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- Wed Jul 02, 2025 8:42 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Well we just BOMBED Iran…
- Replies: 10
- Views: 801
Re: Well we just BOMBED Iran…
You mention #44. If I remember correctly the news from back then he had all of the cash on hand that the treasury had destined to be destroyed.....apparently something they do regularly.....loaded-up on a plane or planes and flown to tehran. Billions.....nigh-on a trillion dollars. Why ? Of all the...
- Mon Jun 23, 2025 6:29 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sons of the Pioneers
- Replies: 6
- Views: 293
Re: Sons of the Pioneers
Robert Ellsworth Patrick Aloysius Brady Original stage name Bob O'Brady. Listed his agent as next of kin during his military service. Fast forward to about 16.19 to see Pat being interviewed https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y_JGuMrNOoY&pp=ygUpUGF0dG9uIGFuZCB0aGUgdGhpcmQgYXJteSB3YWx0ZXIgY3JvbmtpdGU%...
- Sun Jun 22, 2025 3:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Help me understand this gun/ammo pressure situation
- Replies: 5
- Views: 339
Re: Help me understand this gun/ammo pressure situation
This is entertaining.....
https://thegreatmodel8.net/
Controversy re. Capt. Hamer's rifle.....
https://thegreatmodel8.net/?page_id=434
https://thegreatmodel8.net/
Controversy re. Capt. Hamer's rifle.....
https://thegreatmodel8.net/?page_id=434
- Sun Jun 22, 2025 12:36 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Well we just BOMBED Iran…
- Replies: 10
- Views: 801
Re: Well we just BOMBED Iran…
Some think the persian hierarchy is a crowing rooster.....just an annoyance in international politics but look at all of the violent mischief to us that they have caused since 1983. Nobody......not even Xi or Putin trusts them with a viable nuke.
- Sun Jun 22, 2025 6:44 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Well we just BOMBED Iran…
- Replies: 10
- Views: 801
Re: Well we just BOMBED Iran…
You mention #44. If I remember correctly the news from back then he had all of the cash on hand that the treasury had destined to be destroyed.....apparently something they do regularly.....loaded-up on a plane or planes and flown to tehran. Billions.....nigh-on a trillion dollars. Why ? Of all the ...
- Mon Jun 16, 2025 1:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anyone here mess with a .38 Super?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 868
Re: Anyone here mess with a .38 Super?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MQxhUrckFwg&pp=ygUpaHR0cHM6Ly9tLnlvdXR1YmUuY29tL3dhdGNoP3Y9TVF4aFVyY2tGd2c%3D https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dKvITAIEorI In the summer of 1979 we, a handful of bicycle riding juvenile delinquents, found a garbage bag full of penthouse glossies and a smith & wesso...
- Mon Jun 16, 2025 8:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anyone here mess with a .38 Super?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 868
Re: Anyone here mess with a .38 Super?
One chamber in the .357 vaquero needs them to be straightened in a Lee carbide die. Likewise one in the sp-101 and two in the gp-100. The several contender barrels (.357 mag. & max.) all require a bit of sizing with some brands. Surprisingly never had a loose bullet that I knew of after sizing ....
- Sun Jun 08, 2025 12:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A memorable Levergun Hunt
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1191
Re: A memorable Levergun Hunt
Wow !
Bravo Zulu ! as they used to say......
and such a unique and thoughtful choice of firearm, cartridge and traditional projectile......
Wow again !
Bravo Zulu ! as they used to say......
and such a unique and thoughtful choice of firearm, cartridge and traditional projectile......
Wow again !
- Mon May 26, 2025 7:13 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: "And a .32 gun in his pocket for fun ..."
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1381
Re: "And a .32 gun in his pocket for fun ..."
I've shot quite a few 7.65×17 mm SR as they say in froggy across the pond. That 3" at 50' or the metric equivalent is very optimistic in my opinion. Minute of medium pizza box has been my experience. I've taught scores of gatos some manners with near misses but they soon forget and climb up on ...
- Sat May 24, 2025 7:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: pseudo goetta/scrapple.....
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1261
Re: pseudo goetta/scrapple.....
This morning's experiment along this line actually started with a bowl of grits with a slice of souse melted into it.
And of course, the confounded auto correct kept trying to change "souse" to "spouse".....
And of course, the confounded auto correct kept trying to change "souse" to "spouse".....
- Wed May 21, 2025 8:01 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: pseudo goetta/scrapple.....
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1261
pseudo goetta/scrapple.....
Since just a wee pup my favourite sandwich cold cut has been brawn - headcheese - souse.....more often than not grocery store zeigler brand. But after a serious bout of listeria I shy away from unwarmed cold cuts. Well you cannot exactly warm headcheese as it melts into an unappetizing goo when the ...
- Wed May 14, 2025 2:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT- Who saves vegetable seeds
- Replies: 9
- Views: 777
Re: OT- Who saves vegetable seeds
Circa '81 or '82 we planted about forty hills of previously saved watermelon seeds and had 4-5 vines per hill grow to melons so you can imagine just how many melons we had. That garden spot lay on a slight rise from the road so folk could drive by and see all of those huge melons. We caught some bla...
- Sat May 10, 2025 11:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A knock on the door.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1012
Re: A knock on the door.
That confounded chino-microbe sure put a screeching halt for several years to both the "russellites" and the l.d.s. visitors but I guess they're back at it. I remember somewhere around 30 years ago the "russellites" began to come visiting in numbers for their own safety. One day ...
- Wed May 07, 2025 11:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Shooters world powder
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1191
- Mon May 05, 2025 8:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: CINCO DE MAYO
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2918
Re: CINCO DE MAYO
And here I was logging-in to see the different versions of the jars of hellman's in the sink.....around here, it's jars of dukes'
- Sun Apr 27, 2025 9:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: a gifting opportunity to Africans
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5849
Re: a gifting opportunity to Africans
This is most interesting. I remember from way back hearing references to t.w.r. programs and projects. Internet searching their history and personal reviews and testimonies nets no evidence of exorbitant salaries & the like. We have been long supporters of samaritan's purse but mister g's report...
- Fri Apr 25, 2025 4:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: USA Made Skinning Knives NEED A GOOD SOURCE
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7633
Re: USA Made Skinning Knives NEED A GOOD SOURCE
These folk are local to me..... https://bearandsoncutlery.com/about-us/ and claim "made in usa" but the only ones I own (bear) I ordered from smokey mountain knife works and are clearly marked "china". The theory is that the ones I ordered were old stock from a previous iteration...
- Mon Apr 21, 2025 6:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another century, a different way of life...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2347
Re: Another century, a different way of life...
This is most interesting !
- Thu Apr 17, 2025 6:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Adventures with Gunbroker.com
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1562
Re: Adventures with Gunbroker.com
Nothing to do with g.b. , but I am having issues that the so-called experts I've consulted are blaming so-called artificial intelligence and "its" growing pains. My problem is that several online payment processors (shop, shopify, etc.) no longer acknowledge or recognize my home address......
- Tue Apr 15, 2025 6:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Snakes are out again....
- Replies: 23
- Views: 7503
Re: Snakes are out again....
I first make-up the following circa '86-'87 whilst languishing at hard labour as a shipfitter/damage controlman on a floating prison...a.k.a , knox class frigate in uncle ronnie's yacht club. It has been tweaked for relevance somewhat over the decades. Hoes, Shovels and Rakes and Other Implements of...
- Wed Apr 02, 2025 6:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: RIP Val Kilmer
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4433
Re: RIP Val Kilmer
In memory of both Colonel Patterson and the actor who portrayed him.....
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3810
- Sat Mar 29, 2025 10:21 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Remember these?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1527
Re: Remember these?
As scarce as they have been of late, grafs seems to actually have large pistol in-stock......for at least the next 20 minutes or so ! https://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/category/categoryId/3505 The haz-mat tariff on top of shipping is annoying por su puesto B.T.W. , it took four attempts with that...
- Sat Mar 29, 2025 10:08 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anyone shoot this ammo?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2958
Re: Anyone shoot this ammo?
If they're not likely to expand anyways, "cowboy action" loads might be advisable..... https://choiceammunition.com/product-category/cowboy-action/cowboy-44/44-special-cowboy/ H.S.M. brand in both special and russian are often in-stock at bass-pro/cabela's. Running all of the monthly bills...
- Fri Mar 28, 2025 11:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anyone shoot this ammo?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2958
- Thu Mar 20, 2025 8:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Thought for the day
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1622
Re: Thought for the day
Way back when my son was overseas serving in uncle barry's yacht club, I would carry any mail we received to be forwarded to my daughter in law residing with her mom. When they answered the door I would cheerfully say, "mister mcfeely speedy delivery !" in respect to mister (Rev.) Fred and...
- Mon Mar 17, 2025 10:55 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Happy St. Patrick's Day!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2215
Re: Happy St. Patrick's Day!
And I plumb forgot to return the day's felicitations to you Wilhelm !
https://youtu.be/FqzHO4hSDjs?si=fdY4ch3pHll4RiYo
https://youtu.be/FqzHO4hSDjs?si=fdY4ch3pHll4RiYo
- Mon Mar 17, 2025 10:28 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Warning! Spiritual Content! Read at your own risk.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2515
Re: Warning! Spiritual Content! Read at your own risk.
This is most interesting but alas, I can only find (online) the psalms set to englisher metrical verse and not any pauline epistles.
That is, Romans to Philemon
That is, Romans to Philemon
- Mon Mar 17, 2025 10:21 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Happy St. Patrick's Day!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2215
Re: Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Alas, I got left out of the irishness..... Was always told we were predominantly Irish with just a bit of German and Muskogee and Plantation Child. The story goes that my great grandmother was said to be of the all too common but rarely acknowledged tri-racial mix and when she was made a widow at a ...
- Fri Mar 14, 2025 2:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: new to me Ruger Bisley
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7821
- Fri Mar 14, 2025 10:34 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: new to me Ruger Bisley
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7821
Re: new to me Ruger Bisley
Bravo Zulu !
Sounds like a great find.
There are many .32 aficionados here and sanctioned loads in the .32 short, long and h&r avoids the .327 screaming pressures/blasts.
Keep us informed.....
Sounds like a great find.
There are many .32 aficionados here and sanctioned loads in the .32 short, long and h&r avoids the .327 screaming pressures/blasts.
Keep us informed.....
- Sat Mar 08, 2025 9:20 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Long Hard Busy Day
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2391
Re: Long Hard Busy Day
I've used these for many years in the .30 w.c.f. and other larger capacity 30s with reduced loads. https://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/product/productId/87899 IMG_20250308_081300.jpg The nose is very soft but if one is wary of the tube magazine, it is easily removed on the bandsaw. Although meant f...
- Wed Feb 26, 2025 1:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Stocks and shares!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3682
Re: Stocks and shares!
That is quite humorous and it didn't lose anything in the 4,205 mile westward interval...... No, I'm not nosey as to your whereabouts. I just used the guesstimated geographic centre of the warwickshire, leicestershire, northamptonshire intersection and asked the computer the distance to here. Staff...
- Wed Feb 26, 2025 7:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Stocks and shares!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3682
Re: Stocks and shares!
That is quite humorous and it didn't lose anything in the 4,205 mile westward interval......
No, I'm not nosey as to your whereabouts. I just used the guesstimated geographic centre of the warwickshire, leicestershire, northamptonshire intersection and asked the computer the distance to here.
No, I'm not nosey as to your whereabouts. I just used the guesstimated geographic centre of the warwickshire, leicestershire, northamptonshire intersection and asked the computer the distance to here.
- Sat Feb 22, 2025 5:34 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: An Oldie ... but it is still good advice!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1158
- Mon Feb 17, 2025 11:14 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Did you hear about the worst zoo in the world?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2576
Re: Did you hear about the worst zoo in the world?
I seldom get jokes right when I try to tell them but here's one. In the days before the perestroikial reunion of the two germanys the east berlin zoo had reached its lowest and had lost their last great russian bears to neglect. Being masters at propaganda, they resourcefully created quite realistic...
- Thu Jan 30, 2025 8:24 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Speaking of The Far Side ...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2120
Re: Speaking of The Far Side ...
Couldn't hardly cipher the left corner of the mug.....
- Fri Jan 03, 2025 7:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New .22 mag levergun
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4766
Re: New .22 mag levergun
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- Tue Dec 31, 2024 7:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Any other ideas?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2945
Re: Any other ideas?
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- Tue Dec 31, 2024 7:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Any other ideas?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2945
Re: Any other ideas?
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- Fri Dec 27, 2024 10:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I wonder why they do this in movies?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3829
- Fri Dec 27, 2024 6:01 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I wonder why they do this in movies?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3829
- Thu Dec 26, 2024 11:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Where did all the drones go ?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3156
Re: Where did all the drones go ?
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- Thu Dec 26, 2024 10:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I wonder why they do this in movies?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3829
- Wed Dec 25, 2024 4:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: ‘Ethical Hunter Challenge’
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2407
Re: ‘Ethical Hunter Challenge’
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- Tue Dec 24, 2024 7:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anyone here use an Air Fryer...?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6245
Re: Anyone here use an Air Fryer...?
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- Tue Dec 24, 2024 7:38 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: For folks who don’t like LIVER….?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 11953
- Sun Dec 22, 2024 11:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: For folks who don’t like LIVER….?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 11953
- Sun Dec 22, 2024 9:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: anyone else like a subsonic lever action
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2374
- Sat Dec 21, 2024 9:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: For folks who don’t like LIVER….?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 11953
- Fri Dec 20, 2024 6:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: USPS stinks!
- Replies: 38
- Views: 11506
Re: USPS stinks!
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