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Woo! Just sat down in the garage and pulled tab on a frosty one. Sure warmed up yesterday. Today is down right hot! Hard to believe it was snowing two weeks ago. The mountains are still covered now. Took the Harley for a 100 mile ride yesterday. Got sunburned.....man! I hate that. Took the boat up t...

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Jay....young man, let me separate you from your parents for just a moment to "take you under my wing". This is a secret that our wives or old fashioned parents are not to know of: "The man who dies with the most toys is the winner!" :D Yup! I've been privy to that bit of wisdom ...

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Weird. I don't know as all of em are hobbies. Well.....the fiddleheads maybe. :D Seems like a lot of people have stuff like that up here. From nothing fancy (like me), to over the top, trade it all every year and never get out of debt types. Most of my stuff is old but well cared for and in good sha...

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He had some stories at fishing camp. Diving to blow out engine fires. Watching the compass spin over the north pole. Pretty cool.

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Sorry to hear, Lenn. Glad it went to a good home.
Don't blame you with the old Shovel. That thing is cool.
Just dug mine out this afternoon. Took a little ride. Weather is finally warm.

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Dug the old Harley out of the old man's cellar today. Took a little ride too! Nice out today. Thing is still a ball to ride. Nice plane Gunny! My uncle spent 30 years flying scientists all over the world in a P3. They studied weather so he had to fly into horrific conditions all the time. Over the n...

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Gunny! Say it ain't so! I don't detect the harsh in GJ.....but then again, my taste ain't too refined. :D I never went anywhere till I was older. First time in anything but a bush plane was at age 31 when we went to Florida. Didn't get in another till last year when we left for the "big trip&qu...

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Ok. I've held off a long time to say this, cause I wanted to be sure.
Our buddy OS is the hippest, most worldly guy I have known.
Meatballs.....heads full if screws....Sicilian mob.....
Hands down.
Now back to our regularly scheduled program.

Rock On, Fred!

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Eye ball omelets- that's a French thing Six!! So I got a 1/2" splinter today- hurt 3 times more than the fish hook being yanked out !! :shock: Whew! I have to read slower! I just freaked myself out. Half inch SPLINTER. I thought it was ......half inch SPHINCTER! :D Funny how just a couple lett...

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Awesome! Thanks for the info, Steve. I knew about the crimp thing. It is the most critical part of using plated bullets. I load a ton of em for 38, 357, and 45 ACP. I always used Rainer and was bummed to see they went out of business. Have been slowly switching to Berrys as my supply is used up. I s...

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Have you chrono'd those? They must be smokin' for a plated.
I load 158rn over 6.5gr. Unique and the get 1350 from a 20" Rossi.
I've heard you can strip the plating if you push plated bullets too fast. I assume you haven't had this issue?

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I like the 32. Got 6 I think.
A 94 Trapper, 20" SRC, a rifle, and a pre war (no ring) carbine.
A standard model 64.
A case colored 1936 Marlin.

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Got the old Jeep mostly ready. I was out tinkering with it today and Zoey piled in the passenger seat with a "well let's go" look on her face.
Just had to take her for a ride. She is nuts over the Jeep and gets downright grumpy if the hardtop is on or the doors and windows in.

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Yup, it's true. The 80's were kind of the 70's up here. We lag behind at least a decade from everywhere else.

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85. That was some good times around here. My buds and I were having quite a time back in them days. Hit the range with the oldest today. That means running semi's. He brought his FAL and an AK with his CZ75 for a pistol. I ran my 10.5" Pistol AR and a Glock 19. I wanted the see if the AR would ...

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Owwee!
Sounds like porcupine quills.

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I hear you buddy. Those steel slivers are a different matter all together. They have been a part of my life for 32 years. I bet I'm magnetic.

I will say, steel slivers are worse, and easier to be got, on dry hands. I don't know why but it is true.

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Ouch Gunny! That ain't never fun. Glad you got it out with minimal damage. Keep an eye out for infection. I will say, I never have a problem with stuff like that getting infected. We went over the oldest boy's place for dinner last night. The middle boy and his girlfriend came too. We had a nice tim...

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Getting the Jeep ready today. First wheelin' trip next weekend. Got the top changed, doors pulled and switched to soft doors, and back seat pulled. Got it greased and rolled around under it checking everything out. Got my Power Tank filled this week. Now I just have to put in my recovery gear, tools...

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Pretty neat Pitchy. That feller has definitely been dieting.

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All good stuff and then some guys.
How can you not love the 1911?
Think I have six of them.

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I just saw Ian McCollum's vide on it yesterday. I was pretty impressed with the little bugger.

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Thats a beauty Marlinman! I had this factory 24" full octagon 45-70 for over 20 years. I always liked the 1881. Any 1881 with a factory lettered 24" barrel is pretty rare. But a 24" half octagon is a super rare barrel! My first 1881 was a .45-70 that I traded into when selling my ori...

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Good for you Griff! I'm telling ya, weeks or not, you're missin out!

