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by Southern Bamboo
Sun Jul 07, 2013 9:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Longmire - Hollywood Ignorance
Replies: 46
Views: 6368

Re: Longmire - Hollywood Ignorance

Gents, I'll admit, I'm hooked and am enjoying Season 2 while revisiting old Season 1 episodes. I love the TV series. It is so much better than what is out there right now. However, I got the first book from the Library, and have been buying the books ever since - I too laugh out loud at the author's...
by Southern Bamboo
Mon May 27, 2013 8:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Longmire on A&E
Replies: 59
Views: 9929

Re: Longmire on A&E

I like it! We need more Sheriff's like that around here...
by Southern Bamboo
Mon May 27, 2013 5:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Longmire on A&E
Replies: 59
Views: 9929

Re: Longmire on A&E

FWIW - it's just a TV show, so I'm not looking for facts and authenticity. Remember, Hollywood produces this show. However, I'm very glad to see a show on Morals, the western history (Indians vs. Whites), and in this plastic gun day and age, a Sheriff who carries a 30-30 by hand and a 1911 w/ extra ...
by Southern Bamboo
Mon Aug 20, 2012 6:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Face Book
Replies: 49
Views: 339663

Re: Face Book

[quote="JohndeFresno"]Grizz, [snip] And once you post something, it can there forever, saved somewhere. Many employers are now looking at Facebook and actually not hiring, and in some cases firing, potential or existing employees, because of stupid comments that they drop into Facebook to ...
by Southern Bamboo
Mon Mar 21, 2011 10:47 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT Just got my model 11
Replies: 19
Views: 2967

Re: OT Just got my model 11

I have one from '47 - inherited it from my wife's grandfather.

It's a 12ga w/ polychoke machined onto the barrel - very nice.

He used it for everything from birds to ducks to deer. A handy all-around useful shotgun!

I like yours - a lot! Wouldn't mind a 16ga...

Southern Bamboo
by Southern Bamboo
Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - fishin's been great
Replies: 22
Views: 3223

Re: OT - fishin's been great

I'm up the road from Bill O. He used to live close, now he's in Blue Ridge, GA - up near trophy trout waters here in GA! Built mine from a culm of Tonkin Cane, with him looking over his shoulder. When I met him, he hadn't done the Gun and Garden Premier Issue cover/story yet, filmed here in N. GA, w...
by Southern Bamboo
Fri Mar 18, 2011 3:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - fishin's been great
Replies: 22
Views: 3223

Re: OT - fishin's been great

Nice post... nice pics... nice Fish!

This is the 'bamboo' from my handle here...

Built a Bill Oyster Rod in '05, love that thing! I'll have to post some pics someday soon...

Tight lines!

Southern Bamboo...
by Southern Bamboo
Fri Mar 18, 2011 2:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT..Best Vehicle you ever had....and gas prices
Replies: 70
Views: 9008

Re: OT..Best Vehicle you ever had....and gas prices

'98 Cherokee Sport. Not my first, but my BEST. First was a '45 Willy's MB. It will have a quarter of a million miles on it before the next oil change, and I just changed it. It's perfect. A plain ol' station wagon with REAL running gear and a torquey, growly straight six. Just enough. Won't do what...
by Southern Bamboo
Fri Mar 18, 2011 2:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT..Best Vehicle you ever had....and gas prices
Replies: 70
Views: 9008

Re: OT..Best Vehicle you ever had....and gas prices

Robbed the blonde from the cradle in 85. Bought the Wrangler new in 95. Somehow managed to hang on to both. :wink: http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l308/mountaincreekphotos/Joyce95JeepWrangler-1.jpg My next "new" ride will likely be a Jeep, just not sure what flavor, perhaps a Willys! 8)...
by Southern Bamboo
Sat Jan 22, 2011 9:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Speaking of True Grit
Replies: 34
Views: 4037

Re: Speaking of True Grit

I inherited a 1947 Remington Model 11 that looks new... and was used hard in the field, for birds, ducks, and deer.

The wood has some dings but the blue is nearly perfect...

Now, my 1898 .32 Colt New Pocket... that's another story! The metal is in the white!! :shock:
by Southern Bamboo
Sat May 01, 2010 6:25 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My name is Ben and I have a Lever addiction
Replies: 21
Views: 3030

Re: My name is Ben and I have a Lever addiction

stretch wrote:How could you NOT buy it for that price?!

I don't even need a 45-70, but I'd have bought
it for that. Use it on squirrels or something......

-Stretch

Now THAT's funny...

Southern 'Boo
by Southern Bamboo
Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Be careful boys - teach your children well...
Replies: 1
Views: 707

Be careful boys - teach your children well...

http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/main.a ... M=80904.42

Sad story - unload that gun before climbing down!

