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Double WOW! Beautiful carbine. Congrats!

I guess that makes sense looking at it from the perspective of preserving historic artifacts. They'd be subject to quite a bit of abuse too, especially if they were doing multiple demos per day.

Any idea what the story/history behind that is?

I'm no expert but looked into this a little bit. First, you can get a nice original Trapdoor rifle for less than half the price of one of the repros. Maybe tough to get one with that pristine of a...

Nice shootin'!!

Thanks, guys! I took her to the range yesterday and am very pleased; she's a shooter! Nice groups, windage is centered with the rear sight windage set at 0. Shoots ~ 5" high with the peep at 100...

Finally got a chance to try out these Win Cowboy loads today. They're hitting ~ 5" high at 100 yards, compared to 15" high for the Rem 405gr FMG loads. I was almost 5" to the right today so will...

Besides the sights, everything else appears untouched. The bore is shiny with excellent rifling too. I bought it to have a representative shooter and think I have that now. I think this rifle...

I see some familiar names on different forums but thought I would share this here too. I bought this M1898 a couple of years ago having always wanted one. It seemed like a pretty nice rifle though...

Classic recommendations are Fg-musket, FFg -rifle, FFFg-pistol, FFFFg-flintlock flashpan. As you get used to using them, you do find that you have some leeway there. For instance, I use FFg in my...

Apparently you have the even rarer KRAGH RFLE. :icon_lol:

Appreciate the comments and hope to eventually reload for the caliber.

I received the ammo from SGAmmo and apparently I ordered Winchester Cowboy Action LFN 405gr loads, not the Ultramax. They...

I appreciate your comments and concern. I've read quite a bit about this over time and my understanding is that the greater concern is with those Eddystones rebarelled during WWII. All comments...

Yes, thanks for the interesting tidbit. Mine is overstamped with the 45 deg lines. I'd have to look at it for dates but doesn't sound necessary for your research.

Good luck!

First off, I'm not that guy. I own one M1917 bayonet. It was made by Remington and is one of those where the British proofing marks are X'ed off and US marks were added. I guess those are lower on...

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I always understood the BAR was one of Clyde's most favorite guns but why would you consider a Krag a less than useful firearm for crime?

Clyde...

I took her out for a trial run at the range today and am very happy with her as a shooter too. I stacked two 100 yard targets on top of each other, as I've seen recommended for the battle sight, and...

I finally got this rifle out to the range today and was pleased with the results. Battle sight shot about 8" high and 100 yard sight was pretty much on with reasonable groups. I was off a little to...

According to the inflation calculator, $45 in 1963 equals $350 today. I think we now add on to that the increased collectibility of firearms like these, along with the laws of supply and demand and...

Thanks for the explanation and the warning. I don't tend to monkey with any more disassembly than I have to with firearms. I suppose I will correct those bands though. LOL

BTW, I paid $800 for...

I'm not sure what is going on there. I don't see any evidence of any sort of repair though. Perhaps when I disassemble it I'll gain some further info. I think it just represents some stock that...

Thanks for the info, Dick. I probably should have gone into this with more information but am glad to hear it is what I thought I was getting. I almost walked away from the table but it kept...

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My club's Spring funshow was this weekend and I picked up this M1873 TD. SN 238579 which I believe means if was made in 1883, which is also the year of the stamped cartouche. The bore is shiny with...

I have a small collection of milsurps, honestly most which I bought without enough knowledge beforehand but have largely gotten what I was after, i.e. - representative shootable rifles at reasonable...