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by harry
Thu Aug 22, 2013 8:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Not ONE Enemy
Replies: 60
Views: 5297

Re: Not ONE Enemy

Personally, I think OS's posts are fun, pleasant and always interesting. The alleged "complaint" ( :shock: :o ) strikes me as ludicrous in its' over-reaction to entirely appropriate pictures. :roll: Political Correctness is used as a weapon to strangle any ideation/expression that Liberal...
by harry
Thu Aug 22, 2013 7:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Plastic repair
Replies: 13
Views: 769

Re: Plastic repair

Joe I would use one of the spray cleaners for electronics, safe on plastics. Then use compressed air and the cleaner a couple of times to wash it out. Most expoxies will become thin when heat is applied, but only for a short period of time, then use the compressed air to force the expoxy into the cr...
by harry
Thu Aug 22, 2013 1:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Not ONE Enemy
Replies: 60
Views: 5297

Re: Not ONE Enemy

My first thought is for the mods, they have a tough job trying to be fair to everyone , it`s not easy. Because some are in bathing suits? Better them than OS! :o :lol: :lol: As far as the pics imo, it could be worse. :lol: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/InTheWind/SDC11919.jpg Thats just wro...
by harry
Thu Aug 22, 2013 1:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Blue Moon Over Mt. Rainier
Replies: 20
Views: 1107

Re: Blue Moon Over Mt. Rainier

Last full moon was the 22nd of July. I've never seen a "blue" except when a full is on the 1st or 2nd and the blue was on the last day of the month or maybe the next to the last if the first was on the 1st. They come 29 and a fraction days apart. Exceptionaly pretty moon but not a "b...
by harry
Tue Aug 20, 2013 2:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Things that make you go "Hmmm...?"
Replies: 12
Views: 1084

Re: Things that make you go "Hmmm...?"

BlaineG wrote:Put in some VA paperwork 2 years ago....have not heard a thing. :roll:
Send it to FW and let him send it in, you'll have your response yesterday :lol:
by harry
Mon Aug 19, 2013 7:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 30-30 Elk Ammo Question
Replies: 29
Views: 7951

Re: 30-30 Elk Ammo Question

I posted earlier that I had bought a Marlin 30-30 to use a an elk gun this year. I did not want to use my usual 45-70 or 30-06 because I had a shoulder replacement 4 mo ago. Aside from ammo being hard to find, I was trying to figure out what ammo to use. I have 1/2 box of Leverevolution and 3/4 box...
by harry
Mon Aug 19, 2013 12:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: QuickLoad: Measure those bullets!
Replies: 6
Views: 353

Re: QuickLoad: Measure those bullets!

Barnes has always had a mess with their reloading data, Coated 150 gr 30 cal, X bullet 150 gr 30 cal, TSX 150 gr 30 cal all had different load data. And this is true with all the bullets they made at one time. I think this is what drove them to discontinue the coated bullets. The TSX bullets are lon...
by harry
Mon Aug 19, 2013 11:27 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: QuickLoad: Measure those bullets!
Replies: 6
Views: 353

Re: QuickLoad: Measure those bullets!

Yes, I stopped using my 30-30 Barnes load due to this, it shot fine but why take a chance? There are other options. Their 30-30 bullet is so long it protrudes well behind the shoulder, doesn't seem right to me. I found I was using Barnes load data with the wrong bullet, the data was with last year'...
by harry
Fri Aug 16, 2013 2:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 45 long colt loads for lever action
Replies: 15
Views: 3965

Re: 45 long colt loads for lever action

Then again maybe you just need to shoot the right ammo in it, have you tried the standard length 45 colt? :twisted:
by harry
Fri Aug 16, 2013 6:44 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Insurance Rant
Replies: 24
Views: 1512

Re: Insurance Rant

I am surprised that your insurance company is even talking to you about replacement of your car if it was the truckers fault. Second you should have filed a claim with the truckers insurance but not closed or agreed to final pay out until all the rehab and care for your wife are completed. As stated...
by harry
Tue Aug 13, 2013 10:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 1879: Sandy Hook tests, the .45-70 at two miles
Replies: 27
Views: 3097

Re: 1879: Sandy Hook tests, the .45-70 at two miles

Where'd you get the barrel for that...? It doesn't look like a 'stock item' from Thompson Center (nor does the forend).
The barrel is a MGM and the forearm is from:
http://www.highplainsgunstocks.com/fore ... 20page.htm
by harry
Tue Aug 13, 2013 4:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 1879: Sandy Hook tests, the .45-70 at two miles
Replies: 27
Views: 3097

Re: 1879: Sandy Hook tests, the .45-70 at two miles

If we ever get together I'll let you guys shoot my 45/70 TC contender rifle, I have a 27" barrel on it with 1-14" twist. It really likes the heavy stuff. I'll even teach you how to use the scope. :lol:
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by harry
Sat Aug 10, 2013 7:06 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Sling for a Rossi 92
Replies: 13
Views: 5112

Re: Sling for a Rossi 92

Alan I used one of these on my 1895CB and it worked very well http://www.brownells.com/shooting-accessories/slings-sling-swivels/barrel-band-mounts/sling-swivel-sets-prod41794.aspx Thanks. I may end up going that way but I'm nervous about damaging the magazine tube. Double sided tape is your friend...
by harry
Fri Aug 09, 2013 1:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Sling for a Rossi 92
Replies: 13
Views: 5112

Re: Sling for a Rossi 92

Alan I used one of these on my 1895CB and it worked very well
http://www.brownells.com/shooting-acces ... 41794.aspx
by harry
Thu Aug 08, 2013 8:02 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Price of Unique powder?
Replies: 14
Views: 2334

Re: Price of Unique powder?

I have two of the round cans, 8.49 8)
by harry
Mon Aug 05, 2013 7:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Year-round dove season
Replies: 14
Views: 1721

Re: Year-round dove season

Yep we got'em here in north east Wyoming, "Dove hunters should be aware that Eurasian collared doves are being seen with increasing frequency in Wyoming especially around towns and farmsteads in the eastern part of the state. Eurasian doves are an exotic species and are larger than mourning dov...
by harry
Sat Aug 03, 2013 7:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For your entertainment
Replies: 6
Views: 783

Re: For your entertainment

by harry
Sat Aug 03, 2013 4:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For your entertainment
Replies: 6
Views: 783

For your entertainment

One of SSK's big boomers, check out the cartridges about half way down.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ds-newsxml
by harry
Sat Aug 03, 2013 4:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 444 Marlin as a 'survival' gun...
Replies: 100
Views: 14218

Re: 444 Marlin as a 'survival' gun...

If you guys are talking survival I would suggest you get a good compass, that way you won’t need to pack an ammo can full of 223. If you are talking about wilderness existence, I purchased a Baikal MP-94MP which is 22 mag over 410 and mounted a scope on it. For a cheap gun it will group under 2” at ...
by harry
Sat Aug 03, 2013 3:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Significant irritation...
Replies: 20
Views: 1519

Re: Significant irritation...

T handle will work just fine for this application
by harry
Fri Aug 02, 2013 11:18 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: iron sights and old eyes
Replies: 28
Views: 2330

Re: iron sights and old eyes

I had the Lasik mono vision surgery about two years ago, left eye for up close and right eye for distance. It has worked out very well, some of the really fine print I still need readers for but I have to take the right lens out. My cost for the surgery with lifetime touch ups was 2700.00. No more f...
by harry
Thu Aug 01, 2013 10:26 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Old rifle - 5744
Replies: 20
Views: 1135

Re: Old rifle - 5744

Old Savage wrote:Vance, there was another one involving an old 1886. No this catastrophic. The shooter was not injured.
Thats the one from 2012 that was reported on here last summer
by harry
Wed Jul 31, 2013 10:04 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ammo coming back..
Replies: 36
Views: 3701

Re: Ammo coming back..

I went to out local sporting goods store yesterday and the center fire ammo was well stocked. But no powder or primers. They had 16 M4 type firearms on the wall priced from 649.00 to 6400.00. I was surprised that the DPMS guns were less than 800.00.
by harry
Tue Jul 30, 2013 12:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 444 Marlin as a 'survival' gun...
Replies: 100
Views: 14218

Re: 444 Marlin as a 'survival' gun...

Maybe the reason you can carry more 5.56 ammo is because you just might NEED more rounds to get the job done.. I still prefer one or two big, heavy bullets to a dozen or more little bitty ones -- especially delivered in a "spray and pray" mode... Speaking of "spray and pray" did...
by harry
Thu Jul 25, 2013 1:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ruger 357 Blackhawk Issue
Replies: 12
Views: 1271

Re: Ruger 357 Blackhawk Issue

I WOULD SHIP IT DIRECTLY TO STURM RUGER & COMPANY AND LET 'EM FIX. THIS IS USUALLY CAUSED BY THOSE TWO CHARGE HOLES BEING OUTTA SINC SO TO SPEAK. HE SHOULD SEND A TARGET OR TWO ALONG TO DEMONSTRATE WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT. THE CHARGE HOLS CAUSING THE PROBLEMS SHOULD BE MARKED AFTER THE TEST FI...
by harry
Thu Jul 25, 2013 1:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: wood Laminated Stocks ?
Replies: 20
Views: 1726

Re: wood Laminated Stocks ?

