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- Tue Feb 20, 2024 3:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Watch your backstop when shooting...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 931
Re: Watch your backstop when shooting...
Sadly that's more the norm with police involved shootings. I believe it is simply the fact that most cops are NOT gun guys and the only shooting they do is to qualify every 6 months. Back in the 80s part of our state police force trained at our range. Being teenagers we were kind of in awe and we g...
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 11:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Paco and the 44mag
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1145
Re: Paco and the 44mag
Thank you, Sir
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 11:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 82nd anniversary of the bombing of Darwin
- Replies: 13
- Views: 921
Re: 82nd anniversary of the bombing of Darwin
I hope enough of your government remembers to stop a repeat.
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 11:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Let’s talk about shotguns for serious use.
- Replies: 79
- Views: 8459
Re: Let’s talk about shotguns for serious use.
This is a FACT and why so many Law Enforcement units still use a shotgun before the weaker ones complained about the recoil and went to ARs.Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Sat Feb 17, 2024 3:42 pm I’ve seen folks shot with a variety of guns over the years. I’ve never seen anyone who took a load of buckshot to the torso that stayed in the fight.
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 10:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Let’s talk about shotguns for serious use.
- Replies: 79
- Views: 8459
Re: Let’s talk about shotguns for serious use.
There is supposed to be a made in turkey new martini shotgun in 12 and 20 ga coming on the market sometime this year I am wary of some Turkish made guns but a Martini 20 gauge would get my attention... Paladin, I'd like to see a picture of your sawn off Fox, I've never seen a Fox shotgun over here ...
- Thu Feb 15, 2024 5:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Thinking of a 1886/71 in 444 marlin
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1983
Re: Thinking of a 1886/71 in 444 marlin
My first lever was a .444 Marlin (used to read Don Pendelton's MACK BOLAN in high school) Great gun until I got into the 45-70s. I gave it to my nephew when he wanted a Bear gun for WV.
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 10:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: S&W Lever gun
- Replies: 44
- Views: 3986
Re: S&W Lever gun
Yes after looking at the price I will stick with the Marlins and Rossis. Glad my local gunsmith was good at mods.
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 9:46 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Let’s talk about shotguns for serious use.
- Replies: 79
- Views: 8459
Re: Let’s talk about shotguns for serious use.
I like my Greener GP The best single shot ever made, I have been to the factory and seen them being made, great choice... :D I always wanted a Greener just from seeing one when I was a kid and using a Stevens single shot. I have a Fox Double I bought for 200 USD in the 80s and cut to 19 inches for ...
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 10:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Let’s talk about shotguns for serious use.
- Replies: 79
- Views: 8459
Re: Let’s talk about shotguns for serious use.
Shotguns were issued to me from 1977 until 2022 when I retired from my last contract. Remington 870s were in the office locker and we could take one without asking from the beginning of my tenure with the State Police and are almost indestructible. I shoot shotguns well for work-type events and too...
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 9:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I need to learn to leave well enough alone...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 673
Re: I need to learn to leave well enough alone...
Darn, Good Luck
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 9:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 'Smart' devices are dumb....
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1223
Re: 'Smart' devices are dumb....
TRUST BIG COMPANIES that pay off the GOV. I even store them in Faraday bags at times after they are in Airplane mode and turned off.
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 8:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT, post and beam
- Replies: 67
- Views: 7018
Re: OT, post and beam
WOW, worked with Dad on a neighbor's when I was a kid in NE Ohio, we were only there for two days and it was more work than I cared for but they were friends. I learned a lot and after that when we needed a building Dad decided on Steel to keep the airplanes in to go with the three-story ARCH type ...
- Sun Jan 14, 2024 12:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 44 special vs 9mm
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1298
Re: 44 special vs 9mm
.44 spl for the win bang without blast and more THUMP
- Sat Jan 13, 2024 11:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I had just enough shekels.....
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2397
Re: I had just enough shekels.....
Collection guns that have killed presidents?
Baltimore & Potomac Railroad Passenger Terminal, Washington, DC where U.S. President James A. Garfield was assassinated on July 2, 1881 Doctors discuss Garfield’s wounds Guiteau borrowed $15 and went out to purchase a Bull Dog revolver
Baltimore & Potomac Railroad Passenger Terminal, Washington, DC where U.S. President James A. Garfield was assassinated on July 2, 1881 Doctors discuss Garfield’s wounds Guiteau borrowed $15 and went out to purchase a Bull Dog revolver
- Sat Jan 13, 2024 11:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Paul Harrell hasn't much time
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2707
Re: Paul Harrell hasn't much time
Sad to hear, I like his videos and know what it takes to earn the medals he shows at the beginning.
- Sat Jan 13, 2024 11:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 22LR Ammo recall
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1106
Re: 22LR Ammo recall
As stated Remington is my least favorite rimfire ammo and like many here may have fired a few hundred 1000 of them from different manufactures.
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 7:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Reata Pass Auction
- Replies: 3
- Views: 549
Reata Pass Auction
This is the ANNUAL COWBOY & INDIAN AUCTION FEB 3RD, 4TH & 5TH. There are items from a few Western movies " Magnificent 7, and a few from John Wayne movies" I have spent way too much money here in the last 6 years as it is within a couple of hours of the winter house. Great people ...
