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243dave

My Dad has been battling cancer for some time now but last year when he and Mom was out of town at the hospital my cousin stole all his pain meds. My cousin is in prison now on several different charges but if I ever see him again he may be visiting the hospital. It makes it worse when its someone c...

243dave

If you are looking for an American made, fixed blade knife that is under $20 and razor sharp check out the Paklite series knives by Buck. They have a skeletonized handle(wrapped mine in parachute cord) making them very light weight and when on your belt you forget they are there, can't say that abou...

243dave

One center mass hit from the 223 and they wouldn't have had to handcuff him. Big game bullets in the 223 makes it a much better killer, the military and PD's ought to use them. My 2 cents.
Dave

243dave

I've looked at them before and this is only a opinion since I never owned one. They look cool but for anything other than hand to hand fighting a hatchet would be a much better tool. The cutting edge on the Fasthawk is too small for real use and the spiked end is only good for piercing amour and sku...

243dave

Seen one in WV years ago, even though they supposedly don't exist there.

243dave

Don't you all know that rifle is way under-powered for that size game !! Its barely suitable for mule deer at medium range.

243dave

Get a Buck Paklite Caper. I gave $12.97(at Dick's sporting goods on sale) early in the week for this knife and I'm impressed. It is a fixed 2.5 inch fixed blade(420 SS) with a skeletonized handle that weighs only 1.1 ounce(under 2 ounces case and all), plus it is shaving sharp from the factory. The ...

243dave

There is a way to fireform real cheap without using any bullets and do it in the garage. Use pistol powder, cream of wheat, and cleaning patches(or wax, crisco, etc,etc.) to hold it in place. Here is a link you may be interested in. http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/3207...

243dave

IMO the 270 is the most versatile deer cartridge made. Not much recoil and trajectory of a magnum round. My dad and brother have hunted with 270's for over 30 years a piece and the 270 always performs. I've seen them kill lots of deer with them and examined even more wound channels produced by the 2...

243dave

Your a good size fellow and with gear that would be pushing it. I have a 12 kayak and at 6'1 and 240lbs a lot of gear makes it hard to paddle. I prefer my solo 11' 9" solo canoe made by Old Town. Its rated at a 500lbs max load and is much easier to get in and out of. At 43lbs its easy to load o...

243dave

I think you mean 7.62 or 5.56 NATO. Either one without a doubt would be easier to carry than 45-70. The thing about about the light rounds is that just means the soldier carries more of them so the load is not lighter. The soldiers today carry more weight than ever. Body armour, night vision, and co...

243dave

I was a bit disappointed in the article, they didn't get either rifle bloody to find out just how effective the Colt is out of a rifle. How can you write an article titled "The .45 Colt Lever-Action as a Hunting Rifle" without taking any game??

243dave

My 96, 3.0 liter, 4x4, extended cab, with 5 speed manuel transmission has 165k miles and has been a great truck every since I bought it new. Its always got over 24 mpg on the highway and 17mpg in town. The clutch needed replaced at around 120k but other than that it has only needed a fuel pump and a...

243dave

What I've done is pick up scrap along the rail-road tracks. The plates that hold the track to the wooden ties are usually strung about unused and rusting never to be used again, so I figured I could make some use of them. Being about 6x9 inches and very hard and heavy steel they are awesome for 22's...

243dave

Fella's I didn't post this topic to stir anything up, I figured you would like to see the video. Personally I don't feel there is anything wrong with the way these guys hunt, its just not how I would have done it, I would have put the hippo down while standing in the brush. Perhaps if I had hunted w...

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I love to hunt but this fellow is border line crazy. Perhaps the other double rifle beside him gave him a bit more nerve, I still wouldn't do it, it would be embarresing to fill your shorts on film!! This video is a little graphic when its in slow-mo when the blood is gushing out of its nose. Just w...

243dave

Panzercat, You won't regret a levergun in a pistol cartridge. IMO they are the more fun than an AR. You can load it to where a 22lr is louder or you can make it surprisingly powerful. I have a 45colt winchester trapper and I will never part with it. I have shot it out to 500yds on gongs and its a bl...

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Sixgun, check out the link I have above it has some good pics of a identical gun except the rear sight on that one doesn't look original. Its chambered in 45acp instead of 45 LC. Your right about about 6 G's though !!!

243dave

Thanks for the info. I had never seen one and thought it might be something rare and unusual. Thats why I come here to ask questions, you fellers know a good bit more about levers than I do. Plus I don't get out much so a 94 chambered in 32 special is a rare gun to me. :lol: Here is a link to some p...

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This morning while browsing thru the local gun shop a little ole 92 caught my eye, it was chambered in 45acp. The story I got was it was exported to South America years ago to a police department and the markings on the reciever seem to bear this as fact. Also it appeared it was made with a 14 inch ...

243dave

Tang safety 94 trapper AE in 45 colt. With 300gr xtp mags on top of lots of h-110 will shoot length-wise thru deer. My favorite woods gun. Dave

243dave

I liked it, a good message. Just don't read the replies under the video and let that ruin it for you, I know it kind of ticked me off !! Dave

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Cat, what is Armorallyed ?? I didn't realize that winchester ever made the 45colt in 1-38". I've got a tang safety 45 colt trapper thats listed at 1-26" and that is about what it seems by my measurements. Regardless of the twists these 45colt trappers are awesome, its a gun I'll never sale...

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Its north of South Carolina.

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John has some good articles but without Ross Seyfried writing for them I seldom buy anything from them.

243dave

Discharge papers from the military stating your rank, branch served, time in, discharge type rather its honorable, general, dishonorable and awards recieved in service....... Bruce beat me

243dave

Back in the 80's I used factory loaded 100gr remington corelokts and had problems with too little expansion. At times the exit wounds were so small I couldn't put my pinky in it. The deer usually ran 150yds before keeling over, they always killed the deer so I guess they didn't fail but they always ...

243dave

Back about 20-25 years ago I used factory loaded remington 100gr core-lokts exclusively before I started reloading. They always killed but when I shot deer thru the lungs they always ran 100-150yds before piling up and at times the exit wounds were so small I couldn't put my pinky finger in it. I al...

243dave

100gr speer grand-slams is my favorite.

243dave

94 AE, tang safety, trapper -- CAL 45 COLT

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IMO the troops need a better round right now. Issue them the MK-262 (77gr hpbt) ammo until the decision of what cartridge/weapon will replace the m-4. The MK-262 ammo is a good improvement in killing power, range and accuracy. It doesn't violate the Hague convention because the bullet was made for t...

243dave

86er, So why do you call him Tornado ??

243dave

The biggest mistake people make when trout-fishing is they use to heavy a fishing line, the thicker the line the easier the fish can see it. I generally use 4lb test but will use 2lb if fishing for small native-trout. I don't fly fish mainly because the streams I fish are small and the over-hanging ...

243dave

The thing about light loads and titegroup is even if you double charge a load it still won't be a top-end ruger load. If you go as low as I do with titegroup a double charge won't even be a top load in a colt clone. Personally I really like titegroup for reduced loads, its always burned clean for me...

243dave

Hmmm, .457 round balls. I've tried .452 round balls with no luck, they were inaccurate, weak and blackened the brass badly. If I run across some cheap .457 round balls I'll have to give'em a try. Dave

243dave

I've been as low as 2grs of titegroup in my 45colt trapper(16" barrel) and 250gr cast bullets but settled on 3grs because 2grs seemed awfully light and I was afraid of a stuck bullet. 5grs is a minimum load for a 250gr cast according to hodgdon, so 3grs is a very light and quiet load but has mo...

243dave

Very nice WEG. If I can get the one I have on lay-away close to yours I'll be a happy feller. Dave

243dave

Here I am a few months shy of 40 years old and I've never owned a 30-30, I'm ashamed. About two hours ago I was in the local Gander Mountain strolling by the used guns when I noticed a 94 winchester 30-30. It was a angle eject with 20" barrel with none of the safeties and a little rough with bl...

243dave

With 255gr cast bullets I started at 5grs(book recommended starting load) and settled on 3gr of hodgdon's titegroup in my 45 trapper. I went as low as 2gr but was scared of eventually sticking a bullet in the 16" barrel. 3grs is very mild but penetrated better than expected on phonebooks and qu...

243dave

Doc, I gotta disagree with you on one thing, Jane Fonda was never a great actress. You can make a case for the other two but Hanoi Jane would have never broke into the business had it not been for her last name. As for a remake of True Grit, I'd support almost any western that comes out because I wi...

243dave

I don't have a lot of experience with lots of powders but for my cat sneeze loads I settled on 3grs. of hogdgons titegroup with a 250gr cast bullet. It burns clean and works great. I used my 45colt 94 trapper and went as low as 2grs. of titegroup. The reason I use 3grs instead of two was because I w...

243dave

Mooresville, NC

243dave

Joe, I had to load mine in the top groove(making it shorter). I tried the bottom groove but it made the cartridge too long to chamber in my winchester trapper(it fed fine but just didn't chamber). If I was you I'd load it at the bottom groove and see if it will feed and chamber, just don't put a cri...

243dave

In my trapper I shoot both 300gr xtps and 300gr xtp mags in front of 23 grs of h-110. I don't have a chrony but I always figured about 1600fps. I started out with the regular 300gr xtp and killed a couple WV whitetail. Both were one shot kills but no exits because a shoulder was hit. I like exit wou...

243dave

That is probably some of my kin-folk. I love WV jokes !

243dave

I'll give my input on the 300gr xtp and the 300gr xtp mag. I shoot them out of a trapper around 1600fps. On deer the regular xtp will not exit if a shoulder is encountered or the deer is shot at a angle. They seem to expand to large if you like exit wounds. The 300gr xtp mag will go length-wise on s...

243dave

That might be real, the video quality was so poor and choppy the recoil could have been missed. I had a friend a few years back that had his brother-in-law shoot him with a 22rimfire rifle while wearing a bullet-proof vest. It left about the same type wound on him as it did the boy in the video. He ...

243dave

TH, I was stationed in Fairbanks for 3 years when I was in the army and as far I know there are no hogs in the whole state. But I could be wrong, just ask my wife!!!

Dave

243dave

Wish I had a septic-tank truck !!! I really liked those ones.

243dave

I was a bolt-snob for most of my life. A few years ago I had 45colt contender pistol, loved the cartridge, not the gun, just didn't seem like a pistol. Well, right after winchester announced they were going out of business I run across a 45 trapper used, it appeared unfired in the box, since I alrea...

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