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by GunnyMack
Tue Feb 20, 2024 4:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Paco and the 44mag
Replies: 15
Views: 794

Re: Paco and the 44mag

An old friend was shot by his Ex at point blank in the chest with his 29, 180gr jhp. He survived with the only lasting effect was a breathing tube due to a botched treachotomy in the er. The doctors were amazed he survived. Now this guy was a BIG man, probably 6'6" and pushing 280 or more. He w...
by GunnyMack
Tue Feb 20, 2024 4:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Watch your backstop when shooting...
Replies: 10
Views: 662

Re: Watch your backstop when shooting...

No sir, NJ!
by GunnyMack
Tue Feb 20, 2024 12:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Another funny meme
Replies: 7
Views: 439

Re: Another funny meme

Dear ol Dad was a pilot for Eastern Airlines from '64 until 1989 when that scumbag Frank Lorenzo took over Eastern and rolled it into Continental... Anyhow I spent LOTS of time on commercial flights. Yes even in the 70s it was EXPECTED of the public to dress nicely, be respectful to the crew. That's...
by GunnyMack
Mon Feb 19, 2024 12:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: O Sage! ( Parker puppies chapter 2)
Replies: 53
Views: 39272

Re: O Sage! ( Parker puppies chapter 2)

Yeah we gotta work on the possession thing!
by GunnyMack
Sun Feb 18, 2024 5:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: O Sage! ( Parker puppies chapter 2)
Replies: 53
Views: 39272

Re: O Sage! ( Parker puppies chapter 2)

20240218_133003.mp4 Been awhile since I posted any updates on Sage. Here she is with a dead rooster I shot this morning. Her nose works well, she shows she knows to get down wind but darn it she doesn't always bring stuff to me. I know, I know she is only 9 months old. So let's see if this video cl...
by GunnyMack
Sun Feb 18, 2024 2:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Paco and the 44mag
Replies: 15
Views: 794

Re: Paco and the 44mag

As always Jim, great stories!
by GunnyMack
Sun Feb 18, 2024 2:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: This was a little different.
Replies: 24
Views: 1275

Re: This was a little different.

I found Universal for my 28 as 800x has been discontinued and it has worked splendidly. It's my go to now for the 41mag with cast as well ! It's clean,does meter well too. Get a pound and you won't be sorry. Another is cfepistol, it's clean and it's miserly for charges so a pound goes a long way. Wh...
by GunnyMack
Sun Feb 18, 2024 5:43 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: This was a little different.
Replies: 24
Views: 1275

Re: This was a little different.

So I woke up this morning and your Unique load was on my mind, yeah my brain is always thinking guns &ammo. Anyhow after walking and feeding the dogs I was in my 'office ' looking through the latest hodgon data magazine. They list unique in the burn rate chart but not 1 load for min/max for the ...
by GunnyMack
Sat Feb 17, 2024 4:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: .300 Blackout
Replies: 39
Views: 1967

Re: .300 Blackout

That's a cool looking action Scott!

I'd like one of their actions to build my own but looking at their site they don't sell the receiver only. Not sure what caliber I'd do though...
by GunnyMack
Sat Feb 17, 2024 1:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Accident
Replies: 10
Views: 635

Re: Accident

Let's see, thousand, million, billion, trillion BRAZILIAN, gazillion
by GunnyMack
Sat Feb 17, 2024 1:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Watch your backstop when shooting...
Replies: 10
Views: 662

Re: Watch your backstop when shooting...

Sadly that's more the norm with police involved shootings. I believe it is simply the fact that most cops are NOT gun guys and the only shooting they do is to qualify every 6 months. Back in the 80s part of our state police force trained at our range. Being teenagers we were kind of in awe and we go...
by GunnyMack
Sat Feb 17, 2024 11:35 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Best offhand group fired by me 29B
Replies: 8
Views: 383

Re: Best offhand group fired by me 29B

Here I'm thinking a model 29 by S&W- hence my ransom rest remark. As I didn't notice your rifle in the picture I completely missed it! After realizing it was a rifle I had to look up that model! Savage made some good rifles that never got a fair shake.
by GunnyMack
Sat Feb 17, 2024 10:39 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Nice [illegal] Collection...
Replies: 5
Views: 375

Re: Nice [illegal] Collection...

