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- Thu Nov 12, 2020 1:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Thinking about selling all my black guns
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2516
Re: Thinking about selling all my black guns
My black gun is green, a Sig Sauer M400. It sat around for years, shot it a little with the peep and it was accurate with 77 grainers, put a scope on it and it will one hole em at 50 yards. Plan was to use for pigs, when the pig hunt showed up I took a 30 WCF and Ruger hunter 44 mag and the m400 was...
- Tue Nov 10, 2020 5:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My Favorite Levergun Cartridge
- Replies: 76
- Views: 9053
Re: My Favorite Levergun Cartridge
.30 WCF by a long shot. My Dad started me on it at age 12, after killing a number of deer With scoped .243 and .270, he thought the iron sights would give me more challenge and excitement for the hunt. He scored a brand new Canadian Cent. Model 26" barrel for 100 bucks. When he gave me this NIB...
- Wed Nov 04, 2020 11:16 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Shiloh Sharps
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2909
Re: Shiloh Sharps
Somebody running a sale on furniture tacks?
- Tue Nov 03, 2020 11:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New UK restrictions.
- Replies: 7
- Views: 900
Re: New UK restrictions.
Burying the birds? I would think someone would organize a team of volunteers to process the extra birds and freeze em till they found folks who could use em. I have been known to bury birds...in gravy.
- Thu Oct 29, 2020 2:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Marlin 410 and another squirrel for the stew
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1970
Re: The Marlin 410 and another squirrel for the stew
The flavor of a squirrel killed by such a pretty gun, is bound to be improved!
- Mon Oct 26, 2020 7:15 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Tractor Rebuild Begins
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1959
Re: Tractor Rebuild Begins
Neat project! I've been looking for a smaller tractor just to shred roads with, my john deere is way too big. I saw an 8n for sale and went to look at it...wheels were rusted clean through, and most every thing else. It would not start, and walking away the guy says 500 cash, I passed. My cuz traded...
- Wed Oct 21, 2020 3:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Done
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1184
Re: We All Know Who AOC is, So I Just Decided Who KFC is
Ray, "a somewhat lecherous octogenarian" cracks me smooth up...I can only aspire to reach such a lofty designation one day it would make a fine epitaph.
- Tue Oct 20, 2020 3:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: UPDATE ON PACO'S DAUGHTER JENNIFER 10/20/20
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1491
Re: UPDATE ON PACO'S DAUGHTER JENNIFER 10/20/20
Gotta be tough as stump to survive such, Congrats! Thank God in Heaven!
- Tue Oct 20, 2020 3:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Done
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1184
Re: We All Know Who AOC is, So I Just Decided Who KFC is
I may never eat fried chicken again
- Fri Oct 16, 2020 6:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Salvinelli
- Replies: 4
- Views: 637
Re: Salvinelli
Slick! What is the barrel length and what are you gonna shoot with it?
- Fri Oct 16, 2020 6:07 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Henry vs Marlin drop at comb
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1045
Re: Henry vs Marlin drop at comb
Henry may be accommodating, call em?
- Thu Oct 15, 2020 10:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Prayer request (Update)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1647
- Sun Oct 11, 2020 3:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sick Squirrel.....?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 908
Re: Sick Squirrel.....?
W. Texas gets periodic rabies and plague ( yeah, the Black Death), the Game Warden recommended to dispatch any animal acting wierd...coons walking around during day etc. I found one coon walking like a drunk and not running from the truck 3 feet away. He looked skinny and sick. Bang! I unfortunately...
- Sat Oct 10, 2020 4:29 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: a big day
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2257
Re: a big day
Happy Birthday, and my best wishes to you.
- Fri Oct 09, 2020 4:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Memories
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1497
Re: Memories
Beautiful mare Jim, love the refined pretty shape of the head.
- Wed Oct 07, 2020 8:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bronze Age smelting, anyone?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2654
Re: Bronze Age smelting, anyone?
Bill that axe is cool, I've been studying the ice man for years.
- Tue Oct 06, 2020 7:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Done
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1263
Re: What a Difference Proper Lube Makes
Some boneheads used that ramming technique on our local gun shop with a stolen truck.
I detest thieves, have no tolerance for em.
I detest thieves, have no tolerance for em.
