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I know that some of us are on other gun forums but just lately I have been looking at some obscure gun forums out of curiosity. I am often amazed at the questions that are asked eg: can you kill a fox with a 12 gauge? but the answers can be even more amazing eg: answer no you must use a .22 Rimfire. or yes you can kill a fox with a 12 gauge but use 00 buck up to 70 yards. The arguments that follow can get very abusive. I don't know if I find these forums entertaining or just downright frustratingly sad.... :lol:
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I go here , castboolits , Parker Collectors and The Stalking forum . And of course I run into people from time to time I find uh .......... disagreeable but for the most part it’s pretty calm .
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I've only got a few gun forums I look in on, and most of those I only look at one or two areas within the forums. I've got a few I looked at for many years that have declined in quality of format and users to the point I deleted them out of my "favorites" file. Just disappointing for various reasons, and finally gave up hope they'd ever be worth looking at again.
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The Indiana Gun Owners Forum is good for political and local-events stuff, and hopefully you all have similar ones to use for that stuff.

Otherwise, "Forgotten Weapons" "Demolition Ranch" "IraqVeteran8888" and a few other 'podcast' type things are all I do. No other 'forums'.
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Paco a couple times a day MOST days. Cast boolits and Marlin Owners a couple times a week. But I do searches and end up on other forums to get questions answered.
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I've been kicked off of several other forums....usually within a couple of posts.....it's always the same thing.."who are you to point out our deficiencies!" . It's hard being perfect I tell ya!--amiigaf---6
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I hang out here, and look at other spots when they turn up, or is it turnip?, during searches. most of the ones I've been on, or kicked off of, have folded.
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I don't post that often any more but I check in most days. Just so dang busy the last few years. Singleactions is the only other board visited semi-regularly. I've learned quite a bit from you guys over the years and really enjoy the hunting posts, the dandy levers you guys come across and the general banter. Heck Jack, I even like YOU!
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So the foxes I've killed over the years with a 410, 22 mag, 22-250 , 20 gauge weren't dead ?
What I get a kick out of are guys that think they know what they are doing but are actually ignorant to the facts. Their ignorance to learn the facts from those that know better is even more sad.
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GunnyMack wrote: Sun Jun 21, 2020 9:26 am So the foxes I've killed over the years with a 410, 22 mag, 22-250 , 20 gauge weren't dead ?
What I get a kick out of are guys that think they know what they are doing but are actually ignorant to the facts. Their ignorance to learn the facts from those that know better is even more sad.
I occasionally check in at cast bullets, trapshooter.com but spend the majority of my time here.
Some of these so-called Gun Forums you dare not even mention the lowly .410, apparently the "experts" say it is only for mice and snakes..... :lol:
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ANYBODY can be a textbook gun expert with a bachelor's degree.........but it takes EXPERIENCE to have a doctorate.---Dr. 6 :D
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I post regularly on the Accurate Reloading forums, occasionally at Castboolits, British Militaria and on the Muzzleloading forums.
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I look at AR15.com - i am a fan of "retro" black rifles like the original configuration Ar-15's, as well as FAL,s, and hk pattern rifles. They have an entertaining survival discussion forum.

Im also an avid cyclist so i look at a bicycle forum , but year after year after year i keep tuning into this one. Good people, good info, and occasionally entertaining to boot. Whats not to like
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We're allowed to visit other gun forums?

But seriously, if you want to visit the center of bad/wrong/conflicting advice, my antique outboard motor forum probably holds the record in every category for this. Every newbe that successfully gets some old iron running for 5 minutes is an instant expert. Luckily we also have some who belong in Old Outboard Mensa if one has enough sense to listen and learn.

I come to this board for knowledge and entertainment. I'm never disappointed. I also pull a lot of info off Castboolits.
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Sixgun wrote: Sun Jun 21, 2020 12:44 pm ANYBODY can be a textbook gun expert with a bachelor's degree.........but it takes EXPERIENCE to have a doctorate.---Dr. 6 :D
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I hear ya # 7.....our parents taught us proper plus the way we think was the culture of our associates and friends......a bad Apple was soon tossed from the group......today, even if a parent teaches their children proper, the schools are destroying the minds.---6

