Me too, but at $1249.00 it looks like I will be wanting for a while.Loke wrote:I want the "blued stainless" one.
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- Sat Sep 10, 2011 11:37 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: -
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3759
Re: Chiappa 1886 Kodiak Trapper--anyone seen these yet?
- Wed Sep 07, 2011 7:07 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hunting from a junk car
- Replies: 123
- Views: 16744
Re: Hunting from a junk car
I guess the big deal here that is getting everybody so out of sorts is that everyone has their own definition of hunting. Of course these are my perceptions... you millage may vary. To some if you killed something (under a feeder, in a fenced area, with a full auto on the second clip) well you are s...
- Tue Sep 06, 2011 6:41 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hunting from a junk car
- Replies: 123
- Views: 16744
Re: Hunting from a junk car
Sixgun... I couldn't agree more. My father-in-law has a "farm" (old family farm - he hunts it , doesn't farm it) seems to hunt about like your brother-in-law. He invited me and my son to go hunting there with him and well, I can't have it. He (and his brother) will shoot them all day long ...
- Thu Aug 25, 2011 6:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Does restoring/refurbing remove the "history"?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2654
Re: Does restoring/refurbing remove the "history"?
In this case, since it's a ftr, or arsenal refurb, then no, I say no. The refurb is just another part of the history and doesn't erase the previous history. Not for me anyway. +1 That was maintenance so it could continue to make its history (serviceability). And it is in line with its character. No...
- Tue Aug 23, 2011 6:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Some funny lines!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3669
Re: Some funny lines!
...and has a 100% fatality rate!rusty gunns wrote:Life is sexually transmitted.
- Sat Aug 20, 2011 9:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT: Lost my little buddy today
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4463
Re: OT: Lost my little buddy today
It's always hard when we loose one of life's companions, words always seem to fail, but we always seem compelled to say something in an act of commiseration. While your loss can not be vanquished by our expressions of sorrow; I hope you will see that reflect the losses we may have had of our own and...
- Sun Aug 14, 2011 12:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT: do we have any leverHAMs out here?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 9055
Re: OT: do we have any leverHAMs out here?
Check out local ham clubs and see if there is any of them that have used equipment, good way to get started and radios are usually preprogrammed. We've only got one club near by that I know of (within 30 miles) and that was the group that gave me the exam. After I passed the general they told me I ...
- Sat Aug 13, 2011 2:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT: do we have any leverHAMs out here?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 9055
Re: OT: do we have any leverHAMs out here?
Well I passed both the Technician and General exams. I kind of wished that I would have studied for the Extra... but I didn't want to put the cart before the horse so I played it safe. (Not real sure how I feel about that at the monument, but anyway... but it got me the HF freqs that I wanted so tha...
- Tue Aug 09, 2011 5:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Snake Bit
- Replies: 39
- Views: 7552
Re: Snake Bit
LOOK before you step or reach!! Last year my wife was stepping off the porch just in front of me as we were walking into the front yard. When she stepped down I heard a noise and looked down before I stepped... It was a copper head that moved and a dry leave was what made the noise. Anyhow I killed...
- Wed Aug 03, 2011 5:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Deficit Reduction Plan (not OT)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3122
Re: Deficit Reduction Plan (not OT)
To quote Malcolm Reynolds "That's what governments are for... get in a man's way."Ysabel Kid wrote: Bottom-line: Government interference in the market - or in people's daily lives - almost always results in a worse situation.
- Wed Aug 03, 2011 6:38 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Deficit Reduction Plan (not OT)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3122
Re: Deficit Reduction Plan (not OT)
In many states, there are laws prohibiting 'stockpiling' of food or other supplies, such that the personal supplies of one individual who was prepared can be seized by 'the authorities' and supposedly given to the 'less fortunate' who spent all their money on ice cream and movies. Really? I mean I ...
- Mon Aug 01, 2011 8:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT: The Masons Here Will Love This
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2374
Re: OT: The Masons Here Will Love This
That is very cool indeed.
