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by Grizz
Mon Mar 04, 2024 9:24 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: I'd be more afraid of the domestic Democrats....
Replies: 1
Views: 216

Re: I'd be more afraid of the domestic Democrats....

. ...but even the hate-stream 'news' media admits that there is at least one assassin out to eliminate Trump and/or his supporters. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/assassin-targeting-trump-allies-is-on-the-loose-fbi-warns/ar-BB1jk9mP Odd that they don't cheer him on, since the 'news' media hat...
by Grizz
Mon Mar 04, 2024 9:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
Replies: 46
Views: 3657

Re: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there

For an in-depth look at the Portuguese dory fishermen off the Grand Banks, it is hard to beat Alan Villiers' "Quest of the Schooner Argus," and of course there is Rudyard Kipling's classic "Captains Courageous." By the way, the 1937 movie of the same name with Spencer Tracy and ...
by Grizz
Mon Mar 04, 2024 9:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 80 Years Ago -- U.S. Fighters Over Berlin!
Replies: 10
Views: 592

Re: 80 Years Ago -- U.S. Fighters Over Berlin!

Thanks for sharing Darryl! My uncle was on the ground then, with the 29th ID, 116th IR, Company F. Served from D-Day (1st wave) all the way to the fall of Germany. I had an uncle in an engineer unit early in the landings. they had the pipe bombs that were supposed to cut the barb wire. They made it...
by Grizz
Mon Mar 04, 2024 8:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
Replies: 46
Views: 3657

Re: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there

Back in the summer of 2002 I was making a maintenance inspection of Kaunakakai Harbor on the island of Molokaʻi, and I spotted a St. Pierre dory moored there, it was beautiful, in great condition, and best of all it was for sale! I took several photos and emailed them to my dad, and letting him kno...
by Grizz
Mon Mar 04, 2024 11:55 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New To Me Winchesters
Replies: 18
Views: 1217

Re: New To Me Winchesters

ollogger wrote: Mon Mar 04, 2024 10:06 am Yes sir, them are a pair of awesome Winchesters! Id rather take on a gopher with a 32-40
than a charging 1 ton hacked off Angus bull with a S&W 642 :shock:



ollogger
Kudos! This is so funny it deserves extended applause :lol: :lol: :lol:
by Grizz
Mon Mar 04, 2024 11:50 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: White Rural Christians are the real threat to Democracy...
Replies: 2
Views: 337

Re: White Rural Christians are the real threat to Democracy...

yes, Christ's followers are a threat to demonracy, a hybrid term combining demonism with racism . . . Christ-believers have authority to rebuke and bind demons, if we will learn to .. .. ..
by Grizz
Mon Mar 04, 2024 11:44 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
Replies: 46
Views: 3657

Re: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there

I think the St. Pierre has the most glorious sheerlines of all the dories. Thanks so much Ji ! I agree with you Bill, they are, to my eye, unbelievably beautiful. Proper dorys have no bad angles from which to paint them . . . Ji's photos bring to mind a gggdad sitting on a French Mediterranean beac...
by Grizz
Mon Mar 04, 2024 12:52 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 80 Years Ago -- U.S. Fighters Over Berlin!
Replies: 10
Views: 592

Re: 80 Years Ago -- U.S. Fighters Over Berlin!

That's a fantastic legacy and great tribute to your Dad and his buddies and their incredible achievements. Thanks for posting!
by Grizz
Sun Mar 03, 2024 2:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 70-150 winchester video
Replies: 9
Views: 512

Re: 70-150 winchester video

Good video. Thots ->

gun is too unreliable for DG imo

bullet is wrong shape and wrong hardness for DG imo

a lion would have killed that guy imo

but I never hunted the DG that surrounded me when i was deer hunting and don't know what i am opinionated about, imo

LOL grizz
by Grizz
Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:33 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 70-150 winchester video
Replies: 9
Views: 512

Re: 70-150 winchester video

I know this was somewhat of a mythical round in the day but found this repro so to speak interesting. The fella claiming it gets better taylor knockout factor than 577 nitro is a bit miss-applied since that factor overly favors the fat 12ga. But still seems a lot of power. 4700ftlbs with a 900 grai...
by Grizz
Sat Mar 02, 2024 12:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
Replies: 46
Views: 3657

Re: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there

And a follow-up to the machinery sounds fork -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPf0lKx5UvA careful with the volume, enjoy !!
by Grizz
Sat Mar 02, 2024 11:47 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Pig Hunting In Texas With A 50-100-450
Replies: 16
Views: 941

Re: Pig Hunting In Texas With A 50-100-450

Beauty and the beast ! What a rifle !
by Grizz
Sat Mar 02, 2024 10:31 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Most accurate Blackhawk caliber?
Replies: 27
Views: 1937

Re: Most accurate Blackhawk caliber?

