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Jonathon walked up beside me at the Ventura Gun show a couple years ago. I had my arm in a sling from shoulder surgery and he looked at me and said, " The wounded men are allowed to come along too." It doesn't make any sense but it doesn't have to from Jonathon. Great comedian!

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Go get 'em, Ted. What are you shooting?

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I am indeed fortunate to get such an accurate rifle. Got lucky there! The rifle is amazing! I am shooting from prone with my left hand supporting the butt. I am real solid in that position, but I did have a sore back after the match. I wouldn't be as steady from sitting so I will put up with the sor...

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I shot the new to me Browning in my second match yesterday. http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/Post_Pic_994x500.jpg I had a few areas I wanted to improve on after last months match where I shot a score of 17. One problem was the 4 pound trigger. That was easy to improve by replacing the spring. It is n...

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I repaired one like that only worse. I was able to get 60 Minute Epoxy at Ace Hardware. That gives you a lot more working time. Warming the stock in the sun or with a hair dryer helps thin the epoxy and get it into the crack. If the crack is deep you can drill a hole from the end of the stock down t...

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The method I like is one that John Barsness recommends. Hold the base of the case in your fingers and rotate the neck of the case in a candle flame. When the base of the case gets warm wipe the case in a damp towel. The necks get black with carbon but the method works great. For me, it is to easy to...

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Thanks fellows and thanks for the suggestions Don. I don't understand what the wad is for? I will try it, I am just not clear on what it does. The rifle shoots good even with lopsided case mouths, odd length brass and zero load development. I am impressed! There is nothing like an accommodating rifl...

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The rifle is a 40-65. I picked up a RCBS-40-400 CSA mold a few years ago so that is what I am using. I used wheel weights to cast with and the bullets weigh about 420 grains. I need to clean the mold better because one side has crud built up on it and that side didn't fill out well. I thought I had ...

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Yes. It is unique in that it is a factory silhouette rifle. Not to many of the major manufacturers ever built a production rifle for silhouette!

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I acquired a Browning BPCR to shoot silhouette with and shot my first match with it yesterday. Here it is on the ammo tray on the silhouette range. http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/Post_Pic_994x500.jpg Pretty is as pretty does and this rifle does pretty good. There were only three shooters and neithe...

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I am glad you found my post useful. It was also happy to see others to post their setups because there are always other ways to do it.

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Now that is a great picture!

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I threaded the holes for the all thread but either way would work as long as you can keep the bolt from turning-like 3855's setup. The springs to hold the jaws open are a nice feature. I should do that with mine.

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Joe, I am not home but the basic dimensions are in my first post. The clamping strap is about 4" long and the bolts are spaced about 3" center to center. There is nothing written in stone on the dimensions. I just used what I had laying around. It does work fine as is. I couldn't make it a...

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Joe, I would love to be able to help you but I am having health problems. I am at my limit now. I will keep you in mind when I get to feeling better.

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Questions often come up about how to change barrels. I replaced the barrel on my Model 94 444 Marlin and took photos. This is my setup. The first photo is the barrel blocks, a barrel and the receiver wrench. I make my barrel blocks out of maple cut from a scrap of butcher block countertop. They end ...

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I think you have it now. The lower links are different between 30-30's and the 307, 356 and 444. The cartridge stop is taller on 30-30's and I expect the 375 uses the same link as the 30-30. I did an experiment. I loaded five 30-30 rounds in my 356 Winchester. They cycled through the action without ...

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IIRC you are converting a 375 to 307? I don't know what the lifting gate is. Do you mean the carrier? The carrier is the same for both calibers. The little tab on the lower link is the cartridge stop. You will have to file it down a little because the case body of the 307 is bigger than the 375. The...

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Twodot, I used a Winchester Model 94 Big Bore. It has a heavy barrel and is scary accurate for a lever gun! The bullets are seated long. I modified the Model 94 to feed cartridges up to 2.73" in length. Please keep us posted Stuffy. I really should get back to working with my Whelen. I have bee...

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My 356 Winchester and Model 94 in 444 Marlin both have heavier barrels. I don't know how they compare to 44 Mag barrels.

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I found some of my scribblings. The powder charges I tried with the 300 grain cast bullet in the 35 Whelen were 40 gr. IMR3031, 43 gr. Norma 202 and 48 gr. 4350(I didn't note whether it was IMR or H4350). I chronographed one of the loads and got 1800 FPS. I didn't note which load that was but I thin...

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I started to work up loads for a 35 Whelen and a 300 grain cast bullet a couple years ago. The stock split behind the tang and, sad to say, I haven't yet repaired it. At any rate I can't find my data right now. I will take a look again tomorrow. Off the top of my head the powder I would recommend is...

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I get the scratch resistant lens coatings on my glasses and that helps some. I have a separate pair for hunting so I don't ruin my everyday glasses. In addition my everyday glasses have Transition lenses that darken in the sunlight. My hunting glasses have clear lenses because I can't see into shado...

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I have never heard of the threads being smaller on the early big bores. I suspect Elmo is talking about the forend and bands not fitting the larger diameter barrel. Nothing a rat tail file and some sandpaper wouldn't fix.