- Mon Aug 01, 2011 8:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Prayer request (for me)
- Replies: 46
- Views: 8012
Re: Prayer request (for me)
Done.
Don't worry, you'll be on the mend right away.
Don't worry, you'll be on the mend right away.
- Sat Jul 30, 2011 5:43 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The dreaded "C" word
- Replies: 78
- Views: 10801
Re: The dreaded "C" word
That's great news! Congrats and keep it up! Attitude is everything on keeping your strength and spirits up and I bet yours is soaring right now.
- Thu Jul 28, 2011 5:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - Zombie Whacking
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2983
Re: OT - Zombie Whacking
Thanks. Got it now. Thankfully I'm too old for make believe when it seams the real world can be frightening enough. You know I think that is part of the appeal of it too. While the real world (terrorists/DC and state politics/health issues) can be very scary there isn't just a lot you can do about ...
- Thu Jul 28, 2011 2:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - Zombie Whacking
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2983
Re: OT - Zombie Whacking
Aside from the classic "Night of the living dead", what is this fascination we seem to have with zombies nowadays? I don't get it. Gobbler We were talking about that at work the other day. I think its for a couple of reasons really. Zombies make great "bad guys". No one can feel...
- Thu Jul 28, 2011 6:22 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT: A question about Theodore Roosevelt
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3586
OT: A question about Theodore Roosevelt
A question came up the other day and I have not been able to find a definitive answer. Did TR carry a sword during the Spanish American War and if so what model was it? I know this will be easy for some of our historian and or trivia folks on here but I've been chasing my tail without success on thi...
- Wed Jul 20, 2011 6:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT: do we have any leverHAMs out here?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 9055
Re: OT: do we have any leverHAMs out here?
Idahoser, thanks for the post. You introduced me to some ideas there that have my interest. Maybe they are ideas everybody who isn't me knows about but with me being mew and all I like it. I really like the write-ups I have been seeing about the $4 antenna (never heard of that before). Sounds like a...
- Mon Jul 18, 2011 6:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT: do we have any leverHAMs out here?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 9055
Re: OT: do we have any leverHAMs out here?
Yes, check out http://web.me.com/clintbradford/Work-Sat/Home.html Click to download the four-page tutorial...it will tell you most everything you need to get started. It is pretty cool to point a handheld antenna at a target the size of a shoebox, a couple hundred miles away, that is traveling at a...
- Sun Jul 17, 2011 11:37 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT: do we have any leverHAMs out here?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 9055
Re: OT: do we have any leverHAMs out here?
My latest interest is the amateur radio satellites, which can be used with just a dual-band handheld...its pretty cool, and that tech license would let you play with them too. I had heard about HAM sats but had no idea that a dual-band hand-held could hit one. Would you know a good website talking ...
- Sat Jul 16, 2011 9:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT: do we have any leverHAMs out here?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 9055
Re: OT: do we have any leverHAMs out here?
Well, that's probably too far for a club to help you get your ticket. You should be able to Google for an amateur club in your area. Thankfully I do have a club a lot closer than that to me, but I am unaware if they do any hamfests. I couldn't find any info about them having one on their site. Ther...
- Sat Jul 16, 2011 2:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT: do we have any leverHAMs out here?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 9055
Re: OT: do we have any leverHAMs out here?
Find a HAM club in your area and join it. There are ALWAYS locals who will help you with hardware and other questions, and may well have a used rig to sell.... I thought I might. That is the club that offers the testing and they have set up a few repeaters in the area and also participate in ARES/R...
- Sat Jul 16, 2011 12:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT: do we have any leverHAMs out here?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 9055
Re: OT: do we have any leverHAMs out here?
I'm very new to all that and just doing the reading phase on it, but have read enough that I want to get (at least) the Tech license. My dad was a big HAM even from his early teens. I remember seeing him surrounded by radios and his working on them. I've been reading about some of the different radi...
- Sat Jul 16, 2011 10:32 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT: do we have any leverHAMs out here?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 9055
OT: do we have any leverHAMs out here?
