The thing that might, maybe, bring back the 96 series is the Hearing Protection Act.
Bolts and Levers will always be quieter with suppressors than ANY form of semi...
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- Sun Aug 13, 2017 3:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another good Levergun, the Ruger Model 96 bites the dust
- Replies: 33
- Views: 20454
- Sun Aug 13, 2017 9:08 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Concealed carry --- again
- Replies: 60
- Views: 11197
Re: Concealed carry --- again
I've refrained from getting a concealed carry permit for about thirty years . Friday we had what I "assume" were a bunch of BLMers come in the shop looking for Ballistic body armor to wear Saturday to the Lee statue protest thing in Charlottesville VA . After seeing/hearing them and seein...
- Sat Aug 12, 2017 10:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: From John Corpus, Photobucket CEO
- Replies: 33
- Views: 7330
Re: From John Corpus, Photobucket CEO
Actually... That is exactly how a whole lot of criminal Pervs get nabbed...marlinman93 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 12, 2017 9:24 pm "Report you to the authorities"??? What authorities? Are there internet police that come to your home and rip your cables out? Do they haul you off in emogee handcuffs? What a load of baloney.
- Sat Aug 12, 2017 11:46 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Prayers up for America
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3416
- Sat Aug 12, 2017 10:02 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Concealed carry --- again
- Replies: 60
- Views: 11197
Re: Concealed carry --- again
I just aquired an interesting product for use where not even I can sneak in a popper: https://youtu.be/6V2bwt-s-NY?list=PLg3un-iGWxl1MY764diNU2Uf7xtqvUrBn Been wanting to get a new Vest for years since I sold my last IIIA, and this is a cool (and much cooler in the heat) option. Ed: honestly, even a...
- Thu Aug 10, 2017 9:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Concealed carry --- again
- Replies: 60
- Views: 11197
Re: Concealed carry --- again
For cooler weather I might carry a snubby .480/.45 colt ruger blackhawk.... .475 barrel mounted on .45 colt ruger with chambers reamed .478 straight through.... If ever have to use it imagine the confusion of the forensics folks over the 178 gr. round ball..... .490 balls loaded from the front in t...
- Mon Aug 07, 2017 10:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Concealed carry --- again
- Replies: 60
- Views: 11197
Re: Concealed carry --- again
30-30, your tactical kilt looks a lot like my Utilikilt, which I have had for a half-dozen years or so. I'll have to dig it out. Wearing the kilt, you could moon your perp to to insult, confuse and disorient him while fishing your EDC piece out of your sporran. :lol: With the disappearing/Passing o...
- Mon Aug 07, 2017 10:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Concealed carry --- again
- Replies: 60
- Views: 11197
Re: Concealed carry --- again
I have carried a Glock 27/26 in the front pocket of my uniform pants since 1996. Presently my "BUG" is either a Glock 26 (21.75 ozs.) or a Glock 43 single-stack in 9mm (17.95 ozs.). The Glock 43 is very accurate and very easy to shoot. With that said, I just bought a Glock 42 single-stack...
- Sun Aug 06, 2017 6:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Concealed carry --- again
- Replies: 60
- Views: 11197
Re: Concealed carry --- again
My "regular" EDC is a "Compact Commander" - Officer's lower & Commander upper. Easy enough to carry IWB under almost anything. But since it is out to be Cerakoted, I've been carrying my SiG P229 clone - which is only marginally more bulky (have to carry it OWB) but conceals f...
- Sun Aug 06, 2017 6:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: powders for the .357 rifle
- Replies: 51
- Views: 9391
Re: powders for the .357 rifle
+1 Fred. For GP, (not the gun) I load 2400 &/or H110 - whichever I have handy. For Whompum, I load LilGun. IMO/EX LilGun, while a better performer, also heats up the gun in ways 2400/H110 don't - especially trying to run a full power plate rack. I don't like heating up my barrel unnecessarily, s...
- Mon Jul 31, 2017 8:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Wanna Be a SAILOR?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2447
- Mon Jul 31, 2017 7:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Wanna Be a SAILOR?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2447
Wanna Be a SAILOR?
Wanna be a seagoing sailor? 1. Buy a steel dumpster, paint it gray inside and out, and live in it for six months. 2. Run all the pipes and wires in your house exposed on the walls. 3. Repaint your entire house every month using gray paint, but first remove all old paint with a chipping hammer. 4. Re...
- Sat Jul 29, 2017 10:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Conundrum...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1416
Re: Conundrum...
