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- Thu Jan 11, 2024 9:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sometimes I wonder why I bother
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2051
Re: Sometimes I wonder why I bother
A few fears ago, 86er was messing with a 44 Special for hunting. I do not recall what loads he was using, nor what his conclusions were. I wonder how the Ruger GP100 5 shot 44 Special handles. It looks a bit meatier than some. As far as damage from getting shot, I do not want to find out.
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 8:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 350 legend in a revolver
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1328
Re: 350 legend in a revolver
Sounds as if the 357 Max was a victim of bad publicity. Never knew anyone who had one, but it sounds as if the bad reputation is not deserved.
- Sun Dec 24, 2023 10:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: vihtavuori N110 powder
- Replies: 13
- Views: 747
Re: vihtavuori N110 powder
I have used it in .45 Colt for a Ruger level load. Good accuracy.
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 8:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: .35 rem vs .30-30
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1129
Re: .35 rem vs .30-30
I have accidentally loaded a .30-30 in the 32 WS. Accuracy is not any good at all. 50 yards and missed the target completely 3 out of 5. Figured it out and right back to tiny little groups.
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 8:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anyone else wish they had bought a dozen 336's when they were $200 at Wallyworld?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1088
- Thu Nov 16, 2023 8:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Not coyote but dang foxes....
- Replies: 18
- Views: 664
Re: Not coyote but dang foxes....
Friends out in Ennis, TX have a bunch of yotes around. I need to get a dying rabbit call, or use my squirrel disk squeaker to call them a bit closer and use my 17 WSM on them. 25 grains at nearly 3000 fps makes them slough off the mortal coil really well. I need a green spotlight. All it should take...
- Thu Nov 16, 2023 8:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Gen Z needs us...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 715
Re: Gen Z needs us...
Born in that month between the end of Boomers and Xers. Some of the Xers are not bad folks. Gen Y, Millenials, and whatever the kids just hitting 21 are in for a rough life. Too many of them have been babied for too long. Their education was abysmal.
- Thu Nov 16, 2023 8:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: REMINDER - Before Leaving Your Home
- Replies: 12
- Views: 674
Re: REMINDER - Before Leaving Your Home
The older we get, the more forgetful we get. Nothing wrong with mnemonic sayings.
- Thu Nov 09, 2023 8:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 19 Texas Rangers, Only 18 Winchesters. Why?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2114
Re: 19 Texas Rangers, Only 18 Winchesters. Why?
The Krag had a smooth action, and it was accurate. Maybe he was their sharpshooter.
- Thu Nov 09, 2023 8:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Does this qualify as a BBQ Gun?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1274
Re: Does this qualify as a BBQ Gun?
I don't have anything that qualifies as a Barbecue gun. That mastodon ivory looks good.
- Thu Nov 09, 2023 8:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Queston about Shell Holders
- Replies: 12
- Views: 646
Re: Queston about Shell Holders
I have noticed the same issue.Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Thu Nov 09, 2023 8:34 am I found that all shell holders are not the same. The Lee shell holder for a .480 won’t work with Hornady brass. The Hornady shell holder works perfectly with the Lee dies.
They seem to be dimensionally identical but they obviously are not.
- Thu Nov 09, 2023 8:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: GOING BACK IN TIME
- Replies: 8
- Views: 529
Re: GOING BACK IN TIME
Don't let those experiences become lost. Even in our modern world, we need to be reminded of riding trails and of being out in the wilderness.
- Thu Nov 02, 2023 8:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Serious injury with a crossbow
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1230
Re: Serious injury with a crossbow
No problems yet for me. Still, touching my toes sounds like a string of Black Cat firecrackers popping.
- Thu Nov 02, 2023 8:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Finally going to complete my .327 Ruger
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3310
Re: Finally going to complete my .327 Ruger
I load the .327 with 115 grain flat points meant for the .32-20. H110 and they are accurate and fun.
- Thu Oct 19, 2023 8:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Model 39 S&W
- Replies: 13
- Views: 677
Re: Model 39 S&W
No personal experience with them, but those who can shootbdo seem to like them.
- Thu Oct 19, 2023 8:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Tested the .45 Colt Green Dot loads today
- Replies: 12
- Views: 670
Re: Tested the .45 Colt Green Dot loads today
45 Colt in the 800 to 850 fps range is pretty pleasant to shoot. Those 230 grain bullets punch deep enough that I sure don't want to be hit with one. I tend toward Hodgdon powders as they are more common in my area.
- Thu Oct 19, 2023 8:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ammo flying off the shelves
- Replies: 7
- Views: 519
Re: Ammo flying off the shelves
I was never a big fan of 9mm or 5.56, but it doesn't hurt to have something to shoot them. I found a few primers and some powder at my local Academy Sports and Outdoors. I try to shoot as often as I can.
