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by fatoldfool
Mon Nov 28, 2011 5:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Powder storage question
Replies: 5
Views: 858

Powder storage question

Howdy fellas, lot of changes in my life in the past year and a half. Thinking about buying a storage building (wood framed, T111 sided) and moving my reloading stuff from the basement to the unheated building. If I use an old freezer for powder storage will my powder be OK? including black powder? T...
by fatoldfool
Mon Sep 13, 2010 8:37 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT- My new toy - Harley Davidson Sportster
Replies: 21
Views: 3666

Re: OT- My new toy - Harley Davidson Sportster

The black out is growing on me. Dealer has a 1200R on the showroom floor that sizzles! Here is my 2007 White Gold XL1200C with no major mods except the Vance & Hines slip-ons (already removed them again and installed the legal Screamin'Eagles). I have been rained on so much this summer some of t...
by fatoldfool
Mon Jul 19, 2010 3:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT Guy lives in 89 square foot "house"
Replies: 40
Views: 5431

Re: OT Guy lives in 89 square foot "house"

Back in the 70's when I was bootlegging coal out of Wyoming county I sold 3 tons to an old man living in a 10x12 metal Sears building on the Ramp Road out of Sandstone, WV. He had a coal stove with a pipe stuck through a hole in the wall. The elbow sat right on top of the stove and he had one joint ...
by fatoldfool
Thu Jul 15, 2010 8:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Trouble with Marble's sights?
Replies: 23
Views: 2991

Re: Trouble with Marble's sights?

I think it was in January that I had two new Marbles windage adjustable tangs that wobbled, and a friend had one. I called Marbles, was answered on the second ring by a nice lady who said send it back they would repair it. I did and they did, but I was out of the postage on a brand new sight, so I r...
by fatoldfool
Tue Jul 06, 2010 7:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: ? / Help on a Rossi 357
Replies: 31
Views: 3139

Re: ? / Help on a Rossi 357

If it does not interfere with anything I would leave it in case you decide you want a tang sight at a later date.
by fatoldfool
Sun Jul 04, 2010 10:14 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Our Dogs Cornered An Intruder.....
Replies: 23
Views: 3498

Re: Our Dogs Cornered An Intruder.....

It is right odd considering how the older I get the less I want to see something die. Being a farm kid and having several close calls on a tractor because of groundhog holes in fields, I grew up hating them. Of course as soon as I could afford a varmint rifle I started busting them and leaving them ...
by fatoldfool
Sat Jun 26, 2010 2:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT- Gun parts dug today
Replies: 10
Views: 1600

Re: OT- Gun parts dug today

knowing how frugal people were back then I would think death would be the only reason personal items, firearms parts or any usable item would be left.
by fatoldfool
Sat Jun 26, 2010 6:54 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: UPS breaks another one UPDATE!
Replies: 32
Views: 3768

Re: UPS breaks another one

The USPS manual gives the Postmaster the right to have you open the package to prove to them the gun is unloaded. Been a while since I read it, but postal regs require you to notify the postmaster you are shipping a gun. He also has the right to a copy of the receiving FFL. We had a jackass for a PM...
by fatoldfool
Tue Jun 15, 2010 3:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: pet coyotes?
Replies: 15
Views: 2452

Re: pet coyotes?

Isn't that what lead to the death of the young singer up in Canada? People feeding a pack of yotes until they became unafraid of humans.
by fatoldfool
Fri Jun 11, 2010 7:37 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Father's Day Book Drawing: NEW WINNER REDRAWN
Replies: 43
Views: 4983

Re: Free Father's Day Book Drawing: PLAINS INDIANS

I will read anything about native culture! Please include me.
by fatoldfool
Fri May 28, 2010 7:11 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Fishing for trout- favourite tricks and tactics
Replies: 21
Views: 2480

Re: Fishing for trout- favourite tricks and tactics

Trout fishing to me is the tiny clear mountain streams in WV, a 6 ft ultralight with 2# line and 1/16 oz spinners....6 little native trout, a small ci skillet, some peanut oil, a small fire and a few freshly dug ramps. Wash them down with a warm George Killians red!
by fatoldfool
Fri May 28, 2010 7:05 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - AR7
Replies: 19
Views: 2504

