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- Sat Feb 20, 2010 2:20 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What if's/your next possible purchase?
- Replies: 93
- Views: 9693
Re: What if's/your next possible purchase?
I have a Marlin 1894C on layaway, so I am committed to that one. I just paid out a layaway, which was an Airlite J-frame snubby, but switched to a 5" limited-run Ruger GP100. Otherwise, I want to avoid more firearms purchases for a while. Recent vet bills hit me hard, and we lost the whole litt...
- Sat Feb 20, 2010 1:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT: 10000 bike ride
- Replies: 6
- Views: 557
Re: OT: 10000 bike ride
Are these bicycle riders or motorcycle riders? Best I can tell, motorcycle riders. "Biker" generally means motorcycle rider, and "cyclist" generally means bicyclist. Digging around the site in the link, I saw the registered folks included "pillion" riders, which would ...
- Sat Feb 20, 2010 1:09 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: LEO Attitude toward citizens and guns?
- Replies: 61
- Views: 5738
Re: LEO Attitude toward citizens and guns?
I work for the "other" big city in Texas, and despite our size, we seem to largely fit the mold of the rural peace officer, as described by other posts in this thread. We see Dallas as the city that wants to think they are the Texas version of NYC or Boston, and treats the rest of Texas li...
- Fri Feb 19, 2010 7:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Prayers for txpete's Mom
- Replies: 59
- Views: 3172
Re: Prayers for txpete's Mom
My condolences.
- Thu Feb 18, 2010 3:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT: Does anyone have a 1911 style that never malfunctions?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 5528
Re: OT: Does anyone have a 1911 style that never malfunctions?
I owned an early Springfield Armory, Inc. 1911 that never malfed; all I used was factory FMJ ammo. My Les Baer Thunder Ranch Special has never malfed. I have owned a couple of Series 80 Colt Government Models that were reliable enough for me to have faith in them, even though the word "never&qu...
- Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT- Jim Cirillo's Guns, Bullets and Gun Fights.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3340
Re: OT- Jim Cirillo's Guns, Bullets and Gun Fights.
This book is indeed a good read. I was fortunate to meet Jim Cirillo at the Snubby Summit in 2005, where his contribution was classroom lecture. I had hoped to train with him in live-fire, but unfortunately, his fatal collision cut his life short. Jim Cirillo did indeed favor the M1 Carbine over the...
- Wed Feb 17, 2010 11:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - Davidson's Exclusive 5" Ruger GP100
- Replies: 3
- Views: 938
OT - Davidson's Exclusive 5" Ruger GP100
I picked up one of these puppies Monday. I was already working on a layaway at this dealer, so didn't have to cough up the whole price; I had them return the original layaway to stock, and used the credit toward this one. Here is the link, which will soon be removed, and I will try to post a dealer'...
- Wed Feb 17, 2010 10:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Thoughts on lever as bad times rifle?????????
- Replies: 202
- Views: 26854
Re: Thoughts on lever as bad times rifle?????????
Autoloaders that shoot anything bigger than .223/5.56 are heavy, and I am frail in one knee, and in my support arm/shoulder. If I grab one rifle in a bad time, that requires me to be on the move, it will be a BLR chambered in .308 Winchester. I have several of them. I could even carry one, and stash...
- Tue Feb 09, 2010 3:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Prayer Request For Me and Mine
- Replies: 45
- Views: 4188
Re: Prayer Request For Me and Mine
Prayer said.
- Tue Feb 09, 2010 3:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT -- Prayers for Kathe Update.
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1971
Re: OT -- Prayers for Kathe Update.
Prayers continue; Thanks for the update.
- Tue Feb 09, 2010 2:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Gentlemen and ladys whats your favorite
- Replies: 40
- Views: 4974
Re: Gentlemen whats your favorite
S&W Model 17, 4" barrel, a K-frame .22 LR sixgun.
- Tue Feb 09, 2010 2:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Marlin or BLR?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 4694
Re: Marlin or BLR?
I like my .308 BLRs. My latest one is a Takedown model. I have Marlin lever rifles, too, but they are chambered in .357 mag.
- Thu Feb 04, 2010 3:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Browning BLR - Tell me about them
- Replies: 36
- Views: 8487
Re: Browning BLR - Tell me about them
A Lightning BLR has a rounded semi-pistol grip stock styled like the Browning Lightning shotguns. The first BLR I bought, in early 1997, is a short-action Lightning, in 308. I love it!exdetsgt wrote: What model is a "Lightning?"
- Wed Feb 03, 2010 1:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Skeeter Skelton articles
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3994
Re: Skeeter Skelton articles
Thanks!
- Wed Feb 03, 2010 1:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another new member
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2273
Re: Another new member
Howdy, and welcome!
- Wed Feb 03, 2010 1:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Mind if I step down off my horse for a while?
- Replies: 62
- Views: 5164
Re: Mind if I step down off my horse for a while?
Welcome, and Howdy, from Bellaire, Texas, where it is 50 degrees at the moment. I like your lever scout! I should get mine put together soon.
- Sun Jan 31, 2010 3:09 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Prayer Request.