- Thu Oct 19, 2023 8:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: So True
- Replies: 10
- Views: 574
Re: So True
Knees and shoulders are stiff. Every time I lean over, it sounds like a string of firecrackers going off.
- Thu Oct 19, 2023 8:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: O Sage! ( Parker puppies chapter 2)
- Replies: 53
- Views: 39486
Re: O Sage! ( Parker puppies chapter 2)
Sounds fun, or frustrating. My terriers can open doors. No, I haven't seen it happen. Just come home to them in rooms that were closed.
- Thu Oct 19, 2023 7:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 44 Magnum Carbine Performance
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1608
Re: 44 Magnum Carbine Performance
Ruger gas operated. 23.5 grains H110 and a WLP primer under a 240 grain jhp. Lighter loads do not cycle the action as well as I like. Winchester White box works. I learned to avoid the cheaper stuff. It doesn't always work even for practice. The pigs have never complained.
- Thu Oct 19, 2023 7:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Converting FMJ into better defensive rounds...?
- Replies: 38
- Views: 3170
Re: Convewrting FMJ into better defensive rounds...?
Expecting a 1 shot stop is probably a good way to get killed.
- Thu Oct 19, 2023 7:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I took my wife shooting today
- Replies: 17
- Views: 787
Re: I took my wife shooting today
Plus it can give her life preserving skills.
- Thu Oct 19, 2023 7:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Parker puppies ( OT CHANGED)
- Replies: 312
- Views: 15237
Re: Parker puppies ( OT CHANGED)
Sounds as she will be happy to learn.
- Thu Oct 12, 2023 7:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Parker puppies ( OT CHANGED)
- Replies: 312
- Views: 15237
Re: Parker puppies ( OT CHANGED)
Sounds as if they all have good homes.
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 8:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 40 Years Yesterday!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 558
Re: 40 Years Yesterday!
Only 34 years for my wife and I. One great Uncle made it to 73 years before she died of cancer. His Mother did not think she was right for him.
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 8:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I can't remember......
- Replies: 13
- Views: 757
Re: I can't remember......
Sounds like some place to check out.
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 8:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Got the China virus... again
- Replies: 39
- Views: 1814
Re: Got the China virus... again
Had the Fauci Virus once. Before the vaccine came out. I lost all sense of taste and smell. One shot of the vaccine and at least 50 TIAs, and 1 major stroke. I am on blood thinners for life. If I get a mosquito bite, it bleeds for 5 minutes. No more Covid shots for me. A week in the ICU was enough. ...
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 7:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Arrgghh! Water Leak
- Replies: 13
- Views: 448
Re: Arrgghh! Water Leak
As a kid I worked for the City Parks Department. We put in underground sprinklers all over the parks there. I learned from my Dad to put pvc together. A couple of the kids put almost 1/4 th of a can of cement per joint. Everything they did had to be fixed. Less is best with pvc cement.
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 7:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 28 years ago
- Replies: 10
- Views: 420
Re: 28 years ago
Glad you healed OK.
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 7:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Superstition Mountains
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1088
Re: The Superstition Mountains
I have been to the Grand Canyon, but that is about all I have seen in Arizona.
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 7:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What are you packing for the National Zombie Attack Alert tomorrow?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 1914
Re: What are you packing for the National Zombie Attack Alert tomorrow?
I was at work. No zombies other than the ones there for their monthly hydrocodone prescriptions.
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 7:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Incident In The Superstition Mountains
- Replies: 9
- Views: 447
Re: Incident In The Superstition Mountains
When outdoors like that, if I find that I am trailing someone, I give a friendly shout. From there we can work out a mutually agreeable situation. If they want to be left alone, why not? Things can occur in the back country, and it is always helpful to not antagonize those you meet on the trail. I c...
- Sun Sep 24, 2023 3:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Paco's Acc'rzr
- Replies: 2
- Views: 204
Paco's Acc'rzr
Is anyone making them anymore? If the last place Paco was having them made would make them, even as a special order, I know of a few that would be ordered.
- Sun Sep 24, 2023 3:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: .44 Special, more than I thought.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1107
Re: .44 Special, more than I thought.
Sounds like it is enough for almost anything. No experience with the 44 Special, but those numbers seem to be in a good range. Enough power without a lot of recoil. How often do you really need more? Probably not all that often.
- Sun Sep 24, 2023 2:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I was feeding the dogs when I heard the sound of radial engines
- Replies: 23
- Views: 948
Re: I was feeding the dogs when I heard the sound of radial engines
B24s mentioned. A common name for them was MY ACHIN' BACK. One of about a dozen with that name was flown off of Fiji diring WWII. I guess they caused some unpleasant time while flying them.
- Sun Sep 24, 2023 2:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 35 Rem ammo available
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1212
Re: 35 Rem ammo available
I have a couple hundred rounds still loaded. 2 or 3 hundred lead bullets ready to reload.
Keep lookinh. Some stuff is coming back.
Keep lookinh. Some stuff is coming back.
- Wed Sep 13, 2023 11:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anybody here old enough.....
- Replies: 12
- Views: 994
Re: Anybody here old enough.....
That is the ugliest groundhog ever.
- Tue Sep 05, 2023 8:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ian’s kaboom - / - was a tubular magazine detonation…
- Replies: 14
- Views: 699
Re: Ian’s kaboom - / - was a tubular magazine detonation…
Take a pepper packet from a fast food restaurant and keep it in a ziploc bag with your hunting gear, your range bag, and your fishing equipment.
- Tue Sep 05, 2023 8:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ian’s kaboom - / - was a tubular magazine detonation…
- Replies: 14
- Views: 699
Re: Ian’s kaboom - / - was a tubular magazine detonation…
Proof that even knowing what to avoid doesn't always make you avoid it. Having bandages, super glue, and black pepper when hunting or shooting is always a good idea. For those who are on blood thinners, black pepper sprinkled on the bleeding areas stops the bleeding and clots it faster than anythin...
- Mon Sep 04, 2023 8:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Around the Ranch Combo
- Replies: 12
- Views: 695
Re: Around the Ranch Combo
I have a Mossberg 500 in 12 gauge. It came with the spare rifled barrel. It is the 3 inch magnum version for both barrels. I have never used 3 inch in it. It just doesn't sound fun anymore.
- Mon Sep 04, 2023 7:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ian’s kaboom - / - was a tubular magazine detonation…
- Replies: 14
- Views: 699
Re: Ian’s kaboom - / - was a tubular magazine detonation…
Proof that even knowing what to avoid doesn't always make you avoid it. Having bandages, super glue, and black pepper when hunting or shooting is always a good idea. For those who are on blood thinners, black pepper sprinkled on the bleeding areas stops the bleeding and clots it faster than anything...
- Mon Sep 04, 2023 7:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Parker puppies ( OT CHANGED)
- Replies: 312
- Views: 15237
Re: Parker puppies ( OT CHANGED)
I bet that was comical to see.
- Sun Aug 27, 2023 2:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: "Glasses Free" -- 56 Years Later....
- Replies: 14
- Views: 683
Re: "Glasses Free" -- 56 Years Later....
I am still wearing glasses. 58, and nearsighted since birth. No cataract formation, no retina issues. Tried to get Lasik twice and was told that I was too nearsichted for it to work.
- Sun Aug 27, 2023 1:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 380 acp
- Replies: 39
- Views: 1548
Re: 380 acp
KelTec sent me the spring and guide rod when my son lost them. Taurus made a good one about the same size.
- Sun Aug 27, 2023 1:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 1971 Lawrence Leather Goods catalog No.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 371
Re: 1971 Lawrence Leather Goods catalog No.
I was only 6 years old then. Would have been in Second grade. Was put into school a year early. Some high quality leather came out back then.
- Sun Aug 27, 2023 1:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Do Not Forget
- Replies: 11
- Views: 654
Re: Do Not Forget
I do not consider the Fascists of Antifa to be part of our Country. Same with BLM, and a few others. I love my Country, and seriously dislike its enemies. If they start a war, I would have no hesitation in ending the threat as quickly and expeditiously as possible. I choose to NOT start the war, but...
- Sun Aug 27, 2023 1:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Spending the afternoon indoors ......
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1170
Re: Spending the afternoon indoors ......
Sounds like a fun day. Jim, you need to go see if that Confederate Soldier's ghost down near that college there will come shoot with you sometime. After all this time alone, just scaring college kids out playing in the river, he is probably lonesome for some real human company.
- Sun Aug 27, 2023 1:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Parker puppies ( OT CHANGED)
- Replies: 312
- Views: 15237
Re: Parker puppies ( OT CHANGED)
I bought some stuff to spray on cords which was supposed to taste so bad that a puppy would stop chewing. It never worked for my puppies. Teething is too strong of a force to stop at a bad taste. One puppy chewed through a set of 4 gauge jump start cables.
All I can say is good luck.
All I can say is good luck.
- Sun Aug 27, 2023 1:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What is your most useful levergun?
- Replies: 77
- Views: 4220
Re: What is your most useful levergun?
It’s accuracy enough to make up for the lack of power and I don’t think your typical Antifa soy boy is any tougher than a coyote. My experience is from Army training, but not actual combat. Few humans have the willpower to continue like a wild animal after sustaining a serious injury. A 22 Mag can ...
- Thu Aug 24, 2023 6:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What is your most useful levergun?
- Replies: 77
- Views: 4220
Re: What is your most useful levergun?
Absolutely. Accuracy is paramount to full power. A .480 with standard weight bullets (300-370) will cleanly take anything in the lower 48, and do great on most everything in Africa. I think the ability to shoot accurately and put your shot exactly where you want to, is much better than firing a how...