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by jeepnik
Sun Jun 15, 2025 6:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: John Taffin's Small -Bore book
Replies: 6
Views: 78

Re: John Taffin's Small -Bore book

Thanks, just ordered it. The last few years my bookshelf has been thinning out. The sneaky little kids are pirating them.
by jeepnik
Sun Jun 15, 2025 4:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: John Taffin's Small -Bore book
Replies: 6
Views: 78

Re: John Taffin's Small -Bore book

So, where can we order it?
by jeepnik
Sat Jun 14, 2025 6:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Here We Go Again
Replies: 5
Views: 414

Re: Here We Go Again

I've mentioned before that long ago I was taught to "just drive and don't stop". Good advice in a country with terrorist that didn't like American military and just as good advice today with our domestic terrorists.
by jeepnik
Sat Jun 14, 2025 6:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Shout out to Charter Arms
Replies: 9
Views: 310

Re: Shout out to Charter Arms

I's like to say something nice about CA service but I can't. I've never had to use it. I have three CA firearms. An AR-7, Bulldog, and a Southpaw. Of the three only the AR-7 has had any issues. And actually it wasn't the AR-7 it was a couple of aftermarket high capacity magazines. The Bulldog is a 1...
by jeepnik
Fri Jun 13, 2025 3:39 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Here We Go Again
Replies: 5
Views: 414

Here We Go Again

Well, most of you have heard that L.A. is in the throes of riots again. Ignoring all the political rhetoric it's concerning. Now you likely all know that I usually carry a .410 Mossberg 500 in my Jeep and a 20 ga Franchi in my Tacoma. I also usually have my primary carry and my little .22 mag NAA as...
by jeepnik
Fri Jun 13, 2025 1:15 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Who bought the last guns you sold?
Replies: 20
Views: 626

Re: Who bought the last guns you sold?

I haven't sold any. My kids have gotten a few. And they will get the rest when my wife and I are gone.
by jeepnik
Tue Jun 10, 2025 2:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Neat little Engine - 'Sterling' type
Replies: 4
Views: 327

Re: Neat little Engine - 'Sterling' type

They are very cool. Wish Pitchy were here to comment. Here's one of those wee little toy steam engines I have packed away somewhere. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aQ2evHZZCs4 That looks fun - looks like something that even someone with my minimal 'engineering' skills could make... 8) All of the ma...
by jeepnik
Mon Jun 09, 2025 4:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Neat little Engine - 'Sterling' type
Replies: 4
Views: 327

Re: Neat little Engine - 'Sterling' type

One of the things I would give customers for things like birthdays were functioning mini steam engines. When you deal with engineers, they can appreciate the intricacies of small scale versions of what they work on all day.
by jeepnik
Fri Jun 06, 2025 12:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: More forum problems
Replies: 10
Views: 596

Re: More forum problems

Pretty much figure the ISP that hosts the forum has oversold their service. These folks tend to prioritize the larger users over smaller ones. Why, because sites with more visits will get more complaints.
by jeepnik
Thu Jun 05, 2025 2:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The "Leverguns Community" forum....
Replies: 22
Views: 1795

Re: The "Leverguns Community" forum....

I'm a relatively light user compared to some. Four firearms forums. This one and Rugerforum are my most often used. The other two are read for comedy relief, THR and AR15. And two radio forums. I have a few others that I visit from time to time, but I'm not registered. Been banned from a few, Marlin...
by jeepnik
Thu Jun 05, 2025 2:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: More forum problems
Replies: 10
Views: 596

Re: More forum problems

Still getting kicked off on my phone every time I load a new page. I have pretty much using the phone and only check on my desktop machine.
by jeepnik
Thu Jun 05, 2025 2:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: YouYube 44-40 Levergun videos
Replies: 17
Views: 741

Re: YouYube Levergun videos

And just like utube they want money. Hey, remember when if you had prime all the video content was free. Now they also want extra money for most good stuff. If the shipping savings didn't pay for prime I wouldn't have it. In fact I don't have any streaming services. Did you know if you want TV it's ...
by jeepnik
Tue Jun 03, 2025 1:39 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: HAM radio - over my head but interesting
Replies: 36
Views: 3351

Re: HAM radio - over my head but interesting

Well, Apollo thirteen did have a sailor, a Marine and two airmen on board. You'd think military officers could find their way by celestial navigation.
by jeepnik
Tue Jun 03, 2025 1:29 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Leaving the Magazine Tube Loaded
Replies: 21
Views: 2220

Re: Leaving the Magazine Tube Loaded

One thing I think I should clarify. Mostly magazines/chambers don't remain "loaded" for extended periods with me. With handguns I try to shoot weekly. When I do the first thing I do is use the rounds in my current carry handgun. My shotguns and rifles are treated similarly, but they are us...
by jeepnik
Mon Jun 02, 2025 1:29 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: HAM radio - over my head but interesting
Replies: 36
Views: 3351

Re: HAM radio - over my head but interesting

You know the type of navigation that really has impressed me is inertial. Take a submarine. It dives from a known location. Moves up, down and sideways for long distances over long periods of time and surfaces exactly where the skipper wants it to be. Or something like Voyager. Someone plotted a cou...
by jeepnik
Sun Jun 01, 2025 5:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: HAM radio - over my head but interesting
Replies: 36
Views: 3351

Re: HAM radio - over my head but interesting

My point, which I guess I didn't articulate well, is that north, south, east and west are human inventions. Celestial relationships are physical properties And then there is the cultural influences. Look at a globe or map and north is always at the top. But celestially there is no top or bottom. Whe...
by jeepnik
Sun Jun 01, 2025 2:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: a tale of Whoa
Replies: 3
Views: 1054

Re: a tale of Whoa

Yea, I'd like to have some marvelous tale of how I came to possess it. But truth is I was haunting one of my, and sadly gone, gun shops and spotted it on the used rifle rack. Without even giving it a once over I picked it up and walked to the counter. I had a hard time keeping my mouth shut. The day...
by jeepnik
Sun Jun 01, 2025 2:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: HAM radio - over my head but interesting
Replies: 36
Views: 3351

Re: HAM radio - over my head but interesting

As to polar shift, it's been shifting since this rock was formed. It's never been Clive Cussler vision of a sudden rapid flip. But I doubt it will ever stop. This is evidenced by the constant albeit very, very slow change in the declination between true north and magnetic north. True north is a huma...
by jeepnik
Sun Jun 01, 2025 1:07 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bye my love. I will miss you.
Replies: 34
Views: 3452

Re: Bye my love. I will miss you.

Prayers up. My condolences to you and yours.
by jeepnik
Sat May 31, 2025 2:59 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: HAM radio - over my head but interesting
Replies: 36
Views: 3351

Re: HAM radio - over my head but interesting

Grizz, just stop! I just don't have time for any other projects right now.
by jeepnik
Sat May 31, 2025 2:57 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: a tale of Whoa
Replies: 3
Views: 1054

Re: a tale of Whoa

Thought about putting something easier on my eyes on my 39. But I just really like the look of the original shight.
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by jeepnik
Sat May 31, 2025 2:54 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Nothing better.
Replies: 9
Views: 1601

Re: Nothing better.

Last year they said the drought was over but it would take a few years for the aquafer to restore itself. Well, this year down south here we really didn't have much rain. But on the plus side the snow pack was good. Still I expect to hear the cry of DROUGHT and time now. Enjoy the rain. As long as i...
by jeepnik
Tue May 27, 2025 11:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Again log in issues!!
Replies: 12
Views: 950

Re: Again log in issues!!

One possible cause is that the internet service provider or host has oversold their service. Like power companies they will do "rolling blackouts". Of course they will never admit to it.
by jeepnik
Tue May 27, 2025 11:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I couldn't resist
Replies: 18
Views: 2178

Re: I couldn't resist

While the Hi Power isn't my cup of tea (nothing wrong with it, I just found that a 1911 worked better), that right there is one pretty one. I recognized Esmeralda's work. The lady has talent.
by jeepnik
Tue May 27, 2025 11:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Leaving the Magazine Tube Loaded
Replies: 21
Views: 2220

Re: Leaving the Magazine Tube Loaded

My HD long gun is a 20 ga Franchi. It pretty much stays loaded at all times. I bought it overseas 50 years ago. No problems so far. I can't comment on handguns because I switch those up as the spirit moves me. Usually what I do is open the safe in the morning and look around and pick one. I keep tha...
by jeepnik
Sat May 24, 2025 11:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT—“German Steel” knife sets
Replies: 14
Views: 941

Re: OT—“German Steel” knife sets

Years back, somewhere around the turn of the century I read this and thought "the turn of the century wasn't that long ago". Then I realized one third of my life has been lived in this century. Darn, I suddenly feel old. My grandparents were born at the end of the 19th century. My parents...
by jeepnik
Sat May 24, 2025 11:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - pepperoni
Replies: 24
Views: 2093

Re: OT - pepperoni

Bill in Oregon wrote: Fri May 23, 2025 12:44 pm Well done, Will! Hope to try making sausage someday -- a true, hard Spanish-style chorizo would be at the top of my list.
Authentic Spanish chorizo is pretty hard to find. I'm fortunate that I have a true Spanish market only a few miles away. They have authentic Jamon Serrano too.
by jeepnik
Thu May 22, 2025 4:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: If you were going to live in Alaska for a year or two...
Replies: 24
Views: 1255

Re: If you were going to live in Alaska for a year or two...

I think it’s hard to beat a Marlin Guide Gun and a big bore Ruger sixgun. I’d probably opt for a 4 inch Redhawk in .45 Colt and I think the ammo choices might be more important than the gun. Ammo is always more important. What you are using has to be designed for the job. Even more so with handguns...
by jeepnik
Thu May 22, 2025 4:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Anyone having LOG IN issues?
Replies: 34
Views: 6158

Re: Anyone having LOG IN issues?

Still having issues on my phone but not my desktop. Obviously, there are problems that no one is addressing.
by jeepnik
Thu May 22, 2025 4:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT—“German Steel” knife sets
Replies: 14
Views: 941

Re: OT—“German Steel” knife sets

Back in the 1920's a bunch of folks got together and setup the ISA, the first international standards organization. After WWII a bunch more replaced the ISA with the ISO. These were/are non governmental organizations. The idea was simple, have set standards of manufacturing that manufactures who bel...
by jeepnik
Tue May 20, 2025 11:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: World Famous Kentucky Bar, Juarez
Replies: 11
Views: 828

Re: World Famous Kentucky Bar, Juarez

Scott Tschirhart wrote: Sat May 17, 2025 3:50 pm I haven’t been to Juarez in a number of years. I left nothing there that I would go back for.
Ah! But did you bring back anything you shouldn't have?
by jeepnik
Tue May 20, 2025 3:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Deer Camp Cold Bore Challenge
Replies: 8
Views: 5442

Re: Deer Camp Cold Bore Challenge

I didn't know there was any way other than cold to sight in a rifle used for hunting. Takes longer what with the wait time necessary between shots. But once done you don't have to wonder where it will hit with that first round. Oh by the way, I had an uncle from New Hampshire. He insisted that if yo...
by jeepnik
Tue May 20, 2025 3:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gettysburg gun, 1st Rhode Island
Replies: 2
Views: 332

Re: Gettysburg gun, 1st Rhode Island

Strange stuff happens with military equipment and arms. In the rush to put war behind we often just walk away from stuff. In 1973 I was part of a detail assigned to clean out a quonset hut that had been assigned to the FD for storage. It apparently hadn't been opened in decades. Inside were hundreds...
by jeepnik
Mon May 19, 2025 10:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: If you were going to live in Alaska for a year or two...
Replies: 24
Views: 1255

Re: If you were going to live in Alaska for a year or two...

Made my choice when they first came out.
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For backup.
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by jeepnik
Fri May 16, 2025 11:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Picking a handgun for ‘your woman’… (!)
Replies: 11
Views: 853

Re: Picking a handgun for ‘your woman’… (!)

I didn't have a huge collection when my wife decided she need to carry a gun. She chose from those few and picked a Taurus model 65. While she is familiar with all of the firearms I have she stuck with that snubby until only a few years ago (although she still reaches for it quite often). I happen t...
by jeepnik
Fri May 16, 2025 6:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My Old Man
Replies: 5
Views: 564

Re: My Old Man

Not everyone in the wild places is a good person. I've told the story of my nephew and I in the local desert and the three fellows who mentioned taking my Jeep when we stopped to help. No shots were fired, but the presence of my little AR-7 definitely swayed things in our direction. In our case the ...
by jeepnik
Fri May 16, 2025 6:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I really dislike striker-fired handguns....
Replies: 29
Views: 5098

Re: I really dislike striker-fired handguns....