Yeah, out here away from the Rat Holes, there is not much of a chance. One of the funny additions to my IDPA/USPSA lifer cognitive dissonance is that when actually "threatened" with large critters (by being in THEIR yard) I'm fine with Six. But when theoretically threatened with Jihadi/Ban...
- Sat Jul 29, 2017 8:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A public thank you to sixgun
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5116
Re: A public thank you to sixgun
It's just too bad he lives way over there. It would be much better if he lived closer to here... whether "here" is Texas, Wyoming, or somewhere else other than where "the people" (the parasites) have rejected what their Elders established in the late 1770s... Besides, as things s...
- Sat Jul 29, 2017 8:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Conundrum...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1416
Conundrum...
OK.... so I gave my EDC to a Smith for Cerekoting and a bit of "better than dremel" polishing. Which means I'm short #1 and have to default to #2. #2 is a gun I really like in important respects. It's accurate (maybe more so than my 1911), and feels good in the hand. But it's heavy, doesn'...
- Wed Jul 26, 2017 9:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: my Thanksgiving science project: a new target design
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2962
Re: my Thanksgiving science project: a new target design
I like my targets to be running...
They fall down when hit,
but the constabulary frowns on it...
They fall down when hit,
but the constabulary frowns on it...
- Wed Jul 26, 2017 7:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Just one more reason to NOT use social media...
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2562
Re: Just one more reason to NOT use social media...
I have a FB account. I think I have posted on it a half dozen times since I was forced to get on to log into some news feed or other. I have no other use for it. That said, no matter how tragic, if someone is so psychologically fragile that they will off themselves over the typing of some Troll some...
- Tue Jul 25, 2017 7:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: On Creating Stonehenge
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1211
Re: On Creating Stonehenge
I remember watching that vid years ago. Always impressed me.
- Sun Jul 23, 2017 8:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: To Cerakote or not... or what...?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1390
Re: To Cerakote or not... or what...?
... I for one would be much more likely to purchase a handgun with a traditional looking finish than something in desert brown, or camo, or whatever, at least for civilian use. So I would suspect that your handgun would enjoy a higher resale value if you stick to something like black chrome or stai...
- Sat Jul 22, 2017 6:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Rye bread
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2067
Re: Rye bread
Ergot, he got stoned...
- Sat Jul 22, 2017 5:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: To Cerakote or not... or what...?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1390
To Cerakote or not... or what...?
My EDC/IWB is my "Compact Commander"/"Commanding Officer", "CCO" or whatever you want to call it. 4.25" Upper with bushing and "Officer's" size lower. Problem is, Upper is Stainless (good) but Lower is blue (bad) - I rust blued guns, sweat shield or no. S...
- Sat Jul 22, 2017 4:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anybody here between DEN and Big Sky
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3540
Re: Anybody here between DEN and Big Sky
So far you've got Jerry (Lander), Me (Riverton) and KG7AF (Thermop) and Jon (Cody) in your general line of travel
I'm starting a roadtrip to MPLS on the 15th, but should be around otherwise on the 12/13th unless I get called in to support an emergency Surgery...
I'm starting a roadtrip to MPLS on the 15th, but should be around otherwise on the 12/13th unless I get called in to support an emergency Surgery...
- Fri Jul 21, 2017 10:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Changing Password
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2249
Re: Changing Password
Ha! I have a note book where I write down all my passwords. Everybody always says you shouldn't use the same password for everything. I use Old Ironsights' area code and phone number. :twisted: That only works if you use Roman Numerals transcribed to a pentatonic scale and played on a 1978 Moog plu...
- Thu Jul 20, 2017 9:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Binary Trigger System for AR's
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1297
Re: Binary Trigger System for AR's
I remember a post about the Binary triggers. Maybe here, maybe somewhere. If used in Combat... and ONLY in Combat... they might be interesting. But "release triggers" in the Shotgun World have not produced as much "win" as "oops". Would I like one on my HK91? Yes... as ...
- Thu Jul 20, 2017 9:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Changing Password
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2249
Re: Changing Password
Didn't this same thing happen at least one Handle ago?
You went from TTT to Blaine and now you want to become... BellyLipsTravelingMan?
Sorry, can't help you. You gots to dig out the proper FM. It's in the van under the box of grenades.
RTFM dude.
You went from TTT to Blaine and now you want to become... BellyLipsTravelingMan?
Sorry, can't help you. You gots to dig out the proper FM. It's in the van under the box of grenades.
RTFM dude.
- Thu Jul 20, 2017 8:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ruger 1911
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2191
Re: Ruger 1911
Bonzer... Can you take it into the Dark Wilds of "Nofreedomland" to protect yourself from individuals/small groups of BokoHaram?