I think the 44s have inherent accuracy. but i think the 7mms are also inherently accurate. the 10inch sbh I hunted with seemed inherently accurate shooting plain base cast bullets at unknown velocity. the bullets hit the dot every time, when it was centered....... LOL made lots of venison, and daugh...
by Grizz
Fri Mar 01, 2024 11:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
Replies: 46
Views: 3657

Re: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there

Ji, Grizz, I agree on getting lost on Youtube watching old iron at work and listening to those wonderful engine notes. Time just flows right on by ... 8) Speaking of machinery I stumbled on an aircraft site with some video of small plane grass field flights. The really great aircraft engines make r...
by Grizz
Fri Mar 01, 2024 3:16 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: All the 'conspiracies' keep turning out to be REAL...
Replies: 5
Views: 1130

Re: All the 'conspiracies' keep turning out to be REAL...

AJMD429 wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2024 2:38 pm .
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/ful ... ehf2.14680

The myocarditis keeps coming up.
I couldn't stay awake long enough to read it . . . is this an admission that SuddenAdultDeathSyndrome, [SADS], is IN FACT caused by the jabs and boost-jabs ?
by Grizz
Fri Mar 01, 2024 3:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Smokehouse Creek Fire
Replies: 9
Views: 979

Re: Smokehouse Creek Fire

A conflagration in real-time. Prayers UP for all involved, and for the fires to end now . . .
by Grizz
Fri Mar 01, 2024 2:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
Replies: 46
Views: 3657

Re: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there

Ji, Grizz, I agree on getting lost on Youtube watching old iron at work and listening to those wonderful engine notes. Time just flows right on by ... 8) That's a fact. About those engine sounds -> when we were drifting at night in bouncy seas and the sound of 2000 gallons of fuel sloshing around b...
by Grizz
Fri Mar 01, 2024 2:47 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: I thought they were almost all DEMOCRATS...
Replies: 2
Views: 684

Re: I thought they were almost all DEMOCRATS...

the word [ DEMOCRAT ] . is derived from two words: [demon] AND [rat] . the unappreciated dictionary says that the words were combined by replacing the letter [n] with the letter [c] to make a compound ai issue of [mis] AND [dis] information, from which they developed the Verb [dissed]. . been foolin...
by Grizz
Thu Feb 29, 2024 11:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: crowd funding the gospel
Replies: 9
Views: 947

Re: crowd funding the gospel

The talking Bibles we gave out were searchable by Book, Chapter and Verse. They were complete Bibles .. Old and New Testaments. We got them from South Africa ... about $25 each. We gave out several hundred of them. A friend of mine brought in 500 by himself. Also had some friends who ran a radio st...
by Grizz
Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: crowd funding the gospel
Replies: 9
Views: 947

Re: crowd funding the gospel

The Official State language is Portuguese. There are 26 or 27 tribal languages. The area where I was had 2 predominant ones. What we have written in the Bible was passed orally for a long time before it began being written down ... at least great parts of it were. The thing about oral cultures is t...
by Grizz
Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:00 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: We are NOT 'headed towards a Police-State'
Replies: 1
Views: 577

Re: We are NOT 'headed towards a Police-State'

. That time has passed, clearly... https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/02/bereaved-j6-parent-ed-lang-protests-outside-dc/ SO jail without trial, and 'disappearing' dissenters is ok if they belong to the wrong party, but even those committing violence are ignored, if they belong to the right party...
by Grizz
Thu Feb 29, 2024 7:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
Replies: 46
Views: 3657

Re: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there

Bill in Oregon wrote: Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:38 am Good stuff on old iron and marine engines in particular right here:
https://www.smokstak.com/forum/forums/a ... motors.38/
good link, thanks Bill
by Grizz
Thu Feb 29, 2024 6:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: crowd funding the gospel
Replies: 9
Views: 947

Re: crowd funding the gospel

We used the audio Bibles a lot in Mozambique and my friends there still are giving them out. When I was there the government admitted at least 45% of the country was illiterate. I knew a lot of Mozambicans that could not read or write, including pastors and evangelists. They loved the audio Bibles....
by Grizz
Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:08 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Córdoba Argentina 2024
Replies: 17
Views: 1456

Re: Córdoba Argentina 2024

Rimfire McNutjob wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2024 10:09 pm That looks like an amazing trip. Great pictures ... appreciate the post. Bummer that it's too risky to take your own guns.
Dittos on all, it's epic for sure . . .
by Grizz
Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:05 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Math is Hard
Replies: 2
Views: 673

Re: Math is Hard

Bogus or worse. I know someone who knows someone who proposes that the entire episode was completely different from the published narrative . . . I don't have a link yet, but will post something when I find it. Meanwhile I bet someone from around here knows something . . .
by Grizz
Thu Feb 29, 2024 12:15 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: crowd funding the gospel
Replies: 9
Views: 947

crowd funding the gospel

https://jashow.org/the-john-ankerberg-show/ I have mentioned this before, but right now there is a very heart-warming feel-good video with one of the most amazing men in the world doing the most amazing thing in the world. I want you to see this video, because the results of the Good News everywhere...
by Grizz
Wed Feb 28, 2024 1:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: "Where Does It Say...?"
Replies: 4
Views: 801

Re: "Where Does It Say...?"

Old No7 wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2024 7:47 am See this here, before it's moved to the Politics Forum...

Good question asked below.

Old No7


Where Does It Say....jpg
in the communist manifesto
by Grizz
Wed Feb 28, 2024 1:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: old shep
Replies: 2
Views: 609

Re: old shep

ole pizen slinger wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2024 10:27 am https://www.google.com/search?client=fi ... NsM10,st:0

ole pizen slinger
my old Shep is tottering along the edge of loneliness now .it's a long and short trail at the same time
by Grizz
Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:12 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: "The Opposite of what Scientists Wanted to Happen .."
Replies: 4
Views: 712

Re: "The Opposite of what Scientists Wanted to Happen .."

. I see all these articles where scientists are surprised at some new finding, clearly indicating how little solid knowledge they have about things that affect 'climate'. Yet they insist on being given power and money to somehow control climate on our behalf and save us from ourselves. https://www....
by Grizz
Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Colt Walker question ...
Replies: 34
Views: 2573

Re: Colt Walker question ...

The .45 colt was designed to shoot horses. War isn't pretty. The best way to unseat a cavalry troop is to shoot his horse. It's a very big target. In westerns you'll see bandits chasing a stage coach. In reality if one wanted to stop a coach you'd simply kill one of the horses. The remaining horses...
by Grizz
Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:55 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Young lady dead because of democrat policy
Replies: 3
Views: 860

Re: Young lady dead because of democrat policy

This young lady is dead because all demoncrats are in lock step with biden and mayorkas, her blood is on the hands of every demoncrat. https://news.yahoo.com/laken-riley-murder-suspect-jose-143424772.html Well, yeah but, to put a finer point on it, the demoncraps HAVE MURDERED MULTIPLE MILLIONS and...
by Grizz
Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:08 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
Replies: 46
Views: 3657

Re: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there

Beauties, are they both Aeolus dories? Would love to try and row from Puget Sound to Juneau. I was thinking of rowing my Pearson dory from Kailua Beach, Oʻahu to Haleʻolono Harbor, Molokaʻi, but my wife talked me out of it. About a 40 mile run across the Kaʻiwi channel in usually rough seas. Maybe ...
by Grizz
Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:52 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
Replies: 46
Views: 3657

Re: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there

Thanks mucho Ji. great memories. great photos. great family. great boats. great times. . FNL_dory-boat.JPG this is the dory i rowed across San Francisco some number of times. night time was my favorite time to be in the island of darkness surrounded by millions of tons of lights. i towed it to Alask...
by Grizz
Tue Feb 27, 2024 1:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
Replies: 46
Views: 3657

Re: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there

Grizz, it had not occurred to me that the pulsing of the boat speed would make for killer trolling! 8) That plus the rolling motion of the boat, the ones who tuned that out-produced the ones who didn't know. The underwater sounds make a difference in a boat that fish will follow, or won't. My last ...
by Grizz
Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:32 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
Replies: 46
Views: 3657

Re: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there

Grizz, here you go, bro. Not many places you can see SEVERAL Case steam tractors chugging along in a line. 8) https://www.antiquepowerland.com/steam-up Ji, you are calling up all sorts of memories! I bought a copy of John Gardner's classic "Dory Book" while in college -- and Acadia was st...
by Grizz
Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:09 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
Replies: 46
Views: 3657

Re: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there

Back in my young teen years my dad a New England native, and a lover of fishing, and dories decided he wanted to get back into commercial fishing. This was around 1974 after his recent retirement from the Federal Government. Of course his dream commercial Fishing boat was a 26' Saint Pierre Dory. H...
by Grizz
Mon Feb 26, 2024 4:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 94P. What to do with it?
Replies: 24
Views: 1568

Re: 94P. What to do with it?

I have a B-92 project gun that had a badly bulged barrel and shot 240s just fine before I sawed the barrel off . . . Assuming you rebuild your B-92 in 44 mag I’d be tempted to use a pistol spec barrel with a tighter bore and faster twist. Rifle chamber reamers in 44 mag also include a long throat, ...
by Grizz
Mon Feb 26, 2024 12:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 94P. What to do with it?
Replies: 24
Views: 1568

Re: 94P. What to do with it?

