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by walks with gun
Mon Apr 10, 2017 7:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Just saw this on the Ruger site
Replies: 17
Views: 2871

Re: Just saw this on the Ruger site

Pretty sure the X stands for Xtremely Homely.
by walks with gun
Thu Apr 06, 2017 10:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Rapid fire with Brit Enfields
Replies: 22
Views: 4175

Re: Rapid fire with Brit Enfields

The Brits shoot fast, then stop for a spot of tea, the it's back to shooting again. It's a civilized thing.
by walks with gun
Sun Mar 26, 2017 8:25 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Call me dubious, but...
Replies: 7
Views: 1695

Re: Call me dubious, but...

Sounds good, but do we really have to call you " Dubious" just seems a little weird.
by walks with gun
Sun Mar 26, 2017 8:23 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Advice please-Winchester 1895 .303 British
Replies: 31
Views: 3578

Re: Advice please-Winchester 1895 .303 British

First off, you are one lucky man. As stated before, modern .303 ammo at least loads produced in the U.S.A are no hotter and mantain the same pressure as loads produced years ago. When in doubt. one could always lash the rifle into a old tire tied down to something that won't move and tie a string to...
by walks with gun
Sat Mar 25, 2017 5:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: HELP!!! I need mole control!!!!
Replies: 25
Views: 4191

Re: HELP!!! I need mole control!!!!

A 22 rifle with the bird shot loads works pretty good for vermin, a lot less noise and a little more challenge.
by walks with gun
Thu Mar 23, 2017 5:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Browning BLR lever
Replies: 34
Views: 7820

Re: Browning BLR lever

Another of my dream guns I'll never get around to having, a early model in .358, my dad had one back in the 70's and I got to use it a bit, but dad is a compulsive gun trader and got rid of it, many more came through the house but I don't remember any more in .358. he sure dropped his share of deer ...
by walks with gun
Thu Mar 23, 2017 12:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Public shooting ranges
Replies: 26
Views: 2552

Re: Public shooting ranges

I wonder what would happen if someone just hung back and video taped the whole thing so it could be shared with everyone. Would some people shape up after they say how danged inconsiderate and unsafe they were, or would they just have a tantrum.
by walks with gun
Thu Mar 23, 2017 9:23 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Public shooting ranges
Replies: 26
Views: 2552

Re: Public shooting ranges

Good shooting ranges and places to hunt are going to continue to decrease if we don't take responsibility and start trying to control our breeding habits, I love my two kids and my grandchildren too, but how many kids do people really need to have, four, six, twelve. Were not going to have any open ...
by walks with gun
Wed Mar 22, 2017 9:44 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My bees got the best of me.
Replies: 14
Views: 2234

Re: My bees got the best of me.

Bee safe.
by walks with gun
Tue Mar 21, 2017 7:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Public shooting ranges
Replies: 26
Views: 2552

Re: Public shooting ranges

It would be fun to show up at some of these ranges with a few black powder revolvers, lay down a smoke screen.
by walks with gun
Tue Mar 21, 2017 10:29 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Public shooting ranges
Replies: 26
Views: 2552

Re: Public shooting ranges

It's really a shame, it seems at one time we were considered a nation of Riflemen, now it seems way too many are gun slobs who really think their sloppy ways are acceptable and these same people bring their thoughtless drunken clown attitudes out into the game fields while hunting. I've seen suppose...
by walks with gun
Mon Mar 20, 2017 6:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Public shooting ranges
Replies: 26
Views: 2552

Re: Public shooting ranges

Well thank you crs, I am a Texan by birth, we moved up to the frozen north when I was little. Born over in Ft. Hood.
by walks with gun
Mon Mar 20, 2017 6:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Public shooting ranges
Replies: 26
Views: 2552

Public shooting ranges

I have a perfectly good shooting range at home, but after watching a bunch of shooting video's i got to wondering, if I were to go to a public range, would I be banned for wearing cowboy boots, Wranglers instead of Tactical pants or BDU's and I don't even own a Keffiyeh or eastern neck scarf. I gues...
by walks with gun
Sun Mar 19, 2017 4:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 32 police positive
Replies: 7
Views: 1824

Re: 32 police positive

The local pawn shop up here in Mn. has a nice S&W model 10 6 inch that has had a very nice rebluing job done on it in 32-20 he has about $500 on it and it's been there a long time. It would be a great shooter, not a collector.
by walks with gun
Thu Mar 16, 2017 4:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New format?
Replies: 45
Views: 5981

Re: New format?

Yep, this format is much harder to make out, I actually have to pat attention to what I'm doing, don't know if I care much for that.
by walks with gun
Wed Mar 15, 2017 7:08 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Need new holsters or larger pockets
Replies: 17
Views: 2976

Re: Need new holsters or larger pockets

I am sooo freaking jealous, what a cool pair. You should stand out in a crowd soon I suppose, when you start wearing a 1940's suit complete with fedora wherever you go.
by walks with gun
Tue Mar 14, 2017 4:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Do You Remember the "Spiders and Snakes" Guy?
Replies: 9
Views: 2195

Re: Do You Remember the "Spiders and Snakes" Guy?

The old woman really hates it if I start singing that song, or any song I guess, sometimes if I open my mouth to say anything.
by walks with gun
Fri Mar 10, 2017 9:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: If only
Replies: 18
Views: 2865

Re: If only

After getting hurt again and being now disabled, a little over $1,100 a month then house payment, truck payment, insurance, heat, electric and the never ending medical bills, my gun buying day's are probably over. $500 is at least two years saving as long as I don't have vet bills truck problems or ...
by walks with gun
Thu Mar 09, 2017 12:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A new way to fight a war ...
Replies: 15
Views: 2767

Re: A new way to fight a war ...

The battleship idea reminded me of the shoot outs we have here at my range once in awhile. We've been using Birchwood Casey's You sunk my battleship targets. use our favorite pistols or whatever we happen to be carrying that day and shoot the dots to sink each others ship. Great offhand work for 7 t...
by walks with gun
Wed Mar 08, 2017 1:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Your choice of carry gun?
Replies: 101
Views: 15210

Re: Your choice of carry gun?

Fella's, jeez whiz dude's, your just adding to the problem, you don't need to carry a gun. If a misunderstood criminal see's that you are not a threat, they will leave you alone. Besides, guns are scary and dirty.
by walks with gun
Tue Mar 07, 2017 5:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: If only
Replies: 18
Views: 2865

Re: If only

Is it really possible to have too many 20 gauge doubles. what if the wife decided to take up upland hunting, wouldn't it be nice to have options for her to choose from, you'd only be thinking of her happiness.
by walks with gun
Tue Mar 07, 2017 4:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: If only
Replies: 18
Views: 2865

If only

If only I had more money to play with, our local Pawn shop has a early model 10, six inch in 32-20. It's been reblued but by someone who new what they were doing so it would be a great shooter as opposed to a worthless safe queen. $539.00 seems like a pretty good price to me. I really don't need it,...
by walks with gun
Sun Mar 05, 2017 11:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Your choice of carry gun?
Replies: 101
Views: 15210

Re: Your choice of carry gun?

Commander in .45acp, if fishing or working in the Christmas tree plantation ( very sappy and sticky) a 3 inch Rossi model 720 in .44spl, or if I'm being really lazy and hurting, I'll drop my old Beretta 950 in 25acp in my pocket and call it good.
by walks with gun
Fri Mar 03, 2017 2:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Not a Levergun but it goes with one ...
Replies: 11
Views: 1625

Re: Not a Levergun but it goes with one ...

It is so nice to see something properly fitted for a change, congrats.
by walks with gun
Thu Mar 02, 2017 1:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: So, what about the use of drones in scouting/hunting?
Replies: 36
Views: 4431

Re: So, what about the use of drones in scouting/hunting?

I think if I saw one of those blessed things while I was out with a shotgun in my hands, it would be open season on drones.
by walks with gun
Thu Mar 02, 2017 1:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 1911 PSA
Replies: 17
Views: 4700

Re: 1911 PSA

In the 1911 world, the Metro Arms American Classic is considered a upgrade from the Rock Island which is a very nicely made gun in it's own. I remember 35 years ago I bought a old mil surplus .45. ( Remember when you could still do that cheap) Accuracy pretty much sucked, so I ordered a new barrel a...
by walks with gun
Wed Mar 01, 2017 4:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bruce Jenner In Hospital....
Replies: 15
Views: 2812

Re: Bruce Jenner In Hospital....

That was very very sick, I liked it.
by walks with gun
Tue Feb 28, 2017 8:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 1911 PSA
Replies: 17
Views: 4700

Re: 1911 PSA

As much as I like the Metro arms guns, there was a run of them that had real rappy recoil springs, to light and lost their strength. I started having trouble with my American Classic Commander after about 200 rounds, I put in a Wolff recoil spring and it;s been flawless for many hundreds of rounds n...
by walks with gun
Tue Feb 28, 2017 4:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 1911 PSA
Replies: 17
Views: 4700

Re: 1911 PSA

I picked up a Metro Arms American Classic II a few years ago and have carried it almost every day since then and lost count how many rounds I've put through it, 99% of them my reloads with Lee 230gr. roundnose or Lee 230 trunce cone which is my favorite bullet. Pretty hard really to ask for a better...
by walks with gun
Mon Feb 27, 2017 10:35 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: old school concealed carry...
Replies: 18
Views: 3309

Re: old school concealed carry...