Now what's a guy need 4 flare guns for!? :lol:
by GunnyMack
Sat Feb 17, 2024 8:04 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Best offhand group fired by me 29B
Replies: 8
Views: 383

Re: Best offhand group fired by me 29B

Very nice groups!- I couldn't do that with a ransom rest!
by GunnyMack
Sat Feb 17, 2024 5:27 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT, post and beam
Replies: 62
Views: 3645

Re: OT, post and beam

I suppose you are right Doc!
by GunnyMack
Fri Feb 16, 2024 6:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT, post and beam
Replies: 62
Views: 3645

Re: OT, post and beam

I swing a 14oz titanium hammer. What it leaks I weight it makes up in speed, I can drive a nail easier than a 22oz steel hammer.
Yes those 40s SUCK to drive overhead!
by GunnyMack
Thu Feb 15, 2024 3:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: This was a little different.
Replies: 24
Views: 1275

Re: This was a little different.

So Scott, is it binding up due to tight barrel cylinder gap getting carbon build up?
I suppose a guy could open the gap a couple thousandth (at most) and get more rounds down range or just clean after every 20 or so?
by GunnyMack
Thu Feb 15, 2024 3:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT, post and beam
Replies: 62
Views: 3645

Re: OT, post and beam

So the 8" of snow we had the other day was no match for the spanking new metal roof!
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It all came off , landed about 6 or 8 ft away and I wish I had been there to see and hear that wall of snow go shooting off!

Hey Bill , here is a 40d !
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by GunnyMack
Thu Feb 15, 2024 12:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Midway has ( had ?)
Replies: 13
Views: 643

Re: Midway has ( had ?)

6pt-sika wrote: Thu Feb 15, 2024 11:48 am Not quite as bad but still not good . I got the down low on next weeks trip to Argentina , shells are going to be $18-20 a box :( I suspect I’ll shoot no more than six flats in three days or 500 a day that’s $1200 :cry:
Keep your head down and make every shot count!
by GunnyMack
Thu Feb 15, 2024 5:16 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: "Serious National Security Threat" press release 2-14-2024
Replies: 14
Views: 671

Re: "Serious National Security Threat" press release 2-14-2024

So apparently that X post has to do with the possibility of Putin putting a nuke in space. I wouldn't put it past them to have already done it!
by GunnyMack
Wed Feb 14, 2024 4:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Happy Valentine's Day
Replies: 4
Views: 235

Re: Happy Valentine's Day

Ahmen Bill
by GunnyMack
Wed Feb 14, 2024 2:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Happy Valentine's Day
Replies: 4
Views: 235

Re: Happy Valentine's Day

Its also the 39th anniversary of the birth of one of the best dogs a guy could ever have, Lady Rimfire Valentine.
She was a perfect puppy, house broken in days, retrieve anything I told her to fetch, hunted with every ounce of her soul. Was a great 16 years together. Darn it my eyes are watering!
by GunnyMack
Wed Feb 14, 2024 1:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: "Serious National Security Threat" press release 2-14-2024
Replies: 14
Views: 671

Re: "Serious National Security Threat" press release 2-14-2024

But what exactly is the threat? Other than the obvious
by GunnyMack
Wed Feb 14, 2024 12:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Midway has ( had ?)
Replies: 13
Views: 643

Re: Midway has ( had ?)

No, Starline doesn't.

I too have a fair supply of Bee on hand so if I had to I could neck up/ fire form. But I have a Bee and a 25-20.
by GunnyMack
Wed Feb 14, 2024 9:18 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Midway has ( had ?)
Replies: 13
Views: 643

Re: Midway has ( had ?)

And what they had is GONE!
by GunnyMack
Wed Feb 14, 2024 9:08 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The GForce 1892 Copy in 357
Replies: 19
Views: 1901

Re: The GForce 1892 Copy in 357

I wonder if the ' case colors' are painted, just looked at their website and the spec sheet says the receiver is aluminum.
(My ipad has krapped the bed, and some sites don't play well with my phone so maybe I can't see where it shows steel?)

