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I don't know what all y'all are complaining about, at least your snakes tell you where they are before they bite you. Here in Australia they don't make a sound and they are all protected by the government. We don't know they're there until they bite us on the butt ( that allies to both, the snakes ...

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I'm so sorry for your loss. Blessings for you and your family. I lost my father 34 years ago and while his physical presence is still sorely missed, I feel he is with me always. Rest assured he is with you too.

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I'd say generally no. Any of these especially early "Post 64" (actually more accuraytely post 63) era are hit and miss, mostly miss. But as the previous poster shows, you can luck onto a good one. Must be a special (birth?) Year for you - whatever, pursue the search for what you want. The ...

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Outstanding - and still sharp as a tack! Thanks for the post. Bless them all who served in all these wars - and during "peacetime" as well. +1 I hope more can get heir experiences recorded before it's too late. So many, perhaps understandably, have been reticent to speak about their experi...

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Congratulations, great gun!

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Another +1 for a nice HD piece. Would turn an otherwise 8 shot shorty 16" 92 trapper into at least a 10 if not 11 shot - .44 Sp ballistics at close range - sounds good to me. What's not to like? I've got a .44 Mag trapper with nine .44 Specials in it basically same function (w/ mags at the camp...

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IIRC some of the Spanish El Tigre 92s or South American 92s that found their way to police use down yonder were chambered in ACP. I remember seeing a few so stamped at a pawn shop in Phoenix (sadly gone) that used to occasionally have some interesting old levers.

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Uberti also makes a .44 Special-specific '73 - through Cimarron (and maybe Taylors?)--but not just via "Uberti." (Ditto their SAAs, same dynamic). A friend has a Cimarron 1873 SRC .44 Sp in their "original" (antiqued) finish and it's great.

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Looks like false alarm - contact with Marlin de-confirms - no such animal and all other cal. 1894s suspended til 2014.

The person I talked with said they wish they'd re-intro the .32 as they get a lot of calls on. This was not a techie so I did not get into the .327 argument.

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Interesting http://www.marlinfirearms.com/Firearms/Cowboy/1894_32Magnum.asp EDIT - false alarm - call to Marlin de-confirms - no such animal, and all other cal 1894s suspended til 2014. The person I talked with said they wish they'd re-intro the .32 as they get a lot of calls on. This was not a tech...

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Joe, this is rough - my thoughts with you for a speedy(er) recovery!!

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Sounds like a darn good excuse for an extended road trip!

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Prayers definitely sent

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The 94 AE in Return to Lonesome Dove is the worst I've heard to date--really no excuse with some 3 million Pre 64s out there for at least a little better fakery, not to mention a gazillion Rossi 92s--not even getting into the more period correct Ubertis. The 94AE story even beats the whiteline-butt ...

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Definitely prayers up for the both of you! Elaine, give Joe my best!

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Yet another for Merrell - ventilators summer, trio of their "Jungle mocs" in black, dark brown and nubuck rest of year (I imagine fine anyway for the northern 1/3 of country in summer or anywhere indoors air conditioned). They come in two sole types - one a simple waffle grid, the other wi...

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The Big Valley was one of the worst "offenders" with the Marlins which predominated on many episodes. Why is that any worse than the misplaced 92s and some Win 94s? The overtly modern white line flat shotgun-style butt plates and front barrel band located further off the muzzle than 19th C...

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I'm ordering it. 1st, it's a western... Nuff said :) I'm pretty easy about westerns. Open country, cowboys, cowgirls ( :) ), horses, guns, good guys, bad guys, struggle, victory, hardship, redemption. Usually any mix involving a few to several of those and I'm in. Some are real disappointments thou...

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I'd still like to see it - I grew up also on Clayton Moore and much of this was shot where I've got family in NE Arizona/NW New Mexico. Sounds like I'd maybe better hurry before it leaves a theatre near me soon! I also just read it's tanked at the box office - especially versus its production budget...

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Hey, it's not just in the movies and on TV, but "real" life too. I know first hand - as a kid being Sgt Saunders, I can personally vouche my Thompson's mag held at least 250, and a buddy's Garand at least 100 before he loudly pronounced "ca-ching"

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I'm going on 33rd year--no repairs--of my dishwasher (GE) and same years on my no-problem Frigidaire refrigerator. (Also on 33rd year of house's original A/C I am told finally this year will probably have to address). In contrast, my brother had less than one year befpre his newfangled dishwasher pe...

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Mescalero wrote:Wow!
Was it 23 years ago ???

Think so - as of last Wednesday I think.

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I've now been through 47 Phoenix summers. Each year I forget "how bad" and am surprised (??) Very odd how we're all hoping for a mere 105-108 --aka "normal"--like it'd be a cold wave! But you can tell the difference. 110 is one threshold (merely really hot) 115 the next (sizzling...

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The man with no name had a 5.5 in two out of three Spaghettis and in several others - good enough for me :). I've gone one real Colt and a Cim P in 5.5, and USFA in 4.75 - I've always leaned toward 5.5s but like both lengths for their own reasons but being big bores (.44s - ok .429) they all balance...

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Dark day here in Arizona and I know elsewhere. Entire (19 of 20) elite hotshot crew lost - they'd had been instrumnental in snuffing the bad but unrelated Prescott Granite Mountain (of their group's same name) fire just a week earlier. They'd also been fighting a fire in NM. Like a lot of other area...

