Thread: Guns that won the west?

Originally Posted by PaulFLUS

Glen who made that knife you have there?
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Mine is a Rigid made in USA but I really doubt it is the same Rigid that makes the tools.

Good Eye

It is a Rigid, one of the only gifts my CraCra ex-Girlfriend ever bought me that was worth a crap LOL

It has been a great hunting knife since I got it back in "89" ish

Have you seen the crazy prices they are bringing on eBay ???

I have a good chunk of roofing lead. I need to get myself a cast and I can start making rounds for my remington

Originally Posted by TheGeek

I have a good chunk of roofing lead. I need to get myself a cast and I can start making rounds for my remington

A fun thing to do and add another aspect to it.

I have a lot of soft lead also.

Have you heard about the pencil test? It works well.

https://forum.castbulletassoc.org/th...awing-pencils/

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Good Eye

It is a Rigid, one of the only gifts my CraCra ex-Girlfriend ever bought me that was worth a crap LOL

It has been a great hunting knife since I got it back in "89" ish

Have you seen the crazy prices they are bringing on eBay ???

YES! Insane what they are asking. Mine was a gift from my morther-in-law and had belonged to my late father-in-law whom I loved like my own father. Nice to see that things you own are considered valuable even though I would never sell it.

I suppose this fits. Every old west movie featured a short, twice-barreled shotgun and I would bet real life back then did too.
This is a Rossi Overland I inherited from a friend who did 'cowboy shoots' back in the 80's. It has 20" barrels and takes 20 ga 2 3/4 and 3 inchers.
A trigger and a hammer for each side, one full and the other modified chokes. It has extractors and no ejectors so you have to pull them out, just like back when.
Solid and sturdy, it was made in Brazil and discontinued in 1988. Pretty desirable nowadays.
I don't have a stagecoach or a bar to keep it under but it is kept handy with #3 buck for nerdowells around my casa.

very nice! love old double barrel scatter guns!

I used to have a S & W 625 in .45 ACP before the UK Government decided we should not have handguns. I've still got my Winchester 94AE in .38/.357 which I shoot now and again; It's not old, I bought it used about 25 years ago. We Brits tend to have some fondness for Webley, Lee Enfield and other defunct British brands.

Originally Posted by welshwizard

I used to have a S & W 625 in .45 ACP before the UK Government decided we should not have handguns. I've still got my Winchester 94AE in .38/.357 which I shoot now and again; It's not old, I bought it used about 25 years ago. We Brits tend to have some fondness for Webley, Lee Enfield and other defunct British brands.

Those are all outstanding weapons! I especially am fond of the 303 British Enfield.

Originally Posted by Johntoad57

Those are all outstanding weapons! I especially am fond of the 303 British Enfield.

Quite a few years ago DCRA, Dominion of Canada Rifle Association, rifle shooters preferred their long-range rifle use a Lee Enfield action with a heavy 7.62 Nato barrel shanked on to it. You were issued 7.62 ball for the match with ranges to 1000 yards using micrometer sights. The rules have changed to allow telescopic sights so I imagine micrometer sights have disappeared from use.

Bob