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- Sat Jan 25, 2014 11:07 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Need advice please
- Replies: 51
- Views: 18684
Re: Need advice please
I guess what throws/confuses my buddy & I is the fact that most of you gentlemen will not hesitate to sing the praises of Rossi or Taurus Braztech lever guns but seem to think that neither of those manufactures can produce a reliable revolver...I have only owned S&W and Colt revolvers hence...
- Wed Jan 22, 2014 12:28 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Need advice please
- Replies: 51
- Views: 18684
Re: Need advice please
I was looking at j-frame S&Ws, along with the off-brands, a few weeks ago. I remarked to the salesman that I didn't see how he ever sold one of the off-brands while S&Ws were only $40-$50 more. He said they were a tough sale with that small a difference. I would never send my daughter or wif...
- Tue Jan 21, 2014 9:08 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My wife says:
- Replies: 5
- Views: 700
Re: My wife says:
Bet it was a glop.
- Fri Oct 18, 2013 12:46 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: An old friend resurrected
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1277
Re: An old friend resurrected
Interesting story. I had the same issue with a Uberti Cattleman revolver in .45 Colt. About the third session of shooting, I noticed the sights didn't look right. Like your experience, I found that I could screw it out of the frame with my fingers. There was also something wrong with the trigger. It...
- Sun Oct 06, 2013 9:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: credit card secure sleeves
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2064
Re: credit card secure sleeves
I just keep my cards tucked into the built-in inside compartment of my tin-foil (actually aluminum foil) hat.
- Tue Aug 06, 2013 8:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: South Georgia Baptism
- Replies: 5
- Views: 650
South Georgia Baptism
In a cold water creek. Our little Church on the banks of Whitewater Creek about 100 miles South of Atlanta has been Baptizing new believers in the creek for 110 years now. Our current pastor has been here for 32 years. He and I shoot together. We are both believers in the Gospel and in .45ACP 1911 p...
- Wed Jul 31, 2013 9:25 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ammo coming back..
- Replies: 36
- Views: 3828
Re: Ammo coming back..
Is $35 to $40 per 1000 the new normal price for "name brand" primers?
That is what I've been able to find at a couple of places I normally buy components.
I have had better luck finding large pistol primers than I have small pistol.
That is what I've been able to find at a couple of places I normally buy components.
I have had better luck finding large pistol primers than I have small pistol.
- Sat Jul 27, 2013 10:30 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bob on a Fence Post
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2333
Re: Bob on a Fence Post
Very thin population here in NE OK. Lots of reasons but I have watched as a cattle egret at every chick in a hatch. Not much we can do about that 'cause they're "protected". Brush hogs may be their greatest enemy as the fence rows were their best cover. Now I see some local ranchers havin...
- Fri Jul 26, 2013 1:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bob on a Fence Post
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2333
Bob on a Fence Post
Mr. Robert White surveying his domain. I was riding a fence line on the golf cart when Bob fluttered up and "lit" on the fence. The hen and her brood could be heard dispersing through the grass. These are some of God's most wonderful little birds. The male helps raise the brood, and will e...
- Wed Jul 24, 2013 12:17 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What Has Or Is Your Dream Hunting Vehicle?
- Replies: 73
- Views: 8763
Re: What Has Or Is Your Dream Hunting Vehicle?
My favorite ever, and I can't find a picture right now, was a 1968 Toyota Land Crusher with a 327 Chevrolet engine. I had an old tractor seat mounted on the hood for quail hunting with dogs. As one fellow said, "If I had enough chain, I could pull up Hell." Got in a tight for money and sol...
- Tue Jul 23, 2013 12:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Restored Old Barn
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1887
Re: Restored Old Barn
It looks really nice, but in S. Ga that flag might be a little out of place. :shock: Might be some kin folk turning in their graves. :P Well Suh, we still respect the Stars and Stripes in Middle/South Georgia, but we also display the Stars and Bars. http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p208/redlevel4...
- Tue Jul 23, 2013 10:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Restored Old Barn
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1887
- Tue Jul 23, 2013 9:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Restored Old Barn
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1887
Restored Old Barn
Restored barn/shack/dwelling/cotton house, now reloading room. Located on my wife's homeplace. I guess the building pre-dates the War of 1861-65. It was originally put together with post and tenon construction, held together by wooden pegs. It was in poor repair, and needed to either come down or be...
