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- Wed Jan 27, 2021 10:05 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What are the chances Ruger will...
- Replies: 16
- Views: 349
Re: What are the chances Ruger will...
My guess is that Ruger's engineers are going over the 94 and 336 microscopically, writing new CAD programs and talking with marketing. I would be very surprised if they don't substitute investment-cast frames for the old forged ones. Other than to uphold tradition, there is no reason not to.
- Tue Jan 26, 2021 6:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The chances are ....
- Replies: 21
- Views: 255
Re: The chances are ....
Now wait a minute GK, I have a lot of Ls and Ws in my names, Mister! 

- Tue Jan 26, 2021 8:50 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Big Brown Truck Just Dropped Off 18,000 Rounds
- Replies: 16
- Views: 312
Re: Big Brown Truck Just Dropped Off 18,000 Rounds
Blaine, you're not supposed to tell people about the availability of airgun pellets, man! Keep it a secret! Glad you are enjoying your big Diana/RWS 48. I am shooting a little Xisico B-25 these days. It shoots way better than I can.
- Mon Jan 25, 2021 6:38 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: SOLD Interest in an H&R 1871 Buffalo Classic?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 147
- Mon Jan 25, 2021 8:55 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What are the chances Ruger will...
- Replies: 16
- Views: 349
Re: What are the chances Ruger will...
I just want to see what Ruger does with any of the Marlin lever guns. Really trying not to let my hopes get out of hand.
- Mon Jan 25, 2021 8:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Medical Issues
- Replies: 9
- Views: 270
Re: Medical Issues
Whew! Good to hear. I was worried.Blaine wrote: ↑Sun Jan 24, 2021 8:45 pmI'm not that bad....normal aches and pains for an auld phart...that's all.Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Sun Jan 24, 2021 8:07 pmBlaine, are you all right?
My bathroom sink counter looks like a pharmacy these days ...![]()
I just thought this was funny.
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 8:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Medical Issues
- Replies: 9
- Views: 270
Re: Medical Issues
Blaine, are you all right?
My bathroom sink counter looks like a pharmacy these days ...
My bathroom sink counter looks like a pharmacy these days ...

- Sun Jan 24, 2021 8:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: From Lewis Ballard .. about 20 years ago ...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 218
Re: From Lewis Ballard .. about 20 years ago ...
Gracias for posting, Jim.
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 8:01 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anyone here using the Lee 255 in .45 ACP?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 234
Re: Anyone here using the Lee 255 in .45 ACP?
Seated them a smidge deeper and they ran flawlessly. Now to try a larger sample and put them on paper.
- Sun Jan 24, 2021 7:51 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Prospect Hall Shooting Club
- Replies: 14
- Views: 189
Re: Prospect Hall Shooting Club
Brutus is the bomb, 6-Pt.
I had to look up ZZ birds. Had not heard of them. Great idea.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKK7KOKKcaE
I had to look up ZZ birds. Had not heard of them. Great idea.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKK7KOKKcaE
- Sat Jan 23, 2021 9:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: In Memory of Daisy Crockett
- Replies: 21
- Views: 344
Re: In Memory of Daisy Crockett
Brian, you have that right! A dog, a crackling fire and a mug of beer -- with the Gospels near. What more could a feller need?
- Sat Jan 23, 2021 9:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Keith No. 5 out of an Italian Bisley?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 270
Re: Keith No. 5 out of an Italian Bisley?
Cowboy, the Rugers are scarce right now-- and awful spendy.
- Sat Jan 23, 2021 9:41 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Keith No. 5 out of an Italian Bisley?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 270
Keith No. 5 out of an Italian Bisley?
Wondering how complicated it would be to attach the trigger guard/strap from a standard Peacemaker to the rear grip frame of an Italian Bisley, then find someone to make the stocks. Anyone try this? Just daydreaming, as Dixie has some Uberti Bisleys on sale for $495, but many find the trigger reach ...
- Fri Jan 22, 2021 11:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New PCP Airgun Tech
- Replies: 6
- Views: 147
Re: New PCP Airgun Tech
Gunny, the compressor and expense is what has kept me from enjoying the PCPs. I briefly owned a Benjamin Marauder in .25 -- quiet, accurate and powerful. But I was coming off back surgery, and trying to pump that reservoir full with the Hill hand pump was torture. Off she went.
- Fri Jan 22, 2021 9:51 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New PCP Airgun Tech
- Replies: 6
- Views: 147
Re: New PCP Airgun Tech
Impressive numbers -- good enough for deer at reasonable range, I would sure think. That little FXAirguns radar chronograph is pretty darned cool.
- Fri Jan 22, 2021 9:35 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What the World Needs Now...... MORE OF PITCHY
- Replies: 16
- Views: 295
Re: What the World Needs Now...... MORE OF PITCHY
Lenn, that is swell -- the ancestor of the modern, electronic pinball machine. Does it have a tilt switch? 

