G-MAN
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I just pulled the trigger on a reproduction Winchester 1887.
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Here's what he said:Quote:I'm not the original owner. I bought it about 4 years ago. I have not shot it since I bought it. I did buy it from a dealer and he said it shot great. I have cycled ammo through it while hunting and it feeds well .I have not run any 44 specials through it. I do not have the owners manual or paperwork. I don't mind meeting at all but I do ask that you sign a firearms bill of sale, provide some ID and I will accept cash or a bank cashiers check.
Pablo,
I've got a firearms bill of sale that I drafted that I use when I do a private buy or sale of guns. Send me a PM if you're interested.
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Welcome aboard.
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Quote:The BuyNow! feature will also be disabled if the bidding exceeds the BuyNow! price.
I see that.
The BuyNow is also disabled once the reserve is met, which is what has happened on his auction. I bet you this gun winds up selling for more than the $575 BIN price.
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Interesting. Thanks.
Local guy:
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=206449740
Whatya think?
Looks good. Look how close the current bid is to what was the guy's BIN price. I've seen auctions like this wind up with a final bid well over what the BIN was.
I like to tinker, so I've been thinking about getting a new Rossi 92 for $375 and slicking it up myself.
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Went to the gun show in Greenville today. It was super crowded. Saw a lot of M1 Garands at reasonable prices. There was a Savage 99 collector there who had a lot (20-30) classic 95s and 99s on display. I was drooling. I love my 99.
Got to handle a few old Winchester 71s, 86s, 92s, and 94s. A few Browning Superposeds, some A5s, even a Double Auto. Prices were all over the place, but mostly too high.
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Pretty much yes, by the feel and look. Not a Marlin guy, had one in .30-30 - not my favorite gun (caliber fine, just was never comfortable with that rifle). Rossi is low cost, but kinda rough.
What are you thinking?
CDNN has new Winchester 92s in their current catalog. These are made by Mirkou just like the Browning versions.
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Does it have to be a Browning?
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This film clip is from the "Tales of the Gun" series. It's from the episode on Browning. It starts off with a guy shooting an antique (first model--look at the safety) Auto-5. Note the gun spitting fire out of the receiver everytime he fires it. It's clearly firing out of battery due to excessive wear on the locking bolt. Very unsafe and every shot is just increasing the wear and headspace problems.
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Is Unforgiven a true story?
No, I don't think so. But even in fiction, the screenwriter, producer, and director should get the historical details correct on the firearms.
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I watched Clint Eastwood's "Unforgiven" this afternoon. It's too bad Eastwood isn't a stickler for accuracy the way Tom Selleck is in his westerns. "Unforgiven" takes place in 1881, so why are some of the characters carrying Winchester 1892s? And why is one character complaining that the store won't sell them any more "30-30" shells when the 30 WCF (aka 30-30) wasn't introduced until 1895 for the Winchester 1894 lever action?
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Originally Posted By: G-MANI've never heard of or seen a revolver in 45-70.
Magnum Research makes one.
I meant from the 19th century.
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I've never heard of or seen a revolver in 45-70.
The 1876 was Winchester's first attempt at making a "big-bore" lever gun to shoot true rifle cartridges. The toggle-link action still wasn't strong enough to handle the 45-70, however. And when Marlin came out with his big 1881 model chambered in 45-70 it left Winchester scrambling. It wasn't until they bought the rights to John Browning's prototype lever action that they had a truly "modern" and state of the art lever action that could easily handle any of the big-bore rifle cartridges. Browning's design became the Winchester 1886.
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The movie is "Crossfire Trail" and the gun is the Winchester 1876 "Centennial Model," saddle ring carbine.
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Not the 1886 in 50-110 from "Monty Walsh."
I'm not sure what the period setting for Monty Walsh is, but an 1886 in 50-110 may be an anachronism for that film. This cartridge wasn't introduced until 1899.
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Tom Selleck has starred in two movie where the rifles he used were almost characters of the stories in and of themselves. Both were engraved with the initials of their owners. One was the Sharps in "Quigley Down Under." The other was a lever action. Name that rifle and the movie.
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Hey BIU what's the recoil of the .357 Sig like in this platform? I can get a barrel for $105!
Hickok just did a video on that!
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Very nice. Congrats.
Hickok shoots nothing but reloads in his Glocks. As long as your buddy knows what he's doing I wouldn't have any problems with shooting his reloads.
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Very cool.
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You cheated, Wayne.
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True or false: The 30 WCF, also known as the 30-30 Winchester, was introduced in the Winchester 1894 and was originally a black powder cartridge with the 30-30 denoting "30 caliber and 30 grains of black powder."
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Rode up to eastern TN today and visited with JayPee and his wife. Here's a pic of me holding my 1895 and JayPee with his custom 6.5 Whitworth Mauser that he did the stock on himself. That is one gorgeous gun.
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Have you had a chance to shoot it yet?
Not yet. I was going to the range on Tuesday but it rained all day. Have to wait until next week.
Looking for a Browning B-92
in Lever Action Rifles
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Well, if I had an extra $28K lying around, I'd pick up an exact reproduction of TR's 1876.