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by piller
Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What firearms-related hobbies do you enjoy?
Replies: 33
Views: 4211

Kind of hard to pick which one. I like loading, shooting with my kids, shooting with my wife, making knives, talking guns with others who like guns, hunting. These are all great fun. I wouldn't want to try to pick just one.
by piller
Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - just got an e-mail from San Diego, Kalifornia
Replies: 25
Views: 3593

Muscles Are Required Intelligence Not Essential. Sorry, as a former Army soldier, I couldn't help but have a little inter-force teasing. I am proud of all who volunteer and serve, and I trained alongside Marines a couple of times. We may have picked on each other, but we would all stand up and even ...
by piller
Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Funny how things work out
Replies: 26
Views: 3240

Seeing things work out for someone really makes my day. Here's hoping you can enjoy that beautiful rifle for a long time.
by piller
Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Which rifle of yours is your childs favorite?
Replies: 28
Views: 3123

Which rifle of yours is your childs favorite?

My daughter likes my Puma .480 Ruger, and at the range refuses to give it back until we are out of ammo. Do any of you have a child who does the same thing, and if so, isn't it great to see it happen?
by piller
Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - Greatest threat to our freedom
Replies: 115
Views: 11810

We had a neighbor who turned us in to CPS twice to harass us, and CPS refused to follow the law and prosecute her for it. My deaf daughter had a school teacher sit in the classroom and watch 3 other children beat up my daughter. When we reported it to the school board, the principle called CPS on us...
by piller
Tue Apr 15, 2008 8:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Awesome kids weekend thanks to Levergunners
Replies: 32
Views: 4843

Wow, great story and pictures. Everyone, let's give Joe and Rjohns a standing ovation.
by piller
Tue Apr 15, 2008 8:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS: Sorry to flog a dead horse...
Replies: 22
Views: 2769

After all of this, I still don't know if I will vote for the Repubicrat or the Demolican in the election. I can't see any truly worthwhile differences.
by piller
Tue Apr 15, 2008 8:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - Jimmy Carter
Replies: 52
Views: 7572

My Dad worked for the oil and gas industry, his family were farmers. Carter did more damage to them than the Great Depression did. I can only feel pity for anyone who is as abominably stupid as Carter. I don't mean unintelligent, or ill informed. Stupid appears to be a choice to me.
by piller
Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:46 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - Greatest threat to our freedom
Replies: 115
Views: 11810

And I'm still wondering why the Drive By Media had to try this case in the court of public opinion while the LEOs were still gathering evidence to see if a crime had been committed. I don't trust the media to tell the truth.
by piller
Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - Greatest threat to our freedom
Replies: 115
Views: 11810

The news here in Texas is saying that some of the pregnant young girls are going to be DNA tested to see who the father is. I have reservations about all of this being done based on a phone call. Should there not have been an investigation done without alerting the media? I have some firsthand exper...
by piller
Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Levergun Bison Hunt - NOW ONE LEFT! (PHOTO)
Replies: 34
Views: 6290

Joe:
Is there still one left? If so, my 18 year old daughter wants to try for it. Would that be something we could do? She would use my Puma.
by piller
Thu Apr 10, 2008 9:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Takeing the Puma to Hawaii--maybe tangle with a Boar?
Replies: 16
Views: 2718

Man, I wish I could go with you. Do you think you might have room in your carry-on for me to stow away? Sure hope you have a good time.
by piller
Tue Apr 08, 2008 6:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Advice on a Rossi Puma 92 .45LC
Replies: 18
Views: 3349

I have a Puma in .480 Ruger and like it a lot. I also have a Ruger Blackhawk in .45lc that a Puma in .45lc would go great with. Guess I should look around for one sometime soon. It sounds like you got a keeper for a great price. Congratulations.
by piller
Sun Apr 06, 2008 9:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Puma 92 .357
Replies: 13
Views: 2185

I have the Puma carbine in .480 Ruger, and a Marlin 336c in 30-30. I like the Puma better for hunting, but my wife stole my Marlin, had the stock cut down, and now she shoots it better than I did. I used the Puma in February to take a Water Buffalo, with 86er backing me up. In the end, it all comes ...
by piller
Sun Apr 06, 2008 9:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: B. Dixon Ultra Long Range Event Report
Replies: 37
Views: 12279

I love the Western slope as that is where I spent a lot of time visiting relatives as a kid. Looks like you had a great time out there. Maybe we here at leverguns.com can get a group together for a road trip to the range sometime.
by piller
Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Some comments made about Charlton Heston..
Replies: 4
Views: 944

Character trait?? I'd just like to find some Character in modern day actors and politicians. Charleton Heston was a great man. May GOD have mercy on his soul.
by piller
Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: O.T. Tulsa Gun Show, anyone Go?
Replies: 8
Views: 1575