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We watched the movie "Destination Tokyo". It was made in WWII and features some actual footage of submarines and the launching of the Doolittle raid. The movie takes place on a submarine and there is one episode where a party is put ashore in Japan to gather intelligence for the Doolittle ...

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Congrats to you both! Good job!

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That looks like a pre-64 to me! It has the pinned lower link with the retainer screw. That's just one clue. Nice rifle.

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Here you go. This is my Model 64 made in 1939(oh the sacrilege!) with a home made scout mount and a Leupold scout scope. I can shoot just fine with iron sights at a nice black target on a white background. I want a little more target definition for a buck in the brush! My mount is a Weaver base made...

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Nice shooting! Those rifles were made to shoot off hand. The crescent butt keeps it on your shoulder and the combination of drop in the stock and barrel weight makes it hang just right. My 1873 is nowhere near as nice as yours but it is one of my favorite fun guns. I shoot it often in the lever acti...

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Very nice! I like the lines of that stock. Good job!

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Good work! It doesn't look very cold up there.

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The ugly bullets weren't going very fast. Fast enough for my purposes though. Next time I am going to push them a little faster and see what they do. I shoot ugly bullets in my 1873 in 44WCF too. They are only going 1100 fps and the ugly bullets do fine on 50 meter chickens. The short barrel 30-30 i...

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I went to the range to try some different loads. One was for the 356 Winchester. I have some cast bullet loads that I developed for hunting several years ago. Since I can't hunt with lead here anymore I thought I ought to just use them up for silhouette. It seems like overkill to hammer a defenseles...

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Yes, that is a nice 64! I like the 64's!

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I will never be able to go elk hunting again without my wife! We took more pictures but most of them didn't come out good. We have a new camera and one of the settings got changed. It took me a while to figure out what was wrong.

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Mike, I was gone for two weeks so this is a surprise. My thoughts are with you. Enjoy your remaining time.

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I went elk hunting in Colorado this year determined to get a bull. My only other elk in four previous hunts was a cow three years ago. I know where to find them. They live down in a steep deep canyon that few people hunt. They are there but there is a high price to pay! At 62 years old I am nearing ...

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I just returned late last night with a bull from north of Grand Junction. We had a fantastic time but it will take a month to heal and clean up. Good Luck! I should add that it snowed the afternoon I got the elk and there were fresh lion tracks on the road when we were walking back to the truck that...

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A Centerpoint scope came on the rifle when I bought it. It is a poor facsimile of a rifle scope. I showed it to a friend at the range Saturday and he looked through it and said, "It looks like you're hallucinating!" I called Crossman and asked who I would contact in case the scope was brok...

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Good buck! Congratulations!

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Given the good reviews of the Bushnell Trophy by stretch, Bill and rogn I still lean towards the Bushnell. Probably just name recognition. I would like to look through the Leapers, Hawke and Bushnell before I buy. I have a hard time believing the glass in the lower priced scopes is on par with the B...

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Bushnell says that their scopes from the Trophy and up are airgun rated. They also have rebates on those scopes. The Trophy is probably good enough for what I need. How do the optics on the Trophy compare to the Hawke 4-12? The price is the same before the rebate. I have a spare Leupold and so I cal...

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There has been some discussion of airguns here recently. I bought a Benjamin Regal NP .22 from Big 5. It came with a cheap Chinese 4x32 scope. I want to put a decent scope on the rifle so it will be useable in dim light for varmint control. I am looking at a Bushnell Trophy XLT 4-12x40 AO. It is air...

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Nice pronghorn! Congratulations!

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Yes, I believe that would be the black powder barrel. The rifle went for $1357 OTD with fees and taxes. I let it go. Neither the 1876 or 1873 went ridiculously high. The 1873 went for $1100 OTD and the 1876 went a couple hundred higher IIRC. The 1876 was rough though. Butch Cassidy's Colt went for $...

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Sorry to hear you can't hunt anymore. I have two cheap cameras here that a friend loaned me. I have them in the back yard to take pictures of the deer and other varmints that eat my fruit. They are 2 Megapixel Wildgame cameras. They actually take pretty good pictures - better than I expected. These ...

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There is an auction across the street this weekend: http://www.californiauctioneers.com/ The guns will be sold tomorrow. They have Butch Cassidys 45 Colt and Frank James's Navy Colt amongst other guns. There are several Winchesters, modern and early, and miscellaneous 19th century guns. The Old Winc...

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Thanks again everybody! This is in Santa Barbara County in the Los Padres NF. If it's only 85 degrees it is a cool day! It is beautiful out there but it is easy to forget that when it is 100+ degrees and you are packing a load of venison out of some sizzling canyon. We were fortunate in our trips ou...

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Thanks! I do feel lucky indeed. Ginnette enjoys the physical activity and enjoys going out to the wilderness. I also feel lucky because the health problems have been stacking up. Two years ago I had a mini-stroke while riding the bike into this area to hunt. I crashed and tore up my arm and got a co...

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My wife, Ginnette, and I closed out California's A-zone Sunday. A-zone is a six week season and bucks, forkhorn or better, are on the menu. Ginnette retired this summer so we were able to do it right. We made two five day trips and then spent six days last week in our favorite backcountry getaway. W...

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