Beckerhead firearms

Carbine in looks only . It's an H&R 410 with rifle sights and a barrel band. Sights added for shooting slugs. I can get 3" groups out to 50 yards with Foster type slugs. Good on small game and varmints.
 
Did a little more basement gunsmithing to my 500.
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Noswad0208 said:
Anyone know of a company that makes a .223 lever action with a 16.5 inch barrel?
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Henry Long Ranger and a pipe cutter?

Unless you get ammo developed for the carbine, you'll be better served by the standard 20 inch tube.

Looks like Browning BLR is available in the same configuration. Surprisingly, for the same money. That's probably where i would start.
 
I posted this over in Traditionals with a rigger's knife, but here it is with a Becker--

My latest BP pistol - a Pieta-made replica of the Colt Paterson Revolver, the first commercial revolver. Accompanying it is my first BK9

This Paterson will be part of my Texian Navy Officer uniform I'm getting together for presentations on the history of Texas Navy.

Some history of the Paterson. One of the myths about the Paterson is that it was first used in Texas by the Texas Rangers.

The first ones bought by the Republic of Texas were destined for the Texian Navy, who bought 180 of them in 1839, along with a like number of Colt's revolving carbines and shotguns. When the Texian Navy was disbanded in 1843 by Sam Houston, the Rangers absconded with the surplus weapons, packing a pair of Patersons each.

The US Army didn't adopt the Paterson, claiming it was fragile and prone to malfunctions.

After General Zachary Taylor fought in Texas during the Mexican-American War, he sent Captain Samuel Walker, of the Texas Rangers (but serving with the US Mounted Rifles) back east to work with Colt to implement improvements in the revolvers, leading to the development of the Walker Colt, widely used in the US Army for decades.

The difference between the 1836 - 1838 and the 1839 - 1848 Patersons was that the first batch had to be disassembled to reload. When they were rejected by the US Army, that was one of the objections.

What impressed General Taylor was the Texan tactic of carrying spare LOADED AND CAPPED cylinders for rapid reload during battle. Not exactly a practice that would pass OSHA today.

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91bravo,
Yes, the he 870, one of my "four or five guns everyone should own." In my opinion, this is the best gun Remington ever made. I hate to see Remington on hard times, but considering what they did to Bushmaster, Marlin, and to their own products, it is no surprise.
 
Always wanted an 870.
Not a big shotgunner, and got my Dad's Winny 1400 12-ga autoloader so no real need anymore.
Still wouldn't mind one, though.
 
870's sometimes need a little TLC, but once you get them set up they are pretty robust and reliable.
 
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Gun Doc said:
OSHA likely wouldn't like that lack of trigger guard much either.
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The trigger does not descend into an exposed position until you cock the hammer back. The trigger is literally flush in a trigger well and rotates down as the hammer is cocked back.

I'm guessing that the thinking was "Don't cock it till you're ready to shoot." The lack of a trigger guard does make it easier to shoot while wearing gloves in adverse weather.

One of the obvious improvements that was incorporated into the Walker Colt was the addition of a trigger guard.
 
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