- Replies: 49
- Views: 3311
Re: Prayer Request.
Done, and will do.
- Sat Jan 30, 2010 5:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: why would anyone want a Finnwolf?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2434
Re: why would anyone want a Finnwolf?
Keep in mind that really good, talented, old-school gunsmiths will MAKE parts for out-of-production guns, as necessary. Many "gunsmiths" in gunshops today are really parts-changers or armorers, more so than true gunsmiths.
- Sat Jan 30, 2010 5:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: .38 Spl. man stopper?
- Replies: 60
- Views: 10620
Re: .38 Spl. man stopper?
When I am too feeble to handle magnums in my SP101 snubbies, I will load them with 158-grain LSWCHP +P .38 Specials, and not lose one wink of sleep. As I near retirement from this peace officering business, I look forward to toting my snubbies more of the time. As for the LCR, well, I do have my S&a...
- Sat Jan 30, 2010 2:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT: Winter Bicycle Rifle Project Progress
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1726
Re: OT: Winter Bicycle Rifle Project Progress
Pete44ru, this is very interesting! I look forward to following this topic.
- Sat Jan 30, 2010 1:02 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Updated 1894CSS Pics (w/ Companion Revolvers)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1569
Re: Updated 1894CSS Pics (w/ Companion Revolvers)
Beautiful family photos! Thanks for sharing.
- Sat Jan 30, 2010 12:53 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT-PRAYS NEED --Drunk driver claim's the lives of two
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1054
- Sun Jan 24, 2010 1:07 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - Is the .32 Mag REALLY a good Defensive Gun?
- Replies: 75
- Views: 4449
Re: OT - Is the .32 Mag REALLY a good Defensive Gun?
I have used the .357 Magnum, with devastating effect, for defense. When I first started policin', though, in 1984, I was a disciple of Col. Cooper and other believers in big bores, so I mostly carried .41 and up, through most of the 1980's, up to 1993. (mostly .41 mag and .45 ACP) By the '90's, thou...
- Fri Jan 22, 2010 8:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Most reliable lever gun
- Replies: 57
- Views: 6141
Re: Most reliable lever gun
One thing about the current BLRs that I like, is that the top round in the magazine is aimed at the chamber when the bolt is back. All else being equal, this is an indication of reliable feeding. I so liked the smooth feeding and reliability of my first one, a 1997 Lightning, that when Browning rele...
- Thu Jan 21, 2010 9:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Most reliable lever gun
- Replies: 57
- Views: 6141
Re: Most reliable lever gun
My recent Mirokuchester '92 Trapper in .45 Colt was a cantankerous, finicky feeder, so I parted with it. My one BLR that has been fired much, a 1997-era Lightning, feeds 100% reliably. My wife's Rossi '92, made in the late 1990's, is a slick, reliable feeder. My Marlins are too new to tell, and are ...
- Mon Jan 18, 2010 2:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Jeff Stamper has passed
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1500
Re: Jeff Stamper has passed
Prayers up. Rest in peace.
- Sun Jan 17, 2010 3:34 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Help me pick a revolver.
- Replies: 51
- Views: 5898
Re: Help me pick a revolver.
Personally, I like Ruger .357 Mag DA revolvers, such as the GP100, Speed Six, and SP101, and single action sixguns chambered in .45 Colt. My hands are too small to shoot N-frames and Redhawks well in DA mode, because I can't reach the trigger well enough, and if I have to shoot it in SA mode, anyway...
- Sat Jan 16, 2010 7:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: sound of 357 mag vs 44 special
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2298
Re: sound of 357 mag vs 44 special
i believe the 357 is louder but i like it better for what i do. rexster where in east texas im from nacogdoches. I am south of you a bit, living in a small city, that is surrounded by a BIG city. Two interstates and a major US highway cross each other here. I work for the big city's PD. If I specif...
- Sat Jan 16, 2010 7:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: sound of 357 mag vs 44 special
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2298
Re: sound of 357 mag vs 44 special
The .357 is MUCH harsher than the .45 ACP, and the .44 Special is milder still. Edited to add: Well, I did fire one 125-grain Federal .357 at a human adversary, and it was just a mild "pop" to my ears; I didn't notice the pressure wave, either Not looking for huge detail (such as gore) bu...
- Sat Jan 16, 2010 6:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT prayer request
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1564
Re: OT prayer request
Will do!
- Sat Jan 16, 2010 12:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: sound of 357 mag vs 44 special
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2298
Re: sound of 357 mag vs 44 special
The .357 is MUCH harsher than the .45 ACP, and the .44 Special is milder still. I managed to forgetfully fire each of these, over time, once, without hearing protection. By coincidence, it was a Winchester Silvertip in each load, IIRC. None were as bad as a now-disremembered .44 mag load. All were f...
- Tue Jan 12, 2010 12:33 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - Buried a brother today.
- Replies: 42
- Views: 2667
Re: OT - Buried a brother today.
May he rest in peace. My condolences.
- Tue Jan 12, 2010 12:30 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - Prayer Request -**UPDATED**
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1874
Re: OT - Prayer Request
Done!
