Gobblerforge, I hope you didn't take my post as sarcasm or ridicule, it certainly wasn't meant as such. Just my attempt at humour. I have NO experience with Black Powder and I also have no experience of sending anvils into space. In fact, if we tried such a thing in England, I'm sure we would lose o...

Okay, I feel terrible about posting something off topic but I'm just dadgummed proud of my oldest daughter, Sarah. She has just graduated from high school and Thursday was the big Prom. Sarah wanted a good, wholesome Prom evening for her and her friends and it started out with dinner for 31 of her ...

Your family success encourages me greatly. My angels are 8 and 10 and I'm sneaking up on 60 real fast. They grow up in a drug free home with honest decent parents. It just doesn't seem like enough anymore. Big city influences are rarely family focused. You sure have two wonderful kids, Dad. I take ...

Why not rig something up where you can shoot through a whole, igniting the primer and sending the anvil into space. :mrgreen: Then you get entertainment on several fronts: 1), you get to shoot (always a good thing). 2), you get to run likeTonto if you miss the hole and have to dodge the ricochet 3),...

Bob ski, Point well made and taken to heart.I guess it's that I don't see all this stuff as important or useful.I guess there are others who do. Stan in SC No worries Stan. I don't see it as important or particularly useful either but I love the look and feel of my AR15 and thoroughly enjoy the own...

I think it is just a matter of fashion and personal taste. I like all sorts of firearms. I enjoy shooting: My Anschutz 1813 for precision target shooting, My CZ452 Varmint (My rabbit gun) My CMMG AR15 (practical rifle shooting) My Beretta DT10 (clay pigeon shooting) and last but not least I am reall...

Best wishes and a happy independence day to all my cousins across the pond.

If your son didn't buy the rifle, then in no case can he consider that he got the short end of any stick. Not sure how far he wants to shoot a 22 lr. 175 yards seems far enough. :D For my taste, the Mountie wins hands down as does the son who has a father that has gifted him such a fine life time f...