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by AJMD429
Thu Feb 29, 2024 10:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Is this a good plan?
Replies: 15
Views: 1427

Re: Is this a good plan?

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I'm pretty sure that's what I would do.

Black Label most likely.
by AJMD429
Thu Feb 29, 2024 3:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Fourth Little Pig…
Replies: 2
Views: 677

The Fourth Little Pig…

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by AJMD429
Thu Feb 29, 2024 6:56 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Leverguns and Bump Stocks…
Replies: 5
Views: 858

Leverguns and Bump Stocks…

. The connection is real… IMG_2027.jpeg When I use this kind of stock illustration for a story on gun control, it just goes to show how they demonize them all. But then the readership of the 'news' media are at least 30% fools.... https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/nearly-one-third-of-americans-su...
by AJMD429
Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Córdoba Argentina 2024
Replies: 17
Views: 1589

Re: Córdoba Argentina 2024

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That's pretty cool.
by AJMD429
Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The eldest grandson.....
Replies: 7
Views: 989

Re: The eldest grandson.....

Bill in Oregon wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:00 pm You're helping to bring him up right, Ray. 8)
Yep. All of us should follow your example, with kids, grandkids, neices and nephews.
by AJMD429
Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: "Where Does It Say...?"
Replies: 4
Views: 837

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

. The Democrats, 'Progressssssssives', and modern-day 'Liberals' all seem intent on destroying the U.S., and I really can't figure out why they loathe it so much. It reminds me of the psychos who have 'mom-issues' where they have to murder their mom because they can't reconcile some perverted lust o...
by AJMD429
Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:03 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: THE BEST CALIBER
Replies: 63
Views: 6483

Re: THE BEST CALIBER

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Yep.
by AJMD429
Tue Feb 27, 2024 10:57 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: "The Opposite of what Scientists Wanted to Happen .."
Replies: 8
Views: 1230

"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.s...
by AJMD429
Mon Feb 26, 2024 2:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Short cases (.357)
Replies: 20
Views: 1847

Re: Short cases (.357)

Great, just great! And I just picked up a 200ct bag of Hornady 357 factory brass! :? :roll: Thanks for the heads up on what I have to deal with. You might check with Hornady, but they may not use all 'short' cases - hopefully just for the 'leverevolution' loadings. Measure them and see, I guess.
by AJMD429
Sun Feb 25, 2024 6:34 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Drones as a carcass-finding aid ...
Replies: 7
Views: 1010

Drones as a carcass-finding aid ...

. https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/man-drones-hunters-recover-deer-carcasses-appeal-verdict-107499940 I agree not good to use them to hunt or locate live deer to hunt, but seems like not wasting a carcass would justify use Maybe too many would use that as their excuse for having one aforld they r...
by AJMD429
Sat Feb 24, 2024 10:11 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Paul Harrell hasn't much time
Replies: 19
Views: 2412

Re: Paul Harrell hasn't much time

Here's an interesting one of his videos ..

https://youtu.be/iv8cByaVyNQ?si=B76xmbhZSmF9scqC
by AJMD429
Fri Feb 23, 2024 9:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: You Can't Truly Call Yourself "Peaceful" Unless.......
Replies: 7
Views: 852

Re: You Can't Truly Call Yourself "Peaceful" Unless.......

. Jordan Peterson and Jocko Willink have a good podcast interview on the very topic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4PS_DhzyDg (…an interesting pair indeed - a pasty academic and a brutish warrior …but you can see they both have much in common and are each warriors in a different sphere…) Also Chr...
by AJMD429
Fri Feb 23, 2024 8:07 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Borrow for 30 seconds?
Replies: 9
Views: 1051

Re: Borrow for 30 seconds?

. For the gas-money if I were to come there, we could probably both buy new guns - or at least a box of ammo. If nobody is nearby and you don't want to buy a box of factory ammo just to do the check (if it's 308 you'll have some ammo to use, but if not, you'll have ammo with no gun to use it in), yo...
by AJMD429
Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Sight in any long gun in one shot…?
Replies: 11
Views: 892

Re: Sight in any long gun in one shot…?

Yep. And if you have one of those little dental angled mirrors that's a good clear glass one, you can avoid having to take the bolt out of a lever gun, because you can just look down the bore with that. It helps if you have something round and bright to look at like a clay target or something.
by AJMD429
Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OK. Sorry. Guy health topic
Replies: 43
Views: 3511

Re: OK. Sorry. Guy health topic

. Obviously it needs checked out but don't place too much on the exact amount of a jump because all sorts of other things affect it, including inflammation or infection or intimacy or even just the act of having had a prostate exam recently. Plus as others have said it's one of the more slow growing...
by AJMD429
Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bolt Cannon.
Replies: 25
Views: 1644

Re: Bolt Cannon.

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...a slightly larger version (or mortar)... :wink:

http://www.buckstix.com/CoehornMortarHunt.htm

A fun site if for no other reason than the dark feline humor accompanying the mortar build....
by AJMD429
Thu Feb 22, 2024 6:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Sight in any long gun in one shot…?
Replies: 11
Views: 892

Re: Sight in any long gun in one shot…?

I have used several different laser sight in tools and most seem to work okay for getting you real close. Definitely saves bullets but I have yet to have one that gets you there in 1 shot. Were they the kind you stick in the chamber (or barrel)...? I tried those and really found them no better than...
by AJMD429
Thu Feb 22, 2024 5:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: cell phone outage
Replies: 6
Views: 605

Re: cell phone outage

. Just wait until a BIG outage happens.... We are WAY WAY too dependent on the internet and other technologies. Just like my aunt and uncle got out the kerosene lanterns they grew up with and resumed using their hand-pump and outhouse when the electricity went out, we go back to our land-lines when ...
by AJMD429
Thu Feb 22, 2024 5:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Anybody know Iver Johnson owl head 38's
Replies: 22
Views: 1806

Re: Anybody know Iver Johnson owl head 38's

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I wish they made something like that currently.
by AJMD429
Thu Feb 22, 2024 4:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Interesting on 'Drug Trafficking'
Replies: 3
Views: 526

Re: Interesting on 'Drug Trafficking'

. Back in Pharmacy School one of the more interesting classes was 'Pharmacognosy' which is the study of natural, mostly plant-based medicine. The same professor taught a course called 'Drug Abuse', and it was an effort to help us recognize what kinds of symptoms patients/customers might have that wo...
by AJMD429
Thu Feb 22, 2024 11:08 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Cellphones Down Today...??? Could be a Problem...
Replies: 11
Views: 865

Re: Cellphones Down Today...??? Could be a Problem...

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Yeah but if you are skeptical of illegal immigrants, you are a “raaaacist”…. :roll:
by AJMD429
Thu Feb 22, 2024 8:29 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Jm stamped 444marlin XLRs
Replies: 5
Views: 729

Re: Jm stamped 444marlin XLRs

. Different threads on the barrel/receiver I believe. (I forget the rationale as to whether it is for 'strength' or 'accuracy' such as rigidity). Ballard rifling (though some other Marlins have that). Forend and magazine mounted a bit differently so less binding to barrel - that certainly makes sens...
by AJMD429
Thu Feb 22, 2024 8:20 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 94P. What to do with it?
Replies: 24
Views: 1685

Re: 94P. What to do with it?

. "... I had a similar problem with my 24" JM Marlin! Would not stabilize bullets unless driven hard. Sent it to Regan Nonnemann to change barrels. Put a Douglas premium barrel with a .429 bore and a 1:16 twist ..." THAT sounds perfect... I rebarreled a 44 Mag 1894 to 45 Colt, but it ...
by AJMD429
Thu Feb 22, 2024 7:39 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Interesting on 'Drug Trafficking'
Replies: 3
Views: 526

Interesting on 'Drug Trafficking'

. A world I see the edge of (occasional patients who use illicit stuff). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKfRcOoXKAc Hearing the guy say he smuggled cocaine by 'impregnating it into rubber' then somehow re-extracting it sure gives a person confidence - yeah, I'd just love to use THAT stuff...no risk...
by AJMD429
Wed Feb 21, 2024 10:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: .300 Blackout
Replies: 39
Views: 2359

Re: .300 Blackout

Somehow, and I am not certain how that was, I had convinced myself I did not need a 300 BO. I am starting to doubt myself! +1... And as long as I have a .30-30, I probably won't. I am about to pick up the 30-30 that my dad had when I was growing up. It will keep me more than satisfied without feeli...
by AJMD429
Wed Feb 21, 2024 10:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Short cases (.357)
Replies: 20
Views: 1847

Re: Short cases (.357)

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Are the shorties 'LeveRevolution' load brass...?

I have a few 444 Marlins of that nature. Thought about using them for shot capsule loads or something.
by AJMD429
Wed Feb 21, 2024 5:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My patient needed her Backup Gun
Replies: 23
Views: 1891

Re: My patient needed her Backup Gun

”…I felt like I was in the presence of an old friend, or my pastor, or a beloved uncle. I can't help but compare this behavior with that of my neurosurgeon in El Paso who would enter the room, sit on his swivel chair as far away as possible and look at his laptop the whole time making very few comm...
by AJMD429
Wed Feb 21, 2024 5:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Sight in any long gun in one shot…?
Replies: 11
Views: 892

Re: Sight in any long gun in one shot…?

. Yeah the “hold perfectly still” part is the rub, especially while trying to adjust sights. The spare-parts-bin laser and $12 clamp gets around that with certainty. I’ve found that even in a clamp type rest, if you want to sight in within an inch or less at 100 yards it seldom works, because the sl...
by AJMD429
Wed Feb 21, 2024 5:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 94P. What to do with it?
Replies: 24
Views: 1685

Re: 94P. What to do with it?

It would be cool to get it re-barreled with an integrally-suppressed barrel. I’ve seen a couple at gun shows and the magazine tube makes a bit of a double curve so that the end is maybe a half inch lower to accommodate the larger barrel diameter but the guy who had one who I go a chance to talk to i...
by AJMD429
Wed Feb 21, 2024 2:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Sight in any long gun in one shot…?
Replies: 11
Views: 892

Sight in any long gun in one shot…?

. Although I would recommend shooting a group of three rather than one for this purpose, and would want to shoot another group of three to verify, it is truly a one step process. All you need is a good rest and a target of paper or some thing where you can see your bullet hole, that has a bull’s-eye...
by AJMD429
Wed Feb 21, 2024 7:35 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Let’s talk about shotguns for serious use.
Replies: 79
Views: 7080

Re: Let’s talk about shotguns for serious use.

. At one time I had a Striker plain and a Striker Folder... http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa132/AJMD429/Leverguns%20etc/Striker912-folded-1.jpg Definitely 'intimidating', but took up too much room in the gun safe, and we only kept one out-and-ready. Sold them (lost money as they had beed reclas...
by AJMD429
Wed Feb 21, 2024 7:27 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Enemy at the Gates (movie) Firearms Review
Replies: 4
Views: 403

Enemy at the Gates (movie) Firearms Review

Ian always has an eye for detail...

https://youtu.be/RKKtztSwf5Y?si=YtwTPfyqbtVpX1XT

One of my favorite podcasts ( 'Forgotten Weapons').
by AJMD429
Tue Feb 20, 2024 9:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Colt Walker question ...
Replies: 34
Views: 2783

Colt Walker question ...

. The latest American Rifleman issue had 'Josey Wales' on the cover, and it reminded me of a question... I've fired replicas a few times and I never could understand why the loading lever didn't have an effective latch to keep it against the barrel. Of the three or so different times I've shot repli...
by AJMD429
Tue Feb 20, 2024 1:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My patient needed her Backup Gun
Replies: 23
Views: 1891

Re: My patient needed her Backup Gun

. Male sexual assault fortunately doesn't result in the victim becoming pregnant which is one less thing to deal with them female victims have to deal with, but the way society treats males is often worse. Not wanting to feed into the who-is-the-biggest-victim mindset of the left, I do think it has ...
by AJMD429
Tue Feb 20, 2024 7:55 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My patient needed her Backup Gun
Replies: 23
Views: 1891

My patient needed her Backup Gun

. Some background: Primary care physicians have been deemed inadequate to treat chronic pain (even those of us with pharmacy degrees - which is ironic, since pharmacists without medical degrees now don't just 'advise' us about dosing or medication selection, they demand dosage changes and even deman...
by AJMD429
Mon Feb 19, 2024 8:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: .300 Blackout
Replies: 39
Views: 2359

Re: .300 Blackout

. “… I quit 300blk because I am completely capable of trying to squeeze one thru a 556 …” That is definitely a concern. I have so far been meticulous about that and use only bright red anodized aluminum magazines for 300 blackout. I also make it a habit not to shoot 5.56 at the same time. They say t...
by AJMD429
Mon Feb 19, 2024 8:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OK. Sorry. Guy health topic
Replies: 43
Views: 3511

Re: OK. Sorry. Guy health topic

. Every once in a while, the PSA is determined to not be a good test, and then they quit doing them for a few years and then they change their minds. What’s going on? Is that doctors just look at the sheet? The labs are printed on and if the PSA is less than four, they ignore, and if it’s over, for ...
by AJMD429
Mon Feb 19, 2024 3:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Wraith Family (thermal and night optics)
Replies: 9
Views: 737

Re: The Wraith Family (thermal and night optics)

Thanks. Very informative. Yeah, even though my favorite guns are leverguns and big-bore revolvers, I like electronic gagets and LOVE being able to see stuff at night. The Wraith Thermal is awesome . If I had the extra bucks I'd have gotten the AGM Varmint Thermal though - it is a big ungainly and l...
by AJMD429
Mon Feb 19, 2024 8:05 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OK. Sorry. Guy health topic
Replies: 43
Views: 3511

Re: OK. Sorry. Guy health topic

Wow, after reading all this (and recognizing that it will be helpful to many of us), all I can think of is this... Man, these guys are using a Lewis Lead Remover on their wiener!!!! LOL that's about right... My part of the job is to try to prevent prostate cancer (a huge reduction with the right di...
by AJMD429
Sun Feb 18, 2024 8:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Paco and the 44mag
Replies: 15
Views: 961

Re: Paco and the 44mag

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Paco and you both are such excellent writers and have such great experiences to write about.
by AJMD429
Sun Feb 18, 2024 11:40 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: All the 'conspiracies' keep turning out to be REAL...
Replies: 5
Views: 1393

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

. It's so amazing how stuff that was censored as 'right-wing propaganda' or 'conspiracy theories' or 'misinformation', is now being 'revealed' and grudgingly acknowledged, even by the 'mainstream' media. https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/covid-vaccine-shedding-is-real-fda-and-pfizer-documents-are...
by AJMD429
Sun Feb 18, 2024 7:03 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: .300 Blackout
Replies: 39
Views: 2359

Re: .300 Blackout

Sixgun wrote: Sat Feb 17, 2024 9:58 pm 8” barrel………couple of grand with top quality parts…….beer can accurate out to 300 meters.——-00


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...but it has to have a $3,000 scope to be any good, doesn't it...???
:roll:
by AJMD429
Sat Feb 17, 2024 7:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: .300 Blackout
Replies: 39
Views: 2359

Re: .300 Blackout

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I have my Wraith on a 300 Blackout. Love it so far. Need to shoot some groups.
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by AJMD429
Sat Feb 17, 2024 7:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Wraith Family (thermal and night optics)
Replies: 9
Views: 737

Re: The Wraith Family (thermal and night optics)

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Interesting podcast on the three types of 'night vision's:

https://youtu.be/UAeJHAFjwPM?si=0iAz8E-lPxFrOLNT
by AJMD429
Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:20 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Nice [illegal] Collection...
Replies: 5
Views: 433

Nice [illegal] Collection...

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Kinda show that 'gun control laws' seldom actually stop criminals from getting guns... :roll:
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https://www.wfla.com/news/national/cach ... residence/
by AJMD429
Fri Feb 16, 2024 7:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT, post and beam
Replies: 67
Views: 5615

Re: OT, post and beam

GunnyMack wrote: Fri Feb 16, 2024 6:30 pm I swing a 14oz titanium hammer. What it leaks I weight it makes up in speed, I can drive a nail easier than a 22oz steel hammer.
Yes those 40s SUCK to drive overhead!
...the ballistics of hammers...!

So you're shooting a 30-06 instead of a 45-70.... :D