I have semi autos that are SA, DA/SA, DAO, striker and whatever you want to call the Glock action. Absolutely none of them will fire unless a human is involved. You could set them on a bench magazines loaded, with a chambered round and the safety system engaged and they will never fire unless a huma...
by jeepnik
Fri May 16, 2025 5:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Anyone having LOG IN issues?
Replies: 34
Views: 6158

Re: Anyone having LOG IN issues?

Speed is better. But I still get kicked out, when on my phone, every time I load a different page. And yes, I do click the "Remember Me" box.
by jeepnik
Fri May 16, 2025 5:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Something Cool - A Prototype Marlin
Replies: 7
Views: 663

Re: Something Cool - A Prototype Marlin

I always wondered why no one ever made a bottom loading levergun, ala shotguns.
by jeepnik
Sun May 11, 2025 5:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: HAM radio - over my head but interesting
Replies: 36
Views: 3351

Re: HAM radio - over my head but interesting

I had an old Hallicrafter Receiver that opened on the top like an old sewing machine cabinet ... was missing a tube or two and one of the old HAM guys gave me what I needed. I strung up a long wire and used to listen all over the globe .. literally. Our house was on a mountain pass in Arizona close...
by jeepnik
Sun May 11, 2025 12:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: HAM radio - over my head but interesting
Replies: 36
Views: 3351

Re: HAM radio - over my head but interesting

The principle is pretty simple. Each unit acts as a relay (or repeater if you will, but they are different). The data stream ( it's digital like stuff over the internet, not analog like Morse or voice) is received, heard and passed on to other units. Rinse repeat. The big advantage over a repeater i...
by jeepnik
Sun May 11, 2025 12:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT wood turning
Replies: 4
Views: 407

Re: OT wood turning

Beautiful. One of the things I like most about wood are nature's perfections. And like the fellow said, the vase was always there. You just removed the excess.
by jeepnik
Sat May 10, 2025 3:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: USPS: Here we go again
Replies: 46
Views: 27982

Re: USPS: Here we go again

I've experienced a bunch of this nonsensical Postal routing in recent months with at least 3 Priority Mail packages going far wide of their destinations and taking about 10 days in transit vs. the expected 4-5. The old saying Never attribute to Malice what can be explained by Incompetence comes to ...
by jeepnik
Sat May 03, 2025 7:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: “Only five deaths…” (Empire State building)
Replies: 1
Views: 2654

Re: “Only five deaths…” (Empire State building)

Between government regulations and cost we could never build it again. Heck after 9-11 we should have build the towers back exactly as they were. But only after nuking the entire middle east.
by jeepnik
Sat May 03, 2025 7:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Checking out a Glock (for safety) - RXM too
Replies: 1
Views: 2544

Re: Checking out a Glock (for safety) - RXM too

Sadly the innovation Ruger was once famous for has slipped into obscurity. The are now just another "me too" company.
by jeepnik
Sat May 03, 2025 7:38 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Anyone having LOG IN issues?
Replies: 34
Views: 6158

Re: Anyone having LOG IN issues?

Computer stays logged in. Phone kick me off when I switch pages.
by jeepnik
Thu May 01, 2025 7:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: USPS: Here we go again
Replies: 46
Views: 27982

Re: USPS: Here we go again

I found out a few years ago that expedited delivery is nothing more than a suggestion best ignored by the USPS. And, even when they take two weeks to deliver an expedited package they will not refund your money. Now in the world I live in taking money for a service not delivered is call fraud. But a...
by jeepnik
Wed Apr 30, 2025 6:47 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: If O'Keefe is scared, something BIG must be up...
Replies: 8
Views: 5863

Re: If O'Keefe is scared, something BIG must be up...

Call me silly but, if someone was going to break a world changing story, one that might have folks wanting to kill them, why would they announce it a month early? Seems that would give the "bad guys" a whole month to do bad things. And once the story is out killing the messenger wouldn't c...
by jeepnik
Wed Apr 30, 2025 12:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: ot in MD AARP
Replies: 13
Views: 7878

Re: ot in MD AARP

What I call get to stop is junk mail from Neptune Society. Several times a week. Scares me to think they may go further to drum up business than junk mail.