around in pickup box" gun & looks the part with all the dings, scrapes & gouges on it. It shoots good but it looks so rough I could leave it leaning against the wall outside Starbucks for a week & it would still be there wh...

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If he's already inside without you knowing, you fail. People should speak for themselves. There are too many personal & circumstantial variables in any situation to make general rules. Getting into the house is one thing (not easy at my place), getting into my bedroom is quite another (you WON'...

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I think a gun like that, in a retail store, would probably have a $499 price tag on it. Not saying that's what it's worth, but I'm regularly seeing pre-64, even pre-war, 94's for $500 in rough shape these days. And they are not flying off the racks, either. Personally I agree with the above posters...

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In my minds eye a hand gun is really the only first defender for the home. Long guns are just to big and clumsy until you are awake. The transition from sleep to awake is the bad time. During that time you'll be doing good to get you mind to think let alone find the gun, your pants, figure out wher...

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It's a fine all original Extra Lightweight Take Down in collectors favorite caliber. DO NOT let Turnbull, or anyone else for that matter, near that gun. It is a special order piece and should be kept all original. A lot of folks are confused and believe that the .33 W.C.F. rifles in a similar confi...

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Rjohns94 is not super sensitive , HE'S SUPER POLITE. He was explaining what HE has for a bad times rifle (the topic )not trying to convince anyone else what "they" should do and certainly not a TFE situation as you described. ln rereading it appears that it might be you who is super sensi...

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Gotta get Jethro & Ellie May a coupla guns like that.

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We had a customer bring an 1886 Winchester in the shop yesterday for a good cleaning and maintance ! I kinda like this thing since it's a take down , has a PG , a half octagon barrel and has the button mag ! The barrel i "assume" has been trimmed a bit as it measures 22" . Still it l...

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Priced, Your choice is perfect. And if the bad times were defined as financial bad times, like so many are suffering from, then I would sell most of the firearms I have, like I have done in the past. I meant no offense and I was not trying to be in anyone's face. About 6 months ago, we had a thread...

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I wasn't aware that Rossi is making the Marlins...........( Now that Rossi is making Marlin's and possibly making them better than Marlin), "from rimfire Mcnutjob's Post" ..Mutt More correctly, Rossi is making Marlin clones. I am nonplussed . Why? nonplussed? :? If that means happy then I...

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Old Shatterhand wrote:The feel of cocking the hammer before the shot, the pointability, the handling.

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The updated version:

The feel of cocking the hammer, disengaging half a dozen lawyer safeties before the shot, the pointability, the handling.

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Is it just me or does that hunter look lifeless, as in a store manikin. I'm inclined to think he may have been stood out there for days to allow the moose to get acclimatised to his presence. Possibly covered in moose juice or some kind of attractant and then videoed by remote control (notice how t...

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To be clear i`m not thin skinned or running away, i voiced my opinion and probably over reacted to something a nice God fearing man posted not intending any harm. I just figured i needed a break and have cut down on all boards pretty much but this one. I`m sick most the time and try and bring good ...

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Sometimes the 9-5, salaried (with gold plated benefit & pension packages) fed & state conservationists & do gooders who hang out in air conditioned offices 20 stories above the sidewalk don't see wolves as a problem like people who live off the land do. That many more predators competing...

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That's a video that's always amazing to see. I surely wouldn't want to be that close to that big a critter even with my FA cocked and in hand. Could have got interesting if the calf had started approaching the guy with the bow. Mama would turn nasty real quick. Canadian (Northern Ontario) friend of...

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Since I first posted, I have had a change in my direction on this topic. I'm still sticking with a trapper, but now it's a takedown version of a marlin 1894 in 44 mag. Wild West Guns tricked it out in their co-pilot conversion. The take down is slick. The cartridge has more punch then 357 I was usi...

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Wait! Somebody who is a grown person got upset by a joke about shooting mythical figure? GROW UP! Pitchy ole pard, I've always thought of you as a kind and generous sort, but man alive, ya can't run off every time somebody gets upset over next to nothing. Agreed ! Why let some oversensitive somebod...

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Re: The new 2012 Marlin catalog is out The Remlin catalog is out. Great info for somebody who cares...........which I don't. Won't be buying any new Marlins (post 2008) till the quality control issues at the new Remington factory are fixed. Lots of good JM Marlins on the used racks. Just check em o...

