Recent content by ThomasT

OKay here are some pics of the new sights and the scope installed. I am about 90% satisfied with the set up. I had to still use High Rings to clear the rear sight. But it shoulders fine and you can get a semi cheek weld. I think I may still just get a folding Marbles sight and put back on it and...

The 45-70 is a good round. Do you remember the 2 part article in Rifle Magazine where Brian Pearce took a 45-70 to Africa? He shot one Cape Buffalo and the round penetrated so well it killed a second unseen Cape Buffalo standing behind it. The gun and round made a great close range gun for those...

Yep prices ain't what they used to be. And neither is your money. The dollar has lost so much value I'm surprised you don't need a wheelbarrow full of cash to buy a weeks worth of groceries. But even if a gun seems expensive just remember you are buying a tool that with reasonable care will lasy...

I forgot to ask. Does your barrel have a drilled and tapped hole just behind the sight notch in the barrel? Mine does and I'm not sur what its for unless its to mount a picatinny rail or a scout scope base.

Loonwolf I don't have a trigger gauge but my trigger is much better than I expected. Matter of fact it surprised me with how crisp and easy the pull was. I like it and won't be changing it. Of course actually using it from the bench may change my views. I have my sight problem fixed. I had a...

No the Rossi has a .375 dovetail. I found a Marbles shorty flat top sight I had bought a while back and installed that and it fit right in the dovetail. I showed a picture of the rear sight on this gun and it is nothing like that. Frankly a rar sight like that would bug me even more than the...

I have an old Glenfield made in 1969 that I put a folding rear sight on so a scope would clear. Its a Marbles IIRC and is similar to the Ruger 10/22 rear sight. If the new Marbles rear leaf sight doesn't work I have either a Marbles or Lyman folding sight that is the proper height and is also...

Thanks but I just ordered a Marbles Sporting rear sight with much smaller ears. It looks more like the Marlin rear sight. I wish I could find a Marlin rear sight set with the folding blade. If I don't like the Marbles sight I will see if Ruger will sell me a 336 rear sight. I am going to mount...

Today my new R95 came. What a nice looking gun. I just took it out of the box but haven't cleaned the shipping oil off yet. Its just as smooth in operation as others have said. I like the wood and the "checkering" which is more like "stipling". I really would have been fine with smooth wood. I...

I have an old Bushnell 3x that is not "Optically Centered" and it has an egg shaped view to it. I had it on my Marlin 30-30 and it bugged me. So I ground down the mount as much as possible then added a shim to get the rear end up and used accraglass gel for a filler and made a base with a slant...

My Bulgarian Mak didn't do that. I am going to go with poster #2. I think he nailed your problem pretty well. Thats probably why that guy traded you out of your Zastava 32 auto.

Found this in an article in the American Rifleman and per the author the 360 BHM uses regular 30-30 brass. I think its great that you can use 30-30 brass for the BHM round. "Knowing that the .357 Rem. Max. didn’t have the capacity to get there, could the solution be as simple as not necking...

Don't worry. Getting a 38-55 is just a fantasy for me. But I am surprised the Henry has such an oversized bore. Thats crazy. The Henry only comes in the brass frame version and I don't like those anyway. Too heavy.

Just like the Buck Hammer the 38-55 can be made from 30-30 brass since the 30-30 came from necking down the 38-55 brass. I told my bud that I mentioned earlier who has a 375 Winchester that he could make workable brass for his gun from 30-30 brass. It would be just a little short but would give...

If you see an old Marlin bolt action for a cheap price don't turn your nose up at it. Some of those old model 25 magazine fed rifles would really shoot. I have seen some amazing groups posted over at the rimfirecentral forum shooting Marlin rifles. If have seen 1" groups from the Marlin model 60...