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by markinalpine
Wed Jun 04, 2014 4:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Winchester 95 in 30-06 - since when?
Replies: 26
Views: 3411

Re: Winchester 95 in 30-06 - since when?

According to the Winchester Pocket Guide, ©2004, Ned Schwing, pp 80-81, "The Model 1895 was available in the following calibers: .30-40 Krag, .38-72 Winchester, .40-72 Winchester, .303 British, .35 Winchester, .405 Government, 7.62 Russian, .30-03, and .30-06." Mark :idea: EDIT: Took some ...
by markinalpine
Wed May 21, 2014 3:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Does anyone lube magazine springs?
Replies: 14
Views: 1142

Re: Does anyone lube magazine springs?

Hardly ever, but when I do, I wipe the spring down with a bit of old cotton t-shirt material lightly dipped in Johnsons Paste Wax, then take the same bit of t-shirt and swab the inside of the cleaned (usually with mineral spirits, then a clean cloth) magazine tube. Go back to the spring by now and w...
by markinalpine
Sun May 11, 2014 12:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ohio to announce PCR for Deer
Replies: 24
Views: 2893

Re: Ohio to announce PCR for Deer

I'm only throwing this in for grins.
It is a straight walled cartridge for a revolver!
600revolver.jpg
Mark :mrgreen:
by markinalpine
Tue Dec 31, 2013 2:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: in Simi Valley ..... the old Corriganville movie ranch
Replies: 9
Views: 657

Re: in Simi Valley ..... the old Corriganville movie ranch

Old Savage wrote:Think I will go down there this week.
And take pictures? Please?
Mark :D
by markinalpine
Thu Dec 26, 2013 7:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: driving tip?
Replies: 17
Views: 1115

Re: driving tip?

Got me good! :o

Mark :lol: :lol: :lol:
by markinalpine
Sun Dec 15, 2013 3:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: It had to happen in Florida
Replies: 14
Views: 1563

Re: It had to happen in Florida

:lol:
Isn't Broward County, FL, one of those "Hanging Chad" counties back in 2000?
Mark :twisted:
by markinalpine
Mon Dec 02, 2013 5:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Another No-Drill Sling Solution: $20
Replies: 9
Views: 902

Re: Another No-Drill Sling Solution: $20

Here's one in leather by Triple K: http://www.triplek.com/Products/id/38/grp/12/prd/21/
triple k no drill sling.jpg
Lace up stock sleave and loop around the forearm.
Mark :idea:
by markinalpine
Fri Nov 29, 2013 4:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Today is the day after Thanksgiving.
Replies: 3
Views: 277

Today is the day after Thanksgiving.

Did you remember to set your bathroom scale BACK 10 pounds? :?:

Mark :lol:
by markinalpine
Sun Nov 24, 2013 3:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: the old oater westerns ......
Replies: 13
Views: 1964

Re: the old oater westerns ......

I'm an old oater fan too!

Here's a good site for Gene Autry movies, TV shows, and Radio shows: http://www.youtube.com/user/marcosestavos3/videos

Mark :D
by markinalpine
Thu Nov 21, 2013 2:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Butt crack repair
Replies: 17
Views: 1925

Re: Butt crack repair

Bill in Oregon wrote:
msmith1228 wrote:I just put on a belt.
What, are you a Norge repairman?

:lol:
There's an Internet vendor who sells t-shirts with extra, extra, extra long tails that they market as "Butt Crack Spackle." :shock:

Mark :lol:
by markinalpine
Mon Nov 11, 2013 9:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Adobe Walls
Replies: 29
Views: 2209

Re: Adobe Walls

And all those bison eating grass and passing gas. The buffalo hunters no doubt delayed "Global Warming" by a hundred years.
Mark :twisted:
by markinalpine
Sun Nov 10, 2013 2:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Adobe Walls
Replies: 29
Views: 2209

Re: Adobe Walls

Welcom back, Pitchy.
Is the third picture a view of the bluff where the Indians were watching from when Billy Dixon shot one off his horse? :shock:
Mark :lol:
by markinalpine
Wed Nov 06, 2013 6:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Dateline: Pahrump
Replies: 6
Views: 523

Re: Dateline: Pahrump

Pete44ru wrote:.

Maybe this is what you shoulda built, Blaine. ;)

Image

:mrgreen:

.
If a three wheeler is a trike, what is this five wheeler? A Pent? :shock:
Mark :lol:
by markinalpine
Tue Oct 22, 2013 2:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: humor .... selling something the old fashioned way
Replies: 4
Views: 504

Re: humor .... selling something the old fashioned way

Good ad. :lol:

One of my favorite used car sale ads had the line: Two-Tone. Bondo and Rust.

Mark :shock:
by markinalpine
Tue Oct 08, 2013 12:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Levergun Golf
Replies: 9
Views: 558

Re: Levergun Golf

Old Ironsights wrote:Even more interesting... try it with a shotgun & orange golf balls.

FORE! BOOOM!
Sounds like one of the "Red Green Shows" from a few years back. :shock:
Mark :lol:
by markinalpine
Sun Sep 22, 2013 12:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What is this???
Replies: 31
Views: 3875

Re: What is this???

Any markings under the forearm?
Mark :?:
by markinalpine
Sun Sep 01, 2013 5:28 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Moving to Detroit!
Replies: 7
Views: 576

Moving to Detroit!

Bob was sitting on the plane waiting to fly to Detroit, when a guy took the seat beside him. The guy was an emotional wreck, pale, hands shaking, moaning in fear. "What's the matter?" Bob asked. "I've been transferred to Detroit - I've heard the people are crazy there. They've got lot...
by markinalpine
Sat Aug 31, 2013 1:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hunting is NOT just for Meat Eaters... !!!???!!!
Replies: 22
Views: 1649

Re: Hunting is NOT just for Meat Eaters... !!!???!!!

If vegetarians love animals so much, how come they eat all the animals food? :idea:

Mark :twisted:
by markinalpine
Sun Aug 25, 2013 3:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Starbucks Boycott......Fail.
Replies: 20
Views: 2216

Re: Starbucks Boycott......Fail.

Nearest SB is over 160 miles, but I did buy a pound of their ground coffee that one of our grocery stores carries. Mark :lol: Alpine is a nice place, and a college town besides. I am surpised that there is no Starbucks... yet... :? We do have a couple of gas station/convenience stores that sell dec...
by markinalpine
Sun Aug 25, 2013 3:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Levers in Westerns - 92 or 94 ?
Replies: 32
Views: 4542

Re: Levers in Westerns - 92 or 94 ?

Here are a couple of screen snaps from 1962's "Sergeants 3" which was supposed to have taken place in 1870:
sergeants 3 snap 2.png
Pictures aren't the greatest, but they are most likely 1892s.

Mark :lol:
by markinalpine
Sun Aug 25, 2013 3:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Starbucks Boycott......Fail.
Replies: 20
Views: 2216

Re: Starbucks Boycott......Fail.

Nearest SB is over 160 miles, but I did buy a pound of their ground coffee that one of our grocery stores carries.

Mark :lol:
by markinalpine
Wed Aug 21, 2013 2:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Old Ironsights - you might like this for your 'truck gun'
Replies: 16
Views: 2329

Re: Old Ironsights - you might like this for your 'truck gun

BlaineG wrote:
2ndovc wrote:
FWiedner wrote:Needs a bayonet lug, a flash-hider, and accessory rails.

:wink:
Don't forget the grenade launcher! :D

jb 8)
And, the compass in the stock :P
Don't forget the 800 lumen strobe light, night vision scope, and a GPS!

Mark :twisted:
by markinalpine
Thu Aug 15, 2013 2:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Food City Ad
Replies: 7
Views: 437

Re: Food City Ad

by markinalpine
Fri Aug 09, 2013 1:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Another trip to Duluth
Replies: 7
Views: 654

Re: Another trip to Duluth

I want to give Pitchy some ideas for his boat pond at home. :twisted:

The Falkirk Wheel (boat lift) :o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxKWSQDeA78

Mark :lol:
by markinalpine
Fri Jul 05, 2013 11:45 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Care of Wood Stocks
Replies: 17
Views: 1720

Re: Care of Wood Stocks

Johnson's paste wax all exterior wood and metal. I can't stand a oily feeling gun . ----J Johnsons Paste Wax, JPW, is my recommendation too. I did look at the Howard Products website, and looked up the MSDS for the recommended Feed and Wax. Looks like it might make a decent starting base for lube f...
by markinalpine
Sat Jun 29, 2013 8:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lost for words.
Replies: 24
Views: 2416

Re: Lost for words.

2.2 mm Rifle Rounds :?: :?: :?: :?: :?:
by markinalpine
Mon May 27, 2013 11:23 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Issues with forum loading
Replies: 33
Views: 1290

Re: Issues with forum loading

2nd attempt to post this...timed out!

Maybe it's because of increased traffic from goobermint snoops?

Mark :P
by markinalpine
Wed May 15, 2013 5:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Happy Birthday markinalpine.
Replies: 8
Views: 227

Re: Happy Birthday markinalpine.

Thanks, guys!

I visited the site earlier than I usually do yesterday, and didn't see this until now. :roll:
Spent some time at the range killing tin cans with a little 22 revolver. :lol:
Mark :mrgreen:
by markinalpine
Tue Mar 05, 2013 6:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Daylight Savings starts this Sunday!!!
Replies: 21
Views: 1235

Daylight Savings starts this Sunday!!!

I happened to notice this on one calender, and double checked another.
Yikes! :shock:
Daylight Savings starts this Sunday, 10 March 2013.
Who else thinks this is just too darned early?
Mark :?
by markinalpine
Sun Mar 03, 2013 12:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Italian Firetruck
Replies: 11
Views: 693

Italian Firetruck

One dark night in a small town of Roselle Park, New Jersey a fire started inside the local sausage factory. In a blink the building was engulfed in flames. The alarm went out to all the fire departments for miles around. When the first fire fighters appeared on the scene, the sausage company preside...
by markinalpine
Mon Jan 28, 2013 8:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: reassembly: Winchester '94 loading gate cover?
Replies: 5
Views: 483

Re: reassembly: Winchester '94 loading gate cover?

I held the screw all the way into the receiver with the screwdriver, then held the front edge of the gate against the opening in the receiver, aligning the threaded hole to the screw, then carefully screwed it down. And those weren't curse words you were shouting, those are the special incantations ...
by markinalpine
Sun Jan 27, 2013 9:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Time to lighten things up!!! Corrected URL!!! Try Again!!!!
Replies: 7
Views: 635

Re: Time to lighten things up!!!

"Does Not Exist" :( Is this it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VVCDaS7u3g Joplin never did wrong... :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k26nt3Y4cmg&feature=related I just tested the above URL and it works!! I need to look at my original post to see what went awry. Anyway, this is a Lut...
by markinalpine
Sun Jan 27, 2013 6:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Time to lighten things up!!! Corrected URL!!! Try Again!!!!
Replies: 7
Views: 635

Time to lighten things up!!! Corrected URL!!! Try Again!!!!

Posted to the CastBoolits site by member Bad Water Bill:
St. Luke's Bottle Band, St. Luke's Lutheran Church , Park Ridge , Illinois

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k26nt...eature=related

The Peacherine Rag.

Mark :lol:
by markinalpine
Fri Jan 18, 2013 4:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: blonde joke
Replies: 11
Views: 807

Re: blonde joke

Copied and will be forwarded.
Thanks,
Mark :lol:
by markinalpine
Thu Jan 17, 2013 1:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: mining
Replies: 87
Views: 4746

Re: mining

http://www.telegraaf.nl/s/21227249 apparently found in Australia near ballarat :) "Amateur vindt enorme goudklomp." = Amateur finds enormous gold clump. :lol: I love Dutch! It's so close to English that I find it often hillarious to read. Not the pronunciation though! Sounds like friggen ...
by markinalpine
Sun Jan 13, 2013 9:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Got me a horse pistol today.
Replies: 23
Views: 1340

Re: Got me a horse pistol today.

