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bigdipper

When I was a little twerp back in the 50's I had an uncle who built scale model steam locomotives as a hobby. He lived in a town in Nebraska with other steam enthusiasts. They built a track around the town for the locomotive and cars, which were large enough little kids could ride on the cars. One o...

Thanks for the comments, guys. According to the serial number and production year info on this site, it was made in 1911. It is fun to take it out once in awhile and give it an airing. I invested in reloading dies sometime back. The target was fired with my own reloads- Hornady 117 gr RN and a very ...

Last one. Serial is 23XXX, "F" code above, with K inside circle below.

Thanks for looking

next to last set, mostly showing detail of replacement (?) buttplate. You can see where the buttplate is cracked crossways about 1 1/2" up from the bottom. It looks like it was forced to fit the curvature of the wood.

Here are more pics

Here are photos of the .25 Rem. Serial is 23XXX. Target was fired yesterday at 100 yards offhand (standing), 20 shots. You can see the pasters from earlier misadventures as I was trying some mixed old factory (?) and someone else's reloads (always a little scary). It was hard to find zero. With the ...

Hello Everybody, Today I fired my Model 8 in .25 Rem for the first time in about 4 years. The old girl shot very well once I figured out where to hold on the bullseye target. So I guess I got inspired to join your fine forum after having been a lurker for several years. I know it is considered bad f...

Hello Everybody, Today I fired my Model 8 in .25 Rem for the first time in about 4 years. The old girl shot very well once I figured out where to hold on the bullseye target. So I guess I got inspired to join your fine forum after having been a lurker for several years. I know it is considered bad f...