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- Sat Jan 23, 2016 4:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Two guns that no serious outdoorsman should be without.
- Replies: 74
- Views: 11531
Re: Two guns that no serious outdoorsman should be without.
Anyone remember him as "The Alsatian" ?
- Thu Jan 21, 2016 6:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: "The Revenant" Movie
- Replies: 33
- Views: 4927
Re: "The Revenant" Movie
I haven't seen "The Revenant" yet but of all the movies of his since he got some age on him by far "Blood Diamond" really shows off his skills playing a cynical former Merc turned diamond smuggler... Good story & Jennifer Connely is easy on the eyes too..
- Tue Jan 19, 2016 3:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Why I haven't bought a Marlin 336 ......
- Replies: 30
- Views: 3497
Re: Why I won't buy a Marlin 336 ......
The only reason I can figure you want a Marlin for is so you can mount a scope
- Sun Jan 17, 2016 4:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: savage 99 250-3000
- Replies: 36
- Views: 3389
- Sun Jan 03, 2016 6:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anybody Know what type bluing
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1475
Re: Anybody Know what type bluing
Thank you Mike! That's some hard info to come by... Did searches every way I could think of with zilch results... Have Murray's book... No help... Again, Many thanks
- Sat Jan 02, 2016 2:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Original "Back-up Sensor"
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2353
- Wed Dec 30, 2015 5:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anybody Know what type bluing
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1475
Anybody Know what type bluing
So I got into this 99H for way way cheeeep... I need to know what type of bluing Savage used on this 1936 352XXX version.. Was it rust bluing or hot bluing? I might want to doll her up... I usually like them as is but ...
- Mon Dec 21, 2015 8:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: First gun?
- Replies: 45
- Views: 5035
Re: First gun?
Ditto 6pt-sika BUT... Finally had the funds to buy a like new 1903 Springfield to sporterize... Lucked out & got the one that had full pistol grip out of the two cases they had in the gunstore. It was years later I realized what a bad thing I'd done... But that was back in 65 when that was the t...
- Mon Dec 21, 2015 7:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Jeff Cooper cartridge critique
- Replies: 40
- Views: 4796
Re: Jeff Cooper cartridge critique
I guess the punk that put a .25 into the skull of his home room teacher never got the P- 0 - S memo
- Mon Dec 21, 2015 7:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Tia.
- Replies: 72
- Views: 8243
Re: Tia.
A blessing to have run together... Condolences
- Fri Dec 18, 2015 6:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hondo dreaming of Australia
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1249
Re: Hondo dreaming of Australia
+1That there is perty funny
- Fri Dec 18, 2015 6:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The muzzleloading fowler
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1705
Re: The muzzleloading fowler
Looks great... What have you bagged with it?.. How long is the barrel?
- Fri Dec 18, 2015 6:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What can yall teach me about 22 mag derringers
- Replies: 34
- Views: 4823
Re: What can yall teach me about 22 mag derringers
Very old tech... 4.5" long 7shot .25 acp.. But it has its virtues... Less than an inch thick... Grip safety...Internal hammer ... even has a magazine safety . There's a couple on GB now..
- Wed Dec 16, 2015 2:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Corrosive 30-30 ammo
- Replies: 4
- Views: 485
Re: Corrosive 30-30 ammo
Thanks guys.. Nope no old stock ammo... But I might be getting me a 30-30 Savage 99 H vetran with a shiny bore to include an original Lyman tang sight installed on it too
At a slightly higher price of course....- Tue Dec 15, 2015 8:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Corrosive 30-30 ammo
- Replies: 4
- Views: 485
Corrosive 30-30 ammo
Anybody know when was the last time, if ever, the 30-30 was loaded with corrosive primers..
- Sun Dec 06, 2015 2:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Whuppin' up on those "Dot" powders
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1554
Re: Whuppin' up on those "Dot" powders
Glad for your success... I love my electronic powder dispenser... I discovered that same timing thing as you with my electronic powder dispenser and progressive press... However I discovered a down side of the dispenser, with ball powder I got some splashing of it out of the pan ... No problem, the ...
- Sun Nov 29, 2015 3:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Shot my 214 y/o pistol on Friday
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1277
Shot my 214 y/o pistol on Friday
It was in honor of a fellow black powder shooter that recently passed... The pistol is a 60 caliber smooth bore French Gendarmerie police pistol: 5 inch barrel dated 1801 Things went well for all three shots I fired.... I under loaded it using FFg instead of the recommended FFFg and with the charge ...
- Sun Nov 29, 2015 2:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Remembering Mike D.
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3195
Re: Remembering Mike D.
Yep miss his posts too... I think he provided folks from other environs with an idea of the challenges of deer hunting here in California ... Heat...Long ranges... Like canyon to canyon shots & then getting the Buck in the FWD... and when it breaks down... RIP
- Sun Nov 29, 2015 2:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hooray! Duke marrathon turkey day; worst John Wayne Movie?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 3580
Re: Hooray! Duke marrathon turkey day; worst John Wayne Movi
He was too old and out of shape to be creditable to me in " The Green Berets" .... made me laugh and want to cry ...
His best acting was in "Searchers"
His best acting was in "Searchers"
- Wed Oct 28, 2015 12:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A new personal best - 68 on one hour!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 732
Re: A new personal best - 68 on one hour!
The volume of ants on earth out weigh all land vertebrates by six times..
- Wed Oct 28, 2015 12:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Billy the Kid?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 5078
Re: Billy the Kid?
It isn't so much that it's another pic of the Kid, but it's the only known pic of the Regulators... Or as some would say, Billy and his gang..
- Thu Oct 15, 2015 6:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: NEW WESTERN ....and there is more ...UPDATE
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8393
Re: NEW WESTERN ....and there is more ...UPDATE
R.I.P. Yesterday I saw that the kid actor Kevin Corcoran from Old Yeller has died @ 66y/o
- Fri Oct 09, 2015 7:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Making change
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2068
Re: Making change
It just aint the kids.... Shoot...My ATM gits it wrong now & then and gives me an extra $20
- Wed Sep 16, 2015 12:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 1876 Winchester circa 1877
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1195
Re: 1876 Winchester circa 1877
Great rifle!!!
A+++++ on the way you loaded
A+++++ on the way you loaded
- Wed Sep 09, 2015 12:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: For You Bike Enthusiasts:
- Replies: 7
- Views: 638
- Mon Aug 31, 2015 9:44 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My little buddy of 14 years.......
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4827
- Thu Aug 27, 2015 5:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: For our blacksmiths/metal workers
- Replies: 3
- Views: 479
Re: For our blacksmiths/metal workers
Very cool.. Did you notice the wooden wedges holding the hammer head in place?
- Thu Aug 27, 2015 10:40 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Tuning a Cap 'n Ball Blackpowder Revolver
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6216
Re: Tuning a Cap 'n Ball Blackpowder Revolver
Friend, that is one mans opinion and I respect it..... But you say that an Italian made repop with soft misfitting parts does ? Now some were,the ones assembled by Colt some thirty years back were close to good as originals but some of the parts were still questionable quality. A ROA that hasn't be...
- Wed Aug 26, 2015 5:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Tuning a Cap 'n Ball Blackpowder Revolver
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6216
Re: Tuning a Cap 'n Ball Blackpowder Revolver
... They got no sole...' Ruger Old Army'
- Wed Aug 26, 2015 3:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Tuning a Cap 'n Ball Blackpowder Revolver
- Replies: 25
- Views: 6216
Re: Tuning a Cap 'n Ball Blackpowder Revolver
I modified my Armsport SS 1858 Remington New Army with a Rogers & Spencer type cylinder bushing ( The idea Colt borrowed for the SAA :wink: ) .. It made it an all day shooter.. He mentioned the cylinder bushing in his article...It works like a charm...No dragging and the axel pin comes loose eas...
- Mon Aug 24, 2015 8:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Back in the US of A
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2864
Re: Back in the US of A
Back & w/ sense of humor intact.. Good on ya!
- Sat Aug 22, 2015 3:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: For WW2 airplane buffs
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3468
Re: For WW2 airplane buffs
True... Maybe the way to have phrased the question would have been to say: What American aircraft was responsible more enemy aircraft being shot down than any other... BTW My uncle was a B-17 Navigator in the 96th BG 1944... The crew he was in flew their first mission starting during Big Week. They ...
- Sat Aug 22, 2015 12:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: For WW2 airplane buffs
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3468
Re: For WW2 airplane buffs
Hellcat: Just a little bigger than the Thunderbolt...A longer wing span and heavier empty weight. Enough that when I saw the difference to dispel the Thunderbolt being "The Biggest Fighter Plane" Now here's one you might win a bar bet with too... Which American plane shot down the most ene...
- Wed Aug 19, 2015 6:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Lost my Watch; found a Replacement!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1116
- Wed Aug 19, 2015 5:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: For WW2 airplane buffs
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3468
Re: For WW2 airplane buffs
I too would have liked to have heard/seen that formation of Spits & Hurricane... A symphony of heavy metal :D The only P47s I ever heard of had radial engine... The boys that did ground support loved how that big ole radial provided them so much cover from incoming ... Same for the guys that fle...
- Fri Aug 14, 2015 1:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What I learned after enlistment
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4821
Re: What I learned after enlistment
A soldier I was stationed with after getting back from the vacation beat the system by doing what he was told to do, which was (as AFVN radio would remind us) "Take your malaria pill every day"...Which he did... Lots of us didn't because you got the runs if you did... He got sent home earl...
- Wed Aug 05, 2015 12:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Last Dam Buster.....RIP Les Monro
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1062
Re: The Last Dam Buster.....RIP Les Monro
I agree RIP...And let's not forget the crew that died testing what speed and altitude at which to make the bomb run... Hard to forget the heartbreaking footage of their plane instantly plowing in after the bomb bounced up and took the tail off their bomber...
- Tue Jul 21, 2015 11:19 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: File Re-Sharpening ???
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1891
Re: File Re-Sharpening ???
An old time remedy to squeeze a little more use out of a well worn file was to give them a soak in water diluted muriatic acid... It etches the teeth to a sharper edge... Hope all goes well with whatever way you go..
- Sat Jun 27, 2015 1:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Making A Front Sight For Winchester SRC
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1162
Re: Making A Front Sight For Winchester SRC
That goes double for pistols too! Finding the right thickness for the sight is difficult...Your eyes gotta like it! But I whittled me up a dandy for my 3rd Model 73 SRC out of a nickel plated padlock key! I thinned the part that fits in the sight slot so it centered nicely using a pattern file with ...
- Fri Jun 05, 2015 10:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Just For The Halibut
- Replies: 9
- Views: 975
Re: Just For The Halibut
Same here Griff.. Down around Moro Bay same time frame When we hooked a decent one you weren't sure if you were trying to pull up the bottom until he turned loose of it!
Edit: Sand Dabs were easier to pull up and maybe better eating too.
Edit: Sand Dabs were easier to pull up and maybe better eating too.
- Thu May 28, 2015 3:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Enlighten me on air rifles
- Replies: 40
- Views: 3610
Re: Enlighten me on air rifles
Better hurry 9 bids $15.76 4hrs to go
Vintage Box of 500 Sheridan 5mm .20 cal Diablo Target Pellets Air Rifle Ammo W Germany
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Vintage Box of 500 Sheridan 5mm .20 cal Diablo Target Pellets Air Rifle Ammo W Germany
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Box-She ... 43dd15a173..
- Fri May 22, 2015 7:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Thumbler's Tumblers
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1079
Re: Thumbler's Tumblers
Thanks!!!
- Mon May 18, 2015 4:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: B. B. King passing
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2201
Re: B. B. King passing
Me thinks BB was the gateway guy for many that got bit by the blues bug- Late night FM Blues Radio
- Sat May 16, 2015 7:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Humor
- Replies: 1
- Views: 410
Humor
A skeleton walks into a bar... Bartender asks what he can get him...
Skeleton says "A pitcher of beer and a mop".....
Skeleton says "A pitcher of beer and a mop".....
- Sat May 16, 2015 7:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: B. B. King passing
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2201
Re: B. B. King passing
He played our local auditorium every couple of years .... Never forget the first time we went to see him... Show lasted about 3 hrs ... He & his band Sounded EXACTLY like he did on his records .... Hit every note perfectly with his voice and sweet Lucille of course ...and played every popular so...
- Tue May 12, 2015 12:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: WWII item of interest
- Replies: 6
- Views: 672
Re: WWII item of interest
Great having a cool uncle
With All the gun heads here, I'm surprised no one has brought up the WWII Welrod pistol, made by the same folks that made the above bike...The pistol is a silenced bolt action pistol. google & many pics show up..
With All the gun heads here, I'm surprised no one has brought up the WWII Welrod pistol, made by the same folks that made the above bike...The pistol is a silenced bolt action pistol. google & many pics show up..
- Mon May 11, 2015 5:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Need prayers and physical help if possible
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4172
Re: Need prayers and physical help if possible
Joe...You don't have enough info to make an informed decision... One thing to do is check with your local Seniors Center ... They may be able to advise you on your rights/legal situation with the bank ...Friday's court date doesn't mean you'll be out on your ear that day ... Good Luck!
- Sun May 10, 2015 12:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: WWII item of interest
- Replies: 6
- Views: 672
WWII item of interest
$$(KGrHqIOKkQE5T+CGZN9BOjh9HRGc!~~60_12.jpg Powered by a Villiers 98 cm3 single-cylinder two-stroke petrol (gasoline) engine, the Welbike was designed to fit into a standard parachute airdrop container 51 inches (130 cm), 15 inches (38 cm) high and 12 inches (30 cm) inches wide[2] and be easily ass...
- Sat May 09, 2015 5:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Let's see your.......... Bowie Knives
- Replies: 42
- Views: 6871
Re: Let's see your.......... Bowie Knives
Couple of 14 grind CDT SS Randalls
- Sat May 09, 2015 2:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: VE DAY TODAY
- Replies: 15
- Views: 661
Re: VE DAY TODAY
Chalk it up to gallows humor...Ronson made cigarette lighters which they advertised “would light on the first strike”.