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so many "sign of the times" now it's hard to keep up with them...

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we ALL will be/are affected in some way or another by this pandemic. help will be available for those hit hardest. we need to pull together to get thru this with minimum damage. Hopefully, these measures are only temporary.

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nice...

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nice!

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right now, i help care for my, almost 93 year old mother, who is in dementia, when i can as we live far away from her. i turn 76 on my next b'day. working on my mini-ranch and with our horse helps keep me going...she's a 16 hh half freisian, half Thoroughbred who insists on testing my patience at ti...

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right now, i help care for my, almost 93 year old mother, who is in dementia, when i can as we live far away from her. i turn 76 on my next b'day. working on my mini-ranch and with our horse helps keep me going...she's a 16 hh half freisian, half Thoroughbred who insists on testing my patience at ti...

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i use iron/open sights for close range...

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the lower hole is, indeed, for seeing if there are cartridges left in the magazine. the upper is for pressure relief and 'loaded chamber'...

i put electricians tape over the upper to keep crud out of it...if a round bursts, it will still work.

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my largest concern about rabbits is they draw larger predators; coyote, big cats...

dogs are normally a deterrent for rabbits.

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living in California is rapidly becoming a nightmare for firearms owners with the current legislature we have. :( we soon not be able to: purchase ammo thru the mail or over the internet, you must get a permit to purchase ammo, you may purchase only 1 (one) firearm per month, possess a detachable ma...

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i have to say that i spent many, many years in archery and bow hunting, mostly recurves and longbows.

this is probably the best thread of advice on recurves i've seen even on archery bowhunting forums.

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nothing wrong with bear recurves! i still have my 45X Bear Kodiak hunter i bought in '79 or '80. any big game in north america may be taken with 50# (with the exception of Kodiak/brown and polar bears) recurve/longbow. the heaviest recurve i ever owned/shot was 56#. i had to reduce poundage to 40# d...

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my grandma had an electric motor driven one with the manual wringer...i spent more than a few times cranking it... :wink: :D she also did a lot of laundry in a #2 wash tub and used a scrub board...YIKES! what would the women of today say about that? :roll: she was born in OK on a horse ranch in 1900...

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surplus mausers, springfields, enfields and arisakas at the end of the counters of dime stores in barrels for $2.50... kick starting motorcycles... ten cent grape sodas... ten cents a gallon leaded gasoline... party line telephones... air raid sirens wailing at noon every monday... :cry: :cry: :cry:

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any of the named calibers are an excellent choice. i would also add that handloading is a 'must' along with it. ammo costs are now becoming a factor. and, along with that, handloading will expand the applications you outline. my preference is a good synthetic stock and depending on the quarry and di...

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If Donal Trump wins, Well, what Doc says. I'll sit back and watch the show. No BS........If H wins, the first thing I'm gonna do is pull all of my 401k money out and put it into a secure IRA. In addition to keeping my money secure, I'll send a message to Wall Street for helping H. Then I'm gonna ad...

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I really like the Williams FP sights, and they can be added to most any rifle. You may need to call Williams to get specifics for your rifle. WAY better than 'open' irons for most applications - faster, and usually more accurate as well. Williams does offer gunsmith services. call them and see if t...

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jeeeeeeeeee...they're still finding sunken German submarines off the eastern seacoast, too.

hitler had a bomber that could fly nonstop from Germany to New York and back..

we owe our M60 MG to their M39...

it's a good thing they were stopped when they were...

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you say your dimensions are longer and wider. longer equals less poundage. spike one inch usually nets 10# gain are you going to back the handle? might be a good idea. pyramid/board bows can be weak at the handle/limb junctions. if you do back it, do it before tillering otherwise the handle may pop ...

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very cool, indeed.

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I've got one of those plugs. Haven't installed it yet because it and my torque wrench are still buried from last Feb's move... Hey Griff, you need to make sure your Garand is properly UnPC and make sure the special snowflakes can say you are "compensating" for something... so if it can't ...

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got a "fwd" from a friend it said Georg Soros bought out marlin and is closing it down...

anyone hear anything about it?

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the only problem with that set up, HERE in the PRK (Peoples Republik of Kaliphornia) is we can no longer hunt with lead bullets...

other wise it looks really cool.

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sorry for your loss...pets do play an important part in our lives.

my wife and i have two 'special' dogs and a 16.2 hh mare we are very attached to.

