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So, where do i go to get a repro 1886 carbine buttplate, rear bbl band, and front bbl band? Numrich is out and I can find no other suppliers.

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Thanks Old Savage. I wonder if maybe they actually were old Winchester or Remington made instead and the yahoo that labeled them 85 Gn Hornady not only got the weight wrong but also the manufacturer? The thing is, they shoot GREAT (around 1" at 50 yards bench 3 shot) which is why I'd like to id...

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Have or had several 1873's, and have 2 1892's. World of difference....the 73's have HISTORY behind them. The 1892's are slick, light, and so cool in a different way. For me though, I ONLY shoot pyrodex in my 73's, whereas I shoot smokeless in my 92s. I know most shoot low pressure smokeless in 73's,...

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[/quote]Terry solved your "mystery".[/quote]

No he didnt...mine are 90 gn not 85 gn.

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They measure 0.3125" and weigh 90 Gn. I pulled an 85 Gn XTP from some factory 32 Mag ammo I have and it weighs 85GN and mics 0.3120". Length of the Factory 85 GN bullet is 0.490", length of these mystery bullets is 0.510", so they are 0.020" longer. i took a comparison photo...

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So several years ago at a gunshow I bought 2 sealed bags (not in boxes) of bullets labeled "85 GN Hornady 32 Cal." assuming it was the xtp bullet. Looks exactly like the XTP. Finally getting around to using them, trying them in a 32-20 1892. I weighed them and they weigh 90GNs. Hmmm...what...

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Came to my aid again w30wcf. I thank you.

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As an aside, here is a little trivia about IMR 4227 (since we are getting a history lesson about this powder on this thread I felt it would not be out of place). Being a Apollo space buff, in my readings I occasionally come across stuff about the Shuttle. I tend to read hardware articles and one art...

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Having trouble finding reloading data for my 32-20, specifically for the 2 powders I have a lot of and want to use in it. Just ordered some 100 GN Hornady XTPs and have a lot of 100 GN cast and 115 GN cast bullets already on hand from my 32 WCF 1873 days. Loads I am finding are pretty anemic, no dou...

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Malamute wrote:Just for fun, I googled barrel wench and this was one of the results.

http://thewinewench.com/wp-content/uplo ... 2161_n.jpg

Wow. Nice barrels.

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Well Hobie, just want some soft points to mess around with. Shooting (and will soon chrono) factory 100 GN JSPs from the 1960's...want to see if I can duplicate them. Will buy the JHPs, but just wondered if the JSPs were still being made somewhere.

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Thanks guys. Hobie, all those you listed are HP bullets...any jacketed soft points out there???

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Just picked up a 1911 vintage 1892. Bore looked pretty pitted but the rifling was very strong. Price seemed right. Most passed it up because of the pitting I am sure. Well, I ran a brass brush thru the bore and several patches and guess what? Most of the "pitting" was actually lint! Never ...

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I stopped going to them, all I ever find is kids clothes and kids toys.

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These tools were designed to be used with Winchesters bullet molds. It will crimp a bullet if the bullet used is from one of their molds. The decapping thingy is also used to bell the case mouth and is almost never found with the tools now. I made one for my 44 WCF and my 32 WCF tools. ( Always figu...

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I think that plastic lens that cracked is actually pyrex glass isnt it? Have 2 surefires, about to buy a 3rd to keep in the jeep. Well made American manufactured product.

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My Chaparral needs hard cast bullets to shoot well. I use linotype alloyed with lead, but experimented with water quenched wheelweights. Tested them every couple of months with a brinell hardness tester. After about a year they had softened substantially!! gave up on these, sometimes I cast a lot an...

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Finally a place to discuss the best 22 rifle ever made...the 1890 Winchester! I'll be joining soon.

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Just read it in Shooting Times Magazine, so i went to Winchesters website http://www.winchesterguns.com/products/catalog/detail.asp?mid=534187&family=025C Was this mentioned here on Leverguns? I did a search and didnt find anything but who knows. Looks like it has the tang safety but on this mod...

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The stain is Tapaderas Red from tapaderas Winchesters. Dont have a link but you can google the name. The finish...well, about 15 years ago i toured the Dakota Arms Factory in Sturgis SD. I LOVED their finish and was told it was Arm-R-Seal polyurethane. When it came time to finish this stock I bought...

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Thanks everyone. The project took about 16 months, but there were lags when lifes pressing duties intervened. Sixgun, I did cut lettering on the barrel, mostly correct lettering but there are some deviations since the program on my brothers CNC mill couldnt duplicate Winchesters font at all, also th...

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Always wanted a custom firearm but the price never seemed justifable. As I aged and watched loved ones health decline I realized how short life is, and that you cant take it with you. Time for some of the finer things in life....By doing most of the work myself, the cost was within reach.....so here...

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Okay, if this works...here goes..this is a picture of a 1906 winny with Pilkingtons English Red (appears to be the same as Tapaderas N35Red). http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l299/coyote1960/Picture307.jpg And here is an 1892 winny with the same stain and finish. For some people this is too red, bu...

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There is a huge difference between tapaderas stain and the minwax stains. Tapaderas stain is spirit based (ie: alcohol based). Minwax stains are not. I have experimented with stains for 35+ years now, and had settled on Pilkingtons red stain to match Winchesters color. That is, until I discovered Ta...

