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by Grizz
Mon Apr 22, 2024 11:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
Replies: 48
Views: 3721

Re: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there

AJMD429 wrote: Mon Apr 22, 2024 9:43 pm .
More...

https://youtu.be/5l7lEqe9V00?si=LSnKBoJCGgKacDjB
Perfect if it can spin an alternator. It's the perfect way to trigger a lunatic that complains about the bbq smoke ! ;)
by Grizz
Mon Apr 22, 2024 10:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Favorite.45 Colt bullet to be used interchangeably
Replies: 9
Views: 182

Re: Favorite.45 Colt bullet to be used interchangeably

Long ago I had that Keith bullet loaded in a 4" Smith 357, and had a couple of them glance over a deer scull before I realized I was too close. Too close? Can you elaborate? I never knew the actual range to a deer, I knew about where the pistol naturally shot to, distance and elevation-wise. B...
by Grizz
Mon Apr 22, 2024 11:29 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Gotta Love Progressives.... LOL
Replies: 4
Views: 119

Re: Gotta Love Progressives.... LOL

that brings up another angle. terrorists in some country recruited pre-puberty children as gunmen because they had no conscience against killing people. . . the fruit of which we see in Gaza... connect that dot to the depraved butchery of children now under the guise of gender . ... . . . . what? ad...
by Grizz
Mon Apr 22, 2024 11:20 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: "The Opposite of what Scientists Wanted to Happen .."
Replies: 7
Views: 769

Re: "The Opposite of what Scientists Wanted to Happen .."

. 'Missing Carbon' - these 'environmentalists' are such optimists - they assume people will take them seriously when they keep finding inconsistencies in their theories. Yet we are supposed to completely re-form our society and economic systems based on whatever their latest 'idea' is... :roll: htt...
by Grizz
Mon Apr 22, 2024 10:48 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Selling a gun...go to jail...??? (the New ATF Rule)
Replies: 13
Views: 424

Re: Selling a gun...go to jail...??? (the New ATF Rule)

High Desert Hunter wrote: Mon Apr 22, 2024 9:18 am So, if I buy a product for $100 in 1999 dollars, and sell same product for $200 in 2024, have I turned a profit? Or have I just adjusted for inflation? We have been living under an anti "American" government for decades.
THIS ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
by Grizz
Mon Apr 22, 2024 10:46 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Indulge me another recipe post
Replies: 4
Views: 104

Re: Indulge me another recipe post

By the way, those fall-front knee breeches came to me used, and I wouldn't have chosen pink, although it was not only correct for the period but considered downright high class. Shortly after this I dyed them in home-made walnut hull dye to a nice light brown. I have to say this clothing was very c...
by Grizz
Mon Apr 22, 2024 10:28 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Favorite.45 Colt bullet to be used interchangeably
Replies: 9
Views: 182

Re: Favorite.45 Colt bullet to be used interchangeably

The other bullet that I load is the Hornady .454 diameter swaged 255 gr Cowboy bullet. It doesn’t look like much but I can push it with 8 gr of Unique (certainly not a weak cowboy action load) and it shoots cleanly and accurately in sixguns and leverguns. That's about as good a load as it gets for ...
by Grizz
Mon Apr 22, 2024 10:17 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: THE .44 SPECIAL IS ALIVE AND WELL! by JOHN TAFFIN
Replies: 20
Views: 521

Re: THE .44 SPECIAL IS ALIVE AND WELL! by JOHN TAFFIN

That's a beauty Scott.

that's exactly what my 405Gr load looks like in the Redhawk, which is my woods load.

My house load is 44-spcl hollow points, although my house gun on the magnet is the 1911 . . .

so many options, so little time left :)
by Grizz
Sat Apr 20, 2024 9:03 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I guess its my turn for pet loss and Christian thoughts
Replies: 9
Views: 293

Re: I guess its my turn for pet loss and Christian thoughts

I grieve with you Tutt, and look forward to the outcome, when LORD drys every tear.
by Grizz
Fri Apr 19, 2024 6:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Batteries (that leak) Suck…
Replies: 5
Views: 173

Re: Batteries (that leak) Suck…

GunnyMack wrote: Fri Apr 19, 2024 4:53 pm Well that does suck!
Batteries like everything else these days are junk!
we unload batteries from radios and flashlights that aren't in daily use. cheaper than throwing ruined flashlights away.
by Grizz
Fri Apr 19, 2024 6:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 45 Colt, 135 grain bullet
Replies: 22
Views: 464