Hey Jack,
A freezer full o' fiddleheads and you'll be thanking me old buddy!

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Weird! I've never seen em grow like that here.
I haven't mowed my lawn for the first time yet. Still only patches are green.

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That's right FW. You can also can them but I don't. Ok boys! Fiddleheadin' class is in session! First, we hitch the boat up to Old Red. Then we head down to the mighty Kennebec river about 2 miles away. We turn off the river and head up Wesserunsett stream till we get to our favorite "pickin' g...

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Oh boys I tell ya......! Fiddleheads are awesome! Just got done blanching and bagging up this years haul. OS, Did you have any when you were up here? They are delicious. You boil them until cooked, then put em in a bowl with either butter, vinegar, and salt. Cook up a little deer meat, maybe some ta...

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Haha I hear that buddy!
I did the opposite. I stayed in Maine......the ex left. Everyone wins. Especially Maine!

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Welcome to the fire!
I find my Rossi 20" .357 just shoots better with a lighter loaded .357 than with .38's.
I use a 158gr plated round nose over 6.5gr. Unique. It gives about 1300fps in a 20" carbine and about 950fps in a 4" revolver.

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Thats a beauty Marlinman!
I had this factory 24" full octagon 45-70 for over 20 years. I always liked the 1881.

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GunnyMack wrote: ↑Fri May 15, 2020 10:24 am All of the fiddleheads here got frostbite last weekend!

We lost a lot here too, buddy. We picked a couple 5 gallon pails full, but many were frosted.
We didn't get a whole lot of snow last weekend, but how much does it take?

Up north got 14 inches. WTH man?

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Goin' ta bed? You just WON man!

Hey! Yeah, you're right! I should be getting royalties from ole FW!

See Six, that's why you're rich and I'm poor. You think of stuff like that. It goes right over my simple minded, hillbilly head.

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I am beginning to worry about you comrade Jay. First ya hack on NASCAR then ya hack on diesel trucks. Dang near UN AMERICAN! Next your gonna start trading 1894’s for Mosin Nagants. Did ya get a bad batch of fiddleheads? Hahaha now THAT is funny. Bad......fiddleheads? No such thing brother. Must be ...

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I hear you Griff. No argument that a diesel has a way better torque curve that is at a much lower rpm. Thats why vehicles that do REAL work are diesels. However, my 5.7 Hemi makes 395hp with 407fp of torque and right now is showing just under 22mpg. Like Six says, if you are constantly pulling heavy...

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I don't "shop around" much in .45. I've always used 8.0gr. Unique behind the old Lyman 454190 in my circa 1910 Colt.

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Diesel pickups.......desert views.........rotting steps.......bullet moulds.
Holy smokes, what a day.

I got no problem with the desert, or bullet moulds.
Rotting steps....no thanks.
And I know I will get hate, but I don't get the diesel pickup thing either.

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Welcome to the fire!
If you hang around here long enough, you will be able to justify a levergun in .32ACP.

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Glad he is doing well.

Oh, in case you were wondering, the pup is cuter than you.

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Thank you sir! Yes, I agree with you. It is the best.

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Yup. I don't want to offend anyone, but "stock car" racing is ridiculous. Hasn't been a race since the 70's IMO. Cars in most cases don't even use the same physics. On the track they are rear drive V8's, on the showroom they are all stupid front wheel drive V6's. I agree with Six on sports...

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Thanks again, everyone. We can't wait to get up there and see everyone.
She is the first in the family to be born in Alaska.

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Nope! We was both robbed Gunny.
OS robbed our victory.

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I gotta be honest. I just don't see me buying a pink rifle.
Now, that being said, if I do I swear I will be honest and own up to it.

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Mopar! Yes!

Well, lets see if you keep this winning post buddy.

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Thank you everyone. We are pretty tickled.
We have a ton of rimfires.....but no pink ones.

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Haha yup. I'm standing in back. Cody is on the left, Tyler is on the right, and Cameron is in front. Ty and Cam are my stepsons but most people in our own town don't even know. I have raised them since they were quite young. Their father lives down in Georgia somewhere and doesn't have anything to d...

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I love the John Wayne movies. What bugs me is most of the Winchesters they use weren't even invented at the time the movies took place.

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Most likely, it is a factory re-barrel. There was usually an extra stock of 32WS barrels, so it is a common chambering for a factory job. Depending on when it was done, it will have an oval PW proof mark with another oval above it with just a P. That is where the new barrel was proofed to the rifle....

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Weird. After it changed, I logged back on a couple hours later, and a few things changed again.
I'm glad the header scrolls off on my phone. It would be pretty cramped otherwise.

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Thanks Six and Gamekeeper! Yes, it is Cody. Yeah, he is quite character for sure. He is sticking with old west names. His son's name is Clay. Yeah, I'm glad all three boys listened to me in that regard. I told them to get there guns and toys before having kids. Hey! I think we should form a committe...

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