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Adam Lee

The Highwaymen had its inaccuracies, but the acting and story were really good. Beyond the faults and artistic license, I didn't like the depiction of Bonnie's behavior and I won't reveal why. It's a big element of this movie, but nobody knows if this was true or not. The guns were great to see, reg...

Adam Lee

Welcome Back, Welcome Back, U knowfrom Kotter. :lol: I know about the therapy dragging on, from the back surgery couple years ago... Stay with the stretching & strength building!! It does help, maybe just not soon enough t suit us... Carl Hey Carl! Thanks for the Welcome Back Kotter flashback....de...

Adam Lee

Glad to see you back on line. That shoulder surgery is no fun. The rehab is what takes forever. When I had my repair, the old pain was gone but the physical therapy brought on new pains. It took me almost all year to get back to normal. I will be looking forward to seeing your posts again. Regards,...

Adam Lee

Good to hear from you. In the middle of a restoration of a 16 Ga. 'Ranger' (Stevens 520) and know you like them. Will post photos when completed. You are learning that getting old is not for wimps. :D :D :D Joe Thanks for checking in, Joe! Not only is getting old serious work, but I didn't even do ...

Adam Lee

Dude!!! You're back!!! We missed ya. Hope those shoulders heal up soon, they may need a little "Model 8 recoil therapy" before the years out Cam, you read my mind! I've been aching ( :lol: ) to hit the range with one of my .300 Savage Model 81's dude! That will truly make for a memorable, painful e...

Adam Lee

What were your shoulder issues Adam? Got me supraspinatus tears in both shoulders myself - 70% in left, 50% right. Decided to live with it rather than surgery but not sure it was the right choice. Well, Canuck, you asked - here is the damage data! MRI immediately following my accidental fall with t...

Adam Lee

Roger wrote: ↑
Wed Apr 17, 2019 4:08 am
Welcome back,old buddy!
Roger

Thank you very much for the welcome, Roger! I do appreciate hearing back from an Iowan - my Mom's side of the family all came from Charles City originally, FWIW.

Adam

Adam Lee

Big #1 THANK YOU to all!

Ironically, I am now just heading out to take my wife to the hospital for another procedure. It's just routine, but another chapter of her spinal tumor saga....will check in with y'all later. Busy guy these days!

Take care
Adam

Adam Lee

:mrgreen: Sorry guys and gals for the goofy title, but I couldn't figure out what to put in there. I'm not a lurker, I'm not a random gun guy, but I have certainly been off the res for a few years! Maybe it's guilt, that I can't keep up with the interwebs fast enough, so I just give up and don't bot...

Adam Lee

Another interesting observation is the "tidiness" of how these stamps were applied. If you look at the earliest of guns, like 1906 guns, the stamps were applied symmetrically, stamped deeply and even, and organized in a way very pleasing to the eye. Compare those with later Model 8 guns, and especi...

Adam Lee

Makes one wonder if they used the same inspectors for all the lines of production. That is exactly what I'm curious about - when Remington was mass-producing the 4, 6, 8, 10,11,12,14, etc rifles and shotguns were these guns all streaming down the same aisle, so to speak? I've seen the "comma" fitte...

Adam Lee

OK Cam - you gave me permission, here is a screen grab of one version I cobbled together. It is by no means what I want it to finally look like, but you can get a feel for what I'm thinking.

Adam Lee

Thanks for the kudos, Carl! Actually I typed that all up in draft form over about a half hour. Later on, I pasted it into a post here on the forum. Carl, since you are the first to respond, let me tell you something I find interesting: many of the same assembly and fitting marks you find on the 8's ...

Adam Lee

One particularly distracting means of turning my mental energies away from recovering following a large rotator cuff and biceps tenodesis surgery has been my recent obsession with the arcane and quite possibly meaningless subject of manufacturing markings associated with Remington firearms from 1900...

Adam Lee

thanks for the reality check, carl!

by the way, i'm typing with one finger really slowly - for a reason!

day one post-op is almost over. tomorrow's gotta be better!

adam

Adam Lee

Great thread - keep up those nice detail photos.

