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by Hagler
Fri Feb 08, 2008 4:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Help locating Tycer at SA Airport
Replies: 17
Views: 3107

...or, his bags went to Texas, and he was sent to Hawaii by mistake! :D :!:

Shawn
by Hagler
Fri Feb 08, 2008 12:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Help locating Tycer at SA Airport
Replies: 17
Views: 3107

Gents,

I just called him, and got his voicemail. I do not know if I should post his number. I left a message for him, though. If he is enroute, then his phone may be off, or the signal cannot reach him.

Shawn
by Hagler
Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT -- A noteworthy ancestor and my ties to the American West
Replies: 7
Views: 1326

Noah,

When you mentioned "DeSmet" that made me think of Laura Ingalls Wilder. She, or some of her family, lived in a town called DeSmet at some point in their lives. I wonder if their paths ever crossed. :wink:

Shawn
by Hagler
Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Urgent Prayer Request
Replies: 24
Views: 3030

Done!

Shawn
by Hagler
Tue Feb 05, 2008 2:22 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Can the manufacture date of a Rossi M92 Puma be determined?
Replies: 11
Views: 11779

John, Welcome to the forum. Interarms is gone. The early 1990s is the correct timeframe. Rossi has been manufacturing the 92 since about 1976. Older Rossi 92s were labeled "Model 65". They were also called "Puma", and some had a cat's head medallion on the left side of the receiv...
by Hagler
Tue Feb 05, 2008 2:10 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Winnie 94 - Pics
Replies: 16
Views: 2807

Grizz,

You need to leave it like it is. Keep that one close, and use it whenever you need it. That rifle says "utility with class". That's a good buy. Congratulations!

Shawn
by Hagler
Mon Feb 04, 2008 7:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New Mossberg Leverguns
Replies: 73
Views: 13055

Joe,

You are welcome.

Shawn
by Hagler
Mon Feb 04, 2008 2:06 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT- Actor Barry Morse Dies
Replies: 4
Views: 1627

OT- Actor Barry Morse Dies

Gentlemen, If you watched "The Fugitive", then you remember Lt. Phillip Gerard. If you watched "Space:1999", then you should remember Professor Victor Bergaman. Well, the actor who played those two chahracters, and thounsands of others, has died after "a short illness":...
by Hagler
Mon Feb 04, 2008 1:10 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New Mossberg Leverguns
Replies: 73
Views: 13055

Gentlemen,

Here is a transcription of the write-up in the Mossberg catalog:

"Ask the average man on the street to describe a
“deer rifleâ€
by Hagler
Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Prayer request
Replies: 25
Views: 3171

Done!

Shawn
by Hagler
Sun Feb 03, 2008 11:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Prayer Request
Replies: 11
Views: 1531

Done!

Shawn
by Hagler
Sat Feb 02, 2008 9:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: Prayer Request for my best friend's Son-UPDATE
Replies: 45
Views: 5383

Done!

Shawn
by Hagler
Sat Feb 02, 2008 4:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: HUMOR - Why did the chicken cross the road?
Replies: 14
Views: 2944

...well, I say he crossed the road to hide out among everything else that tastes like chicken. You know, improving his odds. :P

Shawn
by Hagler
Fri Feb 01, 2008 1:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Professional Pics from Sendafa
Replies: 2
Views: 679

www.keithtrepanier.zenfolio.com
by Hagler
Fri Feb 01, 2008 2:34 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: More Kalifornia madness!!
Replies: 23
Views: 3948

Actually, gentlemen, FWiedner got me to thinking. Maybe the recruiters should shed their uniforms and go out to be with the protestors, but they should pretend to be protestors, too. Now that is comedy!

Shawn
by Hagler
Fri Feb 01, 2008 2:19 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New Mossberg Leverguns
Replies: 73
Views: 13055

cas, I do not know what your top ? points to, but I am willing to bet that the bottom ? points to a trigger-blocking safety that is tied into that little "tit" dropping out of the bottom of the reciever, just touching the top of the lever on both the .22 & .30-30 rifles. The .22LR vers...
by Hagler
Thu Jan 31, 2008 2:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: More Kalifornia madness!!
Replies: 23
Views: 3948

MAN! That is SNAFU & FUBAR! Blocking the sidewalk with yoga moves & smoking in doorways! Those are some mixed-up people! The town council needs to be recalled, and the protesters all need to be spanked in public. The Marine Corps needs to make it clear that they WILL NOT come to the aid of t...
by Hagler
Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:17 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-I let myself get pushed around a lot
Replies: 69
Views: 9678

Jason, That agent works for you. That agent is supposed to see to it that you get the house that you want to buy. If this house does not fit your needs, and does not meet your expectations, then that agent needs to help you find another house. Again, your purchasing of this house was predicated upon...
by Hagler
Thu Jan 31, 2008 10:05 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: Local School Dist. refuses "bb gun" club
Replies: 13
Views: 2272

