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jny, Great shooting! And a sweet little rifle. Does your gun have a plain trigger or a single-set? If that's the bullet I think it is, Lyman 457124, it's a dandy. I shoot it in my 200 meter chicken loads, and it's scary accurate -- when I hold and break well. Say 'hello' to Glenda for me, and ask he...

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Denis, I agree with your points. A minor clarification: when I mentioned the crossbolt safety I was referring to the Marlin. I had forgotten about the ones that Winchester once used on the Model 94. You mentioned tang sights. I grew up with receiver sights, and became fond of tang sights when I firs...

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Denis, To return briefly to your comment re: Winchester leverguns and SASS. I shoot at a fair number of cowby action matches, and I agree with you that 94's are not common. But the model 94 has never been accepted by CAS shooter, even sans rebounder and safety. The principal reason for this is that ...

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Denis,

I don't believe the 92's have angle ejection unless the newest crop has. I own two of recent production, and neither is angle eject. The 94's, however, definitely do.

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Bluster or not, it is much ado about very little as the rebounding hammer feature can be done away with very little effort and not much time. I understand that many shooters find the Winchester/Miroku safety features distasteful. And in a product-liability-lawyer-free world, I would happily do witho...

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You're welcome, JERR. And as my friend Griff noted, welcome to the Leverguns forum!

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JERR, According to John Campbell in his book The Winchester Single-Shot, Vol. 1, the Winchester close-coupled set trigger (the company simply referred to it as the set trigger) was first listed in the 1896 catalog. This likely applies to the model 1894, as well. Prior to this Winchester offered a si...

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You're certainly welcome, Lee. Here's hoping you get that old high wall back in action. BTW, some pics would be great.

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Lee, If you haven't settled on something yet, here's another option that I had forgotten about. Rocky Mountain Cartridge has .38-90 cases at $75 for 20. These are newly-manufactured, turned from bar stock. I'm not sure, but they may be properly head-stamped as well. Here'a a link: http://www.rockymo...

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I've had one of Dave Crossno's .22 adapter's for about 6 years, and I really like it. I bought mine directly from Dave; here's his contact information:

Dave Crossno Gun Stocks
23380 N. Anderson Road
Arcadia, Oklahoma 73007
Tel: (405) 396-8786
email: DIBBLEGUNS@juno.com

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I often shot with an older guy at a buffalo shoot in northern Pennsylvania who had a nice Winchester Single-shot in .38-90. A beautiful old rifle. At one of the matches he had a case head separation, and what remained of the case was forced forward into the rifling. He was able to remove it back at ...

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According to John Donnelly's 'Handloader's Manual of Cartridge Conversions' the .38-90 Win. Express can be made from .405 Winchester Basic (Bell) brass. F/L the .405 case and fireform. These cases aren't cheap, but they're about half of Buffalo Arms .38-90 brass. Here's a link: http://www.buffaloarm...

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Hey, Jack,

Quit rolling those dice! Glad you're unscathed!

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If you hate the thought of drilling your B-92, you can mount a short-based Marbles tang sight by using only the longer tang screw supplied with the sight. I have several rifles wearing such a Marbles sight sans the extra drilled hole. The single screw plus the radius of the sight base keep it in pla...

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Driftwood, My stance is 90 degrees to the target, and I shoot with a high elbow. With this style I've shot into Master Class in NRA BPCR silhouettes and into AAA Class in NRA levergun silhouettes. Each of us is unique in build, and each of us must develop a shooting style that he can be successful w...

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Some time in 1952 or early '53 circa serial number 1,800,000, the 94 carbine (the rfile had long since been discontinued) forearm was shortened from 9 1/8 inches to 7 7/8 inches. The location of the rear barrel band remained the same resulting in less of the forearm protruding forward of the barrel ...

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I love the look of a rifle with a crescent butt plate, but I'm far more comfortable shooting a gun with a shotgun butt. And it's not just a matter of recoil. Holding a rifle so that the crescent butt is placed on the shoulder joint puts the gun too far from my face. This, in turn, causes me to cock ...

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hfcable,

I've used foam instead of wood, and as you say it works, too. But for me, in combination with the recoil pad the foam feels a bit too squishy. Either with foam or wood, though, I like the extra length. So I use wooden fillers and a slip-on pad on light-recoiling guns also.

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This is what I do to tame crescent butt recoil. The hand-carved piece of hardwood and the velcro-on pad also lengthen the LOP which suits me better. This is on a Browning 1886, but I've made 'fillers' for some of my other guns as well.

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Here's a short but interesting video about the filming of True Grit on the Buena Vista ranch near Santa Fe:

http://www.koat.com/news/25760434/detail.html

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Big Bear, Both the standard and the improved Marbles sights are excellent and easy to use. I have more of them than I'd care to admit. I no longer own a Browning B-92, but I have Marbles sights on several Winchester/Miroku 1892's as well as other lever guns and single shot rifles. You won't be disap...

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My wife and I saw the movie today. We both thought it was great. Different from the original in many ways, of course, but just as interesting and exciting. I liked Jeff Bridges portrayal of Cogburn. Also, I was never a fan of Kim Darby, so I was pleased with Hailie Steinfeld's acting. I had posted e...

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The Internet Movie Data Base says it was filmed in Texas, near Austin, Blanco and Granger.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1403865/locations

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RKrodle,

I believe the matte-finished limited edition 1886's were made for Davidsons, an Arizona-based distributor, in 2006.

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kdsnodgrass,

NS is nickle steel, tougher than ordnance steel and therefore capable of withstanding higher pressures,

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Griff,

Thanks for the sentiment, and Happy Thanksgiving to you ,,, and to all levergunners!

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Winchesters -- the 86, 92, 94, 73, 95, and to my eye, the very best looking, though not a magazine gun, the Winchester Single-Shot (1885), the most elegant of the single-shot rifles.

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Hey, Griff, Weather aside, it was a pleasure to meet and shoot with you. We usually have some wind at Golden, but today was the worst I've tried to shoot in. Had we continued, those little .32-20 bullets might have been blown right back at us! Remember, weather permitting, we have three matches per ...

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Griff, You should be able to get your motor home into the range. Just inside the first gate is the clubhouse and clay target parking area. Then the silhouette range is through the second gate and down a 'wavy' road a hundred or so yards farther. There seems to be plenty of parking. Once you make the...

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My load is 18.5 grains of 5744 under the Lyman 311041. Good accuracy out to the 200 meter ram. Haven't had occasion to try it farther.

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Hi, Griff, Unless the weather goes to heck, there will be a pistol cartridge lever gun silhouette shoot tomorrow morning at the Golden Gun Club just east of Denver near Watkins. Set-up and practice will be at 9 o'clock with the match beginning at 10. Right now the forecast looks pretty good -- 50 de...

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Spectacular rifle, buckeyeshooter!

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Thanks, KirkD. I suspected that was the case. I have the 881 mould, but, truth to tell, I've not had much luck in the accuracy department with plain-base bullets in the Miroku 1886's (excepting the RCBS 325 grain.) And I should have the leade re-cut to a more shallow angle. I believe this would impr...

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Thanks, T.D.

Nice group, KirkD. Will your Saeco bullet feed from the magazine?

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As I mentioned the recoil is stout, but during my range session, I saved several rounds to shoot off-hand. And when I shot off my hind legs, the recoil was far more manageable. I've shot thousands of heavy .45-70 bullets in BPCR silhouette rifles, but these guns weigh 11 plus pounds. The Browning 18...

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I've been shooting Miroku 1886's, both Winchester and Browning, for about 12 years now, and the bullets that have shot best in my guns are the RCBS 300 and 405 grain gas check designs. These bullets are the same, just that the heavier bullet is, of course, longer. RCBS also makes the same design in ...

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geobru,

Try moving your tang sight up 3 to 3 1/2 turns. That should get you very close to zero at 200 yards.

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Jack,

What a great hunt! And plenty of tales for future camp fires. Imagine this, I seriously considered taking a ride up to Buffalo Park to see you guys -- until I saw the weather forecast. BTW, thanks for the early look at the pics.

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Thanks, Jack. Perhaps I'll get back to Ridgway for one of your shoots -- or for the Pa. State levergun silly-wet championship.

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Sixgun,

I located Buffalo Park on the map; I see it's northwest of Kremmling. Good luck and have a great time.

And, NO, you can't have my .38-55!

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Jack,

Ridgway is one of my favorite places to shoot. If I were back in Pa., I would surely be there. Have a great time!

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Jack,

Have a safe trip. And where are you camping?

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Don McDowell has a sound method. The first time I used turpentine, I couldn't believe how well it worked! Use repeatedly with a tight patch.

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J Miller,

Thanks for running this test. For a number of reasons, the plastic follower is an idea whose time should never have come!

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I shorten mag springs of my rifles by letting the spring hang out of the front end of the mag tube while loading one cartridge only. I vary the length of the spring until one cartridge will not slip reliably onto the carrier. Then I increase the amount of the spring in the tube by about two inches a...

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For nearly 18 years I lived 30 miles from Gettysburg. My wife and I visited many times. It is truly an awe-inspiring place.

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YK,

Careful of that drool; it'll rust your sight!

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Sixgun, I carved your name into the buttstock (under the butt plate) of that Browning '86 just to bring me good luck at the silhouette matches! ;>) Thanks for the heads-up about your coming to Colorado to snag my Winchester 1894; I need to hide that puppy. On the tang sights, I have MVA bases on sev...

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I have MVA vernier sights on both a Winchester/Miroku 1892 and a Browning/Miroku 1886 as well as several single-shot rifles. The 92 wears the Schuetzen (model 104) soule type and the 86 has a model 130, Sharps style. The accuracy and repeatability of these sights is second to none, and this sure bea...

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I'll second Longarm's recommendation of Cody Conager. He does top notch work and is a great guy. I first met him in 1998 when I started in CAS, and I've shot with him many times. Of course, now that I'm in Colorado, I rarely see him. But he's the man for gunsmithing!

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