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by AJMD429
Thu Jun 11, 2026 3:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Beretta 92 Centurion - Apr 29 update and frustration
Replies: 12
Views: 15086

Re: The Beretta 92 Centurion - Apr 29 update and frustration

. So I made a ‘jig’ to recut the 30 degree dovetail to 20 degree on the Bullseye sight. That was quite an ordeal involving time to mail the precise angle on a block of aluminum, but I realize that a carbide router bit would do the job if I limited it to shallow cuts. I will add some pictures showing...
by AJMD429
Thu Jun 11, 2026 3:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Single action grip frames
Replies: 28
Views: 987

Re: Single action grip frames

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When I cracked open the safe that I lost the keys of, it damaged the grips on my Ruger Single Six - viewtopic.php?t=93510

These look pretty good though…!
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by AJMD429
Thu Jun 11, 2026 2:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Off Topic...Ain't That America......
Replies: 5
Views: 167

Re: Off Topic...Ain't That America......

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I had the choice of seeing that or going to my son’s wedding in Montana….

A very difficult choice…!
by AJMD429
Wed Jun 10, 2026 9:05 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Gotta have that heart-wrenching conversation...
Replies: 3
Views: 78

Gotta have that heart-wrenching conversation...

. If you're black, you have to have the heart-wrenching conversation with your kid... https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/after-the-karmelo-anthony-verdict-black-parents-are-having-conversations-they-never-wanted-to-have/ar-AA25iNG6 Yeah - I guess you have to let them know that murdering someone ju...
by AJMD429
Fri May 29, 2026 9:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Words you said as a kid, and regret
Replies: 15
Views: 748

Re: Words you said as a kid, and regret

. I knew someone whose last name was 'Fagg', and he was a BIG dude and VERY muscular. He only had one arm due to an accident in his childhood. He had a couple young sons, and one time I asked him if they got teased much due to his name, and he said "yeah, now that they're getting into middle-sc...
by AJMD429
Fri May 29, 2026 9:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I Am Still Kicking.
Replies: 29
Views: 1170

Re: I Am Still Kicking.

. Make sure your docs don't miss the forest because they've been focusing on some significant trees. Ask them if your vitamin D is adequate (many of us think it should be at LEAST 60), probably take vitamin K with it, plenty of calcium balanced with magnesium, and the bioavailable/free testosterone ...
by AJMD429
Fri May 29, 2026 9:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lone Star Tick now in the north…
Replies: 2
Views: 346

Re: Lone Star Tick now in the north…

. This was even more frightening. Evidently 10 years ago at one of these world economic forum type meetings, they were literally recommending that we breed and release ticks designed to make people allergic to meat so we would eat less meat. Of course they point out that the synthetic ‘meat’ that Bi...
by AJMD429
Fri May 29, 2026 9:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Our third bus tour
Replies: 8
Views: 397

Re: Our third bus tour

. When going out West about 8 years ago to pick my daughter up from college in Idaho, I talked to my son into splitting the driving because I knew he was interested in checking some places out (And he eventually moved to Montana). He is kind of antisocial like me, and he said "We will stay away...
by AJMD429
Fri May 29, 2026 9:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Single action grip frames
Replies: 28
Views: 987

Re: Single action grip frames

. I prefer the Ruger type of Bisley the most, in terms of both comfort and ability to shoot reasonably well with it. I shot a gun when I was In my 20s that a friend simply identified as a Colt Bisley, but it seemed like the bottom of the grip was way more forward than with the Ruger ones, and it did...
by AJMD429
Fri May 29, 2026 12:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: SD vs Accuracy
Replies: 15
Views: 665

Re: SD vs Accuracy

These days I shoot .308 Remington factory 150 gr Coreloct and I don’t worry too much about groups and I don’t bother loading . No matter how much I practice, unless I'm at a bench with a rested long gun, MY inaccuracy is going to be way more than the gun's inaccuracy. So although I do try to find a...
by AJMD429
Fri May 29, 2026 12:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Words you said as a kid, and regret
Replies: 15
Views: 748

Re: Words you said as a kid, and regret

. One thing I come to realize with women though, is that for most of them, for their entire lives, they never experience one thing that most guys experience all the time. As guys, other than if we go into law enforcement or military, we really seldom have to live in major fear of other people physic...
by AJMD429
Fri May 29, 2026 12:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Words you said as a kid, and regret
Replies: 15
Views: 748

Re: Words you said as a kid, and regret

I can certainly affirm that there's no difference in being called a "red-headed step child" and actually being one. Add being freckled to that and you double your fun! I distinctly remember the last time I was bullied. 3rd grade, walking home from school... Thomas, a black kid, same age, ...
by AJMD429
Fri May 29, 2026 10:10 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: SD vs Accuracy
Replies: 15
Views: 665

Re: SD vs Accuracy

. Consistency in as many factors as possible would usually be key to hitting the same place repeatedly. I've seen many expert reloaders try 'refuting' things like weighing powder charges, neck reaming, precision seating, and so on, and it is always interesting. One of my most accurate loads/rifles w...
by AJMD429
Fri May 29, 2026 10:04 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Words you said as a kid, and regret
Replies: 15
Views: 748

Re: Words you said as a kid, and regret

Thanks for the replies, gentlemen. Doc, thinking back there was a kid in grade school who constantly and uncontrollably dipped his head to the right -- probably Tourette's. Jeep, my moment of realization came when I got the news about a junior high classmate who was definitely odd. He was always ve...
by AJMD429
Thu May 28, 2026 10:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Words you said as a kid, and regret
Replies: 15
Views: 748

Re: Words you said as a kid, and regret

. Due to my occupation I realized later the kid we called 'Kangaroo' in 4th grade because he sort of hopped when he tried to run probably had congenital hip dysplasia. And the guy we called 'Zombie' because kind of twitched and acted weird obviously had Tourette's. I don't know whatever happened to ...
by AJMD429
Thu May 28, 2026 9:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: L. I. B. Danged!
Replies: 9
Views: 532

Re: L. I. B. Danged!

. I remember when Jerry Miculek put out a 'Covid Cabin Fever' video - He decided to entertain himself and his viewers by rounding up a bunch of expired canned goods from his garage and taking him out back and shooting them. So here we have a world class competitive shooter who's doing the same kind ...
by AJMD429
Thu May 28, 2026 9:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Just got off the phone with Jim Taylor
Replies: 13
Views: 570

Re: Just got off the phone with Jim Taylor

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Glad to hear that.
by AJMD429
Thu May 28, 2026 9:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My “Mountain Gun”
Replies: 34
Views: 1334

Re: My “Mountain Gun”

. My first centerfire handgun was a Ruger Super Blackhawk 44 Mag, and of course my high-school buddy Jonathon had to one-up me in his poetically 'cowboy' way by getting a Ruger Blackhawk in 45 Colt, and pretty much shooting anything I could shoot, hitingt it just as well, and making sure it would be...
by AJMD429
Thu May 28, 2026 9:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Where are all the old coots???
Replies: 82
Views: 50984

Re: Where are all the old coots???

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It's been awhile but it seems like I was on for just a few months and then there was a big redo of the site or something...???

Maybe that was before 2007.
by AJMD429
Wed May 27, 2026 11:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Red dot optics
Replies: 9
Views: 496

Re: Red dot optics

. I like a red dot on something like a 22 pistol, or basically something that I would use for slow, deliberate shooting like target shooting or maybe small game hunting. On the other hand, I can’t stand one on a gun I would use for self-defense, and I guess by extension that would apply to a rimfire...
by AJMD429
Wed May 27, 2026 11:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Marlin 1894 44 Mag Accuracy Test
Replies: 1
Views: 282

Re: Marlin 1894 44 Mag Accuracy Test

. Isn’t that a great feeling, when you find out that a gun is so accurate that you can have complete confidence in it…!!! You know that if you do your part, the bullet will arrive where it is supposed to reliably. 8) Going back about 10 years ago my then-college-age son was about to sell the 44 Mag ...
by AJMD429
Wed May 27, 2026 11:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Most Useless Man
Replies: 11
Views: 586

Re: The Most Useless Man

. I gotta admit I never paid much attention to the conductor during my brief stint in high school orchestra and band. My son-in-law is a concert violinist and I’ll have to ask him about that. I’m sure there is a vital role, but it’s probably not apparent to someone like myself who didn’t get very fa...
by AJMD429
Tue May 26, 2026 9:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lone Star Tick now in the north…
Replies: 2
Views: 346

Lone Star Tick now in the north…

I saw the NEJM article and laughed when the implication was ‘climate change’, as if the numbers even remotely support that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwLPAQFSk4A Polio, Lyme, and Covid have ALL now been documented to be lab modified now. Biowarfare agenda likely for Polio’s modification (‘gain...
by AJMD429
Mon May 25, 2026 7:38 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: I have to wonder what he (Minneapolis Mayor) was REALLY thinking...
Replies: 2
Views: 294

I have to wonder what he (Minneapolis Mayor) was REALLY thinking...

. I guess he re-posted a link to this 'display' recently to demonstrate how 'in touch' he is with the people... :roll: I'm sorry, but I just can't believe he was actually shaking from sobbing over 'the murder of George Floyd' . That just has to be fake, https://youtu.be/6Vph7pc0vFA Actually, I would...
by AJMD429
Sun May 24, 2026 7:18 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Revelations and our Future
Replies: 4
Views: 3139

Re: Revelations and our Future

. Well this was cheery …NOT…… :| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KVDDfAkRgc This was recommended to me by a patient who just finished her doctorate in cybersecurity; she said the answers are increasingly lagging the questions and the lag is increasing 'faster than logarithmically'. I commented that...
by AJMD429
Fri May 22, 2026 8:49 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: One clear lesson from Iran (that Liberals don't get)
Replies: 2
Views: 1061

One clear lesson from Iran (that Liberals don't get)

. The liberal's pet-cause of 'universal background checks', which never reduces the 'violent crime' they pretent to want to reduce, DOES set the stage for registration then incremental consfiscation, initially focusing on 'military style weapons' or firearms 'not needed for sporting use'. Notice how...
by AJMD429
Fri May 22, 2026 5:55 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gun safe vs Log splitter
Replies: 6
Views: 1149

Re: Gun safe vs Log splitter

For those that use these small "portable" safes. Do you bolt them down, or put them into a larger safe when you aren't home? My safes are bolted to both the floor and wall. this is not an anti theft measure but an anti earthquake measure. If one did fall over, it would likely go right thr...
by AJMD429
Thu May 21, 2026 6:39 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gun safe vs Log splitter
Replies: 6
Views: 1149

Re: Gun safe vs Log splitter

Radio presets be darned, swap the battery and you wouldn't be needing new grips. Next time use the tractor battery to keep the presets. The key should have worked wether or not the safe sensed electricity. The safe manufacturer said "since the mechanical lock is not working, your only option w...
by AJMD429
Wed May 20, 2026 9:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The 25/20 at 300 yards
Replies: 10
Views: 3272

Re: The 25/20 at 300 yards

Bill in Oregon wrote: Fri May 15, 2026 7:27 pm Earl, bless your heart, you just continue to amaze me with your devotion to handloading details that prove to be meaningful. 8)
It is a reminder to me that I need to make more time to reload and do other things I keep putting off.
by AJMD429
Wed May 20, 2026 8:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gun safe vs Log splitter
Replies: 6
Views: 1149

Gun safe vs Log splitter

. A couple years back the mechanism on my small handgun safe broke internally, but I was able to rig something up and able to still work with the keypad. I assumed that the backup tubular key would still work. A few weeks ago, I popped out the 12 V battery pack that uses eight AA batteries so I cont...
by AJMD429
Tue May 19, 2026 8:23 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I spoke with Jim Taylor this morning.
Replies: 17
Views: 3109

Re: I spoke with Jim Taylor this morning.

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The combination of his inherent toughness and everyone's prayers certainly maximizes his chances of doing well...!
by AJMD429
Tue May 19, 2026 8:21 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Little Green Men...???
Replies: 8
Views: 2513

Little Green Men...???

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This 'UFO' stuff is getting really interesting...

https://youtu.be/V-z0k5xu1hM

Whether it is a 'distraction' or 'reality' I'm not sure. Nothing much surprises me anymore.
by AJMD429
Tue May 19, 2026 6:32 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ruger Revolver 'Safety Lock' - never knew this existed...
Replies: 6
Views: 2101

Ruger Revolver 'Safety Lock' - never knew this existed...

. Never saw one of these before, and I have a lot of Ruger single action revolvers…! https://www.gunblast.com/images/Ruger-NV45ACP/Thumbs/DSC02156.jpg Turns out that Ruger put in a ‘safety lock’ to comply with some state regulations, I guess… Saw this on a Gunblast post from a ways back – https://ww...
by AJMD429
Tue May 19, 2026 6:05 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Sometimes S H T F then other times THTST...
Replies: 3
Views: 1906

Re: Sometimes S H T F then other times THTST...

piller wrote: Tue May 19, 2026 5:47 am I bet he added to the effluent.
LOL yep :shock:
by AJMD429
Mon May 18, 2026 10:59 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Hickock45 - good information for the 'newbie' or non-gun-owner
Replies: 0
Views: 2917

Hickock45 - good information for the 'newbie' or non-gun-owner

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This is worth sharing with people who are gullible and believe the 'news'...

https://youtu.be/mVlUi0hTJPo
by AJMD429
Mon May 18, 2026 10:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Sometimes S H T F then other times THTST...
Replies: 3
Views: 1906

Sometimes S H T F then other times THTST...

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..as in 'Train Hits The Septic Truck..." :o :shock: :lol:

https://youtu.be/Xp9aYm9jiSc

Looks like the driver was ok, amazingly...
by AJMD429
Fri May 15, 2026 5:04 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT- ANTS!
Replies: 29
Views: 9665

Re: OT- ANTS!

. Using insecticides is 'fulfilling' but seldom kills the queen, so they rebuild and keep coming back. The insecticides leave a bunch of dead ants where you can see them, but meanwhile the queen just lays a couple thousand more eggs per day. You have to kill the QUEEN ...! Plus most of the insectici...
by AJMD429
Thu May 14, 2026 11:04 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Interesting on the 'See Eye A'
Replies: 1
Views: 2277

Interesting on the 'See Eye A'

. Supposedly Truman 'saw the light' - only too late...even a cursory internet search shows this: Copilot Search - Yes — the quote “I never would have agreed to the formulation of the Central Intelligence Agency back in forty-seven, if I had known it would become the American Gestapo” is attributed t...
by AJMD429
Wed May 13, 2026 9:32 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Jean Carrol's "defamation" lawsuit against Trump...
Replies: 1
Views: 2176

Jean Carrol's "defamation" lawsuit against Trump...

. What a crock she was awarded $83,000,000 for 'defamation' when she was the one who 'defamed' him... From the Gateway Pundit : • She couldn’t recall the date, month, season, or year the incident happened • She never told anyone about it, despite being publicly obsessed with her own sexuality • The ...
by AJMD429
Wed May 13, 2026 9:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 9mm in 357 mag or 38 Special case?
Replies: 10
Views: 3188

Re: 9mm in 357 mag or 38 Special case?

. I'm thinking you could also use the Lee 'Factory Crimp' die that has the four-fingered collet - it will crimp into the heaviest-jacketed bullets if needed. They made them in 357 Mag, 44 Mag, and 45 Colt as options (versus the 'pistol' type, which have a cylinder 'collet' and are not really as nice...
by AJMD429
Wed May 13, 2026 9:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: JimT
Replies: 83
Views: 16433

Re: JimT

I just heard about this one minute ago. Yes, everything Paul posted is what I know as well. His condition is serious so please pray for him. He and I talk somewhat regularly about theological things, more than guns. He has been a good friend to me in my own times of trial the last couple of years. ...
by AJMD429
Wed May 13, 2026 9:15 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Some agencies just need to close their doors...
Replies: 1
Views: 2448

Some agencies just need to close their doors...

. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/rep-anna-paulina-luna-fires-preservation-letter-cia/ I love the 'threat of subpoena' - like the Deep State is going to do anything other than shred, shred, shred... :cry: Time to pull a 'Maduro' and get Seal-6 or some equivalent bunch to get the documents b...
by AJMD429
Tue May 12, 2026 1:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: JimT
Replies: 83
Views: 16433

Re: JimT

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Prayers up for a very special guy.

We could use him down here on Earth for a few more years for sure...!
by AJMD429
Tue May 12, 2026 1:56 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: OKeefe Media Group is so cool...
Replies: 0
Views: 3300

OKeefe Media Group is so cool...

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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/0 ... rs-caught/

The amount of SUBVERSION they uncover is similar to the amount of FRAUD Nick Shirley uncovers...!
by AJMD429
Tue May 12, 2026 5:25 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: At what point do you not shoot a levergun?
Replies: 25
Views: 5802

Re: At what point do you not shoot a levergun?

I know that feeling and have always been happier shooting easily replaceable firearms than the rare and expensive kind, but I would continue to shoot that Winchester occasionally with care ... Congratulations for finding such a nice rifle. Same here. I have enough 'truck guns' and 'shooters' to ent...
by AJMD429
Mon May 11, 2026 3:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Pair O' Kings
Replies: 6
Views: 3505

Re: Pair O' Kings

The kid in Indiana a couple years back who took out the mass shooter from 40 yards-- yes -- thats an aimed shot Actually that happened too far from where I work, and the local pro-gun attorney, Guy Relford (shameless plug for a GOOD guy - http://www.relfordlaw.com/ ), talked a lot about it locally,...
by AJMD429
Sun May 10, 2026 6:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Looking for ways to safely mow roadside slope
Replies: 13
Views: 2777

Re: Looking for ways to safely mow roadside slope

. "... He started with an beat up F-350, a cheap flatbed trailer and Bobcat with a few attachments. Today he has various trucks, trailers and several Bobcats. Plus probably every attachment known to man. Not to mention that he rarely operates a Bobcat anymore, he's got people for that ..."...
by AJMD429
Sun May 10, 2026 12:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Looking for ways to safely mow roadside slope
Replies: 13
Views: 2777

Re: Looking for ways to safely mow roadside slope

. I think I'm gonna take a gamble and do the 'Titan' model. It appears to be ok as long as the terrain isn't real rough (this is angled but fairly smooth), and as long as you don't expect some perfection around fenceposts (none exist in the area I'm dealing with). The construction doesn't seem robus...
by AJMD429
Sun May 10, 2026 12:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Looking for ways to safely mow roadside slope
Replies: 13
Views: 2777

Re: Looking for ways to safely mow roadside slope

I've been thinking on this Doc, I was going to suggest change the angle of the grade along to high side, would make mowing easier. However if it's an easement regrading might not be allowed. As for burning, if you used a propane weed burner and not set the area on fire you could be selective, just ...
by AJMD429
Sun May 10, 2026 10:55 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Looking for ways to safely mow roadside slope
Replies: 13
Views: 2777

Re: Looking for ways to safely mow roadside slope

. Often one of the 3-4 times per year that I cut it, I can do it when the road is closed due to flooding, and since we're the last house before the river, I can just get out in the road and drive 'up' the incline, back down, and repeat the process over and over and over, and most of it is cuttable t...