Southern 'boo...
by Southern Bamboo
Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lever Action for Self-Defense on Shooting Gallery Today
Replies: 19
Views: 2562

Re: Lever Action for Self-Defense on Shooting Gallery Today

Oops, I posted up above, didn't see it down here but obviously didn't look hard enough. :-)

Hopefully it'll be on the net somewhere.

'Boo
by Southern Bamboo
Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Shooting Gallery
Replies: 9
Views: 1903

Re: Shooting Gallery

I liked how he showed the guns w/ the add-ons and tactical gear, and has a plain-jane .44mag trapper ae for his bed gun.

Can't beat the simplicity! Mine is a .30wcf 94 that I got cheap... not $100 cheap like he did, but not much north of that price...

'Boo
by Southern Bamboo
Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Shooting Gallery
Replies: 9
Views: 1903

Re: Shooting Gallery

It's out there - or at least the preview to it:

http://www.downrange.tv/shootinggallery/episode109.htm

Southern 'Boo
by Southern Bamboo
Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Shooting Gallery
Replies: 9
Views: 1903

Shooting Gallery

Just watched an episode of Shooting Gallery w/ Michael Bane and he featured the Levergun as a home defense weapon! They went through a really cool warehouse called Swanson Tactical and demonstrated how you'd use the carbine to clear rooms, etc. Very cool! He did have one w/ picatinny rails, an Aimpo...
by Southern Bamboo
Sun Dec 14, 2008 7:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ruger 22LR Single Action
Replies: 27
Views: 2971

Re: Ruger 22LR Single Action

The best advice you got was the first post, that stated that most Single Sixes shoot .22lr well, but .22mag great - they're chambered for both (most are convertibles) and the .22lr suffers a bit due to this fact/feature. Some Single Sixes are dedicated .22lr and shoot them very well, better than the...
by Southern Bamboo
Sun Dec 14, 2008 7:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Grant Cunningham and how the Lever is a good sub for the EBR
Replies: 19
Views: 2674

Re: Grant Cunningham and how the Lever is a good sub for the EBR

I like to read this site for 'Redneck' or 'Cowboy' EBR substitutes... makes for a good read! Fighting Leverguns - http://www.warriortalk.com/forumdisplay.php?s=8f7c1b9a1fb8bb91243c77b79789b834&f=96 They refer to this site a lot, actually. RE: Civil unrest and the LA Riot, people used the SKS to ...
by Southern Bamboo
Sun Dec 14, 2008 6:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ruger 22LR Single Action
Replies: 27
Views: 2971

Re: Ruger 22LR Single Action

I 'spose we could send 'em to Bob Munden for building up for fanning, but I don't do it often either, and heck - it IS a $240 gun. :-)

However, it is cool to see peoples faces when you blast out a cylinder full at warp speed... on target too!

Southern 'Boo
by Southern Bamboo
Sun Dec 14, 2008 10:07 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ruger 22LR Single Action
Replies: 27
Views: 2971

Re: Ruger 22LR Single Action

Good point - no substitute for range time. On my '74 someone else did the hard work - it's broken in but not worn out. Don't think it ever will be. Stainless, so it's near indestructible. Now I need to get back out there and put some rounds down it - so *I* can learn now to shoot it better. It's min...
by Southern Bamboo
Sun Dec 14, 2008 9:07 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ruger 22LR Single Action
Replies: 27
Views: 2971

Re: Ruger 22LR Single Action

I paid $239 for a pre-billboard (early 70's) new model Single Six 5.5" stainless. Pre-billboard means no huge address/disclaimer message printed on the barrel. It's accurate enough for my eyes, which admittedly aren't great. But it's SO fun to take to the range and play with. For the cost of a ...
by Southern Bamboo
Wed Dec 03, 2008 9:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: MOVIES - Open Range
Replies: 41
Views: 4261

Re: MOVIES - Open Range

Southern Bamboo stands for me, a southerner, who likes to fish using bamboo fly rods... :-) I made one, and fish it as often as she allows... One movie I didn't like was 3:10 to Yuma, the modern remake. Ok movie, predicted the ending, but I didn't see it living up to the hype - everyone said I had t...
by Southern Bamboo
Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: MOVIES - Open Range
Replies: 41
Views: 4261

Re: OT - Open Range movie

You guys are right, I saw the levergun and thought of my Model 94 in the safe... He DID have quite a few shots in there, so it must have been a pistol caliber lever - right? ;-) Either way, I loved the ending - the double barrel shotgun, the part where he avenges the shooting of the boy (the broken-...
by Southern Bamboo
Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: MOVIES - Open Range
Replies: 41
Views: 4261

MOVIES - Open Range

Saw Open Range finally, tivo'd it and somehow my recorder screwed up and didn't get the ending - which was probably the best part. Went on youtube and found it in 3 or 4 sections. In a word, wow! Anybody else like this movie? I did notice the 30-30 and the single actions seemed to have a few extra b...