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- Sun Mar 10, 2024 12:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: First Guns for newbies
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1601
Re: First Guns for newbies
I had some friends who just had their first baby come to me for advice on a "home defense" gun. Knowing them I talked very seriously about taking a human life. Then I asked them to go home, think about it, talk about it, pray about it and get back with me. A couple days later they got with...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 9:16 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Whatever it takes.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1342
Re: Whatever it takes.
I am sure there are some out there, but I don't know that I have ever run into a "helpless" woman. I have run into helpless young ladies but all they needed was some real life experience.
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 9:11 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Lost a Good One (taught me how to shoot)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 768
Re: Lost a Good One (taught me how to shoot)
Wonderful. A life lived well.
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 8:17 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I wonder if it is like this
- Replies: 5
- Views: 685
Re: I wonder if it is like this
Welcome Home!
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 11:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Good old flattop
- Replies: 54
- Views: 3074
Re: Good old flattop
The first one I ever saw converted was back in 1969 .. it was converted to .45 Colt.
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 10:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Good old flattop
- Replies: 54
- Views: 3074
Re: Good old flattop
The Ruger .357 Flattop is the ideal size sixgun. Almost identical to the Colt SAA in frame size, grip shape and cylinder size. They make nice .45 Colt conversions and .44 Special conversions. I won't convert mine .. I like the .357 in that size gun .. but I have seen them done. IMG_2653.JPG IMG_2658...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 10:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: are Rossis getting better?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2349
Re: are Rossis getting better?
I never had a terrible one. I have heard stories but have never personally witnessed one.
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 10:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I lost my willie
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1518
Re: I lost my willie
I am sorry to hear that. I understand. When you've had many miles together and learned to listen to each other .. and now they are gone .. life seems empty. Keep the memories of the good times!
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 9:12 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Rossi Brawler anyone?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2655
Re: Rossi Brawler anyone?
Color me weird but I have never understood the fascination of shooting shot out of a sixgun. I grew up in snake country. Lived many years in snake country. I never carried shot loads in the sixgun and I killed lots of snakes using standard ammo for the handgun I carried. If I wanted to use shot I to...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 8:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 'Amish' handgun sights
- Replies: 3
- Views: 473
Re: 'Amish' handgun sights
That is funny. I am sorta gun amish... I wouldn't have 'em on my handgun. But if anyone wants to use them, that's fine by me. The biggest issue I run into is PWDP ... People Who Don't Practice ..with what they carry. Whether that's iron sights, scope, red dot or a white stripe painted down the top o...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 11:23 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Last Outlaw movie review
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1732
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:10 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Last Outlaw movie review
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1732
Re: The Last Outlaw movie review
It's even funnier watching them on a horse.gamekeeper wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:04 am I find it funny that some well known Western actors look like they have never fired a rifle or a revolver in their lives...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 8:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Last Outlaw movie review
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1732
Re: The Last Outlaw movie review
It bothers me when movies don't get it right. I was looking at one the other day ... supposedly in 1869 .. but they were using Colt Peacemakers and 1892 Winchesters ... -sigh-
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 3:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Guilty!
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1503
Re: Guilty!
5 in 1 blanks used in movies (fits .38-40 rifle .38-40 pistol .44-40 rifle .44-40 pistol .45 Colt pistol) 5in1.jpg 5in1blanks.JPG There are also "dummy" rounds made up with a bullet seated but no primer or powder. EDIT: There have been deaths on movie sets from blanks. Back in the 1980's I...
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 12:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Guilty!
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1503
Re: Guilty!
We here all KNOW that it takes 2 separate and distinct actions involving 2 different parts of his hand to cock and then fire a single action pistol. As the pistol was inspected and found to be in proper working order, the only way it would fire is if he cocked it with his thumb and and then pulled ...
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:57 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Guilty!
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1503
Re: Guilty!
I doubt if very many people know who Thell Reed is, Scott.Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:24 am I feel bad for Thell Reed. No father wants to have to go through this.
I don’t know if she deserves to be found guilty. I’m not on the jury and I didn’t hear the evidence.
But I feel bad for Thell.
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 8:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: More Confederates in my blood
- Replies: 3
- Views: 317
Re: More Confederates in my blood
Each doing what they felt was right.
I pray we never face that sort of situation again.
I pray we never face that sort of situation again.
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 2:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: For all you mule skinners.......
- Replies: 11
- Views: 703
Re: For all you mule skinners.......
Now that there will bring a tear to yore eye ................
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 12:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 3.5 inch .357
- Replies: 16
- Views: 994
Re: 3.5 inch .357
Spelling?Griff wrote: ↑Sat Mar 02, 2024 11:58 amFixed that for ya!Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Sat Mar 02, 2024 10:21 amThe old guns are almost always [striketru]sometimes[/strikethru] better.
Why can't I do a strikethru?
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 10:29 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Most accurate Blackhawk caliber?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1975
Re: Most accurate Blackhawk caliber?
Yessir. Northwest of Tucson near the town of Oracle.Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Sat Mar 02, 2024 10:23 am Jim, that's a keepsake for sure. That's Arizona javelina country, right?
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Most accurate Blackhawk caliber?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1975
Re: Most accurate Blackhawk caliber?
Back when the Sixgunner.Com website was running we had Gary Reeder build a custom Ruger Vaquero .45 Colt for the first 20 that signed up. When I got mine I never did check the chamber throats or the bore diameter. I just started shooting it. A lot. I took it after Javelina and shot a sow with it. Ne...
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 8:20 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 3.5 inch .357
- Replies: 16
- Views: 994
Re: 3.5 inch .357
It's quite fascinating how much power you can get from a short .357!
125 gr. Speer JHP 20 gr. WC820
From a 24" Rossi leveraction - 2184 fps
From a 1 3/4" S&W Model 340 - 1339 fps
Nearly 2200 fps from 2 foot barrel and well over 1300 fps from less than 2"!!
125 gr. Speer JHP 20 gr. WC820
From a 24" Rossi leveraction - 2184 fps
From a 1 3/4" S&W Model 340 - 1339 fps
Nearly 2200 fps from 2 foot barrel and well over 1300 fps from less than 2"!!
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Most accurate Blackhawk caliber?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1975
Re: Most accurate Blackhawk caliber?
The majority of the time, the one I spent the most time shooting became the most accurate one.
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 5:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Is this a good plan?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1365
Re: Is this a good plan?
Thanks for the GOOD REPORT Bill!
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 11:13 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Interesting question for black powder shooters
- Replies: 8
- Views: 725
Re: Interesting question for black powder shooters
Sometimes the entire gun is a burn ring!
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 11:11 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: crowd funding the gospel
- Replies: 9
- Views: 953
Re: crowd funding the gospel
Non-Literate is right!
I've had people want me to teach them to reload. When I gave them a loading manual and told them to read all of it carefully and then we would start they refused. They just wanted to learn "the steps to follow" in order to reload. I said, "Goodbye" ...
I've had people want me to teach them to reload. When I gave them a loading manual and told them to read all of it carefully and then we would start they refused. They just wanted to learn "the steps to follow" in order to reload. I said, "Goodbye" ...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 12:53 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: crowd funding the gospel
- Replies: 9
- Views: 953
Re: crowd funding the gospel
There's a lot of good stuff going on around the world. Most of the people doing it never make the "news" nor do they want to. A lot of them have no "social media" presence and are not online. They are out doing the stuff.
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 10:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Is this a good plan?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1365
Re: Is this a good plan?
Bill ... BILL! You're in Texas now. TX is pretty good sipping whiskey and if you sip enough of it you can crawl in a tight sewer pipe and not mind it!
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 10:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: crowd funding the gospel
- Replies: 9
- Views: 953
Re: crowd funding the gospel
The talking Bibles we gave out were searchable by Book, Chapter and Verse. They were complete Bibles .. Old and New Testaments. We got them from South Africa ... about $25 each. We gave out several hundred of them. A friend of mine brought in 500 by himself. Also had some friends who ran a radio sta...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 6:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: crowd funding the gospel
- Replies: 9
- Views: 953
Re: crowd funding the gospel
The Official State language is Portuguese. There are 26 or 27 tribal languages. The area where I was had 2 predominant ones. What we have written in the Bible was passed orally for a long time before it began being written down ... at least great parts of it were. The thing about oral cultures is th...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 10:17 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: crowd funding the gospel
- Replies: 9
- Views: 953
Re: crowd funding the gospel
We used the audio Bibles a lot in Mozambique and my friends there still are giving them out. When I was there the government admitted at least 45% of the country was illiterate. I knew a lot of Mozambicans that could not read or write, including pastors and evangelists. They loved the audio Bibles. ...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 10:09 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Back From South Africa
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1346
Re: Back From South Africa
Thanks for the report and it was good to hear you had a great hunt. I hunted the Limpopo in 2008 and enjoyed it immensely. It is great country! The flight to Africa is never an easy one. It's halfway around the world! I made many trips back and forth between 2008 and 2018, the last time I went. In t...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Leverguns and Bump Stocks…
- Replies: 5
- Views: 816
Re: Leverguns and Bump Stocks…
I might differ with you a bit Doc. I am not sure they hate all guns. It's my impression that many of them hate the average person having guns. They don't mind their security guards having guns. They just don't want us to have them.
Maybe? That's my impression ... for what it's worth.
Maybe? That's my impression ... for what it's worth.
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My First Levergun (inspired by Bob Hatfield)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 649
Re: My First Levergun (inspired by Bob Hatfield)
I was handloading by then. My standard load was the keith 250 gr. SWC over 18.5 gr. 2400. This was a pretty hot load in the .44-40 and sometimes resulted in case head separation. The rifle had a bit of excessive headspace. But I shot it at distances to 400 yards with pretty good results and it held ...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My First Levergun (inspired by Bob Hatfield)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 649
My First Levergun (inspired by Bob Hatfield)
el tigre.jpg EL TIGRE The Spanish company of Gárate y Anitúa made a copy of the Model 92 Winchester in .44-40 called "El Tigre". These were a very close (if not exact) copy of the Model 92. Spain was a major patent infringer in making firearms because its patent law had a huge loophole: p...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 1:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The eldest grandson.....
- Replies: 7
- Views: 941
Re: The eldest grandson.....
My FA Model 97 has 2 cylinders ... 45 Colt and 45 ACP. The ACP is what I have in it 90% of the time. AND ... you can use a 1911 magazine for a Speedloader
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 10:22 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: THE BEST CALIBER
- Replies: 63
- Views: 6280
Re: THE BEST CALIBER
Whatever the source, I don’t like it because people are not behaving in a civilized fashion that we have come to expect in our society. We are seeing more and more of this in urban crime but that’s only the most obvious. It’s much deeper and more widespread. Possible Answer: "Our Constitution ...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 10:02 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: THE BEST CALIBER
- Replies: 63
- Views: 6280
Re: THE BEST CALIBER
It's extremely difficult to point that out without being accused of being racist, but the problem isn't one of race - it's one of culture. Reminds me of a song from the book "LUCIFER'S HAMMER" ... "All day I face the barren waste without a taste of culture... pure, culture ..."
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:04 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Córdoba Argentina 2024
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1491
Re: Córdoba Argentina 2024
It looks like you are having more fun than the law allows!
Thanks for the report.
Thanks for the report.
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: THE BEST CALIBER
- Replies: 63
- Views: 6280
Re: THE BEST CALIBER
I was tasked with introducing one of my law partners to one of the lawmen in my personal circle yesterday. So I strapped on an old and trusted friend of many years. A bit heavier than I tend to carry daily but still felt right on my hip. I enjoy wearing mine. I don't mind the weight. Like you said,...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 8:56 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: THE BEST CALIBER
- Replies: 63
- Views: 6280
Re: THE BEST CALIBER
The willingness to employ your gun is vastly more important than its caliber. I actually know people who carry a gun thinking they can just use it to scare away bad guys. Those folks have already lost their gunfight, whether they carry a .45 or a.22... YESSIR! "The willingness to employ your g...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 1:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: From the old Sixgunner.Com Archives
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1351
Re: From the old Sixgunner.Com Archives
The .357 is a completely different animal from a rifle or carbine.
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 10:26 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: From the old Sixgunner.Com Archives
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1351
Re: From the old Sixgunner.Com Archives
You and I have been loading and shooting 14.5 gr of 2400 behind a 160-173 gr bullet for how many years? Not to Paco levels, but certainly closer to what the .357 was meant to be. I started handloading for the .357 when I was 15 ... 62 years ago. The Keith SWC and 14.5 gr. 2400 lit by a Small Rifle ...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 8:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: From the old Sixgunner.Com Archives
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1351
Re: From the old Sixgunner.Com Archives
I was reading your posts earlier and it reminded me of Paco's article where he spoke about the .357 and early loads. So I looked it up and posted it it.
I shot his .357 handloads over the years and watched him shoot them. They were heavy! And effective.
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 11:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: From the old Sixgunner.Com Archives
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1351
From the old Sixgunner.Com Archives
It Starts in 1935 by Paco Kelly Up until the year 1935 the word "magnum" was used primarily with Champaign bottles that were larger than the normal quart sized. That year Smith & Wesson brought out the first handgun cartridge called a magnum, because of it's larger shell casing. The ....
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 4:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fed Ex did good!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 847
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 3:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fed Ex did good!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 847
Re: Fed Ex did good!
I have had good experiences ordering powder, primers and ammunition through Fed Ex. I have a shipping account and have shipped ammo etc. without any issues.
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 4:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cellphones Down Today...??? Could be a Problem...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 811
Re: Cellphones Down Today...??? Could be a Problem...
I was in the airport waiting on my flight. Looking around there were 50 or more people there waiting. Me and one other old cowboy were the only people not looking at a phone.
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 1:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bolt Cannon.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1558
Re: Bolt Cannon.
I don't know about corrosive chemically but I am sure match heads are abrasive. However, in a situation where they are the only option that really doesn't matter.Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Sat Feb 24, 2024 10:11 am Jim, I had no idea such velocities could be achieved. I wonder how corrosive it is.
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 3:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: You Can't Truly Call Yourself "Peaceful" Unless.......
- Replies: 7
- Views: 800
Re: You Can't Truly Call Yourself "Peaceful" Unless.......
A dangerous person is one who is capable of great violence and has it under control. Wouldn't it be the one who " doesn't have it under control"? Old No7 They would be dangerous, it's true. But you can see them coming. The one who has it under control does not stand out as a dangerous per...