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Offline kevin.303

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« on: May 18, 2005, 05:37:47 PM »
well, some of you might remember that a few months ago i found a really nice original '92 rifle in .25-20 for $450 Cdn. i had the money saved and ready to go when $1500 worth of dental work intervened, but as of friday my bills will be paid off and my paychecks will be mine once more. when i was looking for a 25-20 in my price range i ran across a SRC in .44-40 for the same price, little rougher shape. i toyed with it but i didn't really want a carbine and i really wanted a .25-20. the .25 has since been sold, but the .44 is still listed on the dealers website. i figure i'll start saving my cash and if it's still there in 8 weeks, i'll take it, if not he's also got some real nice 1894's in .30-30 too. my 11 year old cousin is a fanatic about hunting and fishing and he'll be able to start hunting in 2-3 years. i figure this would make a good deer rifle for him, as he's fairly small and a SRC would feel like a full size rifle to him. and where i hunt most deer are seen and shot at 50-100 yards, so with proper practice and shot placement the .44-40 should be more then enough. here's a pic of the SRC,


and if that doesn't pan out, a 1894 in .30-30
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« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2005, 02:58:25 AM »
kevin.303 - that's a tough choice.  I can really understand the 25-20 and it's too bad you missed that one, but either the 44-40 or the 30-30 would make a fabul;ous gift for that 11 y/o.  

My old Lyman manual shows some reloads for the 44-40 from a 24" bbl that are pretty dang snotty - way beyond what they play with in the CASS.  With 200 gn bullets, you can load out to  near 2k'/sec, ifin ya wants to.  

But, the 30-30 is just about the best whitetail cartridge around and I can guarrantee ya that he would keep that for the rest of his life.  I would.  Mikey.
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« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2005, 04:53:59 AM »
Kevin.........I quess you decided against the .32 Winchester special?
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« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2005, 09:57:20 AM »
the dingbat with the 32 special had sold it a month before i saw the listing, but hadn't deleted it. i have no intention of giving it to my cousin, but he will be using it for his first few hunts. he's got over $1500 of his own he won in a small town poker derby, so i think he'd want to pick and choose something for himself. i am gonna buy him a .22, just can't decide what. as for the '92 or the 1894 it is a tough choice. both are $450, but i'll probably take the '92. unless it's sold before i can get it then i'll look for another one or take the 1894. for another $50 i could get one in .38-55 or a fixer upper 1895 in .303 British. argh, i hate decisions!!!
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« Reply #4 on: May 19, 2005, 10:48:40 AM »
That 38.55 sounds pretty good to me.........
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« Reply #5 on: May 19, 2005, 11:47:15 AM »
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That 38.55 sounds pretty good to me.........


yeah, $450 for a .38-55 SRC, here's the site, you can see why it's hard to choose. you Americans could buy from them, but it'd be a good sized pile of red tape.

http://psmilitaria.50megs.com/winchester.html
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« Reply #6 on: May 19, 2005, 03:06:41 PM »
Put each of them to your shoulder, look across the sights, then work the lever.  I'm sure that the '92 will go home with you.  Besides 30-30 can be had commonly, but 44-40's?
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« Reply #7 on: May 19, 2005, 05:06:46 PM »
only problem with that is they're half way across the country, but i might be able to find someone on canadian gunnutz to look at them for me. i will go for the '92 since that was my original want, and .30-30's are a dime a dozen. but like i said, i got to save the cash, so it might be gone in 6 weeks( although it hasn't moved in 6 months). if it's gone i'll look around or get one of those 1894's. do any of the ammo companys still produce .32-40 ammo? can it be formed from other brass.
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« Reply #8 on: May 21, 2005, 06:25:26 AM »
My vote is for the 38-55... If I have a vote :)
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