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That is a fine looking revolver.
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- Wed Feb 17, 2021 5:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Have you guys seen this from Ruger ?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2110
- Wed Feb 17, 2021 4:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sad news. Rush Limbaugh has passed away.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2182
Re: Sad news. Rush Limbaugh has passed away.
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He wasn't a politician or an activist, but he carried the fire.
He showed people the way.
He was a presence that will be missed.
He wasn't a politician or an activist, but he carried the fire.
He showed people the way.
He was a presence that will be missed.
- Tue Feb 16, 2021 11:15 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: President's Day
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1255
Re: President's Day
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Only White Supremacists honor Presidents.
Only White Supremacists honor Presidents.
- Mon Feb 15, 2021 4:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sleeting in Dallas.
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1666
Re: Sleeting in Dallas.
It was 7deg when I got on the road this morning at 5:00am to go to work. There were trucks spreading sand and de-icer everywhere, but I didn't see a foot of pavement over the 25 miles that I had to drive. Still... It wasn't bad. Packed snow and not much ice. I'm sure it's out there but I didn't run ...
- Sat Feb 13, 2021 7:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My dad passed away
- Replies: 39
- Views: 5045
Re: My dad passed away
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Here's a hope that you who remain will find some peace.
Remember the good times and the wisdom that he blessed you with.
It's been some 5 years since my own Dad passed. It was time, but we still feel his presence.
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Here's a hope that you who remain will find some peace.
Remember the good times and the wisdom that he blessed you with.
It's been some 5 years since my own Dad passed. It was time, but we still feel his presence.
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- Fri Feb 12, 2021 3:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Legendary .41 Mag Colt Python by Jack Fowler
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3001
Re: The Legendary .41 Mag Colt Python by Jack Fowler
Great post Jim! I would like to see one of those better-fied Pythons. I have never shot a .41 Mag, and that needs to be corrected. Maybe Ruger could do the GP100 in a 5 shot .41 Mag. Sure the Python was smoother, had a better finish, and held its value, but the GP100 is strong and affordable. 5 inc...
- Wed Feb 10, 2021 1:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A recent post reply.......
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1774
Re: A recent post reply.......
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I enjoyed reading this.
Can't help but feel regret at the vivid description of one of these animals expiring.
I enjoyed reading this.
Can't help but feel regret at the vivid description of one of these animals expiring.
- Sun Feb 07, 2021 4:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: COVID-19 treatment links
- Replies: 5
- Views: 625
Re: COVID-19 treatment links
. The local COVID response team was running a operation where they were offering the option for nasal or anal swab COVID testing. The crowd waiting in line got a little excited because the lines got crossed up and several of the nasal swab test recipients were complaining about how bad the test swab...
- Sat Feb 06, 2021 8:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Webley to start making revolvers again.
- Replies: 27
- Views: 3757
Re: Webley to start making revolvers again.
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Looks to me like a simple issue of supply and demand.
Because of the laws where they are manufactured they aren't able to produce enough of them to draw the price down.
That and they put a lot of custom finishing work into them.
Looks to me like a simple issue of supply and demand.
Because of the laws where they are manufactured they aren't able to produce enough of them to draw the price down.
That and they put a lot of custom finishing work into them.
- Fri Feb 05, 2021 4:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Perspective, History, Politics, and your AGE...
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2744
Re: Perspective, History, Politics, and your AGE...
And maybe this has something to do with it: https://youtu.be/V9kCIs-do6U The answer here is easy. Life is easy. Men don't have to fight or compete to live. There's no survival mandate for anger, aggression, or survival of the fittest. Testosterone isn't required for living in Mom's basement until y...
- Tue Feb 02, 2021 2:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ugly gun day
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2449
Re: Ugly gun day
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i used to have one that looked just like that, but it shot roll caps.
i used to have one that looked just like that, but it shot roll caps.
- Tue Jan 26, 2021 10:47 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Most used/useful load
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2523
Re: Most used/useful load
. I don't (yet) load for the.357 because I've been using a commercial load that does everything I want it to and shoots well from every .357 I own. For both target and hunting application I use Federal/American Eagle 158gr JSP. It shoots as accurate as I can, and I've taken a variety of small game, ...
- Tue Jan 26, 2021 10:34 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 357 vs 223
- Replies: 29
- Views: 6028
Re: 357 vs 223
. As you mentioned in the OP, between those two cartridges, it's a simple issue of which one is most effective and best employed at what range for a given purpose. .357 close and in the house (if you have to). Less effective for long range i.e., >100yds IMO. .223 when you might need to reach out and...
- Sat Jan 23, 2021 3:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sometimes You Do It Wrong
- Replies: 5
- Views: 820
Re: Sometimes You Do It Wrong
A steady diet of good food makes a tasty hog.JimT wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 3:44 pmThat hog was one of the best tasting that I have ever taken. There was an apple orchard on the place where I shot it and I believe that helped!3leggedturtle wrote: ↑Sat Jan 23, 2021 12:23 pm A bed of coals for that hog and cold root beer sounds real good right now.
