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- Fri Sep 06, 2019 3:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Samuel Colt's Place
- Replies: 5
- Views: 584
Re: Samuel Colt's Place
Looks nice. Glad you could visit there. It is a bucket list item for me.
- Fri Sep 06, 2019 8:30 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Are YOU a member of this Domestic Terror Organization...?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1628
Re: Are YOU a member of this Domestic Terror Organization...?
Not that I want it, but I foresee an armed conflict coming in order to rectify the situation.
- Thu Sep 05, 2019 5:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Makin' Bacon - Quietly.....
- Replies: 6
- Views: 821
Re: Makin' Bacon - Quietly.....
Wasting bacon is almost a crime.
- Thu Sep 05, 2019 5:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Done
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1339
Re: Trying a New Load in My Rossis
I use L'iL gun in a couple of different calibers. I am interested in your results. My .480 does very well with it.
- Thu Sep 05, 2019 5:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A parable
- Replies: 7
- Views: 660
Re: A parable
The trouble for the sheepdogs is that the sheep want to rid themselves of the sheepdogs in hopes that the wolves will somehow see that as a sign that they should become vegetables, too.
- Thu Sep 05, 2019 5:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Made me laugh out loud --seriously
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1003
Re: Made me laugh out loud --seriously
A woman needs a minimum of 135 cooking and food preparation items. A man needs a spatula, a large spoon, and a knife.
- Thu Sep 05, 2019 6:33 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 158 grains out of a '22' levergun.....
- Replies: 4
- Views: 837
Re: 158 grains out of a '22' levergun.....
I really do need to apply for the stamp to get a suppressor. My hearing is not what it used to be, and the constant sound of circular saws in the background is getting louder.
- Thu Sep 05, 2019 6:29 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Tube channels.....
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1537
Re: Tube channel.....
I like his style more than a lot of them. The tacticool operators operating tactically are the ones who make me want to laugh. Louis L'Amour described the fake ones well in the book Milo Talon. He wrote of someone describing a young would be bad man as having only one gun but seeming as if he had gu...
- Thu Sep 05, 2019 5:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: One for the Doc.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 247
Re: One for the Doc.
Cat scan: Searching for your daughter's kitty.
Lab report: finding out from your neighbor about what your dog did.
High Colonic: Jewish New Year.
Hypospadius: One of them needles that goes into you.
Ultrasound: One of them sounds that only bats and superheroes can hear.
Lab report: finding out from your neighbor about what your dog did.
High Colonic: Jewish New Year.
Hypospadius: One of them needles that goes into you.
Ultrasound: One of them sounds that only bats and superheroes can hear.
- Wed Sep 04, 2019 10:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Are YOU a member of this Domestic Terror Organization...?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1628
Re: Are YOU a member of this Domestic Terror Organization...?
My wife lived there while in high school. It makes her feel ill when she sees the changes that have happened in the last 30 something years.
- Wed Sep 04, 2019 4:26 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Done
- Replies: 34
- Views: 3666
Re: The Japanese, Pearl Harbor, and Their 3 Huge Mistakes
Having seen the Arizona Memorial, I can say that it is an incredibly moving experience.
- Tue Sep 03, 2019 10:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ok....im impressed.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1306
Re: Ok....im impressed.
My stainless guide gun has chatter marks in that raceway on the bolt where the ejector goes. I polished it up and it works better than it did. My old JM Marlin in .35 Remington is much smoother.
- Mon Sep 02, 2019 7:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Gettysburg: Animated Battle Map
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1320
Re: Gettysburg: Animated Battle Map
I need to make time to go to the Civil War battlefields. I probably will need to give PillHer a sedative and handcuff her to get her away from work so that she can come along. She gets violent if I try to get her away from work.
- Mon Sep 02, 2019 6:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 7mm to 338 to 45/70
- Replies: 13
- Views: 661
Re: 7mm to 338 to 45/70
I have a Marlin Guide gun. They are not as solidly built as the 1886, but they can still put a 405 grain hard cast LBT style bullet where it is needed. That should be all I need.
- Mon Sep 02, 2019 6:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Just got to meet Gunnymack
- Replies: 12
- Views: 460
Re: Just got to meet Gunnymack
Great, now I have to be interesting.
- Mon Sep 02, 2019 6:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: JEFF QUINN HEALTH UPDATE- August 21st, 2019
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1801
Re: JEFF QUINN HEALTH UPDATE- August 21st, 2019
A month ago, I joined the dead but just don't know it yet club. The Doctors at the hospital had already filled out the death certificate when I started talking to them. First time I ever heard a Nurse scream and run out of the room. I am still praying for Jeff. If I can cheat death, so can he. I bel...
- Mon Sep 02, 2019 1:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Savage Model 12 Long Range Precision
- Replies: 23
- Views: 985
Re: Savage Model 12 Long Range Precision
289 yards is still a reasonable distance with a .308. 500 yards or more seems risky to me due to wind possibly moving the bullet and causing a wounded animal to run off. I am more impressed with ethical hunting than with someone injuring an animal at unreasonable distances. Since that was the longes...
- Mon Sep 02, 2019 1:00 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Savage Model 12 Long Range Precision
- Replies: 23
- Views: 985
Re: Savage Model 12 Long Range Precision
Once you settle in on what load you like, it looks as if it might be able to give some 1 ragged hole groups. I hope you have fun with it.
- Mon Sep 02, 2019 12:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Savage Model 12 Long Range Precision
- Replies: 23
- Views: 985
Re: Savage Model 12 Long Range Precision
Looks like some good groups. What are you planning on hunting with it? Deer?
- Mon Sep 02, 2019 12:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Registration Time
- Replies: 6
- Views: 943
Re: Registration Time
When I was in college, the student democratICK party put an article in the student newspaper on how to vote 3 times in each election. Drive home and vote as well as doing an absentee ballot, and register to vote in the town where you go to college. 3 votes per person.
- Mon Sep 02, 2019 11:49 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Flashlights now versus 50 years ago.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3241
Re: Flashlights now versus 50 years ago.
Kirkland batteries from Costco are bad.
- Mon Sep 02, 2019 11:46 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Henry AR 7, anyone have one?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1917
Re: Henry AR 7, anyone have one?
If I were to pack a firearm in a backpack, it would be a Kel-Tec Sub 2k in 9mm or 40 caliber. The sights are good on the current model, and they are accurate and reliable. They fold up and fit in a small space and unfold fast. My Henry Survival rifle is mostly a toy, but it would go along if a float...
- Sun Sep 01, 2019 10:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Feral Hogs - in CITIES....!!!!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 517
Re: Feral Hogs - in CITIES....!!!!
I haven't seen any wild hogs here yet. It is probably just a matter of time.
- Sun Sep 01, 2019 10:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Done
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1694
Re: Prayers Out to All in the Path of Dorian - Now a Cat 5!!
Prayers up. It is still a potential disaster for Florida at this time.
- Sun Sep 01, 2019 9:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Careful what you say.....
- Replies: 6
- Views: 485
Re: Careful what you say.....
Those laws are wrong on so many levels that I cannot detail them all here. Too bad we cannot catch the Governor of Oregon in another State and arrest her for theft of Constitutional rights.
- Sun Sep 01, 2019 7:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Japanese 'War Tubas' - not - but 'War Balloons' - yes...
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3517
Re: Japanese 'War Tubas' - not - but 'War Balloons' - yes...
As horrific as it may be, I am certain that this country is on an inevitable collision course with another civil war.
- Sun Sep 01, 2019 7:29 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Happy Birthday GameKeeper.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1429
Re: Happy Birthday GameKeeper.
Happy belated Birthday!
- Sun Sep 01, 2019 7:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Happy Birthday AmBraCol.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 868
Re: Happy Birthday AmBraCol.
Happy Birthday!
- Sun Sep 01, 2019 7:26 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Henry AR 7, anyone have one?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1917
Re: Henry AR 7, anyone have one?
I have one. Lots of fun at the range when I get it out and put it together. Accuracy is decent. The front end is so light that it feels like it is bouncing all over the place until you figure out how to hold it properly. I hold it with my support hand around the bottom of the pistol grip and that el...
- Sun Sep 01, 2019 7:13 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Gun Show Loophole Revealed!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1025
Re: Gun Show Loophole Revealed!
It is 7:12 AM here now and I need more kaughphy.
- Sat Aug 31, 2019 8:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Gun Show Loophole Revealed!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1025
Re: Gun Show Loophole Revealed!
I have seen some misspellings of names for medicines which have made me laugh pretty good. Zombiecalm instead of the sleep medicine Zolpidem is one of my favorites. I guess it makes you sleep like a zombie.
- Sat Aug 31, 2019 7:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Flashlights now versus 50 years ago.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3241
Re: Flashlights now versus 50 years ago.
About 2 years ago Tractor Supply had some ten dollar flashlights that used a rechargeable 18650 size battery. I bought 4 or 5 of them. The rechargeable battery seems to do pretty good. The lights are a 500 lumen adjustable focus type, and are aluminum. For ten dollars, they are good. I like the fact...
