LOL the ever-present difference between LENGTH and GIRTH...
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- Mon Apr 20, 2026 7:21 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Two shots from a five inch gun
- Replies: 8
- Views: 936
Re: Two shots from a five inch gun
- Sun Apr 19, 2026 7:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Music and Mobius Strips... connected...?????
- Replies: 1
- Views: 752
Music and Mobius Strips... connected...?????
. I love the way the 3blue1brown guy presents stuff. https://youtube.com/shorts/K-pGGb0f3tc I can't say I always understand it, but a lot of times I can kind of understand it while he's explaining it, and have that wonderful brief moment of clarity. Of course five minutes after I watched the video I...
- Sun Apr 19, 2026 6:37 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: The humorous side of the last political decade…
- Replies: 0
- Views: 915
The humorous side of the last political decade…
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I gotta admit that whether one likes Trump or not, this chick puts a hilarious spin on things…!
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6pzPaQMfdAA
I gotta admit that whether one likes Trump or not, this chick puts a hilarious spin on things…!
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6pzPaQMfdAA
- Sun Apr 19, 2026 11:28 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Starting from Scratch, First 5 guns!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2342
Re: Starting from Scratch, First 5 guns!
. I hadn't thought of the 'several-guns-in-one' you can do with an AR-15... just these four add-ons I've had make a very versatile set of 5-in-one... 8) 5.56 NATO - plentiful ammo and standardized trajectories, expectations, etc. 22 LR - quiet without needing a suppressor, inexpensive, plenty for sm...
- Sun Apr 19, 2026 11:05 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 2026 - 44-40 Sailboat Lead Targets
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5107
Re: 2026 - 44-40 Sailboat Lead Targets
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The 44-40 website is interesting..... Now I need to look for a 32-20 one....
The 44-40 website is interesting..... Now I need to look for a 32-20 one....
- Sun Apr 19, 2026 11:04 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 2026 - 44-40 Sailboat Lead Targets
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5107
Re: 2026 - 44-40 Sailboat Lead Targets
You already know my typing skills are horrible enough as it is. I will just let it go and move on to my next enjoyment. On a lot of computers you can push Control-H or 'Windows'-H and Then a little microphone icon pops up on your screen and you can just talk and it will pretty accurately type what ...
- Sat Apr 18, 2026 3:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Starting from Scratch, First 5 guns!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2342
Re: Starting from Scratch, First 5 guns!
. Beretta Centurion in 9mm (CCW and Home Protection priority) AR-15 SBR 12" or so in 5.56 (Home Protection, 'OK' for most hunting) Ruger Charger SBR in 22 LR (Small Game, Home Protection, Quiet/Tactical uses) Ruger Redhawk in 45 Colt/ACP (or 44 Mag) (closest to one-gun-does-all) Marlin 1894 in ...
- Fri Apr 17, 2026 8:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Who was your Firearms Mentor…
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3278
Who was your Firearms Mentor…
. For me, since my dad died when I was five years old and then we got evicted from our rental house because we owed back rent, and wound up moving next-door to the country place he’d grown up in because right before he died he put a down payment on the farm next-door, I wound up growing up in a heav...
- Fri Apr 17, 2026 8:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Big bore sixgun back in the corral
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5943
Re: Big bore sixgun back in the corral
. I also got a 200th-year commemorative Super Blackhawk in 1976 as a senior in high school. It was my first centerfire firearm, followed closely by a Marlin 1894 to match cartridge's (my other two firearms at the time or a Ruger Mark-I pistol and 10/22 rifle so that way I had four guns and still onl...
- Fri Apr 17, 2026 8:05 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Disappearing and Dead Scientists.... What's the deal...?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4247
Re: Disappearing and Dead Scientists.... What's the deal...?
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With all the stuff about UFOs and that sort of thing rising to the surface, you have to wonder if somebody out there doesn’t want people exposing things.
