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- Tue Feb 26, 2008 10:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - Grrrrrr!!!
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3882
- Tue Feb 26, 2008 10:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - NOT FAMILY SAFE - Abuse of Dead Deer
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4208
- Mon Feb 25, 2008 1:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: POLITICS - Gun hide-outs ... just in case
- Replies: 86
- Views: 11695
- Sun Feb 24, 2008 10:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - Happy Birthday...
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3012
Happy bday Lee. Funny how foks still believe the Civil War was about slavery... It was really between an egrarian society and an industrial society, and began between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton wanted factories as in England, and Jefferson wanted farms. The money... look to wh...
- Sun Feb 24, 2008 9:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Frustrating 30/30 weekend.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3490
- Sun Feb 24, 2008 9:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: reduced 30-30 loads
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2894
- Sun Feb 24, 2008 9:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT- How bad a pistol shot am I??
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3291
I had never really shot pistols all that much, except a handful of them that my friends owned over the years. I did ok with them, but didn't have to be good with them because all I owned were rifles and shotguns. Welp, I bought a Ruger BH and upon shooting it, I learned that pistols tell on you! I t...
- Sun Feb 24, 2008 1:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Where do you live and what do you do for a living?
- Replies: 106
- Views: 14907
I'm 35 and live with my wife and daughter in Lawrenceville, GA. We have a nice little cape on a half acre, which we plan to keep and rent out when we buy some land outside of Babylon (the sprawl-city of metro ATL,). I'm almost a paramedic, but work as an EMT until I get my numbers. I work for a priv...
- Fri Feb 22, 2008 11:33 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: POLITICS - Shocking Pics from Protest in England,
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5602
- Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - single action revolver comparison...
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4227
- Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - What you hope to do when you retire...
- Replies: 72
- Views: 9588
I bet my then I'll likely have completed the brider program for nursing, and can pick up more than a few bucks by working ONE day a week at an ER or trauma center. I just love emergency medicine. I already work a 24/48 and before I was in school, I got the two days off usually midweek to hunt quietl...
- Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - single action revolver comparison...
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4227
I have a NM Blackhawk in .357mag built in '73 and it's certainly going to outlast me. It was a little stiff, but I released half of the trigger spring, (poor man's trigger job,) and it's a little more crisp. Finer guns for the money, and I'll bet if you get a Super BH or a BH in 45LC you'll love it....
- Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Politics - Question to our Canadian neighbors
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1911
What a great article. This really opened my eyes up to our sister nation in the north. I had figured there was a HUGE tax burden on all of the middle class up there, and was right. How else does a government that over regulates and continues to make promises get its revenue? We had a very interestin...
- Thu Feb 21, 2008 5:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - single action revolver comparison...
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4227
- Thu Feb 21, 2008 1:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT: Any TV Repair Guru Out There?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1899
- Thu Feb 21, 2008 1:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - Killer Fish Terrifies Britain
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4756
Yeah, theyhave those here in the US. It started in D4elaware when a little old asian man released two into a small pond. Then they found them in the Delaware River. These are Easern snakeheads. Now they are finding them all over CA, these are the giant snakeheads. Apparently, they are smuggled in fr...
- Wed Feb 20, 2008 5:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT Any pipe smokers out there?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 5948
Ah, this was one of my favorite pastimes when I quit cigarettes. Trouble was, after a couple years of this blend or that blend, I figured out that all I was looking for was that rich burley and virginia blend found in cigarette tobacco. So I started mixing Prince Albert with some nice yellow virgini...
- Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: POLITICS - Illinois Gun Owners - Please Read!!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1416
- Tue Feb 19, 2008 6:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT: I have a thing for axes.
- Replies: 45
- Views: 6259
- Sat Feb 16, 2008 10:59 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - What? No bayonet!?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 970
I've seen that gun before; it's a Hunkopieceocrap. :P I wonder if the cool fake SWAT hay comes with it? What a tool. The seller, I mean. As a tool, the gun is so complicated and loaded with errouneous junk, that it weighs 30 lbs and will render anyone who uses it obsolete as they fumble with this an...
- Sat Feb 16, 2008 8:41 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: POLITICS - A good read on the Angry White Man
- Replies: 38
- Views: 6407
- Sat Feb 16, 2008 8:34 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - need solution for new drug house removal
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4300
Tell the landlord. It's his responsibility to not kill property values in that neighborhood. All the landlords I have ever known would not tolerate that kind of activity on their property, and would never hesitate to enter the premises under the auspices of rfepair/preventive maintenance. Believe me...
- Fri Feb 15, 2008 10:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Any Levergunners near Buford, GA?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2393
- Fri Feb 15, 2008 9:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Any Levergunners near Buford, GA?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2393
Do they like to hike? If they go up I-85 to the Hamilton Mill exit, take a right, follow Hamilton Mill pkwy until it comes to Hog Mountain Rd., and make a left, there is an AWESOME park up about a mile on the right -across the street from Hamilton Mill United Methodist Church. It's called Little Mul...
- Fri Feb 15, 2008 3:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Any Levergunners near Buford, GA?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2393
Oh man... I feel a SE levergunners meet coming up. We can go to a FREE range in Wilson Shoals WMA or if someone knows somebody with acreage, we can shoot longer than 75yds. We'll have to keep this idea going, but it will be hard for me to do much because of school. It eats a LOT of time up that I do...
- Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Winter shooting challenge - Tonights shooting OT?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 384
- Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Any Levergunners near Buford, GA?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2393
- Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT-I'm not leaving, I'm not going anywhere, I like it here
- Replies: 73
- Views: 9882
Haha... Nothing liberal about having an issue with a flash game posted on an Aryan Supremist site where you grease Mexcians. I admit, I played that game, but had to reflect on the sheer ugliness of such a game. I even looked around that site a little and found it to be hateful. Not my cup of tea, an...
- Tue Feb 12, 2008 5:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: POLITICS - Repulicans deserting the ship???
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1888
- Tue Feb 12, 2008 4:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Nearly time to take a bow--OUT. Forum is changing. EDITED
- Replies: 79
- Views: 11723
Sorry to hear you feel this way LeverBar. I feel compelled to remind you, (and I'm surprised this glaring detail hasn't been mentioned yet,) that this is an INTERNET FORUM. It may be the best one I have found in my dozen or so years of web surfing, but the truth is that this is still a really great ...
- Mon Feb 11, 2008 11:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT: Got Hog Probems? Not anymore!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3294
- Mon Feb 11, 2008 7:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Question on Model 94 Winchester problem
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3188
Have you tried sooting? You burn a candle, and roll the bullet over the flame to deposti a layerof soot. Chamber the round, gently back it out and examine. This wil tell you where exactly the case or bullet is touching, and if your cases are hanging up somewhere. If for instanec, your case neck is j...
- Mon Feb 11, 2008 4:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: any pet loads for a B92 357 mag? (158gr SJ HP or SP)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1667
- Sun Feb 10, 2008 1:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - Bumper Sticker ideas
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3092
- Sat Feb 09, 2008 11:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: You don't see these every day/UPDATE/REUPDATE
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1952
- Sat Feb 09, 2008 9:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bullets: Round or Flat?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2173
...which is exactly why I bought the jacketed 160gr SWC made by Speer. I had heard that hard cast 158gr or 170gr SWC would penetrate well in hogs, so I got these because I thought the jacket would control expansion better. (Come to think of it, a good hard cast lead bullet would be fine, but these w...
- Sat Feb 09, 2008 8:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: L.G.'s in the movies: Resident Evil: Extinction
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2011
If you like zombie movies, and a good laugh, check out Shaun of the Dead. Not to spoil it, but they go to a pub named the Winchester that has an old Winchester hanging up behind the bar. They looked to be loading .44s in it. Cool movie though. Here's a random image that made me chuckle a little: htt...
- Sat Feb 09, 2008 7:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: POLITICS - Cheney goes against Bush
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4992
I was tickled to see a handful of GA's lawmakers there. Note: NONE of Massachussetts' elected officials were here in favor of 2nd ammendment rights. Sad for my family that hunts and shoots in Taxachussetts. Speakingof taxes, we just filed and were dismayed to see that after all was said and done, we...
- Fri Feb 08, 2008 10:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT: Visit to the Gun Porn Store!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1032
- Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Who has ALL they NEED? NOT want, NEED?
- Replies: 74
- Views: 10421
I certainly have every NEED covered. For upland birds and rabbits: Remington 1100 Lt 20 with three barrels, (slug, imporved and full choke,) For big game: TC Black Diamond BP in .50cal and my Model 64A in .30-30 For plinking and small game: Remington Nyla66 Apache and the wife's Ruger Bearcat. For h...
- Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT: Visit to the Gun Porn Store!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1032
It was the only box they had Joe... I would have cleaned them out if I they had more, but knowing they have been discontinued, I'll certainly keep and eye out for them at gun shows etc... The 11th edition Speer manual lists 15.7gr of 2400 as the maximum, how much charge did you use? I bet they'll be...
- Fri Feb 08, 2008 5:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT: Visit to the Gun Porn Store!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1032
OT: Visit to the Gun Porn Store!
We had a critical care transport from Walton to St. Mary's in Athens, GA yesterday evening and all went well. We got the pt. transported lights and sirens the whole way safely. We got him to the neuro-critcal unit, and left the hospital. My partner Matt says, "Hey, let's go to Franklin's Gun Sh...
- Fri Feb 08, 2008 4:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OMG!! It's got to be a crime.
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5218
- Thu Feb 07, 2008 2:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - Need help with info on Colt .38 Spec PPS
- Replies: 4
- Views: 758
- Thu Feb 07, 2008 9:46 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - Need help with info on Colt .38 Spec PPS
- Replies: 4
- Views: 758
OT - Need help with info on Colt .38 Spec PPS
A friend of mine bought a house and found a Colt Police Positive .38spl with the serial number 201879. He has had it checked by the local PD and it came back clean. Any info on these guns? It's in about 90% condition, the barrel has some pitting inside but he says it shoots great. It's chromed steel...
- Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: POLITICS - NRA and we as gun owners need to back Huckabee
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4420
Ho HO... There's always going to be another boogeyman. Have you noticed people these days sit around watching the news in fear after their day making rich peole richer? Sure, they may go out and consume some goods, but for the most part, the majority of Americans hides and ignores what's really goin...
- Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: .357mag vs .44mag benefits / suggested guns
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4567
I recommend the .357, but only because I recently started reloading for it and have come to love this round. Methinks if I got all intimate with the .44, the same thing might happen, but I won't two-time the .357. It may be too much in the house from a lever, but if you handload, you can easily whip...
- Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ot Sad news in the village tonight.
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2926
- Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Range Report: .357mag Reloads With 2400
- Replies: 5
- Views: 989
Range Report: .357mag Reloads With 2400
OK, so after a long day of learning intubations of all kinds, practicing medication adminstration, (on each other!) and watching movies with cavaders cross-sectioned to show off the different airway devices, I was ready to head to the range! I had loaded 15.0gr of 2400 behind some 125grJHP. This is ...
- Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT: Boot Quality
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3516