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donw

my two levers are, of course, iron sighted. my ruger P9, 9mm carbine has the standard irons. the 39AS has a williams peep for the rear apreture and the 1894c has standard, factory buckhorn. i was trained in open sight use by the U.S. Army on the M-1 garand and M-1 carbine. the bigger, longer range, ...

donw

i just got word that the state legislature will vote tomorrow on registering ALL LONG GUNS AND SHOTGUNS...call/write/email/fax for a "NO" vote on AB1810

donw

most harley owners have to own two or three just to keep one running from using parts from the others... :lol: :lol: :lol: the XLCH was without doubt, the worse motorcyle i ever came into contact with... :shock: i rode many, many COMFORTABLE, CAREFREE miles on suzuki, kawasaki, yamaha and the most c...

donw

isn't that a military version? it has an upper handguard... where's his badge? the texas rangers normally proudly wore their badges. very stern, no-nonsense, looking man except the muzzle down on the carpet. i'd guess the rounds are the 30-40 krag...possibly '06 or 45-70..regardless i would NOT want...

donw

thanks guys...I'll check it out

donw

how do i lighten the trigger pull? can i trim a turn or two from the spring? new spring? if so where to get one? (lighter)

donw

dang!!! that hadda hurt!

donw

it's odd, but i got my first motorcycle in 1959, a surplus army Indian...up to 2000 it was British, Italian, Japanese and ending up for last number of years on BMW's. had only one Harley; never wanted another. they simply do not appeal to me. :shock: after i was severely injured, i hung it up after ...

donw

californias legislature is still in the stone age.

you can't have a night vision riflescope mounted on your rifle either...

donw

i had that problem with my 94 and sent it back to the factory. they corrected and sent it back to me without explanation.

donw

lots of good info and input here in this thread. one of the better ones to come along in a while. adds to the "think about possibilities" department doesn't it? an interesting caveat here in the ongoing 5.56/.223 vs 308/7.62 vs 357 vs xxx vs xx......: why is it many, if not most, states wi...

donw

I'm amazed they survived this long; in the 40 years i rode, i had only one Harley...XLCH...i did NOT have good luck with it.

CEO said they'd have to shave "millions" in order to stay there. they didn't say where they might relocate to, either.

donw

my brother was in the USCGR and knew fellow coasties that attended VN...i can't say where and when but he has mentioned it. my brother went to ft blanding fl and trained for tail-gunner on a patrol boat for the first gulf war in the CG and my son's, step son, went to Kuwait with the CG as a anti-sni...

donw

i agree that "bad times" may be-a-coming...however...if it comes down to "us vs. them", "us" could be in deep doo. first it would be local LE, then SWAT. if you manage to defeat those on their level, then it would be the NG...the U.S. military. "they" have res...

donw

it's good to hear one of our own has been found. now there can be closure for any surviving family members.

hopefully, she will remain resting in peace.

donw

i have a 22 WMR in the form of the CZ 452-2E ZKM; it's a wonderful rifle. it was very accurate but I've floated the barrel and pillar mounted it in the stock and haven't gone to the range yet to check how it affected accuracy.

donw

my first car (bought with $$$$ I'd saved when attending the beginning of VN) was a '54 Chevy Bel-aire four-door. drove it from California to ft hood TX and back twice. got my first motorcycle in 1959...a '47 Indian scout with suicide clutch and hand shift...rode the bikes until i crashed bad in 2000...

donw

where i live, here in so. cal., my wife and i saw a 'strange' looking cat. much too large to be a feral cat, too small to be a mt lion, had a long tail, but not long enough to be a mt lion but not short enough to be a bobcat, had a 'rosette' pattern under a dark coat. my wife and i both know what mt...

donw

I'd opt for the 9mm. ammo is very available and inexpensive. one of the boxes of American Eagle i have says on it: 115 FMJ, 1160 FPS not bad for factory ammo. lots of folks will say it's 'anemic' or 'ineffective' or 'lacking' but i wonder why most military and LE worldwide opt for the 9mm? they cert...

donw

it took me MANY years to visit it when the traveling wall came near where i now live.

i made it back home safely...some that i served with did not.

i still see those faces.

I'm glad i did, though...i now understand more than i did as a young man going thru it.

donw

i wonder if it kills game any "deader"? for that kind of money...it should.

donw

i have a soft spot for the M-1 Carbine: i trained with an M-1 Carbine that had an infra-red scope. it was used for our perimeter. it was an EXCELLENT close range weapon...our qualification was at 100 yards...light, easy to handle, reliable under all battle field conditions and, VERY accurate. it see...

donw

i did a search and could not locate info I'm seeking...maybe i didn't use the correct terminology...regardless... i have an 1894C with the factory standard sights on board. question i have is: what are the notches in the elevator? 20-25 yard increments? i shoot mostly the standard 158 grain bullets ...

donw

i ain't got no pix of it but i have the moisin-nagant 93/91(?) with the imperial eagle and the date 1917 stamped into the receiver...

