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- Wed May 27, 2026 8:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Montana Bullet Works is back!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 381
Re: Montana Bullet Works is back!
At $48.00 per hundred for the 235 grain .348 bullets I don't see how the stay in business.
- Sat May 16, 2026 12:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How many of you have two loads for a particular gun?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5216
Re: How many of you have two loads for a particular gun?
Usually have a Lead bullet load and a jacketed load for most but not all . I have owned 5 different .243 rifles over the years but have only ever used one load in them all.
- Sat May 16, 2026 10:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: JimT
- Replies: 83
- Views: 14499
Re: JimT
Great news . Still praying for him and the family. Thanks for the update.Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Sat May 16, 2026 10:22 am Jim had a great night last night.
He can stand to pee again (very important for guys like us.)
He should start physical therapy next week.
- Sun May 03, 2026 10:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Favorite barrel length for a hunting sixgun?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 8606
Re: Favorite barrel length for a hunting sixgun?
5" Smith & Wesson 4 5/8 Ruger .357 and I think my Flattop .44 Special is a 6" but I wont swear to it .
- Sun May 03, 2026 9:01 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Drone meets - - - TORNADO...!!!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 799
Re: Drone meets - - - TORNADO...!!!
That's extremely hard to believe , I got to think it's fake . I would think that light little drone would be destroyed long before it ever saw the center of a tornado .
- Sun May 03, 2026 8:51 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Back to Unique.45 Colt
- Replies: 53
- Views: 42980
Re: Back to Unique.45 Colt
That looks like a Lyman page .Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Sun Apr 05, 2026 12:34 pm No, some of them had better consistency on the chronograph. But none of them shot as well as Unique at 50 yards.
The Speer manual from 1970 showed more choices but Unique seems to have still been a favorite.
- Sat Apr 25, 2026 9:57 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Starting from Scratch, First 5 guns!
- Replies: 50
- Views: 25938
Re: Starting from Scratch, First 5 guns!
Easy .
Colt SAA .44 Special 4 3/4" blue
S&W Triple Lock Target .44 Special 5" blue
Parker 16 gauge on the 20 gauge frame
Winchester model 71 .348 Winchester with bolt peep
Winchester 1886 .33 Winchester Light Weight take down
With many more to follow but these would be first.
Colt SAA .44 Special 4 3/4" blue
S&W Triple Lock Target .44 Special 5" blue
Parker 16 gauge on the 20 gauge frame
Winchester model 71 .348 Winchester with bolt peep
Winchester 1886 .33 Winchester Light Weight take down
With many more to follow but these would be first.
- Wed Apr 15, 2026 2:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: If I had a ton of money I'd get this gun...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 15366
Re: If I had a ton of money I'd get this gun...
Hard Pass . Wouldn't even let you on the property with that thing.
- Tue Apr 07, 2026 12:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Blew my Uberti 1876 up
- Replies: 44
- Views: 85415
Re: Blew my Uberti 1876 up
Ouch !
- Fri Mar 20, 2026 4:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Could have been me as a young man
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2902
Re: Could have been me as a young man
Bet your glad it ain't , you'd be dead if it was. 
- Mon Mar 16, 2026 3:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New/antique revolver speed loader.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2697
Re: New/antique revolver speed loader.
They show up on ebay pretty often . Not sure if they are original or reproduction.
- Tue Mar 10, 2026 12:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Impala with a .22 Hornet
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4637
Re: Impala with a .22 Hornet
Can't win for losing. Y'all beat me to it.
- Thu Mar 05, 2026 10:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: USPS follies, YET AGAIN!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7112
Re: USPS follies, YET AGAIN!
Par for the course . My package from Georgia coming to Alabama went to Aurora Colorado , then Denver Colorado , then Memphis Tennessee , then somewhere in North east Georgia , then Birmingham Alabama , Then Nashville Tennessee , then finally to Huntsville Alabama where it sat for four days before ma...
- Wed Mar 04, 2026 9:29 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Carry guns and size
- Replies: 37
- Views: 21965
Re: Carry guns and size
I don't have a carry gun , I have a drawer full . At any given time you might see me carrying a Colt SAA or Flattop Ruger ,70 Series 1911 , J frame , N frame , G3c or a Ruger .380 2nd gen . I even been known to carry aa Beretta 81BB in .32 acp . About the only thing I don't carry is a .25 . I just g...
- Wed Feb 11, 2026 1:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: So, I was minding my own business
- Replies: 24
- Views: 13151
Re: So, I was minding my own business
Did they put a limit on how much stealing you could do ? If not I would have bought them out on .99 items.Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Tue Feb 10, 2026 9:05 pm 99 cents for a pound of powder or a box of primers almost feels like stealing.
- Fri Feb 06, 2026 3:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Old factory 348 ammo, shoot em,keep em ,or??
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1704
Re: Old factory 348 ammo, shoot em,keep em ,or??
I have a 1936 bolt peep standard gun in the corner by the rear door where it sits during hunting season when I' in the house . The ammo in it is from a 1936 box of Remington ammo . I load for it but I love to hunt with the old period ammo . I'd use it for hunting of just shoot it . They are not very...
- Fri Feb 06, 2026 3:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Please take time to vote -- NRA board
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9187
Re: Please take time to vote -- NRA board
'They lost any relevance they had for me in the 80's . Haven't been a member since , I'd as soon join AARP and become a Democrat.
- Fri Feb 06, 2026 3:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: More USPS antics!
- Replies: 34
- Views: 20626
Re: More USPS antics!
I have two packages bouncing right now One left New York headed to Alabama and landed in New Jersey on the 2nd and hasn't left yet. The other was a bit over 300 miles east of e in Georgia when mailed to Alabama . It went straight to Aurora Colorado then to Denver and best I can tell has been there e...
- Tue Feb 03, 2026 5:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: On topic..a lot of levers and some famous people.....
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3220
Re: On topic..a lot of levers and some famous people.....
Nope , not in that clip anywhere .
- Thu Jan 29, 2026 10:51 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Prayer warriors: Harper had surgery in Dallas
- Replies: 68
- Views: 47143
Re: Prayer warriors: Harper had surgery in Dallas
Sorry to hear this , will be praying for you all .
- Mon Jan 26, 2026 11:19 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I think I'd trade an AR-15 for one of these
- Replies: 22
- Views: 14206
Re: I think I'd trade an AR-15 for one of these
That's entirely too ugly for me to ever own one, I'll hang on to my AR.
- Mon Dec 29, 2025 11:17 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Any 16-gauge shooters here?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5297
Re: Any 16-gauge shooters here?
Currently only have two but have owned a bunch over the years . I have a first year (1913) Winchester model 1912 pump and a Remington Sportsman 48 . Had my dads late 50's 870 but gave it to my oldest son.
- Thu Dec 25, 2025 7:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I received my Christmas present yesterday!
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9007
Re: I received my Christmas present yesterday!
Congratulations and Merry Christmas.
- Sun Dec 14, 2025 2:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Is a takedown less strong than a non takedown?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4455
- Fri Dec 05, 2025 1:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Die Hard is a Christmas movie!!
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4500
Re: Die Hard is a Christmas movie!!
Can't , it is a Christmas movie . My favorite though is It's A Wonderful Life .
- Wed Nov 19, 2025 11:37 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Happy Birthday Eddie Southgate.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 659
Re: Happy Birthday Eddie Southgate.
Thank you ! 
- Sat Nov 08, 2025 8:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: He would have turned 111 years old this week.
- Replies: 19
- Views: 10513
Re: He would have turned 111 years old this week.
My pap died in 1990 and would have been 115 this year , he's the one that taught me about guns and reloading .He was my dad's father . My mothers dad , my papa would have been 131 this year. He died the day after my third birthday .
- Sat Nov 08, 2025 8:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Shots (injections)
- Replies: 47
- Views: 44287
Re: Shots (injections)
The shingle vac I took a few years back was two part , the second shot was no problem but the first one was beyond rough . I got it about noon and by bedtime my shoulder was at least three different shades , none of which human skin is supposed to be and looked like someone had stuffed a golf ball u...
- Fri Nov 07, 2025 10:35 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Leverguns Down / Nov 1 - 4 BACK UP NOW
- Replies: 23
- Views: 10242
Re: Leverguns Down / Nov 1 - 4 BACK UP NOW
Strangely , I could get to the home page , get to the general section , then couldn't open any post . Got a timeout notice indicating that the forum was down , Everything working and fast today.
- Sun Sep 28, 2025 2:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I ain't a-shootin' this'n neither ...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7337
Re: I ain't a-shootin' this'n neither ...
That shivering he was doing takes flinching to a whole new level . I'd pass .
- Thu Sep 25, 2025 1:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The current UFO revelations
- Replies: 29
- Views: 45317
Re: The current UFO revelations
Anybody got any good loads for UFO's ? 
- Tue Sep 23, 2025 11:13 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hmmm... Should you carry a gun in your own home...???
- Replies: 26
- Views: 12931
Re: Hmmm... SHould you carry a gun in your own home...???
I got a couple that carry easy when I just have my bath robe on with no pants . Actually have one in the shower in a plastic bag incase someone comes in while I'm getting clean . Fits perfectly in a soap dish and will be enough to get me to a real gun if anything more is needed. I don’t do this. An...
- Fri Sep 19, 2025 11:55 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hmmm... Should you carry a gun in your own home...???
- Replies: 26
- Views: 12931
Re: Hmmm... SHould you carry a gun in your own home...???
If my pants are on, I’m packing. I got a couple that carry easy when I just have my bath robe on with no pants . Actually have one in the shower in a plastic bag incase someone comes in while I'm getting clean . Fits perfectly in a soap dish and will be enough to get me to a real gun if anything mo...
- Fri Sep 19, 2025 11:50 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hmmm... Should you carry a gun in your own home...???
- Replies: 26
- Views: 12931
Re: Hmmm... SHould you carry a gun in your own home...???
I do 100 % of the time . I'm out in the sticks surrounded by mostly trailer trash so you never know who might knock on your door . One of the guys at the closest trailer has done time for manufacturing meth and murder. Seems like a nice enough guy just to speak to him on the street but with his reco...
- Thu Sep 18, 2025 12:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: your best 45 colt loads
- Replies: 165
- Views: 55997
Re: your best 45 colt loads
Resurrecting a thread from 2012 but it is a very interesting discussion about the use of 18-18.5 gr of 2400 in the .45 Colt. A bit contentious at times but it was an interesting read. I could see that being a thing in a Ruger but it does not sound like anything I will be feeding my Colts or Italian...
- Thu Sep 18, 2025 12:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: your best 45 colt loads
- Replies: 165
- Views: 55997
Re: your best 45 colt loads
All come out of an Elmer Keith book and are normally loaded with a Lyman 310 tool. 
- Tue Sep 16, 2025 3:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Lever Action Rifles And The Desert!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 9519
Re: Lever Action Rifles And The Desert!
Some place Wide Open .
- Sat Sep 13, 2025 3:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 44 Lyman HPs
- Replies: 20
- Views: 10787
Re: 44 Lyman HPs
So, my bullets won't work. Oh, well. Back to the drawing board. Put gas checks on them. Need to lube and load. Want to see what these will do in a Marlin 1894 Rifle around 1600 fps on deer. They will work fine if you hit the correct spot . If you hit too high , Low , far forward of too far back , n...
- Sun Sep 07, 2025 2:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Traditional Muzzleloaders??
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8875
Re: Traditional Muzzleloaders??
Round balls kill as good as anything you can shoot . Quit thinking about it and go kill something . 
- Mon Sep 01, 2025 2:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Prayer Request (Update)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9719
Re: Prayer Request (Update)
If the pain is well controlled for the first 24 hours, it seems to me that I dispense a lot fewer pain meds to the patients in the first month out of the hospital, and a whole bunch fewer narcotics overall. Hope he does well. Yep. That first 24 hours or so really sets the stage for a lot. Aggressiv...
- Sat Aug 23, 2025 5:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: When I Was A Kid This Is What Was Preached Against ...
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6799
Re: When I Was A Kid This Is What Was Preached Against ...
" When I was a kid this is what was preached against "
This !
This !
- Sat Aug 23, 2025 11:34 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Happy Birthday BenT
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3158
Re: Happy Birthday BenT
Happy Birthday Ben . 
- Sat Aug 23, 2025 11:32 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Latest on the Web site?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 9794
Re: Latest on the Web site?
Faster than a fanny burp for me this morning . Could not get it to work yesterday.
- Fri Aug 15, 2025 7:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 1892 25-20 take down carbine
- Replies: 53
- Views: 28062
Re: 1892 25-20 take down carbine
Your pictures are not loading.
- Sat Aug 09, 2025 12:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Winchester 94 30-30 SR # 4262XXX
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4169
Re: Winchester 94 30-30 SR # 4262XXX
Anyway, I've been told that this vintage of Winchesters used metal that may not be weldable, truth or myth? I think some of the receivers of this era were sintered and then iron plated to take the finish. Maybe that's what you're referring to. I might be wrong. There are plenty of 1894 people here ...
- Mon Aug 04, 2025 4:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Happy Birthday Griff.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3664
Re: Happy Birthday Griff.
Happy Birthday ! 
- Fri Aug 01, 2025 6:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Erosion Control the old-fashioned way
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1306
Re: Erosion Control the old-fashioned way
Squeal like a pig !
- Fri Aug 01, 2025 6:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Rare Speer and Winchester .348 bullets
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3417
Re: Rare Speer and Winchester .348 bullets
Tried the Wnchester 150 factory loads and found them to be a waste of time in my rifle . There was a reason they dropped them long before cutting back to the 200 grain load only. I'm betting you will like the Speer bullets though . I have never had any 150 GN 348 bullet group well in my 71, results...
- Thu Jul 31, 2025 12:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Where are all the old coots???
- Replies: 76
- Views: 49494
Re: Where are all the old coots???
Saw a bunch of old Coots floating in Wheeler lake the other day . 
- Tue Jul 22, 2025 10:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Problem still with the Forum.
- Replies: 57
- Views: 26917
Re: Problem still with the Forum.
Yup ! Working good now .