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- Tue Aug 29, 2017 3:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Is this legit...???
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2718
Re: Is this legit...???
I sure hope so. I just signed the petition.
- Tue Jun 27, 2017 12:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Keeping your cool on the motorcycle
- Replies: 59
- Views: 9114
Re: Keeping your cool on the motorcycle
In what sense did the dimwitted biker thug "keep his cool?" He caused two accidents resulting in major damage to least two vehicles and very possibly caused serious bodily harm to several innocent people, perhaps including small children. He should be put in stony lonesome for a long time,...
- Wed Jun 21, 2017 11:50 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Login Every Time I Visit?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3435
Re: Login Every Time I Visit?
Thanks, guys. I deleted the cookies and shut down completely for awhile, but it didn't help. I think I'll just live with signing in every time. Like I said, it's no big deal and is only worth so much effort.
- Tue Jun 20, 2017 12:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Login Every Time I Visit?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3435
Re: Login Every Time I Visit?
I'm using a laptop, and haven't changed anything that might affect my logging in. I use Autofill and haven't done anything with cookies. Oh, well--as I said, no big deal. It only takes a minute to log on.
- Fri Jun 16, 2017 10:21 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Login Every Time I Visit?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3435
Login Every Time I Visit?
Why do I have to login every time I visit this site? I've been registered for several years, check "remember me" every time, and still have to login all over again every time I visit. The situation has changed 2 or 3 times over the years. For years I only had to enter the first letter of m...
- Fri Jun 09, 2017 9:42 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fun Switch
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3216
Re: Fun Switch
"Of course, before you can do this, you will first need a decent AR as a levergun will not do. -----6"
Maybe not. John Browning's first experimental semi auto was a modified lever action!
Maybe not. John Browning's first experimental semi auto was a modified lever action!
- Thu Sep 15, 2016 3:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Older Movies that deserve a current remake
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2463
Re: Older Movies that deserve a current remake
What I'd like to see isn't a remake of a great old film (the remake is almost never as good as the original) but a new film based on an old book. C.S. Forester's "The Good Shepherd", a novel written during and based in early WWII about an American destroyer trying to protect a convoy in th...
- Fri Aug 26, 2016 12:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Henry Golden Boy Endurance Run
- Replies: 162
- Views: 17788
Re: Henry Golden Boy Endurance Run
The major impetus behind this endurance run is to see just how well the Golden Boy does hold up. There are so many Internet references to "cheap pot metal guns" that I got curious & decided to settle the matter. I've worked with several Henry leverguns of all sizes for over 15 years n...
- Thu Aug 25, 2016 1:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Henry Golden Boy Endurance Run
- Replies: 162
- Views: 17788
Re: Henry Golden Boy Endurance Run
I remember many years ago (early 60's?) Remington doing an endurance test on one of their Nylon 66 .22 LR's. If memory serves, they got 50,000 rounds thru it without cleaning and without a stoppage. I dunno what happened to make them stop--malfunction, ran out of ammo or just got tired of shooting t...
- Sun Aug 14, 2016 11:36 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Lever Action Silhouette Rifles and Calibers
- Replies: 28
- Views: 6641
Re: Lever Action Silhouette Rifles and Calibers
I haven't shot Cowboy Silhouettes for several years, but when I did my favorite guns were a 1946 Marlin 39A for rimfire and a first-year Winchester 9422M for pistol cartridge, both rifles with Marbles tang sights. Plenty of power in the .22 HMR to take down the heavy 1/2 scale rams at 100 meters, an...
- Fri May 06, 2016 8:19 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A funny story on myself
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3678
Re: A funny story on myself
Was that $64 charge the USPS Media rate? (I really don't know if there is a media rate for international shipments, but if there is I'd expect it to be 'way cheaper than that!)
- Wed May 04, 2016 10:47 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: "The Good The Bad The Ugly" music..How Made
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3308
Re: "The Good The Bad The Ugly" music..How Made
Loved it--Thanks!
- Tue Apr 12, 2016 8:51 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: muddy girl
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3278
Re: muddy girl
Until I saw this post I'd never heard of a "muddy girl" stock or gun, so I googled it to see what it is. I like it! And I'm a 70+ year old man, so it's appeal is not limited to teenage girls. OK, so I probably wouldn't have it done to any of my guns, but I can sure see why somebody would.
- Mon Mar 07, 2016 12:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Robert Duvall...ever in any BAD movies...???
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4543
Re: Robert Duvall...ever in any BAD movies...???
"Apocalypse Now" comes to mind, though Duvall was great, as usual.
- Mon Feb 15, 2016 9:07 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Am I missing something here?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2695
Re: Am I missing something here?
I see no mention of a Hazmat fee in the ad, either. I wonder how the seller plans to deal with that?
- Thu Feb 04, 2016 4:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Coke Bottle Gatling Gun
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1687
Re: Coke Bottle Gatling Gun
What is it that makes this a "gatling gun" and not just a revolver?
- Tue Jan 26, 2016 11:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ruger modified a Savage 99 to be gas operated..?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1507
Re: Ruger modified a Savage 99 to be gas operated..?
I remember reading many years ago that John Browning converted a lever action Winchester to a gas operated semi auto. This was just experimental, I think, but it was the basis of his 1895 "potato digger" machine gun. So I guess Ruger wasn't exactly "plowing new ground", so to spe...
- Tue Nov 03, 2015 7:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My dog can't read
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1246
Re: My dog can't read
My dog can't read either, the ignorant cur!
- Mon Aug 24, 2015 1:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Windows 10 experiences
- Replies: 39
- Views: 4433
Re: Windows 10 experiences
I installed Win 10 on my laptop about a week ago. I tried to a week before that but my connection is so slow here at mi casa it didn't work so I went to Jr's where he has high speed. The install went fine. The first problem I noticed was that when looking at things on Facebook I would come to a vid...
- Sun Aug 23, 2015 11:29 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anybody Have To Use A CPAP Machine?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5665
Re: Anybody Have To Use A CPAP Machine?
I'm a side sleeper with sleep apnea and have been using a CPAP machine for the past 5 or 6 years. When I had my sleep test they found I'd stopped breathing something like 30 or 40 times; I forget the exact number. It does take a bit of time to get used to wearing a CPAP mask, but it's really not a b...
- Thu Aug 13, 2015 5:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What I learned after enlistment
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4701
Re: What I learned after enlistment
For one thing, Racism.....Mostly from southern boys, and Blacks..... You gotta be kidding. I was born in Kansas (1938), raised in California (1943-1969) and for the last 46 years have lived in Arkansas. Trust me on this...I didn't have to move to the south to learn about racism. I'll concede that m...
- Wed May 13, 2015 11:22 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How Did Grandpa Ever Get A Deer.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3014
Re: How Did Grandpa Ever Get A Deer.
If so, he musta' been backing up.Friends Call Me Ji wrote:casastahle wrote:How Did Grandpa Ever Get A Deer.
I'm guessing with a 1956 Chevy Belair going about 40 mph.
- Sat Mar 28, 2015 10:07 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Last WWll Jeep...
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2590
Re: Last WWll Jeep...
I'll bet neither of them look like that now!gamekeeper wrote:I wish it were mine........
Passenger is not bad either!
- Wed Mar 18, 2015 1:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: ARMADILLO'S
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3277
Re: ARMADILLO'S
We've had 2 of 'em in out neighborhood at different times. I'd have loved to shoot them, but I'm afraid our neighbors might object to live fire in a residential area. For that matter, so would I. With the first one I borrowed a trap from the county agent, who wished us luck but also said that so fa...
- Sun Mar 15, 2015 1:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: ARMADILLO'S
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3277
Re: ARMADILLO'S
We've had 2 of 'em in out neighborhood at different times. I'd have loved to shoot them, but I'm afraid our neighbors might object to live fire in a residential area. For that matter, so would I. With the first one I borrowed a trap from the county agent, who wished us luck but also said that so far...
- Sat Feb 21, 2015 9:57 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Can I reload silver-colorer brass? (photo added)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1871
Re: Can I reload silver-colorer brass? (photo added)
I've loaded a bunch of nickel plated .38 Spl. and .357 Mag. and saw no difference at all between them and plain brass. Well, nearly no difference. The nickel plated ones had a greater propensity to split case necks, and a shorter of life expectancy as a result. It's my understanding that the plating...
- Wed Jan 21, 2015 9:14 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The new Henry Original
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2762
Re: The new Henry Original
I thought you said you didn't handle it.Marvin S wrote:Gaps in wood fit at tang I could fit my finger nail in. Wood was thicker on one side vs other at tang. The whole gun was buffed to death. Could hardly tell it was an octagon barrel. Brass receiver was very wavy with dishes around pin/screw holes.
- Sat Jan 10, 2015 11:44 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 1894 build questions. Tang sights, stocks etc.
- Replies: 119
- Views: 12342
Re: What tang site and front site for 1894 Winchester
I have always liked the Marble's tang sight, as I am mostly a silhouette shooter and I appreciate the Marble's ability to adjust windage. As for the front sight, a fine gold bead works well, the trick is to get one the right height. There are sites on the web that can calculate that for you. SHASTA...
- Mon Dec 15, 2014 11:28 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How to pay for gun from another state?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2819
Re: How to pay for gun from another state?
Postal MO is the hardest to fake. It has more security features than others and as the seller it is the quickest and surest way to get paid. I've never had any trouble cashing any kind of MO, and I can't imagine being unable tocash a Wal Mart MO at Wal Mart, can you? And I can't name any of their s...
- Sun Dec 14, 2014 1:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How to pay for gun from another state?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2819
Re: How to pay for gun from another state?
The safest way is to pay by credit card. If you get ripped off you can always stop payment or even get it reversed. That's not an option with any other payment method I know of, but of course when buying from an individual it's not an option anyway. Then I use a money order. I dunno why so many peop...
- Fri Nov 07, 2014 8:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Quips For Election Day
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1118
Re: Quips For Election Day
My favorite dates back to the Kennedy administration. Obviously, pre-assassination. (OK, so I'm an old fanny burp)... "Roosevelt proved you can be president for life. Truman proved anybody could be president. Eisenhower proved you didn't really need a president. And... Kennedy proves it's dange...
- Mon Oct 20, 2014 12:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Does your wife read the funnies?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1207
Re: Does your wife read the funnies?
My bride of 56 years & I read the comics every day, but not in the newspaper. We read 'em on line, at Comics.com and Dilbert.com. We stopped our last newspaper subscription some years ago, because we couldn't believe what they printed. Sadly, even if you find one of the rare ones that's not blat...
- Sat Oct 18, 2014 7:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Unannounced police visits..
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2983
Re: Unannounced police visits..
My first shotgun required a 10 shilling (50p)licence from any post office and could be kept behind the kitchen door, it is sad how times have changed.... :cry: OK, this has nothing to do with the issue at hand, but it does give me a chance to ask a question I've often wondered about. To wit: back i...
- Sun Oct 05, 2014 9:05 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A levergun post
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1430
Re: A levergun post
You may not really want a lower front sight. I've had a lot of receiver peep sights, and every one required changing the front sight to a taller one. Sounds like somebody has already done this on yours.
- Sat Sep 13, 2014 8:08 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: .32, or 38 Special?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2403
Re: .32, or 38 Special?
Well, a J-frame S&W in .32 Mag. will perform as well as a .38 Spl., and holds 6 rounds.
- Sat Aug 30, 2014 9:41 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Pulling little bullets is a pain!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 626
Re: Pulling little bullets is a pain!
Get a collet bullet puller. They pull bullets a lot faster, far quieter, with no damage & don't waste the powder. A coupla years ago I got several hundred 5.56mm ball (.223") rounds with 55-gr bullets, pulled & 'em all and replaced 'em with 52-gr. sierra Match Kings. Presto! Several hun...
- Sun Aug 10, 2014 9:09 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: First world problem
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1336
Re: First world problem
Scrap bin. (though lately I've been giving them away) Are you serious? For less than $30 you can get a C-H swaging tool that'll de-crimp a case in maybe 2 seconds. I've got one, and it works just fine; just as well as the Dillon, for a fraction of the cost... http://www.ch4d.com/products/equipment/...
- Mon Jul 21, 2014 8:17 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cowboy Lever Action Silhouette
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4271
Re: Cowboy Lever Action Silhouette
You may be able to find something here: http://www.steelchickens.com/ It's a great site for anything involving metallic silhouette shooting.
- Fri Jul 11, 2014 8:11 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Choosing a CCW weapon ...
- Replies: 78
- Views: 7556
Re: Choosing a CCW weapon ...
[quote="Malamute"]... Your comments about self loaders are a bit dated. Not meaning to sound critical, but the world has changed over time, and the typical self loaders of today are head and shoulders above some available in the past in several regards. If you wont consider one, OK, be str...
- Fri Jul 11, 2014 8:11 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Choosing a CCW weapon ...
- Replies: 78
- Views: 7556
Re: Choosing a CCW weapon ...
[quote="Malamute"]... Your comments about self loaders are a bit dated. Not meaning to sound critical, but the world has changed over time, and the typical self loaders of today are head and shoulders above some available in the past in several regards. If you wont consider one, OK, be str...
- Sun Jun 15, 2014 10:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: For Big Bore Pump Action Rifle Fans...
- Replies: 43
- Views: 8007
Re: For Big Bore Pump Action Rifle Fans...
Nope.. You ain't no engineer... Tell me why you would need "camming force" to extract a relatively-short, straight case..? One of the things that I've always liked about this forum is how folks generally find a way to disagree without getting insulting or condescending. Well, most folks, ...
- Fri Jun 06, 2014 12:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Typical major news coverage.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 823
Re: Typical major news coverage.
I've seen quite a bit of coverage on Fox News Channel. Maybe you just weren't there at the right time. I never watch the lefty CNN, and certainly don't waste any time on the ultra-left MSNBC, but I'd be surprised if either of them DID give much coverage to the D-Day anniversary.
- Mon Mar 24, 2014 10:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Most famous S&W, Colt ?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1887
Re: Most famous S&W, Colt ?
. FWIW, IMO "famous" is not the same as "popular", so I vote: Colt: #1- the SAA. #2 - the 1911. #3 - the Python S&W: #1 - Dirty Harry's 8-3/8" Model 29 ( I know, due to scarcity, an M29 wasn't used in the films). #2 - The Kit Gun #3 - the Chief's Special . Wasn't Dirty ...
- Sat Mar 01, 2014 10:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: You have one firearm to survive what is it?
- Replies: 167
- Views: 22075
Re: You have one firearm to survive what is it?
I think I'd choose the same thing our forefathers did, the gun that really won the west. A single-shot 12 gauge. Light, handy, reliable as gravity and capable of taking anything on the North American continent, from tree rats to grizzlies.
- Thu Feb 27, 2014 3:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Nice old Lever rifle photo, what do you think?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 3961
Re: Nice old Lever rifle photo, what do you think?
Yes--just like the famous photo of Billy the Kid that caused him to be called "the left handed gun" even though he was actually right handed.Griff wrote:As the original was probably a dagguerotype or tintype, there's no negative, so the resulting images are reversed.Twodot wrote:loading gate on wrong side?
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- Fri Feb 21, 2014 11:14 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Caught this one around.....
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1105
Re: Caught this one around.....
You must have a lot of foxes in your part of the world. I haven't hunted for many years (not since I decided I liked shooting more'n hunting), and I think I've seen 3 foxes in the "wild"--one crossed the highway ahead of me and I saw 2 others in the park near my home. I'm not sure about th...
- Wed Jan 29, 2014 10:28 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Click+Click+Click+Click =
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2393
Re: Click+Click+Click+Click =
I hear there's a new Colt clone coming out that's made in Japan. When you cock it, it goes crick-crick-crick-crick!
- Wed Jan 08, 2014 12:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Here are some interesting old photos, tell me what you think
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2276
Re: Here are some interesting old photos, tell me what you t
Both Rangers look pretty tough to me! Gotta wonder, though, why the gent in the 3rd pic has a bowl on his head.
- Mon Jan 06, 2014 10:12 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Rear sight...9422?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1504
Re: Rear sight...9422?
.[/quote] It won't help! The short trapper means the front is too close! It blurrs the moment I focus on the target and so would a glowing fiber optic, I am trying to resist trading! Maybe a finer front would when blurred be a finer blurred thing :lol: N.[/quote] Do what the pistol shooters do...don...
- Mon Jan 06, 2014 9:42 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Traditional hunting cap -- (Christmas gift- thanks mom)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1381
Re: Traditional hunting cap -- (Christmas gift- thanks mom)
I have one of these Elmer Fudd hats. Wonderful! Not sure what the pocket is for, tho. Maybe to hold your cigars?