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by walks with gun
Wed Apr 29, 2015 7:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Scored two books by Ruark
Replies: 12
Views: 1422

Re: Scored two books by Ruark

Two of my very favorite books, have re-read them several times and always looking for them in thrift shops, great find.
by walks with gun
Sun Apr 26, 2015 7:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New trail gun needed
Replies: 23
Views: 2703

Re: New trail gun needed

I finally decided to take my trusty old Commander in .45 along, shoots good, in a pancake holster it rides high and flat and small game season is closed so it went along, pretty hard to beat the 1911's unless your in big bear country. I have run into 3-4 feral dogs out there, that evening I was tryi...
by walks with gun
Sat Apr 25, 2015 8:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New trail gun needed
Replies: 23
Views: 2703

New trail gun needed

I'm going to try hiking into my favorite fishing pond in the A.M. but my legs hurt and back is locking up, so I'm thinking I need a new trail gun. I'm looking for something that looks as good as my Commander of Vaquero, About a half pound loaded would be nice, recoil like a .22 and hit like a .454, ...
by walks with gun
Fri Apr 17, 2015 9:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: An old cop's annual requal testimony. Kinda neat.
Replies: 6
Views: 871

Re: An old cop's annual requal testimony. Kinda neat.

great story, I'm glad things worked out, wheel guns are not dead yet.
by walks with gun
Fri Apr 17, 2015 8:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Fantastic Minnesota day
Replies: 5
Views: 1066

Fantastic Minnesota day

Things have been going remarkably well this week, kinda scares me, anyway my baby girl graduates college in four weeks and is getting married in six. So after work today the weather was in the mid 70's, the girls had girl stuff to do, so my future son in law grabbed our six guns, minnows, and poles ...
by walks with gun
Sun Apr 12, 2015 8:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My definition of a belley gun.
Replies: 15
Views: 1661

Re: My definition of a belley gun.

It'll turn into a Taurus Judge.
by walks with gun
Wed Apr 01, 2015 3:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: new to me
Replies: 18
Views: 2995

Re: new to me

My brother in law bought one last fall, we put about 40rds. through it before the shroud around the face of the bolt blew off, feeding was erratic and front and rear sight would not stay in place. He sent it back and after a couple months or more he got it back, we took it out this weekend and shot ...
by walks with gun
Sat Mar 28, 2015 8:03 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Danl Boone
Replies: 34
Views: 2866

Re: Danl Boone

What are MORALS anyway, must be some kind of mushrooms, I remember hearing about morals on some of the old TV shows and movies, but not so much anymore.
by walks with gun
Thu Mar 26, 2015 10:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Danl Boone
Replies: 34
Views: 2866

Re: Danl Boone

The woman used to, and still does I guess, tell me to shut up and just watch the movie, every time I try to explain that the gun in question wasn't made at that period of time, or if anybody had any sense at all they would un fold the stock and shoot that SMG or rifle the way it was intended. I'm su...
by walks with gun
Wed Mar 25, 2015 5:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Danl Boone
Replies: 34
Views: 2866

Re: Danl Boone

Hey, the stuff on Star Trek is accurate right?
by walks with gun
Wed Mar 25, 2015 3:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Danl Boone
Replies: 34
Views: 2866

Danl Boone

It's weird, our local TV station is playing back to back episodes of Fess Parkers Daniel Boone. I guess I never realized how much Kentucky looks like the republic of California. And I did not know percussion to flintlock guns came first, I think I remember seeing some trapdoor Springfield flintlocks.
by walks with gun
Mon Mar 23, 2015 9:32 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: On Racism
Replies: 11
Views: 1331

Re: On Racism

Thank you, now I'll have a new one to tell my Polock ex brother in law when he comes over to shoot this weekend.
by walks with gun
Wed Mar 18, 2015 9:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Colt 1911: Original configuration, or Commander?
Replies: 52
Views: 6447

Re: Colt 1911: Original configuration, or Commander?

I've carried both over the years and give the slight nod to the steel Commander, it's my almost every day gun.
by walks with gun
Wed Mar 18, 2015 2:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Need opinions
Replies: 10
Views: 774

Re: Need opinions

Thanks guys, it will probably just get hung back on the wall of the reloading room. But a friend of his said that he might have one he'll give dad that missing the buttstock and the barrel is bad, who knows if he comes up with enough parts, we'll probably try to build one good gun. Dad had a stroke ...
by walks with gun
Tue Mar 17, 2015 5:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Need opinions
Replies: 10
Views: 774

Need opinions

My Dad is always tinkering with guns so one day someone gave him a Remington model 12C 22 pump that had been in a fire. The wood is gone, mainspring is weak but most of the other springs seem fine, Stamping on the octagon barrel is crisp and clear and brass mag tube is still there but spring is gone...
by walks with gun
Tue Mar 17, 2015 5:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Music?
Replies: 27
Views: 2511

Re: Music?

