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by AJMD429
Wed Jan 07, 2026 8:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Loading Manual question got me thinking..
Replies: 1
Views: 20

Loading Manual question got me thinking..

. I've never reloaded 9mm, and with the current price so low I may never bother, depending on the $$ I can get for old brass, but If I were to reload for 9mm, I'll bet I have enough cases (nearly all once-fired) to fill a five gallon bucket or maybe even two. Quite a few brands of brass - Blazer Bra...
by AJMD429
Wed Jan 07, 2026 8:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Loading Manuals Then and Now
Replies: 4
Views: 46

Re: Loading Manuals Then and Now

. I have the Lyman, the Lee, and an old Sierra manual - the Lyman and Lee manuals have a lot of just general reloading information in them, which I find helpful, although experienced reloaders may not need that kind of reference, but I do get most of my reloading data off of two websites: AmmoGuide....
by AJMD429
Wed Jan 07, 2026 8:22 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: The House 'majority' isn't very 'major'...
Replies: 0
Views: 9

The House 'majority' isn't very 'major'...

. One (a California Republican) just died, and there are a dozen or so we can't trust. NINE just voted along with the Democrats for continuing Obamacare. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/just-house-votes-advance-democrats-obamacare-subsidies-these/ The BIG problem is that when we lose Republ...
by AJMD429
Wed Jan 07, 2026 7:49 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: I guess it is politically incorrect to point out...
Replies: 1
Views: 17

I guess it is politically incorrect to point out...

. That transgender teens tend to comprise a very small percentage of teens, but a very high percentage of school mass-shooters. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/cops-columbine-obsessed-teenager-plotted-shooting-at-rural-indiana-high-school/ar-AA1TIahf Of course that goes along with it being poli...
by AJMD429
Wed Jan 07, 2026 6:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New Year’s Resolution
Replies: 17
Views: 285

Re: New Year’s Resolution

That’s gonna ( no pun intended ) be hard Scott , local gun store is one of my favorite places , been a customer for more than 30 yrs , nice people . I’m on the ,sell one buy one plan now , trying to down size a little. Good luck. Gotta do the 'sell two, buy one' plan to downsize.... :wink: (...and ...
by AJMD429
Wed Jan 07, 2026 5:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Darn drunk drivers
Replies: 11
Views: 165

Re: Darn drunk drivers

. I remember a Pharmacy tech that worked with me many years ago when I was still in Pharmacy school, and he’d love to talk about how loopy he would get, and he would just barely make it home, sometimes parking his car up on the sidewalk or trying to go in the wrong apartment or whatever. He said one...
by AJMD429
Wed Jan 07, 2026 3:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For Fellow 444 Marlin Fans
Replies: 1
Views: 42

For Fellow 444 Marlin Fans

. Ever since I saw the cartridges listed in the Remington ammunition flyer back in 1973 or so, it just seemed like the 444 Marlin was calling to me as a must have someday. It took a while, but eventually, I became the owner of a Marlin blued version and a stainless Marlin XLR. I prefer to use the 45...
by AJMD429
Wed Jan 07, 2026 10:52 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: SBR's , SBS' s silencers -- how many jumped on Jan 1 ?
Replies: 7
Views: 102

Re: SBR's , SBS' s silencers -- how many jumped on Jan 1 ?

. One of the most unobtrusive and easily set up suppressed leverguns is to get a Ruger 96/22 and simply replace the barrel (takes 5 minutes with a hex-wrench) with the 'Operative' integrally suppressed 10/22 barrel. They fit, but require a second extractor cut (another 5 minutes with a small file) d...
by AJMD429
Wed Jan 07, 2026 10:41 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I now understand why
Replies: 14
Views: 477

Re: I now understand why

. There's gonna only be three nations controlling EVERY other nation in terms of 'support', and it will be the US, Russia, and China. So.... if we want the US to remain viable, we'd better try to keep affiliated with (i.e. 'control') every thing from Alaska to Greenland to Ushuaia. If we aren't 'inv...
by AJMD429
Wed Jan 07, 2026 10:34 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Not that I'd likely stay in a Hilton anyway, but...
Replies: 8
Views: 119

Re: Not that I'd likely stay in a Hilton anyway, but...

