Yes, when I first saw "Bockscar" I had some sobering thoughts. My dad was in training for the invasion of Japan when Harry Truman made the decision to drop the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. There is a chance I would not be here today if that hadn't happened.

I bought my Cimarron/Uberti last June. It's a 28" barrel standard rifle. I wanted the .45-75 because it was the original chambering for the '76. It is a real .45-75WCF not the .45-75UCF (Uberti Center Fire). I made sure of that thanks to my friend Danny. Anyone thinking about one of these repro...

I was wondering (after my post on the .45-75 got so little response), how many here might now own (or had owned) a reproduction or original rifle chambered for the .50-95 Winchester Center Fire and do (did) any of you rely on factory/custom loaded ammunition? I know there were several who were talk...

Yeah, my Dad's planes flew out of Travis, AFB and ran up to Alaska. He still talks about keeping all those engines synched up. I guess there is one left at Pima, AZ , one in CA and one in OH, but none operable today.: http://www.air-and-space.com/b-36%20survivors.htm Another plane at the Pima Air M...

My Father got his start on the RB-36 with those 6 pushers and the 4 J-57's. I can only imagine what they sounded like at full power. Hope someday to hear one in action. I had a good friend who was a photo reconasance crewman on the B-36's at Minot,ND. He claimed the challange was for all 6 pushers ...

The EAA's B-17G "Aluminum Overcast" was at Jones Airport in Tulsa two weeks ago. The bomber was outstanding and the take offs and landings were a joy to experience. There were two local gentlemen there talking about flying bombing missions in these planes. Both in their mid 80's, one a bom...

If an animal is a pet it belongs on it's owner's property, not on my property, and not running or hunting game on public lands. Occassionally stray pets should be captured and turned over to their owner or animal control. Habitually stray or destructive pets and ferals should, in every case, be des...

I'm running an '01 Cummins/Dodge 3/4 ton 2X4 Quad cab with the HO engine, 6 speed manual transmission and 3.54 rear end. I ordered it new and it now has 147,000 miles on it. Every thing about it is box stock. No engine modifications. Oil changes every 100 hours of operation. Regular servicing of air...

rodeo kid wrote:Ok, I guess i'm dumb, so I'll bite. What's the real purpose of a cow magnet? God Bless and have a nice Thanksgiving.

To hold pictures your kids drew and your shopping list on your cow


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cow_magnet

We have a number of ethanol free stations around here. I am not a big fan of ethanol. It seems that all it is good for is making people think we are becoming energy independent. It really costs more because of the reduced fuel mileage that you get. In my Chevy using real gas I get 28+ mpg on the hig...

My nephew has a .50 BMG rifle and I have shot it some. Not as bad as I thought it would be. I think the fact that it weighs about 25 pounds and has the muzzle brake of a Sherman tank helps it a lot!

Buffboy knows of what he speaks! You don't say what you will be doing with this truck. Just a restoration for the truck shows or are you going to use it to haul with? I have an old 1923 MACK AB that I restored several years ago. It is strictly a show truck. It has mechanical brakes, meaning the only...

No need to apologize for your youth - that will pass. Welcome to our world, won't you come on in. Miracles I guess ..... It's good to know that 55 is considered a youngster among some groups :lol: Welcome from another 55 year old young'n. When you get the hang of how to post pictures please post so...

He was at the Tulsa Gun Show last weekend. I always enjoy visiting with him and looking at his work.

Yeah, dial up here too. For what high speed internet would cost here I could buy some very nice lever guns! My '23 MACK truck and all of my steel wheel tractors have spark advance. The technology still seems to work. Not so in the digital age when things are obsolete months after they are made. :)

I don't think I can add anything to Driftwood Johnson's post. He gives a lot of good advice. Speaking from the sawmillers point of view I have to add that if the tree was in someones yard there is a possability of "hardware" in it. By that I mean bits and pieces of steel. We have come acro...

Gunshows are pricing themselves out of business....$75 and up per table and $10.00 gate fees are rediculous. Rob I live about 45 minutes from the Tulsa Gun Show and this was the second time in the last 10 years that I went. We used to set up a table back in the mid '80's (when they were $20 as I re...

I will be remembering the service of my dad and uncles in WWII and my brother in Vietnam. This year however I will especially be thinking about a great uncle that I never met. My grandfathers brother served in the U.S. Army in WWI. A recent trip to the Liberty Memorial/National WWI Museum at Kansas ...

Congratulations, that's good shooting. I gotta say tang/peep sights are great! I found that out a few years ago when my eyes past their 50 year mark.

If you set the .22 aside, when I first started reloading I shot a lot of .38/.357 in both pistol and rifle. I had an old 3 screw Ruger Blackhawk and a Marlin lever gun. I wish I still had that Ruger. Later on I put a lot of rounds through my Colt Python. Hands down, probably the best revolver I ever...

I was at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum at 10:00 A.M. that day for the first day of issure ceremony of the Cowboys of the Silver Screen stamps issued by the Postal Service. There were alot of things going on at the museum that day. If you are ever in Oklahoma City the museum is de...

I think it's good enough. After all, boilers are pretty slow moving, albeit rather thick skinned.

I got to ride in a 300 SL about 40 years ago. Great car but there is a reason gull wing doors arn't on all cars today. I'll keep my used '02 Vette roadster, as if I could afford a gull wing MB.

For those that are interested, I was at the National World War I Museum at the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City about three weeks ago, and I highly recomend it to anyone interested in WWI. The Liberty Memorial has been there since 1926 but the museum was only completed and opened in 2006. They have a...

Somebody has to beat the Yankees!!!

I have a number of other hobbies/intrests. One of these is antique agricultural equipment. I own two steam traction engines (steam tractors to the uninitiated) several steel wheeled tractors from the 20's & 30's, wooden grain thresher, binder as well as a 1906 Reeves sawmill which we use on a re...

A set screw like that is probably ten cents at your local hardware store. That is if you have a local hardware store. In some places Home Depot and Lowes have pretty much shut the local hardware stores down. Not that Lowes or Home Depot don't have set screws. You just have to walk 5 miles to find on...

I didn't see "may cause death or other serious side effects".

I bought an H & R Officers Model about 30 or so years ago. It has been a very accurate rifle for me. I see them at the gun shows around here from time to time. Good luck what ever you decide.

Hey, it's great to hear your trigger pull problem is fixed. Look forward to another range report. I've got 80 rounds of .45-75 loaded up just waiting to get to the range to generate some data. I cast up some Lyman #457191 and they run 290g. I've also loaded the last of my 350g BACO bullets. I hope m...

I got one of those CDNN sale fliers back in April. When I called about an 1876 Chaparral they didn't have any in stock. I just figured it was another super low price scam to get you buy something else. Needless to say I had a new Cimarron in .45-75 WCF by June. No regrets here.

The first reloading press and accessories I ever purchased 31 years ago were Lyman. In the intervening years I have purchased a lot of RCBS products. I've contacted Lyman a couple of times in the last year and I have to say they have some of the rudest, arrogant people in their customer service that...