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by awp101
Thu Jun 06, 2013 4:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Marlin 1894 .44 and .45 Colt questions
Replies: 22
Views: 4316

Marlin 1894 .44 and .45 Colt questions

Did Marlin ever make a non-Cowboy, 20" barrel in .45 Colt?

I'm thinking about either a .44 or .45 1894 to go with my .357 but it seems like all I see are the CB version.

Thanks! :mrgreen:
by awp101
Thu Jun 06, 2013 4:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Colt Python anib- Finale
Replies: 20
Views: 2054

Re: Colt Python anib- Finale

Went back in yesterday and they were both gone (thk U Lord). The Guys says "U snooze U lose" I said I don't consider it a loss. I take the Zen approach. If I talk myself into it and it's still there, it was meant to be. If I talk myself into it and it's gone when I get there, then it wasn...
by awp101
Thu Jun 06, 2013 4:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: So a guy at work asks me about .44 Mag revolvers...
Replies: 7
Views: 1460

Re: So a guy at work asks me about .44 Mag revolvers...

I have not shot a lot of Smith firearms, but every one was smooth and accurate. Wait until you shoot one that's had a bunch of rounds put through it or the trigger professionally massaged. You'll compare every revolver you shoot from then on against that one. :wink: I had a 4" 27-2 (IIRC, or i...
by awp101
Wed Jun 05, 2013 4:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: So a guy at work asks me about .44 Mag revolvers...
Replies: 7
Views: 1460

So a guy at work asks me about .44 Mag revolvers...

The guy that works at the bench next to mine went on vacation a couple of weeks ago and one of the stops was his in-laws. When he came back to work he asked me if I thought XXX was a good price for a .44 Mag revolver he bought. My first question was if he'd burnt his hands picking it up. That's when...
by awp101
Wed Jun 05, 2013 4:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Need advice on selling a gun.
Replies: 8
Views: 805

Re: Need advice on selling a gun.

Just to refresh my (failing) memory...the .360 fits between the .357 Mag and Max, right?
by awp101
Sun May 26, 2013 10:25 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Contrast and similarity in the 45-70
Replies: 47
Views: 3709

Re: Contrast and similarity in the 45-70

pwl44m wrote:I'll bet Custer wished He had one of those.
Perry
If he'd known what was in store for him and what was in the future, I'm sure he would have settled for a FAB or cluster bombs... :lol:

Mmmm, Sharps....
by awp101
Thu May 23, 2013 6:39 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Oral Boards Today...interviewed 12 Sheep-Dog Puppies...
Replies: 12
Views: 1816

Re: Oral Boards Today...interviewed 12 Sheep-Dog Puppies...

from what i've heard it's different...suspension, motor, brakes, roll-bar, of course the lights, radio, tire, siren, bullet-proof glass/windshield package, plus the not-so-comfortable high-impact polymer gray-colored washable back-seat with extended seat-belts and sliding window divider... "It...
by awp101
Wed May 22, 2013 7:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Fake owls to deter birds?
Replies: 21
Views: 3524

Re: Fake owls to deter birds?

20cows, that's great! :lol: Just to reiterate, the food isn't out unless he is. He's a 70-75# (maybe 80# now since he hasn't shed the winter fat he packed on. Kinda like his old man... :oops: :lol: ) Border Collie/Wheten Terrier mix. I watched him chase a buzzard (at least I think that's what it was...
by awp101
Tue May 21, 2013 9:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Engine of the Day
Replies: 6
Views: 1306

Engine of the Day

by awp101
Tue May 21, 2013 7:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: SD handgun question: Why is it...update: choice made!
Replies: 42
Views: 3894

Re: SD handgun question: Why is it...update: choice made!

awp101 -- don't second guess yourself on your choice of the SIG-938, seen them, they're a good choice( actually i'm interested to see how you like it ), plus you already have the motor-skills with your 1911 experience...the safety on the M&P Shield is small, and I no longer will carry a striker...
by awp101
Tue May 21, 2013 7:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I'd Like Your Opinions On An RV, Please
Replies: 62
Views: 5126

Re: I'd Like Your Opinions On An RV, Please

BlaineG wrote: Those older Dodge Sprinters were Mercedes with different badges on them :wink:
Yes, but I suspect the cost of maintenance is slightly less for a pentastar as opposed to the three pointed one... :wink:
by awp101
Tue May 21, 2013 7:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Fake owls to deter birds?
Replies: 21
Views: 3524

Re: Fake owls to deter birds?

Where is the Dog in all this ? I caint see a fake Owl working better than a live Dog. You'd think so, right? :lol: He has chased off or killed every squirrel that got into "his" yard. Or rabbit. Or possum. Or bird that landed on his pool (he has a kiddie pool to keep cool in). But I have ...
by awp101
Tue May 21, 2013 5:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 6 down, 60 to go...
Replies: 20
Views: 1556

Re: 6 down, 60 to go...

Thanks guys! Surprisingly, I wasn't the oldest student in both classes (I might have been in BGD but I'm not sure). And also surprisingly, I was the only cigarette smoker in my Speech class. I figured it was still the cool, hip thing for college students to do. :? Then again my role model to be a co...
by awp101
Tue May 21, 2013 5:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ulu from a saw blade
Replies: 38
Views: 6960

Re: Ulu from a saw blade

Very cool and very good!

The wheels are turning again... :twisted: :lol:
by awp101
Tue May 21, 2013 5:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I'd Like Your Opinions On An RV, Please
Replies: 62
Views: 5126

Re: I'd Like Your Opinions On An RV, Please

They used the Dodge Sprinters as delivery vehicles at my old job and the only time I remember them coming to get either of the spares we kept at the shop was when someone bent one. I know you're not a Dodge guy but it's something to consider. :mrgreen: I'm curious about the Transits myself even thou...
by awp101
Tue May 21, 2013 5:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Prayer request
Replies: 26
Views: 2729

Re: Prayer request

Still on the list Jay...
by awp101
Tue May 21, 2013 5:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Fake owls to deter birds?
Replies: 21
Views: 3524

Fake owls to deter birds?

We've been having a problem with birds getting into Hank's dog food when we put it out for him, pooping on the bench, porch etc. I'd always heard the fake owls are a good deterrent but I keep thinking I've heard recently they aren't that good and there's a better way to do it. I might have read it h...
by awp101
Fri May 17, 2013 8:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bought 2,000 rnds of CCI Shorts...better than nothing... :)
Replies: 29
Views: 2768

Re: Bought 2,000 rnds of CCI Shorts...better than nothing...

rjohns94, do I understand you to say that they will function in and cycle a Ruger 10/22? If so I'll have to look out for some..... -Stretch rjohns already answered but if you really want to shoot shorts in a 10/22, Volquartsen has (or at least used to have) a 10/22 conversion kit that includes a ne...
by awp101
Thu May 16, 2013 9:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Happy Birthday Ysabel Kid.
Replies: 18
Views: 929

Re: Happy Birthday Ysabel Kid.

:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
by awp101
Thu May 16, 2013 9:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For the B25 Mitchell fans...
Replies: 7
Views: 1199

For the B25 Mitchell fans...

May 16, 2013 - North American B-25 Mitchell
This B-25 belongs to the Texas Flying Legends Museum

Image
CREDIT -Sam Bulger

:mrgreen:
by awp101
Thu May 16, 2013 9:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Museum of Flight
Replies: 20
Views: 1989

Re: Museum of Flight

There was a sectioned Pratt&Whitney Corncob 28 cylinder that got me and a perfect stranger laughing when we asked "what kind of guy figures that kind of stuff out?" The valves are about the size of the pistons in some of the rice burners running around. The crank scheme is pure genius...
by awp101
Thu May 16, 2013 9:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Tornado safe rooms
Replies: 17
Views: 1318

Re: Tornado safe rooms

Worry makes you old before your time. I live in a cracker box frame house and if a tornado takes it while I'm here me and the cats will go visit Dorothy in Oz. That's my take and I've lived in one part or another of Tornado Alley all of my life. There was one a few miles from us at work last year a...
by awp101
Thu May 16, 2013 9:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: SD handgun question: Why is it...update: choice made!
Replies: 42
Views: 3894

Re: SD handgun question: Why is it...update: choice made!

How brisk is the recoil in those featherweight .357s? :mrgreen: I really wanted to try a Shield first but no one around here has them, no idea when they will get one and I'm not going to stand in line for a hour or more at one of the local shows to see if I can get my hands on one just to try. Once ...
by awp101
Thu May 16, 2013 9:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My mannlicher rifle collection
Replies: 11
Views: 1810

Re: My mannlicher rifle collection

Nice! I'm a sucker for Mannlichers... :mrgreen: I'm thinking long and hard about an Interarms G33/50 that someone modified the original stock into a sporter Mannlicher. The G33/50 is simply a Swede 1894 full stock carbine that Interarms renamed to get around import restrictions. The barrel was only ...
by awp101
Wed May 15, 2013 5:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: picked up a used one .....
Replies: 16
Views: 2955

Re: picked up a used one .....

I hear from shooting buddies that those really shoot great. In fact, for what Mossbergs cost, I have never heard of a bad one I missed this the first time around but I'll go out on a limb and say I think the old Mossberg rimfires are undervalued for what you get and what they can do. If I had the w...
by awp101
Wed May 15, 2013 5:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 6 down, 60 to go...
Replies: 20
Views: 1556

Re: 6 down, 60 to go...

Graphic Communication which I think is the new, techno-savvy description for Graphic Arts. By the time I'm done I'll have had Basic Graphic Design (which I just finished), a drawing class, computer illustration and a couple of other computer arts and artsy-fartsy type courses that I don't recall off...
by awp101
Tue May 14, 2013 9:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 6 down, 60 to go...
Replies: 20
Views: 1556

6 down, 60 to go...

Finished my first two classes last week so I now have 6 credit hours in a 66 credit hour degree plan.

Wheeeeeee! :mrgreen:
by awp101
Tue May 14, 2013 9:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: SD handgun question: Why is it...update: choice made!
Replies: 42
Views: 3894

Re: SD handgun question: Why is it...update: choice made!

Finally got a chance to hit my tame FFL. No Shield (not even an ETA) but a Beretta Nano, M&Pc, SIG 238, 290 and 938 were all in the case and of the most interest to me. Looked at the Nano again, still wasn't impressed. The M&Pc is actually wider than the G19. The 290 was DAO which I can hand...
by awp101
Tue May 14, 2013 4:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Someone's betting ammo demand won't crater anytime soon...
Replies: 39
Views: 2906

Re: Someone's betting ammo demand won't crater anytime soon.

Mescalero wrote:Build better guns :lol:
:P :lol:
by awp101
Mon May 13, 2013 9:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For BigSky and the other VN Vets/aviation fans
Replies: 16
Views: 1409

Re: For BigSky and the other VN Vets/aviation fans

That is one of the coolest planes ever. Followed closely by this: May 11, 2013 - Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat Photo: March 26, 2011 - A Grumman F8F Bearcat aircraft performs aerial maneuvers during the 49th annual Marine Corps Air Station Yuma Air Show & Open House. http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/...
by awp101
Mon May 13, 2013 9:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For BigSky and the other VN Vets/aviation fans
Replies: 16
Views: 1409

For BigSky and the other VN Vets/aviation fans

I remember BigSky56 mentioning before how much he enjoyed seeing the old, trusty SPAD overhead... May 4, 2013 - Douglas A-1H Skyraider (1 of 2) Photo: May 1966 (RVN markings) http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu306/awp101_2009/Aviation/Douglas_A-1H_Skyraider_051123-F-1234P-017_zps592c040c.jpg CREDI...
by awp101
Mon May 13, 2013 8:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Someone's betting ammo demand won't crater anytime soon...
Replies: 39
Views: 2906

Re: Someone's betting ammo demand won't crater anytime soon.

Mescalero wrote:Then you should not mind if I buy your shares.
No dice. I need practice stoppage drills as much as the next guy... :mrgreen:
by awp101
Mon May 13, 2013 8:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OK, who unplugged the server?
Replies: 10
Views: 570

OK, who unplugged the server?

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by awp101
Sun May 12, 2013 5:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Someone's betting ammo demand won't crater anytime soon...
Replies: 39
Views: 2906

Re: Someone's betting ammo demand won't crater anytime soon.

If ATK (Federal/CCI) said they were opening a new line I would be excited. Remington.....whoop-de-doo! More stuff rimfire ammo, in the market. Friends dont let friends shoot Remington .22 ammo. :wink: Now now, if nothing else the Remington RF stuff is good for practicing stoppage drills... :mrgreen:
by awp101
Sun May 12, 2013 5:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: No good boy of mine...
Replies: 12
Views: 801

Re: No good boy of mine...

