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by Coldfingers
Tue Jun 26, 2012 9:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Truckers - what's the story on these new tires I'm seeing..?
Replies: 30
Views: 4351

Re: Truckers - what's the story on these new tires I'm seeing..?

I saw the first set of SuperSingles up on the Dalton last summer. They were short lived :shock: Once the first snowflake hit the ground the driver KNEW he was in trouble. Chains are a fact of life for me. Even with hardpacked snow with the power divider and both sets of lockers in there is no way to...
by Coldfingers
Sat Aug 21, 2010 1:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT : Giving up addictions
Replies: 18
Views: 2482

Re: OT : Giving up addictions

My guns don't get all uppidy when I swab em down with Hoppes #9...
by Coldfingers
Sat Aug 21, 2010 10:51 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Single Six for all-around use?
Replies: 54
Views: 6008

Re: Single Six for all-around use?

azmark... quite the dilema ya gots goin on there. Many years ago I dragged an ol single six and a Win9422Mag up here to AK with me. They served me well as trapline rifles and for putting birds in the pot. Foxes, coyotes, and lynx fell redilly to the little magnum. Life was pretty good although the M...
by Coldfingers
Thu Aug 12, 2010 11:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT Does anyone have any experience with Echo chainsaws?
Replies: 12
Views: 2201

Re: OT Does anyone have any experience with Echo chainsaws?

Pillar...I bought my first Echo saw about 25 years ago, a hard used 500EVL that had done several years duty with the fire crews here in AK. I took it in one day for a minor repair only to find out that there was a recall of some sort and walked out with a NEW 550 (at no cost to me!) I have used that...
by Coldfingers
Tue Apr 20, 2010 6:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: O.T.Rat Terriers
Replies: 41
Views: 4530

Re: O.T.Rat Terriers

I NEVER liked small dogs. I thought highly of Blue Heelers though. My ol heeler got killed and I refused to get another dog since it was soooo painfull. A dozen years ago I was going through a bout of black hole, Maggie in the Mouth depression. My wife, at her wits end, made a desperate move and got...
by Coldfingers
Fri Jan 22, 2010 8:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Heirloom seeds
Replies: 42
Views: 4498

Re: OT - Heirloom seeds

OSOK...good on ya. I wish you the best. I have not worked in MONTHS and thank the Good Lord everyday I cook a homegrown spud, squash or other tidbit that came up in the yard (and that did not require "mowing") I am also thankfull that I took advantage of last summers slow times to partake ...
by Coldfingers
Thu Dec 10, 2009 9:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bear in Soldotna
Replies: 30
Views: 3029

Re: Bear in Soldotna

Stew...it was a short walk though. Not much of a suburb in Tok :lol:
by Coldfingers
Thu Dec 10, 2009 5:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bear in Soldotna
Replies: 30
Views: 3029

Re: Bear in Soldotna

ElChivo...Soldotna is down on the Kenia. Big bear contry. Salmon fed coastal brownies with bad breath. The vegetation is THICK as thick can be. Wet and quite also. I am surprised that a stick actually snapped. You almost need napalm to get a campfire started. I have family down there and try to make...
by Coldfingers
Wed Dec 09, 2009 9:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-my new vehicle rant
Replies: 24
Views: 2698

Re: OT-my new vehicle rant

For the money you are going to have to dump on a new one, you could probably restore the one you have and have some serious change left over. I just put a fresh motor in my 81 Toyota this fall and have enough scavenged parts to last my lifetime. The truck is my basic chore boy. I am working on a cou...
by Coldfingers
Sat Nov 28, 2009 6:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-Woodstove cooking
Replies: 5
Views: 899

Re: OT-Woodstove cooking

Good on ya Jason. My absolute favorite chunk-0-cookware in the wintertime is the 10qt dutch oven (cast iron of course) I cook 80% of the meals my wife and I eat on that unit while I tend the homefires With an assortment of trivets to help adjust temps in dutch oven I can manage to make most things w...
by Coldfingers
Sat Nov 21, 2009 8:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Regaurding the 180gr bullets in the Marlin 1894C.
Replies: 6
Views: 1010

Re: Regaurding the 180gr bullets in the Marlin 1894C.

