This popped up in my suggested feed. Prototype +10 extension for a BLR .308 magazine.
This popped up in my suggested feed. Prototype +10 extension for a BLR .308 magazine.
Originally Posted by MattyD380
Please mind the Model 12 pump....
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The Pedersoli Quigley I had back in 2008 in .45-120:
It belonged to a buddy and I managed to horse trade it away from him. I think it qualifies as the most fun rifle I've ever played with. I shot full house .45-120 BP loads, .45-70 level BP loads and also picked up a Crossno .22 LR liner for it. Unfortunately things got real tight and I had to sell it within a couple of years. A .45-70 version is on my short "things I had to sell but now I want a replacement" list, just not at $2K+.
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It's a matter of personal preference, I suspect. I prefer Bond's mechanics as well as looks. By using two different cam profiles for open and close, Bond's gun applies greater force where it's needed: for the primary extraction on open and for stripping the round from the magazine on close. FightLite's design seems like always transfering the force in the same amount. That said, I have a Browning BLR that is designed in the same way and it mostly works okay. I never had to fight a stuck case and the mags are so short that stripping from them is easy.
Anyone have experience with the brass Henrys or Cimarron Yellowboys? How does the finish hold up? Does it tarnish like regular brass or is it coated somehow? I'm not a big fan of brass to begin with and I dislike polishing even less but for the right rifle or carbine in the right configuration I'd probably be OK with the brass IF I don't have to polish it.
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The Cimarron guns are made by Uberti, and generally considered a little better finished than the standard Ubertis. I confess to coveting an 1866 carbine in a serious way. 44 spl as a first choice, 44-40 or 45 Colt as alternatives. Most I think just let them age out, or even do something to them to break the super flashy high polish look. They age out to a beautiful mellow brassy color with handling, or with some mustard, orange juice or other acidic material applied to it. Benign neglect may be the operative phrase in this case.
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Thanks @Malamute, that’s kind of what I was afraid of. I can tolerate the shiny but the aged look is a deal breaker for me. With my sweat it would be a constant fight involving Nevr-Dull.
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Dad has one of the Henry rimfire yellowboys with the octagon barrel. It does not tarnish - it’s either a different alloy, or it’s coated with something, but it does not tarnish.
I believe the rimfire Yellowboy receiver bits are a plated "ZAMAC" type alloy. There was a big to-do about this some years back, similar to people discovering they had MIM parts in their new gun.
I know two people who - at least as late as 2010 - were still using their Ithaca 49 and Agawam .22 LR "Peabody-Martini"-esque single shot faux levergun carbines as plinkers and barn rifles; these had some sort of ZAMAC or similar alloy. The guy with the Agawam got some jollies out of reminding a few of us that he was still using the same .22 we had made crap out of in Junior High, while we had replaced our own .22s long ago.
My SWAG is that Henry probably uses a better metal and better production processes now than Ithaca or Agawam did 50 years ago.
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Man oh man! This has me thinking about raiding the safe to scrounge up some funds.
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