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A few years back I decided to do something different...
I had a friend who did rendezvous tutor me through building a Blackpowder rifle from a kit, and then killed a deer with it!! I hand carved (finished anyway) a Lyman Great Plains rifle, 54 cal. Cap lock... and browned it.. And it shoots too !
Nothing like that experience since... well that is until I started chambering rifles.
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I just love these things! I like this old sporter style configuration whoever made it. I have 2 others. They are just fun. If I had any sense I’d load up cast bullet loads for em! If I could find the time to shoot em. That’s a cleanly done sporter. I used to walk by those old girls and not give them a second thought. I’m older now and can easily see the appeal.
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AWW come on you guys are used to it by now !!!! been a slow time this wnter,only got about 4" of snow cant go out and play with the snow toys ! LOL, not hardly, if I ever get a visit, you'll know it's so when I come in with my carhart wrapped around my neck instead of wearing it ; ] Yes, snow needs to stay gone so you can burn some powder.
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I have a 50 Cal. TC Renegade which I got only to use for black powder season, not to replace my modern rifles. However, I have several WWII style Mauser actions I rebarreled in various cartridges I love, which I don't consider modern with respect to what's sold new today. But I realize you're talking Black Powder here.
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This one was kinda fun to shoot (.44 rimfire). Only had one round, though... Bob
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Walking into a modern day gun shop and seeing a wall of black rifles and a few .22LR on the end row has no appeal to me. I always walk out and the time between visits increases more and more.
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Woody, brother Dick still has his 36" long barrel 1895 in 40-72.
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Woody, brother Dick still has his 36" long barrel 1895 in 40-72. That is so cool!!! Thanks again Don for posting it!!! Love seeing it.
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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This one was kinda fun to shoot (.44 rimfire). Only had one round, though... Bob Dang that is a nice 66!!!!! I have a funny story about .44RF. From old days at the shop.
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 just love these things! I like this old sporter style configuration whoever made it. I have 2 others. They are just fun. If I had any sense I’d load up cast bullet loads for em! If I could find the time to shoot em. That’s a cleanly done sporter. I used to walk by those old girls and not give them a second thought. I’m older now and can easily see the appeal. well kaywoody might know where there is a couple of them. have an original carbine, but also a couple of cutdowns. a kraig guy told me one of them is most likely a bannerman. i might relay a story. friend of mine has a kraig originally from the utah national guard, and is grampa. he killed another elk with it last fall, one shot about 75yards. he was using a 180grain bullet loaded to about 1800fps. did the job. he had a box of 20 reloads, has about 4missing, all four accounted for four elk. he said he had enough ammo probably to last him the duration.
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I found Dad an all original 1895 Krag Carbine in a Pawn Shop about 35 years ago. Think I payed $200 for it. I need to repossess that thing from my little brother. 🤠
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Thanks Gunner! I am an elkaholic. I do like eatin’ em!!! I somehow missed that. Jerry
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I found Dad an all original 1895 Krag Carbine in a Pawn Shop about 35 years ago. Think I payed $200 for it. I need to repossess that thing from my little brother. 🤠 The first one I had I got from Kline's for $7.50 plus 50 cents postage. That was a fortune to a kid. It was one week's lawn mowing money that summer.
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I've posted this before, but since we're talking Krags..... I've done a lot of work to this one,worth it shoots great. Very classic looking rifle.
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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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Thanks Gunner! I am an elkaholic. I do like eatin’ em!!! I somehow missed that. Jerry Hell I did too, must have been drunk, I thought he said he liked to hunt them, but didn't like eating them.
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Yes ,beautiful krag,i've let a few slip thru my fingers, super smooth action.
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Heres 1 of the 2 Remingtons i own,a Harry Lawson custom model 700 in 458 winchester,really shoots nice about he same recoil as a 308 with the magnaported barrel.
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Thanks, kaywoodie. I think anyone who is a little bored with the new plastic/stainless 1/2" rifles nowadays can get a Krag, Mauser, Savage 99, Winchester or Marlin and take it apart, learn it, and enjoy it. They are surprisingly accurate. My best 100 yard target. This 120 year old rifle will group 1 1/2" most days with factory or reloaded ammunition.
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Thanks Loggah. I'll take your word for it, but when you say .458, I kinda shrink into the background.
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