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Yesterday's visitors, they started into the gate to the garage before I stepped out on the back porch. (the photo through he fence was 25 yards and the longer one 80 yards

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Rob Leahy mentioned that earlier today, a sad day.

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WOW, some impressive firearms.
I will add my combos in shame.
The Revolvers and Rifles (sorry all my single actions are .45 LC)

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The last one I bought was Last December in Southern Ohio for $600.00 blue steel.

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Nope, I started proving early in life I could break almost anything.

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I could see where that would be handy

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YEP. had orders for Vietnam in 1974 they were canceled and was sent to Germany. I could go to the Rod and Gun Club, look shoot, but not buy anything. Ended up with a GREAT stereo and camera collection.

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I am still an AR fan but 5.56 is my least favorite cartridge (now that I don't people hunt) 6.5 Grendel, .458 Socom, 7.62x39, .350 Legend, 7.62x51 are more to my liking for the areas and targets I shoot at. I still carry and hunt with M1As, Steyer bolt guns, Remington pumps, Enfields, HKs, FNs, Mar...

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Interesting gun! Who did the sights and the interchangeable cylinder? I've been thinking of a birdshead grip; how do you like it? It was a package deal back in the 90s with both cylinders and a friend (who left Van Comp and lives a few miles from the winter house) worked on it for me. I had him put...

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Sad, an unbelievable craftsman.

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I may live forever

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Well done, always have a .22 around to alleviate boredom. I got my first MK1 for $40 near Ravenna when I was a kid

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I bought a very light, liner-lock pocket knife at the outdoor market last summer. It looked to have decent steel and a very 'work friendly' checkered handle. It did have a little bend in the last 3/16" of the point but that's an easy fix. The blade was marked AUS8-II and 'Randall's Adventure T...

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Thanks for the info I haven't loaded BP and thought about it.

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Thanks has been a long time since I have forged a knife but I have replaced all the gear to start.

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Excellent, I am not one of the guys who leave brass.

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Very fond of my (slightly modified) Ruger New Vaquero.

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I like the lock blades or autos made out of the newer powdered steels for durability. They are very hard steel, hold an edge unbelievably well, and take great abuse. I would put them against any for reliability.

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YEP, I grew up with a Case "Sod Buster JR" and later when I started working after school and had income switched to many different ones. While in the military and Law Enforcement branched out into many tactical issued ones and just ones I like for work. On a couple of OCONUS trips, I got ...

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Sorry to hear you confirm what has been going on for years. I have been lucky on the Treatment side and I have three Docs. One, my first Special Forces medic on my 1st A-Team who became a Doctor and later GP, then a Flight surgeon for the Navy who has known my medical history and I was his office m...

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Excellent story, I hope the feed was as good as Mom's Squirrel shepherd pies were.

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Well done, you have way too much practice.

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Last year I found a couple of hundred rounds of "Scorpion" bullets I reloaded in the late 70s in .38 SPL. They still fired and were just as accurate as when I first loaded them. Looks like a canidate for some massive expansion ! Thanks They were GREAT revolver loads for low to mid loads a...

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Last year I found a couple of hundred rounds of "Scorpion" bullets I reloaded in the late 70s in .38 SPL. They still fired and were just as accurate as when I first loaded them. Looks like a canidate for some massive expansion ! Thanks They were GREAT revolver loads for low to mid loads a...

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Last year I found a couple of hundred rounds of "Scorpion" bullets I reloaded in the late 70s in .38 SPL. They still fired and were just as accurate as when I first loaded them.

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Thanks for the discussion. Now I know my youth was spent correctly.

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Happy Independence Day!

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Now it’s buttery smooth and if I shot it better I would think it would make one ragged hole. Well done on the adjustments. I have a couple of SIngle sixs, and a recently purchased in-the-box Wrangler I got at an auction for $150. The Wrangler shoots pretty well out to 25 yards for rabbits and vermi...

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gamekeeper wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 3:22 am Very relevant today too

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I used some German 5.7s in Afghanistan and liked the cartridge for Personal Defense work. My wife wanted a truck gun so I built her an AR carbine that took 50 Rd FN Mags. She shot it and liked it so bought a Ruger 57 pistol to put in the case with it. They are very accurate, function great, and hav...

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I used some German 5.7s in Afghanistan and liked the cartridge for Personal Defense work. My wife wanted a truck gun so I built her an AR carbine that took 50 Rd FN Mags. She shot it and liked it so bought a Ruger 57 pistol to put in the case with it. They are very accurate, function great, and hav...

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Sorry, didn't include all the locals. I am pretty lucky as I am trying to make up for working two jobs my whole life. My wife wouldn't live in Alaska so we have a house in Arizona (I wouldn't live in Kalifornia) and I stay in Alaska for several months a year where I was living just after we met. So...

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Grizz wrote: ↑Fri Jun 23, 2023 2:01 pm My outdoor guns are stainless, and my beautifully blued ones stay indoors and out of harm's way . . .

curiously, grizz

YEP

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Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Fri Jun 23, 2023 7:39 am I was blissfully ignorant that this was a thing!

+1

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WOW, didn't know they made them in that barrel length. Would have saved my gunsmith time in cutting the barrel from 6 inches to 5 1/2, the 4 3/4 would have been perfect when he put S&W sights in it.

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I thought I would share a couple of photos of some local wildlife that have been moving about a lot lately. This is the southern house before I go back to Alaska. The snake is a Mojave Green in the Dark phase that was on a neighbor's back porch and the lion cubs are last year's about 400 yards from...

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I think the closest thing we have to that is the current production Winchesters under the Browning umbrella. But those are made in Japan. Very good quality though if you don't find the tang safety too offensive. For US made, it's pretty much Henry and Marlin by Ruger for lever rifles. I don't see t...

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Scott Tschirhart wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2023 5:42 pm I’ve always thought that would be the ideal deer/black bear gun.

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I have killed many white-tails with a .357 MAG with everything from .38 wadcutters, Win 145-grain Silver Tips (very shallow wound in the chest of a human wearing a jacket), and 158-grain Semi Wads out of a 4-inch revolver at work. They are soft-skinned targets and easy to kill with just about anyth...

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Great rifles have seen many and shot a few. Glad you have your dad's rifle.

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I have three Rossi 92s One old Saddle ring .45 LC perfected by Steve, one .44 Mag I had a friend adjust, and a .357 Mag Trapper I got last Dec in Ohio. All are great guns with a bit of adjustment (for my purposes). Two are new enough for the bolt safety which I replaced with a .25 ACP cartridge and...

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My wife (her first kill) and I have both killed white-tails with a .44 Mag Marlin Trapper with Hornady .200 Gr XTPs. They performed well on soft-skinned white tails with one-shot kills.

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Excellent choice for a starter. Glad she likes it.

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Beautiful looking piece, keep us posted on the outcome.

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Congratulations, I wish you as much luck as I have had with my rescue "WALDO" he ended up being 120 pounds of Rhodesian Ridgeback. He wakes me up for brown bears without barking and pushed me out of the way of a Mojave green rattlesnake on the porch of the southern house. Rescues are GREA...

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Glad I am not the only one.

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Excellent. I had a game warden friend in the early 80s show me an uncovered dump full of rats. When things quieted down we would go there and shoot until the flashlight went dead. I went through 10,00 rds that year and became a great revolver (S&W Model 17 to match the Model 19 I carried) shot.

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I have two Rossi's perfected by Steve and have his CD on how to do it. Cleaning up one (not as well as him), but that may be an option.

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Thank you SIR for the instructions and humerus post.

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