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by TWHBC
Wed Mar 15, 2017 7:29 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Oldie ...
Replies: 9
Views: 2031

Re: Oldie ...

cnjarvis wrote:Sixgun,

That's known in these parts as the Arkansas 12th grade reading test. Looks like you need to stay back a year. :shock: :lol:
More likely a New York educator!

http://dailycaller.com/2017/03...e-name-of-diversity/
by TWHBC
Wed Mar 15, 2017 7:25 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Need new holsters or larger pockets
Replies: 17
Views: 3051

Re: Need new holsters or larger pockets

GunnyMack wrote:Looks like a double shoulder rig is in order!
Very nice!!! Going to be the guy that states the obvious, wearing both of those would make crossing creeks, even large puddles could be hazardous to your well being. I would be glad to offer a fair amount for one, say $100! :twisted:
by TWHBC
Fri Mar 10, 2017 4:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Recurves again
Replies: 30
Views: 5737

Re: Recurves again

I have a 50# @28" Howett Hunter 66" recurve, but at my draw length 32" more likely 55#! When I have not been shooting it for a while,like now, I use another recurve I have, draw weight 30# @ 28", so likely 35# at my draw length, to build into the Howett. Length of recurve also ad...
by TWHBC
Thu Mar 09, 2017 7:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: PUPPIES!
Replies: 20
Views: 2717

Re: PUPPIES!

:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :P :P
Congratulations, glad no complications !
by TWHBC
Wed Mar 08, 2017 12:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Couple new steam engines
Replies: 22
Views: 2190

Re: Couple new steam engines

Pitchy, you are really steaming! :D
Really appreciate your videos and creativity!
by TWHBC
Sun Mar 05, 2017 8:19 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Marlin 39a Question
Replies: 7
Views: 2015

Re: Marlin 39a Question

Thanks guys! Learned something new and worthwhile today, so a good day! The seam is good at the muzzle end, and the crack starts about an inch in,, so guessing that if someone (we all know this guy :oops: ) tried to force the inner tube to latch with to many rounds in place it could open the seam ne...
by TWHBC
Sat Mar 04, 2017 6:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Marlin 39a Question
Replies: 7
Views: 2015

Marlin 39a Question

I have a Marlin 39a. Bought it used in the early 90's. Shoots well and is in great shape. Not collector but very good shooter grade. While out searching for a muskrat that has moved into my creek, and digging into the bank creating issues I sat down and was just enjoying the day, I noticed that the ...
by TWHBC
Sat Mar 04, 2017 10:59 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Starting a puzzle gun build
Replies: 8
Views: 1343

Re: Starting a puzzle gun build

"...I've started searching the web looking for parts to get this thing chooching again...."

Help an old guy, what exactly is chooching?
by TWHBC
Fri Feb 24, 2017 12:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Today would have been Twyla's birthday.
Replies: 8
Views: 1763

Re: Today would have been Twyla's birthday.

Bill in Oregon wrote:She rests in grace, Jim.
This says it!!!!!
by TWHBC
Wed Feb 15, 2017 3:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Power Generating - Dams versus Coal
Replies: 33
Views: 3185

Re: Power Generating - Dams versus Coal

Many locales are ruling against wood burning for heat. I heat with wood, in a stove that met all standards for clean burn when it was installed 13 years ago. But perusing the companies latest literature, it seems that these 'standards' are a changing target! The nearest town is starting to nose arou...
by TWHBC
Thu Feb 02, 2017 8:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Help, I am lost !!!!!!!
Replies: 25
Views: 2535

Re: Help, I am lost !!!!!!!

Well what was posted on the website is now gone ?
Pvt. Oblivious out ?
by TWHBC
Thu Feb 02, 2017 5:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Help, I am lost !!!!!!!
Replies: 25
Views: 2535

Help, I am lost !!!!!!!

