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Its a very good looking gun with the laminated straight grip stock.

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Ironically it is probably one of the few countries in the world- other than down under and europe- that an American can travel in and feel safe at the moment.

I gather the bush fires around Moscow are pretty bad at the moment and there is an uncharacteristic heat wave- so pack your shorts.

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The Duck Hunter The duck hunter from Lake Grace walked over to a tree and propped up his shotgun. Just then a gust of wind blew and the shotgun fell over, and discharged ... shooting himself in the genitals. Several hours later, lying in a Perth hospital bed, he was approached by his doctor. "W...

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'Paint the bead white?'. Mine has a blade. I wish I could think of a way of getting a fine white 'Ashley' like line on the rear face of the blade. Suggestions would be appreciated. (As this is related I am posting this question here, being mindful however that I do not want to hijack vancelw's thread)

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Aside from being a poor performer in the accuracy department, the all metal construction of the M6 makes it a miserable firearm to use in cold weather. With its crude sights, and terrible trigger, the M6 could not shoot accurately beyond about 25 yards, whereas my usual backpack guns- a Winchester 9...

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SAD NEWS. Any news on cause of death- 'drove erratically'- could have been a heart attack.

Just prayed for his family in their time of loss.

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Look at the bright side of things, you will wind up with a rifle devoid of all of the embossed messages Marlin insists on printing on its rifles these days....

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I do not like the .243 as a deer gun- here that means Fallow and Red Deer, which I gather are bigger than Whitetail. I find it a 'nothing calibre' that is IMHO too heavy for light game and not heavy enough for deer. I used to find it destroyed a lot of meat and was very noisy. I prefer a heavier bul...

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As a pack gun I suggest a Winchester 9422- simply remove the screw- the gun pulls into two neat halves plus the action block and a pin that neatly fit into a tobacco type tin. Fit the rifle with a peep sight and you have a rifle that packs down to nothing. I handled a Rossi single shot that would be...

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I once owned an M6 Springfield in Australia in .22 magnum and .410. I say once owned for a reason. I gladly parted with it because it was the least accurate firearm I have ever owned. I pity any downed airman who ever had to forage with one. I do not know who now makes them. My advice would be don't...

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The name 'Winchester Western' arose following the acquisition by Winchester of the Western ammo company. I don't know when that occurred.

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I have owned and hunted wild pig with a Browning 92 in 357 and one in 44 magnum and also a Winchester 94 30-30. I own the Winchester and the 92 44 magnum but not the 357. Unless you own and use 357 handguns it is too much of a compromise to bother using from a rifle. Its max effective range is a lot...

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Lovely rifle and great find.

One of the exciting things about lurking around gun shop second hand racks is that these treasures are out there.

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I suggest a 257 Roberts, 250 Savage, 6.5 Mauser, 6.5 x57, 7x57. None of these rounds will punish you and offer a superior range of bullets than the .243.

If blast un-nerves you- the 243 is a calibre you will find loud and 'blasty'- try before you buy
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AHH the joy of finding a 'good root of title'.

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Its on the list of the things I must see and do in my life

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Thanks for the word. Not in Sydney that weekend I am afraid. I have a modest collection of working Winchesters- but more modern ones- 9417, 9410, a 94 made in 1963 and a garden variety 9422M that form part of a lever collection that also has a Browning 92 in 44M, a Browning BLR 308 and a Marlin .22 ...

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Canuck Bob summed things up well. While references to 'The yellow peril' are no longer politically correct, our industrialists who love trading with the PRC conveniently forget that this so called 'communist' state is a totalitarian regime with a terrible human rights record. They have a terrible re...

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Maybe he has lower back problems and the stiffness of the bullet cases acts like a macho corset!

Sure is a lot of ammo for one hombre to carry.

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Interesting he has his ammo for the mauser belted through loops and not in the more familiar and faster to use 5 round clips.

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Glad to see the 250 savage got a mention on your list. Given what you want to do I would be looking at a 250 Savage or 257 Roberts which will handle payloads heavier than a 243 or as has already been suggested look to the 6.5 swede.

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This has always been the problem with .22 magnum ammo. Given this I really cannot understand why the 22 mag is not a lot less popular than it currently is, and the 22 Hornet literally on its last legs.

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Is there any truth to the rumour that the face of the Yorky Terrier was the model for Chewbacca of Star Wars? It sure looks like it.

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Hi Rubylene and welcome. Pull up a chair and join in. Good to 'hear a new voice'.

Tell us a bit about yourself while I pour a coffee....

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I have a TC contender Carbine (22LR / 223 and 30-30 Ackley) and a 94 30-30. Love them both. I have not used a TC 44 mag- would be a useful bit of kit and a nice walking deer rifle for use in timber if care is taken to ensure that the barrel selector is turned the right way before you start hunting!.

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I never had a Ruger lever action , but owned a 10/22 before our gun laws took a turn for the stupid. If it is what it looks, a 10/22 with a crank handle, it would be a good gun. Winchesters- I have owned a 9422 (long rifle) which I stupidly sold, a 9422M (favourite fox rifle since my 18th birthday- ...

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Congratulations. Interesting how differently they sold in Australia. They sat on shelves for years down here. I guess most people did not need the power in a lever gun and those that did were put off by the scarcity of cases and high cost of ammo. I stupidly parted with mine, and of course can not f...

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I have a 21 inch series 1 TC Contender. At 30-30 velocities, bullets designed as 308 varmint rounds perform well on fallow (and I assume Whitetail) sized deer, as well as feral pigs. I find the round so versatile I seldom use my 223 barrel ( it is not up for sale) enabling me to take anything from f...

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Aussie Chris, one of the biggest problems I have with them is being 'Honked'. It probably sounds strange to anyone reading this who has not heard a Sambar 'honk' but it has to be one of the spookiest sounds around, and is so disarming that it gives the bugger an opportunity to get away, Last time I ...

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Are you firing hot loads?

The extraction on BLR's is nothing like bolt action extraction and cases that have fired hot loads will often stick.

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Is it load one skip one load 4 or load 4 skip 1.... i'm confused.....

(I don't own a SA revolver)

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Five CorLokt 150s through the heart are a very humane way to go - Blaine G I gather one of the rifles was loaded with blanks - but 4 would and did do the job well. Seemed very humane as a way to go- I have not worked out KE figures for a simulaneous impact of 4 30-30's, but its a significant payload...

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I saw a documentary a few months ago about the security circuit in Iraq and the Stan. Most of the blokes working in Iraq and Afghanistan carried Kalashnikov's fitted with these devices. If pro's stake their life on them....

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My only experience with Colorado was going to Boulder for a mediation (legal) seminar over a decade ago. Place seemed to be teaming with greenies, tree huggers etc. Must say the mountains looked lovely, but it was not my scene at all.

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Well done, having wasted many a weekend chasing these elusive beasts without success I doff my cap to you- this says a lot of your skill as a hunter. For those readers who are not familiar with the Sambar, the Sambar is an elk sized deer that lives naturally in the lower Himalayas in India. Their na...

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308 winchester. It can handle long range shots, functions well in semi auto's and does not require an over size firearm (ie AR 10). .556 was designed for shooting soviet conscripts who will 'lie down and die' and use being wounded as a way out of the conflict- it is not designed for use against fana...

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I owned a Mannlicher Schoenauer in .243 and tried very hard to love it, as I loved the rifle. I simply could not do so. It was an erratic killer on larger game, yet blew smaller game to smithereens, and when I shot for the pot with it I would wind up throwing out much of the front end because of the...

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In Australia firearms training for Police is equally poor- comprising largely of studying the Glock manual and a limited degree of range practice. On visiting the range on one occasion while attending a course conducted at the NSW Police Academy, I was impressed by the range but horrified at the low...

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I have never shot a whitetail- the closest to me here are over a thousand miles away on Stewart Island- off New Zealand. The most common species here is the fallow-unlike the whitetail which will inhabit timber, fallow prefer open country, and it is hard to get a shot within 200 yds- making the 357 ...

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I know fellows who love the .270. I cannot see any point for a cartridge so close to the 7mm in size - given the 7mm's superior range of projectiles. The .243 is noisy, destroys meat, can be a poor killer on deer sized game yet I find it too noisy for varminting. Unless one is going to Africa I cann...

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You see quite a few 250's in Australia, they are rarely in good condition though. I have never seen a 255 and if you have one in good condition it would pay you to keep it.

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22 hornet fills a useful gap between the .22 magnum and the .222 / .223 heck, with sensible reloads you do not need a .22 magnum as reloading for it is a lot cheaper than shooting the 22 mag. 25/20 is a useful small game round that did not destroy much meat. 30-30 and 7x57 - both hangovers from a Vi...

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Jim, I take my hat off to you both. It takes guts to give up the familiar and move to the third world as you have done- even to do the work of our maker.

Do you get a chance to slip out for a shot now and again?

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British gov't I understand allow up to a 1000 fps before they require registration- I doubt if a Daisy Spittin image would do anything like that.

In NSW Australia the act is silent on velocity- making a spud gun technically illegal.

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I actually like Budweiser- I understand it is a rice beer= and that is why it is relatively watery.

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Are you going to shoot it,

I agree about it being unfired- there is no wear on the hammer or scratching from rounds being inserted into the loading gate.

There would not be too many unfired 1969 mod 94's around.

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Very nice rifle. I am envious.

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I agree with adventurous Englishman. 1. The firearm looks to be a s/s double rifle with English style stock. 2. While he has a beard hair on his cheeks has been trimmed. 3. There is no left sideburn, again, hair trimming and shaving is inconsistent with straggly beard- missing sideburn is unusual as...

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Wes- you sure have made a life style decision- sounds idealic. A lot of people here speak condescendingly of manufactured housing- seems to me there is little difference between them and many homes made of timber and cladding- except one is made indoors and the other on site. We had a mobile home as...

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To answer your question about outer wear- Britain had a shortage of great coats at one stage and many soldiers wore sheep skins- with the result that they looked a bit like Croatian mercenaries!

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