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- Wed May 29, 2024 6:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Who needs a horse...???
- Replies: 45
- Views: 2496
Re: Who needs a horse...???
Not me, I've got a Donk, I mean Appalachian Mule. Fill it with feed before leaving and it'll still have near half a belly full long after my butts done for. Hunting, fishing, long days camping, and it stays where I tie him up. This pic this morning shooting, a makeshift shooting bench added.2024052...
- Wed May 29, 2024 6:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How About 1 Caliber and Done?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 3175
Re: How About 1 Caliber and Done?
Now Ruger has their PC Carbine in 45 ACP finally; I dont see it on their website yet --- the only thing they have is the goofy LC .45. I wish Ruger and S&W would stop trying to copy Kel Tec with their design strategies My only experience with the PC's is actually owning one of the originals - n...
- Wed May 29, 2024 12:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Movie fails
- Replies: 10
- Views: 749
Re: Movie fails
Its every movie genre' I saw a critique of the movie "Sicario" on a tacti-cool you-tubers site, and although that movie is pretty highly regarded for a lot of reasons, -- he lambasted the CIA hit squads use of web gear and plate carriers that looked like they were ordered straight from a &...
- Wed May 29, 2024 11:57 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How About 1 Caliber and Done?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 3175
Re: How About 1 Caliber and Done?
. Now Ruger has their PC Carbine in 45 ACP finally; I dont see it on their website yet --- the only thing they have is the goofy LC .45. I wish Ruger and S&W would stop trying to copy Kel Tec with their design strategies My only experience with the PC's is actually owning one of the originals -...
- Wed May 29, 2024 11:47 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How About 1 Caliber and Done?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 3175
Re: How About 1 Caliber and Done?
. Ruger lc 45.jpg . This is the opposite of ugly, and might be the best 45 ACP carbine ever made IDK. :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: --- As popular as the .45 ACP is, it still surprises me that there has been so little interest in a mass market .45ACP PCC over the years --- and no offense, --- that cr...
- Mon May 27, 2024 8:53 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Who needs a horse...???
- Replies: 45
- Views: 2496
Re: Who needs a horse...???
- Fri May 24, 2024 11:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Favorite Rimfires?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1777
Re: Favorite Rimfires?
Given this is Leverguns.com, i wish i could say it was my little Henry, but truth be told - its the 10/22's The target model with a Busnell 6-15 tac scope is spry enough to keep the little bitty rimfire spinning targets dancing at 100 yards quite easily --- and the take down model with a much more p...
- Thu May 23, 2024 3:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: watch your six gentlemen
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2883
Re: watch your six gentlemen
Glad you made it through without any harm. Hope the victim recovers also, and can maybe help the police catch the shooter. I personally would probably figure some way to coverup the newly purchased supplies so they're not so visible and tempting to snatch and grab criminals. The shooter actually tu...
- Wed May 22, 2024 2:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How About 1 Caliber and Done?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 3175
- Wed May 22, 2024 2:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How About 1 Caliber and Done?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 3175
Re: How About 1 Caliber and Done?
NEW and SHINY have always caught fishermen and hunters. 458 Win Mag has useful extended range extension shooting 45/70 bullets, but what to do for the rabbit, squirrel, pig dinner? . . On another forum guys are shooting 110gr v-max bullets at high velocities with high accuracy, so that's half the b...
- Wed May 22, 2024 10:07 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Who needs a horse...???
- Replies: 45
- Views: 2496
Re: Who needs a horse...???
I use one for weight loss and fitness --- there are trails that i want to ride that i am just not physically fit enough to handle on my own -and i feel my E-bike has extended my cycling career greatly. Mine is a bit special purpose , sure, but i have seen manufacturers market rack systems for them s...
- Wed May 22, 2024 9:42 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How About 1 Caliber and Done?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 3175
Re: How About 1 Caliber and Done?
Thanks for the input, it's all good. But 'Cept for six, he could perish in slow agonizing way after b'rer bear snuck up behind and disarmed him. . . I think about this a lot. In Alaska I quit my 7mm mag and got a Ruger 77 338 WM with sights attached. Loaded a lot of ammo for it, hunted with it a lo...
- Tue May 21, 2024 5:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The new US Military Rifle...