Re: OT - AR7

I bought a Charter AR7 about 1979 or 1980. After I tired of it I swapped it to a friend who still has it. It would/will eat anything with only an occasional fte. I don't think it has been cleaned since I owned it! It sits in the corner of his garage where he can grab it quick for use on varmints. It...
by fatoldfool
Thu May 27, 2010 7:29 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bought These This Weekend
Replies: 12
Views: 2565

Re: Bought These This Weekend

A .54 Lyman Great Plains was the best shooting smokepole I had for years, even shooting better than some of the custom built rifles I have owned. T-C stuff has always been dependable. My first black powder gun was a T-C Seneca.
by fatoldfool
Mon May 24, 2010 8:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Coral Snake Again
Replies: 31
Views: 4717

Re: OT - Coral Snake Again

Very interesting posts to me. I didn't realize that coral snakes grew that large. Of course there are none in my area. I do have to watch for copperheads. Yesterday a 5 ft. blacksnake went up on the roof and into the attic of my shanty on the farm, where it caught a mouse or bird. Today I went to st...
by fatoldfool
Mon May 24, 2010 8:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The joke is on me again!!
Replies: 5
Views: 1184

Re: The joke is on me again!!

I took .008 off the underside of the tip of the hammer spur and reblued it...hard to tell it was done. I just hate I wasn't smart enough to find it before going to shoot!
by fatoldfool
Mon May 24, 2010 8:24 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The joke is on me again!!
Replies: 5
Views: 1184

The joke is on me again!!

About Christmas I installed a Marbles tang on my Hartford .45 and sat it back in the safe. Took it out to the farm yesterday to zero it and it wouldn't function. Lifter wouldn't raise up. Brought it home and was looking at it last night and, :oops: , the hammer spur hits the front screw and prevents...
by fatoldfool
Mon May 17, 2010 8:15 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT--Check Out This Maytag!
Replies: 27
Views: 3837

Re: OT--Check Out This Maytag!

Mondays were wash day. Our (my brother and I) job was hauling water in buckets from the spring to the wood cook stove to heat. Summer lunch on washdays was always cottage cheese, sliced tomatoes and leftover from breakfast biscuits. Knobs and control was RED on our maytag. Sixgun, that is a serious ...
by fatoldfool
Sun May 16, 2010 8:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My gun show dream.........
Replies: 15
Views: 2185

Re: My gun show dream.........

I enjoy having a table at gun shows. You get all kinds in front of the table, including (inevitably) the "my granpaw killed 37 deer with one a them old hammer guns like that one, (pointing to a Rolling Block)....and then proceeds to tell you the history of Grandpaw. I have bought bargains, and ...
by fatoldfool
Wed May 12, 2010 7:48 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Anyone like playing with snakes
Replies: 41
Views: 4698

Re: OT - Anyone like playing with snakes

Got an "A" grade in a high school science class for 6 weeks by bringing in a live copperhead in a jar. When I walked into the house with the snake in my hands and ask my mother for a jar she went into hysterics and peed on the kitchen floor. I never handled copperheads but twice (lost my n...
by fatoldfool
Mon May 10, 2010 5:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT; .38 wadcutter effectiveness??
Replies: 16
Views: 2788

Re: OT; .38 wadcutter effectiveness??