When my shoulder allows, I will post a much "better" post than this!

Adam Lee

Adam Lee

ok i'm typing one handed today. let's just say, i started my summer vacation with a complete rotator cuff surgical solution yesterday, and i'm not feeling like moving my left arm! make this short for everyone: here's a direct copy & paste from a note I had, an idea been going thru my brain..... thin...

Adam Lee

Bandersnatch wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 11, 2018 10:12 pm
Buy the Savage and run, don't walk, before he can change his mind.

I thank you for your input!

Will see if this deal goes down. I'll inform as I can.

Adam

Adam Lee

Hey guys. I'm unfortunately being tempted once more on a couple of guns at the same time - from the same collection which I recently obtained my 1950 Marlin 336! :!: The main temptation is a 1917-date code Savage 99, a take-down model, in 250 Savage. Somewhat dirty, and a little worn, but bet it wil...

Adam Lee

My gunsmith is building me a custom 7mm Mauser. Should be ready in six months or so. @Bandersnatch - would you be posting anything about this in the future, on this board, or any other? I'd be very interested in following once you have the gun on hand. What receiver is the basis? New or old? I thin...

Adam Lee

You've got a few Mauser projects in the works, sounds like! :D I'm about to get myself back into the "Mauser mode" in the near future as well, with my eyes on a 7mm project. I have no idea if my Mauser project will be ground-up, sourcing a new barrel and a receiver, or if I'm just going to look for ...

Adam Lee

Nice setup, Joe - looks great! Hope you have fun with your "new" scoped 81 in Florida. My mom would have you use it to great effect on some 'gators that spook her on her walks near her house in Fort Meade. :roll: She is near the Peace River, I believe. Did that 81 come with the checkering? Is it a B...

Adam Lee

Carl,

thank you for offering your thoughts and ideas on my Model 10 project question. I will try and follow up with your recommendations, and once I get back into the old gun I will let you know how it goes!

Thanks.
Adam

Adam Lee

Hi guys - just a bump on my old post!

Adam Lee

First shooting report with my new/old 1950 336 Marlin, after tossing 200-grain pills downrange! She shoots GREAT. The bore is amazingly new-looking. She broke her ejector spring - or maybe it was "almost broken" and it went ahead and snapped. No matter! She knows how to fire single-shot style. Consi...

Adam Lee

It ,unlike yours, had been drilled for a scope mount and had a recoil pad installed with both being detractors. My interest in it was that it was an ADL or at least the wood was. Seller advised only marked "A" which leads me to believe that was the case. Regardless I prevailed upon him to make a ru...

Adam Lee

Thanks for the tip on Big 45 - I actually did clean this up pretty easily with my own cocktail of stuff. Turned out pretty cool!

Here are some pics.

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Adam Lee

@Sarge - Joe, do you know whether or not my 1950 G-dated 336A could have come fitted with a sight hood? The front sight is slotted for a hood, but did not come with one. I was wondering if it would be "correct" to have one, especially since this waffle-top is not and will not be drilled & tapped for...

Adam Lee

Joe, thanks so much for your thoughtful reply! I never thought I would find a "vintage" 336 in any caliber for what I paid - considering where I live. Everything is always massively overpriced most often at the gun shops in Northern Virginia - least, when I happen to visit! Plus, this is indeed a ri...

Adam Lee

Thanks -

this is a 24" barreled .35 Rem, with "waffle top" receiver and nothing else.

Adam Lee

Guys - happy birthday to me! On my day-off venture to my local gun shop, I managed to walk out the door with a "needs TLC" 1950 G-dated 336 A Marlin, in .35 Remington. Surface rust, mild to me for the work it will take to clean up, and it is not D&T'd for a scope! Wood is original and nice, only oth...

Adam Lee

What did you get, Carl? Just curious!

Adam

Adam Lee

Carl - thanks for looking in! The base receiver/bolt half for my .300/.35 convertible happens to be a standard .300 Savage bolt. Basically, I just thought "hey everything seems to indicate this will work" if I just swap the .35Rem barrel front end onto the .300 Sav back end. I remembered the very mi...