Can anyone here explain this from the Shooting With Hobie site, posted Tuesday January 31? I am hoping I am not stepping into something? http://shootingwithhobie.blogspot.com "Good Bye If you are mildly curious as to where I've gone or why I haven't been posting, here's the answer. Of course, p...
by TWHBC
Wed Jan 25, 2017 1:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Mike Venturino
Replies: 47
Views: 7968

Re: Mike Venturino

Other site poster has said that Mike V. Is back home and doing well !
Good news!
by TWHBC
Tue Jan 24, 2017 2:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Mike Venturino
Replies: 47
Views: 7968

Mike Venturino

Read on another site, that he is back in the hospital. Only thing mentioned was that he had been having memory problems for the past month or so, though only 2nd hand information. If so maybe somebody here more familar can add more informative?
In any case prayers sent!
by TWHBC
Thu Jan 19, 2017 6:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Schofield No.3 Second Model Uberti
Replies: 23
Views: 3389

Re: Schofield No.3 Second Model Uberti

My friend that owns a little hole in the wall gun shop called yesterday and asks if I want a .45 Colt Schofield. When I got there 20 minutes later he pulled this Uberti Schofield out of the safe and says take a look. Looks like it's never been fired and not a scratch on it. Still in the box with al...
by TWHBC
Thu Jan 19, 2017 6:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Sandy Andy sand machine. Sandy crane added
Replies: 34
Views: 2668

Re: Sandy Andy sand machine.

That is cool. Minimal energy except for the laws of physics and dynamics!
by TWHBC
Wed Jan 18, 2017 5:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Few of you old fanny burbs probably played with these.
Replies: 27
Views: 3837

Re: Few of you old fanny burbs probably played with these.

I remember those. One of my friends had one. We all had some kind of train(s), engines, etc. :lol: I didn`t either that`s why I`m getting them now. :) The Curious Case of Pitchy, similar to the movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button starring Brad Pitt, but Pitchy is better looking and certainly ...
by TWHBC
Sun Jan 15, 2017 10:01 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The dirty girl!
Replies: 22
Views: 3385

Re: The dirty girl!

Geeze Nath....you are one hunting consummate. Foxes, (your favorite), squirrels, pheasants, rabbits, doves......and always nice pictures. In fact, I'm going to nominate you as "best dressed" on the Leverguns forum. :D ----6 That is a definite affirmative ! Like the no orange! Nature at it...
by TWHBC
Wed Jan 11, 2017 2:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I guess harvesting game is a shameful thing now....
Replies: 23
Views: 3173

Re: I guess harvesting game is a shameful thing now....

My son is the Music Director for a HS in middle Mn. He hunts and fishes year round! He and other teachers fish together, go to northern Wi. staying at a cabin of one of the teachers. His girlfriend is the vocal director at a HS the next district over. She fishes with him and our grandson. She comple...
by TWHBC
Sun Jan 08, 2017 7:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hey Pitchy! You ever do this?
Replies: 11
Views: 1054

Re: Hey Pitchy! You ever do this?

Cool idea about the egg shells!
Wonder if one of the underwater cameras has ever been attacked by a pike?
The ones I seen have protrusions that look like a tail fin.
Some paint and a Jonah video would be possible? :o
by TWHBC
Sun Jan 08, 2017 6:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Metal art- added a BAR man and radio man.
Replies: 73
Views: 5667

Re: Metal art- added a BAR man and radio man.

Wow!!!
Takes little plastic army men to a whole new level!!
The detail and expressions are great.
In fact a whole new art classification!
Pitchy takes on Picasso !
by TWHBC
Sun Jan 08, 2017 6:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hey Pitchy! You ever do this?
Replies: 11
Views: 1054

Re: Hey Pitchy! You ever do this?

Pitchy, very nice looking pike decoys and spears. Spears and pike decoys are a popular item at antique stores up there. When living in Mn. I watched others in their dark houses spear for pike! Interesting but I never did it myself. Saw several large pike on the ice next to shelters. Used to ice fish...
by TWHBC
Sat Jan 07, 2017 9:50 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My Marlin Cowboy
Replies: 38
Views: 2363

Re: My Marlin Cowboy

Dang, looks like the northern woods are well protected!
Bison, moose, bears, catamounts, heck even tigers and elephants !
Nice rifle and revolver!
by TWHBC
Mon Jan 02, 2017 6:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Latest creation
Replies: 27
Views: 2393

