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Most of the people discussed here were born, raised or even became famous somewhere else before coming to Texas.
Bonnie and Clyde and Frank Hamer may be the only native Texans.

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kimwcook wrote:TR Lone Wolf Gonzales - Lawman
Billy the kid - outlaw

Billy the Kid?
Are we talking about people from Texas or people who may have passed through Texas?

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Who was the only man who ever kissed Miss Kitty?
I honestly can't remember his name.
In the 70's he played a truck driver on a TV series. I always get him mixed up with Neville Brand.

I just remembered! Claude Akins.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Akins

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Ken Curtis was also with the Sons of the Pioneers in the late '40s and '50s.

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Everyone who has researched the subject can find no record of any such shoot-out.

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I have been told that during the '30's long-rifles were 10 cents/box and shorts were 2 boxes for 15 cents.
That is why most old 22's have eroded chamber throats.

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I used to have brain storms.
Then I figured out, just because I can doesn't mean I should.

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I have been using a bench vise with wood inserts padded with felt for over 30 years with no problem whatsoever. Clamp down firmly on the barrel and have at it. +1 I use leather padded wood inserts in my 4 inch machinists vise for most of my gun maintenance. I also have sheet copper jaw pads for hol...

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OT because I am unaware of any lever-action chambering the .32 S&W. I'm not loading for one anyway. I just picked up some brass and bullets for the .32 S&W. I have a couple of old break-tops, but I am planning on loading these for the .32 S&W conversion cylinder I acquired recently for ...

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I stick the brass in a chuck in my hand drill and turn it at medium speed in the flame of a small propane torch. I do this in the dark, so that I can see when it starts to glow red. When it does, I plunge the brass into a pail of water beside me. You have to be careful, I am told, that you do not o...

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Over the years I wrote several letters to Marlin in support of a .32 H&R chambering.
When they finally did it, I never had the cash to take advantage.
Maybe some day I'll get lucky too.

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Here on Missouri's Osage Plains, I live close enough to the Ozarks to get my fill of hills, rocks and brush whenever I want. It takes about a day and a half to get all I can stand and it lasts a little over ten years. I'm always so happy to get back to prairie, pasture and farm land where trees grow...

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I started to watch the series from Netflix.
The language was a little off-putting.
I canceled because, after Wild Bill was killed, who cares what happened?

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I've seen plenty of cats turn around and eat their own poop.

And, of course, for every turd in the litter box there is a pile of barf or a hair ball somewhere in the house.

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The Missouri Department of Conservation owns well over 20,000 acres in this county.
There is no place to legally set up a target.

I have to drive thirty miles to my club's range in Kansas.
http://bonecreekgunclub.com/cms/index.p ... &Itemid=53

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Ravenman wrote:Real nice rigs! How do you like the Herrett grips on the Ruger security six?

I have Herrett's Shooting Stars on all of my Rugers
Natural pointing, ambidextrous, and recoil absorbing.
They give my single actions a feel similar to the Ruger Bisley but with a more repeatable hold.

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Thanks for all the kind words.

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About a year ago I was at Steve's Trading Post in Joplin and picked up a near mint Virginian Dragoon in .357. I just now got around to making a holster and belt for it. I also decided to make a holster for my Security Six that could accommodate the same belt. Thankfully Steve's was not affected by t...

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Here is another link that might be useful to Coleman collectors.
http://www.oldtowncoleman.com/tech/rebuild.htm

It includes illustrated instructions for rebuilding lanterns and stoves.

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Around here, when you call 911 for any reason, you get a cop, a firetruck and an ambulance. And, you have to pay for the firetruck and the ambulance.

That's why I keep the various departments non-emergency numbers on speed dial.

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Keys?

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10 dimes = $1
100 cents = $1
1000 mills = $1

Now you know everything there is to know about the metric system, deci-, centi-, milli-.

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.Dirty-.Thirty,
I believe that trooper enjoys your visits, and sits beside you.

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We have an avid bow-hunter at work who wears camo 365.
One day he showed up in blue jeans and a plaid shirt. Nobody could find him.

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Ray Newman wrote:Dirty-Thirty: I agree with MrMurphy.

Some people, like myself, were raised with the idea and told/taught that sitting or walking on a grave shows disrespect for the deceased and his/her family.

How do you propose mowing, decorating and maintaining a grave yard?

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Stories I've read said, that's the way the gun barer carries while walking in front of the hunter.

