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- Sun Aug 24, 2025 2:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I Ain't Perfect ... but ...
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1402
Re: I Ain't Perfect ... but ...
I probably have one of those 214's stashed somewhere but I couldn't make myself wear the T-shirt. Is it a "' 'Nam Vet" thing? I still kinda' cringe when somebody says "Thank you for your service". And of my old vet buds -- I only know one of us who'll advertise at all. All the r...
- Sun Aug 24, 2025 2:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Making Peace With The 9 m/m – Part 3
- Replies: 7
- Views: 646
Re: Making Peace With The 9 m/m – Part 3
Just an observation. A flat nose on most bullets for handguns seems to help end the moving target's movement without any noticeable change in where the bullet impacts.
- Sun Aug 24, 2025 2:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Speaking of Tom Threepersons
- Replies: 8
- Views: 663
Re: Speaking of Tom Threepersons
I have heard only good about him. May he rest in peace.
- Sun Aug 24, 2025 2:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Making peace with the 9mm
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1961
Re: Making peace with the 9mm
Sarsilmaz makes a clone of the Tanfoglio clone of the CZ75 clone of the Hi-Power. Atwoods is clearancing them. About $400. I got one about a year ago, and am impressed with how it does not know how to miss. The safety can go on when the hammer is at full cock. I would like some wood grips for it, bu...
- Sun Aug 24, 2025 2:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My Bowen guns have arrived.
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1914
Re: My Bowen guns have arrived.
Good looking guns.
- Sun Aug 24, 2025 2:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fur under the hickories
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1297
Re: Fur under the hickories
Lots of squirrels right here in town. We have a pecan tree that the squirrels strip clean of pecans before any fall off. I have a good pellet rifle, and am thinking of putting some corn in the back yard once it cools way down to about 70 degrees.
- Sun Aug 24, 2025 2:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Talking to an Earp
- Replies: 10
- Views: 923
Re: Talking to an Earp
Was in Basic with Bobby Dalton. A descendant of one of the family. He was from Kingfisher, Oklahoma. When my Grandmother's parents moved to the Oklahoma Panhandle about 1900, she was 6 years old. The parents leased their farm to one of Frank and Jesse James relatives. That was in independence, Kansa...
- Sat Jun 14, 2025 6:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Happy birthday Old No7 & piller.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 500
Re: Happy birthday Old No7 & piller.
Thanks Gents. I have been off of here for a while. Long story. Shortest version is that PillHer lost her job, and with her being home all the time, she HATES for me to be on the computer.
- Thu Mar 13, 2025 8:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: RFK Jr is getting in on the DOGE act
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7414
Re: RFK Jr is getting in on the DOGE act
Got down to 189 lbs. Eating mostly fish and tamales.
- Thu Mar 13, 2025 7:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Not a lever, But .458 SOCOM
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3926
Re: Not a lever, But .458 SOCOM
I have not shot my .458 SoCom enough to get it broken in.
- Thu Mar 13, 2025 7:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Could use some prayers. She is at peace now
- Replies: 47
- Views: 24947
Re: Could use some prayers
Prayers up. I fill hospice meds every day. Those who care for others are a special breed.
- Thu Mar 13, 2025 7:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: JOHN TAFFIN
- Replies: 32
- Views: 12687
Re: JOHN TAFFIN
Too many of that generation are gone. R.I.P. Mr Taffin.
- Thu Feb 20, 2025 8:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How's the Weather in Your Neck of the Woods?
- Replies: 66
- Views: 77689
Re: How's the Weather in Your Neck of the Woods?
Got to 13°F this morning in DFW.
- Thu Feb 06, 2025 8:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Getting old hurts.
- Replies: 27
- Views: 20525
Re: Getting old hurts.
Thos week was stroke number 71 for me. The Covid shot has done more damage to me than everything else combined
- Thu Jan 23, 2025 10:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Getting old hurts.
- Replies: 27
- Views: 20525
Re: Getting old hurts.
I feel pretty good about waking up every morning. Having been declared dead once, no life signs for 2 hours and 3 times of a defibrilator trying to jump start me, then somehow just starting again on my own while at room temperature 2 hours later makes each day good. The Lazarus Club is not a club I ...
- Thu Jan 23, 2025 10:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How's the Weather in Your Neck of the Woods?