I still carry hydrashoks occasionally when I carry a snubbie (yep, got some left from the 80's). I also used to load the hollowbase WC backwards. I don't know about penetration but they sure expend all their energy in the target. try them versus a jacketed load on a gallon water or a 5 gallon jug of...
by fatoldfool
Mon May 10, 2010 9:57 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Marbles sight problems question
Replies: 3
Views: 1335

Re: Marbles sight problems question

Received one sight back from Marbles this morning (had already sent it off when I saw this reply) and it is now tight. The problem with this one was the base of the stem would not tighten in the windage base. Even after the set screw was tightened it had sideways wiggle. (sideways wiggle is nice on ...
by fatoldfool
Sat Apr 24, 2010 6:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Beginning to get sick over the Taylor's & Company rifle
Replies: 84
Views: 14600

Re: Beginning to get sick over the Taylor's & Company rifle

Hey, they did it! They shipped me a free Plinkerton to make up for all the problems. I went down and picked it up this evening. It sure isn't pretty, but it has weight and feels surprising like a real Colt. (balance, not the feel of the grips!). So the lady, Susanna Chiappa keeps her word!
by fatoldfool
Tue Apr 20, 2010 12:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Marbles sight problems question
Replies: 3
Views: 1335

Marbles sight problems question

I have two new Marbles deluxe tang sights that have play when the staff is installed. One isn't so bad but the newest one has enough wiggle to spread the sight picture at least two inches at 25 yds. My friend has a new one installed on a .45 lowwall and it loosens the set screw after firing a few ro...
by fatoldfool
Mon Apr 19, 2010 6:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Beginning to get sick over the Taylor's & Company rifle
Replies: 84
Views: 14600

Re: Beginning to get sick over the Taylor's & Company rifle

OK, Serious attempt by Chiappa to make this mess right. Per the company president, Chiappa is going to send me a Plinkerton free of charge to make up for all the problems. If they do this, I do consider that a huge effort, and it will certainly make me feel better about the whole thing. I have also ...
by fatoldfool
Mon Apr 05, 2010 8:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Prayer request for those at Performance Coal
Replies: 29
Views: 2573

Re: Prayer request for those at Performance Coal

I have three young men from my family working that accident as EMT's. Mining is a tough occupation.
by fatoldfool
Fri Apr 02, 2010 4:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Beginning to get sick over the Taylor's & Company rifle
Replies: 84
Views: 14600

Re: Beginning to get sick over the Taylor's & Company rifle

I do share your opinion on that front sight, and it will be change as soon as I have some change.
by fatoldfool
Fri Apr 02, 2010 6:42 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Beginning to get sick over the Taylor's & Company rifle
Replies: 84
Views: 14600

Re: Beginning to get sick over the Taylor's & Company rifle

I don't want it made a sticky, and I don't want to ruin their business. But they need to improve their quality control (maybe they already have?) and they sure need to improve their customer service in Ohio. Both sides of the story?? pretty much told all the way...bad chamber/barrel in a rifle costi...
by fatoldfool
Thu Apr 01, 2010 6:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Beginning to get sick over the Taylor's & Company rifle
Replies: 84
Views: 14600

Re: Beginning to get sick over the Taylor's & Company rifle

Range Report; scared me, I shot lead cowboy loads and got 12 inch group at 25 yds...NO BS! Then I fired the Winchester factory 200gr into 1 5/8" at 25 with a slightly wobbly Marbles tang sight. I do have trouble with the design of the front sight and it will have to be replaced for me to shoot ...
by fatoldfool
Wed Mar 31, 2010 8:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Beginning to get sick over the Taylor's & Company rifle
Replies: 84
Views: 14600

Re: Beginning to get sick over the Taylor's & Company rifle

Another disappointment...Got the Chiappa 92 back tonight. Big screwdriver scratch extending from the cap screws up onto the barrel ON EACH SIDE of the new barrel. :evil: What kind of "gunsmiths" do they employ at Chiappa in Ohio???? And the forearm now has 1/16 of play back and forth and m...
by fatoldfool
Fri Mar 26, 2010 11:31 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Beginning to get sick over the Taylor's & Company rifle
Replies: 84
Views: 14600

Re: Beginning to get sick over the Taylor's & Company rifle

To BE FAIR we received an email this morning from Susanna Chiappa stating another apology, that the rifle was shipped without her knowledge so "something" would be shipped to our door to make us feel better about the problems, AND a statement that THE PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED WITH THIS REPAIR ...
by fatoldfool
Thu Mar 25, 2010 5:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Beginning to get sick over the Taylor's & Company rifle
Replies: 84
Views: 14600

Re: Beginning to get sick over the Taylor's & Company rifle

YOU GUYS WERE WRONG! THERE WASN'T EVEN A HAT. So the "I will see there is something extra in the box to make up for all the troubles" was just another lie. :evil: You know, they could have kept that promise and I would have felt like they really cared about a customer. As it is, I know the...
by fatoldfool
Sun Mar 14, 2010 9:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Rossi or Marlin?
Replies: 43
Views: 4245

Re: Rossi or Marlin?

I have a Puma .357 and an EMF Hartford .45 and both are trouble free with the right length and bullet shape. I also have a Chiappa 44-40, wouldn't feed and blew the cases out straight. It has been awaiting repair for too many months now (see thread on this forum). My one and only NEW Marlin was an 1...
by fatoldfool
Sun Mar 14, 2010 8:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: price of used lever actions question
Replies: 18
Views: 2505

Re: price of used lever actions question

Asking prices are unreal in my part of the world, (southern WV). UNLESS I am selling! :lol: the Rossi's bring $400 up, and I have seen used 336's at $450. However I don't see a lot of them selling. Dealers asking $300 for a used black Handi-rifle are not likely to sell many of them when Walmart sell...
by fatoldfool
Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:03 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Beginning to get sick over the Taylor's & Company rifle
Replies: 84
Views: 14600

Re: Beginning to get sick over the Taylor's & Company rifle

Son was notified by phone yesterday that a barrel has been shipped. Expect 15 days transit, 7 days shop, 7 days shipping. Maybe I will have it by mid April. ( not sure if that is considering the two weeks in customs or not). He was also told to expect something extra in the box to make up for all th...
by fatoldfool
Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:07 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Vintage Picture Of the Day.
Replies: 12
Views: 1711

Re: Vintage Picture Of the Day.

Firewood looks to have been scarce. Their tinware appears new. I want to know about the caps. I have seen those caps in a lot of old midwestern photos, especially Minnesota. The caps originate from an ethnic group? Old photos from WV usually show men wearing hats or seven panel caps.
by fatoldfool
Thu Mar 04, 2010 7:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: Welding question
Replies: 22
Views: 3451

Re: OT: Welding question

The neutral flame won't have red or yellow. Sorry, can't answer about the mapp, all I have ever used is acetylene/oxygen.
by fatoldfool
Wed Mar 03, 2010 9:50 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Beginning to get sick over the Taylor's & Company rifle
Replies: 84
Views: 14600

Re: Beginning to get sick over the Taylor's & Company rifle

THE LATEST ON THE CHIAPPA/TAYLORS PROBLEM; Notified today that there was a mixup at the warranty center and my barrel was used on another rifle :shock: :roll: (anyone believe that?). Now we start all over again with getting another barrel through the legal hoops (supposedly that is why it takes so l...
by fatoldfool
Mon Mar 01, 2010 8:34 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: lets see them scatter guns
Replies: 58
Views: 7113

Re: OT: lets see them scatter guns

Fusil by Wheeler
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and my Stevens Ranger for home defense; they trombone like a 97. Shortened by me;
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by fatoldfool
Sun Feb 28, 2010 10:54 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gunpal
Replies: 13
Views: 2026

Re: Gunpal

I hate to be negative about it because I want it to work, however at least one person has had a big problem. Do a search on the CZ forum to read about it. I have signed up but have not used it yet. PLEASE DISREGARD MY NEGATIVE; Went back and looked it up and it has been cleared up- turns out it was ...
by fatoldfool
Fri Feb 26, 2010 1:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Merwin & Hulbert Update
Replies: 12
Views: 2115

Re: Merwin & Hulbert Update

I have held, examined and fired an original. It is a big revolver, designed for bigger bores. Well designed grips and felt good. I would like to have one just for the novelty of it.
by fatoldfool
Thu Feb 25, 2010 8:53 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My Keystone Cops skunk battle
Replies: 15
Views: 2617

Re: My Keystone Cops skunk battle

Wow, got another one last night, almost all black. As he died he let it all out. He is 40 yards from the house, the temp is 22 degrees F and when I step out the back door it is like he right there. It will be shower and washer time when I carry him off with the shovel.
by fatoldfool
Wed Feb 24, 2010 6:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My Keystone Cops skunk battle
Replies: 15
Views: 2617

Re: My Keystone Cops skunk battle

You can bet that from now on either that old pump Rossi or an iron sighted Marlin 39 will be in the front row of the safe! BTW, I guess this fat old man can still shoot a bit. There are 3 neat holes in a two inch group through the aluminum door that was behind the skunk, also shows skunk ribs don't ...
by fatoldfool
Wed Feb 24, 2010 11:26 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My Keystone Cops skunk battle
Replies: 15
Views: 2617

Re: My Keystone Cops skunk battle

The reason for my war on skunks is several months ago one got into my tightly fenced back yard and sprayed my two 8lb toy poodles. Of course they ran back through the doggie door and wallowed on the carpet and couch, and the whole house smelled of skunk for a long time. UGH, I have to go now and car...
by fatoldfool
Tue Feb 23, 2010 9:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My Keystone Cops skunk battle
Replies: 15
Views: 2617

My Keystone Cops skunk battle

Stepped out the door and he was about 30 yds away in the yard. Grabbed the little Mossberg with the green laser and my 6P and went back out. Laser dead. Held flashlight behind my head with left hand, rifle in right hand and fired first shot. Skunk humped and ran. Attempted second shot, no function. ...
by fatoldfool
Tue Feb 23, 2010 8:36 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I reckon this to be proof I am a hillbilly
Replies: 12
Views: 2043

Re: I reckon this to be proof I am a hillbilly

That is a Winchester model 67 (I think the grooved stock indicates a 1933 manufacture, and that is the year it was bought). Of course I still have it, and still use it. As to the horses, we had a team and they were 26 and 27 when Gramp sold them in 1958 and bought a younger horse. They were not work...
by fatoldfool
Mon Feb 22, 2010 9:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I reckon this to be proof I am a hillbilly
Replies: 12
Views: 2043

I reckon this to be proof I am a hillbilly

This picture is Mrs. Grace Allen, my grandmother in 1958 with her two squirrel/farm dogs and a 27 year old horse we were still working some. http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b283/fatoldfool/GraceAllen1958.jpg and me when I was 12 in 1956. I could sell groundhogs for .50 to $1.50 depending on size a...
by fatoldfool
Mon Feb 22, 2010 9:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 30-30, 1....Skunk 0
Replies: 18
Views: 2185

Re: 30-30, 1....Skunk 0

Well, I missed my chance while ago. I smelled skunk while sitting in the basement, ran upstairs and opened a bedroom window, leaned out with the light and I could see a cat in a little oak tree and a skunk at the base of the tree. I had thrown some veggie scraps there. I ran downstairs, grabbed the ...
by fatoldfool
Sun Feb 21, 2010 10:10 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT -- gun safe dehumidifiers
Replies: 2
Views: 687

Re: OT -- gun safe dehumidifiers

Black may be Chinese? I have had a Golden Rod for about 15 years with no problems.
by fatoldfool
Sun Feb 21, 2010 10:08 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Thoughts on Ruger's "Mini" series
Replies: 105
Views: 10434

Re: Thoughts on Ruger's "Mini" series

I have never heard a complaint about reliability. I have heard complaints about accuracy, however any I have fired had the capability to shoot under 3 inches at 100 yds, and some would do the 1 1/2 inch groups. Unless Ruger has changed the chamber, you are not supposed to fire 5.56, fire ONLY .223 a...
by fatoldfool
Fri Feb 19, 2010 7:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Beginning to get sick over the Taylor's & Company rifle
Replies: 84
Views: 14600

Re: Beginning to get sick over the Taylor's & Company rifle

Been at the repair center a month, nothing yet....boy this is really customer service. :evil: I am beginning to lose my cool...going to be really hard to hang two more weeks before I blow.