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- 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...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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 ...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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.
- 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.
- 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!
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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!
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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!
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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.
- 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.
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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.
- 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...
- 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
and my Stevens Ranger for home defense; they trombone like a 97. Shortened by me;
and my Stevens Ranger for home defense; they trombone like a 97. Shortened by me;
- 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 ...
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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. ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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. I am beginning to lose my cool...going to be really hard to hang two more weeks before I blow.