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- Sat Nov 28, 2020 9:28 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sometimes newer isn’t better
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1115
Sometimes newer isn’t better
I’ve been messing around with.45 ACP revolvers for some time. I’ve come to seriously distrust some of the MIM parts in newer S&W revolvers. But my old S&W 1937 seemed different to me because of the old longer action. But the problem doesn’t seem to be a problem at all after swapping out the ...
- Thu Nov 26, 2020 11:30 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What’s under your bed?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 5170
Re: What’s under your bed?
Why would anyone comply? We all know where that goes.
This is Texas and we remember well what happens.
This is Texas and we remember well what happens.
- Thu Nov 26, 2020 9:30 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Meat
- Replies: 1
- Views: 602
Re: Meat
I sat out on Sunday and watched this young buck from about 20 yards. He was spooked but he could not figure out why. He had an 8 point rack, but the horns were inside his ears and he was perfectly safe as he was not legal. But I would bet that he would taste as good as a legal deer. Congratulations!...
- Thu Nov 26, 2020 8:36 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Happy Thanksgiving
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1464
Re: Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving! I’ve developed the habit of starting my day giving thanks to the Lord for all of the wonderful people and things he has blessed me with. I’m just as grateful for the challenges and struggles because I don’t seem to grow unless I’m challenged.
In brotherly love,
Scott
In brotherly love,
Scott
- Wed Nov 25, 2020 2:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What’s under your bed?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 5170
Re: What’s under your bed?
The wood stocks work for me. I could not hold onto the plastic ones.
- Wed Nov 25, 2020 12:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What’s under your bed?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 5170
Re: What’s under your bed?
Reminds me of the old days:
- Wed Nov 25, 2020 12:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What’s under your bed?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 5170
What’s under your bed?
I keep this handy:
- Wed Nov 25, 2020 12:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Done
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2164
Re: Impressions After First 10,000 Rds Handloaded On My XL 750
I'm still using the same 550 that I bought many years ago. I doubt that I have enough years left in me to wear it out.
This was an excellent report on an interesting machine.
This was an excellent report on an interesting machine.
- Wed Nov 25, 2020 12:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Marlin 336RC in 35 Remington
- Replies: 35
- Views: 4137
Re: Marlin 336RC in 35 Remington
That's a really great find! Congratulations!
- Wed Nov 25, 2020 10:59 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Quick trip to the range with the S&W 625
- Replies: 4
- Views: 626
Re: Quick trip to the range with the S&W 625
I have the same trouble with grips like that. They look great, but I need a bit more support toward the heel of my hand.
That's one of the reasons I like a square butt N frame with the magna style grips.
That's one of the reasons I like a square butt N frame with the magna style grips.
- Tue Nov 24, 2020 5:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What Do YOU Want for Christmas....
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2761
Re: What Do YOU Want for Christmas....
I have all the stuff I could ever want.
But, I would like four more years of President Trump.
But, I would like four more years of President Trump.
- Tue Nov 24, 2020 2:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Lets talk rifle loads
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1516
Re: Lets talk rifle loads
I could not get any accuracy with cast bullets in my Rossi until I went to a .454 diameter bullet.
- Tue Nov 24, 2020 10:53 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Stolen gun or senior moment? UPDATE
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2631
Re: Stolen gun or senior moment?
I found a Freedom Arms mini revolver yesterday that I thought I sold years ago!
- Tue Nov 24, 2020 10:01 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Lets talk rifle loads
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1516
Re: Lets talk rifle loads
I'm not pushing the .45 Colt as hard as some folks do. I'm fond of a 270 SAA bullet sized to .454 over 13 gr of HS-6 at the moment. My Rossi 92 loves it as does my Ruger Blackhawk. Not too much, but plenty. But I also like shooting the Hornady 255 gr Cowboy bullet over 8.5 gr of Unique. Seems to sho...
- Tue Nov 24, 2020 9:58 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: This was encouraging...
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2167
Re: This was encouraging...
Unfortunately fear makes people do stupid things. And there is a lot of fear out there. Fear is almost always an overreaction to an uncertainty. I don't intend to give up anything. I haven't curtailed enjoying my shooting because of ammo shortages or covid. I'm just living my life. I think about thi...
- Mon Nov 23, 2020 6:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Conestoga wagon jack.
- Replies: 30
- Views: 3610
Re: Conestoga wagon jack.
That's a really cool project.
- Mon Nov 23, 2020 6:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Good news for veterans
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1549
Re: Good news for veterans
That's a great program and I'm really happy to see this kind of thing.
- Mon Nov 23, 2020 5:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Smoke them while you have them.
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3967
Re: Smoke them while you have them.
Thoughts and prayers going up on your behalf.
- Mon Nov 23, 2020 4:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: buying pre-owned Rossi 1892 competition guns
- Replies: 2
- Views: 536
Re: buying pre-owned Rossi 1892 competition guns
I picked up Jim Taylor's old Rossi 92 and I am not bothered in the least to put any load through it.
- Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:58 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Taking a break from the EBRs at the range. '95 SRC
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2062
Re: Taking a break from the EBRs at the range. '95 SRC
I love those 95s. I have a Browning in .30-06 that I have never fired. It is in sporting configuration. I suppose I don't really need the gun as I have yet to do anything with it. First world problems.
- Sun Nov 22, 2020 4:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: This rifle is still going strong
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1631
Re: This rifle is still going strong
Both are.50-70s and I like to think that John’s came up from Texas with some Buffalo hunter.
- Sun Nov 22, 2020 4:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: This rifle is still going strong
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1631
Re: This rifle is still going strong
Big Nose Kate. Mine has the patch box and the other belongs to John Linebaugh.
- Sun Nov 22, 2020 3:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: This rifle is still going strong
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1631
Re: This rifle is still going strong
And here I thought this was going to be about Big-Nose Kate! Are you still taking her shooting? I sure did enjoy all your stories about shooting that Sharps - load development, sights, and just shooting in the field. Glad to see you back, Scott. The original Big Nose Kate was a .45-70 and I did wel...
- Sat Nov 21, 2020 5:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: This rifle is still going strong
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1631
Re: This rifle is still going strong
I had forgotten about writing that Scott! Thanks. That was a fun gun and slicked up really nice. I am happy that it is still running well. I have a nice Model 92 rifle that Paco gave me but I have never tried to slick it up like I did that one. After all the months working on it and getting it runn...
- Sat Nov 21, 2020 3:57 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: This rifle is still going strong
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1631
This rifle is still going strong
It has been passed through a couple of Shootists and it has been used in Alaska and Arizona, and now it lives in Texas (with me).
It was so good to find this old article again.
http://www.leverguns.com/articles/taylor/rossi.htm
It was so good to find this old article again.
http://www.leverguns.com/articles/taylor/rossi.htm
- Sat Nov 21, 2020 2:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How much is enough?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3199
Re: How much is enough?
I was watching the movie "Silverado" the other day. I thought it interesting when Danny Glover's character asked if the bad guys knew what a Henry rifle could do in the hands of a man who knew how to use it. I thought to myself that we can do much better with a .45 Colt today. I wonder if ...
- Fri Nov 20, 2020 1:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How much is enough?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3199
How much is enough?
I’m having a lot of fun going back and reading posts from some time back. While we all have our favorite cartridges (In my case the .50-70) I wonder how many of us hunt with something that we decided was well matched to the actual hunting that we do? Last week I shot a cow (didn’t want to but I had ...
- Fri Nov 20, 2020 12:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Favorite combinations. (Rifle and handgun)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4064
Re: Favorite combinations. (Rifle and handgun)
My handgun shooting limits me to 40-50 yards. But I can reach out there with the .45 Colt in a rifle. I load a lot of the Hornady Cowboy bullets over 8.5 gr of Unique and I treat it like a big .22. Seems to shoot well in my revolvers and both of my leverguns. I don't think that load is too stressful...
- Fri Nov 20, 2020 9:35 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Favorite combinations. (Rifle and handgun)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4064
Re: Favorite combinations. (Rifle and handgun)
These days I prefer a couple of.45 Colts.
- Fri Nov 20, 2020 9:29 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Favorite combinations. (Rifle and handgun)
- Replies: 25
- Views: 4064
Favorite combinations. (Rifle and handgun)
I like the idea of using the same cartridge for bumming around with both my rifle and revolver.
But when I carried a gun for serious business my levergun was a .30-30 because of the extra power and penetration.
This combo of a .44 Special and a .30-30 made sense.
But when I carried a gun for serious business my levergun was a .30-30 because of the extra power and penetration.
This combo of a .44 Special and a .30-30 made sense.
- Fri Nov 20, 2020 9:21 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My Favorite Levergun Cartridge
- Replies: 76
- Views: 9175
Re: My Favorite Levergun Cartridge
[/quote] With this group, heresy is wanting to prevent people from owning guns. Otherwise, it is sort of difficult to find a cartridge which nobody on this forum would want to try. Sort of like Jim Taylor and friends coming up with the .480 Achilles. Why not? [/quote] Now this is what I think would ...
- Thu Nov 19, 2020 7:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Done
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3367
Re: Finally Got Around to Chronoing My New Loads
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You look in the bedroom? load testing in there?
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Lol. Yeah, we aren’t teenagers.
You look in the bedroom? load testing in there?
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Lol. Yeah, we aren’t teenagers.
- Thu Nov 19, 2020 5:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Done
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3367
Re: Finally Got Around to Chronoing My New Loads
Great information Steve. Thank you.
I got married earlier this year and moved. I cannot find that dang chronograph anywhere!