Re: OT: Local School Dist. refuses "bb gun" club

EDITED: This used to be a rural farming area with salt of the earth type folks. ...but the local University/City folks have slowly changed the landscape. Much influx of folks from New York and Philadelphia...this is where they come to live their dream in the country after having messed everything up...
by Hagler
Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: ? for you reloaders / .44 and .357
Replies: 19
Views: 3113

Gents, I got me some of the same thoughts, now that I got me some reloading equipment & supplies. I also, now, have a .357 Magnum Rossi 92, plus my old Charter Off-duty Special. The Charter revolver is not made for "+P" ammo. I would like to make up some .38 Specials to fit my revolver...
by Hagler
Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: ? for you reloaders / .44 and .357
Replies: 19
Views: 3113

My apologies Hagler and everyone, I'll keep my internet mouth shut. You do not have to keep your mouth shut. We need some input around here. I just find some of the "etiquette" (mainly all caps) to be quite trifling. True poor etiquette is this: tHisiswh atid onotlik esoman ypeopleju keep...
by Hagler
Wed Jan 30, 2008 6:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: ? for you reloaders / .44 and .357
Replies: 19
Views: 3113

nemhed, This IS shouting! All capital letters is just another way type your thoughts. Does anyone really follow the "all caps is shouting" rule? I think that is such a nit-picky way to egg-on someone. Some people complain about the all capital letters, but they fail to adhere to other Inte...
by Hagler
Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:20 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT'ish - Top ten movie guns
Replies: 33
Views: 6711

cas, You didn't notice my AVATAR & my LOCATION? Yep, the Yamato/ Argo has a rifled barrel, too, but without a twist to the rifling. :wink: http://s88.photobucket.com/albums/k185/hagler1966/?action=view&current=EDFArgo.flv I think the Andromeda was the coolest EDF cruiser, with two Wave Motio...
by Hagler
Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 1860 Henry Rifle
Replies: 13
Views: 3869

Real Henrys shot 44 Henry Rimfire. Did they discuss this at all? Yes, they did. The appraiser gave a short history of leverguns. Again, "short" is the opperative word. "New Haven Arms" & "Model 1866 was the first Winchester" were also included in the presentaion. T...
by Hagler
Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Keep Us in Your Prayers, Boys.
Replies: 32
Views: 4703

Scott, I am glad to hear that you all made it. Thank GOD! I used to love to move to a new house, way back when. I never really went too far from my previous house, though. Since I got married, and especially since hurricane Katrina forced us to move so many times (and so far away), I HATE to move! I...
by Hagler
Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT'ish - Top ten movie guns
Replies: 33
Views: 6711

...oh, yeah! Lucas McCain's Flip Special : http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k185/hagler1966/triggerscrew.jpg I like the MG-42s that were used at the beginning of The Red Spectacles : http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/23795Red_Spectacles_5.JPG I also think the Wave Motion Gun, from Space Cruise...
by Hagler
Sat Jan 26, 2008 11:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Auction Alert, Browning 1886, with octagon barrel
Replies: 16
Views: 2618

http://gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=90369359
by Hagler
Sat Jan 26, 2008 7:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Can anyone help this guy ID this levergun?
Replies: 10
Views: 1952

Gents,

Here is what the seller e-mailed me:

"Yep, after looking at it more closely thats what I have. thanx for your time.
Terry"

Shawn
by Hagler
Sat Jan 26, 2008 5:39 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Can anyone help this guy ID this levergun?
Replies: 10
Views: 1952

I just sent the seller a message. I sure hope there is no way to load and/or "fire" that rifle. They are supposed to be non-firing, but I have not seen the Denix rifles up-close.

Shawn
by Hagler
Fri Jan 25, 2008 11:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Can anyone help this guy ID this levergun?
Replies: 10
Views: 1952

Looks like some kinda movie prop gun to me.. Agreed. Exactly like the fake that was recently discussed on this forum. The rear barrel band sits too close to the receiver, just as on the DENIX replicas: http://www.circlekb.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=CA22-1140G&Catego...
by Hagler
Fri Jan 25, 2008 8:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Unscrewing a barrel?
Replies: 18
Views: 3870

by Hagler
Fri Jan 25, 2008 7:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Unscrewing a barrel?
Replies: 18
Views: 3870

I recently aquired P.O. Ackley's "Home Gun Care and Repair" It is an interesting read. I don't have it in front of me, but he encouraged the home handyman in swapping Model 94 Barrels, and laid out a methodology with a good vise, a hardwood block, and a big ole crescent wrench. I haven't ...
by Hagler
Fri Jan 25, 2008 7:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Prayer Request!
Replies: 41
Views: 4750

Done!

Shawn
by Hagler
Fri Jan 25, 2008 11:40 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Prayer Request
Replies: 25
Views: 2914

Done!