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^Describes my feelings exactly!
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Heck, I don't get HERE nearly as often as I want to... I'm not cheating on you all! :D
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Gamekeeper, those .410 people are also the experts that tell you a 30-30 is not powerful enough for whitetail deer( while many of them at the same time extolled the virtues of a long bow instead of a compound).
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GunnyMack wrote: Sun Jun 21, 2020 9:26 am So the foxes I've killed over the years with a 410, 22 mag, 22-250 , 20 gauge weren't dead ?
What I get a kick out of are guys that think they know what they are doing but are actually ignorant to the facts. Their ignorance to learn the facts from those that know better is even more sad.
I occasionally check in at cast bullets, trapshooter.com but spend the majority of my time here.
I got flamed big time on another gun forum when I replied to a question the poster asked about using a .22-250 for deer hunting! The majority said even if it was legal it would wound more deer than it brought down. I mentioned I'd used my .22-250 for mule deer for many years, and had well over a dozen one shot kills at 100 yds. to 400 yds. with it, and no two shot kills.
A couple guys admitted they'd never even shot a .22-250, and others who said they'd used it for varmints also said they'd never consider it for deer. Yet they all were adamant that it wouldn't work, even with my experience showing it worked very well.
I finally gave up and never went back to that forum. I figured if the crowd was so close minded they're not worth talking to.
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marlinman93 wrote: Mon Jun 22, 2020 10:48 pm
GunnyMack wrote: Sun Jun 21, 2020 9:26 am So the foxes I've killed over the years with a 410, 22 mag, 22-250 , 20 gauge weren't dead ?
What I get a kick out of are guys that think they know what they are doing but are actually ignorant to the facts. Their ignorance to learn the facts from those that know better is even more sad.
I occasionally check in at cast bullets, trapshooter.com but spend the majority of my time here.
I got flamed big time on another gun forum when I replied to a question the poster asked about using a .22-250 for deer hunting! The majority said even if it was legal it would wound more deer than it brought down. I mentioned I'd used my .22-250 for mule deer for many years, and had well over a dozen one shot kills at 100 yds. to 400 yds. with it, and no two shot kills.
A couple guys admitted they'd never even shot a .22-250, and others who said they'd used it for varmints also said they'd never consider it for deer. Yet they all were adamant that it wouldn't work, even with my experience showing it worked very well.
I finally gave up and never went back to that forum. I figured if the crowd was so close minded they're not worth talking to.
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I suppose the prarie dog I shot at 275 paces, (confirmed by 2 others ) with my 25/20 didn't happen either? :D face it the 25/20 is obsolete right?

I've found that the guys with a glimmer of knowledge will refer to cartridges as the 338 Leupold or 22 Win mag as the best of everything, heck there is also the Rem Mag family. Yeah sure I'm not going to argue with ya.
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I was pretty active on the castboolits site for a decade. But the last few years it's gone downhill. Old knowledge members left and now it looks more like ar15.com where everyone is an expert but really doesn't know much of anything. It got me looking around for another gun website and I found this place. It reminded me of the old castboolits site where everyone is helpful or at least pleasant. Civility is becoming rare these days but it is still abundant here.
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I quit MarlinOwners after being there from the MarlinTalk days. Too many silly, redundant questions as well as "expert" answers. Having grown up in the country, butchered every imaginable critter, killed critters with "you can't do that" cartridges. Trapped, sold hides, etc. I could get by the rest of my days with a 45 colt rifle, 223, 30-30. Many today don't have the opportunity to live as we did thus they lack the terminology/experience to engage the seasoned outdoor guy. I seldom respond but GKs topic/observation is mine as well.
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"Too many silly, redundant questions as well as "expert" answers." AMEN!

And I so detest those people that tell me not to hot rod my lever guns, but to buy a .458 Lott if I want to kill Cape Buffalo or elephants. When they do that, it only shows their ignorance, but they do not know enough about the subject to realize that. Hell, I do not care if other hunters use spears on game where it is legal- also none of my business to tell them how to do it. I could go on with many examples, but you know what I mean.

PS to me, the term "hot rod" suggests pushing safe boundaries of machines - I know the boundaries and do not push them, my sports car has only a 3/4 race cam! :)

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I do go to a few other forums, mostly staying on a select group of sub-forums. Some irritate me but often those are irritations are created by a few select individual who are sometimes even the moderators. I still go to them for the other members who sometimes have some real value to add.

One forum that seems to be carefully moderated and just seems as comfortable as sitting around a campfire (at least to me) is the Henry Rifle Forums.

FWIW, I think this forum has been experiencing a significant upswing in value for me and I intend to spend more time on it as well.
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I've been booted from only one. The one for owners of a certain brand of levergun. In fact at one point quite a few of us were booted at about the same time. We failed to agree with the "company" line and weren't afraid to say so.

The results were another levergun forum being founded. Sadly it only lasted a few years. We had one member that was the heart and soul of the group. His passing sent us on a slow but terminal downward spiral.

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