- Wed Jun 19, 2013 6:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Which movie cowboy dropped gun belt?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2080
Re: Which movie cowboy dropped gun belt?
"...That seemed to work for him; but while facing the true enemy, it seems more sensible to me to put on the Armor of God....." It is one of my favorite passages. I wrote my Masters Thesis about my GrGrGrandfather and other Confederate Veterans who came back to Georgia and were instrument...
- Tue Jun 11, 2013 10:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Handiest Thing Going?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1238
- Tue Jun 11, 2013 10:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Handiest Thing Going?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1238
Handiest Thing Going?
Is there a firearm as handy as a "Trapper" length levergun? If there is, I don't know about it. My latest two Trappers are Rossis. I bought the .357 used and the SS .45 Colt new. I have been shooting the .45 lately, and it is just about the handiest thing I have ever seen. Packs a punch wi...
- Sun Jun 02, 2013 11:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Off Topic. Single Shot Shotgun Project.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1980
Re: Off Topic. Single Shot Shotgun Project.
I cut an H&R down to 20 inches. It rides behind my pickup seat with a box of 50 #8 birdshot and a 15-pack of 00 Buckshot. It is the ultimate always there firearm. Deadly on everything from snakes to armadillers to escaped felons. I take it out and clean it a couple of times every year. In this h...
- Sun Jun 02, 2013 5:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I take bad pictures, but it was a good find
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1664
Re: I take bad pictures, but it was a good find
Nothing wrong with those pictures. Nothing wrong with the rifle, either.
It looks like a good example of the finest field grade .22 ever made.
Congrats on your acquisition. My two are from the early 60s.
It looks like a good example of the finest field grade .22 ever made.
Congrats on your acquisition. My two are from the early 60s.
- Tue May 28, 2013 8:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A good find!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1462
- Mon May 27, 2013 7:08 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A good find!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1462
Re: A good find!
Since The Great .22 Long Rifle Ammo Shortage of 2013 has been raging, I decided to gather together all the loose ammo, partially filled boxes, and hidden away in glove boxes, ditty bags, and range bag .22 ammo I knew was "around here somewhere." So far, I have come up with over 1000 rounds...
- Sun May 26, 2013 6:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Recent powder supply purchase.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 492
Re: Recent powder supply purchase.
Last LP primers I bought cost me $39 plus tax, which comes to roughly $41.50. Too much, I know, but now I got them, so it doesn't matter what i paid. :wink: I like to keep 15K of each (LP and SP) ahead. That brought me back up to snuff. I fear that in five years we might look back fondly at the days...
- Sun May 26, 2013 3:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Oklahoma Tornado Relief Donation:Salvation Army vs Red Cross
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2398
Re: Oklahoma Tornado Relief Donation:Salvation Army vs Red C
Red Cross will often publish a report that they distributed X number of meals during a disaster. They do distribute the meals in many cases, but the entities that prepare and pay for the meals are the Salvation Army and The Southern Baptist Disaster Relief program. I saw one source that said that 95...
- Thu May 16, 2013 1:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Someone's betting ammo demand won't crater anytime soon...
- Replies: 39
- Views: 3040
Re: Someone's betting ammo demand won't crater anytime soon.
No telling how many rounds of Golden Bullets I have shot in my various Marlin 39s, S&W K-22s, Kit Guns, and Ruger Single Sixes. I believe the Golden Bullets came out in 59 or 60, didn't they? I got my first Model 39A in 61. Still have it. Still shoot a lot of Golden Bullets, and a lot of other b...
- Tue Mar 05, 2013 9:32 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: old stuff
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1144
Re: old stuff
I still have part of a brick of Winchester Wildcats that were 8 something for the brick....I actually remember when shorts were half the price of Long Rifles :lol: I still have a few bricks of $8.99 Thunderbolts (or are they Cyclones? I'll have to check.) And at least one brick of 1000 lp primers m...
- Sat Feb 09, 2013 11:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Lost my Grandfather this morning
- Replies: 40
- Views: 2254
Re: Lost my Grandfather this morning
Cherish the memories, cherish those guns.
Sorry for your loss, but you know he is all better now.
Sorry for your loss, but you know he is all better now.
