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Buck Elliott

Well, I ain't ever goin' to Africa, or much of anyplace else "exotic," so my "stopping rifle" requirements apply only to the big bears, cougars, moose, elk, maybe an occasional bison, and a smattering of lesser critters. (Did I forget to mention meddlin' off-road 4-wheelers and s...

Buck Elliott

What Teddy Roosevelt said about the North Fork corridor to Yellowstone could be said in SPADES for the Bear Tooth Highway. To my mind, it is the most scenic drive anywhere in the lower forty-eight, especially in the late afternoon, when a thundershower is brewing, or when one has just rained itself ...

Buck Elliott

"Tutt, if they don't blow up guns and they shoot good who cares if they're pretty. I living proof, I about as ugly as they come but they haven't kicked me out Texas, yet ."

Since when was "ugly" a sin in Texas...?

Buck Elliott

My 'normal, everyday' load is Oregon Trail Laser-cast 405 gr. slugs. They fit the factory throat just right. When I decided to load some Cast Performance 440 gr. bullets, they also wanted to stick in the leade, so I opted to ream the chamber throat just a smidgeon -- enough to allow the 440s to cham...

Buck Elliott

mescalero1 wrote:How does he get away with that?

He owns the guns...

Buck Elliott

The guy is still in pretty rough shape in a Billings, MT hospital, with a crushed larynx, busted ribs & arm, fractured jaw, and other assorted cuts, scrapes, bruises & contusions. The fact that is a a recently-retired cop (Baltimore, MD) has a lot to do with his survival. He was trained to d...

Buck Elliott

"The factory put those horrid grips on that fine pistol?!?!?!? Go figure ... Joe" Yeah, they did... "Responding to customer requests," they said. Dick Casull hated 'em, 'cause they don't allow the grip to roll in the hand like it should -- and after he had spent more than $30,000...

Buck Elliott

Yup... Amelia's cabin was/is located just up-river from the old mining town of Kirwin, a fistful of miles upstream from Meeteetse. She often stayed at the Double-D Ranch, then owned by Carl Dunrud. The Dunruds were building the cabin for her. The cabin was only 4 logs high, and was left unfinished a...

Buck Elliott

86er wrote:The animals were DRT. I don't know the hardness of brass. I used H322 but the factory loads will be with Grizzly's proprietary powders. I tried RL7 but got less velocity for more powder.

try my favorite -- H-335, and plenty of it.

Buck Elliott

I hope he got the original grips too. They are hand fitted to the grip frame from what I've read. Why do people put those horrid rubber baby buggy bumpers on single actions? Uggly to max. Joe Because that WAS the original set of grips. The field grade guns had Pachmayrs as standard for years. It wa...

Buck Elliott

I hope he got the original grips too. They are hand fitted to the grip frame from what I've read. Why do people put those horrid rubber baby buggy bumpers on single actions? Uggly to max. Joe Not only UGLY but uncomfortable, to boot. Like having a high-power dirt bike take off from the palm of your...

Buck Elliott

Sure seems like we are entering the 1800's when people were attacked on a regular basis. My theory is that there are too many people living in the animal's property.-----------Sixgun Animals have no "property ... Whatever the encroachment of humans has to do with increased attacks is a relativ...

Buck Elliott

Bear guns should start with a number no smaller than 4 and end with a number like 4 or 5 or maybe even something bigger. Am leaving tomorrow to spend a couple days with a local BSA troop, in the Kirwin area, known to be frequented by bears -- large & not-so-large, and mt. lions as well -- not to...

Buck Elliott

Once again, it just proves "YA DON"T MESS AROUND WITH A MARINE"........... 8) It was that fact, more than the chainsaw, that prevented further injury... Like I said before: he was lucky -- and he was QUICK... FWIW: Am leaving tomorrow to spend a couple days with a local BSA troop, in...

Buck Elliott

Ya shoulda' called...

Buck Elliott

The stock wood is great, the forearm does not match. Colours on the mag compared to the barrel is a bit of a worry. Nice looking piece. I like it it but something is ringing alarm bells, not sure what. Hope it works out for you. Stock & foreend needn't "match" to be original & aut...

Buck Elliott

That should go without saying; this load is just particularly loud. "LOUD" is what the .357 does best. Wouldn't particularly want to get shot with one, but the ol' .357 just never showed me much. Not enough bullet diameter or weight for what I may need to get done with a 6-gun, and gun-fo...

Buck Elliott

Have seen lion tracks in the area where the attack occured. Several different cats in the Sweetwater, Clearwater, Elk Fork & Pagoda Creek drainages, just to name a few of the ones I frequent most.

Wolves & bears in there too...

I NEVER go there unarmed. NEVER...

He was lucky -- and quick.

Buck Elliott

Take a gander at some of the seller's other guns...

A cut-down 1st Model dragoon, that is no better than JUNK, with mismatched trigger guard; and an "engraved" SAA, partly nickeled, and BUFFED TO DEATH, somewhere in the process.

Only the Eternal Maker knows...

Buck Elliott

Are you serious? That's anything but good work! It's not amateur work, but definitely entry level work not done to anything that could ever be confused as factory original. The guy is ruining what were some pretty valueable old guns once. Well I wasn't talking about the engraving but I've NEVER see...

Buck Elliott

marlinman93 wrote:I don't know anything about shooting off a horse, but I just have one question. If the horse is 14 yrs. old, does he have much time left to learn anything new? Seems awfully mature to start him on a whole new life of shooting and packing?

He ain't gonna learn any younger, now is he...?

Buck Elliott

Very amateurish scroll & figure work. Certainly not "original" to the time of manufacture.

Buck Elliott

Uberti, Ruger = Honda Colt = Harley Yes one will get you there just as well as the other. BUT- there’s no feeling like a Colt in your hand or a Harley between your legs. :wink: Yup-- If you've got enough time & enough spare parts, a Colt can last forever too... I like getting my money's worth w...

Buck Elliott

Way back when I was in High School.... We had a math teacher who had grown up in rural Utah, and had hunted the mountains around the family ranch all his life. When he was about 14 years old, he went by himself for the first time -- horseback of course -- on a dusky, stormy afternoon. As luck would ...

Buck Elliott

My Rossi '92 (.44 Mag.) is an Interarms iteration, and since I've had this one only a relatively short while, it's still pretty rough, although it has been 'worked on' previously. That said, it is definitely a shooter, holding to 'minute of rabbit' out to 150 - 175 yards, with a little elevation thr...

Buck Elliott

Well, Let me think... It should be HANDY, and it should have a LEVER... It should NOT have rails, slings, scopes, cartridge carriers. flashlights, or other FLUFF. Some guys like light weight, for packin' around; others prefer more substantial weight for better handling when it comes time to shoot. I...

Buck Elliott

Years ago, as my boys were growing up, I bought a 9422 for each of them, in turn. Theirs are .22 L.R. versions, as I didn't feel like going broke supplying them with .22 WMR ammo for their plinking excursions. Now that they have to buy their own ammunition, they are still more than happy to spend le...

Buck Elliott

All I know is that every .44 Mag I've ever fired has bit the hand that held it. And equivalent loads from my .45s are easier on my hands. In this case I don't think programs and calculations are needed. Just shoot the guns side by side and see for yourself. If you feel the difference you do, if you...

Buck Elliott

YES IT IS TRUE, STARTINGLY SO AS A MATTER OF FACT. THE BEAUTY OF THE 45COLT IS THE FACT IT WILL DO WITH LOW PRESSURE LOADS WHAT THE 44MAG WILL DO LOADED TO THE GUNWALES. THE 45COLT WITH A 300gr BULLET AT 1100fps WILL SHOOT THROUGH ANY ANIMAL IN NORTH AMERICA AND DO IT WITH A REAL-HONEST-TO-GOD 45 C...

Buck Elliott

This thread must have inspired me a bit. Last evening, after I finished up at the shop, I took my 9422M on a field trip, out by Oregon Basin. Didn't take long to roust a few Jack Rabbits from their hiding places, and swiftly accounted for a neat half-dozen; clean kills with CCI's 30 gr. TNT ammo. Ma...

Buck Elliott

rjohns94 wrote:I'm thinking elephant legs go from the ground up to elephant too!

Aha...!

There's the difference: The legs on a moose go from the moose to the ground, which must be farther than going from the ground to the elephant...

Buck Elliott

To me, the clothes don't seem to match the get up. I would not wear the knife in that manner, you could not sit down. I would not wear shirt, tie and sweater. I would put the flask in a pocket, so it did not fall and break. A 'studio' shot for sure and for certain... That knife could do some seriou...

Buck Elliott

horsesoldier03 wrote:Being a Texan, I havent seen many Moose other than on an outdoor channel. All I can say is WOW! That has to be a record class.

Figgered TEXAS would lay claim to the biggest MOOSES in the whole United States -- AND Canada...

Buck Elliott

rjohns94 wrote:do moose have legs longer than elephants?

They go all the way from the moose to the ground.

How long is an elephant...?

Buck Elliott

Wear a big hat and a raincoat...

Buck Elliott

thanks for your post on monday. Read it monday and haven't yet been able to post anything civil. Danny's right !!! and some of the people we have runnin Idaho F&G are idiots, and I'm right!!!! thats all I'll say on the matter just now. The biggest problem is the wolf-friendly courts which have ...

Buck Elliott

A properly-timed, single-action revolver need not have a 'drag line' around its cylinder -- period. If the gun is timed correctly, nothing short of sloppy gun-handling will mark the cylinder. "Timed correctly" is the operative phrase here, and is almost impossible to apply to modern-day Ru...

Buck Elliott

AT least 8ft of phone books, I did a similiar test in my backyard with a 338 Win Mag and it went in almost 5 feet, but those bullets aren't spitzers and I am assuming that a 470 doesn't produce the velocity of the 338 as bets I can tell the cartidge was originally loaded with either cordite or blac...

Buck Elliott

Mine is an XTR sans checkering, and has an integral ramp/base for the front sight.

It gets used for almost everything, and has been known to take down a deer or two (in another place and time...)

Buck Elliott

My 'question' was purely rhetorical...

I fully believe "they" knew exactly what they were doing, and what the ultimate result could be.

Think I have expressed the sentiment here before.

Buck Elliott

Had a huge Yukon moose challenge me for the right-of-way once, many moons ago, between Edmonton and Edson, Alberta. There were 12-15' snowbanks on either side of the road, and Mr. Moose didn't seem inclined to climb out of the road to let me pass. He stood squarely in the middle of the road, and mad...

Buck Elliott

Sounds like a good time was had by all -- including Roscoe. Wolves have already caused problems in the States that were salted with them; however, the wolves have started expanding their range into states where they weren't salted. There have been confirmed sightings of wolves in Northeast Oregon a...

Buck Elliott

To reliably 'stop' hardcast slugs of that size & weight, you would do well to START with about 60" of wet phone books. The penetration capability of big-bore, monolithic bullets is incredible...

Buck Elliott

I reckon it might work for those hordes who do not know/will not learn how to HUNT...

Seems to be an ever-increasing number of those folks...

Buck Elliott

BLUE -- BLAU -- BLEU -- however you want to say it.

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Buck Elliott

Caviar tastes with a tuna fish budget ........

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You can afford tuna fish.....???

Buck Elliott

Throw it in the case tumbler I got a batc hof old 50Cal bullets a couple years ago (the turned brass kind) that tarnished and a quick (well, maybe I shouldn't say quick) trip through removed all of it, but since you say it's old ammo, I have to wonder how old and and if maybe the powder isn't corro...

Buck Elliott

If you ain't never done it before, make sure you have PLENTY spare parts on hand, and then ... Have At It.... You won't learn any younger will you. Trigger work is NOT for the ordinary back-yard tinkerer. If you bugger it up -- and well you may -- you'll need the services of a 'smith, or worse. THAT...

Buck Elliott

Why are you juveniles shootin' STOP signs...?

Buck Elliott

The big-loop lever might be all right for gloved hands (how cold does it get in Georgia and Mississippi...?) but you lose a lot of motion in all that empty space in there. Now if a guy had a 'regular' lever for everyday duties, and swapped for the big one during the 'cold' season..?? I've thought a...

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