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- Fri Jan 15, 2021 2:22 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What We Currently Have Is Probably All We'll Get
- Replies: 34
- Views: 698
Re: What We Currently Have Is Probably All We'll Get
Yeah Blaine, I think you're correct. I've been through about 5 of these shortages and it always takes a while to recover once the cause goes away. Of course this is the deepest shortage I've ever seen not having lived through WW II. The only outlet for primers now seems to be folks like us who deci...
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 11:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Feels good to be hunting again
- Replies: 11
- Views: 135
Re: Feels good to be hunting again
Okay to me CSA means Confederate States of America . What does it stand for otherwise ?
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 2:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: It arrived !
- Replies: 24
- Views: 295
Re: It arrived !
If Prospect Hall sends me an invite to their January pheasent partridge pigeon deal I wanna pattern a couple 1 1/4 loads at forty yards . The shots are a bit steeper there . Prospect Hall shut down almost two weeks ago , the caretaker of the place caught the crud . I assume not to long after I was t...
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 2:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What We Currently Have Is Probably All We'll Get
- Replies: 34
- Views: 698
Re: What We Currently Have Is Probably All We'll Get
If this gets as bad as some folks seem to think . I’m of a mind that I don’t care about legalities in what I use although a crossbow is perfectly legal in Virginia . Meaning if it gets that bad they need to catch me if I’m bending the rules .
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 12:36 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What We Currently Have Is Probably All We'll Get
- Replies: 34
- Views: 698
Re: What We Currently Have Is Probably All We'll Get
i recalled seeing something out there on a co2 rifle that shoots .45 calber bullets.. the buttstock is the cylinder, suppose to be the nastiest air rifle you can get factory . Nothing new there. Lewis & Clark had air rifles along on their expedition to map out the West. Girandoni air rifles were a ...
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 2:02 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: It arrived !
- Replies: 24
- Views: 295
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 2:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: It arrived !
- Replies: 24
- Views: 295
Re: It arrived !
Well the Southern Side by Side in April is supposedly still on but I have my doubts . Koneski has the Northern SxS scheduled for the end of July and this was the only SxS shoot that was done in 2020 I believe . So if I’m still not able to go to the Philippines in July August I think I’ll go to Kones...
- Tue Jan 12, 2021 6:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: It arrived !
- Replies: 24
- Views: 295
Re: It arrived !
Gun did very well at 5-stand ! I however could’ve done better . Gun is choked tight for sure . There was no such thing today as a to far bird but there were a few that were to close , as with the tight choke it left less than no room for errors . On the trap field I shot one round quick as no one el...
- Tue Jan 12, 2021 3:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What We Currently Have Is Probably All We'll Get
- Replies: 34
- Views: 698
Re: What We Currently Have Is Probably All We'll Get
i recalled seeing something out there on a co2 rifle that shoots .45 calber bullets.. the buttstock is the cylinder, suppose to be the nastiest air rifle you can get factory . Nothing new there. Lewis & Clark had air rifles along on their expedition to map out the West. Girandoni air rifles were a ...
- Tue Jan 12, 2021 3:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: It arrived !
- Replies: 24
- Views: 295
Re: It arrived !
I just patterned both barrels of this thing twice at 45 of my steps that oughtta be between 40 and 43 yards . Anyway looks pretty darn good with 1 1/8 ounces of #6’s . If I can keep my head screwed on right Saturday the pheasents might have a tough road . To be honest this thing would make a nice tu...
- Tue Jan 12, 2021 3:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: It arrived !
- Replies: 24
- Views: 295
Re: It arrived !
Truly a beautiful old school shotgun! My gun shop has 3 or 4 Parker's in stock that I was looking at. Nowhere near the quality of your new purchase! I wanted one for many year's. Hopefully one day I run into one for the right price! Congratulations on a finely crafted shotgun! Do they have any 20’s...
- Tue Jan 12, 2021 1:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: It arrived !
- Replies: 24
- Views: 295
Re: It arrived !
I wish the old Ballards I inspected last week were half as nice as that! Beautiful old gun. This thing I was very apprehensive of as it had been on GB for a few weeks . And to be honest I wasn’t sure what to expect when it arrived . But so far I’ve not seen anything negative . Now the big question ...
- Tue Jan 12, 2021 8:56 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: It arrived !
- Replies: 24
- Views: 295
Re: It arrived !
