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- Thu Jan 25, 2024 6:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Taylor's/Uberti "Smoke Wagon" 1873 SAA short-stroke 357
- Replies: 8
- Views: 617
Re: Taylor's/Uberti "Smoke Wagon" 1873 SAA short-stroke 357
After the forcing cone cut do you polish out the striations? I need to do that FC maneuver to a redhawk. Thanks for posting the photos up and happy shooting! Howdy Grizz: Yes, my kit also includes a brass elongated cone that exactly matches the dimensions of the steel cutter. I used tool that with ...
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 9:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: .45 Schofield brass
- Replies: 2
- Views: 293
Re: .45 Schofield brass
With the long hours you work, plus the "high" (ha!) number of rounds you put downrange each year -- yeah, I'd say you're right!Ysabel Kid wrote: ↑Wed Jan 24, 2024 6:57 pm ...500 pieces of brand-spanking new Starline .45 Schofield brass. Should last me forever.
Have fun!
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- Wed Jan 24, 2024 9:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Taylor's/Uberti "Smoke Wagon" 1873 SAA short-stroke 357
- Replies: 8
- Views: 617
Taylor's/Uberti "Smoke Wagon" 1873 SAA short-stroke 357
Here's a companion piece I got to go along with my Marlin 1894 Cowboy, also in .357 Mag. I've had a couple of Uberti SAAs before, but I always moved them along when someone at the range took a shine to them -- buying low ("used"), and selling higher has always worked out in my favor. This ...
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 10:25 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New shotgun
- Replies: 8
- Views: 623
Re: New shotgun
Awesome story and pic Nath!
So... How do you prepare the crows???
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So... How do you prepare the crows???
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- Tue Jan 23, 2024 10:21 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Aging a Confederate D Guard Bowie
- Replies: 9
- Views: 682
Re: Aging a Confederate D Guard Bowie
Um, WE WON! Still a sore loser?
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- Mon Jan 22, 2024 9:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Aging a Confederate D Guard Bowie
- Replies: 9
- Views: 682
Re: Aging a Confederate D Guard Bowie
Why?? 'Cause it wasn't of any use anymore to the dead Rebel!!!gamekeeper wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2024 9:11 am Yes, I'm curious as to why a Yankee is carrying a Rebel Bowie knife...... but then lots of WW2 GIs had Luger's.....
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- Sun Jan 21, 2024 8:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A lot of Bull
- Replies: 68
- Views: 8790
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 8:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: better late then never
- Replies: 5
- Views: 440
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 8:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Aging a Confederate D Guard Bowie
- Replies: 9
- Views: 682
Aging a Confederate D Guard Bowie
Now don't all too excited, as this isn't a great knife... It's a cheap $30 made-offshore D Guard Bowie. I'd bet that one whack on a watermelon would cause the "full length tang" to break -- that's cause it's a small weld barely holding the blade onto a length of threaded rod. But that's O...
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 8:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: REAL Info About Tinnitus Research
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1089
REAL Info About Tinnitus Research
Yup, Jim's post "got me" this afternoon... But a few hours later on a keyboards forum for musicians, somebody posted this article about active research on"retraining the brain" via Bimodal Neural Remodulation to not pay attention to the tinnitus sounds. Seems very interesting. Ro...
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 2:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I have tinnitus so I called the National Tinnitus Foundation
- Replies: 10
- Views: 736
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 8:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: well. it finally happened -- A/D (accidental discharge)
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2015
Re: well. it finally happened -- A/D (accidental discharge)
Wow... Glad that nobody was hurt and that nothing irreplaceable was damaged. Way down on the list -- but still, it is on my "scary list" -- was the comment that you store your guns in Pelican cases?!?! Based on the experiences I've observed from friends who've done it -- is that you're jus...
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 1:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: German 22 cal target pistol
- Replies: 4
- Views: 454
Re: German 22 cal target pistol
No name, just proof marks from about 1900? You should check out the GGCA (German Gun Collectors Association), they'd have info on the maker and action, etc. Post a message On this link (click here) I used to belong, but my tastes in guns changed after my boating accident when I lost them all... Old...
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 9:10 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OK. Sorry. Guy health topic
- Replies: 43
- Views: 3015
Re: OK. Sorry. Guy health topic
I wish you well Bill!