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Other than the above changes mentioned, variants were few. The long wood ended during the 51 production; most 51s are the shorter wood but many of the earlier forends made it through that year. Post War through 63 represented a significant slimming down of the 94 line compared to Pre War. Virtually ...

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Great on the meaning of it and a bummer on the commercialization of it.----------6 To Sixgun's point, it also means it's only about 6 weeks--if that--til the likes of Costco and Wallyworld start stocking shelves of Christmas stuff. Good grief. I like (love) Christmas as much as most (?), including ...

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CAPT. ERNEST McSORLEY. WAS IN HIS HOME ONE TIME. ALSO MET GORDON LIGHTFOOT UP IN ONTARIO ABOUT THREE YEARS AFTER THE FITZ WENT DOWN. OH BOY, WAS HE A CRABBY SNIPPY BASTARD ! SOME FOLKS WHO MAKE A LIVING THAT WAY ACTUALLY THINK THEY ARE IMPORTENT IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS, I GUESS. The Captain or Gord...

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My thoughta and prayers sent as well.

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Nicest Winchester I owned or shot was my 94 XTR 7-30 Waters. Made in mid 80's I reckon. Beautiful rifle, shot inch groups give or take, balanced perfect with the 24" barrel. Probably THE rifle I wish I had back. Needed money and had to sell it. My dads old pre WWII is sure a great rifle but is...

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I liked the "biggest feet" answer.

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Way to go Oly - beautiful!

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All of the above, I've had a runt too - great dog. Definitely the best often are overlooked. Also had a 5 month old springer pick us...while his brother--I'll call him Spike after Snoopy's sibling, as it fit!--paid no attention to us, too busy running around the yard chasing butterflies! I'm sure he...

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I've been in that area quite a lot in years past (inlcuding sleeping on the ground a lot), I didnt realize the snakes there were Mojaves, I thought they were ordinary diamondbacks. I don't know how many I killed years ago, but I certainly had, and have, no regrets for doing so. I used to think the ...

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gak, You're right of course. What I was attempting to get across, and maybe went a bit overboard, is; if you run across a nice, well-put together post '64, don't be afraid to buy it. I have found them to be excellent bargains. Griff, 10-4. I think there are plenty of good ones to be had--or made!--...

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"...cool, cloudy weather for a good part of the year" sounds pretty darn good about now!!
Don't know if I ever really had a bad meal in SF. At least it used to be said that there, like NYC and New Orleans especially, if bad they don't last.

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Prayers adjusted and re-sent for her. I love animals and the animal world in all (most of) its diversity and understand roles, but I wouldn't shed tears over a well executed Mohave (and D-back for that matter) eradication program, "replacing" with more Bulls and Cal Kings. I know that'd st...

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. An awful lot of the pre-/post- stuff is sheer elitist in nature. I have an almost equal number pre- and post-'64 Winchester 94s. Both have their great points and not-so-great points. The pre-64s have history and forged receivers on their side. But, sometimes that means they have age and have expe...

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Couldn't edit my post off my mobile...but, speaking of dogs, I have none in this fight - just an example of training.
http://snake-avoidance.com/

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...And snake training your dog (shock collar). I've heard there are still a few around that do that though it's been years. Had one of my springers done but we never ran across a rattler with him so fortunately never needed to test effectiveness (or maybe that meant successful!). I always seemed to ...

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I do believe that year(s) of manufacture can matter greatly. "Post 64" is usually, if informally, used to describe 94s (in this case) up to/through about 1981 or pre USRAC take over from "Winchester." So, of these "Winchesters" I believe by the late 70's they had finall...

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Good looking dog! Reminds me of a longer legged field Springer.

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Prayers done. Am very familiar with. Most dangerous no-legged in North America. A step beyond the western and eastern diamondbacks which are nasty enough. Btw, where is this? Az or California? Cornville, AZ.....Beautiful country...Just a little north of Mescalero's claim.... Ninety minutes north of...

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Griff did a great sum up. If your focus is more to huntin' and woodsin' I'd say a 20" 92 carbine (round barrel) in .44 Mag. While Uberti eventually chambered the '73 in .44 Mag two (?) years ago and some users claim there is no untoward stretching, etc, problems as many feared, I would guess th...

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Prayers done. Am very familiar with. Most dangerous no-legged in North America. A step beyond the western and eastern diamondbacks which are nasty enough.
Btw, where is this? Az or California?

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Same here - after a few good dys, about four tries today to log on and at least an equal number to post (an earlier entry). Other websites a bit slow but nothing like this. And it's been inconsistent today. Posting this. A bit slow but otherwise no problem.

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Cowboy Dies Causing Problem I first thought of probate problems.....Who gets the horse.... :oops: :oops: My first thought also - I guess we think alike. Never been so frightened in my life. Add me to the list :D :D :D And here I thought what problem could a dead cowboy cause? +1 same here! :) :)

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Bon Voyage! Have a great trio - we'll soldier on living vicariously off your travel tales!
And - oh heah, took four tries to get on board today

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Just saw a Rifleman where Lucas mowed down three escaped convicts in the toolies and very likely left behind three perfectly good Model 92s with the bodies. Often wondered why he too didn't have quite the collection of nice levers and Colts from his many "efforts" :) His fancy 92 must've b...

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Yes great photo. What finish is that? Worn blue or nickel?

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