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1069
Re: The new US Military Rifle...
Still kind of amazed that the military adopted a round that runs at 80,000. i'll be amazed if we ever see it issued. This is about the fourth "new Army rifle" they have adopted since the M16 came on the scene... I remember all the hype about the SCAR just a few years ago --- the rest just...
- Tue May 21, 2024 5:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Organizing your stuff
- Replies: 6
- Views: 599
Re: Organizing your stuff
Good grief those guys are nerds
although ive spent a bit of time on my "truck loadout" myself recently
although ive spent a bit of time on my "truck loadout" myself recently
- Tue May 21, 2024 5:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How About 1 Caliber and Done?
- Replies: 64
- Views: 3175
Re: How About 1 Caliber and Done?
its tempting to say 10mm as i have a current fascination with the round and they can have a bunch of capacity-- have a small Glock that is concealable, larger Glock and a 1911 for other things and now there are a couple of carbine variants in the AR platform that are GTG -------- But i will waffle o...
- Tue May 21, 2024 5:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: watch your six gentlemen
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2883
Re: watch your six gentlemen
Doug, your thread makes me realize I need a better first aid kit than an airway tube and an Israeli bandage that I forgot how to use. I may have went a tad overboard with my current setup - 2 of the little khaki pouches have the first aid supplies -- ive since replaced them both with red pouches - ...
- Thu May 16, 2024 3:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: watch your six gentlemen
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2883
Re: watch your six gentlemen
A year later on this one -- called to court as a witness -- (it had been put off and delayed 2 or 3 times ) -- showed up, spoke to the DA - waited around in a lounge area for an while --- thankful for the Kindle app on my phone and a entertaining Jack Carr novel i had yet to read -- then was told - ...
- Sun May 12, 2024 6:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Colt .357 modifications suggestions
- Replies: 10
- Views: 857
Re: Colt .357 modifications suggestions
Well, she's gone --- dropped her off at the 'smith friday and they have a backlog of work so i have a few weeks to contemplate sights, finishes, and anything else. thinking to myself -- what am i gaining with a novack lo-mount except being drift adjustable -- might put a fiber optic on the front and...
- Fri May 10, 2024 11:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: This Aero Precision offering will upset some folks...
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1653
Re: This Aero Precision offering will upset some folks...
. the relatively simple task of going out in the pouring rain at 3 a.m. to check livestock, pick off a predator or two without blinding flash or noise, come back inside, set the gun in the corner without a wipe-down, and crawl back in bed because my 16 hour workday starts in two hours, The ultimate...
- Thu May 09, 2024 12:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Victorinox Caves to the PC crowd...
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1475
Re: Victorinox Caves to the PC crowd...
I do the same, -- but for me, it is the needle noses i need the most -- and in the interest of redundancy, i still carry a folding knife too
- Thu May 09, 2024 11:57 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: This Aero Precision offering will upset some folks...
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1653
- Thu May 09, 2024 11:56 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: This Aero Precision offering will upset some folks...
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1653
Re: This Aero Precision offering will upset some folks...
I like it -- you guys' want to see ugly, check out the POF Tombstone - LOL Im in the camp that would have to try the thing out before buying it, im not adventurous enough to take a leap of faith on that wild looking stock -- but my interests shift semi-annually and i try out new things If i had an o...
- Mon May 06, 2024 6:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Colt .357 modifications suggestions
- Replies: 10
- Views: 857
Re: Colt .357 modifications suggestions
I just looked up the Wiley Clapp GP-100 - the Novak sights look great on there
- Mon May 06, 2024 1:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The streak has ended !
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1167
- Mon May 06, 2024 12:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Colt .357 modifications suggestions
- Replies: 10
- Views: 857
Colt .357 modifications suggestions
Last range trip, i felt a lot more lead spitting than i would like out of my trusty Colt Lawman Ive got a 'smith to tune it up and tighten it up but my mind wandered a bit and i thought --- if its going under the knife anyway -- may as well make some improvements Right now its a stock Colt Lawman (f...
- Thu May 02, 2024 1:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Firearms News
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1036
Re: Firearms News
New for 2025!
Inroducing - the T/CAR - 15 !!
Inroducing - the T/CAR - 15 !!
