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- Tue Feb 17, 2026 7:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: ‘Undercover’ guns…LOL
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2766
Re: ‘Undercover’ guns…LOL
I am starting to think of the Kel Tec P32 as the High Standard Derringer of a new generation. Bigger BB's and more of them, a lot less muzzle blast, lighter...what's not to like?
- Tue Jan 27, 2026 2:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Preemie grand daughter
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2883
Re: Preemie grand daughter
Praise the Lord!
- Tue Jan 27, 2026 1:25 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bucket List Items
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4050
- Wed Jan 14, 2026 12:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Young guys having trouble finding life mates
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5663
Re: Young guys having trouble finding life mates
Three words -- community education classes. My wife and I have been going to an herbal medicine class. There's usually about twelve people there. And it's either one other guy or just me. Other than that, women of all different ages, shapes and sizes, Some of them are kind of cute. :D I've noticed t...
- Tue Jan 13, 2026 10:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Pocket Pistol Ammo
- Replies: 49
- Views: 11708
Re: Pocket Pistol Ammo
Guy I used to know would claim that the purpose of a handgun was to slow the other guy down for the knife fight you were going to have to have anyway. If you look at it that way...
- Sun Dec 28, 2025 5:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Does anyone on here sleep in bed with a pistol strapped on?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4869
Re: Does anyone on here sleep in bed with a pistol strapped on?
Sleeping with a pistol on body? Not to speak of. Maybe once in a blue moon when sleeping someplace Where The Wild Things Are. OTOH, I almost always have, at bare minimum, some kind of neck knife on body when sleeping. (And at any other time, for that matter.) Anyone else here in the habit of sleepin...
- Thu Dec 18, 2025 12:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Talk about little!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3329
Re: Talk about little!
One of my old EMS partners weighed just about one pound at birth. She was a great partner, sharper than a tack.
- Thu Dec 18, 2025 12:23 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Health stuff again -- pain control
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1652
Re: Health stuff again -- pain control
Elderly woman up here takes a fall at home, breaks her hip. Well, good news is that docs can sometimes fix that now. So they send her home after a few days, cool. But rather than opiods they give her some kind of super-powerful scrip-only NSAID, I don't recall which one. And 72 hours later we get pa...
- Sat Nov 22, 2025 12:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I was wondering how many of you have explored the Leverguns Site?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 5963
Re: I was wondering how many of you have explored the Leverguns Site?
I found the site first, while I was looking for reduced load data (and that's a great article!), which led me to the forum.
- Thu Nov 20, 2025 10:23 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 'Gun Collection Envy' - try not to fall into that trap...
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3181
Re: 'Gun Collection Envy' - try not to fall into that trap...
I think big gun collections are like classic cars or show animals. They are great things for your buddy to have. Then every so often you can go over to his house and look at them for five minutes. Then you can say, "that's nice, man. Now what do you want to do?"
- Sun Aug 24, 2025 12:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: When I Was A Kid This Is What Was Preached Against ...
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5687
Re: When I Was A Kid This Is What Was Preached Against ...
You guys know why the other church in town, down the road, forbids its parishioners to make whoopee standing up, right?Oldncrusty wrote: ↑Fri Aug 22, 2025 1:21 pm Yep. Horrible stuff. Makes you want to tap your foot. Everyone knows that leads to dancing.
Might lead to dancing!
- Mon Aug 18, 2025 10:29 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Really interesting photo I'd never seen
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5277
Re: Really interesting photo I'd never seen
Hemingway later used some of his experiences turning his boat a Q-ship in his novel "Islands in the Stream". In real life, there is some debate as to how serious he was about it, and he never actually found any Germans. Probably just as well. Imagine a bunch of drunks in a fishing boat, ar...
- Sun Aug 10, 2025 10:47 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Of all the Winchester leverguns ...
- Replies: 49
- Views: 19344
Re: Of all the Winchester leverguns ...
For me, 1886 Lightweight in .33 Win.
I actually got to handle one once, although I didn't shoot. Man, that handles nice.
I actually got to handle one once, although I didn't shoot. Man, that handles nice.
- Thu Jul 24, 2025 7:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I've never eaten squirrel
- Replies: 33
- Views: 8984
Re: I've never eaten squirrel
The subject line of this thread is grammatically incorrect.
The proper way to conjugate that sentence is "I ain't never done et squirrel".
The proper way to conjugate that sentence is "I ain't never done et squirrel".
- Tue Apr 29, 2025 6:50 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I was thinking about buying another pistol…
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11093
Re: I was thinking about buying another pistol…
Me, I always figure a new gun every year is a whole lot cheaper than a new woman every year. 
- Sun Mar 23, 2025 9:35 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 348 Winchester for Big Bears
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8004
Re: 348 Winchester for Big Bears
There must have been a long shortage (still is) of available 348 ammo...... I read citing where shops back in the day had barrels (like a whiskey barrel, not a rifle barrel) full of M71's on the extra cheap "nobody wanted". Only reason I see that would be is no ammo to be found. When I wa...