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I think Hilton responded well. Hopefully they do follow through and eject the scumbags from their chain.

If they do, the next time I stay at a hotel, I might stay at a HIlton... (although I generally prefer to sleep in my vehicle on the rare occasion I travel far).
by AJMD429
Tue Jan 06, 2026 8:21 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Venezuela Situation - Freitas, Triggernometry, and ‘Dad’…
Replies: 0
Views: 25

Venezuela Situation - Freitas, Triggernometry, and ‘Dad’…

. Some presentations that seemed credible: Freitas - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUI4skR-FRY Triggernometry - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqP6MkCmqgs Dad - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7xoHEZE3y8 Black Gay Guy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwX2AVMvfKI Venezuelan Emigrant - https://yo...
by AJMD429
Tue Jan 06, 2026 11:17 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Interesting info on Childhood vaccine schedule changes
Replies: 0
Views: 30

Interesting info on Childhood vaccine schedule changes

. Refreshing to see a pediatrician actually fail to engage in the bonus-trap (where physicians get huge pay increases for 'compliance' with vaccine mandates. https://odysee.com/@FrontlineCovid19CriticalCareAlliance:c/Childhood-Vaccines-America%E2%80%99s-Fresh-Look-at-Recommendations:a Most other phy...
by AJMD429
Tue Jan 06, 2026 6:35 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Not that I'd likely stay in a Hilton anyway, but...
Replies: 8
Views: 119

Not that I'd likely stay in a Hilton anyway, but...

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Screw them now...

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/0 ... forcement/

They cancelled DHS agent's reservations once they found out they were investingating immigration issues... :roll: :evil:
by AJMD429
Tue Jan 06, 2026 6:16 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hello from Alaska
Replies: 21
Views: 343

Re: Hello from Alaska

. If you already like your 45 Colt Redhawk, then I'd probably go for a 45 Colt in a levergun. If you go with a WInchester/Rossi 92 or Marlin/Henry 94, both are handy little carbines that can be loaded with 'modern' loads that have a ton of punch. You could up the ante with a Rossi 92 in 454 Casull i...
by AJMD429
Mon Jan 05, 2026 1:49 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: I knew Buttigeig was strange, but....
Replies: 0
Views: 48

I knew Buttigeig was strange, but....

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This from an article on his hypocrisy regarding Maduro - https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/0 ... uela-past/
by AJMD429
Mon Jan 05, 2026 7:08 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Why did Trump's people pick the Southern New York district...???
Replies: 3
Views: 95

Re: Why did Trump's people pick the Southern New York district...???

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I wasn't paying that much attention in 1989 to Noriega's trial in the US (then the French tried him - also for drug-related crimes I believe - then he was sent back to Panama and tried there for murder), but this seems similar.
by AJMD429
Sun Jan 04, 2026 7:51 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Why did Trump's people pick the Southern New York district...???
Replies: 3
Views: 95

Why did Trump's people pick the Southern New York district...???

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Do you think they just WANTED to lose the case, and have Maduro set free...?

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/0 ... -year-old/

Otherwise, why wouldn't they have picked a more conservative district...???
by AJMD429
Sat Jan 03, 2026 10:52 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: So - we arrest Maduro and bring him to the US....?!?!?!
Replies: 6
Views: 171

So - we arrest Maduro and bring him to the US....?!?!?!

. This seems to be unprecedented....arresting a nation's "leader" (even a nasty one who got there via election-fraud) is something I've never heard of before. Talk about 'regime change'...!!! I worry the Southern District New York court will throw the case out just to screw with Trump, and...
by AJMD429
Fri Jan 02, 2026 11:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I hadn’t realized how MUCH domestic manufacturing the socialists gutted.
Replies: 15
Views: 457

Re: I hadn’t realized how MUCH domestic manufacturing the socialists gutted.

