That is promising news indeed!
It would be nice to get t/c stuff again!
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- Tue Apr 30, 2024 8:42 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Firearms News
- Replies: 9
- Views: 487
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 6:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Gun and Knife Pictures
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1776
Re: Gun and Knife Pictures
My SPECIAL 44 special and my favorite knife for deer, D2 tool steel.
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 2:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 480 Ruger
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1162
Re: 480 Ruger
Was your #1 a factory chambering or did you have it rebarreled?
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 1:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 480 Ruger
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1162
Re: 480 Ruger
Ruger #1 eh? Hmmm... 475 eh?
No idea if I would ever use that for anything but im intrigued.
No idea if I would ever use that for anything but im intrigued.
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 1:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bear Creek Supply “shuttlecock” bullet
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1057
Re: Bear Creek Supply “shuttlecock” bullet
Yup, a Foster type slug is what it is.
Yes sir, that load will do the trick on Bambi.
Yes sir, that load will do the trick on Bambi.
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 7:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bear Creek Supply “shuttlecock” bullet
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1057
Re: Bear Creek Supply “shuttlecock” bullet
They certainly seem quite accurate, you'll have to stretch them out a little further and see what they do.
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 5:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Puppy cam is up!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 751
Re: Puppy cam is up!
Ok guys, the puppies are now off the infrared cam so it's color now. I went to visit today and my how they have grown! Eyes are open. Starting to hear. The drunken sailors have begun to learn how to walk and it's a riot to watch.
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 5:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bear Creek Supply “shuttlecock” bullet
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1057
Re: Bear Creek Supply “shuttlecock” bullet
DING DING DING- I THINK WE HAVE A WINNER!
They sure seem to be accurate, what distance Scott?
They sure seem to be accurate, what distance Scott?
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 12:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Old Movies
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1584
Re: Old Movies
Parts of Conagher was filmed on a friend's ranch in Colorado.
The Quiet Man is hands down a favorite of mine. El Dorado as well as Rio Bravo.
YES to Mel Brooks!!
The Quiet Man is hands down a favorite of mine. El Dorado as well as Rio Bravo.
YES to Mel Brooks!!
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 11:35 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: "No FFL Required...???"
- Replies: 4
- Views: 660
Re: "No FFL Required...???"
Probably because they are muzzle loaders, the feds don't consider front stuffers a firearm- YET !!
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 4:43 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: BulletMatch: Cataloging the World's Bullets
- Replies: 3
- Views: 533
Re: BulletMatch: Cataloging the World's Bullets
You have your work cut out for yourself that's for sure!
I think you are going to need a bigger lead supply
I think you are going to need a bigger lead supply
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 4:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: can't make this stuff up
- Replies: 10
- Views: 934
Re: can't make this stuff up
Question nowadays is what don't they hate?
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 2:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I guess its my turn for pet loss and Christian thoughts
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1151
Re: I guess its my turn for pet loss and Christian thoughts
Granted I haven't delivered hundreds of puppies but of the 4 litters I've had and the 3 or 4 I have helped with I can say that if you are the first thing a pup smells it will remember you! I figured that out when helping with litters, one pup I delivered would come to me when I would go visit. It's ...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 4:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: C. Gove SxS shotgun
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1086
Re: C. Gove SxS shotgun
Both appear in great shape! Both for their ages and for being shipped .
We are waiting for range reports...
We are waiting for range reports...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 2:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Pitchy (Lenn)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1999
Re: Pitchy (Lenn)
Sorry to hear this Lenn!
We do miss you here!!
We do miss you here!!
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 2:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Winchester 30-30 Case Life Test
- Replies: 8
- Views: 744
Re: Winchester 30-30 Case Life Test
The only rifle that has given me fits with case failure (neck splits) has been my 257Ackley Improved.i know it is due to age and work hardening. It was all brass from factory 257 Roberts that I shot to fire from. I'd love to get new brass but geeze it's expensive, need to take out a mortgage to get ...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:21 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Off Topic....Great Sheriff
- Replies: 3
- Views: 565
Re: Off Topic....Great Sheriff
I'd make a point of dropping off bagels or doughnuts at office once in a while just to show they are appreciated!
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:19 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Home-cured bacon is pretty bueno
- Replies: 8
- Views: 667
Re: Home-cured bacon is pretty bueno
Looks great to me Bill!
Best bacon I ever had was from a big ol cut boar I shot on one of those game farms. I had it cured and smoked by the butcher. Just fantastic flavor. The pig had 18lb hams and they had to cut them in order to wrap fir the freezer. Oh the ribs.... man now I wanna go shoot a pig!
Best bacon I ever had was from a big ol cut boar I shot on one of those game farms. I had it cured and smoked by the butcher. Just fantastic flavor. The pig had 18lb hams and they had to cut them in order to wrap fir the freezer. Oh the ribs.... man now I wanna go shoot a pig!
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 5:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Thinking R92
- Replies: 9
- Views: 823
Re: Thinking R92
S&W now has a 22 mag pistol with 30 round magazines, you could use up your stock pile easily!!
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 7:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New Guy
- Replies: 15
- Views: 929
Re: New Guy
Stories- we need stories!
Welcome.
Welcome.
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 8:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New primers from Arkansas
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1016
Re: New primers from Arkansas
Bill I have found that Remington hulls and Winchester wads don't play well together in 28ga. Cheddite hulls are very good straight wall hulls !
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 3:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Comfort food a dark, wet day
- Replies: 10
- Views: 917
Re: Comfort food a dark, wet day
I'm in for fresh baked biscuts- throw in some sausage gravy and I'll eat myself into a coma!!
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 11:11 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Indulge me another recipe post
- Replies: 4
- Views: 369
Re: Indulge me another recipe post
I always wanted buckskin to hunt in during muzzle loader season but never went so far as to have them made.
Look at GOOD EATS, Alton Brown made a cracker show.
Look at GOOD EATS, Alton Brown made a cracker show.
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 8:07 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Comfort food a dark, wet day
- Replies: 10
- Views: 917
Re: Comfort food a dark, wet day
One of my best buds in college had a recipe that we all took to. It didn't have a name until we all agreed on Dave's Gastronomic Bean Delight 1# ground beef Cooked bacon( as much as you like), diced 5 or 6 cans of assorted beans My personal recipe is red kidney, black beans, garbanzo, pinto, blackey...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 7:57 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New primers from Arkansas
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1016
Re: New primers from Arkansas
Promising news!
Keep us posted if you hear anything !
Keep us posted if you hear anything !
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 4:56 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I guess its my turn for pet loss and Christian thoughts
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1151
Re: I guess its my turn for pet loss and Christian thoughts
No words can help , but I'm sorry for you Tutt. The one thing that I read somewhere many years ago it dog spelled backwards is God- he sent them to us and as such they go back to him. The first litter Winnie had one pup was sickly. No matter what I tried he wouldn't eat, no weight gain is a bad sign...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 4:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Batteries (that leak) Suck…
- Replies: 5
- Views: 379
Re: Batteries (that leak) Suck…
Well that does suck!
Batteries like everything else these days are junk!
Batteries like everything else these days are junk!
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 4:43 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Lost our pup this week
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1220
Re: Lost our pup this week
My deepest condolences, nothing hurts worse, they are truly part of our families.
Only DOG people really understand...
Only DOG people really understand...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: C. Gove SxS shotgun
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1086
Re: C. Gove SxS shotgun
Work hardened, makes sense. True or not the production of any Damascus barrel is a work of art!
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 5:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: C. Gove SxS shotgun
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1086
Re: C. Gove SxS shotgun
Hope you post some pictures of you shooting that ol smoke pole.
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 3:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Got the cabin in PA cleaned up for the season
- Replies: 17
- Views: 729
Re: Got the cabin in PA cleaned up for the season
You certainly are Jason! I used to go to Quebec fishing every year. We were 65 miles of dirt roads to get to where we stayed. Sometimes fixing roads or bridges to get in, sometimes fixing the clubs cabins or a boat or 2. When battery tools came out that made our trips so much easier out in skeeter c...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 3:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anyone still shoot handgun silhouette?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 810
Re: Anyone still shoot handgun silhouette?
Let's not forget the cost of primers too!
Add that to the powder and poor Bill sweating for lead and it's down right an expensive day
Add that to the powder and poor Bill sweating for lead and it's down right an expensive day
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 3:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The little Super Wrangler
- Replies: 3
- Views: 243
Re: The little Super Wrangler
Bill. I'd say it's a keeper!
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 3:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Biofire smart gun
- Replies: 4
- Views: 190
Re: Biofire smart gun
I knew a guy that engraved and silver inlaid the muzzle end of the dust cover of his HiPower ' Smile, wait for flash ' .
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 11:20 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: C. Gove SxS shotgun
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1086
Re: C. Gove SxS shotgun
If its British it could be a 9,11 or 14 ga as well. Looks like it is in good shape for its age .