- Replies: 66
- Views: 77689
Re: How's the Weather in Your Neck of the Woods?
Within spitting distance of Dallas. Got a bit cool over the last few days, but no snow or ice. Can almost see Stevie Ray Vaughn's grave from here. Can hear his ghost playing guitar on a still night.
- Thu Jan 23, 2025 10:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Our USPS at work
- Replies: 21
- Views: 9864
Re: Our USPS at work
We mail a lot of packages. USPS tracking is just insane. Going 5 or 6 hundred miles to get somewhere that a 20 mile straight line should go is not understandable. The USPS is as bad as is humanly possible to be.
- Thu Jan 23, 2025 9:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Off Topic....Life can be Short.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4926
Re: Off Topic....Life can be Short.
Sorry for your loss. We had a loss recently, but it was not the same. She never had a chance.
- Thu Jan 02, 2025 8:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Wouldn't want one of these Robots after me...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1235
Re: Wouldn't want one of these Robots after me...
Battery life?
- Sun Dec 29, 2024 6:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: USPS stinks!
- Replies: 38
- Views: 12000
Re: USPS stinks!
My son works for Usually Parts Shattered. He used to work for FedUp. Both are a joke from an insiders point of view. Since the woman who was CEO of the downfall of Home Depot took over at Usually Parts Shattered, it has become horrible. She has a habit of making Joe Biden look competent. Home Depot ...
- Sun Dec 29, 2024 6:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Some ‘stopping power’ surprises…
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2292
Re: Some ‘stopping power’ surprises…
.44 Mag or .357 Mag out of a levergun should be enough. No matter what, a poor shot, or a complete miss will not do much. My Dad used to say that a shot in the heart with a .22 lr was better than a miss with a .44 Magnum.
- Thu Sep 12, 2024 8:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: From Long Ago and Far Away .....
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2098
Re: From Long Ago and Far Away .....
I have never used a Casull. The Ruger .480 in a Super Redhawk is my most powerful gun.
- Thu Sep 12, 2024 8:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Home defense guns.
- Replies: 33
- Views: 11287
- Sat Aug 31, 2024 7:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hey Doc?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3843
Re: Hey Doc?
Get some arch supports.
- Thu Aug 29, 2024 8:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Got a ticket going through Dallas the other day.
- Replies: 28
- Views: 13421
Re: Got a ticket going through Dallas the other day.
I go to UT Southwestern for all of my medical needs. Genetic anomalies are just another day to them. When I had my MASSIVE stroke, I was on their orange floor. I refused aspirin, ant told them that I didn't have a 2c19 or a 3a4 enzyme. The floor Pharmacist on duty read the chart, and came to my room...
- Thu Aug 29, 2024 8:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Barrel life of less than 20 seconds….
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5777
Re: Barrel life of less than 20 seconds….
PillHer and I both have a 7mm08. The kick is mild, but it works as well as any mid range centerfire. I would not be against using it on elk or moose.
- Thu Aug 29, 2024 7:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Speaking of Muddy Dogs
- Replies: 33
- Views: 12268
Re: Speaking of Muddy Dogs
Red one, Colter, is the Mama. Mycroft was 4th of 4 puppies. Father unknown. He jumps like an Elkhound.
- Thu Aug 22, 2024 8:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Barrel life of less than 20 seconds….
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5777
Re: Barrel life of less than 20 seconds….
I have always heard that it is the flame cutting which erodes barrels.
- Thu Aug 22, 2024 7:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: WISDOM
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3554
Re: WISDOM
Some folks can put a lot of wisdom in a funny sentence.
- Thu Aug 22, 2024 7:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Speaking of Muddy Dogs
- Replies: 33
- Views: 12268
Re: Speaking of Muddy Dogs
Colter and Mycroft. Mycroft likes to jump 6 foot privacy fences.
- Thu Aug 22, 2024 7:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Got a ticket going through Dallas the other day.
- Replies: 28
- Views: 13421
Re: Got a ticket going through Dallas the other day.
My wife and I are flying into DFW next Wednesday to visit our son, his wife and our 6 month old granddaughter in Weatherford. He will pick us up at the airport....he says the drive is not that bad. I avoid Weatherford At All Costs. That alcoholic daughter of Sam Walton is the best driver there, and...