Adam Lee

Hey guys! I've got a pair of "convertibles" I'm getting together. Already having fun with a Model 81 with "big bolt" that I take to the WMA with .300 Sav/.35 Rem front ends. Have another Model 81 I have set up with a "small bolt" and one .30Rem barrel/jacket assembly. Since I made a trade with Carl ...

Adam Lee

For those of us poor chaps with Krieger rifles that are missing their custom-milled magazines, with or without riveted side springs, it would be nice to hear from folks who've taken the plunge and made a stock mag work. I'm sorry to have been absent without leave for so long - but that's what "worki...

Adam Lee

that Model 14 is a beat, never owned one or shot one...yet Cam - I'm sure you meant to say "a beaut" - but I got a brief chuckle for a second! :lol: Wasn't sure if you meant "beast" or "beaut" but both cool comments! And yes - that is a nice looking 14 - and they are fun Remingtons, too! Got one in...

Adam Lee

Cam, I just made a comment on your Youtube channel for this video - nice work!

Adam

Adam Lee

Just repeating my query - has anyone even seen or heard of a tool that will unthread a Model 10 shotgun barrel adjuster bushing? I bet they look like a choke tool.

Adam

Adam Lee

Well, I'm no rocket scientist and certainly not a machinist - but I bet I can figure out a way to make or modify something to act as a removal tool to get the adjustment bushings out of my Model 10 receivers. Once I figure it out, I'll get back and report on my progress. Hope it's not in two years -...

Adam Lee

Guys, I've been keeping my Model 10 Remington on the far back burner with it being stripped down to a nice pile of parts in the "tool shed", so to speak. The major issue for the shotgun is its barrel adjustment bushing - I believe that's the right name - which is a critical part for Model 10's/29's/...

Adam Lee

Time for a long-delayed follow up to this epic story! First off: the Stevens 20 gauge had been working just fine, it was "user confusion" that caused my troubles. I did not understand that when these Stevens 620's are loaded, the shell rests underneath the lifter instead of remaining completely with...

Adam Lee

I had built some loads for my trusty model 8 in .25. I used the Hornady 117 gr Spitzer bullet, which functioned excellently and grouped pretty well, and so, figured I, these ought to work in the model 14 I just picked up from Gunbroker. Imagine, if you will, my chagrin when not the first one would ...

Adam Lee

Thanks for the funny note, Carl - hey it was a fun day!

Adam Lee

Sometimes, all the stars line up just right and weekend plans actually come together. I learned to appreciate the journey - and the process - of getting out to my “local” WMA for a brief yet rewarding bit of trigger time this weekend. I think the reason it felt like a great day at the range was beca...

Adam Lee

I've got to do this very same "trick" to my 1939 Model 81 - it also is almost impossible to replace the stock tang screw and I bet the recoil spring tube isn't given enough "room" in the buttstock channel either.

Thanks for the tip!

Adam

Adam Lee

what's it look like?

thanks for saving another .32 Model 14, by the way!

Adam

Adam Lee

Hey 'yall -

No big deal, just had a fun afternoon assembling my first AR-15 lower kit from Anderson. The parts kit and the lower are both Anderson. Went together nice, now I am that much closer to my 6.5 Grendel LOL!
Adam

Adam Lee

Carl, thanks again for your quick and relevant comments. I just got some luck on web surfing for a RN .321 bullet at the Hawk Bullets website. They make a .321 RN bullet specific to the Remington Model 14! Just scroll down the page a bit. I am looking into this for sure! http://hawkbullets.com/maste...

Adam Lee

Thanks for the "reality check" Carl - figured that the bolt face would be different once I looked at it and measured, but wasn't sure about it. So, the bolt extension or bolt itself - not the entire bolt carrier assembly - is one of three unique bolt face dimensions. Got it! There's a .35 bolt/anoth...

Adam Lee

Afternoon gents! While waiting for my dawgz to settle down, (they are now asleep :D ) I had a moment to think about a project 8/81 idea I have brewing. I'd like to make my .300 Savage-barreled Model 81 Krieger "convertible" to a .35 Remington front half. IIRC, the springs/bolt bodies are the same - ...

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