- Thu May 02, 2024 1:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anybody got four rounds of hunting ammunition...?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1288
Re: Anybody got four rounds of hunting ammunition...?
This story is out of Oklahoma so it has gotten a lot of local coverage
I feel for the guy and his family but man -- talk about a lack of situational awareness on the part of the detainee
I feel for the guy and his family but man -- talk about a lack of situational awareness on the part of the detainee
- Thu May 02, 2024 10:38 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Gun and Knife Pictures
- Replies: 40
- Views: 4552
Re: Gun and Knife Pictures
part of my current EDC -- i am more proficient with the Officer's 1911 than i am with a full size, any of my Glocks or P-series Sigs. been carrying it in a Galco belt slide on a non traditional Dynamis Alliance gun belt My well used and well loved DeLeon is always with me when im doing outdoorsy th...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 2:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Gun and Knife Pictures
- Replies: 40
- Views: 4552
Re: Gun and Knife Pictures
part of my current EDC -- i am more proficient with the Officer's 1911 than i am with a full size, any of my Glocks or P-series Sigs. been carrying it in a Galco belt slide on a non traditional Dynamis Alliance gun belt My well used and well loved DeLeon is always with me when im doing outdoorsy thi...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 12:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Couldn't help it...........New Levergun
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1444
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Looking at a Kimber 1911
- Replies: 37
- Views: 4641
Re: Looking at a Kimber 1911
Doug, I'm betting you might like the 1911 in 10mm. I have an original issue Delta that's one of my favorites. Been kind of obsessed with the 10mm for years, but it seems like that obsession is getting away from me. I thought this was still an applicable thread for an update -- i finally bit the bul...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 3:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Looking at a Kimber 1911
- Replies: 37
- Views: 4641
Re: Looking at a Kimber 1911
Doug, I'm betting you might like the 1911 in 10mm. I have an original issue Delta that's one of my favorites. Been kind of obsessed with the 10mm for years, but it seems like that obsession is getting away from me. I thought this was still an applicable thread for an update -- i finally bit the bul...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I guess its my turn for pet loss and Christian thoughts
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2024
Re: I guess its my turn for pet loss and Christian thoughts
Im a fan of our little feline friends too , Tutt. I lost the kitties in the first 2 pics within the last 3 years but they were my naptime companions for close to 15 years. The pic of the dog and the kitten i took at a customers home and it just reminded me that there is goodness all around us if we ...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 2:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Old Movies
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2951
Re: Old Movies
I had always loved movies like Casablanca but had only seen them on TV. My wife found Casablanca playing at a local theater and we we went to see it. It was a very different experience. That tear in her eye when she said goodbye at the airport was so much more powerful. I mostly love old movies bec...
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 8:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Just one Blackhawk
- Replies: 55
- Views: 5089
Re: Just one Blackhawk
7.5” new model Blackhawk - stainless in .45 colt
A revolver that can do almost anything in my eyes - and under any conditions
A revolver that can do almost anything in my eyes - and under any conditions
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 10:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Let’s talk about shotguns for serious use.
- Replies: 79
- Views: 9483
Re: Let’s talk about shotguns for serious use.
This thread got me re-thinking my shotgun choice for HD . I pulled out my 870 and put a few rounds through it and attempted to like it, but it still runs rough. Its a bone stock 870 with a mag extender and rifle sights. I do have one of the little Shockwaves but its hard to compare to something in a...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 5:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Wonder what the ATF was after this guy for ...
- Replies: 36
- Views: 3951
Re: Wonder what the ATF was after this guy for ...
On the surface the dude was a productive member of society with a somewhat high-profile job
Could’ve just picked him up at work, but no
Could’ve just picked him up at work, but no
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 12:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cowboy Assault Rifle
- Replies: 61
- Views: 7469
Re: Cowboy Assault Rifle
I’ve thought about this a lot. I would, without question, grab my .30-30 before any other rifle if I needed one for such serious circumstances. I’ve not seen the need to shoot 400-500 yards except to hit rocks on the side of the mountain at the Whittington Center. When I’m riding hard against the b...
