I’m a Cowboy now 1895– Marlin 45/70

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There is a ranch in Iowa that raises some of the best rodeo stock in the world. I have met the owners, very good people and as hard working as you will ever see. They are kind enough to allow our retriever club to train and hold field trials on their ground, and they won't accept a penny for it. I'd say the qualify as cowboys even though the all wear ball caps. Nest time I talk to one of them I will ask about there preference of rifles. Gifting them a rifle or two would be a good way to say thank you.
 
Not a cowboy but I spent 18 years on a Sheriff's mounted SAR posse in the Sierra and started my share of colts. The hot ticket item for ranchers were Marlins in 357 mag. for 'yotes
 
Varminterror said:
Cervi’s are great folks too. Made a lot of money at their shows.
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You know a lot of Iowa cowboys. It's the other THR, Three Hills Rodeo. Very neat place and not how most picture Iowa.
Getting off topic but the rodeo stock industry faces the same opposition, often probably the same people and politicians as RTKBA folks.
Only they don't have an amendment, at least not one as clear cut as the 2A.
 
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Fine Figure of a Man said:
You know a lot of Iowa cowboys. It's the other THR, Three Hills Rodeo. Very neat place and not how most picture Iowa.
Getting off topic but the rodeo stock industry faces the same opposition, often probably the same people and politicians as RTKBA folks.
Only they don't have an amendment, at least not one as clear cut as the 2A.
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You said you were bordering IL, so I assumed Cervi’s, since they’re literally on the river. You and THree Hills are farther north, so even though it’s deeper into the IA side, I bet you do have more Chicago Influence penetrating than they do down at Cervi’s.

My family’s a PRCA contractor as well, I rode bulls for 20yrs, had about a decade where I made more riding bulls than I did as an engineer. Been around the rodeo road a bit.
 
Varminterror said:
You said you were bordering IL, so I assumed Cervi’s, since they’re literally on the river. You and THree Hills are farther north, so even though it’s deeper into the IA side, I bet you do have more Chicago Influence penetrating than they do down at Cervi’s.

My family’s a PRCA contractor as well, I rode bulls for 20yrs, had about a decade where I made more riding bulls than I did as an engineer. Been around the rodeo road a bit.
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I like to keep a little ground between myself and Illinois, except when there is money to be made. No offense meant to any Illinoisans present.
 
Congrats on the rifle... On my 1895 I have a peep sight and a Weaver base that I can see the peep through. I can have a scope on my rifle one minute and play cowboy the next... My POI barely moves when I put the scope back on... I do like it a little better with out the scope for fun but prefer the scope for hunting..
 
Tommygunn said:
I remember seeing one on an old Henry rifle somewhere. It struck me because I remember thinking; "why put a scope on a rifle that fires a round with a rainbow trajectory?" I wish I could remember where I saw it.

Obviously those old "Buffalo guns" would benefit more from even a primitive scope than a .44 rimfire Henry....
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the good bad and the ugly it was a win 66 with the forend of to look like a henry. there we no repros of the henry when the movie was shot.
 
Tommygunn said:
Um......get in a time machine and go back to 1876.:what:
Actually even then most cowboys either didn't have a gun, probably being unable to afford them, or kept them in a saddlebag which offered better protection than a holster.
Lots of guns back then......but then, lots of people without guns too.
Only in Hollywood oaters do all the Cowboys always have a gun on their hip, and then it always seemed to be a Colt Peacemaker ....even if the movie/tv show was set in 1867.
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I was talking about the Indians in Texas. Col. Ranald MacKenzie (the most successful Indian fighter in U.S. history, bar none) forever crushed the Comanches in 1874. The year 1876 was a bad one for elements of the 7th Cav. lol

Your points about Hollywood are right on. I have read many accounts of Indian attacks on settlers here in Texas where the victims were caught away from the house without any type of weapon whatsoever. Hollywood would have us believe people were packing heavily all day long. That just wasn't the case.
 
troy fairweather said:
the good bad and the ugly it was a win 66 with the forend of to look like a henry. there we no repros of the henry when the movie was shot.
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Um .... I don't think I saw this rifle in a movie..... I recall it in a black & white photo in a book. But, I cannot remember WHAT book. I'd scan off a copy and post it if I could find it.:confused:
 
gojones said:
Nice, I Have the Marlin 1895 in 45-70. What I don't have is a scope. Remember, this caliber kills at both ends. A scope could also become a dangerous part of this scenario.
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I don't understand a scope could also become a dangerous part of this scenario,elaborate please.
 
If a shooter gets a scope bite from a 26” Marlin 1895 Cowboy in .45-70, then they are at risk with ANY centerfire firearm. The Cowboy 1895 is a mile long and weighs a ton. Even with Marlin only loads, it’s very well behaved.
 
GunnyUSMC said:
Look like a Henry, or an 1866 with the fore grip removed.
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That clearly is an 1866 with the forend removed. As I said, the photo I saw was a b&w from a book.
I recall an old civil war themed movie where they used 1892s with removed for ends to stand-in for Henry's too, as well as a tv series called "The Guns of Paradise."

Henry Rifles do not have separate magazine tubes as the rifle in that photo, the magazine was formed be forming two flats alongside the barrel, and forming it around a mandrel, leaving a slot on the bottom for a fingertab on the follower so it could be moved forward to load the rifle.
The 1866 removed that feature, using the more common, later type mag still used on modern centerfire leveraction rifles.
 
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