Same fish. A 36" Pike is much smaller than that (my own record is a 36" Pike and it was much smaller than that. They are very good to eat and I've eaten countless Pike.

I have a question on the single ply of TP. The reason for it's use was to keep the powder back against the prime pocket for pressure spike reasons, reliable ignition, etc... The reason I use TP filler in many loads is twofold: 1. It keeps the powder against the primer, producing more consistent bur...

Here are some loads I used and chronographed in my original Winchester 1886 .45-90 (made in 1888) out a 26" barrel: 25.6 grains IMR 4227 and a sheet of 1-ply toilet paper filler under a 330 grain Gould bullet for 1,369 fps and an E.S. of 47 fps and an S.D. of 18 fps. 27 grains IMR 4227, no fill...

Hillary is not going to win, but if she did, it would be time to pack up your guns and send them up to Canada for safe keeping.

The pike in the photos below was caught on the Winnipeg River, by Seven Sisters, in Manitoba - 55lbs-56 inches. Manitoba is the province where I grew up (and caught Pike ad nauseum ) in central Canada. The fellow in the photos below, caught a 36" Pike. As he was reeling it in, a 56" Pike c...

Very nice indeed! Thanks for posting.

It might take a few days. I just posted a message on the Leverguns forum that hopefully should get more to come over here.

Thanks for the update. Sorry to hear about RAC. It could have been worse.

AmBraCol, first we have to take a special course and pass the exam. Then we apply for a license to possess a handgun. Then we have to join a pistol club. Then we pick out the pistol we want to buy and when it arrives, we obtain a permit to take it home. Then to take it to the club to shoot, we have ...

This Boomtown announcement is so bizarre, I have a hard time believing it is actually true. This has got to be an email joke. It was a university student that did it .... maybe the Boomtown gun show should prohibit university students from attending too. If this is actually true, then you wouldn't c...

The pastor of our church wanted to get together with me for coffee sometime, so I suggested going to the range, and then having coffee afterward. He really liked that idea. When he got there, he told me he'd only shot a gun once, 30 years ago when he was a kid. I started him off with my old Winchest...

That copper punch or drift sound like just the ticket. Thanks for the tip.

I'm working on it. I got a bunch of targets printed off at the printer, now I just need to take my first shoot .... either this week or next.

Just for my curiosity, why did you adjust the front sight rather than the rear sight? I almost always center the front sight, then adjust the rear. Joe Joe, in this case, there were two reasons. First, the front sight looked slightly off center and the direction of adjustment also centered it. Seco...

I did load some up to around 1,900 fps, but the sharp 'crack' of the shot made my ears ring when I was hunting groundhogs. (I don't wear ear protectors when hunting.) 1,200 fps was much easier on the ears and still plenty for groundhogs.

My apologies to those of you who read this on the leverguns board, but for those who just hang out here, I thought I'd post this here as well. Spent the afternoon at the range Friday. Place was the most crowded I've ever seen what with a total of 5 shooters at our 12 benches. Usually, I'm the only p...

meanc wrote:
The success was in getting the money, getting home and handing my lovely wife all the money.

So next time when I do come home with something else I don't need, there won't be any muss or fuss. Just an "Ok honey"

Very nice plan!

Eloquently said! .... and I like Marlinmann's suggestion that 'gun free zones' be called 'killing zones'.

I still maintain that the grounds for an administration change should be the gross negligence which lead them to forbid properly trained citizens from carrying weapons of self protection on their campus. They should be held liable for the loss of life. There is no right to take away the means of se...

I doubt that the theives will even know what to do with Shiloh rifles. I just hate to think of all those fine examples of craftsmanship tossed in a dumpster somewhere. Single shot Shiloh's in obsolete or hard to find calibers aren't exactly what gang members are looking for.

I reiterate my suggestion that a class action lawsuit be launched against Virginia Tech either on behalf of some of the victims' families, or on behalf of those students who want the right to protect themselves in any future shooting. A massive lawsuit does get the attention of a University like few...

I've discussed similar action in Ontario. First, do not email; write a letter ... hard copy is taken more seriously. You need to find out who makes the game laws. In our case, it is MNR, not the government legislature. Second, you need to find out several people who make these sorts of decisions and...

I would like to see Virginia Tech hit with a mind-staggering lawsuit by the victims' families for making it an offense to protect themselves. If some students had been able to exercise their 2nd ammendment right, a lot fewer people might have been killed.

Love those old rifles you have there. Thanks for posting the photos ... I always enjoy admiring old leverguns.

A beautiful classic rifle. Love those case colors.

That is outstanding! I'll be checking them out for any cases I need for sure.

I downloaded the target earlier today. I'm in, with my Winchester Model 1892 44 W.C.F. made in 1914.

That is a real feast for the eyes, alright! There's just one serious problem with the rifle .... it's not in .38-55!

That's a classic!

AmBraCol wrote:I don't have a levergun handy and b. don't have a way to obtain 1,000 rounds of centerfire ammunition in less than five years anyway.

By gum!!! Where do you live .... Antarctica?

Old Ironsights, I enjoyed your post and the photos.

I just saw an Angus & Reid poll last week here in Canada that showed that 97% of Canadians believe that our 2 billion dollar gun registry has had no effect (NO EFFECT) on crime in Canada. I would think that even a moron with multiple lobotomies and 2 quarts of whiskey down the hatch would still ...