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Kirk,

That's a lovely old rifle in a great cartridge. As my buddy Sixgun says, the sands are trickling through the hour glass. Let's have a range report.

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Steve,

I wish you a speedy defeat of this demon, and, remember, you are in the thoughts and prayers of everyone on this forum and all of your customers and other friends, as well.

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Bulldog, You may have ridden the Cumbres and Toltec Railroad before. If not, you're in for a treat. My wife and I have taken it from Antonito to Chama. Next time we'll do the trip in reverse. Once again, you likely know this: Commanche Creek, the trib to the upper Rio Costilla that drains the Valle ...

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All my rifles get tang sights; the open sights are in-a-drawer dust collectors. I'm sure you're right about needing a lace-on comb if you mount a scope on the rifle.

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They are great-looking rifles. I was seriously considering one in .32-20. One thing that gives me pause, though, is that the stock has a lot more drop than I like. I guess I need to handle one. Thanks.

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SS,

Is your low wall a Cimarron/Uberti?

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I make lubes for both BP and smokeless. The smokeless is just beeswax, Marvel Mystery Oil, and anhydrous lanolin. The BP lube consists of beeswax, anhydrous lanolin, palm oil, and Mobile One synthetic motor oil. Both work very well. Making lube is a messy business, but I don't do it often. And you p...

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Thanks, Griff. We'd like to see you at Golden once again.

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Sixgun:

But at my back I always hear
Times winged chariot hurrying near
And yonder all before us lie
Deserts of vast eternity.

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w30wcf,

Thanks for the good wishes. I believe there will be some Aussies at Whittington again this year.

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Hey, Jack,

Have a great shoot in McKean County. I'd like to be there with you, but the levergun silhouette nationals at the Whittington Center begin next Monday, July 4. I'll bet there'll be 'shinin times' at both shoots!

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Unlike Rusty, I still have my ancient (1972) Grumman 17 foot whitewater canoe. With shoe keel and extra ribs it weighs 81 lb. It takes the heavies quite well in Class I and II whitewater, but unfortunately it hasn't seen the water in a long time. I store it where I see it every day so I occasionally...

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Sixgun,

Come on ahead, neighbor!

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Hey, Jack,

79 with 16% humidity today here in the Arkansas River Valley. But, it's quite hazy as we're getting a lot of smoke from the fire near Springerville, Arizona.

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Looking great, Pitchy!

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Jack,

So, on back-to-back days you blow off a chance to go to the range!

But...beautiful rifle!

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I'd send just the grip frame and grips in order avoid shipping a 'gun' with all the attendant hassle.

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Pitchy, Shooting black in a cartridge gun is a hoot! I've been doing it for some time, primarily on BPCR silhouettes. I've been trying to get my buddy, Sixgun, to join the fun -- but even though he claims to be a traditionalist, he won't hear of shooting black. Jack, the case clean-up is a snap usin...

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Mike,

All the best and hopes and prayers that it is nothing major.

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Jack,

Good shooting, as usual! Boy. the Atglen range sure looks good.

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OKC gun club has begun shooting lever action silhouettes. Here's link to a thread on the Steel Chickens forum discussing it.

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Steve, Very well presented as all of your discussions are. I like the Miroku guns very much, dispensing with the lawyer appendages to my satisfaction. I will differ with you on a minor point: Winchester began importing Miroku-made, Winchester-marked 1892's in 1997. I bought my first gun in February ...

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High summer is the best time to see Yellowstone, especially for a first visit. Snow can close the principal road passes such as Sylvan, Dunraven, Craig, etc., and especially the Beartooth, should winter linger or come early. Many years ago my dad and I spent a day in mid-September snowbound at the M...

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Yep. I've done it on an 1886 and an 1892.

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Because the mare's leg is technically a pistol, I think it should be chambered in a pistol cartridge. So I'd prefer the model 1892 if ever I decided to buy one.

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I have a tang sight on 16 rifles -- all my lever guns and single-shots -- including a 32-20 lever gun.

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Rube, Take a look at the Marbles tang sight that has a short base and two screw holes behind the staff. They use the tang screw and a second, smaller screw. Just leave the smaller screw out. With a standard, longer base sans front screw you can put too much leverage on the sight should you have some...

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Prayers on the way.

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Jack,

Just one more small bit of information on the .38-55: Winchester records show that my rifle went through the polishing room on July 18, 1918. Madis had the date of manufacture more than two years later.

As for getting the rifle, you've got to treat me well!! ;>)

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I started loading the .38-55 with a set of RCBS dies, and I was satisfied with them. Then I began shooting NRA lever action silhouettes and wanted to get more accuracy from my reloads. I added a Redding Competition Seating die that seats the bullet with greater concentricity. Next I went to a separa...

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Jack, Everytime I look at that '94, I think of you -- just long enough to say to myself, "That *** Sixgun is NOT going to get that rifle!" http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j88/cimarronred/P2280004.jpg http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j88/cimarronred/P2280037.jpg http://i78.photobucket.co...

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Yep, Jim. The rebounder is gone, too, as it is on all my Miroku's so equipped. Thanks, in no small measure, to you. And thanks again!

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JB,

You bet! It's the most fun you can have standing up!

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HEAD001, I've had a Davidson's Winchester 1892 in .32-20 for a year now, and I'm very happy with it. I have a good load for it, it does well at lever action silhouettes and I would buy it again. I removed the tang safety, then mounted an MVA soule sight. http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j88/cimarro...

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Bruce,

I believe the sight comes with a base that fits a standard dovetail. And the sight is then detachable from its base. I don't think the bases are available separately.

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Buffalo Arms has brass at $75 per hundred:

http://www.buffaloarms.com/browse.cfm/4,158.html

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Apparently Winchester Ammunition is making the .348 currently:

http://www.winchester.com/Products/rifl ... Winchester

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I have a lot of 650 .45-70 cases that I use for BPCR silhouettes, and I anneal them once a year. I neck size the cases only and do not crimp. But even if you do not size and do not crimp, the brass is still being worked because the case expands on firing and springs back. I anneal because I want con...

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WinM71,

You can see a tang safety in the video.

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mod71alaska,

Yep. You'd have to think that this will at least extend the production life of the .348 cartridge.

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For those of you who don't mind, can grudgingly accept or will alter the lawyer-mandated safety mechanisms on a Miroku levergun, here are some short videos, one featuring a new Winchester Model 71 just introduced at the Shot Show (along with some other guns): http://www.winchesterguns.com/library/ar...

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Hey, Griff,

You cut quite a figure in that outfit! Very nice.

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kimwcook,

Jacketed bullets and gas checks are permitted by NRA rules, if as I mentioned in my previous post, they do not damage targets.

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John in MS, There is no velocity limit at NRA levergun matches. However, if your bullets are damaging targets, you will be told to change ammunition. Non-NRA matches such as where I shoot at the Golden Gun Club east of Denver, have a velocity limit (1100 fps) for the pistol cartridge matches as well...

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Griff's right about bevel base bullets potentially causing problems. They can be OK for revolvers, but I won't use them in a rifle.

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My favorite is ruffed grouse, without a doubt.

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Steelers! All the way. Of course I'm biased as Pittsburgh is my original home town.

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Denis,

I've read and enjoyed your pieces in Shoot! magazine, and I still lament its passing.

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DennisT,

A little pricey but here's a link to Wm. Brophy's book, Marlin Firearms: A History of the Guns and the Company That Made Them.

http://www.amazon.com/Marlin-Firearms-H ... 0811708772

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That's a beauty, Grizzly!

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Denis, I agree that tang sights and receiver sights are different animals, but the optical principle remains the same. And the closer to your eye you can mount the sight, within reason, the more accurate your shooting will be. And I hear what you say about tang sights getting in the way, but I long ...

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