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Bill, I have heard different people say that coils are faster than flat springs and vice versa. To be safe, some of mine use both. I find light and heavy hammers in all models, but hammers get swapped around so much, it's hard to know what the truth is. I have one custom hammer that floats amongst my rifles.
Block styles are another thing that moves around between rifles, especially the lowwalls.
They are plenty strong without being obsessively heavy. Winchester used them for many years as their test bed for newer, more powerful cartridges.
All in all, the 1885 is the very pinnacle of American rifle making. Of world rifle making for that matter. But that's just my opinion.
Pin hole size is an issue to some, but I do not dabble in smokeless, so I don't really care, except it means I need twice as many spare pins.
_________ BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan)
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I have a complete flat-side Low Wall in .32 Short I'm thinking of letting go of. #47465, Contact me if interested?
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Yup, me too bill, are you planning on hunkering through the fall season? Hey, not long ago I reeled in my best smallie in years in your great home state. I had the sense right when it hit, nice size female right off her bed. Didn't really mean to do that, got her eased back in looking nice and perky.
You've seen the numbers, good reason is here ain't it? The pajama crowd at wally mart never missed a beat, the ppe of choice of insincere shelter in placers.
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I plan to spend a lot of the fall out of doors. Last hunting season was mostly deer and elk. I want to do some bird hunting this coming season if I'm still here and able. I've heard encouraging news about pheasants this spring. I'm not into bucket lists, but I really would like to shoot a bird or two with a muzzle- loader. Cheers.
Bill Ferguson
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I know its regional and therere many factors Ill never understand, but Ive been seeing an unusually high number of incidental pheasant while out doing other stuff. The waterfowl seem(?) to be doing there thing up in the potholes. Maybe, last winter was relatively mild, doesnt mean anything, but I havent noticed quite as many predators. Maybe, I have to get my eyes checked.
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I plan to spend a lot of the fall out of doors. Last hunting season was mostly deer and elk. I want to do some bird hunting this coming season if I'm still here and able. I've heard encouraging news about pheasants this spring. I'm not into bucket lists, but I really would like to shoot a bird or two with a muzzle- loader. Cheers. Muzzleloading for pheasants is a PITA in my opinion, but several friends do not share that opinion and do it regularly. The one thing that makes this bearable for a cartridge shooter is for the muzzleloader guy to be very well versed in how he is going to reload in the field. NOthing is worse than waiting on a muzzleloader to reload while the dogs are hot, the birds are running, and the moment is at hand.
_________ BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan)
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Brent, I wouldn't expect a partner to wait on me. And in my experience from the past few years, finding birds is the challenge, not loading fast enough to get them all.
Bill Ferguson
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