My daughter stacked it 10/2020. Gsd’s supervising.
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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My daughter stacked it 10/2020. Gsd’s supervising.
Stihl using my Ithaca model 37 pump. It is a "duck hunter's special". Has ducks engraved on the reciever. Matte black metal and no glare oiled stock. Bought it for turkey hunting back in the 80's.
That's awesome nothing like family and firewood!!!
It was a punishment actually but when she was done I think she was actually satisfied with the work done. She actually hates “firewood work” but loves the heat. Go figure right?
The one we got has amazing engraving on it as well but can't remember what it is.
The Model 37 says "Deerslayer" on the slug barrel, but has 3 ducks on one side of the receiver and two ducks and a retriever on the other!
The 870 does not have any engraving, but it is my favorite shotgun cause I bought it when I was 18 (first gun I could buy w/o a parent). My Mom had to come with me the year before to buy the Model 94!
I love the 30-30, but I'll chalk it up to your age that you were not impressed with the 95 or 71! How many people do you know that have a lever action chambered in 30-06???
And the Model 71 is a real thumper! I bought it used in the early 70s when I was in college. It was manufactured in 1940.
The cartridge is based on a necked down 50-110, the base is larger than a 45-70.
The 870 does not have any engraving, but it is my favorite shotgun cause I bought it when I was 18 (first gun I could buy w/o a parent). My Mom had to come with me the year before to buy the Model 94!
I love the 30-30, but I'll chalk it up to your age that you were not impressed with the 95 or 71! How many people do you know that have a lever action chambered in 30-06???
And the Model 71 is a real thumper! I bought it used in the early 70s when I was in college. It was manufactured in 1940.
The cartridge is based on a necked down 50-110, the base is larger than a 45-70.
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Better make sure your shooting round nose bullets in that 06' lever lol I go back to 1898 30-40 Krag Jorgensen side loader. Any earlier not so much. More familiar with military rifles. Springfield Enfield Mauser and newer.
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$750? What a roach!
There was an early 066 on the other sites classifieds that looked great that went for that kind of money
I don’t need a 066, but the opportunity presented itself......
I don’t need a 066, but the opportunity presented itself......
It would be awesome to have that 71.
I know I’ve told this story before but it’s been a while. I knew an old guy who had one but he wouldn’t ever give me prices even though he said he wanted to sell his collection. He was kind of a tough to deal with, cantankerous guy and eventually I gave up because he never gave me a price on any guns and he had over 300 and he claimed to be very interested in selling. He was extremely cheap and was very concerned about passing on his money to his kids. Kind of a tough deal for that family as both of his boys died within two years of he and his wife.
As a kid my punishment was mending fences. Needless to say, I can mend the hell out of a fence.
Ha ha ha same with daughters, they at 10 & 11 don’t want to help except to load the stove and crank it
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Going the hard way on a 24" DBH willow oak. I've done occasional removals with just antique spurs and a belt since the mid 70's. Recently invested in all new climbing gear and this is a perfect first practice tree with no time crunch to fell. Been cleaning the limbs off and chunking down 16" split ready wood. I'm not going to bother cutting the stem, just dropping it whole after the limbs are gone. Huge lower limbs would be safer to remove before dropping regardless.
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Why not just fell it, unless you're just wanting to try out the new gear, congrats on the new gear.
I also don't see how it's safer to remove the large limbs before dropping?
The Model 95 Winchester has a Box Magazine (even though it is a lever action) and was designed to shoot pointed bullets. It was chambered in 30-40 Krag, 30 Russian, 30-03, 30-06, 35 Winchester and 405 Winchester. It was Iconic, being pictured with Teddy Roosevelt with the Rhino, and in numerous pics of Texas Rangers and the Rough Riders. It was an expensive gun so it was not as popular as other rifles of the time. (John Browning design, 1895).
The Model 71 is really a sporterized model 1886 with a pistol grip lever, 1/2 length magazine, and a hardened receiver, and a new caliber. Many gun writers consider it to be one of the best lever actions (if not the best) ever produced. The cartridge dwarfs a 30-30, and ammo is still produced because of the guns popularity in Alaska. The 30-30 just does not cut it if you run across a Grizzly! It is also very effective on Moose, and there is one engraved on the receiver of my gun (note: No Model 71s were factory engraved).
The pointed bullets I'm loading in the 30-30 and 348 are Hornady "Leverevolution" bullets, the pointed tip is soft and designed to work in tube fed lever action rifles.
Thanks I ASSumed it was tube fed. Wow not a day goes by on here that I don't have a tasty tidbit of new knowledge thanks!
Henry has come out with the "Long Ranger" in 30.06-243-308 that are mag fed so you can shoot pointy bullets.
Finally worked on filing a proper milling chain . Works so much nicer it’s probably not as good as the more seasoned millers but I’m learning . cuts were twice as fast and much smoother
Wow dang near a sanded finish!!!
