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- Wed Oct 07, 2015 9:17 pm
- Forum: Rifle Forum
- Topic: Rem Bolt Handle Saga
- Replies: 2
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Rem Bolt Handle Saga
This week I got a real education about the Remington 700 bolt handle. A customer called and told me that he had dropped his rifle - and the bolt handle popped off. Apparently this is not an unusual circumstance... Before I ever got my shop open, another fellow here had the same thing happen. This - ...
- Sat Oct 03, 2015 8:14 am
- Forum: Rifle Forum
- Topic: Falling in with bad company
- Replies: 8
- Views: 37464
Re: Falling in with bad company
Taylors guns look pretty good. Lately I've been looking at the Cimarron 1885 low-wall rifles. They are well finished, can be had with double-set triggers and are offered in a number of BP era pistol cartridges. - I'm thinking maybe a 32-20. http://www.cimarron-firearms.com/media/catalog/product/cach...
- Mon Sep 21, 2015 5:01 pm
- Forum: Handgun Forum
- Topic: Stoeger Cougar
- Replies: 6
- Views: 17594
- Sun Sep 20, 2015 11:22 am
- Forum: Rifle Forum
- Topic: Howa 1500
- Replies: 15
- Views: 46622
I took the Howa out to shoot a bit. First I fired some cheap Federal Blue label factory .223 loads with 55 grain bullets. Typical three-shot groups at 100 yards would be two in the same hole, with another hole about 3/4" off to the side. Then I got out my carefully assembled target reloads using 68 ...
- Wed Sep 16, 2015 3:41 pm
- Forum: Rifle Forum
- Topic: Howa 1500
- Replies: 15
- Views: 46622
Well, it seems like precision to my son and I... It's about the best that we can do on our budget. I have been privileged to shoot the real thing though, a 30 pound benchrest gun that was astoundingly accurate, in a class by itself. The trigger for the Howa 1500 that I ordered from Brownells was del...
- Sun Sep 13, 2015 10:12 am
- Forum: Rifle Forum
- Topic: Mannlicher-Schoenauer brush gun
- Replies: 0
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Mannlicher-Schoenauer brush gun
I have always wanted to try out a Mannlicher-Schoenauer but gee those things are pricey in any kind of shape. But at the annual gun show here, I found a converted military MS that looked OK and was not out of my price range. It has a few deficiencies but I decided to try to work around all that. Cli...
- Sat Sep 12, 2015 8:28 pm
- Forum: Gun Talk Community Forum
- Topic: Changed my avatar
- Replies: 1
- Views: 13702
Changed my avatar
Now instead of the cowboy with the H-bomb, it's a color picture of an aoudad sheep. I rarely see them here but if I go outside at night, a lot of times I can hear them baaa'ing at each other, and my neighbors geese going nuts when they and their mule deer buddies come down into town to eat the water...
- Sat Sep 12, 2015 8:22 pm
- Forum: Rifle Forum
- Topic: Howa 1500
- Replies: 15
- Views: 46622
It's supposed to come pre-set at one pound. - I'll probably just leave it at that, more or less at the middle of its adjustment range. It's a bench gun, highly unlikely to ever be shot in the field. My son and I get into competitions to see how few holes we can wind up with at 100 yards, with five r...
- Wed Sep 09, 2015 10:25 pm
- Forum: Rifle Forum
- Topic: Howa 1500
- Replies: 15
- Views: 46622
Thought I'd post some pictures. http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/arwatch/Firearms/Howa%201500/th_IMG_4154_zpslrn0j2mf.jpg http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/arwatch/Firearms/Howa%201500/th_IMG_4153_zpszlgx2ryc.jpg http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/arwatch/Firearms/Howa%201500/th...
- Wed Sep 09, 2015 10:52 am
- Forum: Handgun Forum
- Topic: Stoeger Cougar
- Replies: 6
- Views: 17594
This picture is a little better. Click to enlarge: http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/arwatch/Firearms/Stoeger%20Cougar/th_IMG_4156_zpscbwvzwta.jpg The other side of the pistol has the serial number on the frame and on the slide. The Stoeger Cougar replaces my Hungarian 9mm Hi-Power/S&W clone ...
- Mon Sep 07, 2015 11:20 pm
- Forum: Rifle Forum
- Topic: Howa 1500
- Replies: 15
- Views: 46622
Howa 1500
I have been curious about the Howa rifle action for some time, having read that it was originally a Sako design. It has a flat bottom like a Mauser or model 70, with the 3 position sliding safety off to the side, like a Mark X Mauser. The other day I found a used Howa in .223 that had a 24" bull bar...
- Sun Sep 06, 2015 11:08 am
- Forum: Handgun Forum
- Topic: Stoeger Cougar
- Replies: 6
- Views: 17594
I've never fired a Beretta 92. I did find out though that the Cougar is a Beretta design that was superseded by another new model. Beretta did market the Cougar for a while, but it was old-school compared to the newer designs so they dropped it from their line. The tooling was sold to the Turkish ma...
- Sat Sep 05, 2015 11:48 pm
- Forum: Handgun Forum
- Topic: Stoeger Cougar
- Replies: 6
- Views: 17594
Stoeger Cougar
Looking for an inexpensive carry gun, I bought a Stoeger Cougar in .40 S&W today. Click image to see larger picture. http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff206/arwatch/Firearms/Stoeger%20Cougar/th_IMG_4150_zpstjsdn7fw.jpg It has my favorite fire control mechanism. - It can be fired single or double-ac...
- Sat Aug 29, 2015 6:58 pm
- Forum: Gun Talk Community Forum
- Topic: Never let a tragedy go to waste
- Replies: 4
- Views: 18248
That happened 30 odd miles from me, and WDBJ is about a mile from my house. At least the woman reporter's father had a carefully worded statement, about doing more to keep crazy people from getting guns, but not restricting other's gun rights. The Hildabeast was the first presidential candidate to ...
- Sat Aug 22, 2015 1:57 pm
- Forum: Gun Talk Community Forum
- Topic: New Gunsmith's Shop
- Replies: 5
- Views: 29292