I didn't get to make it, had to earn money. Bummer.
by piller
Sun Apr 06, 2008 8:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-Reloading question
Replies: 25
Views: 3801

I have been reloading for about 7 years now, and I still ask questions. I have found that I can start paying attention to the reloading and anticipate the fun of trying the new loads while completely losing track of time. I have tried Hornady, RCBS, and Lee dies. For me, a person who only loads smal...
by piller
Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Humor - The Angry Lawyer
Replies: 18
Views: 3283

:lol: :lol: :lol:
by piller
Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - McHales Navy- lots of 50 cal stuff
Replies: 7
Views: 1107

The Jewish actor who had survived a concentration camp and played Colonel Klink had a clause in his contract that the Germans and Klink must not ever win or be shown in a positive light. Knowing this kind of puts Hogan's Heroes in a different light.

Mchale's Navy was a great show.
by piller
Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - This makes me angry!
Replies: 24
Views: 3116

The Governors in Kansas have been extremely anti-gun since about 1994 when Joan Finney left office. The Governor who followed her, the son of the Graves Truck Line founder, was frightened of the shotgun Ithaca had given to Kansas with Joan Finney's name engraved on it even though it was locked un a ...
by piller
Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Politics/Religion - Oprah's anti-Christian views
Replies: 52
Views: 6703

Christians would be better off puting the energy and emotion they muster against Orah and her ilk, into the perfection and practice of their own faith. You should also remember that in James 4:17 it says that he who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it sins. The good we ought to do is ex...
by piller
Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Anybody use the Barnes 300 gr TSX 45-70 bullet?
Replies: 13
Views: 2988

Yellowhorse, I was at A Place to Shoot when a fire started from ammo. They brought 40 trucks and 3 helicopters and billed $11,000 - not what a range wants. Is it FMJ ammo that starts fires or surplus tracer ammo? I see a lot of Winchester White Box FMJ 223 ammo (and other brands) being sold for the...
by piller
Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Humorous Pic: You Want Me To Do WHAT ? ? ?
Replies: 13
Views: 2185

dkmlever wrote:Hillary's panties?
Ugh!
by piller
Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: prayers again please
Replies: 22
Views: 2911

Prayers sent.
by piller
Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Prayer Requests (plural) - cancer in the family
Replies: 48
Views: 6630

prayers sent.
by piller
Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Prayer Request, please.
Replies: 40
Views: 5876

Prayers sent.
by piller
Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Remember the Pilot's gun that went "bang"?
Replies: 30
Views: 4197

Pilots used to carry. I think that ended in the 80's. The last pilot to use his gun to defend the cockpit is the one at the head of the group trying to get the guns back. The pilots don't need to be law enforcement, just able to protect the cockpit and ultimately, the plane. Oh, well. This is the re...
by piller
Sun Mar 30, 2008 8:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Source for cast bullets
Replies: 15
Views: 2711

You should try Midwayusa.com or Brownells.com, but I am not sure if either one does carry them because it isn't something I have looked for. Also, try Tennessee Valley Bullets.
by piller
Sun Mar 30, 2008 7:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Range Report from Texas shoot
Replies: 24
Views: 4577

The metal skids it traveled on were the reason for the moving a little out of the way. Also, when you are having so much fun, it is hard to not move a little. The moving target is an idea which really needs to be patented.
by piller
Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Aguila 22's
Replies: 23
Views: 4888

I started teaching my son to shoot in the backyard with a Davy Crickett rifle and the Super Colibri rounds. It is quieter than a cap gun and the backstop I used was a Gamo brand pellet trap designed for the faster pellets. It worked pretty good for us. My son is now 13 and we just loaned the rifle t...
by piller
Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT redhawk sights
Replies: 3
Views: 526

On the website Oneraggedhole.com they sell a sight for the Ruger revolvers that seems to like what you came up with. It must work if someone is selling them commercially.
by piller
Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Range Report from Texas shoot
Replies: 24
Views: 4577

The one where 86er is shooting my Puma shows how fast he really is. He fired 7 total times out of a .480 Ruger carbine. The action was slicked up a little bit with that new Smith & Wesson Dry Lube, but his skill really made the difference. The Krodle Safari Trainer looks like a winner to me. May...
by piller
Sat Mar 29, 2008 9:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Shooting get together in Texas on the 29th(directions added)
Replies: 41
Views: 6718

Thanks Ricky, it was a great time. The charging target was great. The Krodle Safari Trainer should be patented. What do the rest of you who were there think? 86er, I told my daughter about the trophy elk you are saving for her and she yelled loud enough that I think you may have heard it.
by piller
Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How did you first arrive at the Leverguns.com Forum?
Replies: 106
Views: 13334