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Anything 1895 & previous + faithful clones (Rossi, Browning, El Tigre).

I certainly would NOT include the current Miroku Japchester abominations with their tang safeties & rebounding hammers.

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My old Rossi 92 in .357 Mag is a hard times "bouncing around in pickup box" gun & looks the part with all the dings, scrapes & gouges on it. It shoots good but it looks so rough I could leave it leaning against the wall outside Starbucks for a week & it would still be there whe...

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piller wrote:I have to work until I am 72 to get one-half as much from S.S. as I earn now.

I just finished crunching the numbers & I'll be 109 years of age when I'm finally free of debt.

Time to buy another levergun.

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Congratulations on your new to you '92. Good luck on finding out who did the restoration though as there is numerous people who could do it. Infamous, famous and garage. Give us a range report when you get one. Looks good enough to be one of Doug Turnbulls restorations. I expect a piece of eye cand...

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The old B-92 is a lot better than the overpriced, lawyer safetyied to death Winchester model 92 they're selling now.

The Rossi Puma 92s are the only real 92s made today even with that stupid little safety that just begs to be removed.

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Momma with a calf? No thanks not that close for me. If things had gone south his next of kin would be watching that clip. Had a hunting dog killed by a cow moose protecting her calf. Looked like it's head was smashed in with a sledge hammer. Those front hooves are fast & lethal. If that cow moo...

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It holds 4 rounds already --- its a nice, slim, woods rifle that can reach out a bit more if need be --- why ugly it up with a huge box magazine hanging out the bottom? But an M1A or an AR10 if you want a high capacity 308 - the Model 100 is much too pretty a rifle for that kind of abuse (but its y...

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Good to see those boys with those BLRs in their hands and someone to mentor them standing right behind them Hope they filled out the NRA applications that came in the boxes with those new guns. Keeping the NRA strong will ensure that these kids will still be shooting when they're their grandpas age.

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Reading this and other barrel length threads it's clear that the environment we each hunt in is a contributing factor. Out here in the West we're much more likely to see open country than back east. As a kid I lived in a suburb of St. Louis and the tangles and brush made traversing the woods an 'ad...

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It's probably me being naive again but I could never grasp the need for a barrel over 16" or 20" to shoot a cartridge like the .357 Mag or .44 Mag that are loaded with fast burning powders designed to reach optimum ballistic efficiency in vented revolvers with barrels less than a foot lon...

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Old eyes need a long sight plane. Longer barrels tend to a bit more accurate shooting off hand. They tend to hold a bit better on target. And a long, octagone barrel is a manly thing! Speaking of "sight plane", I just bought a Bushnell Trophy 1.5-6x40mm scope for my Rossi Rio Grande in .3...

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Any caliber sounds good to cartridge me, just make it a lever! :D I'll go with my 16" Rossi in .44 Mag. Handy & light little gun (4.8 pounds). The .44 Mag is a more powerful cartridge than the .45LC when loaded to factory ammo levels and I can shoot 44 SPL in it when I want it to shoot at ...

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And a long, octagone barrel is a manly thing! And all this time I thought it was a thing of grace and beauty! :o :D Beauty yes, but when a 24" octagonal barrel gets up close & cuddly with tag alders, hazelnut switches & overhanging tree branches laden with dew or snow grace is not the ...

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Old eyes need a long sight plane. Longer barrels tend to a bit more accurate shooting off hand. They tend to hold a bit better on target. And a long, octagone barrel is a manly thing! I'm glad my pre-safety Rossi Puma in .454 Casull is the 20" version rather than the 16" version for the &...

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That thing is way too purty (& heavy) to drag through the bush. I'd buy it & hang it in a dust proof cabinet, polish it every Sunday & buy a Rossi 92 with a 16" bbl or a 336 to hunt with. Heavy? I just weighed my 24" Rossi 357mag rifle at 7lbs 5oz as pictured below: http://img...

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Thanks for the find! You're welcome. This is the best write-up I've seen on the Rio Grande in .30-30 WCF. It even has a range report even though the author is not giving the recipe for his hand loads. The Hornady 8th Edition of their reloading manual gives some recipes for their new 160 grain FTX b...

