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- Mon May 13, 2024 8:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Mountain Goats are all going to die and disappear...!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 249
Re: Mountain Goats are all going to die and disappear...!
From 0630 to 0700 weekdays we get a quarter hour each of deutschworld & euronews. This morning "they" had a report that, with the prevalent theory that the arctic is going to melt by 2030, "they" worry that icebreaker crews and onshore support personnel might be prone to des...
- Mon May 13, 2024 6:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Mountain Goats are all going to die and disappear...!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 249
Re: Mountain Goats are all going to die and disappear...!
From 0630 to 0700 weekdays we get a quarter hour each of deutschworld & euronews. This morning "they" had a report that, with the prevalent theory that the arctic is going to melt by 2030, "they" worry that icebreaker crews and onshore support personnel might be prone to desp...
- Sat May 11, 2024 9:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Alliant ceases production of powders
- Replies: 23
- Views: 547
Re: Alliant ceases production of powders
Apparently alliant has had nitrocelluose shortages and canister manufacturing cessations in the past. The powder valley f.b. announcement goes back at least to 2011 if you do an internet search. So someone is trying to cause a panic? My only point is that alliant has announced cessations of caniste...
- Fri May 10, 2024 8:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Alliant ceases production of powders
- Replies: 23
- Views: 547
Re: Alliant ceases production of powders
Apparently alliant has had nitrocelluose shortages and canister manufacturing cessations in the past. The powder valley f.b. announcement goes back at least to 2011 if you do an internet search.
- Sun May 05, 2024 2:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: HAPPY
- Replies: 6
- Views: 252
Re: HAPPY
Assuming "de" means "of".....
A sad tub of mustard is more our speed.....
A sad tub of mustard is more our speed.....
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 10:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Building a matchlock
- Replies: 15
- Views: 379
Re: Building a matchlock
The above photo is what I imagine champlain used in the following disturbing scene..... Samuel de Champlain 30 July 1609. Having gone about eight leagues in the evening, the indians (algonquin, huron, and montagnais) took one of their captives of another tribe (iroquois) and kindled a fire, each tak...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 10:28 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Speaking of Movies (a new 'series')
- Replies: 9
- Views: 440
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 1:09 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Speaking of Movies (a new 'series')
- Replies: 9
- Views: 440
Re: Speaking of Movies (a new 'series')
Looks very interesting, what channels this on? INSP https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yRJ3romN9t0&pp=ygURZWxraG9ybiB0diBzZXJpZXM%3D https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x7VdSrKyF68&pp=ygURZWxraG9ybiB0diBzZXJpZXM%3D https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvrZXLP1xV8&pp=ygURZWxraG9ybiB0diBzZXJpZXM%3D With ep...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 6:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Dickey Betts
- Replies: 4
- Views: 257
Re: Dickey Betts
As much as I like "dreams" and "whipping post" , there is no denying that betts' "blue sky", "jessica" and "rambling man" fall more gently on the ear and definitely made them a commercial success. When you watch the various documentaries on the band ...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 10:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Lewis & Clark - Little People Encounter
- Replies: 19
- Views: 769
Re: Lewis & Clark - Little People Encounter
It might have been pure tabloidish hogwash but I watched something recently that claimed that, during the '75 to '83 war, the general who would become our first president had hallucinations of a shining angel, a long deceased Indian brave/chief and little green people.
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 5:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Lewis & Clark - Little People Encounter
- Replies: 19
- Views: 769
Re: Lewis & Clark - Little People Encounter
Lest we forget our Pygmy cousins. 8) From Doyle's "the sign of the four"..... At the sound of his strident, angry cries there was movement in the huddled bundle upon the deck. It straightened itself into a little black man—the smallest I have ever seen—with a great, misshapen head and a s...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Old Movies
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1076
Re: Old Movies
I like the early talkies and later "B" films as they are much shorter (1 hr.) in run time than the premier studios feature films. There are thousands of such examples in the public domain and readily available for viewing without advertisement interruptions. Just the other day charlie chan...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 7:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: THE .44 SPECIAL IS ALIVE AND WELL! by JOHN TAFFIN
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1416
Re: THE .44 SPECIAL IS ALIVE AND WELL! by JOHN TAFFIN
And there are a lot of poorer choices out there (other self-defense chamberings) than the "anemic" factory 246 gr. l.r.n..... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=w2Na73eUbcw&pp=ygUfZ3VuIHNhbSByZXZvbHZlciBhZmljaW9uYWRvIC40NA%3D%3D Fast forward to about 6 minute mark to see .44 spec. gel penet...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 7:13 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: "The Opposite of what Scientists Wanted to Happen .."
- Replies: 8
- Views: 980
Re: "The Opposite of what Scientists Wanted to Happen .."
