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- Fri Dec 25, 2020 10:14 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Merry Christmas Gents, May His peace reign and all mankind know contentment
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1358
Merry Christmas Gents, May His peace reign and all mankind know contentment
Merry Christmas Gents, May His peace reign and all mankind know contentment
- Fri Sep 11, 2020 10:10 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Just wanted to stop by & raise a glass to the memory of Sidewinder
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1402
Just wanted to stop by & raise a glass to the memory of Sidewinder
Just wanted to stop by and raise a glass to the memory of Lt. Pete (Sidewinder) Martin.
Rest In Peace, my friend.
Wm
Rest In Peace, my friend.
Wm
- Thu Jan 23, 2020 7:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 357 magunum 3" barrel
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3317
Re: 357 magunum 3" barrel
The 3" barrel just works for me. No 3" SP-101 yet? A spring kit and some time with a polishing wheel in Dremel can make the action decent. It'll never match a good K frame, but it's not bad. I like the SP100 series but too heavy in 38 spl. Not bad in 357 mag. That extra weight in 357 serv...
- Thu Jan 23, 2020 7:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Dimpled Balls
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2968
Re: Dimpled Balls
Years ago I got my balls dimpled …… a baseball hit me down there and my wife noted that she could make out the stitching from the baseball on the bruise on me.
CUPS ARE NOT OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT!!!!!
Wm
CUPS ARE NOT OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT!!!!!
Wm
- Thu Jan 23, 2020 7:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I have stopped carrying guns. Instead I carry this Device.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2710
Re: I have stopped carrying guns. Instead I carry this Device.
Long Distance Hole Punch …… I forget who first called firearms that but I always liked that description. It is not a talisman against evil, there is not mythical about their function. Just a tool to do something that needs doing.
Wm
Wm
- Thu Jan 23, 2020 6:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery .....
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2105
Re: If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery .....
I believe the Canick TP series is a licensed copy of the Walther & Walther/S&W model 99. The likewise have a reputation as being a cut above the rest in terms of accuracy.
Wm.
Wm.
- Thu Jan 23, 2020 6:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I got a tough question to answer ..... can you help?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 4730
Re: I got a tough question to answer ..... can you help?
This has sort of gone sideways because of my comment about her legal blindness and that after a several feet things get seriously blurry. To put this into context Beth can count the hairs in your mustache at 5 feet, tell you what color your shirt is at 20 feet, and at 30 or more …… its just light an...
- Wed Jan 22, 2020 7:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Old Logging Camp Cemetary
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1819
Re: Old Logging Camp Cemetary
I bet we would be surprised at home many of these are scattered around the country side.
Wm
Wm
- Wed Jan 22, 2020 6:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery .....
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2105
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery .....
then Gaston Glock must be blushing like no one else.
I see all sorts of 'Glock esque' pistol making their debut at Shot Show. Palmetto State Arms, Patriot Ordnance Factory, Culpepper Arms, Chiappa, and a bunch of 80% kit offerings.
Wm
I see all sorts of 'Glock esque' pistol making their debut at Shot Show. Palmetto State Arms, Patriot Ordnance Factory, Culpepper Arms, Chiappa, and a bunch of 80% kit offerings.
Wm
- Wed Jan 22, 2020 6:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Dimpled Balls
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2968
Re: Dimpled Balls
RIfling twist and dimples do not work together? Just a thought.
Wm
Wm
- Mon Jan 20, 2020 5:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 357 magunum 3" barrel
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3317
Re: 357 magunum 3" barrel
:lol: ... 3" model 36, 3" model 60 (357 mag) and 3" Charter Arms 44 special. You were doing great until you pointed to that 3" LCRx. I know looks aren't everything, but those 3" LCRx are truly ugly. The 3" 36: Now that's a looker, and the prices of nice ones on GunBroke...
- Mon Jan 20, 2020 3:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Oops!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1898
Re: Oops!
Just because its a Federal Holiday does not mean its not a Monday.
Wm
Wm
- Sun Jan 19, 2020 3:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I got a tough question to answer ..... can you help?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 4730
Re: I got a tough question to answer ..... can you help?
I suggested the dog. She was non committal about it. Her son and daughter have finally gotten out on their own and husband has moved out and her mother recently passed so for the first time in a long time she is not committed to taking care of someone else. I pointed out that the dog could 'hang out...
- Sun Jan 19, 2020 1:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I got a tough question to answer ..... can you help?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 4730
I got a tough question to answer ..... can you help?