If you review the SAAMI spec for the 44 mag in a rifle and compare them to the SAAMI spec for the 44 mag in pistol you will find they are virtually two different cartridges. Different barrel and chamber dimensions. The pistols have a tighter barrel diameter and twist whereas the rifles have signifi...
by Grizz
Mon Feb 26, 2024 8:49 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
Replies: 46
Views: 3657

Re: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there

Back home in dear old Oregon they have an entire "village" called Powerland in Brooks, a small town just off Interstate 5 north of Salem. On two back-to-back weekends in summer, they hold the annual "Steam Up" featuring steam power, one-lung power, and all sorts of wonderful old...
by Grizz
Mon Feb 26, 2024 8:46 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 94P. What to do with it?
Replies: 24
Views: 1568

Re: 94P. What to do with it?

If it groups factory white box 240Gr JSP, Because if it does, then it's OK. If it groups 296Gr it's a gem. Ours would not group 300Gr jacketed. It's the twist rate issue. It was designed to shoot one load at one velocity. My pistol's 405Gr would not cycle, but single loaded it went sideways by the t...
by Grizz
Sun Feb 25, 2024 8:22 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Fox going the way of Drudge...
Replies: 4
Views: 915

Re: Fox going the way of Drudge...

Grizz, do you remember when Harris Faulkner was interviewing Newt Gingrich....Newt began talking about George Soros and the camera suddenly went to a gal who was apparently a manager, who told him they don't allow criticism of George Soros on Fox. There's little doubt that Soros holds a controlling...
by Grizz
Sun Feb 25, 2024 6:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Drones as a carcass-finding aid ...
Replies: 7
Views: 958

Re: Drones as a carcass-finding aid ...

a cadaver drone? seems to me they are primarily proficient at creating cadavers . . .
by Grizz
Sun Feb 25, 2024 3:52 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Balloon was just a 'hobby' balloon.... But....
Replies: 1
Views: 666

Re: Balloon was just a 'hobby' balloon.... But....

this is complete unmitigated bs. that balloon was some kind of spy apparatus, documented as such IF IRC. . . HOWEVER , the one over the arctic or yukon was in fact an amateur experimental high altitude balloon. they are flown competitively scored by how high they go, how long they stay aloft, and di...
by Grizz
Sun Feb 25, 2024 3:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
Replies: 46
Views: 3657

Re: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there

I have had a couple of original hit-and-miss engines -- and miss them. This nicely machined little model goes together astonishingly well! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hodz4Q3jefU&t=1s Way back Jerome, AZ had a living museum with a make-and-break engine running a sawmill. full torque was som...
by Grizz
Sat Feb 24, 2024 11:53 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Fox going the way of Drudge...
Replies: 4
Views: 915

Re: Fox going the way of Drudge...

. They are sliding to the left... https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/moment-fox-news-takes-trump-off-air-to-fact-check-south-carolina-speech/ar-BB1iNekp The sad thing is that so many low-information voters think Fox is the 'balance' to MSNBC and CNN, and it's at this point just slightly less l...
by Grizz
Sat Feb 24, 2024 11:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bolt Cannon.
Replies: 25
Views: 1524

Re: Bolt Cannon.

I would like to encourage a high level of caution in regards to attempting this type of thing. I own and fire several Black Powder Cannons. My cannons were designed and built following the very stringent safety rules and guidelines of the North-South Skirmish Association (N-SSA) and the American Ar...
by Grizz
Sat Feb 24, 2024 11:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Accidentally won another rolling Block
Replies: 34
Views: 2714

Re: Accidentally won another rolling Block

Grizz: you mentioned a 7mm carbine that you once had. Was that a 7mm Spanish Mauser? I have a 7mm Spanish Mauser infantry rifle that I never shot. Bought it to convert the action into a Black Powder cartridge rifle -- a .50-70 Govt. with a wiping rod. Never got around as the death of the Lone Star ...
by Grizz
Sat Feb 24, 2024 7:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bolt Cannon.
Replies: 25
Views: 1524

Re: Bolt Cannon.

What I was getting at is class 3 destructive device due to the size of that big bolt cannon might get the attention of atf. Hand made firearms are one thing , this is a whole nuther realm in which the feds might get their skivvies in a wad over. I'm sure you are right. but people make mortars and s...
by Grizz
Sat Feb 24, 2024 5:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bolt Cannon.
Replies: 25
Views: 1524

Re: Bolt Cannon.

GunnyMack wrote: Sat Feb 24, 2024 5:18 pm I think atf might consider that one a destructive device...?
isn't it legal in America to make guns from scratch?
any more ?
by Grizz
Sat Feb 24, 2024 4:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bolt Cannon.
Replies: 25
Views: 1524

Re: Bolt Cannon.

4_bolt gun arms race.png
there seems to be an arms race among the match locks . . . :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nujbqzlwb34