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Post by Junior on Dec 7, 2015 13:07:35 GMT -7
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urny
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Post by urny on Dec 7, 2015 13:24:59 GMT -7
I'm not sure I could work up the nerve to shoot something like that. Interesting find.
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Post by Bullshop on Dec 7, 2015 13:35:09 GMT -7
Some people always seem to come up from stepping in it smelling like roses. Step in the doo doo and find an old gun qualifies.
Good score. Maybe a candidate for Jes.
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Post by Junior on Dec 7, 2015 13:40:27 GMT -7
I was thinking about whacking it out to 32 since I've got all the stuff for 32 still after you got the 336 off of me.
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Post by Junior on Dec 7, 2015 13:41:53 GMT -7
I'm not sure I could work up the nerve to shoot something like that. Interesting find. I was a bit nervous, and used the load showing the lowest pressure in the lyman book. I don't think I would be brave enough to chamber one of my old Marlin loads in it. |
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Post by scootershooter on Dec 8, 2015 8:36:26 GMT -7
Jr you are one lucky dude! :-) Interesting carving on the butt stock.
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Post by Bullshop on Dec 8, 2015 9:10:39 GMT -7
Re boring to 32 may not completely clean up the old bore. May have to go to 35 cal minimum . The 35/30 makes a nice wildcat though. As long as the chamber is not pitted you can do 35/30.
If the chamber is pitted you might check Gun Parts Corp.. They often have new and used replacement barrels available for very reasonable prices.
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Post by Junior on Dec 8, 2015 9:41:17 GMT -7
I was thinking 35/35 if I have to go to 35 cal.
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Post by cz93x62 on Dec 8, 2015 22:15:26 GMT -7
HA! I had the same idea Dan Sr. had--JES Rebore. A real phoenix, rising from the ashes. Hard to fathom why people would use a rifle like a tomato stake and let it go to rust like this. An atrocity.
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Post by Junior on Dec 9, 2015 6:49:39 GMT -7
There is a bridge about 1/2 mile upstream from where I found the gun, and then about 2 miles up stream there is a common party place. It either got chucked off the bridge, or some drunk kid dropped in in the river. Either way, I ran the numbers with the local sheriff and it came back clean.
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Post by cz93x62 on Dec 9, 2015 9:06:27 GMT -7
I wondered about the rifle's legal status......good that you cleared it. There are LOTS of ways a rifle can end up in a river apart from criminal actions--a spiteful spouse or significant other comes to mind here, thinking of damage done to bass boats and cars during domestic dust-ups that I got called to while doing my Sheriff bit. Hell TRULY hath no fury......and getting rid of an unwanted firearm is kind of a PITA--short of turning it in to LE for destruction, there aren't a lot of responsible manners to dispose of such an item.
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Post by Bullshop on Dec 9, 2015 13:05:47 GMT -7
I volunteer to become a disposal provider.
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