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Welcome - it's about the only 'forum' or 'social media' I ever deal with. More info here on leverguns than most anywhere, but ALSO more good info on all-things-related (revolvers, other long guns, hunting, fishing, tractors, boats, gardening, cooking) than most places, with less 'ego'.
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- Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New Guy
- Replies: 12
- Views: 198
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 5:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: God sends a lesson in the form of conjoined twins
- Replies: 2
- Views: 56
Re: God sends a lesson in the form of conjoined twins
. Wow…just wow… Humbling beyond measure. Thanks for sharing. The Hansel twins have been amazing as well, but it appears that they have had a far easier path than the Schappell’s - much less physically wrong, and at least they face the same direction…!. https://www.today.com/parents/family/conjoined-...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 4:09 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Why Free Speech is bad..... (the BB)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 19
Why Free Speech is bad..... (the BB)
. Babylon Bee hit this one out of the park... "... While free speech boasts supporters such as Elon Musk and the Constitution, there are many Americans today who strongly disagree! The Babylon Bee asked ten famous liberals why they oppose free speech, and here is what they said: President Joe B...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 6:52 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Remember the double-1911…how about a double-AR…??
- Replies: 2
- Views: 57
Remember the double-1911…how about a double-AR…??
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There was an outfit made a double-1911….but I never saw this double-AR…
https://youtu.be/04Ca49ywmFE?si=SMmufHgby3xZC12f
It’s…well….. ‘different’….
There was an outfit made a double-1911….but I never saw this double-AR…
https://youtu.be/04Ca49ywmFE?si=SMmufHgby3xZC12f
It’s…well….. ‘different’….
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:40 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: I wonder how long the Jan6 stuff will last...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 72
I wonder how long the Jan6 stuff will last...
. Some of these people seem to be pretty innocent, moreso than most of the BLM 'mostly peaceful protesters'... https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/family-grieves-heartbreaking-letter-laurie-smith-mother-innocent/ So sad. And if Trump is stopped by the Democrats (who seem willing to do ANYTHING,...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:26 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: "The Opposite of what Scientists Wanted to Happen .."
- Replies: 8
- Views: 824
Re: "The Opposite of what Scientists Wanted to Happen .."
. Now these loony-tunes want to 'wake up volcanos' to fight 'climate change'.... :lol: :shock: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/what-if-we-woke-up-volcanoes-to-fight-climate-change/vi-BB1lhPr5 No self-awareness or humility at all. That should frighten us all. But if you don't have data to suppor...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 10:23 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Update on the CoVid vaccine toxicity...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 390
Re: Update on the CoVid vaccine toxicity...
. One of the things that was interesting about exploring covid, at least for those of us who were able to live in the uncensored part of the medical world, was the shared information between people who treated Lyme disease and Epstein-Barr with its chronic fatigue variant, and those who dealt with t...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 9:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
- Replies: 49
- Views: 3934
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 11:16 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: "The Opposite of what Scientists Wanted to Happen .."
- Replies: 8
- Views: 824
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: http...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 3:35 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Update on the CoVid vaccine toxicity...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 390
Re: Update on the CoVid vaccine toxicity...
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Piller, can you take Nattokinase...???
Here's an update on post-covid and post-vaccine treatment of the 'brain fog' stuff we see so much of.
https://odysee.com/@FrontlineCovid19Cri ... L17_2024:8
Piller, can you take Nattokinase...???
Here's an update on post-covid and post-vaccine treatment of the 'brain fog' stuff we see so much of.
https://odysee.com/@FrontlineCovid19Cri ... L17_2024:8
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 5:46 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Selling a gun...go to jail...??? (the New ATF Rule)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 513
Re: Selling a gun...go to jail...??? (the New ATF Rule)
. Yeah. "guilty until proven innocent" became acceptable when some of the churches decided that declining membership could be addressed by letting the government take over defining and enforcing morality ('vice') instead of just crime. In the name of 'the war on drugs' the Constitution was...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 4:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Selling a gun...go to jail...??? (the New ATF Rule)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 513
Re: Selling a gun...go to jail...??? (the New ATF Rule)
Kind of like asset forfeiture when you travel with ‘too much’ cash, or possessing stuff to make meth; the ‘authorities’ just love impugning ‘intent’ just like they tax ‘imputed income’.marlinman93 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 3:07 pm Good luck prosecuting people for "intending to make money". That involves reading people's minds.
