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by Dastook
Sun Sep 07, 2008 6:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: More on sarah polin
Replies: 8
Views: 937

Re: More on sarah polin

Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed reading it very much. She has turned a very disgruntled voter who was going to hold his nose and vote, to a very excited activist voter today.

GO SARAH!!!
by Dastook
Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:39 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Career suicide?
Replies: 34
Views: 3953

Re: OT - Career suicide?

Kid, you are "The Man". I bow to your great efforts. :) :)
by Dastook
Sun Aug 31, 2008 8:42 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - anybody use SiteLite laser boresighter? Opinions?
Replies: 7
Views: 769

Re: OT - anybody use SiteLite laser boresighter? Opinions?

Accurate enough to change elevation distance in the field? I'm going to say "no", even though I'm not 100% what you mean. :D I have one and use it constantly (RO'ing public shooting range). They don't sight your gun in. They're made for two purposes: 1. Getting you on paper and near cente...
by Dastook
Sat Aug 30, 2008 7:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Sportsman Warehouse opened here today.
Replies: 8
Views: 1457

Re: Sportsman Warehouse opened here today.

The one I went to in SC had a lot of inventory, but prices were extremely high. Higher than Bass Pro or Cabalas and much higher than the internet. They were short on reloading supplies too.
by Dastook
Thu Aug 21, 2008 5:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Charlotte NC - Cowboy Lever Action Silhouette
Replies: 4
Views: 655

Re: Charlotte NC - Cowboy Lever Action Silhouette

We have a Buffalo shoot (50,100,& 200 yards) at PHA only on months that have a fifth Sunday. Here is a link. http://www.phashoots.com/ You do not have to be a member to come and shoot in any of the completions we hold there. The SASS/CAS matches around Charlotte are: Salisbury, 1st Sat., Charlot...
by Dastook
Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Auction is over.
Replies: 19
Views: 2145

Re: The Auction continues--

I'll see your $30, and raise it $10. "$40 here"
by Dastook
Mon Aug 04, 2008 8:47 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-Help on SIG P220
Replies: 2
Views: 480

Re: OT-Help on SIG P220

Thanks CAS. I knew this forum would have the answerers. I have the stamped slide as it looks like the one in your pictures.
by Dastook
Sun Aug 03, 2008 8:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-Help on SIG P220
Replies: 2
Views: 480

OT-Help on SIG P220

I know this has nothing to do with leverguns but I have not been able to get answerers to these questions anywhere else. I know you guys here have the answerers. I have a P220 in .45ACP that I truly love. It is my primary cary gun. I would like to know if the one I have has the slide machined from s...
by Dastook
Sat Aug 02, 2008 5:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: Rest in Peace - China Camp
Replies: 12
Views: 1744

Re: OT: Rest in Peace - China Camp

Great man, wonderful family. Prayers up for all of them.
by Dastook
Fri Aug 01, 2008 12:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: NRA Life Membership
Replies: 12
Views: 1333

Re: NRA Life Membership

Job well done!!!
by Dastook
Tue Jul 22, 2008 10:39 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Help on 94 Marlin
Replies: 5
Views: 616

Re: Help on 94 Marlin

This is great info guys. Thanks, I'm going to make another trip to the shop and check out these other suggestions.
by Dastook
Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:43 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Help on 94 Marlin
Replies: 5
Views: 616

Help on 94 Marlin

Sorry I don't have any pictures. I know these questions will be difficult to answerer without seeing the rifle, but here goes. I came across a 1894 Marlin Take-down in 44/40 at a local gun shop. The shop owner says he is selling it for an old man who has had it for years. The shop owner said the gun...
by Dastook
Tue Jul 22, 2008 7:56 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What a mess
Replies: 71
Views: 6112

Re: What a mess

Old Ironsights wrote:Much more sociable to have many convrsations around one big campfire than to spread the firewood out all over creation.

Fire lasts longer too.

+++1! If you don't like certain posts, don't read them. This is still a free country, I think. :)
by Dastook
Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:55 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Politics - better get the chuck-bucket ready...
Replies: 19
Views: 1872

Re: Politics - better get the chuck-bucket ready...

"Many spiritually advanced people I know identify Obama as a Lightworker , the rare kind of attuned being who has the ability to lead us not merely to new foreign policies or health care plans or whatnot, but who can actually help usher in a new way of being on the planet, or relating and conn...
by Dastook
Wed Jul 16, 2008 2:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-Case trimmer??
Replies: 10
Views: 1481

OT-Case trimmer??

I need to buy a new case trimmer. Which one would you all recommend. I don't want to spend more than $100 if I can help it. This one looks pretty good as it doesn't need any shell holders.

http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.e ... mid=635693
by Dastook
Wed Jul 16, 2008 1:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Spellcheck question
Replies: 9
Views: 1051

Re: Spellcheck question

http://www.iespell.com/

Here is a free spell checker for Explorer.
by Dastook
Tue Jul 15, 2008 12:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Three shots and three in the bag.
Replies: 27
Views: 2682

Re: Three shots and three in the bag.

Great post Nath. I always love seeing them. I have a question. I have been told by many leather marketeers that European leather is better and more expensive because barbed wire is not used in Europe as it is here, thus putting scratches in the leather that are not fully removed in tanning. I see ba...
by Dastook
Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - RIP Tony Snow 1955 - 2008
Replies: 17
Views: 1953

Re: OT - RIP Tony Snow 1955 - 2008

He was truly one of the good ones. I had the great pleasure to meet him in the KC airport a few years back. Turned out he knew exactly where I lived here in NC. He went to school at Davidson College just north of Charlotte. A great genuine good guy. He had his own radio show before he took the press...
by Dastook
Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What to expect from a custom hat - Update 7-18
Replies: 45
Views: 4688

Re: What to expect from a custom hat (pics added)

Wow, I have purchased a number of custom hats and never had anything like that happen. I would be furious. Custom hat dealers IMHO are very, you might say somewhat hard to deal with. At least the ones I have dealt with before. They are slow as molasses in winter time and somewhat temperamental. I ha...
by Dastook
Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Got my new Henry Big Boy in .357
Replies: 14
Views: 1548

Re: Got my new Henry Big Boy in .357

Nice gun, good buy. Now just have a blast shooting it. :D :D By the way, welcome to the forum. I think you will find a great number of very knowledgeable people here. I'm sure you will also hear. WHERE ARE THE PICTURES. We love pictures.
by Dastook
Wed Jul 02, 2008 2:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-Some more Rookie reloading questions??
Replies: 11
Views: 1153

Re: OT-Some more Rookie reloading questions??

Thanks for all the info guys, the UPS man just dropped it off. Here we go!!! :D :D
by Dastook
Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:58 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-Some more Rookie reloading questions??
Replies: 11
Views: 1153

Re: OT-Some more Rookie reloading questions??

I have read both the Spear and Hornady manuals front to back and they always talk about resizing and expanding in general but I didn't see where they addressed this specific question in either manual. Maybe I just missed it.
by Dastook
Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:41 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-Some more Rookie reloading questions??
Replies: 11
Views: 1153

OT-Some more Rookie reloading questions??

I have been reloading pistol cartridges for years but have not done any rifle cartridges. All of my brass bullets etc. will arrive today from Midway to start reloading for my .223 and I have a couple questions. Do I need to expand the case necks on the new unfired brass? How much crimp should I put ...
by Dastook
Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:17 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A Gunfighters Pledge-this Saturday(Movie)
Replies: 4
Views: 603

Re: A Gunfighters Pledge-this Saturday(Movie)

Yep, already got the DVR ready to record it.
by Dastook
Thu Jun 26, 2008 9:29 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - Importance of voting for a President!!!
Replies: 21
Views: 2033

POLITICS - Importance of voting for a President!!!

