Thank you!

I played spectator at a monthly silhouette match yesterday, hosted by the Hellgate Civilian Shooters Association, and held at the Deep Creek Range in Missoula Montana. Met a bunch of great folks and saw some great shootin'. Lots of lever action rifles including original Winchester 92s in 25-20 & 32-20 in the Pistol Cartridge class. They put me to work resetting/painting steel targets and I spotted for a match director, a very spry gentleman in his 80s who was shooting 32-20 and 38-55.
After lunch we moved to the 500 meter range for Cowboy Lever Action (out to 200 meters) and High Power Scoped classes (out to 500 meters).
I expect I'll give this sport a whirl, starting with a lever action 22LR and eventually a 45 Colt.
A fun time was had by all.

      Greetings, All!

   Just Say NO.

                    M.T.M.

I’ve been watching and looking for a Spencer for years. Should have pulled the trigger on one two or three years ago, because values have been rising on originals and repops.  Reproduction Spencer’s were $800 - $900, some even cheaper before Covid. While Italy production was shut down the remaining stock in the US started going up, some selling as high as $1800.  The new MSRP from Chiappa or Taylors is $1995.
   Well, I found a Taylors and Co. Spencer carbine in 44 Russian for $1350.  I already load 44 Russian so didn’t need to gear up for a new caliber. I really like it although I’ve seen them with better wood and case colors. It cycles my reloads just fine.  Boy, that rear notch is tiny. But I have some original Civil War breech loading carbines, and they are the same.

Didn't realize this was for sale in my initial post. OOPS! My apologies.

Dave