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by JimT
Tue Jan 11, 2022 1:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Quigley shot
Replies: 26
Views: 1902

Re: The Quigley shot

Those kind of shots always raise doubts in people's minds unless they are standing there watching it happen. Those who don't doubt it are usually those who either saw something like it happen or those who have made similar shots themselves.
by JimT
Mon Jan 10, 2022 9:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: One piece firing pin Marlin 94
Replies: 15
Views: 1691

Re: One piece firing pin Marlin 94

I set mine up that way and used it for years. People talk about it possibly firing out of battery but I ran it hard and fast and never had an issue.
by JimT
Mon Jan 10, 2022 3:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Headed for Colorado (Local law question.).
Replies: 10
Views: 1034

Re: Headed for Colorado (Local law question.).

Give Tom Peterson a call. He's in Colorado Springs and works Law Enforcement.
by JimT
Mon Jan 10, 2022 3:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My new Tisas 1911
Replies: 12
Views: 1259

Re: My new Tisas 1911

NICE!! Thanks Bill. That looks like a Keeper!
by JimT
Mon Jan 10, 2022 12:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Proper Winchester - Marlin comparisons
Replies: 25
Views: 3057

Re: Proper Winchester - Marlin comparisons

This thread is highly entertaining BUT everyone knows it was Winchester rifles that won the West! Movies have been made about it. It is penned in books. I have yet to run across a book on the old West where the writer pens "... he raised his trusty .44 caliber Morris & Brown Conical Repeati...
by JimT
Mon Jan 10, 2022 12:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Now ANOTHER virus to worry about...
Replies: 13
Views: 1496

Re: Now ANOTHER virus to worry about...

I just got an email from someone who has a new variant ... P
by JimT
Mon Jan 10, 2022 9:06 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Now ANOTHER virus to worry about...
Replies: 13
Views: 1496

Re: Now ANOTHER virus to worry about...

Oh man! I've been infected! INFECTED I tell you!

:lol:
by JimT
Fri Jan 07, 2022 9:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New S&W Pistol
Replies: 16
Views: 1352

Re: New S&W Pistol

Bill in Oregon wrote: Fri Jan 07, 2022 7:46 pm I just ordered a Turkish 1911, and now here this is. Just wish it were in a more useful caliber.
I've heard good things about those, Bill. Once you wring it out I would love a report.
by JimT
Fri Jan 07, 2022 5:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For the drinkers here ...
Replies: 12
Views: 1304

Re: For the drinkers here ...

Sarge wrote: Fri Jan 07, 2022 5:08 pm I'm right there with you Jim, a shot before bedtime helps me sleep. But I sometimes can't remember which finger I was using to measure with. In those cases I use three, to make sure I get the right one ;)
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I am with you!
by JimT
Fri Jan 07, 2022 12:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New S&W Pistol
Replies: 16
Views: 1352

New S&W Pistol

CSX ... all metal (aluminum frame) .. not striker-fired .. it has a hammer!
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by JimT
Fri Jan 07, 2022 12:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For the drinkers here ...
Replies: 12
Views: 1304

Re: For the drinkers here ...

as I get older I just don't fancy drinking anywhere near what I drank in my younger days. I am with you there. I like a small whiskey some evenings just before bed. "Small" as in 1 finger of GlenLevit in a whiskey glass. When I was younger I drank 'way too much and too often. I went for 3...
by JimT
Thu Jan 06, 2022 4:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For GameKeeper
Replies: 4
Views: 338

Re: For GameKeeper

I had a friend who was married to an Englishman. They lived in Arizona. One day we 3 were going someplace and I said, "Hey, I have a joke from England." to which she replied, "So do I." He did not seem amused. The joke: Archibald the butler is helping Sir Percival into his Rolls ...
by JimT
Thu Jan 06, 2022 4:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For GameKeeper
Replies: 4
Views: 338

Re: For GameKeeper

gamekeeper wrote: Thu Jan 06, 2022 3:53 pm Did you read about the two rookie cops and the burglars..... :shock:
I sent it to friend who a long-time cop ... he said, "Not surprising." :roll:
by JimT
Thu Jan 06, 2022 3:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For GameKeeper
Replies: 4
Views: 338

