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by Paladin
Tue Aug 18, 2009 12:22 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT Griff.. no free rides around here! pics. of truck.
Replies: 14
Views: 1022

Re: OT Griff.. no free rides around here!!!

Hobie wrote:That would have made my day at that age. My dad made me drive the tractor! :lol:

+1
by Paladin
Mon Aug 10, 2009 1:55 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: howdy
Replies: 30
Views: 2553

Re: howdy

kimwcook wrote:Welcome to the forum. You'll find the best of the forums here.
+1
by Paladin
Mon Aug 10, 2009 1:32 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What do you think the best fighting revolver is?
Replies: 65
Views: 6810

Re: What do you think the best fighting revolver is?

I have carried Colt Troopers and S&W 19s, 66s, 686s, 629s, 329 in 3in, 4 in, and 5.5 in. All issue except the 44s. I shot on the department pistol team for a few years and nothing shot as well as the 686 that we carried. With the right ammo our guys did well with them in gunfights. So I will ha...
by Paladin
Mon Aug 10, 2009 1:02 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Baikal Double Rifle is Back !
Replies: 10
Views: 15695

Re: Baikal Double Rifle is Back !

As long as it took me to get my co-pilot I don’t think I could live long enough to afford a $6000 double. Even if I did I would be afraid to use it for fear of scratching it.
by Paladin
Mon Aug 10, 2009 12:50 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bass Pro Rant - This letter went out mail and e-mail
Replies: 24
Views: 2466

Re: Bass Pro Rant - This letter went out mail and e-mail

I was at Bass Pro today for the last time. Not that happy about the prices to start with and tired of the question about a having a card and getting charged more. Thank-you for the Rant as it made the decision easy.
by Paladin
Sun Aug 09, 2009 9:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Just Finished CCW Class in CA
Replies: 20
Views: 2249

Re: Just Finished CCW Class in CA

Thanks for the info. I have the advantage of being a LEO but to hear the rules for CCW where I am currently working makes it easier to not have problems. And I thought there was no place they could send me that was worse than Kabul.
by Paladin
Sun Aug 09, 2009 1:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: combat shotgun?
Replies: 36
Views: 4378

Re: OT: combat shotgun?

After shooting an 1897 Winchester that was still in the arms room at Ft Hood TX in the 70s and now using one for Cowboy action shooting (without the heat shield) I could see a bayonet on a shotgun as a psyops weapon.
by Paladin
Sun Aug 09, 2009 12:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Huckleberries
Replies: 15
Views: 1198

Re: Huckleberries

rjohns94 wrote:awesome pictures as always Danny. We are all living vicariously through you, keep them coming! :mrgreen:

+1
by Paladin
Sun Aug 09, 2009 12:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Controversial Hunting Decision - Soliciting Opinions
Replies: 34
Views: 2855

Re: Controversial Hunting Decision - Soliciting Opinions

I'd use a sporterized M94 Swede :D jk You need to bring the 86 and shoot it with your buddy AFTER you go hunting the bolt gun. He just needs to understand that the hunting will most likely not allow you a closer shot and that you've waited for a LONG LONG time (be really pathetica at this poin ;) )...
by Paladin
Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:30 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: How do you Yankees Stand it? Transplants + snow
Replies: 83
Views: 7655

Re: OT: How do you Yankees Stand it?

What!!! You don’t have memories of deer hunting in at least 6 inches of snow when you can see them coming for at least 200 yards in the woods and even a city boy could track one.
by Paladin
Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:16 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 44 Special bullets - do any work?
Replies: 34
Views: 3573

Re: 44 Special bullets - do any work?

