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- Tue May 05, 2026 7:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Seen Elsewhere .....
- Replies: 5
- Views: 296
Re: Seen Elsewhere .....
...dismantle 'em and cleaned until they gleamed... EVERYONE told me that I personally ruined the taste of the coffee. Funny, as I ran a small coffee & donut shop in the School of Business at UMass Amherst back in the early 80's. Every time we "cleaned the pots" until they shined, the ...
- Wed Apr 29, 2026 7:18 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: A British Journalist 'gets it'....pretty amazing...!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 442
Re: A British Journalist 'gets it'....pretty amazing...!
She'll likely be arrested very soon -- if not already...
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- Wed Apr 29, 2026 7:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Starting from Scratch, First 5 guns!
- Replies: 43
- Views: 8730
Re: Starting from Scratch, First 5 guns!
"Starting from Scratch, First 5 guns!"
My first thought was... WHY???
Then I remembered that ill-fated canoe trip where I lost everything.... (But at least I didn't hear Banjos!
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My first thought was... WHY???
Then I remembered that ill-fated canoe trip where I lost everything.... (But at least I didn't hear Banjos!
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- Thu Apr 09, 2026 7:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sneaky Midway USA
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7116
Re: Sneaky Midway USA
Related to this... Several guns shops in this area told me they're now paying an extra +5% fee on top of quoted shipping charges for all inbound freight. Said one guy... "Funny how they told me their 'pricing had not changed' , but the amount I'm paying sure has... I guess they don't consider a...
- Mon Apr 06, 2026 1:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Music to ponder as Easter approaches
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1669
Re: Music to ponder as Easter approaches
Very nice.
Though it's 7 years old, this is one of my new favorites for those moments when I need a "pick-me-up from above"...
I love the lyrics, melody and message on this one -- it just works for me.
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"You Say" by Lauren Daigle
Though it's 7 years old, this is one of my new favorites for those moments when I need a "pick-me-up from above"...
I love the lyrics, melody and message on this one -- it just works for me.
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"You Say" by Lauren Daigle
- Mon Apr 06, 2026 1:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Music to ponder as Easter approaches
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1669
Re: Music to ponder as Easter approaches
Very nice.
Though it's 7 years old, this is one of my new favorites for those moments when I need a "pick-me-up from above"...
I love the lyrics, melody and message on this one -- it just works for me.
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"You Say" by Lauren Daigle
Though it's 7 years old, this is one of my new favorites for those moments when I need a "pick-me-up from above"...
I love the lyrics, melody and message on this one -- it just works for me.
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"You Say" by Lauren Daigle
- Sun Mar 29, 2026 8:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A very good day
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3050
Re: A very good day
Wow, well done Bill!
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- Mon Mar 16, 2026 6:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I have noticed something about Carry guns ...
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4076
Re: I have noticed something about Carry guns ...
...I figured out that I am most comfortable carrying whatever I feel familiar with. Whatever I shoot quite a bit. What I can make hits with. What I can use without thinking about how to use it. Caliber is way down toward the bottom of the list. Very wise words Jim -- carry what you know and shoot t...
- Sun Mar 15, 2026 8:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New/antique revolver speed loader.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2496
Re: New/antique revolver speed loader.
How about that?! It combines the benefits of a round HKS speed loader with those of a flat Bianchi Speed Strip -- and was invented decades before the others were ever introduced. Pretty cool!
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- Sun Mar 08, 2026 9:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Finally a use for split cases
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3431
Re: Finally a use for split cases
Whenever I split a case, it seems it's only good for the recycle bin: Wrong... I get from $160 to $220 per year for 2 to 3 80% full 5-gallon buckets of dirty range brass that others leave behind. I take it to a metal recycling shop in Portland and after they check it all with a magnet, I walk out w...
- Sat Mar 07, 2026 8:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: USPS follies, YET AGAIN!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6106
Re: USPS follies, YET AGAIN!
Yup, you GOTTA do that!!!Safestuffer wrote: ↑Fri Mar 06, 2026 3:20 pm A bit of insider info:
If you are going to recycle a box,
Make sure all the previous shipping labels are removed.
Ive seen packages floated back and forth for weeks, depending on which label was scanned at each stop.
No doubt that's a contributing factor.
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- Sat Feb 28, 2026 6:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Colt 1861 Navy -- At the right place, at the right time
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6707
Re: Colt 1861 Navy -- At the right place, at the right time
Probably way more information than anyone needs... :oops: I disagree; I'm familiar with it, but it's great info to share with others -- thanks! So far (knock on wood), I've not had to resort to adding a cap rake, but I do deburr the face of the hammer to help prevent it from grabbing any fired caps...
- Sun Feb 15, 2026 7:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Colt 1861 Navy -- At the right place, at the right time
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6707
Colt 1861 Navy -- At the right place, at the right time
Sometimes you get lucky and wind up in the right place at the right time... :wink: Today was one of those days... Walked into a gunshop in western NH and there on the counter -- up for consideration as a partial trade towards a plastic 9mm -- was a new in box, old stock, Uberti "Colt 1861 Navy...
- Tue Feb 03, 2026 6:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT, what's the old saying...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3523
Re: OT, what's the old saying...
Necessity is the mother of invention? Well got out of work a little early today and decided it was a good day to design and make the heater cup holder ting-a-ma-jig... ...It makes 4000 btu and I have a feeling I'll be plowing in a t-shirt! Great idea! Awesome ingenuity -- which I might have to copy...
- Wed Jan 21, 2026 8:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bucket List Items
- Replies: 18
- Views: 12838
Re: Bucket List Items
To paraphrase the famous line from Jaws: "We're gonna need a BIGGER bucket!"
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- Wed Jan 21, 2026 8:28 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bucket List Items
- Replies: 18
- Views: 12838
Re: Bucket List Items
To quote a line from Jerry Seinfeld...
"My bucket list was causing me too much stress.
So I just changed the first letter...
And now it's my F***it list"
If I get to an item -- great! If I do something else instead -- OK. And if I don't get to it -- oh well...
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"My bucket list was causing me too much stress.
So I just changed the first letter...
And now it's my F***it list"
If I get to an item -- great! If I do something else instead -- OK. And if I don't get to it -- oh well...
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- Sun Jan 18, 2026 8:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: In-the-shell peanuts revisited
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5614
Re: In-the-shell peanuts revisited
Wow, that's quite the review Bill!
What is it -- too cold to shoot?
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What is it -- too cold to shoot?
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- Mon Jan 12, 2026 7:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Choked up again ...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3237
Re: Choked up again ...
There was a movie, I think it was called Taking Chance , about a fallen hero being returned to his hometown. Man oh man talk about water works- that movie tore me up! Yes, yes, yes -- that is an awesome movie! It was really VERY WELL done -- I think it's a must-see for anyone who is a vet, knows ve...
- Mon Jan 12, 2026 10:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Respect for an Older Veteran
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4730
Re: Respect for an Older Veteran
No, he just has a strong core and wicked abs!!!!
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- Sun Jan 11, 2026 5:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Respect for an Older Veteran
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4730
Respect for an Older Veteran
Aw, this video short is awesome!
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- Wed Jan 07, 2026 8:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Darn drunk drivers
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5018
Re: Darn drunk drivers
Darn it, it was at 375,000 miles. It started perfectly. No, I was not injured. I wanted to hit 400,000 miles, and then see where it went. First of all -- glad you & yours were not hurt! My son ran my old 2009 Camry to 385,000 miles -- he said he "wanted a commercial by Toyota" -- and ...
- Wed Jan 07, 2026 8:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Good day at the gunshow
- Replies: 14
- Views: 6403
Re: Good day at the gunshow
...a Savage Model 19 NRA on his table, I have a fetish for these older .22 target rifles and so we came to an agreement . Was only in the show about 45 minutes and on my way home with my new treasure. This rifle , a 1934 issue, is at least 95% and likely better. Metal is unkissed, looks about like ...
- Thu Jan 01, 2026 7:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New Year’s Resolution
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5829
Re: New Year’s Resolution
Um, check the date Scott... It's January 1st -- not April 1st!!!Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Thu Jan 01, 2026 9:00 am I’m going to make a tough one this year.
No new guns. No used guns. No trading guns.
And you thought you'd fool us...
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- Wed Dec 31, 2025 2:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 104 year old veteran plays National Anthem
- Replies: 1
- Views: 577
Re: 104 year old veteran plays National Anthem
Awesome -- God Bless Him!!!
Great tone and intonation, and I like his #104 shirt too!
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Great tone and intonation, and I like his #104 shirt too!
