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I'm only vaguely familiar with them, but they are a huge problem and are even implicated in the decline of quail populations is some areas. Ankles got chewed up once while clearing brush in the alley behind my home in Sweetwater. Amazing that they crawl onto you and then wait until one signals &quo...

I wouldn't recommend this in a wall or other structure, but for fire ants in a field or yard?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGJ2jMZ-gaI

I am thinking of applying for an Agricultural Exemption on our property taxes. We have so many Fire Ant colonies we are now supporting that it's awful! So far everything I have tried using to kill them has not worked. Except gasoline. And that kills the ground for several years where ever you pour ...

That first quote always reminds me of the first cartridge firing pistol I ever owned, a glorious little Rossi double barrel derringer. It was only slightly more effective than Twain's revolver, due to the more potent LR cartridge is shot. So the two barrels about equaled the seven shots Twain had! A...

I didn't hear a voice answer but the thought that came suddenly was "Mankind was created for eternity. It would not matter how long we lived if we feel this life is all there is. It would never be long enough." I remember my dad's last words to me, back in '93. "I won't be around lon...

. According to my mother-in-law, that means in 10 years you're going to be OLD.... :lol: I say that because on her 80th birthday, we asked her how she felt to be old, and she said " I won't be old until I'm 90... !" 8) According to my dad, "The good thing about turning 50 is you know...

Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Wed Apr 15, 2026 2:56 pm MY RIFLE HAS BEEN FOUND!!!!

I made the claim and in less than two hours my rifle was located and the gunsmith has it in his possession.

All is good.

Great news!

You would think that the whole point of having 12-15 years of post-high-school education would be to build a solid foundation of knowledge upon which physicians could build over the years, constantly learning and adapting and researching, and improving health care delivery. But instead, they seem t...

Feliz aniversario, irmão! Que Deus te siga abençoando!

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Seems like a woman's issue, so not really my problem I have been a member of this website for a long time, and there are a lot of threads that don't apply to me. Calibers that I don't reload, etc. When I see a post that isn't interesting to me, I just move on without comment, because I figure that ...

Just saw a post of his on LinkedIn, so he's still around.

A better photo A few years ago I was visiting Mic over in Cortez. He turned some pillars for me on his lathe and we bedded the action on my old P17. The original sporter stock had started to split at the rear but with Mic's help we got it fitted up "better than new". Looking forward to se...

A quarter of a century ago I stopped at JT's place in Boise. He took me to his range and we had a grand time. While there I set up a target at 25 or 50 yards, I forget which at this point. I found my 45 Colt Vaquero was hitting to the left. So I took the target and the revolver to Shapel's gunsmith ...

I know there's another thread on here, about this, but I just got to ask, does anyone know what is going on with the site? The last several days, maybe longer, it's been really hit and miss as to when I can even get on here. And then sometimes it runs really slow if at all, once I do finally get it...

I wonder if the model 24 specific forum at milesfortis.us is still operating. There used to be lively discussions and information posted on the diverse models produced over the decades. There is a way to get into an over-under 30-30 that is reasonably sight regulated by starting with the very rare ...

Impressed that it's got wifi included...

Hadn't heard they were bringing out such a critter. I'm guessing it's geared towards smooth bore. Is it designed to load in a shot cup, or just loaded over an over powder wad? NOE's got a great rep in molds, looking forward to what you may discover with this one.

If you haven't read "The Attack" by Kurt Schlicter I highly recommend it. If you don't follow Sarah Adams on IG or X I recommend you do. She's been shouting from the rooftops about our vulnerabilities in the US, and the planned Mumbai/October 7th style terror attack in America. The upcomi...

That is the most annoying part of the Lee hand press, having to remove the shell holder to dump the spent primers. That's an interesting mod. Do you decap over a tub or how do you catch the primers?

My Dad's formative years were around Globe and he was always going on and on about the region. We had oodles of Zane Grey novels and some of them featured parts of Arizona. But I grew up in the Amazon Basin and recall the first time he took us to Globe. Now I see the beauty, but then? "Haven't ...

I have read all of the J.T. Edson books. My nom-de-guerre here comes from the name of my favorite character. Edson was an Englishman, never visited the American west, but was the third-most prolific western writer during the heyday of the westerns (well behind LL, but that is to be expected). One o...

The Louis L'Amour novel I recall mentioning a revolving shotgun, not a pistol. and if I recall right he had to manually rotate the cylinder. But it's been a LOT of years ago since I read it. Can't recall off the top of my head which one it was (novel that is).

Thought I was the only one loaded that way. Never had an issue either. Don't recall where I learned it, but it goes back to my first single action, a German built 22 with a weird "safety" that was a hammer block one could manually push down to keep the hammer from contacting the firing pin...

Living by integrity and honor doesn't mean perfection, not by any means. But it lays out guidelines that help us along the way. One must have an idea of what one is attempting to achieve, and then live each day doing one's best to do better than yesterday. The first two verses of the 12th chapter of...

I know families that raise their children with these principles. And families that do not. But there are more families that DO teach integrity and honor than many in today's society realize. They don't make waves. They make a difference. A positive difference.

Recently there was a post on men and boys that brought out some interesting thoughts on the topic of what it means to be a man or a boy in today's society. Me? I figure society may have changed, but the need for integrity has not. Here's an extract of an email sent to a list I've been on for the pas...

The United States has become a place
where entertainers and professional athletes
are mistaken for people of importance.

~ Robert Heinlein

A neat calendar. But to point out something ... EVERY non-leap year February has every weekday in it 4 times. 7 days x 4 weeks = 28 days What is special about this years February is that each day in the calendar (if you are using one like the one in the OP) is lined up vertically. That doesn't happ...

@Safestuffer , Interesting how your entire paradigm is built upon the exact opposite of "the golden rule". Who I am and choose to be does not depend on others. It depends on who I am inside and lived out in my life. To live one's life based on whether other's "deserve" our best b...

I heard an interesting take on marriage and monogamy. Simply put, marriage is an institution of women, by women and for women. From a reproductive standpoint marriage isn't necessary. Marriage simply provides security for women. Whether that be in the form of a living space, food or safety from pre...

Social and cultural incentives alone are not good motivators. If a person has nothing internally then that's about all that is left. But if a person is not motivated to act by those outside things, then they act because of what they have internally, which would be their belief system or world view....

Glad you made it home in one piece! It always amuses me to hear folks up north complain about the "horrible roads"... you oughta come drive some of our toll roads here in Coffee Country! There's not a toll anywhere in the country under $2 US per 30 mile stretch, and many of them are well o...

Great story but I hate when the AI is too stupid to pronounce someone's name correctly .........🤔 I can't help but wonder how bad their own reading skills are that they'd depend on AI for proper emphasis and pronunciation. Like my dad used to say, "You need to learn the proper em-PHA-sis on th...

Way back in the early days of the century we had an opportunity for the first "family hunt" since we were kids. My cousin was up from Brazil, we were up from Coffee Country and so we got together with my brother and my sons and my cousin. Didn't have enough guns to go around at the time wi...

You might also enjoy "The Crusoe Of Lonesome Lake" about Ralph Edwards up in British Columbia. He had a fascinating approach to life. Taught himself aeronautical engineering so he could build his own plane for getting into and out of his remote homestead, among other things. He wasn't nece...

I am not sure about the Kel-tec with it's locked breech, but these loads are probably not good for a Tomcat since they crack the frames often. For some reason I can no longer post images here. When I click on the "insert image" doohicky nothing happens? Bob Bob, you need to scroll down an...

Thanks for the update, BIll.

Like Jim, I thought "airplane", followed by "bug out bag" maybe? I've been looking at those for a while, but have never picked one up. We only run one vehicle and if it needs a battery we replace it. :) I've thought of getting one as a means of helping others, but again, haven't ...

It goes both directions. My wife and have worked in family ministry for decades now. And things are getting more difficult, especially if you're looking in the wrong places. Most marital issues start in the dating phase of the relationship, and one could argue even BEFORE the dating relationship as ...

If y'all take a look over at Starline's page, you'll see most of the hyphenated cartridges we're interested in here are in stock. Unfortunately the 218 Bee and 25-20 are not on that list, but 32-20 is there, with the caveat that using their 32-20 to form 25-20 and 218 Bee may yield feeding issues in...

Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Thu Jan 08, 2026 9:51 pm Here’s something else

https://youtube.com/shorts/Ji7Rtsau4XU? ... 6yLc-gyDOV

There's another one that left big boots to fill...

Thanks again for the welcomes and the advice, and I feel that you guys are right in steering me towards a "modern" .45 lever gun. I am going to shift my research towards something that will digest my loads on occasion and still be light and handy. I haven't looked at Marlin guns since my ...

Welcome to the fire! Pull up a log and pour yourself a cup of coffee.

Thanks for the update. Prayers continue...

It's been an interesting day here between the Canal and the Equator. Woke up to news regarding our eastern neighbor, have been contacting folk for on the ground input since then, as well as looking for more info. As Scott mentioned, Maduro was indicted in a US court back in 2020. Our military and la...

1957 was a good year for Winchester ´94's... at least, that's the year my Grandpa's rifle was built. My brothers and I are now the caretakers of the old levergun and I've taken more deer with it than Grandpa did. :) Enjoy that old piece of levergunning goodness. I run mine with a 170 gr JFP over a a...

Just got back in town. Have them contact me directly at: webservant AT sixshootercommunity DOT com. I'll be glad to help them get set up.

And here's the English language version for the majority here.

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I've messed around over the years with image manipulation for various purposes, but producing a visually appealing card takes a lot of time. This year I decided to try AI and see what it could do. Of course, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and this may be over the top for some, but as we so oft...

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