Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967
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Could it be a .38-55? That'd be WAY cool, too.
Do you have a cartridge you could test with? If not, try slipping a .30-30 shell into the chamber, just to see if the base seems to fit. Might be an indication; as that's the "parent case" for the .38-55, it could point you in that direction.
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Dang you, Ornery!! 😄
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Marshal, if you can find a copy, I recommend his autobiography "At Ease: Stories I tell to friends." Published over fifty years ago, but a good read!
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5 hours ago, Sedalia Dave said:
Finally found the sight when I was looking for something else.
It is a Redfield Model 70. Unfortunately is came off a Marlin 36A-DL so I'm almost positive it will not fit your Winchester 94
Well Dave, I do appreciate your keeping me in mind and looking!
I'll keep on the search ~ they're out there. I did just score a cool sight on Ebay for a 1926 Savage!
I had two of these Savages; a 1926 in .250 Savage (.250-3000) and the slightly heavier 1926 version in .300 Savage. I passed the .250 on to my son several years ago, and intend to get the .300 up and running in the foreseeable future. Sweet li'l rifles, they look like a baby Springfield. The 1920 is under six lbs, and generally had one of three possible sight configurations: the typical barrel mounted semi-buckhorn, the super sweet Lyman 54 bolt tailpiece mount, or a Marble's S20 receiver sight.
The .300 has the base for the tailpiece Lyman, but is missing the slide. The .250 I gave the Kid has the Marble's; I always did like it. So, replacement slides for the Lyman are non-existent, and the whole sights are quite dear - like three hundred bucks or so. But I did find a Marbles!
Savage Model 20 with Lyman 54 bolt sight
Savage Model 20 with Marble's S20 Sight
The Rifle
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Dang... I expected to see a story about some miscreant clocked at 170 mph, creating highway mayhem. 😯
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Pursuing the coveted MRS degree...?
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Well, it was still fun. BUT! They better be coming toward or going away; trying to figure out the lead on crossing shots with that fast steel is a booger. And we tried to keep shots within 25 yards - much beyond that and they might shed a feather or two as they cut in the afterburners.
Sassparilla expended an entire box of W-W 1 1/8 oz #6 steel through his "new" Mossberg without a single bird; he then switched to his CZ Woodcock and W-W 1 oz #7's and he started 'em. I was doing well enough with my Beretta AL-2. I used that same gun when I started shooting doves on that ranch back in '71 or '72... the first time was as a "blind dates," me with Hank's cousin Connie, and Hank with a friend of hers. The girls got to be our bird dogs; I do not think they were overly impressed. 😆
Neither of us ever had a follow-up date; at least Connie is still civil whenever I see her at weddings or funerals.
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Steel. Shot. Sucks.
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In california we are required by law to use lead-free ammunition for hunting (and likely to soon apply to target shooting as well).
Now, non-lead ammunition is lacking in a couple of aspects - it's lighter, harder, and tends to be less efficacious than lead on game. Also, as it is lighter, bullets tend to be longer and therefore less accurate when fired from slower-twist barrels designed for lead based bullets. Like almost every rifle I own.
When I was a youngster I had excellent vision (20 10). But now that I'm in my seventies and starting cataracts, not so much. So, I decided to put a scope back on my old Marlin .30-30. It actually came with a Marlin-labeled scope when I bought it back in '71, but I quickly replaced that scope with a sweet Lyman receiver sight and Marble's Sheard front sight - they served well for many decades. But it's time; last week I mounted an old Weaver K2.5 on the carbine.
Sighted it in yesterday at a hundred yards. With the Nosler "E-Tip 30-30" bullets costing about $2.00 apiece*, I didn't want to bury too many of 'em into the berm. Three shots to get on paper; then these four. Done.
I think it'll definitely shoot with "minute of deer" accuracy.
*Yikes!! Up to eighty bucks for a box of fifty, plus sales tax, plus california's new 11% BS tax...!
Nosler 150gr E-Tip 30-30 ~ righty purty!
The target ~ with scope adjustments after each shot
The ad that "sold" me on the Marlin fifty-three years ago, what it looked like when I bought it... and the rifle today with the replacement scope.
I really like this reticle!
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When Sassparilla Kid was just that - a kid - I once delivered him and his ma to the aeropuerto for a trip to visit relatives on the east coast.
This was back in the days when you could actually accompany people to the gate ~ and the last passenger to board the "little" commuter plane to Los Angeles was Richard Kiel ("Jaws" from the James Bond movies). At 7' 2" he was two whole inches shorter than Andre the Giant.
Nevertheless, the Kid and his ma described the seating adjustments as "airplane Tetris;" but they got him in.
Also described as a very kind and gentle soul.
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That reminds me of the time back in 1972 or '73 when I took my old Stevens 5100 doube to a smith to have the chokes changed from F/M to M/IC. Simple enough procedure.
When I went to pick it up, he flat refused to release it to me. "I cannot legally release your gun to you without recording the serial number. It doesn't have a serial number, so you can't have it."
Well, we had rather spirited discussion about that. Finally resolved it by allowing him to stamp my birthdate onto the "water table." He recorded that in his "books," and I got my gun back.
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Ornery, are they gonna bore and sleeve it, or bore and re-rifle? Who's gonna do the work for you?
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The "Slap" thread kindled some ancient memories of dumb stuff we did as kids....
Anyone remember "Mumblety-Peg?" Or the "Stretch" variant?
Played on the playground during recess...?
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7 minutes ago, Eyesa Horg said:
I guess when they said "it's after 5 somewhere", they were referring to AM as compared to PM today. Myself, I'm not real into a beer for breakfast, especially with pudding!
I dunno... it worked for Johnny Cash....
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When Tide Pod eaters survive to become adults.
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9 hours ago, Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 said:
I still have Dads old RCBS press , set up for the 5/8 in dies , It has not been on the bench in at least 20 years
funny note , I still have his Lyman turret press (small die) , on the bench , I can not recall the last time it was used for any thing
CB
Bill, does it look like this one?
The Kid has his set up on a "Hazard Fraught" (Harbor Freight) grinder stand. Handy and portable!
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No, thank you. If I had to navigate that on the stairs at home I'd never make it to bed!
Now... back in my younger day... with a bit o' whiskey behind the buckle ~ no prob!
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Kewlest~!!
I just might have to get myself one.
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