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- Mon Sep 29, 2014 7:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anyone hear from COSteve lately...
- Replies: 67
- Views: 6654
Re: Anyone hear from COSteve lately...
Thanks Chuck! :D I guess I would not be accomplishing anything if I didn't get no feedback. Come to think about, we have LOTS of whack jobs and other guys who bow down to their wives just because they want to buy a new gun and the kids need clothes and get this.....they even need to eat! When my kid...
- Mon Sep 29, 2014 6:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bad day for Cat!
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3321
Re: Bad day for Cat!
Extremely cool pics.
Is that Mescalero's Jeep? Looks too good to be his.----6
Is that Mescalero's Jeep? Looks too good to be his.----6
- Sun Sep 28, 2014 10:29 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: back to the riot and hi-cap subject
- Replies: 45
- Views: 7640
Re: back to the riot and hi-cap subject
That's why I have this......my "go between". In size, it fits nicely between my AR LE Colt 6940 and a handgun. Model "A" UZI with a factory folding stock. I have fired a little over 2k of 9mm from this gun using every conceivable type of hardball, hollow point and cast lead, from...
- Sat Sep 27, 2014 9:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: WooHoo! I can Hear Again!
- Replies: 37
- Views: 3885
Re: WooHoo! I can Hear Again!
Good for you! It's really bad with me as the ringing is so loud it has been working on my nerves. We get tested every year at work and the guy doing the testing had me take the test over as he said he never saw results that were so dismal. There's just something about gun guys.....think nothing of s...
- Sat Sep 27, 2014 9:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AWESOME DAY with a bunch of WWII and Korean Vets
- Replies: 11
- Views: 940
Re: AWESOME DAY with a bunch of WWII and Korean Vets
What a great way to spend the day. Not much anymore but as a forklift driver I used to get to talk to lots of mostly Korean War vets who were tractor trailer drivers. Those guys have HONOR written on over them. Every now and then I would get one to open up and talk and their stories and the ones wit...
- Sat Sep 27, 2014 11:02 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bad day for Coyote!
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1321
Re: Bad day for Coyote!
Thanks Danny! You saved me the energy of typing that out!
That picture is very nice! Good work!--------6
That picture is very nice! Good work!--------6
- Sat Sep 27, 2014 10:53 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: This will get you thinking about hunting
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1243
Re: This will get you thinking about hunting
Whoa! That baby is impressive.......be hard to top that !
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- Fri Sep 26, 2014 7:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: question
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1369
Re: question
Well... I wouldn't advise it if your shower is out-of-doors! :twisted: :D :D UNLESS......it's a "golden shower". :D On to Mescaline's question....I have always understood that your entire house is grounded and is the safest place to be. I also heard you should not talk on the phone but th...
- Fri Sep 26, 2014 6:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Well, it's come home now.
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1756
Re: Well, it's come home now.
I saw that today. Sickening, to say the least, but I'm not sure it was a raghead, just some weirdo trying to be like them. These things don't bother me a bit. If it starts to become commonplace, we will all see the rise of the Christian.........with a big chase of the ragheads back to the motherland...
- Fri Sep 26, 2014 1:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another 300 Savage joins the stable.
- Replies: 14
- Views: 816
Re: Another 300 Savage joins the stable.
Thats a hard rifle to find, in 300 Savage, even here in Pennsylvania, which is the king of all states for anything "pump". A guy two doors down from me has one and its the only one of two I have ever seen. Check out the barrel codes and my guess it was made in 1956, give or take a year as ...
- Fri Sep 26, 2014 12:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Colt SAA 32-20
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1367
Re: Colt SAA 32-20
Looks to me like a good quality restoration. Grips are not correct and the case colors look too bright for a 90 yr old gun. Markings look good, not buffed out. What's up with the base pin? I agree, the colors are close, but not right, plus the bluing on the backstrap and trigger are not the right c...
- Tue Sep 23, 2014 12:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: pyhon and diamondback prices
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1778
Re: pyhon and diamondback prices
Shooting contest. You and your 8" Python Me and my 586 8 3/8" Long range rocks. OK, you guys slug it out and I'll sit 100 meters behind you with the 10' Ruger Maximum with 180 gr. Sierra silhouette bullets to take on the winner. (dang, not sure if I can still see those open sights....Can ...
- Mon Sep 22, 2014 6:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 1 Adam-12, 1 Adam-12; See the man ............
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3251
Re: 1 Adam-12, 1 Adam-12; See the man ............
Joe, 3 years ago I was in the backseat of a Pa. State Police car, handcuffed..........with a loaded S&W 38 in my front pocket, while my buddy was on the pavement, spread eagled with a loaded Seecamp 32 auto in his front pocket. Yea, even State cops make HUGE mistakes. After the fiasco ended and ...
- Mon Sep 22, 2014 6:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: pyhon and diamondback prices
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1778
Re: pyhon and diamondback prices
In the collecting/investment game, every model of gun reaches it's climax to the point where that model/brand can no longer be easily purchased by the average guy. These guns go into the "rich guy" class. When I started my game in the early seventies, it was near impossible to purchase a F...
- Sun Sep 21, 2014 6:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: .22 ammo bubble about to burst?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2915
Re: .22 ammo bubble about to burst?
Mr JNYORK , Look here, as I'm not trying to brag. In reality, I am just a peon forklift driver who happens to know "people in the know". I claimed right here several months ago that the shortage was due to the fiscal year, taxes, and other things way over my peon brain and that the ammo wa...
- Thu Sep 18, 2014 6:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: When they say it will hold 10 guns...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 723
Re: When they say it will hold 10 guns...
When you think about it, any more safe is just icing on the cake. That will do the job 99.9% of the time as for that other .01%, the bad guys will just barge in and have YOU open it. OI, is does make sense to bolt it to the wall and the floor. People who steal are usually drunk, on drugs, and stupid...
- Tue Sep 16, 2014 7:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Old School Target
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2420
Re: Old School Target
LAH wrote:Mr. Keith was very kind to many ole boys like me.
Lynn, If I rememebr correctly, I believe it cost you a bottle of Old Granddad. ----6
- Mon Sep 15, 2014 7:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Old School Target
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2420
Re: Old School Target
I'd say it was Lynn Halstead from "down in the hollar". ----6
- Mon Sep 15, 2014 7:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Do You Remember Your Very First Toy Gun?
- Replies: 46
- Views: 5063
Re: Do You Remember Your Very First Toy Gun?
Dang CAS, you were a spoiled child. That's OK, I was too.
Is that "Rabbit Hunt" set up a recent pic? What a rarity to have it like that 50+ years later. Looks perfect.
Can I have it?----6
Is that "Rabbit Hunt" set up a recent pic? What a rarity to have it like that 50+ years later. Looks perfect.
Can I have it?----6
- Mon Sep 15, 2014 6:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: American women going to ISIS
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1573
Re: American women going to ISIS
Dang! Those raghead women have no idea what "mean" is. Just spend a few days around my Italian wife would show them the true meaning.----6
- Mon Sep 15, 2014 6:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cowboy Action Today
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1518
Re: Cowboy Action Today
Broken mainspring??? I tell ya, they just don't make 'em like they used to. Here's my guns, still dirty from the shootin' match on Saturday. The 1873 pictured, made in 1883 got me a 30x40 and the main spring still works. :D but then again, metallurgy back 131 years ago was so much better than today....
- Mon Sep 15, 2014 5:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Pretty '73
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2106
Re: Pretty '73
Big deal...that stuff is JUNK compared to this baby.......A BOLT ACTION SHOTGUN.
EAT your hearts out because this baby is MINE!!---6
EAT your hearts out because this baby is MINE!!---6
- Mon Sep 15, 2014 5:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Who Said Dat ?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 753
Re: Who Said Dat ?
Oh yea!!!!! Just because I'm half Italian and half blonde (German) does that make me stupid?Griff wrote:As in, men can be blonde also!piller wrote:As in that stuff women put on their nails???
I may be retarded but I'm ain't stupid!----6
- Sun Sep 14, 2014 2:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: English Setter Name
- Replies: 22
- Views: 796
Re: English Setter Name
Whatever happened to "Rover" or "Fido" and why does it have to be an English name??...the dog is an American. We have and have had: Bob Junior Tiffy Toby Tutti Lardo Festy Suzy Tommy Teddy Eddie Spike Skittles (my favorite) Fat Boy Curly Spidey Max Alfie Smiley Froggie Teeny Sixgun
- Sun Sep 14, 2014 2:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Who Said Dat ?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 753
Re: Who Said Dat ?
In addition to being blonde, my guess she was also Polish.----6
- Sun Sep 14, 2014 2:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Did I get shafted on my new AR
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2070
Re: Did I get shafted on my new AR
For the record............. I have never sold Sixgun anything :shock: :shock: Let ME set the record straight. Mescaline calls me one night and says, "yo Sixgun, I got a keg of beer and a VERY nice Jeep for you and the only thing you need to do is come out to New Mexico and bring 12K in cash&qu...
- Sun Sep 14, 2014 10:29 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Pre-season Derr Hunting Reminder...
- Replies: 14
- Views: 829
Re: Pre-season Derr Hunting Reminder...
Jack just carry some baby wipes if you make it through the ordeal you can dig them out your day pack and clean up. :lol: and baby wipes are good for saddle itch too :lol: . danny I hear ya Danny! Funny thing happens to a man when he "starts" to reach old age......I just don't care about a...
- Sat Sep 13, 2014 8:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Pre-season Derr Hunting Reminder...
- Replies: 14
- Views: 829
Re: Pre-season Derr Hunting Reminder...
I'll remember that next month when I'm in Colorado camping in a tent with a weeks worth of food sitting around the campsite and also when I'm pushing through the thick pines. I hear never to worry about such things as "when your time is up, it's up". :D I figure at 60 years of age I'm waaa...
- Sat Sep 13, 2014 7:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Need Opinions
- Replies: 12
- Views: 641
Re: Need Opinions
Jdad, You know as well as I know that 99% of the gun guys like to see "fresh, new, unblemished wood and metal. I can't remember the amount of times that a guy would show me their new acquisition that was built in say.......1921.....then complain about the dents on the wood and some bluing loss ...
- Sat Sep 13, 2014 5:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Need Opinions
- Replies: 12
- Views: 641
Re: Need Opinions
"Fugly" is in the eyes of the beholder. That new replacement stock is like puttin' a set of low rider ghetto wheels on a '57 Chevy.-------6
- Fri Sep 12, 2014 8:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: .32, or 38 Special?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2451
Re: .32, or 38 Special?
More than likely, no one here will ever have to use their gun in self defense....but.......if that million to one shot (pun intended) ever happens, I want to be sure. 32's are pimp guns...and caliber and any bullet weight. While I may be on the low end with a 38 Spl, I use 175 grain Keith semi wadcu...
- Fri Sep 12, 2014 7:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Showing off a lovely gift!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1834
Re: Showing off a lovely gift!
Ah come on OS, Don't take nothing out of context.....I say it like it is........ Ms. Boots is lookin' hot with that 45 I got every conceivable single action made by mankind and I can't even get my wife to shoot her personal protection gun. There's just somethin' about a girl and a single action that...
- Fri Sep 12, 2014 6:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Showing off a lovely gift!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1834
Re: Showing off a lovely gift!
Oh! Now I see. Ms. Boots gets all the cool and neat stuff and the only thing I got from that gold mine I bought off of Mescalero is the shaft.
Nice stuff Ms. Boots!
Your lookin' hot with that 45.-----6
Nice stuff Ms. Boots!
Your lookin' hot with that 45.-----6
- Fri Sep 12, 2014 8:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I HATE Yardwork
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1207
Re: I HATE Yardwork
Actually, my wife does the paddocks on the Husky ride on, regards it as good therapy. I do the edges, tidy up work with the pull start B&S. Now, the B&S is getting pretty old and tired, a bit like me. Perhaps it's time to replace it with a key start, self propelled Honda. We all live in hop...
- Thu Sep 11, 2014 6:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I HATE Yardwork
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1207
Re: I HATE Yardwork
Griff, How do you figure THATS yard work? The dang tractor does the work. Yard work is getting the shovel, rake, hand clippers, and the wheelbarrow out. That's "work". Why don't you tell the boys what it was all really about.......you sitting on the Deere........a cold 16oz. Pabst in one h...
- Thu Sep 11, 2014 6:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Did I get shafted on my new AR
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2070
Re: Did I get shafted on my new AR
I'm around these AR guys all the time, along with about every other kind of guy. (straight guys, mind you) :D The AR guys feel the need to be a step above and are products of the "new generation" who feel a need to be above "their daddies". So......they call it a "platform&q...
- Thu Sep 11, 2014 6:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The world ceases as I know it !
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3670
Re: The world ceases as I know it !
The new Redfield 2-7X is a fine scope. I shot with mine yesterday and it worked just fine. I also had one of the REM. autoloaders in 06. Great for the woods hunter who does not need better than 2-3" at 100 yd. Exactly....I don't know anyone who takes a benchrest out hunting.... :lol: Right.......
- Thu Sep 11, 2014 1:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The world ceases as I know it !
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3670
Re: The world ceases as I know it !
The only thing allowed in Pennsylvania are Rem. 760 pumps with see through mounts and some kind of a cheap 3-9X scope attached. At least thats what about 80% of the guns that are in the woods and on dealers shelves. I very sledom run into the Remington autos like your 742. I hear they shoot well.---...
- Wed Sep 10, 2014 5:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Name That Tuna...........
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1491
Re: Name That Tuna...........
If you get a chance, try to catch the National Geographic special about a shark named submarine. It is really scary. Hey Mes, I was watching that the other night but low and behold, about 9pm, I realized I was a white guy and I had to go to bed. It was really interesting but I did not get to see th...
- Tue Sep 09, 2014 8:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: .32-40 cast bullet
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1596
Re: .32-40 cast bullet
Lyman 321297 is traditional but nothing out shoots the RCBS 170 gr. This is from 3 32-40 Winchesters ,a Marlin 1893 and a pair of 1894 Winchesters in 32 Spl.----6
- Tue Sep 09, 2014 2:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Montana Vintage Arms Scope
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4093
Re: Montana Vintage Arms Scope
Thanks for that report on MVA's scope. As you said, they are not only a made-in-the-USA company, but their quality is excellent. Thus far, I only have an MVA combination tang sight, but it is of outstanding quality. Now you got me wanting one of their scopes. Kirk, It's an "age" thingy. Y...
- Tue Sep 09, 2014 5:20 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: For you Nostalgic Gearheads
- Replies: 11
- Views: 633
Re: For you Nostalgic Gearheads
The sad part about this is that I rememeber these being on the road....regular cab versions.......never knew such a crew cab existed.-------6
- Tue Sep 09, 2014 5:13 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My New Twins!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 893
Re: My New Twins!
Good snag!!!! As you pull back the hammer .......clcik.....click....click.....click.......spells C----O----L----T.
There just ain't no substitute. -----6-----
There just ain't no substitute. -----6-----
- Mon Sep 08, 2014 3:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Montana Vintage Arms Scope
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4093
Re: Montana Vintage Arms Scope
Hey Jack-O!!!! Those 1000 yard coyotes should be an easy target. I have the special Creedmore mounts that will give me a thousand yards, guaranteed by the boys at Montana Vintage Arms. If not, there's mil-dots and good ole Kentucky elevation. Let's see now......the levergun Jubilee is on the 11 and ...
- Sun Sep 07, 2014 7:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Unexpected recruit
- Replies: 13
- Views: 717
Re: Unexpected recruit
Brent, These things in life just happen from time to time.......enjoy them. Buy yourself a set of dies and just run a 30-30 case through it, stick in a cast bullet that's somewhat near .322 with 9 grains of Unique or 18 grains of 5744 and your good-to-go. :D As you know, it's never "spending&qu...
- Sun Sep 07, 2014 12:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Montana Vintage Arms Scope
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4093
Re: Montana Vintage Arms Scope
Brent, As far as the Hi-Wall being restocked, that is going to be found out as I have a list of about 15 rifles that are being factory lettered. The forend has the standard ebony inlay and the fancy buttplate is Winchester. The fit of the wood to metal is standard for the time frame......very nice a...
- Sun Sep 07, 2014 12:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Montana Vintage Arms Scope
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4093
Re: Montana Vintage Arms Scope
Thanks guys! Our gunclub was closed to shooting this weekend due to Youth Day so I'll see how this thing works out next weekend. Joe, the cat is a barn cat. One day I was in the barn and I saw these 5 little kittens scrambling, but they were still small enough that I could catch them. One really stu...
- Sat Sep 06, 2014 10:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Montana Vintage Arms Scope
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4093
Re: Montana Vintage Arms Scope
Ahhhh, come on Vance, cut me some slack. The cat is Siamese, which is from Thailand.......does that make it a China-cat or a Thai-cat? ----------6vancelw wrote:Photo-bombed by a Siamese
That ain't right!
Nice rifle and scope. I oughta fix up one of my BPCRs that way for fun.
- Sat Sep 06, 2014 9:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Montana Vintage Arms Scope
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4093
Montana Vintage Arms Scope
I tell ya guys, nothing, I mean nothing has been as good for us guys who shoot the old guns like it is today. Back when I started in '72, it was case forming, bullet casting, and hunting for old original/worn out junk, buying old loading manuals, and then hoping for the best to get your shooting iro...
- Sat Sep 06, 2014 4:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Removing a barrel
- Replies: 6
- Views: 723
Re: Removing a barrel
And it does not hurt to heat up the part of the receiver that the barrel screws into. Not smokin' red hot.....just a little more than the hands can take.----6