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by Eddie Southgate
Mon Mar 16, 2026 3:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New/antique revolver speed loader.
Replies: 7
Views: 140

Re: New/antique revolver speed loader.

They show up on ebay pretty often . Not sure if they are original or reproduction.
by Eddie Southgate
Tue Mar 10, 2026 12:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Impala with a .22 Hornet
Replies: 10
Views: 871

Re: Impala with a .22 Hornet

Can't win for losing. Y'all beat me to it.
by Eddie Southgate
Thu Mar 05, 2026 10:54 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: USPS follies, YET AGAIN!
Replies: 16
Views: 1241

Re: USPS follies, YET AGAIN!

Par for the course . My package from Georgia coming to Alabama went to Aurora Colorado , then Denver Colorado , then Memphis Tennessee , then somewhere in North east Georgia , then Birmingham Alabama , Then Nashville Tennessee , then finally to Huntsville Alabama where it sat for four days before ma...
by Eddie Southgate
Wed Mar 04, 2026 9:29 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Carry guns and size
Replies: 37
Views: 6473

Re: Carry guns and size

I don't have a carry gun , I have a drawer full . At any given time you might see me carrying a Colt SAA or Flattop Ruger ,70 Series 1911 , J frame , N frame , G3c or a Ruger .380 2nd gen . I even been known to carry aa Beretta 81BB in .32 acp . About the only thing I don't carry is a .25 . I just g...
by Eddie Southgate
Wed Feb 11, 2026 1:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: So, I was minding my own business
Replies: 24
Views: 7300

Re: So, I was minding my own business

Scott Tschirhart wrote: Tue Feb 10, 2026 9:05 pm 99 cents for a pound of powder or a box of primers almost feels like stealing.
Did they put a limit on how much stealing you could do ? If not I would have bought them out on .99 items.
by Eddie Southgate
Fri Feb 06, 2026 3:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Old factory 348 ammo, shoot em,keep em ,or??
Replies: 4
Views: 1005

Re: Old factory 348 ammo, shoot em,keep em ,or??

I have a 1936 bolt peep standard gun in the corner by the rear door where it sits during hunting season when I' in the house . The ammo in it is from a 1936 box of Remington ammo . I load for it but I love to hunt with the old period ammo . I'd use it for hunting of just shoot it . They are not very...
by Eddie Southgate
Fri Feb 06, 2026 3:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Please take time to vote -- NRA board
Replies: 17
Views: 5464

Re: Please take time to vote -- NRA board

'They lost any relevance they had for me in the 80's . Haven't been a member since , I'd as soon join AARP and become a Democrat.
by Eddie Southgate
Fri Feb 06, 2026 3:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: More USPS antics!
Replies: 34
Views: 9856

Re: More USPS antics!

I have two packages bouncing right now One left New York headed to Alabama and landed in New Jersey on the 2nd and hasn't left yet. The other was a bit over 300 miles east of e in Georgia when mailed to Alabama . It went straight to Aurora Colorado then to Denver and best I can tell has been there e...
by Eddie Southgate
Thu Jan 29, 2026 10:51 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Prayer warriors: Harper had surgery in Dallas
Replies: 68
Views: 27537

Re: Prayer warriors: Harper had surgery in Dallas

Sorry to hear this , will be praying for you all .
by Eddie Southgate
Mon Jan 26, 2026 11:19 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I think I'd trade an AR-15 for one of these
Replies: 22
Views: 8426

Re: I think I'd trade an AR-15 for one of these

That's entirely too ugly for me to ever own one, I'll hang on to my AR.
by Eddie Southgate
Mon Dec 29, 2025 11:17 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Any 16-gauge shooters here?
Replies: 17
Views: 3384

Re: Any 16-gauge shooters here?

Currently only have two but have owned a bunch over the years . I have a first year (1913) Winchester model 1912 pump and a Remington Sportsman 48 . Had my dads late 50's 870 but gave it to my oldest son.
by Eddie Southgate
Thu Dec 25, 2025 7:39 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I received my Christmas present yesterday!
Replies: 22
Views: 5419

Re: I received my Christmas present yesterday!

Congratulations and Merry Christmas.
by Eddie Southgate
Fri Dec 05, 2025 1:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Die Hard is a Christmas movie!!
Replies: 19
Views: 3009

Re: Die Hard is a Christmas movie!!

Can't , it is a Christmas movie . My favorite though is It's A Wonderful Life .
by Eddie Southgate
Wed Nov 19, 2025 11:37 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Happy Birthday Eddie Southgate.
Replies: 2
Views: 419

Re: Happy Birthday Eddie Southgate.

Thank you ! :D
by Eddie Southgate
Sat Nov 08, 2025 8:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: He would have turned 111 years old this week.
Replies: 19
Views: 7417

Re: He would have turned 111 years old this week.

