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by jnyork
Sat Oct 10, 2020 10:37 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: a big day
Replies: 14
Views: 2187

Re: a big day

gamekeeper wrote: Sat Oct 10, 2020 3:52 am Have a GREAT DAY Jerry. :D I can go nearly all day thinking I'm 25 until I see my darn reflection . . . :lol:
I HATE mirrors. Especially the full length one in the bathroom by the shower!! :o

:lol: :lol: :lol:
by jnyork
Fri Oct 09, 2020 10:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: a big day
Replies: 14
Views: 2187

a big day

Well, folks, tomorrow the 10th of October is the 40th anniversary of my 40th birthday. Yep, the big 8-0 is upon me. My mind is still 25 but my body just laughs at that, it doesn't cooperate at all. :lol: Dont have anything big planned for the day, just celebrate still being above the sod, I guess. H...
by jnyork
Wed Sep 30, 2020 10:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: sonic booms
Replies: 13
Views: 2120

Re: sonic booms

We live in Yuma AZ during the winter, it is right next to the Barry Goldwater Bombing Range, we dont hear many bombs as the drop zone is far away, but sonic booms are not unusual. The sound of Freedom.
by jnyork
Fri Sep 11, 2020 1:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Buffalo Bullet Company?
Replies: 6
Views: 1460

Re: Buffalo Bullet Company?

Buffalo BULLET Company.
by jnyork
Fri Sep 11, 2020 10:40 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Buffalo Bullet Company?
Replies: 6
Views: 1460

Buffalo Bullet Company?

I wonder if the Buffalo Bullet Company is out of business, they manufacture various muzzleloader bullets and are suppliers of muzzleloading accessories. They have a web site but it appears to be inactive. I cant find any place that has their bullets for sale. I have a bunch of their bullets and need...
by jnyork
Thu Sep 03, 2020 4:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Done
Replies: 11
Views: 1299

Re: Fall In The Rockies!!

Here in Wyoming, 90's this weekend, snow Tuesday or so. Typical. :roll:
by jnyork
Tue Sep 01, 2020 5:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Easy Off oven cleaner for gunstock?
Replies: 18
Views: 3513

Re: Easy Off oven cleaner for gunstock?

I have used it on several milsurps, most Russians, sucks all the nasty old oil out of the wood, might have to do it twice. After you wash and scrape ( green kitchen scrubbers work pretty well), leave it out in the sun for a couple of days, turning it over a few times. I have never tried it on a nice...
by jnyork
Thu Aug 27, 2020 3:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Why izzit?
Replies: 11
Views: 2446

Why izzit?

How come now every time I want to add a comment or start a new thread I have to sign in. I always check the little "remember me" block but it doesn't seem to help.
by jnyork
Mon Aug 24, 2020 12:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Cost of shipping USPS
Replies: 14
Views: 2725

Cost of shipping USPS

The cost of shipping something USPS has simply gone out of sight. Even the Priority Mail Flat Rate boxes are outrageous. I'm 27 miles one way to the UPS station so that's not much of an option. Shipping a rifle is now right at 50 bucks. I just mailed a little package about the size of a cigar box or...
by jnyork
Sat Aug 22, 2020 4:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Montana or Wyoming? added pics
Replies: 27
Views: 3778

Re: Montana or Wyoming?

Rihmfire, I'm always amazed by what some people call a "cabin". You must have seen plenty of them when you were in Big $ky. Lander, Wyoming and White Sulphur Springs, Montana would be on my short list. .. I live in Lander WY, we have just plenty of well-heeled folks moving in here from bo...
by jnyork
Fri Aug 21, 2020 8:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Best Stocked GunShop in Your Area
Replies: 16
Views: 2299

Re: Best Stocked GunShop in Your Area

Rocky Mountain Sports in Riverton WY

A & P Pawn in Lander WY
by jnyork
Fri Aug 21, 2020 6:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A great new military museum
Replies: 4
Views: 834

A great new military museum

A friend and I drove up to Dubois yesterday and spent about 4 hours in this museum. There is so much to see there that a person cant really absorb it all in one day. Over 400 military vehicles, tanks, artillery pieces, motorcycles etc, over 100 million spent and still building. The vast majority of ...
by jnyork
Sun Aug 09, 2020 9:27 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: When someone asks "Can I borrow a gun...?"
Replies: 13
Views: 1631

Re: When someone asks "Can I borrow a gun...?"

