The curator of the museum always has the answers.My only knowledge about the 1894 was that it was in most of the episodes of Longmire and looked nice. Now I know more thanks to Leadeye.
The curator of the museum always has the answers.My only knowledge about the 1894 was that it was in most of the episodes of Longmire and looked nice. Now I know more thanks to Leadeye.
My only knowledge about the 1894 was that it was in most of the episodes of Longmire and looked nice. Now I know more thanks to Leadeye.
What kind of history have you traced on that one?I do have a 1894 with some movie connection, this one was made in 1897 and belonged to ET. He must have left it here during one of his visits.
What kind of history have you traced on that one?
Not much, he doesn't return calls, just phones home.
Not much, he doesn't return calls, just phones home.
The 1894 wasn't chambered in 32-20 so you were either looking at a 1892 or 1873. Nothing wrong with 32-20 other than being a bit small and ammo will be harder to find. The 32 WS you can buy from a few different line ammo compaines like Hornady or Federal.
Well this one is going to be a serious project.
Well this one is going to be a serious project.
He sent me a sound clip and it was very cool. Sounds like a slow .50 with a fast Mg42 occasionallyWell after the initial shock I'd think it might be kinda cool.
Congrats on finding that one. It's nice to see quality hardware finding a home with someone that knows what they have and can run it well.Finished up on the rifle range, wind is picking up and cutting through me a bit. Taking a break in the car to warm up for a bit before I move to pistols.
The Noveske did not disappoint. It shot very very well. Multiple sub moa groups and I have to say it's probably one of the nicest, if not the nicest rifle I've owned so far. I will have pictures up later of the targets after I get home and get the calipers out and measure the groups. Great day so far!!
Very cool, TD! I’m glad it did everything you wanted.As promised, here are today's test results with the Noveske. I zeroed the rifle at 50 yards with Federal XM193 before testing accuracy at 100 yards. All shots were fired from a bench, with front and rear bags, using my Vortex PST 2.5-10x32 scope. I used 4 different brands of ammo. 2 groups of 5 rounds each un-suppressed and 2 groups of 5 rounds each suppressed for each brand. I wanted to see if there was an accuracy difference with the suppressor on and how much the POI would change.
Best groups:
0.88" - Magtech 77gr OTM (Black Hills MK262 clone ammo)
0.89" - Hornady Frontier Match 62gr BTHP ($7 per box at my LGS !!)
0.92" - Magtech 77gr OTM
1.06" - Hornady Frontier Match 62gr BTHP
1.17" - Magtech 77gr OTM
1.24" - Wolf Gold 55gr FMJ (calm down, it's brass cased ammo )
*Fun side note. You'll see in the picture my first shot suppressed with the Hornady 62gr ammo went a little south, I then proceeded to shoot the next 4 shots into a 0.68" group. I blame squirrels, they were chattering pretty hard in the woods nearby.