- Mon Jan 20, 2025 8:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: More no lock Smiths!!!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9313
Re: More no lock Smiths!!!
Trump Effect. Not joking.
- Wed Jan 15, 2025 11:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Getting old hurts.
- Replies: 27
- Views: 23291
Re: Getting old hurts.
A couple of things we haven't talked much about yet -- mobility and balance. I've seen a fair number of guys (*) who managed to retain a surprising level of strength and and muscularity well into their 80's or even 90's. You know what they didn't have? Mobility and balance. It doesn't really matter ...
- Mon Jan 13, 2025 8:03 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I love modern electronics in my truck, but when they don’t work..
- Replies: 62
- Views: 35311
- Mon Jan 13, 2025 12:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I love modern electronics in my truck, but when they don’t work..
- Replies: 62
- Views: 35311
Re: I love modern electronics in my truck, but when they don’t work..
I am searching for a good, systematic way to find out what "features" are present in any new vehicle I might consider. Over-the-air software updates are a non-starter. Geofencing is a non-starter -- if I wanted to live in a "15 minute city" (for which read "to be confined to...
- Tue Dec 24, 2024 1:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: For folks who don’t like LIVER….?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 16629
Re: For folks who don’t like LIVER….?
I'm old enough to remember when small-town diners would have liver and onions on the menu. Later, when I was in college, I worked in a fancy restaurant as a dishwasher. Liver was on the menu there, and it was *good*. The cooks told me that most people don't know how to cook liver. Wish I could remem...
- Wed Dec 04, 2024 8:11 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: John Taffin Update
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5750
Re: John Taffin Update
Lifted.
- Sat Nov 16, 2024 7:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Does someone make a .47 caliber?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1647
Re: Does someone make a .47 caliber?
No, wait, I have a better idea. We'll cut down a ,45-60 (or .45-70, .45-90, etc.).
Yes, that's right -- the .45-47!
Yes, that's right -- the .45-47!
- Wed Nov 06, 2024 7:32 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Very BASIC gun designs… I like ‘em…!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 996
Re: Very BASIC gun designs… I like ‘em…!
Ruger -Six's.
Probably all Ruger DA's, although the -Six's are the only ones I have personal experience with.
Probably all Ruger DA's, although the -Six's are the only ones I have personal experience with.
- Fri Nov 01, 2024 5:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Police Trade-In Guns - website full of 'em...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3652
Re: Police Trade-In Guns - website full of 'em...
Most agencies qualify quarterly so they get shot very little, unless they're SWAT weapons. Shotguns are even a better buy. I got a police trade-in 870 from gunjoker. Stiffest action I ever saw on a pump gun. Action bars were dinged up and twisted, etc. I like to think that some backwoods deputy ham...
- Fri Nov 01, 2024 12:11 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Any love for the.30 Carbine?
- Replies: 58
- Views: 21999
Re: Any love for the.30 Carbine?
This'n here's mine.
- Sun Oct 27, 2024 9:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 21 Sharp
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2361
Re: 21 Sharp
Hard no. I am old enough (barely) to remember the 5 mm Remington Magnum.
- Wed Oct 23, 2024 12:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Liquids For First Aid
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3510
- Wed Oct 23, 2024 10:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Red Dot powder
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4390
Re: Red Dot powder
Oh, and .45 ACP, too.
- Wed Oct 23, 2024 10:44 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Red Dot powder
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4390
Re: Red Dot powder
Based on Ed Harris's article, I've used it, in various amounts, for .30 Short Russian, .30 Long Russian, and .30-30. I've also used it for .38 Special.
Had plans to do other things with it. This announcement bums me out,
- Wed Oct 23, 2024 10:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Liquids For First Aid
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3510
Re: Liquids For First Aid
That's a really good idea.
Also consider carrying some kind of bottled water, no just for drinking, but also any water suitable for drinking can be used for wound irrigation, eye irrigation, etc...
Also consider carrying some kind of bottled water, no just for drinking, but also any water suitable for drinking can be used for wound irrigation, eye irrigation, etc...
- Fri Oct 04, 2024 8:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: So…what would you do if THIS came knocking at your door…???
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2376
- Sat Sep 28, 2024 2:40 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Any love for the.30 Carbine?
- Replies: 58
- Views: 21999
Re: Any love for the.30 Carbine?
I really believe these little rifles are the quintessential personal defense firearms. They're very simple to operate, even for the uninitiated, I took a young female, one of my EMS rookies, out to the range once. She'd never fired a long before. Let her put a couple of mags through a 10/22 for con...
- Sat Sep 28, 2024 2:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Any love for the.30 Carbine?
- Replies: 58
- Views: 21999
Re: Any love for the.30 Carbine?
I am going to stop hanging out here. You people make me Think Bad Thoughts.
Before I go, though, what kind of reloading data you using for the 5.7 Johnson?
- Fri Sep 27, 2024 2:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Any love for the.30 Carbine?