Never. Not a chance.

I dont loan stuff and I dont borrow either. If I borrowed a stone from some one, I would bring it back with a crack in it. :lol:
by jnyork
Fri Aug 07, 2020 12:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Round ball loads......
Replies: 36
Views: 3947

Re: Round ball loads......

I hunted pronghorn for 25 years with a flinter and round ball, only got skunked once and it wasn't the fault of the the round ball or the rifle. :roll: :D Everything I hit either fill over DRT or ran off a little ways, never more than 100 yards, and fell over DRT. Kinda puts the "hunting" ...
by jnyork
Wed Jul 22, 2020 7:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: "How To Get a NEW Levergun into the House"
Replies: 22
Views: 4047

Re: "How To Get a NEW Levergun into the House"

Over the years I have bought quite a few guns, well more than that, anyway if I come dragging something in she'll say "OOhhh, what did you get, can we go shoot it"?.

Can't imagine living any other way.
by jnyork
Sun Jun 28, 2020 10:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Question / POLL
Replies: 115
Views: 20485

Re: Question / POLL

Will be 80 in October. Been a gun nut since age 5. :D
by jnyork
Fri Jun 12, 2020 12:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Where to buy Redding dies?
Replies: 6
Views: 1939

Re: Where to buy Redding dies?

Nothing wrong with buying from ebay . Half my stuff came from there. Never had a bad deal. :)
by jnyork
Wed May 20, 2020 5:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Back open?
Replies: 18
Views: 3069

Re: Back open?

JHarold wrote: Wed May 20, 2020 10:33 am L .
not one illegal cluttering up the waiting room.
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Should have taken a picture of that. :roll:

Glad you are OK.
by jnyork
Wed May 20, 2020 5:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Concealed vs open carry
Replies: 9
Views: 2286

Re: Concealed vs open carry

My dog has bitten a porcupine and been sprayed by a skunk both. Guess he didn't get the message. We had a pair of miniature Schnauzers, if there was a porky within 1/2 mile of where we fishing , they would get into him and come back with noses full of quills. Never did learn. Long gone now to the R...
by jnyork
Sat May 16, 2020 2:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Back open?
Replies: 18
Views: 3069

Back open?

I went down to Ace Hardware a little while ago to get some propane, the parking lot was jammed up, not a space open, store swarming with people, some masked, most not. Got me to thinking maybe the people of Wyoming have just had enough of this chit and are taking things into their own hands by comin...
by jnyork
Fri May 01, 2020 5:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: new gun?
Replies: 18
Views: 3035

Re: new gun?

What does "need" have to do with buying a new gun? :lol:
by jnyork
Thu Apr 23, 2020 12:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Woohan red death rant
Replies: 26
Views: 2684

Re: Woohan red death rant

Joe Biden is just a stooge, beware the Vice President. Whoever is the VP candidate will almost certainly become the president within a year or two after the election, given Bidens age and mental deterioration. I have telling everyone for months that Michelle Obama will be the VP, making me the vict...
by jnyork
Sun Apr 19, 2020 6:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Done
Replies: 3
Views: 809

Re: Instead of Going to the Range . . .

Steve, you are in desperate need of a GOOD airgun. Not the bb gun of your childhood nor a Walmart Special, but a precision made instrument capable of placing each shot in the same hole at the regulation 10 meters. You can probably find that distance or close to it in your basement or in the living r...
by jnyork
Sun Apr 19, 2020 6:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Gotta admit this looks like a nice luxury...
Replies: 4
Views: 874

Re: Gotta admit this looks like a nice luxury...

gamekeeper wrote: Sun Apr 19, 2020 3:55 pm Sure come a long way since the womenfolk reloaded the muskets...... 8)
What, you dont take your honey to the range with you? :lol:
by jnyork
Thu Apr 16, 2020 12:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: SPAM
Replies: 20
Views: 3044

Re: SPAM

SPAM is the reason God made coyotes. :roll:

However, I must admit, once in Vietnam I walked into an Army mess tent at Camp Evans, all they had left were SPAM slices and some bread. I hadn't eaten for about 24 hours or so, the sammich was pretty darn good. :lol:
by jnyork
Sat Apr 04, 2020 12:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Less gun control , more social distancing
Replies: 8
Views: 1206

Re: Less gun control , more social distancing

JimT wrote: Fri Apr 03, 2020 5:53 pm Life has to be really tough right now if your job is burglarizing homes. With everybody staying home I wonder how those guys are making a living?
Comment on Fox News this morning said burglary crimes are up 75% in NYC . :(
by jnyork
Wed Mar 25, 2020 5:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Cleaning Everything
Replies: 10
Views: 1646

Re: Cleaning Everything

Nice start you got there, Mr. Wright. :D

Hope you are not using those files to clean your sixshooters. :shock:
by jnyork
Sun Mar 22, 2020 5:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: It official for those that care Brady is now a Buc
Replies: 10
Views: 2139

Re: It official for those that care Brady is now a Buc

Who is this guy Brady, anyway? :roll:
by jnyork
Wed Mar 18, 2020 2:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: worst time in your life
Replies: 54
Views: 6213

Re: worst time in your life

They took me to a shoe store where they had a Xray machine to check how shoes fit you. ... They outlawed those machines. Whoa!! Talk about a bad idea--x-ray machines in the shoe store to see how your shoes fit! I clearly remember them from when I was a kid, got measured for shoes many times with on...
by jnyork
Mon Mar 16, 2020 12:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How Do You Burn Through Most Of Your .22 Rimfire?
Replies: 23
Views: 3498

Re: How Do You Burn Through Most Of Your .22 Rimfire?

Metallic Silhouette and benchrest.

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by jnyork
Sun Mar 15, 2020 5:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Effect of panic on gun prices?
Replies: 26
Views: 2819

Re: Effect of panic on gun prices?

Anyone who finds themselves short on ammo after the last shortage fiasco deserves to be caught short. It's only been 2-3 years now since the Great Shortage was over, yet folks seem to have forgotten and let their stocks dwindle. :roll:
by jnyork
Thu Mar 12, 2020 12:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Found an old Marlin 39A
Replies: 21
Views: 3204

Re: Found an old Marlin 39A

Marlin Model 39A: a .22 for REAL MEN. :D
by jnyork
Tue Feb 18, 2020 12:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What turned you on to guns?
Replies: 35
Views: 3998

What turned you on to guns?

I had a foster brother who was much older, he enlisted in the Navy in 1940 and served throughout WWII in the Pacific. My parents worried about him constantly of course, we got our news from an old battery-powered radio of some sort, having no electricity in the ramshackle farm house we lived in. In ...
by jnyork
Fri Feb 14, 2020 1:28 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: where to get AR15 parts ?
Replies: 17
Views: 3818

Re: where to get AR15 parts ?

I'm surprised Brownell's doesn't have what you want.
by jnyork
Thu Feb 13, 2020 3:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Need Single Action Army revolver help
Replies: 11
Views: 1482

Re: Need Single Action Army revolver help

piller wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2020 1:58 pm Hope you get to feeling better soon. I am interested in how well the repair holds.
Yeah, so am I!!! :D

Gotta wait out this little bout with the crud. Maybe next week sometime, will post results.

Thanks everyone for the kind wishes.
by jnyork
Thu Feb 13, 2020 11:52 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Need Single Action Army revolver help
Replies: 11
Views: 1482

Re: Need Single Action Army revolver help

Since it was under warranty, I decided to let Cimarron worry about it. I called them, they didn't argue a bit, immediately sent me a mailing label. Took it to UPS about noon on Tuesday, had it back in my hand the following Monday about 7:00 PM. Little note in it that the refitted the hand and test f...
by jnyork
Sun Feb 09, 2020 6:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Military Retirees Take Note
Replies: 19
Views: 2530

Re: Military Retirees Take Note

All that would be needed would be to issue anyone who signs up for military duty a 'card' that would help with medical care for the rest of their life (since they put their life on the line). The card could have 'grades', so the dude who signed up for duty in a no-war time, and spent his time on a ...
by jnyork
Sat Feb 08, 2020 5:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Concealed Carry by State in the U.S.
Replies: 13
Views: 2316

Re: Concealed Carry by State in the U.S.