- Tue Oct 06, 2020 6:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bronze Age smelting, anyone?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2654
Re: Bronze Age smelting, anyone?
I have a cool very old copper chisel, maybe Great Lakes or Mexican or Peruvian, not sure. It's about 6 "long and 1/2 " wide. Had a long copper needle and awl of similar vintage I gave to my daughter, a costume designer. The chisel would still cut if properly hafted, it's in fantastic condi...
- Tue Oct 06, 2020 9:04 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ready for Saturday !
- Replies: 6
- Views: 966
Re: Ready for Saturday !
6pt I like the light your hat. I have a few smaller ones, fairly effective. What make and model is yours?
- Sat Oct 03, 2020 6:36 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: You know it's just NOT your Lucky Day when....
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1483
Re: You know it's just NOT your Lucky Day when....
Leaving work on interstate in San Diego one day I looked up to see a tire coming directly towards my windshield, wobbling as it fell straight down :shock: I swerved instantly into the next lane without looking to see if it was empty, lucky it was. The tire would have killed me I think, I was going a...
- Thu Oct 01, 2020 5:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: sonic booms
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2159
Re: sonic booms
My good FIL used to create sonic booms, he flew the old F100s in Germany, back in the 50s, later flying OV 10s in Vietnam, and B52s during the cold war and the cuban crisis. Yeah, he is amazing, will see him tomorrow
- Thu Oct 01, 2020 7:53 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Happy Birthday Topside & harry.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 347
Re: Happy Birthday Topside & harry.
Happy belated Bday guys
- Thu Oct 01, 2020 5:15 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Prayer request (Update)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1647
Re: Prayer request
Prayers up for Y2K, Kid.
- Mon Sep 28, 2020 5:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Paco's Daughter Was Seriously Injured Last Week
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3152
Re: Paco's Daughter Was Seriously Injured Last Week
Prayers for Jennifer and her successful recovery. Good to hear she is tough, this type of injury can take awhile to overcome. An old friend of mine recovered from such an injury, and started doing triathelons after, a miracle.
- Tue Sep 22, 2020 5:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Turtle hatch
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2037
Re: Turtle hatch
Pitchy you'll be glad you missed the "cuisine" at last week's annual dove party. Besides piles of doves, my crazy Cajun neighbor brought a big plastic tub of goat testicles :shock: which he seasoned Cajun style and breaded in cormeal and fried like catfish. These farmboys have been trying ...
- Tue Sep 22, 2020 4:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Turtle hatch
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2037
Re: Turtle hatch
Pitchy when I was a little fella, I'd follow my Great Grandpa Otto around a lake that was loaded with big bulldogs and soft shelled turtles. He would probe the soft sand with his cane till he found a batch of turtle eggs. He would dust em off and put em in his hat, very excited. At home he kept the ...
- Mon Sep 21, 2020 9:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 1911 Addiction
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2394
Re: 1911 Addiction
Nice snag 6pt! Condition looks great used my 1911 last week on a six foot rattlesnake right by the house, biggest ive killed in years, a real fat one. Got a 4 footer same week with a hoe, found a den, gonna have to gas em out when it gets cold.
- Fri Sep 18, 2020 6:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My kind of woman!!!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1055
Re: My kind of woman!!!
This is the kind of gal you wake in the middle of the night, whispering..."honey, I hear a noise outside" and go back to sleep.
- Thu Sep 17, 2020 7:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: hunting at the remote mine this week
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2409
Re: hunting at the remote mine this week
Cool as all get out.
- Thu Sep 17, 2020 3:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hunting
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2449
Re: Hunting
I had been hunting Mulies in Co around Gunnison once for about 4 days and working hard at it, and decided to take an easier route one day. Found a nice big meadow to watch and sat between three trees very comfortably with a small boulder to make a perfect rest for shooting. An hour in the warm Color...
- Tue Sep 15, 2020 6:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: $12.00 Hat.
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4470
Re: $12.00 Hat.
GK, your the official English Ted Nugent. You would probably get along fine in his company, i expect, tooth fang and claw
- Tue Sep 15, 2020 6:36 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Happy Birthday Gamekeeper
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1434
Re: Happy Birthday Gamekeeper
Happy Birthday John, my best to you friend
- Sun Aug 30, 2020 5:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fire wood, it`s started
- Replies: 55
- Views: 3809
Re: Fire wood, it`s started
I hear ya Lenn on dealing with aging issues. Getting old can be a real PITA. I'll need 2 steroid shots and a mess of pills just to make an upcoming hunt :| Do you ever use poplar for your projects? Pretty stable stuff when seasoned yes? I stuck a four foot saw in a huge madrone once :oops: Lucky I h...