He's a bit young to be hitting the Wild Turkey already isn't he? :mrgreen:

So what're the details of the hunt? :mrgreen:
by awp101
Sun May 12, 2013 4:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Silver Stag knives
Replies: 4
Views: 678

Re: Silver Stag knives

Good looking pig sticker!
jeepnik wrote:Great, they would have to have Damascus. Well, at least the prices are reasonable.
Ah yes, both a blessing and a curse, que no? :lol:
by awp101
Sun May 12, 2013 4:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: SD handgun question: Why is it...update: choice made!
Replies: 42
Views: 3894

Re: SD handgun question: Why is it...updates: oh, the choic

I'd look at a Ruger LC9. Did they ever resolve the problems they had with the initial production run(s)? I didn't follow the LC9 real close because of what I read for the first year or so after they came out and started having recalls on them. This is the article and chart I was referring to in the...
by awp101
Sun May 12, 2013 9:19 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: SD handgun question: Why is it...update: choice made!
Replies: 42
Views: 3894

Re: SD handgun question: Why is it...

Handled a Beretta Nano yesterday. A bit of a strange bird. No manual safety (no biggie to me) and no slide lock/release. Can't lock the slide back unless an empty mag is in place and you can't release the slide unless you drop the empty mag or use a loaded one. Can't say it left me with anything mor...
by awp101
Fri May 10, 2013 5:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New Holster Review ... Doubletap Holsters A.T.S.
Replies: 6
Views: 778

Re: New Holster Review ... Doubletap Holsters A.T.S.

piller wrote:Seems as if it would work well. Does it come in designs for other pistols?
I had to look, and yes they do! http://www.doubletapholsters.com/page/p ... d=11101125

I see they have one for the J Frames... :twisted:
by awp101
Fri May 10, 2013 5:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: SD handgun question: Why is it...update: choice made!
Replies: 42
Views: 3894

Re: SD handgun question: Why is it...

OK, I didn't get a chance to hit the preferred pusher yesterday. Probably Monday at the earliest. So here's a couple of questions: Can the 238 be carried IWB? I've only handled 1-2 and they feel more like a pocket rocket rather than a IWB carry piece. If the Shield is holstered, how possible/probabl...
by awp101
Fri May 10, 2013 5:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: rjohns
Replies: 13
Views: 684

Re: rjohns

Chuck 100 yd wrote:The 427 was hot! :D
I like the 428CJ. Those went to "11"... :mrgreen:
by awp101
Fri May 10, 2013 5:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ex Nascar Driver Dave Marcis
Replies: 13
Views: 1180

Re: Ex Nascar Driver Dave Marcis

I'm not much into racing any more but don't funny cars get to 220 and more in the 1/4 mile? Yes, but that ain't the same as sustaining it over a mile or more. The speeds posted for land speed racing involve a two way average, usually a mile, and the return run has to be made within a specified time...
by awp101
Fri May 10, 2013 5:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Wow...not a good way to go
Replies: 25
Views: 1303

Re: Wow...not a good way to go

Well that is one thing we have plenty of. Wife stepped on a scorpion in the kitchen the other day (slippers thank goodness), tarantula waltzed in the back door to have a look around the other day (shooed him back out), five inch long poisonous centipede crawled down the side of the house outside th...
by awp101
Fri May 10, 2013 5:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: H&R Trapdoor
Replies: 15
Views: 4569

Re: H&R Trapdoor

I believe I will hold out for a rifle model in a particular price range. Been doing the same thing related to a beater Marlin/Glenfield 30-30 for many years too, still don't have one. :lol: The problem is, you have to remember to adjust your particular price range every few years or you get a shock...
by awp101
Fri May 10, 2013 5:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Extra Glock 20
Replies: 15
Views: 1760

Re: Extra Glock 20

Grizz wrote:NY backup? Cross draw? Ankle?

There are a lot of interesting options. Two is better than one I think.
You can be like the guy in the balaclava...
Image

:mrgreen:
by awp101
Wed May 08, 2013 9:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: SD handgun question: Why is it...update: choice made!
Replies: 42
Views: 3894

Re: SD handgun question: Why is it...

Thanks Joe! My preferred local pusher has a 938 that I'm going to try and see tomorrow. I had no idea they existed. I can say that I'm not enthused over the reviews I'm reading on them though. Lots of little problems but it's hard to sort the wheat from the chaff through a computer screen. Unless I'...
by awp101
Wed May 08, 2013 9:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A bit o' horse trading
Replies: 21
Views: 1014

Re: A bit o' horse trading

Mescalero wrote:You traded a horse with four white feet, did'nt you?
OK, I don't get that one... :mrgreen:

Pssst! Got pics of the Snider yet? :mrgreen: