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OJ

When I bought this house in 1975, it was less than two blocks from north city limits - now, the geographic center of town is less than a mile east (geography dictates Colorado Springs can only grow north and east). We do have some 20 or so acres behind us designated as "open space" - to ne...

OJ

Neighbor across the street is a vet. Installed one of these underground fence things. Her dogs obvioulsly know it's there but go across it routinely when they want to. It seems more an inconvenience to the dogs than a deterrent. Yep - and not much of one at that. I have neighbors that use those and...

OJ

Let's see - there's food, shelter, and ................ OH yeah - one of these keep me company 24/7 http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/kmastf/PISTOLS/71B2.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/kmastf/PISTOLS/70G.jpg Got my first handgun in 1933 and haven't been without since - I attribute my lo...

OJ

Been using brass or nylon brushes for nearly 80 years - no damage to bore I can see - shouldn't try to reverse course in mid barrel I'm told - at least with brass one. Do use a nylon brush (for my 45 ACP) to clean chamber so there is some reversing there -

Works for me.

OJ

I am totally unforgiving of a gun manufacturer who sells me a gun so defective it won't even get through the first three shots without a parts failure - and, when I complain - absolutely ignores my complaint - and all expenses of the fix were put on me. Subsequently, a second part broke (forend scr...

OJ

I am totally unforgiving of a gun manufacturer who sells me a gun so defective it won't even get through the first three shots without a parts failure - and, when I complain - absolutely ignores my complaint - and all expenses of the fix were put on me. Subsequently, a second part broke (forend scre...

OJ

True - pilots have been killed there in past. Last night I was at my old pilot's club (Quiet Birdmen) monthly dinner meeting ( my wife says I should say "seasoned" instead of old - requires minimum if 500 hours logged as pilot in command time to be eligible for membership - but most of us ...

OJ

Hearings are still going on - there was concern such events might be prohibited in future but - it looks like the feds are keeping hands off for now anyway. This is the latest on Reno and air races. http://www.flyingmag.com/news/air-race-safety-hearings-reveal-feds%E2%80%99-attitudes?cmpid=011212&am...

OJ

wow! great photo and story. a wonderful way to grow up. were you anywhere near Chadron? my good friend here, bill hanson , a retired engineer and sometimes gunsmith, is from around there and his dad started the museum of the fur trade at chadron. he and his brother are still very involved with this...

OJ

Love the old Hepburn O.J. You've been holding out on us, all this time! :wink: Didn't mean to hold out - just never came up before. The Hepburn roll mark is "E Remington & Sons" and I think they stopped using that name in about 1882. The bore shows rifling nearly worn out - whereas th...

OJ

Got these 45-70s from great uncle (grandfather's brother - who gave me my first horse for my 4th birthday) - the Trapdoor Springfield was an 1888 model with Buffington rear sight and the Hepburn half octagonal barrel target rifle was considerably older - I was not quite five then - http://i2.photobu...

OJ

I got my first single shot 22 rifle for my sixth birthday in 1932 - we lived WAY out in the sticks of the Nebraska Sandhills - no utilities except what we built on our own - little recreation other than shooting Jack rabbits and prairie dogs. The good news was there was a concerted effort to wipe ou...

OJ

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/kmastf/VEHICLES/P1010010A.jpg This is a 1977 R100S BMW - first Beemer with 1000 cc displacement engine - first Beemer that would do the quarter mile in under 13 seconds, 0-60 in 4.7 seconds, and top 120 mph on the level -(I can't testify to that - I ran out of c...

OJ

Best of all worlds - for me at least. Was raised on bolt action but never sold on it - got my first Winchester 94 at age 8 - 32 special and well used but good for many coyotes and other game . Good balance, carries easily, nearly as fast as semi-auto but, if another shot isn't needed, there is no li...

OJ

Good dog !! - deserves a rest in a warm dry place. I rescued this Boxerrier (Boxer body & head - terrier mind/personality) last year - http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/kmastf/DOGS/KylaJuly201101.jpg She guards- http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/kmastf/DOGS/IMG_0123.jpg Rides shotgun with ...