Truly a beautiful old school shotgun! My gun shop has 3 or 4 Parker's in stock that I was looking at. Nowhere near the quality of your new purchase! I wanted one for many year's. Hopefully one day I run into one for the right price! Congratulations on a finely crafted shotgun! Do they have any 20’s...
- Tue Jan 12, 2021 12:03 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: It arrived !
- Replies: 24
- Views: 295
Re: It arrived !
I can remmember a time I thought I’d never posses a Grade 3 Parker at present I have six hammerless and one hammer all Grade 3 . Grade 3 is the same thing as a D grade . Now the low point is three are hammerless 12’s and the rest are 10’s . Wouldn’t mind a nice DHE 16 and 20 .
- Mon Jan 11, 2021 8:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: It arrived !
- Replies: 24
- Views: 295
Re: It arrived !
When you look at guns like this and see the craftsmanship and attention to detail, all made with old technology along with surviving well over a hundred years it makes you wonder about the junk being produced today and how people accept it. Nice piece 6 Point.....----6 They accept it because they’r...
- Mon Jan 11, 2021 7:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Crud
- Replies: 22
- Views: 709
Re: The Crud
The boss told me when she talked to him on the phone he said his taste was back and he wanted a pizza . Which unto itself is unusual as I’ve not seen him eat pizza very often .
- Mon Jan 11, 2021 7:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Little helpful thoughts !
- Replies: 20
- Views: 422
Re: Little helpful thoughts !
I got another update a few minutes ago and the boss says the doctors say her brother if he improves at the same pace should be able to go home in about three days .
- Mon Jan 11, 2021 7:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What We Currently Have Is Probably All We'll Get
- Replies: 34
- Views: 698
Re: What We Currently Have Is Probably All We'll Get
I’ve got enough to keep me going for close to 10 years . In ten years they may have confiscated everything anyway . Of course at that point I’ll be dead from having fired upon those bringing siege on my house .
- Mon Jan 11, 2021 7:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: It arrived !
- Replies: 24
- Views: 295
Re: It arrived !
Accumulation accumulation ! Collection makes me a collector . I shoot them all at some pointgamekeeper wrote: ↑Mon Jan 11, 2021 6:54 pmI just get more and more envious of your Parker collection, congratulations anyway...![]()


- Mon Jan 11, 2021 6:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: It arrived !
- Replies: 24
- Views: 295
Re: It arrived !
The pictures above I took at the shop . After posting I wasn’t satisfied . Perhaps these are a bit better . AFE12C93-ABAB-496A-93E6-61E609A25757.jpeg DAEEE4DF-DAEF-43CE-8798-69E62E486406.jpeg 8D8852EF-B4DD-4603-B3E0-3E359D027CEE.jpeg 0E9D3805-C685-485F-ACE0-891B73965505.jpeg 2D81D846-755B-4701-9241-...
- Mon Jan 11, 2021 6:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: It arrived !
- Replies: 24
- Views: 295
It arrived !
My new to me circa 1899 Parker DH 12 gauge 32” F&F on a 2 frame without safety arrived today a day early . Left the Seattle are last Tuesday evening and arrived today before lunch . Looked none the worse from the trip . Got the gun out the box , put it together , threw it up with my eyes closed , op...
- Mon Jan 11, 2021 9:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Little helpful thoughts !
- Replies: 20
- Views: 422
Re: Little helpful thoughts !
BIL as of yesterday seems to be back to about 90%+ wife days they will do a nose swab then wait 5 or 7 days for the second of the first was negative and if the second is negative he’s homeward bound .
- Mon Jan 11, 2021 9:40 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Crud
- Replies: 22
- Views: 709
Re: The Crud
As of yesterday the boss tells me my BIL seems to be back to about 90% although they’ve not released him from the hospital . He wants to eat normal food and doesn’t spit it back up , off oxegen etc etc . So I assume he’s in the double swab part of their procedure swab wait a week and swab again and ...
- Sat Jan 09, 2021 1:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Resisting temptation
- Replies: 25
- Views: 568
Re: Resisting temptation
At present I have a single AR-15 in 6.5 Grendel and a singke AR-10 lower with uppers for 243 , 260 and 338 Federal . I fiddle with the AR-10 some but haven’t fired the Grendel AR in two years . I almost built/bought an AR-15 upper in 6mm ARC but eventually saw the error of my ways 

- Sat Jan 09, 2021 2:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: USPS Delivery Status
- Replies: 26
- Views: 558
Re: USPS Delivery Status
Delivery people regardless of whether USPS , UPS or FREDeX are just plain trifling . IMHO at present they’re using every d...a...m...n excuse to do AS LITTLE as possible .
