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Whoa, Darryl, how did my post end up on yours? Sorry bro! Total mystery. Gee, Bill, I have NO IDEA of what you touched -- just DON"T TOUCH IT AGAIN!!! Cheers! Old No7 And for those who missed seeing what I'd originally posted... PSA = A Public Service Announcement I'd mentioned recently that I...

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gamekeeper wrote: ↑Sun Sep 14, 2025 3:34 pm I too have unsuccessfully tried to contact Victor but he did post here on February 27 2025.

Oh, good to hear that John; I'd clicked on his name to find the last posting date, but it was blank when I looked...

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Darryl, I confess to fudging on a lot of my assigned PT over the years, but there has been so much of it with all the surgeries that it was like being assigned a 20-page paper with footnotes as a high school sophomore, i.e., torture. But I agree that the closer I came to doing the work, the faster I...

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Guys. I hope I am wrong, but I fear the worst for Victor... I'd reached out to him a year or so after he sent me -- for free! -- a full set of nautical charts for Maine, but I never heard back from him; either on PMs from this site, or by mail that I sent out. As I said, I do hope I am wrong... Old ...

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Was always tempted to mess with one of those. 8) We use them to kill the annoying/biting "August flies" that we get when we're chilling on the boat at the lake -- table salt kills 'em good, and it doesn't scratch the gel coat on the boat. I "pattern" mine on large leaves to asse...

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Good info Bill!

Summary =
"In the end the solution is simple. Keep the good fouling in the rifling, remove the bad fouling in the chamber."

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So, almost 40 years ago I bought a Taurus Model 94 stainless steel revolver. A none-shot .22 Long Rifle... But the darn thing is the most ammunition-sensitive gun I think I own... Well, that last comment explains the "none-shot" description... :? Look for a decent S&W 17 or 617 -- up ...

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He's trolling. Yes, WE see it that way... But all the "low information voters" -- who vote and breed -- don't, and it does cheaper and hurt his image. I honestly believe if he could ever had stopped that often irrational behavior many years ago, he could have won over more independents an...

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One word for them . . . . . .

F U G L Y

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(...you know what the "F" stands for...)

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I retired on May 1st, then took a really bad fall on July 1st and had rotator cuff surgery right after August 1st -- so I kinda "screwed the pooch" on the summer and first stages of our retirement......... But before that, and often at my own thinking or choosing -- I had noticed the "...

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Poor 'ol John or Nath would likely be JAILED just for publicly commenting on such an atrocity...

They are both welcome here anytime!!!!

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It was May 1st for me... CONGRATS!!

You'll no longer dread Sunday evenings -- and Monday mornings are "liberating" (my wife's word for it, as she retired the same day).

Cheers!!!

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This link to a BP website has some images of the damage...

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Click HERE for link to images

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I was specifically working on follow through yesterday... +1 to that!!! I modify the standard BRASS protocol to be "BRASS-F" -- Breathe… Relax… Aim… Stop… Squeeze… and include Follow-through. The addition of the F really helps, and I have to credit my twin who shoots a lot of flintlocks (...

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Although I just retired 3-months ago, I had figured I was at least 10 years away from needing to buy "old man" clothing... But due to the 2 torn tendons in my shoulder and the upcoming shoulder cuff surgery (later this week), I had no choice but to get a pair of Skechers' slip-ins as it w...

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Well, here's my late father's favorite rifle and one that I treasure deeply. The standard Model 13 BSA Martin i had a 25" barrel that was 9/16" at the muzzle, and this one has a heavier barrel -- which was an option -- as it is 12/16" or 3/4". With the extra weight, it holds real...

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I wish that worked with human redheads!!!!

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If you don't like the high-gloss finish of TruOil but want the same durable finish, use their new low-sheen/satin finish version called "Genuine Oil". I've used it on several stocks and am really pleased. So far, I've only ever found it for sale on ebay; not in gun shops. Old No7 https://i...

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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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