For GameKeeper

From the old GUNS MAGAZINE in 1957 Seems it was about midnight when a butler awakened a wealthy British sportsman and told him, "There are noises downstairs, sir." "Are you quite sure?" yawned the sportsman. "Yes, sir." . ..... - "Burglars, perhaps?" .-.'. &qu...
by JimT
Thu Jan 06, 2022 12:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: "Trust The Science"
Replies: 28
Views: 2597

Re: "Trust The Science"

True.
And I don't mind other people being wrong.
I have no need to correct them ...
sometimes

:D :lol:
by JimT
Thu Jan 06, 2022 9:42 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: "Trust The Science"
Replies: 28
Views: 2597

Re: "Trust The Science"

[quote="Scott Tschirhart" post_id=932226 time=1641474331 user_id=90689
Jim’s methodology is the correct path…..and it works sometimes.
[/quote]

"Sometimes" is the right word! :roll:
by JimT
Thu Jan 06, 2022 8:58 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: THANK YOU RAY
Replies: 3
Views: 481

Re: THANK YOU RAY

HA! That is resurrecting the dead! The top loads in the .25 would blow the primer and the entire primer pocket out of the cartridge. I would fire it and the shell would eject. I would pick it up and there is big hole where the primer and pocket used to be. Never seemed to hurt the gun. I shot quite ...
by JimT
Wed Jan 05, 2022 7:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: THANK YOU RAY
Replies: 3
Views: 481

THANK YOU RAY

PM sent.
by JimT
Wed Jan 05, 2022 9:59 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: "Trust The Science"
Replies: 28
Views: 2597

Re: "Trust The Science"

But you really must be educated in the science before you can properly question it. Uhm ... yes and no. Questions can be asked properly when one does not know the subject. When my daughter was young she was injured in an accident. The doctor was doing some tests and stuff and I questioned him about...
by JimT
Mon Jan 03, 2022 10:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Legendary .41 Mag Colt Python by Jack Fowler
Replies: 16
Views: 2878

Re: The Legendary .41 Mag Colt Python by Jack Fowler

Thank you!
I visited Jack at his home a couple years ago. I need to check and see how he is doing.
by JimT
Mon Jan 03, 2022 5:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 2022.
Replies: 11
Views: 833

Re: 2022.

THANKS!! I am stealing this! :lol:
by JimT
Sun Jan 02, 2022 11:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: When I was a kid, I really wanted
Replies: 23
Views: 1452

Re: When I was a kid, I really wanted

Jim T., I read your article. I was very touched by it. I never had anyone in my family to introduce me to firearms at a young age and I had no experience with guns until my new motorcycle friend Tym at the time (my best friend of many, many years now) took me shooting at an indoor range (yuck!) wit...
by JimT
Sun Jan 02, 2022 3:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 1911 for CCW
Replies: 46
Views: 3854

Re: 1911 for CCW

I never would have guessed that there were a few others here. I have a friend that still carries one. The issue I had with mine was the plastic recoil spring guide. The legs that rode under the barrel would snap off in about a box of shells. Didn't seem to effect function. The captured spring proba...
by JimT
Sun Jan 02, 2022 3:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I Like The Old Ones The Best
Replies: 5
Views: 462

I Like The Old Ones The Best

I wrote this article back in the 1990's . I had traded into a couple 1st Generation Colt Single Actions .. one a .32-20 and one a .45 Colt. I eventually had the .45 restored by Cosby Custom Guns and it is a beauty. I got the .32-20 up and running and used it in CAS for quite awhile. Here are the gu...
by JimT
Sun Jan 02, 2022 9:23 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: When I was a kid, I really wanted
Replies: 23
Views: 1452

Re: When I was a kid, I really wanted

If I am any kind of a pistol shot today, it's because between 14 and 18 years of age I tried my damndest to wear one of those out. I don't know about wearing one out, but we sure shot one loose. My Dad bought it in 1964. By 1994 the tight barrel/cylinder gap had grow quite large, the cylinder had a...
by JimT
Sun Jan 02, 2022 12:05 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 1911 for CCW
Replies: 46
Views: 3854

Re: 1911 for CCW

AJMD429 wrote: Sat Jan 01, 2022 10:37 pm It even has a hammer-blocking 'safety' (which I know is redundant...but so are all the various safeties on a 1911).
I often carry a Star PD ... thumb safety only ...
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by JimT
Sat Jan 01, 2022 11:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Only Scars In Heaven
Replies: 1
Views: 362

The Only Scars In Heaven

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ_bJRMAC ... mJErOMXpno
For those of us who have loved ones that have gone on before us .....
by JimT
Sat Jan 01, 2022 8:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: When I was a kid, I really wanted
Replies: 23
Views: 1452

Re: When I was a kid, I really wanted

Scott Tschirhart wrote: Sat Jan 01, 2022 5:25 pm when I was a kid as people didn’t really have a way to legally carry a pistol in Texas in those days
I find it quite amazing that laws passed to punish people for being on the losing side of a war lasted 100 years. That does not bode well for the future ....
by JimT
Sat Jan 01, 2022 7:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: IMPACT
Replies: 37
Views: 2676

Re: IMPACT

Yessir Tutt ... thank you for the kind wishes.
I am sure some translations were done for a profit motive, since the Bible is such a best-seller. But I rejoice that in sincerity or in false motives, the Gospel continues to go out.

Be well my friend!
by JimT
Sat Jan 01, 2022 1:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: To Start Off 2020 ...
Replies: 6
Views: 521

Re: To Start Off 2020 ...

Blaine wrote: Sat Jan 01, 2022 1:54 pm :lol:
The most musical insect??
Potato Bug
It's plays on the tuber.... :roll:
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by JimT
Sat Jan 01, 2022 1:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: To Start Off 2020 ...
Replies: 6
Views: 521

To Start Off 2020 ...

Musical Instrument and musician jokes .. Bagpipes I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the man-made sound never equaled the purity of the sound achieved by the pig. Alfred Hitchcock ..................
by JimT
Sat Jan 01, 2022 1:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 1911 for CCW
Replies: 46
Views: 3854

Re: 1911 for CCW

I actually got disarmed once, long ago and the only thing that saved me was that the individual could not figure out how to work the gun. The guy was an absolute monster, he literally ripped my holster off my duty belt. Id never seen anything like it. He was, however, not tougher than a dose of pep...
by JimT
Sat Jan 01, 2022 11:59 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 1911 for CCW
Replies: 46
Views: 3854

Re: 1911 for CCW

I find the 1911 easy to conceal in most any type of weathers.
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by JimT
Sat Jan 01, 2022 10:53 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 1911 for CCW
Replies: 46
Views: 3854

Re: 1911 for CCW

Scott Tschirhart wrote: Sat Jan 01, 2022 9:58 am These days, I generally opt to carry an airweight J frame because I simply don't go places where I need more than that.
A Good Habit to Have My Friend!
Avoid stupid places at stupid times with stupid people.
by JimT
Fri Dec 31, 2021 7:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: IMPACT
Replies: 37
Views: 2676

Re: IMPACT

While I have versions that I use and prefer I do not believe any translation of the scripture is satanic. Some are poorly done. But you know what? God uses them all. I remember a young hippie who met Jesus while hitch-hiking across the desert. He was stuck in a lonely place and he saw a paperback bo...
by JimT
Fri Dec 31, 2021 12:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My message for the New Year
Replies: 10
Views: 931

My message for the New Year

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by JimT
Fri Dec 31, 2021 12:40 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: IMPACT
Replies: 37
Views: 2676

Re: IMPACT

Tutt ... I am sure you know this but in case ... the Septuagint was translated from an ancient Hebrew test that is 1000 years older than the Masoretic text that the modern translations use for the Old Testament Scriptures. Jesus, Paul and the Apostles all used the Septuagint, which is why when they ...
by JimT
Thu Dec 30, 2021 6:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: IMPACT
Replies: 37
Views: 2676

Re: IMPACT

nothing that was agreeable with and to the five hundred plus witnesses of Christ's ascension is missing. nothing that is directly from or alluded to in the old testament is missing. Grizz .. not meaning to argue .. just pointing out that James quoted directly from The Book of Enoch and that book ha...
by JimT
Thu Dec 30, 2021 5:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: IMPACT
Replies: 37
Views: 2676

Re: IMPACT

nothing that was agreeable with and to the five hundred plus witnesses of Christ's ascension is missing. nothing that is directly from or alluded to in the old testament is missing. Grizz .. not meaning to argue .. just pointing out that James quoted directly from The Book of Enoch and that book ha...
by JimT
Thu Dec 30, 2021 9:54 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Mass vs velocity ?
Replies: 42
Views: 2887

Re: Mass vs velocity ?

For me my "specialty" bullets are normally ones that I can get molds for. For the 30-30 the heavy RCBS mold is an excellent one. I have used it on the White Buffalo at The Whittington Center in Raton, NM. At almost 1130 yards it presents a fun challenging target for the old levergun. https...
by JimT
Wed Dec 29, 2021 9:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: weight vs velocity
Replies: 9
Views: 761

Re: weight vs velocity

OR ... instead of the weight vs velocity perhaps it was the state of (mind - emotion - whatever the proper term would be) the animal was in at the time it was shot.
by JimT
Wed Dec 29, 2021 6:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: IMPACT
Replies: 37
Views: 2676

Re: IMPACT

I like The Passion Translation also.
It better expresses the Greek and Aramaic that it was originally written in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwhZjJ-stJc
by JimT
Wed Dec 29, 2021 6:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Mass vs velocity ?
Replies: 42
Views: 2887

Re: Mass vs velocity ?

Ray wrote: Wed Dec 29, 2021 2:09 pm Re. so-called "Piledrivers" etc. Again I ask, where are you going to get them ? No current website or contact info. All the social media intimates that beartooth bullets is defunct.....
I have no problem making my own.
by JimT
Tue Dec 28, 2021 4:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Mass vs velocity ?
Replies: 42
Views: 2887

Re: Mass vs velocity ?

Yes .. Jurras and Nonte did quite a bit of work in Africa with light high velocity .357 and .44 Auto Mags. I used to have their book on handgun hunting but either sold it or gave it to someone before we moved to Africa. rev. T can you p.m. me a good snailmail address to receive a parcel ? DONE!
by JimT
Tue Dec 28, 2021 4:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Time machine.....
Replies: 5
Views: 544

Re: Time machine.....

HA! Thanks Ray. I haven't seen that article in decades. :D
by JimT
Tue Dec 28, 2021 4:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Mass vs velocity ?
Replies: 42
Views: 2887

Re: Mass vs velocity ?

Yes .. Jurras and Nonte did quite a bit of work in Africa with light high velocity .357 and .44 Auto Mags. I used to have their book on handgun hunting but either sold it or gave it to someone before we moved to Africa.
by JimT
Tue Dec 28, 2021 3:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Mass vs velocity ?
Replies: 42
Views: 2887

Re: Mass vs velocity ?

Lee Jurras proved that lightweight high velocity bullets work, even in Africa. John Linebaugh proved that heavy big bore bullets work, even in Africa. For shooting game, over the years about every bullet weight and type has been tried. The consensus is "Put whatever bullet you are using in the ...
by JimT
Tue Dec 28, 2021 1:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 45-70 lever gun
Replies: 53
Views: 5688

Re: 45-70 lever gun

https://www.shootersforum.com/threads/my-experiences-with-the-pedersoli-1886-71-in-45-70-govt.94154/ This is where I started to get concerned with pedersoli A different forum for chiappa and Marlin. Im going to check into the new and old Marlin and and look at those other rifles like the Browning, ...
by JimT
Tue Dec 28, 2021 10:44 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 45-70 lever gun
Replies: 53
Views: 5688

Re: 45-70 lever gun

I've owned 1886's ... originals ... beautiful rifles but pretty heavy. If I were starting out today I would go with the new Marlin.