2023 Editor’s Choice Award – Marlin 1894 Classic
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- Fri Mar 15, 2024 10:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: article ...... Marlin 1894 Classic receives 2023 Editor's Choice Award
- Replies: 7
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- Wed Jan 10, 2024 12:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Recoil as I age
- Replies: 44
- Views: 3045
Re: Recoil as I age
For all my big bore rifles (and my shotguns), I've always taken great pride in having used a sissy pad for 25+ years. Being pain averse, a Beartooth recoil pad has always done the job. For example: ----- one range day a few years ago: 100 rds of .30-06 bolt action and 100 rds of .444 Marlin levergun...
- Sat Jul 01, 2023 2:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Do you clean your guns after each time you shoot?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1029
Re: Do you clean your guns after each time you shoot?
As my Navy Chief said, "When In Doubt, Clean It Out"
one never argues with the Chief.
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one never argues with the Chief.
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- Wed Mar 15, 2023 4:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New leverguns from Pedersoli.
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1459
Re: New leverguns from Pedersoli.
I just received an email from Pedersoli this morning, here's the link to his new 86/71 .30-30 Levergun .....
https://landing.davide-pedersoli.com/en/8671droptine
https://landing.davide-pedersoli.com/en/8671droptine
- Wed Feb 08, 2023 5:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What if- 55.6 in .223?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 896
Re: What if- 55.6 in .223?
I'm absolutely no expert on the topic, so my comment is "memory related." I recall reading years ago that the danger of using 5.56 in a .223 firearm is Overpressure. My "memory" recalls that 5.56 operates at a higher pressure, and therefore if used in a .223 chamber, there is the...
- Sat Jan 07, 2023 8:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: a new levergun with a new design
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1073
a new levergun with a new design
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Patriot Ordnance Factory "Tombstone" ......
https://www.gunsandammo.com/editorial/p ... 466670#top
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Patriot Ordnance Factory "Tombstone" ......
https://www.gunsandammo.com/editorial/p ... 466670#top
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- Wed Oct 26, 2022 5:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How Many Recipies Do You Have For Eggs?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1280
- Fri Oct 21, 2022 12:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How Many Recipies Do You Have For Eggs?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1280
Re: How Many Recipies Do You Have For Eggs?
Eggs ?? Did somebody say Eggs ??? https://www.saveur.com/gin-campari-sour-cocktail-recipe/ https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/mezcal-sour https://kindredcocktails.com/cocktail/condition-zulu https://kindredcocktails.com/cocktail/clive https://www.diffordsguide.com/cocktails/recipe/2790/chanticleer-c...
- Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: for the .375WIN crowd ..... 220-gr bullets
- Replies: 3
- Views: 503
for the .375WIN crowd ..... 220-gr bullets
I was just reading a facebook post which mentioned a source for 220-grain flat nose bullets ..... "just like" the old Hornady bullets.
Passing this along FYI ......
link: https://www.furycustombullets.com/shop- ... lat-point/
Passing this along FYI ......
link: https://www.furycustombullets.com/shop- ... lat-point/
- Tue Mar 22, 2022 5:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Busted main spring!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 777
Re: Busted main spring!
Nath knows his way around springs !!
About 3 years ago I was having trouble with the operation of my Marlin 990 semi-auto .22LR rifle. He said, "just replace the spring."
So I did ...... and the 990 has worked just fine ever since !!!!
About 3 years ago I was having trouble with the operation of my Marlin 990 semi-auto .22LR rifle. He said, "just replace the spring."
So I did ...... and the 990 has worked just fine ever since !!!!
- Mon Feb 07, 2022 2:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Reloading Info for a specific Hornady bullet
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1547
Re: Reloading Info for a specific Hornady bullet
. UPDATE This morning I loaded up 6 rounds into normal-length cases. This loading is what I've been using for 250-grain Berry bullets: -- 7.3 grains of VihtaVouri N320 powder (the low end of the powder load chart). -- COL = 1.600" Fired through my Ruger Blackhawk. Result at a target distance of...
- Sun Feb 06, 2022 1:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Reloading Info for a specific Hornady bullet
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1547
Re: Reloading Info for a specific Hornady bullet
OK, I'm now feeling much better and safer about using these FTX bullets. earlmck provides the insight: a low-pressure load is OK using normal length cases. I am just a plinker and have zero interest in "high performance/full throttle." ------- I now plan to use normal-length cases and load...
- Sun Feb 06, 2022 12:40 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Reloading Info for a specific Hornady bullet
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1547
Re: Reloading Info for a specific Hornady bullet
. Gentlemen, I remain lost. I read the provided wikipedia definition of ogive, and I have zero skills for translating that technical information into WHY it is critical to trim the case length to 1.215" for the FTX bullet. If YOU understand it, then TRANSLATE it so that we on the Forum can unde...