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 10:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 1911 extended barrel question
- Replies: 9
- Views: 818
Re: 1911 extended barrel question
GO with what you got until you want to make the aesthetics better and decide then how you want it to look.
- Wed Jan 10, 2024 5:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: M1A front stock hole ...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 319
Re: M1A front stock hole ...
Too Funny, The gas and Carbon will just vent around the barrel under the front handguards leaving carbon and unburnt powder. Have you ever looked there?
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 11:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Who is shooting a surplus rifle?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3098
Re: Who is shooting a surplus rifle?
I have a few that I am fond of. I have let friends talk me out of my M1 Grands, and some other items I bought over the years. MY M-21 Arch's M21.jpg MY Belgian FN-49 Arch's FN49.jpg I have a few Enfields #4MK2.jpg An Enfield I use as an ATV Gun. Enfield 003.jpg I guess you could call my MP-5s and S...
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 11:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 1911 extended barrel question
- Replies: 9
- Views: 818
Re: 1911 extended barrel question
There should be no problem like they said the barrel will just stick out. all of my suppressed guns have that problem. The Colt officers model just has a King Tappen Comp. The Browning is just missing the suppressor. I have a few with this problem.
- Sun Jan 07, 2024 7:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A little Australia Wildlife.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1122
Re: A little Australia Wildlife.
Thanks for the photos. One of two continents I haven't made it to.
- Sun Jan 07, 2024 6:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Latest and The Greatest
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1798
Re: The Latest and The Greatest
As I no longer have to comply with regulations about firearms I have gone back to revolvers more often than not. A friend of mine just traded me an S&W model 69 in .44 Mag (for a rifle) that I carry a lot. Next is the 4-inch 329 both with a couple of .44 spls in them and a snake load in the war...
- Sun Jan 07, 2024 4:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Those with Model 92 in .357 -- preferred barrel length?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2870
Re: Those with Model 92 in .357 -- preferred barrel length?
I only have the 20-inch and the 16. In .44 Mag, .357, and .45 both are pretty handy but the 16-inch is probably my favorite.
After reading a couple of other responses I will admit I have Red dots or optics on almost all of my leverguns. Even my Co-Pilot has an Aimpoint Patrol rifle optic.
After reading a couple of other responses I will admit I have Red dots or optics on almost all of my leverguns. Even my Co-Pilot has an Aimpoint Patrol rifle optic.
- Wed Jan 03, 2024 1:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Tales of MHB. Mounted Inspector, Treasury Dept.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 974
Re: Tales of MHB. Mounted Inspector, Treasury Dept.
WOW, interesting information. Will send it to the IRS SAC I used to work with on the task force.
- Wed Jan 03, 2024 1:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My Great-Great-Great Grandfather
- Replies: 8
- Views: 823
Re: My Great-Great-Great Grandfather
Same here, thanks for the info on the site.gamekeeper wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 3:18 am That is interesting but very sad, from what I have read Andersonville was not a place anyone would want to end up in.
- Wed Jan 03, 2024 12:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: JAVELINA
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1874
Re: JAVELINA
They are a pain. They punch holes in the chain link fence, are dangerous to the dogs in packs, and are protected by the AZ Government as a game animal. This is where they separated 3 feet of chain link fence to kill two of my apple trees. They have (a Pack of 30) only chased my 120-pound Rhodesian ...
- Fri Dec 22, 2023 4:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: a little shottie for a change up
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1155
Re: a little shottie for a change up
I have a 19-inch DB Fox in 12 Ga, one Stevens 410 Ga, and a Stevens 20 Ga for beak-open shotguns. I save them for teaching kids and women shotguns before starting them on a Rem 1100. I have a few SBSs from a 12-inch Rem 870 Witness Protection to a 14-inch Saiga 12 Ga set up for urban operations wit...
- Fri Dec 22, 2023 4:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cowboy Assault Rifle
- Replies: 61
- Views: 6708
Re: Cowboy Assault Rifle
In 1978 the first shooting I went to in the state police was a drunk who broke into the residence of an old man screaming he wanted money. The old man shot him from his wheelchair at about 11 yards down the hallway with his Model 94 and a 150gr WW soft nose. It worked perfectly solving the problem ...
- Fri Dec 22, 2023 3:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hit the indoor range this morning w/ the M&P .22 Mag
- Replies: 7
- Views: 487
Re: Hit the indoor range this morning w/ the M&P .22 Mag
Found of the M&P 2.0 myself. The 10mm was the last-duty weapon I bought when they changed the reg to allow 10mm. My wife bought the Walther .22Mag and it works well I thought about the M&P .22 Mag, but just never liked using the lightweight bullets. Glad to hear the report enjoy the range t...
- Thu Oct 26, 2023 10:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hand Crafting Ammo
- Replies: 10
- Views: 459
Re: Hand Crafting Ammo
Good detail and information. I haven't gone through that process for 40 years. I still load ammo but have not taken the time to gas-check my own bullets.
