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Re: M1895 Winchester Musket
Reply #15 - Jul 16th, 2016 at 1:44pm
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I hope that solves your 'feed' problem. You have a neat looking Winchester!
  
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Reply #16 - Jul 16th, 2016 at 2:37pm
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Thanks!  The action is slicker than owl crap when I loaded it three at a time.  Almost as good as Krag 3140.  Truth be told I did buy it for its looks.
  

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Reply #17 - Jul 16th, 2016 at 3:17pm
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If I remember the ad correctly, one of those guys has a Krag.
  
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Re: M1895 Winchester Musket
Reply #18 - Jul 16th, 2016 at 5:27pm
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Sssssh..... (man in black, 5th from the right, I think it's Dick Hosmer?).
  
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Reply #19 - Jul 18th, 2016 at 1:06pm
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Got my original front site back on the rifle.  Test firing on sunday.
  

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Reply #20 - Jul 18th, 2016 at 3:30pm
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butlersrangers wrote on Jul 16th, 2016 at 5:27pm:
Sssssh..... (man in black, 5th from the right, I think it's Dick Hosmer?).


Hmmmm  Hiding in plain sight;  Quite clever, those Hosmers!
  
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Reply #21 - Jul 18th, 2016 at 5:40pm
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And long livers, too!
  
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Reply #22 - Jul 18th, 2016 at 8:30pm
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I don't know.  Those guys in the photo all look like they have the same sized livers.  Maybe it is the lighting.
  

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Reply #23 - Jul 18th, 2016 at 9:22pm
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'Fedora Blacky', (aka. Dick Hosmer), is holding a Krag carbine. It's during his service as an Arizona Ranger 'strike breaker'.

Dick's been around the block a few times!
  
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Reply #24 - Jul 19th, 2016 at 11:06am
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We should all be so lucky!
  
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Reply #25 - Jul 20th, 2016 at 12:33am
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Alright.  Time to get this thread back on track.  I picked up the new cam lever and it is stamped with an A.  So far so good.  Tore the rifle and found the two matched almost perfectly.  Then I put on the mad scientist glasses could barely make out an A on the original.  Grrrrrrr. Angry  Then I nearly lost the cam lever pin.  Arrrrgh!  Sad

All is not lost.  The new lever has better contact points and I guess I'll use it.

I am still in the hunt for an A marked carrier.  If I can find that in the next few months I will just have to build up the tip of the cam lever to get the height I need for the last two rounds.

Oh the joy of guns.  Tongue
  

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Reply #26 - Jul 20th, 2016 at 11:14am
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Yes... the joy!!!  I'm aging exponentially just reading about it! 

Oh, and I was going to make the "Size of the liver" remark too... but I held off.   Of course I should have known you would point it out anyway.  Cheesy

But seriously, back to the '95 - With the new lever's better contact, does it now work?  If they are both marked "A", then maybe the problem lies elsewhere...  but I'm just speculationizing!
  
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Re: M1895 Winchester Musket
Reply #27 - Jul 20th, 2016 at 2:49pm
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Put a FORD part on that Winchester! Everything works better with a FORD part.
  
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Reply #28 - Jul 20th, 2016 at 3:04pm
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psteinmayer wrote on Jul 20th, 2016 at 11:14am:
Yes... the joy!!!  I'm aging exponentially just reading about it! 

Oh, and I was going to make the "Size of the liver" remark too... but I held off.   Of course I should have known you would point it out anyway.  Cheesy

But seriously, back to the '95 - With the new lever's better contact, does it now work?  If they are both marked "A", then maybe the problem lies elsewhere...  but I'm just speculationizing!


The improved contact point is only a few thousandths.  Kinda like one is worn a tad more than the other.  So I put the other in place.  Still need to find the correct carrier.  Of course there could be another problem after that too.  The knee is connected to the leg bone...blah blah blah type of thing.

I even signed on the Winchester Arms Collecters Association forum and asked the question and while it could be too soon for a reply all I have gotten is the sound of crickets
  

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Re: M1895 Winchester Musket
Reply #29 - Jul 20th, 2016 at 4:09pm
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Culpeper wrote on Jul 20th, 2016 at 3:04pm:
all I have gotten is the sound of crickets


Minus Buddy Holly of course!
  
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