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by Grizz
Fri May 24, 2024 1:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Who needs a horse...???
Replies: 35
Views: 684

Re: Who needs a horse...???

gcs wrote: Fri May 24, 2024 11:02 am All these options are great....but if things go real bad, where ya gonna go?
Pacific Ocean
by Grizz
Thu May 23, 2024 9:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Organizing your stuff
Replies: 5
Views: 204

Re: Organizing your stuff

. There is definitely a lot of stuff that is irretrievably lost if a tornado hits your house. Yet one flash drive with photos and files on it could help retrieve the majority of it so easily if we just were organized enough to have it ready. That's the genius of this guy. He gets all of that and or...
by Grizz
Thu May 23, 2024 9:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gun and Knife Pictures
Replies: 40
Views: 2833

Re: Gun and Knife Pictures

LeverGunner wrote: Thu May 23, 2024 8:26 pm I carry the Blackhawk, the Case, and the Leatherman daily. The belt knife rotates out between a Buck 110, Buck 192 (today), and a case 65 pattern folding hunter.
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That's good kit, thanks
by Grizz
Thu May 23, 2024 8:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Organizing your stuff
Replies: 5
Views: 204

Re: Organizing your stuff

this website is by a survivor of Katrina. He has free workbook forms of the kinds of personal family data that we absolutely don't want to lose on a sunken hard drive. He is very organized, and has perfect record keeping skills. He helps get every important piece of personal data ON PAPER in a noteb...
by Grizz
Thu May 23, 2024 8:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I Spent The Afternoon Visiting Paco Yesterday
Replies: 9
Views: 178

Re: I Spent The Afternoon Visiting Paco Yesterday

Glad for the update on both of you. Blessings from our home to yours.
by Grizz
Thu May 23, 2024 1:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Who needs a horse...???
Replies: 35
Views: 684

Re: Who needs a horse...???

Runaway engines are no joke. 1975 an F-4 Phantom II had a runaway left engine. One of the guys on my rescue truck stopped it by throwing his proximity suit coat in the intake. The most spectacular case of choking an engine I’ve ever seen. Pilot and rear seater seemed happy. Engine maintenance types...
by Grizz
Thu May 23, 2024 7:24 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Who needs a horse...???
Replies: 35
Views: 684

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...
by Grizz
Thu May 23, 2024 7:02 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: not even a little political . . .
Replies: 0
Views: 41

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...
by Grizz
Wed May 22, 2024 7:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Favorite Rimfires?
Replies: 27
Views: 475

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...
by Grizz
Wed May 22, 2024 5:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Favorite Rimfires?
Replies: 27
Views: 475

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.
by Grizz
Wed May 22, 2024 5:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How About 1 Caliber and Done?
Replies: 31
Views: 599

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...
by Grizz
Wed May 22, 2024 1:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Just in time!
Replies: 3
Views: 156

Re: Just in time!

Looking Good
by Grizz
Wed May 22, 2024 12:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How About 1 Caliber and Done?
Replies: 31
Views: 599

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...
by Grizz
Wed May 22, 2024 8:38 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: watch your six gentlemen
Replies: 34
Views: 1469

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
by Grizz
Wed May 22, 2024 8:32 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How About 1 Caliber and Done?
Replies: 31
Views: 599

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...
by Grizz
Wed May 22, 2024 8:08 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How About 1 Caliber and Done?
Replies: 31
Views: 599

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...
by Grizz
Tue May 21, 2024 7:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How About 1 Caliber and Done?
Replies: 31
Views: 599

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...
by Grizz
Tue May 21, 2024 9:51 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Sure is running slowly
Replies: 13
Views: 368

Re: Sure is running slowly

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.
perhaps the ai super computers are stumped by pithy witticisms ?
by Grizz
Tue May 21, 2024 9:32 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Little Bighorn Colt Up For Auction in Texas
Replies: 9
Views: 311

Re: Little Bighorn Colt Up For Auction in Texas

GunnyMack wrote: Tue May 21, 2024 4:45 am I saw something that indicated his initials are on it, he was also listed as a survivor and he was in another battle with it. I don't remember where I saw this info though...
Price Realized: $168,500

If I could I would shoot it daily . . . . it's just languished too long
by Grizz
Mon May 20, 2024 7:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How About 1 Caliber and Done?
Replies: 31
Views: 599

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...
by Grizz
Mon May 20, 2024 4:20 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: LOL a 'conservative' SCOTUS my butt...
Replies: 1
Views: 68

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, ...
by Grizz
Mon May 20, 2024 4:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Little Bighorn Colt Up For Auction in Texas
Replies: 9
Views: 311

Re: Little Bighorn Colt Up For Auction in Texas

COSteve wrote: Fri May 17, 2024 9:39 am Little Bighorn Colt.jpg
Steve, do you know what it sold for? It is totally beautiful, I can't believe the projected value is that low, considering.
by Grizz
Mon May 20, 2024 1:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How About 1 Caliber and Done?
Replies: 31
Views: 599

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?
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grizz :lol:
by Grizz
Mon May 20, 2024 11:21 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Who needs a horse...???
Replies: 35
Views: 684

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...
by Grizz
Mon May 20, 2024 11:12 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: We all have this 3m chemical in our blood
Replies: 3
Views: 81

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:/...
by Grizz
Sun May 19, 2024 6:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Who needs a horse...???
Replies: 35
Views: 684

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...
by Grizz
Sun May 19, 2024 4:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Who needs a horse...???
Replies: 35
Views: 684

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...
by Grizz
Sun May 19, 2024 10:38 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Favorite.45 Colt bullet to be used interchangeably
Replies: 33
Views: 2144

Re: Favorite.45 Colt bullet to be used interchangeably

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
I thought the prickly pears were there to protect the road signs . . .
by Grizz
Sun May 19, 2024 10:35 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Who needs a horse...???
Replies: 35
Views: 684

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 ...
by Grizz
Sat May 18, 2024 12:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gun and Knife Pictures
Replies: 40
Views: 2833

Re: Gun and Knife Pictures

magnum research knife + gun.png
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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 ;)
by Grizz
Sat May 18, 2024 11:15 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Who needs a horse...???
Replies: 35
Views: 684

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...
by Grizz
Fri May 17, 2024 4:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: It's Been Raining Like Crazy
Replies: 15
Views: 369

Re: It's Been Raining Like Crazy

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?
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.
by Grizz
Fri May 17, 2024 12:21 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: It's Been Raining Like Crazy
Replies: 15
Views: 369

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 . . .
by Grizz
Thu May 16, 2024 10:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gun and Knife Pictures
Replies: 40
Views: 2833

Re: Gun and Knife Pictures

piller wrote: Thu May 16, 2024 9:49 pm Here is one of mine.
lookin' good. 1911s always look good. what's the knife story? Looks Beefy :D
by Grizz
Thu May 16, 2024 9:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: watch your six gentlemen
Replies: 34
Views: 1469

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...
by Grizz
Thu May 16, 2024 9:34 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Cuban Banks
Replies: 5
Views: 177

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...
by Grizz
Thu May 16, 2024 5:46 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Cuban Banks
Replies: 5
Views: 177

Re: Cuban Banks

Paladin wrote: Thu May 16, 2024 5:08 pm Possibly here also.
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
by Grizz
Wed May 15, 2024 8:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Loading the Peacemaker, Colt’s Model P
Replies: 19
Views: 628

Re: Loading the Peacemaker, Colt’s Model P

Griff wrote: Wed May 15, 2024 7:53 pm And here I expected to see Load one, skip one, load 4, pull to full cock and release the hammer on the empty chamber. :)
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. ;)
by Grizz
Tue May 14, 2024 11:30 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Police sticking a foot in the door....
Replies: 3
Views: 141

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.

:)
by Grizz
Mon May 13, 2024 12:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Colt .357 modifications suggestions
Replies: 10
Views: 699

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...
by Grizz
Sun May 12, 2024 5:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gun and Knife Pictures
Replies: 40
Views: 2833

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?
by Grizz
Sun May 12, 2024 4:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Vintage .22LRs
Replies: 31
Views: 1341

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...
by Grizz
Sun May 12, 2024 2:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What Are You Hunting with Your Levergun...
Replies: 39
Views: 1058

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...
by Grizz
Sun May 12, 2024 1:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Big and little
Replies: 21
Views: 702

Re: Big and little

i have a smith 2" 38, 4" 357, and a 5-1/2" redhawk 44 with pachmyars. what a coincidence. :)
by Grizz
Sun May 12, 2024 12:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: question about ivory
Replies: 1
Views: 141

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...
by Grizz
Sat May 11, 2024 10:06 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gun and Knife Pictures
Replies: 40
Views: 2833

Re: Gun and Knife Pictures

Scott Tschirhart wrote: Sat May 11, 2024 9:51 am Some of my favorites.
Scott, that's the right stuff, and a time machine as well . . . strap 'em on and fly back a hundred and fifty years
by Grizz
Sat May 11, 2024 3:40 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: This Aero Precision offering will upset some folks...
Replies: 28
Views: 1363

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...
by Grizz
Fri May 10, 2024 2:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: @#!&%# Grrrr
Replies: 22
Views: 953

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...
by Grizz
Fri May 10, 2024 9:48 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: @#!&%# Grrrr
Replies: 22
Views: 953

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...
by Grizz
Fri May 10, 2024 12:17 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Vintage .22LRs
Replies: 31
Views: 1341

Re: Vintage .22LRs

39-2.jpeg
this one is 54 years old . . . a sweet rifle with 154 year old relatives
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