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OldWin

I really want to see Colt do well. I think they're quality has been pretty good the last few years. The management of this company, however, has been abysmal since I've been alive. Word is, when they laid off, they got rid of the guy running the custom shop. He was universally well liked and did a ...

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Wow, thank God nobody was hurt. Hopefully the van isn't in too deep Pitchy. Hopefully no water in the motor or electrical system.
Be careful with the recovery, my friend.

OldWin

I really want to see Colt do well. I think they're quality has been pretty good the last few years. The management of this company, however, has been abysmal since I've been alive. Word is, when they laid off, they got rid of the guy running the custom shop. He was universally well liked and did a g...

OldWin

I gotta tell you bud, that is the coolest thing I've seen you build yet!
That's a huge pile of cool beans!
Nice work, my friend.

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Welcome from Maine.

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No lie, I hate to lose brass so bad I used to borrow my buddies to find my empty after I shot a deer.

There, it's out, psychoanalise that!

I always thought it'd be cool to use one around the old time logging camps.
The same buddy used to prospect a little too.

OldWin

Good for you, Kid! I couldn't do that. I'm so lazy I'd rather get beat with a ski pole than exercise.

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Cool beans Pitchy! That's the safest way to have ole Six sending lead your way! :D For sure! That old Dude could probably punch your ticked at 1000 yards with a 100 year old rifle and open sights!! :D jb 8) Just as long as the wind is not blowin' too hard! :D I just got off the phone with Pitchy......

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Cool beans Pitchy!
That's the safest way to have ole Six sending lead your way!

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That is gonna be a treasure for the new family member. Take LOTS of pictures of every step, regardless of whether you post them or not. It will be important to the caretaker long after you're gone. Stuff like that is really neat. My buddy had one that was in unfired condition. It was beautiful and I...

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I don't feel right trying to beat down a friend. I figure if we are friends they are already letting it go for their minimum by offering it to me. We both know they could ask more elsewhere. I recently bought some stuff from a friend, and when they told me the price I knew it was way low. Tried to g...

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Julia's is about a half hour south of me. We like to go down for the viewing before the auction. It's just incredible the stuff that's there. They have a catered snack table and all, it's my brush with high society. I can't believe they let me in. :D It takes a good part of the day to go through and...

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Glad you got out of that OK! :D Would you mind doing it just once more and get it on video this time? :P When the bear charged me I had a video camera in my hands but some how it didn't occur to me to turn it on I can understand that! It wouldn't have occurred to me to find a bathroom either. :D

OldWin

Wow! Glad you're ok man! That is some heavy duty cowboy happenins right there.
Need more gun though. Maybe a nice ivory gripped SAA in a hand tooled quick draw rig.

Glad it turned out ok.

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I like the old style better too.
What weirds me out is the avatars are on the left on my phone, but over on the right on my computer. I never get used to it that way.
There ain't no way I'm smart enough for that.

Luckily, it's the same crowd though.

OldWin

Good for you. Maine went to constitutional carry last year. I did, however, keep my permit. Ours is only 25 bucks every 4 years anyway. I got it when I was 18. I don't trust politicians and worried that once we dropped the permit system, they figured everyone would let it go. Then, they would vote ...

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You got that right bro! I'm wiped out. Done some hard and fast driving with the ole Dodge.

Traffic wasn't too bad though.
I'm sure glad to be reunited with my guns though!

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Oh man, that's a bad spot! Trigger finger too!
Get better soon.

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Thanks Pitchy!

I'm standing in my kitchen now. We kept the hammer down pretty hard. I'm beat haha!

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Headed home this morning. Spent the whole day in the hospital with my wife's aunt. Scares us how weak and feeble she was. While we were there, the family all met at her daughters and are building a complete living space for her. They are wonderful people. We spent the night at her aunts house. My wi...

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I'm not on FB. I've never sold or bought anything on Craigslist. I bought one gun from Armslist that was local. It went very well. He was a good guy. That said, both my wife and I were well armed and stayed spread out at the meeting. We've had a local weekly magazine called Uncle Henry's up here for...

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Good for you. Maine went to constitutional carry last year. I did, however, keep my permit. Ours is only 25 bucks every 4 years anyway. I got it when I was 18. I don't trust politicians and worried that once we dropped the permit system, they figured everyone would let it go. Then, they would vote t...

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I've never tried an ankle holster. No help there.

If I couldn't use plus p, I'd always just carry the old 158LRN.

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No problem bud. Just wanted you to know.

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I hope so Pitchy, I hope you saw my comment above on your BAR wielding Sixgun.
It was awesome to see your work in person. You do excellent work bud! Jack was very touched by your gift.
Good on you Pitchy.

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I don't know guys, seems to me you gotta be WAY tougher to take that heat. You can always put on more clothes when it's cold. When it's hot, you can only take off so much......and I don't do shorts. I'm a jeans only kinda guy. OS, Yeah, those are all nice places. There is some beautiful country, and...

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I like the scout rifle, especially if built on a mauser or '03 Springfield and using stripper clips. I got an 03A3 (pseudo scout) I built. Naturally, I agree with you. Got a GSR like Blaine's too. It's a great all around rifle. Basically, I would die. I would take too long trying to decide what to ...

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Griff, Thank you for the invite, my friend! I would love to see the southwest someday. The country is so different from Maine. Hoping someday to get out there when I don't have to hurry. Like to take my jeep out there and just cruise all over the west. I would have to hire you to come haul it out th...

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Woo! Just woke from a coma, I was wiped out. Gotta drive through a lotta crazy to get down here. :D Kristy and I want to thank our friends, Jack and Janice, for their hospitality. They opened their beautiful home to a couple weary travelers. We had a great time, and would have liked to spend more, b...

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Nice! I'm really glad you found another 3-screw.
I like the new one too, but it just ain't the same.

I still want to have that done to my dad's. I will have to check and see when it was made. Like you, 67 would be good for me too.

OldWin

Nice!
I have a full octagon, full mag., 45-90 that was made in 1888. Trust me, it doesn't look anywhere near as nice as your examples.

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Jack, Sorry to hear about your friend. Sounds like you have some good ones here though. You forget, my friend, guys do this stuff for you cause YOU are one of the good ones too! I will be down in a week if we are still on bud. Can't wait to visit and shoot the bull. Be nice to get outta this cold an...

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Hard to say here with the wind. Maybe 15-18", I'd say.
Only hit one bad white out spot going to work last night. Got there my usual time, got home my usual time.
I'm sure people think I'm nuts, but after 30 years of driving 50 miles one way, I've about seen it all for bad roads.

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True, my friend, but if it was good all the time we would be tempted to take it for granted. :D The bad makes the good that much better. Too bad the S&S reproduction motors are so expensive. Think how cool it'd be to have a Knucklehead powered toboggan. :D Reminds me! Back in the big timber heyd...

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Fine work, again, Pitchy. I have some of my grandfather's old woodworking tools. He did carpentry on the side back when he was Maine Game Warden. On a side note, when I opened one of his homemade wooden toolboxes I found a brass, U.S. marked, 54cal. Buck and Ball mold. Pretty neat. Have no idea wher...

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I bought a used EA car15 20 years ago. Never used it, so I sold it to a buddy and bought my first M1A, then the scout version too when those came out. On a whim, last year I bought a brand new Colt 6920 Magpul edition. Paid less than I did for the used EA all those years ago. And, it's a much better...

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A Jap bike v-twin would be cheap and easy to source but just wouldn't "sound right", I imagine.
Maybe one of the old Yamaha parallel twins out of a late 70's XS-650. They are a dead ringer for a Triumph motor.
I know, still not the same, but would be less spendy.

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Bout the only problem with the 70's magneto driven sportsters, were startin them. I remember one guy, that every morning I would ride by, heading to work. I bet he never started that thing in less than 5-6 kicks. Once I actually saw it dump him onto the handle bars. I don't know how his ankles stoo...

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That is pretty cool!
Yeah, the Sporty setup would be cheaper for sure.

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Thanks, I think that`s why they used the smaller lighter 45 engine, if ya do a search on Utube there`s a few on there running. One went 50 mph. Don`t think I`ll get to building one this year to many other things going on but I`d like to someday. OldWin, I figure a older engine that runs points to s...

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You're a good man Doc. Guess for me, truthfully, I have more than I ever thought I would now. I will turn 50 this year, and for this part of the country, I've been very lucky. Don't get me wrong, I don't have whole lot, but I remember being a kid and dreaming about the future and what I wanted. It w...

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OK Pitchy, now we're talking.

You could dump a lot of weight and bulk if you use an Evo big twin and ditched the primary and transmission. Just run a snowmobile type clutch off the output side of the crank. Run a rear engine and drive like an old Polaris Sno Traveler.

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That's true.
I have, however, seen people wish their parents had save enough to bury themselves.

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I'd love another Colt SAA. I have two now, a first and a second generation. Both are 5.5" and I want a 4.75.

Prices are crazy though. Can't bring myself to spend the money, or sell something, over .75" of barrel.

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Perfectionist or not, you do good work, Pitchy.
One clever dude. Thanks for posting your projects. I got a soft spot for steam powered stuff.

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Nice! Looks like a good shooter from here.
All the Marlins of that vintage I've had certainly were.

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GunnyMack wrote:Want to see the power of steam?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9bU-I2ZiML0

I've been a witness to the power of steam for many years now.

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Ha, my man, the Pitchster. :D I noticed the case before I read the posts.....thought it was a 45 L. Colt case or a cut down 45-70. My wife thinks Pitchy is the smartest mechanical guy in the world and his videos bring some happiness in the house during an otherwise boring winter. Yep, me and Pitchy...

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Nice work Pitchy. Those things turn up pretty good when they got a full burn going.

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Haha yeah, you can see how happy I am to have my picture took. Old Fatty is 18 now, but ornery as ever. Old Jasper is gone but the middle boy moved home for a whIle last year when he took a job back on our side of the state. That's how we got Stinky. The black cat in the first picture. Then there's ...

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