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I should have figured there would be no sneaking anything past this lever action savvy bunch. And I was right !

More on this to follow. - DixieBoy

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Kirk - That's not only a beautiful rifle, and darn good shooting (let's face it, alot of guys are very happy with 2" groups/iron sights out of modern rifles at 100 yards), but your detailed loading process is very instructional. Has anybody ever told you that you could put together your own boo...

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I just posted this link on the Marlin production thread. The man who runs that site/store does great firearms reviews, the best out there, in my opinion. - DixieBoy

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Here is an excellent article on what's up currently with Marlin lever guns, from a guy who I've come to respect his opinions.
Check it out : http://www.realguns.com/articles/409.htm

Very honest evaluation of current Marlin production. - DixieBoy

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Thanks for confirming this you guys. - DixieBoy

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Don - That's interesting. The Henrys and Winchester '66 had two rimfire firing pins ? The description which got me curious about this was in a book, though I was surprised to see how many photos were available online. Also, a very surprising amount of firms who made ammunition for the Spencer. - Dix...

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I think I answered my own question but would be glad for any input from the gang here. See jnyork's thread. - DixieBoy

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Well, it is a small world. I posted a question here a few minutes ago because I was curious about something I stumbled across in a great book I've just finished. See my thread titled Spencer Rifle and Cartridge Question (6/28/2012). Well, I think I've answered my question Jerry, and maybe this can h...

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I was reading a book titled "The Warren WagonTrain Raid" and there are a number of old records and old letters in it. Several of these letters are pleas from the frontier people, to the government, detailing Kiowa and Comanche raids, and seeking help from the government. The events in the ...

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Really good looking rifle you've got there Pitchy ! I had to look close at one of the pics
to see that it's a half octagon barrel too. Wow ! She's a looker. And looks like a shooter too !
Well, hot dammmm ! - DixieBoy

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crs - I've been hooked on reading about early Texas history and the Comanche and Kiowa wars for a couple years now. It's fascinating stuff, and one thing you can't help but come away knowing: those folks had some real guts back then. Been reading a book called The Warren Wagontrain Massacre by Capps...

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Joe - I hear you, about the costs involved in making almost anything custom as opposed to "stock." Rusty's idea got me thinking... (yeah, I know, I ought to leave that to the grownups). There are alot of guys who do haul up their rifle to stands, and just suffer the dings and whatnot that ...

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Yeah Blaine. You've probably gone through your break-in period now. So, how fast does she go ?
Inquiring minds want to know ... dontcha know.

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Blaine's right. I've always said that your friends will tell you when you're about to enter a room full of people, that you've got something hanging out of your nose. Your acquaintances won't tell you, instead they'll let you go out and make a fool of yourself. Joe's got friends here and we want to ...

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I noticed the finger on the trigger and the muzzle in his boot too, but at least he had the hammer lowered, and it just might be that he didn't want to place the muzzle in the dirt. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

Nice looking photo RR7 ! Thanks. - DixieBoy

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Joe, this is good stuff. Sounds like this guy is resourceful, and like someone else said, he's really determined to shoot despite being underemployed. Where there is a will there IS a way. - DixieBoy

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Awww come on now Joe. You had one guy, madman, chew your butt a little and that's just 'cause he's half doberman. :) I know him a little bit and I can say without hesitation that he's a good and decent guy. EVERYBODY who took the time to reply to you gives a hoot enough about YOU to have taken the t...

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Kind of interesting that as I'm reading this thread I'm watching The Shawshank Redemption on AMC. I mention that because there is one of the best lines in this move, pertaining to this topic, that I've ever heard: "Get busy living, or get busy dying." Let's just rule out the second option ...

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octagon - Thanks for letting us all in on that experience. Priceless stuff. I'll share one with you, one of my more memorable times with Dad and shooting. Back in 2001 I'd gone through a cancer surgery and my folks wanted to do something with me on my birthday. Surgery had been at the end of August ...

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Earl - I've heard for many years the fairly well circulated story that Federal boxes it's primers that way because of an "accident" with a shipper many years ago. Don't know if it's true or not, but I'd guess most of us have heard the story. I hear you loud and clear about the storage issu...

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While you're working on your more involved solution to having hot water showers you could go low tech and at least have hot showers. I worked on a project back in the 90's and there were about ten of us living on a small island. We'd work in shifts of a day or two at a time. One of the stipulations ...

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How they can fill the shoes of greats like Charles Bronson, Yul Bryner, Steve McQueen and the others, well ... good luck with that. :roll: True Grit was different. They got Jeff Bridges to try to fill John Wayne's shoes. In my opinion, he didn't, but did a respectable job of trying. Bridges was also...

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The Jews are much less involved in this business of victimhood now than we used to hear about. Today, it is the muslims playing the victim game, claiming discrimination or "profiling" at every turn. I admit to having little to no patience with this, because of the history of islam across t...

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Congratulations ! I'm job shopping now too. Have done a lot of different things in the past, including sales. You're getting good advice here, espcially the part about not taking it personally when you get "no" as a response. Your good attitude, and your company's good service will carry t...

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Jason - Love that view when you're approaching the cabin. It's nicer than my apartment, that's for sure. :) Interesting array of firearms. Like the looks of the Rossi, and for some reason the PPS 43 really doesn't look out of place. Now that's funny. Great looking escape you've got there. - DixieBoy

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Charles - You're absolutely right about the centuries old hatred of the Jews in Europe. It might have softened a little bit here in the "New World" but it certainly didn't go away. There is a fascinating (and rather scary) Gallup Poll conducted before World War Two. Americans were asked &q...

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Charles - Very thoughtful reply. I understand that people would like for alot of the uglier episodes in the past to just "go away" and not have to hear about them anymore. That helps them avoid painful feelings, or guilt, or just having to think about things they'd rather not. When I was t...

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madman - I have to admit that I first I thought this was a joke. Took me till halfway down the page to realize it wasn't. I am to understand that what was described to you as "opera singing" was possibly the wife's attempt at screaming ? Maybe screaming for help ? If not, I'll be perplexed...

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Hobie and Ray Newman - I think you guys are definitely onto something here. And Griff, I'm really sorry that you received such unjust and just plain wrong treatment back then, upon your coming home. I was just a little too young for Vietnam, but a lot of the slightly older guys I used to scuba dive ...

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Griff - That DOES look like fun. Darn, I'm gonna have to break down and give the cowboy thing a try.

Glad you guys got a chance to get together. I've got a feeling that Blaine just puts out the gruff exterior to keep the riff-raff at bay.

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Ji - Your BIL's bike looks like the 1000cc version of the V-Strom. I got so excited looking at the pics of Blaine's new bike the other night I went and looked at bikes for more than an hour online. Looked at the Suzuki's too, after Madman talked about his 6'2" frame fitting on the 650 cc versio...

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Bulldog's right that our "Silent Service" did most of the damage to the Japanese ability to wage war, and sustain their far flung outposts after Midway. But ... I'd qualify the statement that "there were no naval battles after Midway until the Phillipine campaign and The Battle of Ley...

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Done. Please let us know how this boy is doing. - DixieBoy

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I met Ensign George Gay at the Warbird Air Show in Titusville, Florida back in 1989. Got a chance to shake his hand. Bought his book, Sole Survivor and he signed it for me. Ensign Gay, for those not familiar, literally was the sole survivor of Torpedo Squadron 8 from the Battle of Midway. Meeting hi...

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Now THAT is nice. And in the proper caliber too ! Well done sir. - DixieBoy

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Blaine - That thing is hot !! I went to Yamaha's website after you posted the pic of this bike in the other thread. Got a question for you: Does this bike have what you'd honestly call an upright riding position ? A couple years back I looked into getting a bike again. It'd been years since I had on...

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Buck - Agreed on your points. And I've gotta tell you, you had me laughing hard with your comment about shaving wood off the Marlin foregrip to make shavings for kindling. Now that's funny. Thanks for that one.

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Hey Pitchy - Really nice pics here. I like the one with the bench overlooking the lake. Looks downright peaceful. - DixieBoy

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Don - Don't you just love some of these guys on the web ? With most guys who load for .44 Magnums loading them DOWN to more fun levels, it's no surprise that everybody loved the .44 Specials when Ruger brought 'em out. The Flattop configuration is just icing on the cake. NDCowboy - Wow ! Gorgeous sh...

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Don and Hobie - Thanks guys. I get a kick with how the .44 Special has gotten another lease on life these days. And I love it when the self described "experts" are proven absolutely wrong when they proclaim a great old cartridge "dead." I just got a chance to shoot one of the .44...

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Don - If you don't mind, what's your Blue Dot load with the Keith bullet ? Understand if you don't want to post it, but I'm curious because a buddy is buying one of the new .44 Special Flattops and he'll be turning to me for loads. That .44 Special Flattop is very nice. I want one to be my .45 Colt ...

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No choice at all ... The Outlaw Josey Wales. Funny (or maybe not so funny) thing about Eastwood. He is without a doubt a huge icon in American culture, and many of his movies are honest to goodness classics. But there's just one thing that bothers me about Clint. One day I was watching one of his mo...

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Madman - The one and only Marlin Cowboy in .45 Colt that I've had the pleasure to handle was an absolute sweetheart. Wish I had grabbed it up when I had the chance. When I'm back on my feet financially that one's on my short list. - DixieBoy

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Hagler - Some things are just not fair at all. I will send my prayers up for this young girl too. - DixieBoy

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Hello Mr. Gates. I think you might have us all beat. Coolest plane I ever rode in was a Grumman Goose (at least I think that's what it was) that Chalks air service used to run from Ft. Lauderdale to Bimini in the Bahamas to go diving. Landing on the water was ... interesting.

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Blaine and Grizz - What you guys are saying pretty much dovetails with all I've read that John Linebaugh had to say about this same subject. Penetration is not always achieved by the fastest velocities, it seems, but by heavier bullets moving at medium-fast speed. It seems counter-intuitive, but his...

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Bath salts ? This is the first I've ever heard of this, but then, I've never heard of someone eating another person's face (outside of Hannibal Lecter). I think you're right Hobie. Satan is ready and waiting for those he feels are weak and ripe for the taking. This business gives me a serious case o...

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Blaine - So that's what put that look on yer kisser in the avatar photo, eh ? :lol: Holy smokes ! A 525 grain bullet out of a .45 -70 revolver ! We ought to just call you HOMBRE and be done with it. Goofing around aside, this is one of the joys of the .45-70 cartridge. You really can load it from mi...

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Indianagirl - Now THAT was fun ! Great post. - DixieBoy

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Maybe you guys are right, that bravery like that is in a lot of people just waiting for the opportunity to be presented. But the nose gunner, Joe Sanoski (sp.?), was made of stuff that not many folks are. Shot to pieces, his only thought is to get back to his guns so that he can help protect his bud...

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