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I can't even get a call back from the temp agency. I also got three rejection letters last week. Come, come to the Dark Side... Unless you absolutely can't stand the idea of woring in Wyoming... http://doc.state.wy.us/careers/correctionalsecurity.html (Please, I need the help...) I don't think I'm ...

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Thanks pricedo. Going looking tomorrow as well. I think the Rio Grande was misnamed. It should have been called the Ranch Hand. I've been carrying is solid since I bought it, everyday. I had to walk to the back corner of a pasture today, I pretty good hike through some heavy cat claw and prickly pe...

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The Cereberus/Remington takeover was the kiss of death for Marlin. The garbage coming out of the new factory has sent the Marlin trademark down the toilette bowl. Purchased a new Rossi Rio Grande in .30-30 WCF today. Rossi is the "Ruger of lever actions" & have learned as has Savage t...

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I can see why Marlin sold out while the gettin' was good. They must have known that Rossi was about to plow them under. Kind-of make you wonder--I looked at the Rossi too and was impressed--tempted, but I want to wait to see how marlin does in the future... :) The Cereberus/Remington takeover was t...

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Sorry. Impossible. :? You were really using a .429 UltraBeltedShortMag pushing a 500gr bullet over 77gr Varget at 3000fpsMV. :shock: No way could a PISTOL caliber do that. :mrgreen: If you find a pistol that can & doesn't have a diesel motor & tracks.......... I WANT ONE ! :mrgreen:

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Shot this buck on Nov. 17th with my Rossi .44 mag Puma, 75 yds. w/open sights, 240 gr. American Eagle JHP...field dressed 210# ... really really like this gun, with this load it will consistently hit a 20 oz. pop bottle at 100 yds w/open sights. IMG_1027.JPG IMG_1023.JPG IMG_1025.JPG Impressive ani...

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Only a letter would tell whether the gun came with a Shotgun butt or not. It was made in 1907 and the round barrel, though less common, was indeed the standard configuration. Still an octagon barrel will fetch more money, all other aspects being equal. The front sight is a replacement, but sights c...

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That thing is way too purty (& heavy) to drag through the bush. I'd buy it & hang it in a dust proof cabinet, polish it every Sunday & buy a Rossi 92 with a 16" bbl or a 336 to hunt with. Heavy? I just weighed my 24" Rossi 357mag rifle at 7lbs 5oz as pictured below: http://img...

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That old gun has been hunted hard & put away wet a few time by the looks of it.

The "sawhorse & sledgehammer" gunsmiths

that messed with it over the years really did a number on it.

$150-$200

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Tanker Yankers with winter and mountain expereince who would wish to relocate for a while will find themselves in demand here in the Arctic. The pay is remarkably good right now. The fuel haul to Prudhoe is pulling drivers from the general freight pool so that market is opening up also. Good place ...

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While we're on the subject of model 92 lever guns I wish someone would invent a iron sight drift tool specifically for dovetail iron sights on Win/Rossi/Chiappa model 92 lever guns so we can get away from the primitive ball peen hammer and brass drift punch method. I find the incremental fine adjust...

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Rimfire McNutjob wrote:... I love poetry, long walks on the beach, and poking dead things with a stick.

You must mean Marlin.

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Thanks Nate! Yes, it is the "U" shaped sping. I'll have to keep an eye out for this condition. The other issue was the ejector spring. No way in heck could I fit it and had to remove two coils so it would physically fit. It is much thinner than the original, but much longer. Do you have a...

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I bought the "Lee" spring kit for the 1892 Rossi Winchester Clone. This rifle has the brass frame and a SS octagon barrel. http://images57.fotki.com/v81/photos/2/36012/10239772/DSC_3874-vi.jpg First thing I did was measure the effort it took to open the action and the trigger pull. Using ...

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I was at a Freedom Group event in South Carolina a couple of months ago, along with a few other writers. When it came comment time, I told the Remington folks that Marlin quality pretty much sucks. They admitted that it was a lot harder to make leverguns than they had anticipated. I think they are ...

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Good luck with one if you can find what you want. I'm getting pretty frustrated waiting for what I want: 24 inch octagon barrel .357 Mag . I have one! :) nice guns. I've got a 100 pound barbell for weight lifting. For hunting I have a 16" bbl Amadeo Rossi SA (no safety) Puma 92 in .357 Mag. 4....

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