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Homer

Thanks Nate Kiowa Jones. I'm going to think about this a bit more - after further examination of the carbine.

Homer

The 480 Ruger operates at a maximum pressure of 48,000 psi and the 454 Casull operates at 65,000 PSI - there is no comparison between the cartridges or the effect they have on a firearm. Having said that, I do appreciate piller's comment that his gun is holding up well. It speaks to the general inte...

Homer

.I would advise you to check if the tube's threaded in or not, then (if it's not) decide if you want to go about upgrading/repairing the mag tube install.. It's threaded. Its modern with a safety and a recoil pad. Steve worked on my M71 and did a great job. I hope he does chime in. Thanks. BTW, the...

Homer

Plaid is the original camo. Yes, really, it is.

Homer

I'm about ready to pull the trigger on a used (95+%) Puma M92 chambered in 454 Casull - paying about 400 bones for it.

How have these held up over the years with moderate use - say 500 to 2,000 rounds of full power loads a year? Anyone know?

Please advise. Thanks.

Homer

Pete44ru wrote:.

My fave is a Banana Boat....................

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A man after my own heart.

Homer

You guys are a bunch of weanies! Vienna Sausages and Spam are some of the best tasting meat that ever walked on four legs - and in their case - a dozen legs. I will take a snack of Vienna Sausages any chance I can sneak them past the wife. And there is nothing better than two eggs over medium (cover...

Homer

Sorry to hear this Walker. A lot of ugly in this world. Faith in Jesus is the only hope we've got - and the best hope there is. God bless and take care my friend.

Homer

And now "face to face." God Bless you brother.

Homer

Rusty wrote:Homer, you might want to look at Henry's offerings. DPris posted here a while back about a Henry that looks to be a copy of a BLR.

That's right. They do have a BLR type rifle. Thanks for reminding me.

Homer

That's a good price. They go around here (Phoenix) for about 700 bones in good shape.

Homer

I wonder (uhoh) if I had a rifle I love enough to take to the grave if I would just go ahead and D/T for a scope, and shoot the heck out of it for as long as I could. I own only one rifle like that, my Marlin 1894 357 Magnum. It has decent enough peep sights on it that I can still use it. One of my...

Homer

The elusive 358 Winchester is what I'm considering.

Homer

I recently sold my M71. I could no longer see the sights very well and carrying it up and down the mountains and through the draws was becoming a chore. Stay young and stay healthy - the alternative stinks. Anyway, it is gone and has been replaced by a lightweight Ruger American carbine. I can see e...

Homer

Just a couple small additions to the previous comments. I am not trying to be flippant, even though this recommendation is often given flippantly - buy two guns - in either order. I suggest the Marlin 1894 in 357 Magnum with a 20" barrel. This short rifle was made for handgun cartridges and wil...

Homer

I sold mine, in similar condition, for $725. Once altered the collectors don't want them, the young guys don't know what they are - or care ("where do you insert the magazine"), and the old guys who do know what they are trying to sell theirs. BTW, I walked a number of gun shows before it ...

Homer

Blue Dot This BlaineG guy is pretty darn smart. Blue Dot gives the shooter the best balance between handgun and carbine performance with the least amount of powder used. Speeds range from right around 1,300 fps in a handgun to 500+ more fps in a carbine. And because it takes less Blue Dot to reach ...

Homer

Take a good picture of it to remember the color. Sand off all of the finish and smooth the wood to perfection. If the color of the wood is correct, then simply coat with Formby's Tung Oil. If color needs to enhanced, use a non-oil stain, and then coat with Formby's Tung Oil. The Tung oil applies eve...

Homer

Sometimes it happens that way. Praise the Lord it happened to you this time. If I had that stock of ammo and brass, I'd be set for the rest of my life. Good job.

Homer

Who needs a gun in a sanctuary city anyway? Once you hit the Frisco city limits you're safe - safe. What part of safe don't you understand.

Homer

best idea might be to wait for winchester to do another run of it. last price i saw it on store shelves was $50 box. I watched 35 rem sell for crazy prices earlier this year, but then rem made a bunch this summer so I was able to restock for less than $30/box. FLINT, that is a good idea, except its...

Homer

Thanks for the replies guys. I've got some 348 Winchester ammo and bullets I'm thinking of selling (I sold the gun earlier this year), but don't want to sell if the market is way down. On the other hand I don't think the ammo is worth what they are asking for on gunbroker, but certainly worth more t...

Homer

I went on gunbroker to look up the availability of 348 Winchester ammo. There a decent supply of ammo, but most of the new stuff with good bullets were going for $80+ dollars per box of 20. Actually, reloads were going for 80 bones, but factory ammo was going for $95 a box. I did, however, notice th...

Homer

A lot of good responses - I appreciate it. I forgot about the Vaquero's little sister and will have to take a closer look at one. Right now I'm leaning toward a steel and plastic 45 ACP or steel and alloy 45 ACP. Both will weigh substantially less than any sixgun (scabintin, excepted) and offer the ...

Homer

I'm not sure we are completely clear on the purpose - is it for bear protection or is it for hunting? For bears, penetration is almost everything, and that means through bone and stuff. Blacks are easier than browns. .45 ACP has been used successfully, but if you get into heavier bullets, make sure...

Homer

Mine just arrived in the mail. Now if Hornady would be so kind as to run a batch of their 220 grain offering, I could pick up a couple boxes and be set for life, or least a couple years.

Homer

a 45 255 HC @900 fps shoots thru a big muledeer on a chest shot so does a 357 180, a good read is the the large and dangerous game Col Wesson killed with a 357 using 158 & 173 gr SWC and 2400 powder. It doesnt take a big magnum to kill animals, for years my Dad has used a 250 savage and still k...

Homer

Good to see you around Homer. Did you catch my comment above about the load I used in my meat gun? BTB makes the toughest I've found so far. But hey, I'm pretty sure you're just as experienced in all of this as anyone I know, and didn't we cover all this on the patio? :) Hi Grizz. I was hoping to y...

Homer

Heap good responses. I've carried heavy guns in the woods and deserts for years, but as gray hair has cropped up in places I've never expected and weight has become a factor, not to mention 20 years of systemic arthritis, I feel every once I carry. But, I still hunt and I still take my grandkids hun...

Homer

Can you shoot the 24 oz 45 acp as well as the 40 oz colt? If so then yes.The 45 acp was designed to duplicate the 45 Colt load out of an auto pistol. Yep, I can shoot them both well enough. The only real advantage (assuming the velocities we're discussing) of the 45 Colt over the 45 ACP is the plat...

Homer

John Linebaugh says: "Now with this big caliber, heavy slug theory in mind I would like to throw out another.."myth" ...I will call it, that enters my mind. That is the never-ending story that full-power loads must be used. More power is always a welcome thing to have on hand, IF one ...

Homer

I had a number of 30-30's, 3 or so 35 Remington, a 348 Winchester, and on lonely 375 Winchester (only talking about mid-bores). I sold everything but the a handful of 30-30s and my lonely 375 Winchester - now even more lonely. The 30-30s work and are cheap to shoot - period. The 35 Remington is a go...

Homer

1892 wrote:
Homer wrote: And successful to me is a skillet full of onions, peppers, and fresh game meat.
Homer -- I like this, I like it allot...

And I like this!

Homer

http://www.reedercustomguns.net/forum/images/uploaded/20150330173747551989eb31bc9.jpg JimT, that looks like one of those canyons outside of Oracle and inside God's Country. Happy Resurrection Day!!! Oh, and BTW, that bunny fried in olive oil with just a touch of garlic and smothered in grilled onio...

Homer

I like the 30-30 and own a couple or two, and hunt with a scoped Marlin 336 when out hunting with one on purpose. However, now that I'm getting as old as my friends Grizz and Ranch 13, and since I've always preferred elk and deer steaks over beef, I hunt with a scoped Ruger American chambered in 308...

Homer

I've owned four and still have two, both in 10mm. Except for my wife, kids, grandkids, few relatives and a couple friends, nothing "talks to me" - for which I am grateful. So, unencumbered with romance, I've found the Glock pistols to be reliable, durable, accurate, and easy to use. I like...

Homer

Standard lead bullets intended for smokeless loads are not a particularly good choice, find a percussion bullet type if you want to go heavier than a ball. Brass frame or steel? If brass, you do NOT want to be charging heavy, either way, ball or bullet. Denis Mine is a brass frame. Can you recommen...

Homer

Rattlesnake Muktuk Cui-ui Chubs Perch Different kinds of Trout and Salmon Rock Cod Ling Cod White Fish Carp Lobster and Crab And a whole host of other fish to numerous to mention, including most common sea foods like shrimp, clams, mussels, etc. Mudbugs (a personal favorite) Turtle Gator Cottontail ...

Homer

My brother in-law just gave me a 44 caliber Colt 1851 Navy replica revolver distributed by Navy Arms. Other than the area around the barrel pin slot (which is pocked from numerous beatings it took to, I assume, back the pin out) it seems to be in pretty good condition. It was loaded with and looked ...

Homer

Grizz, Ruger uses investment casting for their guns. The difference between it and MIM is that the steel is in a fully melted liquid state when injected into a mold. MIM, on the other hand, uses metal powder that never achieves the liquid state when injected into the mold, nor does has it reached a ...

Homer

Please don't misunderstand my post - I am neither for or against the MIM process or the product it produces. I'm just trying to understand it by means of association to another process. Neither am I against forge welding, in fact in some applications it can be used to support gas or other forms of w...

Homer

I'm trying to get a better handle on MIM gun parts. More of the newer guns are using metal parts from this process and I simply want to get it straight. I view the MIM process similar to forge welding, where separate parts of metal are heated almost to the point of melting, then hammered together to...

Homer

WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR THEM SEPERATLY? I'll likely mark the 22LR at $500 and the 22Mag at $550. In the gun shows I've walked guns at I've never sold a gun for what I initially marked it at - everybody wants to feel they talked you down. I'm a little embarrassed about the prices, but these guns have b...

Homer

Thanks for the advice guys. I'll get them sold.

Homer

I'm going to walk a big gun show in a couple weeks (Crossroads of the West - PHX - 22nd) with a couple leverguns for sale. I bought them awhile back and they've appreciated considerably (one was NIB until I fired about 30 rounds through it - the other was used when I bought it). I know most folks co...

Homer

I think pulling a truly tight sling on a levergun may not give as much benefit as on a bolt gun with a more rigid stock setup, and not in effect pulling on the barrel. Malamute nailed it. Also, one cannot often quickly, quietly, and without much movement actually position a sling without spooking t...

Homer

Searching for and finding a reason, especially a practical reason, for buying a new gun, when you already have the need filled, is fine art indeed. Bringing cape buffalo tracks into the art certainly elevates the art from Van Gogh to Picasso (the former is simple and understandable and the later is ...

Homer

Thank you gentlemen - you all have been a great help.

Homer

Thanks TedH. I will follow your lead and try to track down a mold. It doesn't hurt to have a couple.

Homer

vancelw wrote:I have a Lyman 375449 mould (264gr). PM your address and I'll send you a few bullets to try.

I have a .38-55 and the first time I tried to use these I sized them too aggressively. I don't have any hunting data to provide, but you are welcome to try for yourself.

Thanks - PM sent.

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