Nimble Fingers SASS# 25439

I do reload .44 spcl in a SDB, the length of the ream was the length of a .44 spcl cartridge, a .44-40 fired shell does expand but I don’t shoot .44-40’s in the rifle. The gun will go to my son with the rest of my collection and no there is no marking on the barrel to say it has been reamed. It will be treasured by him and his offspring and not sold to anyone else but if it were ever to be, it would be noted. Has the “collector’s” value been harmed, yes I am sure, but again I shoot it in .44 spcl so it is of little concern to me! I have survived Stage 4 Metastatic colon cancer and as a week ago my fourth cardiac issue and have five stints. I tell you this so you will understand at 71 my longevity is in question and that I will continue to satisfy my desires when it comes to participating in life. Hence the question of RULES as I was not aware of any that would prevent me from shooting the rifle should I start be active again at a local club match. So again I ask is there a new rule that would prevent me from shooting the rifle at a SASS affiliated club match? If not then I can choose to shoot it, if there is then I have other 92’s I can shoot then next time I participate. You will take note I didn’t say compete as I have never competed since I joined back in the early 2000’s. I enjoy walking healed and looking like John Wayne, and at one time the comrades that I shot with. I appreciate your learned opinions however I don’t need to abide by them if I am not breaking rules.

By they way I do have a Browning 92 & a Winchester 92 both in .44 mag that I also shoot .44 special in. So I obviously know the difference between those cartridges and .44-40 which I shoot in my 1860 Henry, 1866 and 1873 Winchesters also made by Miroku.

You did not read my post correctly! I never said I was firing .44 mag cartridges in the rifle, I fired cowboy .44 special in the rifle! I did mention it was the same barrel steel Miroku makes the .44 mag barrels they put on the Winchester 92’s. So Larsen NO ONE SAID I COULD SHOOT .44 MAGNUM CARTRIDGES OUT OF A REAMED .44-40 BARREL!! THE GUNSMITH SAID I COULD SHOOT .44 SPECIAL OUT OF IT!! SO PLEASE DONT RE-WRITE MY POST OR CAST ASPERSIONS AGAINST THE GUNSMITH I MENTIONED!

I agree, back when the 92 JW Commemorative came out I got it and was going to get a .44 mag replacement barrel for it to shoot .44 special and a well known cowboy gunsmith in West Palm Beach named Nelson asked me why I would replace the barrel when he could ream it to fit .44 special cartridges instead? And since it is the same steel that is used for the .44 mag rifle barrel there would be no issue. I have used it in many a shoot back then at my club and no one mentioned including Nelson that it was against any rules. So please Rooster let me know the rule(s) that prohibit it?

Thanks that would probably be a good guide to my 1876 as a minimum to expect. Thank you sir for that info.

Oh ok, $5,000 each. Good guess I guess but H.K. asked does anyone actually know which I was interpreting as has anyone actually had a gun restored and the details. So I misunderstood thinking you actually had a gun done and was answering his question. My mistake thinking you had some restoration done and giving a ball park amount not wanting to give the details or actual amount Turnbull charged you. Got it! Still looking for actual customer(s) that had some work by Turnbull done. Thx

Really? What gun did you have restored for 10,000? It must be a beauty! Would you mind posting some pictures? I would really enjoying seeing their work! Thx

WOW, lots of opinions but not the answer? How about if anyone has had work done and doesn’t mind sharing, could you tell us what you had done and about how much? I myself have an original 1876 Winchester rifle and an original 1887 Winchester shotgun and have thought about getting them redone an make them family heirlooms as YES I know they probably not be worth more than the refinish and probably less. But I am interested in ballpark so I know whether to call or not! Same as asking ballpark on firearm prices that we offer numbers on here?! Since I have been on here early where a lot of information was shared made the conversation fun! Seriously if you don’t want to be part of the conversation on this topic don’t post! I am sure that as busy I hear Turnbull is getting questions based on other clients’ experience will shorten the call and possibly not exceed the patience. Make sense?!?!