- Thu Oct 26, 2023 10:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My dog went full cry at 4:30 this morning.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 879
Re: My dog went full cry at 4:30 this morning.
I live out a bit and tend to want a larger dog. The photo is of WALDO (the large 120-pound Rhodesian Ridgeback) with his new replacement. The pup MAX is a Belgian Malinois/German Shepard mix who weighs 7.5 pounds (4 months ago) in the photo and should get to 100 pounds. Waldo is 10 and should be ar...
- Thu Oct 26, 2023 9:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Russian capture K98
- Replies: 12
- Views: 532
Re: Russian capture K98
K98s were my first large bore rifle, back when you could buy them at Woolworths for $35. The cheap one was capable of enough accuracy that I use it for ground hog hunting with 110 gr spire point reloads. The iron sights with young eye were great.
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 11:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: From the old Sixgunner.Com site .. Doc O'Meara!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 676
Re: From the old Sixgunner.Com site .. Doc O'Meara!
Thanks, Jim, Very informative as I had not seen it before.
- Mon Oct 23, 2023 11:12 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I took my wife shooting today
- Replies: 17
- Views: 863
Re: I took my wife shooting today
Well done. When I met my wife in 2011 she had bought a Glock 3 months before and had a class to try to get a CCW In Southern Kalifornia. She now teaches women's classes and invites me to go shoot with her women's group every now and then. This was her last week-end. If you go to Gunsite look for he...
- Mon Oct 23, 2023 11:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bought an entire reloading room!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 922
Re: Bought an entire reloading room!
Well done, enjoy the process.
- Mon Oct 23, 2023 10:53 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Model 39 S&W
- Replies: 13
- Views: 719
Re: Model 39 S&W
I always liked the Model 39 and have owned three but let my brother have one, and the others went to friends who talked me out of them. I found one two years ago to replace my losses and still consider it a great firearm for everyday carry.
- Sun Oct 22, 2023 10:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 225 Years Ago Today, October 21st...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 595
- Sun Oct 22, 2023 10:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hunting accounts using lever guns?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 504
Re: Hunting accounts using lever guns?
P9121177 (3).JPG During those times leverguns were the only widely available guns that contained more than one round. Bolt actions never made much of an impact until after WW1. I forgot how many dozens of deer and one elk, a few wild dogs, foxes, even a pigeon and a few crows with an ‘86 in .33 wcf...
- Sun Oct 22, 2023 10:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Favorite sippin’ bourbons?
- Replies: 44
- Views: 13392
Re: Favorite sippin’ bourbons?
I have never been much of a drinker but there is a tradition in Special Forces at funerals when everyone, except fellow members, has left before the first dirt is put on the casket. We drink a toast to the fallen member with his favorite beverage (this is not all of the ceremony). As this has given...
- Sun Oct 22, 2023 9:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Prayers up please.
- Replies: 19
- Views: 963
Re: Prayers up please.
I’m praying for you.
DOC was right
DOC was right
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 10:34 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Your Chronograph just became obsolete
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1162
Re: Your Chronograph just became obsolete
Thanks may have to break down and get one as it can clock vehicles over 68 mph also.
- Fri Oct 20, 2023 10:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Tested the .45 Colt Green Dot loads today
- Replies: 12
- Views: 749
Re: Tested the .45 Colt Green Dot loads today
Due to having started loading shotgun rounds when I was a teenager using Green Dot in my first .45 was a given, Lots of it.
- Sun Oct 15, 2023 11:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Misplaced Firearm
- Replies: 20
- Views: 963
Re: Misplaced Firearm
I confess it has happened a few times. My worst (and most embarrassing) I had arrested a Drunk Driver and was running the intoxilyzer and filling out paperwork at the office in a rural county in WV. The phone rang with the silent alarm for the largest Jewelry store in the county and 1/4 mile from t...
- Mon Oct 09, 2023 10:44 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Yet another wet-formed holster
- Replies: 4
- Views: 227
Re: Yet another wet-formed holster
Well done
- Mon Oct 09, 2023 10:42 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Made a New Levergun Convert
- Replies: 14
- Views: 771
Re: Made a New Levergun Convert
You have sentenced him to many purchases, well done.
- Wed Oct 04, 2023 6:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Superstition Mountains
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1170
Re: The Superstition Mountains
I run around AZ when not in Alaska and have even found some gold panning a couple of times. A very beautiful area of the country with lots of history.
- Wed Oct 04, 2023 6:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: another levergun at range day
- Replies: 5
- Views: 390
Re: another levergun at range day
Great excuse to shoot and have a good time with war stories. Just fired 20 rds through a lever gun in the backyard today working on sights
- Wed Oct 04, 2023 6:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 28 years ago
- Replies: 10
- Views: 465
- Wed Oct 04, 2023 5:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Been watching Band of Brothers (and reading the book)...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 489
Re: Been watching Band of Brothers (and reading the book)...
I watched all of the Band of Brothers in one sitting on a day off in Africa in 2003. It was the last time, I guess I am due. They were still teaching Lt Winters tactics on the gun positions in IOBC (Infantry Officers Basic Course) in 1987 when I went through it.