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One of the early noted advantages of the Spencer over the Winchester was, that it could be more efficiently fired as a single shot, after the magazine was emptied. In an extended battle, the single shot could put more rounds down range in a given time than a repeater that had to be taken out of acti...

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In the early Ninety's I remember seeing surplus boxer primed, U.S., 1980's manufactured .303 British ammo with no head stamp. Why? Obviously it had been intended for the Afghans fighting the Russians.
This probably had a similar purpose clandestine purpose.

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When I was 14 I acquired a used High-Standard, Double-Nine. A plow-handled version of the excellent Sentinel double action. The false ejector button unlatched the nine shot, swing-out cylinder. I carried it everywhere, rabbit hunting, squirrel hunting, trapping, coon hunting, and just walking the ra...

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I will always believe that the .41 magnum exists because no one wanted to legitimize the Herter .401 Power-Mag. No one wanted to admit that George Herter was right about something.

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The first battle of the Civil War took place on May 19, 1858 near Trading Post, Kansas. It was a fair and square gun fight but, the northern papers dubbed it "The Marais des Cygnes Massacre". The Civil War began and ended on the Missouri - Kansas border. It may have begun for a political c...

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Beautiful revolver, $275? Wow!

I remember when every antique shop had a case full of key-wind watches and couldn't get rid of them.

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I belive it was called the 39 C (or was it D ?), they were still making it in 1971 when I bought my 39 A.

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Nifty device. Have you ever perused an auction bill and come upon a listing for an "antique brass pizza cutter" ? :roll: Pizza, IIRC, didn't make it over here until after WWII. Apparently, everyone on this site is too young to have ever hung wallpaper. I've never hung any wallpaper but I'...

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BlaineG wrote:
765x53 wrote:Nifty device.
Have you ever perused an auction bill and come upon a listing for an "antique brass pizza cutter" ?
Pizza, IIRC, didn't make it over here until after WWII.

Apparently, everyone on this site is too young to have ever hung wallpaper.

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Nifty device.
Have you ever perused an auction bill and come upon a listing for an "antique brass pizza cutter" ?

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I believe the only thing unsafe about the Model '93 is, they were not intended for smokeless powder and the probably have 2 1/2 inch chambers.

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This product would let you try it out.
http://www.dixiegunworks.com/product_in ... ts_id=8155

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Here is a link to a well known shop that does jug choking for muzzle loaders.
http://www.caywoodguns.com/Jug%20Choking.htm

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We in the West would love to send Y'all some Wild Horse's & Burro's. I hear , Burro steak is delicious. :wink: Someone let some stray horses lose in southern Missouri, I believe on the Current river. When the Conservation Department tried to round them up because of environmental and stream dam...

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A front sight hood is to protect your sight while traveling.
While shooting it goes in my pocket. When done it goes back on.
That is why they are easily detachable.
It also save your sight when leaning in a corner.

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I never understood why Ruger never offered the "Deer-slayer" auto in 45 Win-Mag, 9mm Win-Mag, 10mm, etc. The same would go for the Ruger 96 in any number of new hand gun cartridges both rimmed and rimless.

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My daughter asks me "why do you even have a cell phone?" I tell her "in case I want to call somebody." She asks "why do you keep it turned off?" In case somebody tries to call me! It has always been my contention that just because a phone rings doesn't mean you have to ...

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I have a $10 Trac-Fone that works anywhere there is service.
I buy sixty minutes air time and ninety days service for $21 including tax. That's $7 a month and I have nearly a thousand minutes of air time built up.

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You have to hunt diligently and pay extra for anything other than Long Rifles.

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Marlins of that vintage had the serial number on the tang.
Be careful not to deface it when you drill.

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The chambering that made the Sharps reputation was the .54 percussion.
No brass to buy or form. Roll your cartridges out of any available stout paper.
The metallic cartridge Sharps was just one of many single shots and could not compete for very long.

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No serial number on a long gun means prior to 1968.
Thats all I can tell.

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Most air rifle aficionados claim it takes a full can of 500 pellets for new spring piston air rifle to break-in and achieve its accuracy potential.
Not only the barrel but, also the piston, valves and spring need to break-in and settle down.
Don't give up on your air rifle after one range session.

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I can not comment pro or con on chrome plated chambers. I have spent the last fourteen years copper plating and chrome plating printing and impression cylinders. It is the nature of chrome plating to microscopically craze. Chrome plating provides a hard wear resistant surface but, it is not impervio...

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