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If you put Taco Bell sauce in your ramen noodles it tastes just like poverty
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Nice snag! I'll bet that it will be fun to shoot, but a bit cumbersome in the field. Any idea who made it, where all it has been?
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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."
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Nice snag! I'll bet that it will be fun to shoot, but a bit cumbersome in the field. Any idea who made it, where all it has been? Surprisingly she handles very nicely, like a shotgun. It was made in London and carried a bit and hardly fired. The bore is mint!
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Campfire 'Bwana
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"The bore is mint!"
Excellent!!!!!
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."
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I have a WR Pape 256 Mannlicher with a 28 inch barrel. Surprisingly nimble and well balanced. It strikes me as odd that we think nothing of carrying a pump or auto shotgun with the standard 28 inch barrel in the field, even the grouse woods, but find a 28 inch rifle cumbersome. Many of the long barreled English rifles do handle like a shotgun. Good score.
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I have a WR Pape 256 Mannlicher with a 28 inch barrel. Surprisingly nimble and well balanced. It strikes me as odd that we think nothing of carrying a pump or auto shotgun with the standard 28 inch barrel in the field, even the grouse woods, but find a 28 inch rifle cumbersome. Many of the long barreled English rifles do handle like a shotgun. Good score.
It does handle like a fine shotgun. Not sure how heavy she is but I'll be very surprised if it's over 7 1/2 lbs. She's quick to the shoulder and the fine brass bead finds the bottom of the V very fast. This is the perfect rifle for wing shooting elk in the dark timber!
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Very cool. That will be an enjoyable journey of discovery.
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I like it, very cool rifle. Good Score!
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Well I shot it today and the express sights are on. Going to have to take her hunting this fall. Recoil isn't half bad either.
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Awesome!! That would be a dream rifle for me. Very nice purchase.
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Well I shot it today and the express sights are on. Going to have to take her hunting this fall. Recoil isn't half bad either. Excellent!!! Good luck afield!!!
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."
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She weights 7 lbs 11 oz. Curiosity got to me so i bought a kitchen scale. Most of my rifles are well over 8 lbs, my heaviest being my 250 Savage at 12 lbs and my 22 Hornet at 10 1/2 lbs.
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Well done, sir! Beautiful rifle.
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Very nice. My head doesn't swivel in the vertical plane much so I adjusted the picture's attitude, hope you don't mind.
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I missed this thread. WOW! That rates a definite Two-Cool. Classic!
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What a find! Congratulations.
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I'll be packing her into the elk woods tomorrow!
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very nice. Trade you a paint job for it
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