I've been thinking about studying for the technician license and was wondering if there where anyone on the forum with a HAM ticket.
- Sat Jul 16, 2011 10:29 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: First post, howdy to you all
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3414
Re: First post, howdy to you all
Salutations and felicitations for joining such an august group of firearm enthusiasts and our round table discussions.
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Howdy and glad ya came!
Oops. (turn of auto-correct)
Howdy and glad ya came!
- Sat Jul 09, 2011 5:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Pete aka "txpete" Has Passed
- Replies: 64
- Views: 10482
Re: Pete aka "txpete" Has Passed
Well said.LeverBob wrote: We've lost a Texan & a fine man. Our loss G-D's gain.
- Thu Jun 16, 2011 6:37 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: what do you guys pay for your hunting license
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5570
Re: what do you guys pay for your hunting license
Oh yeah, paid a grand total of $ 12,107.00 in property taxes...get absolutely nothing in return, hunting wise. You'll have to have us all over to your mansion some time... or is it just own half a county? :shock: Nope, no mansion, just little shack...do live on a lake though and have couple of hund...
- Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: what do you guys pay for your hunting license
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5570
Re: what do you guys pay for your hunting license
Oh yeah, paid a grand total of $ 12,107.00 in property taxes...get absolutely nothing in return, hunting wise. You'll have to have us all over to your mansion some time... or is it just own half a county? :shock: $25 Entitles the holder to hunt all game species using modern gun, muzzleloader or arc...
- Tue Jun 14, 2011 6:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT: True Grit, 2010 - movies and book comparison
- Replies: 77
- Views: 12327
Re: OT: True Grit, 2010 version
My wife brought home the Coen Brothers version of True Grit today. I never made it to the theater to watch it so I've been really looking forward to it. To be simple and to the point, I was not disappointed. The movie is enough different from the John Wayne version that it can stand alone. The char...
- Fri Jun 10, 2011 6:51 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Help me decide about which knife
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3799
Re: Help me decide about which knife
I use Mora knives , sandvik stainless steel and has a built in angle for easy sharpening, can get thru a elk or steer before I need to touch up the edge best thing their 12$ weight is 4-5 oz. http://www.ragweedforge.com/11824.jpg . danny I know the question was about buck knives... so I wasn't goin...
- Mon Jun 06, 2011 6:30 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My-"Because I Can"-Oil Candle & Alcohol Stove's
- Replies: 97
- Views: 14202
Re: My---"Because I Can"---Oil Candle...
Nice kit.
Now I have to add a brass compression fitting to my list of things I want to pick up.
The ones I use when the opportunity afforded itself to make were nowhere near as well thought out and professional looking.
Now I have to add a brass compression fitting to my list of things I want to pick up.
The ones I use when the opportunity afforded itself to make were nowhere near as well thought out and professional looking.
- Sat Jun 04, 2011 9:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT: Positive Thoughts Needed -- Can't See My Sights Again...
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2709
Re: OT: Positive Thoughts Needed -- Can't See My Sights Again...
+1Ysabel Kid wrote:Prayers up!
- Sun May 01, 2011 5:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Prayers for the Quinn family.
- Replies: 33
- Views: 4970
- Fri Apr 29, 2011 6:09 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT: How did our southern members fair
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2164
Re: OT: How did our southern members fair
We had a tornado south of hear that frayed some nerves but mostly took out only trees and fences. Flooding was kind of bad though. Some say the worst ever, but I'm not sure about that. It was fast and ugly. Lots of low water bridges are just gone. Part of a state highway decided it was tired of hang...
- Wed Apr 13, 2011 6:22 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT? Guns and old Sears and Wards catalogs
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2265
Re: OT? Guns and old Sears and Wards catalogs
Perhaps, but also less hand fitting/craftsmanship, they cost more and the Winchesters are (effectively) gone.wecsoger wrote: And the rifles of today have much better steel and more precise machining.
I would happily pay the adjusted prices for those guns.
