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Welcome, and lordy damn I do.

Looks like a Lyman 21 on that '95...kinda rare, and very nice (I like the elk, too!).
Bob

Beautiful lever guns RGK. Those rifles have always been classy, but in today’s world of plastic and stainless, they’re a beautifully refreshing break from the new norm.

I love your ‘95’s Woodie. I just returned a buddies first year ‘95 today. I don’t own one, but would like to own a carbine someday in .30 Govt.

Ah, man. Now you have me plotting for a Sharps....

Don't think I'll do anything to this one, except shooting it. Definitely more fun than a plastic stocked, stainless Creedmoor.
Bob

Yes it does, RGK. I also put one of the Providence tool 21’s on my old Browning 95 in 30 Govt 1906

.25-20...more fun that a barrel of monkeys.



Don't be makin' fun of Gramps first gun, it might hurt you, even over a hundred years since he bought it.

Welcome to the Dark Side Friend.

Cool old rifles Men, Dan, I was able to bust a wide 6pt buck at 30 yards this year on the last day of a Christmas modern gun hunt with a 150 year old original sharps Buffalo rifle in 45-110, hit him dead in the chest from the ground, bullet exited ham, DRT, had a damn go-pro strapped to the top of my head, got it on film, I load the old rifle with a 514gr paper patch from a Mos mould Sharpsguy gave me, load it just like the Sharps Rifle Factory loaded the 45-110 ammo they sent out to the Buffalo Hunters, 100 grains of 1F still works.

You should shoot a buffalo with it....

I will Buddy, next Buffalo hunt that comes up, it will get the job.

Digital Dan suggested I post over here from the "bored with modern rifles" thread. I don't consider myself a rifle looney as I am not into the intracacies of Handloading and am more of a "shooter" type. My primary focus has been shotgunning with rifles coming into play in the last 20 years or so. I do seem drawn to oddities of both rifle and cartridge so maybe I am more a junior Looney or a Looney in training.

I gravitate towards Remington Model 8 and 81 rifles along with their competition. I have Winchester 1905, 1907, and 1910 rifles with the 1910 coming up for hunting soon. My favorite is a Standard Arms Model G in 35 Rem that is currently waiting parts to fix an issue. Lucky it is one of the few areas one can still find parts.

I also like Savage 1899/99 rifles and have a couple handfuls in all the Savage cartridges, 25/30, 38/55, 30/30, and 358. I am not much into Winchester rifles but I do have an original 1886 in 45/60 as well as a repro 1886 in 45/60 and a repro 1892 in 45 Colt. I am down to two Marlin lever actions, a 39 and a 36 rifle in 35 Rem.

The old bolt rifles I have are primarily military rifles both original and Bubba'd. I do have a Savage 1920 in 250/3000 that is kind of neat. I am down to 3 pre-'64 M-70s in 308, 30/06, and 300 H&H.

My "custom" and walk about varmint rifle is a Savage 99 TD that I had rebarreled to 219 Zipper. It is unblooded so far but it is a neat gun to shoot. By other walk abouts are Rem 700 in 223 and 22/250.

My large bores are a pair of 375 H&H, one Savage and the other an Interarms Mark X. I also have a CZ 550 in 416 Rigby. The 45/60s and a repro Rolling Block in 45/70 finish the big bores.

Looking in the cupboard I see I have 67 cartridges I shoot and have dies for, three die sets I don't have a gun chambered for - yet- and two cartridges I don't have dies for. I probably won't get dies for the 6mm Lee/Navy but I am looking for some 32 S&W dies for cheap. If 32 S&W Long dies will work then I am down to two dies and one one cartridge I can't use.

As for more modern guns, I have 4 AR-15, 1 AR-10, an SKS, and an M-1A. Except for the SKS, they are all recent acquires in the last decade. I was never into them but won one in a drawing and discovered how fun they can be.

That's my tale so far, I might add or subtract from it as time marches forward.

You're a Loony, 100% certified.

Surprised that buck didn't just turn into red mist, hooves to horns.

Cast bullet shooter par excellence:

Oh that’s very pretty!!!!!!

Tomorrow's classics will be anything with a wood stock on it.

Pretty much the truth, today!

Those Win 1895s are ugly, butt I'd love to have one😀

Centershot,

I hunt mostly in eastern Washington, which is similar to Idaho in terrain and types of game (certainly not the same quality as Idaho). I also have gone through some fatigue with the way the bolt action market has gone. I guess for no other reason besides defiance, I have also acquired some single shots and replaced the scope off of a pre-64 M70 with an aperture sight. I have an 1885 Traditional Hunter in 45-70 and a Ruger No. 1-S in 30-06 (kind of want the same rifle in 35 whelen).

At first, I bought the 1885. Then I decided that I wanted something that shot a bit flatter, so I went to the Ruger in 30-06. I like it, but also wanted the option to have faster follow-ups, so I replaced the scope on my M70.