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It never hurts to make a trip to a shop where you can breathe the fresh gun air laced with Hoppe's #9 and perhaps some old leather.
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I grit my teeth when I send an online order and we get to the shipping charges. Sometimes the "extra charges" hit you harder than the shipping. My aggravation with M**way goes back for years and is beyond repair. When they started charging a "small order charge" and explaining al...

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A looooong time ago, Robert Snap ("pp?") rebarreled and converted a #1 Remington rolling block to .45 ACP for me. I used it to test reloads for my Model 1911 pistols that I was shooting like a mad fool when I got out of High School (and did my hearing in...). He was quite a guy. Ended up i...

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I make my own hummingbird nectar, ( 4 cups of sugar to a gallon of water) started a new 10# bag of sugar on Saturday. I will need a new 10# bag of sugar by mid-day tomorrow. Huge number of birds this time of the summer. I believe the birds that have flown to my area and north of my area are getting ...

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Here are the links to the photos I took of this rifle: http://www.fototime.com/1EB98CF3896F6A1/standard.jpg http://www.fototime.com/8009729AA619AF9/standard.jpg http://www.fototime.com/A140806401E2DFD/standard.jpg http://www.fototime.com/6398E3FC95B2749/standard.jpg http://www.fototime.com/7FBBA2387...

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To answer another post: The rifle cost me $600 plus $33 sales tax. The metal is 99% and the only part that shows normal 59 year old handling and use is the wood, but only in a couple of small spots you really have to look for. The Lyman receiver sight is mounted in the holes that are drilled and tap...

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Thank you guys! I will try to photo tomorrow unless it is raining.
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Tonight I stopped by the gunshop and there sat a nice 39-A. Gunshop owner told me that this was a rare one, he called it a "Pre-Mountie". Serial number K2283* (1953 Mfg.) 24" barrel, (Barrel is marked 39-A, no "Mountie" marking). Straight stock. On the receiver is a Lyman re...

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To the members: I just sent the above article about the sleeping dog into the group, but did not notice the extra references to other articles added at the bottom. They are not something I would normally have forwarded on and I apologize that they went along with the article. Perhaps the moderator c...

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While I have sent my condolences earlier, the story and the attached article sure delivers a real heart-felt message better than I ever could, especially the photo. Here it is: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/photo-john-unger-cradles-arthritic-sleeping-dog-lake-superior-ease-best-friend-pai...

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If you have not held a Remington Model 51, .380 auto in your hand, you are missing a real treat. This pistol was designed by John Pederson who was a designer who worked for Remington in the early part of the 20th century. He was a contemporary of John Browining. Many writers today have noted that th...

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Oh, oh! I know exactly what needs to be done and I bet you have already done it!
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Hello from Hayward, Wisconsin, I always have live-in dogs in my life. I currently have a female Rhodesian Ridgeback hound and a male Black Lab. I love them both. Sometimes I think that the only thing that keeps me going with the dogs is the really strong belief that I will meet up with them all agai...

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Yup! I know! Photos. I have new batteries in the camera and tomorrow is the day. Got the hole needed for the Marbles Improved Tang Peep Sight and the sight is now mounted. Removed the elevator rear sight and front bead sight. Put a slot filler in the rear sight dovetail and a Pedersoli Folding Front...

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First off, let me thank all you guys on and off list for the input you gave me as I started the inletting job of a crescent buttstock on my Marlin Model 95 CB rifle. I sweated out the inletting and finally got as good a fit as I am going to get with the stock finally butting up against the recoil sh...

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Thanks for the notes re drilling and tapping the Marlin 95 for a tang sight. I am going to use a Marbles Improved tang sight. One hole is secured by a longer tang screw that comes in the "screw kit" for the sight. The other hole is the one I am concerned about. I contacted the owner of a l...

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That sign should be posted at many well known universities!
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If I want to add a tang sight (Marbles or Lyman) as I have on one of my Rossi .45 Colt rifles, I will have to drill one hole and tap it. I need to know if the upper tang on the Marlin '95 is hardened? I ask this to avoid trouble before I do the work myself or get it to a machinist. Thanks again! Gre...

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Good Morning! First things first! I will photo the rifle when the the buttstock is fit and the tang screw hole is drilled. That will end part one of the job. Part two commences with the fitting of the crescent buttplate. Thankfully, the plate sets on the stock externally. No internal fitting. This c...

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All my Rossi 92's have color case hardened steel receivers. I don't have a "brass" receiver Model 92, but wonder if those aren't brass-PLATED and not subject to worry about "brass-framed" rifles? I never bought a brass receiver Model 92 Rossi as I was afraid the brass would event...

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Gents, I have been the proud owner of a Marlin Model 1895 (2001) CB rifle for about 3 weeks now. Part of the reason for not shooting it was the hot weather (deer flies, etc) and another was that I received a semi-finished crescent buttplate stock from Precision Gun Works that I have been working on....

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The Argentine Model 1909 is a relatively rare rifle. They ran those only for a couple of years and made relatively few of them. They were commonly re-chambered for .30-06, and all you had to do, as you have noted is to change the expander ball on your resizing die to one made for .312", and you...

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msmith1228 wrote:2001, I have one and I like it better than an 86.

Hey, Old Savage, what bullet weight do you use with the 2400 powder charge you mentioned?
Thanks,
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Yesterday I walked into the local gunshop with no intention of buying anything and the owner was just putting a rifle in place on his rack. The profile looked like a Marlin Model 93 and I asked to see it. He said it was a Marlin Model 95 "Cowbow Rifle". It was instant "need this"...

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I haven't looked at the 310 Shops prices lately but I would bet they are higher than the last time I purchased from him. He made a "Kake Kutter" for me in the old .50/70 bore size that looks exactly like the old Lyman made tool. I'll bet that the current owner will work with you on the pro...

