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by DavidF
Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: one raged hole sights
Replies: 12
Views: 2374

Re: one raged hole sights

I had one on my 94 for a while, and I couldn't hit anything with it.
by DavidF
Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Levergun Pledge
Replies: 22
Views: 1862

Re: Levergun Pledge

First deer hunting trip, first rifle, 94 30-30, first shot. DRT!
uvs041215-003.jpg
by DavidF
Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - MP3 players and music
Replies: 11
Views: 898

Re: OT - MP3 players and music

I was going to say Amazon. All DRM free.
by DavidF
Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Way OT- Email service
Replies: 8
Views: 836

Re: Way OT- Email service

+1 for gmail. Sign up for a couple accounts, so you have one for all the junk.
by DavidF
Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT- Found an old suitcase in my attic
Replies: 22
Views: 3202

Re: OT- Found an old suitcase in my attic

I talked to the neighbor, and apparently the previous family got into drugs and fell apart. Parents separated, kids in foster care, the dad is gone and the mom is all but homeless. My wife used to work for CPS so we should at least be able to find the kids and see if they are interested. Pretty sad....
by DavidF
Sun Aug 09, 2009 11:57 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT- Found an old suitcase in my attic
Replies: 22
Views: 3202

OT- Found an old suitcase in my attic

I was installing radiant barrier in my attic yesterday and in a back corner i found an old suitcase. We bought the house in foreclosure a year ago and I had to clean out a lot of junk from the decked portion of the attic, but this was tucked way back under the eave. As soon as I saw it visions of un...
by DavidF
Fri Feb 20, 2009 4:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-How to start a fight
Replies: 5
Views: 859

OT-How to start a fight

My wife and I were watching Who Wants To Be A Millionaire while we were in bed. I turned to her and said, "Do you want to have sex?" "No," she answered. I then said, "Is that your final answer?" She didn't even look at me this time, simply saying "Yes." So I s...
by DavidF
Sun Feb 15, 2009 10:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Leverguns.com site down all day
Replies: 5
Views: 928

Re: Leverguns.com site down all day

Good to know, thanks. I hadn't seen it mentioned on the forum yet so I thought I put it out there.
by DavidF
Sun Feb 15, 2009 10:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Leverguns.com site down all day
Replies: 5
Views: 928

Leverguns.com site down all day

I have been trying to look at the articles page on the main leverguns.com site but it has been down all day. Any idea when it will be back up?
by DavidF
Sun Feb 15, 2009 2:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT.. Appaloosa cowboy movie
Replies: 44
Views: 4268

Re: OT.. Appaloosa cowboy movie

Modoc ED wrote: Rene Zelwigger (sp?) was really, really, bad.
Situation Normal. :)
I think I'll pop in "Open Range" :D
by DavidF
Sun Feb 15, 2009 1:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT.. Appaloosa cowboy movie
Replies: 44
Views: 4268

Re: OT.. Appaloosa cowboy movie

It was enjoyable. Not quite as good as "3:10 to Yuma" but close. Nowhere near as good as "Open Range", but there isn't much that is besides "Lonesome Dove" and maybe "Tombstone". If you like westerns even a little bit you should definitely check it out. Severa...
by DavidF
Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New member picking up new gun tomorrow
Replies: 15
Views: 1483

Re: New member picking up new gun tomorrow

I'm considering a 357 myself, in a model 92. But I am a little torn between that and 45LC as I am already set up to reload for it.
Congrats and welcome
by DavidF
Wed Feb 11, 2009 11:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Irish again...
Replies: 6
Views: 869

Re: Irish again...

I read that one to the wife and she laughed more at my attempt at an Irish accent. :D
by DavidF
Mon Feb 09, 2009 3:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-Biggest rattlesnake I have ever seen!
Replies: 56
Views: 6841

Re: OT-Biggest rattlesnake I have ever seen!

The photo looks real to me, but the snake is a couple feet closer to the lens then the gentleman is so it appears relatively larger.(Still obviously an enormous specimen). The man casts a smaller shadow up his right side just like the snake but again the snake is closer to the light source and so ca...
by DavidF
Sat Feb 07, 2009 10:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Please explain: Why cast bullets?
Replies: 39
Views: 3347

Re: Please explain: Why cast bullets?

KirkD wrote:
#2 Self sufficiency: I don't like being dependent upon the 'good graces' of the government and the supply lines to be able to buy bullets.
+1
by DavidF
Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Texas Gun Laws for the April hunt
Replies: 16
Views: 1484

Re: Texas Gun Laws for the April hunt

I don't think it can be in plain view even if it is unloaded. It has to be concealed under any circumstances.
by DavidF
Sat Jan 10, 2009 9:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Limb Bacon
Replies: 14
Views: 1373

Re: Limb Bacon

Has anyone here ever hunted squirrel from a boat? A friend of mine invited me to float a section of river in east Texas with him, he says they love the limbs overhanging the water, but you have to be quick with the net 'cause they sink.
by DavidF
Tue Nov 11, 2008 12:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Like craigslist but for firearms!
Replies: 8
Views: 1375

Like craigslist but for firearms!

http://www.texasguntrader.com/index.php I have been scouring the gun forum classifieds for my next purchase, as I will only do private sale face to face transactions for the next 4 to 8 years. It was tough finding the item I was looking for close enough to home, until I stumbled onto texasguntrader...
by DavidF
Wed Nov 05, 2008 7:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Swamp Donkeys
Replies: 32
Views: 2942

Re: Swamp Donkeys

Dunno bout the snow so much as the cold. At minus 60 you can hear a mouse pfart from two miles out. Perhaps more a phenomonon of temp rather than the snow itself? "The speed of sound v relative to the current in which it is embedded is given by v = (gRT)^1/2 where g is the ratio of the specifi...
by DavidF
Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: PHILOSOPHY - RKBA and the Right of Self Defense...
Replies: 2
Views: 478

Re: PHILOSOPHY - RKBA and the Right of Self Defense...

(Note: I disagree with him on his acceptance of Registration (which serves no purpose but as a prelude to confiscation) and his view that there is no legitimate purpose for civilian ownership of Machineguns. Knob Creek is legitimate reason enough... OI)
+1
by DavidF
Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hunkering down and preparing for Obamas first 100 days.
Replies: 33
Views: 3581

Re: Hunkering down and preparing for Obamas first 100 days.

Well, I am going to be looking for an AR lower, but I am also planning to pick up an SKS with a tactical composite stock. At less than $300 its hard to ignore the value there. I want to be operational for the least amount of money possible as I still don't have a good bolt action, and little to no a...
by DavidF
Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:31 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hunkering down and preparing for Obamas first 100 days.
Replies: 33
Views: 3581

Re: Hunkering down and preparing for Obamas first 100 days.

I am looking into that, but to complete a kit you have to purchase a receiver which requires an FFL, or purchase an unfinished receiver which has to be bent and than heat treated at 1600 degrees which might be a problem.
by DavidF
Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:03 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hunkering down and preparing for Obamas first 100 days.
Replies: 33
Views: 3581

Hunkering down and preparing for Obamas first 100 days.

My wife has a tendency to sometimes question my rantings on the 2nd amendment and the erosion of our rights as political paranoia. I don't hold it against her though, as I sometimes question it myself. However, thanks to the vigilance of many members like Old Ironsights and the Ysabel Kid, who dilig...
by DavidF
Fri Oct 17, 2008 5:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Rudyard Kipling...
Replies: 19
Views: 2518

Re: OT - Rudyard Kipling...

The definition of character and integrity by Rudyard Kipling.