Re: 45 Colt, 135 grain bullet

The math was right. There was a slight Operator Error in that the results were switched ... .355" diameter has a total area of 0.09898 square inches .452" diameter has a total area of 0.412825 square inches Seems I need to hire a someone to double-check my work. Um, the brass fetchers?
by Grizz
Fri Apr 19, 2024 6:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: NEW HENRY 45-70 WITH 22 INCH OCTAGON BARREL
Replies: 3
Views: 178

Re: NEW HENRY 45-70 WITH 22 INCH OCTAGON BARREL

DO ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THIS RIFLE? I just bought it and will pick it up on Monday. I am a big fan of 45-70, and have owned Rugers, both #1 and #3, Marlins before Ruger bought them, both the rifle and Guide gun, Henrys , with out the loading gate, and an all weather with the loading gat...
by Grizz
Fri Apr 19, 2024 6:21 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: "The Opposite of what Scientists Wanted to Happen .."
Replies: 7
Views: 769

Re: "The Opposite of what Scientists Wanted to Happen .."

. It keeps getting sillier and sillier and yet the 'progressives' and 'environmentalists' have no self-awareness as to their ignorance... https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-the-culprit-for-spike-in-little-known-greenhouse-gas-more-potent-than-co2/ar-AA1nik84 you can say that again, . ai_s...
by Grizz
Fri Apr 19, 2024 8:43 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Carry gun for an 89 year old man……good one
Replies: 14
Views: 442

Re: Carry gun for an 89 year old man……good one

BobM wrote: Fri Apr 19, 2024 7:35 am
piller wrote: Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:41 pm I am only 58. Not yet thinking about old age.
I’ll be 59 next month myself.
well, not to put too fine a point on it, but I am not yet thinking about old age too. I'll let you know if anything changes . . .

BWAaaa Haa Ha
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:D
by Grizz
Fri Apr 19, 2024 8:35 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Old Movies
Replies: 16
Views: 335

Re: Old Movies

They don’t have to be too old to be good. Watching Quigley Down Under right now It is worth watching. One tell, Tom Selleck makes Laura San Giacomo into a real actress, and he elevates the performance of everybody else. I like the dialog a lot. Same with Open Range. Love the dialog, and Robert Duva...
by Grizz
Fri Apr 19, 2024 1:07 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lost our pup this week
Replies: 20
Views: 328

Re: Lost our pup this week

SO SORRY for your loss, and for Remi's loss. We hate losing our dogs.
by Grizz
Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Biofire smart gun
Replies: 4
Views: 88

Re: Biofire smart gun

JimT wrote: Thu Apr 18, 2024 12:07 pm The technology will soon be controlled from a headquarters. You pull the trigger and the smart gun says, "You are not authorized to fire at this time. Try again in a few minutes."
AND: "put muzzle closer to eyeball for retina recognition algorithm " . . . :(
by Grizz
Thu Apr 18, 2024 1:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Anyone still shoot handgun silhouette?
Replies: 19
Views: 322

Re: Anyone still shoot handgun silhouette?

The Shootists Holiday home range is the Pistol Silhouette Range at The Whittington Center. We shoot a lot of silhouettes .. all of them in fact .. but we have never held a competition. Just there having fun trying to knock targets over with about any handgun ever. We use rifles also but only in pis...
by Grizz
Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:50 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Phil Shoemaker interview about bears
Replies: 7
Views: 243

Re: Phil Shoemaker interview about bears

He posts regularly over at AccurateReloading.com as 458Win and you can take his advice to the bank. I like his tagline: "Anyone who claims the 30-06 is ineffective has either not tried one, or is unwittingly commenting on their own marksmanship" https://forums.accuratereloading.com/eve/fo...
by Grizz
Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Phil Shoemaker interview about bears
Replies: 7
Views: 243

Re: Phil Shoemaker interview about bears

Ray wrote: Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:28 pmPicture1-10.jpg
NICE. . . As the man said, it's the bullet construction and the placement and penetration, but he is way more relaxed around them than I am . . . I might have to get some of Sundle's 357 loads for the wheel gun now . . .
by Grizz
Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Phil Shoemaker interview about bears
Replies: 7
Views: 243

Phil Shoemaker interview about bears

He explains why I am loading 255 Gr HC 45 Super in my 1911 for woods carry. Best straight talk no BS video online . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UANI6U-SL4o 4_255 compr 240 ACP.jpeg After thinking about it, I might drop the velocity on that 255 to ball velocities to see how it performs. As it...
by Grizz
Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Carry gun for an 89 year old man……good one
Replies: 14
Views: 442

Re: Carry gun for an 89 year old man……good one

https://youtu.be/q5ev1IH8Xqs?si=_3YRAr3feinTzW30 Not a bad choice. I stupidly sold my brand new Highway Patrolman before it became world famous. dum dum. However my 4" Model 66 shoots great, and has made venison a few times, so I can relate to the Model 28. I sure would like to see what you gu...
by Grizz
Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ruger/Marlin 1894
Replies: 19
Views: 490

