1873 made in 1877. Picked it up at auction a few years ago.
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1873 made in 1877. Picked it up at auction a few years ago.
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Probably an 1873 Winchester in 44 WCF, made in the 1890's if I remember correctly.
1873 Springfield Trapdoor 45-70 made in 1883.
A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.
-Theodore Roosevelt
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1887 Mk 4 Martini Henry
Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will. Romans 12:2
Swiss Vetterli 69/71 manufactured in 1872. Sold my 1887 Marlin revolver. Wish I hadn't now.
Mike
Winchester Mod. 92 in 44 WCF born in 1894. Winchester-Hotchkiss bolt action 45-70, wish I knew the age, several Trapdoor Springfields.
Not sure about the age, but know a bit about the 'smith.
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/f...&GRid=80751762
I have danced with the Devil. She had excellent attorneys.
A Commercial 1911 Colt made in 1917.
1899. My great, great, great, great grandfathers colt SAA!
Last year of the black powder only model.
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U.S. Krag. Struck 1899
Shiloh
Je suis Charlie
"A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves."
Bertrand de Jouvenel
“Any government that does not trust its citizens with firearms is either a tyranny, or planning to become one.” – Joseph P. Martino
“If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert , in five years there would be a shortage of sand.” – Milton Friedman
"Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns; why should we let them have ideas?" - J. Stalin
I think my First Model, 3rd issue S&W made in 1864-65 is the winner for me.
Froggie
"It aint easy being green!"
Mine is a Marlin 336 "waffletop, perch belly" .30-30 made in 1949, that I would like to sell or trade.
It's all chicken, even the beak!
I almost bought a non converted Vetterli 69-71 a couple of months ago. It looked really nice. The guy knew nothing about it. I think he was asking around $250. I wanted it but am low on funds. Sure wish I would have bought it. I reload rim fire. I want to test my skills on reloading these rim fires. But also thought that rim fire brass for them would be extremely expensive. Any thoughts?
Sounds like a good price if the barrel hasn`t been chopped and has a cleaning rod. I have seen the original ammo go for 6 to 12 dollars apiece.But I have never seen one that was fired and actuality went off. I have a 69-71 which was made into a carbine around 1900 by Sears & Robuch. My other is a 78-81 made in 1886. I have converted both and shoot both. I make my own ammo.Good luck to you if you get one and reload rim fire. It`s just to easy to convert and shoot center fire to me.
Pistol = S&W Model 1 V3 1870
Rifle = Martini Henry Gahendra model 1875
I'm not even competitive in here. My oldest is a Schmidth-Rubin K31. I believe it is stamped 1944.
1867 Remington Rolling block that was in the second batch of 20,000 that were sold to Sweden and Denmark. Just the action. I had it stocked and barreled in 45-70. It is not traditional style. I made it so that it would kick the least possible. The design details worked.
Percussion fowler from the 1870's.
"Experience is a series of non-fatal mistakes"
Disarming is a mistake free people only get to make once...
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |