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Back when I first moved to Maui a large sporting goods chain was going belly-up so was clearing out their ammo at half price. I wanted 44 mag but all they had left was 44 Special Winchester Silvertip ammo. I bought the last few boxes they had left. It was a gamble but I found that my model 1894 Marl...

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Living here in salty humid air Hawai'i where even stainless steel rusts without regular maintenance I will always prefer stainless steel. All my handguns are SS. That being said my dream handgun is a Colt Python in highly polished almost jet black blued.

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Back when I lived on Maui I picked up a model 472 from a pawn shop in Texas (via my FFL) for just $130.00 which I though was a very fair price for a well made 30/30 levergun. This gun looks like a bastard child of a Marlin 336 and a Browning BLR. Never a popular design so usually when found on a paw...

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Does this make the AR legal in Kalipornia?

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My two favorite lever gunners together again. Great to see you guys having fun, you both look healthy and wise. I still have my special gifts from the both of you received over 10 years ago. Thanks again, or as we say in the islands mahalo a nui loa.

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Thank you one and all for the great feedback and suggestions. I personally LOVE the cold and change of seasons. Though raised in Hawai'i both parents were from very cold regions of their perspective countries Dad from New England, and Mom from the mountains of Ashio, Tochigi, Japan so I think I am g...

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The old homestead sold yesterday for 1.1m, my dad paid $33,000 for it in 1966. I'll get 14% of whatever is left after all outstanding balances and expenses are paid. I think it may be less than what I thought. Maybe just a small property in a small town in the south with low cost of living and mild ...

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WOW, I have no doubt my dad frequented that store as he was raised in Worcester, Massachusetts. He used to also walk by the old H&R Firearms factory on his way to school, another American institution also closed.

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Very nice example of a 30a! I remember buying one at the local JC Penney store in 1977 for $139.99. Sold it to a friend about a year later who lost it in a flood.

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I'm an old dog so I've always felt that levergun and a single action revolver make perfect companions. I have a 94ae Trapper in 357 mag, and I got a Ruger Blackhawk to complement the 94AE. I sold my K-frame clone Rossi to finance the Blackhawk, no regrets at all.

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Sounds nothing like Japanese to me but probably because Japanese my first language and can still speak it fluently. To me English backwards sounds allot like Russian. I remember in high school (mid 1970s) me and a buddy of mine heard that certain song lyrics had hidden messages. Just to verify we de...

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Hawai'i is terribly humid with all the moisture from the sea surrounding it, and the subtropical heat. The house I grew up in had for the roof boards a by-product of sugar cane production a 3.5" thick cane fiber board called "canec" which does a great job insulating the roof from sola...

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Mahalo one and all for your input and insight. My kid sis who has lived in SW Florida has been trying to get me to move there for a couple years now. Canal front property there is less than a quarter the cost of one here but... still about $150,000 more than I can afford. Ever since Irma passed righ...

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1965? I was a snot-nosed 5 year old kid living in Grant Heights housing complex in Nerima/Tokyo, Japan, and attending kindergarten at Sancta Maria Catholic School. I developed a phobia of nuns and penguins back then (couldn't tell them apart). That gal must be a great grandma by now. I'm sure gravit...

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My home of 51+ year just went on the market, And I wanted to share some pictures of it before it's gone. SO many great memories growing up here but honestly it has changed so much in the past 50 years, not the same place it was, but where is, honestly? Anyways, here's the link: https://www.zillow.co...

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I made a BBQ grill from a stainless steel Budweiser keg a friend gave me. I took no pictures, and left it on Maui.

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Back when I lived on Maui a gunshop owner friend suddenly passed away, and his shop had a closing sale. Besides other things I bought a couple bricks of Remington Thunderbolt ammo at 25% off. This ammo was the worst ammo I have ever purchased. It had a 33% failure to fire rate, and the ones that did...

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Aloha Joe, Yes I remember OJ very well, an even keeled fellow that I enjoyed exchanging thoughts with. He was quite active here for years then just disappeared over night. Thank you for posting this Joe, I always wondered what happened to OJ, sadly now I know. I'm almost afraid to ask about the wher...

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I cheated on my final year of production Trapper by replacing the whole lower factory coil spring lower tang with a leaf spring tang from an early 70s model. The trigger went from a borderline acceptable 4.5 pounds to a smooth as silk 2.5 pounds but the best part was it now had a halfcock!

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Aloha gents, Thank you one and all for all your suggestions and feedback on the subject, it is much appreciated. As I was boxing up my two bench mounted presses I recalled a conversation I was having with a young member of my congregation almost a year earlier We were talking hunting as he has the s...

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Aloha Gents. The house that I grew up in since age 6 is being listed for sale at the end of this month. When my father passed away back in June of '07 he left it to all 6 of his kids. I was living on Maui at the time but was the only one still living in Hawai'i. My siblings asked me to move back and...

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Aloha Jerry, Long time no hear. Godspeed on your recovery.

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Mahalo for all your input. I have been running around like a chicken without a head with this move so haven't had time to take a photo until now. Here it is! I have never seen anything like it. There is no color on the bullet, just brass with a light patina. I think I will dispose of it but not in f...

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I've had an ammo collection since I was in grade school. One of my prizes in the collection was a 50 BMG a live round. I'm guessing what I had as a kid in the mid 1960s was Korean War vintage. Anyways I still have this one round of 50 BMG today. While packing up my collection for the move I noticed ...

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My kid sis escaped Cape Coral on Thursday afternoon, and 18 hours of driving later was in Alpharetta, Ga. staying with our nephew and his family. Only thing is Irma was hot on her heals so she experienced the storm anyways. She is on dialysis so happy to hear the clinic up north had backup generator...

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WOW difficult time trying to value my Arisaka. It had a ground Mum and dad had the defaced mum completely removed then the whole action reblued by his gunsmith in Tokyo I'm guessing in the late 1940s early 1950s. This was way before these rifles had any collector value. He has the matching bayonet, ...

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I love the riverfront properties near the coast but a lakefront property near Atlanta any cooler in the summer? My kid sis said Alpharetta was so nice and cool at around 60 degrees.

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Thanks for the great suggestions, the Gunbroker completed sales helped on most of my guns .The one exception was "Smelly Nelly" my Gibbs Frontier Summit rifle my sporterized Enfield SMLE rebarreled to 45/70. I guess too unique a gun that sales are too few and far between. I completed one l...

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My maps show neither Poles nor Russians...

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Aloha gentlemen, long time no see. After 51 years I am putting the old homestead up for sale. My dad left it to all siblings to fight over, and the time came, and the fighting started so time to sell. Anyways I need to get a decent appraisal of my firearms both for selling purposes and insurance pur...

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I was thinking to myself "easy enough to find lower tangs on eBay, I just did mine". Then I realized this happened 12 years ago when I lived on Maui. I can't be believe time has flown by so quickly. I found my leaf string lower tang for my final year production Trapper on eBay from a selle...

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All you're missing is a dory....

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Does the seller just happen to be a Nigerian prince?

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Yes, the Hispanics have been around in California longer than the Anglos though many Anglos think of Hispanics as more recent arrivals. True all the way to Texas all of which was a part of Mexico before 1848. I just think of chili as being a Tex-Mex cuisine but I guess it's not that specific to a re...

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By the way how is the wild boar population doing in the UK? Have you ever had the opportunity to hunt them?

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Probably a sacrilege to post this here but here goes anyways... I bought my little 3" barreled 22LR "Kit Gun" over 25 years ago. It's compact frame and 3" barrel make it very packable. Great trigger pull in both SA and DA mode which is reflected in it's surprising accuracy. The H...

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I always get Yreka, Eureka, and Ukiah mixed up probably because I've never been to any of them. I've never thought of chili and California together in the same sentence either. I need enlightening.

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I removed all my pictures on Photobucket before deleting my account with them. I wasn't about to pay their ransom demands to see my pictures again. I opened a Imgur account but also discovered I already had a long forgotten account with Snapfish, Flickr, and Google Photos (fka Picasa). I probably ha...

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Personally I'd prefer a non-engraved, non-checkered stock, straight wrist butt though I do appreciated the tang peep sight.
Some men like blondes in an evening gown driving a Mercedes. I've always been partial to brunettes in blue jeans driving a pickup truck.

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I have a LEE 2 Cavity Bullet mold .309-180 grain round nose gas check. I used this mold to cast a bunch of bullets using wheel weight alloy for my 30/06 probably 2 decades ago. Using pure lead would you think this bullet safe to load in a 30/30 tube fed magazine? https://www.natchezss.com/media/cata...

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As much as I love my Mauser bolt guns both 98 based and earlier I really get excited seeing a Lee-Enfield bolt gun. I LOVE my 45-70 Gibbs Summit Rifle a Lithgow arsenal action rebarreled to 45/70 using a Brazilian made barrel by Navy Arms decades ago.

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Aloha Nath, awesome pictorial as usual. Are those pigeons native or invasive? Are they seasonal with bag limits? I LOVE shooting pigeons and doves, I used to have an extermination permit for them at a local dairy, no closed season, no bag limit. My freezer was full of breast meat. Used to love wrapp...

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One of my buddies on Maui had one a very nice firearm. His one had a straight grip walnut stock which looked a tad weird at first but it grew on me over time. I believe he said he bought it new with that stock. Never seen another 10/22M before or since. I remember these had rotary magazines that wer...

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Here in Hawai'i where auto parts store shelves are usually empty and overpriced I get 90% of my parts from 3 sources- Amazon, Ebay, and Rock Auto. Allot of times Amazon and Ebay may offer free shipping but many times Rock Auto is still the cheapest even including shipping. I like the quality of part...

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I bought my 94AE Trapper in 357 Magnum new in I think the final year of production (2005?). Maybe I've just been lucky but I've put hundreds of rounds through this gun, and it has been 100% reliable, and smooth as silk. I know the model 92 a better platform for launching short 357 Magnum rounds from...

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About the whale--it's my understanding that native Alaskans don't shoot whales to kill them; if they did, the whales would sink and be lost. They shoot to wound them, weakening them so they can't stay down as long, then chase them down, get alongside, and put a harpoon in them with a barrel or two ...

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I can't imagine anyplace more restrictive than where I already am The Peoples Republik of Hawai'i, one of the reasons why I want to move. My sis compares living in Cape Coral a breath of fresh air of freedom compared to Hawai'i even with the $20,000 sewer line bill. We have to pay a high income tax ...

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Don't know how good they are seeing as I never seen one in person let alone shot one, and probably could never afford one BUT... The Kimber K6S has allot of appeal to the wheel gun lover in me. Touted as the world's lightest 6-shot revolver chambered in 357 Magnum, with brushed finish stainless stee...

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Aloha Gents, Mahalo nui for the welcome, and the input. Not sure if it's all SW Florida but in Cape Coral the city came and added sewer lines to the street bypassing the still new septic system and charge my sis something like $20,000. She had no choice on the matter. I believe they call it assessme...

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A 32ACP in the pocket beats a 45ACP at home.

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