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Sat on the patio this morning and rubbed down the receiver with oil and steel wool, and removed the surface rust. All while watching a big 8 point buck sniff around some does. It’s clean enough for my purposes, I won’t bother with rattle canning it, I’ll leave it as is. I’ll get to work on the stock later.

Hello all from Florida. Not so warm and sunny today (it's 55˚F this morning but could get up to the 70s). Anyway, the sad part: Although I will hold onto a little hope that Jack Ciattarelli might just be able to pull it off and outlast Murphy, it's not looking real good right now. The happy part: I'm so happy to see Steve Sweeney GONE! And I'm also happy as to how it happened. God bless Edward Durr! I hope more heads roll in the NJ legislature. We are having similar issues, here in FL. We have a bunch of RINOs in the legislature. We are working to get them on "permanent vacation." They allowed "Red Flag" laws to happen, here. We stand almost no chance to get "Constitutional Carry" passed here. In fact, many don't even want it passed because they know that the legislature will demand reparations for it, Currently, posted "no gun" signs do not have the force of law, as they do in Texas (30.06 & 30.07). If Constitutional Carry were to be passed, expect that to change, The signs will, magically, acquire the "force of law." Remember what we're dealing with in FL that no other state has. We have "The Rodent," and the FRF (Florida Retail Federation)... both rabidly anti-gun. Hence, the number of RINOs in the legislature. We have to work to get them out, just as y'all got rid of Sweeney. Congrats on that!

I received the following picture and text in an email this week. I thought it made some interesting points. However I also removed the trailing political commentary. My interest is in the rifle. A hundred and fourteen years ago, in 1907...our great grandparents were first able to buy the rifle pictured. The semi-auto Winchester Model 1907. This is a gun they could buy from a Sears catalogue and have delivered via US Post. It was/ is a semi-automatic, high powered centerfire rifle, with detachable, high capacity magazine. About 400,000 semi-automatic rifles were produced before WW2. Civilians had hundreds of thousands of these for 40 years, while US soldiers were still being issued old fashioned bolt action rifles. The 1907 fired just as fast as an AR15 or AK47 and the bullet (.351 Winchester) was actually larger than those fired by the more modern looking weapons. The ONLY functional difference between the 1907 and a controversial and much feared AR15 is the modern black plastic stock. The semi-auto so-called "assault rifle" is 114 years old. It isn't new in any way. The semi auto rifle was not a weapon of war. The government MADE IT a weapon of war 40 years after civilians had them. The semi-auto can be safely owned by civilians. The proof is that literally 3 generations of adults owned and used them responsibly and no one ever even noticed.

Gotcha and agree, they'd never admit but its uncanny and especially given the design submissions at the soviet arms works at the time. I think he ripped off us Americans lol

Our little term of endearment for the "Walt Disney Organization." Also known as "The Mouse," "The Rat," etc. etc. I use "The Rodent" as an "in between." "The Rat" being a bit too harsh, and "The Mouse" being a bit too easy. Most people down here use "The Mouse."

The only thing I'm hoping, is that the GOP or the Ciattarelli camp does something and either requests a recount or an audit, too many 'problems' reported.

I could swear i read that mk used this for his AK

Uncultured swine.

I did an easy one today—beef jerky. I started with 3 lbs of trimmed top round, sliced cross-grain to about 3/16” then left overnight in the fridge coated in a commercial seasoning mix and cure. I usually just mix up a marinade and skip the cure entirely. This morning I smoked it for 3 hours over hickory and apple wood. Several racks worth, I just piled it onto one for the photo. Very tasty!

Over a century Winchester made 7.5 million lever actions, Marlin made 5 million. I would search used models from either maker over a Henry, only .357 mag. & .44 Mag chamberings will be fetching premium prices. I don't think lever actions have ever gone out of favor, they are still found in every deer camp in America come the Fall deer season. PS - Have you priced a new Winchester 94 lately?

Im bound and determined to bring this old shotgun back to life. I received the parts I needed from www.gunpartscorp.com, and went to work. About 15 mins of fiddling around got it all together, and it seems to work properly. I replaced the forend, as the original one was cracked. I could have probably repaired it, but the original replacement part was only $25. Why not. Tomorrow, I’m going to take it all apart again and clean the snot out of everything, and steel wool the surface rust off. I’ll also sand the stock down and fill the dents, dings, and chips. I’m not going to do a fancy finish on it, maybe a little stain and an oil finish. Keep it simple. That will make a nice little Sunday morning project while I watch the bucks chase the does in my backyard. I haven’t researched a smith to cut down the barrel to 20” yet. That’s a problem for another day.

It's easier just to go to MacDonald's and ask for an Egg McMuffin!

They probably will take care of it, but I doubt it will be done properly.

Prices have been steadily increasing over the past 15 years, spurred by events like Marlin being bought by Remington, then handed off to Ruger. Original JM stamped Marlins sell for a premium now. I have one that has quadrupled in value in the twelve years I've owned it. The frenzy to buy JM stamped Marlins has caused a bit of a "buzz" in the gun world, and now everyone wants lever guns all the sudden. Cowboy action competitions have caused a significant spike in prices for 38/357 44sp/44mag and other cartridges you may have never heard of like 32-20.

Believe it or not the Winchester Rifle did end up going to war in France during WWI, albeit in limited numbers. It's more proof that anything can be a "weapon of war" if you will it (I guess we should ban shovels since they were used extensively in trench raiding)

Here's Frank Tait's thoughts on the book on the NRA coming out. https://taitnra.substack.com/p/thoughts-on-misfire-inside-the-downfall