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The 15-2 is one fine revolver.
Someone really liked that one.
Someone really liked that one.
I concur. I love honest wear.
Direct sunight and a digital camera really show the wear and patina.Now, THAT's a beautiful revolver!
I'd hover over one like that at a show much longer than a pristine specimen. I love the character of that patina.
Oh, nice knife too. Does look a bit like Schrade's work in the pic.
Well I bought it from a guy who advertised it on the CB Sight. The advantage for me was he lived in Kenai south of Anchorage. It is an original carbine 20” barrel and somewhere along the line the full mag tube was added with a flat band style you would find on the 1894’s from the late 1940’s, but larger. It came with a Monti Carlo butt stock with a 12.5 inch pull. Horrible. Also the Lyman steel receiver sight and it’s a short tang.That Norwegian Knife is a keeper !
Would you mind writing a little more about that short barreled .348.
I have a .348 barrel that may need "customizing".
That's like a perfect carbine if a guy was writing a novel about an old Sourdough trapper, prospector, bush dwelling hermit. Man I can see it now. Snug little cabin, snow shoes, moose antlers, elevated food cache, an axe in a chopping block, and that carbine with an old yellow and red Western Cartridge box as a still life painting.Well I bought it from a guy who advertised it on the CB Sight. The advantage for me was he lived in Kenai south of Anchorage. It is an original carbine 20” barrel and somewhere along the line the full mag tube was added with a flat band style you would find on the 1894’s from the late 1940’s, but larger. It came with a Monti Carlo butt stock with a 12.5 inch pull. Horrible. Also the Lyman steel receiver sight and it’s a short tang.
Well I like 14 inch pull on the stock so I didn’t even shoot it till I had the correct stock on it. I hunted for an original and I’d find replacement but new or a buggered originals all for high prices. This turned into a two year hunt.
Well I was on email one day and I got notification that a stock had just been listed. Went to the eBay listing and it was an original stock for a short tang without the butt plate. $20 buy it now. I of course jumped on it. I think that stock was listed for maybe 10 minutes. Stock was in very good shape so not having a butt plate and this gun had already been altered I had a Decelerator pad installed, which works great as I like a long pull.
The end result is a great fit in a shorter carbine length rifle that handles beautifully for me. I’ve never liked the model 71 24 inch rifle, it just didn’t feel right.
I have a Lee G Buy 225 grain mold that shoots lights out. 2 inch at 100. For me with a receiver sight that’s great.
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That is a beauty, thank you for sharing the pictures and story. I've always thought the 71 was the most handsome of leverguns.Well I bought it from a guy who advertised it on the CB Sight. The advantage for me was he lived in Kenai south of Anchorage. It is an original carbine 20” barrel and somewhere along the line the full mag tube was added with a flat band style you would find on the 1894’s from the late 1940’s, but larger. It came with a Monti Carlo butt stock with a 12.5 inch pull. Horrible. Also the Lyman steel receiver sight and it’s a short tang.
Well I like 14 inch pull on the stock so I didn’t even shoot it till I had the correct stock on it. I hunted for an original and I’d find replacement but new or a buggered originals all for high prices. This turned into a two year hunt.
Well I was on email one day and I got notification that a stock had just been listed. Went to the eBay listing and it was an original stock for a short tang without the butt plate. $20 buy it now. I of course jumped on it. I think that stock was listed for maybe 10 minutes. Stock was in very good shape so not having a butt plate and this gun had already been altered I had a Decelerator pad installed, which works great as I like a long pull.
The end result is a great fit in a shorter carbine length rifle that handles beautifully for me. I’ve never liked the model 71 24 inch rifle, it just didn’t feel right.
I have a Lee G Buy 225 grain mold that shoots lights out. 2 inch at 100. For me with a receiver sight that’s great.
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