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by Grizz
Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Range Report: Preparing "Old 3120" for Billy Dixon Range
Replies: 7
Views: 995

Re: Range Report: Preparing "Old 3120" for Billy Dixon Range

Cowboy, that's fantastic shooting. Beautiful spot to be shooting too. That horizontal stringing may be the gun moving with the flow of blood in your arms. Reason I say this is that when I was a kid my Dad and I did some long range prone shooting and I found I had to wait a while for the blood flow r...
by Grizz
Fri Jun 27, 2008 2:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Heavy bullet question .....
Replies: 36
Views: 3818

Re: Heavy bullet question .....

popeye That's a very good point. It demonstrates why I quit carrying a .338 around the man-eaters and started using hard lead bullets. My testing shows that the lead bullets won't self destruct at point blank impact velocities, but the .338 bullets I was using will. They're moving much to fast at th...
by Grizz
Fri Jun 27, 2008 2:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-- boat lovin' -- look here if you love boat stories
Replies: 50
Views: 9383

Re: OT-- boat lovin' -- don't look if you hate boat stories

http://www.boat-links.com/Atkinco/Sail/images/Eric-1.gif http://www.boat-links.com/Atkinco/Sail/images/Eric-2.gif Ah Ji, we're connected more than you know. I've wanted to sail around the world all my life. I love Atkins boats too, and I built Thistle, the flush deck version of Eric, out of ferroce...
by Grizz
Fri Jun 27, 2008 11:07 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-- boat lovin' -- look here if you love boat stories
Replies: 50
Views: 9383

Re: OT-- boat lovin' -- don't look if you hate boat stories

:mrgreen: When you get Her done, can we Pen Test Her? I'll bet the 525 makes the biggest dent :lol: What, you don't think it would lodge in the offside skin? You can hold the orange skillet. Mike, your boat is gorgeous. Remember, adventures are for readers, sailors don't need any extra excitement. ...
by Grizz
Fri Jun 27, 2008 8:01 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: IF you could have only one rifle, one pistol....
Replies: 88
Views: 8055

Re: IF you could have only one rifle, one pistol....

Big Surprise: GS and RH.

That would be my Marlin 1895 Guide Gun and my Ruger Redhawk .44 mag. Both can be loaded down to girlie levels, and loaded up to freight train levels. I'd feel very well armed anywhere anytime.

Grizz
by Grizz
Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:56 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Heavy bullet question .....
Replies: 36
Views: 3818

Re: Heavy bullet question .....

Sort of true, but the one thing that kills and injures more folks in Yellowstone is the bison. Bears get one once in awhile, but not near as many. When a 2000lb bovine has decided humans are evil and need to be erraditcated, they're every bit as deadly as a bear. Too true Don. A friend tells me tha...
by Grizz
Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:42 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-- boat lovin' -- look here if you love boat stories
Replies: 50
Views: 9383

Re: OT-- boat lovin' -- don't look if you hate boat stories

Good idea horsesoldier, but I said lever. I wonder about Columbus's arms. I think he had muskets and probably small canon, but don't have any immediate information. Something to explore. JP had a great call and of course gets double kudos because he found a lever I wasn't referring to. The other lev...
by Grizz
Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-- boat lovin' -- look here if you love boat stories
Replies: 50
Views: 9383

Re: OT-- boat lovin' -- don't look if you hate boat stories

mescalero1 wrote:I am not a boat person, but that was still cool.
Thanks. Yeah, it's fun to see what makes people tick. My boat got me out of the rack for lots of years. Well, and the fish that followed her around. And now it's all good. ;)
by Grizz
Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-- boat lovin' -- look here if you love boat stories
Replies: 50
Views: 9383

Re: OT-- boat lovin' -- don't look if you hate boat stories

Very Kewl. I too am a boat person. A sail boat person to be exact. I enjoyed the read and history of the stories. Thanks Mike, Yeah, I've sailed some and am looking at options to go again. Believe it or not, and I hardly believe it myself, I'm considering building a Wharram Cat out of aluminum. She...
by Grizz
Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-- boat lovin' -- look here if you love boat stories
Replies: 50
Views: 9383

OT-- boat lovin' -- look here if you love boat stories

Most of ya know I'm a boat person, whatever that means.

This is part of what it means:

http://empresspublications.com/xy/boat_love.htm

Enjoy. And kudos to whoever figures out where there's lever action to be found aboard...

Grizz
by Grizz
Thu Jun 26, 2008 7:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Heavy bullet question .....
Replies: 36
Views: 3818

Re: Heavy bullet question .....