Nothing wrong with a snubby even now, I still carry a three inch 44spl. at times and feel wheely comfortable doing so.
by walks with gun
Mon Feb 27, 2017 10:31 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Went to a tiny little gun show yesterday. Worth the trip!
Replies: 10
Views: 1691

Re: Went to a tiny little gun show yesterday. Worth the trip

Sweet shotguns, they do go great with a 1911 and a old S&W or Colt D/A.
by walks with gun
Fri Feb 24, 2017 10:02 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Muzzle loading....
Replies: 40
Views: 5338

Re: Muzzle loading....

Hit some of the local rendezvous or any back powder shoots in your area, get that blood pumping again. On a side note, will a muzzleloader fire if pointed down wind.
by walks with gun
Wed Feb 22, 2017 9:52 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Anybody want an M-1 ?
Replies: 20
Views: 3365

Re: Anybody want an M-1 ?

Done, did it.
by walks with gun
Wed Feb 22, 2017 9:26 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Trying to remember a member's name ...
Replies: 6
Views: 921

Re: Trying to remember a member's name ...

Sorry, but half the time I can't remember my own name, I think.
by walks with gun
Mon Feb 20, 2017 10:03 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I know many people don't care for antelope meat..but
Replies: 27
Views: 2782

Re: I know many people don't care for antelope meat..but

What little I've eaten was just thrown on the grill, cooked to medium and was danged good. I think, if it's anything like deer, your supposed to gut shoot them or at east put holes everywhere but vital area's, do a half arsed job of gutting then drive around with them in the back of the truck for a ...
by walks with gun
Fri Feb 17, 2017 11:26 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Charlie?
Replies: 20
Views: 3633

Re: Charlie?

I painted a rock once, all by my self.
by walks with gun
Fri Feb 17, 2017 10:36 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 9MM Defensive loads
Replies: 37
Views: 8169

Re: 9MM Defensive loads

I'm going to try Hornady 124gr XTP's with a medium charge of Unique, probably 4.7 grs. No selection of bullets in the local stores so I'll try building a load for my lady friends Taurus PT111 G2.
by walks with gun
Thu Feb 16, 2017 11:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Pistol Shooting and Eye Problems...
Replies: 5
Views: 692

Re: Pistol Shooting and Eye Problems...

Terrible jokes guy's, I swear I'm the only normal guy on this forum. It's late, I'm putting on my nightgown and going to bed.
by walks with gun
Thu Feb 16, 2017 7:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Dad
Replies: 51
Views: 6714

Re: Dad

Very sorry for your loss.
by walks with gun
Thu Feb 16, 2017 7:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Fundamental Weirdness...
Replies: 31
Views: 2994

Re: Fundamental Weirdness...

I don't know if someone having your back, is a good thing when your wearing a skirt.
by walks with gun
Thu Feb 16, 2017 5:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Couple of knives
Replies: 12
Views: 1676

Re: Couple of knives

Very sweet, really like the Rifleman's knife.
by walks with gun
Thu Feb 16, 2017 12:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Fundamental Weirdness...
Replies: 31
Views: 2994

Re: Fundamental Weirdness...

I'm guessing that people who wear kilts, don't have to cross many barb wire fences.
by walks with gun
Thu Feb 16, 2017 10:01 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Fundamental Weirdness...
Replies: 31
Views: 2994

Re: Fundamental Weirdness...

At very least, carry a Webley or Enfield big bore.
by walks with gun
Thu Feb 16, 2017 9:59 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 9MM Defensive loads
Replies: 37
Views: 8169

Re: 9MM Defensive loads

I'm thinking most hollow point technology is my better than when that article was written, I wouldn't loose much sleep over it. It sounds like it might be a good time to start saving gallon milk jugs and try your own penetration tests. Might not be the most scientific test, but works as well as most...
by walks with gun
Thu Feb 16, 2017 9:47 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Fundamental Weirdness...
Replies: 31
Views: 2994

Re: Fundamental Weirdness...

It's not a kilt if it only hangs six inches below the belt line, that is called a slutty schoolgirl skirt.
by walks with gun
Mon Feb 13, 2017 9:22 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Easyrider in Columbus
Replies: 10
Views: 1487

Re: Easyrider in Columbus

Sometimes I wish I wouldn't have traded of the old Enfield engine I had, but I came out pretty good on it and at the time I really didn't need another project bike. Your tank looks like the one I had on my old 30:50 Indian chopper. Nice work.
by walks with gun
Sun Feb 12, 2017 10:01 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Epidemic in California?
Replies: 10
Views: 1464

Re: Epidemic in California?

And here I thought there might be a outbreak of common sense sweeping the land.
by walks with gun
Wed Feb 08, 2017 11:30 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: More wringer washing machines
Replies: 14
Views: 1438

Re: More wringer washing machines

I thought it looked like a big vibrating tumbler for cleaning 45/70 brass, just couldn't figure out what the wringer was for.
by walks with gun
Tue Feb 07, 2017 6:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Patriots are Champions
Replies: 16
Views: 1585

Re: Patriots are Champions

Don't follow basketball myself.