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I'm kinda in the mood to try a 41 Magnum.

I'm kind of a weenie, but anything more than a 44 Magnum needs a shoulder stock in my opinion. I have a couple of 44s, and I can load everything from light plinking loads to some pretty stout full power loads in which a cylinder or two full is all you'd want to fire at any one trip to the range. It is actually a pretty versatile cartridge and ammo as well as reloading components are very common for it.

It ain't no problem to make one with more cant.

Browning Citori.

Thanks for the kind words, Chuck. These are comfortable and conceal a 1911 about as well as anything I've seen.

I assure you.....money IS an object!

Parker, Purdy, Holland and Holland, 21 Winchester, Lefever, LC Smith, Ithaca doubles. The fact is, however, that money is a factor for most of us. I am a firm believer that a shotgun should have two barrels, no matter how you stack em.

Yup.

One trigger takes up all the slack, or creep, then you are left with a "hair trigger". Today, you can get an artermarket trigger that feels as good as these, but back in the day, that was the only way to have a fine trigger. Double set triggers were more popular in Europe than here. There was also a "single set trigger". I believe you pushed the trigger forward to accomplish the same thing the double set trigger did. You can find double set triggers on a lot of period muzzleloaders. You would also having the option of firing the rifle with just the regular trigger while having a heavier, less crisp trigger pull. This came in handy if you were in a hurry, or if you didn't want the click of the set trigger to give away your position.

I make them.

Little touches such as the set triggers, nicely cut walnut stock, and the finely executed checkering suggest quality quality gunsmith work. Anythin is possible, but it looks like British work, and not American. I'd sure be interested in the story behind it, as I've seen scads of custom Mausers, Enfields, Krags, and Springfields, butt that is the first sporterized Lebel I can remember seeing. If you could mamage to find some ammo for it, I believe it would be a fine deer rifle, and you'd be the only guy in camp with one.

:DThese are quite comfortable and easy to conceal.

After much searching, it appears to be a customized French Lebel. If so, they were originally chambered for 8x60R. I don't have any idea whether these were commercially produced, but I imagine it is a customized military rifle. It appears that it was very well done.

We spend a lot of time in Gulf Shores. You'll find the friendliest people in the world down there. Pretty much everybody is laid back. I've never seen anything posted there, and I've always carried with no problems. There's not many places there where you'd really feel like you'd need to be carrying however. I'll be there for the shrimp festival in October. Check out Jimmy Buffett's sister's restuarant while you're there. It's called LuLu's and is on the intercoastal waterway.

Thanks for sharing, and I had a pretty good idea what you meant. The Marlin and the Stevens look to be in good shape. They are both inexpensive and fun plinking guns. Maybe $100 for the Stevens and a little more for the Marlin. I like that Marlin! The first one intrigues me. I don't really know what it is, but it sure looks European; likely British. I'd love to see it in person. Do you have any idea what it is chambered for? That is a fairly high quality gun. There will probably be some proof marks on the under side of the barrel. If someone here doesn't know what it is, I can post the photos on another forum where I'm sure I could find out if you'd like me to. I'm interested to find out as well.

I have a 640 for extended shooting sessions and a 642 for carry. I don't find either of them very hard to manage. My wife is a small lady, but she is deadly with one. She carries a model 37, which is a blued version of the 642 with a hammer.

Looking good!

I'd play it cool until we landed, at which point I'd beat the SOB half to death.

Elmer Keith's "Hell, I Was There" should be mandatory reading for anyone in this forum.

It depends on what it is. I doubt a Hi Point box would bring a big premium, but old, original Colt boxes can add many hundreds to the price of the gun.

Show em. I'd like to see them. THe Stevens tip up is a pretty neat little rifle, and a very unique looking gun. The problem with yours is that you can't find ammo for it. It is still a cool conversation piece, and looks to be in pretty good, original condition considering they haven't been made in over a hundred years. I just love the looks of them. They were made in many variations, which lends well to collecting them. Some of them were quite intricate.

Vandy is the way to go. Their players can read and write. They also don't need a large endowment fund for BAIL MONEY!

I probaly could, but he just bought giant pumpkin seeds at the store. He had a miracle grow drip set up for it, had a shed built over it, and pulled off all the blooms after the pumpkin began to grow. If they are a hybrid, then I doubt the seeds from it would do any good. I don't know if they are hybrid or not.

.....and my neighbor won the largest pumpkin,,,,109 lbs.