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- Thu May 23, 2024 7:24 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Who needs a horse...???
- Replies: 29
- Views: 534
Re: Who needs a horse...???
I only use non-ethanol gas in the lawnmowers, chainsaws, trimmers, generators and my golf carts; and try to keep the equipment full. When I shut anything down, I run the carbs out of gas, so the fuel doesn't sit in the carbs. Except for the lawnmowers and golf carts, (they get used often enough tha...
- Thu May 23, 2024 7:02 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: not even a little political . . .
- Replies: 0
- Views: 13
not even a little political . . .
erase, delete, erase, start over . . . . to whom it may concern . . . :roll: . . Blumenfeld Phonics.jpeg . campconstitution.net is a website with resources for home schoolers and educators who are doing end runs around the government indoctrination systems. On that site is the Samuel L Blumenfeld ar...
- Wed May 22, 2024 7:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Favorite Rimfires?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 346
Re: Favorite Rimfires?
Love my Centennial, but for some reason the 66 remains my favorite out of the many rimfire long guns I have. https://i.imgur.com/mYMrHLs.jpg I wish they had made the GS with an octagon barrel. That would be the perfect 45-70. I agree! There was a blued one with an octagonal barrel . . . . Marlin 18...
- Wed May 22, 2024 5:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Favorite Rimfires?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 346
Re: Favorite Rimfires?
nylon 66 that I shot as a kid is with a grand son now.
I have a Ruger Automatic, it is one of my all time favorite 22s from the era of my Centennial 39A. I don't know where these will wind up, but they're not moving until i'm room temperature.
I have a Ruger Automatic, it is one of my all time favorite 22s from the era of my Centennial 39A. I don't know where these will wind up, but they're not moving until i'm room temperature.
- Wed May 22, 2024 5:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How About 1 Caliber and Done?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 481
Re: How About 1 Caliber and Done?
https://www.gunsandammo.com/editorial/federal-30-super-carry-tested/455614#replay the 30 super carry that was discussed here recently. S&W has a couple of pistols out. The numbers look good to me. If Phil S. can kill a brown bear with a 9mm, could he do it with a 30? :lol: https://bushcraftusa.c...
- Wed May 22, 2024 1:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Just in time!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 125
Re: Just in time!
Looking Good
- Wed May 22, 2024 12:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How About 1 Caliber and Done?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 481
Re: How About 1 Caliber and Done?
Thanks for the input, it's all good. But 'Cept for six, he could perish in slow agonizing way after b'rer bear snuck up behind and disarmed him. . . I think about this a lot. In Alaska I quit my 7mm mag and got a Ruger 77 338 WM with sights attached. Loaded a lot of ammo for it, hunted with it a lo...
- Wed May 22, 2024 8:38 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: watch your six gentlemen
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1326
Re: watch your six gentlemen
no one need feel kooky for following the Boy Scout motto, even though it's disparaged by the culture these days.
be prepared beats its opposite every time
be prepared beats its opposite every time
- Wed May 22, 2024 8:32 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How About 1 Caliber and Done?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 481
Re: How About 1 Caliber and Done?
Doc, you can add AK47 to your list. Some of them are actual .308s, the rest are close enough. Levergunner, I am with you on the 44s, I mostly hunted with 44 mag in Alaska, and gave a son a 444, we are very familiar with this. It's only the extreme long range, and the things that .22s Can Do, that le...
- Wed May 22, 2024 8:08 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How About 1 Caliber and Done?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 481
Re: How About 1 Caliber and Done?
I have a .32 muzzle loader so a supply of .310 round balls are on hand. 4 buck is .27, if I remember right, 1buck is .30 cal. Yes Doc with a 30mm there isn't much a guy couldn't get for himself. As for the ability to carry a load out of ammo in say middle of nowhere survival then a rimfire gets the...
- Tue May 21, 2024 7:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How About 1 Caliber and Done?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 481
Re: How About 1 Caliber and Done?
Thanks for the input, it's all good. But 'Cept for six, he could perish in slow agonizing way after b'rer bear snuck up behind and disarmed him. . . I think about this a lot. In Alaska I quit my 7mm mag and got a Ruger 77 338 WM with sights attached. Loaded a lot of ammo for it, hunted with it a lot...
- Tue May 21, 2024 9:51 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sure is running slowly
- Replies: 12
- Views: 316
Re: Sure is running slowly
perhaps the ai super computers are stumped by pithy witticisms ?Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2024 7:04 am The site server must be having issues. Noticed it yesterday, and even had a failure to connect this morning.
