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A goodly portion of the west was open range for the longest time, even until recently. I think property lines were invented by yuppie Californians.

My wife and I really liked 1883 and 1923, looking anxiously forward for subsequent seasons. That said, Yellowstone is not a favorite. There was a lot of potential but sadly, too much Hollywood got in the way of an otherwise good show. I have lived and worked on many ranches for the majority of...

Any structural variance would be purely coincidental as blems are removed from packaging as firsts via visual inspection. If there was any structural defect in a given production lot, the firsts would have the same defect as its impossible to see visually. Blems, by definition are a visual...

Well it sure shows! This is a great forum with great people. Easily the best forum I have ever belonged to. Kudos to each and every one of you!!

Hey good luck mister! I have killed one Whitetail right here in Oregon and continue to see more and more of them each year. Those in Alberta are way bigger than any Whitetail we have in the PNW! Enjoy your hunt! Take lots of pictures!

That must be the Bermuda triangle for losing handguns. Last summer a friend lost his .357 Blackhawk up around Seneca while riding his ATV. He also told me to watch out for it. He found it a couple days later after back tracking. Another friend lost an S&W .380 out of his bino harness while...

I have a 1902 vintage Winchester 1894 and my father has a 1903 vintage Savage 1899 both in .25-35. Varget has shot the very best in both rifles although we are running more around 2100 fps rather than top velocities. We are loading 24 grains of Varget under the Hornady 117 grain Roundnose...

The first centerfire rifle I bought out of highschool is my Winchester Model 70 Classic Stainless .30-06! It is my absolute favorite rifle. It didn’t take long for us to become a winning team, and for her to be christened “Old Reliable.” I own lots of others that I use, and dote on as well but...

FS/FT: Lee Handpress, sometimes called a Nutcracker press, in great shape. $50 plus shipping. .270 Winchester dies, RCBS FL set and Lyman Neck sizing set, selling as one set, both in great shape. $60 plus shipping. ISO .257 Roberts brass, new or once fired only please, .257 110 grain...

I too prefer the .30-06! It’s my absolute favorite.

I wish that with the current popularity of leverguns, rounds like the .25-35 would see a comeback in guns like the 1894 Winchester, Marlin 336, Henry, Rossi, etc. My .25-35 is 1902 vintage, we also have a Savage 1899 that is 1903 vintage. Both are great guns. Would absolutely love to find a...

No harm done CL. I appreciate your comments, and in any case its great to hear there are still folks out there handing down these incredible rifles. The .25-20 (much like the .22 Hornet you mentioned) is an incredibly useful round. Like a reloadable .22 WMR albeit flinging about twice the...

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Fs/ft :R-P .264 WM brass 71 pieces of R-P .264 Win Mag brass. 40 pieces once fired factory, 31 pieces of once fired reloads. Have been tumbled in dry walnut media. $55 OBO shipped. Or am willing to trade for 50 pieces of new/new old stock or once fired .257 Roberts brass. Paypal or Venmo...

The .308 isn’t my absolute favorite cartridge but that said it sure checks a lot of boxes and is well proven. I can think of many other cartridges I would rather blaspheme than the .308! 😂😂

The . The .25-20 came in the 1892 (and later models) while the .25-35 came in the 1894 (and later models). I have both a .25-20 and a .25-35! Both are fun and quite deadly calibers. I would hope the young man you saw was hunting with a .25-35 but I do know of plenty of deer that have been taken...

Any mass product endeavor will have occasional defective units. That said I have had extremely good luck with Winchester’s primers.

My feelings exactly. And my experience has also been completely satisfactory with Nosler bullets but most especially the Accubond.

15 grains of weight really is negligible. I remember discussing a similar topic with a younger upstart who had decided to buy a .300 PRC because it could handle 225 grain bullets whereas a .300 Win Mag could ONLY shoot 220 grain bullets 🙄 The old 180 grain bullets in a .30-06 thought process is...

A Portland transplant over by Burnt River had to learn a hard lesson a few years back. Apparently Japanese Yew trees are toxic to Pronghorn Antelope. Nearly 20 died in his ornamental tree plot. Green grass tetany killed off about three dozen deer on my brother in laws place some ten years ago...