My mother made me memorize that poem when I was in grade school. I didn't give much thought to the meaning of it then, but reading it again now......moving and inspiring.
Thanks for posting it.
by DavidF
Fri Oct 17, 2008 8:48 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - 1985 interview with KGB defector
Replies: 9
Views: 1337

Re: POLITICS - 1985 interview with KGB defector

I wonder if that guy is still around? I would like to here his thoughts on current the state of the union.
by DavidF
Wed Oct 15, 2008 10:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - 1985 interview with KGB defector
Replies: 9
Views: 1337

Re: POLITICS - 1985 interview with KGB defector

And my wife can't understand why I get so upset about the erosion of the 2nd amendment.
by DavidF
Mon Oct 13, 2008 12:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Political- 547 votes:
Replies: 6
Views: 1570

Re: Political- 547 votes:

So let me get this straight; If a citizen believes that the problems in modern America lie directly at the feet of the joint Democrat/Republican party and refuses to support either of those elitist puppets to ensure the continued decline of America and our way of life, they support "terrorism&...
by DavidF
Wed Oct 01, 2008 9:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What is "cutting oil" really?
Replies: 22
Views: 3083

Re: What is "cutting oil" really?

They have it at Home depot in the plumbing section next to the black pipe.
by DavidF
Sun Sep 28, 2008 8:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-A safe question to ask...
Replies: 18
Views: 2081

Re: OT-A safe question to ask...

Call around to your local equipment rental shops and rent a stair climbing appliance dolly. Have a friend there to help keep it steady and let the tool do the work.
by DavidF
Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Politics - Campaign For Liberty
Replies: 3
Views: 481

OT - Politics - Campaign For Liberty

I just read Ron Paul's opening speech at the "Rally for the Republic". It turns my stomach to think that someone with such principled understanding of and commitment to the Constitution and the Bill of Rights who was available and willing to lead the country in the right direction was inst...
by DavidF
Wed Aug 27, 2008 8:08 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT Wild West Shoot Out Game!
Replies: 4
Views: 839

Re: OT Wild West Shoot Out Game!

Well, I won't get any work done today.
by DavidF
Tue Aug 26, 2008 7:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Colleges confront shootings with survival training
Replies: 6
Views: 794

Re: OT - Colleges confront shootings with survival training

"just another tool in the tool box" :roll:

How about we take all the weapons from our soldiers and teach them how to survive an attack by improvising sand clods. :x

Speaking of Tools, that reminds me of most school administrators I've met.
by DavidF
Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:48 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT Another candidate for a Darwin award.
Replies: 10
Views: 1060

Re: OT Another candidate for a Darwin award.

The homeowner should defiantly do some time in prison for locking the front door and forcing the victim to use such an unsafe mode of entry.
by DavidF
Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:56 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How many states still have decent gun laws?
Replies: 50
Views: 5815

Re: How many states still have decent gun laws?

NC is pretty restrictive. NO: Schools, public or private, all levels including universities. This also applies to all property  owned by any school.§14­269.2 Assemblies and establishments where admission was charged.§14­269.3 Assemblies and establishments where alcohol is both sold and consumed. §1...
by DavidF
Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:46 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Home made BP
Replies: 25
Views: 2428

Re: Home made BP

Thanks for all the info. I now have some more reading to do, but it sounds like the manufacturing may need to be on a larger scale than I would be comfortable with to make it worth the labor involved. I am sure I will give it a try at some point though just to take the mystery out of it. I haven't d...
by DavidF
Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Home made BP
Replies: 25
Views: 2428

Re: Home made BP

Has anyone here made their own blackpowder and actually used it in a muzzle loader or cartridge? How did it perform? Do you still have all your fingers? :shock: I think I am going to give it a try as this would be a good skill to have for when Obama gets elected and the world ends. I started handlo...
by DavidF
Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT...Rain and more rain
Replies: 18
Views: 1700

Re: OT...Rain and more rain

Fairly steady drizzle with occasional hard rain for a few minutes over the last couple of days in Dallas. My grass/dirt is showing through in a few places so I'm more than a little bit happy about it. You gotta love the highs in the 80s, even with the humidity.
by DavidF
Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Home made BP
Replies: 25
Views: 2428

Home made BP

Has anyone here made their own blackpowder and actually used it in a muzzle loader or cartridge? How did it perform? Do you still have all your fingers? :shock: I think I am going to give it a try as this would be a good skill to have for when Obama gets elected and the world ends. I started handloa...
by DavidF
Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:58 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: U.S. Shooter gets his bronze
Replies: 2
Views: 413

Re: U.S. Shooter gets his bronze

I wouldn't be at all surprised if in the next couple of weeks the age thing comes out and they get striped of the medals. Then again I also wouldn't be surprised if the government was able to "convince" everyone to let it slide. I feel bad for the little girls though because they are just ...
by DavidF
Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:39 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Self Defense in Houston
Replies: 8
Views: 987

Re: OT - Self Defense in Houston

Old Ironsights wrote:She still his Ex? She may have had a change of heart after that little incident...
I hope not, I can't afford to lose him.
by DavidF
Tue Aug 19, 2008 10:31 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Self Defense in Houston
Replies: 8
Views: 987

OT - Self Defense in Houston

One of my crew members (a 2 tour Iraq war vet)"Joe" failed to show up for work Monday morning with no phone call. I was a little worried because he typically is very reliable but I knew he had driven down to Houston (from Dallas) for the weekend to visit his daughter and ex wife and he mig...
by DavidF
Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: *OT* I Can't Do This
Replies: 21
Views: 1861

Re: *OT* I Can't Do This

If the rocks are 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.

jump them in this order
3, 5, 6, 4, 2, 1, 3, 5, 7, 6, 4, 2, 3, 5, 4.










I googled it.
by DavidF
Mon Aug 11, 2008 9:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Trail Boss loading data question
Replies: 5
Views: 1096

Re: Trail Boss loading data question

I just finished loading 100 rnds with 6.4 grns under a 230 grain cast. This load is right on target from my cimarron 5 1/2". http://www.imrpowder.com/data/handgun/trailboss-feb2005.php Here is the info from IMR. There is also a decent amount of discussion over at the firingline forums, just do ...
by DavidF
Sat May 24, 2008 2:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - This one has been bothering me...
Replies: 22
Views: 3453

Jeramiah Johnson? You've got to be kidding me - this is a made-up story if I ever saw one... what a load! I didn't see Robert Redford anywhere in that report.... :lol: :roll: And the whole idea that the polar bears can't handle a 5 degree shift in temperature is rediculous. How long have they been ...
by DavidF
Fri May 09, 2008 8:18 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Politic's--but kindafunny,too.
Replies: 23
Views: 2364

Based on his record, I have no reason whatsoever to believe that John McCain will select any Supreme Court Justice that will ever decide to benefit any endeavor of the American People, or any right we hold dear. It's my view that neither candidate, McCain, Obama, or Clinton is the right person for ...
by DavidF
Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:19 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lead Bullets
Replies: 20
Views: 3397

A friend of mine is a dental hygienist and mentioned that in both offices where she works they use for some procedures "lead foil". After use, the sheets are placed into file boxes and stored instead of paying for disposal. Her words were "there are lots of boxes in the attic and they...
by DavidF
Thu Feb 14, 2008 1:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-are there any good new westerns out there?
Replies: 20
Views: 3928

I'll be watching "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" tonight. I'll post a review later.
by DavidF
Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ice bullets
Replies: 27
Views: 4417

Ice bullets

Mythbusters is doing a segment on Ice bullets in the next couple of minutes. Might be interesting.

it is 10:35 Central.
by DavidF
Fri Jan 18, 2008 6:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - I have been moved to act
Replies: 63
Views: 7899

Bunk and David: Sorry, but my opinions are not any more crazy than your's were :lol: You've formed your opinions and I've mine :wink: I don't recall anyone calling your opinions crazy. I do find it interesting that anyone who adheres to a strict interpretation of the Constitution is now "crazy...