- Sat Feb 05, 2022 11:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Reloading Info for a specific Hornady bullet
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1547
Re: Reloading Info for a specific Hornady bullet
Yes, I read that statement about the ogive ..... and haven't a single solitary clue what the heck it means. It's not a matter of Hornady lying, it's a matter of explaining the WHY of what the heck it means. In other words, why is the length of the ogive "critical" to reloading with that pa...
- Sat Feb 05, 2022 8:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Reloading Info for a specific Hornady bullet
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1547
Reloading Info for a specific Hornady bullet
. I have 500 Hornady bullets I'd like to load-up in .45LC, for plain ol' nothing-fancy pistol plinking fun in my Ruger Blackhawk. Specifically: Hornady FTX, 45 cal, .452" diameter, 225-grain, plastic Flex tip, Part Number 45218 A pal of mine who helps me with this project found some Hornady inf...
- Sat Jan 01, 2022 11:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Late Christmas from Lynn Thompson and Simply Rugged.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1288
Re: Late Christmas from Lynn Thompson and Simply Rugged.
Bowie Knives .... that's the style that makes me stare and drool, then drool and stare even more. Lynn Thompson certainly makes fantastic knives, and Scott's new one is a beauty !! Here's a custom I got many years ago, made by Robert Hankins ..... . https://www.jpgbox.com/jpg/67488_600x400.jpg and a...
- Fri Oct 01, 2021 7:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Custom Knife Sheath Maker
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1891
Re: Custom Knife Sheath Maker
Chance at Levergun Leather Works is my suggestion. He's made a couple of holster rigs for me.
http://levergunleather.com/p_knife_sheaths.htm
http://levergunleather.com/p_knife_sheaths.htm
- Tue Aug 31, 2021 4:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Labor Day weekend shoot in Los Angeles at Angeles Range
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1552
Re: Labor Day weekend shoot in Los Angeles at Angeles Range
CowboyTutt,
just curious ...... did you find a place to shoot in the L.A. area ??
just curious ...... did you find a place to shoot in the L.A. area ??
- Tue Jun 15, 2021 4:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How`s your lawn looking
- Replies: 38
- Views: 2994
Re: How`s your lawn looking
"Lawn" ???????
Here at the family compound it's been nearly 64 years of dirt and weeds ....... can't argue with consistently successful horticultural program like that.
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Here at the family compound it's been nearly 64 years of dirt and weeds ....... can't argue with consistently successful horticultural program like that.
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- Tue Apr 20, 2021 5:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Trust. Experts know.
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2584
Re: Trust. Experts know.
the BabylonBee ..... those folks are awesome !! I thought I had a good imagination, er, sense of satire ....... those folks make me feel completely uneducated !! For a few years now I've been subscribed to their daily email. It's the only pure source of truth these days ..... er, wait a minute, I me...
- Thu Apr 08, 2021 8:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: TONKIN GULF YACHT CLUB
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4611
Re: TONKIN GULF YACHT CLUB
Summer 1973, Yankee Station, on the Constellation (CV-64), 6 weeks total from mid-June to late July.
- Sat Apr 25, 2020 8:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My wife and I decided we don't want to have children....
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1757
Re: My wife and I decided we don't want to have children....
Child says to mom, "Mom, am I adopted ??"
Mom says, "No. I only started the ad yesterday in the paper."
Mom says, "No. I only started the ad yesterday in the paper."
- Fri Apr 17, 2020 3:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: SPAM
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3173
Re: SPAM
SPAM ...... did you know that today is National Haiku Day !! https://nationaldaycalendar.com/days-2/national-haiku-poetry-day-april-17/ SO, in honor of that, write some SPAMku !!! for example ..... Empathize with them Cut your finger on SPAM top Pigs must feel that too I envision a world where all m...
- Wed Apr 15, 2020 11:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Done
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2222
Re: IRS Tax Refunds Are Coming In
a brand-new IRS website to check the status of a refund ....... https://sa.www4.irs.gov/irfof-wmsp/login Results at the website: as an example, I'm showing up "no info on you" which could be because I haven't yet submitted a 2019 return, and they will get to the 2018 people later. Or they ...
- Wed Apr 15, 2020 7:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Done
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2418
Re: Toilet Paper Lottery!!
I feel let-down ...... I only got a 6-pack today !!!
