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Bill in Oregon

Yes, off and on for me too the last several days, and briefly lightning fast yesterday morning. Maybe we're connected to the power grid in Havana.

Bill in Oregon

The X-15 will hold a 7 1/2-inch Super Blackhawk along with the regular Blackhawks and I see guys carrying their Smith Model 29s in this holster. I looked at several X-15s on eBay and then stumbled on this one for about $35 shipped. Very pleased.

Bill in Oregon

Didn't want to step on Lastmohecken's thread about shoulder carry. I just bought an X-15 Large from an eBay seller in Idaho to carry my .41 Blackhawk 6 1/2 and the leather is in very nice shape, but the stretchy spandex/elastic retaining strap looks like it could fail if stressed too much. Anyone re...

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I was reading a thread on the S&W forum this morning about how many rounds various semi-autos can be expected to last before springs and parts fail or slides crack. Focus was on 1911s and the S&W Shields. But I got to wondering how long a single or double action revolver is likely to last be...

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Very sorry you are having this fight with Ruger over their defective product, Scott. And no, gun owners should not be expected to have torque wrenches just to shoot their new rifles. I hear a lot of complaints about Smith & Wesson's QC and customer service on the S&W forums as well. Jeep, yo...

Bill in Oregon

Great idea Mike. The .33 is one of the few Winchester cartridges I never got to fool with.

Bill in Oregon

Photos posted for John. What a wonderful artifact!

Bill in Oregon

Good luck!
I have a new rear sight for my Blackhawk on the way from Fermin Garza in Corpus Christi. I hope to gosh Dallas doesn't forward this one to Massachusetts, too.

Bill in Oregon

When going to high school in Arcata, California, where Dad was teaching forestry at Humboldt State College, an elderly widow in our neighborhood had an immaculate 1948 De Soto with Fluid Drive for sale for $300. That was way more money than I could have scraped together, but I have always wondered h...

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What I want to know is the rate of twist in that barrel.

Bill in Oregon

Here is a photo.

Bill in Oregon

Looking for a good home for this Uberti 1860 Army, .44 caliber. It's the fluted cylinder model that Colt first came out with -- many of them going to Texas just before the Civil War blockade ended Colt's business in that state. Feels livelier in the hand than the more common unfluted cylinder models...

Bill in Oregon

Glad you are finally getting some relief!

Bill in Oregon

Will:

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... more than 200 souls perished under the final assault of Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo. I got to visit a couple of years ago and found it very difficult to keep my emotions in check. It goes without saying that if you are ever near, make it a point to visit this sacred ground. https://i.postim...

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Griff, how's that "good ear" coming along?
I see an audiologist in a couple of weeks, heading toward hearing aids. Tried 'em briefly a while back and wasn't thrilled, but now I have to have them.

Bill in Oregon

Give me an offer of in the neighborhood of $245 shipped, and I will accept. The thing is a bank vault.

Bill in Oregon

These disruptions are getting to be a real disappointment.

Bill in Oregon

So CYA gets my holster to the post office in San Antonio Feb. 27, and does it then go to Dallas? NOOOOOO .. the USPS geniuses ship it to Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, of course!

Bill in Oregon

Not enough coffee yet ...

Bill in Oregon

John, it never occurred to me to see if I could wear my two cap guns to church. Doubt Dad would have gone for it. I can't match Steve's Truman experience, but do remember President Eisenhower flying into Missoula, Montana, where Dad was teaching forestry at the university, in a Lockheed Constellation.

Bill in Oregon

After finally getting the Blackhawk in .41 to the range this morning, and seeing it wants to play nice, I found an X-15 Large on eBay for $36 shipped, so I'll be back in the Bianchi business soon. With a mild load of 7.5 grains of Universal in Starline brass, CCI 300 primer and the Hornady 210-grain...

Bill in Oregon

Vic, why is it that water out of the hose just tastes better? I have wondered about this for most of my life.

Bill in Oregon

It would not load for me this morning, either. Glad it will now.

Bill in Oregon

Vall, 1953 for me.

Bill in Oregon

The influence stuck, at least in my case. I had the Mattel and the Hubley, and now, 65 or more years later, I have real ones.

Bill in Oregon

I attribute my interest in firearms from earliest consciousness to memories of Dad going through his WWII soldier's chest (and the 1903 Springfield deer rifle in his closet) and to the influence of Madison Avenue and Hollywood. How could a boy resist wanting one of these swell firearms from Mattel (...

Bill in Oregon

I had a used Bianchi X-15 that I carried an SBH in as well. Sure beats all that leather required for a normal belt holster. I even made a belt holster for a 10 1/2-inch SBH and it was like wearing a framing hammer in a leather case in the woods. Somewhere I have a photo of a shoulder/chest rig I mad...

Bill in Oregon

Steve, I was just telling Jim T. that the best rig I ever had was a Glock 23 in a Kramer horsehide OWB holster. That's been many years ago.
Walt, I've had several CYA holsters over the years and never a complaint, which I can't say about the stuff from We the People and another maker.

Bill in Oregon

John, I am taking a lesson from Veeman and Doc AJ and have bought a Marble's Bullseye rear sight to try on the Uberti 1873. Will report when I get to shoot it. The Skinner is a much more rugged sight of course!

Bill in Oregon

I run 5'8" and 155 pounds wet. Rather than succumb to the temptation to buy another handgun, I am going to work with the little carry piece I already have -- a Smith & Wesson Bodyguard 2.0. I am not much of a .380 fan, but darn this little thing is so slim that I can carry it IWB at 4 o'clo...

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It's been pretty sketchy the past few days, and then dark.

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Yup.

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Pics for John.

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Takes some of the fun out of a visit to Palomas for chicken molé. Even there, across from Columbus, I've seen the military patrolling in jeeps with a guy standing in back with his hand on a mounted machine gun.

Bill in Oregon

Pics for John. This is some good stuff.

Bill in Oregon

Posting photo for John.

Bill in Oregon

Very nice discussion by Brian. Thanks for posting it Scott. Sure makes me miss my 1895 Classic.

Bill in Oregon

That's some very nice leather, Scott.

Bill in Oregon

The topic of appendix carry came up again on another forum, and I went back to my favorite source of discussion on the different positions: Massad Ayoob. He has always struck me as a wise and trusted uncle when it comes to handgun protocols. I am a 3:30-4 o'clock guy, but really hate the idea of hav...

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The confusion persists. Go to an online seller like Kygunco and filter by caliber and you might see a few handguns offered in .45 Colt and a whole bunch in .45 Long Colt. For example, a search by caliber under revolvers at Bud's lists 26 in .45 Colt and 115 in .45 Long Colt. Kinda goofy after all th...

Bill in Oregon

What a blessing living at the edge of a national forest. When I lived in Alamogordo, the Lincoln began at the head of my street. It just felt good knowing it was there, that close. At least I can see parts of the Gila from where I now live.

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His father was an admiral. I have enjoyed so many of his roles over the years, but my favorite is his first: Boo Radley in "To Kill a Mockingbird."

Bill in Oregon

I made one out of the sink cutout from my rubberwood/hevea butcherblock countertops and need to throw away all the plastic boards I have on hand. Might keep the really big one for those rare times when I have a salmon to butcher. Not many salmon here in New Mexico -- but some big kokanee from Navajo...

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Darryl, you have the fates in your sails. That 1861 is probably the most elegant of all the Colt percussion revolvers -- even more refined than the 1860 that I love so very much. Can't wait to read a range report.

Bill in Oregon

Peter Sellers used a bottle of champagne under the covers in "The Pink Panther."

Bill in Oregon

I'll go $265 shipped.

Bill in Oregon

I tried not to vote for anyone who had been on the board or leadership when grifter Wayne was stealing from the organization. I wish our man from San Antonio -- Ollie North-- was still in the picture but he is 82, bless his heart.

Bill in Oregon

That's not funny, says the guy who had prostate surgery not that long ago ...

Bill in Oregon

That's a jim-dandy Borchardt!

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