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- Sat May 23, 2009 6:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Roundball Plinker Loads
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2590
Roundball Plinker Loads
I was trying out some .450 Marlin handloads this morning, including one using .457 soft lead roundballs. I haven't experimented with roundballs out of a modern rifle much and didn't expect much in the way of accuracy. The load is 8 grains of Unique with instant grits packed on top to keep the powder...
- Fri May 22, 2009 1:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Curious about CCW Stance
- Replies: 58
- Views: 3722
Re: Curious about CCW Stance
If he's armed and has threatened me and is within range he's an imminent threat to my life. "Your money or your life" is not a binding contract. you did that by giving him what he wanted. Absolutely not. It has NOTHING to do with the money. The money doesn't protect me, and it doesn't keep...
- Fri May 22, 2009 12:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Curious about CCW Stance
- Replies: 58
- Views: 3722
Re: Curious about CCW Stance
You have to realize a PROPERLY TRAINED person can and will take your gun.Now if the guy just walks up to you and BANG,then your dead.But if he is within a certain distance and says give me your money?I will give him my money Of course you give him the money. Then when his back is turned you draw an...
- Fri May 22, 2009 12:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: PHOTO: Granny with her lever gun
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1510
Re: PHOTO: Granny with her lever gun
I think that critter must have been getting fat eating her garden plants. Mistake!
- Fri May 22, 2009 1:08 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Curious about CCW Stance
- Replies: 58
- Views: 3722
Re: Curious about CCW Stance
My stance? Modified weaver
I carry everywhere except the courthouse, no permit. Don't need one.
I carry everywhere except the courthouse, no permit. Don't need one.
- Thu May 21, 2009 6:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - .32's
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2253
Re: OT - .32's
I've been saying all along that the .327 would make the most sense out of a levergun. I don't know why they opted to target the CCW crowd. It recoils slightly less than a .357, but also produces a heck of a lot of flash and blast out of short barrel. In a carbine levergun that issue is moot, and the...
- Wed May 20, 2009 4:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Three Levers at the NRA Convention
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1098
Re: Three Levers at the NRA Convention
Thanks for the insights! I do not care for the new style Guide Gun with the BIG LOOP LEVER and the Scout Scope Mount ! Marlin is clearly trying to copy some of the custom 1895's that have been built in the past decade, esp. from Wild West. I don't really care for it, either. The big loops slow down ...
- Wed May 20, 2009 3:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Laid Off? Need work? Post it here and lets network!
- Replies: 215
- Views: 439923
Re: Laid Off? Need work? Post it here and lets network!
Ditto that. This state loves hard workers who know what they're doing. COL is a problem. Anchorage is on par with Seattle, and the rest of the state is much worse. The bush is downright outrageous. But you learn to adapt. One way I've kept ends together is by ditching the car completely. I go by bik...
- Wed May 20, 2009 3:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: American Rifleman Article on Henry .30-30...
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2148
Re: American Rifleman Article on Henry .30-30...
I kinda like them, but the real test will be in the heft, cycle and balance.
- Tue May 19, 2009 5:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Some Overlooked Levergun Films
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1680
Some Overlooked Levergun Films
Australia got me thinking about some films-with-leverguns that are actually good, and seem to be off of most lists for some reason. Conagher (1991). This is a made-for-TV western with Sam Elliot and his wife Katherine Ross. It's a very low-key western that in many ways could have been made in 1935. ...
- Tue May 19, 2009 2:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What your you doing for Memorial Weekend? Pics encouraged!
- Replies: 53
- Views: 3884
Re: What your you doing for Memorial Weekend? Pics encouraged!
Get up bright and early Saturday and take the mighty Fram, my year-round mountain bike, 15 miles across town to the Turnagain trailhead. Do some hiking, head back up the highway and get some shooting in at Rabbit Creek range. I'm almost finished getting the Big Bore 94 rifle/shotgun ready for huntin...
- Tue May 19, 2009 2:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: the movie "australia"
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2063
Re: the movie "australia"
That's what everyone is saying, but they said that about "The Alamo" remake and I actually liked it.
- Mon May 18, 2009 10:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sagen Sie mir, auf Winchester 94AE 44 Mag mit langlaufrohr
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3167
Re: Sagen Sie mir, auf Winchester 94AE 44 Mag mit langlaufrohr
I had a three AE's, each worse than the last. One shot a foot off center at fifty yards, another was so badly fitted the .45 Colt shells would slip out of the tube under the elevator and jam the rifle hopelessly. That is of course apart from the innane external safety toggle, the cheap parts, the cr...