Mine has no problem with the 180 gr LBT style (like BuffBore or handrolled equivilant with CastPerformance boolits) but it will NOT cycle the CorBon .357s with the 200gr without doing a little dressing up of the carrier to lengthen things out. Mine will cycle the Fed 180's day in and day out without...
by Coldfingers
Sat Nov 21, 2009 8:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: FYI, Brand new Lever Gun, for $25.00 !
Replies: 13
Views: 1898

Re: FYI, Brand new Lever Gun, for $25.00 !

Easy on powder and primers too. Heck, we can all affort to shoot again :lol:

I have my grandsons leaning up near the door. Ditto the dogs knowing the sound of the Red Rump Roaster.
by Coldfingers
Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 30-30, Is it adequate?
Replies: 39
Views: 4847

Re: 30-30, Is it adequate?

" Nothing ruins a moose hunt quite as much as actually shooting one." I've not hunted moose, but I can't even begin to figure how one packs out a moose alone ... or even with a couple of guides. One piece at a time Rimfire, one piece at a time. A trophy class moose from an area like Hess C...
by Coldfingers
Wed Nov 18, 2009 1:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Arrow Penetration Issues
Replies: 18
Views: 2152

Re: OT - Arrow Penetration Issues

Deerwhacker...It has been over a dozen years since I quit using the speedbows and returned to the longbow. I strongly advise reading everything that Dr Ashby printed as to broadhead performance. After that, since you are shooting well within the range your equipment is capable of, I would suggest up...
by Coldfingers
Mon Nov 16, 2009 7:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: Prostate Biopsy results
Replies: 45
Views: 3833

Re: OT: Prostate Biopsy results

GREAT NEWS Mr Miller!

Bless Ya!

Scotty
by Coldfingers
Mon Nov 16, 2009 1:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Simple Life
Replies: 37
Views: 3539

Re: The Simple Life

I sure enjoyed that. Thank you. My Beth and I are not quite that simplified but close. It is good getting old with the love of your life. Keeping life simple leaves much more time for holdin hands and such...

May God continue to bless them.

My best,

Scotty
by Coldfingers
Mon Nov 16, 2009 12:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: F250 Super Duty 6.4 **NOW WITH A REAL PICTURE**
Replies: 29
Views: 2773

Re: F250 Super Duty 6.4 **NOW WITH A REAL PICTURE**

JasonB...what I would not give for a +10 degree "cold" snap!!! Minus twenty in the swamp today with minus 35 on it's way. Do not even bother to plug in the big truck. Nice to have for the occasional three day trip to Prudhoe (where I never shut it off) or hauling 55gal drums of fuel to the...
by Coldfingers
Sun Nov 15, 2009 5:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: F250 Super Duty 6.4 **NOW WITH A REAL PICTURE**
Replies: 29
Views: 2773

Re: OT: Made Up Mind--F250 Super Duty 6.4 Turbo Diesel Ext Cab

Well bud, looks like you in da high cotton now! Only slightly shorter than my one ton crew cab. No more turnin on a dime :lol: It will track great on slick roads though and folks will most likely get outttadaway when you are on a roll. Does it sound like a kid banging on pots and pans for the first ...
by Coldfingers
Sat Nov 14, 2009 12:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Went out today for some predator control
Replies: 14
Views: 1460

Re: Went out today for some predator control

Awsome pics. Both my sons migrated to MT. I always enjoy my visits there. If I ever leave AK that is where I would go for sure. Mod71...the ground is alot closer from horseback than from the Cub...mostimes anyways :o Logged many hours in the rear seat of a Cub in the old days doing predator control....
by Coldfingers
Sat Nov 14, 2009 12:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 1894c + 180gr boolit=7 pointer
Replies: 11
Views: 1538

Re: 1894c + 180gr boolit=7 pointer

I want some of what Griz is having, but I only want half a hit... :lol:

Pics please.