Re: Latest creation

Pitchy wrote:Thanks Grizz, I`m afraid it`s just for looks and wouldn`t throw snow. :)
Darn, that is what I was going to ask?
Cool engine, and the rest of the setup is interesting.
Followed your videos in the past, looks like I have some catching up to do!
by TWHBC
Sat Dec 31, 2016 5:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I can't figure out how she does this
Replies: 13
Views: 1650

Re: I can't figure out how she does this

Had a Chesapeake, Chelsea, who would point occasionally! No rhyme or reason, just when the mood struck her. Sudden death on retrieves, and running pheasants did not stand a chance. Same for grouse. Kind of amusing to watch her 'announce' a grouse in a tree. She would sit down and stare up in the tre...
by TWHBC
Fri Dec 30, 2016 12:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Kind of neat handheld reloading press
Replies: 28
Views: 3238

Re: Kind of neat handheld reloading press

Lymon 310 is one I have used since the 60's. Does have limitations as everyone knows, requires nonstandard dies and does not full length resize. Requires case lube, and too me has a nice priming feature with its priming die. And no hammering! Design reaches back into history for a touch of the past!...
by TWHBC
Fri Dec 30, 2016 10:50 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bobcats mess'n up my deer hunt
Replies: 11
Views: 1142

Re: Bobcats mess'n up my deer hunt

Many, many years ago near Tilden Tx. I was the one who spooked the deer, though it was over a bobcat! I was in a raised box blind where several senderas cross. It was very cold for there, and several low spots had ice on them. Was watching a field mouse cross a small patch of ice, and a bobcat showe...
by TWHBC
Wed Dec 28, 2016 9:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Successful Hunting Today, but not me!
Replies: 11
Views: 1312

Successful Hunting Today, but not me!

While driving in to an early morning doctors appointment in Iowa City I was about 3 miles out of town heading in with the sun just up. In front of me a bald eagle crossed the highway at about 10' in altitude. He/She had a nice cottontail hanging from its talons! Rabbit was limp and dangling so it wa...
by TWHBC
Sat Dec 24, 2016 9:42 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Multiple personalities
Replies: 15
Views: 1714

Re: Multiple personalities

Sixgun wrote:How about if one personality was Hillary Clinton and the other was Donald Trump.....They could have a baby and call it Arnold Schwarzenegger.----6
TerminateHER !
by TWHBC
Wed Dec 21, 2016 6:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Multiple personalities
Replies: 15
Views: 1714

Re: Multiple personalities

Interesting if one personality was left handed, and another was right handed!
Think of the holster and carry options possible!

Enough personalities would make carry a NYC reload, Chicago reload, and maybe even a Mayberry reload?
by TWHBC
Wed Dec 21, 2016 6:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For Pitchy, actually anybody!
Replies: 7
Views: 805

For Pitchy, actually anybody!

Here's an idea for another to fly! Remembering your plane of previous years.
https://youtu.be/At3xcj-pTjg
by TWHBC
Tue Dec 06, 2016 9:20 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: ....and I thought MY gunsmithing skills were bad....
Replies: 36
Views: 3127

Re: ....and I thought MY gunsmithing skills were bad....

Isn't mine cause there would be stuck rods making it look like an annoyed porcupine!
by TWHBC
Sat Dec 03, 2016 2:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Oh Naaaaaaaaaaaaattthhhhhh, I Need You!!
Replies: 21
Views: 2582

Re: Oh Naaaaaaaaaaaaattthhhhhh, I Need You!!

Funny thing that happens to a man as we age. When we are young we have to "prove" ourselves. I did a lot of killing in my younger days but it was hunting related. I ate it all, except crows and other vermin. I also killed a lot of wild dogs, most of them while they were chasing deer. Shoo...
by TWHBC
Thu Nov 24, 2016 5:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Question about hunting spots
Replies: 28
Views: 4311

Re: Question about hunting spots

Is it possible that it is just your sister asking, and maybe he has no knowledge of the request?
Maybe she is trying to get some more points with him, or she is just pushy?
Sounds like a sister I and my other sister have no contact with.
by TWHBC
Sat Jul 16, 2016 7:57 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A morning in Wyoming
Replies: 15
Views: 2153

