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by AJMD429
Thu Jan 22, 2009 10:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Shooting the 22lr
Replies: 16
Views: 2335

Re: Shooting the 22lr

66GTO wrote: With bulk ammo I always get a flier or two in a group.
You need one of these...

http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewt ... f=1&t=7785
by AJMD429
Thu Jan 22, 2009 10:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Shooting the 22lr
Replies: 16
Views: 2335

Re: Shooting the 22lr

I like lever actions, but since you don't reload .22 LR anyway, I don't figure it is a problem that the semiautos throw the brass all over. I think the 10/22 is supposedly more accurate than either the bolt 77/22 or the lever 96/22. It would be a 'fun' shoot to get three shooters, a 10/22, 96/22, an...
by AJMD429
Thu Jan 22, 2009 9:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Back on line, down for a month
Replies: 9
Views: 579

Re: Back on line, down for a month

How did you get along without your daily fix of leverguns...?
by AJMD429
Thu Jan 22, 2009 9:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Ugly Rifle
Replies: 22
Views: 1946

Re: OT - Ugly Rifle

Ugly guns still shoot, and you don't feel bad when you ding them up.
by AJMD429
Thu Jan 22, 2009 9:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - New Avatar for Old Savage
Replies: 52
Views: 3517

Re: OT - New Avatar for Old Savage

I know - ditch the 'Minie Pearl' one, and just post pics of the girls/women in your life... 8)
You should never have a bad day as long as you have friends and family with smiles like those. :mrgreen:
by AJMD429
Wed Jan 21, 2009 10:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: LEVER #16 MOD 444ss 444 1991
Replies: 1
Views: 370

Re: LEVER #16 MOD 444ss 444 1991

Love the .44's and .444's !!!

Never did like those little plastic safeties - I always cut them off before shooting the gun... :wink:
by AJMD429
Wed Jan 21, 2009 10:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Creedmoor Recreation,.... long range shooting
Replies: 16
Views: 1250

Re: Creedmoor Recreation,.... long range shooting

Not exactly Creedmoor, but in the same spirit, I've heard of people using standard-velocity .22 LR's (some 'historic' scale-downs, some just regular guns) to shoot out to maybe 300 yards with the .22's, and get practice with the extended ranging and elevation issues. Sounds fun. I'm guessing they us...
by AJMD429
Wed Jan 21, 2009 8:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Humor - If your family isn't careful with your guns...
Replies: 14
Views: 2219

Re: Humor - If your family isn't careful with your guns...

AJMD429, I must disagree with you on this topic. What? DISAGREE with me? Impossible! That's not RIGHT! It isn't fair... ...and here I thought all you guys were just my personal minions and nearly ready to call to duty in my Empire! Talk about bursting my bubble... :cry: OK - I promise to be good fo...
by AJMD429
Wed Jan 21, 2009 6:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Which is the most versatile 44 mag or 357 mag
Replies: 18
Views: 2092

Re: Which is the most versatile 44 mag or 357 mag

Now, if you need something that can also be used as extra weight on the rear of your truck for the purpose of gaining traction in dirt, get the Ruger Redhawk.
:lol: :lol:

They're still almost as fun to shoot as the Super Blackhawks...
by AJMD429
Wed Jan 21, 2009 4:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Who has a Taurus Judge 45/410
Replies: 18
Views: 2897

Re: Who has a Taurus Judge 45/410

jjames wrote:My dealer says I can't get one in California. I guess it is considered a sawed off shotgun.
Gun laws are so stupid!

I wonder if anyone ever "skeet shoots" with them - I have with a .45/.410 Contender, and didn't do all that bad...!
by AJMD429
Wed Jan 21, 2009 4:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Humor - If your family isn't careful with your guns...
Replies: 14
Views: 2219

Re: Humor - If your family isn't careful with your guns...