Four judges dissented: Breyer, Stevens, Souter and Ginsburg. Say what you want about Bush but I am sure glad Roberts and Alito are there. Thanks to them and Thomas, Kennedy and Scalia.
by Dastook
Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:23 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - AWB absurdness
Replies: 25
Views: 2923

Re: AWB absurdness

rjohns94 wrote:i am not ready to concede any point or partly support any ban on any feature. What ever feature one may want to concede as not needed, another may desire. Give no ground!! concede no feature.

+++++1. We must support all of our shooting friends. STAND UNITED!!!
by Dastook
Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:18 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Stepdaughter needs your prayers.
Replies: 35
Views: 3612

Re: OT - Stepdaughter needs your prayers.

Prayers up!! I just read the other day that they cured a man completely of this with a breakthrough in cloning the patients own T1 cells ( could be very wrong on that but it is our own cancer fighting cells) and injecting them back into the patient. There is some real advances in this area. Good luck.
by Dastook
Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:04 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: No Foxes tonight.
Replies: 21
Views: 2004

Re: No Foxes tonight.

Last deer season, Nov. 07. I was getting ready to climb into my ladder stand. I placed some buck lure on a couple branches out about thirty feet from the stand. I put it on a limb about four feet off the ground. I walked back to the ladder and started to climb. I got about half way up the ladder and...
by Dastook
Wed Jun 25, 2008 7:53 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT What a surprise
Replies: 6
Views: 640

Re: OT What a surprise

Ya, I got the same thing when I bought the movie at WallyWorld. Nice little bonus.
by Dastook
Mon Jun 23, 2008 5:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - PILOT CINDY MCCAIN
Replies: 5
Views: 741

Re: PILOT CINDY MCCAIN

Good article. I actually had the chance to shake hands with both Sen. & Mrs. McCain at the NRA Convention in Louisville last month. I have never been very fond of either of them as Sen. McCain is just not a true Conservative like I would like him to be. I will hold my nose and vote for him. The ...
by Dastook
Thu Jun 19, 2008 12:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What lever is he carrying?
Replies: 21
Views: 2462

Re: What lever is he carrying?

You guys never cease to amaze me. :shock: :shock: I would have never picked up on any of the stuff you'll do. You humble me daily.
by Dastook
Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:17 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: First Levergun
Replies: 20
Views: 1927

Re: First Levergun

Welcome, nice to have you "SEE THE LIGHT" and make it back home. Now, as has been said above. Where are the pictures.
by Dastook
Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:10 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: TOT- Best Place for Poor Guy?
Replies: 87
Views: 10757

Re: TOT- Best Place for Poor Guy?

And parts of South Carolina. People are flocking to the southeast from the northeast and the rust belt for those exact reasons. Comparatively, the cost of living is much cheaper (housing, food, gas, taxes, etc.), and the weather is much milder. Here in upstate SC, on the border with NC near Charlot...
by Dastook
Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:08 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Not all the firearms discussed here are leverguns....
Replies: 43
Views: 4127

Re: Not all the firearms discussed here are leverguns....

Rugar #1. Hey, it has a lever. :)
by Dastook
Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:06 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What in blazes is going on here?
Replies: 12
Views: 2462

Re: What in blazes is going on here?

I like this one better than what it was before. Everything works fine on my browser.
by Dastook
Wed Jun 18, 2008 10:04 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT- New Format Won't let me use back button
Replies: 12
Views: 945

Re: OT- New Format Won't let me use back button

Hey, now with this new adjustment everything works great. Back button, font size changing, everything. I like this one.
by Dastook
Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:37 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT- New Format Won't let me use back button
Replies: 12
Views: 945

OT- New Format Won't let me use back button

Can anyone tell me why ever since we went to the new format, when I read a thread and then use the back button it brings up "page has expired"? It will do this every time, whether I have been reading the thread for a while or do it instantly.
by Dastook
Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:34 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: I Thank God For My Special Father's Day Gift
Replies: 26
Views: 2776

Re: OT: I Thank God For My Special Father's Day Gift

RIHMFIRE wrote:Glad shes alright....
hope the rest of your fathers day was better
+1, Wake up call for all of us.
by Dastook
Fri Jun 13, 2008 8:34 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - AR-15 can do it all...
Replies: 121
Views: 11004

Re: OT - AR-15 can do it all...

My first love, and last love will always be Leverguns as I have many of them. I just bought my first AR a month ago. I had never shot one until then. I have got to tell you, it is FUN to shoot. I think we would have to agree the M4/M16/AR's of today are not what they were during the VN era. All you ...
by Dastook
Wed Jun 04, 2008 9:25 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: HUMOR - Interesting way this young gent got his deer
Replies: 26
Views: 3813

NonPCnraRN wrote:There's guys in San Francisco that could pass a moose. Wouldn't want to hunt with them though! :shock:
I just wet my britches> :lol: :lol: :lol:
by Dastook
Wed May 28, 2008 7:45 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: *OT* Daughter's first pistol shoot
Replies: 18
Views: 2236

I have two daughters that I have had similar experiences with, isn’t it great. I have also learned that an easy way to change the minds of those who are anti gun is to take them shooting. Once they try it, in almost every case they end up liking it and even change their opinions.
by Dastook
Mon May 26, 2008 7:10 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Article 2: The Model 1886 Extra Lightweight
Replies: 7
Views: 1205

Ya, I don't care what these Browning guys say. I LOVE MY 1886 WIN EL. :P :P :P
by Dastook
Thu May 22, 2008 7:56 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Who designed the first takedown for levers??
Replies: 1
Views: 420

Who designed the first takedown for levers??

According to the Winchester historian they came up with the first takedown for levers. I talked to the curator of the Browning museum, a wonderful 85 year old gentleman that has studied all of John Browning’s writings, sketches etc. and he said there is no evidence JMB designed it. Who was actuall...
by Dastook
Thu May 22, 2008 7:47 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Have room for one more?
Replies: 25
Views: 3787

Welcome!! :D :D
by Dastook
Wed May 21, 2008 4:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Win vs. Browning Miroku 1886
Replies: 28
Views: 5889

I corrected the spelling of Miroku. I have to go with Pete on that. I wouldn't buy a "lawyered up" Winchester but only because of the rebounding hammer and tang safety. Yeah, yeah, I know, "it is a done deal" and "it is handy for unloading" and "it really doesn't ...
by Dastook
Wed May 21, 2008 8:12 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Win vs. Browning Miroku 1886
Replies: 28
Views: 5889

Win vs. Browning Miroku 1886

I know I am stirring the pot but here I go. There has been many a post about the differences in the two rifles and which is better. I just got back from the NRA convention where I had a long conversation with the Browning and Win reps. I talked with the head of the Browning and Win museums, a Miroku...
by Dastook
Tue May 13, 2008 1:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-"NO SHRUG" attitude
Replies: 16
Views: 1839

OT-"NO SHRUG" attitude

I really like to listen to Tom Gresham’s "Gun Talk" on Sunday nights. At the beginning of the year he asked his listeners to adopt a "NO SHRUG" attitude. That is let no lie go by unchallenged. If you tell a lie long enough, loud enough without challenging it, for some reason it...
by Dastook
Tue May 13, 2008 1:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Thanks, guys...
Replies: 11
Views: 1701

airedaleman wrote:And a "Thank you!" to you, too. This a class operation, and I'm very grateful to be a part - albeit imsignificant - of it...
+1
by Dastook
Tue May 13, 2008 8:22 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Good Price on a NIB Charles Daly 1892 Takedown?
Replies: 19
Views: 2867

IMHO that is a great deal. I have been lusting over one myself but haven't seen one for less than $900. Buy now!! :D