Recent content by ThomasT

I looked on GB in the advanced search and only found one of the HK model 10s still in the sold listings. That gun sold for $510 and came in a blue S&W box and looked like new money. I wish I had of bid a little harder. I don't see anymore being listed. https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1040420815

I have owned 3 of those Taurus model 82s and they were all fine guns that shot to the sights. The frame is just slightly larger than a K-Frame and there is no barrel flat on the barrel extension. They are a heavy duty model 10 with heavy barrel and the price is right on them. I have also owned...

There were several of these on GB just a few weeks ago. All from the same seller. I kept bidding but got outbid. They sold for a lot less than that Frugate arms price. I had a RHKP many years ago that was pretty beat up and was missing the lanyard. I paid $200 for it. And sold it after a bit. I...

I like the 686 but like the 586 better. But I like the model 19 best of all. I DO NOT like full underlugs. Too friggin' heavy and unneeded. I don't have a model 19 but do have a 4" Ruger Security Six blued that I dearly love. Its everything the model 19 is and doesn't have the supposed weakness...

I am sure the Henry's are Marlin 336 copies in the action set up. One big difference is the hammer and trigger on the Henry. There is no half cock. The Henry uses a sliding bar that is trigger raised so it can hit the firing pin. The trigger has to be pulled for the bar to rise just like other...

OKay here are some pics of the new sights and the scope installed. I am about 90% satisfied with the set up. I had to still use High Rings to clear the rear sight. But it shoulders fine and you can get a semi cheek weld. I think I may still just get a folding Marbles sight and put back on it and...

The 45-70 is a good round. Do you remember the 2 part article in Rifle Magazine where Brian Pearce took a 45-70 to Africa? He shot one Cape Buffalo and the round penetrated so well it killed a second unseen Cape Buffalo standing behind it. The gun and round made a great close range gun for those...

Yep prices ain't what they used to be. And neither is your money. The dollar has lost so much value I'm surprised you don't need a wheelbarrow full of cash to buy a weeks worth of groceries. But even if a gun seems expensive just remember you are buying a tool that with reasonable care will lasy...

I forgot to ask. Does your barrel have a drilled and tapped hole just behind the sight notch in the barrel? Mine does and I'm not sur what its for unless its to mount a picatinny rail or a scout scope base.

Loonwolf I don't have a trigger gauge but my trigger is much better than I expected. Matter of fact it surprised me with how crisp and easy the pull was. I like it and won't be changing it. Of course actually using it from the bench may change my views. I have my sight problem fixed. I had a...

No the Rossi has a .375 dovetail. I found a Marbles shorty flat top sight I had bought a while back and installed that and it fit right in the dovetail. I showed a picture of the rear sight on this gun and it is nothing like that. Frankly a rar sight like that would bug me even more than the...

I have an old Glenfield made in 1969 that I put a folding rear sight on so a scope would clear. Its a Marbles IIRC and is similar to the Ruger 10/22 rear sight. If the new Marbles rear leaf sight doesn't work I have either a Marbles or Lyman folding sight that is the proper height and is also...

Thanks but I just ordered a Marbles Sporting rear sight with much smaller ears. It looks more like the Marlin rear sight. I wish I could find a Marlin rear sight set with the folding blade. If I don't like the Marbles sight I will see if Ruger will sell me a 336 rear sight. I am going to mount...

Today my new R95 came. What a nice looking gun. I just took it out of the box but haven't cleaned the shipping oil off yet. Its just as smooth in operation as others have said. I like the wood and the "checkering" which is more like "stipling". I really would have been fine with smooth wood. I...

I have an old Bushnell 3x that is not "Optically Centered" and it has an egg shaped view to it. I had it on my Marlin 30-30 and it bugged me. So I ground down the mount as much as possible then added a shim to get the rear end up and used accraglass gel for a filler and made a base with a slant...