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    Has anyone seen a Nambu outside of a museum?

    Thought I heard some went to Brazil. This one came back in a dufflebag from se Asia. Knew the guy that brought it
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    Has anyone seen a Nambu outside of a museum?

    Here's mine not the fancy nambu. Have a box of ammo for it. The ammo is made over from something else.
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    1908 Greener Cadet...one more checked off the list...

    Those are nice rifles..I have two one unmolested .310 and one lined to 25'-20 wcf. Here's a photo of the 25wcf
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    Snider enfield

    I read that the zourve sniper sight from dixie gunworks might work on a snider. Its a clamp on
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    Snider enfield

    I have dabbled between 70 and 75 grains 2f. Have a round ball and a conical mold. Some 577 cases and some 24 ga cases. Lee dies.
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    Snider enfield

    Wasnt sure where to post this but this rifle started as a frontloader and due to age should always be loaded with blackpowder. It is in 577 snider. This rifle shoots high and I am curious about a front sight. I dont want to kentucky windage it. Are there replacement sights available? Maybe...
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    Guns previously owned by famous people

    As far as i know, i dont have a firearm owned by a famous person. I have a 86 winchester bored out from 40-65 to 45-70 by Parker Ackley. Thats as close as I get.
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    East europe chamber reamer

    I noticed on ebay there are chamber reamers for sale from eastern europe. Not a bad price. Any experience with these reamers?
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    Homo Sapiens: Apex Predator

    Lorne knight didnt get better. There would be a uptick in his health and then whoosh back to bad. He should have ate the meat raw, all of it. There is a lesson there.
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    Homo Sapiens: Apex Predator

    Speaking of raw meats and organ meats. I recently read a book.about Ada Blackjack and a failed expedition to wrangel island. One of the guys died of scurvy. There was talk in the book about eating undercooked meat to prevent scurvey.
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    100+ year old rifles

    a few that I shoot now and then are trapdoor springfield in 45-70, Snider enfield in 577 snider, swiss veterrli 78 in 41 swiss. Recently picked up a berdan 2 rifle. The swiss is converted to centerfire, I use 8mm lebel converted over to 41 swiss
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    How can we have a "Favorite Movie Shotgun" thread without a "Favorite Movie Rifle" thread??

    Legends of the Fall......the big sharps that the old cowboy boy uses and the gun thr father use on the gangster. I second the Ghost in the Darkness rifle
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    William Scagel

    found a winchester 1904a rifle converted by Scagel on the atf curio and relic list.
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    William Scagel

    I've read that William Scagel made his own firearms. I've been looking for more info without much luck. My googlefu must be weak on this. I posted this here rather than the gunsmithing secton, figuring it may get more traction. thank you
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    polish mosin

    After a bit more research, the belgians also converted a mosin nagant to 8mm. This is called a blindee conversion. Had no idea this was done.
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    The 7.62x54r is still a viable caliber

    Just read a article in a 1999 gun digest about sporterized mosins. It all started in the 1920s. Townsend Whelen got involved and started touting the rifle and round. They surmised it was going to die out because the ammo was drying up. There was a lot of interest due to Arms and the Man and then...
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    What's the attraction to cheap rifles

    when I was young, I was broke. The first real rifle not counting a 30-40 krag was a Remington 788. It was all I could afford and barley at that. As time went on the check book got a little fatter and more was spent. Now my eyesight is such a expensive rifle probably wouldn't advantage me much...
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    Brass molds - what's to know?

    I bought one for my 41 swiss, in the instructions that came with it, mentioned a temperature to shoot for. It said not to get it much hotter than 850 degrees. I believe it's the only brass mold I have.
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    What's your ultimate firearm related fantasy ... and is it attainable?

    There's a few, not in any particular order. A marbles gamegetter, a rifle made by Hacker Martin, a firearm made by William Scagel. The Scagel rifle would probably be all but unobtainable.
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    Setting 330 Conibear traps

    I have set them by hand but a devise of some sort sure is much handier.
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