- Sun May 17, 2009 2:19 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sometimes the Bear Gets You
- Replies: 41
- Views: 3969
Re: Sometimes the Bear Gets You
Re. the photo, it seems this was taken by a Kodiak guide, either Bill Pinnell or Morris Talifson, on a hunt where they found the bones. Probably back a few decades, no later than the 60's. It may be from the book "Last of the Great Brown Bear Men," so I'll see if I can find out more.
- Sat May 16, 2009 11:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sagen Sie mir, auf Winchester 94AE 44 Mag mit langlaufrohr
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3167
Re: Sagen Sie mir, auf Winchester 94AE 44 Mag mit langlaufrohr
I have nothing good to say about USRAC angle ejects and I have absolutely no idea why people are willing to spend that kind of cash on them. If you're willing to spend six bills, get a REAL Winchester 94. I did, and I'm never ever looking back. It's better in every single respect than the USRACs I f...
- Sat May 16, 2009 2:24 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Home made Volcanic continued... (done)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1283
Re: Home made Volcanic continued... (done)
Not HALF as cool as ROCKET BALLS!
That gun was head of *our* time.
That gun was head of *our* time.
- Fri May 15, 2009 2:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sometimes the Bear Gets You
- Replies: 41
- Views: 3969
Re: Sometimes the Bear Gets You
In the better quality pic it was pretty clearly a Savage 99, or what was left of it.
- Fri May 15, 2009 12:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sometimes the Bear Gets You
- Replies: 41
- Views: 3969
Re: Sometimes the Bear Gets You
You fellers have it all wrong... This is OUR world, and we only sometimes tolerate the existence of such nasty critters as (including, but not limited to...) bears, wolves, coyotes, lions, jackals, hyenas, wolverines & left-wing wackos. Having lived up here for a decade, I find woods I used to ...
- Fri May 15, 2009 1:47 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sometimes the Bear Gets You
- Replies: 41
- Views: 3969
Re: Sometimes the Bear Gets You
In an old gunshop up here I remember seeing a cut-out of the photo with some text from a newspaper describing it. I can't remember much of the detail though, and the owner since retried so the shop is gone. I'll toss it around a local forum and see if anyone knows more.
- Thu May 14, 2009 11:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sometimes the Bear Gets You
- Replies: 41
- Views: 3969
Re: Sometimes the Bear Gets You
Of course, up here it's ALL the bear's territoryOld Savage wrote:The man chose to enter the bear's territory.
- Thu May 14, 2009 10:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sometimes the Bear Gets You
- Replies: 41
- Views: 3969
Sometimes the Bear Gets You
This is an old photo I was reminded of by another thread a month or so ago. From what I understand it was taken on one of the islands up here and shows what's left of a levergun in the undergrowth between what's left of a man and bear who killed each other. http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b52/Guss...
- Thu May 14, 2009 11:41 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: One month Odyssey Part 6 - Pachyderms
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1586
Re: One month Odyssey Part 6 - Pachyderms
Like when we run over moose up here
Very interesting. Two shot kill sounds like you're using a big enough rifle.
Very interesting. Two shot kill sounds like you're using a big enough rifle.
- Wed May 13, 2009 11:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Does a .45 Cal. Bullet Really *Need* To Expand On N Am. Game
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2423
Re: Does a .45 Cal. Bullet Really *Need* To Expand On N Am. Game
Order it 3rd Day Air. Negatory. Midway won't do it and I've never heard anyone pulling it off. One of the prices of living in the greatland. Why are you stopping at 1500fps? I run hardcast 405's in 45-70 up to 1700-1800fps I should have explained, accuracy drops off badly. I have buffalo bores but ...
- Wed May 13, 2009 4:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Does a .45 Cal. Bullet Really *Need* To Expand On N Am. Game
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2423
Re: Does a .45 Cal. Bullet Really *Need* To Expand On N Am. Game
Here's some factory loaded Hornady .450 Marlin that is AVAILABLE in case you want some. Sadly it's not available to me thanks to Alaska's neighbor the Soviet Kanukistan Republics. I could get into the fact that the Alaska Highway was built with US labor on the understanding that Americans and their...
- Wed May 13, 2009 12:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT: Color Case Hardening is UGLY
- Replies: 69
- Views: 10554
Re: OT: Color Case Hardening is UGLY
It looks fine if it's the real thing on a vintage firearm. The wild tie-dye stuff that seems to be en vouge right now looks very ugly to me, and is an excuse for the FAILURE of modern arms makers to provide a quality blue. It gets really weird when you see revolvers that were never made in the 19th ...
