Some form of flu is always out there. I intend to live until I die. If masks become mandatory, I'll make my own. Here is my prototype.
https://www.messynessychic.com/2018/08/ ... anti-hero/
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- Fri Jul 10, 2020 11:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: another crazy theory ?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1936
- Thu Jul 02, 2020 12:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: American Ingenuity
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2315
Re: American Ingenuity
I would like to replace skunk in the illustration with a caricature of a masked burglar, then have stickers made to place on all my doors and windows. Better than a ADT sign.
- Sun Jun 14, 2020 11:56 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Most entertaining movies no one has seen
- Replies: 64
- Views: 10106
Re: Most entertaining movies no one has seen
- Fri Jun 05, 2020 5:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Considering a shot gun
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2665
- Fri May 22, 2020 10:10 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Concealed vs open carry
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2383
Re: Concealed vs open carry
Embrace the power of "and".
- Mon Mar 16, 2020 8:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Effect of panic on gun prices?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2963
Re: Effect of panic on gun prices?
On the bright side, some liberals may finally learn something. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/0 ... were-told/
- Sun Mar 15, 2020 11:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Most entertaining movies no one has seen
- Replies: 64
- Views: 10106
Re: Most entertaining movies no one has seen
Jason , when We watch Murphy's War it's not hard to put ourselves right into the characters part and Man did He hate his enemy. !! That's for sure! He did get a bit obsessed. :D Another good WWI movie is the "Light Horseman" and don't forget "Breaker Morant and his 'Rule .303'"!...
- Sun Mar 15, 2020 11:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Most entertaining movies no one has seen
- Replies: 64
- Views: 10106
Re: Most entertaining movies no one has seen
I loved "The Wind and The Lion" until 9/11. Now I can't stand the sight of a Mohammedan even if it is Sean Connery. However, Brian Keith made a great Teddy Roosevelt and
Candice Bergen was still hot back then.
Candice Bergen was still hot back then.
- Mon Mar 09, 2020 8:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Most entertaining movies no one has seen
- Replies: 64
- Views: 10106
Re: Most entertaining movies no one has seen
Rancho Deluxe, with Jeff Bridges, Sam Waterston and Slim Pickens.
If you liked "The Big Lebowski", you will like "Rancho Deluxe".
If you liked "The Big Lebowski", you will like "Rancho Deluxe".
- Mon Mar 09, 2020 2:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anyone Cancelled Work or Personal Air Travel Yet?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 5414
Re: Anyone Cancelled Work or Personal Air Travel Yet?
Yes. Three years ago.
- Mon Mar 09, 2020 2:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ruger No. 1 A.S.S.R.A
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4154
Re: Ruger No. 1 A.S.S.R.A
Be truly esoteric.
7.65x53 Mauser.
7.65x53 Mauser.
- Thu Mar 05, 2020 3:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Question for the Parker experts
- Replies: 4
- Views: 837
Re: Question for the Parker experts
Thanks Gamekeeper. From the quality of the piece and the care it had been given over the years, it may have been an import from England.
- Sat Feb 29, 2020 10:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Question for the Parker experts
- Replies: 4
- Views: 837
Question for the Parker experts
A couple of years ago as I was leaving a gun show in Joplin, I intercepted a gentleman carrying in a ML double. It was a very well kept original in ready to shoot condition. If I had the $300 he was asking I would have bought it on the spot. Especially after seeing the locks were marked Parker. Rela...
- Sat Feb 29, 2020 10:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A Levergun Companion: Uberti's "El Patron" SAA
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1034
Re: A Levergun Companion: Uberti's "El Patron" SAA
I lucked onto a similar Taylor "Tuned", Uberti "Smoke Wagon" at a gun show a few years ago.
https://www.taylorsfirearms.com/hand-gu ... wagon.html
I am very pleased. I can not imagine any way to improve it.
https://www.taylorsfirearms.com/hand-gu ... wagon.html
I am very pleased. I can not imagine any way to improve it.
- Sat Feb 29, 2020 10:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: When I was a kid .....
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1454
Re: When I was a kid .....
I used to listen to Sgt. Preston of the Yukon and bought a piece of ground in the Yukon from a cereal box of Quaker Oats he was advertised on. I got 1 square inch of Yukon Territory. I had the deed to it for a long time. Maybe we could all combine our 1 square inch and have enough for a gold claim....
- Tue Feb 11, 2020 10:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I know some 'NRA Members' are dumb, but....???
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1984
Re: I know some 'NRA Members' are dumb, but....???
Even the great Joe Foss once remarked in the 1960's "When this gun control business blows over the ILA will have all the money."
It takes some people a while to catch on. Some people never do.
The control fetishists will never stop. Guns are just the beginning.
It takes some people a while to catch on. Some people never do.
The control fetishists will never stop. Guns are just the beginning.
- Wed Feb 05, 2020 5:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Done
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1738
Re: A Little Bit of Colorado Winter
A typical day in Missouri.
- Mon Jan 20, 2020 1:57 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A good shooting 1911A1 and inexpensive too
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2445
Re: A good shooting 1911A1 and inexpensive too
Turks make some very fine firearms. But, I won't trade with Mohammedans.
- Sat Jan 18, 2020 10:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: "Sourdough" front sight
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2792
Re: "Sourdough" front sight
Older post but a good one. I too love the original sourdough front sight and have them on a couple of favorite brush guns. I went with the NECG version on a .404 Mauser but dislike it due to the shallow angle past vertical of the insert (it barely slopes away from the gunners eye) so it does not ge...
- Fri Jan 17, 2020 5:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Lead Ammunition Ban
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1543
- Fri Jan 17, 2020 5:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: They really are out there ...
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3072
Re: They really are out there ...
Two things I've never seen. I've never seen a UFO and, I've never seen a full mayonnaise jar.
Like Sasquatch, I'll believe they exist when I see one.
Like Sasquatch, I'll believe they exist when I see one.
- Fri Jan 17, 2020 5:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Lead Ammunition Ban
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1543
Re: Lead Ammunition Ban
I've melted plenty of pure lead water pipes from the scrap yard. I'm sure they haven't all been replaced yet.
- Sun Jan 12, 2020 12:38 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anybody fire lap?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3012
Re: Anybody fire lap?
I have considered trying it on an old Mauser with a dark bore. I would like to know if it would help. I am hesitant to try cast bullets as it is.
- Sat Jan 04, 2020 2:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: why i like the ruger single-six
- Replies: 29
- Views: 5313
Re: why i like the ruger single-six
My first Single Six was a 6 1/2" .32 magnum. I add a Bowen rear sight and a Story steel ejector housing and bull's eye ejector rod which gave it a little more muzzle heft and a better sight picture. I didn't think I needed a .22 until, I found a Bisley for a price I couldn't refuse. A heftier r...
- Mon Dec 30, 2019 8:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: WW1
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4162
Re: WW1
Italy and Japan were on our side in WW1.
- Mon Dec 30, 2019 5:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: WW1
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4162
- Wed Dec 18, 2019 2:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Osage Orange Duck Call-new added.
- Replies: 38
- Views: 1802
Re: Osage Orange Duck Call
Great job! My friend, Doug Stiles ( a champion duck caller and call maker), once told me "don't be afraid to call, some of the sourest duck calls ever heard came from ducks." Old hedge posts that have been in the ground for many years, will often produce calls that polish to a beautiful OD...
- Tue Dec 17, 2019 12:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Shotgun reloading tool.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1864
Re: Shotgun reloading tool.
Shells would need to fit snugly so they don't turn while rolling the crimp.
- Sun Dec 08, 2019 6:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 5 shot top break revolvers ...... suggetions sought for further information
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2528
Re: 5 shot top break revolvers ...... suggetions sought for further information
GB has an example of H&Rs last center-fire top break from the late 60s or early 70s. https://www.gunbroker.com/item/847236846
- Fri Nov 22, 2019 7:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT - C&B Minis
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1912
Re: OT - C&B Minis
I like the way the caps fit down into a recessed area. That way they will stay secure - this is a viable carry piece... I wish they'd upsize it to 36 caliber - that'd be cool! if they grew it up, even to a true 32, they'd sell em. Then of course a cartridge version in .32 S&W would be all the r...
- Thu Nov 21, 2019 8:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Old west Baton
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2438
Re: Old west Baton
I remember seeing museum specimens of octagon shaped Korean police batons. Very intimidating.
- Thu Nov 07, 2019 1:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Honest wear?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 507
Re: Honest wear?
"Honest wear" as opposed to "De-Farbed"? https://www.gunbroker.com/item/838871678
- Tue Nov 05, 2019 7:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Savage 99 action
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2599
Re: Savage 99 action
The 30/30 and the .303 Savage are virtually identical ballistically and in bullet diameter and powder capacity. The .303 Savage made its reputation with the 190 grain Silver Tip bullet. The 30/40 Krag and the .303 British are virtually identical ballistically and dimensionally except for bulley diae...
- Thu Oct 31, 2019 12:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Regarding the NMLRA
- Replies: 6
- Views: 704
Re: Regarding the NMLRA
I have subscribed and dropped membership several times.
