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- Mon Jan 22, 2024 7:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another Rolling Block pistol!
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2421
Re: Another Rolling Block pistol!
Got a call from my friend who does my FFL transfers to tell me a package came in my name today. He said he wont open it until I get there tomorrow! Updates after I get it home and look it over good!
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 10:19 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: S&W Lever gun
- Replies: 44
- Views: 3144
Re: S&W Lever gun
Looks like another copy of the Marlin designed guns. Can't anyone come up with their own designs anymore?
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 10:17 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Freezing weather has gone on past but
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1298
Re: The Freezing weather has gone on past but
We finally got out of the house for the first time in a week yesterday! Before that the snow and freezing rain mad things too dangerous too even think of trying to walk to our cars, or drive anywhere. After my crash and burn last week going out to check the generator I'm almost healed up, and sure d...
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 11:03 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: This Reporter Was Lucky!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 946
Re: This Reporter Was Lucky!
Probably lucky she wasn't smart enough to know what it was, or she might have started running! Then she would have been in big trouble. I think she didn't get attacked because she didn't move. But think about this too.....the camera person just filmed it too, and didn't react or say anything!
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 4:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: well. it finally happened -- A/D (accidental discharge)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2171
Re: well. it finally happened -- A/D (accidental discharge)
Closest thing I've had was at the gun range. I had been shooting some guns and decided to shoot my carry gun before heading home. I shot several magazine loads through it, and had loaded a fresh magazine into the grip, and racked the slide. Went to lower the hammer and had the gun pointed downrange ...
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 4:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OK. Sorry. Guy health topic
- Replies: 43
- Views: 3293
Re: OK. Sorry. Guy health topic
Vall, bless your heart my friend. That cystoscopy was pretty uncomfortable all right -- certainly worse than a catheter upon removal. If I have to have the roto-rooter, thank gosh it's a general anesthetic and an overnight in the hospital. Wishing you well on the 12th. Mick, not to pry, but is a pr...
- Fri Jan 19, 2024 4:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Setting the record straight - Elmer Keith's blown .45
- Replies: 8
- Views: 633
Re: Setting the record straight - Elmer Keith's blown .45
Keith had a habit of pushing firearms to their limits, and on more than one occasion well beyond. Some of the stuff he did still makes me wonder? I can't imagine how he even seated a .458" bullet in a .45 Colt case and still got it to chamber?
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 8:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OK. Sorry. Guy health topic
- Replies: 43
- Views: 3293
Re: OK. Sorry. Guy health topic
Bill, I'll let you know after Feb. 12th. That's when they are going to roto rooter mine and we'll see how it is afterwards. My urologist did the scope a month ago and said I need the passage opened up, but also said my prostrate is growing into my bladder, so she'll also remove some of that at the s...
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 8:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another Rolling Block pistol!
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2421
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 3:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: THE BEST CALIBER
- Replies: 63
- Views: 6280
Re: THE BEST CALIBER
My favorite carry caliber is .45 ACP, but honestly I carry a compact Kahr 9mm most the time. Used to be my S&W Model 60 in .38 Special, and even with just 5 shots I didn't worry. I've often carried my little Walther .22LR too if I was doing something where I wanted a small gun, and outdoors fish...
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 3:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: It's official: I'm a grandpa
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1896
Re: It's official: I'm a grandpa
Congratulations Bill!
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 3:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What a morning!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 898
Re: What a morning!
Just spoke with my brother in Oklahoma and he said they're at 5 degrees, and he's got maybe 3-4 days left of propane to run the furnace! And to make matters worse his propane supplier told him they can't get propane anywhere in any states around. Said the places they buy from are all frozen up and n...
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 12:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What a morning!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 898
Re: What a morning!
Vall, I hope you are back on the grid soon! Been some nasty weather in good old Oregon this winter. Power came back last night after 36 hours out. But our 9500 watt generator let us function almost as normal. Only thing we didn't do was laundry as the dryer is a big amp draw. But we can keep the li...
- Sun Jan 14, 2024 8:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What a morning!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 898
Re: What a morning!
