Guns

[gomez308]

The 1st is a Marlin 1895 Cowboy that I restocked. Real nice shooting gun in 45/70. This was my 1st attempt at this kind of work. I started with a stock blank that was 90% inletted. I spent many hours behind the file and sandpaper. I removed much wood from the forend to give it a more classic appearance

The 2nd is a Ruger No 1 that was completely reworked by my brother. Originally a 45/70 also the new barrel is chambered in 30 wcf. The stock was refit and refinished. The action smoothed out and color case hardened. He made a new rib to fit the contour of the bigger barrel. He also did all the engraving and gold work.

Thanks for looking,

Mitch

[Blue Jays]

Love that color case hardening on long guns.

[Too Tall]

I'm crazy about the Marlin. Let me know if it needs a caretaker ;)

[Michael White]

I had a Ruger no. 3 in 45-70 for a long time. That caliber is a lot of fun to shoot, but I guess I didn't find it all that practical in daily life, except for the Jeremiah Johnson fantasies.

[RickM]

I had a Ruger no. 3 in 45-70 for a long time. That caliber is a lot of fun to shoot, but I guess I didn't find it all that practical in daily life, except for the Jeremiah Johnson fantasies.

Under 250 yards it's a great North American large game caliber. The modern loadings for it are top-shelf. Lot to be said for a lever gun...rugged, simple, accurate enough. Lots of fancy rifles and exotic flat-shooting calibers around but I suspect more deer are still put on the table with a lever-action in 30/30 or .35 Remington the anything else except maybe slugs.

My favorite lever gun that my family has....one of the old rotary-magazine Savages chambered in .250 Savage. A great "working gun" for varmints and deer, and the .250 Savage is a pretty hot round for a lever gun.

[justinf]

My favorite rifle right now is the Remington 5R milspec in .308. It's just a beast. I may be a 250yd shooter, but it's apparently a 1000yd gun in capable hands.

[RickM]

My favorite rifle right now is the Remington 5R milspec in .308. It's just a beast. I may be a 250yd shooter, but it's apparently a 1000yd gun in capable hands.

Well, yeah..isn't it a civilian version of the famed model 700 sniper rifle? That gun has put more bullets right thru the teeth of bad guys from a mile away then anything else out there.

[Jason Musgrave]

My favorite rifle right now is the Remington 5R milspec in .308. It's just a beast. I may be a 250yd shooter, but it's apparently a 1000yd gun in capable hands.

Geez brother - that thing...heavy hittin' tack-driver!

What's your 10/22 spec?

I'm thinkin' mine will be something like: Green Mountain barrel, B&C stock, reworked factory trigger group by "ttshooter," radiused bolt, etc, etc. Still haven't figured out glass yet...nor where I can keep it since I live on a school campus.

[Too Tall]

To tell you the truth I've been slowing looking for a winchester 1906 (take down) for plinking. For many yrs. I shot .22 after school twice a week and in boy scouts had access to a 1906. What an awesome fun gun.

[Dave Thompson]

To tell you the truth I've been slowing looking for a winchester 1906 (take down) for plinking. For many yrs. I shot .22 after school twice a week and in boy scouts had access to a 1906. What an awesome fun gun.

A Winchester 62A is a fun plinker take-down rifle. I still have mine that was given to me on my twelfth birthday (about a 100 years ago!)

[Too Tall]

A Winchester 62A is a fun plinker take-down rifle. I still have mine that was given to me on my twelfth birthday (about a 100 years ago!)

Neat. Think I'd be happy with that? I might change directions. I was raised by peaceniks, no guns allowed in the house!

[72gmc]

Neat. Think I'd be happy with that? I might change directions. I was raised by peaceniks, no guns allowed in the house!

I have a .22 waiting for me in Dad's gun case, and a wife that wants no guns in the house. Is "I just want to go to the range once in a while" going to work?

[maunahaole]

Neat. Think I'd be happy with that? I might change directions. I was raised by peaceniks, no guns allowed in the house!

I didn't know what it was, so I look it up. I bet you would find it too small to hold comfortably.

I learned how to shoot with a Winchester 52, which is a single shot bolt action. Pretty big and heavy for a .22, but super accurate. Look for one of those if you want to shoot .22.

Winchester Model 52 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Disturbed]

I learned how to shoot with a Winchester 52, which is a single shot bolt action. Pretty big and heavy for a .22, but super accurate. Look for one of those if you want to shoot .22.

Drool........

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[Too Tall]

I didn't know what it was, so I look it up. I bet you would find it too small to hold comfortably.

I learned how to shoot with a Winchester 52, which is a single shot bolt action. Pretty big and heavy for a .22, but super accurate. Look for one of those if you want to shoot .22.

Winchester Model 52 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Good call. I was a sponsored shooter for the (gulp) NRA when I was a kid and the downtown DC club had a rack of those and ancient anschutz. I recall those monsters were alot to hold for a young spindly arm kid. We used a heavy leather strap and I'd wear my dads blue jeans jacket to beef up my skinny body!!! My arms would go numb regardless. hahaha that's a neat rifle but I really would get bored plinking one shot at a time.

[Michael White]

A Winchester 62A is a fun plinker take-down rifle. I still have mine that was given to me on my twelfth birthday (about a 100 years ago!)

I have one of the Browning 22 semi-auto rifles. It has fancy scrollwork, it's tiny and accurate, and takes down small enough to pack in small panniers for plinking/training rides, ha ha, which I've actually been stupid enough to do a couple of times.

[caleb]

I also really like the case colors on the Ruger. Who did the restoration?

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Last week I purchased a shotgun from a dealer in Texas; it should be to my gunsmith this Thursday.

While my hands didn't make it, lots of handwork went into it at a smallscale Italian production facility (Vincenzo Bernardelli). Here's a bad picture of the action to suffice until I can take a better one later this week.

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[gomez308]

I also really like the case colors on the Ruger. Who did the restoration?

Wyoming Armory

[bellman]

That Ruger is beautiful! I have a No. 1B in 7 mag that is my one and only for deer and elk. Takes a lot of love to keep it nice in the Oregon fall and winter. Heres a picture of an ad that hangs by my desk. Its from a 1967 magazine.

[AntLockyer]

Both of those Rifles are lovely.