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 4:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Looking at a Kimber 1911
- Replies: 37
- Views: 4641
Re: Looking at a Kimber 1911
The other reason we had gone bumming around on Sunday, I got some good news from the oncologist late Saturday. All the tests from the bone marrow biopsy were finally back. No Cancer! The issue is not a severe problem and easily treatable. :D Thats great news! I get nervous when folks close to my ag...
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 8:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Looking at a Kimber 1911
- Replies: 37
- Views: 4641
Re: Looking at a Kimber 1911
Ysabel Kid wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 8:13 pmDoug - Rub some bacon on it and I bet those pups will be impressed!Streetstar wrote: ↑Mon Mar 11, 2024 7:57 pm Dogs are not nearly as impressed as i imagined them being
LOL ! One of them has gotten plenty of bacon for sure in her lifetime !
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 7:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Looking at a Kimber 1911
- Replies: 37
- Views: 4641
Re: Looking at a Kimber 1911
Jason - you've had a bit of time to ponder that longslide -- did you bite on it? This is the critter i was mentioning earlier in the thread= today was the day i met the gent who had this for sale realizing it may be a tad gauche to discuss numbers --- but paid $475 -- had to drive from OKC to Tulsa ...
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 4:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ok so, lever actions in 50AE
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2195
Re: Ok so, lever actions in 50AE
Sounds interesting --- but (and i'm not always one to think practically , buuuuuut ) there's just so many ways to load the 45/70 - i wouldnt see the need -- but "need" has got nothing to do with it, i know - paraphrasing movie Unforgiven Little Bill: I was building a house - I dont deserve...
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 10:26 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Looking at a Kimber 1911
- Replies: 37
- Views: 4641
Re: Looking at a Kimber 1911
I like the thought of a 1911 10mm but recently saw a video of Bill Wilson talking to Ken Hackathorn about this very topic. He is not a fan of 1911s in 10mm (as well as not being a fan of any semi auto pistol chambered for it for that matter) saying the 10mm is too high pressured of a round that bea...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 10:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Excellent Service from Bravo Concealment Holsters...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 574
Re: Excellent Service from Bravo Concealment Holsters...
Bill that 'extra' you are carrying around is called a War Bag, it will allow you to not starve to death when it hits the fan! :lol: I gotta look into these new fangled holsters... My G23 still lives in the *** leather I made for it 30 years ago! War bag - yes - if my BF dips below 14% i am going to...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 4:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Looking at a Kimber 1911
- Replies: 37
- Views: 4641
Re: Looking at a Kimber 1911
My motorcycle riding buddy recently bought an RIA 1911 in 10mm. The first time out it became obvious that the ambidextrous safety contacted the knuckle of the trigger finger after a couple of shots, putting the gun out of action. I removed the right hand safety and the problem was resolved. It seem...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Looking at a Kimber 1911
- Replies: 37
- Views: 4641
Re: Looking at a Kimber 1911
:oops: The 10mm bug is real. There was an RIA (Armscor) in the gun case at my favorite dealership, secondhand for 175 less than a new one I went there yesterday, determined that if it was still there, I was going to take it home. I currently have a Glock 29 and 20. - Due to their light weight, they ...
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 12:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another double action wheelgun in the house
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2723
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 12:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Mystery rifle - old military semiauto
- Replies: 5
- Views: 729
Re: Mystery rifle - old military semiauto
Gentlemen, thank you very much for the help ! I already have the rifle at my local gunsmith's giving it the once over as it seems like a project worth following up on if prices on Gunbroker for good condition originals are any indication. It needs an operating rod, a magazine and a handguard -- oh -...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:26 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Mystery rifle - old military semiauto
- Replies: 5
- Views: 729
Mystery rifle - old military semiauto
Folks I have to say i am a bit befuddled at this old military rifle found when cleaning out a relatives house. I at first thought it was an SKS but then reconsidered as i thought it resembled an FN product last photo shows what looks to be a spring and some sort of gas ring just rattling around loos...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 2:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Let’s talk about shotguns for serious use.
- Replies: 79
- Views: 9483
Re: Let’s talk about shotguns for serious use.
Streetstar, if I wasn't 75 and in better health I would be across the pond and enjoying a taste of freedom for sure, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the very kind offer. My internet friendship with Levergunners all over the world means more to me than I can express in words... Politics ...