Thanks, fellows Yes, the lever must be off of an 1886 if I was guessing and I am pretty sure it was rebored not rebarreled. I believe that was done more back then, then it is now days. They must have heated the tang and straightened it out to make the straight grip. The barrel band is heavy duty to ...

If I wanted a 358 I would do it if you have confidence that the end result will be a good shooting gun, that you will like. You will not find a 358 model 88 for 650 dollars, anywhere unless you are very lucky.

I am on AOL. I guess the only reason I got back with them is because I got 6 months free, and I have local numbers. I am on dialup and choices seem limited. I used to be on MSN.com but they finally got real slow so I quite them. I tried some others and they were slow. I don't know much about compute...

Well, I bid on it once just before Stockjocky outbid me. I have been wanting a Browning 71 for a long time, but it just seemed like I never took the plunge and bought one. I got cold feet on this one because of the recoil pad, although if the length of pull is correct, then it might be a good thing,...

I voted for Winchester, because I really love old Winchesters. Now, I am not knocking Marlins or Savages, They have all made great guns. I have never been a great fan of the Savage 99 but I do own one 99EG made around 1952 in 300 Savage and it is a fine shooter with a slick action, but being lefthan...

Remember the movie Last of the Moheckens, I think I first come up with that, trying to find a name for an old AOL username that didn't require some oddball combination of numbers and letters. So I though of that movie and tried that name and it worked. I have never had a problem anywhere with someon...