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CraigC

The pressures more than double but there's a lot of meat there. Remember it's the same platform as used right up to .45Colt and we know they're at least as strong as a Ruger Blackhawk .45Colt. Virtually any firearm that's able to chamber the .357 will be a good candidate. Bowen even reports that th...

CraigC

As for the maker I'd think he'd want the hat made right before his name was put out on the net and I'm not sure I'd even lay that threat out until it was a last resort. He might get kind of testy and he does have your money. I agree. For now, I still give him the benefit of the doubt but not much o...

CraigC

In the years leading up to the war, it was not the North that was trying to impose it's way on the South, but the other way around. Now I've heard it all. I think you just went from Disciple of The Big Lie to crackpot. So now you're saying that the South instigated the whole thing. When they couldn...

CraigC

Actually Ruger did a couple runs for the distributor Acusport. Like the others, they were 5½", stainless Bisleys like this one.

CraigC

6pt-sika wrote:You overlook the obvious

Didn't I pretty much say that without saying it? I didn't overlook anything, I own two of them.

CraigC

Ft. Sumter was on CSA soverign soil, in a key strategic location overlooking Charleston harbor, occupied by an opposing enemy force that refused to leave. Rather than evacuating, the Union sent a fleet to force their way to Ft. Sumter to resupply it. In effect, forcing the CSA to fight to control it...

CraigC

I'd contact these guys and ask them. http://www.apwcogan.com/ I dropped by his shop a few months ago with just such a proposition. Stripping the plating wasn't going to be a problem. It was everything else that would've been necessary to bring a 50yr old abused S&W back to life. Only found out ...

CraigC

The pressures more than double but there's a lot of meat there. Remember it's the same platform as used right up to .45Colt and we know they're at least as strong as a Ruger Blackhawk .45Colt. Virtually any firearm that's able to chamber the .357 will be a good candidate. Bowen even reports that the...

CraigC

Hillbilly wrote:Nothin says poser like a wadded up taco shell on your head.

I like a little flatter brim than that. I thought they were supposed to keep the sun out of your eyes.

CraigC

We don't need to speculate about Sherman. His own words darn him pretty well. I can tell you right now that my great, great, great grandfather, all his brothers as well as his father fought in a cavalry unit from South Carolina. None of them owned slaves, nor did they fight for another's right to ow...

CraigC

I think it's a great idea! I would imagine it would be rather simple. As far as levergun caliber conversions go. I'm aching to get my little .32 Bisley converted.

CraigC

History is written by the victor, always has been. We don't live in a totalitarian state now, but then, it was fairly close to it. With Lincoln setting aside personal liberties for the sake of that victory and land in the South being seized on a whim. Sherman making war on men's homes and families. ...

CraigC

Great bike! I think the Nightster is one of the best ideas they've had in a long time. I especially like the black rims and side-mounted license plate. Here's a shot of my `06 Street Bob.

CraigC

No kiddin! Where do you buy a pickup big enough to get your melon in the door? Or do ya just do like Dino on the Flintstones, and poke your head out the top? Travis Morgan, I do not know you and what I do know I do not like. So I would appreciate it if you kept the wise cracks about my head to your...

CraigC

Great post Ysabel! But why is it that many times in my life I have felt that many southern folks I've talked too, actually have a real problem with northern folks? Because of something that happened 150 years ago? While I do not believe any man should be judged by where he comes from, who his father...

CraigC

Size 8? A head like that will wear out 2 necks in a lifetime. :D You ain't kiddin'! Half the time I gotta prop it up. It's good to know that I'm not losing my mind or overly anal retentive. To be honest, the brim was like that the first time. I thought surely either he would notice it and fix it or...

CraigC

...you don't just walk in and buy one most generally speaking. Ain't that the truth! Finding hats and helmets has always been a huge challenge. I waited three or four months for the Resistol. I appreciate the comments so far. I may just get my money back and go back to the saddle shop to order a St...

CraigC

A $450.00 pure beaver custom made hat should be perfect, period. I hear ya! Here are some pictures I went out and snapped rather hastily. Note the lopsided brim and crown as well as the wavy brim in the back. Another thing I noticed was that the crown band is not a uniform width all the way around....

CraigC

I agree! I had the hammers case colored on both an early USPFA and a Colt New Frontier at a whopping cost of $25 each, tagged onto a case colored custom Ruger project. To me the naked hammers just make it look like something's missing. Unless I'm remembering it wrong, the polished hammers did not ap...

CraigC

Winchester 94/22 .22LR for small game Merkel 280 28ga (with set of Briley .410 inserts) for all bird hunting Marlin 1894 Cowboy Limited .44Mag for general duty/deer/hog/predator purposes (or one of my .30-30's) Winchester 1895 .405WCF for more serious work Clements Custom Ruger Bisley 4 5/8" .4...

CraigC

casastahle wrote:It may be just me, but one of the finer things in life is a cup of coffee and a cigar
first thing on a Saturday morning.

It ain't just you! I need to go brew a pot and smoke one right now.

CraigC

Thanks for the input so far, I really appreciate it. All of the custom made hats that I've seen are really nice. You're paying top dollar. And I've seen a bunch as I hung with a pretty well heeled crowd back when I was big into CAS. I have to agree. To me, the custom hat should have fewer imperfecti...

CraigC

The thing about Israel is that they are in a very real life and death crisis almost every day. The threat is constant. They understand that and they deal with it. It permeates their lives and influences the way they deal with situations like that. People in the US have long forgotten how we got to w...

CraigC

I really enjoyed Gods & Generals. It's a shame the third installment probably won't get made. Ride with the Devil is also excellent!

CraigC

There's nothing more relaxing than sitting on the porch with a fine cigar, something to sip on and some decent firearms-related reading material. I can tell you how I got started. When I was a field tech I would stop on occasion, especially those late nights, and grab a box of Swisher Sweets. The ta...

CraigC

I figured this would be the crowd to ask. Up to this point, my "custom" experience has been limited to guns and leather. About eight months ago I placed an order for a custom cowboy hat in 50X pure beaver felt. Actually two, one for me and one for the old man. At this time the popular make...

CraigC

sore shoulder wrote:It will be hard for the populace of Andrews to convince the mountain lion they are not prey since a good portion of them are vegetarians, one of the unnofficial tenants of their faith.

If people are gonna act like ruminants, they shouldn't be surprised when they're treated like one.

CraigC

Nice! Do I spy Westinghouse micarta? What a deal!

CraigC

What say the Group? I'd say you're in trouble! I've got an 1895 .405 that is a wonderful rifle so the weakness for that model is strong. Those .30-40 carbines are mighty tempting! The `86 is too and I don't have one yet so given a choice between the two, I'd probably go with it for something new an...

CraigC

Great story and great telling as usual Terry. They are REALLY nicely done rifles. Glad I'm not the only one that sets them out in high traffic areas so I can feast my eyes upon them at every pass. My Cimarron 1872 Open Top .44 has not left my desk since the grip frame came back adorned with one-piec...

CraigC

I love mine! It's serial #12 from the first run of .405's and is an excellent shooter. If it were me, I'd get a later version that is D&T for an `86-style receiver sight.

CraigC

I would have to say the .44Mag. I own more of them than any other and they see the most use. Several sixguns and two rifles, both Marlins.

CraigC

He sure is lucky to be alive. What I think is silly is that in most states it's illegal to carry a pistol when you're bow hunting. I think I'd have to take that chance in grizzly country. I didn't like having to rely on pepper spray for dogs when I was a field tech. It didn't always work on them. De...

CraigC

Good shootin'!

I remember an article by Ross Seyfried where he says that about the worst thing that can happen in the first day or two of a week-long elk hunt is to kill an elk.

CraigC

Like most rumors, especially gunshop lore, I will believe it when I see it. Good intentions aside, gun shops are not usually known for accurate information.

CraigC

I don't own a `92 in .44Mag but I do have two Marlins, both 20". I sincerely appreciate the light weight, even in the octagon model, when toting them all day but there are times when I wish I had the added heft of the 24". My new-production Winchester 92 Trapper .45 is almost as handy as a...

CraigC

Thanks for the heads up, I'll look for it.

CraigC

This is the NRA's response, who do we believe??? " THE NICS IMPROVEMENT BILL: MYTH AND REALITY Some opponents of the "NICS Improvement Amendments Act" (H.R. 2640) have spent the last several months painting a picture of the bill that would rightly terrify gun owners-if it was true. Th...

CraigC

My Remington 541T is the deadliest rifle I own. Love it for rabbits and squirrells. Mine's topped with a Redfield 4x40 in Warne mounts. The peep sighted 94/22 is also a favorite.

CraigC

I was screwed from the start. My uncle, the great white hunter, bought me a .410 H&R at my first Christmas, at four months old. I was very young but I believe it was the first firearm I ever shot. I had also shot Dad's High Standard H-D Military at five or six and 1894 .30-30 by the time I was 8...

CraigC

I'd like to see a seperate forum for classifieds. I like Griff's suggestion for another for off topic stuff that is not levergun, firearm or hunting related. I think most here are very like-minded and so most of the non-levergun firearm-related stuff is quite compatible. Like muzzleloaders, single s...

CraigC

I think a good blade is essential for both in the field and in urban environments. Both as a tool and as a last line of defense. When in town, I always have a good folder or two. My CRKT M-16 is always clipped in my right hip pocket. When I was a field tech, most the time it was my only defensive we...

CraigC

Beautiful M64, I love the configuration of that model!

CraigC

Hate to lose all that info from the old forum but I do like this one better.

CraigC

Not since they started doing Gay Day at Disney where everybody wore red shirts.

CraigC

Some may prefer the gentle approach, but if more of us started acting as if things were as important to us as we say they are there would be a hell of alot less of this stuff. I whole heartedly support the action taken. Legal system better carefully consider it's response here. Bob I agree. The &qu...

CraigC

Great rifles! If you could shoot LR in a Mag chamber, I wouldn't own one of each.

The XTR was a higher finish model. Went across several models.

CraigC

Interesting turn of event this evening. I'd just pulled up from showing my neighbor the pilfered noggin when a car pulled up. I recognized it from up the road. Younger guy told me about his son shooting his first buck (with a bow) this past weekend and hitting him a little too far back. He said he w...

CraigC

Nice! I'd take that any day of the week, especially with stainless fixed sights.

What did you end up doing with the mouths, just even them all out at .432"?

CraigC

Seems like ranchers and farmers end up paying the price for the perfect world envisioned by so many suburbanites and city folk who just don't get it.

I'm a big proponent of the three S's myself.

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