It's not a competition of course, but from all the replies -- I'd go with Lassiter's recommendation above. Check into that.
Maybe our resident Doc will chime in too? Or PM him?
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It's not a competition of course, but from all the replies -- I'd go with Lassiter's recommendation above. Check into that.
Maybe our resident Doc will chime in too? Or PM him?
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- Mon Jan 15, 2024 7:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: It's official: I'm a grandpa
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1799
Re: It's official: I'm a grandpa
Walt, whaddya mean he looks just like me? :lol: :lol: :lol: Well, not exactly Bill -- you see, his eyes are closed... That's a birth condition called "Democratitis" -- but once his heart and brain mature a little, he should outgrow that and open his eyes. Sadly, much of the population doe...
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 2:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: It's official: I'm a grandpa
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1799
Re: It's official: I'm a grandpa
Congrats Bill!
Just think of all the new guns you can now look for "that are for him"...
Don't pick from the options mentioned earlier -- get one of each! And don't forget to add a levergun, a shotgun, and a BP rifle, and...
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Just think of all the new guns you can now look for "that are for him"...
Don't pick from the options mentioned earlier -- get one of each! And don't forget to add a levergun, a shotgun, and a BP rifle, and...
Old No7
- Tue Jan 09, 2024 8:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: LaPierre resigns
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2047
Re: LaPierre resigns
I'm a Life Member and I think many of us feel the way you do, and share the same concerns. That was a well-written post, by the way.
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- Tue Jan 09, 2024 1:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another Rolling Block pistol!
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2320
Re: Another Rolling Block pistol!
Yes, any of them could be mailed directly to any buyer in the US. Great, I will PM you my address! But seriously... That's a beauty for sure! In the Single Shot Exchange , there are those who specialize in and want "Hubaleks", and I'm surprised they didn't see it. But you could always tur...
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 9:34 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: "What was that?!?"
- Replies: 13
- Views: 818
Re: "What was that?!?"
Yelled SWMBO (a.k.a., "Mrs. YK"). "Nothing, honey" I yelled back from the basement. Gee, I don't know Jay -- maybe she was hoping you "wouldn't answer"... You might have "too much" insurance coverage on yourself! :wink: Glad you can still count to 10 -- or is...
- Tue Jan 02, 2024 3:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: There goes the pumphouse anti-freezing system...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 845
Re: There goes the pumphouse anti-freezing system...
Doc, I used to work for Sylvania Lighting back in the days when LED light sources weren't even known about... "IF you can find any" ** -- stock up on 130 volt (not 120 volt) lamps of the desired wattage; as they will give off less light (thus heat) because they have a heavier filament in t...
- Fri Dec 29, 2023 11:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Tonight's Forecast...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 402
Tonight's Forecast...
Tonight's Forecast...
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- Thu Dec 28, 2023 1:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: thought i had sworn off buying another lever gun...
- Replies: 12
- Views: 885
- Thu Dec 28, 2023 10:17 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Merry Christmas guys.....Whatcha get
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1272
Re: Merry Christmas guys.....Whatcha get
That's a great gift Jay -- time with the family . Seems the older I get, I value that more than material things (even leverguns! Oh my...) Sorry to hear some of y'all were sick for the holidays... My wife got me this awesome "keyboard" ring to celebrate my return to the stage (after a 41 y...
- Wed Dec 27, 2023 4:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Awesome Video of USCG 47' MLB Motor Life Boat
- Replies: 6
- Views: 376
Re: Awesome Video of USCG 47' MLB Motor Life Boat
Here's a couple of images of the R/C MLB that I have... Doing a rescue of my son's sunken speed boat. The first MLBs were painted all white like this one, but the Coasties changed to unpainted aluminum to lessen maintenance costs: PB USCG 47 MLB (7).jpg And here's the crew I added, plus I also insta...
- Wed Dec 27, 2023 2:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Awesome Video of USCG 47' MLB Motor Life Boat
- Replies: 6
- Views: 376
Awesome Video of USCG 47' MLB Motor Life Boat
Besides leverguns *, I'm a lifelong boater and I also have a 30" radio-controlled twin-screw scale model of the 47' MLB -- these boats are awesome! Anyway, here's a Link to USCG 47' MLB Video (click here) . * I just wish one of those was nearby the day my old john boat sank with all firearms ab...