- Tue May 12, 2009 10:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Does a .45 Cal. Bullet Really *Need* To Expand On N Am. Game
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2423
Re: Does a .45 Cal. Bullet Really *Need* To Expand On N Am. Game
To be specific, the load I'm working up will throw the 350 grain .458" hardcast bullet at a rather sedate speed of 1500 FPS, generating only about 1750 ft. lbs. at the muzzle. That's a big drop down from what this rifle is capable of with jacketed rounds. Assuming a lower right quadrant hit ins...
- Tue May 12, 2009 6:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Does a .45 Cal. Bullet Really *Need* To Expand On N Am. Game
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2423
Re: Does a .45 Cal. Bullet Really *Need* To Expand On N Am. Game
Who's job hunt?Old Time Hunter wrote:That .458 diameter is big enough on its own, as others have said. Just might slow it down some though. Yes there is a shortage of bullets, brass, primers, and powder.
By the way, how's the job hunt going?
- Tue May 12, 2009 5:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Does a .45 Cal. Bullet Really *Need* To Expand On N Am. Game
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2423
Re: Does a .45 Cal. Bullet Really *Need* To Expand On N Am. Game
That's good to know. BTW, have other people been noticing that everything is running out? I can't get .450 brass anywhere including Midway. Local powder supply is kaput. The reloading shelves remind me of a Soviet supermarket. The local ads are full of requests for basic supplies like primers. I've ...
- Tue May 12, 2009 4:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Does a .45 Cal. Bullet Really *Need* To Expand On N Am. Game
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2423
Does a .45 Cal. Bullet Really *Need* To Expand On N Am. Game
I'm running into a distinct shortage of bullets and brass for my .450 Marlin. The only thing I have a ton of are 350 grain hardcast FN bullets from Oregon Trail. Loading these up got me wondering, with a bullet .458" diameter to start with, and a flat nose, do you really need to use expanding b...
- Sun May 10, 2009 12:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Beware if you ship anything UPS
- Replies: 27
- Views: 3682
Re: Beware if you ship anything UPS
I've had much better luck going with USPS priority mail, plus it's faster and cheaper.
- Sat May 09, 2009 7:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Now THIS Is An Interesting Levergun
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3000
Re: Now THIS Is An Interesting Levergun
More refinements. As noted earlier the front sight base is canted a notch right, which causes shots to veer left and forced me to adjust the rear sight way to the right to compensate. I had a few options to fix this. One was to drill and tap a new screw hole for the base, but after taking it off I s...
- Fri May 08, 2009 3:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Old photo of Savage 99 303 & comment by the owner.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1156
Re: Old photo of Savage 99 303 & comment by the owner.
Playing Holmes for a moment, I deduce: --A cold climate (a large number of blankets and heavy clothes, longjohns underneath) --A rough area in the wilderness (guns close plus he just bought a new Savage--not a small investment back then) --Someplace where there's a mix of fowl, small game and big ga...
- Fri May 08, 2009 11:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - The best review of the new Star Trek movie yet...
- Replies: 42
- Views: 2751
Re: OT - The best review of the new Star Trek movie yet...
The sainted Roddenberry had some far-out beliefs and tried to work them into the series as much as possible. In fairness the notion of a militarized socialist state was not really his preference, but was the result of combining the studio's demands for action with his message du jour about peace, fr...
- Tue May 05, 2009 7:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: An Arneson in bear den w/Sav99/Win94
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1049
Re: An Arneson in bear den w/Sav99/Win94
That reminds me of the fellow up here who stuck his head into the frozen corpse of a moose to see if there was a wolverine in there.
- Mon May 04, 2009 11:51 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Old photo of cowgirl with 94 SRC and Colt bisley.
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1705
Re: Old photo of cowgirl with 94 SRC and Colt bisley.
Those rounds look way too big for that carbine.
- Mon May 04, 2009 11:41 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - Quality Muzzle Loader Kit Questions
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1781
Re: OT - Quality Muzzle Loader Kit Questions
I'm taking this plunge myself. I opted to start with a mid-level .54 smooth rifle kit from Sitting Fox. I did not want to spend extra to get ultra-nice wood, since there's a fair chance I'll be screwing something up on my first attempt. If all else fails pipe clamps and duct tape will work
- Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - Can you load a .45 in a 9mm?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2816
Re: OT - Can you load a .45 in a 9mm?
Isn't that the new Ultra ultra ultra short magnum?
- Thu Apr 30, 2009 12:10 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 303 British Loads & Sierra ProHunters
- Replies: 41
- Views: 10383
Re: 303 British Loads & Sierra ProHunters
If you do decide to hunt with it, *THE* bullets for hunting big game with a .303 Brit are the Woodleighs from Australia. They've taken everything on the planet this side of Elephant and are fine-tuned to expand well at low impact velocities. Midway has them in stock from time to time. I've always wa...
- Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Savage 99 for polar bear
- Replies: 30
- Views: 3354
Re: Savage 99 for polar bear
Folks up here loved the 99 and used it extensively. I see far more of them in period photos than the bigger 86's. My bet is if you went back to 1910 and asked hunters what was better bear medicine, they'd tell you a 99 over an "outdated" .45-70 black powder round. A hunter on Kodiak called...
- Sun Apr 26, 2009 7:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Now THIS Is An Interesting Levergun
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3000
Re: Now THIS Is An Interesting Levergun
Well first range trip went well. The doctor says my right arm will be fully functional again in three weeks after a round of physical therapy :lol: As Traister wrote about this rifle: ".. recoil was violent. At each shot, my brain felt like it was bouncing around inside my skull. Five rounds of...
- Sat Apr 25, 2009 10:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Now THIS Is An Interesting Levergun
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3000
Re: Now THIS Is An Interesting Levergun
Yeah I'm not entirely sure what would happen if a .450 bullet went through the choke. It would probably just get swaged down by the lands, and the spin would be neutralized. The only way I'm going to find out is if some bruin interrupts a ptarmigan hunt.
- Sat Apr 25, 2009 8:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Now THIS Is An Interesting Levergun
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3000
Re: Now THIS Is An Interesting Levergun
OK, I've worked out one possible method of shotshelling the .450. .410 shotshells are way undersized. While they might chamber and fire, the only thing that remotely fits the .450 chamber is the rim. Everything else would have to expand--including the brass base. I know from experience you can get a...
- Wed Apr 22, 2009 6:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Now THIS Is An Interesting Levergun
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3000
Re: Now THIS Is An Interesting Levergun
No, but that's a fine idea.
- Wed Apr 22, 2009 12:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Now THIS Is An Interesting Levergun
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3000
Re: Now THIS Is An Interesting Levergun
I did a little preemptive troubleshooting. The little thing (can't remember the name) that blocks the cartridges in the tube then lets one come back as you cycle it was still geared for .458x2. With .450 Marlins it was catching on the brass. I very,very carefully filed off little bit by little bit u...
- Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:46 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT-Shipping a muzzleloader to IL?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 555
Re: OT-Shipping a muzzleloader to IL?
I had a similar issue come up. From what I could tell, Illinois considers ML'rs firearms. I had the buyer verify in writing that he was legally allowed to own the musket under Illinois law. The very safest option would be to go through an FFL I suppose, but I could not find anything in Illinois law ...
- Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:40 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Laid Off? Need work? Post it here and lets network!
- Replies: 215
- Views: 439923
Re: Laid Off? Need work? Post it here and lets network!
I don't know if anyone has posted this yet but here's the Alaska job center:
http://www.jobs.state.ak.us/
Click the "job bank" link in the center to search.
The current economic problems haven't hit full force up here yet, and hopefully they won't.
http://www.jobs.state.ak.us/
Click the "job bank" link in the center to search.
The current economic problems haven't hit full force up here yet, and hopefully they won't.
- Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Now THIS Is An Interesting Levergun
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3000
Re: Now THIS Is An Interesting Levergun
I cant see why you can't just shoot 410 Shot shells from it. They will chamber . Just might be a little long. Eather way Cutting down a 410 would be eassier than rounding over your brass. J.Michael That's an interesting idea. The rim diameters seem very similar, but isn't the .410 shell case consid...
- Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:46 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Now THIS Is An Interesting Levergun
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3000
Re: Now THIS Is An Interesting Levergun
Very odd combo, but that's what interested me. The only test that matters is simple--will it work? Getting a decent pattern of shot with sufficient force to kill small game out of a RIFLE, even at 25 yards, is going to be tough. In past efforts I've ended up with a scattered "O" pattern at...
- Sun Apr 19, 2009 9:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Now THIS Is An Interesting Levergun
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3000
Re: Now THIS Is An Interesting Levergun
If I can find the right loads for it I'll be sorely tempted to take it out for a walk and see what I can collect with it.
- Sun Apr 19, 2009 7:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Now THIS Is An Interesting Levergun
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3000
Now THIS Is An Interesting Levergun
I've been trying hold back on buying firearms lately, but a local collector has been clearing out some of his items and I had to have this one: http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b52/Gussick/BB941.jpg http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b52/Gussick/BB942.jpg http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b52/Gussic...