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Well done! That is a great photo.

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Fine article except the silly bit about only someone as skilled as Jerry Miculek being able to get 10 rounds off in 6 seconds with a semi-auto. In the Marines we had a closing drill, failure to stop on three targets advancing on you from 7 yards. I think it was around 2 seconds before they made it t...

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I live in the desert in WA, no trees for miles and I agree long shots are for the most part a myth. I've crawled for hours before to get up close to deer and other times just sat real still until they moved toward me. I was going to say I could see longer shots in the planes states but the above pos...

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My .30-40 multi ball is still all theory in my head at this point. But instead of 2 balls of buckshot I'm thinking of getting a swage from the guy mentioned in the attached link. I think with projectiles shown in the link you could stack 3 or more in the long neck of the Krag case, same might apply ...

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If I ever find myself with enough time I'd like to recreate the old riot control load for the .30-40 Krag.

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If the concern is just 'legal', then you could get around that by selling them the gun with first rights for buyback. Wont fly in Washington. They've made it illegal to sell/transfer a gun without going through an FFL and filling out the paperwork even temporally. Even still, the few people I'd be ...

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I like the Speer Plinkers in a .308 carbine for a barn yard load. The lead is so soft those bullets all but disintegrate nearly eliminating the chance for a ricochet (though not completely negating it). Havent gotten around to loading them in anything else but a .30-30 and a .30-40 are both on my sh...

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I'd like to say yes but I have to agree with COSteve. Here in Washington a law was recently passed making the loaning of firearms (even to extended family) all but illegal. Frankly I think it's stupid but it's the way things are now days.

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I wear Wranglers daily. I've found I get about a year out of a pair. When new they start out as one of the "nice" pair then after they age some (or I thrash my work jeans) they are moved I to the work category. Never tried the Duluth Jean's but their fire hose pants were garbage. Advertise...

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I only kill the rattlers around the house and yard. A shovel is my usual tool of choice but I'm not against using a bullet or CCI shotshells either. With kids, dogs and livestock around why take the chance one of them will get bit?

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And I didn't see a single tang sight in the bunch. I noticed that also. Kinda funny how we Americans put target sights on our military rifles and consider it normal but how often would you see target sights like those in the video on a lever gun over here? Tang sights aplenty on this side of the po...

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I'm curious. Please describe your Model 99. Is it a "safe queen," or have you owned too briefly to make the time to shoot it? Shooting off hand or most field positions my 1895 Winchesters (carbines so they have the forearm held on by a barrel band) are probably close enough I couldn't tel...

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From a levergun tyro; do these same methods/hints apply to other style leverguns, like a Browning BLR, Savage 99, or Winchester '95? I was under the impression these guns were as accurate as bolt guns (?)... Shooting off hand or most field positions my 1895 Winchesters (carbines so they have the fo...

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Never heard of that though these days I suppose anything is possible. Around here it's more likely to find the remains of an animal that was killed and butchered overnight. Used to be legal to hang rustlers...

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SSS. Best way of protecting livestock from predators.

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Finally had a couple hours to myself and got out with the new '73 today. I absolutely despise bead front sights and I've never been a big fan of buckhorn rear sights either (this one is due to get a reproduction silver rocky mountain front and a tang rear as replacements). Never the less without adj...

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That's a tough question with a lot of variables. I have old leverguns and old bolt guns that to my knowledge have never needed repair. But those guns were carried a lot and shot little I suspect. These days I usually carry one of four guns, a Ruger GSR in .308, a Winchester 94AE Trapper in 30-30, or...

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Thanks for the input everyone!

Pictures of the new lead dispenser at this link: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=72183

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Recently I asked a question about which caliber to get when I ordered one of the new Miroku 1873 Deluxe Sporting models. Here is the thread:https://www.levergunscommunity.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=71868 Finally was able to get pictures that at least attempted to do justice to this gun. Beautiful c...

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Carbide masonry bit, apply enough pressure its cutting but too much can break tooling. Use coolant.

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Well I was able to pick the new Miroku 1873 today. My first .44-40, I got the only box of Ultramax ammo they had. It might be the nicest Miroku I've got! I had time to work the action once (very slightly gritty) but as nice as my 1895's are I dont expect that to be any issue. Beautiful case coloring...

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Interesting way of doing a pole barn. Around here we always do trusses after the posts have been setting in the concrete over a weekend. Then we'd start on the walls. Looks good though!

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Not the oddest gun... but in the second battle for Fallujah in 2004 while clearing houses a friend of mine yelled at me to come look at what he found... Turned out to be a beautiful blued 2" Colt Python! I couldn't see a scratch on it anywhere. I wish I could have brought it home.

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If a situation came up while I was at home and I was sudden limited to one gun I figured out years ago id die in front of the safe trying to decide which gun to pick. I live in the desert, the pheasant population has been decimated since what was wrong when I was a small boy. Shotguns are little int...

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I'd second the recommendatio for Bowdrie. I'd also add Down the Long Hills (also a movie).

Guns of the Timberland was my favorite.

I enjoy his books but I also agree that his stories are repetitive in some ways.

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I looked into joining a club. It looks like a lot of fun! But in the end I talked myself out of it. I know me, sooner rather than later I'd want to try my new skill with live ammo and probably end up ventilating my boot!

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I went with Miroku simply because their 2018 Shot Show special was the closest thing I wanted as far as features without having to order custom stocks etc.

Thanks for the chart and all the info COSteve!

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Send it out west. We need it.

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http://www.purdygear.com/availablenow.html They are the second item listed on the "available now" page. I made a much simplified copy for myself out of .75" x 1.5" wood slats. I made each let 32" OAL which I quickly found out was too short. I'll try again someday but the nex...

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I bought a Sig P220ST back around 2003 and it quickly became my carry piece. I carried it IWB for years in various holsters. Shot the snot out of it during that time too. Doesn't have a blemish anywhere on it.

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I live in the desert so SS has never been important to me as far as resisting neglect/environment. I would like a nice 5.5" single action in SS with stag grips though, for some reason those look pretty slick to me.

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I have a wedding I have to attend that just happened to be scheduled for opening weekend :oops: So I'll probably end up taking my tired and true .30-06 only because my time will be short (if I do get to go at all). I finally found a load for my 1895 .30-40 so that's what I'd intended to use, I'll pr...

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Just a few weeks ago when I posed this these rifles were all over gunbroker and other places online. Last night I could find only ONE website with anything other than .38/.357 in stock, being as these are limited runs I figured I was SOL. Searched all over and found Buds had "less than 5 in sto...

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I doubt he'd be surprised since Hathcock did the same thing 50 years ago in Vietnam. The Browning .50 is an amazing machine. I'm glad I got the opportunities to shoot the ones that I did.

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I actually like using a shovel. Growing up an a ranch that was homesteaded pre-depression I was taught and knew most of the information in that link. I still have some of those shovels and it's astonishing the difference in quality in those old shovels compared to what you have to pick from now days...

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George Madis... Not sure why I didn't put that together, I have a few of his books. I occasionally talk to his son over on Facebook.

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Pepe Ray wrote: ↑Tue Nov 10, 2009 6:17 pm

Back in July of '04 Geo. Madis had some firearms stolen.

Pardon the ignorance but who is "Geo. Madis"?

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Ruger isn't even comparable to what this is. Freedom Arms Premier Grade start at $2800. I would be interested if it was offered in a different caliber. I only wish I bought a USFA when they were still in business. Plus a FA gun isn't stoned, you pay extra for that from them. And I too wish I'd have...

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The 44 WCF is more historically authentic although I can understand keeping things simple by adding another 45. Both should be reliable and one will plink and punch paper about as good as the other. I would slightly prefer the 45 for hunting, but either will do if not over extended. Get whichever y...

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I'm for the 44-40 based on it being an original chambering. The hard part would be figuring out which 1873 variation to go with since Miroku offers a few but I'd lean toward a SRC. The model would be as pictured. Deluxe Sporting! I already have better saddle guns should I ever get a chance to need ...

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Drill steel ya say, here`s the hand drill for that. I don`t use it often as ya can see by the dust but if i want to drill a hole through a saw blade she`s the one. :) https://i.imgur.com/GxUNuIAh.jpg That pump drill is neat, great work! I've got one of those hand crank drill presses out in my shed ...

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I'm surprised at how many more votes the .44-40 got over the .45 Colt. I thought I was set on the .45 but the more I thought about it I'm afraid I'd damage the gun. I really want to try some of the "midrange" 20,000psi loads from Brian Pierce with the 270 SAA bullet but that would be real ...

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JerryB wrote: ↑Tue Jul 31, 2018 5:00 pm How about the 38-40 round?????

They don't offer it in .38-40, just .357, .44-40 and .45 Colt. The .357 doesn't interest me in anything but double action revolvers so that's out.

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I've resisted getting a Uberti or Miroku 1873 until now but the latest offering by Winchester has my willpower down to all but nothing. But my question is what caliber should I get? .45 Colt or .44-40WCF? Use will mostly be occasional plinking, thinking about getting into cowboy action so it would b...

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T.R., Pete, I wish it were that easy in some of the terrain I have hunted. Our best trick getting out a big muley in the lava cliffs and canyons of eastern Oregon was to strap him into a heavy vinyl snow sled and drag him down and through the rock and sagebrush with ropes. It was not easy. Parts of...

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Interesting. In this thread I've seen two reported Miroku 1895 issues which are the first two issues I've heard about them. Not saying any company or design is perfect but going off my personal experience those two problem guns aren't ones I would have ever suspected. To my eye the count stands at: ...

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I have three 1895's by Miroku and have never had a problem with the rebound hammers on any of them. I researched pretty heavily in doing the conversion with Miroku/Browning parts to get rid of the rebound hammer feature and everyone I talked to had the same conclusion. It's simply not a few drop in ...

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I listen to them on my drive to work in the morning. Never for a second believed they were anything other than another leftist media outlet. But it's better than listening to the other stations talking about who's dating who or the best way to style your man bun for the summer.

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Here's the target from the previously reported on range session. It's hard to see but there are several different loads on that target. Just above the receiver you can barely see the pencil mark circling the best 4 round group I've fired from this rifle. The load shows promise but it's not quite &qu...

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I didn't really care for either movie. Bone Tomahawk was just kinda weird and not real "western" IMO. Hostles seemed like it was just another SJW story about how horrible the white man was/is toward natives.

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