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by JustaJeepGuy
Tue Jan 20, 2009 1:20 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: BEST ACTION: WINCHESTER 94 or MARLIN 336?
Replies: 50
Views: 5194

Re: BEST ACTION: WINCHESTER 94 or MARLIN 336?

And if you're a certified Harley mechanic with a parts truck following you around, you can drive it almost all the time you're not fixing it! :lol: Since you brought it up, the more I learn about Harleys, the more I miss my old Triumph Bonneville! I drive Jeeps, I prefer (real) blondes, and I like ...
by JustaJeepGuy
Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:28 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Get your drool towel!
Replies: 17
Views: 1521

Re: Get your drool towel!

How well do they shoot?
by JustaJeepGuy
Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:05 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT; IDIOT OF THE WEEK
Replies: 23
Views: 2602

Re: OT; IDIOT OF THE WEEK

bogus bill wrote:Many years ago I was rideing with a older guy. He parked on a narrow street, swung the drivers door open and a kid rideing a bike fast hit the door. I really felt sorry for the kid as he laid in pain with by buddy bawling him out!
That's called "adding insult to injury"! Ouch!!
by JustaJeepGuy
Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Question about Ruger Old Army
Replies: 7
Views: 842

Re: Question about Ruger Old Army

To this day, I kick myself for not having $200 in cash at a gun show in '92. Somebody (who wouldn't take a check) had a stainless Old Army he wanted to get rid of. It looked new. Excuse me while I go cry....
by JustaJeepGuy
Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:12 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: FEAR PURCHASING....
Replies: 87
Views: 136403

Re: FEAR PURCHASING....

But does he still own stock and thus still make money from Cooper Firearms? If so, I wouldn't buy anything from them--if I had the money in the first place. I refused to buy anything from Wendy's hamburger joint after I learned that James A. Rhodes, former governor of Ohio, was a major shareholder i...
by JustaJeepGuy
Mon Jan 19, 2009 3:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Unique in the 45 Colt
Replies: 20
Views: 2793

Re: Unique in the 45 Colt

Sounds like an Internet Commando to me.
by JustaJeepGuy
Mon Jan 19, 2009 2:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Is there only one serial number on the 357 1894 Marlins?
Replies: 20
Views: 2529

Re: Is there only one serial number on the 357 1894 Marlins?

The JBTs would love to nail someone over an issue like this. It's easy, the guy isn't an actual "criminal" so he wouldn't fight much. It's your tax dollars at work!
by JustaJeepGuy
Mon Jan 19, 2009 2:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: Cats in house
Replies: 39
Views: 3856

Re: OT: Cats in house

I don't have a "better half", I just have a cat. She's crazy, too. However, she hasn't done anything to deserve capital punishment. She's probably wondering what she did to get sentenced to life in my house....
by JustaJeepGuy
Sun Jan 18, 2009 7:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - I'm man enough to admit...
Replies: 49
Views: 4868

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

Ysabel Kid wrote:Looks like I will need the "Holy Hand Gernade"!!! :shock:
"Thou shalt count to three, three being the number thou shalt count to..." :lol: :lol:
by JustaJeepGuy
Sun Jan 18, 2009 6:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Joined the reloading fray
Replies: 22
Views: 2297

Re: Joined the reloading fray

Travis Morgan wrote:Just get both!
I had both, but I gave the old-fashioned one to a buddy in an effort to bring him into the reloading world.
by JustaJeepGuy
Sun Jan 18, 2009 6:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: SA base pin lube question
Replies: 29
Views: 2650

Re: OT: SA base pin lube question

I like Gunslick. I also like Super Lube grease, but I don't know if it's available any more.
by JustaJeepGuy
Sun Jan 18, 2009 6:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Stetson hats
Replies: 22
Views: 2087

Re: Stetson hats

I looked at that Bailey website. That's a BIG hat if it's 3-1/2 feet!
by JustaJeepGuy
Sun Jan 18, 2009 5:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Joined the reloading fray
Replies: 22
Views: 2297

Re: Joined the reloading fray

The only problem with a digital scale is that you need power. Whether it's an outlet or a battery, you can't use it if you don't have power. Now I've talked myself into getting an old-fashioned scale again....
by JustaJeepGuy
Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: ATF Form 4473 Shortage
Replies: 11
Views: 3351

Re: ATF Form 4473 Shortage

Hobie wrote:Their page is way too busy and not well organized.
What?? A government agency not well organized?? :lol:
by JustaJeepGuy
Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Blackhawk Rib?
Replies: 8
Views: 695

Re: Blackhawk Rib?

