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Dang...just gave one away. Mossberg 500...won it a few years ago at a raffle, never touched the trigger. Gave it a kid at my gun club.

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Eating...seems to be my biggest hobby. Sure ain't just for sustenance...that passed a good forty or so pounds ago. The other thing that has been occupying what little spare time I have, is trying to make silicon carbide wafers handle enough current, without incurring losses; that migrate thermal pat...

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Great share...hard to imagine they had to go all that way...when they started in Iron Mtn. Heck they would have had the same terrain twenty minutes outside of Iron Mtn...pretty much the same critters too.

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Followed a portion of my family back to 1502 on this site: https://familysearch.org

Kind of scared about doing the DNA stuff...hate to find out I am related to Hitler or someone of equal ill repute. Probably via Noah or someone like that.

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Awh shucks...made me feel all warm and fuzzy...thanks again guys

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Well, thanks guys...made me gush...only four more years to walking out the door and hanging a lock on it for good. Ben, have been pretty docile in the purchasing lately. Picked up a passel of ten M95's awhile back, only kept three of them. Gave five to my kids and hunting buddies, the other two beca...

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Just like the gun shops and pawnshops not accepting my C&R for C&R guns. I don't even bother setting foot in their shops for anything ever again. I can buy everything I want online with no hassle, so why bother with these brick and mortar idiots. If I want to buy something that requires a F...

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Old No 7, I never realized that it got that cold in Maine. Thought it only got that cold here in the Dakotas My advice to you is to wear a good pair of long underwear; either wool or polypropylene and then layer, layer, layer. No cotton, like what bigbore442001 said. A good pair of wool socks, and ...

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1886 Kropatschek only paid a couple of hundred for it at a yard sale, but it is now approaching five years waiting to find an ejector/extractor.

Might have to buy a $30k Bridgeport to make my own.

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Ray Newman wrote:Something that most people do not realize: the USSR declared war on Japan on August 9, 1945.....

People also forget that Russia had a treaty in place since Manchuria.

Russia treated our military as POW's until August 9th 1945, and absconded with our equipment in the Pacific War.

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Ya know,...this question was supposed to be answered by the M1 carbine...way back when

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My perspective...ran out of favor as automobiles became more prevalent. Those people that could afford horses were the ones that eventually purchased cars. No need for a levergun that fit into a scabbard. The '95 was chambered for longer distance hunting cartridges so it competed against the bolt gu...

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Tycer wrote:Sounds like he got pretty lucky that round did not seat fully.

Yep...and that the hammer would not strike the pin!

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After ten days of effort...we are all good. Here is the conclusion: A) managed to disassemble the lower tang...Blaster did it's job, broke the rust between the receiver and lower tang. The seam along both sides of the receiver were apparently rust welded, could not see that from bottom or top. But a...

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Why I posted to remove 5 screws to drop the lower tang: 1) Lever pivot screw 2) Tang/stock screw 3) Forward screw on action bottom 4) One screw on the LH side of the lower edge of the action sidewall 5) One screw on the RH side of the lower edge of the action sidewall . Thanks Pete...had all five o...

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Appreciate the suggestions but; A) the lever does not drop far enough to take out, barely moves in any direction, but is already disengaged from the lifter. Can not get it back over the notch. B) cartridge door is clear and functioning, no bent spring. C) lower tang is unmovable, even with stock off...

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Ok guys...circa 1956 Marlin model 336 chambered for .30-30. Issue: 1. Loaded cartridge still in chamber 2. Lever a 1/4 open (will not move any further, either way) 3. Lift gate is loose, flops from bottom of receiver to top and can slide a small screw driver into cartridge gate to push back down. 4....

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Pair of .444's for me, one '94 Timber Carbine and the other a '94 Black Shadow...of course will need to bring along my little '94 44 Trapper too.

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First heard the term "speedgoats" while standing in the morning sun's reflection bouncing off the east face of Elk Mountain back in '79. Old coot I was with, pointed to a herd of pronghorns sashaying across a dry creek bed...thought it was a unique humorous term. Have personally used it fr...

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Ok...the act actually was instigated in the field, but the culmination of the act was discovered in a more public place. Many, many moons ago...probably back in '68 or '69 right at the beginning of the Wisconsin gun deer hunting season, when my father and his cohorts were all still alive and in thei...

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For me...it would probably be my '94 Trapper chambered for the .44 Mag...then I could also carry my pistol chambered for the same.

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Just my personal favorite...405gr sized .459 w/29.0 grains of H4198 seems to work for me. ~1350 fps out of my Trapdoor (rifle), 1310 fps Trapdoor (carbine), and 1325 fps for my 1886.

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Awful snappy attire for camping.

Blaine, was that picture about the same time?

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6.5 X 55 Swede...129gr boat tail. Open sights...for all of them. Coarse most all of my lever guns would handle the 100 yard challenge if I do my part...the '85 high wall is down right respectable on all the distances too. But that 'ole Swede cloverleaf's consistently. Maybe that is why it is the onl...

