Re: [MBZ] OT - Old Rifles

2006-10-27 Thread Kris Gilmore
At 01:37 PM 10/26/2006, Tom Potter wrote: I never really thought about it before, but it sure makes sense upon reflection. Those little pointy bullets probably would not work well jammed up against another center fire cartridge-- Except, just for the record, the Hornady folks have

Re: [MBZ] OT - Old Rifles

2006-10-27 Thread Gary Hurst
guess the lesson is that you need a mauser On 10/26/06, Kris Gilmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 01:37 PM 10/26/2006, Tom Potter wrote: I never really thought about it before, but it sure makes sense upon reflection. Those little pointy bullets probably would not work well jammed up against

Re: [MBZ] OT - Old Rifles

2006-10-26 Thread LarryT
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Re: [MBZ] OT - Old Rifles

2006-10-26 Thread Gary Hurst
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Re: [MBZ] OT - Old Rifles

2006-10-26 Thread Hendrik Riessen
oh no, not another gun thread... Hendrik who is taking the piss - Original Message - From: LarryT [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 11:09 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Old Rifles It was released in 1894 so

Re: [MBZ] OT - Old Rifles

2006-10-26 Thread Gary Hurst
- From: LarryT [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 11:09 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Old Rifles It was released in 1894 so the West was essentially won although by then although there continued to be minor skirmishes - Poncho

Re: [MBZ] OT - Old Rifles

2006-10-26 Thread Jim Cathey
the 94 was a john browning design and would be the lever action we would generally have the greatest familiarity with. it's a sweet gun, but you find most of them in 30-30, which is just not that interesting a cartridge for me. I have one in .44 mag. I like .44 mag, don't ask me why. I prefer

Re: [MBZ] OT - Old Rifles

2006-10-26 Thread Mike Canfield
Gary, Thought the 1911 was made by Colt.. Mike - Original Message - From: Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 11:15 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Old Rifles yes, closed doors. there are lots of efforts

Re: [MBZ] OT - Old Rifles

2006-10-26 Thread Curt Raymond
Winchester. The third rifle is a model 71 in .348 Winchester that I used when I shot a moose in '99. -Curt Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:15:44 -0400 From: Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Old Rifles To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [MBZ] OT - Old Rifles

2006-10-26 Thread Potter, Tom E
] On Behalf Of Curt Raymond Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 8:23 AM To: Diesel List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Old Rifles Of all the guns my Dad owns there are only 3 I really care about and they're all Winchester lever guns. 2 model 94s, one is serial number 5,xxx in 38-55, fully octagonal barrel, no hood

Re: [MBZ] OT - Old Rifles

2006-10-26 Thread Gary Hurst
mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 11:15 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Old Rifles yes, closed doors. there are lots of efforts to find someone to take over, so there is some hope. the 94 was a john browning design and would be the lever action we would generally have

Re: [MBZ] OT - Old Rifles

2006-10-26 Thread Gary Hurst
yes, kinda like. while there is a company called browning that bears his name, nearly all browning designs were not sold under the browning name. comparisons to the elder porsche are appropriate. On 10/26/06, Loren Faeth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kinda like Dr. Ferdinand Porshe designed cars

Re: [MBZ] OT - Old Rifles

2006-10-26 Thread Curt Raymond
as a paper puncher out to 200 yards because of its flat tradjectory. -Curt Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 08:29:09 -0500 From: Potter, Tom E [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Old Rifles To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain

Re: [MBZ] OT - Old Rifles

2006-10-26 Thread Potter, Tom E
quite popular as a paper puncher out to 200 yards because of its flat tradjectory. -Curt Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 08:29:09 -0500 From: Potter, Tom E [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Old Rifles To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text

Re: [MBZ] OT - Old Rifles

2006-10-26 Thread Mike Canfield
AH.That clears it up. Brilliant man that Mr. Browning. Mike - Original Message - From: Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 9:46 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Old Rifles 1911 is made my many companies

Re: [MBZ] OT - Old Rifles

2006-10-26 Thread Gary Hurst
or not. I remember the bullets being flat on the end--not pointed. Tom Potter -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Curt Raymond Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 10:17 AM To: Diesel List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Old Rifles I didn't think the 94

Re: [MBZ] OT - Old Rifles

2006-10-26 Thread Potter, Tom E
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Hurst Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 11:25 AM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Old Rifles lever actions can't feed spitzer type bullets. the paradigm for lever actions are flat and kinda stumpy up against flat

Re: [MBZ] OT - Old Rifles

2006-10-26 Thread Curt Raymond
From: Potter, Tom E [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Old Rifles To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I am not sure whether it was a 94 or not. I remember the bullets being flat on the end--not pointed

Re: [MBZ] OT - Old Rifles

2006-10-26 Thread Loren Faeth
. Browning. Mike - Original Message - From: Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 9:46 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Old Rifles 1911 is made my many companies, originally and most famously colt. It is a John

[MBZ] OT - Old Rifles. was Kettle, pot, black, this is getting old real quick

2006-10-25 Thread OK Don
So, where does the Winchester 94 fit in the scheme of things historical? On 10/25/06, Gary Hurst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1873 winchester repeating rifles. the guns that won the west. when the james-younger gang went to northfield, MN, to rob the bank, the locals met them with 1873