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- Sun May 12, 2024 6:23 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OFF TOPIC - A Timely Discovery
- Replies: 13
- Views: 425
Re: OFF TOPIC - A Timely Discovery
A beautiful living legacy for a beautiful woman of faith.
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 1:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Gorgeous lever gun, but why?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1418
Re: Gorgeous lever gun, but why?
Heavy for a .30-30? Maybe. Virtually immortal in that chambering? Yep...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 7:51 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: are Rossis getting better?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2814
Re: are Rossis getting better?
Going back 4 decades, I have owned many Rossi's -- and never had a bad one.
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 11:30 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Nickel brass
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1027
Re: Nickel brass
No. They never enter the throat, and pose no problem for the throat or the rest of the chamber.
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 7:36 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: THE BEST CALIBER
- Replies: 63
- Views: 6516
Re: THE BEST CALIBER
The willingness to employ your gun is vastly more important than its caliber. I actually know people who carry a gun thinking they can just use it to scare away bad guys. Those folks have already lost their gunfight, whether they carry a .45 or a.22...
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 8:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cellphones Down Today...??? Could be a Problem...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 872
Re: Cellphones Down Today...??? Could be a Problem...
Latest -- AT&T says it was caused by a software update. Translation --- incompetence.
Never ascribe to malice anything that can be adequately explained by incompetence.
Never ascribe to malice anything that can be adequately explained by incompetence.
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 8:23 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cellphones Down Today...??? Could be a Problem...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 872
Re: Cellphones Down Today...??? Could be a Problem...
Heard a news report last night that 80% of the giant cranes used to load/unload container ships were made in China. All computer-controlled, of course, communicating via the Internet and capable of being remotely operated. No way THAT is a security risk...right? Anyone who thinks government is anyth...
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 7:58 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: "Serious National Security Threat" press release 2-14-2024
- Replies: 14
- Views: 776
Re: "Serious National Security Threat" press release 2-14-2024
OF COURSE there's a serious national security threat, and it is ongoing and massive. It's called the US Government... and their main weapon against us is keeping us stirred up, alarmed and divided over all of the multitude of made-up threats.
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 8:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Let’s talk about shotguns for serious use.
- Replies: 79
- Views: 7151
Re: Let’s talk about shotguns for serious use.
I love me a short shotgun! My latest has been mine for 2 days, a Charles Daly 601 Tactical 12 ga. A $250 semi-auto, even one that looks unusually good on the outside, has been more often than not a heartache in my experience. This one is NOT the 601 DPS you'll find on YouTube as "the Benelli M4...
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 7:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ultra sonic cleaning
- Replies: 13
- Views: 912
Re: Ultra sonic cleaning
Totally unnecessary except in the most extreme cases.
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 8:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I wonder how many of these were 'liberals'...???
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1234
Re: I wonder how many of these were 'liberals'...???
In this country today, statistically speaking, they were 50% liberals, 50% conservative.
Greed knows no political boundaries...
Greed knows no political boundaries...
- Sat Dec 30, 2023 11:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Rossi M59, .22 Mag
- Replies: 10
- Views: 754
Re: Rossi M59, .22 Mag
The one I had resides fondly in memory and on my "Wish I'd Never Sold" list...
- Mon Dec 25, 2023 6:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Preatorian holster
- Replies: 5
- Views: 579
Re: Preatorian holster
Personally, I get no complaints that I stink because of the heavy pools of sweat around my holsters... but if you do, then try it by all means.
- Fri Dec 22, 2023 8:04 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: POI changes
- Replies: 5
- Views: 398
- Sun Dec 17, 2023 6:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: After over 20 years, finally finished!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 825
Re: After over 20 years, finally finished!
Yet another classy classic.
- Thu Dec 07, 2023 1:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Local public range closed
- Replies: 11
- Views: 620
Re: Local public range closed
When our local Forest Service range was free, it literally got shot to pieces -- even the shelter over the firing line-- about every 3 years. It was then closed for a couple of years, rebuilt completely, and reopened with the addition of a $5-a-day use fee, paid voluntarily in a drop-box. The vandal...
- Mon Oct 23, 2023 9:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New Winchester/Miruko .357, SRC, stock fitting
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1372
Re: New Winchester/Miruko .357, SRC, stock fitting
Just curious -- but did these egregious faults suddenly appear after you got the gun home? Personally, I tend to look over a rifle pretty well before I lay my money down.
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 8:24 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Good or Bad ?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 368
Re: Good or Bad ?
Good, or bad?
Yes.
Yes.
- Fri Sep 15, 2023 5:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: California legislature passes 11% tax on guns, ammunition
- Replies: 10
- Views: 695
Re: California legislature passes 11% tax on guns, ammunition
The fools are either clueless or being paid off by the gun companies. They are oblivious to the fact that actions like this only spur more sales...