Deliberately startling someone holding a gun, especially someone who is known to be unfamiliar with guns, as a way of emphasizing gun safety, is itself an inherently reckless and unsafe act. Besides, the video looks staged. I guess I was assuming that the gun was definitely unloaded (I know there i...
by AJMD429
Wed Jan 21, 2009 3:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: .35 Remington question
Replies: 20
Views: 2642

Re: .35 Remington question

Try a Williams FP peep sight too. Rugged and many folks can keep 2" groups at 100 yards with one, although I'm not that good with a peep. Scopes are better in low-light conditions, also. Most any good lever action gun will keep inside 4" at 100 yards, I'd think, which means a clean deer ki...
by AJMD429
Wed Jan 21, 2009 3:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Humor - If your family isn't careful with your guns...
Replies: 14
Views: 2219

Re: Humor - If your family isn't careful with your guns...

I've done similar things to teach family members caution, whether with guns, chain saws, lawn mowers (my wife kept saying she 'checked' for hoses but always managed to run over some, so I got some old hoses from a neighbor, slashed them up real good, and put them out in the grass she was going to mo...
by AJMD429
Wed Jan 21, 2009 2:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Humor - If your family isn't careful with your guns...
Replies: 14
Views: 2219

Humor - If your family isn't careful with your guns...

This guy taught his wife not to play with his gun (warning, she uses the colloquial term for the anal orifice when she discovers his evil ploy...it shocked me, since my wife would never say such things about me... :roll: )

http://maniacworld.com:80/firecracker-gun-prank.html
by AJMD429
Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What if ALL your guns had to be from ONE manufacturer?
Replies: 51
Views: 3866

Re: What if ALL your guns had to be from ONE manufacturer?

...of course the post on Remington made me realize - Marlins ARE 'Remingtons' now... :roll:
by AJMD429
Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What if ALL your guns had to be from ONE manufacturer?
Replies: 51
Views: 3866

Re: What if ALL your guns had to be from ONE manufacturer?

jumbeaux wrote:GOB Bless you gentlemen and ladies.....ya'll keep me smilin'
jumbeaux
Glad you're not offended by 'yet another 'what-if'' post! :mrgreen:
by AJMD429
Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-Finally finished..
Replies: 21
Views: 2159

Re: OT-Finally finished..

:evil: :evil: :evil: Man, that's ENOUGH of these durned 'OT' thing . . . . . . er, well, uh, that's kinda cool , actually . . . 8) . . . trade you a levergun for it...? :mrgreen: . . . but NEXT time, there'd better be a LEVERGUN in the picture! :lol: :lol: :lol: If the economy keeps tanking, we'll a...
by AJMD429
Tue Jan 20, 2009 7:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Possible solution to the "What if"s
Replies: 8
Views: 853

Re: Possible solution to the "What if"s

If I were in a gun shop or around the campfire, and someone were to ask, "If you just had one gun in .35 caliber, what would you pick?" or some such question, I would NOT expect a disgusted "Harrumph!" and exodus of customers or firesitters, but rather some might chime in with an...
by AJMD429
Tue Jan 20, 2009 1:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT Night Hog Hunting Scope
Replies: 5
Views: 795

Re: OT Night Hog Hunting Scope

I can post a picture later but I have had great success on feral cats and dogs and raccoons as far as 75-80 yards in pitch black, using a red-dot sight on the lowest dot setting, and a THREE-AA Maglight mounted in scope rings under or beside the barrel, with rubber hose to give it a 1" diameter...
by AJMD429
Tue Jan 20, 2009 8:27 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - OK, way OT - computer programming
Replies: 6
Views: 828

Re: OT - OK, way OT - computer programming

Thanks - I'll check it out.

