Yeah, this seems pretty accurate...
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- Wed Jan 07, 2026 9:09 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: "How a Liberal Ends an Arguement They're Losing..."
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5
- Wed Jan 07, 2026 8:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Darn drunk drivers
- Replies: 11
- Views: 165
Re: Darn drunk drivers
Darn it, it was at 375,000 miles. It started perfectly. No, I was not injured. I wanted to hit 400,000 miles, and then see where it went. First of all -- glad you & yours were not hurt! My son ran my old 2009 Camry to 385,000 miles -- he said he "wanted a commercial by Toyota" -- and ...
- Wed Jan 07, 2026 8:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Good day at the gunshow
- Replies: 13
- Views: 304
Re: Good day at the gunshow
...a Savage Model 19 NRA on his table, I have a fetish for these older .22 target rifles and so we came to an agreement . Was only in the show about 45 minutes and on my way home with my new treasure. This rifle , a 1934 issue, is at least 95% and likely better. Metal is unkissed, looks about like ...
- Thu Jan 01, 2026 7:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New Year’s Resolution
- Replies: 17
- Views: 285
Re: New Year’s Resolution
Um, check the date Scott... It's January 1st -- not April 1st!!!Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Thu Jan 01, 2026 9:00 am I’m going to make a tough one this year.
No new guns. No used guns. No trading guns.
And you thought you'd fool us...
Old No7
- Wed Dec 31, 2025 2:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 104 year old veteran plays National Anthem
- Replies: 1
- Views: 68
Re: 104 year old veteran plays National Anthem
Awesome -- God Bless Him!!!
Great tone and intonation, and I like his #104 shirt too!
Old No7
Great tone and intonation, and I like his #104 shirt too!
Old No7
- Mon Dec 29, 2025 5:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Chancellorsville battlefield
- Replies: 9
- Views: 277
Re: Chancellorsville battlefield
+1 to Jay for doing that!
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- Sun Dec 28, 2025 8:55 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: WTB MARLIN
- Replies: 4
- Views: 227
Re: WTB MARLIN
I didn't realize the JM ones were so highly sought after... Yup, I'll admit that I funded a few nicer acquisitions to my collection by buying 5 or 6 "JM"-marked Marlins locally over the course of 1 year for < $400 each, and then selling them for no less than $750 each after the "Reml...
- Sun Dec 28, 2025 8:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Chancellorsville battlefield
- Replies: 9
- Views: 277
Re: Chancellorsville battlefield
Nice images, thanks for sharing. Gee, I need to get visiting some sites down south, as the only Civil War battle site this Yankee * has ever been to was in... -- St. Albans, Vermont! (Check out my posting on this site about that: https://www.levergunscommunity.org/viewtopic.php?p=1018610 ) ( * At le...
- Mon Dec 22, 2025 4:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Our System of Government
- Replies: 1
- Views: 163
Our System of Government
Putting this HERE so more folks will see it -- before it likely gets moved over to the "P" section...
Sure is A LOT OF TRUTH in this!
Old No7
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Sure is A LOT OF TRUTH in this!
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- Sun Dec 21, 2025 1:27 pm
- Forum: Classifieds
- Topic: custom highwall
- Replies: 3
- Views: 342
Re: custom highwall
I wouldn't lower the price or sell it here -- you'd likely get much more by listing it on GunBroker. Yeah, I could buy it and "flip it" (as some buyers might do), but that's not my style. If you're not in urgent need for the $$ -- I'd suggest you cancel this offering and list it elsewhere...
- Sat Dec 20, 2025 9:55 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Let's See Your "Best" 100-Yard Groups
- Replies: 17
- Views: 691
Let's See Your "Best" 100-Yard Groups
OK, let's see your "best" 100-yard groups -- shot with any firearm. I'll start with a 40 gr VMax load shot over 10 years ago from my glass-bedded Rem 700 in Triple Deuce using Benchmark powder, with a Timney trigger set at 2.5 pounds. I've matched this several times, but still haven't sho...
- Fri Dec 19, 2025 8:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My Black & Blue "Hunting" TC Hawken
- Replies: 2
- Views: 169
My Black & Blue "Hunting" TC Hawken
The image below will show you my version of a "Hunting" TC Hawken... It came to me for just $250 with a perfect bore -- hardly looked shot at all, and with no machining marks either -- but about 40% of the finish on the barrel and 60% on the lock had been scratched down to be silver/grey; ...
