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by Bill in Oregon
Tue Mar 12, 2024 7:01 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Weirdness with Altamont Grips
Replies: 7
Views: 599

Weirdness with Altamont Grips

I have bought their grips several times over the years and have been quite pleased for the price. There was some sort of change in the company a while back with the result that for a long time their grip selection contracted mightily -- and most of those shown were "temporarily unavailable,&quo...
by Bill in Oregon
Mon Mar 11, 2024 8:06 am
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: FS in MO GORGEOUS 44-40!
Replies: 5
Views: 574

Re: FS in MO GORGEOUS 44-40!

Ted, you are giving this beauty away! 8)
by Bill in Oregon
Mon Mar 11, 2024 7:59 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The GForce 1892 Copy in 357
Replies: 19
Views: 1908

Re: The GForce 1892 Copy in 357

One thing the Turks have access to is some very nice walnut.
by Bill in Oregon
Sun Mar 10, 2024 5:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Aluminum receivers
Replies: 10
Views: 844

Re: Aluminum receivers

I think the SAAMI pressure standard for .357 is 45,000. SAAMI for the 5.56 NATO is 58,000, but of course the aluminum AR receiver is built around a far different locking design. I'll be curious how the Huckleberries in aluminum hold up.
by Bill in Oregon
Sun Mar 10, 2024 9:00 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lost a Good One (taught me how to shoot)
Replies: 9
Views: 714

Re: Lost a Good One (taught me how to shoot)

Wow. What a legacy. A born teacher and obviously a very good man. Glad you had him in your life, Doc.
by Bill in Oregon
Sun Mar 10, 2024 8:54 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: are Rossis getting better?
Replies: 34
Views: 2086

Re: are Rossis getting better?

Doc, one of the other customers in the shop at the time said he was tempted to buy it as a collector's item. :lol:
by Bill in Oregon
Sun Mar 10, 2024 8:44 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: are Rossis getting better?
Replies: 34
Views: 2086

Re: are Rossis getting better?

I'd like to handle a current production Rossi side by side with the new GForce Huckleberry steel version. The Huckleberry is just a bit lower in price. I ordered one maybe 30 years ago in .44-40 when Interarms of Virginia was importing the Rossi brand. The gunshop owner in Medford and I were astonis...
by Bill in Oregon
Sun Mar 10, 2024 8:10 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I wonder if it is like this
Replies: 5
Views: 647

I wonder if it is like this

There is a nine-page thread of prayers for a critically ill little girl named Olivia over on the Texas Hunting Forum. She had been admitted in early January, and died in a Houston hospital yesterday afternoon. One of the fellas put up this image of what it is like to come home to the Christ. I find ...
by Bill in Oregon
Sat Mar 09, 2024 11:47 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I lost my willie
Replies: 19
Views: 1379

Re: I lost my willie

Losing a dog is a very hard thing, but you can have a horse for half your life.
by Bill in Oregon
Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Went to a gun show today
Replies: 21
Views: 1591

Re: Went to a gun show today

Walt, I share your hopes for Michelle's future.
I was thrilled to see my first Peabody Martini target rifle -- in .44-100 -- this afternoon at our club's gun show at the Rattlesnake Roundup.
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by Bill in Oregon
Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 25 yard standing offhand rimfire challenge
Replies: 6
Views: 485

Re: 25 yard standing offhand rimfire challenge

Excellent! Darn, that Rossi looks nice. What is it capable of when benched?
by Bill in Oregon
Fri Mar 08, 2024 11:24 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Went to a gun show today
Replies: 21
Views: 1591

Re: Went to a gun show today

Liking that hammer double, Jay. 8)
I am working the ticket booth from 3 to 6 today at our Sweetwater show, and will stick my nose in the door and look around before I start my shift.
Guessing there were good hauls of rattlesnakes for the roundup, thanks to those temps in the 80s last week.
by Bill in Oregon
Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:03 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Last Outlaw movie review
Replies: 21
Views: 1571

Re: The Last Outlaw movie review

Scott, it sounds like they needed to hire Mike Venturino to coach them on shooting single shots. He worked with Tom Selleck on "Quigley Down Under." 8)
I can handle Sharps rifles and revolvers fine. But I stay well hidden when seated on a horse, as it is just too hilarious a show. :lol:
by Bill in Oregon
Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:01 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My patient needed her Backup Gun
Replies: 23
Views: 1629

Re: My patient needed her Backup Gun

I looked closely at the Abbott stimulator the pain doc in Alamogordo was pushing. I did a fair amount of online research. But combined with my neurosurgeon's advice based on what he had seen, and statistics such as these from what I consider reliable sources, I decided against one. I did not appreci...
by Bill in Oregon
Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:48 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Colt 1872 Open Top
Replies: 10
Views: 818

Re: Colt 1872 Open Top

Ray, I had one I got from Buffalo Arms some years ago in .44 Russian. Possibly the most pleasant sixgun I have owned -- and accurate to boot.
by Bill in Oregon
Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:47 am
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: FS Elsewhere, a Marlin 93 ...
Replies: 0
Views: 213

FS Elsewhere, a Marlin 93 ...

Just saw this this morning. Though some here might be intrigued.

https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/ubb ... ost9016414
by Bill in Oregon
Thu Mar 07, 2024 11:34 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Texas Independence Day!
Replies: 14
Views: 799

Re: Texas Independence Day!

Blackhawk, I have seen those three words attributed to a great Texas hero, Deaf Smith.
by Bill in Oregon
Thu Mar 07, 2024 8:26 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: If you love a Savage Model 99
Replies: 9
Views: 600

Re: If you love a Savage Model 99

Ray, surely there's a photo of your 99!
Grizz, I had an uncle who lived in Black Canyon City, but I never got off road in that country.
by Bill in Oregon
Wed Mar 06, 2024 8:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
Replies: 46
Views: 3411

Re: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there

Ji, you are moving along at a good clip in that short! Beautiful waters you are fishing there.
by Bill in Oregon
Wed Mar 06, 2024 8:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: If you love a Savage Model 99
Replies: 9
Views: 600

Re: If you love a Savage Model 99

Grizz, my grandparents started a ranch under the Mogollon Rim in the Tonto Basin near present Young before World War I. I visited once ten years ago, and it is very interesting country, with human history that goes back probably to the last Ice Age.
by Bill in Oregon
Wed Mar 06, 2024 8:40 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Wildfire
Replies: 5
Views: 217

Re: Wildfire

Saw that as well. A fire victim has already fired the first lawsuit against EXCEL. This is what started the deadly fire that destroyed Paradise, California.
Ultimately it will be the ratepayers on the hook.
by Bill in Oregon
Wed Mar 06, 2024 8:38 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My patient needed her Backup Gun
Replies: 23
Views: 1629

Re: My patient needed her Backup Gun

Doc, maybe there is justice in the world ...
by Bill in Oregon
Wed Mar 06, 2024 8:37 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: If you love a Savage Model 99
Replies: 9
Views: 600

If you love a Savage Model 99

You'll love this one. Not trying to sell it for the guy, but wow what a beauty!

https://forums.accuratereloading.com/ev ... 9061064772
by Bill in Oregon
Tue Mar 05, 2024 9:44 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Parker, CZ and Winchester
Replies: 4
Views: 251

Re: Parker, CZ and Winchester

Will, you have wonderfully long seasons. Back in Oregon pheasant season was just a couple of months long, starting in October.
by Bill in Oregon
Tue Mar 05, 2024 9:38 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
Replies: 46
Views: 3411

Re: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there

Ji, I watched a segment of that classic. Imagine being lowered with your dory, lines, hooks and baits to spend the next 12 hours alone on a heaving sea handlining cod, and doing it again day after day. I confess to getting motion sickness at the drop of a hat all my life, so just that alone -- the s...
by Bill in Oregon
Tue Mar 05, 2024 9:33 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Soothing.....
Replies: 4
Views: 375

Re: Soothing.....

