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- Sat Jan 09, 2021 5:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Winchester expert needed
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3453
Re: Winchester expert needed
Sent you a PM, Ol logger
- Sat Jan 09, 2021 4:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Winchester expert needed
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3453
Re: Winchester expert needed
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- Fri Jan 08, 2021 1:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Winchester expert needed
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3453
Winchester expert needed
I need someone who is really knowledgeable to guide me along here. Years ago I inherited a Winchester Model 1894 Saddle Ring Carbine in .25-35. This rifle was made in 1908, as far as I can tell from the serial # which is 4592xx. It is in only fair shape and some might say poor. The blue on the mag t...
- Thu Jan 07, 2021 9:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Just checking in.
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5212
Re: Just checking in.
Great to hear from you again, Nath. Best wishes to you for your new year, hope you get to make a lot of smoke.
Many of us here do not understand your comment about being "made redundant". Please explain.
Many of us here do not understand your comment about being "made redundant". Please explain.
- Tue Jan 05, 2021 2:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Marlin 39A
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1189
Re: Marlin 39A
Next time it does that, just grab the back of the bolt and pull back. Works for my 39A which has that problem every so often.
- Mon Dec 07, 2020 1:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Done
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4076
Re: For Those Who Think Facebook Isn't Anti White, Anti American . . . . .
Just watched our local TV news, apparently Facebook has banned the Wimbourne Militia a group of English reenactors armed with Matchlock Muskets, as Facebook thinks they are a right wing American militia..... :roll: Well Facebook has really nailed it's colours to the mast now, Socialism at its fines...
- Tue Nov 10, 2020 9:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How do they do it?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3913
- Mon Nov 09, 2020 4:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Got the Wuhan crud
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2925
Re: Got the Wuhan crud
Naw, not a clue.
- Mon Nov 09, 2020 2:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Got the Wuhan crud
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2925
Got the Wuhan crud
Got to feeling poorly yesterday morning, be afternoon feeling VERY poorly indeed. 99.9 temp, shakes and shivers, headache, continuous dry cough, got so weak I got the staggers and had to have help to get up out of the chair. Also got somewhat fuddle headed, even worse than normal. I was the epitome ...
- Sat Nov 07, 2020 12:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How do they do it?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3913
- Sat Nov 07, 2020 11:08 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How do they do it?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3913
How do they do it?
Had to take the wife to the Big City, Casper WY, for some medical stuff Wednesday and Thursday, came home Friday. Dang wind just howled the whole time we were there, gusts over 40, made driving home a real chore. I dont see how the hell people can live in that part of the country at all, wind is a c...
- Sun Nov 01, 2020 7:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: No offense to John Browning, but....
- Replies: 36
- Views: 4460
Re: No offense to John Browning, but....
fordwannabe wrote: ↑Fri Oct 30, 2020 10:48 pm Doc, sorry to hear about your friend. As to the 92! Insert a rod With a guide down the barrel from the muzzle, Then attach the brush in the action and brush as normal but from the muzzle end orrrrr get a bore snake.
Beat me to it.
- Sun Oct 18, 2020 10:42 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Done
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1310
Re: Replacing Blonde Jokes . . .
Probably more truth than fiction here.
- Sat Oct 17, 2020 1:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Help with scope choice and info on vintage Weavers
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1142
Re: Help with scope choice and info on vintage Weavers
I have several k-series scopes and have always liked them, especially for vintage rifles such as yours. I never was too impressed with the J-series. You can find quite a few of what you're looking for on ebay.
- Sat Oct 10, 2020 10:37 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: a big day
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2297
Re: a big day
I HATE mirrors. Especially the full length one in the bathroom by the shower!!gamekeeper wrote: ↑Sat Oct 10, 2020 3:52 am Have a GREAT DAY Jerry. I can go nearly all day thinking I'm 25 until I see my darn reflection . . .
- Fri Oct 09, 2020 10:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: a big day
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2297
a big day
Well, folks, tomorrow the 10th of October is the 40th anniversary of my 40th birthday. Yep, the big 8-0 is upon me. My mind is still 25 but my body just laughs at that, it doesn't cooperate at all. :lol: Dont have anything big planned for the day, just celebrate still being above the sod, I guess. H...
- Wed Sep 30, 2020 10:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: sonic booms
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2187
Re: sonic booms
We live in Yuma AZ during the winter, it is right next to the Barry Goldwater Bombing Range, we dont hear many bombs as the drop zone is far away, but sonic booms are not unusual. The sound of Freedom.
- Fri Sep 11, 2020 1:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Buffalo Bullet Company?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1497
Re: Buffalo Bullet Company?
Buffalo BULLET Company.
- Fri Sep 11, 2020 10:40 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Buffalo Bullet Company?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1497
Buffalo Bullet Company?
I wonder if the Buffalo Bullet Company is out of business, they manufacture various muzzleloader bullets and are suppliers of muzzleloading accessories. They have a web site but it appears to be inactive. I cant find any place that has their bullets for sale. I have a bunch of their bullets and need...
- Thu Sep 03, 2020 4:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Done
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1359
Re: Fall In The Rockies!!
Here in Wyoming, 90's this weekend, snow Tuesday or so. Typical.
- Tue Sep 01, 2020 5:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Easy Off oven cleaner for gunstock?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3694
Re: Easy Off oven cleaner for gunstock?
I have used it on several milsurps, most Russians, sucks all the nasty old oil out of the wood, might have to do it twice. After you wash and scrape ( green kitchen scrubbers work pretty well), leave it out in the sun for a couple of days, turning it over a few times. I have never tried it on a nice...
- Thu Aug 27, 2020 3:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Why izzit?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2532
Why izzit?
How come now every time I want to add a comment or start a new thread I have to sign in. I always check the little "remember me" block but it doesn't seem to help.
- Mon Aug 24, 2020 12:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cost of shipping USPS
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2804
Cost of shipping USPS
The cost of shipping something USPS has simply gone out of sight. Even the Priority Mail Flat Rate boxes are outrageous. I'm 27 miles one way to the UPS station so that's not much of an option. Shipping a rifle is now right at 50 bucks. I just mailed a little package about the size of a cigar box or...
- Sat Aug 22, 2020 4:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Montana or Wyoming? added pics
- Replies: 27
- Views: 3975
Re: Montana or Wyoming?
Rihmfire, I'm always amazed by what some people call a "cabin". You must have seen plenty of them when you were in Big $ky. Lander, Wyoming and White Sulphur Springs, Montana would be on my short list. .. I live in Lander WY, we have just plenty of well-heeled folks moving in here from bo...
- Fri Aug 21, 2020 8:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Best Stocked GunShop in Your Area
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2379
Re: Best Stocked GunShop in Your Area
Rocky Mountain Sports in Riverton WY
A & P Pawn in Lander WY
A & P Pawn in Lander WY
- Fri Aug 21, 2020 6:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A great new military museum
- Replies: 4
- Views: 849
A great new military museum
A friend and I drove up to Dubois yesterday and spent about 4 hours in this museum. There is so much to see there that a person cant really absorb it all in one day. Over 400 military vehicles, tanks, artillery pieces, motorcycles etc, over 100 million spent and still building. The vast majority of ...
- Sun Aug 09, 2020 9:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: When someone asks "Can I borrow a gun...?"
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1708
Re: When someone asks "Can I borrow a gun...?"
Never. Not a chance.
I dont loan stuff and I dont borrow either. If I borrowed a stone from some one, I would bring it back with a crack in it.
I dont loan stuff and I dont borrow either. If I borrowed a stone from some one, I would bring it back with a crack in it.
- Fri Aug 07, 2020 12:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Round ball loads......
- Replies: 36
- Views: 4108
Re: Round ball loads......
I hunted pronghorn for 25 years with a flinter and round ball, only got skunked once and it wasn't the fault of the the round ball or the rifle. :roll: :D Everything I hit either fill over DRT or ran off a little ways, never more than 100 yards, and fell over DRT. Kinda puts the "hunting" ...
- Wed Jul 22, 2020 7:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: "How To Get a NEW Levergun into the House"
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4215
Re: "How To Get a NEW Levergun into the House"
Over the years I have bought quite a few guns, well more than that, anyway if I come dragging something in she'll say "OOhhh, what did you get, can we go shoot it"?.
Can't imagine living any other way.
Can't imagine living any other way.
- Sun Jun 28, 2020 10:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Question / POLL
- Replies: 115
- Views: 22079
Re: Question / POLL
Will be 80 in October. Been a gun nut since age 5.
- Fri Jun 12, 2020 12:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Where to buy Redding dies?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1976
Re: Where to buy Redding dies?
Nothing wrong with buying from ebay . Half my stuff came from there. Never had a bad deal.
- Wed May 20, 2020 5:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Back open?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3223
- Wed May 20, 2020 5:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Concealed vs open carry
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2381
Re: Concealed vs open carry
My dog has bitten a porcupine and been sprayed by a skunk both. Guess he didn't get the message. We had a pair of miniature Schnauzers, if there was a porky within 1/2 mile of where we fishing , they would get into him and come back with noses full of quills. Never did learn. Long gone now to the R...
