My step-grandad was a sailor during WWI. He served on the battleship, USS Georgia, one of the older pre-dreadnaught ships. I think he spent most of his time on coastal patrol or convoy duty. Then, after the war, returning doughboys, from France. He, then, was a fireman in Detroit until he retired. H...

Hi! Long time member, but rare poster. I'd post more if I knew how to add pictures. I have an 1884 vintage Winchester 1873 with a single set trigger. I have always been very leery of using it for fear that some small fragile part will break. This video was a fascinating look at the mechanics of the ...

It hasn't been that long ago, in the early '90s, that I brought my 1886 Winchester and my 1884 vintage Colt SAA into my 4th grade classroom as a followup activity for a core literature book that we had just finished reading. It is a small rural school district, and the superintendent was fully suppo...

My commute is a mile and a half and about 4 minutes to the school I teach at. Add to that that daughter is in the adjoining 4th grade classroom, and I get to have her for social studies each day, and I have both my son and daughter(8 & 10) with me after school each day, it's a great commute and ...

I have been a member for a while, but do not post much. I read a lot, though. When I saw your post about going to Logan's in Chico, I laughed to myself because I was in Chico yesterday. Unfortunately, it was for a funeral of an old family friend at the Newton-Bracewell Funeral Home. She left behind ...

My first rifle, given to me by my dad in 1968, is also a 1947, D prefix 39A. He bought it new in Colusa, California around 1950 while doing his student teaching there. He had a Weaver half inch 4X scope mounted on it. I received it when I was 14. I turn 56 next week and still have it, with the scope...

Hi to all. I'm a long time reader, and a newer member, but have never posted before. Firewood is a subject that I spend a lot of time thinking about, either finding, cutting, splitting, stacking, or hauling. Here in far northern California, oak is the favored wood - blue oak, liveoak, black oak, or ...