Distance, placement and boolit performance. What mold did you use?

Lack of details makes us 94C lovers crazy you know...

Scotty
by Coldfingers
Sat Nov 14, 2009 11:44 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: Light Duty Trucks
Replies: 45
Views: 3885

Re: OT: Light Duty Trucks

I have a 95 F-150 w/fuel injected 300 and that d@#^ Mazda 5 speed...FOR SALE! Nice enough truck when the doors arent falling off and the clutch slave cylinder isn't puking fluid. It does have a good heater though. Got so p.o. at it that I am driving my 81 Toyota again (just dropped in rebuilt motor....
by Coldfingers
Mon Nov 09, 2009 1:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT -@#$%^&*()(**&^^%$$#@!ing Armadillos!!!
Replies: 27
Views: 2758

Re: OT -@#$%^&*()(**&^^%$$#@!ing Armadillos!!!

A little bit of mellon on the trigger of a #110 connobear should give em a headache Doc. Oughta pinch that little head just fine. Keep the small dogs in though as it will kill most smaller dogs outright. I have put broadheads clean through them things only to have em run off into the palmetto's to t...
by Coldfingers
Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Keeping it Simple
Replies: 14
Views: 1350

Re: Keeping it Simple

I have been drooling over a Handi in 45-70 for a while now. That is a mighty fine KISS setup. Make meat, cut up meat, and cook meat in cup over campfire. Not too complex at all. Nice photos.

Scotty
by Coldfingers
Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - "recovery" movies
Replies: 24
Views: 1720

Re: OT - "recovery" movies

+1 on "The Worlds Fastest Indian"

"Second Hand Lions" has become a family favorite. World class shotgun work in that one :wink:

And there is always "The Princess Bride"...

Heal Well Y.K. and milk it for all it is worth.
by Coldfingers
Sun Nov 08, 2009 7:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What do you use?
Replies: 64
Views: 7847

Re: What do you use?

You fellers oughta see the pre-heat systems for my vehicles. Got cords hanging out the front as big as the electrical service wire. In times of no electricity I use the ol stovepipe and propane weed burner. Works good till minus 40 when the propane gells. Even a Herman Nelson type space heater has t...
by Coldfingers
Sun Nov 08, 2009 12:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Other Hobbies.
Replies: 80
Views: 9179

Re: OT - Other Hobbies.

longbows and wood arrows, little tippy things that float on the water and scrounging parts for my pre-85 Toyota's. My daughter is a professional boy scout and I manage to stay connected with the goings on and get involved with summer camps, special events and High Adventure trips here in AK Mostly t...
by Coldfingers
Sun Nov 08, 2009 9:16 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What do you use?
Replies: 64
Views: 7847

Re: What do you use?

We use a Monitor 441 (burns #1Diesel) and a Glacier Bay wood/coal stove. The Monitor will heat our home by itself till it gets to about 40 below. Not bad considering the square footage. When I am not on the road, I keep the woodstove going so I have a place to set the pot-o-beans :D Not many things ...
by Coldfingers
Fri Nov 06, 2009 9:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hit a deer.
Replies: 23
Views: 1679

Re: Hit a deer.

It is funny how areas differ in dealing with critters that forget to look both ways. I visited my son in Montana and found out that picking up ANY part of a road kill is forbidden. Too bad. I know that the rule get ignored at times though :wink: I got called late last night by the Troopers. They sen...
by Coldfingers
Tue Nov 03, 2009 6:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - What was the worst thing you ever ate or drank?
Replies: 60
Views: 4372

Re: OT - What was the worst thing you ever ate or drank?

I am carefull these days when I am invited to a native potlatch. I can "just" manage the traditional moosehead soup (that is boiled with the hide and hair on). If pressed I can meekly smile and nod at others while trying to chew a piece of muktuk down to a swallowable size, but... That dar...
by Coldfingers
Tue Nov 03, 2009 5:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What's The Least You'd Walk Around The Woods With?
Replies: 81
Views: 5395

Re: What's The Least You'd Walk Around The Woods With?

Just gotta try this picture dohickythingy here

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by Coldfingers
Tue Nov 03, 2009 3:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What's The Least You'd Walk Around The Woods With?
Replies: 81
Views: 5395

Re: What's The Least You'd Walk Around The Woods With?

I have sure dragged enough heavy artillary around the interior swamps over the years. Must be getting old, careless, set in my ways or over my fear of getting mauled... Anymore I simply pack the 3"SP that goes most everywhere else with me. I do stuff it with 180gr hardcast though. Those loads m...
by Coldfingers
Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Chopping a ported guide gun
Replies: 35
Views: 4600

Re: Chopping a ported guide gun

I had mine done by a friend with some fancier tools than me. Cut it right through the center of the rearmost port (left a slight index mark on muzzel) and re-crowned. Still a noisy bugger but at least the blast is directed away from the shooter. Accuracy with cast bullets seemed to improve slighty a...
by Coldfingers
Mon Sep 28, 2009 10:51 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - bowhunting
Replies: 15
Views: 1717

Re: OT - bowhunting

I sure enjoy my leverguns but have been totally fascinated by the longbow for the better part of fourty years (with a little sidetrack to the dark side of compounds for a few years) For some wierd reason, almost every animal I have killed, large and small, have fallen to a pointy stick. Enjoy the ri...
by Coldfingers
Mon Sep 28, 2009 10:35 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: From the animal rescue dept ... turtle - UPDATE
Replies: 16
Views: 1735

Re: OT: From the animal rescue dept ... turtle - UPDATE

Jolly good show Mr. Miller. Kudo's to the wife. As a side note, I brought a turtle back from Florida one time in my carry-on. Gave the screeners at the airport fits but got her home. (she laid eggs almost a year later in the aquarium). That was eight years ago. The turtle spends the long winter mont...
by Coldfingers
Sun May 17, 2009 9:49 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Best holster for Ruger SP101
Replies: 17
Views: 3593

Re: OT - Best holster for Ruger SP101

My 3" rides in a Bianchi. Since AK allows for either ccw or open carry, I do not have to fret a 'flashing" charge should my shirt ride up and show the holster. I normally wear it strongside over the hip hollow but can carry in a high ride crossdraw with this holster (for those times I am t...
by Coldfingers
Sat May 16, 2009 10:55 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I May Skip .357
Replies: 25
Views: 2424

Re: I May Skip .357

Blaine, I expect you are going to have a boatload of fun with the lil darlin. I have sure pondered getting something (or two) in that caliber over the years. I am however, heavily vested with 38/357 odds and ends. Don't regret that much as it is working well for my needs. I look foreward to seeing s...
by Coldfingers
Fri May 15, 2009 7:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: .38 S&W Special +P Mightier than .357 Mag or .44 Mag
Replies: 64
Views: 9295

Re: OT: .38 S&W Special Mightier than .357 Mag or .44 Mag

"mightier" may not be the word I would use. "usefuller" if it was a word, would be my description. I intend to watch this thread. I used a 180gr hardcast from the Marlin on a blackie two years ago. No problem. Shot entered below chin, traversed chest cavity, exited flank. He made...
by Coldfingers
Fri May 15, 2009 7:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My artillery i use when not hunting with longbow
Replies: 18
Views: 2230

Re: My artillery i use when not hunting with longbow

They sure have some pretty wimminz in Montana...both my boys got tangled up good and tight. Was not so bad I guess as I love my new daughter in laws. Not very many wimminz in Alaska and the good one's go quickly. They can weight you down but it is mosty them heavy carhart coveralls they wear :lol: O...
by Coldfingers
Thu May 07, 2009 10:55 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I wanna be trailer trash.
Replies: 35
Views: 2754

Re: I wanna be trailer trash.

:shock: WOW!

I gotta set my sights a bit higher.

It is gonna be hard to fit the extra's into the teardrop trailers I been lookin at.
by Coldfingers
Tue May 05, 2009 11:36 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 9422 Magnum problem.
Replies: 15
Views: 1798

Re: 9422 Magnum problem.

John. I had a 9422M that, from the factory, needed the rear sight almost falling off the left side of the barrel to hit POA. Darn thing drove me nuts for the better part of twenty years. Killed alot of stuff with it but...it drove me NUTS just looking at it. The little rifle is now residing with my ...
by Coldfingers
Tue May 05, 2009 8:46 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: a couple of Depression era guns
Replies: 29
Views: 2431

Re: OT: a couple of Depression era guns

Lovely old guns there. My very first gun, lovingly restored by my dad (who passed a few years later) was a Stevens 20 guage. I can still remember the early morning dawn in the Minnesota river bottoms when that ol gal roared to life and I ground sluiced my first duck. (Eight year olds cannot be expec...
by Coldfingers
Sun Apr 12, 2009 11:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-Humor--Redneck Simplified Map
Replies: 28
Views: 2822

Re: OT-Humor--Redneck Simplified Map

Snow and bears (but mostly snow...)

I migrated here from Min....er, uh CaNaDa and feel right at home

Seems an accurate map to me.
by Coldfingers
Sun Apr 12, 2009 12:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ot - Herters
Replies: 22
Views: 2590

Re: Ot - Herters

Ohhhh the memories...skipping school to drive the fourty miles to Herters and generally having a GREAT time browsing, dreaming, and deciding what to spend my barn cleaning money on. I read the Guide Manual while spending the winter deep in the Wrangle Mountains with my new wife. One of the few books...
by Coldfingers
Mon Apr 06, 2009 7:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Little Dog is gone
Replies: 19
Views: 2172

Re: Little Dog is gone

I am so sorry Tom. I have always had a dog. Heck, always had a job where I could have the dog with me. It hurt like the dickens when one would go to wherever great dogs go when they leave planet earth. May you heal in time and find another little furry buddy.

My best,

Scotty
by Coldfingers
Thu Apr 02, 2009 12:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Extra/Backup Loading Tools
Replies: 25
Views: 2213

Re: Extra/Backup Loading Tools

I have used the LeeLoaders as my principal reloading set up for many years. It is only in the last four years that I got all teknolijikal and purchased a fancy single stage "O" press.
by Coldfingers
Thu Apr 02, 2009 11:57 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Extra/Backup Loading Tools
Replies: 25
Views: 2213

Re: Extra/Backup Loading Tools

Ditto the LeeLoaders. What a great tool for special occasions.
by Coldfingers
Thu Apr 02, 2009 9:44 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Extra/Backup Loading Tools
Replies: 25
Views: 2213

Re: Extra/Backup Loading Tools

Don't forget to get an extra rice bowl Tubby.

I would think a spare intertia puller would be nice. JIC a feller needs to salvage parts in a mix-n-match sort of way.
by Coldfingers
Sun Mar 22, 2009 6:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Varmint calling articles in Fur-Fish-Game
Replies: 8
Views: 902

Re: Varmint calling articles in Fur-Fish-Game

I have always been very fond of FF&G as it is one of the few down to earth magazines on the market today. I keep a stash of them in the sleeper berth of my tractor for those times when weather forces me to pull the pins and take an extended break. Always something very practical in there it seem...
by Coldfingers
Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Crud...
Replies: 18
Views: 1564

Re: Crud...

Hang in there DB...As much as I HATE moving my crud out of my little 'home away from home" I can see why you would be motivated. Don't blame you a bit. Fortunately, I live close to our terminal and enjoy the luxury of dropping the wagon and hightailing for my driveway. My neighbors probably get...