Got my T-shirts today... Thanks Eric.
Going to wear them to gun shows and where ever there are libs to tick off. LOL
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- Mon Jul 06, 2015 7:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New T- Shirts came today!!!!!
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3417
- Sat Jul 04, 2015 9:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Uberti 1873 lover gun front site question
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1512
Re: Uberti 1873 lover gun front site question
Maybe take the Marbles off and get a lower one, or...
... file time and lower the flipper till it is right height. LOL...
Maybe there is a screw to lower the center of the Marbles? --
-- Hard to imagine a rear sight that does not have some adjustable movement.
... file time and lower the flipper till it is right height. LOL...
Maybe there is a screw to lower the center of the Marbles? --
-- Hard to imagine a rear sight that does not have some adjustable movement.
- Thu Jun 25, 2015 2:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sad news - Maine hunt with dad
- Replies: 61
- Views: 7690
Re: Sad news - Maine hunt with dad
I pray for the Peace from the Lord be with you, your mom and all your family. Rest upon Him and let your tears and your fears and your cares flow from you and let the love come in and comfort your emptyness in your heart. He is in a better place now, it is our own selfishness that want them back her...
- Thu Jun 25, 2015 1:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: T-shirt update
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2755
Re: T-shirt update
Is this where we tell Eric that we were all just kidding him? :o :lol: Check is written already and ready to be mailed tomorrow. Guys, maybe include a self addressed label so he can just tape it on, lick and stick or peel and apply, it would make life lots easier on his end. Thanks Eric, Jerry
- Wed Jun 24, 2015 10:58 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Mature ladies are smart.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2107
Re: Mature ladies are smart.
With all the modern equipment and recorders, I suggest you don't try that or they might give you an instant recording...in jail. LOL
- Tue Jun 23, 2015 10:05 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - most fearsome beast for yards around
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2346
Re: OT - most fearsome beast for yards around
Beware of the ATTACK BUNNY!!!
- Sat Jun 20, 2015 7:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Idle hands are the devil's workshop
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4736
Re: Idle hands are the devil's workshop
No angle Eject, no safety and a rubber butt... nice 375. Have fun .
- Thu Jun 18, 2015 1:55 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 4 Magazines In One Month
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3007
Re: 4 Magazines In One Month
man how time flys by... August 2015... http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee202/bridgershooters/gun%20related%20items%20and%20articles/Magazine20articles20d.jpg Read the first page of THE WINCHESTER and could not turn to the next page... guess I will have to wait till august. I feel like I been bait...
- Tue Jun 02, 2015 1:20 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Awesome Man Cave...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1222
Re: Awesome Man Cave...
Wow!... The fellow put a lot of thought into that little room and turned out really nice for being in the basement...
- Thu May 28, 2015 1:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cimarron Model 1873
- Replies: 2
- Views: 570
Cimarron Model 1873
Hello fellows, looking for some info on a Cimarron model 1873 45Colt long range 30" rifle, SN 534xx, CAT.5990 . I sent a message to Cimarron and they replied back: " Not possible to accurately date this gun. It is back in the old paper records days (1980s). We moved to Fredericksburg in th...
- Tue May 26, 2015 9:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: rusty bullet mold cleaning the rust...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1911
Re: rusty bullet mold cleaning the rust...
I already got the mold soaking with some oil and waiting for the old rust to start letting loose... but it wasn't Kroil... might spray it down with that stuff tomarrow, I don't have evaporust... When going after other rusty surfaces, I use one of them dryer sheets that has been used up as a rub clot...
- Tue May 26, 2015 9:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: T-shirt Sign Up!
- Replies: 71
- Views: 8752
Re: T-shirt Sign Up!
Yooper2, please put me down for 2... 2 large t-shirts.
Have you thought about doing an even hundred and sell the extras on the forum?
This is my number one place I stop at when I got questions purtainen to shootin irons...