- Fri Dec 19, 2025 12:02 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: "The PERFECT Home for Liberals"
- Replies: 5
- Views: 264
"The PERFECT Home for Liberals"
Saw this elsewhere -- had to share!
Old No7
"The PERFECT Home for Liberals"
P R I S O N S
* All get FREE food
* All are treated EQUALLY
* All get FREE healthcare & clothing
* ONLY the guards or police have any GUNS
--> It's a LIBERAL'S PARADISE!!!
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"The PERFECT Home for Liberals"
P R I S O N S
* All get FREE food
* All are treated EQUALLY
* All get FREE healthcare & clothing
* ONLY the guards or police have any GUNS
--> It's a LIBERAL'S PARADISE!!!
- Sun Dec 14, 2025 12:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: It feels like a Sunday
- Replies: 11
- Views: 512
Re: It feels like a Sunday
Thank you Bill! Well done!
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- Sun Dec 14, 2025 12:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another health tidbit
- Replies: 11
- Views: 621
Re: Another health tidbit
I tried fish oil capsules for a while. My wife gagged at the smell of my skin, breath, and sweat. She hates fish more than anyone I have ever known. I got off of it for the same reasons, and especially due to a few news reports possibly linking it to prostate cancer (never did check into that too d...
- Thu Dec 11, 2025 6:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: And all this time I thought you guys were all joking...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 481
Re: And all this time I thought you guys were all joking...
Huh, I was expecting to see an "April 1" date on that...............
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- Thu Dec 11, 2025 6:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another health tidbit
- Replies: 11
- Views: 621
- Thu Dec 11, 2025 6:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Combination Guns
- Replies: 9
- Views: 560
Re: Combination Guns
Very cool! I've had 2 or 3 "bockbuschflinte" combo guns in 12ga-over-222s over the years, but am without one now. On both my Valmet 412 and a Marochi (both had double triggers and were scoped 1-5X), I made several trips to shoot trap -- with the scope mounted on them! I did that to get pra...
- Tue Dec 09, 2025 1:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Free Speech in the UK . . . . .
- Replies: 6
- Views: 472
Re: Free Speech in the UK . . . . .
And how will they get rid of it? (see image below...)gamekeeper wrote: ↑Tue Dec 09, 2025 4:38 am The working class in Britain have traditionally voted for socialism even though it has proven disastrous time and time again but at last they are waking up to reality.
Old No7
- Tue Dec 09, 2025 1:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Talk about little!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1383
Re: Talk about little!
Praying she does well! I weighed in at even less than that as a premie twin -- that they didn't even know about -- and the Doc had left the hospital and they had to send a police car after him to bring him back. My twin, who came out first (that means I went in first, right?) weighed just a pound mo...
- Mon Dec 08, 2025 10:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Free Speech in the UK . . . . .
- Replies: 6
- Views: 472
Free Speech in the UK . . . . .
This is for John (Gamekeeper), Nath and our other friends from across the pond...
Come on over here and shoot & hunt with us -- we'll just be careful not to post the pictures on social media.
Cheers!
Old No7
Come on over here and shoot & hunt with us -- we'll just be careful not to post the pictures on social media.
Cheers!
Old No7
- Sun Dec 07, 2025 10:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Oh fudge...
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1082
Re: Oh fudge...
Ouch... Gee Jay -- crack a smile, crack a joke, crack a beer even -- but cracking a stock?! Not good! That happened to my brother's old wall-hanger, and what he did was force the wood together tightly on the side that faced the room, which left a slight gap on the other side (there was no way he co...
- Tue Dec 02, 2025 3:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: .222 Remington/.223 Remington for deer
- Replies: 35
- Views: 2546
Re: .222 Remington/.223 Remington for deer
I have a superbly accurate Triple Deuce; if I'd ever used it for deer (hunting from my fixed stand) I'd probably try a Nosler Partition bullet. Haven't done it yet -- 'cause I like my leveraction! (Savage 99A in .250 Savage)
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Old No7
- Tue Dec 02, 2025 3:01 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: A good socialist would
- Replies: 3
- Views: 732
- Tue Dec 02, 2025 11:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Please ease my mind on this (AI Robots)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1051
Re: Please ease my mind on this (AI Robots)
How about TURNED ON ? ? ?gamekeeper wrote: ↑Tue Dec 02, 2025 11:15 am The main benefit would be that they could be switched off.....![]()
Old No7
- Mon Dec 01, 2025 3:36 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Don't lend your guns to Brits.
- Replies: 6
- Views: 872
Re: Don't lend your guns to Brits.
I agree John. I know your politicians and country (yet not all the people) have gone completely OFF the rail -- but I didn't think it'd gone THAT far!!
Old No7
- Sat Nov 29, 2025 8:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Shooting spike bucks
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1780
Re: Shooting spike bucks
Fortunately they taste the same as any other deer. Quite true. I shot a small 3 pointer one year -- 1 small point on one side, 2 spikes on the other -- as he had walked right up on me... The guys in deer camp teased me that I'd "Shot the village idiot..." and they were glad that his genes...
- Mon Nov 24, 2025 9:36 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Andy what happened to Belt Mountain SS basepin
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1176
Re: Andy what happened to Belt Mountain SS basepin
Are the pins for the Old Army coming later, or maybe not at all? There's a small market for those due to bent pins. *ANDYLARSSON wrote: ↑Mon Nov 24, 2025 9:18 am We have 600 pins of everything except the Old Army coming through.
( * I haven't joined that club "yet"... )
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- Mon Nov 24, 2025 9:32 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Warming Up a COLD Rifle
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1031
Warming Up a COLD Rifle
Just saw this on a .22 website, and figured I'd share it here. Here's the poster's 1st post -- we do this at deer camp, where the rifles are outside in the cold, but safe from the elements or theft. And it works... "Another way was to just leave the rifle out in the cold. An unheated porch woul...
- Sun Nov 23, 2025 3:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hold/position sensitivity?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 941
Re: Hold/position sensitivity?
I find that some air rifles, particularly spring air rifles, are very sensitive as to how you hold them. If you are very consistent, your gun will shoot noticeably better. I’ve never thought about this with firearms but I’m wondering about it. I know that the more consistent you can be with a SAA t...
- Wed Nov 19, 2025 7:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Music to cry to. It's okay.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2293
Re: Music to cry to. It's okay.
I have always been touched by Jay Ungar's "Ashokan Farewell," a recent melody that made the 19th century and the soulful spirit of "The Civil War" of Ken Burns come alive. That was great -- thanks for sharing this Bill! This is most entertaining ! Sad & mournfull ? To be sur...
- Tue Nov 11, 2025 12:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 50 Years Later: "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
- Replies: 8
- Views: 798
Re: 50 Years Later: "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
...it takes a certain temperament to ride out the weather on those boats. True that. A friend of mine did dozens of trips across the North & South Atlantic as an engineer on merchant vessels. He only did 2 or 3 trips on the Great Lakes -- as he said that's where he saw the wildest weather and w...
- Mon Nov 10, 2025 8:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 50 Years Later: "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
- Replies: 8
- Views: 798
50 Years Later: "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
I just saw that the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald was 50 years ago today... November 10th. RIP to the captain & crew -- fair winds and following seas. I've always like the haunting song by Gordon Lightfoot (RIP), which is a fascinating and captivating piece of song/storytelling history. I've se...
- Mon Oct 27, 2025 7:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sometimes the Deer gets the Human...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2923
- Tue Oct 21, 2025 5:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: From none to four
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5169
Re: From none to four
Wow, really nice! But you know -- you can't shoot them all -- so you ought to loan them out to us here; we'll shoot them for you, get them on target, put them through their paces, etc. You'd eventually get them back there (right....) This is no time to be greedy... But lucky -- yes! I'd say you were...
- Mon Oct 20, 2025 8:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anybody Like/Have Spanish Doubles? (SxS)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 697
Anybody Like/Have Spanish Doubles? (SxS)
I'm curious if anyone here has experience with Spanish-made side-by-side doubles... :?: I looked at a few nice ones by Aya, Sarasqueta, and Uggy (Ugartechea) earlier today, but they were all out of my budget range as I'd also picked up a new Browning O/U (Cynergy CX, 20 gauge). So I picked up this K...
- Mon Oct 13, 2025 8:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: sorry off topic...but what the..
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1252
Re: sorry off topic...but what the..
Maybe it's time for the Vikings to return and sack the church?!?!
