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Nate C.

Let me get this straight: you can actually sell one occasionally? I thought there was a law...

Nate C.

Hey, that looks really good!

Nate C.

I'm no historian, but I don't think the Mier Expedition had anything to do with New Mexico. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/MM/qym2.html . During the existence of the Republic of Texas, the Texians' hands were plenty full with matters much further east (Comanches, Mexicans, genera...

Nate C.

Watched it? I have memorized it.

Nate C.

I had heard that Neetsfoot oil actually dries out leather over time. Anything to that?

Nate C.

As part of my ongoing pondering about getting into reloading, can anyone provide any feedback on the Hornady Lock & Load single stage press? Once I get going, I plan to primarily reload 38Spl, .45LC, and .44Spl, and to a much lesser extent, rifle calibers. Nothing exotic.

Thanks.

Nate C.

Did something last night I've never done before. I went hog hunting with dogs. I don't exactly know how I feel about hunting with dogs, but I wanted to go along and see how it was done. Unfortunately we came up hogless. The dogs had a couple bayed up, but we couldn't get to them before the pigs sli...

Nate C.

My son likes going that way, chaing the dogs through the woods at night. All he carries is a K-Bar and a piggin string. Rusty, I savvy the Ka-Bar, but what's a piggin' string? Inquirering minds want to know. -Brian A piggin' string is used to tie the hog's feet after the catch dog has a good bite o...

Nate C.

I haven't put thousands of rounds through it, haven't competed in a CAS match with it, and haven't jumped out of an airplane with it, but I have no complaints about my Gaucho in .45LC.

Nate C.

The manufacturing process for octagonal barrels was easier than that for round barrel production? Just a guess.

Nate C.

Newbie here. Looking for my first Lever Action Rifle Chambered in .357. I like the looks of the Puma & Rossi but really don't know much about the company and the quailty of their product. Any one care to share their opinion? Henry was my first choice but a Gunsmith suggested to steer clear of H...

Nate C.

Louis L'Amour.
Sam Elliott.

You can't go wrong if either of those guys had a hand in making a movie.

Nate C.

I once had a 'friend' who got himself into a spot trying to ensure that he had a pair of 'companion' guns for every occasion. A model 92 in .357 demanded a wheelgun to accompany it. Then he got a .44 hogleg and had to get a levergun to match that. Once all the calibers were covered, he started match...

Nate C.

9410s are scarce here in the States as well. I always planned to get one, but never got serious about it until they were no longer being manufactured. I then found myself a day late, and more than a few dollars short.

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"Wildwood Boys: A Novel" by James Carlos Blake. Although fictionalized, it paints a vivid picture of the actual people and places involved in that era.

For the record, Blake is an incredible author.

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Nate C.

Being born and raised in Texas, and having done a lot of deer hunting there, I have seen all manner of rifles used to hunt deer. From the very old to the newest rifle available. But when you get to the hunters that are in the age group of between 50 to 70 years old, 3 rifles come to mind as being s...

Nate C.

Ysabel Kid wrote:I think I'll wait until after tomorrow to tell my wife that... she just may take all my "toys" if I tell her before then!!!

I may very well be in grave trouble then. Immediately after reading that, I forwarded it right to mi esposa.

Nate C.

In general I place High Points in the same category as Jennings, Bryco et al, i.e. P.O.S. They are cheap, clumsy, striker-fired pot-metal clunkers that give one the illusion pf being well armed. My thoughts exactly. I'd be more confident were I carrying around a sharpened stick rather than a Hi Poi...

Nate C.

I'm no expert, but even with a legitimate script from a legitimate American doctor, I don't think Customs will let you return with more than a 30 day supply of any meds. I could be wrong.

Nate C.

I keep hearing about these incredible in-house photos, but I seem to always be running behind and miss out.

Nate C.

I finally finished grad school, ten years after starting. I changed jobs (and was darn glad for the opportunity in today's economic climate). As a result I spent five and a half months of the year gone from home. I managed to pick up a few toys along the way, and I got back in time for my first anni...

Nate C.

In addition to the overall economic condition of the country, I think what you are seeing on GB is to a certain extent a return to reality after some of the hysterics in the market (with accompanying price hikes) over the past year or so. People are no longer going out and wildly purchasing everythi...

Nate C.

I had my wife with me and she actually took some pics, but being a spike, the buck ain't ain't exactly a wall-hanger. Will try to get them uploaded once we get unpacked.

Nate C.

You are going to love it. Don't you dare cut the barrel down. If you need a Wrangler-length carbine, just get another one with a 16" barrel!

Nate C.

I harvested a nice spike buck this morning with a Winchester model 1895 in .30-40 Krag. It does the trick! It's one of the Miroku reproduction carbines, and I have been very eager to take it out hunting.