Nothing worse than power outages! I think we still have some poles from the telegraph days around here, the grid isn't much better! Nice having duel fuel - good thinking on your part. We went 25 years without any outage longer than a couple minutes, and those were rare! Then after that it seems lik...
- Sun Jan 14, 2024 12:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Blue Norther
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1768
Re: Blue Norther
12 degrees here Bill, with snow and 50 mph winds! Wishing we were 38 degrees!Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2024 7:40 pm We have one pouring south over Texas this afternoon. I was in Abilene at 2 and it was about 64. By the time I got home to Sweetwater at 3:30 it was 38. Now 26 and headed for 11.
- Sun Jan 14, 2024 12:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What a morning!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 898
Re: What a morning!
Sounds better than my morning yesterday! We woke up to 12 degrees here, snowing, and 50 mph winds! Worst weather in my 73 years here! We stayed inside and decided nothing needed to be done outside.....until power went off just after noon! I had to go out to the shed and drag our 9500 watt generator ...
- Sat Jan 13, 2024 11:07 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another Rolling Block pistol!
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2421
Re: Another Rolling Block pistol!
After waiting 10 days for this Rolling Block to arrive, I sent an email to the seller asking for a tracking number to see where it was. He replied it's still sitting at his shop and said he's waiting for a copy of my FFL dealer's license! Since I sent him all this info the day after I won the auctio...
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 12:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Interesting on EDC belts
- Replies: 4
- Views: 504
Re: Interesting on EDC belts
I try to carry as little as possible, not more than I need. So I go the opposite and don't really even care for any belt to hold extra stuff. If I'm out hunting or fishing, I often carry a small backpack for anything beyond my handgun, as it's easy to shed when I stop, and beyond my gun nothing I ne...
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 11:11 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: LaPierre resigns
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2183
Re: LaPierre resigns
All the good things WLP did in his early years have been so seriously tarnished by abuses he did in latter years that those abuses far out shadow the good. That doesn't mean we forget the good part, but it's impossible to draw some imaginary line and call it Wayne I and Wayne II, and act like it's t...
- Thu Jan 11, 2024 11:01 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another Rolling Block pistol!
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2421
Re: Another Rolling Block pistol!
I just had my wife move to the spare bedroom so it can sit under her pillow!Grizz wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 1:48 amIf I had that gun I would get a bigger pillow !marlinman93 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 10, 2024 11:26 amMight get crowded with my 1964 Colt Commercial .45 under there now.barbarossa wrote: ↑Tue Jan 09, 2024 4:41 pm If I had that gun I d probably sleep with it under my pillow lol
- Wed Jan 10, 2024 11:26 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another Rolling Block pistol!
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2421
Re: Another Rolling Block pistol!
Might get crowded with my 1964 Colt Commercial .45 under there now.barbarossa wrote: ↑Tue Jan 09, 2024 4:41 pm If I had that gun I d probably sleep with it under my pillow lol
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 3:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another Rolling Block pistol!
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2421
Re: Another Rolling Block pistol!
Yes, any of them could be mailed directly to any buyer in the US. Great, I will PM you my address! But seriously... That's a beauty for sure! In the Single Shot Exchange , there are those who specialize in and want "Hubaleks", and I'm surprised they didn't see it. But you could always tur...
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 11:16 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another Rolling Block pistol!
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2421
Re: Another Rolling Block pistol!
Just an update, as I've been doing research while waiting for the Roller to arrive. I was loaned a copy of Landskron's book on the Rolling Block pistols and something he wrote jumped off the page when I read it. He mentioned that all the Rolling Block actions were made between 1865 and 1876! This m...
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 11:13 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another Rolling Block pistol!
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2421
Re: Another Rolling Block pistol!
Just an update, as I've been doing research while waiting for the Roller to arrive. I was loaned a copy of Landskron's book on the Rolling Block pistols and something he wrote jumped off the page when I read it. He mentioned that all the Rolling Block actions were made between 1865 and 1876! This me...
- Mon Jan 08, 2024 11:04 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: LaPierre resigns
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2183
Re: LaPierre resigns
There's enough proof of WLP's antics to make me believe if only a fraction of it was true it's unacceptable. Being given a 1/4 million dollar yacht by a contractor doing work for the NRA, and not claiming the gift? Or taking expensive trips to exotic locations for him, his family, and friends, and c...