I agree with Steve, the percentage of eligible residents should be listed. I also see that there are ONLY three states with over a million permit holders. Should it become a goal that we support a movement to increase the lagging states, minus the Constitutional carry states, to over a million perm...
by jnyork
Sat Feb 08, 2020 5:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Military Retirees Take Note
Replies: 19
Views: 2530

Re: Military Retirees Take Note

COSteve wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2020 1:19 pm Just another broken promise by the VA.
Situation has absolutely nothing to do with the VA.
by jnyork
Thu Feb 06, 2020 1:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The best place to be
Replies: 10
Views: 1744

Re: The best place to be

One of my bucket list items is to lie naked on a bearskin rug in front of a roaring fireplace. I tried to fullfill this dream the other night, apparantly this is against policy at Crackerbarrel. :lol: :lol:
by jnyork
Thu Feb 06, 2020 11:10 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: old gun powder
Replies: 17
Views: 2644

Re: old gun powder

I recently went to reload with some older 4350 I had had for a long time, maybe 25 years or more, when I poured it into the powder measure a cloud of red dust came up out of it. Fed it to the hollyhocks. :lol:
by jnyork
Mon Feb 03, 2020 12:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Got sunshine?
Replies: 8
Views: 1082

Got sunshine?

by jnyork
Mon Feb 03, 2020 12:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Old Lever
Replies: 6
Views: 1730

Re: Old Lever

I would just leave it as it is and hang it on the wall, good for storytelling.

Stories dont necessarily have to be entirely accurate. :lol:
by jnyork
Fri Jan 31, 2020 6:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Need Single Action Army revolver help
Replies: 11
Views: 1482

Need Single Action Army revolver help

I have a Cimarron Single Action Army, .45 Colt, with exactly 51 rounds through it. Firing cast bullets with light loads. Upon firing the 51st shot, the action locked up and cannot be moved. The hammer is down and cannot be cocked or moved. The trigger cannot be moved at all. I got the pin and cylind...
by jnyork
Sun Jan 26, 2020 6:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Theodore Martin 1939. 1917 Winchester 1894 SRC
Replies: 9
Views: 1919

Re: Theodore Martin 1939. 1917 Winchester 1894 SRC

Somewhere online there is a website with the names of the residents of all the cemeteries in the country. I dont have the google skills to find it, but have seen it in the past. Might be worth a little time at the computer.
by jnyork
Sun Jan 26, 2020 12:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Tree Stand Hunting
Replies: 10
Views: 1136

Re: Tree Stand Hunting

I have never hunted from a tree stand, nor will I ever. Now I know why. :lol:
by jnyork
Wed Jan 22, 2020 12:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I got sick
Replies: 3
Views: 472

Re: I got sick

I see what you did there, Todd. Go to your room without supper. :D
by jnyork
Mon Jan 20, 2020 11:33 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I got a tough question to answer ..... can you help?
Replies: 41
Views: 4503

Re: I got a tough question to answer ..... can you help?

Firearms should always be the last resort, there are plenty of things she needs to do to increase her safety and security, most of which have already been listed in this thread. I am very leery of anyone who is "blind" in any degree having a firearm and trying to use it in a stressful situ...
by jnyork
Sat Jan 18, 2020 6:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For a litte pocket money ...
Replies: 15
Views: 3018

Re: For a litte pocket money ...

Rusty wrote: Sat Jan 18, 2020 1:21 am . In south Florida there is also a problem with iguanas multiplying and doing damage to things in the areas they inhabit. From piles and piles of feces to the tunnels they dig under roads and sidewalks.
I wonder if pythons will eat iguanas?
by jnyork
Sat Jan 18, 2020 6:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For a litte pocket money ...
Replies: 15
Views: 3018

Re: For a litte pocket money ...

Down in Panama, it behooved one to walk in the street at 0200hrs after the NCO club closed. All kinds of snakes ruled terra firma after dark. The up side was zero stray cats, and no rats or mice problems. Most people that I recall were unable to walk after the NCO club closed at 0200. Never happene...