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- Thu Aug 26, 2021 12:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Favorite SA revolver(s) for packing
- Replies: 68
- Views: 8340
Re: Favorite SA revolver(s) for packing
I reckon I've run the gamut, from Colts to Great Westerns, to Rugers, Ubertis, Iver Johnson, AWA, Armi Jaeger, Freedom Arms, and finally, Beretta, in such chamber inge as .32 WCF, .357, .38 WCF, .44-40, .41 Mag, .44 Spl, .454 Casull, .475 Linebaugh, and my all-time favorite, .45 Colt. I started out,...
- Fri Jul 23, 2021 12:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Requesting prayers
- Replies: 76
- Views: 10752
Re: Requesting prayers
Praying. ..
- Wed Jul 14, 2021 4:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: COLT SAA THAT GETS CARRIED
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2908
Re: COLT SAA THAT GETS CARRIED
My EDC is one of my SA. 45 Colts..
- Mon May 31, 2021 9:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Classic Fighting Handguns
- Replies: 117
- Views: 10088
Re: Classic Fighting Handguns
Sadly, you left out Colt's 1851 Navy revolver; THE pivotal mark in the evolution of "fighging" handguns..
- Mon May 17, 2021 11:56 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Chronograph results on an original .44-40 load
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2719
Re: Chronograph results on an original .44-40 load
HINT:
Don't rely on old movies for firearms or ballistics information...
Don't rely on old movies for firearms or ballistics information...
- Fri Apr 23, 2021 7:02 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Winchester 94ae 356
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1825
Re: Winchester 94ae 356
Yup...
Midwest fell heir to most of the "syrplus" Winchester and Browning parts of that Era..
Midwest fell heir to most of the "syrplus" Winchester and Browning parts of that Era..
- Thu Apr 22, 2021 12:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: "I'm Gonna...." dedicated to all those who are thinking of hunting with a handgun
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2658
Re: "I'm Gonna...." dedicated to all those who are thinking of hunting with a handgun
I "hunted" with a handgun for about 4 decades, taking suitable game with .22 CB, .22 Short, .22 LR, .22 WRF, .22 WMR, .357 MAG, .44-40, .45 COLT, and .454 Casull.. All in revolvers with fixed sights. Some "hunts were inciddental, some "accidental", and others, very much on p...
- Wed Apr 14, 2021 7:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Happy Birthday Jim Taylor!
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2678
Re: Happy Birthday Jim Taylor!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIR !
- Sat Apr 10, 2021 4:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: RIP Prince Phillip.
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2789
Re: RIP Prince Phillip.
Godspeed, Sir.
Well Done.
Well Done.
- Sun Apr 04, 2021 12:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A Song for Easter
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1133
Re: A Song for Easter
Jesus was himself, a Jew.
- Thu Apr 01, 2021 4:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I hate to ask, but it is not for me.
- Replies: 33
- Views: 4256
Re: I hate to ask, but it is not for me.
Praying, my friend.
- Sun Mar 21, 2021 7:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 41 GNR in a lever?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1799
Re: 41 GNR in a lever?
I'd be kinda leery of those trendy, "nearly-neckless" cartridges in a tube-magazine lever gun.
Not everything rhat CAN be done, SHOULD be done...
Not everything rhat CAN be done, SHOULD be done...
- Fri Mar 19, 2021 1:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 30 Herrett or not?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2661
Re: 30 Herrett or not?
Brings to mind 3leggedturtle'signature line...
- Fri Mar 19, 2021 1:44 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: "Step Closer"
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2374
Re: "Step Closer"
It's not as long as you remember..
- Wed Mar 17, 2021 5:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: flat earth...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1772
Re: flat earth...
Thanks for the good info..!
- Wed Mar 17, 2021 4:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: flat earth...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1772
flat earth...
Can someone explain why my log-in so often seems to fall off the edge of the Earth..? Sometimes, I'm good for a week, or even a month, while other times, it's gone in a day or two, or overnight, or even a couple hours. Apparently, the "remember me" function doesn't mean a thing - or does i...
- Tue Mar 16, 2021 12:53 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OUR GUN CLUB HAS RUN OUT OF.....
- Replies: 32
- Views: 5151
Re: OUR GUN CLUB HAS RUN OUT OF.....
WE ALL WANTED New Shooters in the game.
Well, we GOT them..
Nobody figured out how to supply US, and THEM, and the Panic Hoarders and Speculator types that come out of the woodwork at times like this..
I'm glad I bought what I did, when I did, slowly and incremenntally. .
Well, we GOT them..
Nobody figured out how to supply US, and THEM, and the Panic Hoarders and Speculator types that come out of the woodwork at times like this..
I'm glad I bought what I did, when I did, slowly and incremenntally. .
- Fri Mar 12, 2021 11:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What would cause this damage to breach bolt face?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3438
Re: What would cause this damage to breach bolt face?
Removing the dilated metal only compounds the problem..
Using a flat-faced punch, carefully peen the displaced material "flat", to refill the odd civots in the bolt face.
Using a flat-faced punch, carefully peen the displaced material "flat", to refill the odd civots in the bolt face.
- Thu Mar 11, 2021 12:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What would cause this damage to breach bolt face?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3438
Re: What would cause this damage to breach bolt face?
As a SASS shooter and gunsmith, you get to see a lot of strange "occurrances.."
- Wed Mar 10, 2021 7:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What would cause this damage to breach bolt face?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3438
Re: What would cause this damage to breach bolt face?
That's the kind of damage that occurs when Numb-Nutz drops a steel cleaning rod down the bore, while the rifle is standing in a gun cart, at a SASS match. Suddenly, sales clerks and office boys who never learned how things work, are Cowboys and firearms "experts.." What better way is there...
- Mon Mar 08, 2021 6:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: .401 WSL ammo question
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2064
Re: .401 WSL ammo question
COTW says only that it was still loaded "until some time after WWII.."
- Sun Mar 07, 2021 11:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Shovels and Rakes and.....
- Replies: 36
- Views: 7182
Re: Shovels and Rakes and.....
Over the last dozen+ lustrums, I have perpetrated the demise of several hundred rattlesnakes, a couple copperheads, and a smattering of water moccasins, and other slithery vermin,from the forested mountains and deserts of Utah, Idaho, Montana an Wyoming, to the backyard swamps of Florida. I've emplo...
- Sun Mar 07, 2021 3:46 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hatchet or machete
- Replies: 36
- Views: 3908
Re: Hatchet or machete
As some of you may know, I spent summer months in the Wilderness areas of NW Wyoming, where federal regulations put the kybosh on some of civilization's favorite toys, such as motorized vehucles, chainsaws, or power tools of any sort. One is somewhat limited, by space and weight considerations, in t...
- Fri Mar 05, 2021 7:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hatchet or machete
- Replies: 36
- Views: 3908
Re: Hatchet or machete
I've found machetes to be too unwieldy in brush, and too light for most tasks. They are good for clearing tall grass and weeds. My favorite of many years has been an Estwing 18" camp axe. My first one was a faithful companion for 30+ years, until it went home one day, with someone it didn't bel...
- Wed Mar 03, 2021 1:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Judge Jeanine...Gun Control
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1746
Re: Judge Jeanine...Gun Control
The irrepressible Judge Janine Nails it .. AGAIN !!!
- Tue Mar 02, 2021 6:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Back To The Good Old Days? Are You Sure?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1312
Re: Back To The Good Old Days? Are You Sure?
In Wyoming, we've been enjoying the "good old days" for the last couple decades. As more and more monies (relatively) "escapees" from Kalipornica and other socialist strongholds converge on our peaceful, rural landscape, we're seeing them bully/cojole/but their way into positions...
- Sun Feb 28, 2021 12:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Death Valley
- Replies: 34
- Views: 3137
Re: Death Valley
The biggest problem you'll find in Death Valley is that it's still located in the hostile, 3rd World nation of Kalipornica...
- Sun Feb 28, 2021 10:19 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Some reasons we live in Wyoming
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1491
Re: Some reasons we live in Wyoming
I came to Wyoming some 40 years ago, from Northern Utah. I've had a variety of "careers" in that time, including guide, outfitter, machinist, leathersmith, and a 7-year stint with the USFS. We had operating permits for Teton Park, Yellowstone Park, Bridger-Teton N.F., and pretty much where...
- Sat Feb 27, 2021 10:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Some reasons we live in Wyoming
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1491
Re: Some reasons we live in Wyoming
TURN OFF the annoying "music", and just enjoy the show.
Wyoming doesn't need a distracting sound track...
Wyoming doesn't need a distracting sound track...
- Wed Feb 24, 2021 2:44 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Handgun shooters as we age.
- Replies: 59
- Views: 6474
Re: Handgun shooters as we age.
Well, 25-30-35 years ago, when I was in my orime, I used to shoot my .454, just for fun. 300 to 325 grain cast bullets, @1700 fps. It was quick, slick, clean and accurate, and I seldom fired more than 25 or 30 rou ds per session. There really wasn't any need to. Eventually, I backed off to heavy .45...
- Tue Feb 23, 2021 2:02 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Star line brass bad
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3638
Re: Star line brass bad
Sounds to me like your sizer die is putting a little too much Squeeze on thar tough Starline brass..
And yes, Starline is generally thicker and harder/tougher than most other brands. Not a Fault; just the way it is..
And yes, Starline is generally thicker and harder/tougher than most other brands. Not a Fault; just the way it is..
- Fri Feb 12, 2021 1:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Just for fun lets kick around this question ..... What was the best 22 rifle you have ever owned and why?
- Replies: 60
- Views: 7993
Re: Just for fun lets kick around this question ..... What was the best 22 rifle you have ever owned and why?
Best..? Winchester M 75 Target, that got me through R.O.T.C. in high school, and won me the Utah State Gallery championship in 1959. In 1960, we shot a higher score, and came in 3rd, by two points behind the ldader. Also had a 75 Sporyer, that was just as accurate, and more portablle.. Next was an e...
- Mon Feb 08, 2021 5:44 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: One person's observations on CCW ammo choice
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3091
Re: One person's observations on CCW ammo choice
HEARING.?
Concerns about your hearing ?
You can't hear at all, if an assailant Kills you...
Concerns about your hearing ?
You can't hear at all, if an assailant Kills you...
- Fri Jan 22, 2021 4:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 480 ruger gunsmithing question
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1903
Re: 480 ruger gunsmithing question
Yes, it "CAN" be done, but carefully... And although You intend to shoot only Low Pressure loads in it (?), you're not going to live forever, and someone else is likely to end up with your cool little Rossi - someone who may not be privy to your intentions.. If ".r80 Ruger" is ma...
- Fri Jan 22, 2021 3:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Not a lever gun, but
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1093
Re: Not a lever gun, but
That guy is a moron...
A 3 year-old with grown-up privileges..![Sad :(](./images/smilies/icon_sad.gif)
A 3 year-old with grown-up privileges..
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- Tue Jan 12, 2021 9:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I am spending a few days with Paco ...
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2675
Re: I am spending a few days with Paco ...
Please give him my regards..
- Thu Jan 07, 2021 2:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Shooting The New Christmas Present
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3100
Re: Shooting The New Christmas Present
There ya go..
One more rock for the cook-pot...
One more rock for the cook-pot...
- Tue Dec 29, 2020 6:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 6.5 creedmore
- Replies: 35
- Views: 6346
Re: 6.5 creedmore
IF YOU REALLY BELIEVE that the new 6.5mm is vastly better than a 6.5X55 Swede, or a 6.5X57, or a 6.5 Rem. Mag. , a .260 Remington,, or a 6.5-'.06; 6.5-.284, .264 Win. Mag., or any of the other myriad 6.5mm offerings, shooting X-grain bullets at Y-velocity, from a Z-pound rifle, then, by all means, g...
- Tue Dec 29, 2020 5:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 1886 Chamber
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1184
Re: 1886 Chamber
The Miroku-made 86es have little to no leade or throat forward end of the cchamber.
I've had to throat-ream a dozen or more, for cast bullet loads.
A .458" piloted reamer does the job nicely..
I've had to throat-ream a dozen or more, for cast bullet loads.
A .458" piloted reamer does the job nicely..