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!? Good point. Airplanes have crashed and burned because o...
by Grizz
Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:04 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: I wonder how iran can afford…
Replies: 6
Views: 180

Re: I wonder how iran can afford…

Sixgun wrote: Tue Apr 16, 2024 3:45 pm The article is 8 years old……what boggles my mind is how does the United States come up with 1.7 billion in foreign cash.
PAYOLA + PAY TO PLAY
by Grizz
Tue Apr 16, 2024 12:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ruger/Marlin 1894
Replies: 19
Views: 490

Re: Ruger/Marlin 1894

Grade 8s only achieve their strength rating when torqued to a specific value, however they are more brittle than grade 5s and tend to break where movement is allowed. that's true, but it is true of all threaded fasteners, all of which can be broken if the threads get stripped or over-stretched in a...
by Grizz
Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:25 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Got the cabin in PA cleaned up for the season
Replies: 17
Views: 376

Re: Got the cabin in PA cleaned up for the season

Thanks Gunny! I'm feeling a heck of a lot better than I was, even before I ended up in the hospital last fall. I knew something was wrong, but it took a while to get it all figured out. Mostly goes back to the respiratory infection I had in '15 that almost did me in. Quint has really changed over t...
by Grizz
Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:16 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Dealing with Electrical Brownouts....?
Replies: 15
Views: 378

Re: Dealing with Electrical Brownouts....?

AJMD429 wrote: Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:30 am .
Office 75 miles away so I’ll try phone first. !
32 minutes, Ja?
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:lol:
by Grizz
Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:44 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: WTB in Wyoming
Replies: 4
Views: 203

Re: WTB in Wyoming

JBowen wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:42 pm Here is a link to one for sale on Homestead Parts.
https://homesteadparts.com/shop/link-wi ... cPath=1_10

JBowen
THANKS for the link ! that is a great resource . . .
by Grizz
Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Dealing with Electrical Brownouts....?
Replies: 15
Views: 378

Re: Dealing with Electrical Brownouts....?

Doc, could you possibly walk into the office with some photos, even though they should know the exact voltage at the drop? My guess is there is no one there who can make phone calls, or the que is a hundred cubits long . . . ): The low voltage could kill pumps and other motors . . .
by Grizz
Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ruger/Marlin 1894
Replies: 19
Views: 490

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 so, then they weren't tempered after hardening, they should not be much over...
by Grizz
Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:44 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Gotta Love Progressives.... LOL
Replies: 4
Views: 119

Re: Gotta Love Progressives.... LOL

. They just can't get past "identity" and virtue-signaling how "inclusive" they are... :roll: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97Nn3bD-9u0 The story about that 'groundbreaking' judge even penetrated the pop-culture 'news' this week... :o https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/syste...
by Grizz
Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:14 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Oh Man - here comes ANOTHER Trump Indictment...!
Replies: 4
Views: 118

Re: Oh Man - here comes ANOTHER Trump Indictment...!

Walt wrote: Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:48 amAnd another...
Thanks Walt, I forgot to check that box . . . :(
by Grizz
Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:23 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: I wonder how iran can afford…
Replies: 6
Views: 180

Re: I wonder how iran can afford…

AJMD429 wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 1:57 pm .
Yep.

Yet the ‘progressssssssssssives’ keep voting Dumascrap.
elections are rigged and the electorate is also rigged against God
righteousness cannot be voted into law
by Grizz
Sun Apr 14, 2024 12:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: shipping parcels - tips
Replies: 6
Views: 192

Re: shipping parcels - tips

Thanks Guys. When I lived in bush Alaska there was a break in the chain of custody as parcels for the outlying communities were often sent out on a plane that couldn't land at the destination, and the entire aircraft package load was sitting around the terminal until the weather cooperated. During t...
by Grizz
Sun Apr 14, 2024 11:19 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Dealing with Electrical Brownouts....?
Replies: 15
Views: 378

Re: Dealing with Electrical Brownouts....?

. I have OCD and so I framed, plumbed, a wired my house, and all the wiring is in metal conduit, so I’m sure no rodent damage there…! With all buildings affected it has to be at the power company end. look at the voltage on the main breaker panel ahead of the breaker where the power enters the main...
by Grizz
Sun Apr 14, 2024 11:07 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 45 Colt, 135 grain bullet
Replies: 22
Views: 464

Re: 45 Colt, 135 grain bullet

JimT wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 8:56 am You cannot replace Mass and Momentum with "technology" ... no matter how "advanced" the projectile may be. And size matters. If it didn't we would see a lot more ice pick stabbings.
that's concise. I always thought that Mass and Momentum IS technology :)
by Grizz
Sat Apr 13, 2024 8:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: shipping parcels - tips
Replies: 6
Views: 192

shipping parcels - tips

I stumbled across this file I saved on an external drive, it's worth a read . . , A UPS DRIVER’S SUGGESTIONS FOR SHIPPING FIREARMS [and other valuables] ( March 1st, 2013) As a gun owner and an 11-year UPS driver, I get a lot of questions from people regarding the safest way to ship and insure firea...
by Grizz
Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Howdy Ya'll!
Replies: 32
Views: 1113

Re: Howdy Ya'll!

GunnyMack wrote: Thu Apr 11, 2024 1:44 pm I think if I were able to go back to 93 and do it again, it would have been a 41 special, a little less removal work !
KUDOS for that project, that's a super-power for sure, the skill and the gun both.
by Grizz
Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Howdy from Georgia!
Replies: 22
Views: 624

Re: Howdy from Georgia!

welcome from the pacific northwest. looks like the top one is the Top Gun :)

grizz
by Grizz
Sat Apr 06, 2024 5:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: An old experiment that I need to get back to
Replies: 24
Views: 690

Re: An old experiment that I need to get back to

I like the front sight and the hammer . . .
by Grizz
Sat Apr 06, 2024 5:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I was talking with some friends about the S&W Model 10
Replies: 32
Views: 1065

Re: I was talking with some friends about the S&W Model 10

Scott Tschirhart wrote: Sat Apr 06, 2024 11:05 am I like the 4 inch heavy barrel Model 10s and 13s.

But I shoot better with a little heavier gun. SAPD marked 681.

A fixed sight service revolver is still the top of the heap as far as I am concerned.
Nice one. I have the same grips on my 66. It has the best SA trigger i've ever shot . . .
by Grizz
Sat Mar 30, 2024 2:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: HAPPY EASTER
Replies: 15
Views: 405

HAPPY EASTER

Happy Easter from Japan 🙏
by Grizz
Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For the Horse People ... you know who you are ...
Replies: 9
Views: 379

Re: For the Horse People ... you know who you are ...

wvfarrier wrote: Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:23 pm Try a gaited horse.....or do like my buddy and learn to drive a sulky
please explain gaited horse,.. new to me. i know there are various gates, including for dogs, but don't know how it applies. Thanks
by Grizz
Mon Mar 25, 2024 10:40 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Baseball fans here?
Replies: 22
Views: 656

Re: Baseball fans here?

It's funny, but it's not so much that I love baseball as it is loving the idea of loving baseball. I usually don't pay much attention until the Series starts, but the world seems a better place when spring training is underway. A half century ago, a Saturday was incomplete without having a Giants g...
by Grizz
Mon Mar 25, 2024 7:29 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: The completely deranged individuals who want to run things
Replies: 1
Views: 121

Re: The completely deranged individuals who want to run things

. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/why-nearly-all-of-america-s-400-million-guns-have-got-to-go/ar-AA1ahkCx But check out this interview - I always thought Alex Jones was 'crazy', and I still tend to, but a lot LESS crazy than before watching Tucker Carlson interview him. https://youtu.be/zKHa...
by Grizz
Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: one shot with a 44 or 45 lever, whats you load
Replies: 30
Views: 1000

Re: one shot with a 44 or 45 lever, whats you load

A friend was stationed in Anchorage, well the AFB, Elmdorf? Anyhow he guided on the side for salmon as did a few other airmen. One of his guys was charged and a Beretta M9 was employed- full magazine brought into play hitting the bear with all of them there 9mms and it died very close to getting th...
by Grizz
Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:51 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: 'They' are watching to see what you watch...
Replies: 2
Views: 160

Re: 'They' are watching to see what you watch...

. This is pretty creepy. https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2024/03/22/feds-ordered-google-to-unmask-certain-youtube-users-critics-say-its-terrifying/ No wonder people get VPN and other stuff; innocent curiosity could easily be (mis)used to create a 'pattern' to incriminate whoever poses a...
by Grizz
Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: When I finally learned to shoot.
Replies: 7
Views: 367

Re: When I finally learned to shoot.

After reading that article I copied it for my files and read it again. Then I went and got out my Model 25 Daisy BB gun and spent some time shooting it. Knocking small objects around the yard was fun. Shooting stuff in the air ... throwing it myself .. was harder and I need to work on that. This mo...
by Grizz
Sat Mar 23, 2024 3:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Now THIS is one wild dog…!!!
Replies: 6
Views: 334

Re: Now THIS is one wild dog…!!!

No kidding. He's just doing that to make me feel bad about my center of gravity.

I new a woman in Alaska whose Lab would ride behind her on the kayak . . .