Shawn
by Hagler
Fri Jan 25, 2008 12:17 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Keep Us in Your Prayers, Boys.
Replies: 32
Views: 4703

Scott, It was a pleasure to meet you. Thank you for all the help you have given me. ...like helping me retrieve my tools and my air compressor from my flooded house. ...then you climbed up on the roof to cap off a wind turbine stubb, so that no rain would get inside what was left of my house. Thank ...
by Hagler
Thu Jan 24, 2008 11:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 22 lever gun suggestions---
Replies: 23
Views: 3602

petie, You really gotta handle ALL of them. I love my Henry H001L. ...still, I arrived at my decision to buy it, partly, because of how it felt in my hands. Smooth and easy is how it was then, and it is moreso, today. DO NOT think that the Henry Golden Boy & the H001-series will feel the same in...
by Hagler
Thu Jan 24, 2008 1:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Winchester Wildcat 22
Replies: 8
Views: 1296

...this appears to be the Ruskie "version": http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=90339056 I know: the Wildcat is a Ruskie, too. There appears to be minor a difference in wood shape, and the TOZ has a paddlewheel-type rear sight. You spin the rear paddles, until you get to hei...
by Hagler
Thu Jan 24, 2008 11:57 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: WW Greener , not a REAL lever gun?
Replies: 19
Views: 9603

Gentlemen, Those are some neat guns. :D I was reading up on home hot bluing with a few basic chemicals. The author of one method claimed that to get rid of, or prevent, the purple/ plum color you need to raise the temperature of the solution several more degrees. Also, longer times in the bluing sol...
by Hagler
Wed Jan 23, 2008 11:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Their War
Replies: 24
Views: 3812

JMiller,

Not demeaning?

You sure can use some technical terminology! I guess that's the civilian way to speak. :oops: "Respectable"? Hmmm......

Shawn
by Hagler
Tue Jan 22, 2008 3:38 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: TOT- Sunday Cruising
Replies: 25
Views: 3518

NEATO!

It is nice to see everyone having such a great time. Thanks for sharing, Ganjiro.

Shawn
by Hagler
Tue Jan 22, 2008 3:34 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 1949 win 94 w/ pics
Replies: 17
Views: 3134

sven556, All of those "blemishes" are believeable, honest-use markings. I'll let the rust slide, this time. :D What you got is a "flat band" variation. Some find that particular front barrel band to be special. Very nice. May you use that rifle, the way it was intended to be used...
by Hagler
Tue Jan 22, 2008 1:44 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Adios Sabata.. interesting "hollywood" levergun.
Replies: 11
Views: 2085

...the back of the "banjo":

Image

Shawn
by Hagler
Tue Jan 22, 2008 12:07 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Adios Sabata.. interesting "hollywood" levergun.
Replies: 11
Views: 2085

...well, I never seen that before... http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k185/hagler1966/AdiosSabataRifleFrontLeft600.jpg http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k185/hagler1966/AdiosSabataRifleClip600.jpg http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k185/hagler1966/AdiosSabataRifleClipCigar600.jpg It looks like Yule ...
by Hagler
Mon Jan 21, 2008 7:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gun alert henry big boy
Replies: 28
Views: 4388

...dare I say it?... I might get a spanking for this, but here goes: The upsidedown stock is a secret sign, to those "in-the know", that the seller is "in-the-know". :oops: :lol: :wink: Seriously, people complain about the stock-drop on the Big Boys, but this is the mother of all...
by Hagler
Sun Jan 20, 2008 3:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Looking for a Marlin 30-30 D/FW area
Replies: 6
Views: 1197

...here is a fixer-upper that is just about sold:

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewIt ... m=90159454

It is not mine, and it is in TEXAS.

Shawn
by Hagler
Sat Jan 19, 2008 2:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Open letter to all drivers, plus a prayer request
Replies: 23
Views: 3019

Done!

Shawn
by Hagler
Fri Jan 18, 2008 7:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT OT OT - WARNING - RELIGIOUS CONTENT - OT OT OT OT
Replies: 32
Views: 5291

Well reasoned and well written. I wish to comment on one thing though. You wrote 6 times "If you vote". The impression I get is that you may not vote, or at least that not voting is a valid choice. I respectfully disagree. I feel that voting is a duty. Sometime we forget that not making a...
by Hagler
Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Do all the Puma rifles has such a cheap finish?
Replies: 16
Views: 3453

...my EMF, via Oregon45's refinishing with Tru-Oil: http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k185/hagler1966/ShawnsLevergunFairyButtstock.jpg http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k185/hagler1966/DSCN3174.jpg http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k185/hagler1966/ShawnsLevergunFairyForend.jpg That black stuff is us...
by Hagler
Wed Jan 16, 2008 12:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - About The Worst Movie I Ever Looked At
Replies: 15
Views: 2845

...well, I haven't bothered to watch it. I need to watch the original, from beginning to end, because I need a refresher on the story. I still think the best part of the original is Kenny Rogers as Captain Call. I am sooo surprised that he didn't sing "The Gambler".

Shawn
by Hagler
Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Shipping question
Replies: 12
Views: 2066

...and NEVER write anywhere on the box that a "rifle", or a "gun", or anysuch thing, is inside. Remember, you are just shipping something to someone else...

Shawn

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