My pap died in 1990 and would have been 115 this year , he's the one that taught me about guns and reloading .He was my dad's father . My mothers dad , my papa would have been 131 this year. He died the day after my third birthday .
by Eddie Southgate
Sat Nov 08, 2025 8:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Shots (injections)
Replies: 45
Views: 14935

Re: Shots (injections)

The shingle vac I took a few years back was two part , the second shot was no problem but the first one was beyond rough . I got it about noon and by bedtime my shoulder was at least three different shades , none of which human skin is supposed to be and looked like someone had stuffed a golf ball u...
by Eddie Southgate
Fri Nov 07, 2025 10:35 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Leverguns Down / Nov 1 - 4 BACK UP NOW
Replies: 23
Views: 7605

Re: Leverguns Down / Nov 1 - 4 BACK UP NOW

Strangely , I could get to the home page , get to the general section , then couldn't open any post . Got a timeout notice indicating that the forum was down , Everything working and fast today.
by Eddie Southgate
Sun Sep 28, 2025 2:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I ain't a-shootin' this'n neither ...
Replies: 9
Views: 6156

Re: I ain't a-shootin' this'n neither ...

That shivering he was doing takes flinching to a whole new level . I'd pass .
by Eddie Southgate
Thu Sep 25, 2025 1:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The current UFO revelations
Replies: 29
Views: 41928

Re: The current UFO revelations

Anybody got any good loads for UFO's ? :D
by Eddie Southgate
Tue Sep 23, 2025 11:13 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hmmm... Should you carry a gun in your own home...???
Replies: 26
Views: 10148

Re: Hmmm... SHould you carry a gun in your own home...???

I got a couple that carry easy when I just have my bath robe on with no pants . Actually have one in the shower in a plastic bag incase someone comes in while I'm getting clean . Fits perfectly in a soap dish and will be enough to get me to a real gun if anything more is needed. I don’t do this. An...
by Eddie Southgate
Fri Sep 19, 2025 11:55 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hmmm... Should you carry a gun in your own home...???
Replies: 26
Views: 10148

Re: Hmmm... SHould you carry a gun in your own home...???

If my pants are on, I’m packing. I got a couple that carry easy when I just have my bath robe on with no pants . Actually have one in the shower in a plastic bag incase someone comes in while I'm getting clean . Fits perfectly in a soap dish and will be enough to get me to a real gun if anything mo...
by Eddie Southgate
Fri Sep 19, 2025 11:50 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hmmm... Should you carry a gun in your own home...???
Replies: 26
Views: 10148

Re: Hmmm... SHould you carry a gun in your own home...???

I do 100 % of the time . I'm out in the sticks surrounded by mostly trailer trash so you never know who might knock on your door . One of the guys at the closest trailer has done time for manufacturing meth and murder. Seems like a nice enough guy just to speak to him on the street but with his reco...
by Eddie Southgate
Thu Sep 18, 2025 12:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: your best 45 colt loads
Replies: 165
Views: 51300

Re: your best 45 colt loads

Resurrecting a thread from 2012 but it is a very interesting discussion about the use of 18-18.5 gr of 2400 in the .45 Colt. A bit contentious at times but it was an interesting read. I could see that being a thing in a Ruger but it does not sound like anything I will be feeding my Colts or Italian...
by Eddie Southgate
Thu Sep 18, 2025 12:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: your best 45 colt loads
Replies: 165
Views: 51300

Re: your best 45 colt loads

All come out of an Elmer Keith book and are normally loaded with a Lyman 310 tool. :D
by Eddie Southgate
Tue Sep 16, 2025 3:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lever Action Rifles And The Desert!
Replies: 13
Views: 8297

Re: Lever Action Rifles And The Desert!

Some place Wide Open .
by Eddie Southgate
Sat Sep 13, 2025 3:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 44 Lyman HPs
Replies: 20
Views: 9517

Re: 44 Lyman HPs

So, my bullets won't work. Oh, well. Back to the drawing board. Put gas checks on them. Need to lube and load. Want to see what these will do in a Marlin 1894 Rifle around 1600 fps on deer. They will work fine if you hit the correct spot . If you hit too high , Low , far forward of too far back , n...
by Eddie Southgate
Sun Sep 07, 2025 2:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Traditional Muzzleloaders??
Replies: 20
Views: 6687

Re: Traditional Muzzleloaders??

Round balls kill as good as anything you can shoot . Quit thinking about it and go kill something . :D
by Eddie Southgate
Mon Sep 01, 2025 2:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Prayer Request (Update)
Replies: 17
Views: 8551

Re: Prayer Request (Update)

If the pain is well controlled for the first 24 hours, it seems to me that I dispense a lot fewer pain meds to the patients in the first month out of the hospital, and a whole bunch fewer narcotics overall. Hope he does well. Yep. That first 24 hours or so really sets the stage for a lot. Aggressiv...
by Eddie Southgate
Sat Aug 23, 2025 5:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: When I Was A Kid This Is What Was Preached Against ...
Replies: 15
Views: 6010

Re: When I Was A Kid This Is What Was Preached Against ...

" When I was a kid this is what was preached against "

This !
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by Eddie Southgate
Sat Aug 23, 2025 11:34 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Happy Birthday BenT
Replies: 3
Views: 2986

Re: Happy Birthday BenT

Happy Birthday Ben . :D
by Eddie Southgate
Sat Aug 23, 2025 11:32 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Latest on the Web site?
Replies: 23
Views: 9102

Re: Latest on the Web site?