- Replies: 58
- Views: 21999
Re: Any love for the.30 Carbine?
I have a Universal. Put a PSA red dot on it and even set myself up to reload, with a Lee Turret press. I have since stepped boldly into the 1960's and got me an AR, but I still sometimes daydream about going all-in on Carbines...SBR one, get one in 5.7 Johnson, and so on. Maybe when I retire. It's a...
- Sat Aug 31, 2024 1:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The ugliest Lever Gun ever
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7985
Re: The ugliest Lever Gun ever
Still looks better than a levergun with an AR stock and a quad rail with a bunch of stuff bolted to it.
- Tue Aug 13, 2024 10:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Security six problem
- Replies: 21
- Views: 10293
Re: Security six problem
Not sure it is what is happening to you, but I can confirm for a fact that it's possible to lock up a -Six by shooting primer-only wax bullet loads, even with the flash holes drilled out to 1/8th inch.
- Tue Aug 06, 2024 4:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Strange Ammo Find
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2315
Re: Strange Ammo Find
Interesting find.
Could the slug be some kind of sintered metal? Would make sense given the application.
Could the slug be some kind of sintered metal? Would make sense given the application.
- Sat Aug 03, 2024 4:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A P-38, a Luger and an attempt on Truman's life
- Replies: 1
- Views: 935
Re: A P-38, a Luger and an attempt on Truman's life
The book-length version, complete with Hunter's usual meticulous research:
https://www.amazon.com/American-Gunfigh ... 0743260694
I imagine most here would enjoy...
https://www.amazon.com/American-Gunfigh ... 0743260694
I imagine most here would enjoy...
- Sun Jul 14, 2024 1:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 30 super carry question
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4265
Re: 30 super carry question
Also, for penetrating German overcoats. (7.62 Tokarev) Fairbairn thought the 7.63 Mauser (essentially a downloaded Tok, of course) was the deadliest pistol caliber. That was then, this is now, but, yeah, if you took a round from a Bolo Mauser to the torso in 1930's Shanghai, you were probably going...
- Sat Jul 13, 2024 9:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 30 super carry question
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4265
- Sat Jul 13, 2024 10:11 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 30 super carry question
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4265
Re: 30 super carry question
I want to see the .30 Super Carry in some kind of light carbine. That would be a mighty fine woods-walking gun.
Extra points for a pump action. The Remington Model 25 of a new generation.
Sigh. I can dream...
Extra points for a pump action. The Remington Model 25 of a new generation.
Sigh. I can dream...
- Wed Jul 10, 2024 7:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Backwards safety feature on vehicles…
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4447
Re: Backwards safety feature on vehicles…
One of the most experienced guys I know did this. Decades of experience with EMS and Fire.
Anyone can space out and go on autopilot. Only takes one time.
Anyone can space out and go on autopilot. Only takes one time.
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: First Guns for newbies
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7143
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 4:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Any Boomers recall this toy from the early 1960s?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2685
Re: Any Boomers recall this toy from the early 1960s?
No idea.
I was too busy playing with one of these.
https://www.guns.com/news/2011/08/19/th ... oy-cap-gun
I was too busy playing with one of these.
https://www.guns.com/news/2011/08/19/th ... oy-cap-gun
- Wed Jan 10, 2024 2:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Murdered on the Ferry
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4756
Re: Murdered on the Ferry
There's a old university urban legend... Supposedly, decades before DNA, some scientist was doing research on blood typing for some reason. And came to find out that, just based on blood type (i.e., ABO) alone, some shockingly high percentage of the people he studied could not possibly have been the...
- Tue Dec 19, 2023 11:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cowboy Assault Rifle
- Replies: 61
- Views: 13767
Re: Cowboy Assault Rifle
Also of note, these bad boys were the standard arm of the North Woods from 'bout when they started making them up until maybe the 1970's. And why not.
- Wed Nov 29, 2023 9:38 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: oldest or earliest born folks you talked to
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2508
Re: oldest or earliest born folks you talked to
I remember being a little kid and hanging around the country general store listening to the World War One vets (who were the same age as Vietnam vets are today). They'd say "oh, those dummies -- if we hadn't gone over there they'd still be fighting!" Some historians have lately validated t...
- Wed Nov 29, 2023 9:26 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Why We Don't Have a .41 Keith
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2933
Re: Why We Don't Have a .41 Keith
I'd like to see a .41 *Special* in a Python, GP100, maybe even a K frame?.
It shouldn't be that hard to put a .41 cartridge in a .41 frame.
It shouldn't be that hard to put a .41 cartridge in a .41 frame.
- Wed Nov 22, 2023 8:58 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Giraud Tri-Way trimmer
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2822
Re: Giraud Tri-Way trimmer
The online manual says: The preferred method of trimming using this tool is to orient the tool such that the case is pressed in to the tool using a straight downward or angled downward motion. I'm having trouble understanding how to do that with a cordless drill as a power source. Can someone please...