- Thu Aug 15, 2024 6:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Got a ticket going through Dallas the other day.
- Replies: 28
- Views: 13421
Re: Got a ticket going through Dallas the other day.
I try to keep my appointments in Dallas around 9:45 or later. Traffic has cleared out by then.
- Thu Aug 01, 2024 7:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: John Taffin came through the heart surgery just fine.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4786
- Thu Aug 01, 2024 7:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The 454 Casull best information ever posted about it
- Replies: 58
- Views: 28038
Re: The 454 Casull best information ever posted about it
Long shot and H4227 are nice mild powders for the .480 Ruger pistol, but they are a totally different animal out of a carbine.
- Thu Jul 11, 2024 7:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Where did all our petroleum come from…?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4877
- Thu Jul 11, 2024 7:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Backwards safety feature on vehicles…
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3662
Re: Backwards safety feature on vehicles…
Sister had a diesel VW. She was extremely tired one day. Put gasoline in the tank. Started it and immediately shut it off. No harm done. She called the dealership. Cost her a drain and flush. If she would have pressed the foot feed, it would have been serious.
- Thu Jul 11, 2024 7:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Pretty cool finds
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1822
Re: Pretty cool finds
We Whigs seem to value independence and self reliance. Too many Tories now.
- Thu Jul 11, 2024 7:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Loading the Peacemaker, Colt’s Model P
- Replies: 30
- Views: 7062
Re: Loading the Peacemaker, Colt’s Model P
Keep the power within design limits, and lots of well designed mechanical items last a long time. The Colt Peacemaker was well designed.
- Thu Jul 11, 2024 7:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Where did all our petroleum come from…?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4877
Re: Where did all our petroleum come from…?
I missed 6 and 11.
- Thu Jul 11, 2024 7:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Where did all our petroleum come from…?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4877
Re: Where did all our petroleum come from…?
Carbon and Hydrogen are extremely abundent. Put them together under heat and pressure in an anOxic environment, and they combine to form methane, ethane, propane, butane, pentane, hexane, octane, nonane, decane, dodecane, and on dowh the list. Iso-enantiomers also. The amount of oil is more than the...
- Thu Jul 11, 2024 6:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Am I weird?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 10583
Re: Am I weird?
I sort of see both schools of thought as having merit. I have a .327 Mag, a Ruger.480, a 30-30, and a .45-70. I have some handguns, too.
- Thu Jun 20, 2024 9:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: You just can't fix stupid...
- Replies: 18
- Views: 6946
- Thu May 30, 2024 9:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fluorescents out but LED glare annoying…
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3942
Re: Fluorescents out but LED glare annoying…
LEDs can be found in soft white, daylight, and other wavelengths. I am careful because PillHer gets nauseated by the daylight ones.
- Thu May 30, 2024 8:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Mike Venturino
- Replies: 42
- Views: 18533
Re: Mike Venturino
Though I do not know him, he is certainly a member of the firearms community. Prayers up for his health.
- Thu May 23, 2024 7:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Browning Buck Mark FTF
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2959
Re: Browning Buck Mark FTF
That makes me hesitate to get a buckmark.
- Thu May 23, 2024 7:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Just in time!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1854
Re: Just in time!
To those who have died in service to our Country, SALUTE!
- Thu May 23, 2024 7:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How About 1 Caliber and Done?
- Replies: 69
- Views: 22578
Re: How About 1 Caliber and Done?
.38/.357 is hard to beat, so a .35 caliber range for me.
- Thu May 23, 2024 7:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: RIP: WWII Legend and Triple Ace "Bud" Anderson Passes Away
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3083
Re: RIP: WWII Legend and Triple Ace "Bud" Anderson Passes Away
He spent his time making the world a better place for others. Hope he rests in peace.
- Thu May 23, 2024 7:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: .38 Special and pressure
- Replies: 19
- Views: 6485
Re: .38 Special and pressure
Good information to keep in mind. I am sort of happy with my fingers. Blowing up a gun and losing a finger or two does not sound enjoyable.
- Thu May 23, 2024 7:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I Spent The Afternoon Visiting Paco Yesterday
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3309
Re: I Spent The Afternoon Visiting Paco Yesterday
Good to hear that he is still plugging along.