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by AJMD429
Fri Jul 18, 2025 9:55 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Of all the Winchester leverguns ...
Replies: 37
Views: 641

Re: Of all the Winchester leverguns ...

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Never got to shoot an 1895. Would like to for sure.

Same for a Savage 99 and a Browning BLR.
by AJMD429
Thu Jul 17, 2025 8:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A Great Send-Off For John Taffin
Replies: 7
Views: 142

Re: A Great Send-Off For John Taffin

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Pretty cool...!
by AJMD429
Thu Jul 17, 2025 8:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: So....do we need to do anything to PREVENT another crash...?
Replies: 5
Views: 159

So....do we need to do anything to PREVENT another crash...?

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Is there another layer of backup or security we need...?

I heard there were a bunch of similar-software-based sites down.

If it is something we should take up a 'collection' to fund let us know.
by AJMD429
Thu Jul 17, 2025 8:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Leverguns Down.... Andy Larsson
Replies: 26
Views: 527

Re: Leverguns Down.... Andy Larsson

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It is the only 'social media' I do, so I was rapidly becoming a hermit.....
by AJMD429
Wed Jul 02, 2025 10:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Where are all the old coots???
Replies: 34
Views: 815

Re: Where are all the old coots???

. Most mornings, I wake up and wonder if I have dementia yet, because I can’t remember what bar I went to, what kind of booze I got overly intoxicated with the point of a hangover, and who it was a smart enough to the beat the snot out of me so that everything hurts. Then I remember that I have it b...
by AJMD429
Wed Jul 02, 2025 9:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Afraid you’ll get sued if you use a gun in self defense…?
Replies: 6
Views: 241

Re: Afraid you’ll get sued if you use a gun in self defense…?

. Indiana got a law passed that if you use a gun in self-defense and are vindicated by the courts as having done so, that you are not allowed to be sued by the person you shot. Look up attorney Guy Relford, a.k.a. “The Gun Guy”. He has a website for his law office and a show on WIBC radio. It might ...
by AJMD429
Wed Jul 02, 2025 8:53 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Afraid you’ll get sued if you use a gun in self defense…?
Replies: 6
Views: 241

Afraid you’ll get sued if you use a gun in self defense…?

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…if so, don’t carry a slingshot instead…!

https://youtube.com/shorts/jdAYo1gpA9A

(Too bad he didn’t use a 45-70…)
by AJMD429
Sun Jun 29, 2025 12:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: "How much ammo to carry...?"
Replies: 12
Views: 433

Re: "How much ammo to carry...?"

I can’t tell you how much dope I bought armed with a two shot High Standard .22 Magnum derringer in my pocket and a couple of loose rounds. However, I can see why a police officer would want more ammo if he’s chasing bad guys. Yeah, and maybe it’s bad to stereotype, but think about some woman home ...
by AJMD429
Sun Jun 29, 2025 11:56 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: are 45 colt/454 lever actions as accurate as 44mags
Replies: 12
Views: 338

Re: are 45 colt/454 lever actions as accurate as 44mags

. I think from what I have read that many people find the chambers a bit oversized in the lever actions, perhaps slightly more so in the 45 Colt in the 44 Magnum. To the extent that that could affect accuracy, all else being equal to 44 Magnum should be better. However, that doesn’t seem to manifest...
by AJMD429
Sat Jun 28, 2025 7:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: "How much ammo to carry...?"
Replies: 12
Views: 433

"How much ammo to carry...?"

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LOTS of ammo.....!!!!

https://www.police1.com/officer-shootin ... pnqqHxwMq/

45 ACP no less...!
by AJMD429
Sat Jun 28, 2025 4:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Crazy deer gun regulations in Indiana
Replies: 6
Views: 293

Crazy deer gun regulations in Indiana

. “… rifle cartridge must have a bullet of at least 0.219 inches diameter….” No other restrictions on cartridge… Any cartridge with a 0.219" or larger bullet diameter...??? https://www.21alivenews.com/2025/06/27/indiana-dnr-discusses-changes-deer-hunting-regulations/ https://www.in.gov/dnr/fish...
by AJMD429
Thu Jun 26, 2025 8:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bowen Redhawk .45 Colt
Replies: 15
Views: 525

Re: Bowen Redhawk .45 Colt

. A Redhawk in 45 Colt is one of the best guns there is, even a non-Bowenized one...! ...although a friend had one in 357 Mag (one of the older six-shot ones) and I voted it likely the strongest DA revolver there is, given the cylinder wall thickness, and the lowest-recoil 357 Mag since it was so he...
by AJMD429
Thu Jun 26, 2025 8:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Primitive Irons vs Fancy Optics
Replies: 8
Views: 1730

Re: Primitive Irons vs Fancy Optics

Sarge wrote: Thu Jun 26, 2025 1:16 pm Here you go, Doc!

https://www.thesixgunjournal.net/a-cave ... ol-sights/
Thanks for sharing. Your posting is more organized and readable than mine...!
by AJMD429
Mon Jun 23, 2025 9:22 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Been an "interesting" month with the shingles
Replies: 19
Views: 703

Re: Been an "interesting" month with the shingles

. Lidocaine patches can help the acute pain - the herpes zoster ('shingles') virus hides and reappears in schwann cells, which form the insulin around nerve cells - their destruction causes all sorts of severe neurologic pain. Sometimes the methylated B's (products like MethylGuard Plus from Thorne)...
by AJMD429
Sat Jun 21, 2025 9:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ruger M77 Mark II BOLT GUNS
Replies: 5
Views: 243

Re: Ruger M77 Mark II BOLT GUNS

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Seems like some matte stainless is very rust prone (not just Rugers).
by AJMD429
Sat Jun 21, 2025 9:28 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Well we just BOMBED Iran…
Replies: 10
Views: 944

Well we just BOMBED Iran…

. IMG_5991.jpeg In a way I guess it is kind of sad to see all the stuff there that Obama worked so hard to help them build wind up being destroyed… Hopefully this will turn out well. Watch out for awakening sleeper cells though…! (…not that they weren’t going to ‘wake up’ and cause trouble here in t...
by AJMD429
Sat Jun 21, 2025 2:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Great accuracy from a Henry 327 big boy
Replies: 6
Views: 337

Re: Great accuracy from a Henry 327 big boy

. Well thanks for posting that - it gives me some 'hope'. I bought the same gun a few years back, and couldn't find a factory load that shot within 5 inches at 30 yards or so, so I was going to actually try one more time (different scope) and if no results, return the gun for warranty or just to get...
by AJMD429
Sat Jun 21, 2025 2:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Been an "interesting" month with the shingles
Replies: 19
Views: 703

Re: Been an "interesting" month with the shingles

. It does seem the chlorine-dioxide and other things the FLCCC group publishes are helpful. There are others publishing much of the same so it isn't just a blip, but something numerous people are coming across. Once you can explain a MECHANISM why an unexpected thing works, the use of it becomes muc...
by AJMD429
Fri Jun 20, 2025 8:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Been an "interesting" month with the shingles
Replies: 19
Views: 703

Re: Been an "interesting" month with the shingles

. One thing to keep in mind is that if you get shingles it means your immune system 'dropped its guard' momentarily - sometimes due to another (hopefully mild) illness, or a week of overtime, marital stress, or minor surgery. However sometimes the other issue distracting the immune system is more se...
by AJMD429
Fri Jun 20, 2025 5:52 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: I wonder if Albuquerque will lighten up on 'guns'...
Replies: 2
Views: 154

I wonder if Albuquerque will lighten up on 'guns'...

. It is NOT a gun-friendly place compared to Indiana, but certainly seems to have 'issues' with violence against their citizens. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/albuquerque-turns-to-national-guard-for-help-with-crime-but-concerns-remain/vi-AA1H3HNR I'm not sure calling in unarmed National Guard tr...
by AJMD429
Thu Jun 19, 2025 1:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Primitive Irons vs Fancy Optics
Replies: 8
Views: 1730

Re: Primitive Irons vs Fancy Optics

. No problem quoting or forwarding or whatever. I'd be interested in other people's experience if they try this setup. I plan to get it in the hands of a friend who shoots competitively to see his thoughts. All I know is it works for me so far (need to replace the front sight with a lower one - I ov...
by AJMD429
Wed Jun 18, 2025 2:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Sub-MOA at 200 yards with a 10/22…!
Replies: 1
Views: 133

Sub-MOA at 200 yards with a 10/22…!

. Granted, he put a bunch of money into the gun, but that’s better than any bolt action 22 I’ve ever shot. It would be quite fun to have any 22 long rifle that capable. https://youtu.be/mSW4xdTor9k It’s always fun to see people push the limits past what is expected I’d love to see somebody take a ‘p...
by AJMD429
Mon Jun 16, 2025 9:01 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Good description of the current Healthcare Mess
Replies: 1
Views: 172

Good description of the current Healthcare Mess

. Carlson once again interviews someone who is turning over government rocks to expose the slimy vermin underneath - this time it is the 'health care system' that is being exposed as the third-party-interference racket it is. https://rumble.com/v6pwcey-dr.-richard-bosshardt-reveals-deadly-truth-most...
by AJMD429
Mon Jun 16, 2025 6:06 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: To our UK Members
Replies: 5
Views: 321

Re: To our UK Members

jeepnik wrote: Mon Jun 16, 2025 1:49 am I don't gamble. But I'd bet less than one in one hundred high school graduates has even heard of the Magna Carta.
You're right for sure.

One more reason to encourage everyone to home-school.
by AJMD429
Mon Jun 16, 2025 6:04 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Is China as Smart as Israel...???
Replies: 1
Views: 317

Is China as Smart as Israel...???

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Given the internal-drone attack Israel set up against Iran, and all the farmland parcels near military bases in the US now owned by Chinese, I think there is a potential problem...

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/0 ... side-iran/
by AJMD429
Sun Jun 15, 2025 8:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Primitive Irons vs Fancy Optics
Replies: 8
Views: 1730

Re: Primitive Irons vs Fancy Optics

. I got the fiber-optic front (unfortunately guessed the wrong height, so have to get a lower one - it will only be 0.07" taller than the original factory front sight, which was a fairly standard little nub labeled 0.180" in the parts diagram (1911 9mm double stack Rock Island). So any con...
by AJMD429
Sun Jun 15, 2025 7:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What's your percentage?
Replies: 17
Views: 730

Re: What's your percentage?

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Slightly over half of my rifles are leverguns, then in descending order, semiautos (including a bunch of 10/22's each destined for each one of the kids and grandkids), bolt actions, and a couple single-shots.
Handguns are about 50% revolvers and 50% semiautos.
by AJMD429
Sun Jun 15, 2025 11:11 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Can top eject 94 be modified to angle eject?
Replies: 34
Views: 4412

Re: Can top eject 94 be modified to angle eject?

. If you have any pictures of what you did that would be cool. Did you use a Dremel, or hand-file, or what (for the receiver work)...? I do agree that unless one has an 'irreplacable collectible' that is is fine to modify it if you need to (after all it is YOUR gun). If there is an affordable new gu...
by AJMD429
Sun Jun 15, 2025 11:10 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Happy Birthday...
Replies: 2
Views: 132

Re: Happy Birthday...

. Yep. The primary function of the Federal government, and one it still does reasonably well (powerful and capable, but bureaucratic and ineficient). Most of the other things are far less important, and many aren't even really in the purview of the Feds. Too bad all the imbeciles are out there 'prot...
by AJMD429
Sun Jun 15, 2025 11:06 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lite primer strike
Replies: 6
Views: 334

Re: Lite primer strike

A complete disassembly of the bolt and locking block will show you the cause. Yep - you MIGHT be able to use some brake-cleaning fluid or WD-40 or whatever to spray right into the firing-pin hole in the bolt-face, and see if that helps. But if it doesn't you'll need to disassemble it to figure out ...
by AJMD429
Sun Jun 15, 2025 10:52 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Interesting comparison between the .44 Magnum and .44-40
Replies: 41
Views: 7560

Re: Interesting comparison between the .44 Magnum and .44-40

That's very useful expansion over 36 grains of Swiss FFg. The late Mike Venturino and others have mentioned the thinner case neck on the .44 WCF vs the .44 Magnum as being more delicate. I have not yet loaded enough of the former to have any issues with the brass, but have used mostly Starline. The...
by AJMD429
Sat Jun 14, 2025 8:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The 454 Casull best information ever posted about it
Replies: 57
Views: 26392

Re: The 454 Casull best information ever posted about it

Just resurrecting this thread Tutt as it was such a great read. It was interesting to hear NKJ mention that the first three years of Rossi 454's had the early production run issues and they sorted a lot of it out by 2005. I was trying to find another thread where testing was done in the 80's I thin...
by AJMD429
Fri Jun 13, 2025 7:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: When do you need to add trailer brakes..?
Replies: 7
Views: 279

When do you need to add trailer brakes..?

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How heavy would a 2" ball-towed trailer need to be before it would need its own brakes wired in (pulled by a half-ton pickup truck)...???
by AJMD429
Fri Jun 13, 2025 1:45 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: I think of Germany in the 1930's...
Replies: 3
Views: 1460

Re: I think of Germany in the 1930's...

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If it weren't for some coincidences, I would have grown up in Oregon, which isn't much better.

Thankfully, Indiana is pretty 'redneck' when it comes to firearms.
by AJMD429
Fri Jun 13, 2025 6:51 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Here We Go Again
Replies: 5
Views: 601

Re: Here We Go Again

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I realized I have had four AMT firearms - a 'Government' 1911, a 'Backup' in 380, and a 'Lightning' and 'Hunter' in 22 LR (clones of the Ruger Mk2 pistol and 10/22, respectively).

I agree with keeping your 'car kit' upgraded when times show more risk present, for sure...
by AJMD429
Fri Jun 13, 2025 6:39 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Vintage Airplane videos - pretty cool
Replies: 2
Views: 221

Vintage Airplane videos - pretty cool

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The planes are better now, in practical ways, just like the cars - but the planes of the 50's, like the cars, were pretty cool...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peoplea ... i-AA1FhFh1
by AJMD429
Thu Jun 12, 2025 6:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Who bought the last guns you sold?
Replies: 24
Views: 1023

Re: Who bought the last guns you sold?

I've gotten so upset with myself for selling guns that I miss now that I don't sell guns any more, I just buy them. Although I was always careful to do due-diligence so as not to sell one to anyone 'shady', after 50 years of gun ownership, I seldom sell anything now other than to friends or relativ...
by AJMD429
Thu Jun 12, 2025 6:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Reports Of My Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated
Replies: 13
Views: 703

Re: Reports Of My Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated

. Glad to hear you're doing ok. It is in the nature of some folks to move along from time to time, and sometimes return, sometimes not. Just like moving physically from place to place, or state to state. Some are natural-born wanderers, and others seldom leave their zip code their entire life. I'm i...
by AJMD429
Thu Jun 12, 2025 6:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lathes and 'Mini-mills'...???
Replies: 9
Views: 458

Lathes and 'Mini-mills'...???

. I doubt I'll ever venture into the metal lathe thing, but have always been curious as to the 'mini-mills'... I'm sure if I posted this question on a machining-site or forum, I'd get a bunch of folks telling me that if you don't spend $20,000 on a 'real' setup, you are a fool, yet those are the sam...
by AJMD429
Thu Jun 12, 2025 5:37 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: What do Doris Day, the Beach Boys, Charles Manson, and MK-Ultra have in common...?
Replies: 4
Views: 1652

Re: What do Doris Day, the Beach Boys, Charles Manson, and MK-Ultra have in common...?

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... further connecting the dots between C and I and A is this interview of Jeffrey Sachs by Tucker Carlson.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=677g2SsetMs

It is fascinating (and frightening) to see history in such a perspective.
by AJMD429
Tue Jun 10, 2025 3:06 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Religion of Peace...???
Replies: 0
Views: 207

Religion of Peace...???

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It seems like the Muslims are even more eager for violence than the 'progressive' Democrats and Liberals...

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/0 ... ch-terror/

That is pretty sad.
by AJMD429
Tue Jun 10, 2025 6:01 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: "An interview nobody will listen to".. ???
Replies: 3
Views: 2537

Re: "An interview nobody will listen to".. ???

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LOL I had to laugh - a patient just sent me this link to the INDEX of Carlson's many interviews - https://rumble.com/c/TuckerCarlson

It is one I can now 'browse' before I commute to work to see if there is an interview worth listening to on my car radio via BlueTooth - generally I find one.
by AJMD429
Tue Jun 10, 2025 5:55 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Neat little Engine - 'Sterling' type
Replies: 4
Views: 408

Re: Neat little Engine - 'Sterling' type

Bill in Oregon wrote: Mon Jun 09, 2025 4:19 pm They are very cool. Wish Pitchy were here to comment.
Here's one of those wee little toy steam engines I have packed away somewhere.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/aQ2evHZZCs4
That looks fun - looks like something that even someone with my minimal 'engineering' skills could make... 8)
by AJMD429
Tue Jun 10, 2025 5:54 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 454 Casull Rossi barrel taper
Replies: 2
Views: 270

Re: 454 Casull Rossi barrel taper

. NKJ here will know. I had a gunsmith install a rail on a 12 gauge M-66 breakopen Ithaca shotgun, and they 'solved the problem' of the tapered barrel by simply bending the rail so it followed the S-shaped contour of the shotgun barrel where it tapered... :shock: I kept wondering why the scope could...
by AJMD429
Tue Jun 10, 2025 5:38 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Evil Military versus Kind Environmentalists
Replies: 0
Views: 231

Evil Military versus Kind Environmentalists

. Looks like the environmental wackos wonderful plan was killing wildlife, and the evil military wound up having to clean up the mess... https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/2-million-tires-dumped-in-the-ocean-florida-s-100m-eco-disaster/vi-AA1GmF3s I wonder if the 'left' will ever gain enou...
by AJMD429
Tue Jun 10, 2025 5:29 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Pretty wood
Replies: 15
Views: 827

Re: Pretty wood

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I'd be wanting to steal that one piece and make a gun-stock out of it...!!! :D
by AJMD429
Tue Jun 10, 2025 5:28 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Education idea for Journalists...
Replies: 0
Views: 173

Education idea for Journalists...

. Since they think that "merely throwing rocks, bricks, and bottles" is an ok thing, when the left-wingers do it to the rest of us, in order to become more empathetic and 'culturally aware', perhaps we should tie journalists to stakes, and throw rocks and bricks and bottles at them. Heck, ...
by AJMD429
Mon Jun 09, 2025 2:00 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: I always liked Australia...
Replies: 3
Views: 351

I always liked Australia...

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....so I guess it's natural I'd like Sky News - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UgNfyCgXyk

They manage to point out on their 'Lefties Losing It' segments just how hypocritical the US 'news' media and 'entertainment' media are... :D
by AJMD429
Mon Jun 09, 2025 12:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Neat little Engine - 'Sterling' type
Replies: 4
Views: 408

Neat little Engine - 'Sterling' type

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This would be fun to mess around with...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/other/c ... i-AA1Gm3xu