I found it from Gunblast.com, too. I was looking for something to accurize a .22lr rifle and found the article on Paco's Acc'rzr. I took the link to leverguns.com, bought an Acc'rzr, and somehow forgot to leave.
by piller
Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - new movie coming soon - to a theater near you???
Replies: 83
Views: 10586

About an hour and a half South of my home there are human footprints in the same rock and within inches of dinosaur footprints. The area is on the Paluxy river near Glen Rose, Texas. Please explain to me how this occur using the faux science of the evolutionary principle as espoused by Kismet. As a ...
by piller
Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Humor: Free Cat
Replies: 33
Views: 5384

Hobie:

adopt a cat??? I'm a Pharmacist, I have enough owners already.
by piller
Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - Public School Disses Military Heroes
Replies: 10
Views: 2018

Even though Sean Connery is an anti-gun jerk, his character in the movie "The Presidio" said it well. I think it was like this, "We're like guard dogs which are used when people are afraid, but they want us hidden away in cages when there is peace" If someone else has the movie, ...
by piller
Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Do I WANT a .45-70?
Replies: 35
Views: 5232

Having 86er back me up with a .45-70 when I shot my water buffalo convinced me. I am saving up for a .45-70, probably a Marlin.
by piller
Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - new movie coming soon - to a theater near you???
Replies: 83
Views: 10586

The micro-evolution, or selective breeding, is forced on nature by an outside force. In many cases, humans push it. What is the force behind Macro-Evolution, aka Darwinism? From the standpoint that it violates the Law of Entropy, it therefore cannot exist.
by piller
Tue Mar 25, 2008 7:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Politics-My response to an article in our local weekly rag.
Replies: 13
Views: 2345

Good response, Tycer. All gun owners need to practice using logic and proper english in response to hysteric rants.
by piller
Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:18 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Dean Martin and John Wayne
Replies: 23
Views: 3711

When the U.S. was in need of suppport, The Duke was always there. Once when he and Brigadier Jimmy Stewart were going to some awards ceremony, they passed some war protestors flying a North Vietnamese flag. Jimmy Stewart's son had recently died serving the U.S. in Vietnam, and The Duke walked over t...
by piller
Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:09 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - new movie coming soon - to a theater near you???
Replies: 83
Views: 10586

I studied engineering for 3 years before changing majors. I noticed that an unbreakable law of Physics states that everything in the universe must move toward maximum disorder unless acted upon by an outside force. This law of Physics is called the Law of Entropy. If evolution is going toward a more...
by piller
Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-Just watched Hondo on DVD again
Replies: 9
Views: 1655

OT-Just watched Hondo on DVD again

Just finished watching Hondo on DVD again. I noticed a soldier in a wagon during the climactic fight with the Apaches get shot by a bullet going through the wood. Not many Hollywood movies will admit that a bullet will go through wood. I have heard that a .45 colt handgun would penetrate about 6 inc...
by piller
Sat Mar 22, 2008 11:04 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Shooting get together in Texas on the 29th(directions added)
Replies: 41
Views: 6718

Ricky: I'll be there. I am bringing the .480 carbine with almost 200 rounds, some .45lc with 340 grain lead wfn bullets I loaded up and want to try. What do you think? If 86er can get those paper plates to charge, then he has a trick up his sleeve I haven't seen before. After I think about it, charg...
by piller
Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:56 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: MODEL 92'S
Replies: 41
Views: 8177

If you want one just simply to hunt with, the Puma works pretty good. As 86er can attest, mine in .480 Ruger with 400 grain handloads took a water buffalo. It worked perfectly as far as the mechanical parts go. The user is another matter.
by piller
Fri Mar 21, 2008 5:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT Linebaugh Seminar
Replies: 5
Views: 866

Ricky:
That sounds like a lot of fun. I'm from a town just about an hour North of there, and I might go and drop in to see my parents. My Dad would enjoy watching all the heavy artillery, too.
by piller
Thu Mar 20, 2008 10:49 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT ? No Way
Replies: 13
Views: 2352

Love the movie, and Tom Selleck is a gun owner and a supporter of the 2nd Amendment. That Sharps is one beautiful piece for machinery.
by piller
Thu Mar 20, 2008 10:39 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Leverguns.com in the News
Replies: 18
Views: 2634

Good writeup. Joe, thanks for letting everyone know about the news media saying something good about hunters for a change.
by piller
Thu Mar 20, 2008 10:32 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Big Dog
Replies: 31
Views: 3983

Great engineering. That thing could have some real use for the military if it were quiet and a little faster. Re-supply without having to deal with too many non-combat personnel, and the supply personnel could stay safe and working. Does it salute? :roll: