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by phc45-70
Fri Oct 28, 2011 9:52 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Marlin Big Bores / GC isssues? / Elk Medicine
Replies: 19
Views: 3307

Re: Marlin Big Bores / GC isssues? / Elk Medicine

Go ahead and get a 45-70. If your like a lot of guys I know who really enjoy shooting. You'll go through several smaller calibers until you get to a big bore and the 45-70 is great to load for.
by phc45-70
Wed Jun 22, 2011 5:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT--Guy with the most guns.
Replies: 36
Views: 5295

Re: OT--Guy with the most guns.

Though I have owned quite a few more, I now have 8. 4 long and 4 handguns and may get rid of 1 or 2 of these but I have quite enough ammo for each. Can't see hoarding a lot of anything except maybe ammo ----------- and maybe toilet paper.
by phc45-70
Sun Jul 25, 2010 7:07 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT- My other surprise old photo!
Replies: 8
Views: 1251

Re: OT- My other surprise old photo!

I remember the 4 dots on the bottom of the jar well. It had nothing to do with the snuff, it was just which mold the jar came from. My Mothers mother dipped it with what she called a toothbrush. It was a twig mad from either a gum tree of some sort or something else I can't recall. My Grandfather ha...
by phc45-70
Sun Jul 25, 2010 6:54 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: The Call You Hope You Never Get...
Replies: 89
Views: 8090

Re: OT: The Call You Hope You Never Get...

My heart goes out to you, you have had to realize our greatest fear as parents. May God be with you.
by phc45-70
Sun Jul 25, 2010 6:49 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What is the meanest critter pound for pound.
Replies: 67
Views: 8937

Re: What is the meanest critter pound for pound.

Don't forget the fabled Blackwidowgorillabear.
by phc45-70
Wed Jun 23, 2010 5:17 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I'm just not used to this
Replies: 13
Views: 2043

Re: I'm just not used to this

Don't complain, I've spent the last few days burning up piles of old trees that had been pushed up. You think it's hot out there now, get some 20 foot flames going near by.
by phc45-70
Fri May 28, 2010 7:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: the garden...
Replies: 13
Views: 2490

Re: OT: the garden...

Put a little Seven dust on 'em to keep the bugs off.
by phc45-70
Fri May 28, 2010 7:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: check out the size of these breeder bucks
Replies: 21
Views: 2698

Re: check out the size of these breeder bucks

It is a sad commentary on what hunting is for so many. I'm sorry did I call it hunting, cause it certanily isn't.
by phc45-70
Tue May 18, 2010 6:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT--Check Out This Maytag!
Replies: 27
Views: 3956

Re: OT--Check Out This Maytag!

I can tell you from experience you don't want to get your thumb caught in that wringer, It's kinda rough on buttons too.
by phc45-70
Tue May 18, 2010 7:16 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT Taurus 45 S.A. any thoughts
Replies: 17
Views: 2559

Re: OT Taurus 45 S.A. any thoughts

I had one in a .357 mag and couldn't get it to group anywhere near something like acceptable with anything in .38spl or .357 mag
by phc45-70
Fri May 14, 2010 6:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Best Westerns II
Replies: 25
Views: 2312

Re: OT - Best Westerns II

Nobody mentioned

The Culpepper cattle company
Lonely are the brave (set in contemporary times)
Rustlers Rapsody ( for comedy)
and it may have been mentioned but I don't think I saw
Monty Walsh ( both of them)
by phc45-70
Wed May 12, 2010 7:18 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Modern mountain man choices...
Replies: 127
Views: 14411

Re: Modern mountain man choices...

My choice, no matter where I'd be going would be my 1895cb 45-70. I've had wonderfully accurate rifles that were capable of taking game at several hundred yards but if I can't get close enough to make a good shot with Bea ( I sort of call it Bea, short for Beaitrice after beaitrice Kiddo, Uma Thurma...
by phc45-70
Tue May 11, 2010 8:00 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Modern mountain man choices...
Replies: 127
Views: 14411

Re: Modern mountain man choices...

starting about 5:00 am, and literally going non-stop 'til around midnight -- cutting & hauling firewood; splitting it; hauling water from the creek or spring; caring for -- including doctoring -- a herd of 25 to 35 horses; grooming and saddling most of those horses every day; stringing and remo...
by phc45-70
Mon May 10, 2010 5:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Modern mountain man choices...
Replies: 127
Views: 14411

Re: Modern mountain man choices...

Ever since I was just a pup I dreamed of being a mountian man and did manage to spend a few falls in the high country guiding hunts for some 3 months at a time. But the other evening while watching "America" The Story of Us, the narrator stated that the mountian men of old had to eat 6000 ...
by phc45-70
Fri May 07, 2010 6:56 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Nashville Menmber
Replies: 4
Views: 812

Re: Nashville Menmber

It's been pretty bad alright. I have several friends that lost everything. Fortunately I'm on high ground and had no flood damage, though the ground did get so soft that a huge oak fell behind my shop and clipped the back overhang. The General Jacksons made it just fine cause it floats. After all it...
by phc45-70
Sun May 02, 2010 7:07 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: One more positive reason to keep your 30-30s
Replies: 31
Views: 3777

Re: One more positive reason to keep your 30-30s

I have 2 Winchesters. One is a late 60's carbine that will shoot MOA with a tang sight. The other is a Canadian Centennial with the 26" octagon barrel that has only shot a handful of ammo. However, my go to gun is still the Marlin 1895 cowboy 45-70.
by phc45-70
Sun Mar 07, 2010 8:49 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: marlin 336 in 33wcf
Replies: 1
Views: 544

marlin 336 in 33wcf

Did marlin chamber a 336 in 33wcf? If so when did they stop, how rare are they and how much are they worth?
by phc45-70
Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Vintage Picture Of The Day.
Replies: 11
Views: 1457

Re: Vintage Picture Of The Day.

I've seen a number of old pictures with deer strung up on poles like that. What I want to know is How the devil did they get them up there. I can hardly get mine up in the back of a truck.
by phc45-70
Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Picked up an oldie but a goodie today
Replies: 25
Views: 2165

Re: Picked up an oldie but a goodie today

I have always heard you shouldn't use regular gun type oils on one of these as over time it will cause the stock to break down and the stock is a intergral part of the workings. Rather you should use powdered graphite.
by phc45-70
Thu Feb 04, 2010 1:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 1911 Book
Replies: 6
Views: 1166

Re: 1911 Book

Try this place. Click on the top link and download the operating 1911. You can remove parts one at a time and it allows you to see all the parts functioning. This was a big help to me.

http://www.m1911.org/technic.htm
by phc45-70
Mon Jan 11, 2010 6:42 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-Tom Selleck and the Coen's.
Replies: 44
Views: 4920

Re: OT-Tom Selleck and the Coen's.

Alright, what the h---!. I'll settle this argument. I'm not very busy right now. I'll play the dang part.
by phc45-70
Thu Nov 26, 2009 5:21 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT- Old photo of an over dressed cowboy. WOW!
Replies: 41
Views: 3338

Re: OT- Old photo of an over dressed cowboy. WOW!

To quote Rex O'hurlahand (the singing cowboy) just moments before he shoots the guns out of the hands of 3 bad guys, "How a person dresses is no ones business but his or her own"
by phc45-70
Fri Nov 13, 2009 7:35 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-Cow patties brought into barn, mystery?
Replies: 35
Views: 3146

Re: OT-Cow patties brought into barn, mystery?

Possibly the work of the little known Chupra-ca-ca
by phc45-70
Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:52 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT -- Greatest movie lines
Replies: 29
Views: 2109

Re: OT -- Greatest movie lines

Sitting here with Fox News on (The only source I care to use) and being mindful of who is running this country now, a line from Lonesome Dove keeps coming to mind. It was a reply Woodrow made to a remark made by Gus. He said, "Let the pigs ride in the wagon! Lord, I never heard of such a thing&...
by phc45-70
Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:34 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Okay Vets....Fall in and roger up!
Replies: 79
Views: 6179

Re: Okay Vets....Fall in and roger up!

Army 68-71 (the yankee army)
by phc45-70
Tue Nov 10, 2009 6:55 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-Hunting laws that make no sense
Replies: 31
Views: 3322

Re: OT-Hunting laws that make no sense

I guess in all states you have to wear hunter orange ( if you are hunting) but if you are not carrying a gun you don't have to. I guess that makes you bullet proof. Understand, that it galls me to have to wear a big orange clown suit to maybe keep some fool from shooting you.
by phc45-70
Sat Nov 07, 2009 5:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: trying to post pics
Replies: 6
Views: 632

Re: trying to post pics

I'd like the opportunity to shoot a computor savy man for once in my life.
by phc45-70
Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: trying to post pics
Replies: 6
Views: 632

Re: trying to post pics

YEAAAA! I did it.
by phc45-70
Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: trying to post pics
Replies: 6
Views: 632

trying to post pics

here hoping I figured out how to post pics. Here are my present toys--I hope
by phc45-70
Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: cast boolet bases
Replies: 9
Views: 754

Re: cast boolet bases

ditto- J Miller. If they fill out the mold that is good enough for me. Those made to recieve a gas check may or may not get one. Either way I see no difference in accuracy, only in less leading of the barrel with GC. At least that seems to be the case.
by phc45-70
Sat Nov 07, 2009 9:02 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: Am I becoming a lazy hunter?
Replies: 7
Views: 819

Re: OT: Am I becoming a lazy hunter?

Where I grew a gully in a swamp would be a deep hole of water.
by phc45-70
Sat Oct 24, 2009 7:31 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Button mags make more sense than full mags for hunting
Replies: 64
Views: 5949

Re: Button mags make more sense than full mags for hunting

But why would a fellow would fill his full mag right up with cartridges and then lug all those surplus rounds hanging off the end of his gun all day hunting?


Because, by god, that's just what men do.
by phc45-70
Thu Oct 22, 2009 11:18 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-"Everythings chicken but the gravy" (forgotten sayings)
Replies: 95
Views: 10654

Re: OT-"Everythings chicken but the gravy" (forgotten sayings)

Soft as a mules nose
Dumb as Ned in the first reader.
by phc45-70
Tue Oct 20, 2009 7:38 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-"Everythings chicken but the gravy" (forgotten sayings)
Replies: 95
Views: 10654

Re: OT-"Everythings chicken but the gravy" (forgotten sayings)

So ugly it'd chase a booger up a thorn tree.
Don't know goat sh-- from cotton seed.
If you're doing tolerable that means your well enought to eat but tosick to work
Richer than 2 ft. up a bulls a--
Don't know come here from sickem.
by phc45-70
Mon Oct 12, 2009 3:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My Deer Rifle for Fall 2009... It's a levergun!!!
Replies: 14
Views: 1459

Re: My Deer Rifle for Fall 2009... It's a levergun!!!

[ but maybe I'll get lucky and I won't have to hunt for too long this fall...]


You mean somebody makes you hunt? If you don't want to go I'll sure go for you.
by phc45-70
Mon Oct 12, 2009 3:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: So What Does Everone's Reloading Bench Look Like?
Replies: 29
Views: 5642

Re: So What Does Everone's Reloading Bench Look Like?

Sorry about the order of the pic. I see now that what goes in last comes up first. I guess that applies to a number of things.
by phc45-70
Mon Oct 12, 2009 1:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My Deer Rifle for Fall 2009... It's a levergun!!!
Replies: 14
Views: 1459

Re: My Deer Rifle for Fall 2009... It's a levergun!!!

Mine will be one of the top 2 probably the 45-70
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by phc45-70
Mon Oct 12, 2009 1:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: So What Does Everone's Reloading Bench Look Like?
Replies: 29
Views: 5642

Re: So What Does Everone's Reloading Bench Look Like?

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by phc45-70
Fri Oct 02, 2009 7:22 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: Deer Damage
Replies: 24
Views: 2168

Re: OT: Deer Damage

A predator call is usually the sound of some small animal in distress, so I doubt that will work. I would try pouring my own urine on the spot. If you like beer that would git you a reason to drink more of it. Moth balls are likely your best bet. Liquid fence is a little pricy and didn't seem to wor...
by phc45-70
Fri Oct 02, 2009 6:50 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Mr. No-Shoulders
Replies: 26
Views: 2047

Re: Mr. No-Shoulders

I found that if you intend to cook a snake it helps to catch it and freeze it alive before you kill it. The reason being, when you injure or frighten a snake they produce something that smells terrible and what ever that is it seems to make the meat taste a bit like the smell. So, catch it and put i...
by phc45-70
Thu Oct 01, 2009 5:48 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Marlin 336cb question
Replies: 2
Views: 611

Marlin 336cb question

Did the Marlin 336cb that came in 30-30 and 38-55 have a tapered octogon barrel or was it just a straight octogon? I know the 1895cb in 45-70 is tapered and I like it very much. I'm looking for the same in a 30-30.
by phc45-70
Fri Sep 25, 2009 5:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT- was just reading a post on odd critters
Replies: 12
Views: 1107

Re: OT- was just reading a post on odd critters

[quote="adirondakjack"]Oh heck Joe, we could always put a top hat and tails on the thing and tour the world showing it off.


That's kinda what I had in mind. Put him in a deadly toe hold until he agrees to go on the Tonight Show or if its a female just woo her with my charms.
by phc45-70
Fri Sep 25, 2009 9:27 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT- was just reading a post on odd critters
Replies: 12
Views: 1107

OT- was just reading a post on odd critters

On an earlier post about odd critters someone mentioned having heard a Bigfoot. I've never encountered such a thing but many people say they have, even a couple of men I know. What I would like to know is what do you think you would do if you were properly armed and while hunting, had the opportunit...
by phc45-70
Tue Sep 15, 2009 6:35 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Clones/Replicas
Replies: 24
Views: 2178

Re: Clones/Replicas

It would seem to me, a gun you will not shoot for fear of it loosing monetary value, ceases to be anything more than an expensive paperweight. This is akin to what I have seen a lot of older folks do who went through the depression. They would save things for what they called the " good". ...
by phc45-70
Fri Aug 21, 2009 11:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: any body like tennessee
Replies: 33
Views: 3154

Re: any body like tennessee

Come on down you can have my place. Everytime I look up there's another Yankee standing there. Come up on three or four out at the range today. If everybody's goin'a move down here, I'm heading north. Got an old pair of snow shoes I'd like to try out fore I have to take up a rockin chair.
by phc45-70
Fri Aug 21, 2009 10:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - LONESOME DOVE
Replies: 56
Views: 5647

Re: OT - LONESOME DOVE

At one time I had watched LD so many times I knew every line in it. In '93 I left Miss. on a horse hoping to catch them. Only made it as far as Colo. If I hadn't married a fat widow woman I'd take off again and this time I woudn't stop till I got way north of the Canadian border. Somewhere, where th...
by phc45-70
Tue Mar 31, 2009 6:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT(ish) - Oil and felt.
Replies: 8
Views: 1036

Re: OT(ish) - Oil and felt.

I would use corn starch on it to get the oil out.
by phc45-70
Fri Mar 20, 2009 3:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Marlin 1995 problem
Replies: 20
Views: 1751

Re: Still having problems with ftf

Pictures are out of the question as I just send the gun back to Marlin. But yes it was jaming with the bolt fully open. Sometimes it jams with the next round about half way out of the Mag. tube and sometimes it jammed with the next round all of the way back where it is supposed to be. I couldn't fig...
by phc45-70
Fri Mar 20, 2009 3:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Marlin 1995 problem
Replies: 20
Views: 1751

Re: Is that supposed to be there?

The cartridges are not excessively long in fact they are much shorter than the max. COAL calls for but still they fail to feed. From what I can find out this is not a uncommon problem with this action and the remedy is to return the gun and allow them to replace the carrier.