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by madman4570
Tue Mar 11, 2014 8:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Opinion needed
Replies: 16
Views: 1055

Re: Opinion needed

Some of your better companies do offer with hardline if disconnect occurs from service to home it automatically dispatches 911 They use 911 because whoever is closest responds. Local,State LEO etc. I believe its just a small transmitter way up on pole sending to a receiver circuit in security system...
by madman4570
Tue Mar 11, 2014 8:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Opinion needed
Replies: 16
Views: 1055

Re: Opinion needed

I've always been of the opinion that criminals are generally lazy and usually stupid. I'm sure there are some exceptions, but I think the rule applies more often than not. So, one of my layers of defense is to harden the target - my house - so the lazy will move on to an easier target. I've lit up ...
by madman4570
Tue Mar 11, 2014 4:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Spring is coming guys,get some strength on the cheap.
Replies: 0
Views: 1433

Spring is coming guys,get some strength on the cheap.

For you dudes that don't want to spend much coin on equipment consider strength bands. Click on link below on look for the video showing how they use them. 10 different videos. A piece of iron bar and your imagination how you want to stretch em and you get strength and flexibility and some cardio. G...
by madman4570
Tue Mar 11, 2014 12:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How would this be handled where you live?
Replies: 28
Views: 3065

Re: How would this be handled where you live?

The cops wouldn't have even got called around here -- Prineville kids are using these airsoft guns for "war games", just like their dads are using paintball guns. Airsoft stuff is cheaper and cleaner than paintball stuff and is being used similarly. Has the entire rest of the nation gone ...
by madman4570
Tue Mar 11, 2014 11:11 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How would this be handled where you live?
Replies: 28
Views: 3065

Re: How would this be handled where you live?

From the Lander, WY, daily online police and sheriff's reports: "Officers were summoned to the area of Gannett Peak Elementary where a child reported that two other boys had pointed an Air Soft gun at him. Officers spoke to all of the parties, who were between the ages of 9 and 12 years old. T...
by madman4570
Mon Mar 10, 2014 6:49 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What animals have you eaten?
Replies: 48
Views: 4149

Re: What animals have you eaten?

Woodchuck Rabbit Whitetail---Lever .35 Rem ( Marlin 336C) Fish Gator Mountain Lion Steer turned wild---Lever .35 Rem (Marlin 336C) Possum Grouse Turkey Pheasant Quail Duck Geese Bear---Lever .35 Rem (Marlin 336C) Boar---Lever .35 Rem (Marlin 336C) Shellfish Crustaceans Rattlesnake Turtle Elk Moose--...
by madman4570
Sun Mar 09, 2014 5:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lost a 4 legged friend.
Replies: 20
Views: 2201

Re: Lost a 4 legged friend.

Very sorry!
Prayers sent that in time the deep pain of losing her lessens.
God Bless
by madman4570
Sun Mar 09, 2014 4:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Do you eat 'chucks?
Replies: 29
Views: 3596

Re: Do you eat 'chucks?

Can I chime in and add ??

Possum "boiled"

Once in my life and never again. :shock:
by madman4570
Sun Mar 09, 2014 4:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Real shooting, that is without rests or bipods
Replies: 49
Views: 3605

Re: Real shooting, that is without rests or bipods

I have been working with a 16 year old young man and his shooting. He has a 10/22 with new barrel, good synthetic stock, 3-9X glass. He came out to shoot and when we started shooting from sitting position, he told me he had never shot without a rest or bipod. I was shocked. It was his first time to...
by madman4570
Sun Mar 09, 2014 3:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ithaca mod 37
Replies: 17
Views: 2502

Re: Ithaca mod 37

Good info!


Thanks
by madman4570
Sun Mar 09, 2014 12:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Do you eat 'chucks?
Replies: 29
Views: 3596

Re: Do you eat 'chucks?