- Thu Aug 29, 2019 9:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Henry garden gun.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1673
Re: Henry garden gun.
Ahh, the joy of coming up with reasons to want a new toy.
- Wed Aug 28, 2019 9:08 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: "How to Wash a Cat"
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1260
Re: "How to Wash a Cat"
Always funny.
- Wed Aug 28, 2019 7:25 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Lawn mower build update ( video added )
- Replies: 164
- Views: 6172
Re: Lawn mower build update ( video added )
It sounds good. Even with that grass clogging it up a little, it looked like it was working. No big box store push mower could cut that stuff.
- Mon Aug 26, 2019 5:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Yes, there are 300 coyote skulls in this photo....
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1661
Re: Yes, there are 300 coyote skulls in this photo....
Yes, Bubonic plague is still around and it seems to like prairie dogs. As many coyotes as there are, it doesn't seem that we can wipe them out. Typically, when coyote numbers are down they feed on small rodents. When their numbers go up and they form bigger packs is when they prey on deer and other ...
- Mon Aug 26, 2019 9:14 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Flashlights now versus 50 years ago.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3241
Re: Flaslights now versus 50 years ago.
The switch is the fail point if the batteries are still good. I made the mistake of buying Kirkland batteries at Costco. They LEAK. Rechargeable batteries are much better now than they were even 5 years ago. If you have a Batteries Plus Bulbs store nearby, get one of their lights and the rechargeabl...
- Mon Aug 26, 2019 9:05 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Lawn mower build update ( video added )
- Replies: 164
- Views: 6172
Re: Lawn mower build update ( video added )
Sounds as if it is going your way.
- Sun Aug 25, 2019 8:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Yes, there are 300 coyote skulls in this photo....
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1661
Re: Yes, there are 300 coyote skulls in this photo....
Coyote skulls?
- Sun Aug 25, 2019 1:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Coming together....hunting scenes!!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1119
Re: Coming together....hunting scenes!!
Sounds like pidgins. Pigeons speakin pidgin? I was onder the impression that we held back on fowl language on here.
- Sun Aug 25, 2019 11:41 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Funny.....but sad at the same time....
- Replies: 1
- Views: 280
Re: Funny.....but sad at the same time....
90% of the public seems to be concerned only with their own lives and nothing beyond that.
- Sun Aug 25, 2019 10:58 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: "Special".......
- Replies: 39
- Views: 3997
Re: "Special".......
I have a .44 Magnum, but not a .44 Special. My opinion, and worth what you paid for it, is that you are an idiot if you push the .44 Special too hard. If you want a Magnum, get the Magnum. The .44 Special has a fine reputation earned over time. You don't always need to skate close to the edge of thi...
- Sun Aug 25, 2019 10:47 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Lawn mower build update ( video added )
- Replies: 164
- Views: 6172
- Sat Aug 24, 2019 10:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Coming together....hunting scenes!!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1119
Re: Coming together....hunting scenes!!
Too bad. I always thought fur coats looked very classy. Especially when a good looking woman was wearing it.
- Sat Aug 24, 2019 7:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: First hard horns of the season
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1100
Re: First hard horns of the season
Kinda gets you right in the hunting mood.
- Sat Aug 24, 2019 7:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Lessons Learned
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1791
Re: Lessons Learned
Prayers up. That is a terrible thing to have happen.
- Sat Aug 24, 2019 10:21 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Old School POLYMER
- Replies: 1
- Views: 358
Re: Old School POLYMER
No experience with that particular CZ, but I still regret selling my CZ75. I needed the money. I have never heard a bad thing about any CZ pistol.
- Sat Aug 24, 2019 10:12 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Lawn mower build update ( video added )
- Replies: 164
- Views: 6172
Re: Lawn mower build update ( video added )
It was the strongest engine on a push mower that I have ever seen. When you shoved the throttle forward it would make the front right wheel come up about an inch.
- Sat Aug 24, 2019 10:08 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Just trying to keep up.
- Replies: 11
- Views: 683
Re: Just trying to keep up.
In Houston, the traffic is going 20 or 30 mph above the posted limit every time I go there. That is the only place I ever felt as is I was going to be hit from behind while I was speeding.
- Sat Aug 24, 2019 10:04 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Coming together....hunting scenes!!
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1119
Re: Coming together....hunting scenes!!
It does appear as if that little rifle is working perfectly. Great pictures as always!