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Well, after a pep-talk from Carlsen Highway I decided to strip, clean and reassemble this rifle. After watching a few YouTube videos on the topic I got under way. The amount of accumulated crud in the receiver was something to behold. I noticed that cartridge lifter indent was filthy, and also has a...

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That fuse disconnect has three terminals - the continuous one on the right would typically be for either neutral or ground. This is for either a single phase or two phase load, but I’d guess it’s single phase with a fused neutral. As previously mentioned, the easiest way to establish this would be w...

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Well you’ve made me a jealous man! I love the pre model 94 1894s, and would especially love one in 38-55.

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That is a fine result CH. MOA accuracy from an open sighted 60 year old lever action is beyond the majority of men who’d consider themselves a good shot.

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Thanks Jerry, you are a legend of a man!

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Looking again in the light, I can see the cartridge lifter support does have slop in the indent it is supposed to sit in, not sure if it’s due to wear or an accumulation of grime, a bit hard to see from above. The bottom of the bullet is being shaved while trying to chamber, which leads me to believ...

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Tanqueray, which one are you having trouble with? I can have a look at my ones when I get home. It’s the octagonal barreled rifle. I really wasn’t expecting it to shoot so well, which is great, but I can’t sell it in good conscience if it won’t feed. I’m a bit apprehensive to disassemble it, I can ...

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Howdy folks. I finally got a chance to shoot the two 1892 rifles I recently purchased last weekend. Shooting prone off my elbows, I was pleasantly surprised to find they both shot 1.5” 3 shot groups at 50 metres with factory ammo - a good rest and hand loads should see these groups tighten up even m...

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Thanks guys, went out for dinner with my wife last night, and taking the 1892 for an overnighter in the hills today.

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Zane Grey is quite well known down here in NZ, where he was one of the pioneering big game fisherman, using a leather thumb-drag to catch record book marlin and mako sharks. I think he wrote about his time in NZ in a few books, most notably “Angler’s Eldorado”.

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Can’t help with the load data, but sounds like it’s a good shooter with the factory loads, and I’m sure a bit of load development will see it shooting even better. It’s always a bit of a gamble buying vintage firearms, not often they come with an accuracy guarantee, but I’d be more than pleased with...

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That’s a pretty little carbine, I like the pre model 94 1894s, I’d love one in 38-55.

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Thanks for that Michael. The checkering on the hammer is the standard square pattern. Did you receive the email I sent you?
Thanks for your expertise.

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Good morning, Based on the upper tang stamp I can tell you that the octagon barreled sporting rifle was manufactured before mid 1904. If you will post a detail photo of the barrel address stamp in front of the rear sight I may be able to narrow it down further. The rear sight is not original nor is...

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Good work man - I was thinking about that full length rifle myself. What is the bore like on both of them? I am a great 1892 fan too, and .44-40 one of my favourite cartridges. The bore on the full mag is very good for its age. It was used to shoot black powder for silhouette, but is mirror like wi...

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That wood looks nice in the sunlight James, look forward to hearing how it shoots.

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On second looks the serial number has been worn off the button mag rifle. Is anyone able to give me a window in which it would’ve been made? The full mag rifle is 1912, and the carbine was 1917. The fit of the wood on the full mag rifle is excellent, I couldn’t be happier with it. All three are 44WC...

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My search for a nice 1892 rifle has come to an end. You have to understand that here in New Zealand, 1892’s are not dime a dozen. A handful come up for sale each year, and most look like they’ve been used to stake the tomatoes in the vegetable patch since the Great Depression. I had an alright 44WCF...

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I already did some of the homework CH... the only off the shelf mold is the RCBS 170. There are about 4 mold designs in the accurate molds catalogue listed as specifically for the 32WS, ranging from 160gr to 195gr or so, although I’m sure you’ve already seen that. As far as factory ammo goes, surpr...

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I already did some of the homework CH... the only off the shelf mold is the RCBS 170. There are about 4 mold designs in the accurate molds catalogue listed as specifically for the 32WS, ranging from 160gr to 195gr or so, although I’m sure you’ve already seen that. As far as factory ammo goes, surpri...

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Sounds like there’s also a lesson in there about powder storage and COAL!

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Great photos! I have my eye on a pre-64 1894 in 32 spec, this thread may have convinced me that I need it.

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Thanks guys, may well get the RCBS cowboy dies then next time brownells send me a discount code! My 1892 slugs out at .429 and I’m sizing my boolits at .430.

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Thanks for the reply guys. My mould drops SWC’s so that’s what I’ll be loading. What’s the deal with the RCBS cowboy dies, just a different seating die?

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Howdy Fellas, hope you all had a blessed Christmas. I was about to blow my Christmas money on a set of RCBS 18805 dies for my 44WCF ‘92, when I noticed that they’re described as “round nose dies for jacketed bullets” which has put me right off, as I’d be reloading cast. What dies are you lot using i...

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My wife got her hair cut last weekend, and it cost $315, so I told her that that was her Christmas present. Who said romance is dead?

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That’s a great find, I’d love to own an original ‘73 one day. My ‘92 in 44-40 has a similar issue shooting about 6” high at 25 yards, I haven’t yet gotten around to sorting it out though.

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That 44mag load would replicate the factory 44-40 loads I’m currently using, and recoil is almost non existent, at 223 levels but quieter.

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Beautiful wee rifle! I'm probably telling you what you already know, but the matte rib along the top of the barrel is to stop glare when using the open sights and aiming up at trees etc.

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I have a little bolt action single shot Voere (German made) that is a pleasure to carry and shoot. They're a scaled down Mauser action.
Toz also made quality bolt action single shot 22.lr rifles.

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Impressive accuracy for a .22lr! The Brno's and CZ's are excellent quality firearms, I have a ZKK601 in .223 and it too is a tack driver.

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Great hunting! I've never really been interested in lever action shotguns, but I've got my eyes on a nice wee Winchester 9410 that'd be perfect for hunting Californian quail.

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That's an absolute beauty of a 94 Pitchy, I love those crescent butt plates way better than the squishy pads they put on the later 94s.

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I've been using Winchester 200gr super-x ammo in my 44WCF, as I don't yet have a die set for it. I too noticed that some of the cases were dented from new, but they seemed to fire form themselves and blow the dents out after being shot. If I remember reading correctly, starline has the thickest wall...

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Good job! You'd have to do a lot of hunting to find a better buck than that here in NZ.

For interest's sake, here is the best whitetail buck ever taken over here:

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That's a pretty neat and thrifty way to revive an otherwise unused mold. I assume the sizing due just pushes them into the lead seeing as the base isn't rebated, I wonder if they'd still work on a harder alloy/hard cast bullet?

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That first 1886 is an absolute beauty! I dream of owning one in one of the .50 cartridges, but I don't think they were every imported to NZ in any configuration, I've never seen one here. Seems we only got 1892's and 1894's.
Great shooting too by the way.

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Thanks for the warm welcomes. In NZ we have no restrictions on silencers/suppressors, however we have bizarre laws such as not being allowed flash hiders. Pistols are verboten, unless you have a special license. Even then, you are only allowed to shoot them at a registered pistol club, no hunting or...

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Hi guys, new here hailing from New Zealand. The lever action scene over here is fairly non existent. There's a very few old timers who collect and do a bit of CAS, even fewer people like me who still use them to hunt deer, and then there's the pig hunters, who seem to favour newer stainless lever gu...

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