Friend of my wife has come to me for advice about self defense firearm. She owns and runs several classes at a cross fit gym. She is a past competitor in Miss Fitness pageants. She is about to get divorced from a husband who has gone through a mid life crisis and developed a seriously bizarre contro...
- Sun Jan 19, 2020 12:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 357 magunum 3" barrel
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3317
357 magunum 3" barrel
I am a BEEEG fan and advocate for 3" barreled revolvers for self defense and concealed carry. My personal carry revolvers alternate based on circumstance (and whim) between 3" model 36, 3" model 60 (357 mag) and 3" Charter Arms 44 special. Better ballistics, points more naturally...
- Sun Jan 19, 2020 11:38 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: In recognition of MLKjr day tomorrow I offer this reading material ......
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1444
In recognition of MLKjr day tomorrow I offer this reading material ......
https://reason.com/2014/07/22/how-crazy ... h-guns-he/
You can't imagine how many people, particularly with a liberal & progressive mindset, I have opened their minds to being accepting of firearms with this book.
Wm
You can't imagine how many people, particularly with a liberal & progressive mindset, I have opened their minds to being accepting of firearms with this book.
Wm
- Sun Jan 19, 2020 11:30 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A good shooting 1911A1 and inexpensive too
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2408
Re: A good shooting 1911A1 and inexpensive too
Looks Good Jason , 8) . Who would of thought of buying Guns made in Turkey a generation ago ? about a year and a half ago after reading every thing and watching a bunch of videos I got a Tristar Viper g2 28 gauge shotgun. $480.00 . very well done and a pleasure to own . nothing cheap about it. Hope...
- Sat Jan 18, 2020 9:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A good shooting 1911A1 and inexpensive too
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2408
Re: A good shooting 1911A1 and inexpensive too
Turkish arms industry is definitely exerting itself.
They make a CZ-75 copy called the Canik Shark that intrigues me.
Wm
They make a CZ-75 copy called the Canik Shark that intrigues me.
Wm
- Sat Jan 18, 2020 9:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: LOP for home defense gun
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1861
Re: LOP for home defense gun
Yeah ….. 520 - that's old school! The 520-30 and 620A were made as trench guns for the US military during WW2. My Uncle carried one as a boat captain (or whatever their title was) on Higgins boat during WW2. Fun story - Uncle had one with a rudimentary shark carved in the butt stock. I asked him as ...
- Sat Jan 18, 2020 9:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Caring for "lightweight" 1911s
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3104
Re: Caring for "lightweight" 1911s
I hear good things about Sportsmans Warehouse. It's not too far from me being in Lansing, Michigan. A buddy wants to go over there and look at a Ruger SR45 (he likes mine & likes their price). https://www.sportsmans.com/shooting-gear-gun-supplies/handguns/ruger-sr45-45-auto-acp-45in-stainless-pi...
- Sat Jan 18, 2020 8:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: LOP for home defense gun
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1861
Re: LOP for home defense gun
Not exactly on point but I have a Mossberg 500 I put a M4 style adjustable stock on it. Originally this was to facilitate hunting with my sons so I could youth size the shot gun for a 10 year old and a 13 year old. However I found it worked well for me as well in the home defense role. In the course...
- Fri Jan 17, 2020 3:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The muddled 38
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4154
Re: The muddled 38
The more i reload for, and shoot with the 38 Special in pistols and rifles, the more it ranks up there with the 45 Colt and 30/30! Jack of all trades but master of none. It probably isn't the best for any one specific application but it is darn versatile (especially if you handload) that it is pass...
- Fri Jan 17, 2020 3:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: For a litte pocket money ...
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3103
Re: For a litte pocket money ...
You can find anything on the internet!
Poached Garlic Python Steaks
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- Fri Jan 17, 2020 3:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: For a litte pocket money ...
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3103
Re: For a litte pocket money ...
If I was in Florida …… I'd give a try.
But with pistol not a hook. Seems like the ideal use for a Taurus Judge.
Wm
P.S. Is there a market for snake skin? I assume there is but how do you sell it? And what is a good recipe for Python?
But with pistol not a hook. Seems like the ideal use for a Taurus Judge.
Wm
P.S. Is there a market for snake skin? I assume there is but how do you sell it? And what is a good recipe for Python?
- Fri Jan 17, 2020 3:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Caring for "lightweight" 1911s
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3104
Re: Caring for "lightweight" 1911s
If it is a full size 1911 with 5" barrel as I think it is then I think I would add one of the buffer pads to the recoil rod. A good one. https://shopwilsoncombat.com/Shok-Buff-Recoil-Buffers-1911-Package-of-6/productinfo/2B Otherwise keep it well lubricated. Light weight alloy are more prone to...
- Wed Jan 15, 2020 3:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 30 WCF full length vs neck size
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2285
30 WCF full length vs neck size
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTYfQoW ... r8xQMafBsU
Interesting. Always good to question assumptions and test what we know to be true.
Wm
Interesting. Always good to question assumptions and test what we know to be true.
Wm
- Wed Jan 15, 2020 2:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Stopped by to say hello...
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3523
Re: Stopped by to say hello...
Even the best of friends can rankle each other.
The trick is honestly knowing the difference between making a point and making things personal. Some call it tact. Some call it wisdom. And some do not know what I am talking about.
Wm
The trick is honestly knowing the difference between making a point and making things personal. Some call it tact. Some call it wisdom. And some do not know what I am talking about.
Wm
- Wed Jan 15, 2020 2:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 7x57
- Replies: 38
- Views: 4307
- Tue Jan 14, 2020 8:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Prayer request
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1319
Re: Prayer request
Check that I have two of my former players headed over. Brownie is going over as a security specialist to assist with border security.
Wm
Wm
- Tue Jan 14, 2020 8:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Prayer request
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1319
Prayer request
Another one of the boys I coached is headed into harms way …… Patrick is a Marine officer and is headed to Iraq as part of a special detail that protects embassy staff as they move about the country …… close protection detail, kind of like secret service.
Wm
Wm
- Mon Jan 13, 2020 6:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Making a Kahr"P9 Covert"
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1361
Re: Making a Kahr"P9 Covert"
I've bid on a couple of Kahr 9mm the last year or so on GB. They do not receive the appreciation that they deserve IMO. They get over looked in the niche dominated by S&W Shield, Glock 42, Sig 938/365, SA Hellcat, etc. but the Kahrs are right there in terms of accuracy and reliability. Ditto the...
- Mon Jan 13, 2020 7:42 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Prayer request .......
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1724
Re: Prayer request .......
He failed to get medically cleared. More physical therapy ahead. He has accepted his lot for now.
Looking into a pre Ranger school to get him ready for selection process.
Wm
- Sun Jan 12, 2020 4:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: FYI Cabelas Bargain Cave ..... Marlin 336 for $400
- Replies: 2
- Views: 715
FYI Cabelas Bargain Cave ..... Marlin 336 for $400
IMO I'd rather buy used for $400 then new but that's just me. But I'm kind of 336 heavy anyway these days (375 Win, 30 WCF, 35 Rem) …… on the other hand a trapper 30 WCF or a 20" barreled 7-30 Waters or a 32 WS would get me attention ...… :wink: well you know …… gun collections are like Irish f...
- Mon Jan 06, 2020 6:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: why i like the ruger single-six
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5228
Re: why i like the ruger single-six
My FIL has an old flat gate that he asked me to clean while I was visiting over the holidays. For the life of me I could not get the base pin pulled forward to remove the cylinder. I don't think it's be moved since the 60's. What's the preferred method to coax it out? Vice grips with a bit of leath...
- Mon Jan 06, 2020 3:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: why i like the ruger single-six
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5228
Re: why i like the ruger single-six
Just saw my first used Ruger Wrangler in a shop. $300 Guy behind the counter said it is because its a first year production collectible. "Highly sought after by collectors. A bargain at that price because in a couple years it will be worth twice that much." I guess I look like I was born y...
- Sat Jan 04, 2020 10:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ruined Rifle UPDATED
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7955
Re: Ruined Rifle
From the looks of the 17HMR barrel I found, it appears to have the chamber bored below centerline, so a center fire firing pin will strike in the correct place on the rimfire round. They offer switch barrel combos with center fire, and rimfire barrels from the factory. Like I said I am not an exper...
- Sat Jan 04, 2020 10:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ruined Rifle UPDATED
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7955
Re: Ruined Rifle
There might be another possibility …… but I can't believe it would be inexpensive. You could have a gunsmith take the barrel and cut it off and bore out the chamber enough so that another barrel could be set inside the Rossi shank. This would only make fiscal sense to me if you wanted some rifle cha...
- Sat Jan 04, 2020 10:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ruined Rifle UPDATED
- Replies: 27
- Views: 7955
Re: Ruined Rifle
I don't think a rimfire barrel will work with the centerfire receiver. I think they are two different sizes and the firing pin placement is different. I see Rossi barrels on GunBroker regularly for $70 or so. You could also get a shotgun barrel. I'm no expert but I think all 12 gauge shotgun barrels...
- Sat Jan 04, 2020 6:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Rebarreling a 94AE?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2165
Re: Rebarreling a 94AE?
Or go the other way and rebarrel to 7-30 Waters? I only say that because I have already scratched the 38-55 & 375 Win itches and want to try a 7-30 waters some day. I would say if you can't find what you want and you have the resources to remake what you have into what you lust for …… go for it....
- Sat Jan 04, 2020 10:55 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: why i like the ruger single-six
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5228
Re: why i like the ruger single-six
Nothing beats a good 22, a brick of ammo, and a unhurried day of shooting.
Wm
Wm
- Fri Jan 03, 2020 5:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New Federal Self defense shot gun slugs ...... frangible by any other name is still frangible?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1293
- Fri Jan 03, 2020 4:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Your Opinions On Sig Saur
- Replies: 38
- Views: 5185
Re: Your Opinions On Sig Saur
https://www.atlanticfirearms.com/produc ... 999-pistol
CZ999 …… Zastva CZ not the BRNO CZ
Not a direct copy of the SIg. Kind of like it …… the way the Ruger Blackhawk is kind of like the Colt SAA
Wm
CZ999 …… Zastva CZ not the BRNO CZ
Not a direct copy of the SIg. Kind of like it …… the way the Ruger Blackhawk is kind of like the Colt SAA
Wm
- Fri Jan 03, 2020 3:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New Ruger Pistol on market ....... Model 57 Ruger 5.7X28 mm
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1492
- Fri Jan 03, 2020 3:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New Federal Self defense shot gun slugs ...... frangible by any other name is still frangible?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1293
New Federal Self defense shot gun slugs ...... frangible by any other name is still frangible?
https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2020/01/02/federal-force-x2-shotgun-ammo-00-buckshot-that-splits-in-half/ Seriously, I can see where this makes sense for situations where over penetration is a concern. Like law enforcement …… you don't want to have a slug punch through and through a bad guy and ...
- Fri Jan 03, 2020 3:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ruger LCP in 22lr
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3036
Ruger LCP in 22lr
https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2019/12/30/tfb-review-ruger-lcp-ii-22-lr/ Uninspiring review but I think they missed the point …… as a understudy, inexpensive practice pistol it makes a lot of sense. Also as a lightweight, unobtrusive woodsloafing/hiking/around the farm or ranch pistol it would ...
- Fri Jan 03, 2020 3:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Savage has intorduced a new semi auto shotgun
- Replies: 6
- Views: 882
Savage has intorduced a new semi auto shotgun
https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/202 ... renegauge/
Meh …… good for them but I'm not a scattergun guy. Hope they sell a bunch to other folks who decide to sell their old shot guns & flood the market with inexpensively priced Remington 870s and Mossberg 500s.
Wm
Meh …… good for them but I'm not a scattergun guy. Hope they sell a bunch to other folks who decide to sell their old shot guns & flood the market with inexpensively priced Remington 870s and Mossberg 500s.
Wm
- Fri Jan 03, 2020 3:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New Ruger Pistol on market ....... Model 57 Ruger 5.7X28 mm
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1492
Re: New Ruger Pistol on market ....... Model 57 Ruger 5.7X28 mm
- Fri Jan 03, 2020 2:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Shooting Times article on Uberti single action revolvers
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2479
Shooting Times article on Uberti single action revolvers
https://www.shootingtimes.com/editorial/uberti-revolvers-outlaws-and-lawmen-series/370286 Thought this might interest some of you folks. I have never had a Remington single action. I have read that some think it a superior pistol to the Colt SAA which is quite a claim to make. One of these days I ne...
- Fri Jan 03, 2020 1:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New Ruger Pistol on market ....... Model 57 Ruger 5.7X28 mm
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1492
New Ruger Pistol on market ....... Model 57 Ruger 5.7X28 mm
https://ruger.com/micros/57/ Never been sold on the 5.7X28 mm cartridge. IMO it is more appealing in a light weight rifle. If they offered a scaled up Ruger 10/22 in 5.7mm that might be something. The second iteration of the Deerstalker that was offered in 44mag could be used. Or maybe the more obvi...
- Fri Jan 03, 2020 11:20 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Marlin 57 22lr wont cycle and chamber rounds reliably.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1667
Re: Marlin 57 22lr wont cycle and chamber rounds reliably.
Thx for the help. I've located a disassembly pictorial guide for the 57. For the through cleaning should i use a "gun stripper" type agent to remove old oil build up ? Before reassembly should the parts be coated to prevent rust with anything such as Renaissance wax? GunnyMack, since disc...