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Before I had Bobby Hoyt sleeve my original (cartouche is 1880) Trapdoor carbine, I would shoot .410's out of it all the time. Heck even got a turkey with it using Russian 00 ammo.

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I made this some years back and it works wonders. If the velocity is below the speed of sound you hear nothing. It's it's above, you hear the sonic crack. The whole unit slides into a 55 gallon drum. Construction is self explanatory in the pic. When cutting out the holes in the baffles, make each o...

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Cool...love old photos.

Is it me, or do people from back in the day look out of proportion? Heads and hands seem bigger than the bodies.

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Yep...an old Higgins bolt action believe it or not.

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What was that old saying??? "More men, good or bad. More game, big or small..." or something to that effect. In reference to the 44 WCF

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I Hear good things about the 375 Winchester loaded with the 220 gr. Hornady. The must be good I see they are sold out :D Also like that they have 303 savage and 7/57 in the line. Have used thousands of this round from WCC, always consistent. Still load their brass. Used a ton of their 20 M1 Carbine...

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bulldog1935 wrote:my grandmother didn't have indoor plumbing until she was 62.

You are referring to her residence...I hope

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Definitely not a Winchester barrel on the '92 w/44Mag...too bad, the rest of the gun is very nice, original furniture and all. Dates 1905

Have an original .44-40 SRC barrel, still new (tag on it says 1921), wonder if that would spin right on???

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Local gun shop has a 1892 short barrel serial # 563xxxthe receiver is in the "white" along with the 2/3 magazine tube, along with all the other hardware...except the barrel, it is blued and stamped 44 Mag. They are asking $695 for it...but, skeptical about a re-barreled '92 of that vintage...

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Just bought a '14 F 150 and if it is anything like the one it replaced...it just might be the last. As far as taking out a mortgage at my age, it does make sense to pay 3% on a home loan if you are guaranteed 6.5% on an investment. As long as you have more money in your investment than the mortgage,...

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My Mother's parents never had electricity, never had a telephone, but did purchase a car once my Grandfather retired! They never thought they were missing anything. Heck they raised seven children that way and made one heck of an impression on twenty five grandchildren. My Grandmother passed away ba...

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Anybody know where I can get film for my Kodak box camera???

Advice, make sure you hold it steady and have good light!

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Well... if you had cabinets on order at Menards... they MIGHT be in! Spend all day yesterday running around the Twin Cities delivering. Be here thru tomorrow... up in St. Cloud... holy stuff, TWO Wal-Marts? If you are hanging out in Rodger's, check out the Cabela's...also the old car joint on the f...

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The Privi I have used has all worked as well as non-match US fodder, and in the case of 7.62x54R the brass is actually reloadable, so @ .75/rd for 147gr SP it's quite a.deal... Ditto...have used a bunch different itineration's and all are reloadable along with shooting well. Can not give you any ad...

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Sure do shoot well don't they?

If I do not breathe or wiggle mine will put them inside a dime at a 100

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Heck...I thought a cowboy silhouette was the outline of the shadow a wrangler sheds opposite the sun...no wonder they did not want me around anymore, kept shoot'n at the shadows and scaring the begabbers out of folks.

I'll have to go back and apologize for my ignorance!

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Bruce Scott wrote:Well... they're not all they're cracked up to be.

Nice sports car and panel van though.

What...blondes or females in general? I personally have found a use for them occasionally, more so in the past and a little less now.

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Some how it appears that the original intent of the post somehow meandered...like when my wife says she is saving for a new whatchamacallit...she really means that I have to go and buy one for her.

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Absolutely...thank you

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Too many choices :? ...have to go by what I grab unconsciously...one that will always go to the shoulder as if I was born with it. Normally, if it is a critter hunting season, it is a '94 Timber Carbine chambered for the .444 Marlin. Nothing special, beautiful shape, nice leather sling, shoots extre...

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Pretty much overkill, but it will definitely work.

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New 'puter came with 8.1. Yes, mucho bueno'r than 8.crash-test dummy! :o Am s-l-o-w-l-y getting "used" to it... by default. Either I do or I fail. Good to hear that your Geek Squad in McKinney can do the Win 7 install, the guy here in Rockwall won't, can't, or don't know how! Went to have...

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Here is why the .444 is better than the .45-70... Because the Winchester 94 Timber Carbine is chambered for it! Let the fun begin.... That is about the Least-credible reason I have seen to date.. Lol Come on now Buck, you gotta admit the Timber Carbine is a much sweeter set up than the Marlin...als...

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Here is why the .444 is better than the .45-70...

Because the Winchester 94 Timber Carbine is chambered for it!

Let the fun begin....

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Had the same inclination years ago. Fortunately my job gave me an opportunity to evaluate the pros and cons over an extended period of time. Even though it was never more than one month at a time. On Oahu is where most of my business took place and at first, the idyllic island weather and scenery en...

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Griff wrote:
Mescalero wrote:I think we have a new winner
+1.

But... uhhh... without pictures it didn't happen... right?

Right...never happened...

'Cept I showed them to my wife right away...at first she got angry at me! Like I was the pervert or something.

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