NICE! :lol:

Horse Pistol? that's what we used to call the Hospital! :oops:

Mark :)
by markinalpine
Thu Jan 03, 2013 7:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Marlin 336: Problem With Loading Spring
Replies: 8
Views: 795

Re: Marlin 336: Problem With Loading Spring

Well................ "IF" the screw's already tight, then the loading gate has lost it's spring tension & needs to be replaced ($12 @ Numrich). Jes' sayin' .................................................... (To replace it, open the lever 1/3, remove it's pivot, then the lever, then ...
by markinalpine
Thu Jan 03, 2013 7:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: annoucement
Replies: 44
Views: 2627

Re: annoucement

Tycer wrote:Dad?
It's me, Mescy Jr!
I can't believe I finally found you!

I'm still laughing so hard it's hard to type! :lol: :lol: :lol:
Mark :lol: :lol:
by markinalpine
Sun Dec 30, 2012 7:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Reloading BERDAN cases...[GregT]...???
Replies: 6
Views: 392

Re: Reloading BERDAN cases...[GregT]...???

You might give this a gander, from the CastBoolits Forum: Converting Berdan primer pockets to Boxer

Good luck,
Mark :idea:
by markinalpine
Tue Dec 11, 2012 9:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: FIREWOOD - Do you have enough?
Replies: 11
Views: 743

Re: FIREWOOD - Do you have enough?

I have enough firewood...but it's still in the trees! :lol:

ED - Great pictures! :D

Mark :mrgreen:
by markinalpine
Thu Nov 29, 2012 8:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Puns for the Educated
Replies: 16
Views: 1338

Re: Puns for the Educated

GROAN x 8 :? :roll: :wink: :o :shock: :P :lol: :mrgreen:

Mark
by markinalpine
Tue Nov 13, 2012 5:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Texas Ranger Ira Aten with Whitney-Kennedy SRC Lever + bros.
Replies: 12
Views: 4989

Re: Texas Ranger Ira Aten with Whitney-Kennedy SRC Lever + bros.

Great photos! :D
Thanks,
Mark

BTW, Judge Bean's Jersey Lilly Saloon is still standing in Langtry. They have a pretty good visitors center too. I'll post this and go look for a URL to add to this reply.

Here we go: Jersey Lilly Saloon
by markinalpine
Fri Nov 02, 2012 5:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Joke - Lena, Lars, and Sven
Replies: 14
Views: 1440

Joke - Lena, Lars, and Sven

From the Just Jawin' section of Brownell's October 2012 Newsletter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Just Jawin’ - October 2012 Lena, Lars, and Sven Lena's car breaks down on the Highway 8 just outside of Lindstrom one day. So she eases it over onto t...
by markinalpine
Fri Nov 02, 2012 4:45 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Texas State Photographer
Replies: 8
Views: 961

Texas State Photographer

Sent to me by my brother, John :lol: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://player.vimeo.com/video/22132017?title=0&byline=0&portrait= Be sure to turn on your speakers and go full screen. Wyman, the photographer, used to live in t...
by markinalpine
Fri Jul 13, 2012 4:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A Krag in .308??
Replies: 20
Views: 3748

Re: A Krag in .308??

I see Spanish Mausers rebarelled in 7.62x51 NATO a lot. Work was done, in some cases, by the Israelis.
by markinalpine
Sat May 19, 2012 2:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Video - Egg Trick ;-)
Replies: 5
Views: 553

Video - Egg Trick ;-)

Click for Video-->Egg Trick

Dom DeLuise on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show. Stick with it till the end!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sent to me by my Brother, Tom. :lol:
Mark :mrgreen:
by markinalpine
Sat May 19, 2012 1:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ned Buntline Dime Novel Download
Replies: 4
Views: 746

Re: Ned Buntline Dime Novel Download

Another good free e-book website is Manybooks.Net Mark :lol: Glad to be able to share, folks. Mark, I had forgotten about this excellent site - ManyBooks - so I've saved it as a "bookmark." Many of its books are offered in even more formats than at the Gutenberg site. Thank you. John You'...
by markinalpine
Thu May 17, 2012 8:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Ned Buntline Dime Novel Download
Replies: 4
Views: 746

Re: Ned Buntline Dime Novel Download

Another good free e-book website is Manybooks.Net

Mark :lol: