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by Scott64A
Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: Prayer Request for my best friend's Son-UPDATE
Replies: 45
Views: 5388

So glad to hear he is off the vent...

Those things have a tendency to create a dependancy.

I'll pray as well.
by Scott64A
Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: Boot Quality
Replies: 18
Views: 3518

Cowboy boots with a tux?!? :shock:

yikes.


:P
by Scott64A
Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT- Know Europe?
Replies: 11
Views: 2047

For shame: 19,877.
by Scott64A
Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: It just keeps getting worse!!
Replies: 8
Views: 1811

Way to go idiot... That's how you teach gun safety to kids. Not that the kids teacher didn't overreact, but darn... imagine you have an airsoft gun, (a good one,) and it breaks skin up close. Would you shoot ANY kid with it? A 28 y/o man should know better. I hope the judge gives him a few months in...
by Scott64A
Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Urgent Prayer Request
Replies: 24
Views: 3032

prayers up.
by Scott64A
Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - AD Military guys - Is this for real??
Replies: 57
Views: 7484

Its gonna get ugly
by Scott64A
Tue Feb 05, 2008 3:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - AD Military guys - Is this for real??
Replies: 57
Views: 7484

My dad serve in the National Guard in MA in the early 60's and told me how they actively trained for "riot control", and even though never directly ordered to fire on civilians, it was understood that if it came to that, they would. I know, this is the National Guard and not directly any b...
by Scott64A
Tue Feb 05, 2008 3:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: If you are not in bed dying, please go vote.
Replies: 24
Views: 3686

If that's how I felt, I'd vote for Ron Paul without hesitation. He's a constitutionalist and has the most consistent pro gun voting record of the bunch. I like about 90% of what Ron Paul says, but the rest of his views are isolationist circa 1930. The world is too dangerous a place for us to retrea...
by Scott64A
Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:25 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 110gr. V-Max in 30-30
Replies: 6
Views: 1339

I just so happen to have 200 -110gr JHPs hangiong around...
by Scott64A
Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - The Giants WON!
Replies: 19
Views: 2957

Welp, my beloved Pats ruined an undefeated season by a loss to the Giants of all teams... Truth be told, it was a great game. Probably the best superbowl I've seen in quite a while. The giants deserve the glory, they played their hearts out. The Patriots can eat a dead cat; they only really started ...
by Scott64A
Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: .45-70 Air Rifle
Replies: 11
Views: 2024

Pretty sweet!

I noticed the .50cal was pre-filled with air, so I guess it's a one-shot deal until you get back to the truck for more air.

It would definately kill deer.
by Scott64A
Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New From Ruger
Replies: 27
Views: 5395

Yeah, a KelTec knocoff, except it most likely functions smoother and will last twice as long.

KelTecs are nice guns for the small amount of money, but 'm glad to see Ruger throw a hat in the ring!
by Scott64A
Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Forcing cone erosion from Lilgun?
Replies: 20
Views: 3197

Peter, I'm glad you added your $.02! When I read it, a light poped on for me. I used to bead blast all sorts of stainless parts in an optical filter manufacturing process, and naturally, after a few months of use/cleaning, they needed to be replaced. Of course this erodesforcing cones and top straps...
by Scott64A
Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - Bullet Serialization Bill to Be Heard in Hawaii H
Replies: 8
Views: 1149

Wel, fight the good fight, but take heart if the idiots win again: we'll find a way around it.

Cast lead works just as good.

Take that, Pelosi...
by Scott64A
Sat Feb 02, 2008 5:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - How About 2520mps (8268fps) Muzzle Velocity?
Replies: 17
Views: 2880

Hmmm... The most excellent feature of explosives are that they are PORTABLE. This gun would need a nuclear reactor to keep it going in the event of any power outage or fuel shortages. Energy has to come from SOMEWHERE. Pretty darn cool though. I'd love to see mini MINI railguns... (think railgun rif...
by Scott64A
Sat Feb 02, 2008 4:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Are you smarter than a (1895) 8th Grader?
Replies: 35
Views: 6762

I have a hard time believing this is real. My grandpa made it through eighth grade and then stopped, as did four of his 6 brothers. The rest went on through high school. This was in the 20's and 30's. I doubt grandpa could have done a fration of this test and passed even that. They did teach you how...
by Scott64A
Sat Feb 02, 2008 4:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: for all you cat lovers
Replies: 6
Views: 1092

You owe me a new keyboard, pardner...

This one has coffee all over it.
:lol:
by Scott64A
Sat Feb 02, 2008 4:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Let me know what you think about it...
Replies: 4
Views: 825

Ahem... Isn't world domination kind of the whole point of civilized society? It always has been the goal: gather food, riches and grow. If some neighboring tribe has or takes something you need, go to war. I mean, When Mesopotamia was created, they gathered resources (materials AND people,) from all...
by Scott64A
Sat Feb 02, 2008 2:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Proper Rollcrimp Adjustment - Updated
Replies: 15
Views: 7506

Wow, this one got buried quickly...
I hadn't seen this unitl today.
I wish I had read this simple set before tinkering the other day.
Ah well, it reinforces the lesson that much more.

Thanks, Griff.
by Scott64A
Sat Feb 02, 2008 1:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: Job Opportunity - Ranch Manager/ Hunt Foreman
Replies: 21
Views: 3569

Ha ha... I can do all that and more, but I could never convince the wife to move. I'm adding it to the "O, to be single..." list. So far: 1:) Be pirates in the Carribbean, (A cousin of mine offered a spot on his 55ft tri-maran and all food and drink included just to be first mate. -Too bad...
by Scott64A
Sat Feb 02, 2008 1:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I think ive been ripped off
Replies: 23
Views: 3774

Sorry, man.

At least the maggots are so far the exception rather than the norm.
by Scott64A
Sat Feb 02, 2008 1:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Ruger Old Army - Lets See Them
Replies: 44
Views: 6506

*Droooooool...*


I now where there is an Uberti at a local pawn shop for 200 or so, close t the same design, but def not a Ruger.

Andrew, I have a Blackhawk and now I want an OA!!!!!

Funny how that works, eh?
by Scott64A
Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New Mossberg Leverguns
Replies: 73
Views: 13082

Well well well...

Look who is making a Win model 94 copy...

If I didn't already have a Winchester in .30-30, I'd be reserving one.

Pretty god looking gun, but I'd have to actually hold one in my hands to really "see" it.
by Scott64A
Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: More Kalifornia madness!!
Replies: 23
Views: 3950

"Even though the council items passed, not everyone is happy with the work of Code Pink. Some employees and owners of businesses near the Marines office have had enough of the group and its protests. "My husband's business is right upstairs, and this (protesting) is bordering on harassment...
by Scott64A
Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - Please contact your Senators - Gun Shows
Replies: 14
Views: 3081

Um, we already have to have a federal backgrond check when buying a gun at a gun show.

Are there places where you don't need a BG check?

Whatever, she is just using every opportunity to villify guns.
by Scott64A
Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Forcing cone erosion from Lilgun?
Replies: 20
Views: 3197

Olgerboy, I do believe you summed it up neatly.
by Scott64A
Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Another favorite .30-30 load. QUIET, shhhh.
Replies: 3
Views: 1222

You sneaky man...

I bet the neighbors think some kid had a cap gun or something.

This sounds like a lot of fun.
by Scott64A
Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A New Convert to Leverguns
Replies: 11
Views: 2263

You are doing the Lord's work, my friend...

Good job!
by Scott64A
Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Reloading: Alliant 2400 in the .357mag
Replies: 21
Views: 3808

OK I have exactly 71 bullets loaded with 15.0gr of 2400 and a firm crimp. The first two were "tweakers" from fine tuning the seat & crimp die. One's OAL is 1.580" and the other is 1.595" and they both have a frim crimp. The rest are all within +/-.002" of 1.590". I ...
by Scott64A
Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - WV considers hunter ed in class
Replies: 3
Views: 732

I mean, if kids go around thning guns are like in TV and movies, their parents are begging for a gun accident.

Kids need guidance and to learn how to repsect guns at all times.

I'm all for it.
by Scott64A
Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Reloading: Alliant 2400 in the .357mag
Replies: 21
Views: 3808

I will have to try 13.5gr under a 158gr bullet as I have a pile of 158gr hanging around. I'm gathering a firm crimp will help maximize the efficiency of this powder. I generally like having a firm crimp anyway, and so long as the cases are uniform in length. I had some unburnt kernels with the Lilgu...
by Scott64A
Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: Local School Dist. refuses "bb gun" club
Replies: 13
Views: 2272

It happens anywhere. People move from the city to escape from the stuff they created to the country, and then promptly turn it into the city again. And yes, they know better than you. In fact, there's a guy named Carson Cressley who is a gay man, (what could be worse or more out of touch?) who has w...
by Scott64A
Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-The guns of Rambo
Replies: 15
Views: 3528

I just watched half of the preview... It starts out looking like they were going to actually try and hire decent story writers for this one to compensate for Stallone's poor acting, but then it just goes down the same Hollywood Action Movie Template (R). Man, they could just paint a face on a piece ...
by Scott64A
Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Forcing cone erosion from Lilgun?
Replies: 20
Views: 3197

I generally shoot 50 rounds or less in a session, and have noticed the 158gr loads over Lilgun gets a little warm. NOT as hot as Mr. Baker had, but warm. It never seemed to get too hot to handle, and would always cool enough between cylinder loading. So heat is the issue eh? I have a pretty accurate...
by Scott64A
Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:45 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: HUMOR - Why did the chicken cross the road?
Replies: 14
Views: 2946

Ron Paul: That chicken is not infringing upon anyone's constitutional rights whatsoever and your government is wasting your money fighting chickens. This has gone on long enough. There are no provisions in the Constitution pertaining to chickens crossing the road. Our founding fathers didn't care ab...
by Scott64A
Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:37 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: You can go to Marlin and build your own custom levergun.....
Replies: 11
Views: 2375

I don't now, Marlins always just sort of looked chintzy to me.
Maybe it's the reciever, maybe it's the wood.

Look, It's just an opinion.

I like the style of the Winchesters better is all.
Didn't mean to offend.
by Scott64A
Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:26 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Forcing cone erosion from Lilgun?
Replies: 20
Views: 3197

Forcing cone erosion from Lilgun?

I dont remember who, but someone mentioned that Lilgun is purported to cause erosion in a forcing cone...

Anyone know about this?

Is this just in hot loads?
Heavier bullets?

I like me some Lilgun, wouldn't want to erode a throat though.
by Scott64A
Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: You can go to Marlin and build your own custom levergun.....
Replies: 11
Views: 2375

Yup, that's about what it would take for me to buy a Marlin. :P Not that Marlins aren't sound or decent guns, the style and craftmanship just doesn't come close. Then again, they are cheaper. And I'll second the NO vote for laser engraving. There's no art in setting up a CAD prgram to zap a design o...
by Scott64A
Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Reloading: Alliant 2400 in the .357mag
Replies: 21
Views: 3808

Thanks! I will start at 14.9gr and see how it goes. I could load +P, but was hoping to get these 125s cooking. I wonder what speed those +P loads are going. I am not using 180s as of yet, but if I do I'll try your recipe! From all I've read on 2400 it is a very versatile and clean burning powder for...
by Scott64A
Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Reloading: Alliant 2400 in the .357mag
Replies: 21
Views: 3808

Reloading: Alliant 2400 in the .357mag

I got two pound of A 2400 and around 400 125gr JHP to load. Alliant lists the max load at 17.0gr for 1730fps. Hornady has a max load of 18.2 listed for 1580fps. Speer the max at 17.5gr for 1750fps. Hornady third edition, an old, ( 20 yrs?) Speer reloadign manual and the Alliant data is off their web...
by Scott64A
Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New to forum. Question on Lyman 21
Replies: 12
Views: 2314

Welcome aboard!
by Scott64A
Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: ? for you reloaders / .44 and .357
Replies: 19
Views: 3114

Terry is a riot. He does raise an excellent point though: you might grab a handful of sneeze loads one day and miss out on a nice deer or worse, get shot by some rap artist because you had a lighty light load in a magnum case. Say, I like to load magnum-lights, basical ALMOST the full-house load in ...
by Scott64A
Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Uberti Cattleman SA
Replies: 27
Views: 4932

Never owned one but had a friend that had one for two months. That's how long his kit gun lasted. Same problems listed above. Broken spring, shot high and it got loose after shooting about 500 rounds of factory ammo. My friend traded it to another guy who "liked the looks of that cowboy gun&quo...
by Scott64A
Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-The guns of Rambo
Replies: 15
Views: 3528

LOL "Grambo". I'll educate you here. About four years ago or so, a building Stallone, (all 5'4" of him,) was in had a fire on one end. Everyone was making their way down the stairwell and Sly started pushing WOMEN and CHILDREN out of the way to get out first. Yes, you read that right....
by Scott64A
Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: ? for you reloaders / .44 and .357
Replies: 19
Views: 3114

Using .38spl loads in .357mag cases isn't so bad, provided you get enough pressure to fully ignite the powder. I know I was having trouble loading Lilgun behind 125gr. JHP because it is a slower burning powder and better suited for 158gr and up. Now, if you are using 2400 or 296 you'll do fine. One ...
by Scott64A
Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-The guns of Rambo
Replies: 15
Views: 3528

I don't know why nobody replied to this.

I remember Rambo using an M60, and the bad guys were using M16s?

I know Sylvester Stallone is kind of a pompous homo, but the scene where he pops up and commences mowing the enemy down with an M60 is pretty cool.
by Scott64A
Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - here is how much the govt really cares about us
Replies: 14
Views: 3301

More mudslinging and biting the hand that feeds. The trailors were new, hence formaldehyde and other chemicals leeching out of the materiel composing them. 100 years ago, a group of people displaced by a natural disaster would have just moved or died. The things we take for granted. Imagine if your ...
by Scott64A
Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Just joined and why I'm not real happy right now.
Replies: 30
Views: 4975

Welcome aboard.

Why didn't you get a Winchester?
:)

Seriously, I bet Marlin will make it all better.
From all of the things I read here, they are pretty good at this sort of thing.

Say, how about a range report when you get it back?
by Scott64A
Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - 1911 for L.E. need advise
Replies: 34
Views: 5525

JReed wrote:SOG (Special Operations Group) issues the 1911 to all of the Operators. If those high speed low drag killers use it it cann't be that antiquated. When you have to put a bad guy down nothing works like the .45.
Except maybe the .357mag...

:)
by Scott64A
Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How many metallic cartridges do you.....
Replies: 58
Views: 8649

.357mag and .30-30.

If'n you count it, I reload my BP rifle before every shot!