With all the stuff about UFOs and that sort of thing rising to the surface, you have to wonder if somebody out there doesn’t want people exposing things.
- Fri Apr 17, 2026 8:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Rust blueing…. Your SKILLET..
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2554
Rust blueing…. Your SKILLET..
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This was an interesting little podcast on different ways to season an iron skillet - ALSO touching on seasoning for carbon-steel pans.
No weird stuff needed so it looks worth trying.
https://youtu.be/CC4goOZDdJI
This was an interesting little podcast on different ways to season an iron skillet - ALSO touching on seasoning for carbon-steel pans.
No weird stuff needed so it looks worth trying.
https://youtu.be/CC4goOZDdJI
- Fri Apr 17, 2026 9:24 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: At least Turkey has 'reasonable' gun control laws...
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3487
At least Turkey has 'reasonable' gun control laws...
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Here's a sumary - https://thegunzone.com/does-turkey-have-gun-control/
Looks like the past few days show how great 'gun control' works...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ni ... s-AA212qic
Here's a sumary - https://thegunzone.com/does-turkey-have-gun-control/
Looks like the past few days show how great 'gun control' works...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ni ... s-AA212qic
- Fri Apr 17, 2026 7:33 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Easy to fool or scare people but hard to un-fool or un-scare them
- Replies: 34
- Views: 16811
Re: Easy to fool or scare people but hard to un-fool or un-scare them
. Stuff on Breast Cancer and Iodine (there is some suggestion in other literature that prostate cancer may also respond): Prevention - https://jeffreydachmd.com/breast-cancer-prevention-with-iodine/ Treatment - https://jeffreydachmd.com/iodine-treats-breast-cancer/ Stuff on Prostate and Breast Cance...
- Thu Apr 16, 2026 7:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Brace of 1895’s
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3951
Re: Brace of 1895’s
. I can see how that could turn into an obsession. One lever gun I've always wanted to have is an 1895, and I don't own any. I would mostly want one that would be a shooter and not necessarily pretty, but I would want it to function safely with some kind of reasonably available cartridge, although I...
- Thu Apr 16, 2026 7:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I am planning on being in Luckenbach today.
- Replies: 35
- Views: 9544
Re: I am planning on being in Luckenbach today.
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According to my mother-in-law, that means in 10 years you're going to be OLD....
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...!"
According to my mother-in-law, that means in 10 years you're going to be OLD....
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...!"
- Thu Apr 16, 2026 7:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Damascus blades
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4499
Re: Damascus blades
. Those look good, and real. I bought some kitchen steak knives recently, and I have to say are really good for my purposes, which is just to meat or cheese or apples or whatever. What's funny is they have blades that look like they're Damascus but if you notice closely each blade has exactly the sa...
- Thu Apr 16, 2026 7:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: “Top Five Guns….to keep after a divorce…”
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3701
Re: “Top Five Guns….to keep after a divorce…”
. "...Your wife will not have a photographic memory of every gun that you own, especially if you trade all the time...." I was thinking about that the other day, and I don't even know myself. I asked one of my friends who has quite a bit more money than I do, and consequently quite a few m...
- Thu Apr 16, 2026 7:26 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: CDC head seems ok on guns maybe...
- Replies: 0
- Views: 3851
CDC head seems ok on guns maybe...
. "...Vote Record: In February 2026, during a session of the Minnesota House Public Safety, Finance & Policy Committee, Rep. Erica Schwartz voted “No” on House File 3433, a bill that sought to ban the possession and sale of military-style assault weapons within the state. This vote was part...
- Wed Apr 15, 2026 7:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Different Concrete Mixer Options
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2991
Different Concrete Mixer Options
. I learned recently that using 'pressure treated wood' that is 'ground contact rated' is fine - - - for about 30 years... So you build your homestead that way in your 30's when you have plenty of energy, and then in your 60's and 70's, when you're old and tired, you get to re-do everything you buil...