.45 Colt said...... "The WILL TO WORK for many in this country is gone." "What these people are going to do if they live to retirement age is unbelievable. " These 2 things are a planned part of the roadmap to communism/totalitarianism. Through crushing taxes and making it impos...
by AJMD429
Fri Jan 02, 2026 11:43 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: I didn't know AK magazines worked in AR's.....
Replies: 0
Views: 74

I didn't know AK magazines worked in AR's.....

. But in an interview of Ian Carroll by Tucker Carlson, I heard tonight they were saying the Las Vegas shooter's room was full of AR's and yet there were a bunch of AK magazines in the photographs. https://tuckercarlson.com/tucker-show-ian-carroll I always had the feeling that the room was just set ...
by AJMD429
Fri Jan 02, 2026 11:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect
Replies: 11
Views: 317

Re: The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect

. There are great journalists - the young kid Nick Shirley, Tucker Carlson, the Triggernometry guys, and many many others. It's just that the lousy ones used to get nowhere, and now they are promoted to CNN and MSNBC and positions at least allegedly 'respectable'. It's just a phenomenon of the decay...
by AJMD429
Fri Jan 02, 2026 11:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Win 1894
Replies: 11
Views: 340

Re: Win 1894

. Yeah - a perfectly clean gun can still have gunk in the firing pin channel. I've had that happen many times. My Ruger 96/22 levergun has an integrally suppressed barrel, and the combination of that plus inherently 'dirty' 22 LR ammo, means the firing pin channel needs cleaned frequently. Since the...
by AJMD429
Fri Jan 02, 2026 11:21 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: I just don't think the DOJ is 'serious'
Replies: 1
Views: 72

I just don't think the DOJ is 'serious'

. This article says ".. .Swalwell’s attempts to arrest ICE agents could also land him in prison if the Department of Justice ever gets serious about taking on lawless officials in sanctuary states ..." https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/watch-eric-swalwell-vows-arrest-ice-agents-revo...
by AJMD429
Fri Jan 02, 2026 11:05 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Shooting Fireworks at Police...???
Replies: 1
Views: 1230

Shooting Fireworks at Police...???

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I think if someone were shooting fireworks at me like in this video, I'd regard it as a 'life threatening attack' and respond accordingly.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/0 ... ce-as-new/

The police ought to be able to respond the same way.
by AJMD429
Fri Jan 02, 2026 7:37 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: What do Autism, Daycare, Home Health and Medical Transport have in common...?
Replies: 5
Views: 178

Re: What do Autism, Daycare, Home Health and Medical Transport have in common...?

piller wrote: Fri Jan 02, 2026 6:46 am We need to make sure they are not importing AKs and such.
Judging by their home-country, fraud and theft are primary means of obtaining income, and violence is the primary means of dealing with political and social disputes.
by AJMD429
Fri Jan 02, 2026 7:26 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Win 1894
Replies: 11
Views: 340

Re: Win 1894

. Welcome to the Levergun Enabler Club... Pretty soon you'll have dozens and dozens of them, carefully putting them in side-by-side pairs in your gun safe, hoping that once you close the door and give them some privacy, they may reproduce for you... :D We are also addicted to levergun PICTURES, leve...
by AJMD429
Fri Jan 02, 2026 7:24 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect
Replies: 11
Views: 317

Re: The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect

Every time I hear the media tell us we are a democracy, that it is a democratic party, that the government is ruling us, then I lose faith in the media all over again. One thing I do when a teenager comes in for a physical is ask them "What are your plans after High School...?" There is n...
by AJMD429
Fri Jan 02, 2026 6:46 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Holy Smokes!!!!!
Replies: 5
Views: 206

Re: Holy Smokes!!!!!

. Looks like that first fellow is bouncing against his trigger finger with his other hand on the grips...? Interesting but fast for sure. Dan Combs said "There is no second-place winner in a gun fight" - reminds me of the title of Bill Jordan's autobiography "No Second Place Winner&qu...
by AJMD429
Fri Jan 02, 2026 6:35 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: What do Autism, Daycare, Home Health and Medical Transport have in common...?
Replies: 5
Views: 178

Re: What do Autism, Daycare, Home Health and Medical Transport have in common...?

. Looks like the 'citizen journalists' are going to have to carry the ball with this - https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/washington-state-attorney-general-nick-brown-appears-threaten/ The government at the city and state level is clearly bought-and-paid-for by the illegal immigrant and Somali...
by AJMD429
Thu Jan 01, 2026 9:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Shots (injections)
Replies: 45
Views: 6146

Re: Shots (injections)

Since getting the shingles vaccine, I am still getting shingles about once a year. Not as bad as it used to be. Be sure your Vitamin D level (25-OH Vit D) measures 70-100, and consider zinc 30 mg daily with quercetin 500 mg to be sure it is taken intracellularly, and unless you know you have both 6...
by AJMD429
Thu Jan 01, 2026 9:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I have a new toy!
Replies: 18
Views: 378

Re: I have a new toy!

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Looks like WAY too much fun.... 8)
by AJMD429
Thu Jan 01, 2026 9:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I thought Indiana was more pro-gun than this...
Replies: 6
Views: 202

Re: I thought Indiana was more pro-gun than this...

. True - if he's a drug dealer and the other dude is a drug dealer kicking in the door cuz they are having a 'business disagreement', then THAT would make sense that he's in trouble. (BTW he kinda LOOKS like 'trouble' in the jail photo, though I suppose we all would look less than our best). And tru...
by AJMD429
Thu Jan 01, 2026 9:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect
Replies: 11
Views: 317

Re: The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect

. Yes - for sure - once a 'news' source loses credibility in a topic I know, I assume they lack credibility in all other areas. It may not be intentional in the case of topics they don't know much about, but the lack of integrity exhibited in one area surely translates to other areas, so even in are...
by AJMD429
Thu Jan 01, 2026 8:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I hadn’t realized how MUCH domestic manufacturing the socialists gutted.
Replies: 15
Views: 457

Re: I hadn’t realized how MUCH domestic manufacturing the socialists gutted.

. This guy just gave-in to the patent-jumping Chinese - - - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiDhbZ8-BZI Honestly I don't blame him though - I've had friends patent things only to have the big companies (in the US alone) start jumping the patent, and without huge lawyre bills that outstrip any profit...
by AJMD429
Thu Jan 01, 2026 3:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Shots (injections)
Replies: 45
Views: 6146

Re: Shots (injections)

. Just to avoid the impression that I'm an "anti-vaxer", here are a couple of interesting articles in favor of the 'Shingles' vaccine (probably most of the data is from the older Zostavax versus the newer Shingrix): Several of the authors overlap, but the studies were evidently done on pat...
by AJMD429
Thu Jan 01, 2026 2:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: This Bear broke into my gun-safe, and . . . . .
Replies: 11
Views: 300

Re: This Bear broke into my gun-safe, and . . . . .

They have taken to gut shooting the bears so they go away and die. Sad but true. I guess that makes sense - if they make a humane shot and the bear dies quickly on the premises, they would likely be charged with a crime, but if the bear wanders off and dies elsewhere from a 22 LR that perforated th...
by AJMD429
Thu Jan 01, 2026 1:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I thought Indiana was more pro-gun than this...
Replies: 6
Views: 202

I thought Indiana was more pro-gun than this...

