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Last time I fired my Pardner 12 gauge it left a huge purple and black bruise on my arm (didn't know it until bath time - darned thing wouldn't wash off) so I'm thinking about having a second barrel made in a lighter-recoiling gauge. 20 gauge comes to mind but some have said recoil is about the same...

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Congrats on a nice shot in the thick PA woods! Nice buck and nice shot. I never shot a deer over 70 yards till I moved from PA to CO, then WOW you can see them and shoot at them out to 400 yards! After work this afternoon I took the dog for walk, and took a couple photos of the view from where I sh...

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Sure glad you took him out of the gene-pool... Musta been kinda shallow at his end... Are you saying he's too young to have shot? ~Michael Nope... Sayin' that a critter like that needed to be shot, before he spreads his 'abnormality' through the herd. Good job. Okay, that's what I thought at first,...

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Buck Elliott wrote:Sure glad you took him out of the gene-pool...

Musta been kinda shallow at his end...

Are you saying he's too young to have shot?

~Michael

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Shot this guy Saturday, the last day of deer season. Sorry, the levers stayed at home this year. Was going to use my pre-64 Model 94, but for some reason was having a terrible time seeing well enough to shoot groups on paper, so I wasn't going to hunt with it. So I used the scoped bolt action instea...

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Evil: Morally objectionable behavior. It exists. Ghosts/Demons/Spirits? No experience of them and no belief in them. "I've never seen it, therefor it doesn't exist." Sounds logical. Until one starts running into things one has never seen before - and finds out they DO exist after all. The...

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Any idea what a Speer 150 gr. Hot Core .30-30 bullet would do on varmit size animals when pushed to a muzzle velocity between 2700 and 2800 fps? Spring is coming and all sorts of unwanted animals are showing up around the house. .30-06 is the only scoped rifle around, and I'm thinking of loading .30...

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Okay guys here is the delema. I've got a USRAC Winchester 1895 in .405 Win., 24" barrel. Does anyone know what the twist on the barrel is for a .405 Win 1895 Winchester? Rifles currently on the Winchester website are listed as 1 in 10" and 1 in 14". http://www.winchesterguns.com/prod...

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I recently inherited my fathers Browning Sweet Sixteen, which I had bought him some years back. He never really hunted with it, but I plan on using it at least once this turkey season. First, you need to find out what your gun is choked. If it isn't Full (but is a more open choke like Improved Cyli...

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Only cartridges I'd be interested in an 1895 would be .30-40 Krag or .35 WCF. I don't quite understand why Winchester is pumping out all these .405 Winchester guns.

~Michael

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1. A few seeds got away during the drug raid and this spring and summer I'll find Mary Jane growing in the woods. Do I just destroy the plants and keep it quiet, or call the police? Unless there's a lot of it, and evidence that you're caring for it, I wouldn't be too concerned about it. If you find...

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Told you boys, not wasting any time here. Here come the questions....LOL. What should I be looking to do to slick up the action of a 94 Ranger and getting the trigger up to snuff? Any basic stuff or resource I should be doing? Dryfireing? Plenty of couch time cycling the action? I know it does wond...

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a forum devoted to vintage denim The internet never fails to amaze and mystify me! Cool old photos though! Guess there's a bunch of us that think it doesn't get much cooler than dark, straight, cuffed jeans. http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y121/Zarathos666/magill2yp8.jpg People probably think I lo...

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The pic is darker on my home computer; of course, I'm not likely to look at how skinny a cowboy is when there's a babe around... Understood, though if she's gonna get all dolled up for Life magazine, she could have done a little more with her hair. The two cowboys caught my eye because for me they ...

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JustaJeepGuy wrote:What skinny Wranglers?

The slim Jims looking over their shoulder at the pretty lady are wearing Wrangler jeans (the W on the back pocket). They're some pretty skinny dudes!

~Michael

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Found the following pictures on a forum devoted to vintage denim and thought some people here might enjoy them. First must be from the late 50s. http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y121/Zarathos666/ar741.jpg I'd guess this one is from the 40s or 50s. Is that a S&W #3 on his hip? http://i4.photobuck...

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Don tomas, as I recall, many of the B-26 pilots trained in Florida. They had a saying "one a day in Tampa bay". Apparently an unforgiving aircraft. Short wings on the early models and insufficient training of ground crews led to the early problems. By early '44, if you were part of a B-26...

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If you're going to pay through the nose for sub gauge shotgun shells, the 28 is a helluva lot better shell than the .410 is (28 ga. factory loads range from 3/4 to 1 oz of shot, and if you reload you can drop down to 5/8 oz or 11/16 oz of shot and make your 28ga a 3" .410). If it wasn't for ske...

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Don tomas, as I recall, many of the B-26 pilots trained in Florida. They had a saying "one a day in Tampa bay". Apparently an unforgiving aircraft. Short wings on the early models and insufficient training of ground crews led to the early problems. By early '44, if you were part of a B-26...

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I think you are incorrect in the statement about Kelly. You may be referring to the end of the rein of the blackbird or it's final flight. Clarence "Kelly" Johnson died December 21, 1990. Few people know about the bomber and fighter versions of the plane that were never put into productio...

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Federal makes a load with the 180 gr Nosler Trophy Bonded that's rated at 2880 fps.

Recipes currently on Alliant and Hodgdon's websites don't come anywhere near 2900 fps with a 180 gr bullet, and I know I wouldn't try to push either of my .30-06s that hard.

~Michael

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This is just a thought but back in the days when these dash cartridges were common you never saw super tall front sights. They were usually fairly short and that was even on rifles with tang sights. I'm wondering why the guns they make now have such ridiculously tall front sights. It makes no sense...

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Was underwhelmed when I saw it in theaters. Rented it recently and liked it a lot better. Never could quite understand Virgil's attraction to Ally, especially after he learned of her weakness. I'd have shot her, or let the Indians have her. I enjoyed Hitch's character, but the 8 gauge was used more ...

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Slick, Possibly not. The faster and lighter bullets may be more likely to be low. That's what I expected, but the 87 gr Remington bullet with a start load of H4895 of under it was waaaay high. Can't remember the exact figure, but close to a foot. After shooting three rounds I said "Well, that'...

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No. A dovetail blank must be bought at the same time. I'm not sure of it's proper name, but it has a threaded hole in it and locks the shorty ramp down. Make sure you get your dovetail to fit the shorty ramp without too much pressure as beating the front sight into the shorty's dovetail with a sett...

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Not trying to be a wiseacre, but... just how much is a "little too high"? What hold point do you aim at? If it's the difference between a few inches, will a 6 o'clock hold make up the difference? Is it consistent at its current POI? With a six o' clock hold, at 50 yards, the gun shoots di...

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Rusty wrote:I think I'd be sending an e-mail to Winchester. That should be worth another box of ammo.

Anybody tried contacting Winchester lately? From what I've heard on a trapshooting forum I hang out on, they are very unresponsive to complaints of faulty or defective ammo.

~Michael

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Here's the front sight currently on my Model 94AE .25-35 carbine. http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y121/Zarathos666/000_0021.jpg I can't get an exact measurement on it, but from the bottom of the dovetail to the top of the sight it looks like it's over 1/2". With a Marbles tang sight cranked al...

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For those interested I sent off an e-mail to Navy Arms about the 1903A4 they will be bringing to the market. It will be an original receiver with a Pedersoli barrel and a Chinese scope that will be a reproduction of the original. More 03A3 receivers having holes drilled in them... GREAT! :roll: ~Mi...

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Because there's a perfectly good .30 caliber round that performs all necessary functions asked of it. Yep! In 1895, with the .30-30 and the .30-40, and again in 1906 with the .30-06 the deal was sealed that when it came to rifles we were going to be a .30 cal country. They got the jump on everybody...

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bogus bill wrote:Go see "september dawn". Its about the mountain meadows massacure in 9-11-1857..... I have studied the incident as much as possible...

And yet twice in your post you spell Mormons as "mormans".

~Michael

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That second load seems excessive. 27 gr. BLC2 is or is nearly the recommended max 27 gr is the max Hodgdon lists for BL-C(2) with 117 gr bullets. This is one of the best loads in my .25-35 94AE, and is not a max load in my rifle, but I don't load beyond 27 gr. Hodgdon's info on the .25-35 should aw...

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I didn't realize the pilot was still feet wet when the first engine quit. That plane NEVER should have been brought feet dry with that engine out. It should have immediately returned to the carrier it was training at and tried to land there, or the pilot should have ejected near it. The military car...