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- Mon Oct 13, 2025 8:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Northern-most Land Action of the Civil War
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1454
The Northern-most Land Action of the Civil War
I just learned about this history during a recent trip driving from ME, across NH, then northwest over to Lake Champlain at Burlington VT, then driving up to the northern islands of the lake and coming back south on the mainland via St. Albans, VT. The northern most land action of the Civil War occu...
- Sat Oct 11, 2025 8:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Kahr Kollection
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2525
Re: Kahr Kollection
That’s funny Jay! Sorry for your loss… Just found this online… ”Kahr Arms got its name from founder Justin Moon's belief that a European-sounding, specifically German, surname would help market the brand as a quality engineering product. He chose the name "Kahr" as a nod to the reputation ...
- Fri Oct 10, 2025 7:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Kahr Kollection
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2525
Re: Kahr Kollection
I think the owner/designer is Korean?!?! I recall hearing that "Kahr" was selected as the name as it sounded harsh and European.Streetstar wrote: ↑Thu Oct 09, 2025 10:44 pm ...but -- German engineering is usually quite satisfactory
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- Thu Oct 09, 2025 7:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A historic day.....
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2187
- Thu Oct 09, 2025 6:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A historic day.....
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2187
- Tue Oct 07, 2025 8:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Kahr Kollection
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2525
Re: Kahr Kollection
What is the difference between the MK9 and the CW9? Hi Jim: * The MK9 is all metal, 4" tall (6 + 1 capacity), 5.3" OAL and weighs in at 24 oz. * The CW9 has a poly lower, is 4.5" tall (7 + 1 capacity), 5.9" OAL and weighs 17.7 oz. I tend to shoot heavier handguns a bit better, s...
- Tue Oct 07, 2025 7:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Kahr Kollection
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2525
Kahr Kollection
Well, now I have 3 options for concealed carry -- all with the same trigger action & feel. I finally found a decent MK9 at a very decent price to join my other stainless Kahrs. Yeah, Jay Leno may have a nice Car Collection -- but all I can afford is a Kahr Kollection. I'll have to get it out to ...
- Thu Oct 02, 2025 7:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: cataract / astigmatism surgery
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4512
Re: cataract / astigmatism surgery
I've had cataract surgery done in both eyes, the first about 8-9 years ago and the other 3 years ago. I now have 20/20 or better vision in both eyes but do have to wear readers, which to be honest I had to wear prior to the surgery. I've had no issues and am glad I had it done. Both mine were done ...
- Tue Sep 16, 2025 8:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: PSA: Don't Cheat on Assigned Physical Therapy
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2875
Re: PSA: Don't Cheat on Assigned Physical Therapy
Whoa, Darryl, how did my post end up on yours? Sorry bro! Total mystery. Gee, Bill, I have NO IDEA of what you touched -- just DON"T TOUCH IT AGAIN!!! Cheers! Old No7 And for those who missed seeing what I'd originally posted... PSA = A Public Service Announcement I'd mentioned recently that I...
- Sun Sep 14, 2025 6:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Happy Birthday mod71alaska
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3151
Re: Happy Birthday mod71alaska
Oh, good to hear that John; I'd clicked on his name to find the last posting date, but it was blank when I looked...gamekeeper wrote: ↑Sun Sep 14, 2025 3:34 pm I too have unsuccessfully tried to contact Victor but he did post here on February 27 2025.
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- Sun Sep 14, 2025 1:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: PSA: Don't Cheat on Assigned Physical Therapy
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2875
PSA: Don't Cheat on Assigned Physical Therapy
Darryl, I confess to fudging on a lot of my assigned PT over the years, but there has been so much of it with all the surgeries that it was like being assigned a 20-page paper with footnotes as a high school sophomore, i.e., torture. But I agree that the closer I came to doing the work, the faster I...
- Sun Sep 14, 2025 1:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Happy Birthday mod71alaska
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3151
Re: Happy Birthday mod71alaska
Guys. I hope I am wrong, but I fear the worst for Victor... I'd reached out to him a year or so after he sent me -- for free! -- a full set of nautical charts for Maine, but I never heard back from him; either on PMs from this site, or by mail that I sent out. As I said, I do hope I am wrong... Old ...
- Mon Sep 08, 2025 8:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hunting In The House
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2357
Re: Hunting In The House
Was always tempted to mess with one of those. 8) We use them to kill the annoying/biting "August flies" that we get when we're chilling on the boat at the lake -- table salt kills 'em good, and it doesn't scratch the gel coat on the boat. I "pattern" mine on large leaves to asse...