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I am in love with this gun. There is something magical about large bore lever guns.
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Wow!! That is simply gorgeous! Excellent snag.
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Beautiful rifle there Shrapnel……Thanks for sharing another beauty with us!
I’m sure that I’m not the only one a bit envious of your rifles! memtb
You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
“I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024
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Absolutely beautiful rifle
I got banned on another web site for a debate that happened on this site. That's a first
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A beautiful rifle Sir! I picked up an 1886 in 40-65 at the Shilen Swap meet. I'm forming brass from 45-70 brass as I only received 5 original pieces of brass.
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WOW!
I'm a little late to the party on this one, but WOW! What a ball buster!
PG, Shotgun butt, 1/2oct short barrel, Tang sight, short mag, Case hard, deluxe XXX+wood, checkered, AND MORE, AND 50Cal!
What a dandy little rifle!
What is the barrel length?
I just love that rifle! Congratulations, Schrap.
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That rifle is one of the most moxie-wicked rifles ever here on the 'Fire'.
Congratulations.
Keep us tuned in on it, I can live vicariously.
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Nice rare '86. You didn't mention a letter for it. That short barrel is kinda weird. Would a letter maybe document it. The letter for my 1886 doesn't mention length. I think it said something like Standard round barrel. inferring a 26" barrel. I'm sure your rifle is a one of one made.
Figures don't lie, But Liars figure
Assumption is the mother of mistakes
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Nice rare '86. You didn't mention a letter for it. That short barrel is kinda weird. Would a letter maybe document it. The letter for my 1886 doesn't mention length. I think it said something like Standard round barrel. inferring a 26" barrel. I'm sure your rifle is a one of one made. It is one of one. Not only due to rare caliber, but 14 special order features… ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/J0CsDG9w/IMG-2343.png)
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That is awesome! Congratulations!
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I was doing some surfing looking at rifles & I saw a .50 caliber Winchester 1886 up for auction & thought "Hey that's the longer version of shrapnel's rifle". I wonder how much of the estimated price is because of the rifle & how much is because it was Tom Selleck's. ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/8PVGx2WL/Shrapnel1886-RIA.jpg) That's a nice-looking rifle. It was kind of interesting comparing the two letters to see how they differed. ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/2jWmckqz/Shrapnel1886.png) I flipped through a couple of more pages & they also had a wrist slide-action Burgess listed too. Again, shrapnel's grouse gun. It was just an interesting coincidence that they had my two favorite unique rifles that the OP had shared recently in the same auction. ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/9Ft22LtK/Shrapnel-Burgess.png)
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