Jim, he illustrated my childhood imagination with his work on "Robinson Crusoe" and "Treasure Island." No one did pirates better than he. He was the father of Andrew Wyeth and grandfather of Jamie Wyeth. And he and a grandson were killed when their car was struck by a freight tra...
I'm in the club. Gave up on the collets. Use my Midway kinetic most of the time with the shellholder method, but have used the nippers in the press technique as well -- especially with the bigger stuff. With the kinetic, I find a snap of the wrist and impacting on the concrete floor gets it done wit...
The speed of the collapse was shocking all right. I wonder how many have drowned, poor souls. Now we await the investigation of the ship's captain and crew.
I have two single stages on my bench -- a Forster Co-Ax that I use most often and a plain vanilla Lyman O-ring press for cases with large rims -- and sometimes for cases with rims too small for the Co-Ax to keep hold of. I also use the Lyman with my Lee push-through sizing dies. I've had progressive...
I don't know if I have seen a roman-nosed bronc in the flesh. Sure were a lot of them in the Army back in Pancho days.
There's a park in El Paso not far from my back surgeon's favorite hospital named for Marty Robbins.
1895, I look forward to exploring your site. Wasn't aware Rossi had a .45-70.
I have heard good things about the accuracy of their .30-30.
Mick, have you ever tried to run .44 Russian through any of the Rossi .44s? Wonder if they would feed.
Well fellas, the Accurate .31-115H mold arrived and I believe it casts a very handsome and seemingly practical boolit. That's the Speer 115-grain FMJ load on the right for comparison. All my brass is loaded so I will have to shoot some up to be able to load more than just a sample with the 115H -- a...
It was a good day in the early 1960s when I managed to put five pennies together and I would walk to the mom-and-pop store and buy a pack of Topps baseball cards. As I walked home I would stuff that flat, stale slab of bubble gum in my mouth and slowly go through the pack. A Mickey Mantle baseball c...
And Ray, the "Rafe Hollister Sings" episode of Andy Griffith is one of my favorites. Jack Prince had a wonderful voice. I still hear "The Lonesome Road" in my memory.
I'd love to see a vintage baseball game sometime.
The last two MLB games I saw in person were in August of 1969, Giants against the Cubs, at Candlestick Park. Willie Mays hit home run 597 in the first game and 598 in the second. Even then, the hokey stadium organ was annoying.
Mercer and Mancini with their Oscars for this song, 1962. They won again the following year for "Days of Wine and Roses." When Mercer wrote "my huckleberry friend" into the lyric, he was referring to his childhood memory of the Back River in Savannah, where he picked huckleberrie...
Will, you iconoclast, you! :lol: I don't know how many games of whiffle ball we played in the street as kids, with chalk-marked bases and somebody yelling "CAR" every minute or two. Never been much of a racing fan, although I like to watch the horses run -- and I will watch the TT motorcyc...
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 ga...
Sorry you had to suffer that disappointment Darryl, but I hope the restored and properly oiled CZ gives you some nice memories in the field. I've been daydreaming about the Bobwhites myself.
The reproduction of this very interesting British .442 revolver from the 1850s by Arsa in Spain is slowly proceeding. Initial pricing of 1,000 € puts it out of my league, but I sure would love to see and handle one. More in this thread over at Britishmilitaria ... https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/bri...