At 95, no cause of death. thanks for the great westerns you were a part of!

Thanks all, will remember YouTube from now on.

Anything new that we would like to see?? Can’t find the sites that use to show various guns. Thx

I like the Winchester 9422XTR I got my son at Bass Pro about 22 years ago FOR $299 on sale! Wish I had picked up one in .22mag too but money was tight back then. I have been looking at the Brownings recently as I believe they are very similar and cheaper than the Winchesters with “plain” wood instead of checkered. I saw that Winchester came out with a new .22 but have yet to see one in person, believe they are imported from Turkey but not sure. As anyone ever handled one of those?? Sorry forgot the name of them.

Everyday but Sunday would be a 4 screen B&W comic and Sunday it would be in color I think 10 screens. One of my favorite growing up!! Again I think they stopped in early 70’s if not earlier. Enjoy!!

Those remind me of Hipshot’s pistols in the comic strip Sheriff Rick O’Shay, that I would read in the Chicago Tribune during the ‘60s! He had tried the “new” 1873 Colts both they malfunctioned and he went back to his Navies! Great comic!

I have lucky finding Colt presentation cases for blackpowder pistols on EBay.

Only negotiate transactions thru SASS PMs!! Take it from someone who has been swindled. Going thru the PMs will at least prove the person is registered, no guarantees that the deal still couldn’t go south but at least you have a better chance tracking them thru SASS!

If you love Colts and can get a new production versus an original, doesn’t matter if you can use it for SASS. I got a new Python and a new King Cobra when I couldn’t afford the originals. I would consider it and if enough were made and bought, SASS could also come up with another category only for those.

That’s no fun!! I was hoping someone on this forum knew.

Was look at the ad for one on he Merchant forum and was wondering what the capacity of the rifle would be. I looked onto Taylor’s website, was surprised to see it is “made in the USA” and the saw the capacity with an 18” barrel of only 10 rounds? I was thinking it would be more like 14-15 rounds. I missed all the posts when this rifle came out so if someone address this my apologies up front. But I am amazed it is more as I am looking at a 9mm cartridge compared to a .44 special and it’s about half the size? So what am I missing, is the spring stiffer only letting 10 be loaded? Or is it an engineering design to meet the standardized 10 rounds per stage? Just curious, if it had a much higher capacity I might be interested as a defense rifle, but only 10 rounds…. thanks for the replies and info.

I have one of those for my P226 that works with all 3 calibers, 9, 40 & 357, very well. It locks the magazine in place and holds it while you are loading. I definitely recommend them.

Absolutely!! Brand new pistols at $599 I’m .44 mag/spcl is hard to beet. I thought Hertage also made a big frame revolver in .44mag for around that price as well.

Just a suggestion from a fellow cowboy who started with ,44 mag pistol and rifle to pair with my Colt New Frontier in .44 spcl. I looked up your new pistol and swing a price of $1,100 makes me think that you should look into used Ruger Vaqueros and Blackhawks on Gunbroker for a lot less usually half. Just a suggestion.

Wow, here we are going to differ! I like the Winchester logo on my lever actions, and if it comes with a lot of writing, it doesn’t bother me!! I have a lot of Winchester made in Japan as well as here and I love them. The only Italian one is the Navy Arms Henry .44-40, because I couldn’t afford the US made Henry, but if they would license to put the Winchester name on theirs, then I would sell the Navy Arms and some other of my firearms to buy one! But hey that’s me, and nothing against you for wanting an Italian. Pension instead.

Ahh, my mistake I don’t remember the restaurant from my times I visited Tombstone but that was back about 15 years ago. My bad!!

That’s funny all the Longhorns down here in South Florida don’t take reservations, they are too busy. Interesting. And yes I think that was rude as well not showing up but I also believe that there is something else to the story because no manager would put that many tables out of commission unless there were connections to the party. Not the whole story here I think.