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 11:16 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Biofire smart gun
- Replies: 4
- Views: 190
Biofire smart gun
Biofire will soon ship pre-ordered smart pistols! Infrared facial recognition and fingerprint readers. Ok I get it, some places this kind of tech is required to own- I do not believe in this technology. Now if it really works its success will push it on other jurisdictions! What gets me is why the g...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 4:46 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Custom holster maker
- Replies: 7
- Views: 370
Re: Custom holster maker
Horse pistol? I didn't realize horse could shoot
'elk don't know how many feet a horse has'
I guess walking around with a Dragoon on you hip is a big deterrent to would be muggers!
'elk don't know how many feet a horse has'
I guess walking around with a Dragoon on you hip is a big deterrent to would be muggers!
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 4:43 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Semi-auto in 250-3000….made by Ruger…!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 380
Re: Semi-auto in 250-3000….made by Ruger…!
Latest Rifleman has an article about Rugers 75th anniversary. That rifle is shown. I haven't read the whole thing yet but I see that Strum died from hepetitus - I knew he died suddenly but never knew what from.
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ruger/Marlin 1894
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1066
Re: Ruger/Marlin 1894
It could be they stress fractured due to being too hard by barrel harmonics/ pressure as a bullet goes by. Those screws , for what they are doing could almost be dead soft.
Heck they could have got a bad batch of screws from the manufacturer!?
Heck they could have got a bad batch of screws from the manufacturer!?
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Carry gun for an 89 year old man……good one
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1286
Re: Carry gun for an 89 year old man……good one
I went to school with a guy who had been run over by a tractor trailer as a kid, paralyzed from the waist down. Under his wheelchair seat he kept a Gurka knife and he always packed some sort of pistol.
Good for that man, hope he never needs to use it but I'm sure he is more than capable.
Good for that man, hope he never needs to use it but I'm sure he is more than capable.
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:12 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: For the Parker lovers here
- Replies: 12
- Views: 460
Re: For the Parker lovers here
When I started at Tdad the school had just scrapped Ackley's barrel drilling machine.
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:59 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: For the Parker lovers here
- Replies: 12
- Views: 460
Re: For the Parker lovers here
Parker, is a pup I kept from my 3rd litter. She is six now. Last year she became a momma herself. There is a topic here, Parker puppies if you would like to see that. It's true what they say about bird dogs getting better the more seasons the hunt. 20220505_152157.jpg 20230115_103901.jpg 20240204_10...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:44 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Got the cabin in PA cleaned up for the season
- Replies: 17
- Views: 729
Re: Got the cabin in PA cleaned up for the season
Yes. It was a wild weather weekend here too but no snow. Glad the cabin made it through the winter, always kind of in the back of you mind what you might be in for come spring! Glad the Q-man is still shooting and giving you a hand. I've taken to keeping a chainsaw in my truck after the Ash trees ha...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ruger/Marlin 1894
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1066
Re: Ruger/Marlin 1894
Gunny has it. Especially evident on the left screw. Look at the distinctly different color and structure of the one on the left as opposed to the solid color of the one on the right. You should send that photo to Ruger. If it were me I would call Ruger, send photos ( a good close up) and even send ...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 4:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ruger/Marlin 1894
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1066
Re: Ruger/Marlin 1894
I thought as much! Those screws are too hard!
Zoom in and look at the crystalline surface, looks almost like a flat gray indicative of too hard. I bet a file would skate right across the surface.
If ya cant file it its too hard.
Zoom in and look at the crystalline surface, looks almost like a flat gray indicative of too hard. I bet a file would skate right across the surface.
If ya cant file it its too hard.
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 2:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ruger/Marlin 1894
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1066
Re: Ruger/Marlin 1894
I'd bet they outsourced the screws, lowest bid.
High Desert Hunter please post a picture of the broken end where it sheared off. I'd like to see the actual break.
High Desert Hunter please post a picture of the broken end where it sheared off. I'd like to see the actual break.
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 1:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ruger/Marlin 1894
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1066
Re: Ruger/Marlin 1894
Yup, CALL Ruger, don't email and they should make it right. Tell them exactly what you see, feel as far as movement. Might be something they aren't aware of.
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 1:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Savage lever gun in .22
- Replies: 5
- Views: 397
Re: Savage lever gun in .22
Knowing Canada they won't allow their "citizens " to own one.
Funny. Last time I was in Quebec the one store we always stopped at had AKs, sell auto 22s and even a 50 cal bolt on the shelf but not 1 AR-15.
Funny. Last time I was in Quebec the one store we always stopped at had AKs, sell auto 22s and even a 50 cal bolt on the shelf but not 1 AR-15.
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 5:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 9mm Round Ball Sniper Weapon
- Replies: 6
- Views: 474
Re: 9mm Round Ball Sniper Weapon
It does look fun, reusable ammo is a plus!
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 4:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New member
- Replies: 19
- Views: 653
Re: New member
You could hear me cussing across the Pond ??!!