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The 94 BB .375 top eject is a really fine and well worked rifle. I had one, but recently sold it, as I found it too tiny - too short LOP and too short-barreled. It found a new home, and the new owner seems to be quite enthusiastic.

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Nash Rambler was an unknown car to me, but I like the pictures I find of it. I would prefer one to a Corvette. Perhaps I don't shouldn't fear the Marlins anymore.

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Gentlemen, I don't think the friendly suggested H&R is an alternative - it will cost as a used Marlin here. And in that case, I doubtless prefer the Marlin.

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Thanks for all inputs! The thread is a joy to read and you have been very generous with advice and experience. :) But I must confess that I am still ambiguous about the choice, as my heart says Win 1886, but my wallet and my common sense say Marlin. However, having searched the net and phoned to gun...

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There is a gun shop in Germany, which sells this tuning kit. The springs are said to be weaker thus reducing the pull weight. Supposedly the kit is imported from the US. Anyone tried somthing like that?

Pete

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Considering to get me a .45-70 levergun, there is the choice between the Marlin 1895 and the Winchester 1886. The latter is also available in Browning and Pedersoli copies. Surely I would prefer an original 1886, but on this side of the pool they are as common as white ravens. However, there are the...

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Two of my rifles are scoped, but I do prefer the iron sights. With the irons, you just fix the target with the eye and put the bead there and pull the trigger without knowing why or when.

Pete

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Fine find! The stock, the bolt handle and the octagonal barrel indicate that rifle is from the twenties or earlier. Are there any stampings on the bottom of the reciever and barrel base? The fine Apel scope mount costs about 350 Euros and is very reliable and handy. Is it a I- or S-bore? You can mea...

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The Marlin is a 1885 in .45-90, serial #3158XX. . Am I good or what? 1885's a typo... Hubris? Hubris? I don't got no steenkeeng hubris! Yes, you're right: there is a typo. Or some other mistake. What I got is a telephone call with a friend, the photo of the guns and copies of the gun permits. The t...

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Hobie wrote:1873... Condition?

Most blueing remaining, wood in fair condition, have not been too much used.

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Better photos and details needed to answer the question. I would certainly not disagree with that -the details are indeed scarce. But I would be thankful for just some hint about the values. :) However, I've got some more info: The Winchester half auto is a 401 Win, serial #198XX The Winchester 189...

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What could be the realistic value of the rifles depicted? I have been asked by a friend, and he will soon add me info about calibers and serial numbers.

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Pripps Blå is the Swedish candidate for the worst beer.

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---I just found an article about some sort of animal biting swimmers in an Indiana lake. Here's the link: http://www.whas11.com/news/local/Warning-signs-to-be-placed-at-Ind-lake-after-swimmers-bitten-by-mysterious-creature-95550959.html It looks like the kid has been bitten by a pike (Esox lucius) ...

Old Shatterhand

A Win 94BB .375W can safely shoot Barnes 255 grs FN with 2050 fps at the muzzle, when loaded with 32 grs Norma 200. (Practically there is no reason to load that hot, but we still do it here, as we have to reach legal requirement of 2000 Joule at 100 meters.)

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Nice rifle! They are not seen so often here anymore, as people sorrowly choose to sell them away due to our six long gun limit. And then the guns take a boat trip to the US, where they find new, more caring owners. Indeed a part of our cultural heritage goes that way. Anyway, for your enjoyment, I'd...

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Castor Oil from the chemistry - cheap and rather efficient. I drench a RCBS lube pad sparely.

Earlier I used the Lee tooth paste or RCBS lubricant. Neither was good enoug, and cases often got stuck in the dies.

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Pete44ru wrote:Some production occurred in Japan.

Japan? Which serial numbers? Does that apply on guns marked "New Haven, Connecicut"?

Sir, my apologies, but you are seriously scaring me!

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http://www.wisnersinc.com/additional_in ... 88_100.htm

http://www.cruffler.com/ProductionDataP ... del88.html

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Norma makes brass and ammo in 6,5-284. www.norma.cc

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Nice gun for a great caliber!

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Glad you got what you wanted...Nice set up... but I'm wondering is it now in bad taste to put a not of the same date or era of manufacture scope and mount on a rifle factory D&T'd from the 50s or 60s.. Thanks for all your friendly comments! :) Hopefully it will not be bad taste to use modern op...

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Yesterday I got a parcel with an old El Paso Weaver K4-1 for my Winchester 88. It now sits in an Weaver pivot mount, which allows immediate use of the iron sights. The view through it is unexspectedly clear, and the tube shows no signs of use. I think that I made a good deal vhen I bought for 60$. I...

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Anyone has shot these or other 300-grs loads in a .375W? I'd like to know if the twist does stabilize the bullet, or if they are key-holeing the target. Old Sh. Win 94BB's came with a 1 in 12" twist, same as the 375 H&H - so bullet stability is not an issue. Out of my 94BB 300gr cast not o...

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Anyone has shot these or other 300-grs loads in a .375W? I'd like to know if the twist does stabilize the bullet, or if they are key-holeing the target.