Ray, she has a classic country voice. Was it this show?

https://www.pbs.org/video/tate-emmons-d ... no-tlriry/
by Bill in Oregon
Mon Mar 04, 2024 8:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
Replies: 46
Views: 3411

Re: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there

For an in-depth look at the Portuguese dory fishermen off the Grand Banks, it is hard to beat Alan Villiers' "Quest of the Schooner Argus," and of course there is Rudyard Kipling's classic "Captains Courageous." By the way, the 1937 movie of the same name with Spencer Tracy and L...
by Bill in Oregon
Mon Mar 04, 2024 3:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Wildfire
Replies: 5
Views: 217

Re: Wildfire

The big one, the Smokehouse Creek Fire was still at 1,076,638 and 15 percent contained, with cause under investigation per the Texas A&M Forest Service this morning.
by Bill in Oregon
Mon Mar 04, 2024 12:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bluebonnets
Replies: 9
Views: 393

Re: Bluebonnets

WOW! There is just nothing to compare with the spring wildflower season in Texas.
by Bill in Oregon
Mon Mar 04, 2024 11:37 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bluebonnets
Replies: 9
Views: 393

Re: Bluebonnets

Lovely, and what a sweet-looking pup, too. Did you just take these Scott? Are they already blooming down your way?
by Bill in Oregon
Mon Mar 04, 2024 11:34 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there
Replies: 46
Views: 3411

Re: For the "Old Iron" nerds out there

I think the St. Pierre has the most glorious sheerlines of all the dories.
by Bill in Oregon
Mon Mar 04, 2024 11:31 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 80 Years Ago -- U.S. Fighters Over Berlin!
Replies: 10
Views: 521

Re: 80 Years Ago -- U.S. Fighters Over Berlin!

Just a wonderful post and tribute, Darryl. Dad was in the 97th Infantry, but all four of Mom's brothers Army Air Corps. The guy on the left here is my Uncle Milton. His B-17, the Sad Sack, was in the 91st Bomb Wing, 324th Squadron based at RAF Bassingbourn. The Memphis Belle was in this squadron. Mi...
by Bill in Oregon
Sun Mar 03, 2024 5:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Excellent Service from Bravo Concealment Holsters...
Replies: 7
Views: 324

Re: Excellent Service from Bravo Concealment Holsters...

Will, I won't starve right off, that's for sure! :shock:
The kydex isn't very appealing, but it is very tough, durable and easy to fit to your gun.
by Bill in Oregon
Sun Mar 03, 2024 1:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Excellent Service from Bravo Concealment Holsters...
Replies: 7
Views: 324

Re: Excellent Service from Bravo Concealment Holsters...

Doc, do you carry with the pancake loops or the paddle attachments? I bought a couple of IWB holsters recently and they are uncomfortable as my paints don't have much give at the waist as I seem to be packing a little extra these days, and I am not talking additional ammunition. I bought a leather D...
by Bill in Oregon
Sun Mar 03, 2024 12:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New To Me Winchesters
Replies: 18
Views: 1107

Re: New To Me Winchesters

Absolutely love the buttstock configuration on the .25-35.
by Bill in Oregon
Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:36 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 70-150 winchester video
Replies: 9
Views: 454

Re: 70-150 winchester video

Not for me either, Grizz. Much more than 25 foot-pounds of recoil and I fly the white flag these days.
by Bill in Oregon
Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:34 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New Garmin Zero chronograph
Replies: 4
Views: 303

Re: New Garmin Zero chronograph

I'm envious. I wish the price would come down. Making do with a ProChrono currently.
by Bill in Oregon
Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:32 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Looking at a Kimber 1911
Replies: 31
Views: 2392

Re: Looking at a Kimber 1911

Jason, on that same forum you will find a subforum dedicated to the RIA/Armscor guns (and one dedicated to Tisas). The only 10s I have owned were Glock Model 40 MOS longslides. I have been favorably impressed by the Tisas 1911s and am looking hard at the bob-tailed lightweight commander-sized Stingr...
by Bill in Oregon
Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:21 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: More Confederates in my blood
Replies: 3
Views: 281

Re: More Confederates in my blood

The interesting thing I am finding, chasing these ghosts through Find-a-Grave links, is reading about the lives my Confederates led after the war. Here's an example, a sketch of great-great Uncle James, the one shot in the head, written for his grandson who died at 21 and lies in Mt. Olivet in Forth...
by Bill in Oregon
Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:13 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Went to a gun show today
Replies: 21
Views: 1591

Re: Went to a gun show today

I'll be volunteering at the Sweetwater Rifle and Pistol Club show next weekend. It is held in conjunction with the Rattlesnake Roundup right next door. I am told it is a good one. The next one in Abilene will be in June.
by Bill in Oregon
Sat Mar 02, 2024 8:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: More Confederates in my blood
Replies: 3
Views: 281

More Confederates in my blood

Just this morning while tracing ancestors I ran across a new-to-me great-great uncle, Matt Marshall Hague, sergeant in the 44th Tennessee Infantry, killed on Oct. 8, 1862, in the fierce fight at Perryville, KY. He was just 19. My great uncle Frank Wood with the First Wisconsin under Starkweather was...
by Bill in Oregon
Sat Mar 02, 2024 7:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For all you mule skinners.......
Replies: 11
Views: 629

Re: For all you mule skinners.......

Well hell, I don't know if I even want dinner. My late Uncle Paul was a fine horseman but his love was mules, and I got to ride his Abigail on a Decker pack saddle with hay-bailing twine stirrups in the Eagle Cap Wilderness of far northeast Oregon many years ago. It was and remains a religious exper...
by Bill in Oregon
Sat Mar 02, 2024 7:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Looking at a Kimber 1911
Replies: 31
Views: 2392

Re: Looking at a Kimber 1911

by Bill in Oregon
Sat Mar 02, 2024 6:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: #1 1/2 Rolling Block Cadet
Replies: 14
Views: 1239

Re: #1 1/2 Rolling Block Cadet

First he has a successful TURP, and then right after he wins this fabulous Rolling Block. Vall, your golden touch continues, bro. 8)
by Bill in Oregon
Sat Mar 02, 2024 6:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Pig Hunting In Texas With A 50-100-450
Replies: 16
Views: 843

Re: Pig Hunting In Texas With A 50-100-450

Your rifle is wonderful, and as hogs go, that is a mighty handsome one. Well done!
by Bill in Oregon
Sat Mar 02, 2024 6:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Looking at a Kimber 1911
Replies: 31
Views: 2392

Re: Looking at a Kimber 1911

Jason, I had a Kimber that I carried at work at the shooting range for a few months. It shot wonderfully and had no issues whatsoever. I quit carrying it because it was a bit heavier than was comfortable for daily wear, and I hated to see it banged around as I hopped in and out of trucks, tractors a...
by Bill in Oregon
Sat Mar 02, 2024 10:23 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Most accurate Blackhawk caliber?
Replies: 27
Views: 1754

Re: Most accurate Blackhawk caliber?

Jim, that's a keepsake for sure. That's Arizona javelina country, right?
by Bill in Oregon
Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:43 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Dont fall out of your semi.....
Replies: 11
Views: 773

Re: Dont fall out of your semi.....

And ma'am, thank you for your service if we are still allowed to say that.
by Bill in Oregon
Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:37 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Most accurate Blackhawk caliber?
Replies: 27
Views: 1754

Re: Most accurate Blackhawk caliber?

Thanks fellas. In the larger-bore sixguns I have pretty much lost all interest in jacketed bullets, so the cylinder throat dimensions assume greater importance. Jim, your prescription of practice is mighty sensible. As some of you have noticed I am something of a gun gadfly and rarely have put in ex...