Faster than a fanny burp for me this morning . Could not get it to work yesterday.
by Eddie Southgate
Fri Aug 15, 2025 7:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 1892 25-20 take down carbine
Replies: 53
Views: 22197

Re: 1892 25-20 take down carbine

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by Eddie Southgate
Sat Aug 09, 2025 12:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Winchester 94 30-30 SR # 4262XXX
Replies: 10
Views: 3124

Re: Winchester 94 30-30 SR # 4262XXX

Anyway, I've been told that this vintage of Winchesters used metal that may not be weldable, truth or myth? I think some of the receivers of this era were sintered and then iron plated to take the finish. Maybe that's what you're referring to. I might be wrong. There are plenty of 1894 people here ...
by Eddie Southgate
Mon Aug 04, 2025 4:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Happy Birthday Griff.
Replies: 9
Views: 3057

Re: Happy Birthday Griff.

Happy Birthday ! :D
by Eddie Southgate
Fri Aug 01, 2025 6:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Erosion Control the old-fashioned way
Replies: 4
Views: 1069

Re: Erosion Control the old-fashioned way

Squeal like a pig !
by Eddie Southgate
Fri Aug 01, 2025 6:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Rare Speer and Winchester .348 bullets
Replies: 10
Views: 2558

Re: Rare Speer and Winchester .348 bullets

Tried the Wnchester 150 factory loads and found them to be a waste of time in my rifle . There was a reason they dropped them long before cutting back to the 200 grain load only. I'm betting you will like the Speer bullets though . I have never had any 150 GN 348 bullet group well in my 71, results...
by Eddie Southgate
Thu Jul 31, 2025 12:49 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Where are all the old coots???
Replies: 52
Views: 35257

Re: Where are all the old coots???

Saw a bunch of old Coots floating in Wheeler lake the other day . :D
by Eddie Southgate
Tue Jul 22, 2025 10:27 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Problem still with the Forum.
Replies: 57
Views: 20989

Re: Problem still with the Forum.

Yup ! Working good now .
by Eddie Southgate
Mon Jul 21, 2025 6:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Problem still with the Forum.
Replies: 57
Views: 20989

Re: Problem still with the Forum.

Seems like it took longer to post this second attempt than it did for me to graduate high school. I click and it churns and churns and churns and says this site can't be reached and may be down .
by Eddie Southgate
Tue Jul 01, 2025 11:59 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: are 45 colt/454 lever actions as accurate as 44mags
Replies: 12
Views: 3330

Re: are 45 colt/454 lever actions as accurate as 44mags

Off the bench my Marlin .45 Colt Cowboy LTD will put all bullets touching at 50 yards all day long with three different loads , never seen a .44 Magnum do any better,
by Eddie Southgate
Tue Jul 01, 2025 11:55 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: HUNTING WITH THE CORRECT CALIBER
Replies: 19
Views: 6380

Re: HUNTING WITH THE CORRECT CALIBER

Need one of those in .348 .
by Eddie Southgate
Tue Jul 01, 2025 11:52 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Picked up a Win. '94, cheap.
Replies: 16
Views: 5376

Re: Picked up a Win. '94, cheap.

$350 is a deal even on a post 64 . You did good .
by Eddie Southgate
Mon Jun 30, 2025 1:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Of all the Winchester leverguns ...
Replies: 49
Views: 23729

Re: Of all the Winchester leverguns ...

1886 in .33 Winchester and a custom m71 in .450 Alaskan .
by Eddie Southgate
Sun Jun 29, 2025 12:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: "How much ammo to carry...?"
Replies: 13
Views: 3524

Re: "How much ammo to carry...?"

That's why there is a loaded M1 carbine and two spare mags next to my bed , right by the 1911 . Multiple home invaders are a thing , zombies or not.
by Eddie Southgate
Fri Jun 27, 2025 11:55 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Rare Speer and Winchester .348 bullets
Replies: 10
Views: 2558

Re: Rare Speer and Winchester .348 bullets

Tried the Wnchester 150 factory loads and found them to be a waste of time in my rifle . There was a reason they dropped them long before cutting back to the 200 grain load only. I'm betting you will like the Speer bullets though .
by Eddie Southgate
Fri Jun 13, 2025 10:31 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Who bought the last guns you sold?
Replies: 24
Views: 6374

Re: Who bought the last guns you sold?

Pablo Escobar . :D
by Eddie Southgate
Mon Jun 09, 2025 12:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bowen Classic Arms and Mr. Bowen
Replies: 17
Views: 5105

Re: Bowen Classic Arms and Mr. Bowen

Sad to hear about Mr. Bowen! I'd always planned to send my dad's old 3 screw SB to him and have a twin of yours made. As you know, I've always loved that revolver. I was so glad to hear you had gotten it back. It just made my day. Anyway, it's my own fault for putting it off. Now I guess Ive "...