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by PriseDeFer
Fri May 27, 2016 9:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I feel like I won the lottery
Replies: 20
Views: 2625

Re: I feel like I won the lottery

This is real? It looks as though you have found a way to photograph your dreams.
by PriseDeFer
Tue Apr 26, 2016 11:17 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Going Big Bore.........Quietly......
Replies: 9
Views: 1647

Re: Going Big Bore.........Quietly......

The Tom Horn Special.
by PriseDeFer
Sun Apr 03, 2016 10:49 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 9mm v. 45acp: Let The Melee Begin
Replies: 64
Views: 6681

Re: 9mm v. 45acp: Let The Melee Begin

"The smaller guns are sometimes carried as ballast in the pocket of my vest to help keep the wind from blowing my vest back and exposing the 45..."

Now that's a real pistolero talkin' right there.
by PriseDeFer
Wed Feb 24, 2016 6:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I've Never Met an Idiot on the River.
Replies: 8
Views: 1433

Re: I've Never Met an Idiot on the River.

Thanks, I didn't know any of that and that's a great book title.
by PriseDeFer
Wed Feb 24, 2016 5:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New SAA
Replies: 22
Views: 2080

Re: New SAA

"My two boys are already mooning over it as 5.5 is their favorite."

Maybe you have a couple of gunfighters on your hands. The 1 1/2 inch longer barrel is a little easier to pick up when your not looking right at it, as in shooting from the hip.
by PriseDeFer
Wed Feb 24, 2016 2:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New Western Movie Feb. 2016...
Replies: 29
Views: 4092

Re: New Western Movie Feb. 2016...

Western film portrays and operates within a myth that thousands and thousands of ticket buyers have bought into, why would they be realistic? We can get the history anytime from books, the silver screen is for dreams. Ride the high country.
by PriseDeFer
Sat Jan 23, 2016 6:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Master Eye Shift
Replies: 15
Views: 3861

Re: Master Eye Shift

Likely not a bad idea for anyone to practice on the off side, enough to knock most of the strange off it. It's sort of fun to learn it all over again. Not too fun with a bow though.
by PriseDeFer
Mon Jan 04, 2016 10:50 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Leveritus Never Sleeps.......................
Replies: 22
Views: 4548

Re: Leveritus Never Sleeps.......................

.45colt, I Double Dog Dare You to go back and put that thing in your hands and put it down.
by PriseDeFer
Mon Jan 04, 2016 10:41 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Thanks Rita! -- new Ruger levergun!
Replies: 18
Views: 2201

Re: Thanks Rita! -- new Ruger levergun!

"I feel like i may need to procure a tweed shooting jacket, a pair of spats..."

Or maybe thorn torn, sweat soaked khakis and discover the source of the Nile, slightly out of time but close enough for day dreams.
by PriseDeFer
Tue Dec 15, 2015 10:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: First Hopalong novel, for download
Replies: 4
Views: 867

Re: First Hopalong novel, for download

Thank you, I look forward to my first look at the real Hoppy. William Boyd and company changed him drastically to pitch the TV show to kids, an artistic felony no doubt but they did help raise me and infected me with the Code of the West which can scold me soundly to this day.
by PriseDeFer
Tue Dec 15, 2015 10:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Levergun Buffalo Hunt in the Australian Outback
Replies: 32
Views: 5049

Re: Levergun Buffalo Hunt in the Australian Outback

Thank you for buff6.jpg. It always believed that the real Australia was what I saw when I closed my eyes and now I see it is so.
by PriseDeFer
Tue Dec 15, 2015 9:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Revelation of a Cockroach Hunter
Replies: 44
Views: 9472

Re: Revelation of a Cockroach Hunter

Even against those big alpha boars in full charge a cool head and a Red Ryder spitting solid steel shot will save you. Use the near side shoulder shot from your Africa days to break them down and move in fast for the kill. Then will come the deep drinking and the telling of it and the silver beards ...
by PriseDeFer
Sat Oct 31, 2015 1:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Aiming a handgun
Replies: 34
Views: 5166

Re: Aiming a handgun

Shoot 10 with one eye closed then new target and 10 with the other eye closed. Forget all else 'till you do that.
by PriseDeFer
Wed Oct 28, 2015 10:27 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Billy the Kid?
Replies: 27
Views: 5046

Re: Billy the Kid?

One of the folks in the documentary, to these eyes well done, identified the lady to the right of the pointing man as Sarah Chisum. The image was made by a crack photographer, is in good condition, will inspire debate and research for years and invites us to step through a just opened door. Who's go...
by PriseDeFer
Wed Oct 28, 2015 9:46 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Need help with computer problem.
Replies: 13
Views: 1248

Re: Need help with computer problem.

Have Vista on this machine, disable Aero and a bunch of other stuff and it runs just fine. You disable hardware acceleration in the browser, not in Vista. I don't have Chrome but do have Chromium and can go to Settings>>Advanced>>System and find the checkbox for hardware acceleration. No joy with th...
by PriseDeFer
Mon Oct 19, 2015 9:22 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Flintlocks and Deer
Replies: 23
Views: 2906

Re: Flintlocks and Deer

Good hunting story. I could almost, and maybe did, smell the smoke and see the smiles in the firelight.
by PriseDeFer
Mon Oct 19, 2015 9:17 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Most fun you can have with your boots on!
Replies: 5
Views: 874

Re: Most fun you can have with your boots on!

" Introduced my 14 year old to the sport. His first match."

I believe that will be the best thing I hear of today. Funny how sometimes the little things are huge.
by PriseDeFer
Thu Sep 10, 2015 1:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Colt SAA in 38-40 Is It Any Good?
Replies: 21
Views: 2225

Re: Colt SAA in 38-40 Is It Any Good?

Just does not look kosher. Too peacock blue for being around very long. To these eyes.
by PriseDeFer
Thu Sep 10, 2015 1:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gorilla Glue Rant
Replies: 23
Views: 3666

Re: Gorilla Glue Rant

Glad you brought this up, was going to get some for a small fix it. Now I found this single use 4 pack...

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Gorillia-Glue ... k/23760410
by PriseDeFer
Fri Sep 04, 2015 6:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Leverguns Shirt Model
Replies: 22
Views: 1857

Re: Leverguns Shirt Model

Does she come with the shirt?
by PriseDeFer
Fri Sep 04, 2015 6:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Help me choose between these two
Replies: 9
Views: 1813

Re: Help me choose between these two

The Ross, would. If I knew more about the bolt flying backward, it may.
by PriseDeFer
Fri Sep 04, 2015 6:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New levershucker 25-20
Replies: 40
Views: 4412

Re: New levershucker 25-20

daisy...that's the kind of story I read leverguns for, that is what levergun means. In my opinion.
by PriseDeFer
Fri Sep 04, 2015 6:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Kept my job, but not sure I want it now
Replies: 49
Views: 4031

Re: Kept my job, but not sure I want it now

You might check out your state law on firearms kept in private vehicles in company owned parking lots. It may supersede company rules.
by PriseDeFer
Thu Sep 03, 2015 11:02 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Went Cowboy Action Shooting Today
Replies: 18
Views: 2506

Re: Went Cowboy Action Shooting Today

Yes, superb photo, couldn't be better
by PriseDeFer
Mon Aug 24, 2015 10:48 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: GUN SAFETY REMINDER-
Replies: 14
Views: 2045

Re: GUN SAFETY REMINDER-

Good last step in a function check is slamming the butt on the ground cocked and empty.
by PriseDeFer
Mon Aug 24, 2015 10:45 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New levershucker 25-20
Replies: 40
Views: 4412

Re: New levershucker 25-20

Being miserly with lead and powder in fine style, you are a wise man. And you are, no doubt, eager to put up a range and load report.
by PriseDeFer
Mon Aug 24, 2015 10:40 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Jack v. Elmer: Part Deux
Replies: 21
Views: 4237

Re: Jack v. Elmer: Part Deux

Elmer, and nothing to do with ballistics. Big hat, big stories, it's the West.
by PriseDeFer
Wed Aug 19, 2015 10:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For WW2 airplane buffs
Replies: 23
Views: 3397

Re: For WW2 airplane buffs

Good grab Owens. Good sound and just like we were standing there with you.
by PriseDeFer
Fri Aug 07, 2015 11:30 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Re: 3/3 done
Replies: 36
Views: 3261

Re: 1/3 done

A simple and handsome blade, very interested in seeing a final photo with all changes and false edge sharpened to serious intent. You'd be a fool to trade this one away
by PriseDeFer
Tue Aug 04, 2015 8:21 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A great primer on airguns
Replies: 17
Views: 2025

Re: A great primer on airguns

The Benjiman 177 pumper for easy, fine shooting. The Shanghai Air Rifle Company 25+ year old underlever springer for a faster first shot on rats and rustlers.
by PriseDeFer
Tue Aug 04, 2015 8:11 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Best Find Ever
Replies: 28
Views: 4453

Re: The Best Find Ever

Every male must at some point make the serious and fateful decision to ever be alone in a room with a redheaded woman, or not. I admire bravery in all it's forms, congratulations.
by PriseDeFer
Sun Jul 19, 2015 7:54 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Homemade knife
Replies: 11
Views: 1860

Re: Homemade knife

Looks fine as is. You shaped that clipped point just right for a nice and nasty blade.
by PriseDeFer
Sun Jul 19, 2015 7:47 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Boy I need a Colt...
Replies: 20
Views: 2146

Re: Boy I need a Colt...

A double action Colt required for levergunism? Have a talk with that part of you, just to make sure.
by PriseDeFer
Thu Jul 16, 2015 9:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: general encouragement and a request
Replies: 26
Views: 3926

Re: general encouragement and a request

You'll be walking a dangerous land in His name. You'll be back, with a story.
by PriseDeFer
Thu Jul 16, 2015 9:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Big butt update
Replies: 25
Views: 3685

Re: Big butt update

Lovely and I'll wager she just hangs, suspended in space, front sight settled on the mark when shooting off your hind legs like the Creator intended. Prone position being something for other, lesser rifles.
by PriseDeFer
Thu Jul 16, 2015 8:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Nosler Partition vs Nosler Accubond
Replies: 23
Views: 3462

Re: Nosler Partition vs Nosler Accubond

The Partitions have been relied on to expand and go deep since Moses walked the wilderness.
by PriseDeFer
Thu Jun 25, 2015 8:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: This woman's hunting photo....
Replies: 37
Views: 5656

Re: This woman's hunting photo....

Where are the pixel-edge artifacts? I did not find them immediately apparent in this stunning and savagely lovely photograph.
by PriseDeFer
Fri Jun 19, 2015 5:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Pic test retried
Replies: 18
Views: 1158

Re: Pic test retried

Sometimes shooting from the hip works better than anything else. Photos, watercolors, Dodge City.
by PriseDeFer
Fri Jun 19, 2015 12:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Pic test retried
Replies: 18
Views: 1158

Re: Pic test retried

Les,

I like that shot that shows the buck, the other truck, fence, road and houses. There is a jumbled immediacy about it that makes you feel you were there. Make sure you save that one, I am, con permiso
by PriseDeFer
Fri Jun 19, 2015 12:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Rusa with a 1895 Winchester in 405
Replies: 6
Views: 2018

Re: Rusa with a 1895 Winchester in 405

I like that photo, a touch of flash and dash, like the old Elgin Gates shots.
by PriseDeFer
Wed Jun 17, 2015 8:39 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Movie levergun trivia question
Replies: 9
Views: 2360

Re: Movie levergun trivia question

Thanks, good clip. Back when real men used real guns and real blanks. Will we ever see their like again?
by PriseDeFer
Wed Jun 17, 2015 8:12 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Vintage: Well Dressed With Lever's...
Replies: 19
Views: 1503

Re: Vintage: Well Dressed With Lever's...

Gentleman's Sporting and Regulating Society. Thank God they're sober.
by PriseDeFer
Wed Jun 17, 2015 8:07 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gas Piston vs Springer
Replies: 21
Views: 2693

Re: Gas Piston vs Springer

My Chinese underlever steel spring springer, yes that one, is something like 30 years old. Still deadly.
by PriseDeFer
Wed Jun 17, 2015 7:53 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Winchester 64 manufactured in 1941
Replies: 13
Views: 1612

Re: Winchester 64 manufactured in 1941

Daisy, you got the ranch owner's model, you'll walk in beauty when you take her hunting. I'll just get back to bunkhouse now and oil the freckles on the receiver of my post 64 94.
by PriseDeFer
Wed Jun 17, 2015 7:48 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 1881 Railroad Map
Replies: 6
Views: 794

Re: 1881 Railroad Map

For maps and any eyes the MR Sid file format is ideal... http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~25489~1020098:Sante-Fe-Route-and-connections-?sort=Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2CPub_List_No%2CSeries_No&qvq=q:santa%2Bfe%2Brailroad;sort:Pub_List_No_InitialSort%2CPub_Date%2...
by PriseDeFer
Wed Jun 17, 2015 7:34 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Savage 99 300 Savage
Replies: 18
Views: 3137

Re: Savage 99 300 Savage

As a kid, first time handloading, 3031 (full charge I'm sure) behind a 110 grain Hollow Point. When the old birdhouse disappeared I began to understand guns.
by PriseDeFer
Wed Jun 17, 2015 7:18 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Will this forum survive?
Replies: 26
Views: 3732

Re: Will this forum survive?

"Honestly, do you really think it would be worth wasting your time to make a comment anyway!" Of course it is. Floods of comments have effect on agencies and representatives both. Everything must be answered. Always. Where and when you don't respond, that is where and when they win. What p...
by PriseDeFer
Wed Jun 03, 2015 11:25 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The 26 Yard Hunting Zero.
Replies: 14
Views: 2447

Re: The 26 Yard Hunting Zero.

This one has been around for awhile: http://www.modeerhunter.com/stories/zero.aspx

It was handy to be able to zero a couple of 30/30's in the back yard. Make sure to measure your sight height above the bore axis and enter that in your ballistics calculator (if'n yer usin' one).
by PriseDeFer
Wed Jun 03, 2015 10:39 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Randall
Replies: 15
Views: 2583

Re: Randall

Sculpture on your hip.