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Mostly these come in with the tip of the firing pin broken off. The new pins are $15.00 from Brownell's.

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Pitchy will make his from walnut and rosewood I bet? I am making one today too.

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They are like a box of chocolate, from Whizzo Chocolate Co, open the box and you are going to puke. Crunchy Frog anyone!

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I just finished another conversion on an 1886 Winchester that a customer wanted to shoot. Once again the gun misfired about every 10 -15 rounds straight out of the box, light primer hits from the rebounding hammer system. I wrote Winchester about this when the guns first came out and was told that t...

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Until yo slug the barrel who knows? Then is it micro groove or ballard? I just finished a coversion with an old cut rifled barrel on a Marlin 336 and the bore went 307, for that tube we are starting at 310 sizing and may go to 311 depending on accuracy and leading at +2000 fps. If it is a modenr mic...

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I will be doing another one next week. When I convert I tig weld n a filler on the hammer to get rid of the gap and recut the safety notch deeper and then re harden the hammer. One again this NEW Winchester 1886 misfires about every 20 rounds r so and sufferes from weak primer hits. Groups string ba...

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It's 22 inches so it has been most likely bobbed, it's pitted and rough on the outside for $100??? I would say more like $50 on a good day. If I were going to rebarrel a Rossi I wouldn't start with trouble, go with a good barrel from the git go, the extra cost will be worth it in the end.

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They make the blued gun in a jr stock too.

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I sell quite a few of the Howa's and my personal varmit rig is built on a Howa. If you get a good one it will shoot like all get out right out of the box and a poor one will run about 1" groups till you lap the barrel and work with it a little. Triggers from the box range from 2 1/2 ot 3 1/2 po...

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My friend runs a gun library for Cabela's and the last batch of Marlin's they got were factory returns that had been re furbed. Cabela's had a deal to buy all the rebuilt returns to the factory at one time. TThe also bought a whole batch of stuff that was piled in the back room when marlin moved.

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I think what happens to any forum is this... You start out talking about Levergun, Lathes, or spinning wheels and so it goes for a whiile and soon the folks on the forum are like your friends. And soon you tell your FRIENDS about your other interests and they tell you about theirs and then someone e...

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410 my eye a full choke 410 averages .397 at the muzzle. This is under the heading of hold my beer and watch this.

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Go to cast Boolits and see the sticky on cutting dovetails by hand. I had to learn to do a perfect dovetail that way before i was allowed to use a machine.

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I bought one used about 30 years ago and have about wore it out. Thanks

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I quit using 3 in 1 after I tested it and found out how poor a gun oil it really is. CLP is my choice nbow as a rust preventitive and general gun oil. That said in the old days we used a lot of it and Grandma used it on the treadle sewing machine also. I still have a can of it in the old machine.

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When they first came out I got one for my buddy and this month I ceaned it for the first time. He has shot over 5000 rounds through it with no malfunction great accuracy and is well satisfied. My golden bow went through about 2000 rounds before a grandson got it and it is well over 4000 now. I have ...

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Sorry I don't have any way to post pictures I don't have any host? I can E mail photo's to anyone interested though..

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Yes parts are available and it's not a hard conversion to do. Replace the lever and replace the buttstock. I would start at Brownells and for the stock Boyd's.

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I am just finishing up a levergun for a friend today and I thought I would share it with the crew here. The gun started out life as a Marling 336 carbine made in about 1967 and it had a 20" micro groove barrel. My buddy is shooting cast and is shooting levergun sillouette so he wanted a differe...

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Steel shot will pattern best for the most part in what amounts to an I/C choke and sometimes quite well in a open bore. In most older shotguns with the tighter lead chokes even a modified choke will peen and bulge after a while and NEVER shoot steel n a full choke. When I open a choke for steel I st...

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Don't repeat DON"T try to BEND a Ruger front sight. They are silver brazed on and you will either break of crack the braze and sooner or later the sight comes off. Take the gun to a real gunsmith and have hiim turn the barrel.

"nuff said"

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Federal Law prohibits sharing that information, that is why you need to get seperate fingerprints for each thing you do, HHS, Bank work, truck driver ect. They are not suppose to keep the checks on file but use them and destroy. In addition each check must be timely so if you get an FFL today and ne...

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Seems like I remember an OLD Popular Mechanics 1930's circa having plans for a glider in it. Had a frame somewhat like that if I remember right. Should work.

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Boy does Marlin have a gun for you! I was a little confused by BOTH BARRELS, do you mean between the barrel and the mag tube? I wouldnt think there was room for any type of attaching screws between the tube and the barrel.

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I gave my wife a snow shovel for valentines day. I did tie a red rose to it and a valentines day balloon before i stuck it in a drift at the end of the drive last night. I wonder why the neighbors were taking pictures?

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Only if you like black or grey goobers in your stock.

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You pays your money and you takes your chances. Last ones i had got two in same day one big one right on.

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I have a number of 310 and old ideal tools in various calibers and have done a lot of reloading with them. I reloaded a box of 38 S and W at camp on time making the bullets in an Ideal fire ring on the wood stove in the camp. I think I did an article for the shootist on it. The ammo isn't resized in...

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Read old Elmer, he had pierced primers with black power in the Sharps, they had to remove a piece of primer from his eye. I have had pierced primers with IAB's and a trial load of FFG in a 45-90.

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I've used a Yaqui slide for years and love it.

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I just finished working on a Sharps and here's the skinny on Sharps firing pins. The originals were large in diameter and had a large firing pin hole and as they wore you would occasionally pierce a primer and the gas would leak back straight into your face along with various bits of primer. Thsi wa...

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The best part is if you search boolits you only go there.

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Generaly a ring that leaves you steering room back from the muzzle will still shoot pretty good but ruight under the front sight is probably not going to shoot very well. The only real answer is to shoot the gun. I had a Beretta 1934 with a ring mid point in the barrel. I couldn't find any new barre...

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Something I never understood. I run a gun shop now and NOBODY comes in and says,"hey gimme that old rusty one in the corner". I wonder if they were different in 1860? No don't gimme the NEW Remington gimme the old rusty one??? I guess if that is what you like but is still don't understand,...

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You can make claw mounts by starting with a Leupold front ring and welding on and filing in hooks. Remember that the original claw mounts were HIGH and set way up there so the butterknife bolt handle would clear. My gun had an adjustable cheekpiece that went up and down for irons or scope. I am curr...

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I carried an old M38 airweight for years in my coat pocket in the winter time and now mostly I carry a 642 as a spare in my front pants pocket. I tried and liked shooting a Taurus 651 CIA but it was too heavy for a second or third gun.

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22 lr rn lead went throught the back seat of a car and through the fat lady in the front seat and broke her bottle in the glovebox. The worst one I saw was a round that went through a fellows arm and into the house behind him, through the wall and right over a crib with sleeping infant, again a mere...

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On my M10 HB I milled off the front sight and milled a dovetail into the barrel and then put in a big white bead sight of the right height. Made shooting some easier for my old eyes.

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The Smith alloy 642 with the boot grip as supplied by MGE is the best I have seen, but remember the alloy is a bear to shoot with full loads..

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Our insurance mandates that EVERY prisoner in transport be handcuffed of no coverage. An unconsious DWI sooud asleep still gets handcuffed all the way to booking.

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IF the barrel was put in right the Norway Krag sould bear on bothe the locking and the safety lug. This is where the US Krag fell down as it bears on the locking lug only. When I rebarrel krags i normaly lap in the lugs for full contact on both lugs. A safety issue and I can't say for sure that it a...

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Sure glad I shoot mostly cast bullets!

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You don't need dies. I have an original Bridgport kit that my grandfather used and it is a primer punch a wad funnel a seating punch and some water glass in a jar. I don't use water glass I use Dapp. The box also had a wad punch in 11 gauge for the thinner brass shells. A powder scoop and you are go...

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In 1970 we got my Grandmother her first television. She was sitting in her rocking chair rocking and sewing and had the TV on, she said," boy if you close your eyes it's almost as good as radio". My wife and I were amazed at the 1/2 hour shows, we had never heard of them. Then I looked and...

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You will need to remove the tang safety and have the tang drilled and tapped. If it is as level as most you will also need to shim the sight to get the staff level. The last one I did I tig welded in the safety hole and leveled the tang and reblued the tang.

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IMR 3031 can be used to load from 1200 to 1900 FPS Same thing with IMR4895. These loads are in most of the loading manuals. In addition I have had pretty good luck with IMR 4064, but there is unburned powder.

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.223 ain't a deer round any more than a 22 lr is, regaurdless of who might have killed one with it.

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Every one I have ever had was ammo sensitive. Some of the later AR7 's by Charter made guns were not very reliable. I can't say i was very fond of the older peep sights either, they seemed to work loose. If you get a good one they woork for their intended purpose.

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This is somewhat surprising as I have ever in the last 10 years had a bad expirience with them. They evne have taken returns on defective items marked no return. I suppose everyone has a bad day sometime or the other.

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I prefer to put he gun in the vice on the drill press and put a properly fitted bit in the press. Pull down on the handle and turn the bit with a wrench. The kroil won't hurt either.

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