1885 low wall in 22 K Hornet.

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Elk Creek
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Re: 1885 low wall in 22 K Hornet.

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Wambli Ska wrote: Wed Dec 17, 2025 4:10 am
JunkCollector wrote: Tue Dec 16, 2025 10:14 pm It's a good direction
VERY good direction. The .22 Hornet has never been a long distance affair anyway, basically a short range varmint gun. At 200-300 yards this will be a slam dunk hit producer on steel. Very satisfying...
Cutting the dovetail will be nerve racking!
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Re: 1885 low wall in 22 K Hornet.

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Elk Creek wrote: Wed Dec 17, 2025 4:29 am
Wambli Ska wrote: Wed Dec 17, 2025 4:10 am
JunkCollector wrote: Tue Dec 16, 2025 10:14 pm It's a good direction
VERY good direction. The .22 Hornet has never been a long distance affair anyway, basically a short range varmint gun. At 200-300 yards this will be a slam dunk hit producer on steel. Very satisfying...
Cutting the dovetail will be nerve racking!
You have access to a mill?
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Wambli Ska wrote: Wed Dec 17, 2025 5:09 am
Elk Creek wrote: Wed Dec 17, 2025 4:29 am
Wambli Ska wrote: Wed Dec 17, 2025 4:10 am

VERY good direction. The .22 Hornet has never been a long distance affair anyway, basically a short range varmint gun. At 200-300 yards this will be a slam dunk hit producer on steel. Very satisfying...
Cutting the dovetail will be nerve racking!
You have access to a mill?
The gunsmith at the shop has one, maybe ill
Ask him…..
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Re: 1885 low wall in 22 K Hornet.

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Elk Creek wrote: Wed Dec 17, 2025 12:48 pm
Wambli Ska wrote: Wed Dec 17, 2025 5:09 am
Elk Creek wrote: Wed Dec 17, 2025 4:29 am

Cutting the dovetail will be nerve racking!
You have access to a mill?
The gunsmith at the shop has one, maybe ill
Ask him…..
Yep, that's the way to go brother... Why take a chance.
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It’s at the shop it will be cut tomorrow…..
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Outstanding!!!
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Elk Creek wrote: Thu Dec 18, 2025 3:29 am It’s at the shop it will be cut tomorrow…..
And you didn't bring anything else home....good restraint
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JunkCollector wrote: Thu Dec 18, 2025 1:25 pm
Elk Creek wrote: Thu Dec 18, 2025 3:29 am It’s at the shop it will be cut tomorrow…..
And you didn't bring anything else home....good restraint
Oh I had to put the blinders on…..
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Elk Creek wrote: Thu Dec 18, 2025 3:37 pm
JunkCollector wrote: Thu Dec 18, 2025 1:25 pm
Elk Creek wrote: Thu Dec 18, 2025 3:29 am It’s at the shop it will be cut tomorrow…..
And you didn't bring anything else home....good restraint
Oh I had to put the blinders on…..
If that is the shop you brought me to, a person could easily fill their vehicle with good finds
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Re: 1885 low wall in 22 K Hornet.

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Diver43 wrote: Thu Dec 18, 2025 7:38 pm
Elk Creek wrote: Thu Dec 18, 2025 3:37 pm
JunkCollector wrote: Thu Dec 18, 2025 1:25 pm

And you didn't bring anything else home....good restraint
Oh I had to put the blinders on…..
If that is the shop you brought me to, a person could easily fill their vehicle with good finds
It was, and it does. You should have seen Enzo….
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Elk Creek wrote: Fri Dec 19, 2025 12:24 am
Diver43 wrote: Thu Dec 18, 2025 7:38 pm
Elk Creek wrote: Thu Dec 18, 2025 3:37 pm

Oh I had to put the blinders on…..
If that is the shop you brought me to, a person could easily fill their vehicle with good finds
It was, and it does. You should have seen Enzo….
I can only imagine
Just the other.day at Fisheads i was saying I should have gotten that SP 101, even with shipping and ffl transfer it was a deal
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Diver43 wrote: Fri Dec 19, 2025 1:37 am
Elk Creek wrote: Fri Dec 19, 2025 12:24 am
Diver43 wrote: Thu Dec 18, 2025 7:38 pm

If that is the shop you brought me to, a person could easily fill their vehicle with good finds
It was, and it does. You should have seen Enzo….
I can only imagine
Just the other.day at Fisheads i was saying I should have gotten that SP 101, even with shipping and ffl transfer it was a deal
You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take….
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Elk Creek wrote: Fri Dec 19, 2025 3:00 am
Diver43 wrote: Fri Dec 19, 2025 1:37 am
Elk Creek wrote: Fri Dec 19, 2025 12:24 am

It was, and it does. You should have seen Enzo….
I can only imagine
Just the other.day at Fisheads i was saying I should have gotten that SP 101, even with shipping and ffl transfer it was a deal
You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take….
Another Wayne Gretzky fan?
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Re: 1885 low wall in 22 K Hornet.

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Diver43 wrote: Fri Dec 19, 2025 1:37 am
Elk Creek wrote: Fri Dec 19, 2025 12:24 am
Diver43 wrote: Thu Dec 18, 2025 7:38 pm

If that is the shop you brought me to, a person could easily fill their vehicle with good finds
It was, and it does. You should have seen Enzo….
I can only imagine
Just the other.day at Fisheads i was saying I should have gotten that SP 101, even with shipping and ffl transfer it was a deal
Hey I bought a set of real ivory grips and Tony threw in a gun! 😎
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Wambli Ska wrote: Fri Dec 19, 2025 6:41 am
Diver43 wrote: Fri Dec 19, 2025 1:37 am
Elk Creek wrote: Fri Dec 19, 2025 12:24 am

It was, and it does. You should have seen Enzo….
I can only imagine
Just the other.day at Fisheads i was saying I should have gotten that SP 101, even with shipping and ffl transfer it was a deal
Hey I bought a set of real ivory grips and Tony threw in a gun! 😎
That’s a fact, I was there when that happened.
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Re: 1885 low wall in 22 K Hornet.

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Diver43 wrote: Fri Dec 19, 2025 6:23 am
Elk Creek wrote: Fri Dec 19, 2025 3:00 am
Diver43 wrote: Fri Dec 19, 2025 1:37 am

I can only imagine
Just the other.day at Fisheads i was saying I should have gotten that SP 101, even with shipping and ffl transfer it was a deal
You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take….
Another Wayne Gretzky fan?
He’s hockey right?
😉🤣
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So it’s coming together….
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Now THAT is what that gun should look/work like 👍🍾🥂🇺🇸
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Elk Creek wrote: Sat Dec 20, 2025 2:28 am So it’s coming together….
I kinda like that chunky forearm on that.
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Now that looks right!
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bullsi1911 wrote: Sat Dec 20, 2025 1:21 pm
Elk Creek wrote: Sat Dec 20, 2025 2:28 am So it’s coming together….
I kinda like that chunky forearm on that.
Yep. I can see some rancher laying it on a flour sack on the kitchen window sill and rolling a coyote trying to snoop around the chicken coop.

BTW with FMJs it’s a hell of a turkey gun, where allowed.
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Wambli Ska wrote: Sat Dec 20, 2025 4:41 pm
bullsi1911 wrote: Sat Dec 20, 2025 1:21 pm
Elk Creek wrote: Sat Dec 20, 2025 2:28 am So it’s coming together….
I kinda like that chunky forearm on that.
Yep. I can see some rancher laying it on a flour sack on the kitchen window sill and rolling a coyote trying to snoop around the chicken coop.

BTW with FMJs it’s a hell of a turkey gun, where allowed.
If a rancher laid a rifle on a sack of flour and shot out the kitchen window he would have is wife hitting him with a rolling pin for sure! The kitchen is the wife’s domain, and that sack of flour is months worth of biscuits…..Now if he stepped out the door and shot it form the porch? He’s getting a peach pie……
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Elk Creek wrote: Sun Dec 21, 2025 2:14 am
Wambli Ska wrote: Sat Dec 20, 2025 4:41 pm
bullsi1911 wrote: Sat Dec 20, 2025 1:21 pm

I kinda like that chunky forearm on that.
Yep. I can see some rancher laying it on a flour sack on the kitchen window sill and rolling a coyote trying to snoop around the chicken coop.

BTW with FMJs it’s a hell of a turkey gun, where allowed.
If a rancher laid a rifle on a sack of flour and shot out the kitchen window he would have is wife hitting him with a rolling pin for sure! The kitchen is the wife’s domain, and that sack of flour is months worth of biscuits…..Now if he stepped out the door and shot it form the porch? He’s getting a peach pie……
Or what what dad did. He zipped a coyote from a second story upstairs window, through a screen he was going to replace.
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Elk Creek wrote: Sun Dec 21, 2025 2:14 am
Wambli Ska wrote: Sat Dec 20, 2025 4:41 pm
bullsi1911 wrote: Sat Dec 20, 2025 1:21 pm

I kinda like that chunky forearm on that.
Yep. I can see some rancher laying it on a flour sack on the kitchen window sill and rolling a coyote trying to snoop around the chicken coop.

BTW with FMJs it’s a hell of a turkey gun, where allowed.
If a rancher laid a rifle on a sack of flour and shot out the kitchen window he would have is wife hitting him with a rolling pin for sure! The kitchen is the wife’s domain, and that sack of flour is months worth of biscuits…..Now if he stepped out the door and shot it form the porch? He’s getting a peach pie……
My house, my domain. At some point I shot out of just about every door and window in my ranch. I just have folks notice before the trigger was pressed. 😎
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Front sight dovetail cut and Lyman 17a installed. The holes in the top of the barrel plugged. A Lyman no.2 tang sight, that my in-laws sent for Christmas, installed. The factory Lyman screws worked, perfect length and thread pitch. This Friday a proper range report!
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