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by jeepnik
Mon Apr 15, 2024 5:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ruger/Marlin 1894
Replies: 10
Views: 163

Re: Ruger/Marlin 1894

Gunny has it. Especially evident on the left screw. Look at the distinctly different color and structure of the one on the left as opposed to the solid color of the one on the right. You should send that photo to Ruger.
by jeepnik
Mon Apr 15, 2024 2:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ruger/Marlin 1894
Replies: 10
Views: 163

Re: Ruger/Marlin 1894

Don’t know if Ruger makes their own fasteners but either way I don’t think it’s a design flaw. Just not that much stress to cause failures so fast.

I’d love to see what a metallurgist would have to say after testing the failed parts.
by jeepnik
Sun Apr 14, 2024 4:58 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: I wonder how iran can afford…
Replies: 3
Views: 68

Re: I wonder how iran can afford…

I wonder how much found it’s way into politicians pockets.
by jeepnik
Sun Apr 14, 2024 1:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I'd not survive the 'corporate' world...
Replies: 19
Views: 393

Re: I'd not survive the 'corporate' world...

The biggest problem for some is that they are spending some of the money set side for their retirement on their kids who either refuse to work or get married and bring their own kids and wife home to live off of their parents Only if the parents let them. After high school, my sisters had to either...
by jeepnik
Sat Apr 13, 2024 8:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I'd not survive the 'corporate' world...
Replies: 19
Views: 393

Re: I'd not survive the 'corporate' world...

I feel your pain. State government is even worse than the corporate world. Only 3 or 4 more years of "Day Prison" to endure. -Stretch Yea, but you'll have a nice lifelong pension and healthcare. And that ain't nothing to sneeze at. After all, it's called work. As in working toward a goal ...
by jeepnik
Thu Apr 11, 2024 6:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I'd not survive the 'corporate' world...
Replies: 19
Views: 393

Re: I'd not survive the 'corporate' world...

I was blessed that during the final phase of my career, while I had to deal with corporations, I mostly dealt with old guys like myself. People with whom a handshake was better than any contract ever written.
by jeepnik
Thu Apr 11, 2024 6:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 45 ACP SIXGUN
Replies: 27
Views: 535

Re: 45 ACP SIXGUN

When I bought my Stainless .45 colt Blackhawk, .45 acp convertibles weren't available. But a good smith dealt with that. I have several Smith's in .45 acp, by far my most accurate turns out to be a 1917 from the Brazilian contract. Who'd have thought that. It really likes cast and is pretty forgivin...
by jeepnik
Mon Apr 08, 2024 9:27 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Biden puppet
Replies: 4
Views: 148

Re: Biden puppet

Walt wrote: Sun Apr 07, 2024 5:45 pmThe way it is
Obama looks like he suffering from the Michael Jackson disease.
by jeepnik
Mon Apr 08, 2024 9:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Mystery solved or I’m not that bright
Replies: 21
Views: 643

Re: Mystery solved or I’m not that bright

Old No7 wrote: Mon Apr 08, 2024 6:54 pm
Scott Tschirhart wrote: Mon Apr 08, 2024 2:46 pm Turns out that the residue is blue. From shooting my sixgun across the bed...
It could be much worse... :wink:

Bullet Car.jpg

Old No7
Bonnie and Clydes car?
by jeepnik
Mon Apr 08, 2024 10:19 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Just one Blackhawk
Replies: 51
Views: 1254

Re: Just one Blackhawk

Stainless, 4 5/8”, 45 colt/45 acp. Stainless because I like the look but also my hands con corrode blued steel in a heartbeat. 4 5/8” because they feel better in my hand than longer barrels. In preferred cross draw holster it’s quick and easy to bring to bear on a target 45 colt / 45acp. Because wel...
by jeepnik
Sat Apr 06, 2024 12:11 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Quake!
Replies: 19
Views: 498

Re: Quake!

How can folks think an earthquake is foreshadowing the end of the world. At best they are just a very localized disturbance. I have friends who have plans to dig in and "survive" if "the big one" happens here in SoCal. My plan is entirely different. I'm just going to load up my J...
by jeepnik
Sat Apr 06, 2024 12:05 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I was talking with some friends about the S&W Model 10
Replies: 32
Views: 1034

Re: I was talking with some friends about the S&W Model 10

My first centerfire Revolver was a used, very, Model 10 4" pencil barrel. I got it from a relative that had worked as a security guard while she was in college. Actually used wasn't correct, neglected is more like it. I think it had got rained on and left in a leather holster. But stripping it ...
by jeepnik
Fri Apr 05, 2024 10:09 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Quake!
Replies: 19
Views: 498

Re: Quake!

We don’t even wake up for anything less than a 5. And even then I often confuse it with the vibration of my bed.

A good reminder though to secure stuff that can fall.
by jeepnik
Sun Mar 31, 2024 10:42 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: I don't do 'Twitter', but..... This 'Green' takedown was worth it...
Replies: 1
Views: 80

Re: I don't do 'Twitter', but..... This 'Green' takedown was worth it...

Truth often shows the false narrative of the current global warming fantasy.
by jeepnik
Sat Mar 30, 2024 1:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Best pickup truck toolbox ever ...
Replies: 7
Views: 413

Re: Best pickup truck toolbox ever ...

Windshield washer bottle full of tranny fluid. Line running back to tailpipe. Smoke screen.
by jeepnik
Sat Mar 30, 2024 8:51 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Walking past the muzzle anyone....???
Replies: 6
Views: 300

Re: Walking past the muzzle anyone....???

I’d say the sear is fine. Woke pandering assigning a woman with insufficient upper body strength is the problem.

Note, all it took was one good tug by the “assistant gunner.
by jeepnik
Sat Mar 30, 2024 8:48 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Best pickup truck toolbox ever ...
Replies: 7
Views: 413

Re: Best pickup truck toolbox ever ...

Needs remote operation. Maybe laser aiming via a HUD worn be the occupant of the vehicle.
by jeepnik
Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Is This Our Future?
Replies: 7
Views: 343

Re: Is This Our Future?

Right now L A has one. The dept brass aren’t talking and the press is mute. But, talking to a recently retired battalion chief it’s been a miserable failure.
by jeepnik
Fri Mar 29, 2024 10:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Walking past the muzzle anyone....???
Replies: 6
Views: 300

Re: Walking past the muzzle anyone....???

He did walk under the barrel not in front of it. Still could have rung his bell pretty good.
Mostly, I got the impression he was upset because they gave the honor of firing the gun to a woman too weak to pull the lanyard.
by jeepnik
Thu Mar 28, 2024 10:56 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: First Amendment stuff in SCOTUS Murthy vs Missouri
Replies: 2
Views: 129

Re: First Amendment stuff in SCOTUS Murthy vs Missouri

It isn't a right if the government can restrict it. The Bill Of Rights is a pretty simple document. If only the government would abide by it things would be much better. The problem is, about two seconds after the elected and appointed officials swear to uphold and defend the Constitution they viola...
by jeepnik
Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bridge Collapse (video shows how fast it happened)
Replies: 21
Views: 783

Re: Bridge Collapse (video shows how fast it happened)

"........you want a USN damage control specialists." Way back in the "old navy" there were the u.s. naval enlisted rates shipfitters and damage controlmen. The Navy kept outdated things like O.B.A.'s for years after just about every other fire department on the planet had change...
by jeepnik
Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Guns of the Old West
Replies: 24
Views: 803

Re: Guns of the Old West

Speaking of the decline in reading printed material, as I walk around my neighborhood I notice that newspapers are getting smaller and smaller, based on what I see rolled up in driveways. They are a mere shadow of what they were 20 years ago. It's a wonder that the local newspaper is even in busine...
by jeepnik
Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:09 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bridge Collapse (video shows how fast it happened)
Replies: 21
Views: 783

Re: Bridge Collapse (video shows how fast it happened)

In 1978 the Atlantic Trader, well past its prime, lost it's steering in the main channel of L. A. Harbor. It hit the end of a floating drydock, which probably saved quite a few lives, they slammed into the bow of an FFG before tearing into the dock to which the FFG was tied. The amount of damage a s...
by jeepnik
Mon Mar 25, 2024 2:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Guns of the Old West
Replies: 24
Views: 803

Re: Guns of the Old West

Except for tabloid type magazines that seem to appeal mostly to women magazines, like much printed material is slowly dying off. My kids, who aren't exactly young anymore read what they want online. I suspect that in a couple of generations the printed media will be just about extinct.
by jeepnik
Mon Mar 25, 2024 2:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Reloading Setups
Replies: 22
Views: 618

Re: Reloading Setups

I'd say go with Dillion. A progressive makes a poor choice for someone just starting reloading. But you're experienced so buy what you will eventually end up with first.
by jeepnik
Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:59 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Drugged as a kid
Replies: 6
Views: 323

Re: Drugged as a kid

Sadly, many of my kid’s peers were drugged as children. While some folks refer to folks born at different time as boomers, gen x, gen z, etc. prefer to those kids as generation R. The R stsnds for Ritilan. Too many kids were drugged just because they exhibited symptoms of childhood. You know, things...
by jeepnik
Tue Mar 19, 2024 4:37 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: SPAMMERS
Replies: 26
Views: 719

Re: SPAMMERS

Thanks for the hard work Gamekeeper.
by jeepnik
Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A cappella perfection
Replies: 6
Views: 383

Re: A cappella perfection

Now there is living proof there is hope for this world.
by jeepnik
Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Do Red Squirrels Like Pine Cones??? (Especially when served on boats...)
Replies: 7
Views: 309

Re: Do Red Squirrels Like Pine Cones??? (Especially when served on boats...)

Perhaps it looked/sounded funny, but to the critters involved it was a true fight for survival. Not necessarily at that moment but from starvation later.
by jeepnik
Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Panic time. . . . an ECLIPSE…!!!
Replies: 18
Views: 600

Re: Panic time. . . . an ECLIPSE…!!!

Hmm, looks like we have a Texas judge in King Biden's court.

Sorry Bing.
by jeepnik
Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Missing my sixguns
Replies: 19
Views: 797

Re: Missing my sixguns

Your photos seem to prove that DC is truly upside down. :D
by jeepnik
Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Term "pistol" ....
Replies: 19
Views: 626

Re: The Term "pistol" ....

Throw in terms like Hawgleg, Smokewagon, forty five, etc and the true use of any word becomes clear. That use is to convey thoughts and ideas in a manner that others can understand. So, whether you refer to a semi auto as a pistol and revolvers as a pistol, as long as the thought or idea is conveyed...
by jeepnik
Fri Mar 15, 2024 2:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Missed it by that much!
Replies: 8
Views: 405

Re: Missed it by that much!

I’m an impulse buyer so only one ever got away. A Webly-Fosbery. I hesitate because at $7000 and with two kids…. It sat for some time in the shop then one day it was gone. I haven’t seen another in the wild since. And prices are stratospheric. But I have promised myself I will have one. It’s just no...
by jeepnik
Fri Mar 15, 2024 2:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 45 ACP Loads
Replies: 16
Views: 621

Re: 45 ACP Loads

I too started with the .45 acp. I have a load that functions in all of my pistols and revolvers. It’s more accurate than I am and has been used on everything from cans to coyotes, effectively. A 200 gr LSWC, 4.7 grains of Bullseye. Brand of primer and case doesn’t seem to matter. I’ve been using it ...
by jeepnik
Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:53 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Cheapie AR….
Replies: 4
Views: 379

Re: Cheapie AR….

We constantly here that the term AR stands for Armalite Rifle. Yet so many use it to rifles obviously not from Armalite?
by jeepnik
Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:49 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bill Jordan video
Replies: 11
Views: 585

Re: Bill Jordan video

The old gun writers, unlike most of today’s crop knew what was because they lived it.
by jeepnik
Tue Mar 12, 2024 7:46 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Cowboy Assault Rifle
Replies: 61
Views: 5460

Re: Cowboy Assault Rifle

Scott Tschirhart wrote: Thu Dec 28, 2023 8:37 am
jeepnik wrote: Mon Dec 25, 2023 11:32 am I question the wisdom of calling any weapon an “assault” type. Better to call them all self defense weapons.
This is part of the bigger problem of letting the fear of what people might think control what we might say.

I’m not sure I care what people like that think.
We better, they vote.
by jeepnik
Tue Mar 12, 2024 7:45 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Weirdness with Altamont Grips
Replies: 7
Views: 646

Re: Weirdness with Altamont Grips

The problem is new, read younger, employees find out they actually have to produce instead of playing in the internet all day. So, they quit and draw benefits as long as they can. The last few years I was working we’d try to hire and applicants would apply and then tell us what they wanted to do not...
by jeepnik
Tue Mar 12, 2024 2:18 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: First Guns for newbies
Replies: 22
Views: 1588

Re: First Guns for newbies

Over many decades I've been asked this question many times from new potential gun owners, and my answer is always the same. A revolver with a 2"-4" barrel, in .38 Special or .357 Magnum. The .357 can be loaded with .38's for someone smaller who doesn't like recoil, or until they get used ...
by jeepnik
Sun Mar 10, 2024 1:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Marlin JM 2001 336W, 30-30, with “Texan” /straight stock
Replies: 17
Views: 1161

Re: Marlin JM 2001 336W, 30-30, with “Texan” /straight stock

Can't figure out why any fool ever put a pistol grip stock on a lever gun. Makes working the lever a pain in the butt. Then again, I can't count the number of folks I see taking a levergun from their shoulder to work the lever. I'll ask them if they do that with a bolt gun. The answer is inevitably ...
by jeepnik
Sun Mar 10, 2024 1:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: First Guns for newbies
Replies: 22
Views: 1588

Re: First Guns for newbies

See my comment in "what ever it takes" thread.
by jeepnik
Sun Mar 10, 2024 1:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Whatever it takes.
Replies: 18
Views: 1337

Re: Whatever it takes.

I am sure there are some out there, but I don't know that I have ever run into a "helpless" woman. I have run into helpless young ladies but all they needed was some real life experience. :D Amen. My wife, all 5' of her was sort of timid and shy when we met. One reason I liked her. One da...
by jeepnik
Sun Mar 10, 2024 1:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Whatever it takes.
Replies: 18
Views: 1337

Re: Whatever it takes.

lthardman wrote: Sat Mar 09, 2024 10:42 pm And, when it comes to remorse, who can forget Josey Wales famous line when his partner laments they can't take the time to bury some would be attackers:

"To hell with them fellas. Buzzards gotta eat too, same as worms. "
Worms still get heir share, buried or not.
by jeepnik
Sun Mar 10, 2024 9:35 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: First Guns for newbies
Replies: 22
Views: 1588

Re: First Guns for newbies

Due to a recent neighborhood home invasion I have been helping a number of neighbors navigate their entry into firearms. Since I grew up shooting I never realized just how much it costs to learn and remain proficient. I have had a few be surprised at the equipment costs. Range time isn’t too bad, bu...
by jeepnik
Sun Mar 10, 2024 9:26 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lost a Good One (taught me how to shoot)
Replies: 9
Views: 761

Re: Lost a Good One (taught me how to shoot)

My condolences. And prayers up for him and all those whose lives he touched.
by jeepnik
Sat Mar 09, 2024 1:17 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Colt 1872 Open Top
Replies: 10
Views: 869

Re: Colt 1872 Open Top

I have never seen an 1871/1872 in person. But from the photos it looks like they retain the safety notches on the rear of the cylinder. Is this the case?
by jeepnik
Fri Mar 08, 2024 5:07 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: New Security Fence around White House - the REAL reason...
Replies: 6
Views: 696

Re: New Security Fence around White House - the REAL reason...

If a government fears the citizenry it’s not the citizens who are doing wrong.
by jeepnik
Mon Mar 04, 2024 3:51 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 80 Years Ago -- U.S. Fighters Over Berlin!
Replies: 10
Views: 591

Re: 80 Years Ago -- U.S. Fighters Over Berlin!

Sadly many of us can no longer thank our fathers for the sacrifices they made. But I do believe we will get another chance eventually.
by jeepnik
Sun Mar 03, 2024 1:49 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Seems like a disgrace to our military...
Replies: 5
Views: 738

Re: Seems like a disgrace to our military...

Were the "innocent" civilians in Germany and Japan really innocent?

The day the war started maybe. A couple of years in, not so much. And for the Germans that say they didn't know I would only ask the question my father ask after his unit went through Buchenwald. How could they not.
by jeepnik
Sun Mar 03, 2024 1:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Excellent Service from Bravo Concealment Holsters...
Replies: 7
Views: 368

Re: Excellent Service from Bravo Concealment Holsters...

That is great service. But since thy sent four, I'd guess you weren't the first to have a screw loose. Er, come loose.