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- Sat Oct 04, 2008 10:23 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Leverevolution ammo?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2777
Leverevolution ammo?
Guys, I am just ending my first week working in hunting at the local Sportsman's Warehouse, and we are out of Leverevolution ammo in .30/30. I can't believe the demand for this stuff, with customers telling me how well it shoots in their lever guns. Is this the common experience here? I see Hornady ...
- Fri Sep 26, 2008 10:10 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Irritated with Cabelas Today
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3199
Re: Irritated with Cabelas Today
Good thread. I worked my last shift as a newspaper copy editor last night after 25 years of it, and start in the hunting department at Sportsman's Warehouse Tuesday. Huge change (and pay cut!). I've been handling firearms for nearly 50 years (I'm 55), and the one AD I had 30 years ago -- thumb slipp...
- Sat Sep 20, 2008 3:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Spencers strength
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2597
Re: Spencers strength
I just sold my Armi Sport Spencer carbine in .56-50 to a Civil War skirmisher, but a friend and fellow Spencer fan used his last year to kill his whitetail with a single shot. With black powder and a 350-grain bullet, you'll get right at 1,000 fps, which is way more than enough for most deer within ...
- Fri Sep 19, 2008 3:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT: Aaaah, what a lovely smell
- Replies: 5
- Views: 813
Re: OT: Aaaah, what a lovely smell
Hops were an important crop here, too, but began disappearing after World War II. Here's a peek at my guys:
- Fri Sep 19, 2008 10:13 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT: Aaaah, what a lovely smell
- Replies: 5
- Views: 813
OT: Aaaah, what a lovely smell
Just packed a couple of freezer bags with hops from the dehydrator. I've got three big clumps of Cascade hops on my garden fences and this year, the cones were especially fragrant and abundant. Now to find a RELIABLE recipe for five gallons of good, bitter ale. Remember when big cans of Blue Ribbon ...
- Fri Sep 19, 2008 9:28 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Political Poll - Is Palin ready to be VP?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3866
Re: Political Poll - Is Palin ready to be VP?
I've got my fingers crossed that Sarah will kick Joe B's you-know-what in their debate and erase all doubt.
- Fri Sep 19, 2008 9:26 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: HAPPY BIRTHDAY PACO!!!! 70 years old today!
- Replies: 33
- Views: 3654
Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY PACO!!!! 70 years old today!
Paco: Best wishes from a pup 15 years behind you. Y'all keep an extinguisher handy when you light off that birthday cake.
- Fri Sep 19, 2008 1:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Political Poll - Is Palin ready to be VP?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3866
Re: Political Poll - Is Palin ready to be VP?
I think she's done wonderful things for this election, and she's my kind of Westerner. But I still have doubts about her fitness for the vice presidency, frankly. If it were a matter of how much I like and admire someone, there would be no issue for me. Unfortunately, there's more to it than that. I...
- Wed Sep 17, 2008 1:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: POLITICS - I'm sure AIG will bail me out when I need it ...
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2397
POLITICS - I'm sure AIG will bail me out when I need it ...
Doesn't it make you feel proud in our capitalist, free enterprise nation that Uncle feels so comfortable sticking his big paws into our pockets to help out huge corporations that make awful decisions? I know I am overpaid and undertaxed, so figure it a real privilege to see part of my wages being pu...
- Wed Sep 17, 2008 10:13 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Took 30 WCF hunting again.
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3303
Re: Took 30 WCF hunting again.
Dimrod: Really appreciate you sharing your hunt with us. That's a wonderful bull you took --- and doing it with the .30 WCF has to make the venison all the sweeter. You're living my dream!
- Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - (WAY WAY OT) Movie - THE WINTER WAR
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2582
Re: OT - (WAY WAY OT) Movie - THE WINTER WAR
Guys, for in-depth reading on the Finns and the Winter War, go here: http://www.mosinnagant.net/finland/default.asp I first got interested in the subject years ago when Finnish M39 Mosin-Nagants were all over the place for less than $100. One of these rifles rebuilt on a Russian action by Sako gave ...
- Sun Sep 14, 2008 5:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - (WAY WAY OT) Movie - THE WINTER WAR
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2582
Re: OT - (WAY WAY OT) Movie - THE WINTER WAR
Hobie: I am amazed at how few Americans are aware of the tremendous, humiliating blow tiny Finland administered to Stalin's army in the Winter War. I think it is not well known because of the tangled alliances you allude to. The Finns had help from the Germans, and some of their officers trained wit...
- Sun Sep 14, 2008 8:51 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Elk Country
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2200
Re: Elk Country
Danny: That's nice country all right. Looks like there has been some selective cutting in there and a lot of second growth. Is that mostly fir and hemlock, maybe some larch? What kind of rifle do you like for that country? Seems like the shots could come very close as well as 300 yards off, but that...
- Sun Sep 14, 2008 8:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Spoke to Nate Kiowa Jones
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2302
Re: Spoke to Nate Kiowa Jones
I was relieved to keep tabs on Waco, where my daughter is, and it appears they got off with gusty winds and showers.
- Sun Sep 14, 2008 8:42 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT? HA! Any of youse who've been to Africa dealt with this?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3326
Re: OT? HA! Any of youse who've been to Africa dealt with this?
Those rigs with tents on top are popular in southwestern Africa. They keep you up off the ground away from some of the smaller critters and it forces the cobras and mambas to work a little harder to bite you in the face ...
- Sat Sep 13, 2008 2:19 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT? HA! Any of youse who've been to Africa dealt with this?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3326
Re: OT? HA! Any of youse who've been to Africa dealt with this?
From the size, I am guessing those campers were in Namibia near or in Etosha National Park, which has the biggest elephants in the world. They are humbling creatures.
- Fri Sep 12, 2008 1:30 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Storms comin. Wish us luck.
- Replies: 35
- Views: 3090
Re: Storms comin. Wish us luck.
Steve: Wish you the best luck on this. My daughter is a freshman at Baylor in Waco, and I'm worried.
Bill
Bill
- Fri Sep 12, 2008 1:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT:pygmy bear attacks, and "les voyageurs" re-enactors
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1473
Re: OT:pygmy bear attacks, and "les voyageurs" re-enactors
Cable: Lovely photos. The sky and light remind me of the Puget Sound. Here in the Rogue Valley, the sun is harsh and the highs are still in the 90s. We have an Aussie (and a Brittany, and two little mutts). Your pup looks like a keeper. Our guys pick our raspberries, too. They're almost surgical abo...
- Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:41 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Prayer request
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2044
Re: Prayer request
Junkbug: His will be done, and His peace be upon your father and mother, and especially upon your heart.
Bill
Bill
- Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:10 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Primers don't matter? Pictures
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7840
Re: Primers don't matter? Pictures
Thanks for the demo, 1886. I had less than memorable results my first time out with a new Ruger BH .41 Magnum. I look forward to the next load tests with different primers -- CCI 350s as a matter of fact.
- Tue Sep 09, 2008 3:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Browning Model 95 30-40 Krag w/new "Lyman" rear sight - pics
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2471
Re: Browning Model 95 30-40 Krag w/new "Lyman" rear sight - pics
Stew: If style points count in the deer woods, you'll get a fine buck for sure. A might warm and dry just now,unfortunately.
- Tue Sep 09, 2008 10:41 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bill in Oregon, medieval gunsmith ...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1085
Re: Bill in Oregon, medieval gunsmith ...
Thanks guys. Jdad: I just had John Taylor rebarrel a Marlin to .25-35. He does good work.
- Tue Sep 09, 2008 9:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bill in Oregon, medieval gunsmith ...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1085
Bill in Oregon, medieval gunsmith ...
OK, so I decide I'm going to drill and tap the tang of my Savage 30G Favorite my own self and save some clams. I get the hole started with the receiver in a vise in the drill press and take it slow and easy. Things are going well. Nothing to this, I tell myself. Then there's a little crunch. Gee, th...
- Tue Sep 09, 2008 9:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT: A plug for the old-fashioned consignment sale.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 860
Re: OT: A plug for the old-fashioned consignment sale.
You MADE money on the sale? People MAKE money on gun sales? Learn somethin' new every day ...
- Tue Sep 09, 2008 1:22 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT... My Horse Passed Tonight
- Replies: 37
- Views: 3476
Re: OT... My Horse Passed Tonight
Oh, hell. Very sorry for your loss. A friend had to put his horse down. He led up him into some aspens and gave him some oats first. He still tears up when he thinks about it.
- Mon Sep 08, 2008 1:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Installing Receiver Sight
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1960
Re: Installing Receiver Sight
Chuck: I'm with you on the steel. I'd pay for it too.
- Mon Sep 08, 2008 1:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: looking for the report of the reconstruction of adobe walls.
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2834
Re: looking for the report of the reconstruction of adobe walls.
Red: The turnoff is just a few miles north of Stinnett, and you wind back down south to the Canadian, emerging through cottonwoods and sunflowers to the small plain where the stores were built. Gives me chills just thinking about the clash of cultures and the brave men on both sides.
- Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:20 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - chainsaw
- Replies: 45
- Views: 4282
Re: OT - chainsaw
I like my little Husqvarna, but then I also have a fondness for Husqvarna rolling blocks ...
- Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: looking for the report of the reconstruction of adobe walls.
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2834
Re: looking for the report of the reconstruction of adobe walls.
If any of you are ever in the Panhandle, you really should make the drive to the Adobe Walls site on the Turkey Track Ranch. Billy Dixon lies there, and he was an honorable man. I felt a real sense of "big medicine" there. My great-grandfather's ranch just a few miles up the Canadian.
- Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT----Be afraid, very afraid
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1491
Re: OT----Be afraid, very afraid
I'm LOVING IT!
- Sat Sep 06, 2008 12:42 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Jacketed rounds for the Marlin CB .38-55
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1058
Re: Jacketed rounds for the Marlin CB .38-55
Mikenv: .379.
Duff: I hollered back, but you had the music up so loud ...
Duff: I hollered back, but you had the music up so loud ...
- Fri Sep 05, 2008 2:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Marlin Cowboy -- Major Keyholes!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3606
Re: Marlin Cowboy -- Major Keyholes!
Guys: The original Marlin -Ballard .38-55 specified a .379 barrel. Marlin's fine Cowboy is true to the original specs and because the big bullet makers chose not to fool with a proper .379 slug, the Cowboy has fallen by the wayside. Believe me, with the right diameter bullet the Cowboy is a tack dri...
- Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:14 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - New pair of boots - what brand??
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2380
Re: OT - New pair of boots - what brand??
I wore out dozens of pairs of Redwing "Toughies" as a kid. (Anyone remember those, along with double-kneed Farah jeans?) But as an adult I have had trouble getting a Redwing to be comfortable. Something about the lasts they use. My current favorites are a pair of Double H Bullhide ropers. ...
- Thu Sep 04, 2008 1:14 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - Rem/Spartan SPR22 double rifle, .45-70
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3351
Re: OT - Rem/Spartan SPR22 double rifle, .45-70
Bob: I'm not that Bill, although I have visited Raton a few times as a tourist. My understanding is that this gun is designed for pressure not exceeding about 30,000, and I will stick to the Speer and other data that limit pressures to about 28,000. Believe me, a 405-grain bullet going 1700 really g...
- Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - Rem/Spartan SPR22 double rifle, .45-70
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3351
Re: Rem/Spartan SPR22 double rifle, .45-70
hfcable: There is a barrel-regulating jackscrew that adjusts the right barrel. It's located forward of the front swivel under the rib. Remington does not even mention this in the manual that comes with the gun, but I plan to start working with it at the next range session. Some fellows are reporting...
- Wed Sep 03, 2008 1:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - Rem/Spartan SPR22 double rifle, .45-70
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3351
Re: Rem/Spartan SPR22 double rifle, .45-70
Not the best, but a photo nonetheless ...
- Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:04 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - Rem/Spartan SPR22 double rifle, .45-70
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3351
OT - Rem/Spartan SPR22 double rifle, .45-70
Guys, in response to a request for more on this new gun, here is a post I made at Accuratereloading.com on my first impressions of the SPR22: Picked up the Remington Spartan double .45-70 from my local FFL, where I had Luke at Pueblo Sports send it. It will be some time next week before I can get to...
- Tue Sep 02, 2008 5:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My eyes and sixguns ...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1628
My eyes and sixguns ...
Took two Ruger sixguns along with some long guns to the range today, a BH in .45 Colt with 4 5/8 barrel and the new .41 BH with 6 1/2. I was mainly just plinking up odds and ends with the .45 Colt, but settled down to try for accuracy with the .41. I first shot some 250-grain WFNs from CPBC over 5.0...
- Tue Sep 02, 2008 5:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Accurate load for Savage 99 in .250-3000?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1196
Re: Accurate load for Savage 99 in .250-3000?
Thanks guys. OSOK, I have tried Speer, Hornady and Sierra 87-grain bullets, but not necessarily with those powders. I will give those powders a try.
- Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:07 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Accurate load for Savage 99 in .250-3000?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1196
Accurate load for Savage 99 in .250-3000?
I have a nice old 99 with the 1:14 twist barrel, and am having a hard time getting under 2 inches at 100 yards with handloads and bullets of 100 grains or less. Anyone else shooting this rifle with this twist getting better accuracy? Bore and crown are perfect.
- Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:59 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - Opening day of Dove season in Pa.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2195
Re: OT - Opening day of Dove season in Pa.
Mike: Good for you for getting out and gathering some birds with a hammer double. I have a Husqvarna hammer double with 2 1/2-inch chambers that I need to break in. I have some Magtech all-brass shells loaded with black powder that I would like to try, but can't use lead shot on the local refuge hun...
- Fri Aug 29, 2008 2:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New 38-55
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1656
Re: New 38-55
Shooter is the best kind! Do you know what the bore measures?
- Tue Aug 26, 2008 2:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sunrise on the J Bar T
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2088
Re: Sunrise on the J Bar T
It's the best time of year -- and the worst, because there are so many options. Archery deer and elk open here in Oregon on Saturday, and grouse, mountain quail and dove on Monday. At the same time, the Rogue River mouth is packed with bright 20- to 40-pound fall chinooks, not to mention thousands u...
- Tue Aug 26, 2008 12:20 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: POLITICS - Guess who recommended McCain for V.P.?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1249
Re: OT - election - Guess who recommended McCain for V.P.?
About 10 or 12 years ago, John McCain appeared in television ads here in Oregon to recommend passage of a ballot measure that had its origins among Democrats in our Legislature to "close the gun show loophole" and require background checks even between private citizens swapping deer rifles...
- Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:42 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT- Young Hunter Bags Huge Bighorn in Oregon
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1913
Re: OT- Young Hunter Bags Huge Bighorn in Oregon
WOW! You only get one bighorn tag per lifetime here in Oregon, and I would say he'll be happy with that ram for the rest of his days, even if he lives to be 100!
- Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:38 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sort of a lever, Ruger #1 .450-400 3"
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2389
Re: Sort of a lever, Ruger #1 .450-400 3"
1886: Please do post photos and especially range results. I had Chick Donnelly of Siskiyou Barrel Works build me a No.1 in this caliber about 12 years ago, and it is now somewhere in Alaska. At the time, I had trouble with dies, reamers and brass all matching, and I was much less experienced with bi...
- Sat Aug 23, 2008 9:22 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hornady 38-55 bullets
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3047
Re: Hornady 38-55 bullets
I will be right up front here. I make a 220-grain .379 jacketed softpoint bullet specifically for use in proper .38-55s, whose original bore diameter was .379. I spent the money several years ago for the swaging equipment after reading an article by Ken Waters decrying the lack of a proper bullet fo...
- Thu Aug 21, 2008 1:13 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - US Women just won gold at beach volleyball!!!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1270
Re: OT - US Women just won gold at beach volleyball!!!
Aren't Kerri and Misty something? I don't know why I am not as interested in men's volleyball ...
- Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:36 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: WARNING! Explicit bullet wound. Not for young eyes.
- Replies: 32
- Views: 5551
Re: WARNING! Explicit bullet wound. Not for young eyes.
Here's my prayer that he realizes somehow he has been saved for something special by Someone Special.
- Tue Aug 19, 2008 11:34 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Was at the Range Today ! "Again"
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1872
Re: Was at the Range Today !
6PT: I have a new 6 1/2-inch Blackhawk in .41 just like yours. Hope to shoot it this week. All I have loaded right now is some Trail Boss plinkers and some H4227 full powers using the CPBC 250-grain WFN.