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RSY wrote:
1886 wrote:They can be tricky from the bench.
I think both Carl and I can agree with that statement.

Scott

Tricky? I don't get it.

~Michael

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My intent wasn't for a die-hard re-loader to be condescending on those who don't, my question was if the gun was a good buy given my circumstances. I don't think he was being condescending, he's just pointing out that it's a fact of life that that gun almost requires it's owner be a reloader (die h...

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Get a solid rest and take yourself out of the equation as much as you can. That is probably what the problem is, but the rilfe may not like that load. My model 94 doesn't like 170 gr. Core Lokts, factory or reloads. Can't get much of a group at 50 yards. Hornady and Speer 150s on the other hand, I'v...

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You need to stock that freezer. You might have friends or family that need the meat to suvive this next year. You make a very good point. Who knows what this year will bring. I was just PO'd at myself for not recognizing the size of the animal, and shooting one that small. I know there's nothing te...

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This is my fourth year hunting. First two years I didn't shoot a deer, and last year I got a doe with my .25-35. This year I made plans to get a doe tag for the management unit I live in, plus one further south where a friend of mine's father has a farm. Expecting longer range shots there, I picked ...

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I remember when these came out, but they didn't interest me then. What are your opinions on this rifle? Anyone have one? About how much do they go for now? Only shoot 2 1/2" shells, so it's not all that useful as a shotgun. Basically you're only going to be able to shoot skeet loads, which are...

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Tomorrow is opening day for deer in PA, and I plan on hunting in the woods right behind my house, same as I have the past three years. This afternoon I spoke to the neighbors who own the woods and cornfields around my house, to see where they were setting up at, and run my plans past them for their ...

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Opening day, since I'll be on my own, I plan on hunting bucks only and having my Savage 114 with me. It has a scope, and with NW PA's 4 point on one side restrictions, I'm going to need it. After that, if I driving woods and brush with friends, I'll have my .30-30 or .25-35.

~Michael

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"The simple fact that US military snipers as well as Benchrest competition shooters mostly all load their own specifically for the firearm they use, lend credence to the accuracy and repeatibility potential of making your own." U.S. military snipers use Lake City M118LR ammunition, arsena...

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Scrambeled yesterday and today getting a load together, making three trips to the range. Fed Brass, Fed Match LR Primer, 54 gr. H4350 and 180 gr. Nosler. May not be the best load for the rifle, and may be a little on the hot side, but looks good enough (shooting into roughly an inch at 100 yards). ...

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Nath wrote: a sporting sxs is slightly differant than a trap gun,

Yes, but getting a shotgun to shoot where you want is the same, whether it's a target gun or a field gun.

Glad you're happy with your adjustments, and you're hitting your target now.

~Michael

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J Miller wrote: Just buy the Williams FP, install it and you're done.

I agree, but I needed to put a smaller aperature on mine to shoot groups. With the larger one that came on it from the factory, I was all over the place.

~Michael

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Scrambeled yesterday and today getting a load together, making three trips to the range. Fed Brass, Fed Match LR Primer, 54 gr. H4350 and 180 gr. Nosler. May not be the best load for the rifle, and may be a little on the hot side, but looks good enough (shooting into roughly an inch at 100 yards). N...

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I studied the fit of it to me and realised I was looking down on the rib to much That means the gun was shooting high (my personal preference, even in field gun, after shooting thousands and thousands of trap targets). You've already gone ahead and bent the stock, and it seems like that's worked fo...

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The stuuf we shot was WWII Winchester surplus ammo. Then it most certainly was corrosive. As Terry said, military .30-06 from before 1952 or 1953 will be corrosive (as will most other military surplus ammo). Get the jacket fouling (that I'm sure is in there) out of your M1, and you'll probably find...

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Butcher my own. Used to be $35 and two years ago went to $75, so I learned to do it myself. After my first one, I'm not sure I used to actually get the meat from the deer I shot. They seem to taste better than they used to. I've never had to track a deer and I clean the cavity immediately and well ...

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I figured given the price of Woolrich attire these days, that I would of been able to but my way into the A crowd. :wink: Problem is you're not wearing a Woolrich jacket and hat along with the pants. Then you'd be grade A. :) I'd love to have a red and black Woolrich suit, but they aren't cheap, an...

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