I got married earlier this year and moved. I cannot find that dang chronograph anywhere!
- Thu Nov 19, 2020 10:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Home recovering from knee surgery- might get expensive
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2797
Re: Home recovering from knee surgery- might get expensive
I need to get my knees done. I'm quite limited these days.
- Thu Nov 19, 2020 10:47 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 45 colt revolver vs carbine
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4015
Re: 45 colt revolver vs carbine
In both my Linebaugh Ruger and the Rossi carbine, I had to increase the diameter of the 270 SAA bullet [Montana Bullet Works] to .454 in order to get them to operate like they should. I had leading problems in both guns. But the .454 bullets seem to seal the gasses behind each and accuracy really tu...
- Wed Nov 18, 2020 5:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Done
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1693
Re: Cleanlyness is Next to . . . . . . .
That looks great! Good job.
- Wed Nov 18, 2020 4:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Odd Bullet Behavior
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2042
Re: Odd Bullet Behavior
I never used that bullet again either. In my .308s, I switched to the Remington 150 gr Corlockt factory load. Never had to shoot a deer twice after that.
- Wed Nov 18, 2020 10:30 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Having a hard time deciding between 444 Marlin or 45/70
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4501
Re: Having a hard time deciding between 444 Marlin or 45/70
I absolutely love the .45-70. But either cartridge will do the job.
The .45-70 has just been a good friend for too many years. Now, if I could get a levergun chambered in my beloved .50-70, I would jump on it fast!
The .45-70 has just been a good friend for too many years. Now, if I could get a levergun chambered in my beloved .50-70, I would jump on it fast!
- Wed Nov 18, 2020 10:15 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My Favorite Levergun Cartridge
- Replies: 76
- Views: 9175
- Tue Nov 17, 2020 7:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Proposed Texas Gun Control filed ...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1250
Re: Proposed Texas Gun Control filed ...
I don't see any of this passing with the current makeup of the Texas Legislature. Our current Governor is not going to sign off either.
- Tue Nov 17, 2020 6:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Done
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1072
Re: Who Said I'm Cheap? I'm Frugle And Keep Things For Future Needs!!
You definitely got your moneys worth out of those tumblers!!!!
- Tue Nov 17, 2020 6:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Odd Bullet Behavior
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2042
Re: Odd Bullet Behavior
Back around 1989, I shot a buck in East Texas with a .308 165gr Nosler Balistic Tip over a heavy charge of 4064. Placement was right behind the shoulder and the shot was less than 20 yards with the deer perfectly broadside. That deer ran off and left a great blood trail. I waited a while and then tr...
- Tue Nov 17, 2020 5:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I am reading McPHERSON ON LEVERGUNS
- Replies: 5
- Views: 952
Re: I am reading McPHERSON ON LEVERGUNS
I'll order it today! Thanks.
- Tue Nov 17, 2020 11:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ruger Charger 22 LR
- Replies: 3
- Views: 437
Re: Ruger Charger 22 LR
My wife keeps stealing mine! Took her to the CSA and she fell in love with the dang thing!
- Tue Nov 17, 2020 11:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Done
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1175
Re: After Staying Home For 8 Months . . . .
TP is already leaving the shelves here in San Antonio, I understand that Minneapolis has a shortage as well. Just as in primers, I will not get caught without a substantial stash of either again. I can make do without TP, but I don't think my wife would like it so much and she doesn't need to have t...
- Tue Nov 17, 2020 10:56 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Had another spinal injection
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2305
Re: Had another spinal injection
God bless you and keep you, and make His face to shine upon you. Prayers for your speedy recovery.
- Mon Nov 16, 2020 4:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Done
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1175
Re: After Staying Home For 8 Months . . . .
I find that working from home, I am actually more productive than I was driving to my office every day.
So, I still haven't done all of the needed projects around here.
So, I still haven't done all of the needed projects around here.
- Mon Nov 16, 2020 4:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Playing with the .30-30 Model 94 Trapper
- Replies: 6
- Views: 747
Re: Playing with the .30-30 Model 94 Trapper
Very good. I've never used anything but factory loads in my old 94 Trapper.
- Thu Nov 12, 2020 10:40 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Thinking about selling all my black guns
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2542
Thinking about selling all my black guns
Frankly, I am of the age that I do not see myself taking to the streets with an AR-15. If I need a gun, I would probably be better served with a 12 ga and a .30-30. When I go out to the ranch, I always take a lever or bolt gun and a .45 Colt revolver. I seem to wear a .357 more than anything else. E...
- Thu Nov 12, 2020 10:32 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hmmmm ......................
- Replies: 4
- Views: 357
Re: Hmmmm ......................
Interesting. If I had to hunt with a shotgun, I think I would get one of those H&R single shot 10 ga guns and shoot the 3.5 inch OO buck load. 18 pellets ought to crumple any deer in the woods!