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Today I was so bored!.... I had a old piece of carbine wood that I thought was junk ! after working
8 hrs on it she looks kinda good LoL Ol Deuce I'll post a few pictures tomorrow

Ol Deuce

Not bad for time used. I did nothing with my 94 today. Not cuddling and cleaning time yet.

Took her out of the safe and went to the outdoor range to run a box down the tube on Wednesday.

Cleaned her up and now I know she's ready for whitetail hunting opening day November 28th here in Pennsylvania...

Our season open sunrise this Sunday!!! Today I'm going to really shoot hard and get this 44-56 on the mark!!! Its a Perfect day with just a breeze from the West!!!
This 1894 is going to do some talking !!!!!1 Ol Deuce

I went to the Range on Wednesday to sight it in. Today I cleaned it up and prepared the 40 rounds of brass for reloading. I am loading some Matts Bullets 160 Gr. RNFP Bullets over 24 Gr. H4198. I get great accuracy with that load.

DawnGazer wrote:I went to the Range on Wednesday to sight it in. Today I cleaned it up and prepared the 40 rounds of brass for reloading. I am loading some Matts Bullets 160 Gr. RNFP Bullets over 24 Gr. H4198. I get great accuracy with that load.

I really have great luck with the IMR4198 in the 38-55 300gr rn ...I use 19gr You got a good load going!!!
Your shooting a 30WCF?????? Ol Deuce

More testing with this wild cat 44-56 My load is IMR3031 and I'm loading 30gr. with a 200gr castbullet
She is all over the 100 yrd target!!!! at least it's on the paper!!! I really think the slugs are to light for the chg!!! When I put the 55.7gr. of 3fff ...only God knows what rock it hits!!!!!

To do the next round of testing I'm going to do the jacket bullets just to see Ol Deuce

She is big to a 30-30 !!!

Left resembles the Quigley Sharps round. One of my favorite movies.

redryder wrote:Left resembles the Quigley Sharps round. One of my favorite movies.

we need more of the .44 in our shooting.......My wife is Beaching She said its way to loud !!!
Love it..........................Ol Deuce

As we used to say in the 50s, "If it ain't loud, it ain't music"!

redryder wrote:As we used to say in the 50s, "If it ain't loud, it ain't music"!

Thats right...I love Big booms.......LoL Well didn't get to shoot this afternoon



Ol Deuce

I used to shoot a 450 Marlin, but sold it. I don't eat meat anymore so I'm he 450 was kind of out of place. Now I shoot .357 magnum and .30-30 rifles, and a .38 spec./.357 mag pistol, and .22lr pistol and rifle.

WoW that 450 did a number!! Still cleaning my 94s ......The ones that ya shoot once in a blu moon sure get dusty!!!!! When I got to the '76 WoW that thing is Heavy! enough iron in her to make 2 or 3 94's

Ol Deuce

Put a coat of black stain on the butt stock of my 44-56.........she's starting to match the front wood !!
Looking good in the wood department ...........Ol Deuce

................Ol Deuce

Looks nice Ol Deuce...

SHOOTER13 wrote:Looks nice Ol Deuce...

Thanks

Old wood looks good when polished. Some new wood I have seen is not so good.

redryder wrote:Old wood looks good when polished. Some new wood I have seen is not so good.

I've been thinking 1200 and oil might do the trick !!! Ol Deuce

Wife talked me into the paste wax ...that sounds Ok by me! should keep the water out and the oil in!!!

.....................Ol Deuce

Well, I have a BB m94 in 375 Winchester made in 1980 that I bought a couple years ago, claimed to be "as new, unfired".

I REALLY love that rifle....well, other than the hard to come by ammo components. Luckily the same shop had 26rds of factory ammo on hand so I bought that too.

Anyway, I sent all the factory stuff downrange, got myself some Hawk bullets in the 200 and 250gr flavor, and cooked up some rounds to try out. I found that the 250gr seemed to shoot best, especially when loaded stout. I settled on that load (30gr of H4198) and was able to make a 1" group at 50yds on paper. I'd like to pick up some 220gr jacketed bullets from Vollmer to try, they seem to get very good reviews from other 375 Win shooters I speak to on other forums.


50yds is my average shot on game as I spend almost all of my hunting hours in the woods. I was especially pleased with the grouping because I find myself really struggling with open sights these days. I'm sure the rifle can shoot better than me, but I will be getting a Marbles tang sight for it in the near future.

Anyhow, what I have been doing with my 94 lately is sitting in the woods with it, waiting for the first successful hunt with that rifle.

Here it is posing with my S&W 629 Classic in the woods.

Nice pair. Good luck in the woods.

Thank you, on both counts.

Ride Red......Hi Buddy Tehehe you can use the 38-55 brass and cut it back to fit your chamber!! I can't load that hot for my 38-55 ....19 gr of 4198 IMR 300 gc......Ol Deuce