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Very cool!

Very pretty too! Ya done good, Big Man!

Jason

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What about a spare stock? I think Boyds makes one for the Ruger. That way the signed one can stay safe, play hard with the spare without worry.

Just a thought.

jb

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First handgun I'd ever bought is a 1959 vintage K22 for all of $250. I had gone to a couple of shows with my dad, looking for a Ruger Single Six and all the $ I had in the world in those days. I stopped at a table with the S&W and made a deal with the guy. My dad came up behind me and said to th...

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Jay, thanks for posting that. Throughout Ambrose's books, and others I've read when a veteran is being interviewed, many of them would say something similar to "the bravest man I ever saw was, ", and would go on to mention the name or nickname of the company medic. When I was younger worki...

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I've been fascinated by D-Day since I saw "The Longest Day" on tv as a kid. Since then I've been any book I can find on the landings. Plans to visit the beaches were put on hold for the last few years. Hopefully, I will get there in the next year or so.

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No issue with the front sight as is, but I haven't really shot it any farther than that. The areas I would be hunting with it, are the thick woods of PA. A fifty yard shot up there is a long one. If we were able to use the .35 Rem. here in OH, if would be a different story. I shoot it more often the...

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That's pretty awesome.

Have a great day!

Jason

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Big fan of the .35 Remington and it's certainly no oddball in the MI or PA woods. I've had several pass through my hands, a couple of which I wish I had kept, but the most recent find is a keeper. Here's a picture, 336 SC and with the Lyman 66 on it I can get around an inch at 100 yds if I'm doing m...

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Outstanding!

What was his major?

jb

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20230531_064845.jpgWell nothing like 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep! Being her first litter Parker has been a bit anxious but that is subsiding as the days go on. Of course I'm doing everything I can to reinforce calm. Last evening when she was eating I got in the box opening and blocked all but he...

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That's really cool! Looking forward to reading/ seeing more about it. Always liked the .32-40, but haven't had one in a long time.

jb

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One of my favorites as well. Always stop to watch one of his movies.

jb

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That'll get your heart going!

Love the updates!

jb

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Civil war through WWII/ Korea. Harpers Ferry 1842, Ohio cartouche on the stock. The Sharps is a repro, but I love that thing. I keep reminding my dad that he gave me one of his Trapdoors, but he still doesn't want to give it up. Springfield 1898, .30-40 Winchester 1917. Barrel date; 10-17. Remington...

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I have to agree with the others, that's a beautiful picture!!

jb

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Here's another shot of the Model 70 with grandpa's other rifles. https://i.imgur.com/VljUcuo.jpg The custom '03 and Arisaka .257 Roberts below it. The Model 63 went on most of his hunting trips as well. It's had thousands of .22s through it and it still shoots great. Grandpa died when I was about ei...

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Nice!

Let me now when you're tired of it taking up space in the safe.

jb

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That's great news!!

Hope all goes well with the vet too!

Jason

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It is a great cartridge. My dad watched grandpa drop a running antelope around three hundred yards, offhand with that rifle. i have no reason to doubt it. That guy could shoot the needles off a pine tree at 100 yds! :D Bill, The rifle dates to 1948. He also had the identical rifle in .257 Roberts, b...

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Jay, There should be a Finn SA in a box proof mark on that somewhere. The 27s,28s and 39s have gotten crazy expensive. I had a pile of surplus firearms when they were dirt cheap. Sold off a lot of it when they started to get pricy, but kept the best of them for the most part. Should have kept my Hi...

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Jason, what year was it manufactured? I don't think Winchester repeated the Savage mistake of putting 1:14 twists in their barrels, so it should stabilize bullets in the 115-120 grain range. That is a wonderful rifle you have there. Bill, I'll have to double check, but I'm thinking it was made in t...

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Very cool!

Good luck!

jb

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I've been scrounging and hoarding .250-3000 brass and .257 bullets since my dad gave me grandpa's Winchester last year. He also gave me a few old boxes of brass and reloads, but they weren't stored well and are pretty corroded. I did find some load data he'd written on one of the boxes and duplicate...

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For sure. I have boxes and boxes of galvanized stuff left over from my contractor days. I've been hauling treated lumber up there since last year. All I should need is the PT 3/4" plywood. The old man wants to go back with T&G decking. I don't have that kind of time.

jb

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Can't wait to see some pictures! I'd love another lab someday.

jb

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Nothing is ever easy is it Jason !! Man I really hate doing ' rot jobs '! Give me trim work and I'm a happy camper. Bandit looks ready for anything. Great to see your son has found out how much fun shooting is- his OWN gun makes it all better! Same here. I'm going to have to take up half of the kit...

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Jay, There should be a Finn SA in a box proof mark on that somewhere. The 27s,28s and 39s have gotten crazy expensive. I had a pile of surplus firearms when they were dirt cheap. Sold off a lot of it when they started to get pricy, but kept the best of them for the most part. Should have kept my HiP...

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Love the 98! I still need one. Is that a Model 27 on top?

Good stuff Jay.

jb

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Yeah,
I've got a pole of spikes, great big old anvil and that's as far as I've gotten into knife making.

jb

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I am not totally sure why so many of the Mini 30s are not very accurate. I would bet it has something to do with barrel being same outer diameter as the Mini 14 with a bigger bore resulting in a little bit thinner walls. There are a few Mini 30s which are decently accurate. They can be accurized, b...

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Same here. There's always something interesting to find along those trails and old roads. I've found all sorts of stuff, old RR parts and fittings and tools. Along with more useful stuff that falls off of someone's ATV or one of the oil trucks. Heavy duty tools, flashlights, arrows, even found a sma...

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Looks like a great place to be Jason, in the first picture is that a big log in the back ground and is that a road by it that leads to the cabin ? If that`s a road could be a old RR grade ? :) Hey Lenn, There were railroads running through there. Most of the cars were pulled by oxen at the time. He...

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We're late getting to PA this year, but got a start on some repairs. Kitchen floor was developing a soft spot last year and cut a couple holes to see what was going on. There's a very small space between the framing and the dirt floor below and after 40 plus years of nests, bugs and anything else th...

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My dad always told me, the better the 4WD, the better you get stuck!. That looks like a good one!

Will,
Some heavy thinking went into that one. Pretty cool!

jb

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That's one of the cool ones! I had one briefly that I'd picked up as a police trade for a real deal. A friend of mine wanted it so bad that he finally agreed to trade for a 3 1/2" model 27 that I really wanted. Ruger has reproductions of those stocks available again, but haven't decided if I wa...

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Thanks guys!

I'll have to get my dad out to the range and have him put some ammo through his Mini. He shoots handguns all winter long while he's in FL, but getting him away from the boat in the summer isn't easy.

jb

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That's great news Scott! I've been wanting to ask, but didn't want to intrude. Very happy for you both!

Jason

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My mom and I bought my dad the Mini-14 he had been obsessing about for Christmas. I was 16 and all summer long I had been saving my money from taking care of his rental properties, cleaning up job sites and trucking the stuff to the dump. When school started again in the fall, I didn't have quite en...

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The anthropologist wanna be in me finds that really interesting.

jb

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Happy Birthday, Guys!!!

jb

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That's a sharp looking carbine. Love scout rifles, looks like a good shooter as well.

I keep waiting on the approval for my suppressor. Can't wait to put it on my Marlin CST.

By the way, that range looks like a great place to hang out!
Have fun!

jb

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That will get your heart rate up for sure. Griff put it perfectly, though. That guy was very lucky to have someone there. Most people these days would be filming the guy bleeding on the ground with their phones.

Jason

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Yeah, that little bullet is a screamer! I've been shooting Tokarevs for a long time, but this was the first time reloading for it. Twenty plus years ago i inherited from a family friend a full case of Chinese 7.62x25s. Corrosive as heck, but if you clean up properly it's not that big of a deal. It's...

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After reading and watching reviews of some of the AR-10s out there, along with the SCAR and H&K. I had settled on on the Sig Tread, but while I was looking at it, one of the counter guys laid a Springfield Saint on the counter and said that was the one he owned. Most of the same features and fee...

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I started at 16 when I bought my first Enfield. Wasn't a box of .303s to be had anywhere around here, except at a show and there weren't that many around in those days. My dad talked my uncle out of my grandfather's equipment and taught me how to do it. At last count I have dies for 43 different cal...

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That's a really cool double. Has to be a hoot to shoot that one!

Have fun!

jb

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I bought one of the new '73s in .45 Colt about two years ago. I'd been looking for an SRC like yours, but came across a Davidson's special addition with a 26" barrel and 2/3ds magazine. I put a tang sight on it last summer and have been quite pleased with how accurate it is. Fast becoming a fav...

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Great looking rifle! That's one I've always wanted as well.

jb

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That's great!

Thanks for the morning laugh!!

jb

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