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Yeah, does anyone do a make a trigger with the right angle extension incorporated or soldered/fit for "drop in fit" exuberance and joy? My 1906 '93 Marlin got one nicely done, sometime in the distant past. Directly behind the Garand receiver sight in the picture. http://i47.photobucket.com...

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None of the usual suspects list those as being in stock, but gunbroker.com occasionally has one for auction. An auction there for one recently closed at $60. . Now, if it was something like a ten round mag, not just the four round mag, I'd bite. Unfortunately the 4 round mag was the only one made f...

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After trying several powders, bullet hardnesses and holding my tongue just right; it looks like 15 gr SR4759 and a 260 gr fairly soft lead bullet traveling about 1310 fps, works pretty good. I just put on the Lyman 17 globe sight on my 1893 marlin 38-55; with a Lyman peep on the receiver. When I was...

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What bugs me is folks that talk about their "shotty" or "Glock Fotay" Makes me cringe, just like screeching fingernails across a blackboard used to; waaaay back when, in high school . I thought you used stone tablets when you were in high school. P Been so long ago, I think you ...

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What bugs me is folks that talk about their "shotty" or "Glock Fotay"
Makes me cringe, just like screeching fingernails across a blackboard used to; waaaay back when, in high school.

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Terry, Others have responded before and I will ask also. Turn off your Caps. Your posts are OK, but your lack of response to this Caps issue is not!!!! Now, If you do not know how, and I mean this with respect. Look over to the left of your key board. See the key marked Caps Lock - hit it once. It ...

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Not that I disagree,... because I really don't know of what you have mentioned. But, I remember when I had first asked about Trail Boss loadings,.... someone posted a pressure spike/cure chart for a few powders along with TB. The TB had the equivalent early spike comparable to BP pressure readings,...

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Part of the battle boys - there was another version of this that was voted out years ago. Liberal are stupid and they do things like this all the time in one way or another. But this place is headed for further bankruptcy - we'll see what happens. BTW the only alternative to arnie was a real left w...

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IIRC, It is or else will be being challenged in court by the NRA, Calif. Rifle & Pistol Assn. (CRPA) and the Calguns Foundation.

Here is what it is:
http://wiki.calgunsfoundation.org/index ... Ammunition

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A very sad loss. My wife is currently a 7 year lymphoma survivor and still looks gorgeous at 56. :D We hold our breath every three months while waiting for her latest blood test results. She always expects the worst. Tragically, it can rear it's ugly head at any moment and destroy a loved one's life...

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Cioppino w/ fresh Dungeness crab caught down the street in the bay, red snapper (rockfish), shrimp, clams and mussels in a tomato sauce w/ crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, clam juice, red wine, olive oil, minced garlic, onions, celery and carrot, basil, bay leaf. With pasta, toasty garlic bread, and ...

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w30wcf,
Thanks for the 4227 info!
I'll continue working my loads up some more, then.

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I am slowly working up loads for the little Marlin using IMR4227 and ACC5744. This is as far as I am, so far: Untrimmed cases, L.L.Alox outside lubed, heel based, cast lead, 90+ gr. 1.8 gr 5744 220fps 18" low @ 25 yrds :lol: I brought a borescope to check the bore after each shot if i didn't he...

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Prayers from the here on the West Coast.

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Yeah, that's right; he is a good friend now. Twelve years ago, when he was temporarily hired, I was assigned to train the "new guy". I reluctantly but cheerfully complied. During the first day of work, he exhibited many of the skills required for someone you'd feel good about; working in ...

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No luck this evening; but as we were walking back to where we started, at 100 yards away, a nice 4 point buck stood frozen for at least a couple of minutes while we watched it and talked to it . Out of season, of course, so no shots were taken. It was just like one of those classic broadside targets...

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A topic brought back from the grave; but it is almost Hollowe'en :shock: ; and I just got a call to go to the grazing area again! I told Jose (the host) that my rifles (Marlins, of course, ahem) are back to receiver peep sights again, and he said that was no problemo; 'cause he was spotting them in ...

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Jeff Quinn wrote:Mike,
Call me.

Hmmm
A GunBlast review in the works? I'd really look forward to that, as I do all GunBlast reviews!
Jeff, if you do a review, please include the J frame 642 and the N frame 629 Mountain Gun

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You say it works best with a flick of the wrist, yep.
I'd describe it as playing a castanet, like a Spanish dancer

In any case, not a heck of a lot of hand movement!

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Midway says it is available.
I use this mold for my .30 carbines:
http://www.midwayusa.com/viewProduct/?p ... ber=661909
Just use a rounded top punch.
It is just as accurate with my M1 Carbine and Marlin Levermatic as using the bullet pointed is.

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Getting an unique Marlin is fun!
Please share your range results and more about the correct sights.
I cast my own lead for the Marlin Levermatic- saves a ton of dough!
Now, after reading this, I'm going to have to pull mine out of the safe and pop off some tin cans. Yee-Hawww

Ray

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http://stevespages.com/marlin.html Be careful removing / reinstalling the trigger plate; it can crack(not metal.) Don't force it! I take out the trigger group and just hose it off with electronic parts cleaner spray that won't melt or soften up the plastic parts, let dry and lightly relube. A really...

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We are all with you, pardner.
God bless.

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The head of the Boy Scouts of America spoke with the Guv and explained that this would end all .22 competition for all the various youth groups here.
Did Austria have a Boy Scouts that Arnold may have joined?

And remember to call him because the antis have speed dial, too!

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I have found the larger weight Barnes TSXs to be too long. I just ordered some 250s, which should be quite sufficient for CA bucks. Heavier .45 cal bullets are overkill for 150 lb deer. I have killed all of mine with the 300 Barnes Original before the ban went into effect last year. Check out the d...

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Best wishes for a speedy recovery!

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71fan wrote:
I'm interested in your 310 gr. bullets - do you know the twist in the 1895?

I think the Marlin .40-65, .40-70 and .40-82 are all 1 in 20 twist.

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He did his own surfing and sky diving in the cult classic, "Point Break."
RIP

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The most depressing information I have so far is a Handloader article by Ken Chapman where he had a 0.412 bore '81 and found the only option was to ream the chamber neck :shock:, and made his own custom bullet molds. Cha-ching!! I'll go to BP or duplex loads before I go to that extreme. 71fan, Can ...

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.32 Long Colt rimfire and centerfire .32 Short Colt rimfire and centerfire '92 Marlin rifle with two firing pins available (rim and center) Uses a heel-based bullet or hollowbase. About 1/8" trimmed off the little Colt Long case if I want to cycle the ammo through the tube magazine successfully...

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I'm leaning toward the cooking bag or crockpot method with the crockpot offering the best taste for the least work (I'm lazy, sigh) Incorporating several ideas here; I might make a crockpot bbq shredded venison by cooking it with bacon in a wine (or cider vinegar) based cooking sauce with garlic, pe...

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I loaned a rifle case to a club member for a deer hunt up near Calistoga, CA; so he gave me a nice roast. I never cooked deer meat. He told me to soak it in milk overnight and then throw out the milk, and that is will be less gamey but still tough. Sounds appetizing.....................................

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I heard he played live concerts till the end of his life, at 94 years. His musical talent will forever eclipse many musicians, both alive and recently passed on (*Cough* Michael J. *Cough*) that we currently call "Number one." Heaven's jam sessions just got way better, with a Les Paul Guit...

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http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f179/otteray/Chapman/Dadinthe40s.png My dad started collecting Marlins, Winchesters and S&W way back in the prewar forties. His grand daughter prefers an AR 15 and Glocks; so I'll hang on to the Marlins and stuff for a few more decades. :mrgreen: http://i47.pho...

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The new breech bolt works great after a bit of fitting with a file.
There is no standard velocity available anywhere that I can find; so I stocked up on bricks of hs ammo (Federal bulk, Win Super-X) and now am good to go.

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A Marlin 1881 40-60. Very nice score, indeed. Congratulations on your new shooter!
Is the serial number below 600?

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Nope.
I'm going for pigs at Fort Hunter Liggett

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AJMD429 wrote:What cartridge...?

LOL That would help, huh? Sorry 'bout that!
It is a 45-70 Marlin Guide Gun with a ported barrel and Ballard rifling ( I assume) since it isn't microgrooved.

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darn lead free Condors. Saying that, I feel better: So, what I got are: Barnes 300 TSX Flat Nose (Copper) Powder Choices (what I have that are on Barnes' data): ACC 5744 IMR SR 4759 IMR 4227 Brass: Starline once (or twice) fired brass LR Primers I have: Win 8 1/2- 120 Primers Fed No. 215 Magnum Rifl...

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Works for 32 Long and Short Colt, too!
2.5 gr Unique, 90 gr cast lead @ 950-1000 fps, or thereabout.
That's a max load in my old Marlin '92

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Colt 44 Specials sure are something else. Here is a Prewar from the early part of the last century. My dad found it in a burnt out cabin in Apple Valley, CA or thereabouts while plinking there with his pal, Jim Bishop, some 70 years ago, so I was told. http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f179/otteray/...

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casastahle wrote:And Tuesday August 16th. 1977

"Elvis has left the stadium"

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My heart goes out for Farrah; both to her family and friends.
Michael J was a sad waste of humanity.

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I removed the Stack-On logo and applied a home-made self-adhesive label with a different (fake) logo and the words "Uninterrupted Power Supply" (UPS) and a bogus model number, with watts, amps, voltage, Temperature Rise data, UL approval, etc., to the cabinet door. All eyewash. I love it!...

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I've always enjoyed reading and re-reading old posts from Gatefeo, marlinman93 and 6pt-sika with their commentary on this fun and sometimes challenging to load old cartridge. Bernie Rowles at Old West Bullet Moulds made me a nice heel- based mold for both the long and short cartridge. The 90 grain b...

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Same thing that I want to know, here in lead free condor country. Barnes' website has 300 gr loads for the Ruger No.1 with IMR 4227 ( a powder that I have) that I simply want to know if that data can be used with the Marlin Guide Gun, with the staring load backed off a bit. The powders they do show...

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I changed the setting to subsilver and everything looks good again!
I'm using the Firefox browser.

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Same thing that I want to know, here in lead free condor country. Barnes' website has 300 gr loads for the Ruger No.1 with IMR 4227 ( a powder that I have) that I simply want to know if that data can be used with the Marlin Guide Gun, with the staring load backed off a bit. The powders they do show ...

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Anyone try the 180 gr .411" Barnes lead-free copper bullets on pigs here yet? I'm hoping to use the Marlin 1894S and a S&W Model 57. When I do a web search, I seem to get Paco's famous .41 Magnum cast bullet stories. http://calguns.net/calgunforum/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif That's lot's 'o...

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Mike is currently mixing the Bismuth with 1% -7% tin and testing each % out of a test barrel for bullet integrity and pressures. It's going to be early Nov probably before ammo/bullet are readily available but CA residents will be offered limited runs first out of necessity (probably around first w...

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