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Yeh, was thinking New South Wales myself being an Aussie.

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Bloody Pom, your just stirring the pot, but its kinda correct!!!

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No prizes for whos the most intelligent one in the picture!!!

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Gday Nath, looks like a fine buy to me. Some folks just love wallowing in their ignorance and the good stuff goes past them.

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Gday, welcome to the fire, you have all the right symptoms to do very well here.

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The one or two really good gunsmiths in my area also have so much work on you have to wait months to get a job done. One of them now has his son fully qualified working with him, so that branch will be going onwards. In Australia these days the government supports all kinds of apprentice occupations...

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Finally received Roy Jinks letter on my OOM Russian. It was part of the first Russian contract but rejected by the Russian inspectors, barrel was re-stamped with the English markings. According to Jinks the piece was shipped to M.W. Robinson New York City probably to quote the letter on 19 September...

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I am scratching my nut also, not nuts!!

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Another one for Hobie they are top loads, though I use 4.5g in my Victory models. 6.2 in my 686.

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Well its 86F and raining, this last two weeks we have had 6 inches, the first real rain in nearly nine months so we aint complaining at all, everything is starting to turn green again and in this part of the country the fire risk has diminished considerably.

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I liked the GP100, Joey got up on the wrong side of the bed today. Nope, I just have zero interest in the 327 Fed Mag or 7 and 8 shot revolvers. Six big fat .44s or .45s works fine. If you can't do it with that then you'll not do it with 7 or 8 little .327s. Yawn ...... Joe Gday Joe, I'm with you a...

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I have used rice for years without any problems. Change it regularly thats all. Sometimes a rice grain will lodge in the flash hole, but when I clean the primer pockets I just run a paperclip end through the flash hole, removes anything stuck in there that the decapper may have left by forcing the g...

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Sir, you have my deepest sympathy and prayers. But know she is in a better place now and watching over you, you will meet again. There is no suffering where she is now.

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We dont have elephants in Australia, but what we do with the other critters like camel and other tough eating species is to put em all in a big pot, stir gently for 24 hours, then add 200lbs of central Australian rock, its gotta a lovely red colour, stew for another 24 hours, drain, then eat the roc...

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Dunno about you folks, but I prefer a kettle that does good homebrew beer, my wife makes a mean drop its good to drink too. No tax either. The sights do get a little fuzzy after a couple of pints!! Must be a problem with the cane sugar. They gotta stop spraying the stuff!!!

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Pretty much what the others have said. As to magazine capacity, as far as I am aware in Queensland the restriction is 10 for handguns, I dont own any semi-autos at this time, prefer the wheelguns. Have not seen anything in writing restricting lever-gun capacity my Marlin 44mag will take 12, no blind...

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Its Christmas eve here, temp 92 and clear. Its been over 100 most days this last two months, so looks as if Chistmas will be a little cooler, 25th will also be aound 92 and warming up towards New Year weekend.

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Gday wesfi1. I strongly recommend you buy a book by David R Chicoine, page 368 goes into detail on the takedown of this rifle. Book title Antique Firearms/assembly-disassembly. As others have mentioned the main spring is now a coil spring, but the instructions in the book will get you through it if ...

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Sir, I own Australian cattle dogs, last October our long time bitch Emma had a stroke of some kind, she after the event kept falling over and did not know where she was, although she still recognised her humans, I put here down, she was 17 years old and had served us faithfully and well and an extre...

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Think we are on the same plane Pop Watts, those guns are here, just gotta keep our eyes open, tell you what, if I see good stuff in Qld I will email you and vice versa. Cleavers did have some 73's but they were not that great and the price was over the top for what they were. Keep looking.

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With you all the way Kirk. Love my 73 in 44WCF. Sure I own a 94 Marlin Cowboy limited in 44 mag with 24 inch Octagonal barrel and is heaps of fun to shoot, but it does not have the feel of the old ones. The old ones just sit in your hands and feel loved. Hey, I even talk to the thing asking where it...

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The 7mm-08 is one of my favourites. Will take with ease a broad range of game. Inherently accurate and in most rifles not all that fickle on powder. Huge range of projectiles available. In some weights will overhaul the 308 over the long haul. For Australia it will handle everything we have includin...

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Gud Onya Nath. Whilst your reading sir, we shall be plotting to regain the Ashes, fair dinkum. Enjoy the book mate.
Let us know what you think of the writings.

Rgds
Bob from Downunder.

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Congratulations RR7 nice find sir.

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Gday all, dont know that one, but anything on the old guns is worth having. Please put me in the draw sir.

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Suppose a hole in one is no longer politically correct language. Wish the media would leave him alone, how many of them are living in glass houses?

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Rangerider7 they are beautiful. Once again thanks, that Bisley is just something else again. Just gotta find the dollars for all these class firearms. Think am coming close to divorce now. She wants me to get rid of the Russian, aint no way in the world. They'll have to drag me off in handcuffs. Fin...

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Absolutely magnificent, thanks.

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Buck Sir, You are a magician with leather, not too shabby with a camera either. I have a project in mind for a slim Jim cross draw holster for a model 3 S&W 8 inch barrel Russian model made in 1872. Draw from the left hip. Is it possible, how do I contact you for more information. Its gonna be m...

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They did but long before you or I was born, reckon you would be hard pressed to find one today. The 38/40 or more correctly 38 WCF is one of my favourite calibres, looking for an 1873 Win in this cal. Like Kirkd I might even sell my old S&W model 3 Russian model from the original 1st Russian con...

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Gday Kirk, That old Smith has become a friend over the last 8 months, wish I had the dollars to buy it. But an original 1873 on offer, such a hard choice. Good luck with the 73 and look forward to pictures of same in the future with your usual photographic expertise. P.S. still awaiting the letter o...

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Gotta go with KirkD re the enfield, cut my shooting teeth on those rifles No.1 Mk 111.

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.46 Remington... Very interesting and rare rf cartridge but doubt it would have found use in an 1875 model. Conversions yes. Probably on screen it was a 5 in 1. Was not a 44/40 so will lean towards 44 Remington. Its all theory, the mind will accept the Remington cartridge for the sake of authentici...

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Dunno about the James gang throwing Colts around the countryside, thought in later years they favoured the Model 3 Smith & Wessons. Couple of the Youngers also favoured them. Two of their nickled number 3's are in collections. Cole Younger serial number 28009 in 44 Russian. Jim Younger serial nu...

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"Old...?" Not hardly. Doesn't look very "original" to me, either. Frame and grip-frame were polished separately. Nickel is flaking at muzzle and on the front of the cylinder. (95% nickel is a very generous assessment...) Not all "fish " swim... Somebody else can bite. ...

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Gday bogus bill, Think what you read is probably correct, probably shipped to M.W. Robinson of New York city. They did alot of business with S&W around this time sorta 1870 through 78 and possibly even into the 80's and 90's. Not too sure, but think they were taken over or bought out by some oth...

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bogus bill. Thats a fine old relic with history to tell as well, how much do you know about her. Other than where she came from. Have you gone the factory letter route? It would be interesting to know. Ship date for its serial number puts it between March and September 1871. Looks like the barrel is...

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KirkD, Magnificent pictures. I could look at them all day, trouble is have got to go to work!!! The Colt is also something else, beautiful case colours and the 45 S&W chambering is just somehow very relevent. Was not one of Colts more regular chamberings. Would love to find one in 44 Russian, th...

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Amen to that Aussie. We shall remember them.

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Australian regular army 1968 - 1992 Special forces 1971-72. Father - Royal Air Force 1933-1972. Bomber Command 1940/45. Grandfather - 3rd Kings Own Hussars 1911-1919 Won the Distinguished Conduct Medal August 1914. One of the last soldiers that went to war on a horse. Spent most of the Great War in ...

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Gday all, More has come to light. Page 287 of Charles Pates book Smith & Wesson American models, 2nd model revolvers (American Model and OOM Russian) That is what she is French walnut stocks. Gas collar is .105. She has the hammer actuated cylinder stop. Long extractor catch. Serialed within the...

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50 BMG for home defence, little over gunned I think. Think of the repair costs if you miss, as well as the cost of hearing aids. Very interesting article in this months Australian shooter journal on a 50 BMG being put through its paces, they are not freely available to us citizens of Australia thoug...

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Kid, I go with Hobbie on the John Wayne movies, got most of them in my collection. Another series I dont know if it has appeared in the States is Tales of Wells Fargo. That was a great show. Have been unable to source them on DVD though, if anyone has let me know. The Jimmy Stewart movies are good v...

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Just watched a movie called Lone Rider starring Lou Diamond Philips, Stacey Keach and Vincent Spano. The bad guy in one scene is seen loading a nickel plated revolver 1875 Remington with very short centre fire rounds, am wondering what they are, would they have been 44 Russian or 45 S&W. They we...

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Well its gotta be Budwiesser beer, its the worst tasting beer in the World. No wonder its not in Australia. Thank Christ.

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To never ever trust a politician, he was right.

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Your pretty right there Ysabel kid. The 95 Win in 303 would be a nice unit to get hold of though, dont see many for sale at all these days. Shall keep my eyes open though in hope.

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missionary5155
What you wrote makes an awful lot of common sense to me. Onya mate and good shooting.

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Again no rain today and the forecast for the next two weeks says nothing coming. The weather bureau is forecasting above average rainfall for November Ha ha we shall see I guess. Grass is brown and crackles when you walk on it, tinder dry, a lightning strike right now will set things burning which i...

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When was the last time you saw decent rain, here it is mid spring and we aint seen decent rain in the last 6 months, 5mm since April. Summer coming only gonna get worse, in my area of Australia we have had the hottest spring in decades, day temps up to 35C nights down to single figures, should norma...

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