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AJMD429 wrote: ↑Fri Jun 13, 2025 7:04 pm Re: When do you need to add trailer brakes..?

Ideally, BEFORE you need to be able to stop it reliably.

Sorry, no help -- but it is technically correct...

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Thanks all -- hope piller had a good one too!

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Well Jay, one can only hope that Connie has many more bridal showers to attend in coming years!

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Gee -- no issues here for the last several years!

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Hey there Jay:

Maybe that's German and was made for an early 3-barreled Drilling, or perhaps a 2-barreled Cape Gun. Sehr gut!

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If you need to use it to lessen the recoil, fine -- but be careful... I've seen 2 gunstocks cracked by the shooter loading SO much weight on the sled, that the stock cracked. "$#&%, well that didn't work like I wanted it to..." he said. We had tried to tell him before, but... Old No7

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...don't laugh, squirrels committing a felony! Three amigos were stealing barley and one charged me. Ha! LOL :) Glad you got the shot off Nath! 40 years ago I was hunting pheasant with my best friend (ironically, now my daughter's FIL) and from the other side of the field we were pushing, I heard o...

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Happy Birthday Y2K!!

Ysabel Kid wrote: ↑Sun May 04, 2025 8:33 pm If I am in town (versus business travel), we try to head to his gun club once a week or so.

Further proof that you guys raised him right!!!

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marlinman93 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 25, 2025 10:31 am ...I'd love to see this shop if I ever get to Florida!

I need to find out where "Tavares FL" is and change that sentence to say when... Wow ! ! !

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...I noticed the forend was loose after the 1st shot, looked down and noticed the screw that passes through the barrel band (threaded pin is more appropriate) had sheared. This was an issue I had when I had first purchased the rifle last year, it has gone back twice... Ugh, is right! Hope you get i...

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High Desert Hunter wrote: ↑Sat May 03, 2025 10:07 am Truly the greatest generation.

Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Sat May 03, 2025 7:24 am They didn't think they were heroes. I always will.

Yes, they were all heroes -- of the greatest generation.

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Well my friends, after 43 years of working in industry for 5 different companies... I am done -- TODAY in 1/2 an hour -- no way am I staying until 5 o'clock! My boss had me fly out to meet him, and the new guy and one other colleague, the other day so I could formally hand off all my accounts and fi...

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Here's an even better and much more challenging version of the "cold bore" challenge... * Show up the day before, wake up an hour before light * Be on "your stand" (or the firing line) by 1/2 hour before * Sit however you want on the ground -- while not moving at all * 2 hours la...

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Did anybody else east of the Mighty Mississippi wake up with a dirty vehicle on Sunday morning??? I washed my truck on Saturday afternoon and left it out of the garage that night -- and it looked almost this bad on Sunday morning... (see image) I just read that news article below, which said "...

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All of it -- all records, all ammo, all everything -- was lost in that unfortunate boating accident...

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Just killed a 3 foot copperhead... Just some fair warning... ...they're out and about. Be alert! My wife and I were down at Surfside Beach in SC last week, and one afternoon she wanted to visit the Brookgreen Gardens in Murrells Inlet to see the botanical gardens and statues. (I actually enjoyed it...

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Can't leave out his portrayal of Jim Morrison in the "Doors" movie -- and he sang all the vocals too! I actually thought the treatment of his character in "Top Gun - Maverick" was as much a tribute to IceMan the character -- as it was to Val Kilmer the actor. I heard a quote from...

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Interesting story Jim. I've had great results with the CCI version when hunting. My Dad had a similar experience as yours with a tool his father had invented to make locksmithing easier on a certain brand of key-in-knob sets. His father had initiated the idea and my Dad improved upon it -- and then ...

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Great story Ji! Thanks for sharing! As for the chimes -- most days, I swear I don't even hear them, and neither does the wife. But it's funny, I miss them when it's not chiming right... I say TURN ON THE CHIMES and after a few days -- she'll either get used to them, or kill you! :wink: "Ding di...

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Wow... 11 AM???

Most bucks show up on my game cameras at 11 PM...

To paraphrase the famous line from Jaws: "I need a bigger flashlight..."

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This story might mean a bit more to Gamekeeper or Nath, but it has special meaning to me since my late father served on an RAF air base north of London during WWII. The pilots and ground pounders of the famed Eagle Squadrons adopted the Brits customs and slang, and he always said "It was a nice...

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zoner wrote: ↑Sat Mar 15, 2025 2:22 pm Just got back from the local LGS......she's mine now!

They should have put you in jail -- you STOLE that one!!!

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When we graduated from UMass a long time ago, my late parents had gifted me (and each of my 3 brothers) a very nice West German-made brass Ship's Clock that tolls the classic "8 Bells" over a 4-hour "Dog Watch" routine. Mine has faithfully kept time for 43 years -- until this win...

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Ysabel Kid wrote: ↑Tue Mar 11, 2025 12:48 pm ...303 British ammo is not as cheap as it once was (nor is anything else). But I noticed when I go back that 50% of the cases had neck splits!

Shoulda shota Schofield!

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Dang... I was thinking this would be about "Double Set Triggers"!!!