- Mon Dec 21, 2020 2:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: For those that are interested ...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1351
Re: For those that are interested ...
Very moving and inspirational..
Thank you for sharing, Jim..
Thank you for sharing, Jim..
- Sun Dec 20, 2020 3:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: why did we all choose lever actions?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 5714
Re: why did we all choose lever actions?
They're what I grew up with. - a little Marlin .22, and Uncle Bill's 94 Winchester, .32 Special. "
- Wed Dec 16, 2020 3:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Done
- Replies: 85
- Views: 11451
Re: 'Winchesters' vs 'Winchesters' vs 'Winchesters'
The OLD guns some of you luse after we're NEW guns, once upon a time. 99.9% of the history and patina you love so much was added to them by someone you never knew, nor will know. Histories happened. "Patina" eventually took the place of New and Shiny, because of use and/or neglect.. It's a...
- Wed Dec 16, 2020 2:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Done
- Replies: 85
- Views: 11451
Re: 'Winchesters' vs 'Winchesters' vs 'Winchesters'
The. BHA M89 drfinitely looks great, but mechaically, is not what I seems to be. It has some simple design flaws which BHA decided not to address, prior to production. The idea at the time, the thinking was, "people will buy them anywway", because of the appearance and "novel" ca...
- Wed Dec 16, 2020 2:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Done
- Replies: 85
- Views: 11451
Re: 'Winchesters' vs 'Winchesters' vs 'Winchesters'
You don't really want to know what I think of the BHA rifles..
The ones I've handled don't begin to live up to their hype..
They are purty though...
The ones I've handled don't begin to live up to their hype..
They are purty though...
- Wed Dec 16, 2020 2:15 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: You gotta love quality.....updates
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4579
Re: You gotta love quality.....
No Rossi guns for this kid. It sure ain't no Miroku.. That said, back in the mid-70s, we sold a guy a new Remington bolt-action .280. He brought it back next day, said it would not chamber cartridges at all A quick check showed the barrel had not been chambered.. Remington vehemently denied the poss...
- Tue Dec 15, 2020 5:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Done
- Replies: 85
- Views: 11451
Re: 'Winchesters' vs 'Winchesters' vs 'Winchesters'
For the vast majority, who like to shot old-style lever guns, "replicas" are our only viable option. With so many of the Originals locked away in safes and vaults, there are precious few good examples out on the market. Too many of those are of questionable safety or reliability. NOBODY MA...
- Mon Dec 14, 2020 3:10 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Done
- Replies: 85
- Views: 11451
Re: 'Winchesters' vs 'Winchesters' vs 'Winchesters'
Late this afternoon, I had the great honor and privilege of conversation, over supoer, with revolver-smith John Linebaugh. Talk went from one thing to another, and eventually touched on "today vs yesterday..", as it applies to gun-making, in particular. A point often missed by today's conn...
- Mon Dec 14, 2020 3:09 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Done
- Replies: 85
- Views: 11451
Re: 'Winchesters' vs 'Winchesters' vs 'Winchesters'
Late this afternoon, I had the great honor and privilege of conversation, over supoer, with revolver-smith John Linebaugh. Talk went from one thing to another, and eventually touched on "today vs yesterday..", as it applies to gun-making, in particular. A point often missed by today's conn...
- Sun Dec 13, 2020 2:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Done
- Replies: 85
- Views: 11451
Re: 'Winchesters' vs 'Winchesters' vs 'Winchesters'
I started my journey with Uberti 1873 "winchester" rifles, back in the '80s, even while drawing up the plans for my .454 rifle. I'd always wanted a '73 in .45 Colt, and the Uberti offered the easiest avenue, with quality materials and workmanship. Years before, I had tried the Rossi/Puma '...
- Sat Dec 12, 2020 8:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Done
- Replies: 85
- Views: 11451
Re: 'Winchesters' vs 'Winchesters' vs 'Winchesters'
"Made in U.S.A." doesn't always carry the same cachet it once did. Simple Fact. American Labor Unions are largely responsible for the decline of the WINCHESTER we once knew and b loved, along with Colt, Remington, Marlin, etc.. Large manufacturers found off-shore plans and workers that wer...