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Worst: Norma Vulcan 180 grs, disintegrated, and RWS TUG 180 grs, bad penetrator, both .30-06.

Best: Barnes X 180 grs, .30-06, Barnes X 50 grs, .222R. Also like Barnes FN, 255 grs, .375W.

Pete

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Yes! Love the cartridge but cant handle the Mannlicher action, nor any split bridge action. Gotta have a receiver sight, at least, before I can hit anything.--- Lyman once made a fine peep for Mannlicher splitbridge. It is mounted at the bolt stops, and slips aside when the bolt is worked. Now and ...

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Noone still making haystacks in the field, and loading the wagons by hand with hey forks? We used to do that when I was a boy in the sixties. Later we filled the wagons with a tractor front loader.

BTW, nice dog!

Pete

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Thanks!

Pete

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Twice I have read about the use of Hodgdon's Lil'Gun in the .375Win cartridge, but there was nothing written about data and performance. What are your experiences and opinions? Is the combination realistic? For my own loads I use Barnes 255 grs FN and Norma 200, which should be close to Accurate 418...

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--- I was seriously considering the BRNO but hesitated because it had a reverse safety (toward you is off, away is on) Meditate a minute or two on the direction in which you move the hammer of a hand- or levergun. Then you will understand that the safety of a Brno is quite logical. :wink: Neverthel...

Old Shatterhand

That sight just needs some blueing to look good. Try to heatblue it with some nitrate and a little propane torch.

Pete

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Husqvarna got some greenish teint in the charcoal case hardening by adding old military boots to the charcoal. I would guess that it's not the leather per se that adds to the color rather the carbuerization of the tanning salts/chemicals that might cause the greens. Perhaps choromium related. Not s...

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http://webnews.textalk.com/upload/article/bild/8/352743/108_husq_1993_s.jpg http://webnews.textalk.com/upload/article/bild/1/298479/1207_reming_1399_s.jpg Husqvarna got some greenish teint in the charcoal case hardening by adding old military boots to the charcoal. The shotgun is model 310/D box lo...

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Of course I have no idea what it means since I never bothered to learn how to decode them... :? :lol: The text says "Overshoot with torpedo bullet: 0 lines". "Torpedammunition m/41" was a ammunition m/41 with 139 grs FMJ spitzer boat tail ball, that succeded "Projektil m/94...

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Nath wrote:A picture from January of me lining up on a driven pheasant,
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A fine shooting scene and a nice dog. A cocker?

Pete

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My old Raetzel german drilling 16/16/8x57IR will never leave my cabinet. It is about hundred years old, and as light and pointable as a fine shotgun. Most modern drillings are like a iron bar attached to a piece of a plank, but that old one knows how to bag flying birds.

Pete

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BTW, Karamojo Bell shot some cape buffalo with the .22 High Power. I do not know if he fired it from a m99 or from another gun. And Barne's Manual #3 has a short article on the .22 Hornet, where the author, Dr. Ed Ashby, writes, that the little cartridge is capable of taking "larger plains game...

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Nice photos! The British are really good at parades and such things.

A pic from Stockholm:

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Slow heart pace at night can give similar symptoms as apnoea, and should be considered as well. A friend was in the sleep clinic for diagnosis but the doctors didn't find any signs of apnoea. However, as he later had some attacks of heart arytmia and got a pacemaker, it became clear that the arythmi...

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Here in Sweden such a reel usually costs about 5000 SEK, perhaps more, i.e. about $500, but there have been higher ones at some auctions. BTW, your reel has the older type of crank with two round white handles. Not being an expert, I estimate the reel should date to the sixties, as it also lacks the...

Old Shatterhand

Q: Why does IKEA deliver all furniture un-assembled?

A: Because they don't know how to assemble them either!

Old Sh. - from the land of IKEA

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Nice dog photos. These mastiffs are really impressing. But the title of the thread reminds me of a funny little game at a british film site: http://www.gone2thedogs.com/ Choose "game" at the left side and make the test. The test told me that I was a "blue-tickled coon hound". Reg...

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This is our dachshound Casper, 8 months old. He is a nice companion at the stalk.

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Colt Government 1911 .45".

Not bad, if I may say it myself.

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I thought the price was too high. Glad I have you guys to lean on! Sorry about your dog. Keep looking for another M88 - they are fine rifles and shoots well. I bought one here in Sweden four years ago for $200, and it is my favorite deer and moose gun. It has been equipped with a William sight and ...

Old Shatterhand

[Does the big bore receiver take a different Williams sight than the standard 94 (I have one of those).] Yep..............IF you want to mount it in the issue D/T holes, i.e. The side-mount peep for a BB94 is machined differently, to allow for the thicker rear section of the receiver wall. I suppos...

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You should show the rest of your nice gun pictures here! They are indeed wort seeing.

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You're right about the high front sights. I wish I could get rid of that ugly front sight ramp of my Win 94 Bigbore.

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Tin can be used. It can be melted with the usual leadpot and in the usual molds. A friend of mine uses tin bullets with good results in .22 Hornet and .30-30. They are lighter than lead and thus easily get higher velocities. He uses plumber's teflon tape instead of bullet grease. Tin is non-toxic, a...

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