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by Ray
Sat Jan 13, 2024 3:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I had just enough shekels.....
Replies: 28
Views: 1949

Re: I had just enough shekels.....

B.T.T. The one tight chamber just needed that case to be sized. The other four were tried with new, unsized starline .44 colt brass. Just got around to firing 5 primer only wax bullets out of it and hit all five on/near mark at five paces. Now if I can only garner the courage to load and fire 5 with...
by Ray
Wed Jan 10, 2024 12:24 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Murdered on the Ferry
Replies: 27
Views: 1877

Re: Murdered on the Ferry

If DNA results seem wonky and unlikely due to differences in immediate families, then also consider the so-called "non-paternal" events that crop-up from time to time in old fashioned analog record search genealogy. There was a lot more hanky-panky in times past than is acknowledged. When ...
by Ray
Fri Jan 05, 2024 2:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Charter .44s with longer barrels
Replies: 5
Views: 566

Re: Charter .44s with longer barrels

I suspect but am not 100% sure that the following author/leverguns member is the inimitable roy yeager of handgun hunting fame who is said to have slain thousands of whitetail..... https://www.levergunscommunity.org/viewtopic.php?p=932924#p932924 https://www.levergunscommunity.org/viewtopic.php?p=33...
by Ray
Fri Dec 29, 2023 10:47 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: JAVELINA
Replies: 27
Views: 1518

Re: JAVELINA

I was looking at a map of the peccary's range/distribution and there is a large gap in west texas & north-central mexico. I guess it has something to do with habitat & elevation. Does anyone know why they are absent there ?
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by Ray
Mon Dec 25, 2023 10:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Preatorian holster
Replies: 5
Views: 523

Re: Preatorian holster

Them is some sure enough quick draw artists in those demonstration examples. I don't think sammy davis jr. could even out draw them.....
by Ray
Mon Dec 25, 2023 10:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: gold dots residue after water
Replies: 8
Views: 586

Re: gold dots residue after water

Just a spritz of ballistol water mix 1/7 to as weak as 1/10 will clean those. Generic mil-spec. c.l.p. will do almost as well. Even wd-40...... You've got lead oxides and calcium carbonate (lime/marble) in the whites and a little copper verdigris so wash hands well. I bought several hundred hornady ...
by Ray
Sun Dec 24, 2023 6:50 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Shepherd's View.....
Replies: 4
Views: 431

The Shepherd's View.....

linus van pelt soliloquy.....

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vVp5AGte_ ... V5IA%3D%3D

I borrowed the middle grandson's toy guitar.....

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lguZLHvgJ ... BlIHR1bmVk
by Ray
Sat Dec 23, 2023 4:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Tablecloth
Replies: 4
Views: 269

Re: The Tablecloth

Now that'd wet a glass eye !
by Ray
Sat Dec 23, 2023 4:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Fedex misdelivery woes......
Replies: 6
Views: 444

Fedex misdelivery woes......

It used to be that scoundrels would drop their unwanted dogs and cats on the vacant farmstead across the way. That hasn't happened lately. Now it is fedex ground and home delivery dropping packages that are not mine. The ones to the neighbours that I know I always hand deliver to their door/porch bu...
by Ray
Fri Dec 22, 2023 6:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Drove by the spot where Stonewall Jackson was wounded
Replies: 11
Views: 630

Re: Drove by the spot where Stonewall Jackson was wounded

Little to do with Jackson but a window into the past nonetheless.....

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13202
by Ray
Fri Dec 22, 2023 2:14 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: a little shottie for a change up
Replies: 21
Views: 926

Re: a little shottie for a change up

There used to be clamp-on front and rear sights advertised in the gun glossies classifieds but I don't see them anymore. There is supposed to be a way to launch a modified arrow from a 12 ga. with repeatable 25 yd. accuracy. You can even convert to a muzzleloader of sorts..... https://www.gunadapter...
by Ray
Thu Dec 21, 2023 7:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A new toy
Replies: 7
Views: 450

Re: A new toy

This is most interesting !
by Ray
Tue Dec 19, 2023 9:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Another Oldie from the Sixgunner.Com Archives
Replies: 9
Views: 603

Re: Another Oldie from the Sixgunner.Com Archives

If that is/was undersheriff capt. smith of slidell, louisiana, I was privileged to meet him in clarksville, arkansas. I was chatting with the elder mister smith about getting to meet gunwriting celebrities such as cumpston, murbach and taylor and capt. smith interrupted and said, "don't let the...
by Ray
Tue Dec 19, 2023 9:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The new .327, first outing
Replies: 16
Views: 768

Re: The new .327, first outing

Paul, I think one of these little Texas whitetails or a hog would be at grave risk from that pill under 50 yards -- but not from a 2-inch snubby in my old hands! :lol: After the excellent h&r magnum failed to live up to "magnum" expectations, a(n) (in)famous booster & lobbyist for...
by Ray
Tue Dec 19, 2023 11:24 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The new .327, first outing
Replies: 16
Views: 768

Re: The new .327, first outing

If this link works scroll down to page 5 to see an interesting .32 h&r article.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gbeoiV ... XDPBo/view
by Ray
Mon Dec 18, 2023 6:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Yet another razor hooey story.....
Replies: 2
Views: 408

Re: Yet another razor hooey story.....

The Trance..... Nearly four decades later I was on a road trip with the "colonel", a brother-in-law. The colonel actually never was a "colonel". When he was a captain he got passed-over for promotion to major enough times to be mustered out of billy bob's (numero 42) scouts. He r...
by Ray
Sun Dec 17, 2023 4:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The new .327, first outing
Replies: 16
Views: 768

Re: The new .327, first outing

I've been using these in my .327s.

https://choiceammunition.com/product/32 ... nd-loaded/

Shot into stovewood chunks they penetrated quite deep.

Something like this might help.

https://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/pr ... tId/102592
by Ray
Thu Dec 14, 2023 9:23 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Liking the new air rifle
Replies: 35
Views: 1911

Re: Liking the new air rifle

https://keystoneairguns.com/collections/airguns

Thanks wilhelm. I have an entry level "100" on the way for gatos y ardillas dissuasion.....
by Ray
Sun Dec 10, 2023 7:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Yet another razor hooey story.....
Replies: 2
Views: 408

Yet another razor hooey story.....

The Movement..... There once was a man of the bantu race who suddenly grabbed his head in both his hands and swooned and fell into the communal cooking fire of his neighborhood in the greater tribal village. If he were alive today and a victim of western medicine then he would most certainly would b...
by Ray
Thu Dec 07, 2023 4:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Loading the .32 Smith & Wesson
Replies: 19
Views: 709

Re: Loading the .32 Smith & Wesson

Wilhelm, what bullet are you using in the little .32 ?
by Ray
Wed Dec 06, 2023 11:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Loading the .32 Smith & Wesson
Replies: 19
Views: 709

Re: Loading the .32 Smith & Wesson

Ray, I had a '76 Ford pickup with a 460 for years. The previous owner had put a 2 bbl intake and carb on it hoping to improve the fuel mileage but I found an original 4 bbl and manifold and bolted them on. Emissions requirements from a few years prior to mine had retarded the timing by 11° but I fo...
by Ray
Wed Dec 06, 2023 8:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Loading the .32 Smith & Wesson
Replies: 19
Views: 709

Re: Loading the .32 Smith & Wesson

Ray, I had a '76 Ford pickup with a 460 for years. The previous owner had put a 2 bbl intake and carb on it hoping to improve the fuel mileage but I found an original 4 bbl and manifold and bolted them on. Emissions requirements from a few years prior to mine had retarded the timing by 11° but I fo...
by Ray
Wed Dec 06, 2023 5:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Loading the .32 Smith & Wesson
Replies: 19
Views: 709

Re: Loading the .32 Smith & Wesson

I always longed for a Marlin 94 in .32H&R but could never afford one likewise, the Henry .327. I wondered if they would feed the .32S&W and how many rounds the magazine would hold. My henry .327 feeds h&r correctly but does not with longs so it will obviously not with "shorts".
by Ray
Wed Dec 06, 2023 5:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Loading the .32 Smith & Wesson
Replies: 19
Views: 709

Re: Loading the .32 Smith & Wesson

Way back when I was just a wee pup an elderly gentleman gave me a cigar box full of old gun stuff including an unmarked self-loading pistol and a throat lozenge tin with cartridges for it. The pistol resembled a walther ppk/s but was single-action. The slide mounted safety/decocker lever was complet...
by Ray
Sun Nov 26, 2023 3:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Heeled bullets for the percussion revolvers
Replies: 22
Views: 1069

Re: Heeled bullets for the percussion revolvers

Hawk Bullets have been promising these for several years.....

https://www.banditbullets.com/

Who knows when or if they'll ever be available.....?
by Ray
Sat Nov 25, 2023 11:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Heeled bullets for the percussion revolvers
Replies: 22
Views: 1069

Re: Heeled bullets for the percussion revolvers

Once upon a time I contacted these folks by email..... https://www.ballmoulds.com/ And asked if they could cut me a .480" ball and drill the sprue hole with either a 29/64" or 11.5mm bit for use in my .45/.475 pseudo "achilles". Leaving the fatter sprue uncut would serve as a hee...
by Ray
Sat Nov 25, 2023 9:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Heeled bullets for the percussion revolvers
Replies: 22
Views: 1069

Re: Heeled bullets for the percussion revolvers

Bill in Oregon wrote: Sat Nov 25, 2023 6:33 pm Ray. Wow! I have to wonder, was this before the Richmond Labs bullet, or after? :lol:
Bill, I think you need to buy some of those lemat bullets just in case you ever go back home and angle for sturgeon. You'll need some sinkers......
by Ray
Sat Nov 25, 2023 5:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Heeled bullets for the percussion revolvers
Replies: 22
Views: 1069

Re: Heeled bullets for the percussion revolvers

Everybody obsesses on meplats. Hows about a bullety looking bullet ? Good luck getting it started straight in the chamber though.

https://www.gimcrackandbunkum.com/produ ... als-sized/
by Ray
Sat Nov 25, 2023 12:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Heeled bullets for the percussion revolvers
Replies: 22
Views: 1069

Re: Heeled bullets for the percussion revolvers

Wilhelm, take one pointy conical and set on the anvil of your bench vise and smack smartly and squarely with a hammer. Instant flatnose !
by Ray
Sat Nov 25, 2023 11:22 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Heeled bullets for the percussion revolvers
Replies: 22
Views: 1069

Re: Heeled bullets for the percussion revolvers

I think I have the johnson dow and richmond from eras gone..... The richmond is a booger to load on the gun as it is nearly .39 around but the effort flattens the point nicely. https://www.erasgonebullets.com/store and the three factory lee .36, .45, & .46 (for r.o.a.) plus the 200 gr. r.e.a.l. ...
by Ray
Wed Nov 22, 2023 6:32 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The SSK .44 Magnum Heavy
Replies: 12
Views: 773

Re: The SSK .44 Magnum Heavy

Lots of folk in the sport of handgun hunting find the common 2x long-eye relief inadequate but mister kelly did great work with them.
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by Ray
Mon Nov 20, 2023 5:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I Don't Get This Logic at All
Replies: 20
Views: 1066

Re: I Don't Get This Logic at All

I wholeheartedly concur with the therapeutic value of cartridge handloading and bullet casting and the like. There are some steps like case preparation that can be onerous but such things that try your patience also flexes that forebearance/longsuffering mental muscle that we all need more of..... A...
by Ray
Thu Nov 16, 2023 11:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Is this real ?
Replies: 3
Views: 401

Re: Is this real ?

https://markvpeterson.com/ I suppose he is legit. I've watched quite a few of his programs. It's just the theme of "squirrel slam" made me think perhaps he was making fun of of us hunters who are poorer than he. As for the "trophy class" rodents, slaying a fat squirrel ain't no g...
by Ray
Thu Nov 16, 2023 11:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: REMINDER - Before Leaving Your Home
Replies: 12
Views: 629

Re: REMINDER - Before Leaving Your Home

You don't need to apologize to me, Bill. And I know I have preached sermons and pastored but anyone who knows me can you that I have very rarely been reverend. :D Reminds of the nervous young preacher who got his introductory words transposed and said, "If I can find my peter I'm going to prea...
by Ray
Mon Nov 13, 2023 9:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Is this real ?
Replies: 3
Views: 401

Is this real ?

I just watched this on the telly then found the video to post here..... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV-1J1LMwvU&pp=ygUbbWFyayBwZXRlcnNvbiBzcXVpcnJlbCBzbGFt I took it to be some kind of spoof/lark what with the use of trail cams and scoring of the "trophies" but maybe it was meant to ...
by Ray
Fri Nov 10, 2023 8:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lest We Forget . . .
Replies: 12
Views: 632

Re: Lest We Forget . . .

The sight of that field of poppies reminded me of this song....

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zlj689Ayvhc
by Ray
Sun Nov 05, 2023 3:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Semi-Annual Offering To The American Sun God
Replies: 23
Views: 3073

Re: The Semi-Annual Offering To The American Sun God

In our neck of the woods the whole of october is hazardous with dusky glare if you have to make a westerly commute between 1700 and 1800 and the "fall back" is most welcome. So, while it may not be "real", it can be a blessing if you are counting them.
by Ray
Wed Oct 25, 2023 6:41 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I had just enough shekels.....
Replies: 28
Views: 1949

Re: I had just enough shekels.....

I am thinking that four 120 gr. round balls at daisy bb gun velocities might get me safely down the drive to the mailbox and back. Certainly as well as a 6.35 mm self-loader but with the antique roscoe in one pocket there is not any reason not to have a mousegun or two in my other pockets for plans ...
by Ray
Tue Oct 24, 2023 8:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I had just enough shekels.....
Replies: 28
Views: 1949

I had just enough shekels.....

in my pocket to buy a 1990s era lightly used taurus .38 but I brought home this home instead..... IMG_20231024_152811838~2.jpg IMG_20231024_210039869~2.jpg IMG_20231024_210102600~2.jpg Like charlie brown picking out a Christmas tree, I often come home with a three-legged mangy mutt figuratively spea...
by Ray
Tue Oct 24, 2023 1:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Anybody here old enough.....
Replies: 12
Views: 945

Re: Anybody here old enough.....

If the link works scroll down to page ten for a vintage article on handgun deer hunting by the good doctor.....

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f3vte9 ... -Gtxf/view
by Ray
Mon Oct 23, 2023 4:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The man in the.....
Replies: 2
Views: 192

The man in the.....

brown suit/van just brought this.....
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I'm hard to impress but you can imagine my feelings are on the positive side.....
by Ray
Sun Oct 22, 2023 7:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hunting accounts using lever guns?
Replies: 9
Views: 448

Re: Hunting accounts using lever guns?

E.N. Woodcock preferred a .38 w.c.f. 1873 to anything else.....

https://dev.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34063
by Ray
Sun Oct 22, 2023 3:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Tsunami warnings
Replies: 14
Views: 460

Re: Tsunami warnings

under the influence of certain herbals, chris and gram made-up a song about the event..... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UcU04NGMQb8&pp=ygUNc2luIGNpdHkgc29uZw%3D%3D "the scientists say it'll all wash away....." and chris performed it whilst trying his hand at being a country music star...
by Ray
Sun Oct 22, 2023 2:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hunting accounts using lever guns?
Replies: 9
Views: 448

Re: Hunting accounts using lever guns?

Do an internal search here for member "shrapnel" and if the photos are still there you'll see plenty.....both game taken and vintage leveractions.