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Just might be some happy .338 Fed people in the very near future....

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How much is enough?
How high is high?

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Iron sights.
Just sayin......
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Just sayin'......
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And there you go!

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Probably at least three a year.

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FOR NOW- only blued steel .410 levers. The All-Weather line is expanding into other calibers for 2017 & IF the .410 levers sell well enough, I'd say it could be a possibility to include those later on. Market acceptance will be a major determiner there, neither Winchester nor Marlin has been abl...

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Forgot: 24-inch .22s coming up.

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The single-shot rifles will initially be in 4 common calibers, as of right now. Could change, probably will. Hammer guns, like the shotguns. Iron sights. Rubber recoil pads. No external safety. Ejectors. The single-shot shotguns will be .410, 20, and 12. 12 will handle 3.5-inch shells. Removable Ful...

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Main barreled action's out drying off from the Gunscrubber spray-out. Hope to resume shooting by this weekend. Chamber looks fine, no visible leading or fouling build-up in the bore. Not going to clean the bore, gonna try to do the final accuracy testing with it un-cleaned through all 27,000 rounds....

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I'll keep advising, when I can get back to shooting it again.
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No, they're not new.
I recall reading about a couple as far back as 20+years.

Two reasons you don't see more privately-conducted ones is time & money.
They take up a lot of both.
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I've got a steel & a brass Henry .45-70 here, have not had time to do anything with 'em yet.
I would not be at all surprised to hear they actually do work.

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Not enough interest.

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There've been 10,000-rounders done on a couple pistols over the years by private individuals.
My only previous was 5300 through a Ruger LCR.
Next up will be a 5000-rounder through a Ruger American 9mm pistol, if I can get this Henry done.
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The AE has been such a reliable performer for me over the years that I consider it a dependable test standard. I can't recall any previous occasions where it's failed to extract in anything. Not the most accurate, but one of the most consistent. It's taking longer than anticipated to get the GB clea...

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Engrish Translation:

The iron-sighted version of the Henry Long Ranger should be out in early 2017.

And in no way is it a cross between a BLR & a 336.

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Should be coming out early 2017, for those who were waiting.

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There's a possibility on the website, after the dust settles.

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Fine with me, if anybody can handle the technical part.
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Thanks for posting those, Joe.
Aside from the 4 extraction failures during the last 1000 rounds, it was even running the action every bit as smoothly at the end as it was at the beginning, with all that gunk inside.
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Had to get those dirty pictures done before I cleaned anything. Ran out of time today, I'll try to blast out most of the goop & gunk tomorrow. Preliminary indications under a magnifying glass look like the extractor hook has worn on its inside hook engagement. Had to use a glass to see it, it's ...

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One NASTY dirty girl!
They're on the way.
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Working my way through the gun.
Somebody give me an email address to send a couple nasty dirty pictures to.

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That's a possibility, but I've not had problems with the AE elsewhere & over the years it's been a reliable performer in numerous guns for me.
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I'm trying.

I'm just slammed at the moment with tight deadlines on other things & have to sandwich the GB in when I can.
Hopefully I'll be able to get to it by Sunday.
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Pretty much.
The basic receivers start out the same.
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I use the same argument with Bubbles: I'm simple & reliable, what more could you ask for in a hubby?
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That's what I'm thinking.
I'll find out when I can get to it.
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Griff, You can still bow out gracefully & never own one. :) Although I don't consider the gun failed prematurely, or even at all, necessarily. Normally I'd never go more than a few hundred without cleaning, much less several thousand. RI, I wanted to keep going tonight, had 2500 rounds with me &...

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Dear Griff, I know you'll be delighted to hear that, after 21,000 rounds, the GB finally told me it needs attention. :) During another 1050 rounds through it tonight (total of 22,000+ now), I encountered the first extraction failure. Sprayed with Break Free, ran a couple hundred more, failed, spraye...

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Busy weekend, only able to get another thousand through the gun.
Total of 21,000 now.
GB's still chuggin' along.
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Yeah- ask him what broke.
I'd genuinely like to know.
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A year or two ago I finally reached a point where I felt comfortable with giving a Henry Evil Roy to a nephew. Last year when I did a head to head shoot-out between the Henry Youth & the Browning Micro .22 and the Henry far out-shot the Browning, I bought the Henry for personal use. The Browning...

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SHHHHH!!!!! Quiet on the "well-designed and manufactured" stuff. Griff's already going through enough anguish here..... :D I doubt the headspace will change, too, but one of the plant managers suggested they send a pair of gauges as an additional data point for the testing, so I said send ...

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As I've said- when the Henry rimfire levers first came out, I had my reservations. After working with several since, watching the forums, talking to my gunsmith, and noting whatever feedback I chanced across, it appeared the things were holding up. Still the comments about "cheap pot metal guns...

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So far it's holding up better than I am.
Wrist has been sore for the last week.
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As of an hour ago I'm calling a full 20,000 rounds through the GB, the original goal.

Nothing busted, nothing worn out, no problems attributable to the gun, just to ammo & operator error.

Still have not cleaned it.
Hope to start on the 5000 American Eagle tomorrow.
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I wouldn't mind carrying it further, but 25,000 was a pretty generous contribution to the cause & I'd hesitate to push for more. The 1500 from Brownells & 500 old stock of my own will have to do. :) Grand total of 27,000, when I get there, is more than most of these guns will get during an a...

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Reckon so.

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Oh hell yes, I'm documenting. :) Anthony provided the gun & the first 25,000 rounds, so he's very much aware of the project. I think he's kinda curious, too. One of the plant managers says he doesn't recall internal testing to this level during his tenure there. No idea how far the company's tak...

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18,000 rounds in, I'm thinking it's gonna be a while.
I had expected the O-ring to need replacing, and possibly the extractor.
Not yet.

Not even any sign of wear on the "brass" finish. That clearcoat's tough stuff.
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Now have 1998 rounds left of the original shipment of 20,000 rounds of Winchester's whitebox 333. The gun won't quit. Ran 2997 through it today. If the wrist recovers tomorrow hope to finish off the rest of the Winchester. Then start in on the 5000 American Eagle next week. The gun is still running ...

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Back in the Good Old Days, you could order all sorts of non-standard configurations from Winchester, and people often did.
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Normally.
Things are still shaking out with the new ownership.
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Have not got mine yet & too lazy to drive up to Cody today.
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Bennett.
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Oliver Winchester died in 1880, so I doubt he himself can be too vilified for the practice of buying up designs & not using 'em.
He was out of the picture by the time John Moses was building up sales to the company.
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Griff, Griff, Griff. Man, you GOTTA stop bottling all your feelings up inside. It ain't good for your blood pressure or your digestion & sooner or later it'll catch up to you. LET IT ALL OUT! Speak your mind. Express your true feelings. Relieve the pressure! You'll feel better if you do. :) Denis

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