- Sun Jul 16, 2017 7:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Civil War Sword of Col. R. G. Shaw ("Glory") Found
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1432
Re: Civil War Sword of Col. R. G. Shaw ("Glory") Found
Cool. But that sword is just a baby... needs to stay hidden for a few more centuries...
"600 year old sword found in Texas...".
http://www.christies.com/features/Disco ... 932-3.aspx
"600 year old sword found in Texas...".
http://www.christies.com/features/Disco ... 932-3.aspx
- Sun Jul 16, 2017 6:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Eclipse craziness
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2432
Re: Eclipse craziness
Fortunately, I'm going to be out of town when the Dragon eats the Sun and the Loonies are out in force.
I've just got to make sure my guns are triple secured...
I've just got to make sure my guns are triple secured...
- Sun Jul 16, 2017 6:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Wyoming prairie dog plague
- Replies: 5
- Views: 963
Re: Wyoming prairie dog plague
There's a PD town across the street from the Riverton Middle School... with 2 or 3 per week squashed while trying to get home after eating RMS TruGreen ChemLawn.
It will be interesting at the Hospital when the Middle School comes down with Plague.
Ring around the rosies....
It will be interesting at the Hospital when the Middle School comes down with Plague.
Ring around the rosies....
- Sat Jul 15, 2017 10:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Is this a scam, a moron, or just ignorance?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1661
Re: Is this a scam, a moron, or just ignorance?
ATF Phishing Scheme?
- Sat Jul 15, 2017 11:37 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: From John Corpus, Photobucket CEO
- Replies: 33
- Views: 7330
Re: From John Corpus, Photobucket CEO
I may have to go the Hosting route. I'm having a hard time finding Services that have Terms of Service that I can live with (i.e., if we don't like your pic because of our politics, we can delete it, or you...) I have not examined other image hosting Terms of Service with a fine tooth comb, as of y...
- Fri Jul 14, 2017 6:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: From John Corpus, Photobucket CEO
- Replies: 33
- Views: 7330
Re: From John Corpus, Photobucket CEO
I may have to go the Hosting route. I'm having a hard time finding Services that have Terms of Service that I can live with (i.e., if we don't like your pic because of our politics, we can delete it, or you...)
- Fri Jul 14, 2017 6:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Henry 410 shotgun
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1560
Re: Henry 410 shotgun
It looks good, and the tube loading is less of an issue for me in .410 than in pistol/rifle cartridges, but so far my Marlin-clone Rossi has done me fine.
- Fri Jul 14, 2017 6:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Way off topic...Car parts.....
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2422
Re: Way off topic...Car parts.....
I have to order my truck parts direct... from Japan - in Yen...
Fortunately PayPal converts.
http://yokohamamotors.net/page60.html
I usually get my parts in under 10 business days
Fortunately PayPal converts.
http://yokohamamotors.net/page60.html
I usually get my parts in under 10 business days
- Sat Jul 08, 2017 9:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: It's not the arrow, it's the Indian...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 997
Re: It's not the arrow, it's the Indian...
Everything but the "bullets" part. Note that he is using Wolf ammo...Chuck 100 yd wrote: ↑Sat Jul 08, 2017 8:56 pm The BenchRest boys say the three B's are the basics of accuracy , barrel,bullet and bedding. Everything else comes last.
This guy has all three , it seems.
- Sat Jul 08, 2017 8:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Photos - Website beside PhotoBucket - !
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3565
Re: Photos - Website beside PhotoBucket - !
Wanna get the funny bit? Remember, I posted about my preemptive download and cancellation of my Photobucket account on July 4. Yep. Closed the account. Gone. Not a part of them any more. Not since July 4. So, what do I get in my email on July 7, three days after I deleted/closed my account ? Yep. &q...
- Sat Jul 08, 2017 8:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Action strength again!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1935
Re: Action strength again!
Though not as accurate, I simply like the Mini 14/30 better than the AR(s). It just feels better in the hand to me. Here's a recent article that discusses this very comparison:. And I agree with his assessments. http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/06/22/tfbtv-8-reasons-ruger-mini-14-better-ar15-...
- Sat Jul 08, 2017 7:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: It's not the arrow, it's the Indian...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 997
- Sat Jul 08, 2017 12:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Photos - Website beside PhotoBucket - !
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3565
Re: Photos - Website beside PhotoBucket - !
http://media.fotki.com/1_p,rkdqfwdskdqqffxrrdwrkdgbkrs,vi/sdbdsdgrdxrftdkdrkb/5/590147/2308446/Chipmunk-vi.jpg I've been using FOTKI to host my photos for years ( www.fotki.com ) I don't recall the annual cost but it is reasonable. Jack Fotiki plans: 100GB plan 5 years $1.53/month! ($92) 3 years $1...