There was a telly news special where a reporter traveled on a u.s. navy sub to the arctic. The whole subject of the trip to our primitive outpost there on the ice was our need of a continued presence near the north pole. Everyone was of the opinion that by 2030, due to climate change, there would be...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Phil Shoemaker interview about bears
- Replies: 7
- Views: 323
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anybody use Rimrock bullets?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 715
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bridge Collapse (video shows how fast it happened)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1259
Re: Bridge Collapse (video shows how fast it happened)
"........you want a USN damage control specialists." Way back in the "old navy" there were the u.s. naval enlisted rates shipfitters and damage controlmen. The Navy kept outdated things like O.B.A.'s for years after just about every other fire department on the planet had change...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 12:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bridge Collapse (video shows how fast it happened)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1259
Re: Bridge Collapse (video shows how fast it happened)
"........you want a USN damage control specialists." Way back in the "old navy" there were the u.s. naval enlisted rates shipfitters and damage controlmen. Then circa 1972 those rates were combined into hull maintenance technician (HT). Then in 1987 the rates were split with a ne...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:30 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A cappella perfection
- Replies: 6
- Views: 452
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: IN THE PAST .......
- Replies: 7
- Views: 669
Re: IN THE PAST .......
Somehow reminds of when usually abstemious newt fancier, augustus fink-nottle needed courage to speak publicly and had a snifter of brandy before breakfast then bertram wooster spiked the morning's fresh squeezed with a pint of gin only to find out that reginald jeeves had already done the same with...
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 10:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I wonder if it is like this
- Replies: 5
- Views: 734
Re: I wonder if it is like this
I have no idea what the by and by will be like but there was once an unimpeachable eye witness..... 4 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things ...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:01 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Colt 1872 Open Top
- Replies: 10
- Views: 957
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 10:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Soothing.....
- Replies: 4
- Views: 446
Re: Soothing.....
Gentlemen, I am going through a serious emotional and health struggle and beg your prayers on my behalf especially tomorrow (fri. 8th.) The following song that is also one of the ones posted above has been a great comfort to me of late..... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vuwBX3JN7wg&pp=ygURZGFuaW...
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 11:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Rossi Brawler anyone?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2789
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 6:19 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Pig Hunting In Texas With A 50-100-450
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1040
Re: Pig Hunting In Texas With A 50-100-450
Thinking about the original post when we first saw this rifle and remembering that I thought then that that goes beyond a collector's piece into the realm of a museum exhibit.....
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 11:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New To Me Winchesters
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1337
Re: New To Me Winchesters
I remember the younger elmer keith story where he and his brother used a .25-35 and once had to track a long-range wounded coyote to near the state capitol grounds. On the other hand, folk would write to the editor a.r. harding about the winchester & savage 25-35 and he would say something like ...
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 6:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Soothing.....
- Replies: 4
- Views: 446
Re: Soothing.....
Ray, she has a classic country voice. Was it this show? https://www.pbs.org/video/tate-emmons-danielle-hargrove-and-jimmy-reno-tlriry/ Yes, fast forward to 32:25 to the lady mentioned above..... B.T.W. several of the video links above have quadrupled the number of plays since I posted them here thi...
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 7:01 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: forced gun insurance
- Replies: 6
- Views: 417
Re: forced gun insurance
You can safely bet the farm that someone(s) in baltimore has a piece of the action in that sector & has gotten bribes to author/pitch the bill & will get kickbacks if that flummery is successful. Those insurance backers are languishing due the onerous monthly premiums..... one I saw was $40+...
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 6:14 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Soothing.....
- Replies: 4
- Views: 446
Soothing.....
Words of life..... I saw this young lady perform on a local public television program and found these whilst looking about.... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ouN8uqgKu2g&pp=ygUiZGFuaWVsbGUgaGFyZ3JvdmUgaGUnbGwgbWFrZSBhIHdheQ%3D%3D https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=U1EMDn7uVYU&pp=ygURZGFuaWVsbGUgaG...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 4:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The eldest grandson.....
- Replies: 7
- Views: 979
Re: The eldest grandson.....
You're helping to bring him up right, Ray. 8) And if we keep giving norville percussion revolvers then sooner or later one or more of them will be one of your hand-me-downs. B.T.W., norville is just a nickname.....for the past 4-5 years, every since his 3 to 4 chin whiskers have sprouted we have in...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 9:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Colt Walker question ...
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2740
Re: Colt Walker question ...
The .45 colt was designed to shoot horses. War isn't pretty. The best way to unseat a cavalry troop is to shoot his horse. It's a very big target. In westerns you'll see bandits chasing a stage coach. In reality if one wanted to stop a coach you'd simply kill one of the horses. The remaining horses...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 8:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The eldest grandson.....
- Replies: 7
- Views: 979
The eldest grandson.....
said he wanted a "cowboy gun" for his birthday (nov.) so we gave him a pietta 1858 then a howell .45 colt cylinder for Chistmas. Well the more I thought about it the more I missed that howell cylinder so...... A bit of digression first.... I have to work every other weekend and every holid...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 5:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Colt Walker question ...
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2740
Re: Colt Walker question ...
the fragile & finicky paterson colts in action..... https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/walkers-creek-battle-of a37987328058bff3771965b2a4d9e941.jpg "powder burn them !" The guy popping that one next to the horses face probably took himself out of the chase. :lol: Obviously th...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 9:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Colt Walker question ...
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2740
Re: Colt Walker question ...
the fragile & finicky paterson colts in action.....
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/ent ... -battle-of
"powder burn them !"
https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/ent ... -battle-of
"powder burn them !"
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 4:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Colt Walker question ...
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2740
Re: Colt Walker question ...
The darned Walker repros are tempting, but every Youtube I have seen shows the ramrod dropping and some serious cap sucking with the attendant advancing the cylinder by hand. It just seems to be a system that works only part of the time. But Rube is right -- in its time even with issues it was a hu...
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 5:07 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 1876 for Brown Bear
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1687
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 8:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anybody know Iver Johnson owl head 38's
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1782
Re: Anybody know Iver Johnson owl head 38's
. I wish they made something like that currently. I concur & likewise a 5-shot .32 single-action. N.A.A. former president/ceo sandy chisolm promised a mini-.32 for four and a half years only to lament that it couldn't be done. All the time people were posting photographic examples of period rev...
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 7:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Colt Walker question ...
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2740
Re: Colt Walker question ...
If I ever acquire an extra barrel I hope to do something like this.....
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=83RN5tm7I8E
With expectations of closer groups of course.....
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=83RN5tm7I8E
With expectations of closer groups of course.....
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 1:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Colt Walker question ...
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2740
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 11:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Colt Walker question ...
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2740
Re: Colt Walker question ...
A simple and easy wrap of electrical tape......
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 8:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: On 01 July last year.....
- Replies: 2
- Views: 309
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 4:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: On 01 July last year.....
- Replies: 2
- Views: 309
On 01 July last year.....
The georgia arms ammunition manufactory burned and was a total lost. They were already having problems getting components, especially primers when the tragedy occured. Well, they're back and just filled a backorder..... 4927004091178299525.jpg Their "softball" 185 gr. fmj rn is a particula...
- Sun Feb 18, 2024 3:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: .300 Blackout
- Replies: 39
- Views: 2293
Re: .300 Blackout
I am willing to try same but the deer have to cooperate which apparently they are loathe to do....I may have to go on one of those tennessee or florida canned hunts..... I watched a number of deer this year but didn’t kill one. No shortage of opportunity. I have a solitary forked spike maintaining ...
- Sat Feb 17, 2024 6:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: .300 Blackout
- Replies: 39
- Views: 2293
Re: .300 Blackout
Everyone who uses them are adamant that the barnes 110 gr. tsx at 1500 to 2300 fps. is instantly graveyard deadly on deer/swine..... I am willing to try same but the deer have to cooperate which apparently they are loathe to do....I may have to go on one of those tennessee or florida canned hunts.....
- Sat Feb 17, 2024 5:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Watch your backstop when shooting...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 776
Re: Watch your backstop when shooting...
Hiring honorably discharged veterans as gendarmes doesn't help apparently..... https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/florida-deputy-mistakes-falling-acorn-for-gunshot-fires-into-patrol-car-with-black-man-inside/ar-BB1ikQoU We have a local goomer who has p.t.s.d. from serving in the national guard and...
- Fri Feb 16, 2024 6:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bear Creek Supply coated bullets
- Replies: 10
- Views: 562
Re: Bear Creek Supply coated bullets
I have not tried them in a long-gun but in revolvers, self-loaders and single/double shots (t/c & bond) No egregious leading and the fouling is reminiscent of moly/graphite residue. The website instructions say a taper crimp or slight roll crimp directly through coating into bullet is recommende...
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 7:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Round Nose Lead Bullets
- Replies: 35
- Views: 1755
Re: Round Nose Lead Bullets
And other bullets offered by bear creek.....
https://www.bearcreeksupplybullets.com/bulletselection
The only negative I see is they're still not set-up for online ordering. You have to call.
https://www.bearcreeksupplybullets.com/bulletselection
The only negative I see is they're still not set-up for online ordering. You have to call.
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 7:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Round Nose Lead Bullets
- Replies: 35
- Views: 1755
Re: Round Nose Lead Bullets
Scott, that is the nasty old Remington dish-based that came lubed some kind of black goo and they shot very well for me, not to mention they looked like they came from the 19th century. These work the same and are much cleaner..... https://www.bearcreeksupplybullets.com/45hphb230 https://www.bearcr...
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 7:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: rossi 92 454
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1184
Re: rossi 92 454
I think when they are are referring to "bulged" cases, they mean, not the obvious feed-ramp bulge of self-loading pistols, but excessively expanded cases from an oversized chamber. You won't notice that until you go to resize the case. In years past, most of the .45 colt chambers and a goo...
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 10:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: gun free zone
- Replies: 7
- Views: 539