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Pick it #11109066 04/10/16 Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 96,121 S Steelhead OP Campfire Oracle OP Steelhead Campfire Oracle S Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 96,121 Cimarron 1873 44/40 Saddle Shorty or new Winchester 1892 45 Colt or 44 Magnum No CAS crap, I don't care if I can't 'load' the '73 to the gills. Just a fun shooting lever for more yard work and taking a few deer. GO "Dear Lord, save me from Your followers"

Re: Pick it Steelhead #11109209 04/10/16 Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 545 AZ C chesterpulley Campfire Regular chesterpulley Campfire Regular C Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 545 AZ I'm squarely in the '92 camp. Hell for stout, handy, and carry easier than even the '94.

Re: Pick it Steelhead #11109309 04/10/16 Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 17,687 Michigan, In , Boon S saddlering Campfire Ranger saddlering Campfire Ranger S Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 17,687 Michigan, In , Boon Im thinking the 92 45 colt! 44-40 ammo costs more brass id harder to find. just me tho! Deer Camp! about as good as it gets!

Re: Pick it saddlering #11109321 04/10/16 Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,257 Oregon Fireball2 Campfire Kahuna Fireball2 Campfire Kahuna Joined: May 2011 Posts: 56,257 Oregon Originally Posted by saddlering Im thinking the 92 45 colt! 44-40 ammo costs more brass id harder to find. just me tho! This. Or both. _______________________________________________________ An 8 dollar driveway boy living in a T-111 shack LOL

Re: Pick it Steelhead #11109427 04/10/16 Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 96,121 S Steelhead OP Campfire Oracle OP Steelhead Campfire Oracle S Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 96,121 Just ordered a '92 in 44 Mag. "Dear Lord, save me from Your followers"

Re: Pick it Steelhead #11109504 04/10/16 Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 8,152 T TheKid Campfire Outfitter TheKid Campfire Outfitter T Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 8,152 Be prepared to shoot short bullets in it, I got rid of mine because it wouldn't cycle the Lyman Keith bullet. Aside from that it was flawless and as perfect a carbine as you could ask for.

Re: Pick it Steelhead #11109524 04/10/16 Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 96,121 S Steelhead OP Campfire Oracle OP Steelhead Campfire Oracle S Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 96,121 That's ok. "Dear Lord, save me from Your followers"

Re: Pick it TheKid #11109618 04/10/16 Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 545 AZ C chesterpulley Campfire Regular chesterpulley Campfire Regular C Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 545 AZ The Keith bullet is no problem if you load 'em in 44 Special brass. Mine runs slick with that setup, not that I do it often.

Re: Pick it Steelhead #11109656 04/10/16 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 69,150 TX chlinstructor Campfire Kahuna chlinstructor Campfire Kahuna Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 69,150 TX Winchester 92 any ole day over a Cimmaron. "Allways speak the truth and you will never have to remember what you said before..." Sam Houston Texans, "We say Grace, We Say Mam, If You Don't Like it, We Don't Give a Damn!" ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: Pick it Steelhead #11109912 04/10/16 Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 25,838 Western N.Y. D dvdegeorge Campfire Ranger dvdegeorge Campfire Ranger D Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 25,838 Western N.Y. I would have gone for the Colt but no flies on 44 mag My dog is a member of the "Turd Like Clan" Covert Trail Cameras are JUNK 3 Time Dinkathon Champion #DinkGOAT

Re: Pick it chesterpulley #11111829 04/11/16 Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 96,121 S Steelhead OP Campfire Oracle OP Steelhead Campfire Oracle S Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 96,121 Originally Posted by chesterpulley The Keith bullet is no problem if you load 'em in 44 Special brass. Mine runs slick with that setup, not that I do it often. My thunk too, thanks. "Dear Lord, save me from Your followers"

Re: Pick it Steelhead #11112199 04/11/16 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 18,075 GA, USA ready_on_the_right Campfire Ranger ready_on_the_right Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 18,075 GA, USA 73' in .45 would be my 1st choice. 92' is on the radar when I find the right one at the right price. Mike God, Family, and Country. NRA Endowment Member

Re: Pick it Steelhead #11112742 04/11/16 Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,364 Central Calif. Coast 3 30Gibbs Campfire Tracker 30Gibbs Campfire Tracker 3 Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,364 Central Calif. Coast Originally Posted by Steelhead That's ok. A 200 to 220 RNFP over 8 grains of unique is loads of fun in the Rossi 1892 and will do for deer at short range.

Re: Pick it Steelhead #11112921 04/11/16 Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 96,121 S Steelhead OP Campfire Oracle OP Steelhead Campfire Oracle S Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 96,121 That was also the thunk. I don't have any of those but I do have several other cast bullets around and I'll see how they 'function' and If need be I'll get the RNFP. I love 9.5grs of Unique and 250's in my handgun loads. "Dear Lord, save me from Your followers"

Re: Pick it Steelhead #11113327 04/12/16 Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 8,531 RETIRED in Oregon, USA vbshootinrange Campfire Outfitter vbshootinrange Campfire Outfitter Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 8,531 RETIRED in Oregon, USA I've got a Navy Arms 92 Trapper in .45 Colt and LOVE IT !! Greatest little woods gun I've ever owned! Virgil B.

Re: Pick it Steelhead #11114749 04/12/16 Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,599 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas K kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana K Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,599 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas Originally Posted by Steelhead Just ordered a '92 in 44 Mag. Please give a run down on it when you get a chance! Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester "Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored." WS

Re: Pick it Steelhead #11115345 04/12/16 Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 401 Heart of Middle Tennessee P paint Campfire Member paint Campfire Member P Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 401 Heart of Middle Tennessee '92 Winchester.

Re: Pick it Steelhead #11116561 04/13/16 Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 12,518 Radcliff, Kentucky R ratsmacker Campfire Outfitter ratsmacker Campfire Outfitter R Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 12,518 Radcliff, Kentucky Check your PMs, too. You can roll a turd in peanuts, dip it in chocolate, and it still ain't no damn Baby Ruth.

Re: Pick it Steelhead #11117137 04/13/16 Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 18,243 North Central Idaho FieldGrade Campfire Ranger FieldGrade Campfire Ranger Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 18,243 North Central Idaho Originally Posted by Steelhead Just ordered a '92 in 44 Mag. Sweet....I have a pre safety Marlin 1894 in 44Mag.... I love that rifle....kills Whitetail deader'n a door nail with plain vanilla Winchester white box 240 JSP's ...

Re: Pick it Steelhead #11118781 04/14/16 Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 17,687 Michigan, In , Boon S saddlering Campfire Ranger saddlering Campfire Ranger S Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 17,687 Michigan, In , Boon Gotta love Unique! Deer Camp! about as good as it gets!