6/26/2023 – Most firearm companies that have been sold, or have expired under the weight of competition or government before being sold, were either moved to offshore manufacture with only final U.S. assembly, or product offerings were reduced to a few cherry picked models. In some cases, famous American brands…...
Tag: Model 1894
Winchester's Model 94 Short Rifle Part I
11/07/2021 – I was up late last night, trying to turn specs and collected data into an article about the Winchester Model 94 and the 30-30 Winchester cartridge. Around midnight, after deleting old friend analogies and appearances of the words “John Browning”, “nostalgic”, “venerable” and “historical consequence” I set aside…...
Marlin's 1894 Lever Action in 45 Colt
02/08/2020 It is 11:30 AM and snow has not fallen for at least one hour. The forecast was for a snow storm that began at 3:30 AM to continue on until 5:00PM. History offers two outcomes. The first is that clearing snow now will result in the snow resuming at…...
32 Winchester Special
Warning: Bullet selections are specific, and loads are not valid with substitutions of different bullets of the same weight. Variations in bullet length will alter net case capacity, pressure and velocity. Primer selection is specific and primer types are not interchangeable. These are maximum loads in my firearms and may…...
Winchester's Model 1894 32 Winchester Special Part II
Before launching into a 32 Winchester Special handloading odyssey, I thought I’d better mention that it is a cartridge that has meaning to folks who like old time rounds and the sense of nostalgia they bring. It also has meaning to folks who just like to work with other than…...