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I would not reline. I had a 73 in 3220 that had a sewer pipe for a bore. I tried a few bullet moulds and several alloys before I hit one that shot great. The alloy was wheelweights. Everything else shot horribly and I too considered relining (I do it myself so the cost was minimal). Anyway, experime...

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The Uberti is a short tang buttplate isnt it?

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Anybody know who sells/makes repro buttplate for the 1873 Winchester? I am looking for the ones with the long top tang. All the repros I see have the short top tang. I dont care if it has the hole for the cleaning rod or not... want to put this on a parts gun 1873 38 WCF I have that is the best shoo...

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The funny thing is, when I was going to reline a 32-20 a few years ago (the bore was absolutely a sewer pipe) I found all the liners for 32-20 were .308!! Are new 32-20's .308 or .312? I wanted .312 and actually with a lot of experimenting got a load to shoot in that sewer pipe 1873. So, to answer y...

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John helped me too...sent me several cast bullets for a 45-75 I was having trouble loading for. Really helped a lot, my hat is off to him and I want to thank him again for his generosity and spirit.

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Hi Mike. They had 5 other modifications for the 50 cals besides the cartridge guides that you mentioned. 1) The lever had a milled out section different from the levers for a regular 1886....the loading gate wouldnt swing in enough to allow a cartridge to load otherwise. 2) the barrel for the 50's h...

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Actually there may be a bit more to it than just a barrel swap. The .348 was based on a necked down .50-100 or .50-110 or something like that. When Winchetser chambered their 1886 for this 50 cal round they had to do quite a few modifications. For example, the lever is different in the 50 cal 1886's...

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Well, I definitely would not call my stock making jobs "awesome", but this one did come out okay for me (so far). I actually do have bedding material all around the receiver/stock contact points. It is not acting as a filler except under the bottom tang where my chisel went a bit deep, but...

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It is not a pistol grip stock, but I do have great contact at the rear of the receiver. The tangs are tapered too...so just relieving the back of the tangs wont do it, I'd still get a "wedge" effect. If I relieve this, I'd have to do the sides of the tangs too. Just am afraid of doing too ...

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Posted - 10/28/2010 : 11:35:14 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Question for the stockmakers out there. I posted this on another forum but just realized it may do better here since this is devoted to lever actions.I am building my dream gun on a Win...

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If the auction sites would post a policy: 1. You MUST leave feedback, and 2. The seller HAS TO leave feedback before the buyer does. This would make the feedback system worthwhile. The seller is the only one in the transaction who has both the item and the money at the same time. The buyer is at his...

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I shoot the stuffing out of mine, it is one of my most accurate (have it averaging under 2 1/2" at 100 yards from a bench) lever guns altho it took a lot of fiddling (with LDPE wads, different alloys, 2 different molds, etc) until I found what it took to make it shoot. Have posted pictures of g...

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Still rebuilding an 1886 Winny in 33 WCF. Chambered and fitted the barrel, filed and polished the barrel flats, am working on the forearm right now. Looked at the lever and noticed it had a blind hole on the upper surface (the part that rests against the lower tang) where a screw, I assumed, had &qu...

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KirkD wrote:Any cartridge invented after 1899.

Aw c.mon...that gets rid of the 33 WCF!!!!! One of my favorites!!

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Mine is a year 2000 Colt SAA in 45 LC. Got a few thousand through it by now, with ZERO problems. Fit, finish, function is flawless. I have been a gun owner since 1974 and this SAA and a Colt 3rd gen 1851 Navy have been the 2 best looking and best functioning guns I have ever owned, or shot. The Colt...

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You need to take your CAPS LOCK off, it appears as if you are shouting otherwise.

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"I'm not all-too-certain that "wolf season" has ever closed, here in Big Beautiful Wyoming, contrary to what the state & federal governments may think... " WOW!!!! So the only legitimate use of OUR (ie: federal ie: PUBLIC) lands is to raise game animals for hunting and to &qu...

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I was going to order from Buffalo Arms...they have the tang sight I need for my 1886, plus a few other things I am interested in.

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JFE, thanks!!! Exactly what I needed...that table says .327 max shank size for a .338 bullet.

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I was considering that, but I dont have any yet!!! Also, I dont know if they should be a slip fit or if they "swage" onto the bullet shank, since i have yet to cast a gas check bullet, or even own a mould that is a gas check design.

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But I sure hope you shoot the 76 before you give it back to them!!!!

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I have a 1932 copy of the ideal handbook and I see they list 3 moulds for the 33. A 145 gn & a 195 gn flatbase, and a 195 gn gas check. Now, I kind of like the idea of a 145 gn bullet.....kind of an express bullet for the 33. The only moulds out there now are 200gn gaschecks. It seems to me a bu...

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Hi madman, I guess I should ask you to reread my post. I spent 4 years and OBTAINED my BS degree. I then spent 2 years in the masters program (I did not mention I got a masters degree...I did not finish). Health issues (ie: being hospitalized) forced my to quit before I could do my field thesis, the...

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Wow!!! Hang in there Travis....things will get better.

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Got my notice yesterday about my impending lay-off May 11, supposedly only temporary. The uniuon bashers should be happier than the gun-grabbers were when obama got elected. I guess you are right after all Travis, you ARE a better man than me . Maybe re-reading Hobies sticky about posting etiquette ...

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Travis, now why would you assume all that about me? I initially responded by defending myself but then decided to start over and just type this. You are 100% wrong about who paid for what in my life and how I got where I am. And you are defending that swapping out a faulty thermocouple on a stove is...

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