- Tue Apr 05, 2011 8:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT- Holy stuff!
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5037
Re: OT- Holy stuff!
Congratulations! Sounds like a delivery just in time for the holidays! So what will the baby's first Christmas present be... lever, wheel, or 1911? A centennial 1911 would be awfully nice...
- Tue Apr 05, 2011 6:47 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Humor - Moses and the Bush
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1336
Humor - Moses and the Bush
This is one my preacher told last weekend. Thought it was funny and wanted to pass it along. George W. Bush was walking through an airport last week, when he saw an old man with white hair, a long white beard, wearing a long white robe and holding a staff. He looked at him and leaned over to one of ...
- Sun Mar 27, 2011 1:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another Mosin Nagant question
- Replies: 48
- Views: 7973
Re: Another Mosin Nagant question
After a quick look I did not find a SA or a D stamped on the barrel. There is are several small (quite small) markings though on the barrel, I just didn't see any of those though.
- Sat Mar 26, 2011 11:08 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another Mosin Nagant question
- Replies: 48
- Views: 7973
Re: Another Mosin Nagant question
Just got mine in yesterday and thought I would mention my quick first impressions on the difference between the 1928 Izzy and the 1933 Tula (that I just got). The Izzy has a lot better wood. The Tula has a weird very dark wood insert right behind the trigger housing and a repair area just in front o...
- Thu Mar 24, 2011 6:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: GD thieves!
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4857
Re: GD thieves!
Heck, a while back copper thieves cut phone lines that were in service on the dang poles north of here. This is ridiculous.
- Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:21 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - Broken Mosin Nagant
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1567
Re: OT - Broken Mosin Nagant
Well if you're going to break something you may as well do it in a way that nobody has seen before. A wallhanger with a story for sure.
- Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:19 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: well went to pick up the Mosin Nagant and ........
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1154
Re: well went to pick up the Mosin Nagant and ........
Looks like you've got a couple of good ones there. I've always liked the 60. Mine has always been super accurate. And the MN... well whats not to like? (other than the safety that is )
- Tue Mar 22, 2011 6:55 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT History - Common Era
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3083
Re: OT History - Common Era
I always liked stardate, but sometimes even that can be a bit ambiguous.
- Mon Mar 21, 2011 8:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another Mosin Nagant question
- Replies: 48
- Views: 7973
Re: Another Mosin Nagant question
I plan on picking up the Mosin Nagant this week (ordered from Buds) and we are planning on shooting the thing this weekend. I see all of the collector value questions, but really all we wanted was another inexpensive gun that would be fun to shoot out to 100 yard targets... am I missing the boat by...
- Sat Mar 19, 2011 6:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ya Gotta Love VERMONT!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1867
Re: Ya Gotta Love VERMONT!
Amen!jeepnik wrote: Hey, how about after they are registered, some newpaper publishes the names and address' of those on the list?
- Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: ot humor....the father, the son, and the elevator
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1255
Re: ot humor....the father, the son, and the elevator
That's not right! That a man would even...possibly.........consider.......She left the room. That's funny!
- Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT Colt Navy on grave stone
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1660
Re: OT Colt Navy on grave stone
Very interesting. They did a great job on that tombstone. I wonder if that was a "standard" design for soldiers of that war or special order. Thanks you for posting it.
- Tue Mar 08, 2011 7:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT-Gunshow Pleasures on the Cheap
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2912
Re: OT-Gunshow Pleasures on the Cheap
Very nice. Watch out or you'll catch the Red fever for those nagants if you aren't careful.
Fortunately though it's not an very expensive itch to scratch.
Fortunately though it's not an very expensive itch to scratch.
- Tue Mar 08, 2011 7:17 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT--Ok lets make a knife
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3428
Re: OT--Ok lets make a knife
Both are cool, though I must admit I like the hatchet more. Very nice indeed.
- Sat Mar 05, 2011 7:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Home made matchlock rifle.
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6315
Re: OT--Home made matchlock rifle.
Very cool!