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 11:50 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Selling a gun...go to jail...??? (the New ATF Rule)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 513
Selling a gun...go to jail...??? (the New ATF Rule)
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Very disturbing.
https://youtu.be/C9ibswxgL4k?si=PAh-EWx_fIi7khHq
Especially the part that says even if you sell to an FFL it is not exempted.
We need non-RINO Republicans who will actually oppose and repeal stuff like this
Very disturbing.
https://youtu.be/C9ibswxgL4k?si=PAh-EWx_fIi7khHq
Especially the part that says even if you sell to an FFL it is not exempted.
We need non-RINO Republicans who will actually oppose and repeal stuff like this
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 10:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Lewis & Clark - Little People Encounter
- Replies: 19
- Views: 579
Re: Lewis & Clark - Little People Encounter
One of the most mythological creatures of modern times is the "Statesman." Reputed to be an individual who works as a political leader and who is more concerned about the nation as a whole instead of the political institution they happen to be a part of. The "Statesman" was repo...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 4:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Batteries (that leak) Suck…
- Replies: 5
- Views: 213
Batteries (that leak) Suck…
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Lots of ruined flashlights over the years, and a few more expensive things…
At least some products have ‘isolated’ battery compartments.
An AA battery was on a shelf next to these rounds…
Lots of ruined flashlights over the years, and a few more expensive things…
At least some products have ‘isolated’ battery compartments.
An AA battery was on a shelf next to these rounds…
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 1:02 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: "The Opposite of what Scientists Wanted to Happen .."
- Replies: 8
- Views: 824
Re: "The Opposite of what Scientists Wanted to Happen .."
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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/calif ... r-AA1nik84
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/calif ... r-AA1nik84
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 12:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Semi-auto in 250-3000….made by Ruger…!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 237
Re: Semi-auto in 250-3000….made by Ruger…!
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He would probably be arrested these days for converting and inventing…
He would probably be arrested these days for converting and inventing…
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 12:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Pitchy (Lenn)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 323
Re: Pitchy (Lenn)
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A very talented and spiritual and giving individual.
Prayers he feels better soon.
A very talented and spiritual and giving individual.
Prayers he feels better soon.
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 12:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Lewis & Clark - Little People Encounter
- Replies: 19
- Views: 579
Re: Lewis & Clark - Little People Encounter
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There are also reports of ‘giants’ as well…
>>> here's just one - https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/10 ... r-AA1mHpiU
Fascinating.
There are also reports of ‘giants’ as well…
>>> here's just one - https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/10 ... r-AA1mHpiU
Fascinating.
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 8:12 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Happy Birthday...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 108
Re: Happy Birthday...
. Our rugrats are similar ages, and it sure is a blessing to see them go from little 'parodies-of-humans' to 'genuine grownups'. They start knowing stuff we don't and doing stuff we can't, and....pretty soon they are replicating, and you get to see grand-rugrats crawling around and getting into misc...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anyone still shoot handgun silhouette?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 392
Re: Anyone still shoot handgun silhouette?
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anyone still shoot handgun silhouette?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 392
Re: Anyone still shoot handgun silhouette?
Southwestern Pa. still has 2 or 3 ranges that still shoot it alongside Lever action silhouette. It's the NRA version though not IHMSA. What is the difference between the two versions...? I used to do it with a Super Blackhawk in central Indiana - the range in the 1970's was still in downtown Bloomi...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 11:06 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Gotta Love Progressives.... LOL
- Replies: 4
- Views: 150
Re: Gotta Love Progressives.... LOL
. Just remember that it is the 'news' media's JOB to tell us what to think.... :shock: :? :roll: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quU_Tbv96Wk https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2017/04/its_our_job_to_tell_you_what_to_think.html https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/elon-musk-blasts-new-npr-c...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Got the cabin in PA cleaned up for the season
- Replies: 17
- Views: 424
Re: Got the cabin in PA cleaned up for the season
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Good times; thanks for sharing.
Lots of forum members may not get out to the woods much or have a ‘place’ to go to. Or like you last year, may not be up to much adventure.