- Fri Aug 28, 2020 6:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AR-50 UPDATE
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1772
Re: AR-50 UPDATE
Bill my brother uses 458 Socom for pigs. With the lack of doves, we'll probably hunt pigs instead, I'd rather bass fish than hunt pigs
- Fri Aug 28, 2020 4:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AR-50 UPDATE
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1772
Re: AR-50 UPDATE
350s at 1775, nice. Thats gonna hurt. I'd like 2 mounted in the bed of the GMC for tailgaters. Maybe with beeping red lights
- Wed Aug 26, 2020 7:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hit the "Wood Lottery" (Browning Citori CXS 20 ga)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1708
Re: Hit the "Wood Lottery" (Browning Citori CXS 20 ga)
All shotguns are beautiful.
- Mon Aug 24, 2020 9:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: GHE 16
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2363
Re: GHE 16
Haygrazer is good hay for cows, and drought resistant, we are in level 3 and approaching level 4 stage drought. Got to replant every year. My good neighbors coastal patch failed after a long run and went to doveweed, he has a good tank there I've hunted many times, about a 20acre patch. His report i...
- Mon Aug 24, 2020 6:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: GHE 16
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2363
Re: GHE 16
Gotta love wood like that cool score!
- Sat Aug 22, 2020 5:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Step Back Chimney Cupboard
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1384
Re: Step Back Chimney Cupboard
Thanks for the photo Pitchy, that looks like a real dandy. My shop is mostly hand tools, I'd like to get some machines sometime and make more furniture.
- Sat Aug 22, 2020 8:30 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Step Back Chimney Cupboard
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1384
Re: Step Back Chimney Cupboard
Slick! I love handmade furniture. This piece has a high cool factor, bet you could sell a pile of em if you wanted. Id sure like to see a pic of that 5 H planer
- Fri Aug 21, 2020 11:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Done
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1201
- Fri Aug 21, 2020 11:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Done
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1201
Re: Rocket Scientists
More racist cops profiling and interfering with righteous gathering of due retributions.
- Mon Aug 17, 2020 8:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: British self defense (without guns)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1889
Re: British self defense (without guns)
"Simply sit on the ruffian" Appears to be a precursor to Monty Python style silliness, love it
- Sat Aug 15, 2020 4:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hand crank Gramophone
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2209
Re: Hand crank Gramophone
Wow. If Santa ever retires, you would be a fine replacement. You have so often entertained us Levergunners here Pitchy, i sure appreciate it
- Fri Aug 14, 2020 5:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: GHE 16
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2363
Re: GHE 16
Had a good sunflower patch years ago, with many volunteers, it burnt in the heat. Tried a few crops of maize (milo) that burned up. Haygrazer is the only thing I've found that will take the heat and produce with little rain, only got half the bales this year as we got last year,there will be no 2cd ...
- Wed Aug 12, 2020 9:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: GHE 16
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2363
Re: GHE 16
Nice score 26" may just be the perfect barrel length for doves, especially if hunting some thicker cover. I predict success. The birds are looking pretty slim here with no rain in months. Lucky I have a number of places to choose from, at least.
- Wed Aug 12, 2020 2:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: When my young kids played outside.....
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1423
Re: When my young kids played outside.....
My kids (3) used to play out front with the big black dog ( a terror to strangers) . One day a white truck pulled in the drive and stopped. I went out 10 steps with glock in pocket and said "what?". He said he wanted to repave my driveway. "No" he had a funny cartoon like voice a...
- Mon Aug 10, 2020 7:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Done
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1178
Re: You Couldn't Make This Up!!
Pizza, that's weird. Now, a proper taco, I mean, who doesn't like tacos?
- Sat Aug 08, 2020 6:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Made a crow call
- Replies: 10
- Views: 835
Re: Made a crow call
Cool
- Wed Aug 05, 2020 8:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Finally got my mount back.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2301
Re: Finally got my mount back.
Sweet! Love it!