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- Fri Feb 22, 2008 8:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A word of thanks.
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4545
- Fri Feb 22, 2008 8:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: POLITICS - I've decided on my presidential vote.
- Replies: 82
- Views: 10153
I've already voted for Paul in the Primary. I'll write him in in the General. :) I'll write in Paul or if Hillary gets the not I'll vote for her - to protect what little freedom we have left. Sorry to differ with the 'less of two evils' crowd, but I still don't trust McCain, and the Republicans wil...
- Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Don't you love this phrase...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 986
Check THIS one out... and of course she's probably one of those 'only cops should have guns' types...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aSJgcpqePk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aSJgcpqePk
- Fri Feb 22, 2008 6:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT: Should I be upset about new insurance requirements?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2275
The problem began when government preferentially let insurance companies sell (inferior) product to employers to use as pre-tax 'pay' - so you feel forced to use that employer-provided insurance you're already dinged for (even before the visible ding on your pay stub). Kind of like the public school...
- Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - Watched the lunar eclipse...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2053
- Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Politics - Question to our Canadian neighbors
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1911
- Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Winter Challenge II - More combo pictures
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1313
It really IS fun to think of combinations that 'work' together - same chambering, same vintage, same 'look' or a series of some sort. Wives look kind of sideways when you lay your 'toys' out on the living room floor to take pictures, though. Whenever I make up those kinds of 'sets' it gets my kids t...
- Thu Feb 21, 2008 7:25 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - What you hope to do when you retire...
- Replies: 72
- Views: 9588
- Thu Feb 21, 2008 12:28 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - What you hope to do when you retire...
- Replies: 72
- Views: 9588
Years ago I decided that rather than endure a bunch of stuff I hated and wait to retire, I'd instead do what I liked, and live where I liked, as soon as I entered the workforce. Unfortunately due to job choice I was 32 by the time I was done getting 'trained' (and that was all in the city :( ), but ...
- Wed Feb 20, 2008 2:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Henry? Why Not?
- Replies: 77
- Views: 12562
If you can, get hold of a Marlin 1894, a Puma 92 or Winchester, and shoot them, and shoot a Big Boy. They all go 'bang' and they are ALL good guns, but you'll just KNOW which you like, then you won't care what the rest of us think! None of the posts seem to give any serious condemning issues with th...
- Wed Feb 20, 2008 2:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Change that open bolt on a Marlin 1895 ?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3147
- Wed Feb 20, 2008 2:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Here is a Marlin that I love shooting.
- Replies: 38
- Views: 5602
- Wed Feb 20, 2008 1:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT-Doctors more dangerous than guns
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3040
Even within medicine, the media scares people of drugs that 1 out of 100,000 per year gets some deadly side effect, when the condition we are treating may kill 1 out of 100! It is because they sell the sensational, thrive on fear, and are basically liberal socialists who loathe 'corporations.' Pedia...
- Wed Feb 20, 2008 1:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - Travel to Prague - advice sought.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2674
Well, I'd be sure and pack a .45 ACP with a couple spare magazines for yourself, and the same for any family member with you, unless they prefer a .357 5-shot. Maybe in one duffel pack a .223 or 7.62 in case you get stranded. Probably 50 rounds apiece should do with the .45's, and if you can pack th...
- Wed Feb 20, 2008 1:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - Travel to Prague - advice sought.
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2674
- Wed Feb 20, 2008 1:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - what we have to put up with.
- Replies: 40
- Views: 5858
In my home, the first arm he inspects will be the last thing he ever sees. :x :shock: .... :o .... :) .... :D .... :lol: .... :twisted: .... :wink: I've always thought that in this country, it was intended that the citizen grant the right to bear arms to the government, within any limits we set, an...
- Mon Feb 18, 2008 7:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: POLITICS - The latest shooting...
- Replies: 73
- Views: 8615
- Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: POLITICS - Ammunition bans coming to YOUR state?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1692
Re: POLITICS - Ammunition bans coming to YOUR state?
According to one of the denziens of another Indiana Forum the Indiana bill was killed in committee last month... I hope it's true. I'm still going to use this bill against "my" Representative (IN9) come Election season. DUMP PELATH! CHARGE HIM WITH VIOLATING USC 18-242! I agree - pin thei...
- Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT- TSA Incompetance and Repairs
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2181
- Sun Feb 17, 2008 4:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: POLITICS - Ammunition bans coming to YOUR state?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1692
POLITICS - Ammunition bans coming to YOUR state?
Got an e-mail from a local group and when I looked up the links the ban (of course not called that, but that is the effect) is actually on the roster in INDIANA! That's supposed to be a VERY pro-gun state, so you may want to check yours as well. I will cut and paste the e-mail below: ---------------...
- Sun Feb 17, 2008 3:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT- Bald Eagle neighbors.
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4022
It is funny when you see a bird out of it's 'stereotypic' habitat; I remember watching from an upstairs window a pair of blue herons stalking for over an hour, slowly walking back and forth on mowed paths through 3-4 ft. tall weeds in a wildlife planting. It appeared grasshoppers and/or mice were th...
- Sun Feb 17, 2008 3:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Thoughts wanted, 25-35 or 32-40 as the better deer round
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3804
- Sun Feb 17, 2008 3:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Take a look at this bullet.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 925
- Sat Feb 16, 2008 9:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: WE CAN DREAM CAN'T WE
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3318
It IS too bad that of all the presidential candidates we've had the past 20 years, the ONLY one who really would be EAGER to deliver that speech is the one people on the Left and Right seem to hate equally - Ron Paul. After viewing the multi-dimensional 'Nolan' chart, you'll never look at 'Left' and...
- Sat Feb 16, 2008 2:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: .357 velocities vs 9mm & .40 in carbine
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3398
Re: .357 velocities vs 9mm & .40 in carbine
I am curious as to how the 9mm and .40 S&W chambered carbines compare to the velocity gains that you see with the .357 mag. I know that you average 100 fps more for every additional 1" length of barrel up to a point in the .357 mag but do you see similiar increases in velocity in the 9 and...
- Sat Feb 16, 2008 2:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: POLITICS - The latest shooting...
- Replies: 73
- Views: 8615
This is why we will have a law that prohibits firearms ownership by those on mental illness control meds, or receiving treatment for mental illness. You can't trust them to stay on their meds. No way! Too much nit-picking and nonsense; who defines 'mental illness' or 'mental illness meds' who repor...
- Sat Feb 16, 2008 2:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - Need ankle gun recommendations
- Replies: 35
- Views: 4737
Re: OT - Need ankle gun recommendations
Warmer weather is coming, and with it my usual attire of a t-shirt, jeans and work boots on the job site. My .38 in a pancake won't work with that clothing, nor will an IWB (I tried it, and felt like I had a monkey waving a flag hanging on my hip). I used a shoulder holster called the 'silent partn...
- Sat Feb 16, 2008 10:25 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sufficient energy to kill deer cleanly w/357
- Replies: 66
- Views: 10814
I'm not sure I understand the physics of a larger diameter bullet stabilizing better than a small diameter bullet. I'd have to have that one proven to me. One factor might be that the short fat bullets don't require the fastest RPM spin as do the long skinny ones, in order to keep from yaw-ing, so ...
- Sat Feb 16, 2008 12:03 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fighting the "winter blues" - Part III
- Replies: 5
- Views: 872
Thanks for the suggestion - I may have a candidate. In the past, I usually started out with a little .22 - usually a bolt-action 77/22, off a bench in a rifle rest (can't miss) shooting at metal flip-up targets (fun, non-intimidating) then gradually progressed to more 'convenient' .22's (the semiaut...
- Fri Feb 15, 2008 11:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT Presidential test
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1173
- Fri Feb 15, 2008 10:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: It Ain't Rocket Science
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3407
I ended stating that many students in colleges around the country have petitioned schools - after VA Tech - to allowed CCW holders to carry on campus, and to my knowledge none have allowed this. It is a shame, because as you note, the response from the left is going to be to cry for more gun contro...
- Fri Feb 15, 2008 10:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT-are there any good new westerns out there?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3941
- Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: It Ain't Rocket Science
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3407
Great Link - I'll be sharing it. I think too many of the 'anointed' (to borrow from Thomas Sowell's book title concerning this issue) have taken it upon themselves to obfuscate and complicate every aspect of society. What used to be 'grass-roots' is now 'top-down' and these people insist that EVERY ...
- Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 410 Shotshells in the 45/70?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3989
- Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: On topic ... How bout some walnut???
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3292
- Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 410 Shotshells in the 45/70?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3989
- Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A pair of Marlin 1894's
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2013
- Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT: alternate home power source
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3488
We use wood exclusively for heat, and pre-heat the hot water with it by simply putting an old hot water heater tank a couple inches from the furnace, which is in it's own little concrete room/jacket. The room is about 150 degrees in winter, and the water maybe 105. In summer, we re-route all water, ...
- Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - How many HAMs here?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 5725
I have a Tech license, but what little I knew about the operation of my transceiver is long gone, and all I manage to do is listen to the weather-net when it is up. A few years ago I tried to get involved with a local group, but I can't say the reception to anyone who is a 'newbie' was very warm, so...
- Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT, Or Maybe Not: I'm Not Going To Use Smilies
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4060
- Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Finally cought up to the guy in the Brown truck!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2360
- Wed Feb 13, 2008 1:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT, Or Maybe Not: I'm Not Going To Use Smilies
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4060
Group hugs, kissing grandma's :shock: .... we definately need a whole new set of smiley faces. I'm going searching to see what I can find. got to be a puke one out there, in fact, I think we have seen it on here before. This isn't a 'smiley' but I like it: http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa132/A...
- Wed Feb 13, 2008 1:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT Cabin fever and the weather
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3760
We live on a piece of land that's an old farm with a chunk of steep hills and ravines (the area was free-range hog farms 150 years ago), and an ox-bow of riverbottom (corn and soybeans). Grandma used to come down with her father when he'd rent a room from the neighbors and go fishing or hunting. Tha...
- Wed Feb 13, 2008 1:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT, Or Maybe Not: I'm Not Going To Use Smilies
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4060
Gonna try to go to the range tomorrow. Burn off some frustration. That's the best stress relief I have ever found, especially when I have a couple of 30rd mags to burn off. Dump them and them I'm ready to start shooting rather than blasting.:lol: I tried a 30 rd magazine in my Marlin 1894, but it s...
- Wed Feb 13, 2008 1:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Drove me crazy - but I re-timed a Marlin...
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4143
If you didn't dislike doing the project TOO much, you just might make some side money making replacement carriers; sounds like you figured out that a hardened steel insert would solve the problem better than the original. I wonder if you could just 'heat treat' a new carrier somehow to harden the st...
- Wed Feb 13, 2008 1:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT, Or Maybe Not: I'm Not Going To Use Smilies
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4060
Re: OT, Or Maybe Not: I'm Not Going To Use Smilies
...now what exactly did you mean by that...?BlaineG wrote:Perhaps, as a family, we can have our default reaction to a thread be positive instead of looking for a hidden meaning or somehow choose to be offended.
(Sorry -- couldn't resist.)
- Wed Feb 13, 2008 11:04 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT-I'm not leaving, I'm not going anywhere, I like it here
- Replies: 73
- Views: 9882
I wish we could get politicians in office who talk straight like Joe! Too many wishy-washy, non-committal, namby-pambies in office. It's winter, I can't find the leak in my daughter's ceiling, despite working 60 hours a week, I haven't got a paycheck since November (I might get one in March), I don'...
- Tue Feb 12, 2008 11:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Humor - last carpenter job
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2886
We used to vacation at an old boy scout camp on Washington Island, WI, and they had some old 4 and 5-holers there! Must have been like when our first grade teacher would herd us all down the restroom for 'p-break' and peek in the door to make sure we weren't having bad aim and any resultant fights, ...
- Tue Feb 12, 2008 1:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Nearly time to take a bow--OUT. Forum is changing. EDITED
- Replies: 79
- Views: 11723
We can all try to keep posts more 'gun related' but the reality is that there are lots of associated hobbies MOST of us have (hunting, fishing, military history, aviation, knives and other outdoor tools, etc.) that we're going to occasionally share. Purists may not like those posts, but I find them ...
- Tue Feb 12, 2008 1:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Winter Shooting Challenge
- Replies: 44
- Views: 6259