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Charles, your .405 is a candidate for "legendary."

Leverluver, I have long thought the .35 Winchester deserves more respect and attention in this year of our Lord 2019.

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This seems to be the specimen responsible. Do you see a face all twisted up with hate? He reminds me of Norway's nightmare, Anders Brievik.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47579243

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Here in the Northern Chihuahuan Desert, spring is well underway. Fruit trees are already blossomed out and cottonwoods are bright green. The yuccas are pushing up flowers and the mesquite, the desert willows and the ocatillos have all broken dormancy. We are still chilly at night, dancing around the...

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Congratulations, Darryl. There is just nothing the feels quite s lovely as a schuetzen rifle snuggled against shoulder and cheek. I had a chance to buy a System Aydt many years ago, and have regretted not buying it ever since.

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Jim, y'all mean like this, taken in 1930, when the Duke was 23?

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Always great to have another option.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-sho ... depression

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One consideration for me that lets out the .380s and 9mm Maks is the availability of a CCI snake load, to make the handgun versatile here in the desert. So that means 9mm, .38/.357, .40 S&W, .44 Spl., .45 or .45 Colt.

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It is just gorgeous. Looks like it has been there, done that, no questions asked.

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Blaine, the course was $150 plus ammo; license is $56 to the state and $44 to the electronic fingerprinting contractor.

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Steve, thanks. I did have a Model 40 for a while, and found it pretty darned controllable. But gee it was big.
I had a Glock 23 not long after they first came out, and liked it. Will handle one again.

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Thanks fellas. Gunny, by shooting the course with the .45s, I can carry any similar or smaller caliber including 9, .40, .380, .357, .44 Special, .45 Colt etc.

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I just completed the two-day New Mexico concealed carry course yesterday -- a full day of classroom work, then most of a day doing live fire drills before qualifying. NM law is peculiar: you must qualify with both a revolver and a semiauto if you wish to carry either one, and you may only carry a ha...

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Bill in Oregon

Ray, what, are you a Holmes fan as well? Poor Watson, carrying that jezail bullet in his leg, I believe it was ...

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Claybob, thanks for sharing those reminiscences collected by Mr. Dobie. I killed several gross of Belding's ground squirrels when much younger -- and would still do so around residences and farm buildings if asked. But I tend to find the little dogs entertaining as well, and in my old age am happy t...

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Ray, I have not been paying attention. What is SCCY's track record?

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DST seems to have come earlier than usual this year, for some reason. It was not on my radar at all.

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Those "guncrafters" appear to be severely aesthetically challenged.

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A South African friend confirms this is from an old movie in Afrikaans: "Majuba, Berg van die Duiwe" ("Majuba, Mountain of Doves").

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Wonderful film clip. Is there an actual movie about the First Boer War -- perhaps in Afrikaans?
Makes me miss the Martinis I have had.

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Loving that Zipper!

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Jack, this is just a gold mine of .44 WCF data. Thank you so much for sharing the fruits of your dedicated labors!

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Jim, have both of you in my prayers. Safe journey home.

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D'oh! Ray, I had hoped everyone had forgotten about that fez ...

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Have a new friend who wants me to make her some buttermilk pancakes and the lemon syrup to go on top ...
She's awful cute, so I expect to comply here before long ...

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Earl, have to stop every mile or so and decompress the "old back," as I am getting a second opinion right now on a third fusion, dang it.
Sorry your frozen sand is getting in the way of your shooting, my friend. But those snowpack/water year figures bode well for Oregon's river basins!

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I hope he married a pretty French girl, instead of dying in the trenches.

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Lovely! Late winter on the west coast of B.C. I can almost taste the smoked salmon.

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For some reason the photo was too big to post, so trying this. My feet are feeling a little abused this morning, but not bad considering.

https://flic.kr/p/24pQeiz

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Finally had a "serious" hike at White Sands National Monument today. We hiked the Alkali Flat Trail -- at five miles, the longest in the park. The going is pretty tough where the dunes are steep and the sand is really soft, but much of the surface is nicely firm. Our weather was perfect --...

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Love that photo, M.M. There is just so very much that is "right" about it.

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Good for you, Piller! It must come as such a relief for someone hearing impaired to encounter one who speaks their language.

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Gamekeeper, there was a clay target game in the 1950s and '60s called Mo-Skeet, shot with smoothbore .22s from Remington and I believe Mossberg. they offered it at Boy Scout camp and I regret I never gave it a try, being so fascinated with position rifle shooting. https://www.gunsamerica.com/9673213...

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I recently realized my hearing was more diminished than normal, and my doc confirmed both sides were almost totally plugged with wax. He prescribed five days of carbamide peroxide drops to soften things up, and I get them cleaned out today. The drops basically sealed my ears shut, so for the past we...

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I'm down too!

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I've been using Pain Wizard, made in Colorado, with good result. Someone here recommended it several years ago. Might have been Doc. They just came out with a recipe that includes CBD, but I am not sure I want to pay the extra until I know more about actual therapeutic dosing. Gas stations in Oregon...

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Bill in Oregon

Israel hasn't done too badly with women in the military. I see lots of women in Air Force uniforms in my town, and they impress the heck out of me with their carriage and professionalism.

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It's about time. Hope it is upheld.

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Brownell's waited far too long to catch up with the threat from Potterfield's Midway. Try as they might to defend their old position, they have lost a good part of it. What continues to hurt them is how easy it is to navigate Midway's Web site vs. their own. I find it a nightmare. That said, I wish ...

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Jim, glad you ducked! :shock: :lol: A somewhat related experience: I had to have been in about 7th grade when I talked Dad into buying me a 1917 Enfield, surplus, from Sears for about $29. This was my first experience shooting anything bigger than a .222. We went to a gravel pit near Tacoma, Washing...

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At the risk of extreme morbidity, there are Youtubes featuring Allied soldiers executing Nazi spies after World War II -- mostly young, slender men tied by their feet to a stake and then shot with multiple rounds of .30-06 ball in the chest -- several tons of aggregate muzzle energy. In most cases, ...

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Almost hate to watch that, even though it is a carefully controlled demonstration.

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Kewl!

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It is well worth noting that that the two Dem recipients of most of the 2018 contributions went to Dem. Rep. Kurt Schrader -- who in 2010 had an A rating from the NRA and in 2018, a rating of 72. He got a $5000 contribution from the NRA itself. Martin Heinrich, my senator here in NM, had an A rating...

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Pitch, you are getting some deer-killing speed out of the recurve crossbow. Nice accuracy too! Can you hunt with a crossbow up north yonder?

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Todd, no, but I'll look for it. I like Iraqveteran's Youtubes.
Gunny, yes, some of those Huglu-built CZs do need trigger attention. I wonder if the QC has improved since I owned a Bobwhite several years ago.
Here's that great .410 site from the U.K.

http://www.fourten.org.uk/

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Yes. The cheapest come from Brazil, but CZ imports some nice ones from Turkey.

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Yeah. Put me in mind of the psycho in "Dirty Harry" who pays for a beating that he can blame on Callahan.

Blaine -- chuckling here!

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