- Wed Sep 06, 2023 1:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Smith & Wesson 329PD
- Replies: 17
- Views: 718
Re: Smith & Wesson 329PD
As my one-and-only .44, a 329 would not do. As a specialized, as-light-as-possible .44 for the once-in-a-lifetime shot that may never even come, what other choice is there but the 329?
But I quit hiking in polar bear country a long time ago...
But I quit hiking in polar bear country a long time ago...
- Thu Aug 24, 2023 7:55 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Angle Eject Conversions?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 831
Re: Angle Eject Conversions?
You can convert a 1952 Hudson Hornet into a 2023 McLaren If you want to, and have the money -- but SHOULD you?...
- Sun Aug 20, 2023 8:02 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Rossi .45 Colt 92 rifle... and hot loads
- Replies: 9
- Views: 735
Re: Rossi .45 Colt 92 rifle... and hot loads
Now that the experts have weighed in, my answer is --- yes.
- Sun Aug 20, 2023 8:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Dropping the tension on rossi 92 loading gate ?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1581
Re: Dropping the tension on rossi 92 loading gate ?
Before you modify anything be sure the gate is properly in place and that the loading gate screw is tight.
- Fri Aug 18, 2023 5:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Rossi .45 Colt 92 rifle... and hot loads
- Replies: 9
- Views: 735
- Sun Aug 13, 2023 4:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 330 gr WFN GC over a jigger full of Lil Gun
- Replies: 45
- Views: 1705
Re: 330 gr WFN GC over a jigger full of Lil Gun
Nice little double for squirrels and plinking...
- Sun Aug 13, 2023 8:44 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Unusual Brass You Say?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 427
Re: Unusual Brass You Say?
Just some supplemental info -- they've moved the Petrified Forest from New Mexico to Arizona...
- Mon Aug 07, 2023 10:57 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sportsman's Warehouse memory
- Replies: 8
- Views: 329
Re: Sportsman's Warehouse memory
"Policies" are nothing but a crutch for the weak-minded to lean on in avoiding vexatious thinking tasks...
They are essentially the store's declaration that, "We only hire the stupid. If by mistake we hire an intelligent person, we use our policies to keep 'em in line."
They are essentially the store's declaration that, "We only hire the stupid. If by mistake we hire an intelligent person, we use our policies to keep 'em in line."
- Wed Jul 26, 2023 1:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Can Rossi 1892 Handle Ruger Only Loads
- Replies: 13
- Views: 611
Re: Can Rossi 1892 Handle Ruger Only Loads
Yes, they can handle the Ruger loads. Quite well, in fact, and from a 24" barrel they are pretty darned impressive...
- Wed Jul 26, 2023 10:17 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Rifling in 35 Remington Marlin?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 404
Re: Rifling in 35 Remington Marlin?
During certain periods of manufacture, yes, but not the earliest nor the ones made today. You can easily look at the bore and identify which you have.
- Fri Jul 21, 2023 2:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Loading issues with Rossi 92
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2202
Re: Loading issues with Rossi 92
Maybe I have just been unique in my experience, but every one of the several dozen leverguns I have owned thru the decades has had the exact same "problem" when I was not being careful loading. Simply put, there's only one way a cartridge will go in, and while the way is easier to hit with...
- Sun Jun 18, 2023 5:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Tucker Carlson on UFOs & JFK...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 375
Re: Tucker Carlson on UFOs & JFK...
Haven't had much regard for Tucker since I saw a long interview where he bragged he never reads books or other news sources. Likes to be his own (ignorant) man and form his own (ignorant) opinions..
- Tue Jun 13, 2023 7:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Blued Revolvers & Holster Wear
- Replies: 15
- Views: 682
Re: Blued Revolvers & Holster Wear
I don't mind some holster wear, but if you want to minimize it be sure you have a closely-fitted holster. More holster wear comes from shifting around inside a loose-fitting holster than from drawing and hostering.
- Sun Jun 11, 2023 7:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Do you clean your guns after each time you shoot?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1029
Re: Do you clean your guns after each time you shoot?
I am obsessive about clean guns -- but not obsessive-compulsive. They get cleaned when they need it. And if I am firing lead-bullet handloads, and the fouling is bad enough to require cleaning after each shooting, then I know I have done something wrong with the load.
- Sun Jun 04, 2023 11:59 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Handloaders: Are You the Organized or Random Type
- Replies: 30
- Views: 978
Re: Handloaders: Are You the Organized or Random Type
The only time I am well-organized is when I am actually loading. It might take me an hour to hunt everything up, but once I begin loading there is nothing on the bench except the components and tools needed to load for that cartridge.
- Mon May 29, 2023 3:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 1973 event I'd never heard about...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 525
Re: 1973 event I'd never heard about...
Remember it well. A buddy and I were traveling back to school from a trip to Alabama and got snowed in with my friend's sister in Atlanta for 2 days. This was all that was on TV.
- Fri May 26, 2023 5:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Holiday Public Service Announcement
- Replies: 3
- Views: 278
Re: Holiday Public Service Announcement
A timely reminder, indeed...
- Mon May 22, 2023 3:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How long to wait
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1230
Re: How long to wait
He either, A) doesn't know how to do the job, or B) lacks some tool he needs to do it. Either way, get your gun and go to a real gunsmith.
- Fri May 12, 2023 10:14 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Did I really see a
- Replies: 4
- Views: 408
Re: Did I really see a
Was it an object? Yes? Was it flying? Yes? Did you identify it? No? Congratulations, you have seen a UFO. Fortunately, the US government has finally stated conclusively what we are seeing --- unidentified objects, that are flying. I guess that is progress, going from pure gaslighting ("it was s...
- Tue May 09, 2023 12:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: would you pick a 357 pistol or a 45 colt for a gun fight
- Replies: 48
- Views: 2650
Re: would you pick a 357 pistol or a 45 colt for a gun fight
Hmmm... .357 or .45 Colt?
My answer: Yes!
My answer: Yes!
- Tue Apr 25, 2023 9:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: This New Engine Could Destroy The Entire EV Industry!
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1721
Re: This New Engine Coud Destroy The Entire EV Industry!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTawvzH0MQ4 well, the stuff is highly explosive. how do they reduce the risk if in an accident? I know there are a lot of things running on the stuff. just looking at the safety factor. Same thing was said about gasoline, and AC electricity was going to burn down the...
- Tue Apr 25, 2023 12:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fox News
- Replies: 10
- Views: 637
Re: Fox News
No use for Fox or CNN, either one. Neither has any real dedication to any political ideology, any ethic of journalism, or any standard of truth. Their sole object is MONEY, yours and mine -- same as all the politicians they pay lip service to. Whatever stuff you'll buy the most of -- that's what the...
- Sun Apr 23, 2023 11:38 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Did Galco steal my idea?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 391
Re: Did Galco steal my idea?
If you can prove it, go after them. Really? For what? Patent infringement? Show me the patent. Not saying it was nice to steal the idea -- but it was not a crime or a tort... If you want to really get ripped off, find a shyster to take the case and see where that gets you, except in to debt to the ...
- Sat Apr 22, 2023 10:25 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Which way to go ?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 523
Re: Which way to go ?
Best for lead? Well, IMO that would be.32 Win. Spl. ...
- Fri Apr 21, 2023 2:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: An actual magazine tube detonation ...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 566
Re: An actual magazine tube destination ...
Through the years internet experts have convinced me that mag tube detonations cannot occur. So the two I have witnessed must have been hallucinations...
- Mon Apr 10, 2023 12:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Scientists figured out how to weigh a rainbow.
- Replies: 10
- Views: 548
Re: Scientists figured out how to weigh a rainbow.
Why does this make me think about what the Buddhist monk said to the hotdog vendor?
"Make me one with everything."
"Make me one with everything."
- Sun Apr 09, 2023 11:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 30 Ball Model of 1901
- Replies: 11
- Views: 687
Re: Just 30 government (30-06)
Historic note -- ".30 Government" most often refers to the .30-40 Krag.
- Thu Apr 06, 2023 1:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fixing my .41 Blackhawk
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1085
Re: Fixing my .41 Blackhawk
I've never had a Ruger single action or double action, or rifle, or shotgun that didn't shoot a whole lot better than I do, so you thousandth-of-an-inch fellers have my sympathy...
- Wed Mar 29, 2023 4:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Range Time With The Old H&R .38 S&W
- Replies: 8
- Views: 397
Re: Range Time With The Old H&R .38 S&W
Pretty nice results! I know what you mean about the sights -- a pimple up front and a faint wrinkle in the back...
- Thu Mar 16, 2023 12:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Myth of the .357 Mag Not Benefiting from a Barrel Longer Than 16”
- Replies: 49
- Views: 3217
Re: Myth of the .357 Mag Not Benefiting from a Barrel Longer Than 16”
One of the many "everybody knows" things that is so wrong I usually don't even bother to comment when I hear it. I've lost count of how many times I have been told that my bullets are already slowing down by the time they reach the end of the 24" barrel of my Rossi M92 .45 Colt. Suuur...
- Thu Feb 23, 2023 8:12 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Women need to learn how to fight well...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 538
Re: Women need to learn how to fight well...
When I taught my sister to fight 60 years ago, it was with the philospohy of, "If you find yourself in a fair fight, you have screwed up."
Six decades later, there's a pretty good list of guys who wish she'd just castrated them...
Six decades later, there's a pretty good list of guys who wish she'd just castrated them...