- Sat Jan 06, 2024 11:43 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another Rolling Block pistol!
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2421
Re: Another Rolling Block pistol!
Congrats! I've always wanted one. Don't know much about them other than the basics, but like Scott, just always admired the looks. I love the .44 Russian cartridge. May have to start looking harder. :D As tough as these are to buy, one in .44 Russian is the needle in the haystack to find! I've neve...
- Sat Jan 06, 2024 11:38 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: LaPierre resigns
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2183
Re: LaPierre resigns
I also have been a Life member for many decades having switched to Life member in the late 1970's. I was proud to tell people I was a Life member then, and for long after, but in recent years not so much. I'm pleased that LaPierre is gone, but not hopeful yet. There are those still a part of the boa...
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 6:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another Rolling Block pistol!
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2421
Re: Another Rolling Block pistol!
beautiful ! terrific find ! always wanted one in 22 an also one in 50 CF but never found either one at a reasonable price i did get a slender little uberti rolling block replica in 38/357 that finally satisfied the craving to a small degree. The .22RF Target version is what always got my blood boil...
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 6:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Must Resist!!!!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1051
Re: Must Resist!!!!
That's a great price at $1000, and even better at anything less. Glad it was still there when you went back!
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 10:37 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another Rolling Block pistol!
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2421
Re: Another Rolling Block pistol!
I’m in love with the way that pistol looks. I’ve never owned one or seen one in person. But I can go to a specific page in Sixguns by Keith where it is pictured. Thanks Scott! This Remington Target pistol is what I really wanted to find long before the .50 Navy 1867 showed up. But as is often the c...
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 12:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Recoil as I age
- Replies: 44
- Views: 2839
Re: Recoil as I age
I injured my right wrist back in 1971 on the job, and have a 95% disability in that wrist, so since I was 21 years old I've always been more recoil sensitive than most. Everything I shoot is medium level loads, and occasionally when I practice with defense loads in my carry guns I can get through a ...
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 12:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Travis Letter will return to the Alamo
- Replies: 8
- Views: 710
Re: The Travis Letter will return to the Alamo
No matter how many times I read things about the Alamo I'm still amazed at the bravery those men showed under certain death. A soldier here or there who faces death but stands his ground is always amazing, but for that many to face certain death and do so together is even more so.
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 12:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another Rolling Block pistol!
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2421
Re: Another Rolling Block pistol!
a Beauty. what auction did those rollers appear at? grizz The first one I found locally, not at an auction. I don't ever look at online auctions as I've always been leery of buying guns online where I can't hold them and look them over. But this 2nd one was on Gunbroker, and I broke my own rule jus...
- Wed Jan 03, 2024 11:34 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another Rolling Block pistol!
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2421
Re: Another Rolling Block pistol!
I'm in the process of making brass for the 1867 .50 Navy, and it will be shooting soon. Since this one is .22lR it will see lots of shooting with no load workup required.Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 7:14 am Wonderful find, Vall. I'd sure be tempted to shoot it.
- Wed Jan 03, 2024 11:32 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another Rolling Block pistol!
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2421
Re: Another Rolling Block pistol!
a Beauty. what auction did those rollers appear at? grizz The first one I found locally, not at an auction. I don't ever look at online auctions as I've always been leery of buying guns online where I can't hold them and look them over. But this 2nd one was on Gunbroker, and I broke my own rule jus...
- Tue Jan 02, 2024 10:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another Rolling Block pistol!
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2421
Another Rolling Block pistol!
Last week a friend called to tell me about yet another Rolling Block pistol he saw at auction. He wanted it, but said it wasn't going to happen since he lives in Ca. and it would be too much trouble to buy since it wasn't an antique. He sent me the link for the auction, and I watched it all week wit...
- Tue Jan 02, 2024 12:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Who is shooting a surplus rifle?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2648
Re: Who is shooting a surplus rifle?
I've had several Model 95 and 98 Mausers in 8x75 and all were great shooters with very nice bores. I got a couple from Big 5 Sports near my house when they had Yugos for $99 some years ago. Shot the heck out of them with milsurp ammo, and sold them for a little profit later.
- Sat Dec 30, 2023 11:13 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: JAVELINA
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1590
Re: JAVELINA
Great report Jim!
I've never seen a live one as haven't spent much time down southwest where they seem to be mostly.
I've never seen a live one as haven't spent much time down southwest where they seem to be mostly.
- Fri Dec 22, 2023 5:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Prices Going Up on ammo, powder and primers
- Replies: 14
- Views: 889
Re: Prices Going Up on ammo, powder and primers
Artificial shortages go back a very long time, and happen often with all sorts of manufacturers. I remember my parents talking about of all things peanut butter being tough to find back in the 1930's and the prices went nuts. Once it ended, the price of peanut butter never went back to where it was ...
- Fri Dec 22, 2023 5:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A new toy
- Replies: 7
- Views: 476
Re: A new toy
Very cool. I saw some home-made single-shot pistols from Rolling Blocks when I was a kid. Rough workmanship but they did work. I once owned one made into a pistol and fitted with a .32-20 barrel. It was well done and looked good, but I was uneasy about rifle actions made into pistols, and how to pr...
- Thu Dec 21, 2023 6:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A new toy
- Replies: 7
- Views: 476
A new toy
Last Sunday at our monthly collector gun show at OAC a friend stopped to tell me about two Rolling Block .50 caliber pistols he saw at a local gun shop for sale. He said the seller wouldn't break the pair up, and wanted someone to buy both. He wanted one, but not two, so I told him I'd be happy to h...
- Wed Dec 20, 2023 10:03 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: water damaged ammo
- Replies: 5
- Views: 406
Re: water damaged ammo
They'll either fire or not, but if they wont there's not any chance those that don't would cause a problem. I would listen for squib loads as you fire, just in case that happened, but doubt it will.
- Tue Dec 19, 2023 4:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ceramic ... bullets?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 378
Re: Ceramic ... bullets?
Being a lot lighter than lead balls my guess is they weren't very accurate at anything very far. Likely used in close combat where accuracy wasn't a big issue. They'd destabilize pretty quickly.
- Mon Dec 18, 2023 2:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Input from those in law enforcement
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1153
- Mon Dec 18, 2023 10:32 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: After over 20 years, finally finished!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 760
Re: After over 20 years, finally finished!
There's enough open uncheckered wood to still let the beauty of the walnut show. I like that he did a slightly darker finish over the checkering as it enhances the checkering a bit, and makes it look like it's been there awhile.
- Sun Dec 17, 2023 11:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: After over 20 years, finally finished!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 760
Re: After over 20 years, finally finished!
Thanks!
I liked the way it came out before, but always looked not quite finished. This finally put an exclamation point at the end of the build. This was the same gun before I gave him the stock set to work on:
I liked the way it came out before, but always looked not quite finished. This finally put an exclamation point at the end of the build. This was the same gun before I gave him the stock set to work on:
- Sun Dec 17, 2023 5:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: After over 20 years, finally finished!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 760
After over 20 years, finally finished!
Got a nice surprise at our monthly OAC collector gun show this morning! Last month I gave the stocks from my very first Hepburn to my gunsmith friend so his checkerer could checker them. I built this rifle up from a project I bought from a friend over 20 years ago, but never got around to checkering...
- Sat Dec 16, 2023 3:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: One Special 1911
- Replies: 14
- Views: 804
Re: One Special 1911
What a nice gun, and gesture Jim!
- Sat Dec 16, 2023 3:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Homemade BP
- Replies: 12
- Views: 666
Re: Homemade BP
As kids around 12 years old my buddy and I made up BP from a formula we got in a science book at the library. Had to buy some from the local pharmacy and he asked what we needed it for? We thought he might not sell it if we told him the truth, so we told him a science project for school. If a couple...
- Sat Dec 16, 2023 12:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Input from those in law enforcement
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1153
Re: Input from those in law enforcement
I have a friend who retired from the force and we are members of a antique arms collector group that met last night. I ran the video for him, and told him what had transpired so far to get his input. He said I should keep copies of the video, and all correspondence by email, plus write down what dis...