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i've lived on a ranch for the last 14 years,

marlin 39 and hi powered PCP air rifles are all i've needed so far...if "push comes to shove", though, rem 870 stoked with 00 or slugs is available.

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so far, my only major complaint is the cataracts that are forming in my eyes.

hang in there...

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the 1:8 barrel should be great for heavy bullets...

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my uncle got two amphibians shot out from under him at Normandy...he survived and went on to end up in Germany for the end of the war.

my dad was in North Africa at the time...

neither would talk of what they went thru...

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uhhh...errrrr...ummmmm...

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How many ferals do you come across that wouldn't call it a day after being shot, regardless of caliber. Of those that won't go down to a 9mm, I wonder how many wouldn't go down to a hand cannon either... Reading this a second time, I understand now that this refers to out-of-control two legged varm...

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How many ferals do you come across that wouldn't call it a day after being shot, regardless of caliber. Of those that won't go down to a 9mm, I wonder how many wouldn't go down to a hand cannon either. As far as "the shootout" is concerned I've seen the video, and if a bunch of ferals wit...

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i had only one Ruger Mini 14 and i sold it as i became frustrated at the accuracy issue i had with it. it functioned flawlessly and proved to be very reliable but i could not keep it within an 8" target at 100 yards... M1 Carbine? never owned one...but i did get issued one compliments of the US...

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it's also worth noting that "Shotgun news" has changed it's title; its now "Firearms News".

how much longer will it be around?

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i do NOT feel 'undergunned' with a 9mm, 45 acp or 38. Sp. two hand guns that have stuck with me for the last 20 years are the Ruger P95 in 9mm and a Taurus 65 in 38/357. both are 'anvil' simple, easy to shoot and accurate enough to be very formidable in a CQB situation. one needs to get the handgun ...

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i was not in the Navy but i did go to the Philippines on the USNS Card, a WWII carrier, from Okinawa, Japan. she was later sunk by VC sappers in Saigon harbor. she conducted anti submarine missions in the North Atlantic and was credited with the sinking of one U-boat. her wooden flight deck was star...

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hfcable wrote:i am truly sorry for your loss, but you have an inestimable treasure in that gun ! never let it go !

+1

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NICE!!!!

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BlaineG wrote: I didn't think Japanese could have guns.....

I also believe they have not been able to LEGALLY hunt since prior to WWII...

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using FACTORY loads, in a self-defense situation...9mm OR 45 ACP will do the job. just ask this question: "who will volunteer to be shot with a 9mm? 45?" i sincerely doubt you'd have many, if any, volunteers. the military went to the 45 for a reason...they also switched to the 9mm for a re...

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the IRS "Services" everyone, don't they?

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If that Indian is called a scout, maybe it oughta be OD? :oops: i had a 1949 Indian with side shift/suicide clutch...that was in 1959. since then i lost track of how many motorcycles i owned. last one was my beloved BMW K75. i had to give up the motorcycles due to an injury. i still have the 'yen' ...

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let it go. the man served his country much better than many. the very fact he survived a Japanese POW camp is testimony enough as far as I'm concerned. my dad was in WWII and Korea. he began his US Army career in the Cavalry in Panama in the 1930's. he would not speak of any of his experiences throu...

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either my 870 Remington with rifled slug barrel shooting slugs or H&R 223 shooting 62 grain SP bullets...

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[quote="Model 52B"]I buy it in .22 Hornet and I agree the accuracy is mediocre. But it's good brass, and .22 Hornet brass can be hard to find and expensive when you find it. same here...22 Hornet is sort of difficult to locate here in SoCal, too. i bought three boxes of 50 rounds each and ...

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the Russian army and the Canadian RCMP used lever actions for a while if i recall my history correctly. the Americans came up against the '93-95 Mauser in Cuba with their Krags and Springfield trap-doors and it was then the US Army decided the Krag and Springfield trap-doors had to go...thus the '03...

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very interesting bit of history...thanks for sharing it!

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It always strikes me odd that the first thing a lot of city people do when they move to the country, is to try to make it more city like. absolutely true! some folks, like my wife and i, live rurally for the peace, quiet and serenity it affords us in our later years, and we can have horses. we have...

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Will Hollywood NEVER show the real way men in the old west faced each other, that, is with their guns already out & cocked, instead of the disadvantage of it being uncocked & holstered? jd45 it is hollywood who is credited with the gunfighters 'facing off' with one another and the low-slung...

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