Would some of you guys that compain about how heavy laminated gun stocks are please weigh your wood stocks and let me know how much they weigh.
My laminated gun stocks from Boyds weigh in at 2.1 pounds, after piller bedding the actions
by harry
Wed Jul 24, 2013 5:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Cute little chick and her friends
Replies: 12
Views: 1140

Re: Cute little chick and her friends

Don it doesn't look like you have had the rain that we have had up here in the north east part. The grass around here is 3-4 feet tall. All the ranchers are walking around with smiles on their faces after last year. Hay is still around 190 - 200 a ton.
by harry
Tue Jul 23, 2013 5:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Fillet knife reccomendations?
Replies: 20
Views: 2634

Re: Fillet knife reccomendations?

Got an old no-name one bought at the military BX, well, decades ago. Can't think over the years if I actually ever filleted a fish with this one (sad, that) but I've been using this one lately on several other cooking projects where I need a thin, flexible blade. I was thinking about adding another...
by harry
Mon Jul 22, 2013 9:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Could have been bad
Replies: 5
Views: 755

Re: Could have been bad

What weight bullet were they, if the were heavy (over 60gr) you may have had a problem with cramming the bullet into the lands (my 788 in 22-250) had a very short throat, I reamed it out so 68gr bullets would work without seating them so deep.
by harry
Sat Jul 13, 2013 10:42 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I'm not a very good shot you see, and this Evans holds a lot
Replies: 104
Views: 13871

Re: I'm not a very good shot you see, and this Evans holds a

I'm your huckle berry
Buzzards gotta eat too
by harry
Fri Jul 12, 2013 2:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Spotting Scopes
Replies: 15
Views: 1433

Re: Spotting Scopes

I have one of the bushnell 20x60 long spotting scopes, works very well on the 200 yard range, you can easly see 6mm holes in the bulls eye. 8)
by harry
Fri Jul 12, 2013 1:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hope this isn't any longer true about Marlin quality...
Replies: 17
Views: 4394

Re: Hope this isn't any longer true about Marlin quality...

Thats not chatter, its a improperly ground cutter, but just the same very bad QC
by harry
Fri Jul 05, 2013 5:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Win 88 accuracy - need advice
Replies: 14
Views: 1852

Re: Win 88 accuracy - need advice

It's a hunting rifle, you shouldn't be shooting it so much with out letting the gun cool down. Or put one of those 1.5" heavy target barrels on it. :wink:
by harry
Mon Jul 01, 2013 2:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Slave computer?
Replies: 33
Views: 2184

Re: Slave computer?

Old Savage wrote:How can you tell if your computer is being run as a slave to another computer? What to do about it? Does it even happen or urban myth?
Have you looked in the lower left corner of your screen to see if it has a NSA stamp. :lol:
by harry
Mon Jul 01, 2013 2:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 800 fps aint enough for hasen - need a hammer
Replies: 34
Views: 4012

Re: 800 fps aint enough for hasen - need a hammer

Dang rabbits are running amok around my place and they finally got some of my newly planted mesquite trees, so it was on like a thong baby. "You know this means war." I went out around sunset this evening and within 15 minutes I had six of the little b'tards, which should tell you how ove...
by harry
Fri Jun 28, 2013 9:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 45-70 and Annealing?
Replies: 15
Views: 1374

Re: 45-70 and Annealing?

Chuck 100 yd wrote:I have been in TERRY`S camp on this even before I knew there was a TERRY.
Good advice, period... :wink:
So if you went a bought some new brass ( as is the question here) and found the necks to be unsatisfactory you would throw it out (the new brass) and just buy more?
by harry
Fri Jun 21, 2013 7:56 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: BIRTHDAYS should I post?
Replies: 24
Views: 1934

Re: BIRTHDAYS should I post?

Guys, for quite awhile now I have wondered if I should continue posting birthdays. I check the board index each day and read who has a birthday, it amazes me how many so called members only joined for one day to promote their web pages for gay bars etc.. :shock: I only post members that have recent...
by harry
Fri Jun 21, 2013 7:43 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 45 Colt Fans - Guns Mag Aug '13
Replies: 38
Views: 3058

Re: 45 Colt Fans - Guns Mag Aug '13

OK, I worked on the Jeep today, cut the grass, ate my din-din, took a shower and now I'm ready to argue. There are TWO main reasons for the non-industry description of why the 45 Colt is called the 45 LONG Colt by many people. #1.) We all know about the military's "short" Schofield round ...
by harry
Tue Jun 18, 2013 2:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Which movie cowboy dropped gun belt?
Replies: 18
Views: 2027

Re: Which movie cowboy dropped gun belt?

Booger Bill wrote:I remember seeing it too a number of times. Which movie and actor was it that said, "The rules are, there is no rules!" And proceeded to beat the heck out of someone.
That would be Wayne and William Holden in the movie about the northern troops march thru the south. Holden was a doctor.
by harry
Fri Jun 07, 2013 5:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: It was just for back pain, but got me all excited...
Replies: 28
Views: 2382

Re: It was just for back pain, but got me all excited...

pwl44m wrote:A Friend gave Me a little jar of stuff that He said worked super fast on Him. It consists of Olive oil, Beeswax and some other Dopey smellin stuff. :roll: :lol: Didn't seem to do anything for Me.
Perry
That was bullet lube :lol:
by harry
Fri Jun 07, 2013 12:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: CORRECTION: Wife Was Walking Dog...SHE Got Nailed By Rattler
Replies: 50
Views: 4889

Re: Mojave Green Nailed My Best Buddy's Service Dog....

BlaineG wrote:So....if you can spare a prayer or two for Snapp's standard poodle, Cyian. It will be touch and go for about a day.... :(
Had to look up what a Mojave Green was, sounds bad Blaine. Tell your buddy prayers up for him that his dog recovers.
by harry
Fri Jun 07, 2013 12:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Site Acting Down Again
Replies: 10
Views: 448

Re: Site Acting Down Again

Wednesday morning I was crusing along on here and at 07:02 am MDT it locked up and I could not load the forum for 4 hrs, its been like that until today (6/7), much better .
by harry
Wed Jun 05, 2013 2:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ammo Shortage?
Replies: 33
Views: 3572

Re: Ammo Shortage?

Just about every store I have been to in the last 3-4 months has had that many shotgun shell too.
by harry
Wed Jun 05, 2013 12:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Need (Want) Another Hunting Rifle
Replies: 25
Views: 3097

Re: Need (Want) Another Hunting Rifle

How about just getting some reduced recoil ammo for your 30-06.
by harry
Fri May 31, 2013 2:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Didja Ever See A Cracked Krag Bolt ? Wanna See Some ?
Replies: 17
Views: 1458

Re: Didja Ever See A Cracked Krag Bolt ? Wanna See Some ?

Bullard4075 wrote:Worst case, does the bolt come out through your head?
No, they stop about half way 8)
by harry
Fri May 31, 2013 1:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Unknown Revolver Frame
Replies: 18
Views: 1522

Re: Unknown Revolver Frame

No top strap, would that indicate a reproduction black powder maybe?
by harry
Thu May 30, 2013 8:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Black Bear flashlights
Replies: 8
Views: 1150

Re: Black Bear flashlights

The thread on converting the little workhorse Surefire 6P to LED made me think I might post a thread about these rechargeable flashlights. I've been using a Black Bear nightly for probably a year or more. It is bright (the Borealis 1050 model - 1050 lumens), I usually compare it to the high beams o...
by harry
Thu May 30, 2013 11:03 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Enough Of This Forum Posting Aggravation...
Replies: 59
Views: 2654

Re: Enough Of This Forum Posting Aggravation...

This is the issue I am having, on my home computer I have Windows 7 and zero problems with the form loading.
On my work computer running windows XP it takes upto 30 or 40 seconds to load and it looks like a word document.
by harry
Wed May 22, 2013 2:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: NEED AMMO????
Replies: 18
Views: 1053

Re: NEED AMMO????

I don't shoot factory except in my slug guns and I have plenty of that to last me through more hunting seasons then I expect to live ! Got a good bit of the powders I use as well and for all intents and purposes a better then most supply of primers ! Now with all that being said I would still like ...
by harry
Wed May 22, 2013 1:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Need some ideas to get rid of MOLES...
Replies: 28
Views: 2369

Re: Need some ideas to get rid of MOLES...

Best way plus it makes a bang
http://www.rodenator.com/