Travis Morgan wrote:B-square stuff has an awful bad habit of sucking real bad.
I'm lucky then that I never had the money to buy anything from them.
by JustaJeepGuy
Fri Jan 16, 2009 4:02 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Pistol Caliber Primer Questions
Replies: 42
Views: 3958

Re: Pistol Caliber Primer Questions

And I walked right into it....oh, man....I guess I could edit it out. But where's the fun in that? :lol: :lol:
by JustaJeepGuy
Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:20 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - I'm man enough to admit...
Replies: 49
Views: 4868

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

My cat (still fully-clawed) tagged me in the eye once. My vision got blurry immediately, and I immediately started worrying, since I was unemployed with no insurance etc. I naturally pictured my cornea ripped off or something; I looked in the mirror and saw my eye full of blood. I popped out my cont...
by JustaJeepGuy
Fri Jan 16, 2009 2:38 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Anybody Shoot "Pacoized" .22 CB's?
Replies: 4
Views: 745

Re: Anybody Shoot "Pacoized" .22 CB's?

SGB= Small Game Bullet? Isn't that the one where you file the tip off the bullet?
by JustaJeepGuy
Fri Jan 16, 2009 2:17 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Pistol Caliber Primer Questions
Replies: 42
Views: 3958

Re: Pistol Caliber Primer Questions

I've read many, many times in the last 27 years that WW296 and H-110 are the same, too, but I've also read that H-110 is actually "WW295". I've also seen many loads shown where there are different charge weights for H-110 and 296 for a given bullet/case/primer. If they're the same, why wou...
by JustaJeepGuy
Fri Jan 16, 2009 2:03 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Blackhawk Rib?
Replies: 8
Views: 695

Re: Blackhawk Rib?

B-Square makes (made? I'm not sure) a scope mount for almost everything, including the Blackhawk. The Ruger Hunter model wasn't ever chambered in .45 Colt--or am I mistaken?
by JustaJeepGuy
Fri Jan 16, 2009 1:52 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: ATF Form 4473 Shortage
Replies: 11
Views: 3351

Re: Atf fORM 4473 Shortage (Jengle etc)

Hobie wrote:Some might think this is a conspiracy to enact gun control but I think they are just simply incompetent.
What?? A government agency incompetent?? Heaven forbid!
by JustaJeepGuy
Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:12 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ruger LCR (Lightweight Compact Revolver)
Replies: 35
Views: 2996

Re: Ruger LCR (Lightweight Compact Revolver)

I'll bet anything that the first complaints Ruger gets about that piece will be from people wanting a non-fluted cylinder.
by JustaJeepGuy
Tue Jan 13, 2009 3:43 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: To the Kids who Survived the 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, or 70s
Replies: 24
Views: 2232

Re: OT: To the Kids who Survived the 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, or 70s

Not exactly on topic, but does anyone else remember when STOP signs were yellow and not red?
by JustaJeepGuy
Sun Jan 11, 2009 7:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New model 1895sbl from Marlin
Replies: 33
Views: 3162

Re: New model 1895sbl from Marlin

Well, you don't have to buy one if you don't like it. I wish they'd made them when I bought my last Marlin in 2001.
by JustaJeepGuy
Sun Jan 11, 2009 6:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: the glaciers are coming, run for your life
Replies: 13
Views: 1427

Re: the glaciers are coming, run for your life

How come Al Gore didn't learn the same thing at the time?
by JustaJeepGuy
Sun Jan 11, 2009 5:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: How do you Yankees Stand it? Transplants + snow
Replies: 83
Views: 7625

Re: OT: How do you Yankees Stand it?

When it's cold, you can always put on more clothes. When it's hot, you can only take off so much...
by JustaJeepGuy
Sun Jan 11, 2009 1:55 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hares ?
Replies: 30
Views: 3328

Re: Hares ?

And how did she like her jacks cooked? :D
by JustaJeepGuy
Sun Jan 11, 2009 1:14 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New model 1895sbl from Marlin
Replies: 33
Views: 3162

Re: New model 1895sbl from Marlin

I still want to know why Marlin wouldn't make anything out of stainless when I had the money.
by JustaJeepGuy
Sat Jan 10, 2009 11:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Price check please
Replies: 16
Views: 1566

Re: Price check please

I'll look into it. Thanks!
by JustaJeepGuy
Sat Jan 10, 2009 10:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT- Sort of. Interesting ( to me) Surplus .303s/ powder and
Replies: 24
Views: 2042

Re: OT- Sort of. Interesting ( to me) Surplus .303s/ powder and

Yeah, who would think of chewing on Cordite??
by JustaJeepGuy
Sat Jan 10, 2009 10:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Not OT - Maxwell House Coffee
Replies: 26
Views: 2843

Re: Not OT - Maxwell House Coffee

AmBraCol wrote:Made it to a full 6' tall, wonder what I'd have measured up to if I'd never drunk the stuff...
:lol: :lol: :lol:
by JustaJeepGuy
Sat Jan 10, 2009 10:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Question on Henry .357's
Replies: 5
Views: 726

Re: Question on Henry .357's

Well, there's one way to find out....Just think of it as a "learning experience"....like the time I found out a Sierra 200-gr. jhp in a .44 Special case was too short for proper feeding in my Marlin 1894...
by JustaJeepGuy
Fri Jan 09, 2009 7:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT- Sort of. Interesting ( to me) Surplus .303s/ powder and
Replies: 24
Views: 2042

Re: OT- Sort of. Interesting ( to me) Surplus .303s/ powder and

I've seen pics of Cordite before, but I don't think they were color pics. Very interesting post.
by JustaJeepGuy
Fri Jan 09, 2009 7:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Boeing 40C; Oldest Air Worthy Boeing Airliner
Replies: 23
Views: 1974

Re: OT - Boeing 40C; Oldest Air Worthy Boeing Airliner

Just out of curiosity, I wonder how long it took Boeing to build the plane in the first place.
by JustaJeepGuy
Fri Jan 09, 2009 7:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: '95 Winchester TR "Big Medicine"
Replies: 22
Views: 2305

Re: '95 Winchester TR "Big Medicine"

From an article in Google.................. "The Winchester .405 is, at least for me personally the medicine gun for lions!' Thank you for that quote. I wouldn't have known where to start searching. On another note, T.R. was the most prolific author of America's Presidents. For a guy who died ...
by JustaJeepGuy
Fri Jan 09, 2009 6:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Price check please
Replies: 16
Views: 1566

Re: Price check please

Travis Morgan wrote:...ever since Hornady sent me another bullet porn DVD...
How does one procure this DVD? Is there a website to check or what?
by JustaJeepGuy
Fri Jan 09, 2009 6:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I'm tired of my modern levers
Replies: 51
Views: 4302

Re: I'm tired of my modern levers

It will probably be too late for Joe then, but won't the modern guns have "personality" in 50 years? It would be hard to measure up to the old timers. Many of them were working guns back in the days when the horse and buggy was the main mode of travel and coal oil lanterns were how you li...
by JustaJeepGuy
Fri Jan 09, 2009 6:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Not OT - Maxwell House Coffee
Replies: 26
Views: 2843

Re: Not OT - Maxwell House Coffee

I once worked with a guy who asked me nearly every day for 3 months, "How could you have spent 5 years in the Navy and never learned to drink coffee?" I told him every time, "I can't get past the stench!" I hated standing the engineroom messenger watch. Messenger watch had to mak...
by JustaJeepGuy
Fri Jan 09, 2009 5:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Casting non-lead bullets-can it be done?
Replies: 19
Views: 4531

Re: Casting non-lead bullets-can it be done?

