Search found 23575 matches

by AJMD429
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

Scott Tschirhart wrote: Sun Apr 19, 2026 6:13 pm Not a five inch barrel but a 5 inch diameter gun.
LOL the ever-present difference between LENGTH and GIRTH... :lol:
by AJMD429
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...
by AJMD429
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…

.
I gotta admit that whether one likes Trump or not, this chick puts a hilarious spin on things…!

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6pzPaQMfdAA
by AJMD429
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...
by AJMD429
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

.
The 44-40 website is interesting..... Now I need to look for a 32-20 one.... :D
by AJMD429
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 ...
by AJMD429
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 ...
by AJMD429
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...
by AJMD429
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...
by AJMD429
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...?

.
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.
by AJMD429
Fri Apr 17, 2026 8:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Rust blueing…. Your SKILLET..
Replies: 0
Views: 2554

Rust blueing…. Your SKILLET..

.
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
by AJMD429
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...
by AJMD429
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...
by AJMD429
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.

.
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)
by AJMD429
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...
by AJMD429
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...
by AJMD429
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...
by AJMD429
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...
by AJMD429
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...
by AJMD429
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…”

.
Poor dude… sounds like he took a beating.

https://youtu.be/yGu7Wr2C_dA

I do agree about the Ruger Charger though…!
by AJMD429
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...
by AJMD429
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...
by AJMD429
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...
by AJMD429
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...
by AJMD429
Sun Apr 12, 2026 9:46 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A Quandary
Replies: 7
Views: 3421

Re: A Quandary

.
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.
by AJMD429
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....
by AJMD429
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...
by AJMD429
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

Re: If I had a ton of money I'd get this gun...

nwcatman wrote: Fri Apr 10, 2026 8:50 am waaaay too much plastic for me. especially on a lever gun. some things just aren't meant to be. but i'm old and grouchy.
Me too (old and grouchy) - I do like the looks of this particular 'tactical' levergun though.
by AJMD429
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...
by AJMD429
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...
by AJMD429
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...
by AJMD429
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/ ...
by AJMD429
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...
by AJMD429
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' ...
by AJMD429
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...

.
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...
by AJMD429
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

.
Glad that little split didn't get big enough to cause more damage - your hand could have looked like that forend... :shock:
by AJMD429
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

.
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.
by AJMD429
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

.
I have read that 2400 Powder has had Fairly major changes content over the years. Not sure if that's true.
by AJMD429
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

.
Super COOL...
by AJMD429
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...
by AJMD429
Sat Apr 04, 2026 4:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: HOME
Replies: 7
Views: 1121

Re: HOME

.
Nice place you got there.... 8)
by AJMD429
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...
by AJMD429
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...
by AJMD429
Sat Apr 04, 2026 12:33 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Molds, reloading stuff, chronograph
Replies: 5
Views: 2060

Re: Molds, reloading stuff, chronograph

.
I'd like the $60 Chronograph...
by AJMD429
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...
by AJMD429
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 ...
by AJMD429
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...

.
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.
by AJMD429
Thu Apr 02, 2026 9:23 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: NOT April Fools
Replies: 3
Views: 553

Re: NOT April Fools

.
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... :D