I grant you can work the problem backwards. Some years ago a woodsman in Alaska was in the woods. Maybe making the trek to the outhouse. He disappeared. Some number of years later a large menacing bear was killed and investigated to see what it's life story was. In the lower jaw and parts of the bea...
by Grizz
Thu Jun 26, 2008 3:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Quick 44 WCF range trip and mini-report
Replies: 11
Views: 867

Re: Quick 44 WCF range trip and mini-report

Kirk,

If you gave the bullet weight I couldn't find it, regardless of how big I made the type.

That's good shooting I'd say.
by Grizz
Thu Jun 26, 2008 3:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Heavy bullet question .....
Replies: 36
Views: 3818

Re: Heavy bullet question .....

Grizz, I didn't "skip" your thread, more like I missed it. Some times this forum moves so fast I miss things. If you'll link me to it I'll read it right quick. Joe Here ya go Joe: http://levergunscommunity.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=7983 that .44 data builds on this earlier test: http://...
by Grizz
Thu Jun 26, 2008 12:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Heavy bullet question .....
Replies: 36
Views: 3818

Re: Heavy bullet question .....

That's the smart way to do it. Find out what the gun likes, Find out how they perform. Just going out and seeing what happens, like with the oak trees in your case, is a great learning experience. And truth is, there probably aren't any skulls that are harder than that oak, so you probably have a go...
by Grizz
Thu Jun 26, 2008 12:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Heavy bullet question .....
Replies: 36
Views: 3818

Re: Heavy bullet question .....

Bluehawk, Not disputing your loads. I was trying to answer Joe's question by 'splaining what I see in the heavies. If we could shoot together you would see the difference. Not to say that your loads aren't good ones, just saying if brer bear is sitting on me, I'd prefer mine. Grizz PS: here's a link...
by Grizz
Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:24 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS --> million lawsuit march
Replies: 18
Views: 1750

Re: OT --> million lawsuit march

This is not going to be easy. The statists don't take no for an answer. This is going to be a tough fight, but a smart young lawyer can get rich just on the civil liberties aspect of the case. Kind of the reverse of suing the gun manufacturers, eh? EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE ANTI-GUN LAWS HAS INFRING...
by Grizz
Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:05 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Heavy bullet question .....
Replies: 36
Views: 3818

Re: Heavy bullet question .....

Joe, Did you skip my post on the field tests? Look over the data for my .44 handgun load. That bullet penetrated 13.5" of douglas fir at the lower velocity. I upped the velocity to make it perform that way at 50 yards. It is not a high pressure, high velocity load. It is a low pressure, low vel...
by Grizz
Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:58 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 45-70 load with these bullets:
Replies: 10
Views: 1742

Re: 45-70 load with these bullets:

Mike, I don't have specific data, but I look for the closest thing I can find in a copper jacketed bullet and study the loads and pressures. It's generally safe shooting the loads for the copper bullets under cast lead ones because the lead bullets are more slippery and produce less pressure, ALL EL...
by Grizz
Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:49 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS --> million lawsuit march
Replies: 18
Views: 1750

POLITICS --> million lawsuit march

it's time, isn't it, to go after the brady's and the boxers and the rest of them who have violated our civil rights for all these years, and gotten away with violating the constitution. the law didn't change, the constitution didn't change, and we've suffered grievous loss of our civil liberties. it...
by Grizz
Thu Jun 26, 2008 7:13 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - Home defence in OZ...
Replies: 9
Views: 2050

Re: POLITICS - Home defence in OZ...

There are a number of standard terms, phrases, distances, etc. that if used in your statement, can make a very large difference in whether you are charged or not.
Kirk, please, what are they?
by Grizz
Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A Whack of Photos of Some Older Winchesters
Replies: 31
Views: 4589

Re: A Whack of Photos of Some Older Winchesters

very fine Kirk, you have refined taste in leverguns
by Grizz
Wed Jun 25, 2008 7:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Added a couple of special order Marlin's to the safe
Replies: 16
Views: 1439

Re: Added a couple of special order Marlin's to the safe

just plain beautiful, big smile makers those are...
by Grizz
Wed Jun 25, 2008 7:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Range Report A levergun results video
Replies: 15
Views: 1962

Re: A levergun results video

Wayne Miller You can shoot in national forests, you can shoot in capitol state forest, probably some others too. I just look for the old logging roads, they usually have some wide outs and dead ends that are useful. I hate shooting at gun ranges and go out of my way to find spots. It's kind of fun e...
by Grizz
Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Range Report A levergun results video
Replies: 15
Views: 1962

Re: A levergun results video

Now if you could run that PileDriver through those four round pieces of wood you've got all that soft water stacked on; I'd be impressed. Rio Hondo Hank was traversing them sideways last year in WY with his Marlin .50 Alaskan, my dinky 525 load wouldn't do it. But Hank loads them up on the cusp and...
by Grizz
Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Spur of the moment purchase TODAY !
Replies: 24
Views: 2993

Re: Spur of the moment purchase TODAY !

TODAY

again ?

there I go cracking myself up again.....
by Grizz
Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Range Report A levergun results video
Replies: 15
Views: 1962

Re: A levergun results video

We shoot in the forest near the east boundry of Grays Harbor Co.

multipurpose recreation area

we've tried a lot of places, but this one gives us 140 open yards

what's that range like? can you set up gongs and shoot water jugs?
by Grizz
Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Range Report A levergun results video
Replies: 15
Views: 1962

Range Report A levergun results video

Went out with Blaine and some more of the good guys last weekend. I got myself a chrono and set up a little ballistic station off to the side of the main events. If you recall my RedHawk subsonic load report, I added a half grain to the charge and documented the results. I ran out of bullets so the ...
by Grizz
Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:23 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My One Political Post (before I go to Africa)
Replies: 17
Views: 2062

Re: My One Political Post (before I go to Africa)

Amen Jim and Godspeed.....,
by Grizz
Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:22 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Traded Into A 1895 In 405--UpDated With Pics!!!!
Replies: 27
Views: 2326

Re: Traded Into A 1895 In 405--UpDated With Pics!!!!

BlaineG wrote:
Grizz wrote:What would you trade for that chest of drawers?
My Grandparents got that when they were married.....I think is was made in the late 1800s and kind of a family thing....Daughter would kill me if sold it......
I figured, it's a beaut.
by Grizz
Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:40 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - Oil Exploration
Replies: 60
Views: 6002

Re: POLITICS - Oil Exploration

I will say it again , IT ain't a Market, It's GAMBLING, where only the consumer looses!!!!! I will say it again. it IS a market. It is NOT gambling. And consumers benefit from it. Willful ignorance isn't informed opinion. Folks are entitled to any opinion they desire, but when it's wrong, it's wron...
by Grizz
Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:27 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A grab bag - M1886, 475 Turnbull, tang sights & cast bullets
Replies: 18
Views: 3057

Re: A grab bag - M1886, 475 Turnbull, tang sights & cast bullets

I hate folding barrel sights. Here's why: I was walking one of my favorite game trails near the timber break at alpine level. There was bear sign around, and being overly imaginative every rock, stump, and moss covered log lying in shadow looked like a bear to me. When I raised my rifle to my should...
by Grizz
Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:16 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Traded Into A 1895 In 405--UpDated With Pics!!!!
Replies: 27
Views: 2326

Re: Traded Into A 1895 In 405--UpDated With Pics!!!!

What would you trade for that chest of drawers?
by Grizz
Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:14 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Politics - AnarchoCapitalisim, somthing to think about
Replies: 17
Views: 1136

Re: Politics - AnarchoCapitalisim, somthing to think about

first, I don't call "liberals" by the old term, I call them commies or more appropriately STATISTS. There is nothing liberal about them. "...a social philosophy whose central tenet is that human beings can live justly and harmoniously without government and that the imposition of gove...
by Grizz
Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Politics - If The First Were Treated Like The Second
Replies: 8
Views: 747

Re: Politics - If The First Were Treated Like The Second

Paul, I have thought about that a lot. I've often wondered what the newspapers would say when we told them that the ink they use is damaging a spotted lame tick, only three of which are known to exist. I also think we should register print media as dangerous to human life, based on the cases of peop...
by Grizz
Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT..OT...OT....Tired of political posts?
Replies: 59
Views: 4507

Re: OT..OT...OT....Tired of political posts?

Oh man, you guys don't know what you've been missing, and probably never will. It is an absolute blast to shoot fish, but I cannot reveal the source of this information.
by Grizz
Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Politics - AnarchoCapitalisim, somthing to think about
Replies: 17
Views: 1136

Re: Politics - AnarchoCapitalisim, somthing to think about

I'll tell you why as nicely as I can. If you can show that in the past, say in Webster's First Dictionary, or even the Second, the definition is what you desire it to be, then I can go along with that. But, if you are telling me that you want to make up a definition based on what you wish it means, ...
by Grizz
Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Politics - AnarchoCapitalisim, somthing to think about
Replies: 17
Views: 1136

Re: Politics - AnarchoCapitalisim, somthing to think about

an·ar·chist –noun 1. a person who advocates or believes in anarchy or anarchism. 2. a person who seeks to overturn by violence all constituted forms and institutions of society and government, with no purpose of establishing any other system of order in the place of that destroyed. 3. a person who p...
by Grizz
Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:49 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - Oil Exploration
Replies: 60
Views: 6002

