1984!!!
I enjoyed seeing some of the guns being sold by the pound, 92 cents a pound for 7mm rolling blocks!

I have no experience with him, but a fella by the name of Sam at Mountain Sports in Mountain Home, ID. Where abouts are you?

Mine is kinda a pun, my name is Russell, go by Rusty, a buddy in the AF with me started calling me Rustolium. It was all down hill from there, if he ever introduced me to someone, it was as Rustolium.

Mich hunter, I'm holding on to my BDU's as long as I can. I did take to the no polish boots, even though they are hideous.
Griff, sorry bout your experiences. But I can garantee nobody I work with was involved, welders don't get off base much
No offense taken from anybody!

Not my choice for deployment, but they tell me where to go!

I'm Air Force, currently in Guam. I don't know if it falls under either of those Ops.

All right folks, here is one of the things I have been thinking. Buy a SS 336, cut the barrel to 18 or 16 inches, and convert it to straight stock. From what I have read, it should be fairly simple to do. I want to hear what y'all think.

I have also carried a knife all of my life. My Mom is a school teacher so before school every day we would have to do a knife check before leaving the house, I'd just wait till after she left and put it in my pocket. Most of the time I carried either a Craftsman Stockman or a Boy Scout knife. Nowada...

I keep seeing folks on here from Virginia. I'm curious where folks are from. Myself, I'm from a county called Louisa. Louisa you say ! Hmmmm , I'm from a place in Virginia you've probably never heard of ! Little place called Orange :D I live halfway between Orange and Gordonsville . I'm also a memb...

I keep seeing folks on here from Virginia. I'm curious where folks are from. Myself, I'm from a county called Louisa.

I am jealous that you get to look at those guns whenever you want!

I know I bought some Aguila Mini shells in #4 Buck, but I'm not sure about the velocity. They shoot like a powder puff at least to the shoulder. I'll try to check their website for velocities, there's nothing on the box. some say these also won't cycle through some actions but they go through my 87...

20 is what I run with no problems. Marlin 1894SS in .44

I can't recall an exact price, but I remember less than a dollar right around the time I started driving at the end of the last century. It's at $3.89 here

That pic is way cool. I believe the BLR just doesn't have the soul of the 1895. I reckon I'll just have to settle and get one in '06.

I'm wanting a .308, cause I have a gun for that already. I want more guns, just not more calibers. I reckon hard chrome plating could work too, just can't be shiney. I love the reduced maintenance of SS.

Does anybody out there make a modern 1895 in different calibers and materials? I'd like one in .308 and SS. Probably just a dream, huh?

I second the Spy Museum. And the various Smithsonians. D.C. wouldn't be so bad if it was just museums.

I wish I could find a 1895 for a buyable price!

Anybody here have a Lee Hand press? I got mine in a day ago and love it so far. Been decapping brass while I peruse the forum and watch tv, my kind of multi-tasking! Now I just need a good general purpose load for plinking, hunting, whatever may come!

The super cool Marlin you saw was built by DRC. They have it on thier website, but the website is not finished yet. I really liked the stainless octagon barrel they had No price listed though.

Go with the foamies. They can be washed if you feel the need to use them more than once. Get the orange tappered ones, they work the best in my experience(Welder/machinist in the Air Force, around running aircraft). The best earmuffs I have ever used came form the Stihl chainsaw dealer, couldn't tel...

I second the previous posters comments. I was really dissapointed when I went through Basic in Lackland. I have been in 5 1/2 years and shot the M16 TWICE!!! Two days total, that's it. I'm not sure how it is for cops or other combat personnel, but as a machinist we only shoot 25yds. at tiny targets ...

We have them too! AIR POWER!

My Dad collects them. Tried showing me how to use them more than once. I got him one used for range finding for a 105mm howitzer.

Awesome!

My combo is very similar. Marlin 1894SS and Ruger Vaquero also Stainless, 5 1/2 in. barrel. Both in .44