- Wed Apr 15, 2026 9:21 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Easy to fool or scare people but hard to un-fool or un-scare them
- Replies: 34
- Views: 16811
Re: Easy to fool or scare people but hard to un-fool or un-scare them
. I guess while I'm on a roll, I'll post this on THYROID dysfunction . It is an area the medical community is so bizarrely behind on that it is embarassing. A huge number of people appear to have 'hypothyroid symptoms, yet the doctors test their hormone levels (usually they don't actually test the T...
- Mon Apr 13, 2026 10:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: “Top Five Guns….to keep after a divorce…”
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3701
“Top Five Guns….to keep after a divorce…”
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Poor dude… sounds like he took a beating.
https://youtu.be/yGu7Wr2C_dA
I do agree about the Ruger Charger though…!
Poor dude… sounds like he took a beating.
https://youtu.be/yGu7Wr2C_dA
I do agree about the Ruger Charger though…!
- Mon Apr 13, 2026 8:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bill in NM
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2489
Re: Bill in NM
Ha! No, Will! There a lot of people out there masquerading as me. I'm not nearly so "free-range," raised in the First Christian Church and Boy Scouts.:lol: I'm not this one either, but I sure admire him to this day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbXekKiKNW4 That was a good show - I'd fo...
- Mon Apr 13, 2026 3:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Getting Logged Out Every Time I Leave The Site
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4621
Re: Getting Logged Out Every Time I Leave The Site
. I hardly ever 'stay' logged-in despite checking the box. I was told at one time that it was the settings on my computer though, not a website-specific thing. (However, it ONLY happens with this site) Not a huge deal, but like Blaine said - I'd be up for a contribution towards more reliability if t...
- Sun Apr 12, 2026 1:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Lucked out at 300 yards (on paper)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2429
Lucked out at 300 yards (on paper)
. A friend came over to shoot in my brother's cornfield (across the road from my place). I have a 100 yard range but the cornfield offers up to 800 yards in theory (no good backstop) but does have excellent 300 yard backstop. I just never go down there because I don't shoot that far when hunting, an...
- Sun Apr 12, 2026 10:03 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Easy to fool or scare people but hard to un-fool or un-scare them
- Replies: 34
- Views: 16811
Re: Easy to fool or scare people but hard to un-fool or un-scare them
. "... Seems to me that not wanting to participate in a thread is as simple as not reading it ..." Yep. That's kind of the 'conservative' attitude - if something is silly or you disagree with it, you ignore it, or maybe argue/ridicule it, but you don't try to censor it. The 'liberals' tend...
- Sun Apr 12, 2026 9:46 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A Quandary
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3421
Re: A Quandary
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The only casting I've done was for 44 Mag and the only molds I used were Lee Precision ones. I had wonderful luck with them.
I can't comment on other brands.
The only casting I've done was for 44 Mag and the only molds I used were Lee Precision ones. I had wonderful luck with them.
I can't comment on other brands.
- Sat Apr 11, 2026 6:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The ‘sideways Glock’ guys were right all along…!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5366
Re: The ‘sideways Glock’ guys were right all along…!
He has "seen the elephant" and I don't discount that. He knows gunfighting and I do not doubt it works at those distances. But for hunting and long range shooting with handguns, you don't tilt them. Try adjusting the sights whether scope, peep sights or open sights .. with the gun tilted....
- Sat Apr 11, 2026 12:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Pay the insurance when you ship a gun!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7735
Re: Pay the insurance when you ship a gun!
. Hope they find it - the scary thing is it isn't just another 'stock item' that would be easy to replace, AND is a fancy enough item that it might be more tempting to steal than a Mossberg 500 pump shotgun or Ruger 10/22. I've always insured not only the 'value' but if possible, the 'cost to replac...
- Fri Apr 10, 2026 10:21 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: If I had a ton of money I'd get this gun...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4085
- Fri Apr 10, 2026 10:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Easy to fool or scare people but hard to un-fool or un-scare them
- Replies: 34
- Views: 16811
Re: Easy to fool or scare people but hard to un-fool or un-scare them
. My bad - I should have posted in the "Politics" section, so I apologize. :( :oops: However I will say that one reason our nation is going down the tubes is so many 'gun owners' and 'sportsmen' prefer to live in a pleasant, self-imposed, bubble-world where everything is just collecting fi...
- Fri Apr 10, 2026 7:07 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Two of the best videos in support of concealed carry for EVERYONE
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2797
Two of the best videos in support of concealed carry for EVERYONE
. 1. Suzanna Hupp's congressional testimony spells out ALL the pertinent points. https://youtu.be/DEJFAvA-ZUE 2. The bad-guy was a typical liberal-released dirtbag armed with a violent brain and . . . a hammer. https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116377422440266990 Anyone who even support...
- Fri Apr 10, 2026 6:56 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Delusional Self-anointed Elites
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2821
Delusional Self-anointed Elites
. People like Bruce Springstein are so incredibly uninformed, intentionally-misinformed, and intellectually dishonest it is incredible that anyone even pays attention to them. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/self-awareness-fail-rich-man-bruce-springsteen-blasts/ I used to just ignore actors...
- Fri Apr 10, 2026 6:32 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: If I had a ton of money I'd get this gun...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4085
If I had a ton of money I'd get this gun...
. I have their 'stripped down basic' Model 89, and it is a super-tough, well-made, beautiful and traditional-looking levergun in 500 S&W. https://wtfsilencers.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/WyomingTakedown500_web_product-image-1024x1024.jpg https://wtfsilencers.com/product/wyoming-takedown-500/ ...
- Thu Apr 09, 2026 9:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The ‘sideways Glock’ guys were right all along…!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5366
- Wed Apr 08, 2026 6:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Easy to fool or scare people but hard to un-fool or un-scare them
- Replies: 34
- Views: 16811
Re: Easy to fool or scare people but hard to un-fool or un-scare them
. Here's a couple updated presentations (podcasts, but you can just listen as there are no 'charts or graphs'): On why 'dense breasts' is a BAD thing and means a woman not on hormones with 'dense' breasts should probably be ON hormones for safety - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5oa7PEtM9M. On the...
- Wed Apr 08, 2026 1:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Old Ironsights
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2054
Re: Old Ironsights
. I always enjoyed his posts. I actually met him on his way from somewhere to somewhere else (wherever the places were, Indianapolis was halfway between, and he came by my office sometime 2005-2012 and we hung around out in the parking lot and talked leverguns and stuff. He was pretty young-lookin' ...
- Wed Apr 08, 2026 1:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Time to re-watch the Terminator movies...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2670
Time to re-watch the Terminator movies...
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Looks like we might need a refresher course on dealing with SkyNet when it becomes self-aware...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/a ... r-AA20mTYQ
This really IS concerning...
Looks like we might need a refresher course on dealing with SkyNet when it becomes self-aware...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/a ... r-AA20mTYQ
This really IS concerning...
- Mon Apr 06, 2026 5:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Blew my Uberti 1876 up
- Replies: 44
- Views: 23059
Re: Blew my Uberti 1876 up
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Glad that little split didn't get big enough to cause more damage - your hand could have looked like that forend...
Glad that little split didn't get big enough to cause more damage - your hand could have looked like that forend...
- Sun Apr 05, 2026 3:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Blew my Uberti 1876 up
- Replies: 44
- Views: 23059
Re: Blew my Uberti 1876 up
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On the older guns with the slimmer forends (unlike the moden Marlins), If the cartridge diameter is big, and the magazine tube correspondingly big, sometimes there's not a lot of wood so the forends are pretty fragile.
On the older guns with the slimmer forends (unlike the moden Marlins), If the cartridge diameter is big, and the magazine tube correspondingly big, sometimes there's not a lot of wood so the forends are pretty fragile.
- Sun Apr 05, 2026 3:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Strange Nosler data- 44 mag 300gn jacketed
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1250
Re: Strange Nosler data- 44 mag 300gn jacketed
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I have read that 2400 Powder has had Fairly major changes content over the years. Not sure if that's true.
I have read that 2400 Powder has had Fairly major changes content over the years. Not sure if that's true.
- Sun Apr 05, 2026 3:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Tyler Gun Works improved Bearcat
- Replies: 36
- Views: 6954
Re: Tyler Gun Works improved Bearcat
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Super COOL...
Super COOL...
- Sun Apr 05, 2026 3:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Prepping for inflation. A warning.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 599
Re: Prepping for inflation. A warning.
. It certainly seems like it's a good idea to be diversified, and you don't have to be wealthy for that concept to apply. If you have a ton of money, I'm sure the best thing to invest in for stability would be land, and if you have more than a ton of money, get land in different places in case the p...
- Sat Apr 04, 2026 4:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: HOME
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1121
Re: HOME
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Nice place you got there....
Nice place you got there....
- Sat Apr 04, 2026 12:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 45/22 Conversion
- Replies: 5
- Views: 653
Re: 45/22 Conversion
. I got one years ago (different manufacturer but for 1911's). Then found out it wouldn't work on my AMT 1911 Government 'clone'. A couple years later I got a set of Crimson Trace laser-grips for the same gun, only to find out THEY wouldn't fit the clone either... :( The problem was the difference i...
- Sat Apr 04, 2026 12:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Shots (injections)
- Replies: 47
- Views: 25064
Re: Shots (injections)
. The link to increased cancer rates is getting more and more concrete when it comes to the Covid/mRNA vaccines. the Journal Article - https://www.oncotarget.com/article/28827/text Campbell's Podcast - https://youtu.be/Jr-WKRRLi9U Interestingly, the journal article has over 100 footnote citations su...
- Sat Apr 04, 2026 12:33 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Molds, reloading stuff, chronograph
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2060
Re: Molds, reloading stuff, chronograph
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I'd like the $60 Chronograph...
I'd like the $60 Chronograph...
- Fri Apr 03, 2026 9:32 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Pam Bondi ousted. Lee Zeldin could be replacement...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1487
Re: Pam Bondi ousted. Lee Zeldin could be replacement...
. At least from what I can tell, potential replacement Lee Zeldin is less willing to put up with 'common sense' gun control. I wish he'd fire all the wobblies at the EPA prior to leaving that post though. I've no opinion on Bondi, but I hope Zeldon hangs around the EPA long enough to do away with a...
- Thu Apr 02, 2026 7:27 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Will the younger generation have the courage when called upon...?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3258
Will the younger generation have the courage when called upon...?
. The 'greatest generation' had the likes of Freddie Oversteegen, Irena Sendler, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Hannie Schaft, and many others who were not macho soldier-type men, but YOUNG GIRLS, who showed more courage and fortitude and morality than 90% of the young generation we see today. Granted, they ...
- Thu Apr 02, 2026 12:40 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Pam Bondi ousted. Lee Zeldin could be replacement...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1487
Pam Bondi ousted. Lee Zeldin could be replacement...
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At least from what I can tell, potential replacement Lee Zeldin is less willing to put up with 'common sense' gun control.
I wish he'd fire all the wobblies at the EPA prior to leaving that post though.
At least from what I can tell, potential replacement Lee Zeldin is less willing to put up with 'common sense' gun control.
I wish he'd fire all the wobblies at the EPA prior to leaving that post though.
- Thu Apr 02, 2026 9:23 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: NOT April Fools
- Replies: 3
- Views: 553
Re: NOT April Fools
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I never remember to set the date/time right on mine so mine would probably send a picture today at 10 pm that was stamped 6 am from 2023 or something...
I never remember to set the date/time right on mine so mine would probably send a picture today at 10 pm that was stamped 6 am from 2023 or something...