OJ

I make no claim to being older than dirt - but - I am older than the Mt Rushmore Memorial mountain. You may be older than the memorial, but I call BS on being older than the mountain. :wink: :lol: Well - OK - true - but I'm old enough to have had the First Lady of the USA hug me in public - and I g...

OJ

I make no claim to being older than dirt - but - I am older than the Mt Rushmore Memorial mountain. You may be older than the memorial, but I call BS on being older than the mountain. :wink: :lol: Well - OK - true - but I'm old enough to have had the First Lady of the USA hug me in public - and I g...

OJ

I didn't get around to retiring and collecting Social Security until I was 68 years old - the young (they all are now) lady's first question was, "What took you so long?". I make no claim to being older than dirt - but - I am older than the Mt Rushmore Memorial mountain. It was in July, 19...

OJ

Guess therre's no interest in this now -

OJ

And now - the very latest update with vidio - click this link -

http://www.flyingmag.com/news/arizona-c ... news120111

Sad -

OJ

North Cape Publications sells the Winchester Lever Action books (3 in all) by Arthur Pirkle - very detailed - might be the best place to find help - and have if needed in the future. Here's the place - #3 deals with the 94 and 95 models

https://www.northcapepubs.com/

OJ

Click this link for the video - http://www.flyingmag.com/news/video-footage-captures-arizona-crash?cmpid=enews112911 Here's the latest - I was wrong - it was after dark - It remains that they still can't invent "safety" equipment that can't be circumvented or ignored - to somehow prevent &...

OJ

FWIW - I can give limited help in that , while I don't have any experience with other brands, my experience with Colts has bee good. Here are my Series 70 Government Model 45 ACP pistols - the first one was made in 1970 and the one with the double diamond grips is a second generation "repro&quo...

OJ

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/kmastf/RIFLES/AWINCHESTER95-1.jpg My biking days started with 1/3 ownership of an ancient Harley that cost us $15 - in 1940. Now, my 16th bike (which I've become too old to ride :cry: ) is my beloved Beemer - 1977 R100S http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/kmast...

OJ

I've never used a Lyman so I can't compare but I've been happy with my Williams FP 94 36 apertures on my 94s - I take the aperture out for ghost ring effect - despite the one pic (hadn't done it yet). http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/kmastf/RIFLES/BUFFALOBILL94A.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/alb...

OJ

Having put in my time in WW II in AAF on flying crew and Korean War as an USAF medical officer - plus having carried a commercial pilot's license over half my life - I sure have problems understanding how that happened. It's not like those mountains come up unexpectedly and, at 6:15 PM I would think...

OJ

Great collections - I'm a little on the short side number-wise - BL 22 rimfire - http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/kmastf/RIFLES/ABL222.jpg Winchester 94s in 30-30 - http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/kmastf/RIFLES/IMG_2491.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/kmastf/RIFLES/AWINCHESTER942.j...

OJ

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OJ

I like the old Trapdoor Springfield 45-70 - this one has the armory stamp - is 1888 model with the Buffington rear sight (hard to believe that was considered progress) and was made in 1890 - probably issued for the Spanish-American war - http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/kmastf/OLD%20GUNS/IMG_125...

OJ

I think you said you got the 'standard' model M1A (?) - I'm very curious as to how accurate it proves to be for you. You're obviously experienced with the platform (M14) and I've read and loved your .357 long-range marksmanship posts, so I will assume that you will wring most of the potential accur...

OJ

Does this Winchester 95 in 30-06 qualify? http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/kmastf/RIFLES/AWINCHESTER95-1.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/kmastf/RIFLES/IMG_1494_edited-1.jpg It's as fancy as I have - given to me by my wife for our 25th anniversary 7 years ago. I shoots even better than i...

OJ

I think of all the years I had to walk miles and miles up and down mountains to even catch sight of any deer - and now they are moochers (but welcome) right here in my back yard. My house was on the edge of town when I bought it in 1975 - now, I'm told the geographic center of town is less than 2 mi...

OJ

Every week - minimum of three 8 round mags through each of two Colt Government Model 45 ACPs - more, if I need to improve results. Half dozen ten round mags through Ruger Target Model 22 pistol and usually 10 round box of ammo through one or the other rifle - M1a or lever actions in 30-30 and 30-06....