Someone once described the NMLRA as a Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio self help organization.
I love to shoot but, don"t care to dress-up and pretend. NMLRA has little to offer outside of Friendship.
Someone once described the NMLRA as a Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio self help organization.
I love to shoot but, don"t care to dress-up and pretend. NMLRA has little to offer outside of Friendship.
- Fri Oct 25, 2019 9:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: new pocket pistol.....
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4197
- Fri Oct 25, 2019 12:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Funny Story Writer
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1409
Re: Funny Story Writer
I have three of Patrick McManus' books, "Never Sniff a Gift Fish", "A Fine and Pleasant Misery" and "They Shoot Canoes Don't They".
I particularly liked his recurring character, "Rancid Crabtree". As I get older, I find myself turning into him.
I particularly liked his recurring character, "Rancid Crabtree". As I get older, I find myself turning into him.
- Sun Oct 06, 2019 6:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Yard gun
- Replies: 12
- Views: 986
Re: Yard gun
I have been seriously considering one of these for the roll you describe. https://www.gunbroker.com/item/835760062
- Sat Sep 28, 2019 11:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Dillema
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1431
Re: Dillema
Have you considered leasing hunting rights to one or more individuals to provide a little income and still own the land?
- Fri Sep 27, 2019 10:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Mystery metals for bullet casting
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2695
Re: Mystery metals for bullet casting
A fair number of anchors were cast from zinc, which makes them more impervious and resistant to corrosion. You sure don't want any zinc ever going down your bore as it will leave deposits you'll never get rid of! I'd make sinkers, or weights for whatever, but never put unknown metal in the shape of...
- Wed Sep 25, 2019 12:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Mystery metals for bullet casting
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2695
Re: Mystery metals for bullet casting
Back when while I was in gummsmiff skool a guy showed up with about 300 lbs of lead, 40 lbs of pure tin and a couple bars of Babbitt and a pile of the 50/50 plumber's bars. A buddy and I jumped on the deal and split it up. One of the instructors saw us hoarding the stash into our trucks and came to...
- Tue Sep 24, 2019 3:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 500 pounds of meat
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2868
Re: 500 pounds of meat
Where is a good place to shoot a moose?
About 20 feet from a pickup truck.
About 20 feet from a pickup truck.
- Sat Sep 14, 2019 10:08 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Coonan Arms
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1291
Re: Coonan Arms
1911 with .357 punch = .38 Super.
- Thu Sep 05, 2019 10:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: M1A
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2305
Re: M1A
The M14's we qualified with in basic all had fiberglass hand guards.
- Wed Sep 04, 2019 4:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: HE FOLLOWED ME HOME
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1227
Re: HE FOLLOWED ME HOME
You might enjoy this tune while you ride it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ullcKdLHi0
- Mon Sep 02, 2019 10:44 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Feral Hogs - in CITIES....!!!!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 536
Re: Feral Hogs - in CITIES....!!!!
Here is a very interesting vedio on ferrel hog elimination. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rcxow7lBr3Q&t=19s
- Sat Aug 31, 2019 12:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Gun Show Loophole Revealed!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1054
Re: Gun Show Loophole Revealed!
At least it wasn't one of those off brand "Leo Pold" scopes.
Reminds me of a neighbors posted sign; "No Trapassing".
Reminds me of a neighbors posted sign; "No Trapassing".
- Sun Aug 25, 2019 11:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sixgun- Educate me, please
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1567
Re: Sixgun- Educate me, please
Until Sixgun appears, this might help. https://gunblast.com/Hamm_Ruger-SA-GripFrames.htm
- Wed Aug 07, 2019 7:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: home remedy questions
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1496
Re: home remedy questions
For over 165 years aspirin has been the standard by which the rest are judged.
I'll risk a little stomach up-set (which has never happened to me) verses the certain kidney damage of ibuprofen and liver damage or acetaminophen.
I'll risk a little stomach up-set (which has never happened to me) verses the certain kidney damage of ibuprofen and liver damage or acetaminophen.
- Sun Aug 04, 2019 7:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What kind of bug is this
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2338
Re: What kind of bug is this
Bagworms. Malathion will take care of them. They will be back every year.
- Wed Jul 31, 2019 11:07 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 71 Marlin 336 Barrel Band Question
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1261
Re: 71 Marlin 336 Barrel Band Question
Take it to the range and see how it groups. That will tell you what you need to know.
For a hunting rifle, one shot at a time from a cold clean barrel is the only kind of group that matters.
For a hunting rifle, one shot at a time from a cold clean barrel is the only kind of group that matters.