I thought the same thing. Bill Ruger saved my life. He invented the transfer-bar safety just for me. So I wouldn't wind up with 4 ADs. ;)
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- Wed May 15, 2024 8:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Loading the Peacemaker, Colt’s Model P
- Replies: 13
- Views: 380
- Tue May 14, 2024 11:30 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Police sticking a foot in the door....
- Replies: 3
- Views: 96
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: 445
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: 32
- Views: 1730
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: 994
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: 891
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: 20
- Views: 521
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: 125
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: 32
- Views: 1730
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: 951
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: 702
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: 702
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: 994
Re: Vintage .22LRs
- Thu May 09, 2024 11:54 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: The riots at columbia…
- Replies: 24
- Views: 714
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: 94
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: 702
- Wed May 08, 2024 10:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: @#!&%# Grrrr
- Replies: 22
- Views: 702
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: 462
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: 32
- Views: 1730
Re: Gun and Knife Pictures
OR The Jokers perhaps ?
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- Wed May 08, 2024 11:55 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: speaking of lunatics, lunacy, etc
- Replies: 0
- Views: 237
speaking of lunatics, lunacy, etc
this video is pretty long, but contains some amazing stuff. kids my age and younger might like dwelling on some of these images . . . . HOME_nasa quickmap img.png . the longish video has 3-D images of the surface of the moon produced by an orbiter that has been collecting fly-by images with side-sca...
- Wed May 08, 2024 11:43 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: @#!&%# Grrrr
- Replies: 22
- Views: 702
Re: @#!&%# Grrrr
If you want to find them all Griz, just buy a replacement. The lost ones will all pop up like fishin' bobbers. Thanks Sarge, been waiting for this one. I've lost count of how many times I've told my wife that I'm going to the hardware store to find the xyz's I've misplaced. I guess it's a new angle...
- Wed May 08, 2024 8:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 79 Years since Victory in Europe
- Replies: 8
- Views: 295
Re: 79 Years since Victory in Europe
Lest we forget.... Roger on that. The old history channel, now the story channel, ? , has been running in-depth histories from that struggle . . . a lot of stuff I missed or forgot. Humble thanks for the soldiers and their families for their massive sacrifices, it's a wonder that anyone survived . ...
- Tue May 07, 2024 2:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: @#!&%# Grrrr
- Replies: 22
- Views: 702
@#!&%# Grrrr
Here's something I can't figure out :-> How can every single roll of electrical tape be lost at the same time???? . Every tote, tool box, glove box, bench top, bookshelf, trunk, shop shelf, etc. are required as a matter of policy to have at least one roll of electrical tape at the ready all the time...
- Tue May 07, 2024 2:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Savage lever in 30/30
- Replies: 10
- Views: 356
Re: Savage lever in 30/30
I passed up a 99 in 308. It's in my daughter's safe! Along with her 303 Savage! Still kicking myself. My first deer was taken with Dad's Model 99 in 243, and I've wanted one since then. The 308 will get all the dust off of your riding jacket. But, it's easy enough to load it to 30-30 velocities if t...
- Tue May 07, 2024 2:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I am not much of a cook.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 323
- Mon May 06, 2024 10:00 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: The riots at columbia…
- Replies: 24
- Views: 714
Re: The riots at columbia…
yeah, that's a factThe war isn't against Israel: it's against us. Divide and conquer, man. Divide and conquer.
- Mon May 06, 2024 8:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Old Caliber Gets A New Look
- Replies: 12
- Views: 580
Re: Old Caliber Gets A New Look
. Looks fun but for only $700 I just got a 50 Beowulf upper and it is very potent and reliable. The 50 Beowulf fits the short AR-15 action and can use most metal 5.56 magazines (at 1/3 the capacity). They even make pistol-length uppers which would make one compact powerhouse for those wanting minim...
- Mon May 06, 2024 6:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Old Caliber Gets A New Look
- Replies: 12
- Views: 580
Re: Old Caliber Gets A New Look
In my younger days, I was stationed in Kodiak, Alaska, home of the Kodiak Brown Bear, which according to zoologist is an oversize grizzly. Just having a 45-70 Marlin, with 5 rounds in the mag, and one in the chamber made me feel better. Tripping over the mountains and thru the alder brush, and seei...
- Mon May 06, 2024 6:46 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Beware Fake 'pro-gun' groups...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 130
Re: Beware Fake 'pro-gun' groups...
ROOTOH is this an opportunity for an 8 yo to set up a website for the "voter coalition to hire illegals as ballot box stuffers" . . for the bio he, or she, or it can claim that this direct action campaign is the doctorate thesis so they can get early tenure and sow the seeds of further goa...
- Mon May 06, 2024 10:03 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: The riots at columbia…
- Replies: 24
- Views: 714
Re: The riots at columbia…
WHY DOESN'T PALENSTINE GET RID OF THE HAMAS THEMSELVES? THIS WOULD SETTLE A LOT OF HEADACHES. the palestinians VOTED for hamas some more notes from Breitbart . . . . WAR_Notes 11.jpg . WAR_Notes 13.jpg . WAR_Notes 15.jpg . the rotten dirty business of war against Israel funded and promoted and aide...
- Mon May 06, 2024 8:44 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Old Caliber Gets A New Look
- Replies: 12
- Views: 580
Re: Old Caliber Gets A New Look
. Looks fun but for only $700 I just got a 50 Beowulf upper and it is very potent and reliable. The 50 Beowulf fits the short AR-15 action and can use most metal 5.56 magazines (at 1/3 the capacity). They even make pistol-length uppers which would make one compact powerhouse for those wanting minim...
- Mon May 06, 2024 7:50 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: rossi mag tubes to Henry style mag tubes
- Replies: 13
- Views: 462
Re: rossi mag tubes to Henry style mag tubes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMI7r6AM6EA . this video demonstrates unloading thru the loading gate. it's fast and safe. I haven't used a stick, but it might help. this begins about 1:40 on the tape . . . . we learned this from a Swedish hunter who could empty the magazine faster than you can load...
- Mon May 06, 2024 12:01 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: The riots at columbia…
- Replies: 24
- Views: 714
- Sun May 05, 2024 9:10 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: HAPPY
- Replies: 6
- Views: 269
- Sun May 05, 2024 8:47 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: HAPPY
- Replies: 6
- Views: 269
Re: HAPPY
:lol: :lol: Funny that almost no one in Mexico outside of the state of Puebla pays any attention to Cinco de Mayo, but here in the States we make our grocery checkers wear funny sombreros. Muy loco! LONG LONG AGO I was at the central plaza in Mexico City on cinco de mayo, it was crowded with people...
- Sat May 04, 2024 1:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 1886 Pressure Signs
- Replies: 17
- Views: 622
Re: 1886 Pressure Signs
The only reliable way to tell pressures is have the loads tested in a pressure barrel. I have seen more than one gun blown and the primers look normal, even on what was left of the cartridge that blew. This has been written about and documented in photos since the 1940's, yet it is still ignored qu...
- Sat May 04, 2024 1:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: This Aero Precision offering will upset some folks...
- Replies: 28
- Views: 951
Re: This Aero Precision offering will upset some folks...
I hope that newfangled thing gets a huge massive following and the LGS shelves fill up with the guns I like, and then I can scoop up cheap leverguns again ! ! ! L O L
- Sat May 04, 2024 1:28 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: The riots at columbia…
- Replies: 24
- Views: 714
Re: The riots at columbia…
So I guess it is possible that we are right in the midst of fulfilling those Old Testament prophesies. Or we may just be watching desperate politicians (Netanyahu and Biden) move us toward WW III. My "household" (looking at this old guy plus 3 middle-aged "kids") are divided on ...
- Sat May 04, 2024 8:16 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: The riots at columbia…
- Replies: 24
- Views: 714
Re: The riots at columbia…
NOT cnn . . . . . . Israel_the Lie.png . https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-799758 . https://twitter.com/IsraelWarRoom/status/1786405889089413179?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1786405889089413179%7Ctwgr%5E9ffd74ae786c62d84a32c18000eade6e7ff3ea98%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&...
- Fri May 03, 2024 11:16 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: The riots at columbia…
- Replies: 24
- Views: 714
Re: The riots at columbia…
can't make this stuff up. LOL I hope President Trump ships them all to houthiville . . .
- Fri May 03, 2024 11:06 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: The riots at columbia…
- Replies: 24
- Views: 714
Re: The riots at columbia…
WAR_hamass murderers.jpg . . . and . another little known fact is that Israel is doing DNA studies on all that remains of the initial attack to discover who got killed and who got taken. AND WHO THE PERPS ARE. This man was murdered and his remains weren't identified right away. . Israel is also doi...
- Fri May 03, 2024 10:45 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: The riots at columbia…
- Replies: 24
- Views: 714
Re: The riots at columbia…
here it is, something that Americans won't print . . . . WAR_hamass funds rioters.jpg . America's "press" advertises and supports hamass by reporting their lies as truth, and reporting Israel's facts as lies.... . siding with the campus rioters is siding with the atrocities committed again...
- Fri May 03, 2024 10:22 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 1886 Pressure Signs
- Replies: 17
- Views: 622
Re: 1886 Pressure Signs
I've said it before- ask the manufacturer what their product is rated for. Someone's data could very well be dangerous in YOUR gun. Well, the barrel says "black powder only" so I'm a slight bit over manufacturer recommendations. I knew this going in. that answers all the questions, yeah?
- Thu May 02, 2024 6:26 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: THE .44 SPECIAL IS ALIVE AND WELL! by JOHN TAFFIN
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1779
Re: THE .44 SPECIAL IS ALIVE AND WELL! by JOHN TAFFIN
Scott, this is what I do to firelap my revolvers so they don't lead the barrel with cast bullets. I use lead bullets that are rounded all the way to the case mouths; no SWC because they just push the grinding compound out of the barrel. I load up 8 or 10 rounds using around 2 gr of Bullseye. Based ...
- Thu May 02, 2024 6:05 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: The riots at columbia…
- Replies: 24
- Views: 714
Re: The riots at columbia…
Take it easy 4t5, it's just a protest. That building gets "occupied" every time Columbia students get a serious protest going. The only thing different this time is -- when you protest the absolutely sacrosanct STATE OF ISRAEL you are going to have the weight of the American Fascist state...
- Thu May 02, 2024 5:50 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Marlin 1980, 336, straight stock, 30-30
- Replies: 8
- Views: 294
Re: Marlin 1980, 336, straight stock, 30-30
I just picked up my fourth Marlin 336 since February. It is a 336, straight stock (Texan style), 30-30 made in 1980. Out of these last four Marlins, three of them are straight “Texas” style and one of these three has a brass saddle ring. I have really warmed up to these straight stock Marlins and w...
- Wed May 01, 2024 9:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Gun and Knife Pictures
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1730
Re: Gun and Knife Pictures
that is a great looking knife blade. what is lettering on the handle? what are the marks on the ricasso, if you don't mind posting. thanks.
fantastic that you get to be the caretaker !
fantastic that you get to be the caretaker !
- Wed May 01, 2024 9:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 480 Ruger
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1116
Re: 480 Ruger
Whoa Doc . . . you skipped 49 caliber?
- Wed May 01, 2024 8:29 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Making a Knife, the OLD way....
- Replies: 4
- Views: 266
Re: Making a Knife, the OLD way....
. (...before iron, before bronze, before copper...) https://youtu.be/_zP3jdPR3tw?si=ZSWJYG8ivjOLADkh I would be so nervous that I would screw it up and get almost done then break it in about 10 pieces with one whack. good link !!! it is worth noting that Otzi was killed by a flint point, had a flin...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 9:41 am
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: SOLD Early Savage Model 1899 saddle ring carbine, .303 Savage
- Replies: 4
- Views: 435
Re: FS: Early Savage Model 1899 saddle ring carbine, .303 Savage
If didn't have a pair of 99Fs I'd be all over this Bill. Great little rifles. The Hawk 190gr bullet is also an excellent option for the 303 Savage. Eric Yup, that's a treasure. Daughter made a lot of meat in AK with hers. It's the kind of thing where you'd like to line up three animals to cut the h...