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by Ray
Wed Oct 18, 2023 8:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ammo flying off the shelves
Replies: 7
Views: 506

Re: Ammo flying off the shelves

I've received a dozen or more sales pitch emails this past weekend up to today all saying something like "5.56 & 9mm low stock alert" or the like. They maybe entirely correct but I didn't bite so their fishing expedition was not successful.
by Ray
Wed Oct 18, 2023 1:34 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Converting FMJ into better defensive rounds...?
Replies: 38
Views: 3060

Re: Convewrting FMJ into better defensive rounds...?

I quite forgot I had modified some prvi partizan 7.62x39mm subsonic by boring a tiny hole in the nose with a carbide burr. My intent was not to increase terminal performance, their penchant for yawing & tumbling serves there, but to fulfill game laws requirements of the fmj prohibition for deer....
by Ray
Tue Oct 17, 2023 9:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Converting FMJ into better defensive rounds...?
Replies: 38
Views: 3060

Re: Convewrting FMJ into better defensive rounds...?

When the online video sharing sites were relatively new we watched dozens and scores of patrol car dash-cam videos with gun fights during traffic contacts. In one example the hopped perp was scuffling with a much larger smokey and it escalated to a battle over smokey's sidearm. Just like in the movi...
by Ray
Mon Oct 16, 2023 6:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I just watched this on the telly.....
Replies: 3
Views: 305

I just watched this on the telly.....

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DerXebNxa ... cmlib3U%3D

Bob Foulkrod hunts canadian caribou with model '94.....
by Ray
Mon Oct 16, 2023 9:18 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Negotiations.....
Replies: 9
Views: 621

Re: The Negotiations.....

What a great story and project, Ray. Hope it all pans out for you. How does one control kudzu? Cut and remove? Herbicide? wilhelm, the kudzu in the o.p. is fictional from the schizoid brain of ray in whose world the sky is green and the grass is blue. If we find any kudzu vines on the real place it...
by Ray
Sun Oct 15, 2023 8:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Looking for 327 federal brass
Replies: 13
Views: 675

Re: Looking for 327 federal brass

When I first read that .327 backorders were soon to be fulfilled I contacted grafs and the lady responded that starline backorders are awarded in chronological order and they have had some 10,000 on order since 2018. So I'm hoping that starline has made at least a quarter to half millions so most ev...
by Ray
Sun Oct 15, 2023 5:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Negotiations.....
Replies: 9
Views: 621

Re: The Negotiations.....

The only recent deer sign (tracks in mud) is at the side of a busy highway and under the highway concrete culvert. I'm unsure if deer will actually pass through the tunnel under the highway or not. And the small fishes are still being fooled with rubber bugs but they are gradually catching on to the...
by Ray
Sat Oct 14, 2023 5:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Wet vs dry
Replies: 8
Views: 429

Re: Wet vs dry

All dry flies become "wet" and sinking after being sodden for a while and this has been a problem since izaak walton first tied a bit of yarn onto a bare fishhook.
by Ray
Sat Oct 14, 2023 5:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lake City cancelled commercial contracts.
Replies: 7
Views: 443

Re: Lake City cancelled commercial contracts.

I thought Federal was the occupying contractor for Lake City Army Amunition Plant. That's where the 7.62 NATO comes out of . It was federal but the contract is renegotiated every four years. Winchester really made use of the over-runs in unique ways and we greatly benefited with win.(and oddly fed....
by Ray
Thu Oct 12, 2023 10:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What did you carry today?
Replies: 6
Views: 301

Re: What did you carry today?

Tomorrow is said to be "global jihad day" ! Will definitely be toting something that goes bang and keeps going bang ! This morning in the predawn I was refreshing the salt/soda/jello/pudding lick after a much needed rain shower and was carrying a 21 shot .22tcm9r self-loader. Would have fe...
by Ray
Thu Oct 12, 2023 9:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Shooter's World Buffalo Rifle powder
Replies: 6
Views: 459

Re: Shooter's World Buffalo Rifle powder

Shooters World Buffalo is the original 5744.

Natchez is showing buffalo out of stock. Same at bruno's, grafs, midsouth, midway and powder valley.

When it is available it is often discounted to half the price of Accurate xmr 5744.
by Ray
Tue Oct 10, 2023 4:25 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Looking for 327 federal brass
Replies: 13
Views: 675

Re: Looking for 327 federal brass

I certainly did not mean to disparage freedom arms. I was simply pointing-out that they do not have the brass in-stock. Their merchandise items listed are not current and since I went to the effort of emailing them I posted the results to save others from calling or emailing. As for the rest of my c...
by Ray
Mon Oct 09, 2023 7:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Looking for 327 federal brass
Replies: 13
Views: 675

Re: Looking for 327 federal brass

Just got an email reply from lori collingwood of freedom arms re. .327 brass and they do N O T have any .327 brass in-stock and haven't had any for quite some time. There are sites that will take your money with no intention of delivering a product. Beware of any site that promises availability of s...
by Ray
Thu Oct 05, 2023 9:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: old uncle hovey is.....
Replies: 2
Views: 201

old uncle hovey is.....

still above ground and videographing.....

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hAnlyPO7JgI

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtzsd6a64Zw

Mumbles to himself between scripted lines and seems a bit wobbly which only means he is qualified to be p.o.t.u.s.....
by Ray
Thu Oct 05, 2023 6:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Incident In The Superstition Mountains
Replies: 9
Views: 417

Re: Incident In The Superstition Mountains

If any of you arizonans find any bones, horace was said to be somewhat bowlegged and had a prominent overbite.....
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by Ray
Thu Oct 05, 2023 6:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Incident In The Superstition Mountains
Replies: 9
Views: 417

Re: Incident In The Superstition Mountains

Explains why great uncle horace who went on vacation in phoenix was never heard from again.....
by Ray
Thu Oct 05, 2023 6:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Interesting J.C. Higgins shotgun
Replies: 7
Views: 386

Re: Interesting J.C. Higgins shotgun

Mine is marked 583.18 and modified. I bought it from k.t.p. and they had two 16 ga. j.c. higgins listed.....a bolt for $165 and a single for $130. I collect old single-shot fowling pieces so that is what I ordered. To my surprise I received the bolt. I felt sorry for the fellow who spent the extra $...
by Ray
Thu Oct 05, 2023 8:31 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: another levergun at range day
Replies: 5
Views: 353

Re: another levergun at range day

They called him frog. Never mind he looked more like a toad than anything else. A toad is just a frog that doesn't like water and this particular frog preferred drier conditions. He had thought and planned to spending the daytime hours of his waning years in a boat on the coosa river, primarily on l...
by Ray
Thu Oct 05, 2023 7:34 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Incident In The Superstition Mountains
Replies: 9
Views: 417

Re: Incident In The Superstition Mountains

You had me sitting on the edge of archie bunkers chair there. For the next fortnight I'll probably peer behind shower curtains and under beds with a roscoe in hand.
by Ray
Wed Oct 04, 2023 10:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What are you packing for the National Zombie Attack Alert tomorrow?
Replies: 35
Views: 1863

Re: What are you packing for the National Zombie Attack Alert tomorrow?

Belay that last misinformation.....

Their granny, my beloved bride of 12,094 days, corrects me in that, during the intense hand to hand skirmishes that rattle the windows, the middle grand imp is a wookie..... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wookiee

and the youngest is bruce wayne/batman.
by Ray
Wed Oct 04, 2023 9:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What are you packing for the National Zombie Attack Alert tomorrow?
Replies: 35
Views: 1863

Re: What are you packing for the National Zombie Attack Alert tomorrow?

Mythical undead malevolents are nothing compared to grand imps in character as jedi knights. These three remind me of mine..... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YvlGGWqRzZQ&pp=ygUcRGlzb3JkZXIgaW4gdGhlIGNvdXJ0IHNjZW5lcw%3D%3D Fast forward to about 9:15 and hear the judge's admonition..... I say the ...
by Ray
Wed Oct 04, 2023 8:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Superstition Mountains
Replies: 19
Views: 1042

Re: The Superstition Mountains

In light of this thread, I tried to watch this on the "toob" but it is zapped by the copyright stazi just as quick as the lawless geeks in asia upload it. But....you can "borrow" it from any of the libraries affiliated with archive.org..... https://archive.org/details/MACKENNASGOLD
by Ray
Tue Oct 03, 2023 8:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Superstition Mountains
Replies: 19
Views: 1042

Re: The Superstition Mountains

Most interesting ! Reading of desert gold prospecting has long been a fascination to me. I remember watching this when I was just a pup. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0vatOSBSbFU&pp=ygUoaW4gc2VhcmNoIG9mIGxlb25hcmQgbmltb3kgbG9zdCBkdXRjaG1hbg%3D%3D https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_Dutchman%27s...
by Ray
Mon Oct 02, 2023 2:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Negotiations.....
Replies: 9
Views: 621

Re: The Negotiations.....