I have killed 3 deer with a Marlin trapper in .44 with the Blazer Gold Dot .44 SPL most accurate of all loads tested. My normal carry load in a 44 revolver as we are not authorized to use reloads when it might be used for work.
by Paladin
Sat Jan 10, 2009 12:42 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Boeing 40C; Oldest Air Worthy Boeing Airliner
Replies: 23
Views: 1975

Re: OT - Boeing 40C; Oldest Air Worthy Boeing Airliner

kimwcook wrote:That was funny.
+1
My 1st flight ever was a 195 dad and my uncles had rebuilt. Dad and I flew to the Oshkosh Air Show in 73 in a just rebuilt Stinson Voyager D. I love the old aircraft.
by Paladin
Sat Jan 10, 2009 12:30 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: SASS Shotgunnin', Levergun
Replies: 12
Views: 1337

Re: SASS Shotgunnin', Levergun

My guess, Griff, we get some guesses right? :D First, I don't think it was black powder. Not the way it's burning off as the second hull is ejected. BP is highly explosive. It looked like whitepowder burning. My guess it's a BP substitute and it somehow was exposed to moisture and didn't properly b...
by Paladin
Fri Jan 02, 2009 10:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - new grips for the Walther 22
Replies: 13
Views: 798

Re: OT - new grips for the Walther 22

Great looking grips. Where did they come from?
by Paladin
Fri Jan 02, 2009 10:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Levergun rescue. (Frozen Range Report) Another Keeper!
Replies: 31
Views: 2915

Re: Levergun rescue.

Great deal, I got one last September and set it up for the youth hunt here in WV. When I get a chance I will post photos of both the marlin and the 14 year old I took hunting using it. I try to take a different kid every year to my farm where I know it is safe and full of deer.
by Paladin
Fri Jan 02, 2009 12:13 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: O.S.O.K. - AR 15 Questions from newbie
Replies: 34
Views: 3624

Re: O.S.O.K. - AR 15 Questions from newbie

http://www.bhigear.com/m16m4handbook-bymikepannone.aspx
This is a book for someone who has not had any training on M-16s or for someone who has very little and needs to carry a refresher. Erik the owner keeps them in stock and just got a fresh batch in. We have issued then in the sandbox to some.
by Paladin
Thu Jan 01, 2009 2:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT but I thought you guys may like.
Replies: 26
Views: 1784

Re: OT but I thought you guys may like.

That s what it is all about, Thanks for sharing.
by Paladin
Sat Dec 27, 2008 11:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 9422 stoat !
Replies: 34
Views: 3121

Re: 9422 stoat !

Very impressive, both the rifle and the Dog.
by Paladin
Thu Dec 25, 2008 10:03 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Picked up my Trapper yesterday
Replies: 17
Views: 1097

Re: Picked up my Trapper yesterday

Great gun, the marlin I have at 100 yards shot the CCI Blazer in 44SPL (200 gr Gold Dot) the best. My daughter thought it was too heavy but my nephew loved it.
by Paladin
Thu Dec 25, 2008 9:53 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Merry Christmas y'all.
Replies: 11
Views: 1091

Re: Merry Christmas y'all.

Merry Christmas to ALL. May your ammo never run out and you bullets never miss.




Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. Calvin Coolidge
by Paladin
Sun Nov 30, 2008 10:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Great news!
Replies: 7
Views: 932

Re: Great news!

With the same problem everywhere, I now have farm bordered on two sides buy public property, I let them run them to me on opening day. I only have too arrest about one a year to get the point across on the rest, the signs mean what they say. After I have had a two different people try to run me off...
by Paladin
Sun Nov 30, 2008 1:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Grandson with my 1894 Marlin=work
Replies: 19
Views: 1462

Re: Grandson with my 1894 Marlin=work

Congratulations, for the lost of a great rifle for the best reason ever…
by Paladin
Sun Nov 30, 2008 1:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Moment of silence for a hero.....
Replies: 41
Views: 4162

Re: Moment of silence for a hero.....

We stand in the shadows of those who have come before us and try to live up to their examples.

Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously!
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
by Paladin
Mon Oct 20, 2008 4:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bear Defense in Alaska
Replies: 75
Views: 8118

Re: Bear Defense in Alaska

I think of pepper spray on bears the same as people. If they are not in for a fight it works fine (on the black bears here or all of the people I have used it on) but some of them with their mind made up all that will work is a CNS shot.
by Paladin
Mon Oct 20, 2008 3:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: levergun and sixgun limb bacon
Replies: 21
Views: 2610

Re: levergun and sixgun limb bacon

Thanks for the recipes my nephew and I got four Saturday (1st day of Bow season for deer in WV) and he wanted some recipes to take back to College to cook them.
I decided to squirrel hunt instead of bow due to not practicing for 1 ½ years and ended up with 3 squirrels and a trespassing bow hunter.
by Paladin
Mon Oct 20, 2008 2:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Guide gun ramp fell off, but luckily I had a broken tap
Replies: 20
Views: 2825

Re: Guide gun ramp fell off, but luckily I had a broken tap

Great story and read, Wish I could say I haven’t made some of the same mistakes.
by Paladin
Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:20 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - Sheriff Begins Taking Away CCW Permits
Replies: 18
Views: 2232

Re: OT - Sheriff Begins Taking Away CCW Permits (Orange Co., CA)

Get rid of the sheriff. Maybe it sounds scary, but no LEO should EVER have "say so" over who owns/carries a gun. If you are of age, and not in jail, you should be 'allowed' to carry; if you are so 'dangerous' that you shouldn't be trusted with a gun, then what the heck are you out on the ...
by Paladin
Sat Oct 11, 2008 10:00 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: WV/VA Levergunners meet
Replies: 116
Views: 13759

Re: WV/VA Levergunners meet

For the Spring Shoot I will try to make it. I don’t have any old guns but a few modern levers.
by Paladin
Sat Oct 04, 2008 1:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: .45 Colt Loads
Replies: 70
Views: 8526

Re: OT: .45 Colt Loads

The Silver Tips in 45LC should work fine (bigger bullet). The Silver Tips is a couple of shootings here did not penetrate enough to do the job (One in .357 center chest, caused a large surface wound after going through a down vest and did not kill the guy and the other in 10 mm did the same on two ...
by Paladin
Fri Oct 03, 2008 2:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Update on offhand shooting practice (photos)
Replies: 37
Views: 2974

Re: Update on offhand shooting practice (photos)

It makes sense to practice the most the most unstable position and hope for better. My 200 yard offhand scores were always my worst across the whole 600 yard course so I try to never shoot that way unless I have too. What you are saying shall make me go back to practice some more. No disrespect mea...
by Paladin
Fri Oct 03, 2008 2:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - ON SHEEP, WOLVES, AND SHEEPDOGS
Replies: 21
Views: 2944

POLITICS - ON SHEEP, WOLVES, AND SHEEPDOGS

I meet Dave Grossman in October 2002 at the International Association of Bomb Technicians and Investigators regional meeting in Indianapolis. I apologize for the length but though it would be a good read for all. PALADIN A Semi-Retired Sheepdog. ON SHEEP, WOLVES, AND SHEEPDOGS By LTC(RET) Dave Gros...
by Paladin
Wed Oct 01, 2008 4:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Got my Large(r) Loop Lever finished
Replies: 20
Views: 2443

Re: Got my Large(r) Loop Lever finished

Great Job, I am impressed, the size looks perfect for gloves but not too large for general use.
by Paladin
Wed Oct 01, 2008 4:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - WOO HOO! Attack of Common Sense!
Replies: 9
Views: 1246

Re: POLITICS - WOO HOO! Attack of Common Sense!

FWiedner wrote:I get all teary-eyed when a cop is treated like one of the "little" people.

I hope he enjoyed his little trip through the "justice" system.

:x
Having seen what it is like in countries without law enforcement, what would you suggest they be replaced with, Your Self?
by Paladin
Wed Oct 01, 2008 4:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Update on offhand shooting practice (photos)
Replies: 37
Views: 2974

Re: Update on offhand shooting practice (photos)

Great Shooting but why limit yourself to not using a more stable position of elbow against body and anything else to make it more stable like grabbing a tree or bush for support?
by Paladin
Fri Sep 19, 2008 12:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Show and Tell
Replies: 22
Views: 2543

Re: Show and Tell

Very impressive
by Paladin
Fri Sep 19, 2008 11:50 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-Law Enforcement
Replies: 23
Views: 3765

Re: OT-Law Enforcement

There are a lot of different department types out there and a few of the guys I went through the academy with just applied to every one with in a 200 mile radius. I got lucky when I applied for the WV State Police I didn’t know the difference and ended up in a police department instead of a highway...
by Paladin
Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:47 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Leverguns "Ranch Rifle" had its first outing!
Replies: 28
Views: 3130

Re: The Leverguns "Ranch Rifle" had its first outing!

If you make it to WV in the fall and want to try White Tail let me know. I should be home in Oct and will take you to where my daughter killed her first on my farm.
by Paladin
Tue Sep 16, 2008 2:50 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hearing Protection - Active Duty Guys Particularly
Replies: 10
Views: 1527

Re: Hearing Protection - Active Duty Guys Particularly

Most of us are wearing headsets (special Operations issue Elec Muffs with radio interface) and most of the people traveling off the FOB are wearing muffs to avoid the over pressure of IEDs. At least are told to with their armor. But the bottom line is some of them are lucky to remember where they l...
by Paladin
Tue Sep 16, 2008 2:25 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT-Old west Gunfights list
Replies: 10
Views: 977

Re: OT-Old west Gunfights list

Great reading, thanks for the info.
by Paladin
Tue Sep 16, 2008 1:14 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - Revealed: UK’s first official sharia courts
Replies: 13
Views: 1482

Re: POLITICS - Revealed: UK’s first official sharia courts

When civilized society starts to let uncivilized tradition and law trump our own traditions and law, everyone suffers. This is nonsense - regardless of what the parties agree to... :evil: +1 Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a religious conviction. Blaise Pascal...
by Paladin
Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:45 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - Where were YOU on 9-11-2001?
Replies: 50
Views: 6031

Re: Where were YOU on 9-11-2001?

I was making breakfast for my wife who had just gotten out of the hospital. She told me a plane had just hit the WTC and I turned on the TV to watch. After seeing the video of the 1st plane I knew it wasn’t an accident and couldn’t understand why. The more I watched the madder I got. After a couple...
by Paladin
Mon Sep 15, 2008 4:30 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT- Headed north
Replies: 16
Views: 1365

Re: OT- Headed north

AmBraCol wrote:Travel safe. May God's peace be with you all...

+1
by Paladin
Mon Sep 15, 2008 4:26 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - Bye Bye Charlie Gibson / ABC
Replies: 66
Views: 6749

Re: POLITICS - Bye Bye Charlie Gibson / ABC

Sorry I missed, it but from the sound of it I will watch it when I get back to unlimited internet access.
Thanks for some great comments.
by Paladin
Mon Sep 15, 2008 4:06 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Finally got my Win94 Trapper back from a complete refinish
Replies: 11
Views: 1450

Re: Finally got my Win94 Trapper back from a complete refinish

Great Toy, I think you have convinced me to get one of mine done.
by Paladin
Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:34 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Calculating rifling twists?
Replies: 4
Views: 907

Re: Calculating rifling twists?

Todd Mayo wrote:Hey thanks those are great articles and information
+1, It will come in handy in amonth or two.
by Paladin
Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:27 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: HUMOR - Terrorist Arrested At JFK
Replies: 16
Views: 2133

Re: **OT** Terrorist Arrested At JFK

Great!!!!
by Paladin
Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:10 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - It was a hot one today...
Replies: 8
Views: 1010

Re: OT - It was a hot one today...

Great Job Grandpa, after all the best time is spent with kids. (It gets to be a pain when the mind will write a check your body can't cash)