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Offline Captainkirk

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Re: 1886 Winchester
« Reply #15 on: January 07, 2024, 05:48:24 PM »
Quote from: G Dog on January 07, 2024, 03:09:00 PM
While watching that video it became clear why you intend to stick with smokeless.

Exactly my thoughts! L@J
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Re: 1886 Winchester
« Reply #16 on: January 07, 2024, 06:05:55 PM »
Antiquesledman  said it just right:  “John Browning was definitely a genious (sic).” 

After a while and several intense sessions a guy could probably get muscle memory and Fingerspitzengefühl (finger tip feel) on that mechanism.  If Captain can work Dassaults, I figger he can handle an ‘86,  just fine.

[Krauts love them a compound noun, don’t they?  Me too. geez.]

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Re: 1886 Winchester
« Reply #17 on: January 07, 2024, 06:20:23 PM »
Quote from: G Dog on January 07, 2024, 06:05:55 PM
Antiquesledman  said it just right:  “John Browning was definitely a genious (sic).” 

After a while and several intense sessions a guy could probably get muscle memory and Fingerspitzengefühl (finger tip feel) on that mechanism.  If Captain can work Dassaults, I figger he can handle an ‘86,  just fine.

[Krauts love them a compound noun, don’t they?  Me too. geez.]

Yeah, but.
Do I want to do that after every trip to the range? Verdammt, nein!
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Re: 1886 Winchester
« Reply #18 on: January 07, 2024, 07:49:59 PM »
So...
It's here.
What a glorious piece of workmanship.
I stopped in to pay the FFL transfer fee, grab my gun, and dash. But the guys at the gun shop were having none of that! The owner and sales guys were huddled around it, ogling it and asking all sorts of questions. I finally got the guy to put it back in the carton, but if they hadn't been closing soon I probably wouldn't have gotten out of there before midnight. I'll be wiping it down shortly here and trying to get all the little bits of styrofoam out of the checkering on the wood. Pictures coming soon, boys.
I'd like to pilfer a line from Jeremiah Johnson, if I may?

Bear Claw Chris Lapp: "Were it worth the trouble?"
Jeremiah Johnson " Eh? What trouble?"
Yep.
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Re: 1886 Winchester
« Reply #19 on: January 08, 2024, 01:30:36 PM »
Captain and lever guys - do you use a uniform lubricant internally or vary it according to the parts and functions? 

I’m wondering whether it’s Mobile 1 at one place, white lithium on another and RemOil somewhere else.  If you were to use a single lubricant, what would it be?
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Re: 1886 Winchester
« Reply #20 on: January 08, 2024, 04:37:00 PM »
Militec-1. It's the military standard for firearms. It does well on everything from guns to trains. It's compatible with petroleum, mineral, parasynthetic and synthetic oils and greases. I keep it in the shop for all kinds of applications.
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Re: 1886 Winchester
« Reply #21 on: January 08, 2024, 05:15:43 PM »
On my lever guns, I pretty much stick with Rem Oil. It's light enough that it doesn't get goo all over everything and it won't coke like petroleum products. I will use a smear (very light) of Lubriplate on heavy pressure points if disassembled or accessible with a Q-Tip.
But that's just me.
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Re: 1886 Winchester
« Reply #22 on: January 08, 2024, 06:14:38 PM »
I mostly use Rem Oil on the insides but will use whatever is handy.
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Re: 1886 Winchester
« Reply #23 on: January 08, 2024, 06:36:33 PM »
I use Rem oil too on my 1873 Winchester.
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Re: 1886 Winchester
« Reply #24 on: January 12, 2024, 08:46:58 PM »
Well, I promised!
Cell phone pix are definitely not the best, but they're better than nothing. So here we go.
(The resolution is extra large...you can slide the photo from left to right for full view)

Bird's eye view, right side. Note the wild CCH on the receiver and hardware...



Bird's eye of the north end.



Up close and personal. Note the locking lug visible on the bottom of the receiver next to the lever.



Here you can see the entire lever is color case hardened (CCH) and the pistol grip portion is checkered



View of the tang safety. I really like the location and ease with which you can slide it off without looking. Yes, it does get in the way if you want to install a tang peep sight, but the receiver is drilled and tapped for a receiver peep if you need to go there.



Another view of the checkering...



Rear buckhorn sight, also showing forearm checkering.



Crescent buttplate, also CCH...



Left side of receiver. Note the two small screws for mounting a receiver peep.



View of one of the bolt locking lugs retracted...



...and home and locked. You can easily see why this John M. Browning design can easily handle the big, bad, big-bore cartridges of the day such as .45/70 Gov't and .50-110 WCF. With those lugs locked on either side of the bolt, it's not going anywhere!

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Re: 1886 Winchester
« Reply #25 on: January 12, 2024, 09:15:55 PM »
Man, what a beautiful rifle! Congratulations. Can't wait to hear how it shoots.
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Re: 1886 Winchester
« Reply #26 on: January 12, 2024, 10:14:25 PM »
Quote from: Marshal Will on January 12, 2024, 09:15:55 PM
Man, what a beautiful rifle! Congratulations. Can't wait to hear how it shoots.

Thanks, Marshal! Maybe a bit of overkill but I'm not sorry!
When we unboxed it at the FFL, not only was a crowd of levergun guys huddled around it, but the the owner of the shop, after admiring it, asked me if I was going to shoot it.
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Darned tootin' Cap'n be shootin'!
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Re: 1886 Winchester
« Reply #27 on: January 12, 2024, 11:03:40 PM »
Looks good!
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Re: 1886 Winchester
« Reply #28 on: January 12, 2024, 11:42:30 PM »
Beyootiful rifle Cap. That looks like a larger version of the 1892. I guess technically the 92 looks like a smaller version of the 86. I didn't like tearing down my 92 either but with the 44-40 cartridges I didn't have to tear it down to clean it after shooting bp.
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Re: 1886 Winchester
« Reply #29 on: January 13, 2024, 01:52:51 AM »
You lucky man
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