OJ

Kyla and Millie are both beautiful dogs. What would life be without our dogs :?: Good question - only time I've been without was in med school and surgery training - even WW II had none but got one during Korean War service. In fact, my first dog picked me - she was owned by a rancher some 2 miles ...

OJ

OJ, Kyla looks like a sweetie! Thank you Sir for giving her a second chance!! jb 8) Thanks - she really is the sweetest dog I've ever known - and, we showed Mastiffs for more than two decades. Our last one got dog equivalent of ALS and carrying a 250# dog out for breaks can't be done - by me, anywa...

OJ

I'm the one with the gray hair reading the magazine - our little pound rescue girl Kyla's the uptight one -

OJ

The largest elk rack by B&C list for many years was taken just west of Crested Butte, Colorado with a Winchester 95 in 30-40 Krag caliber - I've seen both the rack and the rifle - and the rifle was one of the original "slabsides" - so evidently, it is plenty adequate for elk hunting.

OJ

Thanks, guys, for the kind words. I was sure that Marine was just eager to get his very attractive girl friend home so they could listen to chamber music - or something not involving strenuous physical activity - :roll: . True story, though. Actually, most 22LR wounds I saw were in the abdomen - dom...

OJ

Well, this keeps coming up - I practiced surgery nearly 40 years - having spent my internship and surgery residency training at what was the county hospital for the Detroit area. About 23% of our surgery there was trauma surgery - most of which were GSWs ( gun shot wounds) - so I can speak from a fa...

OJ

Am I in a serious minority here - or do I not understand the question? http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/kmastf/PISTOLS/70G.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/kmastf/PISTOLS/71B2.jpg For me, a Colt (or other) Government Model 45 ACP (or Commander) is hard to beat. Those big 230 gr bullets m...

OJ

Now - try this one -

http://www.flyingmag.com/news/reno-air- ... news102511

OJ

J Miller wrote: I have to balance the early negative reports from folks like OJ who had nothing good to say about the rifle, with the current positive reports such as yours. Well actually, I was not only reporting bad things about a new rifle that presented with multiple failure of parts to my fell...

OJ

Looks great to me - beats ours though I like having something to discourage those selling religion or other stuff we don't need. Not as good but, here's ours - http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/kmastf/IMG_1149.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/kmastf/IMG_1149.jpg[/IMG http://i2.photobucket...

OJ

We all differ in our preferences - which I think is good since it promotes competition among gun manufacturers among other reasons. In centerfires - the Winchester 94 in 30-30 is hard to beat - http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/kmastf/RIFLES/AWINCHESTER942.jpg http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25...

OJ

As I mentioned, I grew up a cowboy in the Sandhills in Nebraska. We lived in "town" (claimed pop 115 but I think half that was more accurate) since my dad and his dad were the bankers there. I got my first horse at age four - before I got a dog. My great uncle retired "Tracy" at ...

OJ

I've tried to open it 3 or 4 times yesterday and today and keep getting Comcast error messages which is odd since I don't have Comcast... I sure am sorry guys - I set it up and tried it on my computer and it worked so I assumed it would for forwarding to the list here - didn't even notice the "...

OJ

MDs are required by law to render aid at road accidents, so on any random day may have to stop and wait for someone to die. Lot more automobiles with a lot more protection around them. I'm not acquainted with Any anti-gun MDs - this is s. Texas - but every MD I know has done what I just stated. I k...

OJ

From my hanger of Quiet Birdmen - full story - even better if you speak Portuguese - http://sz0096.ev.mail.comcast.net/service/home/~/Acidente_em_Reno_-_16_SET_2011.pdf?auth=co&loc=en_US&id=339260&part=2 I note there has been no comment on the very complete pictoral on the Reno Air Race...

OJ

(If you ever want to talk yourself out of a motorcycle, talk to an MD) I tried but have to respond to that - :wink: We're all acquainted with anti-gun MDs but know plenty of MD gun lovers - same for motorcycles. It may be from those who only see motorcycle injuries in the ER but - rationally, there...

OJ

From my hanger of Quiet Birdmen - full story - even better if you speak Portuguese -

http://sz0096.ev.mail.comcast.net/servi ... 260&part=2

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