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In Texas, each County Clerk's Office maintains a brand book, which is an official government record. For a small fee, something like $10 for seven years, a person can go in and record their official brand. The brand book contains a place for describing the brand, its placement, and any earmarking or...

Nate C.

+1 for ammunition expense and availability.

A buddy of mine has repeatedly characterized the ideal rifle caliber as the one where you are able to walk into any hardware store in any small town in the country and find a box of ammunition.

Nate C.

As appealing as that is in concept, I'd have to be closer to a reliable water source. That is some damnably inhospitable terrain out there.

Nate C.

Just look at that utterly flat, treeless backdrop. That could only be the Texas panhandle or the surface of the moon...

Nate C.

Now that's pretty cool... I've always wanted to get a straight razor and strop just to have but the ones I find at the "antique" places are nuts and the new ones just don't have any feeling of history. You can order old straight razors all day long off of eBay. Be sure and know what you w...

Nate C.

It's spot on for feral hogs!

Nate C.

Why does that Austin Powers movie come to mind? "Groovy, baby. Groovy."

Nate C.

What about the reloader Hornady offers?

Nate C.

Both of the Josey Wales stories are excellent. I just read them a few months ago. Apparently Eastwood had optioned the second novel for a movie as well, but it never came to fruition.

Nate C.

A number of the Texas prison units have craft shops. Some make saddles. Most make belts, holsters, etc. The Walls Unit in Huntsville (as mentioned above) and Eastham Unit in Lovelady are two that readily come to mind, but many more units have craft shops. I have seen some beautiful hand-tooled belts...

Nate C.

On a similar note, and you may already know about it: Mike Cox is/was the DPS spokesman for years. He has written a number of books chronicling (is that how you spell that?) Ranger stories from the old days to present. He has a new book called Historic Photos of Texas Lawmen, or something similar. I...

Nate C.

You might enjoy this website: http://rimrockpress.com/blog/ . There are some neat old Ranger photos from West Texas scattered around in there.

We used to have a family reunion up your way every year.

Nate C.

I'm out. Sorry if I held you up.

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After pricing holsters lately, I've been thinking of trying my hand at that myself. Are patterns commercially available? Didn't see any on the Tandy site, but I might have been looking in the wrong place.

Nate C.

I'm a big fan of this one myself. Oddly, I really enjoy the scene where the gal (actually John Milius' wife) is singing 'Garry Owen' during their going away party.

Nate C.

soon 2 retire wrote:" Or as late country comedian Jerry Clower would say, "One bite would make a puppy pull a freight train."
Bob in NE Indiana

Oh, how is dear cousin Marcel Ledbetter?

Nate C.

(In response to someone wanting something unobtainable.) "Wish in one hand and sh!t in the other; see which one fills up first." (Describing a moonless night.) "It's darker than the inside of a cow." (Describing a torrential downpour.) "It's raining like a cow p!ssing on a f...

Nate C.

(How ya been?) "Better than some, worse than most." (How bad was it?) "Rougher than a cob, and twice as long." (Can it be done?) "We're like the rabbit. We've jumped up; now we've got to run." (Describing a stupid person.) "He's dumber than a sack of wet hair."...

Nate C.

Howdy, Good folks here about. hope you can stay awhile. Howdy. Just a couple of weeks ago, I kinda barged in here without ever even saying hello, and everybody has been really friendly to me! Nate to Nate, howdy to you too. Where abouts in Texas? I'm over here SE Texas. Port Arthur, the capital of ...

Nate C.

Howdy. Just a couple of weeks ago, I kinda barged in here without ever even saying hello, and everybody has been really friendly to me!

Nate C.

Apparently other folks have, but I've never had a problem with the Taurus Gaucho.

If you get the Rugers at a fair price, you can always get your money back by reselling later if you decide you don't want them. They tend to hold their value pretty good, I think.

Nate C.

I'll have to check with the Commander-in-Chief and see exactly what our Thanksgiving travel plans will entail this year. Nobody tells me nothin' around here... Hmm, this sounds familiar... she will likely tell you that she did tell you and you just didn't pay attention :lol: :wink: Now THAT sounds ...

Nate C.

I'll have to check with the Commander-in-Chief and see exactly what our Thanksgiving travel plans will entail this year. Nobody tells me nothin' around here...

Nate C.

Well, I already locked in that week in November for another hunt. Maybe next time. I hope to hear the after-action report, though. Maybe I will trek up there solo later in the season. The National Forest lands aren't restricted to archery & shotguns like the Big Thicket are they? (I inferred not...

Nate C.

That's a really nice picture! I have similar tastes in interior decor...unfortunately the wife doesn't share in my style

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