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T'weren't one of those featured in the Quigley Down Under movie - Or, Am I thinkin' of another Tom Selleck movie ?
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I think you're thinking of "Crossfire Trail" another excellent Tom Selleck flick.
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That's a very nice looking carbine, typical of a quality Uberti product. I've been interested in seeing one of those in person but it hasn't happened yet.
I'm curious as to how much the barrel heats up after firing a magazine full of ammo. I had a Winchester 94 Musket in .30-30 that would heat up within three or four rounds and accuracy went south in a hurry! I sure do like the look of that full stock!
SHASTA
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Shasta wrote:That's a very nice looking carbine, typical of a quality Uberti product. I've been interested in seeing one of those in person but it hasn't happened yet.
I'm curious as to how much the barrel heats up after firing a magazine full of ammo. I had a Winchester 94 Musket in .30-30 that would heat up within three or four rounds and accuracy went south in a hurry! I sure do like the look of that full stock!
SHASTA
It REALLY heats up with BP or Pyrodex!
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Hobie
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Guys, this carbine version of the 76 is the one adopted by the North West Mounted Police in 1878 -- in .45-75 -- and kept in service until 1914, by which time the NWMP had become the Royal North West Mounted Police thanks to their outstanding service in the Second Boer War.
Hobie, I can't thank you enough for your outstanding blog on loading the .45-75 for these rifles.
With all that wood out front, you should name it Big Nose Kate. Still, it has a very distinctive and not unattractive look. Now I'm wondering why no one ever made one with a full length fore end, give a very European look.
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When I read the heading I wondered why would you be gunning for Hobie!!!
The local Fort Calgary museum has some on display. I'm taking the girls down soon and will shoot you guys some pictures. It is a decent replica of the early fort. Its main mission in the beginning was to keep whiskey peddlars from Montana in check. It is the gun that tamed our western territories.
[quote="Canuck Bob"]When I read the heading I wondered why would you be gunning for Hobie!!!
30/30 Winchester: Not accurate enough fer varmints, barely adequate for small deer; BUT In a 10" to 14" barrelled pistol; is good for moose/elk to 200 yards; ground squirrels to 300 metres
250 Savage... its what the 223 wishes it could be...!
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Bill in Oregon wrote:Bob: Yeah, I heard the early N.W.M.P. had a priority list and at the top was to find and shutter "Fort Whoop-up."
There might have been some of their own interests involved.as well. The NWMP did take a dim view of whiskey to the Indians. We had strict rules discriminating toward the native folks well into the 20th century barring them from drinking in hotels. In my youth only hotels were licensed to serve alcohol usually and there was two sides. One for gents only and one for ladies and escorts.
In reality there were lots of cross border traffic then. My grandfather may have been an American and one of my uncles was a Yank and served with Patton's army in WW2 even though he was raised and homesteaded in northern Alberta.
An American named John Ware is famous among oldtimers here in Alberta. He was an African American slave who was from South Carolina and ended up on a cattle drive to Montana after the civil war. He trailed some cattle to Alberta and never left. Some old cowboys considered him one of the best, if not the best, horseman in the glory days of our ranching days. Here is a link regarding him and his cabin considered by me a national treasure.