donw

i have two very close relatives who are in LE, neither has a problem with us 'citizens' being armed or owning guns. i live rurally...it's not uncommon to hear gunshots. one of the problems i see is that paranoid legislators, particularly here in California, actually CREATE problems with firearms whe...

donw

which kills/stops the best? in a bad times scenario... anything is the best...very few have the nerve to look down the bore of ANY firearm and scoff at it... odds are that in the city, you ain't gonna be shooting 300 yards...more like 30 yards...or less. odds are, if you are faced with being able to...

donw

there's nothing wrong with a lever rifle for "bad times". i happen to have an EBR..the Ruger P9, 9mm carbine that is companion to my P95DC and i have a 38/357 lever with a companion Taurus 38/357 revolver all are quite capable in a SD/HD scenario against what we will more than likely face ...

donw

in the thread about John Wesley Hardin, exit and entrance wounds are mentioned. i remember seeing program on TV about a battle in the French-Indian Wars or the American Revolution, where some of the casualties were dug up and examined. one was identified as a French soldier (identifiable by the remn...

donw

i read that John Wesley Hardin and Clay Allison were two, of the few, gunfighters who actually practiced 'fast draw' to get their pistols into play. most "gunfighters", such as Jim "Killer Miller" Miller ambushed their victims; Miller favored the side-by-side shotgun. i am not su...

donw

i have the ruger P9 9mm, semi-auto, carbine and it's a very accurate carbine with VERY respectable velocities from the longer tube. the speer manual i have says you can get 1200 fps from a semi-auto pistol barrel form a 100 grain bullet...not too shabby. i personally feel the 9mm has been overshadow...

donw

having lived in California most of my adult life, i agree with the statement about the politics and state policies. I've traveled the state extensively over the years and seen it's diversity...heck...i even went thru BCT at Ft Ord. it's a truly beautiful state that's being ruined by the state legisl...

donw

i saw on a program on the outdoor channel where the Glock 17 is the most popular handgun on the planet in 9mm. true? false? i don't know and I'm not really concerned about it. the U.S. military puts its faith in the Beretta 9mm for it standard sidearm and recently 're-upped' to get more of them. my ...

donw

condolences from here...my dad died from the same and my mother in law has been deep into for the last five years.

truly heart breaking.

donw

neatsfoot oil...

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i whine about a few inches of snow...

donw

I'll go along with the 38/357 crowd (since i have one; the Taurus model 65; the 65 is the fixed sight version) very highly debatable subject but...IMO, FWIW...the recoil for any thing larger than the .357 is not really desirable. (not for me anyway) i recently purchased and sold a new S&W 626 in...

donw

Parrallellbillantiquefirearms forum is another source

donw

http://daytodaywitharcheryairgunsfirea. ... dness.html

is a link to my blog...

this one is on a bow hunt, though...

i do firearms and airguns, too

donw

my dad was in the cavalry...ft sill Okla, 1932 and in the panama canal zone until 1938...so was my now deceased, ex-father-in-law, 1922...they told some very interesting stories about their days in the horse cavalry...i as a kid at Ft Riley remember seeing horse cavalry in the 40's...

donw

i guess I'm behind the times, but isn't it very difficult to get something like a .308 in England? i thought England had clamped down of ALL firearms or is it just handguns and semi-autos?

i know England has a very rich heritage of hunting and shooting.

good article; i enjoyed the read.

donw

i kinda redid my 510... http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g38/donwalkup/510%20remington/IM000671.jpg Kinda? :lol: I'm interested, tell us more about that one please... :mrgreen: i had my old 510 taken apart...the stock was shattered. i noticed the receiver group is exactly square in length, height ...

donw

I'd vote for the rem 510...never had the falling blocks mentioned...

i kinda redid my 510...

donw

"on the way!"...2ad div arty...

donw

i, personally, like the forend of my .357.

if i were to initiate a 'change' in the forend, i would indeed, purchase another and leave it in the standard form for future reference; "just in case"...

donw

sorry for the loss...my condolences.

as the chaplain said at my dads funeral: "it's only a change of address"

donw

38/357 Taurus revolver and an 1895 38/357 lever carbine...the .357 is capable of taking very large game, and capable of dealing with the bipedal predators as well...don't have to worry about different ammo, light in hand...accurate...ammo available almost anywhere you go. even the .38 special fired ...

donw

it amazes me at how many really don't see, or understand, the concept of the freedoms RECOGNIZED by the constitution and how many of our "elected officials" fall into that category. or for that matter, how many have actually read and UNDERSTAND what the constitution says and the underlying...

donw

one must keep in mind that the state legislature of California is not what would be called, in all fairness and truthfulness, "rational" is it?

donw

Arnie signed it into law...

i don't know the particulars of it but it's more in detail in the NRA rifleman...

Kevin De Leon is leading an all out assault on gun ownership here...he needs to be voted OUT..along with most other politicians here and nationwide...

donw

good grief... :? i remember seeing real u.s. cavalry troopers at ft riley ks in the late 40's... :) there was NO TV when i was a kid... i graduate HS in 1960... :o i trained with an M1 Garand and M1 carbine when in the army...carried the M1 carbine to thailand to phase to VN...the m60 had just been ...

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