- Sat Jan 09, 2021 2:15 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: USPS Delivery Status
- Replies: 26
- Views: 558
Re: USPS Delivery Status
This is UPS, not USPS; left my package, for a couple of chains for my chainsaw, from Bailey's hanging on a fence post by my gate. They usually always bring it to my house or leave it in the mailbox. I guess it would fit in the mailbox, and there was snow on the ground, but melting. I wonder if they...
- Sat Jan 09, 2021 2:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 1889 Marlin
- Replies: 6
- Views: 200
Re: 1889 Marlin
When I was Marlin accumulating I never did acquire an 1881 , 1888 or 1889 . Wish I had but sometimes you can’t get one of each model ! Sounds like the old gun will do very well . I never had an old model 1894 in 44-40 either my only 44-40’s were in the semi recent manufacture Cowboy versions and the...
- Sat Jan 09, 2021 1:56 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 6.5 creedmore
- Replies: 35
- Views: 669
Re: 6.5 creedmore
The main reason my son got the CM for me is that we were going on a hog hunt last year. We know how that went. My 30-30 is at the smiths right now to be restock. I was going to us my Sharps 45-70, But the kick would be to much. A good son to think about Dad. Joe I think you’ll be fine with the 6.5 ...
- Fri Jan 08, 2021 5:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A new development !
- Replies: 3
- Views: 194
- Fri Jan 08, 2021 2:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A new development !
- Replies: 3
- Views: 194
A new development !
A LNIB Dan Wesson 1911 in 10mm came in today . You’ll never guess where it’s going :wink: So now my 1911 accumulation are Colts Kimbers and the Dan Wesson . A73348FF-E51D-4093-A939-2CC866C0A140.jpeg F502A2A1-F0AF-4CB4-BC92-79F5A4350A1F.jpeg D14DA71B-178D-4CD0-8C24-758442E59D83.jpeg 36D00C29-420D-4B5...
- Thu Jan 07, 2021 11:56 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Marlin 218 bee
- Replies: 13
- Views: 441
Re: Marlin 218 bee
I walked into a local shop about five years ago , scanning the used gun rack behind the counter . I could see a Marlin bulls eye in a stock and a Marlin sling. I asked the clerk about it . He hands it over to Me saying it's just an old Marlin .218 Bee . :shock: . It comes with two boxes of ammo ......
- Wed Jan 06, 2021 12:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: USPS Delivery Status
- Replies: 26
- Views: 558
Re: USPS Delivery Status
I sent a check via parcel post from Orange VA to Goochland VA approx fifty miles it was sent 12/28/20 and as of 1/6/21 it’s not arrived yet .
- Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:46 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: USPS Delivery Status
- Replies: 26
- Views: 558
Re: USPS Delivery Status
I sent a check Priority Mail from central VA to Savanah GA shoulda been a two day or three day tops , it took 11 days . I’ve got a gun coming from the Seattle area via UPS insured , was sent yesterday and supposed to arrive by next Tuesday . We shall see 

- Tue Jan 05, 2021 9:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What would you like to see in 2021?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 495
Re: What would you like to see in 2021?
After I get the vaccine etc I’d like to get on a plane and go see my family in the Philippines. No quarantine in Manila for two weeks !
- Tue Jan 05, 2021 7:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Shooting The New Christmas Present
- Replies: 14
- Views: 437
Re: Shooting The New Christmas Present
The cost of the gun $XXXX the amount of satisfaction PRICELESS 

- Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Little helpful thoughts !
- Replies: 20
- Views: 422
Re: Little helpful thoughts !
I talked to the boss last night . She said he’s off oxegen and able to keep regular food down and actually is hungry . I assume before he was trying to force himself to eat . I do not think he’s oughtta the woods yet but I do believe he took a turn in a positive direction . Evidently the antibiotic...
- Tue Jan 05, 2021 12:07 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Little helpful thoughts !
- Replies: 20
- Views: 422
Re: Little helpful thoughts !
Prayers sent for him. I just 12 hours ago found something I could eat, after more than 3 weeks. Pineapple greek yogurt. When crackers taste like wet sawdust, and coffee has no flavor at all, you know something is wrong. Tonic water tastes bad, but has stayed down. The pineapple Greek yogurt is a he...
- Mon Jan 04, 2021 4:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Little helpful thoughts !
- Replies: 20
- Views: 422
Re: Little helpful thoughts !
The boss seems to think he’s on the way to recovery . But I suspect it’ll take more time than she anticipates . Thanks for the prayers thoughts and kind words .
- Mon Jan 04, 2021 12:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: '92 Marlin......?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 317
Re: '92 Marlin......?
Last year I still had over 700 rds. of .32 Long ammo. Mostly CF, but also some old and newer RF ammo. Canadian Industries (Cannuck) ammo was still being made long after all US companies stopped making it. I had sold my 1891 and 1892 Marlins in this caliber, and only had a couple Ballard #2 rifles i...
- Mon Jan 04, 2021 12:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Little helpful thoughts !
- Replies: 20
- Views: 422
Re: Little helpful thoughts !
It’s kinda funny but in a way it’s not , each day I talk to my five year old grandson on a video call . He kinda knows what’s going on and since this happened to his great uncle he’ll say “Ampah don’t go out you stay home so the virus doesn’t catch you” !
- Mon Jan 04, 2021 12:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Little helpful thoughts !
- Replies: 20
- Views: 422
Re: Little helpful thoughts !
Yes ! They’ve not told my mother in law of his predicament even though the boss took her for a nose swab . She’s 88 and as any mother would worries a lot in situations like this .
- Mon Jan 04, 2021 12:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Little helpful thoughts !
- Replies: 20
- Views: 422
Re: Little helpful thoughts !
I talked to the boss last night . She said he’s off oxegen and able to keep regular food down and actually is hungry . I assume before he was trying to force himself to eat . I do not think he’s oughtta the woods yet but I do believe he took a turn in a positive direction . Evidently the antibiotics...
- Mon Jan 04, 2021 12:02 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Little helpful thoughts !
- Replies: 20
- Views: 422
Little helpful thoughts !
Well on the positive side none of the family contracted the crud from my BIL . On the negative side however he’s in his local hospital taking antibiotics , can’t keep normal food down , has pneumonia and is on oxygen now . I hate to say it but in my opinion his prognosis ain’t good . Any and all kin...
- Sun Jan 03, 2021 5:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: '92 Marlin......?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 317
- Sun Jan 03, 2021 4:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Last day !
- Replies: 3
- Views: 219
Re: Last day !
I’ve got a Rasawek quail hunt this Tuesday , a Christmas Hill Pheasent tower deal on 1/16 . Possibly a continental shoot at Prospect Hall on 1/23 . Another quail deal at Rasawek on 2/20 as well as a Christmas Hill Pheasent deal on 2/13 . The guys I hunted with yesterday are big on rabbits and stay a...
- Sun Jan 03, 2021 4:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Good new for British motorcycles
- Replies: 16
- Views: 345
Re: Good new for British motorcycles
To be honest at this point in my life I’d rather have a pre 1928 Hart Parr tractor over a motorcycle of any type .
- Sun Jan 03, 2021 4:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Good new for British motorcycles
- Replies: 16
- Views: 345
Re: Good new for British motorcycles
Seems the conglomerate from India has acquired Norton .
- Sun Jan 03, 2021 4:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Good new for British motorcycles
- Replies: 16
- Views: 345
Re: Good new for British motorcycles
Is Norton still in buisness ? Back in the early 70’s Norton had a bike the John Player Norton Commando in what I thought was cafe racer disguise anyway I wanted one when I was about13 .
- Sun Jan 03, 2021 4:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Crud
- Replies: 22
- Views: 709
Re: The Crud
Well on the positive side none of the family contracted the crud from my BIL . On the negative side however he’s in his local hospital taking antibiotics , can’t keep normal food down , has pneumonia and is on oxygen now . I hate to say it but in my opinion his prognosis ain’t good . Any and all kin...
- Sun Jan 03, 2021 4:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: USPS Delivery Status
- Replies: 26
- Views: 558
Re: USPS Delivery Status
It’s all because of Covid19 even though the fat S...O...B that was supposed to put it on the truck fell asleep at his desk and did nothing all day and got paid for it . My use of humanity goes further in the crapper each day .