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Powerstroke 7.3
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Very nice - grew up with one that had the peep sight on it, great rifle
Finatic
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Very nice. I have a 1957 also and was just contemplating liquidating it. Great rifle. An American standard. They were manufactured about 20 miles from me, in the day.
Displaced Canadian
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I had a lever action Marlin in 30-30. Those lever guns are about the best brush busters out there. That is a beauty Dick.
W.Y.
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Looks to be in real nice condition for its age .
Just don't let Les Elm see it or he'll turn it into a pen :biggrin:
Just don't let Les Elm see it or he'll turn it into a pen :biggrin:
moke
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Very nice Dick...great find. Bluing and stock look good from what I can see!!
shadetree_1
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You lucky dog you !! I told Linda I wanted a model 94 for Christmas one year, turns out she did not think the 94 was "pretty enough" So she bought me the Marlin Diamond Jubilee Commemorative 30 30 lever and I was supposed to take that in the woods and scratch it up, all I wanted was what you got you lucky dog! Just an eveyday working gun not a work of art that can't be used!
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CaptG
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Very nice, you will treasure that for a long time.
MikeG
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Very nice indeed. I remember carrying one while dear hunting with my dad back in 1976. Good memories, thanks.
Nice little gun
My oldest brother had one of those in thr 32 Winchester Special. He got it sometime before I was born (in the 1930s) and we used it for at least 30 years before he got rid of it. Actually one of my nephew's inherited it.
I had a bad experience with it where it went off unexpectedly when I was just carrying it by the forearm hands no where near the trigger and it was on halfcock and the safety button under the lever was not depressed. Only the Grace of God kept me from shooting another brother who was walking ahead of me. Fortunately we had a habit of not walking directly behind each other so it missed him by about 3 feet. I took that gun straight home and never touched it again.
My oldest brother had one of those in thr 32 Winchester Special. He got it sometime before I was born (in the 1930s) and we used it for at least 30 years before he got rid of it. Actually one of my nephew's inherited it.
I had a bad experience with it where it went off unexpectedly when I was just carrying it by the forearm hands no where near the trigger and it was on halfcock and the safety button under the lever was not depressed. Only the Grace of God kept me from shooting another brother who was walking ahead of me. Fortunately we had a habit of not walking directly behind each other so it missed him by about 3 feet. I took that gun straight home and never touched it again.
BSea
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Now that is a beauty. I have an 86 that was my Dad's 1st rifle. It's chambered in 33 Winchester. I also have a centennial model yellow boy in 30-30. I've been looking for a 94 in 45LC or 45-70. But I'll never be able to afford one. But I love the lever action guns, and also the colt peacemakers. I may add one of those someday, but it will be a modern one.
Edit: You can also call Winchester, and give them the serial number, and they can tell you the year it was manufactured. My Dad's gun was made in 1903.
Edit: You can also call Winchester, and give them the serial number, and they can tell you the year it was manufactured. My Dad's gun was made in 1903.
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You won't find one....at least not 45-70 the 1894 was never produced to use that round.
The Winchester model 1886 was produced to handle the big rounds like 45-70, 45-90, 50-110 etc.
The 1892 was made to take a lot of pistol rounds so the owner could have the same round used in both pistol and rifle.
You won't find one....at least not 45-70 the 1894 was never produced to use that round.
The Winchester model 1886 was produced to handle the big rounds like 45-70, 45-90, 50-110 etc.
The 1892 was made to take a lot of pistol rounds so the owner could have the same round used in both pistol and rifle.
BSea
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I guess I was having a senior moment. I know more about the 86 because of my Dad's, and I knew it was made primarily for the larger rounds. And you're right, I was thinking of the 1892 not the 1894 for the 45LC.
hmmmm....
You ain't alone there. I have lots of them. I really only knew that because a very good childhood friend had an 1886 chambered for the 50-110 3000 "Buffalo Gun" round and I got to fire it once. He also had one in 45-70 that we never fired because it was made to use the black powder round and we couldn't get any. He later shot it though when he started reloading he loaded some rounds with black powder. My first cousin had a '92 in 32-20 which was also a pistol round. He did get a pistol which he never used, got it just to have the set.