Thanks, Smokenrust - Jerry
Have you thought about doing an even hundred and sell the extras on the forum?
This is my number one place I stop at when I got questions purtainen to shootin irons...
Thanks, Smokenrust - Jerry
- Tue May 26, 2015 2:15 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How Did Grandpa Ever Get A Deer.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3014
Re: How Did Grandpa Ever Get A Deer.
"In central Wisconsin back then I only recall seeing one black bear. Seen a number of them in northern UP though. I spent my career in California and only seen one or two bears in the wild there NOT counting Yosemite. I read plenty on these sites of people seeing many bears now back east."...
- Tue May 26, 2015 12:56 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Six seconds
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1636
Re: Six seconds
This image of an eagle perched atop a gravestone was snapped at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by amateur photographer Frank Glick during the Spring of 2011. The symbolism of such a setting seems particularly apropos because the Bald Eagle is the national bird of the Unit...
- Mon May 25, 2015 4:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: wanting thoughts on Winchester 1886 rifles
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4165
Re: wanting thoughts on Winchester 1886 rifles
Well the thoughts on building a 40-82 is on hold for now, the Winchester 1886 40-65 arrived thursday and it needs to have some boolits found for it... and maybe the bore slugged too. The rifle has been messed with for sure, sanded down and reblued, but the fellow didn't get all the rust gone because...
- Mon May 25, 2015 12:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: rusty bullet mold cleaning the rust...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1911
rusty bullet mold cleaning the rust...
I just bought an old rusty bullet mold, a genuine Winchester 38-56 WCF to be exact. and it is rusty to some degree, but big question is, How do I clean the cavity without damaging it? Or just run some lead in it and let the heat and lead descale it? or run a brass brush in there? Here is a pic of it...
- Tue May 19, 2015 11:21 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: wanting thoughts on Winchester 1886 rifles
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4165
Re: wanting thoughts on Winchester 1886 rifles
It is interesting to read different thoughts and opinions on the 1886 and the 40-82 chambering. Geobru, Thanks for the info on the rate of twist, but from what I was thinking, if I was to continue in that direction with a new front , I would maintain the 260 grain. --- 1:28 vs 1:22 .... and your say...
- Sat May 16, 2015 1:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: wanting thoughts on Winchester 1886 rifles
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4165
Re: wanting thoughts on Winchester 1886 rifles
Thanks old Win, shrapnel and AJMD; Old Win, The 33WCF has a nice bright and crisp bore in it... Not changing that. Here is a pic. 140-7.jpg Shrapnel, I am not going to molest the 33 TD end, but I WAS thinking of going to look at making a whole new forward end and magazine in the 40-82 because the 33...
- Sat May 16, 2015 2:50 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: wanting thoughts on Winchester 1886 rifles
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4165
wanting thoughts on Winchester 1886 rifles
Okay, this is just some ramlin thoughts of questions... I have been hunting for a Winchester 1886 40-65 rifle for years, and finely picked up an 1886 33WCF takedown instead made in 1915. I was pagen thru a site and seen a fellow making new barrels and got me to thinking about if I made a new set for...
- Thu Apr 23, 2015 10:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Making 33 Winchester Brass
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5815
Re: Making 33 Winchester Brass
Glad to see this discussion because I am in need of 33WCF ammo...
Does anyone actually make the brass head stamped 33WCF or better yet, sell loaded ammo? thanks, S&R
Does anyone actually make the brass head stamped 33WCF or better yet, sell loaded ammo? thanks, S&R
- Sun Apr 19, 2015 5:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What evers handy
- Replies: 37
- Views: 4313
Re: What evers handy
Katana wins!.. I like stories that have good endings... where evil is slain and does not win.
- Sun Apr 19, 2015 5:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Police officer: brave, foolish or lucky?
- Replies: 51
- Views: 4037
Re: Police officer: brave, foolish or lucky?