- Wed Jun 13, 2012 9:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Shooting day -- 250 Savage (kinda' pic heavy)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 939
Re: Shooting day -- 250 Savage (kinda' pic heavy)
earl, you're giving me a bad case of seller's remorse here. :( Actually, I'm glad to see the Savage in the hands of someone who will use it and appreciate it. I don't guess I ever "shot groups" with it. It was strictly a hunting rifle. I never loaded for rifles, only for .38/.357 and .45 C...
- Thu Jun 07, 2012 9:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New D-Day monument
- Replies: 7
- Views: 762
Re: New D-Day monument
Barry O couldn't find time in his busy schedule to commemorate one of the greatest and most profound events in World History.
Pretty sad.
Mark
Pretty sad.
Mark
- Thu Jun 07, 2012 8:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: a levergun ad from years ago ....
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2102
Re: a levergun ad from years ago ....
The thing is, I can easier afford a $500 rifle now than I could a $124 rifle back then.Larkbill wrote:It's a wonder they ever sold any of those .444 rifles with a crazy price like $124.
Do you have a number where I could order one of those if I can save that much up?
- Tue Jun 05, 2012 10:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Whirligigs and more
- Replies: 68
- Views: 5319
Re: Speaking of airplanes (sort of )
Nice!! Stick a prop on the nose of the first one and it would resemble a Ford Tri-Motor.
- Sat Jun 02, 2012 7:23 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Coolest Airplane you ever flew or flew in
- Replies: 70
- Views: 8310
Re: Coolest Airplane you ever flew or flew in
I rode in a Piper PA-17 Vagabond and a Cessna 170-B back in the late 60s. Took instruction in a J-3 Cub. Owned an Aeronca Chief and a Piper Super Cub Trainer in the early 70s. The SC Trainer had a 100 hp engine and no wing flaps. It was designated a PA-18, though, like the 150hp models. I got rides ...
- Sun May 27, 2012 1:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Pair of Central/South GA LEO Guns from the 70s
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1939
Re: Pair of Central/South GA LEO Guns from the 70s
Larkbill, did you ever make it up to Butler? About 75 miles north of Albany on US 19. That is my home town and the location of probably the biggest gun store in Georgia. I buy all my new guns and a lot of my used guns there. I got the two guns in the OP there. Barrow Automotive is a NAPA auto parts ...
- Sat May 26, 2012 11:56 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Pair of Central/South GA LEO Guns from the 70s
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1939
Pair of Central/South GA LEO Guns from the 70s
The Model 19-3 (P&R) .357 was carried by a civilian guard at Warner Robins Air Force Base in the early/mid 70s, and on some other jobs the officer worked on. He died a few years back and his worthless crack-head son brought the gun in to my local shop a couple of years back. The stocks literally...
- Mon May 21, 2012 10:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: S&W questions?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3099
Re: OT: S&W questions?
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Yassuh. Dat be it, fo' a fack.
I think this is the tool. http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=774/ ... PRING-TOOL[/quote]
Yassuh. Dat be it, fo' a fack.
- Mon May 21, 2012 10:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: S&W questions?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3099
Re: OT: S&W questions?
chadbr, several things . . . . 1. I hope you have a good set of screwdrivers. You can make a mess with improper ones. I'm sure you know that, though. 2. Go ahead and sign up on the S&W forum if you haven't. There is a wealth of knowledge there. 3. If you are going to fool with S&Ws, you need...
- Sun May 20, 2012 11:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: my Jeep went bonkers...
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3342
Re: my Jeep went bonkers...
Call an Exorcist.
- Fri May 18, 2012 7:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Informal Black Rifle Poll
- Replies: 45
- Views: 5582
Re: Informal Black Rifle Poll
I owned one for about four days a few months back. They have never appealed to me, but I had a S&W Model 28 up for trade and a guy offered me a DPMS and a bunch of accessories (magazines, etc.) even up. A young friend said it was a screaming good deal, so I traded for it. I was going to keep it....
- Fri May 18, 2012 6:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 45 Colt or 44 Mag in modern Winchester Trapper?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3116
Re: 45 Colt or 44 Mag in modern Winchester Trapper?
A 9 grain Unique/250 grain SWC .45 Colt load is pleasant to shoot from a Ruger single action or a Winchester Trapper, and will hole a 160 lb GA whitetail through and through from either gun. Pretty good on coyotes, too. I just never fell in love with the .44 mag. I have been shooting the .45 Colt si...
- Sun Oct 23, 2011 10:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Images of women with guns
- Replies: 37
- Views: 5738
Re: Images of women with guns
G.R.I.T.S.-----that's Girls Raised In The South------these are at my backyard shooting range getting in a little practice. These ladies are my daughter, niece, and nephew's wife. They are all teachers, and they all have Georgia Weapons License and practice regularly. http://i129.photobucket.com/albu...
- Tue Sep 13, 2011 12:04 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: ot- Ok, so I've got this Colt Python but.(pics added)
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4819
Re: ot- Ok, so I've got this Colt Python but....
Put an S&W barrel on it and call it a Smython?
- Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: No more bruised knuckles
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3157
Re: No more bruised knuckles
I love the stock too, but how about a link to the feller selling them wraps.
- Sat Sep 10, 2011 8:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hunting from a junk car
- Replies: 123
- Views: 16169
Re: Hunting from a junk car
He said a day-and-a-half ago.madman4570 wrote:
Enough on this topic-----------------I am done/wasting my time! If someone can't understand that------------Tough!
- Fri Sep 09, 2011 11:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: .22 revolver, a good sidearm?
- Replies: 66
- Views: 11932
Re: .22 revolver, a good sidearm?
It jes' don't get no better'n a S&W .22 revolver . . . . I picked up this nice little 34-1 on a local GA S&S earlier this summer . . . http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p208/redlevel42/SW%20Handguns/DSC03072.jpg I also have a four-inch Model 63 (no dash) and a pre-Model 17 with a four digit...
- Fri Sep 09, 2011 8:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hunting from a junk car
- Replies: 123
- Views: 16169
Re: Hunting from a junk car
You mean the insurance companies actually like it that PA leads the nation in deer/car collisions?Sixgun wrote: it sure looks like the car insurance companies rule the roost here in Pa.
- Fri Sep 09, 2011 4:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A Man's breakfast
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1316
Re: A Man's breakfast
That's a fine breakfast.
Deer steak and gravy ain't half bad for supper, either.
Deer steak and gravy ain't half bad for supper, either.
- Fri Sep 09, 2011 9:26 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hunting from a junk car
- Replies: 123
- Views: 16169
Re: Hunting from a junk car
Mostly,yes I use a pump (shotgun)hunting deer.(loaded with $3 a box Winchester Super X Slugs) (course sometimes a rifle) You're cheating!! :o :o You reckon that shotgun (sometimes a rifle) gives you an unfair advantage over the deer? I guess its OK to cheat just a little. :lol: Typical. "My wa...
- Thu Sep 08, 2011 11:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hunting from a junk car
- Replies: 123
- Views: 16169
Re: Hunting from a junk car
Would some of y'all like to come down to Georgia with us dumb hicks and help us shoot deer at night legally on crop depredation permits? I have my farm leased to a large peach grower. He figures he loses $20,000 a year in destroyed new plantings. Soybean and peanut farmers consider deer to be vermin...
- Thu Sep 08, 2011 11:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hunting from a junk car
- Replies: 123
- Views: 16169
Re: Hunting from a junk car
It's still in the book I have of a fair/true hunting sportsmen------ (your CHEATING) :oops: :shock: If you are wearing a breechcloth, mocassins, and hunting with an atlatl, spear, or a longbow with a sinew string, I bow to you. If you are using a firearm of any sort, and preaching about "no un...
- Mon Aug 29, 2011 11:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Questions about Navy Arms 1866 .45 Colt
- Replies: 5
- Views: 905
Questions about Navy Arms 1866 .45 Colt
My local emporium has a used one. Quick glance looks like 90% or better. Carbine length. Priced at $499. Probably room to move $25-$50 off that. Will it handle my 9.5 grain Unique 255swc loads OK? That's what I shoot in my Win 94AE and my old Vaqueros and 3 screw Rugers. I am totally ignorant about ...
- Fri Aug 26, 2011 8:44 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: humor...groups of animals
- Replies: 6
- Views: 995
Re: humor...groups of animals
A Plague of house cats.
- Mon Aug 22, 2011 11:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I Don't Know What To Think - Except That I Need Maalox
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4323
Re: I Don't Know What To Think - Except That I Need Maalox
That's near about as ugly as a glop.