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It seems that there aren't too many firing Model 1886 Winchesters out there these days in 40-82. I guess maybe that's because reloading components haven't exactly been plentiful for that caliber. I had a thought about using .405 jacketed bullets made by Hornady in reloads. Anybody tried that? Also, ...

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Why do you like the idea of a second barrel set? In case one wears out? Or a different caliber or what?

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A guy in my town has a takedown lever action rifle for sale in 25-35 WCF caliber. I've wanted a Model 94 in that caliber for a while, and may have to bite the bullet pricewise --- he's asking $1500. The bore is nice and shiny with strong rifling and the exterior finish is about 80%. The serial numbe...

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Worked with Phantoms at Zweibrucken Air base, Germany after my stint in SE Asia (with B-52's). These were RF-4 versions as we were a reconaissance unit. With the engines still running we would download imagery taken along the East german border (photo imagery, side-looing radar, infra-red imagery, e...

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If I may ask, what is the going smith rate to cut and weld on a new bolt handle? I'll do it unless it's too pricey for an otherwise stock VZ-24.

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Are those VZ-24 actions made of really good steel? They don't have the problems with questionable metal that the early Springfield '06 had do they? How can you tell the vintage of the Mauser? With Mauser 98 actions having been built in several countries and for well over a hundred years, how do you ...

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Those 75 grain pointed hollow points are much easier to find on the sporting goods store shelves in my area than the 70 or 86 grain jacketed flatnose bullets are. If they aren't a hazard to use in the tubular magazine of a '92 Winchester, maybe I'll just start loading them too. Did you try to see if...

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While I grew up using a recurve bow to horse around with, I recently got a used compound bow. I'm wondering about hunting Whitetails with it since recent technology improvements make scoring on a deer seem more probable. Which method of arrow release is more accurate when hunting: (1) the old-fashio...

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I'm rather fed up with the deer eating the fruit in MY orchard and yard. They come into the yard at night and eat the cheeries, and often get on their hind legs and with their front legs pull the tree branches down, breaking them off. On younger trees, that can totally ruin the tree. Each fall the a...

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I was using a bore light this afternoon to examine the bore and rifling in two of my vintage rifles in 32-40 caliber. I noticed that the rifling in the 1893 Marlin rifle (serial# 2939XX) was much deeper than in my 1899 vintage Winchester Model 1894 rifle. The bore of the Winchester 1894 is bright an...

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Family lore has it that when my great grandfather was about 18 years old, he hired on as a teamster driving a huge mule-pulled supply/gold ore wagon in the mountains of central Idaho. This was in about 1890. Even though the West had been won by then, nobody apparently told the Indians that. With gol...

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Yeah, but they don't make 307 ammo anymore that I'm aware of.

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I've had a vintage (about 1900) 1894 Winchester lever rifle in this caliber for a long time but have never fired it. The bore sluggs out at .381, and as mentioned above, that is larger in diameter than bullets being made today. Anybody know of a source for .381 or .382 cast bullets? I would love to ...

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I wonder if the liner (with modern steels) adds to the strength of the 1873 rifle. Smokeless powder loads are generally not advised for the original 1873 and 1876 Winchesters, especially the early ones which may have cast iron receivers. Does the liner make safety less of an issue? What do you all t...

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So, nobody is making 40-82 WCF brass yet? I'd think that Starline or Jamison or somebody would be doing that by now. Of all the 160,000 Winchester Model 1886 rifles and carbines made, weren't about one fourth of them in 40-82? Yet, nobody is able to readily shoot these rifles yet because brass and o...

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Thanks for the additional info on your 40-82 loads. Maybe I'll be able to get my 1886 40-82 up and shooting with info like you've provided.

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Have you got a picture of the bullet you used? How much corn meal did you put in the cases over the RL-7?

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Yea, me too! I can tell you the Remington 86 gr. sp is a tack driver in '92's and Marlins with a dose of 2400.-------Sixgun What "dose" of 2400 powder do you get the good accuracy with in your Model 92, Sixgun? 86 grain jacketed bullets are what i plan to reload with in my Model 92.

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I wouldn't try it either, but I do have an old H&R break-open shotgun that is stamped 410-44 cal on the barrel by the breach. Makes you wonder what they had in mind when that gun was made (1900 patent). Oh, yeah, it's also got a very slim barrel without much meat at the muzzle end.

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Yup! Looks like it works! Cool!

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I didn't know you could now post a picture without a host site. I am going to try to do that, just to see if it works.

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This thread interests me a lot. I have had a Model 94 Winchester rifle in 38-55 for nearly 20 years, but have never fired it. When I got it, I slugged the bore and it measured approx. .380 or .381 in the groves. The gun magazines that I was reading at the time suggested that with a bore that big, I ...

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Yes, the receiver is marked J M Marlin on the side, so I guess it is pre 1882. Thanks for the info!

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Those NEI GC bullets sure look to be accurate! So, where can a guy buy some of them in .408? Or, do you have to buy a mold? I'm going to start reloading for my 40-82 1886 Winchester.

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I've been looking for one too. Last week I saw a Model 94 Winny in 25-35 at a pawn shop for $850. It was just a "shooter", though, because it appeared to have been buffed a little and re-blued at some part of its life, and the stock sanded and refinished as well. But it was an octogonal ba...

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My Marlin-Ballard has a lever, but it's a single shot. Is it still considered a levergun? I got this very-nice condition Marlin-Ballard about 20 years ago at a gun show. The guy at the show had come down from Canada, and decided to liquidate his 35-year collection of Marlin leveractions. He had only...

