gsbuickman
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Morning Guys ...
I finally went and done it, I finally got me another lever gun, but not just any lever gun, a Winchester 94 . Going on two years ago I had a Winchester 94ae in 44 Mag, but at the time I wasn't setup to reload and I didn't have anything else in 44 and like an idiot I let it go for something else I just had to have.
Well, fast forward to last weekend when someone new to a local buy, sell, trade, discuss firearms group that I started for everyone here in the valley posted up a pair of Winchester 94 Ranger lever guns in 30-30 for sale or trade that got my attention. He sold one of them to another member of the group and I touched bases with him about the other one. It turns out he bought both of them brand new and put a box of shells through each before putting them in his gun safe and letting them sit unused until he decided to sell or trade them for something more suitable for Elk at longer distances.
We got to talking about things and looking at options because he already had a 270 and 06' when he stopped by yesterday evening and I ended up trading him for my sportered 1891 7.65 Chilean Mauser w/ 100 rds nib Privy / PPU shells for it. Now I'm the new owner of a practically brand new Winchester Ranger 30-30 . Granted it's not a 44 like my previous 94 even though I'm set up to reload 44 shells now, but the good thing is I already had brass, boolits, primers, powder & dies for the 30-30 on my bench, just no 30-30 to go with them. Now that's changed, see how that worked out even though I didn't get a matching 44 lever gun to go with my Virginian Dragoon ?, anyhoo, it's all good ...
I finally went and done it, I finally got me another lever gun, but not just any lever gun, a Winchester 94 . Going on two years ago I had a Winchester 94ae in 44 Mag, but at the time I wasn't setup to reload and I didn't have anything else in 44 and like an idiot I let it go for something else I just had to have.
Well, fast forward to last weekend when someone new to a local buy, sell, trade, discuss firearms group that I started for everyone here in the valley posted up a pair of Winchester 94 Ranger lever guns in 30-30 for sale or trade that got my attention. He sold one of them to another member of the group and I touched bases with him about the other one. It turns out he bought both of them brand new and put a box of shells through each before putting them in his gun safe and letting them sit unused until he decided to sell or trade them for something more suitable for Elk at longer distances.
We got to talking about things and looking at options because he already had a 270 and 06' when he stopped by yesterday evening and I ended up trading him for my sportered 1891 7.65 Chilean Mauser w/ 100 rds nib Privy / PPU shells for it. Now I'm the new owner of a practically brand new Winchester Ranger 30-30 . Granted it's not a 44 like my previous 94 even though I'm set up to reload 44 shells now, but the good thing is I already had brass, boolits, primers, powder & dies for the 30-30 on my bench, just no 30-30 to go with them. Now that's changed, see how that worked out even though I didn't get a matching 44 lever gun to go with my Virginian Dragoon ?, anyhoo, it's all good ...