Yeah Lawrence Welk background music wouldn't sell many products, whenever it came on, folks would get up and take their meds and softeners. And a one and a two.
by walks with gun
Sun Mar 15, 2015 7:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Marlin 1894 44 mag
Replies: 5
Views: 642

Re: Marlin 1894 44 mag

Such nice little rifles, they just beg to be taken for walks in the woods.
by walks with gun
Fri Mar 13, 2015 8:39 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Completing A Nice Shotgun And Case Combination
Replies: 15
Views: 2038

Re: Completing A Nice Shotgun And Case Combination

Very nice, I love the classic touches.
by walks with gun
Fri Mar 13, 2015 8:36 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Musing over Home-Protection choices...
Replies: 47
Views: 4607

Re: Musing over Home-Protection choices...

The little Marlin .45 carbine might be a good choice if it's reliable, I would get rid of that extra stuff on it and put it back in a user friendly wood stock if it was going to be a family gun. Since you said your family doesn't shoot much, maybe get them started with a Ruger 10/22 or Marlin 60, I ...
by walks with gun
Sat Mar 07, 2015 12:06 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Nice buck
Replies: 16
Views: 1055

Re: Nice buck

stuff on, stuff off, the crapper.
by walks with gun
Sat Mar 07, 2015 12:05 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Random Thoughts on Neck Tension
Replies: 8
Views: 533

Re: Random Thoughts on Neck Tension

Neck tension is what I get after talking with the ex for 5 minutes.
by walks with gun
Wed Mar 04, 2015 11:06 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Nice buck
Replies: 16
Views: 1055

Re: Nice buck

When I was young, my Grandparents still had the hand pump in the kitchen and the biffy behind the barn. I think people think I'm full of it when I tell them that. It was still fairly common in some areas even through the late 60's or beyond. I built a new biffy out here just in case and so I can han...
by walks with gun
Wed Mar 04, 2015 12:18 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Nice buck
Replies: 16
Views: 1055

Re: Nice buck

Nice buck and nice mounts. Hope all goes well with the rehabbing.
by walks with gun
Sun Mar 01, 2015 7:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Humor - so Californians can understand 'Texan' language...
Replies: 34
Views: 2004

Re: Humor - so Californians can understand 'Texan' language.

I dated a couple Polish girls over the years and worked with and had friends who were polish so we'd trade jokes all the time. The only trouble was, they didn't understand them.
by walks with gun
Sun Mar 01, 2015 4:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Grrrr and Doh!
Replies: 27
Views: 1911

Re: Grrrr and Doh!

Couldn't you duct tape that spear to a Marlin carbine, making it Taticool.
by walks with gun
Sun Mar 01, 2015 4:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Humor - so Californians can understand 'Texan' language...
Replies: 34
Views: 2004

Re: Humor - so Californians can understand 'Texan' language.

thank you, I like that. Is California actually a state in this union, I though they ere in there own little world.
by walks with gun
Sat Feb 14, 2015 12:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Best way to clean suppressors...?
Replies: 8
Views: 1211

Re: Best way to clean suppressors...?

Turn them around or maybe shoot real quiet ammo through them?
by walks with gun
Sat Feb 14, 2015 11:13 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Happy Valentines
Replies: 1
Views: 201

Happy Valentines

Have you hugged your gun today.
by walks with gun
Thu Feb 12, 2015 3:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Trombone action 30/06
Replies: 11
Views: 1542

Re: Trombone action 30/06

Congrats, most of these old Rem pumps are danged good shooters and the 06 is my favorite.
by walks with gun
Thu Feb 12, 2015 12:09 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-Neigbors decided to cut some of my trees down--what next
Replies: 47
Views: 4360

Re: OT-Neigbors decided to cut some of my trees down--what n

Let someone else do the talking for you, They may try to claim you were threating them and try to turn this whole thing around. I feel for you, my new neighbor decided to cut a rode through the woods out to the pond, I had to inform the drunken A-hole that he was making a rode through my property an...
by walks with gun
Thu Feb 05, 2015 10:13 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Canadians have invaded
Replies: 13
Views: 1286

Re: The Canadians have invaded

I don't trust anything Canadian A, with there metric system and strange tasting beers A, even the birds come down to get a taste of something decent A.
by walks with gun
Thu Feb 05, 2015 10:05 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: On Glocks
Replies: 83
Views: 6437

Re: On Glocks

I like blue steel, a 1911 and revolver guy, but lately I've been shooting a lot of Glocks in various calibers, and really like them, if I had the extra dough right now I'd have a Glock in .357sig or a 10mm for a foul weather trail gun.
by walks with gun
Thu Feb 05, 2015 9:57 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: ugh.....laid up
Replies: 28
Views: 1403

Re: ugh.....laid up

Whorse and horses have had me laid up a few times, use this time to eat plenty of doughnuts and pie's, add a little layer of protective padding around the middle.
by walks with gun
Sat Jan 24, 2015 9:29 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: ...And that's why you don't go shooting in the desert alone.
Replies: 65
Views: 5509

Re: ...And that's why you don't go shooting in the desert al

Yep, always keep one loaded and at hand. It's not really being paranoid, it's being cautious.
by walks with gun
Thu Jan 15, 2015 12:15 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New Ruger #1
Replies: 24
Views: 3492

Re: New Ruger #1

In my definitely biased opinion the Ruger No.1's are about the finest hunting rifles in this country. I bought a No.1 A-B in 30-06 about 30 years ago and love it. It seems to me that having one shot seems to make you know were you put them.
by walks with gun
Tue Jan 13, 2015 1:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Beretta 92
Replies: 15
Views: 2474

Re: Beretta 92

Well the hunt is over, his old boss at the local gun shop sent him home with a Springfield Range Officer in 9mm, price was just to good and it shoots like a dream, this should keep him happy for a few months till something else catches his eye. Thanks for the input guys.
by walks with gun
Mon Jan 12, 2015 7:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Beretta 92
Replies: 15
Views: 2474

Beretta 92

Going to look at a Beretta 92 and some others this week with my father, he had a stroke several years ago and it left his hands pretty weak. Anyhow he needs a new woods gun while roaming around on the four wheeler and for general defense. Anyone have a commercial Beretta 92, the slide is supposed to...
by walks with gun
Mon Jan 12, 2015 10:19 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Best semiauto 12-gauge for Home Defense...?
Replies: 36
Views: 4166

Re: Best semiauto 12-gauge for Home Defense...?

I'm a big fan of the M1 carbines with Winchester soft points, easy recoil and fun to shoot. I recently got to play with a Chiappa M9 carbine there 9mm version, I'd stay clear of them, after 40 plus rounds the bolt face came apart like shrapnel, no one was hurt, but the gun got sent back and after tw...
by walks with gun
Sun Jan 11, 2015 8:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: And... The PATRIOTS Won!!!
Replies: 9
Views: 464

Re: And... The PATRIOTS Won!!!

If your not referring to running the brits out of the county, you must be talking basketball or hockey, I'm too busy with reloading and gun stuff to follow these things.
by walks with gun
Thu Jan 01, 2015 10:41 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: peep sites
Replies: 8
Views: 1070

Re: peep sites

Are peep sights a online version of peep shows.
by walks with gun
Thu Jan 01, 2015 10:39 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Photo's of the new S&W 28-2
Replies: 24
Views: 3434

Re: Photo's of the new S&W 28-2

Danged nice.
by walks with gun
Tue Dec 23, 2014 11:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Surplus of win 231
Replies: 6
Views: 1014

Re: Surplus of win 231

Every levergunner can probably appreciate a 1911 in .45, what better way to use up a bunch of 231.
by walks with gun
Tue Dec 23, 2014 7:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Colt Storekeeper Question.
Replies: 18
Views: 1315

Re: Colt Storekeeper Question.

Probably the best way, is after you have fired it, box it up and send it to me. A friend of mine used to carry a short, thin piece of rubber hose in his shirt pocket. It wouldn't break like a pencil or scratch the blueing.
by walks with gun
Tue Dec 23, 2014 6:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Savage model 170 pump 30-30
Replies: 12
Views: 4722

Re: Savage model 170 pump 30-30

I wanted one for a truck gun but it's been a long time since I've seen one. Hope you enjoy.
by walks with gun
Sun Dec 21, 2014 11:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Passing it on
Replies: 10
Views: 920

Re: Passing it on

I guess you should be proud he is besting you, he's at that prime age where he should excel. sounds like you two spent some quality time together. I just turned 50 the other day but do to some wrecks the arthritis is already set in, it's hard to run the slide on my pistols sometimes, but not going t...
by walks with gun
Sun Dec 21, 2014 9:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Pitchy..................
Replies: 16
Views: 1645

Re: Pitchy..................

I was over there for awhile today, no injun trouble lately but we kept our shooters on us and I noticed the Marlin cowboy 45-70 was loaded, leaning against the desk.
by walks with gun
Thu Dec 11, 2014 10:01 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Which do you prefer and why?
Replies: 34
Views: 3231

Re: Which do you prefer and why?

Depends, if I'm just going to fondle it while watching tv or sometimes prowling around in the woods I'd say the 86 but for a hunting gun, I'm going with the much flatter shooting .348.
by walks with gun
Mon Dec 01, 2014 6:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: In a lot of pain right now from a gun oil - any ideas?
Replies: 48
Views: 3451

Re: In a lot of pain right now from a gun oil - any ideas?

Your danged lucky you didn't have too pee immediately after applying that oil, yahza.
by walks with gun
Sun Nov 23, 2014 11:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Why didn't the '95 sell better?
Replies: 81
Views: 11181

Re: Why didn't the '95 sell better?

I'm thinking there were so many guys coming home from the service that were used to high powered bolt action rifles it marked the end of the weaker 95. And with the protruding magazine, they just don't carry as nice as the 94's. In fact the 95 Winchesters were such bad guns, those who have them shou...
by walks with gun
Mon Oct 20, 2014 8:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Really like the Rossi 1892 clone in .357Mag---nice woods gun
Replies: 10
Views: 738

Re: Really like the Rossi 1892 clone in .357Mag---nice woods

I've spent a lot of time on snowshoes with mine in 44-40, it's a comfort. My daughter bought a Rossi trapper in 357 for hiking, snowshoeing and defense. Sweet little gun, hers sure shoots good.