Today ended up not being too terrible, aside from our internet being flaky and unusable most of the day and me having a splitting weather-related headache that won’t go away. I got plenty of housework done and spent oodles of time “educating” the kittens. Yes, I had to get out the Water Bottle of Doom today. While it didn’t work so well on them when they were tiny, they don’t seem to like being blasted with water so much anymore, and it saves me having to walk all the way across the room to break up their spats over toys. It’s not like they don’t have enough toys, but no … they always want to play with the same one at the same time, and Myu doesn’t like sharing. I think they have also gotten the idea that messing around with the large pink “wall” in the hall is a bad idea. It only took seven shots of water to get them to get something of a clue on that one. Silly kitties. :dizzy:
Now that dinner is in the oven and my internet is seemingly functioning again, I need to do some research on Winchester rifles. We have an older Model 94 (30-30, lever action) that’s never been fired, something my dad was adamant about (the never firing it thing). He kept insisting that there was something special about it, a special edition or in some way limited or discontinued, and that it was worth more in a pristine state. So I want to find out what the story is because I’d really like to fire it and keep it. But … if it’s worth a pretty penny or two, well, I’d be willing to part with it so long as I could afford to buy another one of equal firepower. Yeah, we’ve been seriously considering building our own personal arsenal. I don’t know why Lin has agreed to having guns in our home, but my reason is that I happen to like them and I happen to like going to shooting ranges and firing them. I am, after all, a Texan. ;)
Tomorrow is election day, so all you Americans out there, GO VOTE! We’ll be doing it first thing in the morning, most likely. I’ve finished with my research and have made all my decisions, and while I am not 100% thrilled with the options of who and what to vote for, I’m still going to go vote … mostly in an attempt to remove every incumbent in office (though it looks certain that Perry will be our governor again, dammit).
I was having a thought today about electronic voting and how easy it was to screw up vote counts with only access to a memory card. It got me wondering, what would happen if a magnet was used by some unscrupulous person with access to the filled cards? Would it wipe all the votes? I imagine so. What would they do then if all the memory cards had no votes on them? Yes, these are the things I wonder about when my internet connection has been down all day. :lol:
Time to do research and go stir dinner. It’s starting to smell good, and I’m getting hungry!
Winchester’s Model 94, of which there are several variations, Model 1886, Model 1892, and Model 1895. Depending on which model you have it could be worth a lot or a little. If you decide to sell I will give you top dollar. I have a model 94 with a side ring, several other rifles of different calibers and makes, as well as several hand guns.
At one time I was an avid hunter. Never missed a chance to go hunting and would spend anywhere from a week to two weeks in the field.
On one such trip there were four of us with different rifles of different calibers and we got into a discussion of which caliber was best. Since the weather was rather warm that year and the hunting not that great we got into a little shooting match.
In the contest was a .243, 7mm mag, 30.06, and my Winchester 94.
We set up some tin cans for targets at 50yards and a hundred. In each and every case the higher velocity rifles punched a nice clean hole in the targets and with few exceptions never even knocked the cans off their bases, but the 30.30 with each shot exploded each and every target.
With the higher velocity rifles yes they do punch a hole in targets and have a greater range, but I have seen game shot with these rifles and depending on the hunter’s skill level more times than not a clean hole gets punched in the animal and if not in a vital spot they run off with a hole clean through and end up bleeding out. Sometime they can be found and sometimes they cannot.
You shot an animal with a 30.30 its going down where the bullet comes in contact with it. You shoot it the leg and the leg is gone. However there is a lot left to be desired in the matter of range and accurateness. A 33.30 projectile is heavy/large so the further it travels the more its variances.
My preferred shooting rifles. A military issue 8mm WW II German Mauser with 154 grain bullet with a diameter of .323 or the military Lee Enfield .303. These two guns could reach out and touch something at ranges of 2,000 yards and they stayed touched.
Be careful of so called gun dealers Orb. Some of those guys will give you a lower price than actual worth if they think you are wanting to sell. Let me know if you decide to sell and I will drive down there with money in hand. If it has an octagon barrel it maybe worth a lot.
I don’t know much about it at all at this point, only the model number and that my dad and one of his friends thought there was something special about it, which doesn’t mean their is anything special about it. :D
Mom’s going to get me the serial number today so I can find out more about it.
I’ve never been too much into larger rifles, only because they are just a little too large, heavy and unwieldy for someone my size. I’d like to try one out once though, just to see if I could handle one with proper training and practice. I still think it’s just a bit too heavy for me. I’m more of a handgun person.
The heavier calibers to tend to have a pretty good recoil and if not trained properly can result in some damage to the person doing the shooting, but a 30.30 can be fired from the hip and anyone or anything hit from close range will stay down.
I received my first rifle at age 11 and was hunting on my own by age 12. Since then I have owned thousands of rifles/handguns and can shoot with deadly accuracy with both, but for long range I still prefer the .8 mm or the .303. The bullet actually reaches the target before the sound of the round going off which in a lot of circumstances is a real good thing.
Once you get the serial number you can find out a lot more about the value and like I said I will take it regardless if you decide to sell. You have my EM just let me know. Maybe we can work in a trade on one of my handguns (Nine MM) and some cash to boot.
The heavier calibers to tend to have a pretty good recoil and if not trained properly can result in some damage to the person doing the shooting…
Which is probably the one reason I have never fired one. The family members who taught me how to handle guns were not into rifles, and I didn’t want to risk breaking a collarbone trying it on my own.
anyone or anything hit from close range will stay down.
Which is exactly why we’d like to have one and know how to fire it. Though I still think it’s just too much gun for me. I’m really good with handguns (or am when I have one and can practice), and I like them. Besides, you can get a concealed carry license for a handgun, which is something else I have been thinking about.
Next thing you know, I’ll be joining the NRA and officially lose my Lefty Liberal credentials. Though I have always been big on firearm ownership, being a Texan and all. :D