Mojave Lever Crew - Roll Call!

[GeeBee49]

Did I do ok?

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/913489178

Yes, you certainly did do ok. Beautiful revolver. Is that the Gunfighter?

Edit: I didn't notice the link. It's the Cattleman.

[RAMCLAP]

Very nice. You did well.

[pennstater]

Yes, you did good. Liking those Army grips. Nice buy.

MLC

[200Apples]

Congrats, Randall! You stole that thing. And, those Italians and their plowhandles. Jeeebus!

What's with the 4-5/8" pistol in the pictures of your 5-1/2" barreled gun?

I should bring you my Armi Jager .357 made in the 1960s... it's the grandadday of the Italian clones. It needs it's firing pin replaced. I have a new pin, but, and Randall already knows this, sizing it's depth is important so as to achieve reliable ignition yet not perforate the primer...

[ar15barrels]

Yes, you certainly did do ok. Beautiful revolver. Is that the Gunfighter?

Edit: I didn't notice the link. It's the Cattleman.

It's a model 5001 which shows up as a Gunfighter on Taylor's website.
Taylors seems to call all the 1873's Cattleman.
In Taylorspeak, Gunfighter seems to mean Army grips where plain Cattleman have Navy grips.

[ar15barrels]

What's with the 4-5/8" pistol in the pictures of your 5-1/2" barreled gun?

Probably another gun that the seller was selling and he accidentally posted it into the listing I won.
The interesting thing is that the first image in the image set becomes the small icon in the search results so people that were looking for 4-3/4" guns were going to the listing I won and then not bidding while people looking for 5-1/2" guns where not going to the listing I bought because the icon shows a 4-3/4" gun.
All the more reason to really dig into the descriptions when you are searching because good deals can be had when there are poor photos because people don't even click into a listing if the small icon picture in the search results is not exactly what they are looking for.

I should bring you my Armi Jager .357 made in the 1960s... it's the grandadday of the Italian clones. It needs it's firing pin replaced. I have a new pin, but, and Randall already knows this, sizing it's depth is important so as to achieve reliable ignition yet not perforate the primer...

We can fix that up.

[GeeBee49]

It's a model 5001 which shows up as a Gunfighter on Taylor's website.
Taylors seems to call all the 1873's Cattleman.
In Taylorspeak, Gunfighter seems to mean Army grips where plain Cattleman have Navy grips.

The Army grip size with the smooth wood panels were the first things I noticed. And, it looks exactly like my Gunfighter. By contrast my Smoke Wagon has the smaller Navy grips with the checkered wood panels.
I prefer the smooth Army size grips and I'm thinking that the checkering is a more modern application.

[Kerplow]

Probably another gun that the seller was selling and he accidentally posted it into the listing I won.
The interesting thing is that the first image in the image set becomes the small icon in the search results so people that were looking for 4-3/4" guns were going to the listing I won and then not bidding while people looking for 5-1/2" guns where not going to the listing I bought because the icon shows a 4-3/4" gun.
All the more reason to really dig into the descriptions when you are searching because good deals can be had when there are poor photos because people don't even click into a listing if the small icon picture in the search results is not exactly what they are looking for.



We can fix that up.

Let me know if you find a boogered up auction for an 1893 Marlin 30-30.

[ar15barrels]

Let me know if you find a boogered up auction for an 1893 Marlin 30-30.

I specialize in winning boogered up auctions.
Some of my best deals are had when the auction ends in the middle of the night or well before lunchtime.
Higher prices happen around 5-8pm when a lot more people are online and available to bid than earlier in the morning/day.

[Kerplow]

I specialize in winning boogered up auctions.
Some of my best deals are had when the auction ends in the middle of the night or well before lunchtime.
Higher prices happen around 5-8pm when a lot more people are online and available to bid than earlier in the morning/day.

[Spyder]

All the more reason to really dig into the descriptions when you are searching because good deals can be had when there are poor photos because people don't even click into a listing if the small icon picture in the search results is not exactly what they are looking for.

And speeling. I've got a score of "alternate" spellings that I punch in to gunbroker all the time, and have picked up some really good deals because of it. Anshutz, smith and weston, inter national, etc. etc. etc. Folks looking for an early model 54 Annie type in Anschutz and when they don't see what they want, they stop looking. But purposeful misspelling's on my searches have garnered me a number of great deals.

[Mojaveman]

Just bought a Cimarron '73 carbine in .44-40.

[GeeBee49]

Just bought a Cimarron '73 carbine in .44-40.

Congrats, at least someone is getting new lever actions. Is it CCH with an octagonal barrel? I've been curious about the .44-40 cartridge since I started buying cowboy guns. I eventually want something besides .45 Colt and .357 magnum.

[Mojaveman]

Is it CCH with an octagonal barrel? I've been curious about the .44-40 cartridge since I started buying cowboy guns. I eventually want something besides .45 Colt and .357 magnum.

Blued with a round barrel. .44-40 for nostalgia. I was browsing in an LA area gun store a few weeks ago and there wasn't much ammo in stock but there were a few dust covered boxes over in the corner. Ended up with 200 rounds of .44-40 for a decent price.

Handled both the 24" Sporting rifle and the 19" carbine and decided that if I ever had to do any cowboy action shooting in my house at 3:00 a.m. I'd rather use the carbine because it's shorter and lighter.

[200Apples]

Congrats on this latest acquisition! Mojaveman. She’s a beaut!

I was wondering when we might see you stop in to our place.

Yours is a most-fitting moniker for the MLC.