- Thu Dec 21, 2023 11:17 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: "We Never Saw Any Bears..."
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1187
"We Never Saw Any Bears..."
Wow...
And that person drives, votes and breeds too...
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And that person drives, votes and breeds too...
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- Thu Dec 14, 2023 3:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: POF Tombstone Lever Carbine
- Replies: 11
- Views: 700
Re: POF Tombstone Lever Carbine
"Life is too short to own an ugly gun."
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- Thu Dec 14, 2023 1:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: RIP: Chief Master Sgt Yoshida of "Horse Soldiers" Fame
- Replies: 3
- Views: 347
RIP: Chief Master Sgt Yoshida of "Horse Soldiers" Fame
RIP: Chief Master Sgt Yoshida of "Horse Soldiers" Fame Info & images from a new article below, which I thought might be of interest here. A depiction of these modern-day "horse soldiers" were shown on film in the 2018 movie "12 Strong". For sure -- he died way too ...
- Thu Dec 14, 2023 1:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: This is creepy (mind reading)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 487
Re: This is creepy (mind reading)
Too funny John!!gamekeeper wrote: ↑Wed Dec 13, 2023 2:14 am I once had one of those mind reading things ........it was called " a wife".
Are you sure it wasn't MIND CONTROLLING though ? ? ?
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- Mon Dec 11, 2023 12:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: "Grandpa's Face"
- Replies: 10
- Views: 591
"Grandpa's Face"
No leverguns, no fast cars or horses...
...but I loved this one.
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...but I loved this one.
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- Tue Dec 05, 2023 10:14 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I Fixed Ol Number 7's Boat Buying Flow Chart ...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 306
- Mon Dec 04, 2023 6:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: .38-55 leverguns
- Replies: 41
- Views: 1964
Re: .38-55 leverguns
I’m down to about 3 but this is my favorite..takedown 1893 Marlin made in 1901….mint bore and it slugs at .377. No brag but I’ve won trophies with this rifle against quality single shots https://i.postimg.cc/4y1LhqZT/IMG-5457.jpg Dang! With that one -- you definitely got bragging rights!!! Old No7
- Mon Dec 04, 2023 3:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: "Are You Going To Buy the Boat?"
- Replies: 4
- Views: 362
"Are You Going To Buy the Boat?"
Well, I'd guess on this forum, we should change that to "levergun"...........
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- Sat Dec 02, 2023 8:43 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Well, this is awful sweet
- Replies: 4
- Views: 331
Re: Well, this is awful sweet
Nice find, Bill, thanks for sharing that!
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- Tue Nov 28, 2023 7:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Don't be put off by a low price..
- Replies: 16
- Views: 683
Re: Don't be put off by a low price..
...I used alcohol-based Fiebing's dark brown leather dye... That's it -- that's the type of alcohol-based stain I've read good things about. ...and got about as good a color as I have ever gotten in beech... https://i.postimg.cc/Bj4YHCtT/image-67177729-3.jpg Sure looks nicer now -- good job! Thanks...
- Tue Nov 28, 2023 7:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Don't be put off by a low price..
- Replies: 16
- Views: 220
Re: Don't be put off by a low price..
...I used alcohol-based Fiebing's dark brown leather dye... That's it -- that's the type of alcohol-based stain I've read good things about. ...and got about as good a color as I have ever gotten in beech... https://i.postimg.cc/Bj4YHCtT/image-67177729-3.jpg Sure looks nicer now -- good job! Thanks...
- Mon Nov 27, 2023 9:14 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: IFAK / First Aid
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1286
Re: IFAK / First Aid
Interesting info above, thanks. Here's some photos of results using Medical-grade SuperGlue (yes there is such a thing!) -- on a dog. My lab suffered 2 cuts to his face from the heads of exposed nails on a dock he was swimming from and jumping off of, so we rinsed the wound well and used SuperGlue w...
- Sun Nov 26, 2023 9:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Don't be put off by a low price..
- Replies: 16
- Views: 220
Re: Don't be put off by a low price..
I am considering refinishing the stock but have never had much luck with Beech. That looks pretty sweet to me John! If you do try to refinish the stock, with Beech, I think you'd have better luck with alcohol-based stains, as that's what Swedish Mausers m/96 or m/38 typically have for wood, and tha...
- Sun Nov 26, 2023 9:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Don't be put off by a low price..
- Replies: 16
- Views: 683
Re: Don't be put off by a low price..
I am considering refinishing the stock but have never had much luck with Beech. That looks pretty sweet to me John! If you do try to refinish the stock, with Beech, I think you'd have better luck with alcohol-based stains, as that's what Swedish Mausers m/96 or m/38 typically have for wood, and tha...
- Tue Nov 21, 2023 9:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: "Not Too Old to ROCK!" (1st Time on Stage in 41 Years...)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 458
"Not Too Old to ROCK!" (1st Time on Stage in 41 Years...)
Like many budding musicians in their early 20's, after graduating from college, getting married and starting a family and "real" career, I got away from -- perhaps "too far away from" (in hindsight...) -- live music and performing with rock bands until the last few years when I p...
- Fri Nov 17, 2023 10:19 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: USS Constellation Victory in Quasi-War with France 1899
- Replies: 3
- Views: 191
USS Constellation Victory in Quasi-War with France 1899
Folks here liked the recent joke about the HMS victory -- and this story has a victory and cannons too! Shamelessly copied from a military history site... :wink: Old No7 The U.S. Navy’s First Victory over a Foreign Ship was an Amazing Sucker Punch The American Navy had a rough start with the few shi...
- Fri Nov 17, 2023 9:07 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another double action wheelgun in the house
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2112
Re: Another double action wheelgun in the house
Nice score! That will do nicely.
Altamont makes some really nice production, yet semi-custom looking grips for S&W. Check 'em out.
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Altamont makes some really nice production, yet semi-custom looking grips for S&W. Check 'em out.
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- Thu Nov 16, 2023 5:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: REMINDER - Before Leaving Your Home
- Replies: 12
- Views: 629
Re: REMINDER - Before Leaving Your Home
When I first heard that, it was said as: "Spectacles, testicles, vallet and vatch ..."Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2023 7:29 pm AND .. "spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch ... "
Kinda tells you something about the 'ol man who said it.
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- Tue Nov 14, 2023 10:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anyone using cast in muzzleloader
- Replies: 12
- Views: 424
Re: Anyone using cast in muzzleloader
I hate to point you elsewhere, but you may get some more info and experiences over on the Modern Muzzleloading Forum.
Related to your post, the best sabots in my TC Omega are the "Harvester Crushed Rib" sabots, the tiny ribs allow easy loading and they're super accurate.
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Related to your post, the best sabots in my TC Omega are the "Harvester Crushed Rib" sabots, the tiny ribs allow easy loading and they're super accurate.
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- Sun Nov 12, 2023 8:58 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: HMS Victory tour
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1655
Re: HMS Victory tour
+1 to that! Those look like a lot of fun and history! "Historical fun" I'd call it!
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- Thu Nov 09, 2023 12:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: HMS Victory tour
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1655
Re: HMS Victory tour
One of the first things I did when I moved south and near to Portsmouth was to visit HMS Victory, some of the cannons had flintlock ignition which surprised me. I've read that the use of flintlocks for ignition greatly increased the ability for seasoned gun crews to aim at -- and hit -- the masts o...
- Wed Nov 08, 2023 2:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: HMS Victory tour
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1655
HMS Victory tour
Huzzah!!
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- Mon Nov 06, 2023 9:02 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Washington's Dream - SNL skit
- Replies: 6
- Views: 508
Re: Washington's Dream - SNL skit
"Where all men are free, right?"
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- Mon Nov 06, 2023 8:53 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Success can be as trying as failure
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2816
Re: Success can be as trying as failure
They must have small minds (and other body parts...) -- and are likely JEALOUS, that's what I suspect.Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Mon Nov 06, 2023 7:16 am BUT, you would think that I did something to the punch bowl and the way my colleagues have reacted.
If this is a test, I'm sure you'll pass with your efforts and ours and His support.
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- Thu Nov 02, 2023 1:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Texas Rangers!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 389
Re: Texas Rangers!
Oh, "those" Texas Rangers (yawn... *) -- I was hoping this post was about the REAL ones; you know, them with guns!
Baseball lost its appeal to me when the Red Sox won the '67 Pennant but didn't win the series...
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Baseball lost its appeal to me when the Red Sox won the '67 Pennant but didn't win the series...
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