Cool! And of course, you can always alloy it to get the hardness you like.
by JustaJeepGuy
Fri Jan 09, 2009 5:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: GILLE SUIT
Replies: 17
Views: 1955

Re: GILLE SUIT

JReed wrote:No one seems to notice much but I did get run over by a lawn mower when I took a nap in the park. :)
Now THAT'S FUNNY!! :lol: :lol:
by JustaJeepGuy
Thu Jan 08, 2009 5:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I'm tired of my modern levers
Replies: 51
Views: 4302

Re: I'm tired of my modern levers

KirkD wrote:They got personality like no modern gun has.
It will probably be too late for Joe then, but won't the modern guns have "personality" in 50 years?
by JustaJeepGuy
Thu Jan 08, 2009 5:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: '95 Winchester TR "Big Medicine"
Replies: 22
Views: 2305

Re: '95 Winchester TR "Big Medicine"

I've seen the T.R. quote as "Lion medicine" and "big medicine" and "medicine gun". Does anyone know what was the EXACT phrase T.R. used?
by JustaJeepGuy
Thu Jan 08, 2009 4:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Not OT - Maxwell House Coffee
Replies: 26
Views: 2843

Re: Not OT - Maxwell House Coffee

Just don't give that forklift driver a copy of Gun Digest, right?
by JustaJeepGuy
Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:06 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Casting non-lead bullets-can it be done?
Replies: 19
Views: 4531

Re: Casting non-lead bullets-can it be done?

I don't mean to hijack the thread but I have always wondered about babbit. While it is expensive, I used to have quite abit from old bearings laying around. Definitely not to cast a bullet pure but as a mixture. Bearing babbitt is just lead and tin, if I'm not mistaken (if I am, it's not the first ...
by JustaJeepGuy
Tue Jan 06, 2009 4:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Altering my 336 xlr
Replies: 7
Views: 1231

Re: Altering my 336 xlr

If you cut it off, you can't put it back. I second the "buy a 20-incher" suggestion.
by JustaJeepGuy
Tue Jan 06, 2009 4:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Western movies - did you know?
Replies: 22
Views: 2098

Re: OT - Western movies - did you know?

The only Dean Martin western I remember seeing is "Texas Across The River". I don't remember anything about it other than I saw it l-o-o-o-o-o-n-g ago.
by JustaJeepGuy
Tue Jan 06, 2009 4:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Check out this doll...
Replies: 15
Views: 1520

Re: Check out this doll...

JohndeFresno wrote:Beautiful rifle. I wouldn't mind having it; but I can't find a price. Is it over $350? All is saw was a partial 1-800 number after the dollar sign.
:lol: :lol: :lol:
by JustaJeepGuy
Sun Jan 04, 2009 4:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: want a leveror pump 357 maximum
Replies: 7
Views: 776

Re: want a leveror pump 357 maximum

Even if it weren't a gift from the wife, you shouldn't sell the Maximum! Even if you weren't going to shoot it, you shouldn't sell the Maximum. You just can't GET those any more!
by JustaJeepGuy
Sun Jan 04, 2009 3:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Western movies - did you know?
Replies: 22
Views: 2098

Re: OT - Western movies - did you know?

Gun Smith wrote: John Wayne died 20 years ago, was the story written way back then?
No, John Wayne died in 1979. Long before Lonesome Dove was written. Somebody must have been speculating on how it would have been with those actors in those roles.
by JustaJeepGuy
Sun Jan 04, 2009 3:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What to do with this Win94
Replies: 24
Views: 2664

Re: What to do with this Win94

I don't know why, but I'm kind of surprised that the factory did it that long ago.