. Looks like this guy was acting rationally - if someone kicks in your door to gain entry, knowing you're there and don't want to let them in, I think it is reasonable to assume they intend bodily harm or worse, and thus reasonable to defent yourself. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/violent...
by AJMD429
Thu Jan 01, 2026 1:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: This Bear broke into my gun-safe, and . . . . .
Replies: 11
Views: 300

This Bear broke into my gun-safe, and . . . . .

. If I were this homeowner, I think there would be an unfortunate accident (and maybe some bear-steak later)... https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/01/month-black-bear-has-been-living-basement-house/ Sometimes it is very difficult to respect government 'authorities' when they can't exhibit common ...
by AJMD429
Wed Dec 31, 2025 10:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Shooting a 230 grain bullet….with a 55 grain bullet…
Replies: 1
Views: 115

Shooting a 230 grain bullet….with a 55 grain bullet…

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Trying to hit a 45 ACP bullet mid-flight, with a 223 Rem bullet, from the rear…

https://youtu.be/JjXeGtMnK4g
by AJMD429
Wed Dec 31, 2025 9:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I hadn’t realized how MUCH domestic manufacturing the socialists gutted.
Replies: 15
Views: 457

I hadn’t realized how MUCH domestic manufacturing the socialists gutted.

. Completely disgusting. https://youtu.be/3ZTGwcHQfLY When the boomers who used to do the machining and tool and die stuff die off, will anyone have the skills to being back U.S. manufacturing…? Our grill brush (probably the 10th one we’ve bought in the past 25 years) died, and so I think I will get...
by AJMD429
Wed Dec 31, 2025 8:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gyroscopic precession, footballl….and ballistics…?
Replies: 0
Views: 79

Gyroscopic precession, footballl….and ballistics…?

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The common thread is interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3i3F2e4IYs

Similar phenomenon with helicopters as explored in the Smarter Every Day helicopter videos.

https://youtu.be/WdEWzqsfeHM

(17 in the series; not sure which addresses that factor)
by AJMD429
Tue Dec 30, 2025 8:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Marlin 1894 45 Colt
Replies: 4
Views: 167

Re: Marlin 1894 45 Colt

, Mine is an odd-case. It started life as a 44 Mag, but I bought a new production Marlin factory round barrel in 45 Colt, and swapped them out, but the brass barely bulges - similar to my 44 Mag one I didn't rebarrel. It is a Marlin factory barrel though. Unsure barrel vintage but at least 12 years ...
by AJMD429
Tue Dec 30, 2025 7:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For 444 Marlin and 38-55 Winchester fans ..
Replies: 2
Views: 155

For 444 Marlin and 38-55 Winchester fans ..

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I learned a few things in this video. I pretty much always like his presentations.

https://youtu.be/DRyv3Htxpso

Interesting the way he handles the various board diameters for the 38-55.
by AJMD429
Tue Dec 30, 2025 3:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Victor Davis Hanson - could use a prayer or two...
Replies: 5
Views: 1009

Victor Davis Hanson - could use a prayer or two...

. He's been a fantastic educator-of-the-masses (including myself, although I'd not be one of his better students, through no fault of his... :oops: ). He has some health issues 'less common for those who don't smoke nor drink alcohol', which could mean a number of serious things. He says he's having...
by AJMD429
Tue Dec 30, 2025 6:26 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Relining barrels - anyone had it done...?
Replies: 7
Views: 258

Relining barrels - anyone had it done...?

. I own the Family Heirloom 32-20 that is an 1889 Marlin. It has a horribly pitted bore, and yet is in otherwise nice shape. My son and I decided it should see some range time and maybe some game harvesting, but would like to get a quality re-lining done. It is an octagonal barrel, so there appears ...
by AJMD429
Tue Dec 30, 2025 6:19 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: We've had a fire today ...
Replies: 12
Views: 415

Re: We've had a fire today ...

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We heat with wood only, so usually have a fire from Halloween to Easter. Maybe let it go out 2-3 times during that period in warm spells.

Not as pretty to look at though - it is in a metal box wood furnace in a metal-lined concrete block room.