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Bill in Oregon

Truth is, I have to look up a lot of these newfangled abbreviations.

Bill in Oregon

Sounds like a fine way to spend a birthday, Jim. I always wanted to take a peek at Cimarron when in Fredericksburg, but always seemed to be there when they were closed.
Had a great meal at the Altstadt when there last.

Bill in Oregon

Scott, that is a very interesting observation about base pin hardness. I always thought it was the cylinder walls in sixguns chambered for .45 Colt that made all the difference. But of course the base pin takes a great deal of the load.

Bill in Oregon

Twelve years later and this still makes me laugh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo23qjWav0Q

Bill in Oregon

Burfday wishes, Jim!

Bill in Oregon

Thanks for your dedication to making the site work, Andy. You are appreciated.

Bill in Oregon

Spectacular wood and metalwork and in five very useful chamberings!

Bill in Oregon

Ha! No, Will! There a lot of people out there masquerading as me. I'm not nearly so "free-range," raised in the First Christian Church and Boy Scouts.

I'm not this one either, but I sure admire him to this day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbXekKiKNW4

Bill in Oregon

Blaine is right.

Bill in Oregon

I got the 503 message all weekend long. I've been on forums for more than two decades and have never, ever experienced this kind of consistent, days-long forum failure. I don't know what to say. I know we all appreciate this place. At least I sure do.

Bill in Oregon

Extended offers "support" and hand-holding if your order goes "agley" apparently. I've never had a Midway order go missing. And who needs insurance on bullets and brass? It's not like they will break in transit.

Bill in Oregon

Dave, I also wish I had bought a mold from Rob Applegate. Seems he moved from Yoncalla to northeast Oregon -- Baker? La Grande? -- just before he quit making them. I met Col. Rex Applegate at a Lions Club gun show in Roseburg.

Bill in Oregon

You've got an absolute dandy of a 94 by your description. Congratulations. Half-octagon half-round barrels and button magazines give me the shakes.

Bill in Oregon

I've ordered a lot from Potterfield's outfit over the years -- probably enough to pay for a safari for him and from Amazon for Jeff Bezos too! :lol: But on a recent small order, they snuck in "Extended protection," for an extra $3.46. I didn't see it because I wasn't looking for it as it h...

Bill in Oregon

Dave, I wasn't very happy with the last NOE mold I had either. Bullets just didn't want to drop. My go-to is Accurate Molds. They have never disappointed me. I know they are looked down upon by many in the casting community, but I have also had good luck with the inexpensive Lee molds. I do miss the...

Bill in Oregon

Big fan here of Terminator II.

Bill in Oregon

I never thought I would live to see the day that a serious manufacturer offered a Volcanic replica. The cool factor is off the charts. I hope Uberti will play around with chamberings a bit, though. I see the reasons for the .380 choice, but would much rather have one of the old rimmed numbers like ....

Bill in Oregon

Nice way to spend the day, Jim. No rain here on Easter so I decided to see if the crappie were biting and by golly they were.

Bill in Oregon

Arsenal 41-220 RF mold is SPF.

Bill in Oregon

Wow, what a shock that must have been. I love an 1876, too, although I don't have one in the rack anymore. I hope that bullet comes out easily and that you don't have a ring. If you do, it's either rebarrel or reline, although an occasional ringed barrel has been known to shoot better than it should.

Bill in Oregon

Lee mold is sold.

Bill in Oregon

I'm baffled. Same process I always use with Postimages.
Here they are again re-imported.

Bill in Oregon

Lacking pressure testing equipment, I have struggled trying to understand these anomalies as well.

Bill in Oregon

Oh, the joy of the day of the Resurrection!

Bill in Oregon

One of the very earliest hymns, derived in part from Luke 1:46-55. It was not a part of my mainline Protestant upbringing that I can recall, but it is beautiful, and here, rendered in Aramaic, the language of the Nazarene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lkovRd99Hs&list=RD-lkovRd99Hs&start_r...

Bill in Oregon

Unreachable for much of the past 48 hours, then fast again.

Bill in Oregon

Home sweet home, in a minor solar system in a minor spur of the Orion Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy, whose core is 27,000 light years from us in a Universe of millions if not billions of galaxies. Kinda makes it feel small and special, like we ought to take care of it, and of each other. The Author of...

Bill in Oregon

All yours Doc. Thank you.

Bill in Oregon

Lyman 457132 SOLD.

Bill in Oregon

Lyman 457-132, their classic Postell bullet for .45-70, etc., $70 shipped. Lee 459-500-3R, $25 shipped. Arsenal 41-220-RF, $70 shipped. Lyman 55 powder measure with large and small-case tubes, $35 shipped. Pro Chrono DLX chronograph, works great, but I finally bought a Doppler unit. $60 shipped. Hor...

Bill in Oregon

Those wonderful stag grips just set it off beautifully. Don't let Jim T. handle it!

Bill in Oregon

Just have to love an 1876. Always wanted one in .45-75.

Bill in Oregon

John, I agree that a muzzleloader is the gateway to endless history. Too bad we don’t just give them to all our children.

Bill in Oregon

Osceola had a number of visitors during his last months in prison. One of them was the artist George Catlin, who among things preserved images of American Indians as well as documenting actors in the Fur Trade. This was the portrait Catlin left for us. https://i.postimg.cc/Q9M7NCSZ/George-Catlin-Os-...

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So I was listening to an old favorite last night, John Anderson's classic "Seminole Wind," and got to pondering on how very little I know about the three wars the federal government waged against the Seminole people of Florida, from 1816 to 1858. The central figure of the Second Seminole W...

Bill in Oregon

Oh my!

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Photos.

Bill in Oregon

That's a mighty handsome Henry you have there and in a very interesting caliber! I am sucker for a 3/4 magazine on a lever gun.

Bill in Oregon

Is this the Wanamaker show? Always wanted to see it.

Bill in Oregon

One of the best discussions of firearms and cartridges for Africa is Sir Samuel Baker's "Wild Beasts and Their Ways," first published in 1890 at the dawn of the smokeless era. Baker was a firearms enthusiast and experimenter who hunted widely in Ceylon, Africa and even North America. Some ...

Bill in Oregon

It would seem I may have a buyer, so SPF. I will confirm.

Bill in Oregon

Earl, that is what my circa 1873 Carl Gustav in 12,7 X 44R is for. It has a virtually mint bore.

Bill in Oregon

It loaded for me Will. Beautiful grain and character!

Bill in Oregon

Always nice to hear from another native Oregonian, Dave. I've spent some time camping at Wallowa Lake and packing in the Eagle Cap Wilderness. Mighty special places.

Bill in Oregon

Unfired Pedersoli "Creedmoor Long Range" rolling block in .45-70.

Bill in Oregon

I'll say!

Bill in Oregon

Dave, that's great that you are getting that family heirloom running right again.
What part of Eastern Oregon? I have hunted the Malheur country and the Abert Rim escarpment further south, along with waterfowl at Summer Lake. Miss it.

Bill in Oregon

Nothing is as frustrating as a firearm that won't function reliably--especially one that costs as much as the 930. Those Oregon boys seem to have done their homework. Glad yours runs now.

Bill in Oregon

Will, I'd much rather double on a 20 than a 12! Sage had a great season.

Bill in Oregon

I was reading an interesting thread on these little five-shot rimfire revolvers and their use in the Civil War. https://smith-wessonforum.com/threads/kentucky-7th-cavalry-union-confederate-no-2-army-smith-wesson-civil-war.792494/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2026-03-27...

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