I just remember that in addition to enabling to do something with my computer that was not possible with the then-available software, learning to program helped me think differently in terms of organizing thoughts, developing procedures from the ground up, and so forth.
by AJMD429
Tue Jan 20, 2009 8:13 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Great day in the woods w/ the 44mag
Replies: 12
Views: 1848

Re: Great day in the woods w/ the 44mag

Love the .44's...! Marlins, Pumas, Rugers, Desert Eagles - whatever ones you have.
by AJMD429
Tue Jan 20, 2009 8:11 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: ANOTHER CONTROVERSY! WINCHESTER 92 or MARLIN 94?
Replies: 68
Views: 6558

Re: ANOTHER CONTROVERSY! WINCHESTER 92 or MARLIN 94?

this isn't a question where somebody didn't bone up on a subject, it's another opinion poll about favorites and preferences. Sometimes something good comes out of these posts, which is why I read them. No different than standing around the gunshop or campfire and starting up with a conversation abo...
by AJMD429
Mon Jan 19, 2009 10:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - OK, way OT - computer programming
Replies: 6
Views: 828

OT - OK, way OT - computer programming

I want to find some software like the old MS-DOS Turbo Pascal editor/complier I had that can run under Windows and I can use it to demonstrate some basic programming to my kids - defining variables, arrays, and developing algorithms for sorting or whatever. I've seen Visual Basic for a few hundred d...
by AJMD429
Mon Jan 19, 2009 10:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Pistols
Replies: 31
Views: 4052

Re: OT - Pistols

Before you buy anything (so you have an excuse to dry-fire it because you actually might buy it), just TRY a ParaOrdnance 1911 LDA in some configuration. It comes in Small - http://www.para-usa.com/new/product_pistol.php?id=14 , Medium - http://www.para-usa.com/new/product_pistol.php?id=17 , and Lar...
by AJMD429
Mon Jan 19, 2009 10:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What if ALL your guns had to be from ONE manufacturer?
Replies: 51
Views: 3866

Re: What if ALL your guns had to be from ONE manufacturer?

How about Colt - SA Army, 1911, Lightning pump rifle, AR-15...? I like the answer above, "Uberti" - they make about everything, I think...! :lol: And how do you define a "Browning" - if you go by inventor, then old John Moses Browning made almost everything you'd need at one time...
by AJMD429
Mon Jan 19, 2009 10:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lever #14 Interarms-Rossi -puna 92 srg 38-357
Replies: 6
Views: 1028

Re: Lever #14 Interarms-Rossi -puna 92 srg 38-357

What are the rounds in the leather belt...? They look too pointy for either of those guns...
by AJMD429
Mon Jan 19, 2009 10:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ot-Changed the layout of my website
Replies: 6
Views: 494

Re: Ot-Changed the layout of my website

JReed wrote:I like it. I am looking forward to spring and reading more of your balistics testing.
What - we're just finally cooling down here in Indiana...! :lol:
by AJMD429
Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ot-Changed the layout of my website
Replies: 6
Views: 494

Re: Ot-Changed the layout of my website

Looks nicer and seems easier to navigate. Someday I'd like to do a small website, and I enjoy seeing your progress - hopefully someday I'll get the nerve.

Here's our dairy and boer goat website, but we had someone else 'put it up' for us...

http://www.jstonesnubianmeadow.com/
by AJMD429
Mon Jan 19, 2009 8:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Eventually I would like to get ---
Replies: 21
Views: 1937

Re: Eventually I would like to get ---

Handgun - a Ruger Bearcat
Rifle - a Ruger No.1 in .45-70
Shotgun - unsure
by AJMD429
Mon Jan 19, 2009 8:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What if ALL your guns had to be from ONE manufacturer?
Replies: 51
Views: 3866

What if ALL your guns had to be from ONE manufacturer?

I don't know why we play these "what-if" games, but I thought of another one...! :roll: :roll: Much as I love my Marlins - they don't make much in the way of handguns; nor did Winchester, Henry, etc. "Browning" (depending on the definition being the man or the company) made just ...
by AJMD429
Mon Jan 19, 2009 8:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Which Lever Gun Do You LIKE the best ...
Replies: 78
Views: 7710

Re: Which Lever Gun Do You LIKE the best ...