- Thu Apr 09, 2020 5:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: "The Virginian"
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2200
Re: "The Virginian"
Sad news about James Drury. Film buffs would note that he was the third "Virginian" and a nice Trampas. First was Gary Cooper in 1929. Trampas was a bad guy, dressed in black. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0020556/ Followed by Joel McCrea in 1946. Trampas was a bad guy, dressed in black. ht...
- Thu Apr 09, 2020 4:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cut my own dang hair
- Replies: 27
- Views: 3572
Re: Cut my own dang hair
I'm finally getting to be the hippy the Navy would never let me be.
- Fri Mar 20, 2020 10:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How Do You Burn Through Most Of Your .22 Rimfire?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3589
Re: How Do You Burn Through Most Of Your .22 Rimfire?
I drive over to the local indoor pistol range.
I put a target at 10 yards.
I load 8 10-rd magazines for my Ruger 22/45 pistol.
Boom times 80.
Repeat.
For variation:
I put a target at 20 yards.
I load 18 into the tube feed of a Glenfield Model 60 semi-auto rifle.
Boom times 18.
Repeat.
I put a target at 10 yards.
I load 8 10-rd magazines for my Ruger 22/45 pistol.
Boom times 80.
Repeat.
For variation:
I put a target at 20 yards.
I load 18 into the tube feed of a Glenfield Model 60 semi-auto rifle.
Boom times 18.
Repeat.
- Sat Mar 14, 2020 2:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anyone Cancelled Work or Personal Air Travel Yet?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 5276
Re: Anyone Cancelled Work or Personal Air Travel Yet?
Decided to forgo a May trip to Brisbane, Australia. 3 months ago, when this virus thing was barely getting noticed, my flights to/from Australia would take me through Japan and Singapore airports. I had the thought that those airports would be hotbeds of potential/probable infection, so I decided no...
- Sun Feb 23, 2020 1:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: COFFEE!!
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4955
Re: COFFEE!!
coffee ..... love the stuff ..... grew up on it ...... kept me awake on more than a few dozen midwatches ...... Lutheran Life Support !!
- Sat Nov 16, 2019 11:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: article ..... the .375 Winchester Remembered
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3477
article ..... the .375 Winchester Remembered
While looking for something else, I saw this .......
https://www.americanrifleman.org/articl ... cartridge/
https://www.americanrifleman.org/articl ... cartridge/
- Tue Oct 22, 2019 10:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cold Steel customer service
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1933
Re: Cold Steel customer service
Very nice sheath !!!!
A pal of mine in Utah has been learning "that trade" and has made a few sheaths for me in a style very similar to that. Simple, utilitarian, good looking, built to last forever.
A pal of mine in Utah has been learning "that trade" and has made a few sheaths for me in a style very similar to that. Simple, utilitarian, good looking, built to last forever.
- Fri Oct 04, 2019 10:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Just for fun lets kick around this question ..... What was the best 22 rifle you have ever owned and why?
- Replies: 60
- Views: 7961
Re: Just for fun lets kick around this question ..... What was the best 22 rifle you have ever owned and why?
Easy question, Easy answer: Remington Nylon 66. Bought it new in '72. Shot many thousands of rounds through it, always accurate, always 100% functional. Then it started double-feeding. The internet showed me a simple fixit. Since then I've shot thousands of rounds through it, still 100% functional. ...
- Sat Sep 21, 2019 11:02 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Trouble at the Range Overcome!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2645
Re: Trouble at the Range Overcome!
when you get CRS, you have to do CRS: Checklist Required (before going) Shooting
- Thu Sep 12, 2019 9:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Done
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1918
Re: NRA Files Suit Against San Francisco Board After They Declare NRA 'Terrorists'
Question on the scope of the lawsuit if anyone has done any deeper digging ...... The first sentence states, "The National Rifle Association is suing the city and county of San Francisco and its Board of Supervisors ......" A logical question: does the lawsuit name names ?? That is: does t...
- Tue Sep 10, 2019 3:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Done
- Replies: 34
- Views: 3924
Re: The Japanese, Pearl Harbor, and Their 3 Huge Mistakes
Lest we not judge harshly the pre-WWII and WWII Japanese mindset and their benevolent concern & treatment of civilians ...... 9th of September 1942 Japanese bomb U.S. mainland. A Japanese float-plane drops incendiary bombs on a southern Oregon state forest -- the first air attack on the U.S. mai...
- Sun Sep 08, 2019 11:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Done
- Replies: 34
- Views: 3924
Re: The Japanese, Pearl Harbor, and Their 3 Huge Mistakes
I mentioned above a book I read which provided insight into the Japanese mindset. My Navy pals have since ordered me to read this one about Midway, that it will provide even more depth of knowledge about what the "Japanese war machine" was thinking and doing 6 months after Pearl Harbor. So...
- Fri Aug 30, 2019 10:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Done
- Replies: 34
- Views: 3924
Re: The Japanese, Pearl Harbor, and Their 3 Huge Mistakes
I just finished a biography of sorts on Mitsuo Fuchida, who led the first attack wave on Pearl Harbor. In the book are many many insights into the Japanese way of doing things, and the mentality. This is the very first book I've ever read from the Japanese viewpoint. And the book provides insight al...
- Sat Aug 03, 2019 4:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Marlin 990
- Replies: 54
- Views: 9525
Re: Marlin 990
Sorry for the late reply, I got bushwhacked by retirement. Anyway, no "group size" report. I was just aiming in a general downrange direction and pulling the trigger for function testing. The range is indoor and there's no benchrest stuff for actual "group size" shooting. And max...
- Tue Jul 23, 2019 9:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Marlin 990
- Replies: 54
- Views: 9525
Re: Marlin 990
ANOTHER UPDATE ON MY MARLIN 990 I had used the recoil spring from my Glenfield Model 60 for the big test, which worked just fine to prove that the recoil spring was the problem with my Marlin 990. So that afternoon I ordered a brand new recoil spring. The new spring arrived in this morning's mail. ...
- Wed Jul 17, 2019 4:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Marlin 990
- Replies: 54
- Views: 9525
Re: Marlin 990
With my SoCal-calibrated MK I Mod 0 astygmatic eyeball, they both look identical. When the action is hand-cycled, the Glenfield spring does not feel any stiffer.
And Ebay is to the rescue: an hour ago I ordered a new recoil spring so we'll see how that works out when it arrives.
And Ebay is to the rescue: an hour ago I ordered a new recoil spring so we'll see how that works out when it arrives.
- Wed Jul 17, 2019 2:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Marlin 990
- Replies: 54
- Views: 9525
Re: Marlin 990
UPDATE ..... 17 JULY 2019 The short story is that with Nath's help, my own Marlin 990 is now working just fine !!!! We've been sharing notes back & forth, and just the other day he said, "change the recoil spring." Now, I have a Glenfield Model 60 rifle, which is "identical"...
- Fri Jun 21, 2019 9:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Marlin 990
- Replies: 54
- Views: 9525
Re: Marlin 990
On my 990, there is plenty of firing pin length. There is plenty of firing pin travel, and the firing pin itself has been smoothed to ensure no-hangup travel in it's slot.
Breech is nice and flat, and inspected with magnifying glasses and straight edges.
Breech is nice and flat, and inspected with magnifying glasses and straight edges.
- Tue Jun 18, 2019 7:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Marlin 990
- Replies: 54
- Views: 9525
Re: Marlin 990
wow ..... a Marlin 990 ?? that thing is older than I am ..... well, maybe not. Amazingly enough, I have one !! And I can't get it to fire 100% every time I pull the trigger. It's been been cleaned and re-cleaned, oiled and re-oiled, adjusted and re-adjusted. Everything functions just like it should ...
- Sat Jun 15, 2019 12:23 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Local gun shops. And greed. grrrrrrrr......
- Replies: 48
- Views: 10516
Re: Local gun shops. And greed. grrrrrrrr......
The problem is definitely not "greed." Rather, the situation is running a store-front business. The owner has to pay rent, water, gas, electric, liability insurance, telephone hookup, internet connection for paperwork processing and VISA cards and all that, new paint, janitorial services, ...
- Fri May 17, 2019 11:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bowie
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3987
Re: Bowie
how about 1 more .....
I picked up this one 11 years ago, another of my favorites ...... sharp enough to make easy work of the cutting task .....
I picked up this one 11 years ago, another of my favorites ...... sharp enough to make easy work of the cutting task .....
- Sat May 11, 2019 9:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bowie
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3987
Re: Bowie
Here's a couple of my favorites when there's a prime rib that needs slicing .....
- Thu Sep 27, 2018 9:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: article ..... .30-30 Winchester
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2726
- Sat Jul 21, 2018 11:19 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Henry 45-70 Gov't levergun
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2351
Henry 45-70 Gov't levergun
just found an article on the Henry 45-70 Government lever gun.
I'm liking the loading method: tube load, just like a .22 !!!
https://www.getzone.com/sootchzone-henr ... ver-action
I'm liking the loading method: tube load, just like a .22 !!!
https://www.getzone.com/sootchzone-henr ... ver-action
- Thu Jul 05, 2018 11:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Happy Forth of July
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4438
Re: Happy Forth of July
I got to enjoy some early fireworks this year in mid-June in this place ......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQSITyObBU8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQSITyObBU8