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Bill in Oregon

I couldn't bring myself to step on Pitchy's fin thread with this nightmare. You may want to avert your eyes, friends, but I had to get a little sun after more than six decades in the Christmas rain of the Pacific Northwest. :lol: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4725/39267209052_69dcfc1f25_s.jpg fulls...

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Lenn, you Minnesotans are cut from a different bolt o' cloth than the rest of us! It's cooled off to 63 here ...

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Wonderful stuff, Lenn. Bless you for posting it.

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Bronco, I asked because I am loading .44 Special with the 250 Keith for a Ruger Bisley Flat-top -- and hope they will run through the Rossi 92 in .44 Magnum.
I have .44 Mag brass on the way just in case; Graf's has Prvi Partizan on sale for half price -- $14.99 per 100!

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Someone posted this over at the .44 Associates Facebook page. Too good not to share.

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Ray, I saw that slogan on a poster of Washington crossing the Delaware not long ago. I hope and pray we are still a nation capable of such grit if we need to be.

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Just wondering if anyone has had issues, especially with the various Model 92s.
I just watched my Steve's Gunz 92 video and he warns that some 92s can be fiddly in this regard.

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Blessings, Jim!

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Pitchy, I admire how you and your bride do so many fun, simple things together.
Some of us just stew in our juices ...

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Same toeee, mateys! Arrrrr!

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I heard a rumor that, except for Jackson Hole, out-of-state liberals haven't ruined Wyoming yet. Good luck to ya. We had some light, just-kidding snow in Alamogordo this morning, but the skies cleared this afternoon and it is just a big vault of blue out there all the way to Las Cruces and El Paso. ...

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Welcome back, Charles.

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I'm liking this thread a whole lot.

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I ain't a gonna comment and y'all can't make me.

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Gunny, this really warms a heart that needs warming. Thank you. She is obviously part of a very loving family, both human and canine.

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Ford, I do hear of issues with the lower-priced Barnetts that are carried by most of the big box stores. Good place for info is crossbownation.com. I have a bead on a crossbow from a small company in Pennsylvania, Kodabow. The company is run by a retired U.S. Navy commander who is legendary both for...

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The boys are rambunctious this morning!

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Lenn, my inner 5-year-old is grinning ear to ear!

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Doc, feel for you. When I moved to New Mexico from Ashland Oregon this fall, the bronze birch borer was wiping out all the birches too. With trees, you usually plant for the ones to come after you.

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Laffin' here in New Mexico! I have five more years to 70 and doubt I will make it, but the terrain is getting all too familiar!

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I hadn't realized the crossbow goes so far back in history. From wiki: The earliest evidence of crossbows comes from ancient China in the form of crossbow triggers dating back to the 6th century BC.[11] According to Sir Joseph Needham in his Science and Civilisation in China, it is not possible to p...

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Two blacktails with a Marlin 336 ordered by mail from Herter's. Two mulies with a Marlin 1895 in .45-70.

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The palm tree monkey is very cool, Lenn. I had not heard of it either.
You should ask Santa for this book:

https://www.amazon.com/Automata-Mechani ... nical+toys

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FW, agree that "merry" can have the meaning of "slightly tipsy," but the word itself goes back centuries associated with jolly or joyful. Dickens wrote "A Christmas Carol" in 1843, the sixth year of Victoria's reign.

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This phrase falls from our lips in gushing torrents this time of year, to the point where it loses meaning. But if we pause to think on it, the idea of being merry in this season dates to the original concept of gladness, of joy at learning that the Messiah had been born -- an occasion so grand as t...

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I'm with Earl on this. If you are shooting a couple of dozen Trapdoor-pressure 300-grain jacketed loads per year for hunting purposes through your old 1886, I doubt you'd see any appreciable wear in a lifetime. For plinking, I'd stick mostly with lead but for Earl's reasons -- cheaper and fun to &qu...

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Jason, is that Boyd's stock set adding much weight to your rifle?

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I used to run Firefox until it started taking a long time to load sites, so switched to Google Chrome, which has been fine. I also have the Brave browser downloaded but haven't felt like risking trying it, although it apparently was developed by one of the architects of Firefox. I just know so littl...

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Ford, the archery industry's equivalent of the SHOT Show is coming up the second week in January in Indianapolis. Prolly be a whole bunch of Ravin copycats ...

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Thanks OldWin. I'd be looking for a crisp 3-pound break for what would mostly be a hunting rifle.

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Thanks, fellas. I figured the lower would be simple enough --hardest part likely choosing a good trigger. I'll nose around on what goes into building a good, safe, dependable upper. I had a book around on this. Dunno if I still have it. If anyone has advice on parts to seek out vs. parts to avoid, I...

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Jason, a Socom certainly turns an AR platform into a hog death ray. This is the article that caught my fancy:
https://www.americanhunter.org/articles ... 45-sharps/

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Years ago I picked up a stripped lower -- just to have one -- and it has only gathered dust. I recently stumbled across the .25-45 Sharps cartridge -- a design based on the .223, and a capable one for use on deer and antelope, pushing an 87-grain bullet to 2800 -- right on the heels of .250 Savage t...

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Thank you for that!

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Ingenious, Pitch. How long does No. 1 run on a rubber band wind?

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Thanks fellas. I'm sure I'll learn to love this thing.

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Chuck, any favorite lubes for 94s?
Just noticed you are in Ridgefield. We looked at homes there three years ago. That is a really nice area. It seemed to us, though, that Washington state doesn't seem to care much about land-use planning. We were so used to it in Oregon.

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I have typically favored Marlin lever guns over the years. Always liked the solid-top receiver, side ejection and easy bolt removal for cleaning. That said, I got a deal I couldn't pass up on a Model 94 made in 1952 and rebored and chambered to .35-30 by P.O. Ackley. Realized I did not know how to f...

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Elegant solution to the church key/coaster problem!

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Panzer, I bet a very judicious light sanding will reduce the abrasive effect of those grips without interfering with your ability to grip the pistol properly.

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Sorry to hear this doc.

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Lenn, you cracked me up yet again!

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Jason, that's as handsome an AR as I have ever seen. Hope the weather moderates and you get to wring it out soon.
By the way, we have honest-to-gosh roadrunners here, and they are a very cool bird to see in the wild.

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Ray, I remember reading about "Shiff, the Gunman" in Roberts' "The Muzzleloading Caplock Rifle." Wonder if it is him.

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That's a dandy, Panzercat. I have been impressed by all the Remington-made 1911s I have managed to handle. Good to know Big Green can still get something so right.

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Nicely done, Nath! I agree the current crop of Pedersoli doubles comes up far short in the handling department, especially those with screw-in chokes -- too much metal at the muzzle.

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We had very light non-sticking flurries Wednesday and Thursday, and it got down to 14 here in the desert. Then the system moved on east to your place, Todd.

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Hawkeye, I ordered the sight, the video, the ejector spring, the follower and a dovetail slot blank.

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Dang, Pete, awesome answer!

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