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Good luck to you and your friend in finding some ammo for that 40-82. I still haven't found any for my Winchester 1886, and I have been looking for a while.

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Do you, or do you not, need a 'concealed carry permit' to carry a snubnose 38 in your rear levi's pocket the way it is pictured above? With the butt sticking out, is that enough to keep the policeman from hauling you in if you don't have a CC permit?

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I WISH that I had the Inland M1 carbine that my dad carried from 1943-44 in the Pacific theater, but when the Marines pulled out they were asked to leave their service issued weapons behind... BUT, what I did get from my father was his Winchester 1917 30-06 and his Winchester Model 37 Single-shot 12...

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Assuming the bore is .311, which would likely be the more suitable jacketed bullet for reloading the 7.62x54R? I have jacketed bullets in Hornaday 180 gr .312 and Speer 180 gr .311. These were purchased as "303 British" bullets, which I purchased for reloading my Winchester 1895 lever in 3...

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Never did get all the details, but a 14-year-old kid down the road a ways got shot in the chest with a pellet gun 7 or 8 years ago and died. I was surprized when i heard about that, but guess when the pellet penetrates the heart, that all it takes. Guess I'm going to have to educate my gradkids more...

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I'm pretty tempted by a nice Winchester 94 Big Bore in 375 caliber at a local pawn shop. It is in great condition except that the front beed-sight insert appears to be higher than the original front sight would have been. The Big Bore is factory drilled for a receiver sight (two screw about a half i...

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I asked about a badly leaded bore on my Winchester '92 lever in 25-20 on this forum last year. Someone suggested firing some jacketed bullets through it. I fired a half dozen rounds, and most of the lead now seems to be gone from the bore. There's still some lead there, but i think it will come out ...

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One to three feet less trailing, huh? In my experience it's at least twice that, ha!

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In my experience, sometimes a horse will turn on you with every intention of doing you in. The last horse that I owned was one such. I bought it from a woman who said that the mare was very gentle and easy going. Well, it seemed that she was right because it would come out to meet me and nuzzle, etc...

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Since we're on this topic, what about the Marlin Ballards? I had hoped to see the Marlin-Ballard DOMs on that referenced site, but no such luck. Anybody know where to look for the Marlin-Ballard dates of manufacture? I've got a very nice old Marlin Ballard in caliber 44 w (which is really 44 WCF). S...

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Thanks everybody for the tons of good info in response to my question!

I appreciate the help and encouragement. Sounds like I have quite a few options that i wasn't aware of.

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Has anybody got a source of 40-82 ammo, or a good recipe for making it? A while back I picked up an early 1886 rifle that had a rough bore, and so I had the barrel lined back to 40-82 by a gunsmith in Montana (Olsen?) Since then I've not come across either ammo or brass, but I do have an old bullet ...

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I got the biggest bore '92 that I could find, although it dosn't have the highest pressure and hardest kick. It's a Puma 1892 clone in .480 Ruger. I figure that I can shoot 400 grain bullets at over 1200 FPS and kill pret near anything, or load them down to 900 FPS for a pleasant plinking session. E...

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I used to shop at a "Scheels" in Bismarck, North Dakota when it was just a small hardware/variety store in a mini-mall (1965-1970). I found my first old-time levergun at that Scheels for $100 (in 1970) --- a model 1894 Winchester octogonal-barreled rifle in 30 WCF. That 1899 vintage rifle ...

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What was your source of those gas checked bullets? Gotta find me some for my '76.

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Neighbor of mine found an old Ballard barrelled action being used as a fence post. Was well-rusted when he found it. I've seen it and handled it. I've got a WWII M1 carbine that was found stuck barrel-first in the ground in a forest in France. The action still works but the barrel is pitted almost t...

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We've got a Honda 350 out in the barn (1972-74 vintage I think), but it needs a set of points. Where can you get points for the old bikes these days? I was told a few years ago by the 'Motorsports' Honda retailer/repair outlet that Honda doesn't make the points anymore. Is that true? I'd sure like t...

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Hobie wrote:I love mine! I was excited to get it to shoot 220s at 2000 fps much more cheaply than one can do so in .303 Brit.

Tell me more. I've been wondering about loading 200 + grain bullets in my 1895 303 British.

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Marc, your long-barreled 30-40 Krag rifle looks just like my '95, but mine is 303 British. That caliber wasn't mentioned yet for the '95. Quite a few Canucks favored the 303 British round, but it's ballistics are virtually identical to the 30-40.

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Nice! You've perked my interest in knife making. I am wondering about where one gets the brass rivets that hold the wood or antler to the blade, and just how the riveting is done. Do you have any pics of the riveting process?

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Better buy that one too, rbertolotto! That's quite a coincidence ... nah, it's fate. you are supposed to own them both!

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Dare not get close enough for pepper spray... The neighbor lady just came pounding on our front door to warn us that she had tried to shoo the moose out of her yard and was attacked and knocked down by the aggressive mama moose. She said she was 60 feet away from it when it attacked her. Their littl...

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[quote "I don't see any of the hotshots from Marlin, the new Winchester, Henry, Chiappa, Uberti, Pedersoli or Browning having the parts to market 92 clones in .454 Casull or .480 Ruger. I could be wrong but I don't see anyone elses guns out there on the shelves in the 2 "hand cannon" ...

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I think that there is an increase in popularity of the 32 Specials lately. Maybe because they are not so common as the 30-30s. Can you still buy factory ammo for them, I wonder?

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