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by Blaine
Thu Dec 27, 2007 1:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The recent negativity...
Replies: 47
Views: 7647

You can't make a fella do anything...he has to want to.....
by Blaine
Thu Dec 27, 2007 1:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Adios Amigos!
Replies: 78
Views: 12530

Good huntin', Scott.........
by Blaine
Thu Dec 27, 2007 1:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Deadliest mushroom in the woods
Replies: 41
Views: 5244

I"ve had Green Box 22's fail almost regular, but never a centerfire....
by Blaine
Wed Dec 26, 2007 10:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Remington to acquire Marlin
Replies: 65
Views: 10387

I'm so shocked and depressed that I'm giving away all my guns.........


















8) Just stand out in front of your house and wait for me to come by :twisted: :P
by Blaine
Wed Dec 26, 2007 6:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: what gun you wish
Replies: 181
Views: 42369

Last June, before Daughter's wedding and things were a bit tight, I didn't get a Savage 99 in 300 Sav., compleletly refinished to like new, for 299$$ :oops: :oops: :P
by Blaine
Wed Dec 26, 2007 6:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Value of a Japanese Browning BL-22
Replies: 13
Views: 3494

What else should I be looking for?
:lol: 200$$$..........Quickly :idea:
by Blaine
Wed Dec 26, 2007 5:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Remington to acquire Marlin
Replies: 65
Views: 10387

Remington itself was just aquired by a holding company...Cerebus?.....Let's hope Marlin is not jumping on a leaking life raft......
by Blaine
Wed Dec 26, 2007 3:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - How dumb is Hollyweird?
Replies: 15
Views: 2953

Also, it's a union thing.......the writer's are on strike. The lights, sound and stage won't get off the ground, either, out of respect for the picket line, betcha!
by Blaine
Wed Dec 26, 2007 3:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Powder ID 44mag
Replies: 4
Views: 1431

phlatnose wrote:Don-T. Thanks.
I found a picture on the web, and the powder I have certainly looks like Bullseye.
:wink: Please, Please, Please confirm that with a good loading book..........You're not really going to load using the old "Well, it LOOKED like Bullseye Method" , are you? :lol:
by Blaine
Wed Dec 26, 2007 2:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - Lakota Indians Withdraw from Treaties w/US
Replies: 132
Views: 20364

This mentality in my opinion is why many people around the world have a high level of disdain for America. I care not one whit about what other countries think of us. Indeed, it should be the other way around....THEY should be quaking in their ragged shoes wondering what the US thinks of THEM! Wond...
by Blaine
Wed Dec 26, 2007 1:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New Year's resolutions....How many of you kept them?
Replies: 32
Views: 3719

Blain, I started the year in terrible shape. My lower number on my blood pressure was rarely less than 100! However, it is now in the 70s and stays there. My cholesterol has dropped in half and my blood sugar is down. No more headaches or dizzyness. Work at it! It will be more than worth it. YesSir...
by Blaine
Wed Dec 26, 2007 12:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New Year's resolutions....How many of you kept them?
Replies: 32
Views: 3719

:oops: :oops: :oops: If I don't lose some weight to get my BP and Sugar down, I'm gonna die early......You'd think that would motivate, wouldn't ya? :oops: :oops: :oops:
by Blaine
Tue Dec 25, 2007 9:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Learn Me Something About My New To Me 1886
Replies: 23
Views: 3483

OKAY...YOU WANT TO KNOW SOMETHING NEW ABOUT YORE NEW 1886 LEVERACTION SHELLSHUCKER HUH. WELL HERE YOU GO... IT WAS DESIGNED BY JOHN MOSES YAMAMOTO WHO SOLD THE DESIGN TO THE MIRAKU COMPANY, A LEVERAGED COMPANY OWNED OUTRIGHT BY THE J.A.PAN COMPANY. THERE, HOW 'BOUT THAT STUFF HUH ??!!! NOT EVERY DA...
by Blaine
Tue Dec 25, 2007 6:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I Know This Sounds Nuts.....
Replies: 2
Views: 1139

I Know This Sounds Nuts.....

The Marlin Jam Thread got me to remembering. My 1895GS had a problem of after one shot, the next one out of the mag would stick and jam up the works...even cost me a deer once after I muffed the first shot. Anyway, my one axiom about anything is take it apart, clean and wiggle it, and put it back to...
by Blaine
Mon Dec 24, 2007 7:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Leverguns vs. gunbroker
Replies: 20
Views: 3700

I'll only do online business here, LeverLuvers or MarlinOwners. There's kind of an unwritten standard of conduct that doesn't get breached amoung us.
by Blaine
Mon Dec 24, 2007 6:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Dear friends and fellow denizens of the Leverguns Community
Replies: 13
Views: 2769

E tu......... 8)
by Blaine
Mon Dec 24, 2007 4:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What's the next " Should have bought one..." rifle
Replies: 19
Views: 4172

Word: Stock up on Glocks and HiCap mags. Actually, HiCap mags for anything you have or might get :wink:
by Blaine
Mon Dec 24, 2007 4:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: air rifle for plinking and squirrels
Replies: 31
Views: 6278

I've had a Crossman 760 .177/BB pump-up for about 40 years that still works as good as the day I bought it. Not real accurate due to no rifling, but it hits pretty hard. I've a Gamo .22 springer that's never impressed me much, tho it was death on starlings and squills.....I just got a Sheridan Silve...
by Blaine
Mon Dec 24, 2007 4:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS
Replies: 15
Views: 3535

I might be older than some. I remember when I thought America was neck deep in poop after watching Kennedy through Carter slice and dice everything.....then We got Reagan...........I'm not saying this in a confrontational mannor, but if you think it's over, dig a hole and climb on in....it ain't ove...
by Blaine
Mon Dec 24, 2007 11:03 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS
Replies: 15
Views: 3535

Don't be like that: America has yet to see her best years........
by Blaine
Mon Dec 24, 2007 10:59 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: ONE RAGGED HOLE
Replies: 13
Views: 3962

They are a good, high quality product. I like the one on my 9422, but can't warm up to the ghost ring concept on the pistola.
by Blaine
Sun Dec 23, 2007 5:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - Lakota Indians Withdraw from Treaties w/US
Replies: 132
Views: 20364

It is interesting what connections have been made to the original news posted... :lol: The entire topic basically is how does one nation deal with the actions of another and the relationship between the two. It's all interconnected, even if the scenarios are somewhat different. :wink: With governme...
by Blaine
Sun Dec 23, 2007 2:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Watch for news from Marlin
Replies: 35
Views: 6553

Cerberus...the three-headed Guardian of Hell........Dang, If I knew my Ex was going into the Firearms Industry, maybe I wouldn't have been quite so hasty :oops:
by Blaine
Sun Dec 23, 2007 1:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - NRA backed Gun Control goes to the President
Replies: 130
Views: 20226

I should know better than to butt in, but: Old Ironsides, you're upset and perhaps rightly so, as are all of us. Turning on your own won't do ya a bit of good right now....Dang, Friend, calm down amongst your allies. :?
by Blaine
Sun Dec 23, 2007 1:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Which "star"...
Replies: 25
Views: 4371

I tend to patronize according to their talent. The exceptions are: Barbara Stridand, Rosie, and a bunch others that I can't think of now, that couldn't pass a high school acting class :roll: Oh, yes....that traitor ***ch Jane Fonda.
by Blaine
Sun Dec 23, 2007 1:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The World's First Levergun Dog
Replies: 17
Views: 4299

Just Great :lol: Thor turned on the computer this morning and now HE wants one, too :P
by Blaine
Sun Dec 23, 2007 1:43 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - Lakota Indians Withdraw from Treaties w/US
Replies: 132
Views: 20364

Using this as an analogy of the US government going to Iraq and taking their weapons is the exact same thing, only on a larger scale. Except in this case no shock as it's done in the name of "War on Terror" which is BS. Every Iraqi family is allowed to keep the family AK47 and other perso...
by Blaine
Sat Dec 22, 2007 6:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What levergun would you like to see under your tree?
Replies: 49
Views: 7792

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d197/sass93/pix608869687.jpg Winchester 1885 in .32-40, under lever falling block to remain near "on-topic!" :lol: I want one in 22Hornet but I don't think ol' Santa gonna come through for me :( In fact she told me "No More Guns" :( I think a lo...
by Blaine
Sat Dec 22, 2007 6:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - Lakota Indians Withdraw from Treaties w/US
Replies: 132
Views: 20364

:wink: Just one more shot, maybe, and I'm done: As for shedding of blood, I contend that most of it is shed for the benefit of bank accounts and not freedom. It was for this reason that after completing my tour of duty I moved onto greener pastures in the private sector. Freedom and flush bank accou...
by Blaine
Sat Dec 22, 2007 6:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - What would you do??
Replies: 36
Views: 5992

SSS...without the shovel. In this PC day and age, no good deed goes unpunished.
by Blaine
Sat Dec 22, 2007 6:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - Lakota Indians Withdraw from Treaties w/US
Replies: 132
Views: 20364

What I have to say about the American Indian would get me tossed off this site, indians killed alot of my ancestors in Texas. We should have exterminated them like you would a disease, they had this land forever and all they did was kill one another. The lazy BUTTS sit around and scratch there butt...
by Blaine
Sat Dec 22, 2007 6:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT- Here comes Big Brother!
Replies: 15
Views: 3102

Governments love lists. Keeps things nice and tidy for future use. Papers please... :( After your military service, you're locked in....rumor has it they have DNA samples of all who served, as well. I figger they know who, what and where. All I need do is watch me azz and decide what to do when the...
by Blaine
Sat Dec 22, 2007 5:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: WOW!! What a deal!
Replies: 17
Views: 3738

:lol:
by Blaine
Sat Dec 22, 2007 5:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: question-can a Marlin 336 in 44mag be turned to a 45 colt?
Replies: 4
Views: 860

A 336 in .44mag is a real rare bird and you would prolly lose value after the conversion. Better to sell the rifle and get a nice 1884 in .44mag.
by Blaine
Sat Dec 22, 2007 5:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - Lakota Indians Withdraw from Treaties w/US
Replies: 132
Views: 20364

My former father-in-law, a WWII veteran of the Pacific theater seemed to have no problems with my character or beliefs. He actually began to take a greater interests in his own country and how it actually was intended to be ruled as per the Constitution based on numerous talks we shared. I don't ha...
by Blaine
Sat Dec 22, 2007 4:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - Lakota Indians Withdraw from Treaties w/US
Replies: 132
Views: 20364

I'll suspect that your understanding and comprehension of the US Constitution is lacking since it's something you take for granted. I on the other hand read it, study it and contemplate it regularly since it actually means something to me. Because it is more to me than a piece of toilet paper I wan...
by Blaine
Sat Dec 22, 2007 4:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - Lakota Indians Withdraw from Treaties w/US
Replies: 132
Views: 20364

As a naturalized US citizen maybe I view things differently. Maybe I really appreciate the document called the Constitution more than someone who was born here and never had to really think about what it is that our Founders lived through to be able to write that document. :evil: The generation bef...
by Blaine
Sat Dec 22, 2007 4:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Learn Me Something About My New To Me 1886
Replies: 23
Views: 3483

Thanks! I just wasn't sure about this one.......I don't use the CBS on my Marlins, but I didn't want to carry around the rifle with a firing pin on the primer :P
by Blaine
Sat Dec 22, 2007 1:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Learn Me Something About My New To Me 1886
Replies: 23
Views: 3483

Bump :)
by Blaine
Sat Dec 22, 2007 1:47 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New Lever Actions
Replies: 18
Views: 4220

What's the twist on the 45-90?
by Blaine
Sat Dec 22, 2007 1:31 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - Lakota Indians Withdraw from Treaties w/US
Replies: 132
Views: 20364

How far back do you want to go with this returning of lands won in war time?
by Blaine
Sat Dec 22, 2007 12:49 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Question on the .50 caliber ban in California
Replies: 21
Views: 4185

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.50_Calibe ... ct_of_2004

This seem to be saying that it's 50BMG. Ft Lewis will not let 50 caliber centerfire of any sort on their Sportsmen Range :roll:
by Blaine
Sat Dec 22, 2007 12:40 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - Lakota Indians Withdraw from Treaties w/US
Replies: 132
Views: 20364

All of you who are saying that conquered people should shut up and get over it, please don't have the nerve to bitch and moan about gun control, illegal immigrants or 9/11! Just shut up and get over it! It sounds to me like the U.S. government has already added YOU to it's list of "conquered p...
by Blaine
Sat Dec 22, 2007 12:36 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - So stereotypical…
Replies: 21
Views: 3835

Volvo's are way too good for Liberals.......I think Cheap Mini-Vans come to mind when I think Liberals........drummers, too...but they really do need them :P
by Blaine
Sat Dec 22, 2007 12:32 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 7mm Rem Mag vs 25-06
Replies: 17
Views: 4279

Ditto.....what's it for, please?
by Blaine
Sat Dec 22, 2007 12:27 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: MERRY CHRISTMAS - Here's a Card.
Replies: 3
Views: 808

Two Cardinals?!?! They taste horrible.
by Blaine
Sat Dec 22, 2007 12:23 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Working the lever to slick it up
Replies: 14
Views: 2927

I don't usually use a stone myself. I use one of those polishing wheels that fit on my Dremel, and just polish the surfaces up with that. A hard Arkansas white stone will do it, but not quite the "hard chrome" type finish that I get with the Dremel and polishing wheel. I'll start with som...
by Blaine
Sat Dec 22, 2007 12:17 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: winchester 94's the good the bad the ugly
Replies: 18
Views: 5529

IMO, if you're looking for a shooter, don't overlook the beaters.....the ugly cuts the price a TON and it prolly shoots as good as it ever did...a little cleaning up and you're set for cheap.
by Blaine
Sat Dec 22, 2007 12:05 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Learn Me Something About My New To Me 1886
Replies: 23
Views: 3483

Learn Me Something About My New To Me 1886

The Japchester ELR, tang safety, no half cock: Do I need to engage the safety with a round in the chamber? I'm used to the half cock position.
by Blaine
Fri Dec 21, 2007 11:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Merry Christmas To Me: Beautiful 1886
Replies: 22
Views: 4077

Re: Merry Christmas To Me: Beautiful 1886

..I've wanted one of these, in this configuration.... Why? :? BTW, you seem to be missing part of your mag tube... 8) 1886s are a very, very good 45-70...the ELR makes it easy to carry all day and the shotgun type butt helps with recoil with my heavy handloads.....Mag tube? I only need one shot.......