- Fri Jan 22, 2021 8:43 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: In Memory of Daisy Crockett
- Replies: 21
- Views: 344
Re: In Memory of Daisy Crockett
Makes me hurt all over again, Bronco. I know how your heart feels.
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 7:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What the World Needs Now...... MORE OF PITCHY
- Replies: 16
- Views: 295
Re: What the World Needs Now...... MORE OF PITCHY
I have to agree with every post here. Lenn makes my inner child smile.
Thank you, my friend, for all the innocent joy you have brought me -- and joy to come!

Thank you, my friend, for all the innocent joy you have brought me -- and joy to come!

- Thu Jan 21, 2021 7:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anyone here using the Lee 255 in .45 ACP?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 234
Re: Anyone here using the Lee 255 in .45 ACP?
Well, I have some work to do. Even with just 4.5 grains of Universal, the big 255-grain Lee recoiled about the same as the Federal HST+P -- stoutly -- but out of 20 test rounds about half failed to go all the way into battery. It is hard to see, but you might notice the ring around the boolit at the...
- Thu Jan 21, 2021 12:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: From The Loading Bench
- Replies: 8
- Views: 197
Re: From The Loading Bench
Told Jim in the comments that he and the Lord put this Youtube up just for me this morning, but I'll share! 

- Wed Jan 20, 2021 6:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anyone here using the Lee 255 in .45 ACP?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 234
- Wed Jan 20, 2021 2:22 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: SOLD Interest in an H&R 1871 Buffalo Classic?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 147
SOLD Interest in an H&R 1871 Buffalo Classic?
I have one in very good shape, with Lee dies and 50 pieces of Starline .45-70 brass, that I am thinking of letting go of. PM me if this is of interest. I am surprised at what they are going for on Gunbroker.
- Tue Jan 19, 2021 7:02 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Remembering Doctor King
- Replies: 15
- Views: 172
Re: Remembering Doctor King
Ray, I think he acted on "Trumpian impulses" that we can't and don't want to discuss further, but the non-violent movement and the truth of it was so much bigger than the man. Blaine, my friend, nothing wrong with carry, but scarier when the carrier is a wingnut who believes in conspiracy theories l...
- Tue Jan 19, 2021 7:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anyone here using the Lee 255 in .45 ACP?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 234
Anyone here using the Lee 255 in .45 ACP?
Hoping to get this boolit to feed through an XD. Will get to the range with it on Thursday. Using 4.5 of Universal Clays for the test fuel.
- Tue Jan 19, 2021 7:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Lee F.C.D......
- Replies: 15
- Views: 392
Re: Lee F.C.D......
Ray, I never thought of using one for larger calibers. Great idea!
- Mon Jan 18, 2021 11:06 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Remembering Doctor King
- Replies: 15
- Views: 172
Remembering Doctor King
Just listening to my own VERY hot air here. 😄 At this point in American history, I have a much deeper respect for Doctor King's dedication to the principles of using non-violence to effect change. It took --and takes -- magnitudes more courage, character and faith in the potential for good in human ...
- Mon Jan 18, 2021 10:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hard against the Border near Sanderson, Texas
- Replies: 26
- Views: 734
Re: Hard against the Border near Sanderson, Texas
Good old Texas Monthly. Thanks for the link Brian!
- Mon Jan 18, 2021 9:53 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 5.5" redhawk article
- Replies: 15
- Views: 289
Re: 5.5" redhawk article
Grizz, hope you can get her running like a top. Back about 20 years ago I went fly-fishing near Wrangell, Alaska -- my only visit to that staggeringly beautiful state-- and brought along the 5 1/2-inch stainless Redhawk in a shoulder holster that held it up around the top of my waders. I loaded 340-...
- Sun Jan 17, 2021 7:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: NRA Filing Bankruptcy, Ditching New York
- Replies: 29
- Views: 483
Re: NRA Filing Bankruptcy, Ditching New York
I look forward to a more recent post from the late Neal Knox's son Jeff, but this is just a taste of what is going on inside the troubled old institution.
https://www.firearmsnews.com/editorial/ ... nra/384636
https://www.firearmsnews.com/editorial/ ... nra/384636
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 8:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: NRA Filing Bankruptcy, Ditching New York
- Replies: 29
- Views: 483
Re: NRA Filing Bankruptcy, Ditching New York
I wonder what it will take to get rid of LaPierre and his cronies.
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 8:07 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: NRA Filing Bankruptcy, Ditching New York
- Replies: 29
- Views: 483
Re: NRA Filing Bankruptcy, Ditching New York
Ray, I am sorry to hear this. I will send an e-mail asking what the heck.
I still think part of this New York to Texas gambit is part of a LaPierre conspiracy to shield his greedy malfeasance.
I still think part of this New York to Texas gambit is part of a LaPierre conspiracy to shield his greedy malfeasance.
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 9:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: NRA Filing Bankruptcy, Ditching New York
- Replies: 29
- Views: 483
Re: NRA Filing Bankruptcy, Ditching New York
I wish they would ditch that sack of peepee LaPierre.
I am an SAF guy these days.
I am an SAF guy these days.
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 12:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Letting off a little steam.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 322
Re: Letting off a little steam.
Some real beauties there, Lenn. Loved the "odd ball pop-pop boat"!
Didn't you build a large iron-ore hauler like the ones you and Norma saw up in Duluth, or am I thinking of something I saw over on the Mamod steam forum?

Didn't you build a large iron-ore hauler like the ones you and Norma saw up in Duluth, or am I thinking of something I saw over on the Mamod steam forum?
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 11:41 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Letting off a little steam.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 322
Re: Letting off a little steam.
Makes me want to watch some steam-powered boat videos made by my friend Pitchy up in Minnesoty ... 

- Fri Jan 15, 2021 10:25 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Letting off a little steam.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 322
Re: Letting off a little steam.
Very cool. Lenn, what is the fuel source? Butane?
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 11:08 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Tape Loom--Treadle model added.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 347
Re: Tape Loom--Treadle model added.
That old gal knows a thing or two about weaving! Thanks for the link, Lenn.
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 9:02 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Tape Loom--Treadle model added.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 347
Re: Tape Loom--Treadle model added.
Lenn, adding the treadle function was a stroke of genius! Loved the Youtube.
- Wed Jan 13, 2021 10:35 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Size
- Replies: 21
- Views: 601
Re: Size
We must have our requisite doses of silliness, Jim, lest we sour out. :lol: I am well-placed to enter one of these arguments having just acquired a 1917 in 6.5-06. I know this cartridge to be superior to the .25-06 and the .270 in every way. Just don't ask me how I know! :lol: :lol: :lol: I recentl...
- Mon Jan 11, 2021 11:03 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hard against the Border near Sanderson, Texas
- Replies: 26
- Views: 734
Re: Hard against the Border near Sanderson, Texas
Had to look up Sanderson. Mercy sakes, six churches for a population of 837. Hope those pastors have some side work!
- Mon Jan 11, 2021 10:10 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Size
- Replies: 21
- Views: 601
Re: Size
We must have our requisite doses of silliness, Jim, lest we sour out.
I am well-placed to enter one of these arguments having just acquired a 1917 in 6.5-06. I know this cartridge to be superior to the .25-06 and the .270 in every way. Just don't ask me how I know!


I am well-placed to enter one of these arguments having just acquired a 1917 in 6.5-06. I know this cartridge to be superior to the .25-06 and the .270 in every way. Just don't ask me how I know!



- Sun Jan 10, 2021 6:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How the News Media Starts a Broadcast...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 383
Re: How the News Media Starts a Broadcast...
Goebbels would be proudest of a certain C-in-C, and so would Aldous Huxley.
- Sun Jan 10, 2021 6:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Tape Loom--Treadle model added.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 347
Re: Tape Loom
Lenn, very nice, and way more traditional than the inkle loom I built. Great for making garters, powder horn straps, tumplines and other obscure sundries from long ago ...
- Sat Jan 09, 2021 8:55 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How the News Media Starts a Broadcast...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 383
Re: How the News Media Starts a Broadcast...
As a retired member of the "lamestream media" that gets so little respect these days, I will say just one thing: Beware any news source that tells you what you want to hear. That's the real "fake news." In my decades in newsrooms, everyone I knew tried hard every day to tell the truth and get it rig...
- Fri Jan 08, 2021 9:38 am
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: Wanted: 45-70 brass
- Replies: 6
- Views: 317
Re: Wanted: 45-70 brass
Check Brownells.
- Thu Jan 07, 2021 11:34 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Resisting temptation
- Replies: 25
- Views: 700
Re: Resisting temptation
Scott, your honesty is both refreshing and deeply appreciated. Thank you from another "work in progress."
- Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 200 grain pin bullet in 38 or 357
- Replies: 21
- Views: 654
Re: 200 grain pin bullet in 38 or 357
Tycer, that bullet alone has me daydreaming about a little 92 in .357 for the first time in many, many years.
- Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: per Scott Tschirhart's Request .....
- Replies: 11
- Views: 431
Re: per Scott Tschirhart's Request .....
More wisdom from Jim that you can take to the bank. Thank you!
- Tue Jan 05, 2021 11:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What would you like to see in 2021?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 614
Re: What would you like to see in 2021?
Scott, interesting take and some neat family history. My great-great grandfather lied about his age and enlisted at 17 in the First Texas Mounted Rifles in Austin in 1845. He rests in the soil of Kimble County. A very good book about this unsettled period is "I'll Die Before I'll Run," the late Texa...
- Mon Jan 04, 2021 11:05 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Clothes pin clamp
- Replies: 12
- Views: 371
Re: Clothes pin clamp
Well that's a neat idea. Can still buy clothespins at Wallace's. I use them mostly for leatherwork -- holding a holster of wet veg tan closed around a handgun.
- Mon Jan 04, 2021 10:14 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 200 grain pin bullet in 38 or 357
- Replies: 21
- Views: 654
Re: 200 grain pin bullet in 38 or 357
That's a swell bullet there, Tycer. Ready to do some heavy lifting, like Mick's.