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Model 1885 in 38-55 or 45-70 or 50-70. Yeah, it's a singleshot, but it's definitely got an underlever!

Glad we got you back up and running!

Thanks, Frank! I'd NO idea about that site. A quick look through it shows they take their guitars MUCH more seriously than I do. Me? I just like to pick one up occasionally and strum a few songs for my own pleasure, and am easily satisfied. Weekly I'll play for the gathering of the saints and so far...

Thanks for the feedback! It always amazes me the breadth of knowledge available on this forum. I'm no musician, but enjoy "making a joyful noise" from a variety of instruments, which is why I picked up the guitfiddle that got hoisted last week. Different from my usual acoustic exploits, fo...

Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Sat Jun 28, 2025 9:27 pm Hornady is still producing this bullet.

Thanks! Great news.

Last Sunday night we had a burglary at the church meeting place and the miscreant took off with my personal electric guitar. Nothing special, just a Suzuki branded strat style I picked up a few years ago to mess around with a bit. I'd finally got it set up the way I wanted, had some decent strings I...

Is Hornady making their swaged lead bullets again, or are you shooting old stock? I've found those Hornady swaged bullets to be quite handy for lower power loads, but couldn't find any the last time I was up north.

Nice snag. IIRC Teddy Roosevelt used an 1895 in 30-40 Krag in Africa. Again, if memory serves me, he specifically mentions taking a giraffe with it. My guess is his was the rifle length, not the SRC like you got. That looks like a handy bit of ordinance you managed to snag!

Just got back from having the hole in the roof repaired. Roofing here is different from what y'all see up there. Corrugated fiber/cement tiles affixed to steel cross pieces is the way it's put up. Usually it's held in place with wire ties. Fairly easy for someone to break in that way. So we've got t...

I hate thieves +2. Thankfully no one was hurt... It's just stuff. That is it, exactly. We don´t build with bricks and stone, nor with guitars and electronics. I'm saddened for the kid who's doing this. He clearly thinks he's clever, but has set his feet on a path of destruction. If he hits the wron...

Had a call from the alarm company... this time multiple sensors went off, indicating it wasn´t just a lizard or other creepy crawly setting off the system. Sure enough, when I got to the church meeting place there was a hole in the roof and marks along the wall. The miscreant learned from last time....

Years ago a friend showed me a pre-war Colt he inherited from his father. It was pretty close to "New In Box" condition even after a good 7 decades since it left the factory. For some odd reason that slung a hankering on me for such a pistola. Who knows? Maybe some day. There's a lot to li...

A couple of steely eyed lawmen, fit to ride the river with.

Thanks for the update, Scott! Someday, the Good Lord willing, I'll get a chance to play with one that's got my name on it... in the meantime the reports on what's working are very welcome. I've a bunch of 452190 (if I recall the mold number correctly) cast up that should be a good starting place. I'...

A couple of UK based airgun forums I infest have a considerable number of tinkerers that use the both/either mini-mills and/or mini-lathes, including one retired operator that used to use top end CNC and other professional grade equipment. He's tweaked his a bit here and there, but turns out amazing...

My son and I went to Newcastle today to pickup my new air rifle, it was funny to hear the guy behind the counter telling me how to load it, after 72 years of owning airguns I really needed that :lol: Anyway I am pleased with so far it's well balanced and the none automatic safety is a bonus. IMG_20...

My gas ram Norica air rifle needs a heart transplant or whatever you do with gas rams, the power is really down so until I can get it fixed I'm hoping to buy a Remington .22 air rifle called The Pest Controller.. It just an inexpensive springer but it is as powerful as the government allows over he...

May God grant you safe travels and a blessed week!

JimT gave me a couple boxes of 22 WRF along with a mix of 22 WMR of diverse brands/weights/etc back in the early days of the 21st Century. Have used it a bit in my OMSS and my Paco Pifle (Savage 22 bolt pistol that I received at my first Shootist Holiday via a blessed number in the raffle). Still ha...

. ...is so much MORE than just a place for those of us weird enough to like what most would call obsolete, mediocre, guns that aren't as accurate as bolt-actions, nor as fast as semiautos. As with Tycer's recent post that still brings tears to my eyes, many of us here (who mostly have never been in...

Sounds like a sound plan. :-) I've made up various mental lists of what I'd take this year, but it's all theoretical at this point. My Tyler Gunworks Ruger would pair up nicely with the Anniversary rifle. Maybe next year. That gives me time to lay in some brass and hopefully get up there to load it....

Y'all are making me antsy to get up north and take a gander at these rifles. Have yet to hear of an issue with any of them. Have wanted a 45 Colt rifle for a few decades now, looks like this will be one well worth having. Thanks for sharing your process with us. Send a couple downrange for me out at...

I'm really curious about how the interior is laid out. From the angle you show it, it doesn´t look like a three cavity!

Years back, somewhere around the turn of the century, we were at a yard sale in SW MO. On a table was a bunch of miscellaneous kitchen stuff. And in there were some carbon steel knives with black handles. For me a kitchen knife has always been carbon steel, not rost frei or inox, good old fashioned ...

I'll second Tyler Gun Works. I handed them a box of miscellaneous mismatch parts and they gave me back a beautiful sixgun. Unfortunately I don´t have any pics of it handy. Need to remedy that next time I dig out the cache.

Jim, do you know of anyone using Starlink internet over there? We have decent internet here but the Starlink kits are sold by at least three major retailers here in town. They're a big item for folks living outside of the main connection areas of the city. My understanding is that as long as you've ...

Also, the 25-35 Ackley Improved shows the most improvement in performance with a very usable extra powder space due to the very tapered body being blown out straight. I always kind of wanted a Marlin in 25-35 AI for a varmint levergun.

The "old family rifle" is a Winchester 64 in 25-35 that my uncles convinced my grandma to buy for them way back in the 20th Century. They successfully hunted every big game species in Arizona with that rifle using, as far as I know, factory ammo. It comes back to proper bullet placement an...

The following bit of reminiscence popped up as I was backing up some old hard drives... thought some of you might find it of interest. Memories From The Sertão The sun was still high as I climbed into my hammock. It was near four o’clock and I’d slung my hammock about three meters in the air in the ...

A few years ago Jim Williamson let me fireform a bunch of 22 K-Hornet through his ... Sako? rifle at the Whittington Center. Lovely rifle, fun to shoot caliber, very accurate setup. In a Contender pistol it'd make an interesting prairiepoodle popper.

Starting the cleaning process. Probably wont be done until end of the week as there are a couple of projects in front of this one. Did this a couple years ago with a Springfield 1922 M2. Pretty messy but is fun when all of the cartouches, barrel markings etc start showing up. Sounds like fun! Haven...

Feliz aniversario irmão! Que Deus te abençoe ricamente!

Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Mon Apr 14, 2025 8:26 am Big heavy bullet at moderate velocity.

https://youtu.be/KZKqBEehy5Y?si=a12oVfxoZNbH88L-

Can't help but wonder how that'd work through the 40th Anniversary Marlins.

Some of my favorite folks in those pics. Thanks for sharing!

My not making it to CSA reaches majority this year - 21 years since the boys and I made it to the one in Athens, TX. Fine, fond memories. Great folk. A great many have gone on over the river. It's always a blast to see the pics and vids and hear the stories!

I like that long-barreled Single Six, Paul! I don't believe I've ever handled one. My Dad's is 6 1/2" but that looks like a 7 1/2? Maybe I am just looking at it wrong .... :roll: I think you've gotten too used to the short barrels... :lol: It's a standard OM SS with (I'm pretty sure) the 6 1/2...

Now you've gone and done it. Got me to cogitating on why I've never tried shorts in my OMSS... Shucks, just haven´t had much time with it in way too long. Back in '06 I DID get to shoot it considerably, but never with shorts. That year I did better with the Ruger than I did with the rifle on squirre...

Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Mon Mar 17, 2025 6:22 pm Dave, hoping to find my last hideout in Grant County.

Grant County, NM?

I came late to the party, "meeting" John Taffin on the forums of sixguns.com and sixgunner.com late in the 20th Century. Then meeting him in person at his home in Boise, ID in '01 - before the twin towers fell. He saw me struggling with the heavy loads I was given for my Ruger Vaquero and ...

John and Dot Taffin were kind and hospitable to me over the years. I really enjoyed getting to know him a bit in person as well as via the written word. I've missed his replies to our newsletter over the past several months. ONE COULD COUNT ON A BRIEF, TO THE POINT REPLY IN HIS TYPICAL STYLE. May Go...

Thanks! do you know Blackie's breed? His face resembles Ranger's . . . Shepherd Rottie cross . . . We picked up Biscuit 9 years ago, she's about 3/4 generic "pitbull" and 1/4 English bulldog - and 100% sweetest mutt you could ask for. But she didn't do good on her own and would serenade t...

Here's an example. I loaded them up to take them out to the gun club with me. Biscuit was looking happily over my shoulder and Blackie was sitting back as relaxed as she ever gets in the car (which isn't saying much, she loves to ride but sits stiffly the whole way). As soon as I got my cell phone u...

Grizz wrote: ↑Mon Mar 10, 2025 3:56 pm Paul, beautiful photos. But,

. the dogs, where are the dogs?

They're worse than my wife about having their picture taken...

Here between the Canal and the Equator our winters are a bit different from those further north in the hemisphere, but they exist none the less! And last night we had a good one. I got up this morning to let the dogs have their morning sniff in the park across from the house and found the place floo...

The sophisticated design and execution of that design is amazing. And when you look at the time period - WOW! Many people today have NO idea how much can be done with "primitive tools". Thanks for sharing that with us.

Staffordshire, eh? Could you send me a nice terrier pup, please? Female, uncut ears and tail.

Our Biscuit is a Bulldog/Terrier mix. Lovely pet.

Apparently there was a Denial of Service attack that caused issues with everyone on the server. That accounts for the bad connections folks were experiencing a couple days back before they took us off the air. We're working on implementing means of denying denial of service attacks, but at least we'...

Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Wed Mar 05, 2025 9:55 am My hat is off to Andy Larsson, Paul Moreland and Jim T. for working to bring the site back up after it was shut down for what may be suspicious reasons.

Don't forget David Fagan. He actually does the heavy lifting while we stand around poking things with sticks.

OK, guys. Sorry for the down time. The hosting company unilaterally took us down due to alleged instability in the system. We're up for the moment and working on resolving the issues.

Good to see you still up and at 'em, Nath! Thanks for sharing the results of your hunts!!!

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