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"I will pass, another politically correct movie." With all due respect, it is historically correct on the facts and the issues presented. Sure, some editorial license was taken with the dialog and the "love story" they threw in for the ladies; but then, every WWII movie made aft...

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86er, At the moment neither of us know of any credit unions we could join. Don't they require you to be a member of, or be an employee of a company to join? If so neither of us are. dkmlever, Your brother has the right idea. But as you said that is a hard way to do things. There are things that hav...

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I've taken Quebec/Labrador and Mountain cariboo. In general they are not hard to hunt, very curious animals. On Ungava Bay hunt , we would stand up, put our rifles horizontally across our shoulders, wag them slowly side to side and the caribou would frequently come toward us to see what strange sort...

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My 85 lb Golden Retriever is the second line of defense after the door locks. I never thought he'd be a good watchdog, but he sounds like he is going to kill something every time someone is outside our house. It doesn't matter if it's a car pulling up, someone ringing the doorbell, or just a noise ...

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JFE wrote:Try "Buckshot" on the cast boolit forum. He made a couple of sizers up for me recently and I'm very happy with the quality and turnaround time.

http://www.castboolits.gunloads.com

THANKS a million

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tried, no luck

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Need one badly, where can I find one? Thanks! Merry Christmas!

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There are a couple of bolt peeps on fleabay now, same guy selling both. Some good pics of the sights from several angles may be of interest to folks around here. As the saying goes, I don't have a dog in the fight, just thought the pics were interesting, show details of sight I'd never seen anywhere...

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I like S&W's. They are what I carried, trained with and lived with. THE VERY FIRST .357 was what we now know as the M27 S&W. I had a 5" for duty carry and while it was heavy, it was as accurate a handgun as you'd ever want for duty carry. Water over the dam and guns through the hand I ...

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Just noticed somebody already reported on the article and said it was not very good, oops! sorry about the false alarm. My bad.

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Got the December Handloader magazine in the mail yesterday..... drum roll.... New Load Data: 348 Winchester. Way behind in my dictation so no time to read yet but it looks interesting, figures such an article would come out now, since I spent my last day off putting up 150 reloaded rounds of 348Win....

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t.r. wrote:This shop has an enormous parts dept:

Jack First, Inc. 605 343 8481

TR

Thanks, tried them, no go.

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Where to find/look for Winchester marked pistol grip cap? I have a 71 Deluxe, late production with an unmarked pistol grip cap and would like to replace the plain cap with a marked cap. I assume rifle came with plain cap as I bought from son of original owner with a box of shells, 4 rounds shot. I'v...

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Ysabel Kid wrote:Could a non-citizen, but legal resident, own firearms in Canada?

Landed immigrant can own firearms.Vistors with proper paperwork could bring in hunting type weapons, other classses for specific competitions ( you could bring an Ar15 in to compete in a match, permission would be time limited though).

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Didn't have to touch the windage, adjusted it up to 200 for a bullseye point of impact , 6 o'clock hold 6" bull, 100yds, I can fool with that till it's just right about 2" high at 100 for me. Nice sight but sure looks delicate compared to my Lymans and redfields.

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big bear, I marked the pic a bit to clarify what screws do what on the Win bolt. Win 94 Bolt with sight screws.JPG Joe Thanks, I checked just before I'm going out the door,I think I read the screw in front of the windage screws is some type of set screw for the 100yd mark? Really, really appreciate...

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big bear, Some of the originals such as the ones used on the Mdl 71 and 64s had a built in windage adjustment. Here's a small pic of one I had and sold some time back. Win 94 Bolt_sight f.jpg Others require the front sight to be moved for windage. Still others such as the Skinner sights and "I...

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Got one fairly cheap, thin scratch on the side plate. put a tang sight on it and it is just fine, like dandelion wine. Not sure what it is good for , but it shoots really small groups with everything I have tried (100gr cast pb bullets and Hornady 100gr Hp-XTP.

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Just like it says, how do you adjust windage, don't want to break anything. thanks.( Winchester 98A bolt peep)

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redlevel42 wrote:Put an S&W barrel on it and call it a Smython?

A long time ago ,the reverse was done with some frequency (Colt barrel on Smith frame), I think by PPC shooters,I remember reading about it. anybody else remember this?

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Carbine nice to carry/hunt with. Rifle nicer to test loads and shoot 50-100 rounds of 348 in an afternoon. Now that you got all those incredibly cheap bullets,$10 /box :o (I'm surprised nobody commented on the incredible bargain you got) you'll be reloading and shooting alot of 348 ! Oh yeah, get a ...

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Is there ever a problem of rust under lever wraps? How does the leather hold up to gun oil and solvents? I like to shoot in all weathercause that's the only kind of weather I get in this life and i like to use it all

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Happy birthday one day late

I'm really bad about birthdays, ask my wife!

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Guy in Alberta has new in box Winchester 88's .243 rifle AND carbine,.308 rifle AND carbine,.284 rifle AND carbine, and .358 rifle only....$15,000 Cdn. Darn, if he had that .358 in carbine too, I'd have to break down and send him some money

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Had a marvelous day last weekend shooting two Win71s. My oldest 71 shot a 3 shot group less the 1" diameter, 3 times in a row at 100 yds, receiver sights. I quit after 3 shots each time, the clusters were too pretty for me to shoot a 4th shot flier 5" away :lol: The load 58.5gr IMR 4350 Wi...

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Back in about 1986 or so, those 71 Brownings came out, I got a standard grade 24 incher. Then, after getting married again in 1995, my bride bought a new unfired carbine in same, the wood was virtually identical to the first. Finally, in 2006, I got a heck of a deal on two unfired hi-grades in rifl...

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You should buy a bunch at that price if you shoot new ammo, that is well below the last list price I've seen.I wonder was that a sale price? Incorrectly marked price?

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Tried the Federals, didn't like them groups 3".Don't favor Federal much, not fond of Federal brass, primer pockets stretchwith reloading fairly quickly. Got 3 shots in about 1" with the remington ammo quit, late in the day and old scope not that clear in dimming light. Happy that rifle wil...

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Funny, that's exactly what I was thinking driving back from the range!Probably better to thin the herd and shoot the heck out of what ya keep!So hard to part with some gems though. Luckily my youngest son is in to guns. Unfortunately he scoffs at my dumb old weird levers and would sell the lot of th...

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I got a Win 88 CARBINE last year for an incredible price (it's like new, only thing less than as new is two small pits on the front sight hood ) shot little if any.I won't say the price cause some might get mad, seller knew it was a good price, but didn't jack it up after I jumped on it . Finally ha...

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My 2cents. I love hunting and hunting books. North American Hunting Club is alot like those record clubs from my childhood. 6 Albumns for only $1.00, BUT you have to buy 6 more in next year from theur selection. You get notices to refuse album, got to notify them real quick or it gets sent to you au...

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RCBS press.Life time warranty no questions asked. Redding dies, best I've used, Lee factory taper crimp.Lots of reloading manuals. Keep good notes.My 2cents.

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I have two loads that I use. I load 115 grain LazerCast 32-20 bullets ahead of 8.2 grains of 2400 for my plinking and small game load. It travels about 1400 FPS. I also load 9.7 grains of 2400 behind long-discontinued Remington 100 grain jacketed soft-points for about 1650 pfs. This second load is ...

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I have two loads that I use. I load 115 grain LazerCast 32-20 bullets ahead of 8.2 grains of 2400 for my plinking and small game load. It travels about 1400 FPS. I also load 9.7 grains of 2400 behind long-discontinued Remington 100 grain jacketed soft-points for about 1650 pfs. This second load is ...

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So, $350 for repo bolt peep, $250 for machine work, to get a non original bolt peep ($600 at least total cost) , no value added to rifle in my opinion as no longer original. Frankly , I can't see the point, that buys alot of powder, primers and bullets (have a bunch of brass) Bolt peep looks cool, b...

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I have a remington custom shop rifle(AWR) with blackened stainless steel. hunted hard for 15years.Finnish wears well. Only finish loss is where trigger lock rubbed finish off, along story, not fault of rifle or lock. Where it's worn off finish is a dull silver color. Haven't got the foggiest how th...

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I have a remington custom shop rifle(AWR) with blackened stainless steel. hunted hard for 15years.Finish wears well. Only finish loss is where trigger lock rubbed finish off, along story, not fault of rifle or lock. Where it's worn off finish is a dull silver color. Haven't got the foggiest how they...

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How much is involved in installing a bolt peep sight on a 71? I am wondering technical difficulty, expense, is it worth it? I am quite happy with my current receiver sights.have a chance to pick up a repo bolt peep. Thanks!

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Does anyone know where I can buy some of those teeny screws that you remove when you mount a scope on a rifle that is already factory drilled and tapped. Just sold a rifle, fellow doesn't want scope/ mount, I'd like to fill the hole in rifle for him even though I bought it with scope mount on it. Th...

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Thanks for the reply,I'm not drilling any holes in my Browning either. How about the Browning 92? Does Marbles make a tang sight that fits it, without any drilling?

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Anybody ever try that set up. Just put Marble tang sights on Browning 65 and 53 and love them. How does the tang sight configuration work on heavy kickers? Do you have to drill any holes to mount the Marble tang on the Browning 1886. Thanks for the information!

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Hi Don, If you can import ammo into Canada from the States, here's an alternative: http://shop.reedsammo.com/product.sc?productId=1489&categoryId=82 I can't wait for spring this year and shooting my 218s. I have a Browning 65 like yours and a Browning 53 converted to .218 Bee with a 30" oc...

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Took mine out to shoot (cosmetically challenged Browning lever) what ahoot,a real joy, like eating cashews (I don't care for peanuts) I could do it all day. How's it compare to .32-20 and/or .22 Hornet to shoot, balistically or just fun-factor-wise? 218 Bee has no recoil essentially, very quiet and...

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I put a Marbles tang sight on it. I really like it, you can get really precise sight adjustments, both windage and elevation. Has anyone used that sight on a Browning 92?

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Anybody reload this cartridge? Know where I can find cast bullets 45-50gr range to buy? Do you use a neck sizing die? Hows it work for you. Took mine out to shoot (cosmetically challenged Browning lever) what ahoot,a real joy, like eating cashews (I don't care for peanuts) I could do it all day.

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alot of trouble to go to for what end?

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Don, I wouldn't send a defective case back to Winchester/Olin without contacting them first. It's too easy for it to get "lost." Try this contact information: Winchester Ammunition 427 N. Shamrock St. East Alton, IL 62024 618-258-2000, 258-1594, or 258-2050 Good Luck! Is spring in the air...

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That's as far as I got. I guess I could try mailing to that town with the hope it might find it's way to the right place. Strange world where a large corporation makes it's address so hard to come by.

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I just got a bag of 348 brass, half the case mouths were bent all to heck. One case however was fubar,the case mouth looks like the mouth of a coffee pot,with a wedge of brass on the outside of the case mouth and a mirror image wedge inside the case mouth.Totally useless. This brass is expensive up ...

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I have used nothing but the neck sizer on .348s for the past 4 or 5 years, never had any problem in any 71, Winchester or Browning. How often do you full length size these cases? About how many loadings do you get? Do you segregate cases to specific rifle strictly? I tried some today in two differe...

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