The officer sure had some control over his own actions... very commendable... BUT the nutcase that killed his fiancee and then killed his best friend, deserved to get what he wanted... and saved the taxpayers years of housing a killer. .... Yea, I know, what is a life worth... what was the lives wor...
- Sun Apr 19, 2015 4:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Dang Blasted Marlin support
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5621
Re: Dang Blasted Marlin support
Maybe the manufactor should start stamping the barrel with the correct size of bore so that it is less confusing for future owners of said guns...They got all kinds of warnings on them now, what would four more digits amount to?, that actually contained some useful information... Seems somebody defi...
- Fri Mar 20, 2015 6:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Shape of old Marlin 1895 forearm
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1106
Re: Shape of old Marlin 1895 forearm
BrentD., I sure would like to know how the stock turned out on your 1895 Marlin... I will be doing the same to the one I have and I am wondering who has a really good replacement stocks and forearms, maybe even just excellent blanks? Are there other model of Marlin stocks/forearms fit up to the 1895...
- Mon Mar 09, 2015 9:36 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Question: Win. Mod. 1886 (1894mfg) .40-82 old vs new parts
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1688
Re: Question: Win. Mod. 1886 (1894mfg) .40-82 old vs new par
5th Cavalry, You are lucky to have an 1886... I have heard stories from my father about his old 1886 in the 40-65 caliber. Said it could shoot and he could put down anything with it, just had to know how much to hold up on the long shots... But he traded it many years before I was born so hence, I o...
- Wed Nov 26, 2014 12:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Jay Leno caves!!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1046
Re: Jay Leno caves!!
Googled leno and apparrently he did cave in to the idiot anti gun nuts... To bad, thought he had more backbone then that. http://clashdaily.com/2014/11/jay-gets-bullied-leno-cancels-shot-show-appearance-anti-gun-loons-throw-fit/ ...."Gun control organizations only recently discovered that the c...
- Fri Apr 19, 2013 9:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Gold mining - price of gold drop
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1569
Re: Gold mining - price of gold drop
KirkD. You made me laugh on your last comment. " Gold is heavier and more malleable than lead. ... I'll cast my bullets out of lead if I have to, but I'd much prefer to use gold ." Seeing how you have so much for casting, I would like to 'barrow' a pound or two for awhile.. LOL Was just re...
- Tue Mar 05, 2013 9:11 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Who knew physics could be so much fun???
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1041
Re: Who knew physics could be so much fun???
A B-Y university professor?... "I don't think I will do that again" What a doofuss... If he had in smarts, he wouldn't have done it in the first place.... Sheesh!
His IQ... one pingpong ball smarter than he was before...
His IQ... one pingpong ball smarter than he was before...
- Mon Mar 04, 2013 11:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I Had My New Shiloh Sharps Chromed....
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1617
Re: I Had My New Shiloh Sharps Chromed....
"At least he could of nickeled it." And If he had, I would have offered him a dime for it.
There's a movie where some guy stole a fancy shiney rifle and ended up dead over it... anyone remember the name of the movie?
A chromed Shiloh just wouldn't look right... AARGH
There's a movie where some guy stole a fancy shiney rifle and ended up dead over it... anyone remember the name of the movie?
A chromed Shiloh just wouldn't look right... AARGH
- Mon Mar 04, 2013 12:17 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The tilt piston engine
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1804
Re: The tilt piston engine
As always, Pitchy has made life interesting... and does it with all kinds of toys. From big boy toys to little boy toys... Now Pitch, you have to explain to me how you got the crank to turn backwards to the direction of the flywheel... Instant reverse switches? LOL :lol: Nice Job making it and makin...
- Sun Mar 03, 2013 11:56 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Happy Birthday Gaucho Gringo & smokenrust.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 441
Re: Happy Birthday Gaucho Gringo & smokenrust.
"Nice Calf S&R although He/She looks a little out of it's element." Perry, I would say that calf is out of 'the elements', He was in a much warmer place then when i found him by a round bale of hay at 7:30 am with a temp of -7 below :shock: .... he was all frost and shivering... Got hi...
