New/old rifle....
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Well of course it is, because it has a larger dia bullet to start with, everything else being the same it just has to make a bigger hole right
Matt74: just turned out that way, I actually prefer the 38-55 to all other 94 cals, but those 94s came to me in .32s, couldn't change that! Still the .32 in the 1/2n1/2n1/2 is probably much rare'r than a similar 1894 in other calibers except the 25-35, just thinkin that would be a find wouldn't it!!
1894 .32 beside a early .250
Very nice wood indeed. The wood on that Savage is especially nice. The craftsmanship in those old guns still amazes me. Real beauties! Yes, the 32 with those options would indeed be rarer that that same configuration in a 94, like you said, maybe except for the 25-35. I have a 25-35 with 1/2 oct barrel and button mag, but someone cleaned the receiver and sanded the buttstock...darn shame, but still a rare gun and a really fun caliber to shoot...they have quite a snap to them!
The 38-55 is also my favourite caliber so far. I will likely be hunting with one come this fall and am looking forward to it. Heard some great things from fellows long gone about that caliber and hunting with it. I'd like to find a very nice one in SRC, but those are like finding hens teeth it seems! Again, very nice guns!! Is it possible to call a "second dibs"?? lol...
Thanks for sharing the pictures.
Cheers,
Matt
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Well here is the pic I promised sorry for the delay.
This is the Fossum family, they were one of the very first families to settle in the Bergen area. This was taken while they lived there some time between 1911 and 1916 when they moved south to the Manyberries area. The Remington Model 8 on the left was built in late 1911 going by it's serial number. It belonged to the fellow who took the picture, Martin Arneson. He was a local trapper and friend to all.
Note the 1/2 octagon barrel on the rifle leaning against the guy on the left and then the one leaning on the kid holding the deer looks identical to Seniors from his pic hence why I have to have it. lol
This is also the one and only pic I have ever seen from home with a Mauser being used. Note the straight grip and long barrel. Quite a vintage specimen.
Love this picture.........
Here is Martin with his Model 8 in 25 Remington, from the 20's I suspect. Fit with a sheard front sight, Marbles tang, rear leaf removed with diamond cover in place. How do I know all this?????? I have his diary!
Used that rifle every year he hunted up here from 1911 to 1959 as logged in his journal. Keep in mind that was the ONLY rifle he used for all that time for everything.
This is the Fossum family, they were one of the very first families to settle in the Bergen area. This was taken while they lived there some time between 1911 and 1916 when they moved south to the Manyberries area. The Remington Model 8 on the left was built in late 1911 going by it's serial number. It belonged to the fellow who took the picture, Martin Arneson. He was a local trapper and friend to all.
Note the 1/2 octagon barrel on the rifle leaning against the guy on the left and then the one leaning on the kid holding the deer looks identical to Seniors from his pic hence why I have to have it. lol
This is also the one and only pic I have ever seen from home with a Mauser being used. Note the straight grip and long barrel. Quite a vintage specimen.
Love this picture.........
Here is Martin with his Model 8 in 25 Remington, from the 20's I suspect. Fit with a sheard front sight, Marbles tang, rear leaf removed with diamond cover in place. How do I know all this?????? I have his diary!
Used that rifle every year he hunted up here from 1911 to 1959 as logged in his journal. Keep in mind that was the ONLY rifle he used for all that time for everything.
Noel
The 32-20 is the same diameter as a 32 pistol or a 303 brit 311-312.I have 3 different ones and they are a fun round to shoot.
Rich
- Location
- The Conservative part of Ontario
1894 .32 beside a early .250
I'm still getting these in your will right?
Very nice. Great condition for their ages too. I sometimes wish my old rifles could talk. The stories they could tell....
Noel,
Thanks for posting those great old photographs. I really like seeing those. What part of the country are those places, Bergen and the Manyberries area. I'm not familiar with them. That's some really neat history! Wonder where the other old Winchesters in that pic are now? A picture's worth a 1,000 words eh?
Matt
Thanks for posting those great old photographs. I really like seeing those. What part of the country are those places, Bergen and the Manyberries area. I'm not familiar with them. That's some really neat history! Wonder where the other old Winchesters in that pic are now? A picture's worth a 1,000 words eh?
Matt
leveractionjunkie
CGN frequent flyer
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- Kamloops, BC
Awesome pics Noel you are lucky to have so much history intact. Amazing how a guy could get by with one rifle for everything And no camoflage
My 32WS was made 1928, I believe, it is just a standard '94.
And no camoflage My 32WS was made 1928, I believe, it is just a standard '94.
MauserMike
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- SW Ontario
Great thread!
.32 special was introduced for guys that wanted to hand load black powder for their 1894's, was it not?
PS, regarding your 1894
.32 special was introduced for guys that wanted to hand load black powder for their 1894's, was it not?
PS, regarding your 1894
Bergen is in Alberta's southwest, Manyberries the far south I believe. Haven't been there yet.
Thanks for the kind words, There are a ton more pics I have, many already shared likely more than some would want to see but there have been quite a few new additions from this winter. My reloading room will be like the Glenbow Museum when I am done.
The whole arsenal except for two in my safe now are family heirlooms and I am racing to get any details I can about each person who owned them and any stories to go along with them. I might post some pics when I get all the guns collected. Of course, that won't be until senior sells me that 32 as there was one in my family at one time.
I think that is the only one I am missing from my Mom's side. There was a 12ga donkey ear as well but I only have the hammer I found in the hayfield. Pretty hard to figure what gun it came off of. So Kristian, where are the pics of this new rifle?
