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- Sat Jul 27, 2024 8:56 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: First experiment with fire lapping
- Replies: 16
- Views: 100
Re: First experiment with fire lapping
Think I started with 600-grit Clover the one time I did it. Been many years. Helped!
- Fri Jul 26, 2024 10:32 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: .22 Hornet brass
- Replies: 4
- Views: 139
Re: .22 Hornet brass
Also just had a 5.0 earthquake about 20 miles from here -- shallow at 3.3 km. A little noisy.
- Fri Jul 26, 2024 10:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: .22 Hornet brass
- Replies: 4
- Views: 139
.22 Hornet brass
Just got an email from Graf and Sons that they have PRVI .22 Hornet brass in stock for those who shoot the wee toot.
- Fri Jul 26, 2024 8:01 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fun Drive this Morning
- Replies: 3
- Views: 187
Re: Fun Drive this Morning
Yes, it looks lovely. I tip my hat, Griff, as I hated delivering lumber with an itty bitty 20-foot triple axle.
- Fri Jul 26, 2024 7:58 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: John Taffin
- Replies: 9
- Views: 305
Re: John Taffin
They have my prayers, too, Jim. Thanks for the notice.
- Tue Jul 23, 2024 6:33 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Rainy Day Today So I loaded 480 Achilles Ammo
- Replies: 12
- Views: 308
Re: Rainy Day Today So I loaded 480 Achilles Ammo
Such a fun cartridge in both concept and execution!
- Sat Jul 20, 2024 11:34 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Thanks Bill!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 208
Re: Thanks Bill!
Glad you like it Will.
- Sat Jul 20, 2024 6:04 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ruger/Marlin 1894 .357 mag
- Replies: 15
- Views: 663
Re: Ruger/Marlin 1894 .357 mag
Walt, I will confess to being a bit shocked by what you found with your new Ruger Marlin. For the price point, I assumed they would be good to go, but guess I have not been paying attention. Glad you are getting it sorted.
- Fri Jul 19, 2024 8:16 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: An appeal from Brian Pearce
- Replies: 8
- Views: 510
- Thu Jul 18, 2024 6:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bob, you made me laugh! Thank you
- Replies: 1
- Views: 138
- Thu Jul 18, 2024 6:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Jim, can we get a tutorial?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 666
Re: Jim, can we get a tutorial?
Cap and ball revolvers are also good at flame-cutting sandbags -- and staining a whole bunch of stuff black.
- Thu Jul 18, 2024 10:08 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: An appeal from Brian Pearce
- Replies: 8
- Views: 510
Re: An appeal from Brian Pearce
I had absolutely no idea whatsoever that Hannah is Thell Reed's daughter! Thanks for posting this Paul! Jeff Cooper mentioned Thell many times over the years. P.S. I just tried to send to Thell on Venmo and Venmo is asking for the last four of his phone number since I have not sent him money before....
- Thu Jul 18, 2024 10:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Jim, can we get a tutorial?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 666
Re: Jim, can we get a tutorial?
Paint chips and blast marks! Been there and done that. I agree with Walt that resting the barrel on the rest affects point of impact, and I try to rest the front edge of the receiver in the notch like Jim is in the third photo. One other lesson that I have learned the hard way is to have something s...
- Wed Jul 17, 2024 5:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cell phone wisdom from France
- Replies: 4
- Views: 298
- Wed Jul 17, 2024 10:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Dragoon Again - Just For Fun
- Replies: 19
- Views: 555
- Wed Jul 17, 2024 8:58 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Dragoon Again - Just For Fun
- Replies: 19
- Views: 555
Re: Dragoon Again - Just For Fun
And I want a shirt like his!
- Wed Jul 17, 2024 6:11 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: speaking of six shooters
- Replies: 3
- Views: 258
Re: speaking of six shooters
Oh, baby! Be fun to plug away at a floating target, Somali pirates, etc.
- Tue Jul 16, 2024 12:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Today Was A 480 Day
- Replies: 12
- Views: 384
Re: Today Was A 480 Day
Very fine shooting Jim! I'd be awful proud of myself shooting those groups. Any guesses as to velocities?
- Tue Jul 16, 2024 11:23 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Dragoon Again - Just For Fun
- Replies: 19
- Views: 555
Re: Dragoon Again - Just For Fun
Jay, how accurate is she with both loose powder and ball and with cartridges? What a beauty!
- Mon Jul 15, 2024 8:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Dragoon Again - Just For Fun
- Replies: 19
- Views: 555
Re: Dragoon Again - Just For Fun
It's a bruiser, Jim. Some years ago, just like many of us, I "had to have" a Walker, and of course it was huge, heavy and the rammer frequently dropped. Got it out of my system, but have always thought a Dragoon made more sense. Loaded with a Kerr, Johnston and Dow or Kaido bullet, it seem...
- Mon Jul 15, 2024 8:35 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Do you clean with mineral spirits?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 301
Do you clean with mineral spirits?
I saw this Rock Island video on cleaning a 1911. I have never in my life heard of submerging all the parts in mineral spirits each time you clean and lube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4fpmkoV9PI&t=7s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4fpmkoV9PI&t=7s
- Mon Jul 15, 2024 4:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Short Range Day Today
- Replies: 9
- Views: 347
Re: Short Range Day Today
Doc, I wish I had given Paco's tool a more serious workout before I let it go. Good to know it improved your ammo's performance.
This thread has me thinking back on the old, abused Ruger flat gate I enjoyed plinking with 20 or more years ago. Should have cleaned up that gun and kept it.
This thread has me thinking back on the old, abused Ruger flat gate I enjoyed plinking with 20 or more years ago. Should have cleaned up that gun and kept it.
- Mon Jul 15, 2024 4:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Remington 870 with rifle sights and modified choke
- Replies: 23
- Views: 791
Re: Remington 870 with rifle sights and modified choke
" ... should the Lord continue to tarry." Grizz, long may He do so! A while back I grabbed one of the inexpensive Mossberg Maverick security models, fitted a MagPul stock and the OpSol receiver insert and it runs the little Aguila and Federal shorties as if greased. Much easier on my old s...
- Sun Jul 14, 2024 6:59 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Jonesing for a yellow watermelon
- Replies: 7
- Views: 229
- Sun Jul 14, 2024 5:41 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bullets for the .348 WCF
- Replies: 39
- Views: 4975
Re: Bullets for the .348 WCF
Another WOW on that mold, Six. What an astonishing combination of bullets for classic calibers!
- Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:23 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: New woke left wing activist group
- Replies: 6
- Views: 299
Re: New woke left wing activist group
Wow. I have seen the same stains on some right-wing nut group adherents too. Maybe there's some weird cosmic symmetry, ya think?
- Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:20 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Shots fired!?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 1217
Re: Shots fired!?
Looks to me like a massive Secret Service failure, but the reports are fragmentary. I am sure we will hear about this until we are all sick of it.
- Sat Jul 13, 2024 6:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Thank God for the experimenters
- Replies: 6
- Views: 383
Re: Thank God for the experimenters
Vall, I first had nitrous when about 50 for a root canal. I didn't laugh, but I did say to myself, whoa, he is using a reamer on my molar root and it is kind of amusing.
- Sat Jul 13, 2024 6:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Help needed with front sight
- Replies: 9
- Views: 257
Re: Help needed with front sight
FOTIS, thanks for your first-hand review. These leverguns are now more interesting.
- Sat Jul 13, 2024 6:26 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Shots fired!?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 1217
Re: Shots fired!?
Well it will sure make the GOP convention more interesting. I hope law enforcement has the doer in custody and that the backstory will soon unfold. For those of us who grew up seeing JFK, RFK and MLK murdered, and Wallace and Reagan wounded, it brings back horrible memories. HORRIBLE.
- Sat Jul 13, 2024 5:43 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Shots fired!?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 1217
Re: Shots fired!?
Very fortunate. I do not like the man at all, but this is not how we settle political differences in a civilized country!
- Sat Jul 13, 2024 6:44 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Help needed with front sight
- Replies: 9
- Views: 257
Re: Help needed with front sight
Will is giving good advice. Other than the sights, what do you think of your Huckleberry so far? I just don't know quite what to think about the aluminum receiver.
- Fri Jul 12, 2024 2:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Short Range Day Today
- Replies: 9
- Views: 347
Re: Short Range Day Today
I need a .22 day, and soon.
- Fri Jul 12, 2024 2:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Jonesing for a yellow watermelon
- Replies: 7
- Views: 229
Re: Jonesing for a yellow watermelon
Vance, I am so old that I remember a time when a grower was willing to cut a small plug from a melon for the customer to sample before buying to make sure it was ripe and sweet. Nowhere near the fruit stands these days that there were a few decades ago.
- Fri Jul 12, 2024 2:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 30 super carry question
- Replies: 14
- Views: 426
Re: 30 super carry question
I had fun shooting and loading for it using the S&W M&P EZ platform. It's a useful new member of the .32 family. Ian at Forgotten Weapons really likes it. Like Ian, I have been a fan of the French Modèle 35A for decades, although I haven't owned one in years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...
- Fri Jul 12, 2024 10:57 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: One of those days
- Replies: 6
- Views: 298
Re: One of those days
The rear cabin vents rotted out in my 2018 Ram. I got on the Ram forum and was immediately given the appropriate Mopar part number. Called my local Ram dealer and they didn't have the part and said they couldn't get it for weeks, maybe months. Got on Amazon and had the two vents two days later. Watc...
- Fri Jul 12, 2024 9:42 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Jonesing for a yellow watermelon
- Replies: 7
- Views: 229
- Fri Jul 12, 2024 7:23 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Jonesing for a yellow watermelon
- Replies: 7
- Views: 229
Jonesing for a yellow watermelon
Used to be a guy with a trailer full of Texas watermelons and cantaloupes (pumpkins in season) who parked his rig at an abandoned gas station on Highway 82 -- the road from Alamogordo to Cloudcroft, NM, and for a few weeks each summer he had yellow-meated watermelons that were the best I ever ate. H...
- Fri Jul 12, 2024 5:12 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Thank God for the experimenters
- Replies: 6
- Views: 383
Re: Thank God for the experimenters
Grizz, same here, about 1963. They added a peppermint-like scent/flavor and for years afterward, the smell of Ben-Gay made me want to barf. Weird. I don't think they do tonsillectomies at anything like the rate they did back then. I remember being fed the old line about -- it won't hurt and you get ...
- Thu Jul 11, 2024 4:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Thank God for the experimenters
- Replies: 6
- Views: 383
Re: Thank God for the experimenters
Which reminds me: Who here remembers being given ether by the dentist? This was back in the days of cable-driven drills, large-gauge needles and gleaming white porcelain fixtures swirling with water. Talk about woozy waking up ...
- Thu Jul 11, 2024 9:47 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Some new skin for the new Colt
- Replies: 9
- Views: 300
Re: Some new skin for the new Colt
Doggies, he does some nice tooling!
- Thu Jul 11, 2024 6:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Pretty cool finds
- Replies: 4
- Views: 281
- Tue Jul 09, 2024 6:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: It's a special day.
- Replies: 20
- Views: 558
Re: It's a special day.
It's a special caliber, Jim, and you are surely doing it justice.
- Mon Jul 08, 2024 7:41 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 322
Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!
More genius from old MacDonald!
- Mon Jul 08, 2024 7:40 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Firing The Thunder Mug on the 4th of July
- Replies: 12
- Views: 430
Re: Firing The Thunder Mug on the 4th of July
The golf ball mortars here are tempting and so is the thunder mug. I hadn't realized the latter actually had a purpose in the age of sail.
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- Mon Jul 08, 2024 7:36 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I didn't care for it before
- Replies: 14
- Views: 542
- Sun Jul 07, 2024 1:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT- SUCCESS (wish me luck!) Now with BEARS
- Replies: 11
- Views: 399
Re: OT- SUCCESS (wish me luck!) Now with BEARS
Looks mighty yummy to me!
- Sun Jul 07, 2024 11:34 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT- SUCCESS (wish me luck!) Now with BEARS
- Replies: 11
- Views: 399
Re: OT- wish me luck! Now with BEARS
He "skedoodled" mighty quick there Will. How long have you been chasing bears?
- Sun Jul 07, 2024 11:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Dragoon!!!
- Replies: 27
- Views: 937
Re: Dragoon!!!
It's in gorgeous shape, Scott.
- Sun Jul 07, 2024 11:30 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Armscor .22 ammo
- Replies: 5
- Views: 225
Re: Armscor .22 ammo
They make some good stuff in the Philippines.