- Tue May 21, 2024 9:32 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Little Bighorn Colt Up For Auction in Texas
- Replies: 9
- Views: 280
Re: Little Bighorn Colt Up For Auction in Texas
Price Realized: $168,500
If I could I would shoot it daily . . . . it's just languished too long
- Mon May 20, 2024 7:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How About 1 Caliber and Done?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 481
Re: How About 1 Caliber and Done?
Bending the criteria just a bit, .357 Mag Marlin 1894 with factory sights and a quick detach 1.5x-5x scope .357 Mag Duty revolver, Ruger Security Six .38 Special S&W 642 Lightweight. I pray that nothing comes my way that I will ever feel like i need more than that for, except dove and maybe gee...
- Mon May 20, 2024 4:20 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: LOL a 'conservative' SCOTUS my butt...
- Replies: 1
- Views: 57
Re: LOL a 'conservative' SCOTUS my butt...
. https://www.scotusblog.com/2023/10/supreme-court-refuses-to-reinstate-missouri-second-amendment-law/ According to this ruling, the feds could ban Bibles or reinstitute slavery or alcohol prohibition, and it would be prohibited for any of the states to assert that it was against the Constitution, ...
- Mon May 20, 2024 4:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Little Bighorn Colt Up For Auction in Texas
- Replies: 9
- Views: 280
- Mon May 20, 2024 1:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How About 1 Caliber and Done?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 481
How About 1 Caliber and Done?
Is this even possible? What are the gotcha's? What can't I do with a .22? Which .22 etc. Which ones can you live WITHOUT ? Any gun you want, but one and only one caliber. Is this even possible?
. grizz
. grizz
- Mon May 20, 2024 11:21 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Who needs a horse...???
- Replies: 29
- Views: 534
Re: Who needs a horse...???
One problem is if grid down fuel isn't likely to be easy to get. It might be possible to get a whole lot of fuel out of dead computerized vehicles. Depending on the circumstances. Only if they are freshly dead. The alcohol in our current gasoline doesn’t store well for too long. it still burns thou...
- Mon May 20, 2024 11:12 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: We all have this 3m chemical in our blood
- Replies: 1
- Views: 41
Re: We all have this 3m chemical in our blood
And yet they are still producing it. This makes my blood boil. I have had Thyroid cancer and had to have my thyroid removed. Makes me wonder what else this has done to my body. I bet we all have all been exposed to these PFOS and PFAS chemicals. Here is the link and it it is a long article. https:/...
- Sun May 19, 2024 6:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Who needs a horse...???
- Replies: 29
- Views: 534
Re: Who needs a horse...???
Yeah Griff, the KL can run without a battery, has direct magneto ignition, with a separate lighting coil. It's a good setup...Still, they don't nuzzle you for the treats in your coat pocket, so that's a drawback of the iron horses. grizz While I know the mechanics of making gasoline, the source pro...
- Sun May 19, 2024 4:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Who needs a horse...???
- Replies: 29
- Views: 534
Re: Who needs a horse...???
In my younger days I rode horses where you would never get a motorbike of any kind. The Appaloosa that I had was so sure-footed I rode him places I would not try to go on foot. But horses are a way of life ... mine were friends .... not something inanimate that you can park in a garage and forget a...
- Sun May 19, 2024 10:38 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Favorite.45 Colt bullet to be used interchangeably
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2024
Re: Favorite.45 Colt bullet to be used interchangeably
I thought the prickly pears were there to protect the road signs . . .Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Sun May 19, 2024 9:05 am If anyone is a bleeding heart about prickly pear cactus would have a huge problem if they see all the shot up plants on my place
- Sun May 19, 2024 10:35 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Who needs a horse...???
- Replies: 29
- Views: 534
Re: Who needs a horse...???
That said, an older BMW R-bike makes more sense. Economical and easy to work on. No computers, very popular in Europe & USA- will do well on rough roads. Horses do need fuel-whether you are riding them or not. They come in handy on front grass lawns-from experience. No lawn care needed. I have ...
- Sat May 18, 2024 12:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Gun and Knife Pictures
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2681
Re: Gun and Knife Pictures
was browsing new hand guns and this popped up. a handsome pair, imo.
It was interesting to count 18 different manufacturers of 45 ACP equipment
and quality 1911s are available for $330. And 3 manufacturers of
45 ACP revolvers . . . America the Bountiful ;)
- Sat May 18, 2024 11:15 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Who needs a horse...???
- Replies: 29
- Views: 534
Re: Who needs a horse...???
I will put my KL250 up against that any time. I can easily carry 6g of fuel in 2 flatpacks, which gives me something like a 700 mile range, probably a lot more if I'm traveling deserted roads at 30. KL will go anywhere the e can go, and carry a bigger load if it has to. The e bike is tied to the gri...
- Fri May 17, 2024 4:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: It's Been Raining Like Crazy
- Replies: 15
- Views: 331
Re: It's Been Raining Like Crazy
Saw a video clip from someone there. It's a normal thing in SE Alaska, but this time the moisture is stacking in from the other Gulf.Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Fri May 17, 2024 6:43 am We have had maybe three inches in the past month -- nothing like down your way, Jim.
Grizz, were you passing through Burnet County yesterday?
- Fri May 17, 2024 12:21 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: It's Been Raining Like Crazy
- Replies: 15
- Views: 331
Re: It's Been Raining Like Crazy
Burnet County got a load of blowing sideways rain. Running water where it should not ought to be running according to one report I saw . . . Good time to NOT BE DRIVING AROUND . . .
- Thu May 16, 2024 10:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Gun and Knife Pictures
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2681
- Thu May 16, 2024 9:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: watch your six gentlemen
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1326
Re: watch your six gentlemen
around here cars are getting shot up on the freeways !! mag dumps into a car by a passing vehicle. i hope they start getting shot. kill the engine and tires and the shooter. see how they like that. not by me though, i never learned to shoot from a moving vehicle . .. makes me sick, it's the governme...
- Thu May 16, 2024 9:34 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Cuban Banks
- Replies: 5
- Views: 159
Re: Cuban Banks
Maybe so, Grizz. BUT there's been an awful lot of bank closures here already. Ponzi schemes can only run for so long before they collapse. you're right about that, but i think the commies have to keep some banks open in order to operate. i think the noose goes Crack! when they digitize the currency...
- Thu May 16, 2024 5:46 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Cuban Banks
- Replies: 5
- Views: 159
Re: Cuban Banks
I don't think so. They've already proven that they can create more money with the "Enter" key. "They" print more every day, and rob more from us every day. It's their thing, Right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ku2wFaaPAzI
grizz
- Wed May 15, 2024 8:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Loading the Peacemaker, Colt’s Model P
- Replies: 19
- Views: 574
- Tue May 14, 2024 11:30 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Police sticking a foot in the door....
- Replies: 3
- Views: 129
Re: Police sticking a foot in the door....
or a person could [censored] drop down into the tunnel that connects to the main drain arterial tunnels, collect some discarded disguises, er, clothing, and exit with a hardhat at the construction zone . . . and on to a safehouse. that's the trailer for the flickers . . . news at 5.
:)
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- Mon May 13, 2024 12:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Colt .357 modifications suggestions
- Replies: 10
- Views: 692
Re: Colt .357 modifications suggestions
I much prefer fixed sights on a using handgun. If it is set up right you don’t need adjustable sights. My Wylie Clapp SP101 rear sight had to be glued down as the set screw simply wouldn’t hold it in place. i agree with this, and apply it to my guide gun too. once the bullets go There, i don't want...
- Sun May 12, 2024 5:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Gun and Knife Pictures
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2681
Re: Gun and Knife Pictures
Hey Fellers, my 1956 Ruger Blackhawk 6&1/2" 44 mag along with a Colt Bowie and my capeing knives, been lots of miles with me... John IMG_20240511_171223029.jpgIMG_20240511_171223029.jpg I like the looks of your Bowie, classy and classic, with good proportions . . , do you know who made it?
- Sun May 12, 2024 4:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Vintage .22LRs
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1312
Re: Vintage .22LRs
I love the older .22s and well, most .22 LRs in general. jb 8) we have a couple, the kids guns after they passed the cork gun level and the bb gun levels, they got these . . , . Stevens 73Y.jpeg . Targetmaster 41P.jpeg . this Remington has a target trigger, and i suspect it was still shot after the...
- Sun May 12, 2024 2:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What Are You Hunting with Your Levergun...
- Replies: 39
- Views: 1039
Re: What Are You Hunting with Your Levergun...