Had it at my gramps.
Actually tasted ok.
Woodchuck.
If memory serves me right cooked on cook stove top in cast skillet with some lard.
by madman4570
Sun Mar 09, 2014 10:47 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: slugging a barrel
Replies: 11
Views: 1332

Re: slugging a barrel

by madman4570
Sun Mar 09, 2014 10:00 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ithaca mod 37
Replies: 17
Views: 2502

Re: Ithaca mod 37

Saw one the other night used for $ 400 CDN with a 2&3/4 inch chamber, 16 Ga with two spots of surface rust on frame. Guys, Help me out here. Not trying to be a wise guy either. An honest question. Now, I can see if you currently have a 16ga shotgun etc. ok cool! However given the variety of cho...
by madman4570
Sat Mar 08, 2014 6:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Just musing about how much 'energy' one can carry...
Replies: 28
Views: 3475

Re: Just musing about how much 'energy' one can carry...

Seriously if I could afford one i would buy it Me too, I have wanted one for years. Doc, you mean the TKO number is 45 not 450 ???? Those 12ga. 385 Supreme 50 cal sabots run at a TKO of 50 for 20" barrel and 55 for the 24" slug barrel (1850fps / 2000fps) For a comparison that 500 S&W ...
by madman4570
Sat Mar 08, 2014 5:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: You have one firearm to survive what is it?
Replies: 167
Views: 21719

Re: You have one firearm to survive what is it?

5000 rds of these for good ol Doc
He will need himself to fix himself :oops:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrImp-ek3bI
by madman4570
Sat Mar 08, 2014 5:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Rabbits eye view!
Replies: 19
Views: 1497

Re: Rabbits eye view!

One word comes to mind!

Death :shock:
by madman4570
Sat Mar 08, 2014 3:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: You have one firearm to survive what is it?
Replies: 167
Views: 21719

Re: You have one firearm to survive what is it?

Good picks you two. :mrgreen:
Doc, the expensive cost factor in this scenerio cost who cares.
The 5000 rds and the gun is whatever you choose gun and ammo just magically appears.
:lol:
by madman4570
Sat Mar 08, 2014 1:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Just musing about how much 'energy' one can carry...
Replies: 28
Views: 3475

Re: Just musing about how much 'energy' one can carry...

Sounds like a sweet piece. Hope you get it. But to save you some money think I might just tell your wife all he needs is http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/37_64_991/products_id/95575/Remington+870+Express+Deer+12GA%2C+20+Inch+Rifled+Barrel%2C+Rifl With some Win Supreme 12ga 3...
by madman4570
Sat Mar 08, 2014 12:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Happy Birthday Kiddo
Replies: 11
Views: 1783

Re: Happy Birthday Kiddo

For those wanting to know where which model Browning's are and have been made!
https://www.browning.com/customerservic ... .asp?id=90
by madman4570
Sat Mar 08, 2014 11:55 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Oh great - one more ammunition 'panic'...
Replies: 34
Views: 3264

Re: Oh great - one more ammunition source drying up...

I can tell you this that last week when picking up daughters Browning though I have turkey ammo they had nothing in 3.5" "nothing" They had "nothing in 3" They had no .22 mag They had extremely little in .22 The owner said getting ammo now is like pulling teeth. Mind you thi...
by madman4570
Sat Mar 08, 2014 9:27 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: You have one firearm to survive what is it?
Replies: 167
Views: 21719

Re: You have one firearm to survive what is it?

Guys,

You have 5000 rds and a good chance that is it.
Why a .22 rimfire anything?
by madman4570
Sat Mar 08, 2014 9:17 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Oh great - one more ammunition 'panic'...
Replies: 34
Views: 3264

Re: Oh great - one more ammunition source drying up...

And everybody laughed at me for buying numerous 40 S&W carbines with THOUSANDS of componets for reload.
Something just extra sweet about each little pound of powder loading a THOUSAND rds.
Heck if need be deer down with them too.
by madman4570
Fri Mar 07, 2014 9:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: You Snoozed---I Won
Replies: 27
Views: 3255

Re: You Snoozed---I Won

:mrgreen:

An awesome gun given by an awesome guy to an awesome guy.

Awesome!

Congrats 6 for the fine gun and fine son!
by madman4570
Fri Mar 07, 2014 4:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Great sight
Replies: 2
Views: 690

Re: Great sight

The only Wild Turkey I see is in a bottle...as I said in a previous post I know very little about hunting Turkeys, have you any links to a good article on the subject, so I can get edumecated.... :wink: http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Turkey-Hunting-Strategies-Effectively/dp/1585748757/ref=pd_sim_b...
by madman4570
Fri Mar 07, 2014 3:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ithaca mod 37
Replies: 17
Views: 2502

Re: Ithaca mod 37

. Maybe I can unconfuse you. Ithaca M37's, with a SN of 850,000 or higher, will readily interchange any other Ithaca M37 bbl from SN 850,000 upward. The bbl's for these guns were not usually serial numbered. Ithaca M37's, with a SN lower then 850,000, were fitted with the barrel they were born with...
by madman4570
Thu Mar 06, 2014 4:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Desert Island knife.
Replies: 101
Views: 10111

Re: The Desert Island knife.

That would produce a variety of different answers. :D we wish you Brits would learn English :D And, pay attention to the pictures on the references you use. Something like this might give you a hint to the clime. http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e295/Calfred/5eded34567fad981501adc2b3d8ccaaf.jpg Or...
by madman4570
Thu Mar 06, 2014 3:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Great sight
Replies: 2
Views: 690

Great sight

That NWTF special edition Browning BPS that I bought for the daughter from Kittery Trading post, this gun uses this sight combo. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSAdL-MoOLI I absolutely love it. The guy that owns the gun shop where Kittery sent it to said I got this gun setup for almost about 60% of ...
by madman4570
Thu Mar 06, 2014 11:08 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I don't usually buy new furniture, but...
Replies: 10
Views: 1024

Re: I don't usually buy new furniture, but...

Bet, Pitchy would make you one cheaper!
by madman4570
Thu Mar 06, 2014 11:02 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I rejoin the ranks of the employed
Replies: 44
Views: 3483

Re: I rejoin the ranks of the employed

Could go back to work cause I am pretty young. Do the semi-retire thing? :idea: 31 years in one place is enough! Great offer to leave so I said --bye! But, that is what the wife is for. :oops: :lol: Honey, on your way home from work grab me a six pack of PBR will ya cause been hunting all day and I ...
by madman4570
Thu Mar 06, 2014 10:25 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ithaca mod 37
Replies: 17
Views: 2502

Re: Ithaca mod 37

I am trying to find info on an Ithaca 16 ga. I need a barrel and haven't been able to locate one. The ser # is 511xxx. At some point They changed the threads when they came out with the magnum. Does anybody have a source for determining year of manufacture for this gun ?. Heck if U have a barrel I ...
by madman4570
Wed Mar 05, 2014 11:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I rejoin the ranks of the employed
Replies: 44
Views: 3483

Re: I rejoin the ranks of the employed

Great news.
Best of luck with new job.
by madman4570
Wed Mar 05, 2014 9:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Anyone have a Browning BLR in 300 WSM
Replies: 13
Views: 1576

Re: Anyone have a Browning BLR in 300 WSM

Here's a really cool pic of the inner action and locking lug design of the BLR Lightweight '81. The bolt locks into lugs cut into the steel barrel itself, so even though the receiver is made of aluminum, the lockup on these rifles is extremely strong. Setting cartridge head space however, becomes a...
by madman4570
Wed Mar 05, 2014 1:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Happy Birthday Kiddo
Replies: 11
Views: 1783

Re: Happy Birthday Kiddo

Wouldn't have believed it. Yes, 75yds and its a dead bird. I took the exact measurements of one of my full turkey mounts(its head,neck)at correct height and drew it on a large piece of cardboard. Even colored it in like the real thing. Sort of! Shooting 2 1/4 Oz of #4's HEVI-shot , HEVI-13 That bird...
by madman4570
Wed Mar 05, 2014 1:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Berry's has new Hybrid Hollow Point bullets
Replies: 10
Views: 2346

Re: Berry's has new Hybrid Hollow Point bullets

All I know is their 165gr JFP for my .40S&W have been superb in the quality dept.
Shoot in my Sub2000's very fine. Not one stuck bullet and am buying them in the 1000's.
by madman4570
Wed Mar 05, 2014 10:04 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Happy Birthday Kiddo
Replies: 11
Views: 1783

Re: Happy Birthday Kiddo

Oh boy got a call it is in going to get it now.
We will see if it is a 75yd killer?
by madman4570
Wed Mar 05, 2014 10:00 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I think I should offer an apology
Replies: 11
Views: 1030

Re: I think I should offer an apology

Spring is coming boys.
We are going to make it. :wink:
by madman4570
Wed Mar 05, 2014 9:52 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: You have one firearm to survive what is it?
Replies: 167
Views: 21719

Re: You have one firearm to survive what is it?

6pt,

Not much of zombie guy either. Never have even ever watched " The Walking Dead"
Something tells me though a zombie met by you it would have a lot of bullet holes and left no head,arms,feet. :lol:
by madman4570
Wed Mar 05, 2014 7:31 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: You have one firearm to survive what is it?
Replies: 167
Views: 21719

Re: You have one firearm to survive what is it?

I'd choose whatever I could find ammo for. An exotic firearm with a strange caliber would quickly turn into a club. 9mm is very common. I'd choose that. Rgds Eric The original post implied that you theoretically have 5k rounds put back for whatever gun/caliber you choose -- so would not be a factor...
by madman4570
Tue Mar 04, 2014 10:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Anyone have a Browning BLR in 300 WSM
Replies: 13
Views: 1576

Re: Anyone have a Browning BLR in 300 WSM

How about the 325 WSM instead? http://www.browning.com/products/catalog/firearms/finder.asp?f2=325+WSM%0D&f1=003B&f4=&f3=&msrp= -Tutt Yep, another possibilty. What was really weird was I shot the 300 WSM in the BLR and it did not kick bad at all ? Why my XTR Win 70 in 300 Win mag ki...
by madman4570
Tue Mar 04, 2014 8:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Anyone have a Browning BLR in 300 WSM
Replies: 13
Views: 1576

Anyone have a Browning BLR in 300 WSM

Thinking about grabing a new one of these guys?
by madman4570
Tue Mar 04, 2014 5:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: terrible weather here
Replies: 32
Views: 3555

Re: terrible weather here

Tomorrow night going for tie for "all time record" days below zero. However I believe when you factor in average temp throughout winter " it will be a record breaker" ?? Nice today at 7am a warm -12 Have not used quite 2 tons of coal this year. The wood cutting deal all this upco...
by madman4570
Tue Mar 04, 2014 5:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My wife thinks I'm nuts
Replies: 20
Views: 1476

Re: My wife thinks I'm nuts

A dedicated man. You doubt you love to shoot.
Good job! :mrgreen:

Myself,
That's why I chose Anderson crank out windows at the house. :oops:
Honey, where's my coffee.
by madman4570
Tue Mar 04, 2014 5:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Best thing for protecting a garden
Replies: 7
Views: 804

Re: Best thing for protecting a garden

1300 lbs :lol: :shock: How bout the bear wrapping his mouth around his head. :lol: That bear is unreal. He does not look fat either just huge. Look on all fours how tall it is. :lol: Just having him run a person over at 30mph and not even mauling them would kill ya. Or just laying on ya with full we...
by madman4570
Tue Mar 04, 2014 3:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Berry's has new Hybrid Hollow Point bullets
Replies: 10
Views: 2346

Re: Berry's has new Hybrid Hollow Point bullets

Do you have any info on these? They have nothing on their website with any information. Sorry 7.62 but nope! They just have this bullet shown as the main focus on their front cover of catalog and also on the back cover of catalog. Saying "New HHP" and on page 3 what you can order with it ...
by madman4570
Tue Mar 04, 2014 12:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Best thing for protecting a garden
Replies: 7
Views: 804

Re: Best thing for protecting a garden

rjohns94 wrote:That would do it until he decides he wants the stuff in the garden.
:lol: :wink:
by madman4570
Tue Mar 04, 2014 9:53 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Berry's has new Hybrid Hollow Point bullets
Replies: 10
Views: 2346

Berry's has new Hybrid Hollow Point bullets

In the new 2014 Berry's Bullets catalog they sent me I see they now have New Self Defense bullets. They offer them in 9mm, 40 S&W/10mm, and for 45 ACP All with various weights. Engineered as a premium Self Defense Bullet and called Hybrid Hollow Point they can be bought in large bulk quantities.