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by AJMD429
Thu Aug 20, 2009 8:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: do you think there is enough new cartridges?
Replies: 53
Views: 4566

Re: do you think there is enough new cartridges?

I'll bet it sure makes for a challenge for the gun shops to stock decent inventory! I do have HandiRifles in 500 S&W, and .17 HMR, and a Contender in .357 Max, which are all "new", but all three are single shot breakopen guns I shoot few rounds through. When it comes to the "meat ...
by AJMD429
Thu Aug 20, 2009 3:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Question about bullet brand interchangeability.
Replies: 14
Views: 709

Re: Question about bullet brand interchangeability.

Logic would make me think that the base-to-crimp distance would be very important, as it would affect case volume (especially in smaller and/or straight cases). Diameter isn't always the same for a "7mm" or ".308" bullet, so that 0.001" or so could affect pressures, accuracy...
by AJMD429
Thu Aug 20, 2009 3:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Marlin CSS Delivered - Stock Swapped - Range Report Added
Replies: 18
Views: 7543

Re: Marlin CSS Delivered - Stock Swapped - Range Report Added

I'd be afraid of knocking into something and breaking it off. Looks kinda fragile. jb Actually I don't think it will be, despite the looks. First off, compare it to an ordinary 'buckhorn' type sight - it only sticks up a tiny bit more than a 'full buckhorn' and is otherwise of the same design. Seco...
by AJMD429
Thu Aug 20, 2009 3:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Yukon Mini Varmint Hunter NVRS Titanium 1.5x42
Replies: 8
Views: 760

Re: Yukon Mini Varmint Hunter NVRS Titanium 1.5x42

Here's a question (and somewhat of a reservation) I have about night vision scopes... Is it not like getting your eye right up next to an old television, with high-energy electrons coming at you? I was taught (admittedly in Medical School, not a real physics/engineering class) that up-close CRT expo...
by AJMD429
Thu Aug 20, 2009 1:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Marlin CSS Delivered - Stock Swapped - Range Report Added
Replies: 18
Views: 7543

Re: Marlin CSS Delivered - Swapping Wood with 1894c

While waiting to get the Williams FP I decided I'd just try the Marbles "Bullseye" Sight I had fiddled with on the 77/44 ( the only problem using this sight on that gun was the barrel dovetail was too far back and not enough room between it and the receiver behind it to clear the sight's a...
by AJMD429
Thu Aug 20, 2009 12:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Acu'rzr help
Replies: 8
Views: 706

Re: Acu'rzr help

I've been told an arbor press (or you could make a simple 'lever' press like the tabletop nutcrackers) can help do the re-forming with more precision, using the Acu'rzr. I haven't tried that yet, but plan to (on the 'someday' list... :roll: ). For now, I've been just using a mallet, with the primer-...
by AJMD429
Thu Aug 20, 2009 11:36 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: "....Let your gun, therefore, be the constant companion...
Replies: 17
Views: 1206

Re: "....Let your gun, therefore, be the constant companion...

As a kid between the ages of maybe eight and eighteen, I shot probably 100-150 feral dogs. We were over-run with them. About 10% of any given 'pack' would have collars on and be fancy 'breed' dogs out running with the 'gang'. They'd chase deer out onto thin ice in the riverbottom fields in winter, a...
by AJMD429
Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: *ALERT* - the dangers of brake cleaner. Pretty harsh.
Replies: 43
Views: 17298

Re: FYI - the dangers of brake cleaner. Pretty harsh.

I remember reading about phosgene in a college chemistry class - scary stuff. :shock:
by AJMD429
Wed Aug 19, 2009 8:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT- Photos of holster rigs
Replies: 14
Views: 804

Re: OT- Photos of holster rigs

AJMD429, #2 belonged to a sheriff in Eddy County New Mexico. He served 4 terms in the late 30s and 40s. Eddy County is on the Texas border in deep West Texas. Wouldn't it be nice if the holster could talk? Such history is fascinating. I've posted a few old family photos before, and it would be wond...
by AJMD429
Wed Aug 19, 2009 8:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT 243 or 257 ?
Replies: 34
Views: 1967

Re: OT 243 or 257 ?

Tastes great/ less filling :D Take your pick, from practical experience with both cartridges, what one will do so will the other. ...kind of like .30-06 vs .308, or .44 Mag vs. .45 Colt, or 7mm Rem Mag vs. 300 Win Mag, or .30-30 vs. .35 Rem, or 45-70 vs. .444, or . . . It sure is FUN to debate, and...
by AJMD429
Wed Aug 19, 2009 6:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: .357 Blued Marlins at budsgunshop now
Replies: 1
Views: 408

.357 Blued Marlins at budsgunshop now

OOPS - BLUED not Stainless... :oops:
by AJMD429
Wed Aug 19, 2009 6:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Humor --- Alabama boys
Replies: 10
Views: 802

Re: Humor --- Alabama boys

pokey wrote:when i lived in montana, we told jokes like that about folks from north dakota.
I think there's an official 'atlas of humor' somewhere that specifies which states get to make fun of which other ones. If not, there should be, complete with diagrams, arrows, and explanations...!
by AJMD429
Wed Aug 19, 2009 6:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT- Photos of holster rigs
Replies: 14
Views: 804

Re: OT- Photos of holster rigs

I like # 2 the best. All pretty amazing though.
by AJMD429
Wed Aug 19, 2009 6:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Marlin CSS Delivered - Stock Swapped - Range Report Added
Replies: 18
Views: 7543

Re: Marlin CSS Delivered - Swapping Wood with 1894c

With that said, I think Marlin's quality control has slipped a good bit in the last 20-25 years. I don't own any Marlins made more recently than 1980 as a result. You do find new guns that have nice wood and good fit and finish, but they seem to be the exception. True. Usually the stereotype is the...
by AJMD429
Wed Aug 19, 2009 3:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Marlin CSS Delivered - Stock Swapped - Range Report Added
Replies: 18
Views: 7543

Re: Marlin CSS Delivered - Swapping Wood with 1894c

Well, at least it shoots accurately (with 158 gr. Federal JSP factorys). Here's six shots at 100 yds. - but off a weighted rest (homemade version of 'lead-sled'), and the 36x scope. Without that magnification I'd not even be able to SEE a dot that size at 100 yards (I don't know how some of you guys...
by AJMD429
Wed Aug 19, 2009 3:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Seeking advice on putting a "matte" finish on stainless guns
Replies: 19
Views: 1170

Re: Seeking advice on putting a "matte" finish on stainless guns

Looks really nice on that Ruger. I wouldn't mind doing that with an aluminum or blued-but-needs-refinished gun, but hopefully starting with stainless I can just do some sort of blasting, buffing or 'firewheeling' (?).
by AJMD429
Wed Aug 19, 2009 3:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Check out the Swainson's Hawk -- 3 weeks out of the nest
Replies: 15
Views: 2228

Re: Check out the baby hawks -- 3 weeks out of the nest

handyrandyrc wrote:Everything on the camera was on AUTO.
:lol: Then how come MINE don't look so good...! I guess some folks' "auto" is better than others...

Seriously, I guess the incredibly close distances must have helped alot.

Thanks for sharing.
by AJMD429
Wed Aug 19, 2009 2:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: sort of... posted as IMPORTANT on the politics board...
Replies: 9
Views: 613

Re: OT: sort of... posted as IMPORTANT on the politics board...

Best still to keep the heat on and remind them NOT to even think of voting for it - OR anything 'similar'. Often they'll propose a 'menu' of bills, so the legislators can pretend to be 'pro-gun' by not voting for the worst, but voting for the 'compromise' one. Make them regret even THINKING the phra...
by AJMD429
Wed Aug 19, 2009 1:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Check out the Swainson's Hawk -- 3 weeks out of the nest
Replies: 15
Views: 2228

Re: Check out the baby hawks -- 3 weeks out of the nest

Was that a telephoto lens, or a camera with a spotting-scope adapter, or what? Truly great photos.
by AJMD429
Wed Aug 19, 2009 1:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - I like it!
Replies: 4
Views: 361

Re: OT - I like it!

When I was a kid a neighbor who would flip poachers/tresspassers cars over with his backhoe, took an old door off a car (not a tresspasser's car though, as far as I know), and drove a metal T-post down through the window-slit to hold it in place, and painted "We SAID no Trespassing" on it....
by AJMD429
Wed Aug 19, 2009 1:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Beeson Range in Indiana?
Replies: 3
Views: 513

Re: Beeson Range in Indiana?

No. If it is in south-central area I may be able to ask around to see if anyone's been there. Where I am it is so rural most people don't go to a range to shoot, but one downside of that is there is less 'networking' of gun owners politically, and we're already sort of a hermit-like group to begin w...
by AJMD429
Wed Aug 19, 2009 1:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Seeking advice on putting a "matte" finish on stainless guns
Replies: 19
Views: 1170

Re: Seeking advice on putting a "matte" finish on stainless guns

Hmmm... 1. What's a "fire wheel" - I do have a bench grinder...? 2. How difficult is bead blasting and if the item is a long part, do the cabinets have openings in the ends to pass it through or do you have to have a cabinet as big as your biggest gun part...? Appearance-wise, I'm mostly a...
by AJMD429
Tue Aug 18, 2009 10:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT- The Guns of Star Trek
Replies: 10
Views: 710

Re: OT- The Guns of Star Trek

Lots of other movies, and guns, on that site - search around - lots of cool info and photos.
by AJMD429
Tue Aug 18, 2009 10:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Inexpensive Riflescope cover - Where?
Replies: 24
Views: 3726

Re: Inexpensive Riflescope cover - Where?

You want cheap? I use Saran Wrap. :D For real. A quick wrap around and it stays put. Keeps the dust off my seldom used scoped rifles and when that bi-yearly urge to shoot a scoped bolt gun hits me, I just whip it off, shoot the gun, clean it and then wrap some more on it. You don't even have to tak...
by AJMD429
Tue Aug 18, 2009 10:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT 243 or 257 ?
Replies: 34
Views: 1967

Re: OT 243 or 257 ?

Maybe it is silly, but I think part of it was the round-nose bullets usually loaded from the factory; around that time everyone wanted pointy ones, and the longer the cartridge OAL, the better. (Better yet, put a 'belt' on it! :roll: ) I always thought that the .257 Roberts would make an excellent a...
by AJMD429
Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Brickyard Levergunners
Replies: 14
Views: 658

Re: Brickyard Levergunners

Ysabel Kid wrote:Between AJ and Blaine, this thread really went south! :lol:
...and you didn't even read the PM I sent Griff...! :? :oops: :lol:
by AJMD429
Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Inexpensive Riflescope cover - Where?
Replies: 24
Views: 3726

Re: Inexpensive Riflescope cover - Where?

A ways back I bought a bin of ones that were partly broken from a gunshop. Some had cracked the clear plastic part (easily replaced) some broken elastic (easily replaced), and a few actually had the lens holding part cracked (threw those away and mated the other ends to one another. The funny thing ...
by AJMD429
Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT A History Lesson
Replies: 7
Views: 431

Re: OT A History Lesson

Sad but very true.
by AJMD429
Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Marlin CSS Delivered - Stock Swapped - Range Report Added
Replies: 18
Views: 7543

Re: Marlin CSS Delivered - Swapping Wood with 1894c

But Joe, Don't you understand, Some self-proclaimed " brilliant " MBA worked hard to come up with that plan, and then presented it with x bar r charts flow diagrams and the projected savings in PPM. Everyone please ignore the fact that if in the unlikly event if EVER a million parts are p...
by AJMD429
Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Good men and Women
Replies: 10
Views: 590

Re: OT - Good men and Women

+1 (or, "+ n", with n='however many members there are...')
by AJMD429
Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Trail camera picture.
Replies: 24
Views: 1671

Re: Trail camera picture.

Kansas Ed wrote:An amateur project in Photoshop.
I suspect the same thing. Who knows.
by AJMD429
Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Midwest Gun Works
Replies: 8
Views: 843

Re: Midwest Gun Works

Feedback is vital for quality control, and looks like the loop got completed.

I rely on patient feedback constantly, both for assessing my staff as well as myself. All businesses should, and they will do better for it.
by AJMD429
Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: HUMOR- THE SPOILED UNDER-30 CROWD!!!
Replies: 13
Views: 1257

Re: HUMOR- THE SPOILED UNDER-30 CROWD!!!

Funny but true. I'd like to think that even though we were 'spoiled' relative to our parents, that we retained some respect for hard work and honesty, and some acceptance of responsibility if we selected freedom over security. It's THOSE things I'm not sure the latest generation has grasped, whether...
by AJMD429
Tue Aug 18, 2009 6:39 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Couple new levers added
Replies: 14
Views: 957

Re: Couple new levers added

8) + 8)
by AJMD429
Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Marlin Is Polling For A New Levergun Chambering Preference
Replies: 63
Views: 5878

Re: Marlin Is Polling For A New Levergun Chambering Preference

What they really need to make it in isn't some puny .375 H&H... :|

Instead, go for the .358 BOS Magnum - 225 grain .358 bullet at 3,700 fps - :shock: :shock: :shock: - http://ammoguide.com/?catid=684
by AJMD429
Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - MP3 players and music
Replies: 11
Views: 870

Re: OT - MP3 players and music

Technically iTunes only works with iPod, but i think with a free program called iTunes Agent you can use iTunes with any mp3 player,Now there are some people that do use limewire, "but dont" because its illegal to do so! I think iTunes is your best bet! The thing I HATE about "iTunes...
by AJMD429
Mon Aug 17, 2009 7:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Best reloading how to book
Replies: 25
Views: 2233

Re: Best reloading how to book

It does push the "Lee" products of course, but the principles and concepts in the Lee Reloading Manual was useful to me. I agree with reading all the ones you can. Also - take NOTES of your own projects, results, and ideas; you'll have your OWN reloading manual to refer back to that will b...
by AJMD429
Mon Aug 17, 2009 7:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Why are there no reasonably priced
Replies: 26
Views: 1565

Re: Why are there no reasonably priced

Yep. Same reason there are no "reasonably priced" Drillings out there - despite their usefulness. :? Double-barrel shotguns, too. They all seem overpriced even for the basic 'utility' ones. I'd love a double-barrel with full-length inserts (chamber and barrel) for an assortment of cartrid...
by AJMD429
Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Why are there no reasonably priced
Replies: 26
Views: 1565

Re: Why are there no reasonably priced

Yep - we could use more like the .22 Mags (like my Ruger 96/22M 8) ) and even things like 9mm or .32 ACP or such would be cool. Of course the old standards like .32-20 and .25-20 as well.
by AJMD429
Mon Aug 17, 2009 4:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Marlin CSS Delivered - Stock Swapped - Range Report Added
Replies: 18
Views: 7543

Re: Marlin CSS Delivered - Swapping Wood with 1894c

Less than a week later a very nice replacement butt stock was delivered at no cost to Me. A win-win situation for Me. I keep the old one to use as a beater No hassle from them. My next rifle will be either a Marlin .308 or .338 MX. I think sometimes all you have to do is speak up, and that is somet...
by AJMD429
Mon Aug 17, 2009 4:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Brickyard Levergunners
Replies: 14
Views: 658

Re: Brickyard Levergunners

If you like Cajun food, Mooresville isn't far away and Zydeco's is just about 50 yards east of the main ('only') intersection in town (top of the hill).
by AJMD429
Mon Aug 17, 2009 2:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Brickyard Levergunners
Replies: 14
Views: 658

Re: Brickyard Levergunners

You could always come by the office for a prostate exam or something... :? :lol:
by AJMD429
Mon Aug 17, 2009 1:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Brickyard Levergunners
Replies: 14
Views: 658

Re: Brickyard Levergunners

What ya'll DO on a Monday afternoon in the Indy area? Even if it looks like it might storm... a 'lil? I find myself in Plainfield (just on west side of the Airport) till 6am tomorrow. I wish I was off today or tomorrow - I live about 20 minutes south of there. Bradis is a good gun shop price-wise i...
by AJMD429
Sun Aug 16, 2009 7:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Marlin CSS Delivered - Stock Swapped - Range Report Added
Replies: 18
Views: 7543

Re: Marlin CSS Delivered - Swapping Wood with 1894c

i don't know whether to be happy for you, or sad. Happy for ME - I got a gun I can definitely use, and the 'fixin-up' it needs is the kind of tinkering I like to do anyway. Sad for Marlin - if they don't improve their quality control, some groups will not be buying their products - the "can't ...
by AJMD429
Sun Aug 16, 2009 7:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Seeking advice on putting a "matte" finish on stainless guns
Replies: 19
Views: 1170

Seeking advice on putting a "matte" finish on stainless guns

With my recent 1894 CSS purchase , I've decided I finally need to deal with learning how to refinish a 'stainless' gun. In other words, I want to see if it is possible to do a 'matte' finish of some kind without handing my gun over to a local gunsmith for six months and paying half the cost of a new...
by AJMD429
Sun Aug 16, 2009 5:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Marlin CSS Delivered - Stock Swapped - Range Report Added
Replies: 18
Views: 7543

Marlin CSS Delivered - Stock Swapped - Range Report Added

Well, I got the stainless Marlin 1894 .357 Mag CSS I've been lusting for for about ten years. Overall pleased, but surely an example of 'recent production' from most of the gun companies. First - a pretty good barrel ding. Oh well, cosmetic, and not functional, and I don't plan on re-selling this gu...
by AJMD429
Sun Aug 16, 2009 9:37 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: More fun w/the Ransom Rest .357 Bisley style
Replies: 12
Views: 564

Re: More fun w/the Ransom Rest .357 Bisley style

Do them Ransom Rest things come with a clamp of some sort so's I can fix it to my deer stand...? :? :lol:
by AJMD429
Sun Aug 16, 2009 9:36 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Old Age Excuses for Missing for JMiller and RKrodle.
Replies: 19
Views: 985

Re: Old Age Excuses for Missing for JMiller and RKrodle.

I like #6 and #8 the best... :lol:
by AJMD429
Sun Aug 16, 2009 7:42 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A few pics
Replies: 15
Views: 1237

Re: A few pics

Anyone who likes Rugers that much can't be all bad...
by AJMD429
Sat Aug 15, 2009 10:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - I've joined the smelly club...
Replies: 62
Views: 2603

Re: OT - I've joined the smelly club...

Oh, NOW I get it - I thought it was the SHOES that were 'smelly' . . . :lol: Sounds like you have quite a collection of WWI-WWII long guns. Now you need to do the same era in HAND guns. Webleys, Walthers, Colts, and so on . . . 8) THEN you need to do some cool 'collection' shots. . . 8) 8)