The story above is certainly fiction but I use real life as inspirations. We took possession of a fifty-four-year old derelict home place and adjoining lots last week. The negotiations with the heirs/estate were quite interesting with the tanning-bed overdone agent pulling her bleach-blonde doo out ...
by Ray
Mon Oct 02, 2023 8:25 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I can't remember......
Replies: 13
Views: 727

Re: I can't remember......

You all don't have to sell me on them, I'm already a satisfied customer. I just wanted opinions on which of the two (above links) to buy for .38 special and midrange .357 loads (.38 +p maximums in .357 cases).
by Ray
Sun Oct 01, 2023 10:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I can't remember......
Replies: 13
Views: 727

I can't remember......

just who it was who turned me on to this outfit..... https://www.bearcreeksupplybullets.com/bulletselection But I know I read about them here..... They are great, but with one caveat, they aren't set-up for online ordering as yet.....you have to call them. I am thinking about ordering either this fo...
by Ray
Wed Sep 27, 2023 7:12 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I just watched this on the telly.....
Replies: 1
Views: 201

I just watched this on the telly.....

Amish hunter bags colorado bull elk. The videographers are careful not to show the hunter's visage in respect to old order customs.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FObX5Oyf11I
by Ray
Sat Sep 23, 2023 3:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I was feeding the dogs when I heard the sound of radial engines
Replies: 23
Views: 903

Re: I was feeding the dogs when I heard the sound of radial engines

There is nothing like the sound of a radial except for a Rolls Royce/ Merlin V12! If you need a 'fix ' for aviation engines ya gotta go to Reno air races ! A while back I was walking down the road here and behind me I heard it coming. No mistaking the sound! A beautiful P-51 Mustang came over and I...
by Ray
Thu Sep 21, 2023 9:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Negotiations.....
Replies: 9
Views: 621

Re: The Negotiations.....

My grammar and punctuation failings are so egregious I am ashamed lest you learned folk censure me. That next to last sentence should have read.....

"schmeared the first dollop".
by Ray
Thu Sep 21, 2023 7:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Negotiations.....
Replies: 9
Views: 621

The Negotiations.....

The Negotiations..... It sat there languishing on the market for nigh-on three years. The owners were just asking too much by virtue of its supposed commercial potential. Yes there were 28 established r.v. pads with hook-ups and a his & hers bathhouse and a general store but kudzu vines had obsc...
by Ray
Thu Sep 21, 2023 1:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Pocket Pistols
Replies: 28
Views: 1260

Re: Pocket Pistols

Fictional l.a.p.d. patrolman reed & malloy do it at least once every other episode(s). They roll up to a silent alarm with roscoes drawn and cautiously peer into bank, bar, gun, jewelry, pawn establishment, etc. Reed crawfishes back to car to broadcast mayday and fetches the slide-actioned fowli...
by Ray
Sun Sep 17, 2023 7:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Anybody here old enough.....
Replies: 12
Views: 946

Re: Anybody here old enough.....

B.T.T. And this stalwart levergunner greatly resembles the inimitable Roy Yeager of handgun hunting fame/infamy..... https://www.levergunscommunity.org/viewtopic.php?p=331443#p331443 Yet another reason to join the renewed handgun hunters international..... https://www.handgunhuntersinternational.com
by Ray
Wed Sep 13, 2023 6:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Pocket Pistols
Replies: 28
Views: 1260

Re: Pocket Pistols

In my lunchbox at work. The magnum has first two chambers loaded with cci shot for bats in the overhead and snakes under the chemical tanks.
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by Ray
Tue Sep 12, 2023 11:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Anybody here old enough.....
Replies: 12
Views: 946

Re: Anybody here old enough.....

SSK H.H.I. africa hunting special from two decades ago including an article by the good doctor.....

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YPIQ9x ... yYrzN/view
by Ray
Tue Sep 12, 2023 11:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Anybody here old enough.....
Replies: 12
Views: 946

Anybody here old enough.....

to remember Doctor Larry C. Rogers, m.d. aka the "west virginia hitman" ? I know rev. T remembers him. Well he is still alive and kicking with nearly 16,000 groundhogs slain and over 2,500 whitetails taken with handguns. larry-rogers-md-petersburg-wv.jpg They sure grow some big groundhogs ...
by Ray
Sun Sep 10, 2023 7:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: So I was digging about.....
Replies: 10
Views: 430

Re: So I was digging about.....

I don't think my particular example is made anymore but this appears to be an improvement on the design.... https://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/product/productId/28623 The disadvantage is the difficulty of centering muzzle face on the flat magnet. Thanks for the advice(s). I quite understand the co...
by Ray
Sun Sep 10, 2023 7:41 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: So I was digging about.....
Replies: 10
Views: 430

So I was digging about.....

In the clutter of the raycave for something else when I find a red laser bore-sighter contraption that sticks to the barrel's muzzle with a powerful magnet. You center it best you can by eyeball then, according to the brief instructions, adjust the scope reticle to be above the laser dot (at 25 yds....
by Ray
Sun Sep 10, 2023 6:31 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Engineering vs Manufacturing; battleships ww2
Replies: 9
Views: 422

Re: Engineering vs Manufacturing; battleships ww2

Griff, read this..... https://influenceofhistory.blogspot.com/2018/06/modern-naval-battles-us-naval-gunfire.html The last paragraph mentions my ship some two and a half years before I came aboard. The new york times article said "the mighty fine ten fifty nine as her crew affectionately describ...
by Ray
Fri Sep 08, 2023 9:21 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What are your thoughts on these velocities
Replies: 33
Views: 1309

Re: What are your thoughts on these velocities

You seem to be obsessed with subsonic speeds. One subsonic load will ring your ears and another supersonic will sound like a .22 rimfire. Each load combination has a different sound signature and even similar decibel readings can give you different personal hearing experiences. The whole current fad...
by Ray
Thu Sep 07, 2023 7:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Engineering vs Manufacturing; battleships ww2
Replies: 9
Views: 422

Re: Engineering vs Manufacturing; battleships ww2

Ray, I had to look up a Knox Class "can" and realized you were on a DE (destroyer escort), or that's how they were classified while I was in. Regards, Vic They made some upgrades(?) in 1975 and changed the designations to impress and awe ivan......he weren't too bothered by it. At least w...
by Ray
Thu Sep 07, 2023 6:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Engineering vs Manufacturing; battleships ww2
Replies: 9
Views: 422

Re: Engineering vs Manufacturing; battleships ww2

When I was mustered with uncle ronnie's yacht club doing a stretch of hard time (2 yrs. 2 mo. 11 days) on a floating prison referred to as a tin can (knox class) we knew of the momo-63 which had just come back to life in the pacific fleet and the iowa-61 which had been back for a few years. The clos...
by Ray
Mon Sep 04, 2023 12:57 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: This has vexed me.....
Replies: 5
Views: 352

This has vexed me.....

since I first read it. A long time forumite was piled upon/castigated/ostracized/shunned and impugned with gross dishonesty/fraud. That he was not scrupulously frank was obvious but at the same time, I simply cannot fathom a buyer being so incredibly and unreasonably effeminate about a few rust frec...
by Ray
Sun Sep 03, 2023 9:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Morning giggle
Replies: 3
Views: 242

Re: Morning giggle

Am I the only one who has never had any problems with pyrodex ? You have to clean them. Don't waste your time with water then oiling. Do both at the same time with one part ballistol cut with ten parts water. Let parts dry overnight (the water readily evaporates). If you see any powdery surface rust...
by Ray
Fri Sep 01, 2023 9:22 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Backing tracks.....
Replies: 5
Views: 334

Re: Backing tracks.....

I always wanted to add a refrain of sorts to "Amazing Grace".....

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=URwuoqJH9BU
by Ray
Fri Sep 01, 2023 12:24 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Looking for info regarding loading .410 #000 Buck
Replies: 18
Views: 714

Re: Looking for info regarding loading .410 #000 Buck

I sliced off the crimps of a handfull of factory 3" #4s and replaced the shot with four .350" muzzleloading balls glued in with model cement. I doubt they would stand up to loading and unloading from a repeater but they work just fine in a break open and stay on a medium pizza box at 30 pa...
by Ray
Thu Aug 31, 2023 7:59 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Medical opinions appreciated, gentlemen, but the case dates to the Civil War
Replies: 12
Views: 503

Re: Medical opinions appreciated, gentlemen, but the case dates to the Civil War

Those are excerpts from samuel watkins' memoir. Long in the public domain, Gutenberg has the text and here is the audio.....

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LnnpfOq9Jbs
by Ray
Thu Aug 31, 2023 7:19 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Medical opinions appreciated, gentlemen, but the case dates to the Civil War
Replies: 12
Views: 503

Re: Medical opinions appreciated, gentlemen, but the case dates to the Civil War

We were supporting General Cleburne's division. Our division (Cheatham's) was commanded by General John C. Brown. Cleburne's division advanced to the attack. I was marching by the side of a soldier by the name of James Galbreath, and a conscript from the Mt. Pleasant country. I never heard a man pra...