Bittermansbro
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Calgary, AB
My Little Sweetie Pie
- Thread starter H4831
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Bittermansbro
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Calgary, AB
No, afraid I have always missed out on finding a rifle with the original tang sight on it.
Babied? Mr. Chumbles? Not at all. This fellow is IN CHARGE.
He's not a half-bad accountant at tax time, either:
Oh, and BTW, it turns out he wasn't researching wildcat cartridges in that other pic. He was looking up .223 bullets for MY sweetie pie:
a .22 Hornet built on a large Martini action by A.G. Parker in the 1930's. Mr. C and I really need to get down to some serious load development for her.
We now return you to our regular programming.
StuartBabied? Mr. Chumbles? Not at all. This fellow is IN CHARGE.
He's not a half-bad accountant at tax time, either:
Oh, and BTW, it turns out he wasn't researching wildcat cartridges in that other pic. He was looking up .223 bullets for MY sweetie pie:
a .22 Hornet built on a large Martini action by A.G. Parker in the 1930's. Mr. C and I really need to get down to some serious load development for her.
We now return you to our regular programming.
WOW!
Now that is a sweetie pie.
I think I should have said two sweetie pies!
Not the little (meye) Marlin 39 per chance?
I could find more to sweeten the deal.........
- Location
- The Conservative part of Ontario
My first thought was "Damn, what'd that set you back"?As soon as I laid eyes on her, I was hooked!
Those smooth lines and she worked so easy and gentle. I just knew I had to take her home.
Oh, some guy had given her a couple kicks in the fanny and belly, but life isn't perfect.
She looked so young, then I found out you can't trust anybody. She was 101 years old!
Damn. Still looked like a lot of life left in her, though, and she still looked so cute.
I brought her home and the wife is going to let me keep her.
That little mark in the last picture, above the 5, is not a scratch. It is a reminder that my overly friendly cat was helping me take pictures!
Nice piece. Too bad it's not drilled and tapped for a receiver sight. My old '92 wears a Williams 5D
BTW, I am NOT advocating devaluing a nice old rifle by doing that.
Lyman's current catalog lists a tang sight that IMO will fit the '92
http://www.lymanproducts.com/lyman/sights/1894.php
- Location
- AB foothills
I have been admiring this thread/rifle for a few days. Very nice 92 H4831
Nice to see such a little beauty in the right hands.
Nice to see such a little beauty in the right hands.
Pathfinder
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Northeast Ontario
Nice rifle, I love those little 92's. I have one (SRC) that doesnt' look nearly as good as yours. I went out and shot a deer with it on its 100th Fall season in 2007.
a .22 Hornet built on a large Martini action by A.G. Parker in the 1930's. Mr. C and I really need to get down to some serious load development for her.
We now return you to our regular programming.
I have a friend who has a twin to your Martini...given to him for free by some folks who didn't know what to do with it and just about took it to the RCMP to get rid of it.
It has these awesome apature target sites on it. ~drool~
Anyway...
I have a friend who has a twin to your Martini...given to him for free by some folks who didn't know what to do with it and just about took it to the RCMP to get rid of it.
It has these awesome apature target sites on it. ~drool~
Anyway...
GIVEN TO HIM... FREE??? AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
(Where's the "green with envy" emoticon?) I got it from Clay at Prophet River, although I'm fairly sure that it originally belonged to "Riflechair" here.
Oddly the sights don't seem to be regulated for the cartridge, although to say that about an A.G. Parker rifle seems almost blasphemous. I found that I couldn't get the aperture down low enough to shoot to POA at 50m. My initial loads were running around 2550 fps. I think, which is faster than the original loading for which Alliant 2400 was named. I've replaced the original front sight (which I still have, of course) with a taller green Marbles F/O. It also doesn't seem to group very tightly, but I understand that the Hornet isn't the easiest cartridge to load for so I really need to spend some time experimenting. I have no doubt that with some TLC at the loading bench she will be a fine shooter. I may even eventually put an old-fashioned scope on her, but only if I can do so w/o any permanent modifications.
I'd be interested in your friend's experience loading for his.
StuartHmmmmmmmmm...........K
Full count, unopened box.
There is only one I can think of that you would be willing to trade.
Unless there is the H's secrit stash he's being shhhh 'bout....
I would do the trade just on the honor system.
And you know this could very well affect yer trader rating........
Yaz know where ta find me.
Tossed the ball into your court...........
Thanks again guys, for all the good comments.
And John, I looked up that Lyman tang ad. Good to see they are still making them.
Daddio666, I would also hate to argue with that fellow if he wanted my sandwich!
Our Katie likes to get on my loading/work bench, which has a carpet covering, and wants me to quit what I am doing and pet her.
I once sold a rifle that was just like new, without a mark or scratch on it and I advertised it as such on the EE.
The fellow that bought it told me he just about had a fit when he opened the box. He said it looked like a major scratch across the receiver. Turned out to be a hair from Katie!
Bruce
And John, I looked up that Lyman tang ad. Good to see they are still making them.
Daddio666, I would also hate to argue with that fellow if he wanted my sandwich!
Our Katie likes to get on my loading/work bench, which has a carpet covering, and wants me to quit what I am doing and pet her.
I once sold a rifle that was just like new, without a mark or scratch on it and I advertised it as such on the EE.
The fellow that bought it told me he just about had a fit when he opened the box. He said it looked like a major scratch across the receiver. Turned out to be a hair from Katie!
Bruce
