Very funny! But I'm betting my wife would probably not think so.

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Government regulation of guns ('gun control') facilitates genocide, which would be nearly impossible without registration to precede confiscation to yield a disarmed group to prey upon. Genocide has consistently resulted in around 5,000 innocent lives lost per DAY for the past century, making it th...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/nation/guns/part4.html?hpid=z11 Today's edition of the Washington Post has a major online collection of articles on guns, gun control, crime and guns, the NRA, lobbying, politics, etc. Some new articles here, plus a large collection of a bunch of past art...

I didn't know they did add swivels to the 1894s... FWIW, shoot the thing for a while before fixing something that works as is.... Definitely. Re the sling swivels, I was just thinking ahead for some backpacking I hope to do this summer. Would be nice to have a sling and take the rifle along. Re sho...

Does anyone know when Marlin started adding sling swivels? My 1980 1894C does not have them.

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Ysabel Kid wrote:There were basketball games?

You must have spent the weekend at the range. Yes, lots of college basketball, and more Monday night. Different kind of shooting involved.

Rube Burrows wrote:

mouthpiece wrote:" including one Apache, Goyathlay, in particular"

Fixed it for ya!

Yes, as he was called in Apache.

Correct, that was the Apache name, but the movie was called "Geronimo" not "Goyathlay".

Old Ironsights, I just checked out that movie on NetFlix and will watch it. Michael Pare and a young Diane Lane, good combination. Looking forward to getting it from Netflix. Rube, I agree, Wes Studi was terrific in that role. He also played in some non-Westerns, he was the indian in the desert in t...

OK, the basketball games were over and I was searching for a movie on TV. Found an older (1993) movie on Encore On Demand, "Jeronimo", with Robert Duvall, Gene Hackman, and a young Matt Damon. Three of my favorite actors, how did I miss this movie when it was out? It's the story of the U.S...

Thanks, Griff. I think the hollow points are larger than the primer area so that removes a big concern. The Mauruder's link is very helpful. Roundup, how much of the spring would you trim? 1/2"? 3/4" The length of a .38 special? Half of that? How much is "too much"? AJMD, great p...

Hello This is a GREAT forum and this is my first post. I've been reading here for a while in anticipation of getting a lever gun, and really appreciate the expertise and information on display here every day. I have learned a lot and still have a lot to learn, but the posts here helped me to figure ...