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- Mon Dec 29, 2025 5:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Chancellorsville battlefield
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3399
Re: Chancellorsville battlefield
+1 to Jay for doing that!
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- Sun Dec 28, 2025 8:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Chancellorsville battlefield
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3399
Re: Chancellorsville battlefield
Nice images, thanks for sharing. Gee, I need to get visiting some sites down south, as the only Civil War battle site this Yankee * has ever been to was in... -- St. Albans, Vermont! (Check out my posting on this site about that: https://www.levergunscommunity.org/viewtopic.php?p=1018610 ) ( * At le...
- Mon Dec 22, 2025 4:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Our System of Government
- Replies: 1
- Views: 628
Our System of Government
Putting this HERE so more folks will see it -- before it likely gets moved over to the "P" section...
Sure is A LOT OF TRUTH in this!
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Sure is A LOT OF TRUTH in this!
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- Sat Dec 20, 2025 9:55 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Let's See Your "Best" 100-Yard Groups
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7077
Let's See Your "Best" 100-Yard Groups
OK, let's see your "best" 100-yard groups -- shot with any firearm. I'll start with a 40 gr VMax load shot over 10 years ago from my glass-bedded Rem 700 in Triple Deuce using Benchmark powder, with a Timney trigger set at 2.5 pounds. I've matched this several times, but still haven't sho...
- Fri Dec 19, 2025 8:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My Black & Blue "Hunting" TC Hawken
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1091
My Black & Blue "Hunting" TC Hawken
The image below will show you my version of a "Hunting" TC Hawken... It came to me for just $250 with a perfect bore -- hardly looked shot at all, and with no machining marks either -- but about 40% of the finish on the barrel and 60% on the lock had been scratched down to be silver/grey; ...
- Sun Dec 14, 2025 12:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: It feels like a Sunday
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3503
Re: It feels like a Sunday
Thank you Bill! Well done!
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- Sun Dec 14, 2025 12:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another health tidbit
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2998
Re: Another health tidbit
I tried fish oil capsules for a while. My wife gagged at the smell of my skin, breath, and sweat. She hates fish more than anyone I have ever known. I got off of it for the same reasons, and especially due to a few news reports possibly linking it to prostate cancer (never did check into that too d...
- Thu Dec 11, 2025 6:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: And all this time I thought you guys were all joking...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1757
Re: And all this time I thought you guys were all joking...
Huh, I was expecting to see an "April 1" date on that...............
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- Thu Dec 11, 2025 6:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another health tidbit
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2998
- Thu Dec 11, 2025 6:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Combination Guns
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2935
Re: Combination Guns
Very cool! I've had 2 or 3 "bockbuschflinte" combo guns in 12ga-over-222s over the years, but am without one now. On both my Valmet 412 and a Marochi (both had double triggers and were scoped 1-5X), I made several trips to shoot trap -- with the scope mounted on them! I did that to get pra...
- Tue Dec 09, 2025 1:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Free Speech in the UK . . . . .
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1952
Re: Free Speech in the UK . . . . .
And how will they get rid of it? (see image below...)gamekeeper wrote: ↑Tue Dec 09, 2025 4:38 am The working class in Britain have traditionally voted for socialism even though it has proven disastrous time and time again but at last they are waking up to reality.
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- Tue Dec 09, 2025 1:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Talk about little!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 7094
Re: Talk about little!
Praying she does well! I weighed in at even less than that as a premie twin -- that they didn't even know about -- and the Doc had left the hospital and they had to send a police car after him to bring him back. My twin, who came out first (that means I went in first, right?) weighed just a pound mo...
- Mon Dec 08, 2025 10:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Free Speech in the UK . . . . .
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1952
Free Speech in the UK . . . . .
This is for John (Gamekeeper), Nath and our other friends from across the pond...
Come on over here and shoot & hunt with us -- we'll just be careful not to post the pictures on social media.
Cheers!
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Come on over here and shoot & hunt with us -- we'll just be careful not to post the pictures on social media.
Cheers!
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- Sun Dec 07, 2025 10:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Oh fudge...
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4538
Re: Oh fudge...
Ouch... Gee Jay -- crack a smile, crack a joke, crack a beer even -- but cracking a stock?! Not good! That happened to my brother's old wall-hanger, and what he did was force the wood together tightly on the side that faced the room, which left a slight gap on the other side (there was no way he co...