- Sun Mar 03, 2013 1:38 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Happy Birthday Gaucho Gringo & smokenrust.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 441
Re: Happy Birthday Gaucho Gringo & smokenrust.
Thanks fellows, had OK day... Played with couple guns, and showed a couple of them to nephews and great nephews. had a nice meal and Did Not have to blow out any candles. Just ate the angel food cake and ice cream with cherries or strawberry toppings... (At least the wimen didn't bake me a devils fo...
- Wed Feb 06, 2013 11:34 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My Grandfather's Old John Deere Tractors
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1749
Re: My Grandfather's Old John Deere Tractors
Those deere you sure don't want to shoot... they are too Sweet of looking to do that to them... When your geat grandfather and father bought those tractors, they thought they had the world by the tail.
Excellant pics.
Excellant pics.
- Mon Feb 04, 2013 8:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Savage 1899 , 'expert' info please..
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2759
Re: Savage 1899 , 'expert' info please..
Airedaleman, Serial number is stamped exactly like this, 81. 721 with a period after the 81. , not a comma; Never seen a Savage with this type of serial number marking. The barrrel has the writing exactly like what Old Ironsights said; MANUFACTURED BY THE SAVAGE ARMS COMPANY, UTICA, N.Y. U.S.A PATEN...
- Mon Feb 04, 2013 9:50 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 1895 Oklahoma Territory U.S. Marshal doc. mystery solved!
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3603
Re: 1895 Oklahoma Territory U.S. Marshal doc. mystery solved
The 1886 rifl looks like it might be a takedown version? hence maybe there was another barrel assembly left behind somehere?
And being it was a 45-64, maybe the 38-56 ammo was more readily available at the time?
just a thought. I the rifle is a TD, maybe need to check numbers to see if they match.
And being it was a 45-64, maybe the 38-56 ammo was more readily available at the time?
just a thought. I the rifle is a TD, maybe need to check numbers to see if they match.
- Mon Feb 04, 2013 3:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Savage 1899 , 'expert' info please..
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2759
Re: Savage 1899 , 'expert' info please..
Thanks Old Ironsights, your information was interesting, The barrels total length is 23 1/2 inches ... and the dovetail is cut just 1 inch further for the forearm mount, meaning it was 24 1/2 inches long and from the factroy number of 26" it means the muzzle end was cut off 1 1/2" for a to...
- Sun Feb 03, 2013 4:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Savage 1899 , 'expert' info please..
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2759
Re: Savage 1899 , 'expert' info please..
As for history on this Savage, I contacted previous owner that said that he had purchased it back in the mid 90's from another dealer that had a shop on the Oregon coast. He had planned on restoring it but just never got around to doing it. Well so much for history on this gun. Now to make new histo...
- Thu Jan 31, 2013 11:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: WOW !!!!!!!!! Marlin 39 Disaster
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1881
Re: WOW !!!!!!!!! Marlin 39 Disaster
YUCKIs an understatement!!! The Savage 1899 I posted the other day looks ten times better than this thing!... No gotta add another zero, .. a hundred times better,, because its mine.. LOL, no not that marlin.
- Wed Jan 30, 2013 10:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Savage 1899 , 'expert' info please..
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2759
Re: Savage 1899 , 'expert' info please..
Pete44 mentioned letters on each side of axel bushing and I found a small 2 on the left side and on the right surface, theres a bigger O . On the barrel alongside the rear sight, there is stamping.. SAVAGE Hi-pressure steel Model 1899. $39 dollar optional barrel...Dang, and they went and cut it..GRR...
- Wed Jan 30, 2013 2:15 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Savage 1899 , 'expert' info please..
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2759
Re: Savage 1899 , 'expert' info please..
Hobie, I wish I had gotten a great story with it... So now since its a project gun, Maybe I should go back to 303 sav and then do an AI type of job on it? :shock: :lol: Sure was hoping some one had some history on the guns made at Savage Arms Company in Utica NY. Thanks 3leg turtle, I have other 303...
- Tue Jan 29, 2013 2:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Savage 1899 , 'expert' info please..
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2759
Savage 1899 , 'expert' info please..
OK, 'experts' are anyone that knows more than what I do... which sometimes ain't much :lol: I have a Savage 1899, SN 81. 721 that the octagonal barrel was cut off 1" at the thread end and rethreaded. Where upon, rechambered for a 30-30 cal. Question 1. On 1", (actually appears to be 31/32&...
- Wed Jan 23, 2013 8:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: An 1886 - and I done it!
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1980
Re: An 1886 - and I done it!
That 20 day wait period would be enough to drive a sane man crazy and go hunt down them sums-o-britches and give them a tast of what they thought...
- Tue Jan 22, 2013 1:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Trying to date a Interarms 92
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4954
Re: Trying to date a Interarms 92
30WCF, I was tryin to keep quiet till you had to make your comment... mine was to tell him did he try roses? Maybe try some reloads.. She'll get a bang out of that..
At least I thought that would be funny. lol
At least I thought that would be funny. lol
- Mon Jan 21, 2013 2:51 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Farewell Guy
- Replies: 41
- Views: 3072
Re: Farewell Guy
May god's Blessings be with you, and the Peace of our Lord Jesus rest in your minds and hearts...
He is no longer here fighting the daily battles of living in this corrupt world but rather is now in the comfort of our Creator.
Condolances, SnR
He is no longer here fighting the daily battles of living in this corrupt world but rather is now in the comfort of our Creator.
Condolances, SnR
- Mon Jan 21, 2013 2:34 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cold winter walk
- Replies: 40
- Views: 2970
Re: Cold winter walk
Pitch, like Kirk D. said, seeing you in the pics without ole Snoop leaves sadness in me for the both of you... and I still keep hopen you will get a call saying that the Snoop is found. And as for the cold Pitch, if I remember right, for at least three days it didn't come up to -40...That cold, make...
- Sat Jan 19, 2013 3:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Colt Lightning / Taurus Thunderbolt Rebarrel
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3339
Re: Colt Lightning / Taurus Thunderbolt Rebarrel
All I can say is, DAY-YUM!! That is NICE!
Thank you for the pics... and the writings. It was very interesting.
Thank you for the pics... and the writings. It was very interesting.
- Thu Jan 17, 2013 1:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A USFA Lightning on Gunbroker...
- Replies: 3
- Views: 848
Re: A USFA Lightning on Gunbroker...
Thats a nice gun... I imagine this will be a collector gun in fifty years... :roll: probably a collector gun now... :shock: :lol: Specially when the manufactor has quit as I heard... to bad, the iron they produced really looked good. :( http://pics.gunbroker.com/GB/325957000/325957977/pix641120365.j...
- Wed Jan 16, 2013 2:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Popping primers in a model94
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1347
Re: Popping primers in a model94
She sure looks like its been used and liked... Kind of like some of mine, only used and neglected before me.
Now please take the hammer off full cock position.. Thats kinda hard on 113 year old springs... Just think what you would feel like at that age..under tension..LOL
Now please take the hammer off full cock position.. Thats kinda hard on 113 year old springs... Just think what you would feel like at that age..under tension..LOL
- Wed Jan 16, 2013 2:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Savage 99
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2340
Re: Savage 99
There's something about them old levers...Can't hardly resist them...they're like them Sireens ,calling and beckoning, 'buy me, buy me'
Got hooked on this one;
Just an old 30-30...
Got hooked on this one;
Just an old 30-30...
- Fri Jan 11, 2013 1:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ideas for my butchered Winchester 1886
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2590
Re: Ideas for my butchered Winchester 1886
That chopping of the stock, why don't you advertise (such as here or gunbroker) the wood and and put new on instead? somebody might want an origional crescent stock or stock and forearm...