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Special Interests - Groups & Societies => The Winchester Model 1876 => Topic started by: pinto beans on July 12, 2020, 08:10:02 PM
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Greetings All
Might quiet these days around here, so figured to see if anyone been out shooting. I managed 20 rounds on July 4. Been to long and sure was fun. Did under score how much my marksmanship has suffered with no shooting for a spell but was sure grateful for chance to get back at it!! How bout it folks, anyone had a chance to pull a trigger of late?!
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It has been Hot Here,, oh," How hot was it ", 2 of my 20 to 1 slugs melted before they reached the target ",,( man better have some more "COFFEE ") ::)
coffee's ready ,, Hootmix
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It's been hot here, too. Whereabouts do you live? I'm in Austin and it's been triple digits for about a week. Haven't been shooting much but I might go Friday, as it's only supposed to be in the upper nineties. We have a cold wave. Be safe!
Dave
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Just got back to SC from the Bitterroot Valley in Montana. It was great there! Highs in the 70s-80s and cool nights. Mid 90s here and wet. Went to the range before going West, and was about ready to pass out after an hour. Wish I was back out West with a 76!
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Hey doketx ,, S.E. Okla. just due north of Paris Tex. ,, rained lightly off & on today 8) , the humidity here " sucks " but suppose to be back to bak'n tators tomorrow.
coffee's ready ,, Hootmix.
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Hootmix,
Thanks for the reply. Wish I could send you some of our humidity, but I guess we'll be sweating till October! Be careful!
Dave (doketx)
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Doctex:
Been quite here as it has been pretty wet and muddy what with all the rain we have been gittin. I do have an itchy trigger finger and am getting ready to take the '76 out and give it a shot or two. Got three target ranges here--one at 25 yards for laziness, one at 205 yards for serious stuff and one at 100 yards for load testin. So, it looks like the hay was rolled today and now can see the targets so maaybe!
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Hot and dry here in Utah. Extreme fire danger and some of the local target shooters are not helping by firing at exploding targets.
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Raining here on the coast and Hot and dry everywhere else . Got a bit of shooting in yesterday with a new old 1876 Win. A 26 " Oct. barrel rifle 40-60 with a Great bore , it is a shooter , it can drive tack's with my Bp. loads . Try and stay Cool and Safe .,,,,,DT
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Really? A "new/old 76" and no pic's??? Really? You know better than that, Dusty!
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Really? A "new/old 76" and no pic's??? Really? You know better than that, Dusty!
Recon I'll see what I can do ! May be a couple days ,she's getting some makeup put on .,,,,,DT
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This quiet get's my tinnitus going . ,,,,,DT
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Two Hurricanes back to back , gonna be interesting . May be in survival mode for a while , any other friends in the path of these two Hurricanes . I wish you the best , chin up and chest out ..,,,,,DT .
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To you and yours ,, and all down that way ,, my God show kindness and lessen the storms fury.
Got the coffee go'n ,, Hootmix.
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Best of luck Dusty, and to anyone in the path.... appears we have dodged yet another bullet ourselves .
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God's blessings and guidance as these storms pass.
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We're far enough away from the coast that we'll only get a bunch of rain, but I have relatives in Brownsville, and I hope and pray that anyone who is on the coast is ready and safe. May God protect y'all!
Dave
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Dodged a bullet on that one . Family and neighbors to the East , Not so good .,,,,,DT
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Glad to hear your safe and sound.
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Thanks Amigo .,,,DT
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The forum sure has slowed down a bit :'( Has anyone been shooting lately? I had my 1876 out to the range last weekend and again today. While there today, I made a short video while shooting at the 100 yard gongs ;D
https://youtu.be/W7yfHy4opS8
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Tink Tink tink Tink love it. Whats the load?
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For what it's worth, I got shoulder problems so I've only been handgunning this year. Surgery soon so next year hopefully rifles again.
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Good luck to you with the shoulder. I'm a bit over a year out from reconstruction on my right shoulder, yea my shooting shoulder. I've only fired one rifle since I got the OK from the surgeon and that was my '73 in 44 WCF. Not much of a challenge but probably a good first step. Didn't hurt a bit although the points of the crescent butt left black n blue marks. I'm turning into such a wimp as I get old (lol).
Got a rifle coming in a week or so that will test the shoulder good. Maybe after that I'll buckle my swashes and shoot a 12 gauge double. (smile)
Dave
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The load was 78gr of Swiss 2F under a 20-1 Rapine 350gr bullet lubed with SPG. A .030" veg card wad and a single newspaper wad over the powder. WLR primers. This is an earlier target I shot with this load. I wouldn't call it a tack driver. Not with my aging eyes. But its not bad.
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Looks like minute of elk to me! Nice shooting!
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That group looks great to me! Hunting season is almost upon us, hope ya get a chance to try it out on some game!!
:D
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The forum sure has slowed down a bit :'( Has anyone been shooting lately? I had my 1876 out to the range last weekend and again today. While there today, I made a short video while shooting at the 100 yard gongs ;D
https://youtu.be/W7yfHy4opS8
Great Video Steve ! ,,,DT
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What kind of peep is that?
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What kind of peep is that?
On my rifle? Its an Axtell reproduction of the original Winchester sporting tang sight.
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Tried googling it and found that apparently that company is out of business now. Couldn't really find anything about it. Looks nice.
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Unfortunately they are gone. But from what I understand, this guy bought all the tooling and is getting back in production.
http://www.theoriginalsightcompany.com/
He doesn't show my sight, but you might email and ask.
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That is a nice sight - whoever designed it knew what they were doing - most tang sights sit too far back on the tang and dont leave room to get your thumb over top of it -
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That is a nice sight - whoever designed it knew what they were doing - most tang sights sit too far back on the tang and dont leave room to get your thumb over top of it -
It works very well. I suppose it was originally designed by Winchester engineers specifically for the model 1876. They knew what they were doing. Its too bad Axtell retired. He made beautiful sights. Hopefully the successor will carry them again soon.
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Unfortunately they are gone. But from what I understand, this guy bought all the tooling and is getting back in production.
http://www.theoriginalsightcompany.com/
He doesn't show my sight, but you might email and ask.
Thanks for that hopeful information. I spent a long time searching for one of those sights a few years ago and finally gave up...
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Coincidentally, I just saw this Winchester Sporting Tang sight come up on the ASSRA forum.
https://www.assra.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1603302508 (https://www.assra.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1603302508)