I need to fly the Lone Star flag.
A Tennessee grandfather several greats back married one of the Houston girls.
Fixed it. Thanks for the head's up Scott.
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- Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Texas Independence Day!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 803
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:12 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 3.5 inch .357
- Replies: 16
- Views: 894
Re: 3.5 inch .357
That's a mighty handsome Smith, Scott.
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Most accurate Blackhawk caliber?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1754
Most accurate Blackhawk caliber?
Wondering if those here who have extensive experience with Blackhawks in .357, .41, .44 Special/.44 Magnum. and .45 Colt have any thoughts on which caliber was easiest to get accuracy out of. I know this has much to do with the individual revolver, cylinder throat diameters and the infamous Ruger ba...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 5:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Broke Back Mountain Cowboy
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1760
Re: Broke Back Mountain Cowboy
Six, you are OUT OF CONTROL!
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 5:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
- Replies: 46
- Views: 3411
Re: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
Grizz, regarding engine sounds, the only planes I can sleep on are turbo props like the dear old Dash 8. Head against the bulkhead and those vibes sing me to sleep.
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 5:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Is this a good plan?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1272
Re: Is this a good plan?
Well, the MRI was a piece of cake and I need not have stressed over it -- story of my life. I am sure prayer helped. It was a roomier machine than some I have been in, They had a nice cool breeze going and the technician slid me in feet first. She asked if I wanted music and I said jazz. The imaging...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 12:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Is this a good plan?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1272
Re: Is this a good plan?
Jon, I talked to the scheduler and she was "vaguely reassuring." Their machine will probably be very much like most of the others I have been in. It's just the one time I lost my composure but it sort of shook my confidence. I'm sure it will be fine. While I am in Abilene I will stop at Ac...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 11:56 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Mystery rifle - old military semiauto
- Replies: 5
- Views: 536
Re: Mystery rifle - old military semiauto
Jason beat me to it. I believe a number of these ended up in Cuba. 7.62 X 45. The Czechs stubbornly refused to play follow the leader in the Soviet era and designed most of their own stuff.
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:56 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
- Replies: 46
- Views: 3411
Re: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
Ji, Grizz, I agree on getting lost on Youtube watching old iron at work and listening to those wonderful engine notes. Time just flows right on by ...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:55 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Is this a good plan?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1272
Re: Is this a good plan?
Well, I would only have a couple of hours to convince my PCP to prescribe a single dose of Valium/Xanax/Ativan, and then would have to drive the 45 miles home right after. Not sure how that would work out. I'll probably just try deep breathing, some prayer and daydreaming about fly fishing -- and sh...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:50 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Smokehouse Creek Fire
- Replies: 9
- Views: 923
Re: Smokehouse Creek Fire
Fitting tribute to the old frontiersman, Scott.
That fire is now at 1,075,000 acres and has run all the way east across the Oklahoma border and only 5 percent contained. And more red flag conditions are due this weekend. Praying for those firefighters and all in harm's way.
That fire is now at 1,075,000 acres and has run all the way east across the Oklahoma border and only 5 percent contained. And more red flag conditions are due this weekend. Praying for those firefighters and all in harm's way.
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Interesting question for black powder shooters
- Replies: 8
- Views: 678
Re: Interesting question for black powder shooters
That's an interesting question. I have never noticed it once the normal BP fouling is cleaned away, but then I only shoot blued revolvers. No interest in stainless versions, they being so "farb" and all ...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 6:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Is this a good plan?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1272
Is this a good plan?
Lads, I have had at least a dozen MRIs over the past 30 years, the first one in what literally looked like a torpedo tube. I don't know how I survived that one as a recurring claustrophobia nightmare is getting stuck in a pipe. Since then I have had them in various machines, some not a whole lot bet...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 5:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Broke Back Mountain Cowboy
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1760
Re: Broke Back Mountain Cowboy
Good job Scott! They need to be shaken up! I voted yesterday too. The gals asked me do you want the Republican ballot or the Democrat ballot. I asked them if they had a "Disgusted with Both" ballot and got a grin out of them.
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 5:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Smokehouse Creek Fire
- Replies: 9
- Views: 923
Re: Smokehouse Creek Fire
It started very near there. I can't imagine the monument or Billy Dixon's grave could have been seriously damaged.
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:51 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My first Levergun
- Replies: 4
- Views: 701
Re: My first Levergun
Awesome memories Bob! I was lucky that my folks indulged my fondness for the many toy guns on the market in those days. I particularly liked the Mattel products that accepted the "Shoot'n Shells" with Greenie Stickem Caps. Here I am at Christmas probably about 1962, which would make me 9 y...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:40 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My First Levergun (inspired by Bob Hatfield)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 610
Re: My First Levergun (inspired by Bob Hatfield)
I remember seeing those rifles in gun shops back in the day, Jim. They seemed to have a decent reputation for quality in spite of the "made in Spain" stigma that probably wasn't deserved.
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:38 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
- Replies: 46
- Views: 3411
Re: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
Good stuff on old iron and marine engines in particular right here:
https://www.smokstak.com/forum/forums/a ... motors.38/
https://www.smokstak.com/forum/forums/a ... motors.38/
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:34 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Back From South Africa
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1241
Re: Back From South Africa
I treasure the memories of a plains game hunt with my brother in Namibia in 2007. Africa easily lived up to its billing.
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The eldest grandson.....
- Replies: 7
- Views: 882
Re: The eldest grandson.....
You're helping to bring him up right, Ray.
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:58 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Córdoba Argentina 2024
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1366
Re: Córdoba Argentina 2024
Would love to hunt red stag down there, but it is not likely to happen. Argentine hospitality is legendary.
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
- Replies: 46
- Views: 3411
Re: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
Boys, you are making me regret tossing out my stacks of Woodenboat magazine ...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 4:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another double action wheelgun in the house
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2115
Re: Another double action wheelgun in the house
That 66-8 is a mighty handsome article, Doug. Let us know how she shoots, and what you plan to load it with for serious purposes.
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 12:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: From the old Sixgunner.Com Archives
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1272
Re: From the old Sixgunner.Com Archives
And I know who Paco meant when he mentioned the gunwriter who shot a black bear several times without stopping it.
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:59 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
- Replies: 46
- Views: 3411
Re: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
Grizz, it had not occurred to me that the pulsing of the boat speed would make for killer trolling!
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 10:17 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Fed Ex did good!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 801
Re: Fed Ex did good!
That's great to hear, Earl. Glad you are spreading black powder disease to the younger generation! When I have had to ship live ammo, FedEx has been way easier to deal with than the hysterical minions at UPS.
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 10:08 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
- Replies: 46
- Views: 3411
Re: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
Grizz, here you go, bro. Not many places you can see SEVERAL Case steam tractors chugging along in a line. 8) https://www.antiquepowerland.com/steam-up Ji, you are calling up all sorts of memories! I bought a copy of John Gardner's classic "Dory Book" while in college -- and Acadia was sti...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 8:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
- Replies: 46
- Views: 3411
Re: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
Back home in dear old Oregon they have an entire "village" called Powerland in Brooks, a small town just off Interstate 5 north of Salem. On two back-to-back weekends in summer, they hold the annual "Steam Up" featuring steam power, one-lung power, and all sorts of wonderful old ...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 11:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
- Replies: 46
- Views: 3411
For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
I have had a couple of original hit-and-miss engines -- and miss them. This nicely machined little model goes together astonishingly well!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hodz4Q3jefU&t=1s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hodz4Q3jefU&t=1s
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 11:29 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Colt Walker question ...
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2399
Re: Colt Walker question ...
The darned Walker repros are tempting, but every Youtube I have seen shows the ramrod dropping and some serious cap sucking with the attendant advancing the cylinder by hand. It just seems to be a system that works only part of the time. But Rube is right -- in its time even with issues it was a hug...
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 12:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bolt Cannon.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1401
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 11:20 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Let’s talk about shotguns for serious use.
- Replies: 78
- Views: 5553
Re: Let’s talk about shotguns for serious use.
EG, your Jones underlever hammer 10 single sounds most intriguing! A 10-gauge black powder load has a real boom to it. As to the 1887s, I would be very tempted when the new Cimarrons become available with the 26-inch hunting barrel. The design can be finicky, but when it works it is just amazing. ht...
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 10:11 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bolt Cannon.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1401
Re: Bolt Cannon.
Jim, I had no idea such velocities could be achieved. I wonder how corrosive it is.
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 10:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A Tale of Two Wolves
- Replies: 3
- Views: 562
Re: A Tale of Two Wolves
Copied and pasted!
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 10:53 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: You Can't Truly Call Yourself "Peaceful" Unless.......
- Replies: 7
- Views: 745
Re: You Can't Truly Call Yourself "Peaceful" Unless.......
Wisdom indeed, Darryl.
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 8:42 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Any Boomers recall this toy from the early 1960s?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 715
Re: Any Boomers recall this toy from the early 1960s?
It took some two-inchers to finally blow up my little brother's Texaco tanker.
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 8:41 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Colt Walker question ...
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2399
Re: Colt Walker question ...
Jay, that is a very cool "fantasy" Dragoon you have there. I bet it would stand up to some heavier loads ...
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 8:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bolt Cannon.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1401
Re: Bolt Cannon.
Wow! Just WOW! What a darned hoot. The power is indeed surprising. This will very surely alarm "the authorities."
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 8:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Anybody know Iver Johnson owl head 38's
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1532
Re: Anybody know Iver Johnson owl head 38's
What a lovely find. Well done, Pat! The first centerfire revolver I ever shot was an Iver Johnson breaktop in .38 S&W owned by our scoutmaster. Fascinated, I was.
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 5:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Any Boomers recall this toy from the early 1960s?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 715
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 4:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Any Boomers recall this toy from the early 1960s?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 715
Any Boomers recall this toy from the early 1960s?
We had the usual Lincoln Logs and Tinkertoys, but no Erector sets. There were so many Boeing engineers' kids in the neighborhood that I would have gotten a complex trying to match their creations. But there was another "construction" toy a bit like the Tinkertoy idea, but with plastic stra...
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 4:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sight in any long gun in one shot…?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 754
Re: Sight in any long gun in one shot…?
Bughole indeed! We used to help folks at the range use the two-shot sight in, but theoretically, it should work with one shot if you are certain your scope tracks perfectly. Use a rest. Remove scope turret covers. Put crosshairs on the bullseye and fire one shot. Assuming it is not in the bullseye, ...
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 4:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Colt Walker question ...
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2399
Re: Colt Walker question ...
Grizz, that's ingenious. I wonder if one of those small neodymium magnets could be milled to match the radius of the barrel and trimmed to reduce its footprint. I dunno how they are made -- or if they might take Oxpho Blue.
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 9:40 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Colt Walker question ...
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2399
Re: Colt Walker question ...
Thanks for that link Ray. It was indeed a fine article and free of all the padding that some writers seem obliged to add these days. My great-great grandfather enlisted in Hays's First Mounted Texas Volunteers in Austin in May of 1847, but his company did not see combat in Mexico, instead being depl...
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 9:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My patient needed her Backup Gun
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1629
Re: My patient needed her Backup Gun
Doc, I was unaware of this whole business of runaway pharmacists either assuming or being delegated authority that they have not earned. How can they possibly know if a patient has had or needs physical therapy? That requires medical examination, diagnosis and a prescription. Since when do pharmacis...
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 9:09 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Enemy at the Gates (movie) Firearms Review
- Replies: 4
- Views: 355
Re: Enemy at the Gates (movie) Firearms Review
Ian is always worth listening to!
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 8:55 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Liking the new air rifle
- Replies: 35
- Views: 1916
Re: Liking the new air rifle
Ji, the gas-piston driven Hatsans are somewhat controversial. On some models, you can apparently refill the piston, On others, it is difficult or impossible. Hatsan's customer service in the USA wins no awards.
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 12:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My patient needed her Backup Gun
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1629
Re: My patient needed her Backup Gun
Mick, there were three of us playing in the back yard next to a wooded lot. He abused each in turn. I kept in touch with my fellow victims over the years. We all dealt with multiple divorces, clinical depression, alcohol abuse or worse. These kinds of crimes were largely ignored in horror in the 195...
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 11:19 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Interesting DIY alternative to blackpowder
- Replies: 0
- Views: 319
Interesting DIY alternative to blackpowder
This has been a fascinating thread over at Castboolits.com. I'd already considered making my own black after reading Capt. Brett Gibbons's "Like Fire and Powder" and watching the Hoffman Reproductions Youtubes on the subject. This "Golden Powder" is faster, simpler and safer to m...
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 11:12 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OK. Sorry. Guy health topic
- Replies: 43
- Views: 3019
Re: OK. Sorry. Guy health topic
Ji, please keep us in the loop if you are so inclined. You can count on lots of sincere prayers and good thoughts from the fine bunch here at Leverguns.