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several counties in Texas have issued disaster declarations about the eclipse. Travis County (Austin) is one of the leading ones. If you have 50 people or more to watch the eclipse you have to register with the county. Sounds sorta like the judge in the original post above, warning people it's gonna...

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Don’t forget these…. https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/alexander-hamilton/dueling-pistols The caption lists them as "flintlock" dueling pistols but one is obviously a caplock. I cannot tell if it has been converted from flintlock but that should cast at least little bit of doubt as t...

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Don’t forget these…. https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/alexander-hamilton/dueling-pistols The caption lists them as "flintlock" dueling pistols but one is obviously a caplock. I cannot tell if it has been converted from flintlock but that should cast at least little bit of doubt as t...

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They probably use the term "pistol" because they are too polite or too religious to add "ser" instead of "tol" to the first part.

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gamekeeper wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 12:13 pm I used to say all revolvers are pistols but not all pistols are revolvers but with revolving rifles and shotguns that's not strictly correct but I hate being told by some newbie that only a semi auto is a pistol....

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Growing up I always heard handguns referred to as a "pistol." These days the term is used by some writers and advertisers when referring exclusively to semi-automatic handguns in contrast to revolvers. The etymology/history of the term "pistol" (where we got the word) ...... pist...

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I was never a fan of any games played with a ball. I especially thought tennis to be absolutely useless. UNTIL one day I saw Gabriella Sabatini sweating and grunting and whacking that little ball and suddenly I became interested! However she disappeared from the scene and I lost all interest in tenn...

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Thanks for all the replies. I was going to do some shooting today to see if I could do better with the Unique load, but the weather has other ideas - blowing 30+ mph with a bit of rain now and again. Jim, I've used that 230FP as well and been impressed with the accuracy, although I'm only pushing i...

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With a select powder it is possible to run a 230 gr. hardball to 1150 fps and not exceed SAAMI pressures. That loading will beat an autoloader loose so it is NOT recommended or suggested for practice, target shooting or plinking. I normally load 230 gr. hardball or 230 gr. cast flatpoint for carry l...

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From Elmer Keith in the late 1950's Light loads 5.0 gr. Bullseye Target loads 7.5 gr. Unique Heavy Loads 18.5 gr. 2400 in the older balloon-head cases. In modern solid head cases, cut the powder charge to 17.0 grains. 1960's Lyman Reloading Manual Unique - min. 5.0 gr. max 8.0 gr. 2400 - min. 12.5 ...

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Of no consequence to me. I gave up alcohol 31 years ago. I was too fat and it was an easy way to reduce calorie intake. I am healthier for it. Although I do miss a Miller Hi Life in a glass bottle sometimes. Me too. I took off 85 pounds and went from 40+ waist to 34. I wouldn't mind a Tecate now an...

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When Paco was in the DEA they were doing hostage rescue training. There was a fun house setup with hostages and bad guys. When it was his turn Paco kicked the door yelling EVERYONE ON THE FLOOR and shot every target that was standing up. When I worked in Corrections that was part of our training. We...

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I have a good friend who was on duty and got a call about a shooting. It was in a trailer park and as they approached they could see a guy hanging in the screen door which was open onto the porch. His back looked like a shotgun had taken him. They made entry into the mobile home and there was a youn...

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AJMD429 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 3:35 pm Now I will say that when at some point someone tries to harm their child, the Mamma-bear gene may kick in and their hesitation at the thought of ‘taking a human life’ might vanish…

Yes. I agree.

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Years ago I was doing some firearms training in a Police Academy and they were running us through using the old FATS machine. The scenario was where a partner and I stop a car and arrest the driver. As my partner is handcuffing the guy he turns on my partner and breaks loose with the cuffs only on o...

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I had some friends who just had their first baby come to me for advice on a "home defense" gun. Knowing them I talked very seriously about taking a human life. Then I asked them to go home, think about it, talk about it, pray about it and get back with me. A couple days later they got with...

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I am sure there are some out there, but I don't know that I have ever run into a "helpless" woman. I have run into helpless young ladies but all they needed was some real life experience.

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Wonderful. A life lived well.

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Welcome Home!

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The first one I ever saw converted was back in 1969 .. it was converted to .45 Colt.

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The Ruger .357 Flattop is the ideal size sixgun. Almost identical to the Colt SAA in frame size, grip shape and cylinder size. They make nice .45 Colt conversions and .44 Special conversions. I won't convert mine .. I like the .357 in that size gun .. but I have seen them done. IMG_2653.JPG IMG_2658...

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I never had a terrible one. I have heard stories but have never personally witnessed one.

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I am sorry to hear that. I understand. When you've had many miles together and learned to listen to each other .. and now they are gone .. life seems empty. Keep the memories of the good times!

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Color me weird but I have never understood the fascination of shooting shot out of a sixgun. I grew up in snake country. Lived many years in snake country. I never carried shot loads in the sixgun and I killed lots of snakes using standard ammo for the handgun I carried. If I wanted to use shot I to...

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That is funny. I am sorta gun amish... I wouldn't have 'em on my handgun. But if anyone wants to use them, that's fine by me. The biggest issue I run into is PWDP ... People Who Don't Practice ..with what they carry. Whether that's iron sights, scope, red dot or a white stripe painted down the top o...

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wvfarrier wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 11:05 am My wife gets mad at me for yelling at the TV

I have shot mine in my younger days.

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gamekeeper wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:04 am I find it funny that some well known Western actors look like they have never fired a rifle or a revolver in their lives...

It's even funnier watching them on a horse.

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It bothers me when movies don't get it right. I was looking at one the other day ... supposedly in 1869 .. but they were using Colt Peacemakers and 1892 Winchesters ... -sigh-

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5 in 1 blanks used in movies (fits .38-40 rifle .38-40 pistol .44-40 rifle .44-40 pistol .45 Colt pistol) 5in1.jpg 5in1blanks.JPG There are also "dummy" rounds made up with a bullet seated but no primer or powder. EDIT: There have been deaths on movie sets from blanks. Back in the 1980's I...

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We here all KNOW that it takes 2 separate and distinct actions involving 2 different parts of his hand to cock and then fire a single action pistol. As the pistol was inspected and found to be in proper working order, the only way it would fire is if he cocked it with his thumb and and then pulled ...

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Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:24 am I feel bad for Thell Reed. No father wants to have to go through this.

I don’t know if she deserves to be found guilty. I’m not on the jury and I didn’t hear the evidence.

But I feel bad for Thell.

I doubt if very many people know who Thell Reed is, Scott.

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Each doing what they felt was right.
I pray we never face that sort of situation again.

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Now that there will bring a tear to yore eye ................

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Griff wrote: ↑Sat Mar 02, 2024 11:58 am
Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Sat Mar 02, 2024 10:21 amThe old guns are almost always [striketru]sometimes[/strikethru] better.
Fixed that for ya!

Why can't I do a strikethru?

Spelling?

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Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Sat Mar 02, 2024 10:23 am Jim, that's a keepsake for sure. That's Arizona javelina country, right?

Yessir. Northwest of Tucson near the town of Oracle.

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Back when the Sixgunner.Com website was running we had Gary Reeder build a custom Ruger Vaquero .45 Colt for the first 20 that signed up. When I got mine I never did check the chamber throats or the bore diameter. I just started shooting it. A lot. I took it after Javelina and shot a sow with it. Ne...

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It's quite fascinating how much power you can get from a short .357!

125 gr. Speer JHP 20 gr. WC820
From a 24" Rossi leveraction - 2184 fps
From a 1 3/4" S&W Model 340 - 1339 fps

Nearly 2200 fps from 2 foot barrel and well over 1300 fps from less than 2"!!

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The majority of the time, the one I spent the most time shooting became the most accurate one.

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Thanks for the GOOD REPORT Bill!

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Sometimes the entire gun is a burn ring!

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Non-Literate is right!
I've had people want me to teach them to reload. When I gave them a loading manual and told them to read all of it carefully and then we would start they refused. They just wanted to learn "the steps to follow" in order to reload. I said, "Goodbye" ...

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There's a lot of good stuff going on around the world. Most of the people doing it never make the "news" nor do they want to. A lot of them have no "social media" presence and are not online. They are out doing the stuff.

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Bill ... BILL! You're in Texas now. TX is pretty good sipping whiskey and if you sip enough of it you can crawl in a tight sewer pipe and not mind it!

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The talking Bibles we gave out were searchable by Book, Chapter and Verse. They were complete Bibles .. Old and New Testaments. We got them from South Africa ... about $25 each. We gave out several hundred of them. A friend of mine brought in 500 by himself. Also had some friends who ran a radio sta...

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The Official State language is Portuguese. There are 26 or 27 tribal languages. The area where I was had 2 predominant ones. What we have written in the Bible was passed orally for a long time before it began being written down ... at least great parts of it were. The thing about oral cultures is th...

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We used the audio Bibles a lot in Mozambique and my friends there still are giving them out. When I was there the government admitted at least 45% of the country was illiterate. I knew a lot of Mozambicans that could not read or write, including pastors and evangelists. They loved the audio Bibles. ...

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Thanks for the report and it was good to hear you had a great hunt. I hunted the Limpopo in 2008 and enjoyed it immensely. It is great country! The flight to Africa is never an easy one. It's halfway around the world! I made many trips back and forth between 2008 and 2018, the last time I went. In t...

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I might differ with you a bit Doc. I am not sure they hate all guns. It's my impression that many of them hate the average person having guns. They don't mind their security guards having guns. They just don't want us to have them.
Maybe? That's my impression ... for what it's worth.

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I was handloading by then. My standard load was the keith 250 gr. SWC over 18.5 gr. 2400. This was a pretty hot load in the .44-40 and sometimes resulted in case head separation. The rifle had a bit of excessive headspace. But I shot it at distances to 400 yards with pretty good results and it held ...

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