Hey there casastahle - It looks like you'll have to shorten the forearm alittle. I'm assuming there was a barrel band originally. The nose cap you have actually sits just in front of the forearm and straddles a "U"-ish shaped bracket that sits itself in a dovetail on the lower side of the ...

Hey there Coyote Nose - Really nice presentation. It's cool to see you go the extra mile and print up the wrappers too. Almost makes me want to go dig out the original Remington and crank off a few!! Watch yer top knot. Wind.

Hey there dkmlever - That is something with Marlin rifles, the pregnant twinkie forends!! I prefer a slimmer unit and tend to slim anything down ('cept my waistline it seems!). With the age of your rifle, I would recommend getting another forend and saving the one that came with the rifle. Here is a...

Win9410 - Here is the Laser-Cast reloading manual page on 32-20's. Hope this helps. Wind

Historical footnote: Old age and treachery prevailed again and the young whipper GEOFF went down in flames by over twice my estimate. It's good to be King. Wind

kimwcook - Thanks. I was a Range Officer for the SASS Northwest Regional, and Co-Range Officer for the long range side match last year held in Benton City. Passed through the thriving metropolis of Soap Lake. Will prolly do it all again this year. Maybe we should meet for a cup of coffee?? If you ge...

That chunk of Fir is left over from my old boat shop. Good boat building Fir would be air dried and have from sixty to eighty annual growth rings per inch. I saved some to use mostly on model ship repair. It can't be beat for spars. It seems to play well with gunstock issues too, especially as it is...

Well boys, we're closing in on it!! Here's the final part.

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Man - There is nothing like getting slandered on your own post!! Hey Geoff, I'll stay awake from now 'til Saturday, and let you poke me in the eye with a sharp stick (your choice of eyes) and will still beat you by three critters!! Really watch your top knot!! Wind

Well boys, you took your best rifle hunting in the rain and when you got home you found the stock had shrunk. A revolting development!! What do you do?? You find that one in a million gun, exercising your gun show loop-hole. The only thing wrong is that Bubba has cut down the butt stock to fit his h...

Everybody!! Be thinking BRONZE WOOL!! Steel wool has no place really anywhere. You rub finish into a gunstock, you will leave microscopic pieces of steel everywhere. They will eventually rust. Left in nooks and crannies you will be introducing rust (left under stocks, receiver-barrel-magazine tube a...

Mescalero1 - It's obvious then that your folks were married and you are a man of fine upbringing and good taste!!! Best regards and keep an eye on yer top knot. Wind.

Hi again. Here is a Mauser receiver showing the sight mounting holes. Here are two sights, the one on the left is a Williams with a thinnner base than the Lyman on the right. The Williams sight is NOT for this rifle (opposite hand). The sight base thickness will determine whether relieving the stock...

Ganjiro - I think the fastest way involves surgery. Every harp I ever owned had the holes numbered on the upper side of the harp. Every "How to" book I've ever had would say blow in hole three, then hole six etc. Unless you had holes in your upper lip, how could you see the hole numbers on...

The stock (and the whole rifle for that matter) is essentially new. This was a rifle my dad started building for me in the 60's. He specialized in Mausers and Springfields. He died before it was finished. I had Jim Cloward (a Palma Rifle builder out of Machias, Washington) sort out a few things, ins...

Well that is one advantage with receiver mounted peep sights, the sight base will prolly cover up most of those pesky scratches from broken tap extraction(s) and other "oooops issues". Here are a couple of pictures (I hope) of a Lyman on a Springfield. It will reach out and touch stuff a l...

Hey there - Peep sights on both the Mauser and Springfield are a great way to go. A consideration is whether or not some wood modification will be necessary, and how this would relate to collectability. On both rifles, the peep mounts on the bolt handle side of the action, on the receiver, just ahea...

Hey there 65bee - You're prolly right. It would be a complete waste of your time. Aggravating too!! Put it in a box and mail it to me. I'll keep it dusted and have it write you a note with a picture and send it to you every year. Anything else I can do to help just let me know. Your humble servant -...

Hey there - I can't help any with the production numbers, sorry. I seem to lean on the Winchester side of the fence more than the Marlin side and have found that my Winchesters, in 218 BEE and 25-20, like to see bullets moving relatively fast. They like jacketed bullets better than lead in those cal...

Well there seems to be some confusion here. I'm not all that sure I'll be much help but here goes. Note that all this is coming from a gimpy memory. The way I understand it is the "Cowboy competition" came with a 20" barrel in 38 Special - only. They were the last of the series. They ...

Hey ya'll. Awhile back saw some posts on the relative power of cartridges, including the 218 BEE. This little guy scoots!! There were always a couple of old timers shooting at a range I frequented, and they would always bait me into shooting something, usually at very long range, they had set out in...

Hey - Why don't you guys form a committee, get the fat AND ugly thing sorted out, and then see if you can fix (hold my beer and watch this) "stupid" before the rest of the world finds a cure for cancer!! "Shakin' it here boss" - Wind

Alnitak - That is exactly what I'm talking about. "Saddle Ring Carbine" took me seven seconds to type with two fingers. Understand this is in no way an attack on you, but one shouldn't have to lurk for months to figure out what language is being used on a forum in an English speaking count...

Yes indeed. How to accessorize has been an age old question dating back to the cavemen. Big rock, little rock AND club, spear with club... The dilema is timeless. I have tried to keep it simple. What if something needs to be shot out to 200 yards, or am I standing on that buzzing noise!! What if the...

I wouldn't hazzard a guess on value, but there are a bunch of later additions or changes that make this rifle sort of a mix-master. The recoil pad is the most obvious addition. The rear sight is prolly off one of those post 64 commemorative units. They are without a doubt the cheapest rear sight I h...

Hey ya'll - I'm of the opposite frame of mind. In order to communicate today, especially via computer, we have an opportunity to transmit information at unbelievable speed and accuracy. We don't have to start out chasing the turkey around the back 40, plucking out a tail feather, whittling a point o...

I would check Taylors, Navy Arms and EMF. They all are importing Uberti's. These toggle link rifles are super slick. There are a few things to keep in mind about them though. First, the over all length of the cartridge is critical. They slide out of the magazine tube into a lifting block. If they ar...

Sureshot - No, it is not the range out of Wenatchee. Didn't want to hijack Geoff's thread, but it might be faster if I responded. The range is out of Tonasket, on the north side of the river, up NORTH Pine Creek road. The silhouette shoots are on the second saturday of the month. In the spring (Apri...

I've been using a Laser-Cast 180 flat point (looks like a truncated cone) over 6 grains of Unique. Winchester cases and primers. Shoot them at longish ranges (to 250 yards) with a Marlin Cowboy II with 24" barrel and Ruger pistols. They trundle along and when they get there they knock things do...

Oregon Trail has a reloading manual of their own, covering their bullets for rifle/pistol loads used in several competitive shooting sports. I'm sure they'd be happy to send you one if you were to ask. There should be an 800 number on the box. I have been using their 350 grain bullet over 38.5 grain...