- Sat May 16, 2020 2:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Back open?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3223
Back open?
I went down to Ace Hardware a little while ago to get some propane, the parking lot was jammed up, not a space open, store swarming with people, some masked, most not. Got me to thinking maybe the people of Wyoming have just had enough of this chit and are taking things into their own hands by comin...
- Fri May 01, 2020 5:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: new gun?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3192
Re: new gun?
What does "need" have to do with buying a new gun?
- Thu Apr 23, 2020 12:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Woohan red death rant
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2760
Re: Woohan red death rant
Joe Biden is just a stooge, beware the Vice President. Whoever is the VP candidate will almost certainly become the president within a year or two after the election, given Bidens age and mental deterioration. I have telling everyone for months that Michelle Obama will be the VP, making me the vict...
- Sun Apr 19, 2020 6:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Done
- Replies: 3
- Views: 837
Re: Instead of Going to the Range . . .
Steve, you are in desperate need of a GOOD airgun. Not the bb gun of your childhood nor a Walmart Special, but a precision made instrument capable of placing each shot in the same hole at the regulation 10 meters. You can probably find that distance or close to it in your basement or in the living r...
- Sun Apr 19, 2020 6:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Gotta admit this looks like a nice luxury...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 893
Re: Gotta admit this looks like a nice luxury...
What, you dont take your honey to the range with you?gamekeeper wrote: ↑Sun Apr 19, 2020 3:55 pm Sure come a long way since the womenfolk reloaded the muskets......
- Thu Apr 16, 2020 12:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: SPAM
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3218
Re: SPAM
SPAM is the reason God made coyotes.
However, I must admit, once in Vietnam I walked into an Army mess tent at Camp Evans, all they had left were SPAM slices and some bread. I hadn't eaten for about 24 hours or so, the sammich was pretty darn good.
However, I must admit, once in Vietnam I walked into an Army mess tent at Camp Evans, all they had left were SPAM slices and some bread. I hadn't eaten for about 24 hours or so, the sammich was pretty darn good.
- Sat Apr 04, 2020 12:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Less gun control , more social distancing
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1256
- Wed Mar 25, 2020 5:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cleaning Everything
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1729
Re: Cleaning Everything
Nice start you got there, Mr. Wright.
Hope you are not using those files to clean your sixshooters.
Hope you are not using those files to clean your sixshooters.
- Sun Mar 22, 2020 5:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: It official for those that care Brady is now a Buc
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2200
Re: It official for those that care Brady is now a Buc
Who is this guy Brady, anyway?
- Wed Mar 18, 2020 2:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: worst time in your life
- Replies: 54
- Views: 6604
Re: worst time in your life
They took me to a shoe store where they had a Xray machine to check how shoes fit you. ... They outlawed those machines. Whoa!! Talk about a bad idea--x-ray machines in the shoe store to see how your shoes fit! I clearly remember them from when I was a kid, got measured for shoes many times with on...
- Mon Mar 16, 2020 12:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How Do You Burn Through Most Of Your .22 Rimfire?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3632
Re: How Do You Burn Through Most Of Your .22 Rimfire?
Metallic Silhouette and benchrest.
- Sun Mar 15, 2020 5:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Effect of panic on gun prices?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2962
Re: Effect of panic on gun prices?
Anyone who finds themselves short on ammo after the last shortage fiasco deserves to be caught short. It's only been 2-3 years now since the Great Shortage was over, yet folks seem to have forgotten and let their stocks dwindle.
- Thu Mar 12, 2020 12:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Found an old Marlin 39A
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3326
Re: Found an old Marlin 39A
Marlin Model 39A: a .22 for REAL MEN.
- Tue Feb 18, 2020 12:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What turned you on to guns?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 4291
What turned you on to guns?
I had a foster brother who was much older, he enlisted in the Navy in 1940 and served throughout WWII in the Pacific. My parents worried about him constantly of course, we got our news from an old battery-powered radio of some sort, having no electricity in the ramshackle farm house we lived in. In ...
- Fri Feb 14, 2020 1:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: where to get AR15 parts ?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4059
Re: where to get AR15 parts ?
I'm surprised Brownell's doesn't have what you want.
- Thu Feb 13, 2020 3:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Need Single Action Army revolver help
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1549
- Thu Feb 13, 2020 11:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Need Single Action Army revolver help
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1549
Re: Need Single Action Army revolver help
Since it was under warranty, I decided to let Cimarron worry about it. I called them, they didn't argue a bit, immediately sent me a mailing label. Took it to UPS about noon on Tuesday, had it back in my hand the following Monday about 7:00 PM. Little note in it that the refitted the hand and test f...