From the tiny pics it looks nice though.
by GunnyMack
Wed Feb 14, 2024 9:01 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Midway has ( had ?)
Replies: 13
Views: 643

Re: Midway has ( had ?)

Yes indeed Bill BUT a guy has to replenish brass or start his stash somehow.
I'm glad a have a few hundred and a couple boxes of factories.
by GunnyMack
Wed Feb 14, 2024 5:32 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Midway has ( had ?)
Replies: 13
Views: 643

Midway has ( had ?)

Both Winchester and Remington 25-20 ammo!!
At $120 + per box though... :shock:
by GunnyMack
Tue Feb 13, 2024 5:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 410 too little for any game you say?
Replies: 39
Views: 1833

Re: 410 too little for any game you say?

6tp, as I've said before, most 410s are over choked with full chokes. My old Hi Standard Flite King skeet choke with 3" #5s was my favorite when shooting ducks at my buddies farm all those many years ago before non toxic laws. Just stone dead out to 30 odd yards. No choke is almost as bad but I...
by GunnyMack
Tue Feb 13, 2024 5:50 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 410 too little for any game you say?
Replies: 39
Views: 1833

Re: 410 too little for any game you say?

So he shot it/at it 6 times, fact is it worked. I remember seeing a professional TV hunter shoot a buck in the hind quarters claimed on camera it ' was the only shot I had' . But that buck was in an open field! To this day I won't read or watch Spomer! I'm sure when Jordan saw that buck step out his...
by GunnyMack
Mon Feb 12, 2024 5:22 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: This was a little different.
Replies: 24
Views: 1275

Re: This was a little different.

60 rounds, yup those are tight tolerances!
by GunnyMack
Sun Feb 11, 2024 7:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Nice but pricey (deprimer)
Replies: 2
Views: 256

Re: Nice but pricey (deprimer)

The machine work alone is worth 70 bucks. Looks like a nice tool but too much manipulation to drop the primer-case out. And I'm sure your wrist wouldn't be happy after depriming 500 cases while watching Jeremiah Johnson.
by GunnyMack
Sun Feb 11, 2024 4:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 410 too little for any game you say?
Replies: 39
Views: 1833

Re: 410 too little for any game you say?

Yeah Mike , another cartridge that isn't big enough to kill a deer- the 25-20!
by GunnyMack
Sun Feb 11, 2024 12:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: This was a little different.
Replies: 24
Views: 1275

Re: This was a little different.

How many rounds before you noticed ? Now you know at what point you need to clean it. :D
Only gun I ever had that happen with was a S&W 422. After about a half brick it would stutter while feeding.
by GunnyMack
Sat Feb 10, 2024 5:32 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: gun free zone
Replies: 7
Views: 481

Re: gun free zone

Just goes to prove that once again only law abiding citizens follow the law... and one more reason to fence the whole place off and let those animals fight it out. Once they are all dead go in and start over.
by GunnyMack
Fri Feb 09, 2024 5:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Remington #4 32 Rimfire
Replies: 7
Views: 402

Re: Remington #4 32 Rimfire

Why not find centerfire breech blocks and shoot centerfire 32s and cut a 25-20 chamber in the 25rf and shoot to your hearts content...
No screwing around with ramset power loads or having to machine brass...
Just thinking out loud.
Nice rifles tho!
by GunnyMack
Fri Feb 09, 2024 3:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Think you're having a bad day?
Replies: 7
Views: 608

Re: Think you're having a bad day?