I cant answer that, havent figured it out yet. I'll just keep accumulating them until I figger it out & then I'll let you know. :mrgreen: +1 :lol: :lol: :lol: Actually, I really like the 1894, but the 'beefier' 336 Guide Gun is nice too... Maybe either one with a curved lever instead of the str...
by AJMD429
Sun Jan 18, 2009 10:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Get your drool towel!
Replies: 17
Views: 1523

Re: Get your drool towel!

flatnose wrote:Just needs 4 more receivers to make it a complete set
Kind of my sentiment. Still a beautiful piece of work from an aesthetic and gunsmithing standpoint.
by AJMD429
Sun Jan 18, 2009 6:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: Holocaust Movie review - The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Replies: 6
Views: 654

Re: OT: Holocaust Movie review - The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Another one we watched and liked about that era was Enemy at the Gates. There are several others and if I can pry the titles from my wife's memory, I'll post them.
by AJMD429
Sun Jan 18, 2009 5:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How about the "most under-appreciated" cartridge!
Replies: 137
Views: 16344

Re: How about the "most under-appreciated" cartridge!

KirkD wrote: Image
That looks like the fore-runner of the .357/44 Bain & Davis...!
by AJMD429
Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: BEST ACTION: WINCHESTER 94 or MARLIN 336?
Replies: 50
Views: 5276

Re: BEST ACTION: WINCHESTER 94 or MARLIN 336?

J Miller wrote:This is just another episode of the:
Chevy / Ford
Colt / S&W
9mm / 45 ACP
Revolvers / Autos
Light-fast / heavy-slow
Blond / Brunette / Redhead
arguments.
Yes, but what the heck would we DO without all these cool controversies to 'settle?' 8) :lol:
by AJMD429
Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Storm damage to our gun club
Replies: 11
Views: 950

Re: Storm damage to our gun club

I'm just a dumb midwesterner, but I hope whoever builds the next one uses a steeper pitch on the roof - even around here, we occasionally get over a foot of snow, and unless you have a very slick metal roof and it slides off, that builds up alot of weight.
by AJMD429
Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ruger Blackhawk in 30 Carbine?
Replies: 26
Views: 4304

Re: Ruger Blackhawk in 30 Carbine?

1. It is without question the loudest gun I've ever shot - (louder than a 16" AR with the politically correct 'compensator' instead of the flash suppressor!). 2. It is VERY strong - I've seen one where a .30-06-level powder charge was mistakenly used when loading on the range bench, and the cas...
by AJMD429
Sat Jan 17, 2009 9:33 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Evil Black.... Bow?
Replies: 12
Views: 2739

Re: Evil Black.... Bow?

It'll probably be classified as an assault weapon. :lol: Last week when trying to find some gun legislation, I DID come across a proposal which would register/license compound bow owners; I was at work and when I came back to the computer, someone had changed screens, but I think it was out east so...
by AJMD429
Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: One rifle & One pistol for all around use.
Replies: 94
Views: 10684

Re: OT: One rifle & One pistol for all around use.

With those parameters here in NE Indiana I'd go with 357 Magnum revolver and 22LR in a long gun. An extra long gun would be a lever 357 if allowed. Yep - that's all the new administration WILL likely allow - they're probably even more interested in our 'minimalist gun battery' ideas than we are... ...
by AJMD429
Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:35 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: FEAR PURCHASING....
Replies: 87
Views: 136993

Re: FEAR PURCHASING....

I think enough would come around if it was simply possible to get them to realize what's going on. The problem is that our "mainstream media" doesn't grasp the 'technical' aspects of proposed laws, and the laws are always an 'emergency' so passage is rushed, and even when WE try to educat...
by AJMD429
Thu Jan 15, 2009 8:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Winchester 1892 32-20 on hogs. LONG
Replies: 27
Views: 4780

Re: Winchester 1892 32-20 on hogs. LONG

Sure, it may kill a 312-pound hog, but NO WAY is the .32-20 a suitable gun for whitetail deer... :lol: :lol: :lol:
by AJMD429
Thu Jan 15, 2009 7:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - I'm man enough to admit...
Replies: 49
Views: 4943

Re: OT - I'm man enough to admit...

I have a friend who could help - he's a top-notch TAXIDERMIST...! :lol:
by AJMD429
Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ruger LCR (Lightweight Compact Revolver)
Replies: 35
Views: 3044

Re: Ruger LCR (Lightweight Compact Revolver)

Oh wait, one of the grownups are calling me into the house. We'll talk later. :oops: Sorry. I'm lucky enough to live in a 'gentle' CCW state, and never have to worry about concealment beyond just social graces, so a paddle-holster under an un-tucked shirt, sweater, or jacket is able to make a 25 oz...
by AJMD429
Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Safety first, fatal firearm accident.
Replies: 15
Views: 1829

Re: Safety first.

Thanks to the internet and forums like this one, at least anyone who has a 'dumb question' can ask someone before fooling around with something dangerous. You would think adults would at least sense that a gun is at least somewhat dangerous, wouldn't you? Of course, guys don't always ask for help or...
by AJMD429
Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How about the "most under-appreciated" cartridge!
Replies: 137
Views: 16344

Re: How about the "most under-appreciated" cartridge!

The lowly 22 LONG. Thats right. In the semi populated areas I sometimes squirrel hunt I prefer not to use the LR with its 40gn bullet. I like using a 30gn bullet in case of deflection off a tree branch etc. I'll use the short, but sometimes I have feeding problems in the 22's I'd use. The long is t...
by AJMD429
Wed Jan 14, 2009 7:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ruger LCR (Lightweight Compact Revolver)
Replies: 35
Views: 3044

Re: Ruger LCR (Lightweight Compact Revolver)

The only things it seems to offer over the SP-101 is a) it weighs less (recoils more) - if you can't handle carrying a 25 oz. SP-101, perhaps you should stay inside with the grownups? b) it is theft-proof (so ugly nobody would steal it! :lol: ) - sure, I don't care much about 'looks' in a CCW gun, b...
by AJMD429
Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: How do you Yankees Stand it? Transplants + snow
Replies: 83
Views: 7748

Re: OT: How do you Yankees Stand it?

JReed wrote:
GANJIRO wrote:Is all that white stuff sand or salt? Why are they wearing so my clothes?
That be flaky frozen water my tropical friend. :wink: :lol:
What he means, is . . . . . Surf's Up! :lol:
by AJMD429
Wed Jan 14, 2009 4:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Question for LEO
Replies: 12
Views: 747

Re: OT - Question for LEO

I fear that anyone without 'federal' credentials would be regarded as a potential 'threat' by the feds, and that THEY will soon dominate state and local law enforcement under the guise of whatever 'anti-terrorist' BS the new messiah comes up with. Nobody knowledgeable about history, economics, or fi...
by AJMD429
Wed Jan 14, 2009 3:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Okay.....LEAST favorite cartridge
Replies: 122
Views: 12454

Re: Okay.....LEAST favorite cartridge

Ah Noah, one correction - the 270 is based on the 30-03 case. And, C Nose, the 270 is one of the most exciting cartridges of all time along with the 6mm Rem and the 25-35 Win. Yep - WHY did the .243 Win survive better than the superior 6mm Rem...! And the .270 isn't "necessary" BUT if the...
by AJMD429
Wed Jan 14, 2009 3:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How about the "most under-appreciated" cartridge!
Replies: 137
Views: 16344

How about the "most under-appreciated" cartridge!

While we're at it...

What round do you think that the 'experts' think is useless, but is really a great round...?

For me, in the 'bottlenecks' it would be a 280 Remington, or for 'straight-walls' the 500 S&W.