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by Eddie Southgate
Fri Dec 05, 2025 1:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Die Hard is a Christmas movie!!
Replies: 19
Views: 576

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: 161

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: 3345

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: 37
Views: 4550

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: 4320

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: 4114

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: 36910

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: 6358

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: 6358

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: 6358

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: 45088

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: 45088

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: 6224

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: 7438

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: 3502

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: 6735

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: 4583

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: 2464

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: 7339

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: 15294

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: 1718

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: 2004

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: 773

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: 1432

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: 18273

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: 12659

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: 12659

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: 2021

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: 3813

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: 2657

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: 11270

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: 2318

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: 1432

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: 3278

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: 3328

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 "...
by Eddie Southgate
Mon Jun 09, 2025 12:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gone to Texas
Replies: 2
Views: 699

Re: Gone to Texas

I thought this was gonna ba a post on one of my favorite Sam Elliott movies . Have fun.
by Eddie Southgate
Mon Jun 09, 2025 12:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 1886 winchester breach bolt interchangable?
Replies: 7
Views: 2164

Re: 1886 winchester breach bolt interchangable?

Rimfire McNutjob wrote: Sun Jun 08, 2025 4:08 pm Nice eBay score there ... 71 bolt with the 98a still in the wrapper.
Other than the poetry and long walks on the beach you have interests in common with RFK Jr . Ever considered running for office ? :D
by Eddie Southgate
Mon Jun 09, 2025 12:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 1886 winchester breach bolt interchangable?
Replies: 7
Views: 2164

Re: 1886 winchester breach bolt interchangable?

I see the bolts occasionally for sale in the $225- 300.00 range with the sight by itself always over $400.00 . I got it just like you see it for $450.00 . I was thrilled .
by Eddie Southgate
Mon Jun 09, 2025 11:58 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A memorable Levergun Hunt
Replies: 19
Views: 3337

Re: A memorable Levergun Hunt

Awesome !!
by Eddie Southgate
Thu Jun 05, 2025 8:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: More forum problems
Replies: 10
Views: 1424

Re: More forum problems

Same here . Some pictures show and some don't .
by Eddie Southgate
Tue Jun 03, 2025 1:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Upcoming Auction of Jamison Brass & Ammo
Replies: 10
Views: 3460

Re: Upcoming Auction of Jamison Brass & Ammo

He put a post on Cast Boolits with his email address where you can request a list . it is ssdave@rushmore.com . I sent a request a while ago but have not heard from him.
by Eddie Southgate
Tue Jun 03, 2025 1:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Am I missing some subtle humor here…???
Replies: 8
Views: 2354

Re: Am I missing some subtle humor here…???

Sounds like Up It and Stuff It are gonna be pretty much the same . I don't deal with Asians if I can help it .
by Eddie Southgate
Tue Jun 03, 2025 1:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 1886 winchester breach bolt interchangable?
Replies: 7
Views: 2164

Re: 1886 winchester breach bolt interchangable?

Hi Eddie, The 86 breechbolt has the cutout for a cartridge guide spur on the right side (that semi-circular one). The Model 71 cartridge guide lacks the top spur so no cutout was needed. I've got both and other than that cutout they appear to be the same. Mr. Pickle's The Models of 1886 and 1892 on...
by Eddie Southgate
Tue Jun 03, 2025 1:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bye my love. I will miss you.
Replies: 34
Views: 8778

Re: Bye my love. I will miss you.

Sorry for your loss . Prayers sent.
by Eddie Southgate
Tue Jun 03, 2025 12:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Show me your War Face!!!
Replies: 22
Views: 5464

Re: Show me your War Face!!!

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Sometimes I look like this .
by Eddie Southgate
Tue Jun 03, 2025 12:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Show me your War Face!!!
Replies: 22
Views: 5464

Re: Show me your War Face!!!

When I'm really mad ........ I change colors and refuse to eat the deer I killed in the front yard.
by Eddie Southgate
Tue Jun 03, 2025 12:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Show me your War Face!!!
Replies: 22
Views: 5464

Re: Show me your War Face!!!

Or this .........
by Eddie Southgate
Tue Jun 03, 2025 12:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Show me your War Face!!!
Replies: 22
Views: 5464

Re: Show me your War Face!!!

This ....................