Re: A morning in Wyoming

Very nice story and gesture!
by TWHBC
Sun Apr 24, 2016 5:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: the colt officers model
Replies: 22
Views: 3274

Re: the colt officers model

What is the flat metal piece over the slide serrations just forward of the safety?
Not being a Colt auto guy, I am guessing it protects the thumb (high) in your grip of the pistol?
by TWHBC
Sat Mar 26, 2016 8:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Henry announced thier BLR-esque rifle
Replies: 63
Views: 7497

Re: Henry announced thier BLR-esque rifle

Does anyone else think that the looks would be improved with a set of iron sites ?
And a set of iron sites should be included for the price!
At least a dovetail for the rear?
Also for a rifle retailing over $1000 should not the toe of the recoil pad follow the lower line of the butt stock !
by TWHBC
Sun Mar 20, 2016 5:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Vintage 1940's Boo Fly Rod Restoration.
Replies: 15
Views: 1819

Re: Vintage 1940's Boo Fly Rod Restoration.

Dumb question about the boo rods . If the tip section is split for a foot or so , that makes it not worth the trouble of doing anything with the rod except make kindling out of it , correct ? Define the split? One of the segment's has split along the glued joint, or has an actual segment of the bam...
by TWHBC
Thu Mar 03, 2016 2:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Outdoor Photographs
Replies: 4
Views: 775

Outdoor Photographs

http://www.rivermenrodandgunclub.com/co ... tures.html

Hunting, fishing, nature, animal, seems to cover it all!
by TWHBC
Sun Feb 07, 2016 8:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: ATV? Boat? Skid Steer? ARGO has met it's Match...
Replies: 4
Views: 534

Re: ATV? Boat? Skid Steer? ARGO has met it's Match...

Pete44ru wrote:.

And all that, for only $70,000, too ! ! ;)

.
Difference between a man and a boy is the price of their toys !

Love the wrinkled tires!
by TWHBC
Thu Feb 04, 2016 8:59 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New lever gun came my way.
Replies: 51
Views: 5068

Re: New lever gun came my way.

Nice trade!!
Now you are covered from 150yds.down to your belly button with a big bore!
by TWHBC
Sun Jan 31, 2016 12:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: THe opposite of an Alternative Lifestyle...
Replies: 12
Views: 652

Re: THe opposite of an Alternative Lifestyle...

You leave my Wankel out if this... Had one, 1974 Mazda RX4, talk about a screaming engine! Loved gas stations though! The other thing was it was designed to use oil, about a quart per 1000 miles, to protect the rotor tip seals. As it only had about a 4 quart capacity, the dealer chief mechanic advi...
by TWHBC
Thu Jan 28, 2016 7:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New pictures.
Replies: 25
Views: 2334

Re: New pictures.

Thanks for sharing!
Glad to see the teamwork is blossoming, and both of you are getting rewarded !
Great pictures!
by TWHBC
Wed Jan 27, 2016 7:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: iL Papa
Replies: 7
Views: 596

Re: iL Papa

:lol: :lol: :lol:
by TWHBC
Fri Jan 08, 2016 7:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Powerball anyone?
Replies: 37
Views: 5595

Re: Powerball anyone?

Iowa appears to have had some issues with a winner who is associated with the lottery, and it is being investigated to see if it affects other states!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/iowa ... y-mystery/
by TWHBC
Tue Jan 05, 2016 3:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Auroras
Replies: 1
Views: 399

Auroras

by TWHBC
Tue Jan 05, 2016 3:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Feeling good this morning
Replies: 9
Views: 922

Re: Feeling good this morning

AJMD429 wrote:Congratulations.

It ain't easy...!

Keep up the good work. 8)
This says it well!
by TWHBC
Tue Jan 05, 2016 3:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Perch are hitting
Replies: 16
Views: 4325

Re: Perch are hitting

Les Staley wrote:We don't get safe ice every year. Sounds like it will warm up in a few days, but if I get to go out again I'll sort out about 20 to keep. 55 is too many to clean in one sitting...I'm pooped!!
Now that is a way to exercise! ☺