- Mon Jan 11, 2010 12:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT-Prayer request for my youngest grandson (23 months)
- Replies: 39
- Views: 2507
- Fri Jan 08, 2010 6:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: #6 shot or slugs for home defense?
- Replies: 159
- Views: 25161
Re: #6 shot or slugs for home defense?
Thanks for the support!
To be clear, I am content with the choices given me by my chief. My wife carries what she wants; she is not armed in an official capacity.
To be clear, I am content with the choices given me by my chief. My wife carries what she wants; she is not armed in an official capacity.
- Fri Jan 08, 2010 6:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT I might get laid off this Thursday - Update: RETAINED
- Replies: 56
- Views: 3554
Re: OT I might get laid off this Thursday - Update: RETAINED
Glad to see the good news!
- Fri Jan 08, 2010 6:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT -- Update on Mom
- Replies: 17
- Views: 754
Re: OT -- Update on Mom
Good to see this update; prayers continue!
- Fri Jan 08, 2010 6:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: #6 shot or slugs for home defense?
- Replies: 159
- Views: 25161
Re: #6 shot or slugs for home defense?
I wear a PD badge, and my chief expects us to use the same weapons, and follow the same rules, 24/7, on the clock, or not. I am authorized to use 00 buck, 4 buck, and slugs, in personally-owned Remington 870 and Benelli M1 or M2 shotguns. I have a couple of the pump guns, and keep them loaded with 0...
- Fri Jan 08, 2010 6:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT-exotic/wild pets
- Replies: 39
- Views: 3087
Re: OT-exotic/wild pets
We have a Russian Tortoise and a Ball Python. The python was a foundling, from a "Viscious Animal" call at work. One of our pooches might be a wolf hybrid. He certainly acts differently from most dogs I have known, but I researched wolf hybrids, and he doesn't act like them, either. POBEAR...
- Fri Jan 08, 2010 1:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: .45acp V. .357---Let's Settle This Once and For All
- Replies: 93
- Views: 4686
Re: .45acp V. .357---Let's Settle This Once and For All
Gentlemen, from 1984 to 2002, I flip-flopped on the cartridge issue, between these two cartridges, with .41 mag thrown in for good measure, for duty/carry guns. I experimented briefly with .40 S&W, .44 Special and mag, and 9mm, too. In 2002, I got with the program, and have been carrying the sta...
- Mon Jan 04, 2010 12:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Prayer Request
- Replies: 25
- Views: 929
Re: Prayer Request
Will do!
- Fri Jan 01, 2010 2:59 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Prayer Request for Mom UPDATED in last post
- Replies: 56
- Views: 3504
Re: Prayer Request for Mom UPDATED in last post
Prayers continue.
- Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:11 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Browning BLR
- Replies: 40
- Views: 159665
Re: Browning BLR
I really do like my .308 BLR Lightning. It made me seem a better shot than I really am. When Browning released a run of .308 BLRs with stainless barrels, clear-anodized receivers, and laminated stocks, a few years ago, I latched onto two of them, and recently acquired a Takedown, also in .308. I can...
- Tue Dec 29, 2009 4:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What do you use?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 7849
Re: What do you use?
Puppy dogs. I used to call one the "bottle doggie" because she was like a portable, self-heating hot water bottle.
- Tue Dec 29, 2009 4:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT- Reloading a Single action
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1540
Re: OT- Reloading a Single action
Hey there ya'll - I don't know of Jim's but here is Deuce Stevens setting a world record. TWO pistols, ten shots, must ring steel, and all in 2.49 seconds. Best regards. Wind http://www.spencerhoglund.com/files/DeucePistols249.wmv Fast shooting, but this topic is about dumping the brass and getting...
- Mon Dec 28, 2009 3:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Goodbye to my beloved wife
- Replies: 77
- Views: 8107
Re: Goodbye to my beloved wife
May she rest in peace. My sincere condolences. Prayer said for your family.
- Sun Dec 27, 2009 4:25 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: wish List: What 10 lever guns to buy Next?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 4245
Re: wish List: What 10 lever guns to buy Next?
Well, though I sure do manage to accumulate quite a few firearms over time, I just don't understand this collecting thing. I reckon I am always on the lookout for things like pre-crossbolt-safety 1894C Marlins, even though I don't need them. My current 1894C Marlins have the safety buttons. I also s...
- Sun Dec 27, 2009 3:56 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Prayers for txpete's Mom
- Replies: 59
- Views: 3172
- Mon Dec 21, 2009 3:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - Ouch, that left a mark!
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2606
Re: OT - Ouch, that left a mark!
That was close! :shock: Yes, indeed. If I had been hit while still seated, I would still be quite sore. (Been there, done that, a few hundred feet away, a few years ago.) Had I been hit while halfway in or out of the car, or had she swerved into me, to avoid the car, y'all would be seeing my name o...
- Mon Dec 21, 2009 3:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - Ouch, that left a mark!
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2606
Re: OT - Ouch, that left a mark!
The other vehicle, a Toyota RAV4: