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    Cowboy guns

    Levers from the 1800s

    Sharps highwalls rolling blocks

    SAA Smith no3

    Percussion revolvers and cratridge conversions

    Anyone been hit by that bug?

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    I’d like to have a Colt 1873 revolver and a Winchester 1873 rifle, both in .45 Colt but probably not enough to actually buy them since they’d probably just sit in the safe.
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    Henry 30-30 Brass Lever action with octagon barrel

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    I was at a neighbors estate auction recently, he owned a gun shop. Auctioned off a couple all original pre-1900 winchester rifles, plus a Henry yellowboy went for almost 30 grand, which was less than the estimate. Buyer had an agent there and bid on it from Arizona was all I heard. Whoever that was certainly got bit by the bug!

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    I once shot a Ruger Vaquero in 45 Colt. 6" barrel, I think. Tons of fun and accurate as hell!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Joker_114th View Post
    Henry 30-30 Brass Lever action with octagon barrel
    A lever action 30-30 is one of my dream guns. I have a Henry .22LR lever and it is a great gun. I'm not real fond of how you load Henry's larger rifles. I mean, feeding .22's down the front of a tube is ok, but anything larger should feed from the receiver. Just my opinion.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AirForceAngler View Post
    A lever action 30-30 is one of my dream guns. I have a Henry .22LR lever and it is a great gun. I'm not real fond of how you load Henry's larger rifles. I mean, feeding .22's down the front of a tube is ok, but anything larger should feed from the receiver. Just my opinion.
    Dropping 45/70s down the tube is pretty fun.

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    Recently picked up a Winchester 1886 45-70. Another of John Moses Browning's masterpieces!
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    I have a Uberti Hombre in 45 colt... Love that thing!

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    Ive got a 3.5" stainless Taylors Running Iron only had a couple cylinders of blanks through it I need to sell, Was gonna get into mounted shooting but decided to buy a bassboat instead