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- Fri Oct 19, 2018 3:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: External Hammer Shotguns: "CZ Hammer Classic" (AFTER added)
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4922
Re: External Hammer Shotguns: "CZ Hammer Classic"
That's a fine looking shotgun. Redoing the checkering and refinishing will push it over the top. Hoyt is currently relining a 12 ga. Belgan hammer double for me, $125 a tube, no choke. It's too thin to do as a 12 but he might be able to do a 16, won't know till he starts on it. If he can't it'll com...
- Fri Oct 12, 2018 10:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Song of the South, movie
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1774
Re: Song of the South, movie
I saw it at the Colonial Theater in Augusta, Maine in the very early 50s, possibly earlier, and can still remember scenes from it. I would love to see it again. Whenever a Disney flick would show at the theater the line would extend from the theater back to the intersection with Bridge street, aroun...
- Fri Oct 12, 2018 9:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Due to current economy, I won't be buying any guns soon...
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2533
Re: Due to current economy, I won't be buying any guns soon...
We bought a used Kubota BX24 last spring, bucket, backhoe, belly mower and bushhog. It's a little small but I have plenty of time and it replaces a pickaxe, shovel, wheelbarrow and rake. My wife is actually using it more than me, says it's fun.
- Fri Oct 12, 2018 9:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: "Train Your Wife in 5 Easy Lessons..."
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3494
Re: "Train Your Wife in 5 Easy Lessons..."
That's a 1950's television. You must be too young to remember Howdy Doody and the Lone Ranger. :D When I was a young kid, I used to catch some punishment when one of my parents caught me listening to radio shows after bedtime (with the volume on my bedside radio turned LOW). Gunsmoke, The Lone Rang...
- Tue Oct 09, 2018 2:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: "Train Your Wife in 5 Easy Lessons..."
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3494
Re: "Train Your Wife in 5 Easy Lessons..."
That's a 1950's television. You must be too young to remember Howdy Doody and the Lone Ranger.
- Wed Oct 03, 2018 9:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Waxing Guns
- Replies: 23
- Views: 4173
Re: Waxing Guns
My wife and I shoot armory bright Springfields (61 & 63) in N-SSA events and I often use wax on the metal as we sometimes shoot in the rain. Johnsons Paste Wax is my favorite but I've used inexpensive auto polish too. Both protect the finish though I would be reluctant to use auto polishes on a ...
- Wed Oct 03, 2018 9:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Presidential Alert
- Replies: 36
- Views: 3662
Re: Presidential Alert
My wife got the alert and I didn't. Same phones, both with Sprint, same account.
- Fri Sep 21, 2018 9:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Thinning Lee Liquid Alox?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1862
Re: Thinning Lee Liquid Alox?
Ok Bill lubing airgun pellets slunds like something I should try but why thin the Lee lube as opposed to just using it straight? Would it leave a coating that's too thick if it wasn't thined?
- Sat Sep 08, 2018 8:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Leatherstocking Tales # 1
- Replies: 2
- Views: 432
Re: Leatherstocking Tales # 1
Published in 1913. While it makes a great tale if you spend a few minutes researching Daniel Morgan's life specially at the time of the F&I War you'll find there isn't a breath of truth in the narrative. Indeed if you read his life story you'll find it far more interesting than any fictional acc...
- Fri Sep 07, 2018 11:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What if...the US Army adopted Lever Guns in the 1870s?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2177
Re: What if...the US Army adopted Lever Guns in the 1870s?
"What if...the US Army adopted Lever Guns in the 1870s?"
They hadn't? Every movie I ever saw growing up showed them with Winchester '92s & Colt '73s from 1865 on and some elite CW units even had them.
They hadn't? Every movie I ever saw growing up showed them with Winchester '92s & Colt '73s from 1865 on and some elite CW units even had them.
- Mon Sep 03, 2018 10:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Taylor Throating: for an old 58 Rem. replica
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2325
Re: Taylor Throating: for an old 58 Rem. replica
You are talking about a forcing cone modification that any gunsmith can do and for far less than the cost of a reamer. I have the kit from Brownells to do .36, .38/.357, 9mm, .44 & .45 but it is expensive and you can't justify it for just a handful of revolvers. Taylors & Co. ( https://www.t...
- Thu Aug 30, 2018 9:26 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 76 hammer wear.
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1924
Re: 76 hammer wear.
Chiappa has been gone for several years now but it's my understanding their parts would interchange with originals. I would probably shoot it till it becomes a problem then weld it up. Kasenit was removed from the market quite a while back. Brownells carries a hardening compound and a brand called C...
- Sat Aug 25, 2018 10:53 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ammo On International Flights
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1342
Ammo On International Flights
I'll be going to Poland late next month and want to carry 2 or 3 boxes of factory .25 ACP to give to a friend over there as a repayment. We had shot his FN Browning and he allowed me to fire one of his French 16 gauge pinfires. Would there be any issues in putting it in my checked luggage? Dulles to...
- Sat Aug 25, 2018 10:03 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Done
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1977
Re: Darned Smoke From California!!
Contact the California Air Resources Board, I'm sure they will sue someone and require catalytic converters on all future wildfires.
- Fri Aug 17, 2018 11:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 12 Pounder Whitworth Rifle
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1902
Re: 12 Pounder Whitworth Rifle
They are shot at 200 yards for North-South Skirmish Association rifled gun competition hence the small powder charge. The gun is capable of duplicating the performance of the original with a maximum range of 5.7 miles using 1.75 pounds of powder but that's hard on the carriage which in itself is inc...
- Fri Aug 17, 2018 11:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 12 Pounder Whitworth Rifle
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1902
Re: 12 Pounder Whitworth Rifle
I didn't take any and they are or were all buried in the backstop. They can be reused if you can find them. Here is a photo of an original, the aluminum ones are identical.
- Fri Aug 17, 2018 11:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 12 Pounder Whitworth Rifle
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1902
12 Pounder Whitworth Rifle
I had an enjoyable day serving on the gun crew for a Whitworth 12 pounder rifle. The gun is a full scale replica scratch built by its owner and is the only firing Whitworth 12 pounder in the world. The projectile is a 5 pound machined aluminum bolt which cost $50 each and are identical in size and c...
- Fri Aug 17, 2018 9:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How about a dog post?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 5995
Re: How about a dog post?
Yes, he is named after John Singleton Mosby hence the two Confederate revolvers in the photo. I had posted nearly 4 years back when we got him asking for suggestions for a name. Parker was one suggestion which received quite a bit of support on this forum and I have a couple of Parkers but it lost o...
- Thu Aug 16, 2018 2:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Well i got the wheel off anyway.
- Replies: 45
- Views: 5469
Re: Well i got the wheel off anyway.
I don't really trust those front wheel chocks and would ad some eyebolts and use a couple of ratchet straps before I even began to jack it up.
- Thu Aug 16, 2018 2:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How about a dog post?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 5995
Re: How about a dog post?
"incredibly smart dog" Mosby is our second field breed English Setter and they both have minds that worked like lightning and their bodies are just as fast both having been clocked at 35 mph. Fantastic problem solving abilities and they seem to posses an incredible amount of "street s...
- Wed Aug 15, 2018 8:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Well i got the wheel off anyway.
- Replies: 45
- Views: 5469
Re: Well i got the wheel off anyway.
Pitchy is that one of the HF lifts? If so how do you like it? I've been thinking about buying one someday.
- Sat Aug 11, 2018 9:13 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Wood bullets ?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2550
Re: Wood bullets ?
Possibly wooden bullets from a child's cowboy outfit. I remember having holster sets with them in the days before "caution choking hazard" warnings. Mothers just told kids not to run with things in their mouth.
- Tue Aug 07, 2018 9:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Making Black Powder
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2337
Re: Making Black Powder
I learned the contents of black powder from the "World Book Encyclopedia" when I was eight (bet it's not in there anymore) though it was another two years before I was able to make any. we ended up with a mixture that burned slowly and fitfully and left a very large clump of hard fouling i...
- Tue Aug 07, 2018 8:50 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Happy B/D Dixiejack,wcandres,oldgerboy & Pitchy.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1988
Re: Happy B/D Dixiejack,wcandres,oldgerboy & Pitchy.
Happy Birthday to all.
- Tue Jul 31, 2018 9:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: John Browning Automatic Magazine Gun
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1197
Re: John Browning Automatic Magazine Gun
If the lever was intact I wouldn't want my hand anywhere near it when the gun went off. I have looked at that patent drawing before and always wondered how you stopped that gun set up as it is except to let it empty the magazine. To make the gun a semi auto the lever safety (trigger block) would hav...
- Tue Jul 31, 2018 5:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: John Browning Automatic Magazine Gun
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1197
Re: John Browning Automatic Magazine Gun
"I may have to look for a old 22 lever rifle and try and make one."
Don't even think about it Pitchy. That gun was full auto and you would be guilty of building a machine gun.
Don't even think about it Pitchy. That gun was full auto and you would be guilty of building a machine gun.
- Tue Jul 31, 2018 9:44 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A Maine Gun Shop With New Rossi M-92's Galore
- Replies: 5
- Views: 997
Re: A Maine Gun Shop With New Rossi M-92's Galore
Audette's Hardware www.acehardware.com 22 Peck Farm Rd, Winthrop, ME 04364 · ~10.3 mi (207) 377-2711 If you are going west on 202 turn right onto Maine Street, Winthrop and it's behind the Cumberland Farms store on the right. They have been in Winthrop since the 50's and were on Bowdoin St. almost a...
- Mon Jul 16, 2018 4:04 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: "Hostiles"
- Replies: 26
- Views: 6071
Re: "Hostiles"
The time frame for the movie was 1892, and many soldiers had purchased rifles of their own, so it is not so far fetched for them to have winchester 73's. I find it difficult to beleive a soldier would be allowed to carry anthing but his issue long arm. Tactics are built around the soldier's weapon ...
- Mon Jul 16, 2018 3:56 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: HAPPY BIRTHDAY Stan in SC & BlaineG.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2230
Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY Stan in SC & BlaineG.
Belated but Happy Birthday to both just the same
- Thu Jul 12, 2018 7:34 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hmm, Gunsmoke
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2379
Re: Hmm, Gunsmoke
My neighbor has a take down .250 99 threaded for a silencer.
- Tue Jul 10, 2018 3:25 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: "Mohawk" - don't bother
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1142
Re: "Mohawk" - don't bother
"After one member of her tribe sets an American camp ablaze, a young Mohawk warrior finds herself pursued by a contingent of military renegades set on revenge. Fleeing deep into the woods they call home, Oak and Calvin, along with their British companion Joshua, must now fight back against the ...
- Sun Jul 08, 2018 10:57 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: old 94
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3153
Re: old 94
If that's an original 3 blade Winchester sight they are known for breaking. If you raise/lower blades make sure they move free and keep the pivot lubed. Don't use a screwdriver to pry them up. Don't do anything to the finish except to take care that it doesn't get worse. What you have is honest wear...
- Wed Jun 27, 2018 10:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT lets see you Black Powder burners
- Replies: 93
- Views: 15714
Re: OT lets see you Black Powder burners
So what photo hosting service shows a picture of a kitten with the message "Photo Not Found" "Click for Photos"? 39 instances of it in this thread do far. Village photos doesn't work either.
- Fri Jun 15, 2018 9:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Firearm as emergency signal device???
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4394
Re: Firearm as emergency signal device???
"I read once about a last ditch, life or death thing. Shoot the insulator off a power pole. Someone will be by shortly."
Not with the phone company or the power company we have.
How about just following the power lines (if you can walk)
Not with the phone company or the power company we have.
How about just following the power lines (if you can walk)
- Fri Jun 15, 2018 3:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Magic Lantern
- Replies: 44
- Views: 6696
Re: The Magic Lantern
Pitchy, so when does a Magic Lantern become a movie projector?
- Fri Jun 15, 2018 3:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Firearm as emergency signal device???
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4394
Re: Firearm as emergency signal device???
That's what I learned when I was in grade school in the 50's. Today the most likely response to 3 shots would be for everyone to hide in a dark corner and wet themselves.
- Sun Jun 10, 2018 12:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another reason I like Dillon Reloading stuff....
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2075
Re: Another reason I like Dillon Reloading stuff....
I remember then well and I believe there is a pun to be made here too.
- Mon Jun 04, 2018 11:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Way OT - automobile question
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2335
Re: Way OT - automobile question
If that much lubricant came from your car in that short of a time you would be well aware of what the problem was before you got home.
- Mon Jun 04, 2018 8:02 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: lee handpress for pistol calibres?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2836
- Mon Apr 30, 2018 3:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AW CARP!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 781
Re: AW CARP!
Dogs are incredibly tough and resilient animals. Part of the problem is that their pain threshold is so high you may overlook something not realizing how bad the dog is hurt. Two days ago my Setter was limping all morning and after noon he was flying through the woods and hopping like a gazelle roun...
- Sat Apr 28, 2018 10:02 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Rough year for chronographs
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1502
Re: Rough year for chronographs
My first shot with my brand new Chrony many years back was dead center on the screen. I was fortunate in two things; I had the optional protective covers on the unit and I was shooting a Daisy BB bun (325 fps, extremely consistent). A very short learning curve and I won't let it happen again.
- Fri Apr 06, 2018 12:22 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: DISNEYLAND HARRASSMENT
- Replies: 37
- Views: 6249
Re: DISNEYLAND HARRASSMENT
Sixgun, there are two shorter and quicker ways to take when I go back home but both involve New Jersey so I go by the same old route I've been taking for 44 years.
- Wed Apr 04, 2018 9:24 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: HPRR Rendezvous
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1605
Re: HPRR Rendezvous
Time ceases to exist at these events, you leave your watch behind. I haven't worn a wrist watch in 40 years because the white band round my wrist just didn't look right at these events. Most of the folks I knew that needed glasses moved to a pair of period specs when they could.
- Mon Mar 26, 2018 1:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 41 Mag
- Replies: 25
- Views: 5446
Re: 41 Mag
"Berry copper plated bullet"
I'm not very (not at all ) knowledgeable about plated bullets but the answer may lay in the difference between them and a copper jacketed bullet. Perhaps someone here can enlighten me.
I'm not very (not at all ) knowledgeable about plated bullets but the answer may lay in the difference between them and a copper jacketed bullet. Perhaps someone here can enlighten me.
- Mon Mar 26, 2018 9:03 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 41 Mag
- Replies: 25
- Views: 5446
Re: 41 Mag
"When I called Berry about load data, they said do not load with 2400." Why not? Back in the 60's & early 70's I shot a lot of 2400 in my Smith. 20 grains of 2400. CCI primer, Remington brass, 210 grain Hornady (Speer?) JHP, sledge hammer load. I realize current 2400 is a little differ...
- Sat Mar 24, 2018 9:37 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Happy Birthday Bill in Oregon & Hobie.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4435
Re: Happy Birthday Bill in Oregon & Hobie.
Happy Birthday guys.
- Sat Mar 24, 2018 1:14 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Happy Birthday Hawkeye2
- Replies: 7
- Views: 934
Re: Happy Birthday Hawkeye2
Thanks to all. It looks like I beat the odds again.
- Thu Mar 08, 2018 12:11 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Looking for parts for Old style Uberti 1866 UPDATED
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2731
Re: Looking for parts for Old style Uberti 1866
Uberti made some major changes in their 1866 many many years ago and to the best of my knowledge there are no parts available for the early ones.
- Mon Mar 05, 2018 2:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Still good penetration at 3500 yards....!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1348
Re: Still good penetration at 3500 yards....!
Having some experience firing solid shot and grape from real cannons i found the entire video somewhat unnerving.
Bubba, I'm fixin' to light this here fuse, crack us a couple more cold ones. No sweat, the ole lady ain't gonna need this here ball till Thursday evening.
Bubba, I'm fixin' to light this here fuse, crack us a couple more cold ones. No sweat, the ole lady ain't gonna need this here ball till Thursday evening.
- Thu Mar 01, 2018 1:02 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ebay question
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1128
Re: Ebay question
If I understand your transaction you paid for the items and then received a refund from the seller. Your records and Paypal show that you paid and also that you received a refund correct? The refund is now back in your bank account, correct? eBay resolution center can be awfully slow in updating wha...