- Tue Jul 04, 2017 9:50 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: deleting things
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1240
Re: deleting things
My account hasn't been hit yet, but I'm engaging in a retrograde assault that will be followed by heavy artillery. I have nothing on PB that isn't Forum related. Effem if they don't want my Advertizing Hits. BuhBye PB. It's fun to watch self-immolation. Oh, Look... I have a Pic of PhotoBucket that i...
- Tue Jun 27, 2017 8:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Is your handgun bulletproof? (Dumb but "hmmmm...?!?!!")
- Replies: 2
- Views: 625
Is your handgun bulletproof? (Dumb but "hmmmm...?!?!!")
Just watch... they shoot the gun, Lone Ranger style and it still works...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpZdUgBzh7Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpZdUgBzh7Y
- Tue Jun 27, 2017 7:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: An Amazing Knife Rescue
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1088
Re: An Amazing Knife Rescue
Hammer: $5
Knowing where to hit the machine with hammer: $4995
And he owns a proper stone/sharpening set (worth as much as the knife...). +1000 xP.
What he does to the Diakon? 10,000xp
Knowing where to hit the machine with hammer: $4995
And he owns a proper stone/sharpening set (worth as much as the knife...). +1000 xP.
What he does to the Diakon? 10,000xp
- Tue Jun 27, 2017 7:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Mouth (dental) pain.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 534
Mouth (dental) pain.
Forget Walmart. Forget your local Piller. (sorry, man...) Buy Cloves in bulk and put about 1/4 cup cloves into a Fifth bottle and fill with neutral spirits (vodka, 'shine, whatever) let sit. after 12 hours the spitoon quality goo (well, ok, it's not that bad) will, with a simple swish of 1/2 oz or s...
- Sun Jun 25, 2017 5:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Shedding A Tear For The Last Motorcycle
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2295
Re: Shedding A Tear For The Last Motorcycle
Blaine, ever looked a Harley (or Honda) 3-wheelers? Or even a Can-Am Spider? I've had the itch for a while now 'cause I got a bum knee that folds up when I don't want it to. I visualized coming to a stop, putting down my right foot for balance and winding up on my side, under my bike. :o I thought ...
- Sun Jun 25, 2017 4:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Darne Double Stotgun
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3622
- Sun Jun 25, 2017 4:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Keeping your cool on the motorcycle
- Replies: 59
- Views: 8628
Re: Keeping your cool on the motorcycle
After watching the video again is that a bike lane the biker is in? The car driver didn`t show any respect for the bike rider but the bike rider should of just hit the brakes or throttled off instead of making a bad situation worse. As a biker that has traveled many miles and had similar things hap...
- Sun Jun 25, 2017 3:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Shedding A Tear For The Last Motorcycle
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2295
Re: Shedding A Tear For The Last Motorcycle
But seriously, maybe it's time to join a new MC Club... http://cdn1.bigcommerce.com/server5200/bpkxa/products/60/images/691/16040_SOA26936__19323.1477517178.500.750.jpg?c=2 http://cdn1.bigcommerce.com/server5200/bpkxa/products/144/images/633/1__37436.1473343439.500.750.jpg?c=2 http://www.sonsofarthr...
- Sat Jun 24, 2017 8:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I actually LIKE the 'environment', but......
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1352
Re: I actually LIKE the 'environment', but......
Sometimes the 'environmentalists' are complete IDIOTS..... :| http://clashdaily.com/2017/06/video-hell-breaks-loose-bro-disturbs-quite-fl-river-internet-melts/ The damndest thing is, my dad was designing 90%+ efficient, "off grid" capable solar homes in the '80s. Got an "award" ...
- Sat Jun 24, 2017 7:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Here kitty kitty
- Replies: 30
- Views: 5012
Re: Here kitty kitty
Meh. We had a kitty killed here in town a whopping 1/2 block from my house... after it had been scouting out the neighborhood elementary school (3 blocks) and Jr High (6 blocks) for a few days. Got cornered under my neighbor's deck... https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/wyoming/articles/2017-04-...
- Sat Jun 24, 2017 7:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Shedding A Tear For The Last Motorcycle
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2295
Re: Shedding A Tear For The Last Motorcycle
My HS English teacher put over 100,000 ROAD miles on a CB400.
Paul is happy with his 350 Bullet.
It's all in what you aim to accomplish.
Paul is happy with his 350 Bullet.
It's all in what you aim to accomplish.