- Tue Dec 02, 2025 3:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: .222 Remington/.223 Remington for deer
- Replies: 38
- Views: 17175
Re: .222 Remington/.223 Remington for deer
I have a superbly accurate Triple Deuce; if I'd ever used it for deer (hunting from my fixed stand) I'd probably try a Nosler Partition bullet. Haven't done it yet -- 'cause I like my leveraction! (Savage 99A in .250 Savage)
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- Tue Dec 02, 2025 11:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Please ease my mind on this (AI Robots)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3738
Re: Please ease my mind on this (AI Robots)
How about TURNED ON ? ? ?gamekeeper wrote: ↑Tue Dec 02, 2025 11:15 am The main benefit would be that they could be switched off.....![]()
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- Sat Nov 29, 2025 8:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Shooting spike bucks
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5815
Re: Shooting spike bucks
Fortunately they taste the same as any other deer. Quite true. I shot a small 3 pointer one year -- 1 small point on one side, 2 spikes on the other -- as he had walked right up on me... The guys in deer camp teased me that I'd "Shot the village idiot..." and they were glad that his genes...
- Mon Nov 24, 2025 9:36 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Andy what happened to Belt Mountain SS basepin
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2947
Re: Andy what happened to Belt Mountain SS basepin
Are the pins for the Old Army coming later, or maybe not at all? There's a small market for those due to bent pins. *ANDYLARSSON wrote: ↑Mon Nov 24, 2025 9:18 am We have 600 pins of everything except the Old Army coming through.
( * I haven't joined that club "yet"... )
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- Mon Nov 24, 2025 9:32 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Warming Up a COLD Rifle
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2824
Warming Up a COLD Rifle
Just saw this on a .22 website, and figured I'd share it here. Here's the poster's 1st post -- we do this at deer camp, where the rifles are outside in the cold, but safe from the elements or theft. And it works... "Another way was to just leave the rifle out in the cold. An unheated porch woul...
- Sun Nov 23, 2025 3:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hold/position sensitivity?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2859
Re: Hold/position sensitivity?
I find that some air rifles, particularly spring air rifles, are very sensitive as to how you hold them. If you are very consistent, your gun will shoot noticeably better. I’ve never thought about this with firearms but I’m wondering about it. I know that the more consistent you can be with a SAA t...
- Wed Nov 19, 2025 7:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Music to cry to. It's okay.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7674
Re: Music to cry to. It's okay.
I have always been touched by Jay Ungar's "Ashokan Farewell," a recent melody that made the 19th century and the soulful spirit of "The Civil War" of Ken Burns come alive. That was great -- thanks for sharing this Bill! This is most entertaining ! Sad & mournfull ? To be sur...
- Tue Nov 11, 2025 12:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 50 Years Later: "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3005
Re: 50 Years Later: "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
...it takes a certain temperament to ride out the weather on those boats. True that. A friend of mine did dozens of trips across the North & South Atlantic as an engineer on merchant vessels. He only did 2 or 3 trips on the Great Lakes -- as he said that's where he saw the wildest weather and w...
- Mon Nov 10, 2025 8:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 50 Years Later: "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3005
50 Years Later: "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
I just saw that the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald was 50 years ago today... November 10th. RIP to the captain & crew -- fair winds and following seas. I've always like the haunting song by Gordon Lightfoot (RIP), which is a fascinating and captivating piece of song/storytelling history. I've se...
- Mon Oct 27, 2025 7:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sometimes the Deer gets the Human...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4715
- Tue Oct 21, 2025 5:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: From none to four
- Replies: 24
- Views: 8976
Re: From none to four
Wow, really nice! But you know -- you can't shoot them all -- so you ought to loan them out to us here; we'll shoot them for you, get them on target, put them through their paces, etc. You'd eventually get them back there (right....) This is no time to be greedy... But lucky -- yes! I'd say you were...
- Mon Oct 20, 2025 8:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anybody Like/Have Spanish Doubles? (SxS)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1146
Anybody Like/Have Spanish Doubles? (SxS)
I'm curious if anyone here has experience with Spanish-made side-by-side doubles... :?: I looked at a few nice ones by Aya, Sarasqueta, and Uggy (Ugartechea) earlier today, but they were all out of my budget range as I'd also picked up a new Browning O/U (Cynergy CX, 20 gauge). So I picked up this K...