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I saw this elsewhere today and thought it was pretty interesting, so I shamelessly copied snippets from the article to share with the gang here. My reference to Spencer Rifles (um, this is it!) that were used in the war thus make this a Leverguns post. Old No7 Civil War-era Phrases Still Used Today ...

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Very cool -- I'll be sharing that link for sure. Thanks for sharing that info.

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Just an FYI...

Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey is 8% rye, 12% barley and 80% corn -- so that make it a vegetable!!!

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Nath wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2025 2:19 pm ...and with paper still in left hand...

Way TOO much info there buddy!

Nath wrote: ↑Fri Feb 28, 2025 2:19 pm I shot it with my trousers around my ankles.....

And THAT'S why the Scots wear kilts!!

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Great to see you posting again Nath! Cheers to you! I just thought of this.... With the wide variety of game you have to harvest over there, I would think that either a Drilling (3 bores: 16 ga, .22 Magnum insert (an Einstecklauf) in one 16 bore, and an 8mm Mauser barrel below), or a Bockbuschflinte...

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I guess part of me can appreciate the utility of this, and hope maybe it introduces newer/younger shooters to the joys of a levergun -- but PLEASE, make mine out of blued steel and walnut. (First "levergun" posting in awhile for me -- I had to put something on here that has a lever...) Old...

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Well hey, at least it's to the right -- and not to the LEFT ! :wink: Old No7 ps: I have a Brownells' 11-degree forcing cone cutting tool you can borrow if needed; just PM me. Images below of the one I cleaned up in my Ruger Old Army. Before: ROA Forcing Cone 01 before.jpg After: ROA Forcing Cone 02 ...

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Well, I'll join you in that toast Jay -- to your Dad, to mine, and to all the others who have passed on before us but made us better men.

Cheers.

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Getting old hurts.

Rumor has it, it still beats the alternatives...

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Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Fri Jan 10, 2025 8:56 am I think it’s a good idea to have some coverage but I’m not sure who does this right.

Oh, I'd say...

Browning
Colt
FN
Glock
H&K
Kahr
Ruger
S&W
SIG
Springfield
Taurus

...and a few others!

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"Amen" to my prayers and the warm thoughts above.

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Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Mon Jan 06, 2025 8:40 pm Darryl, how many grandkids does it hold?

Hey Bill! One, so far -- that's all I got...........

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If/when they get naughty -- just push down on the yellow handle...

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Nice! They do come in handy, and good idea about padding the bottom.

But if your bride is like mine, she'll get tired of lifting it -- so instead, we got a Gorilla Cart. It rolls, dumps, pulls easily and is very stable. It's also made with a taller tub, if needed.

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That’s why I stopped using Hoppes, the wife couldn’t stand the smell. Aw man, I LUV the smell of the real older Hoppe's!! My late father's dog used to come running when he smelled it too. I'm about on my last ounce of a large quart bottle I was given 30 years ago of the old stuff -- as they changed...

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LeverGunner wrote: ↑Wed Jan 01, 2025 3:58 pm Don't forget about impact too. Even light impact...

Just WHACK it!!!

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Here's my advice: Buy good files. DO NOT buy the cheap Chinese effluent. They are worse than useless. Grobet is very good indeed, as is Nicholson. Buy USA made, Swiss made, German made, etc.. They are NOT cheap. Take some time and learn how to use files and take care of them. Your time doing this w...

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Hi Jay: You didn't mention whether the wrench/tool you're using is gripping them good enough or not, but maybe you could do all the above (the heat cycles & Kroil/penetrating oil) and then drill out the nipples enough to use an Easy-Out (reverse-threaded tool that you pound into the drill hole)....

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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...

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I appreciate the responses above. This is what I've checked out so far... * The gun has internal hammers with robust coil springs, just like you'd see on a Citori * Both firing pins have nice, rounded tips; with the shotgun pin 1.5X or more the size of the rifle's pin * There are no burrs on the fir...

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ollogger wrote: ↑Sun Dec 29, 2024 5:35 pm Must of been a grand collection of cool old stuff to fund that Hot Rod!! NICE!
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+1 and Amen to that! I'd need 5 safes of my stuff to fund that one...

Will you reload for it???

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Help needed from our most experienced reloaders! I'm looking for some feedback on the image (below) of the flattened primers fired in the new-to-me (was bought used) Zoli 12 gauge over .222 Rem combination gun. The receiver is nicely engraved and the gun is in excellent condition, and as it came wi...

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horsesoldier03 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 25, 2024 10:41 pm Very Nice, but I think you need the saber as well!

I agree -- it goes really well with the 1860!

Mine was made in Rhode Island in 1862 by Mansfield & Lamb.

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Walt wrote: ↑Tue Dec 24, 2024 12:43 pm Four frame sizes

Very nice!
Now you just need the last one -- the behemoth X frame!!!

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wvfarrier wrote: ↑Sat Dec 21, 2024 8:55 am The government could not effectively run an outhouse

Oh yes they could!!!

BUT it would be a 2-story outhouse -- and WE would be on the ground floor!!!

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The NRA's "American Rifleman" recently published a fun, low-power load for a .357 Rifle; not sure if it was subsonic or not, but the article mentioned that newer or younger shooters loved plinking with it. I'll see if I can find it...

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