These kinds of posts can cheer a housebound guy up I’m sure.
Good times; thanks for sharing.
Lots of forum members may not get out to the woods much or have a ‘place’ to go to. Or like you last year, may not be up to much adventure.
These kinds of posts can cheer a housebound guy up I’m sure.
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Custom holster maker
- Replies: 7
- Views: 230
Re: Custom holster maker
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…you’ll shoot your eye out…!
Sounds like a fun project.
…you’ll shoot your eye out…!
Sounds like a fun project.
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 30-30 Shootn
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1077
Re: 30-30 Shootn
They were not very accurate and/or I can't see the factory sights very good anymore. This one is top eject and I am thinking about getting a Skinner sight or one of Turnbull's Red Dot setups. I really like the Williams FP on leverguns. You do need to drill & tap most Winchesters though. The ‘Fi...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 7:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Semi-auto in 250-3000….made by Ruger…!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 237
Semi-auto in 250-3000….made by Ruger…!
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A Savage Ruger…. From American Rifleman December 1943.
I do wonder how one chambers the first round…
A Savage Ruger…. From American Rifleman December 1943.
I do wonder how one chambers the first round…
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 2:34 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: "The Opposite of what Scientists Wanted to Happen .."
- Replies: 8
- Views: 824
Re: "The Opposite of what Scientists Wanted to Happen .."
. Yet another example of 'scientists' fear-mongering over things they don't even understand. They continually voice 'surprise' at things they though would go one way that go another, yet they expect us to find them credible and go with whatver dramatic social policies will 'save us' from the latest ...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Savage lever gun in .22
- Replies: 5
- Views: 270
Re: Savage lever gun in .22
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I need a shocker that any legitimate company would have a facility in such a horrible place.
From what the article said, if you read closely, it was not a levergun, it was a “level action rimfire rifle”.
I need a shocker that any legitimate company would have a facility in such a horrible place.
From what the article said, if you read closely, it was not a levergun, it was a “level action rimfire rifle”.
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:42 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Gonad-test for Republicans
- Replies: 2
- Views: 87
Re: Gonad-test for Republicans
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Yep. The only choice we have is either to participate politically, or give up. If you’re playing Monopoly or tennis, you can give up, but you don’t give up when lives and freedom are at stake.
Yep. The only choice we have is either to participate politically, or give up. If you’re playing Monopoly or tennis, you can give up, but you don’t give up when lives and freedom are at stake.
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Carry gun for an 89 year old man……good one
- Replies: 14
- Views: 491
Re: Carry gun for an 89 year old man……good one
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That was an interesting steel target he had that had the separate four quadrants and bullseye..
That was an interesting steel target he had that had the separate four quadrants and bullseye..
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 6:40 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Gonad-test for Republicans
- Replies: 2
- Views: 87
Gonad-test for Republicans
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I doubt our spineless, gonad-less legislators will actually oppose this, despite posturing...
https://middleamericanews.com/news/repu ... egulation/
MAYBE if we write and call and write and call and email and nag and so on.
Maybe.
I doubt our spineless, gonad-less legislators will actually oppose this, despite posturing...
https://middleamericanews.com/news/repu ... egulation/
MAYBE if we write and call and write and call and email and nag and so on.
Maybe.
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:30 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Dealing with Electrical Brownouts....?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 407
Re: Dealing with Electrical Brownouts....?
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Office 75 miles away so I’ll try phone first.
Office 75 miles away so I’ll try phone first.
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 9mm Round Ball Sniper Weapon
- Replies: 6
- Views: 307
Re: 9mm Round Ball Sniper Weapon
. I was watching a documentary about the Bronze Age or something (I can’t remember now exactly) but anyway, the speaker was showing the type of slingshot that is just a leather cup on a thong, that you swing around your head, and then let go, and claimed that ‘back in the day’ a skilled user of such...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Dealing with Electrical Brownouts....?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 407
Re: Dealing with Electrical Brownouts....?
. “ …Is there a reason you aren't just calling your power company? They fix these issues for free everyplace I've ever worked, so a call usually gets it taken care of quickly and no charge... ” Yeah I called three times and no call back. :evil: Third time I called the “life threatening emergency” li...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 5:25 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Oh Man - here comes ANOTHER Trump Indictment...!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 131
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 5:22 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Gotta Love Progressives.... LOL
- Replies: 4
- Views: 150
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/system...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 3:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 9mm Round Ball Sniper Weapon
- Replies: 6
- Views: 307
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 2:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Dealing with Electrical Brownouts....?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 407
Re: Dealing with Electrical Brownouts....?
My meters (one digital one analog) both read 104-106 v AC last night and 112 v this morning. I didn’t take photos but if happens again I sure will. I was surprised that the LED bulbs seemed more obviously dim with a 10% voltage drop than the incandescents. I’m tempted to get a voltage meter to perma...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 1:57 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: I wonder how iran can afford…
- Replies: 6
- Views: 197
Re: I wonder how iran can afford…
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Yep.
Yet the ‘progressssssssssssives’ keep voting Dumascrap.
Yep.
Yet the ‘progressssssssssssives’ keep voting Dumascrap.
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 1:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New member
- Replies: 19
- Views: 355
Re: New member
. The problem with the gun in that photo is the lever’s complex on the side not the bottom… :D Welcome here. Be sure you are getting your kids grandkids nieces nephews and neighbor kids INTERESTED in guns too…! The guy who got me interested in guns (and history and science) just passed away and I re...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 8:58 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Dealing with Electrical Brownouts....?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 407
Re: Dealing with Electrical Brownouts....?
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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.
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.
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 9:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 45 Colt, 135 grain bullet
- Replies: 22
- Views: 525
Re: 45 Colt, 135 grain bullet
135 gr. is pretty stubby for the .45 Yeah. Even though it is a solid copper (or maybe bronze) it still has a hollow rear like a MinieBall and is STILL nearly a low-BC round-ball from the looks of it. If 'petaled' maybe a great short range defense load for 2-legs. Otherwise I agree; gimme a big ol f...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 9:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Dealing with Electrical Brownouts....?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 407
Dealing with Electrical Brownouts....?
. Our rural homestead has three houses and two barns, coming from one pole transformer and one pad transformer. We had the usual twice-a-year flood this week, but nothing unusual. However, I noticed that one bathroom light fixture seemed unusually dim this morning. It has a couple new (3-6 month old...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 4:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New Navy Tactical Scope Mount
- Replies: 7
- Views: 229
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 3:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New Navy Tactical Scope Mount
- Replies: 7
- Views: 229
New Navy Tactical Scope Mount
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https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2 ... 28758.html
The scary part is he's a Commander...
I wonder if the cartridge cases are photoshopped....?
The scary part is he's a Commander...
I wonder if the cartridge cases are photoshopped....?
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 3:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 45 Colt, 135 grain bullet
- Replies: 22
- Views: 525
45 Colt, 135 grain bullet
. 135 grain Lehigh Defense https://youtu.be/oYVV3aiK454?si=M_U3M1I3tUCRejMG Supposedly 2,400 fps or so (maybe 2,600) from a levergun.... :o Unsure if I would prefer that to a hardcast 300 grain at 1,100 fps though.... Their 357 Mag 105 grain load clocked over 2,200 fps though... https://lehighdefens...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 7:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: NEW members
- Replies: 6
- Views: 218
Re: NEW members
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So I guess telling one of my friends they ought to join the forum and use the name ‘SpamBot007’ probably wasn’t a good idea…???
So I guess telling one of my friends they ought to join the forum and use the name ‘SpamBot007’ probably wasn’t a good idea…???
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 5:27 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: A bad combination starting with 'Universal Background Checks'
- Replies: 0
- Views: 59
A bad combination starting with 'Universal Background Checks'
. Step One - Make a List - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64939930 & https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/11/us/politics/biden-guns-background-checks.html Step Two - Go Get Them - https://dailypresser.com/doug-g/james-okeefe-catches-trans-pentagon-official-advocating-for-open-borders-gun-co...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I'd not survive the 'corporate' world...
- Replies: 19
- Views: 521
Re: I'd not survive the 'corporate' world...
Hardest thing I ve had to do in my life was sit through a sensitivity course with an instructor who was a 6’5” man wearing a dress and I suppose a wig and makeup.Try doing that with a room full of guys trying not to laugh .Was the longest 3hrs of my life I honestly don’t think I could do that. Wow ...