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Benchmade Adamas Folder. I've had this for several years. Heavy duty. I've used it on elk a couple times and everyday use. I know Benchmade has had a few issues in the PR department but they sure make nice knives.Search found 1035 matches
- Wed Feb 12, 2020 10:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: took my new EDC knife on a walk through the wood
- Replies: 56
- Views: 5882
Re: took my new EDC knife on a walk through the wood
Benchmade Adamas Folder. I've had this for several years. Heavy duty. I've used it on elk a couple times and everyday use. I know Benchmade has had a few issues in the PR department but they sure make nice knives.
- Tue Feb 04, 2020 12:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Got sunshine?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1105
Re: Got sunshine?
it was pushing 40° here Sunday...now at 10:30 am it's 3°
- Thu Jan 30, 2020 1:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New Guy In AK
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2078
Re: New Guy In AK
Welcome! Ha, You need that Big Horn model up there!
- Thu Jan 30, 2020 1:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: SHOTShow and F.A. (pics added)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3177
Re: SHOTShow and F.A. (pics added)
Jkbrea, Think you are really going to enjoy that one. I have the same gun which is currently dedicated to 45 ACPs. However, I've shot it with everything from 200gr SWCs to the Lee 320gr FNGC DC using the 45 Colt cyl. A lot of versatility, not to mention a lot of fun in a small package. https://phot...
- Thu Jan 30, 2020 1:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: SHOTShow and F.A. (pics added)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3177
Re: SHOTShow and F.A. (pics added)
Jkbrea, how did you like the toilet paper holder in the men's room at Freedom showroom? I have the same pistol sans the acp wheel. Bought my high ride strong side holster right there in their store. I bought mine about the same timeframe as when you bought the Colt SAA from me. Mine is black micart...
- Sun Jan 26, 2020 10:32 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: SHOTShow and F.A. (pics added)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3177
Re: SHOTShow and F.A. (pics added)
Now to find a holster. I really like this gun. It's my new elk packing and hiking gun. Heck...I'll use it for EDC. no bulkier than my S&W Mod 66.
- Sat Jan 25, 2020 12:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: SHOTShow and F.A. (pics added)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3177
Re: SHOTShow and F.A.
I was awarded this Model 97 15 years ago. 45 Colt with 45 ACP cylinder. I shoot the ACP 99% of the time. I had my friend Gary Reeder turn the rear of both cylinders off so I could see the cartridge rims. The FA's are the best built single actions in the world, but I didn't want the cartridge rims r...
- Fri Jan 24, 2020 1:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: SHOTShow and F.A. (pics added)
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3177
SHOTShow and F.A. (pics added)
I just got back from SHOTShow in Las Vegas. It was amazing and overwhelming. I walked several miles and still didn't see all the exhibits. 60,000 attendees and 3 levels of exhibits! Met several good contacts for what I needed. It's not a gun show where you can make purchases but....I found the Freed...
- Thu Jan 16, 2020 3:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Great Lakes
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1631
Re: Great Lakes
My son lives in Alpena, Michigan. There is a small museum of shipwrecks from Lake Huron. They have all types of items recovered from several shipwrecks. They keep some of them displayed in ice cold water to preserve them. There is also a glass bottom ship tour that takes you to several old shipwrecks.
- Sun Jan 12, 2020 5:58 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Winter Pics
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1852
Re: Winter Pics
...and of course elk are everywhere since hunting units closed.
- Sun Jan 12, 2020 5:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Winter Pics
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1852
Winter Pics
Working at a gun club is awesome but shooting everyday can get pricey. I gotta start reloading. I'm determined not to get cabin fever. I've been hiking several groomed paths with my dog and scouting areas to hunt next fall. There are lots of critters out and about. This week, there was a mountain li...
- Wed Jan 01, 2020 2:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: NEW Colt Python
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5324
Re: NEW Colt Python
I wish they would make it in blued steel. Colt blueing always seemed better than most
- Fri Dec 13, 2019 11:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anyone making a good fixed 6x scope anymore?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1637
Re: Anyone making a good fixed 6x scope anymore?
Leupold has a FX II 6x36 on their website. It's also on optics planet.
- Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Marshall Dillon's Colt
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1157
Re: Marshall Dillon's Colt
I also read his first gun on the series was a Great Western. From True West Magazine: Gunsmoke and firearms aficionados may also remember Dillon using a Great Western revolver. That was true, in the early part of the series. After contacting Colt and finding out the company had no plans to resurrect...
- Thu Nov 14, 2019 9:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Horrific experience buying a gun rig
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2330
Re: Horrific experience buying a gun rig
That is totally unacceptable. I know you're hesitant to name them but I would. Maybe an email campaign from bunch of Levergunners and any other sites you frequent might put them in check. I recently had to send back a $300+ set of hearing protection to the company that made them because they quit wo...
- Tue Nov 12, 2019 3:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Advice request
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2011
Re: Advice request
At the gun club where I work I have seen about three Glocks attached to a CAA micro Roni. The Glock pistol fits inside making it a carbine size 9 mm. It has an arm brace. I got to shoot one a few times and it is easy to hit a hundred yard target consistently. It uses your existing Glock pistol and ...
- Mon Nov 11, 2019 11:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Advice request
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2011
Re: Advice request
At the gun club where I work I have seen about three Glocks attached to a CAA micro Roni. The Glock pistol fits inside making it a carbine size 9 mm. It has an arm brace. I got to shoot one a few times and it is easy to hit a hundred yard target consistently. It uses your existing Glock pistol and m...
- Mon Nov 11, 2019 3:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: HQL in Md.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 328
Re: HQL in Md.
Glad you're getting a new gun and I hope you enjoy it!. But it sure is a shame you have to go through all that to exercise your second amendment rights. Maybe they should do the same classes for First Amendment rights. And watch people go crazy when it affects them personally. Even California is mor...
- Thu Oct 17, 2019 10:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Interesting article on clam shell holsters from the 1970s
- Replies: 4
- Views: 484
Re: Interesting article on clam shell holsters from the 1970s
When I was a rookie, I remember talking to a veteran LAPD officer. He said most everyone wore a clamshell but when walking around the station, other cops would reach over and pop other cops holsters open. It made them guard their sidearms more!
- Wed Sep 18, 2019 3:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Wyoming Speed Goat
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2245
Wyoming Speed Goat
I went on a antelope hunt yesterday morning near Pinedale, Wyoming. Turned out to be the easiest hunt of my life. If you could call it that. I was on the way to get permission from a landowner and I saw a buck bedded down. I went about 3 miles to get permission and the landowner was not home. On the...
- Wed Sep 11, 2019 3:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Gotta Get a 6.5 Creedmoor
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1993
Re: Gotta Get a 6.5 Creedmoor
As a range master I see the variety of different guns every day. I also get to shoot other people's guns quite frequently :D . I ended up buying a Ruger long-range Precision in 6.5 Creedmoor. It is a very comfortable shooting round. I hunt elk with a 30-06, but I think I will take this Ruger on an a...
- Fri Aug 30, 2019 4:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Got to meet a levergunner.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 643
Re: Got to meet a levergunner.
Great meeting you and your family! You sure got a lot done in a short time! I'm glad you didn't have to use the bear spray.
If any member here ever wants to stop by, I'm at the gun club between Jackson and Hoback.
If any member here ever wants to stop by, I'm at the gun club between Jackson and Hoback.
- Thu Aug 29, 2019 11:50 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Electric Chainsaws
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3520
Re: Electric Chainsaws
I bought a Ryobi battery powered chainsaw for $10 at a second hand store because I had a couple Ryobi power tools. I've used it a few times and it works pretty good. It has a much slower speed but works. I used to have a Poulen electric chainsaw that I got free. It also worked great and no messing w...
- Sat Aug 24, 2019 1:53 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Done
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2145
Re: Where Do These Phrases Come From?
My dad used to say someone "doesn't know sh*# from Shinola".
- Tue Aug 20, 2019 11:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: LOL.....some funny gun-related cartoons and memes
- Replies: 1
- Views: 472
Re: LOL.....some funny gun-related cartoons and memes
The Led Zeppelin song on page 6 was great!
- Fri Aug 16, 2019 11:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Scout style scope on Rossi 92
- Replies: 16
- Views: 8670
Re: Scout style scope on Rossi 92
The sights started to get slightly blurry the last couple years for me. I put Scout scopes on two of my lever guns. A Marlin 45-70 XLR and a Marlin TK 3030. I love the Scout scopes. Out to about 300 yards they are awesome. In thick timber I can take them off with the quick-release rings. When I put ...
- Wed Jul 31, 2019 11:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Off Topic....Harley Street Glide ???
- Replies: 51
- Views: 4124
Re: Off Topic....Harley Street Glide ???
I have an 08 Street Glide. I bought it used in 2011 and have put a lot of miles it with no issues. I took a long ride through Ca, Az, and Co where temps hit over 110 and it rode great. All I've done to it is replace the air cleaner, handlebars, tires, battery and speakers. If you get it...have fun a...
- Wed Jul 31, 2019 10:55 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Happy Birthday jkbrea.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 508
Re: Happy Birthday jkbrea.
Thank you! Going to shoot some Dan Wesson 1911's with CZ reps later today.
- Sun Jun 23, 2019 12:08 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hunting Tags
- Replies: 1
- Views: 511
Hunting Tags
Anyone draw hunting tags yet? Now that I fled Ca to Wyoming, I pay resident prices! My 1st non-res elk tag in 1991 was $254. Last year...$707 for a elk :( . I just drew a cow/calf tag, an antelope tag, and can get a general elk tag (any elk) over the counter all for less than $150! Life is good. Hop...
- Sat Jun 22, 2019 11:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Posting pictures.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1634
Re: Posting pictures.
You can also post pictures on here directly. Click the attachment tab down under the box where you type your text, then click "Add files". Browse to your picture, select it, click "Place inline". I tried imgur. I guess it works....but I am definately computer challenged. I tried...
- Tue Jun 18, 2019 1:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Local gun shops. And greed. grrrrrrrr......
- Replies: 48
- Views: 10088
Re: Local gun shops. And greed. grrrrrrrr......
I like the way my local gun shop does it. It's $30 but they waive it if you spend $30 on merchandise instead. Ammo or anything qualifies.
- Sat May 18, 2019 11:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I just got emailed a flyer from Gander Mountain ......
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1064
Re: I just got emailed a flyer from Gander Mountain ......
Guns have gotten cheap lately. I just picked up a Smith & Wesson Shield 9mm 2.0 for $339. And with a $40 rebate it's only costing me to $299.
- Sat May 18, 2019 11:43 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: This is Terrible!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 765
This is Terrible!
No offense to anyone's dog out there!
https://youtu.be/H3VLqLLWxbQ
https://youtu.be/H3VLqLLWxbQ
- Fri May 17, 2019 12:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hero
- Replies: 3
- Views: 707
Re: Hero
What a story! That is a true hero. He's lucky that one soldier came back to pick up communication wires. Otherwise he would have died there and none of this would have been known.
- Thu May 16, 2019 12:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sold One...Bought One
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1557
Re: Sold One...Bought One
Another reason I sold it off was it was too dang pretty to be taking out in the woods and beat up. Having a Colt in a box tucked away in a safe wasn't for me. This Vaquero is slightly used and is a tank, Plus with the money I made off of it I'm also getting a Smith & Wesson shield for concealed ...
- Thu May 16, 2019 12:12 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sold One...Bought One
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1557
Re: Sold One...Bought One
I'm not an expert on them but I know the older Vaqueros are built on the Blackhawk frames. I know it fits my hand a lot better than the Colt did. Maybe the grips are just fatter.
- Wed May 15, 2019 10:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sold One...Bought One
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1557
Sold One...Bought One
When I retired I bought a new 3rd gen .45 Colt SAA because I had always wanted one. Only thing is, it felt too small for may hands and ended up a safe queen. I didn't like my pinky under the grip and if I moved my hand up, the hammer dug into the web of my hand. Shooting it was not comfortable. So.....
- Wed May 15, 2019 9:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How many of you
- Replies: 29
- Views: 4967
Re: How many of you
Before retiring I was our department rangemaster and pretty much got to shoot whenever I wanted. I got kind of spoiled. After retiring I didn't shoot much but now that I moved to Wyoming and live on a gun range, I can shoot whenever I want. Somedays days I do long range shooting and others I just go...
- Tue May 14, 2019 11:57 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Dremel tool?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3016
- Thu May 09, 2019 11:22 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Old cast iron
- Replies: 11
- Views: 860
Re: Old cast iron
Mine was really bad with rust and stains. I put it in the oven on the cleaning mode. Gets much hotter. When I was done all the crud and rust was on the bottom of the stove. It came out like it was brand new and all I had to do was season it.
- Wed May 08, 2019 9:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: S&W Frame lock
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2650
Re: S&W Frame lock
I didn't even know which one of my Smith's had the lock. I checked and only have 1 that has the lock. I have no idea what ever happened to the key but I don't worry about it " locking up". I shot plenty of Magnum loads and never had a problem. To me it's kind of like the silly writing on m...
- Wed Apr 10, 2019 12:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Planning trip to MT,WY. Need suggestions.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2002
Re: Planning trip to MT,WY. Need suggestions.
If you're in Jackson you can always come visit Jackson Hole Gun Club. About 3 miles south of town. I live there and you're welcome to come shoot. Lots of fishing all around. Right now its between skiing and tourist season so its not crowded.
- Tue Apr 02, 2019 7:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Winter Almost Over
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1438
Re: Winter Almost Over
I'm curious...how does one find a gun club he can live at? I practically "live" at the Atglen Gun Club but I really would like to live at the gun club.....well, not really, I like our home but it sounds cool living at a gun club. Nice pictures! Along with the beautiful scenery you have pr...
- Tue Apr 02, 2019 3:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Winter Almost Over
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1438
Re: Winter Almost Over
It's like moving to a different country! I'm just south of Jackson. I know the politics here, (Teton County)are split, but nothing close to what I left. That 2nd pic a coyote. They're much healthier than the zombie looking yotes in Ca.
- Tue Apr 02, 2019 2:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Winter Almost Over
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1438
Winter Almost Over
Moved here over a year ago from So Cal and loving it. Snow was pretty brutal in Feb but melting off quick. It was -15 when I got my elk in December! I love Wyoming! And working/living at a gun club ain't half bad! Here are a few pic I took last month. The elk was through a spotting scope on a rifle ...
- Mon Apr 01, 2019 3:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another one !
- Replies: 3
- Views: 779
Re: Another one !
Comments are funny. Guess some didn't realize todays date.
- Thu Mar 28, 2019 11:40 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A ? for you phobia x-spurts ...
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2196
Re: A ? for you phobia x-spurts ...
I don't mind dressing out animals, I just hate the smell sometimes. Some recommend the gloves to avoid coming in contact with CWD. Personally, this year I was glad I wasn't wearing gloves. It was minus 15 when I got my elk and those innards kept my hands warm!
- Wed Mar 20, 2019 11:09 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Dogs & CBD Oil
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1869
Re: Dogs & CBD Oil
Hey Six, I have a 12 year old Shepherd that is starting to limp a lot after walks. She's a sweetheart and always wants to go with my 3 year old mini Aussie. But after a long walk she limps for a couple days. I tried some joint pain medication but it doesn't seem to work. Can you PM me the brand of o...
- Sat Mar 16, 2019 7:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Which has more nitrites/nitrates
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1759
Re: Which has more nitrites/nitrates
Jack Daniels is gluten free!
- Wed Mar 13, 2019 7:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: One rifle, one pistol
- Replies: 148
- Views: 16284
Re: One rifle, one pistol
With no end-of-the-world scenario or zombies or anything like that, my Tikka 30-06 and one of my S&W .44 mag 4". Those are the ones that I use most when I hunt so I would have to keep those.