Are you hunting with your levergun? If so, what caliber and load? I've been a pretty hardcore bowhunter in the past, but age and injuries are catching up to me. This fall I plan to at least hunt deer with my Win mod 94 in .30-30 with Rem 150gr. CLs. If I go after elk, I'll either step up to a 170gr...
- Sun May 12, 2024 1:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Big and little
- Replies: 21
- Views: 652
Re: Big and little
i have a smith 2" 38, 4" 357, and a 5-1/2" redhawk 44 with pachmyars. what a coincidence. :)
- Sun May 12, 2024 12:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: question about ivory
- Replies: 1
- Views: 139
Re: question about ivory
my ivory that is, sorry a bit dinengenous of me. I have to make a decision between a complicated root canal of a lower premolar( apparently I have multiple complicated roots my regular dentis wont touchans has referred me to a specialist) or just pull the tooth. At 50 Im not trying to win any beaut...
- Sat May 11, 2024 10:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Gun and Knife Pictures
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2681
Re: Gun and Knife Pictures
Scott, that's the right stuff, and a time machine as well . . . strap 'em on and fly back a hundred and fifty years
- Sat May 11, 2024 3:40 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: This Aero Precision offering will upset some folks...
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1318
Re: This Aero Precision offering will upset some folks...
Hey Doc, good working guns there. Here's a tip about the stocks in wet weather business. All of my firearms were bedded in vaseline, the dollar-store cosmoline. The under sides of the guns look brand new. They were disassembled at the end of the hunting and logging activities, the vaseline cleaned u...
- Fri May 10, 2024 2:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: @#!&%# Grrrr
- Replies: 22
- Views: 926
Re: @#!&%# Grrrr
I can relate! I had been looking for my combo wrench/screwdriver that came with my chainsaw all winter. A week or two ago during a cold spell I pulled out one of my old work coats and low and behold that wrench was in the pocket! :lol: JBowen I have found guns that way.. :? :| DITTO . . . in tool b...
- Fri May 10, 2024 9:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: @#!&%# Grrrr
- Replies: 22
- Views: 926
Re: @#!&%# Grrrr
My house has three sets of tools..., which usually necessitates another trip to Lowes, Ace or Home Depot!) See what I mean? Is someone toying with us, or is it built-in stress relief, or is it a blood pressure aid, either way? Worst part of it for me is shifting the focus from task to project to re...
- Fri May 10, 2024 12:17 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Vintage .22LRs
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1312
Re: Vintage .22LRs
- Thu May 09, 2024 11:54 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: The riots at columbia…
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1375
Re: The riots at columbia…
Not that they fought hard against it, but the Palestinians Arabs) were sort of held at gunpoint by ham-ass. they still appear to be of the same mind as hamaass about killing all the jews and eradicating all traces of Israel. there might be some exceptions i suppose, but they are danged quiet about it
- Thu May 09, 2024 8:01 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Squatting and Unlawful Occupation
- Replies: 1
- Views: 191
Re: Squatting and Unlawful Occupation
they have to squat to poop, right? the missing dimension here is Spirit. there is the Spirit Who made the world and placed us in it, and there is the spirit who is hell-bent on destroying God and supplanting Him. there is not ONE THING that any human being can do to abet or oppose this Spiritual War...
- Thu May 09, 2024 7:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: @#!&%# Grrrr
- Replies: 22
- Views: 926
- Wed May 08, 2024 10:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: @#!&%# Grrrr
- Replies: 22
- Views: 926
Re: @#!&%# Grrrr
I was kind of snickering at this while thinking about how well I organized my garage after the last clean out. Then I went out to put some air in a bike trailer's tires. The compressor was right there where it should be. I finally found the air hose almost two hours later. Karma is a female dog. Hi...
- Wed May 08, 2024 10:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: rossi mag tubes to Henry style mag tubes
- Replies: 13
- Views: 718
Re: rossi mag tubes to Henry style mag tubes
Does anyone convert the magazine tubes on ROSSI R 92s to the style like Henry does? It seems to be a safer system especially for unloading. I know, I grew up with Winchesters and Marlins, and we always had to unload cycling the rounds thru the chamber. I am 73, and have never had a problem, but it ...
- Wed May 08, 2024 9:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Gun and Knife Pictures
- Replies: 37
- Views: 2681
Re: Gun and Knife Pictures
OR The Jokers perhaps ?
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grizz