One of my instructors was a Brit, Leonard Bull. he spent time as a game ranger in SA, told us a story of a Zulu warrior the took a 45-70 bullet in his hip as the rancher tried to keep him from stealing cattle. Bull tracked the Zulu for 3 days on a busted hip all while driving thos cows and found him...
by GunnyMack
Thu Feb 08, 2024 6:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT, post and beam
Replies: 62
Views: 3645

Re: OT, post and beam

8d common hot dip galvanized in the floor, and siding( until we ran out and couldn't find anymore so we used 10s!)
by GunnyMack
Thu Feb 08, 2024 3:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT, post and beam
Replies: 62
Views: 3645

Re: OT, post and beam

Took all day to assemble and hang this 9x9 sliding door. All t&g that was warped, cupped and it took 10' bar clamps to get it all together. 20240208_141649.jpg The loft floor was 104 board courses, 26-30 nails per board - minimum of 3640 nails. I drove at least half of those. We have put close t...
by GunnyMack
Thu Feb 08, 2024 3:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Think you're having a bad day?
Replies: 7
Views: 608

Re: Think you're having a bad day?

Seriously YouTube? I gotta sign in to see this? Sigh...

Yes those PHs are cool customers with ice in their veins!
by GunnyMack
Thu Feb 08, 2024 12:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 'Smart' devices are dumb....
Replies: 18
Views: 844

Re: 'Smart' devices are dumb....

gcs wrote: Thu Feb 08, 2024 9:22 am After the EMP strike who are you going to call with your protected phone? :mrgreen:
No one but so you can still play solitaire! :lol:
by GunnyMack
Thu Feb 08, 2024 9:10 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 'Smart' devices are dumb....
Replies: 18
Views: 844

Re: 'Smart' devices are dumb....

Your microwave is a Faraday cage, you can get more stuff in it when the EMP comes.
To test to make sure the microwave isn't leaking put your ( or someone else's)cell phone in, close the door then call from another phone. If it rings your microwave is shot.
by GunnyMack
Thu Feb 08, 2024 6:41 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: S&W Lever gun
Replies: 42
Views: 2545

Re: S&W Lever gun

Shooting times, full page ad for the new s&w Smooth levergun. Shows the stainless and the blued with wood( quite pretty wood) the rifles look nice until you look at the levers. The lever appears like it was just stamped out and installed without any kind of finish work, and the 'blue' of the lev...
by GunnyMack
Wed Feb 07, 2024 6:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Cast bullet path in game
Replies: 24
Views: 1092

Re: Cast bullet path in game

I shot a buck years ago with a 12ga slug through both lungs and it went over 200 yards- no matter the size hole if they are hopped up on adrenaline they are gonna run. I've had deer drop DRT with buckshot. Granted they may have been hit with a stray pellet in the head or neck but most often a 12 pel...
by GunnyMack
Wed Feb 07, 2024 6:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT, post and beam
Replies: 62
Views: 3645

Re: OT, post and beam

I dunno Bill, WE say it should be at least a clear coat but that is up to the owners to hash out with the painter.
by GunnyMack
Wed Feb 07, 2024 4:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT, post and beam
Replies: 62
Views: 3645

Re: OT, post and beam

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Only 1 problem with your idea Grizz, it's not an open floor with posts every 12'. Although you could build a really long canoe! :lol:
by GunnyMack
Wed Feb 07, 2024 3:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Cast bullet path in game
Replies: 24
Views: 1092

Re: Cast bullet path in game

Is it possible your bullet encountered enough bone that it began slowing down and just rode down a rib? Your experience reminded me of a buddy that shot Nosler partitions in his .30 something and he complained that just the rear section was under the hide on the off side of a moose. He was so concer...
by GunnyMack
Wed Feb 07, 2024 3:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT, post and beam
Replies: 62
Views: 3645

Re: OT, post and beam

Praise the Lord and pass the Bengay- the floor is done!! Roughly 2 full days on knee pads swinging a hammer.
by GunnyMack
Wed Feb 07, 2024 3:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Little-Known Reloading Phenomena
Replies: 23
Views: 1128

Re: Little-Known Reloading Phenomena

Jim all that 9mm is just to get you primed for loading mass quantities of .22 LR! :lol:
by GunnyMack
Tue Feb 06, 2024 7:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT, post and beam
Replies: 62
Views: 3645

Re: OT, post and beam

Ya could Bill but unless you make road apples and attract flies I don't think these folks would let you stay :lol: