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- Mon Mar 04, 2024 11:34 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.
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 11:31 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!
Just a wonderful post and tribute, Darryl. Dad was in the 97th Infantry, but all four of Mom's brothers Army Air Corps. The guy on the left here is my Uncle Milton. His B-17, the Sad Sack, was in the 91st Bomb Wing, 324th Squadron based at RAF Bassingbourn. The Memphis Belle was in this squadron. Mi...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 5:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Excellent Service from Bravo Concealment Holsters...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 371
Re: Excellent Service from Bravo Concealment Holsters...
Will, I won't starve right off, that's for sure!
The kydex isn't very appealing, but it is very tough, durable and easy to fit to your gun.
The kydex isn't very appealing, but it is very tough, durable and easy to fit to your gun.
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 1:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Excellent Service from Bravo Concealment Holsters...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 371
Re: Excellent Service from Bravo Concealment Holsters...
Doc, do you carry with the pancake loops or the paddle attachments? I bought a couple of IWB holsters recently and they are uncomfortable as my paints don't have much give at the waist as I seem to be packing a little extra these days, and I am not talking additional ammunition. I bought a leather D...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 12:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New To Me Winchesters
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1217
Re: New To Me Winchesters
Absolutely love the buttstock configuration on the .25-35.
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:36 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 70-150 winchester video
- Replies: 9
- Views: 512
Re: 70-150 winchester video
Not for me either, Grizz. Much more than 25 foot-pounds of recoil and I fly the white flag these days.
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:34 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New Garmin Zero chronograph
- Replies: 4
- Views: 342
Re: New Garmin Zero chronograph
I'm envious. I wish the price would come down. Making do with a ProChrono currently.
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:32 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Looking at a Kimber 1911
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2553
Re: Looking at a Kimber 1911
Jason, on that same forum you will find a subforum dedicated to the RIA/Armscor guns (and one dedicated to Tisas). The only 10s I have owned were Glock Model 40 MOS longslides. I have been favorably impressed by the Tisas 1911s and am looking hard at the bob-tailed lightweight commander-sized Stingr...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:21 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: More Confederates in my blood
- Replies: 3
- Views: 313
Re: More Confederates in my blood
The interesting thing I am finding, chasing these ghosts through Find-a-Grave links, is reading about the lives my Confederates led after the war. Here's an example, a sketch of great-great Uncle James, the one shot in the head, written for his grandson who died at 21 and lies in Mt. Olivet in Forth...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:13 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Went to a gun show today
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1703
Re: Went to a gun show today
I'll be volunteering at the Sweetwater Rifle and Pistol Club show next weekend. It is held in conjunction with the Rattlesnake Roundup right next door. I am told it is a good one. The next one in Abilene will be in June.
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 8:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: More Confederates in my blood
- Replies: 3
- Views: 313
More Confederates in my blood
Just this morning while tracing ancestors I ran across a new-to-me great-great uncle, Matt Marshall Hague, sergeant in the 44th Tennessee Infantry, killed on Oct. 8, 1862, in the fierce fight at Perryville, KY. He was just 19. My great uncle Frank Wood with the First Wisconsin under Starkweather was...
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 7:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: For all you mule skinners.......
- Replies: 11
- Views: 699
Re: For all you mule skinners.......
Well hell, I don't know if I even want dinner. My late Uncle Paul was a fine horseman but his love was mules, and I got to ride his Abigail on a Decker pack saddle with hay-bailing twine stirrups in the Eagle Cap Wilderness of far northeast Oregon many years ago. It was and remains a religious exper...
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 7:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Looking at a Kimber 1911
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2553
Re: Looking at a Kimber 1911
Jason, roam around here:
https://www.1911forum.com/forums/kimber.27/
https://www.1911forum.com/forums/kimber.27/
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 6:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: #1 1/2 Rolling Block Cadet
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1311
Re: #1 1/2 Rolling Block Cadet
First he has a successful TURP, and then right after he wins this fabulous Rolling Block. Vall, your golden touch continues, bro.
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 6:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Pig Hunting In Texas With A 50-100-450
- Replies: 16
- Views: 942
Re: Pig Hunting In Texas With A 50-100-450
Your rifle is wonderful, and as hogs go, that is a mighty handsome one. Well done!
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 6:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Looking at a Kimber 1911
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2553
Re: Looking at a Kimber 1911
Jason, I had a Kimber that I carried at work at the shooting range for a few months. It shot wonderfully and had no issues whatsoever. I quit carrying it because it was a bit heavier than was comfortable for daily wear, and I hated to see it banged around as I hopped in and out of trucks, tractors a...
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 10:23 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Most accurate Blackhawk caliber?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1937
Re: Most accurate Blackhawk caliber?
Jim, that's a keepsake for sure. That's Arizona javelina country, right?
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:43 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Dont fall out of your semi.....
- Replies: 11
- Views: 839
Re: Dont fall out of your semi.....
And ma'am, thank you for your service if we are still allowed to say that.
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:37 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Most accurate Blackhawk caliber?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1937
Re: Most accurate Blackhawk caliber?
Thanks fellas. In the larger-bore sixguns I have pretty much lost all interest in jacketed bullets, so the cylinder throat dimensions assume greater importance. Jim, your prescription of practice is mighty sensible. As some of you have noticed I am something of a gun gadfly and rarely have put in ex...
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Texas Independence Day!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 891
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:12 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 3.5 inch .357
- Replies: 16
- Views: 987
Re: 3.5 inch .357
That's a mighty handsome Smith, Scott.
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Most accurate Blackhawk caliber?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1937
Most accurate Blackhawk caliber?
Wondering if those here who have extensive experience with Blackhawks in .357, .41, .44 Special/.44 Magnum. and .45 Colt have any thoughts on which caliber was easiest to get accuracy out of. I know this has much to do with the individual revolver, cylinder throat diameters and the infamous Ruger ba...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 5:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Broke Back Mountain Cowboy
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1818
Re: Broke Back Mountain Cowboy
Six, you are OUT OF CONTROL!
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 5:55 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, regarding engine sounds, the only planes I can sleep on are turbo props like the dear old Dash 8. Head against the bulkhead and those vibes sing me to sleep.
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 5:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Is this a good plan?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1349
Re: Is this a good plan?
Well, the MRI was a piece of cake and I need not have stressed over it -- story of my life. I am sure prayer helped. It was a roomier machine than some I have been in, They had a nice cool breeze going and the technician slid me in feet first. She asked if I wanted music and I said jazz. The imaging...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 12:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Is this a good plan?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1349
Re: Is this a good plan?
Jon, I talked to the scheduler and she was "vaguely reassuring." Their machine will probably be very much like most of the others I have been in. It's just the one time I lost my composure but it sort of shook my confidence. I'm sure it will be fine. While I am in Abilene I will stop at Ac...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 11:56 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Mystery rifle - old military semiauto
- Replies: 5
- Views: 572
Re: Mystery rifle - old military semiauto
Jason beat me to it. I believe a number of these ended up in Cuba. 7.62 X 45. The Czechs stubbornly refused to play follow the leader in the Soviet era and designed most of their own stuff.
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:56 am
- 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 ...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:55 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Is this a good plan?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1349
Re: Is this a good plan?
Well, I would only have a couple of hours to convince my PCP to prescribe a single dose of Valium/Xanax/Ativan, and then would have to drive the 45 miles home right after. Not sure how that would work out. I'll probably just try deep breathing, some prayer and daydreaming about fly fishing -- and sh...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:50 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Smokehouse Creek Fire
- Replies: 9
- Views: 979
Re: Smokehouse Creek Fire
Fitting tribute to the old frontiersman, Scott.
That fire is now at 1,075,000 acres and has run all the way east across the Oklahoma border and only 5 percent contained. And more red flag conditions are due this weekend. Praying for those firefighters and all in harm's way.
That fire is now at 1,075,000 acres and has run all the way east across the Oklahoma border and only 5 percent contained. And more red flag conditions are due this weekend. Praying for those firefighters and all in harm's way.