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The Arizona guy? I once did a search for the "310 Shop" and got a place in Arizona. That is NOT the fellow I am in reference to. Rick Morrill owns the "310 Shop" in Denton, Texas. THAT is the shop I have come to know. If there was another place or he bought another shop out, I do...

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When I started using my tong tools, I got quite a bit off eBay, some things I did not need came along with stuff I did need. In most cases, Rick traded me what I needed for extra original 310 dies, etc, that I did not need. If you have never used one of these and live close to him, take the trip and...

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Just a quick addition. Being a short, fat bodied cartridge and the .38 Special thinner in th body, there would be no way it could be reamed out to .38 Special. Just the fact that the chamber for the .38 S&W is larger than a chamber for a .38 Special would make it impossible to ream out... The .3...

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I have had some dealings with the fellow who runs this shop and he is an excellent machinist and very knowledgeable regarding the 310 Tong Tools. My next purchase from him will be a set of 310 dies in caliber .45 Colt so that I can load at my desk for the Rossi Modelo 92's I have. Lots of fun to use...

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Starline is playing some kind of game. Check out Cabela's for .45 Colt brass. Got 200 rounds of Remington from them just before Christmas and they delivered promptly. Price was a lot better than Starline who could not deliver at that time...
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Looks like it may be a sporterized 1842 musket. If so, it would be .69 caliber. If it does not have a rear sight, it is a smoothbore. Nice find!
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I've had those two barrel/frame alignment "tits" both come out of the holes they were in! They both did the job, but when you took the barrel off the frame, you could lift the little "tits" right out of their holes! Cleaned the oil out of the holes and red "Loctited" th...

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First, the Sharps is a "lever gun". The "lever" operated the gun. Now, if you mean "lever action, magazine tube fed", then we have a class of rifle that would fit the '66. the '73, the '76, etc. In my opinion, the shotgun, either percussion or cartridge, is the "Gu...

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How was it failing? Extractor hook not getting in front of the rim to pull it out of the chamber?
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How about the commercial with the Master Lock resisting the impact from a .44 Magnum slug? I recall that Marlin 336 Bic commercial. Why would it not be done today? Just wondering. The pen would have to be fired out the barrel with a blank load.
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The Pedersoli Model number is USA 407 "Goodwin Style". You would almost have to hold this sight in place on a Model 94 tang and see how far the bolt comes back. If the bolt when full back misses the tang sight, you might be in business. The hole for the tang screw, and a longer tang screw ...

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I guess I just like short lever guns with case colors and tang sights! Here's a Sharps Model 1870 .50/70 Carbine (Replica by Armi-Sport/Cimmaron) with another Pedersoli vernier tang sight. You can easily use the barrel sights with this one, although I have the barrel sight removed for now: http://ww...

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What did Steve's cost? I don't know yet what the machinist is going to charge me for brass. I'm thinking probably $10 each as he has always been reasonable.
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I took a quick look at one of the 24" Model 92, .45 Colt rifles that I have and noticed the front of the magazine tube was noticeably bent downward a little. As I unscrewed the screw (and I did get it out but I had to grind a screwdriver to fit and use a lot of downward pressure), the front of ...

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Just hauled out my copy of Hodgdon's #26 Manual... Pages 583-590... Wow! Never read those before. The chambers on both of my Rossi Model 92 .45 Colts are max. I let the case expand as it will and then only size enough of the neck to hold the slug. Looks like a bottleneck cartridge when I'm done. I l...

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My goal with this rifle is to shoot the best reload I can make up into the tightest 3 shot groups I can hold it to at 75 yards. At that range with that tang sight, I can move bullet impact as little as one-eighth of an inch in any direction (if the reload is consistent). I imagine I could lob the bu...

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The rifle I photographed here has that fold down sight on the barrel but not the full buckhorn leaf. I would have gone for that one had it been available in the tall height I needed. Check Brownell's and I bet they have it in a lower height. The flat top aperture would not have been my first choice....

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Hello! The "staff" (post, ladder, etc) of the tang sight that holds the eyepiece for windage and lelvation is spring loaded at the base and can fold backward as far as the eyepiece touching the front of the comb of the stock. It does not lay flat on this rifle nor does it lay flat back on ...

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First, a big thank you to Hobie for his services! I put the Vernier tang sight on as when I reload for this rifle, I want to be able to dial the bullet in no matter where it strikes on the target. Often the rifle groups away from the middle with a new load. This way, I can dial that bullet in unless...

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Hello! Rossi also sent FedEx to pick up my second rifle and get it down there in one day. That joined the first one that was down there. Both remained down there another 30 days and then I got steamed and stared phoning. A week after my daily phone calls began, two brand new rifles showed up at my d...

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Yup! I screwed up!

http://www.fototime.com/inv/A178FB76917FB05

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Hello! Finally had time to organize my photos of this short rifle (20" Barrel). I totally changed around the sights, the front sight at the suggestion of the fellows here. Sights are set for best grouping at 75 yards. Here is the link. Let me know if it does not work. http://www.fototime.com/in...

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One more thing: That is a fine looking rifle you have! Something about brass in a rifle!
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Don't want to get you worried, but put a PRIMED CASING in the chamber, then close the bolt. Open the bolt a little bit with the primed casing in tow and pull the trigger. See if it fires the primer with an unlocked bolt. I had one of these in .44/40 but sold it when I found out that it would fire a ...

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Get in touch with the dealer who sold you the rifle. Explain that Rossi won't cooperate and you would like to exchange it for another rifle. The dealer will try to return it to the distributor and the distributor can fight with Rossi. Sounds like the start of exactly what I went through. Let us know...

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