Re: POLITICS - Oil Exploration

oldmax there's excess and corruption in everything. it's human nature. look at congress. look at the senate. there's excess and corruption on a scale of trillions of dollars originating from that oligarchy. just about NO ONE understands the commodity markets and the function they have in the economy...
by Grizz
Sun Jun 22, 2008 9:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - Oil Exploration
Replies: 60
Views: 6002

Re: POLITICS - Oil Exploration

well, that's one person's opinion. there's not one citation or shred of evidence that anything the writer alleges is in fact true. in addition to which there's not one link to the web page's origins, positions, or any other bona fides. in other words, it's a rant by someone who appears to make up st...
by Grizz
Sun Jun 22, 2008 1:00 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT- Video capture
Replies: 2
Views: 363

Re: OT- Video capture

Digital video is easy to upload onto windows boxes. Then you can use the microsoft application called "movie maker". It's free software, runs on winxp and I suppose others, and is surprisingly easy to use and fairly powerful given its cost.
by Grizz
Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:55 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - How many years does it take to build a refinery?
Replies: 26
Views: 2636

Re: OT - How many years does it take to build a refinery?

If McCain and the GOP leadership had half a brain cell between them they would start non-stop hammering the Dem's day and night between now and the election on the topic of energy independence. Show the American public, relentlessly, how the Dem's alliance with the environmentalists have brought ab...
by Grizz
Fri Jun 20, 2008 8:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Puzzle Four's New Sight (bolt mounted Williams)
Replies: 17
Views: 1501

Re: Puzzle Four's New Sight (bolt molunted Williams)

- these aren't benchrest target rifles, and that's a fact. Pete, I was commenting about this statement, which is correct. But my corollary comment proves that the "not benchrest rifles" are capable of pretty impressive bench rest performance: http://www.levergunpm.com/ on the left pane cl...
by Grizz
Fri Jun 20, 2008 7:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - How many years does it take to build a refinery?
Replies: 26
Views: 2636

Re: OT - How many years does it take to build a refinery?

Old Time Hunter wrote:I believe the Army Corp of Engineers built one in New Zealand during WWII, up and running in 45 days!
Those WERE the good old days...
by Grizz
Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - Oil Exploration
Replies: 60
Views: 6002

Re: POLITICS - Oil Exploration

Oh, what the heck, I'll nit-pick on one of the points, on the electric cars. I wouldn't be surprised if your summary is correct regarding the current state of the art, but American ingenuity is working on super-capacitors which would change the equation. If they could deliver a 75 mi range, most co...
by Grizz
Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - Oil Exploration
Replies: 60
Views: 6002

Re: POLITICS - Oil Exploration

MARKET: Implies Buying a product for use or for resale . HEDGE FUND, Does this imply Buying a product for resale ???? I THINK NOT! It Implies a " Get Rich Quick " scheme with no regard to others... There is NO intention to securing the product for resale. It is only the paper ( promise to...
by Grizz
Fri Jun 20, 2008 1:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Browning 1886
Replies: 20
Views: 2140

Re: Browning 1886

Two holes on the tang a half inch apart? That doesnt sound right for the normal tang sights used on lever guns, there should be one hole just behind the hammer, and the rear tang sight mounting hole is the stock screw. Yea, you know, someone not interested in aesthetics, just make what ya got, fit!...
by Grizz
Fri Jun 20, 2008 1:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - Oil Exploration
Replies: 60
Views: 6002

Re: POLITICS - Oil Exploration

KWK wrote:Geeze, a post from Grizz I feel no great need to argue with. :?:

(Not that I agree with all the points, mind you.) :D
Well, see there, we don't always not see eye-to-eye, and that's a good thing.

Grizz
by Grizz
Fri Jun 20, 2008 12:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Puzzle Four's New Sight (bolt mounted Williams)
Replies: 17
Views: 1501

Re: Puzzle Four's New Sight (bolt molunted Williams)

Pete44ru wrote: IMHO, there's not enough "slop" in any of these bolts to make a gnat's butt worth of difference when shooting - these aren't benchrest target rifles, and that's a fact.
Uh, um, ah, have you looked at the ranch dog targets? I'm just saying,

Grizz
by Grizz
Fri Jun 20, 2008 8:23 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Puzzle Four's New Sight (bolt mounted Williams)
Replies: 17
Views: 1501

Re: Puzzle Four's New Sight (bolt molunted Williams)

Lo-Pro... GOTTA HAVE THAT ONE...

what's the contact info please ?

Grizz
by Grizz
Fri Jun 20, 2008 8:01 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - Oil Exploration
Replies: 60
Views: 6002

Re: POLITICS - Oil Exploration

We have a sparsely regulated comodities market, and a bubble in oil prices. That's the fast way back down. It's fashionable to blame the commodities markets, but let me ask you, when oil was trading for 10$ a barrel a few years ago, why weren't those nasty markets just bidding the price up to where...