- Wed Jan 20, 2021 9:30 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: election fraud ? joe said so
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2224
- Wed Jan 20, 2021 9:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AR HYDRA looks good to me
- Replies: 7
- Views: 734
Re: AR HYDRA looks good to me
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An interesting concept.
I've always paid heed to the maxim that more parts equals more parts to malfunction or break.
Be interesting to see how the platform ages.
An interesting concept.
I've always paid heed to the maxim that more parts equals more parts to malfunction or break.
Be interesting to see how the platform ages.
- Sun Jan 17, 2021 4:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: .357 Magnum Carbine article
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2264
Re: .357 Magnum Carbine article
I still have my old Marlin 1894CS that I've had and used for years. I used to switch back and forth between the Marlin and my Model 94 Trapper as my 'truck gun." Inside of 100yds you couldn't tell the difference between the two. Past 100yds the .30-30 had the edge. My Marlin .357 always favored...
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 12:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: election fraud ? joe said so
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2224
Re: election fraud ? joe said so
We have stacks of sworn affidavits from eye-witnesses. We have libraries of surveillance video's from various states, catching them in the act. We have a public confession from their candidate. Why is this farce continuing? Because neither truth nor law are matters of high priority to the existing ...
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 12:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Best Gun
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3150
Re: The Best Gun
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If it works and I can get it in my hands when I need it.
Maybe I'm thinking about "good enough" versus "best."
If it works and I can get it in my hands when I need it.
Maybe I'm thinking about "good enough" versus "best."
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 10:10 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Feels good to be hunting again
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1505
Re: Feels good to be hunting again
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Condolences for your past travails. Had no clue.
I can only say that it's a pleasure to have you back and contributing again.
Good to 'see' you again, Scott.
Condolences for your past travails. Had no clue.
I can only say that it's a pleasure to have you back and contributing again.
Good to 'see' you again, Scott.
- Sun Jan 10, 2021 6:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anybody know what this is?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2628
Re: Anybody know what this is?
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Looks like an external drop tank for a Jeep Rubicon.
Looks like an external drop tank for a Jeep Rubicon.
- Sun Jan 10, 2021 1:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hard against the Border near Sanderson, Texas
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3786
Re: Hard against the Border near Sanderson, Texas
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Thanks for sharing that experience.
I love hunting in south Texas and Big Bend area. Most of my experiences were a couple miles farther west between Fort Stockton and north of Terlingua.
Haven't been down that way in a few years now.
But I do remember the place fondly.
Thanks for sharing that experience.
I love hunting in south Texas and Big Bend area. Most of my experiences were a couple miles farther west between Fort Stockton and north of Terlingua.
Haven't been down that way in a few years now.
But I do remember the place fondly.
- Sun Jan 10, 2021 1:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anybody know what this is?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2628
Re: Anybody know what this is?
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Ed Gein's back yard?
Ed Gein's back yard?
- Thu Jan 07, 2021 2:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: “Tactical” rail for the Rossi
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2991
Re: “Tactical” rail for the Rossi
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That's a very tidy rail. It looks good. Not out of place.
That's a very tidy rail. It looks good. Not out of place.
- Thu Jan 07, 2021 2:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Just made a deal on this
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1093
Re: Just made a deal on this
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Very nice. Clean.
Very nice. Clean.
- Thu Jan 07, 2021 2:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Resisting temptation
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3456
Re: Resisting temptation
. My concern is can I use those arms I currently own effectively and will they serve their intended purpose? I am not Carlos Hathcock, or even distantly related to him. Remember the scene from "Unforgiven" where Clint Eastwood was trying to line up on a tin can with his old revolver, and t...
- Sat Jan 02, 2021 9:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Albino deer...
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2195
Re: Albino deer...
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Pie balls?
Pie balls?
- Sat Jan 02, 2021 8:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What would you like to see in 2021?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4323
Re: What would you like to see in 2021?
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Flying cars.
We were supposed to have colonized the moon and have flying cars by the year 2001.
Instead, we've got kids eating Tide-pods and dumping ice-water on their heads for money.
I'm really quite disappointed.
Flying cars.
We were supposed to have colonized the moon and have flying cars by the year 2001.
Instead, we've got kids eating Tide-pods and dumping ice-water on their heads for money.
I'm really quite disappointed.
- Fri Dec 25, 2020 12:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hey Leverguners
- Replies: 8
- Views: 849
Re: Hey Leverguners
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Merry Christmas, Brothers!
Merry Christmas, Brothers!
- Wed Dec 23, 2020 5:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Who has?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 4593
Re: Who has?
. I got no beef with Rossi's. I don't own one, but whatever. Neither do I have an issue with any fella that wants to travel far and or away to see things he has not seen before. That said, unless you're cruisin' around in a rig like Griff's, there simply is no truck worth $60,000. There just ain't. :|
- Sat Dec 19, 2020 7:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Look what I found
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2560
Re: Look what I found
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I like it!
I like it!
- Sat Dec 19, 2020 2:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: End of Hunt Season (pic heavy)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2118
Re: End of Hunt Season (pic heavy)
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You had a good season. Well done!
You had a good season. Well done!
- Sat Dec 19, 2020 2:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: why did we all choose lever actions?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 5704
Re: why did we all choose lever actions?
When I was a boy my Dad set me to hunt deer with a Marlin 336. When I was at home watching TV, the men on the shows I watched used Winchester 92s. When I went into the USMC at 17 and I could afford my own guns, the first gun I bought was a Marlin 336... and an AR-15 carbine. I just thought that leve...
- Tue Dec 15, 2020 2:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Next Time Someone seems Intimidated by Reloading
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1982
Re: Next Time Someone seems Intimidated by Reloading
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So Doc... When next I encounter a fellow who seems put off by the reloading task, I can renew his confidence just by saying "Little girls can reload."
The psychology of motivation is kinda tricky.
So Doc... When next I encounter a fellow who seems put off by the reloading task, I can renew his confidence just by saying "Little girls can reload."
The psychology of motivation is kinda tricky.
- Tue Dec 15, 2020 1:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I'm getting soft in my later years
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3454
Re: I'm getting soft in my later years
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I think it's a natural evolution that goes with packing on years.
A fellow just gets to placing a higher premium on things like life.
Seems like there are a lot more things that hit me in the heart these days.
I think it's a natural evolution that goes with packing on years.
A fellow just gets to placing a higher premium on things like life.
Seems like there are a lot more things that hit me in the heart these days.
- Thu Dec 10, 2020 6:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: "Both Sides of a Story..."
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2589
Re: "Both Sides of a Story..."
They're all fit to use in the outhouse...gamekeeper wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 9:17 am That's true alright, I only use newspaper for fire lighting nowadays, some British newspapers aren't even fit to use in an outhouse....
- Thu Dec 10, 2020 6:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I got the Christmas lights up! The family ain't happy for some reason ..
- Replies: 3
- Views: 535
Re: I got the Christmas lights up! The family ain't happy for some reason ..
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Tell them it's Mistletoe.
Lots of Mistletoe.
Tell them it's Mistletoe.
Lots of Mistletoe.
- Thu Dec 10, 2020 6:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My Maine Neighbors Don't Like the Christmas Lights...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1973
Re: My Maine Neighbors Don't Like the Christmas Lights...
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Women try to ruin everything.
Women try to ruin everything.
- Thu Dec 10, 2020 6:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I'll bet MasterLock really hates this guy....
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1975
- Thu Dec 10, 2020 6:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: So covid affects minorities disproportionately......
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1323
Re: So covid affects minorities disproportionately......
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I'd suppose that it's a combination of a dislike for the privileged race making the rules, and social distancing guidelines.
I'd suppose that it's a combination of a dislike for the privileged race making the rules, and social distancing guidelines.
- Wed Dec 09, 2020 1:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OK....I'd have given the kid a REAL AR-15....
- Replies: 6
- Views: 973
Re: OK....I'd have given the kid a REAL AR-15....
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That Santa seems a bit light in the loafers.
That Santa seems a bit light in the loafers.
- Sun Dec 06, 2020 10:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Cosmos ... distances so vast they are overwhelming
- Replies: 32
- Views: 5031
- Wed Dec 02, 2020 7:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Spoke to Buck Elliot yesterday
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3199
Re: Spoke to Buck Elliot yesterday
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It's a real pleasure to see you've found your way back to camp.
We were startin' to worry.
It's a real pleasure to see you've found your way back to camp.
We were startin' to worry.
- Mon Nov 30, 2020 9:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 30-30 Stuff
- Replies: 42
- Views: 6592
Re: 30-30 Stuff
. There was a period in my life wherein I believed that the .30-30 was not a good deer rifle. It was just too much gun for the job. I was maybe 18 yo and hunting down in the hills SW of San Antonio around Bandera and an unfortunate spike buck crossed my path. I put one round behind his left shoulder...
- Thu Nov 26, 2020 12:25 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What’s under your bed?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 5168
Re: What’s under your bed?
- Tue Nov 24, 2020 1:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Stolen gun or senior moment? UPDATE
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2629
- Fri Nov 20, 2020 2:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I would at least try this ...
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1534
Re: I would at least try this ...
. Historically, I don't really care for flavored beer. I dislike most IPAs because there is a current fad to brew them bitter and hoppy. Might as well suck on a piece of an old tire. That said, I favor a flavorful red ale. I don't mind a decent light, and I like dark beers, dunkels, and stouts. I ge...
- Wed Nov 18, 2020 7:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My Favorite Levergun Cartridge
- Replies: 76
- Views: 9169
- Wed Nov 18, 2020 7:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Having a hard time deciding between 444 Marlin or 45/70
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4496
Re: Having a hard time deciding between 444 Marlin or 45/70
. It's really an issue of personality. Men who use a .45-70 are generally experienced woodsmen who know that it is a proven round that has been getting the job done for over 100 years. There are some .444 users who accidentally picked one up and found it to be a workable firearm, but most are embarr...
- Tue Nov 17, 2020 1:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Done
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1174
Re: After Staying Home For 8 Months . . . .
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I look at this as a Captain America moment.
You were the one guy there who could make a difference.
... And you did.
Well done, Sir.
I look at this as a Captain America moment.
You were the one guy there who could make a difference.
... And you did.
Well done, Sir.