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Interesting question for black powder shooters
- Replies: 8
- Views: 720
Re: Interesting question for black powder shooters
That's an interesting question. I have never noticed it once the normal BP fouling is cleaned away, but then I only shoot blued revolvers. No interest in stainless versions, they being so "farb" and all ...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 6:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Is this a good plan?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1349
Is this a good plan?
Lads, I have had at least a dozen MRIs over the past 30 years, the first one in what literally looked like a torpedo tube. I don't know how I survived that one as a recurring claustrophobia nightmare is getting stuck in a pipe. Since then I have had them in various machines, some not a whole lot bet...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 5:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Broke Back Mountain Cowboy
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1818
Re: Broke Back Mountain Cowboy
Good job Scott! They need to be shaken up! I voted yesterday too. The gals asked me do you want the Republican ballot or the Democrat ballot. I asked them if they had a "Disgusted with Both" ballot and got a grin out of them.
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 5:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Smokehouse Creek Fire
- Replies: 9
- Views: 979
Re: Smokehouse Creek Fire
It started very near there. I can't imagine the monument or Billy Dixon's grave could have been seriously damaged.
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:51 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My first Levergun
- Replies: 4
- Views: 746
Re: My first Levergun
Awesome memories Bob! I was lucky that my folks indulged my fondness for the many toy guns on the market in those days. I particularly liked the Mattel products that accepted the "Shoot'n Shells" with Greenie Stickem Caps. Here I am at Christmas probably about 1962, which would make me 9 y...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:40 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My First Levergun (inspired by Bob Hatfield)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 641
Re: My First Levergun (inspired by Bob Hatfield)
I remember seeing those rifles in gun shops back in the day, Jim. They seemed to have a decent reputation for quality in spite of the "made in Spain" stigma that probably wasn't deserved.
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:38 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
- Replies: 46
- Views: 3657
Re: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
Good stuff on old iron and marine engines in particular right here:
https://www.smokstak.com/forum/forums/a ... motors.38/
https://www.smokstak.com/forum/forums/a ... motors.38/
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:34 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Back From South Africa
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1328
Re: Back From South Africa
I treasure the memories of a plains game hunt with my brother in Namibia in 2007. Africa easily lived up to its billing.
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The eldest grandson.....
- Replies: 7
- Views: 937
Re: The eldest grandson.....
You're helping to bring him up right, Ray.
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:58 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Córdoba Argentina 2024
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1456
Re: Córdoba Argentina 2024
Would love to hunt red stag down there, but it is not likely to happen. Argentine hospitality is legendary.
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
- Replies: 46
- Views: 3657
Re: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
Boys, you are making me regret tossing out my stacks of Woodenboat magazine ...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 4:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another double action wheelgun in the house
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2167
Re: Another double action wheelgun in the house
That 66-8 is a mighty handsome article, Doug. Let us know how she shoots, and what you plan to load it with for serious purposes.
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 12:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: From the old Sixgunner.Com Archives
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1346
Re: From the old Sixgunner.Com Archives
And I know who Paco meant when he mentioned the gunwriter who shot a black bear several times without stopping it.
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:59 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, it had not occurred to me that the pulsing of the boat speed would make for killer trolling!
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 10:17 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fed Ex did good!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 843
Re: Fed Ex did good!
That's great to hear, Earl. Glad you are spreading black powder disease to the younger generation! When I have had to ship live ammo, FedEx has been way easier to deal with than the hysterical minions at UPS.
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 10:08 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
- Replies: 46
- Views: 3657
Re: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
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 sti...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 8:27 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 ...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 11:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
- Replies: 46
- Views: 3657
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
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hodz4Q3jefU&t=1s
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 11:29 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Colt Walker question ...
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2573
Re: Colt Walker question ...
The darned Walker repros are tempting, but every Youtube I have seen shows the ramrod dropping and some serious cap sucking with the attendant advancing the cylinder by hand. It just seems to be a system that works only part of the time. But Rube is right -- in its time even with issues it was a hug...
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 12:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bolt Cannon.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1524