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Yep, an excellent find and purchase !!

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I suggest you go out and buy a lotto ticket and possibly continue your lucky day

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Nath,
Is your flintlock in the pic a Northwest Trade Gun ?

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I have a NIB Benelli M2, but am wrestling with whether to let it go and order a gas gun (less recoil) after several shoulder surgeries on my strong side. Probably overthinking this..

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Looking at these two 20 gauge autoloaders for upland hunting (grouse, woodcock and pheasant).
The Benelli M2 is an inertia gun and the Winchester SX4 is a gas gun.
Any of you folks have experience with either or both of these shotguns ?
Thank, Vic

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While not "period correct", I prefer aperture sights on my Marlins (30-30 & 45/70). Quick target acquisition and very accurate.

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Ray, 16 knots, that's it ? I would have guessed twice that at least. Yep, the sailors on the corvettes had balls for sure. It must have been a bear to stay warm (and somewhat dry) running the North Atlantic on those ships. My first can (John R Craig DD-885) was a Gehring Class, had been "framme...

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My Marlin 30-30 CB handles and shoots the same as your Model 64. Lovely rifles, wished I would have picked up the same configuration in 38/55 when they were still reasonably priced.

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A late neighbor served in the Canadian Navy --1940-1945, and assigned to the HMCS Chilliwack, a corvette, on the North Atlantic convoy runs. He claimed a destroyer was like a cruise ship compared to much smaller corvettes. When one looks at the old corvette classes of escorts, I'd agree with him, e...

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I worked at a shipyard in the mid 70’s. We refitted the USS Henderson, a Gearing class. Some of us were able to go on the post refit acceptance trials. One heck of a ride when at full speed in very small seas. In larger seas they weren’t for the faint of heart or those prone to seasickness. I’d tak...

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jeepnik wrote: ↑Sat Apr 02, 2022 10:08 am Griff, I’m familiar with the designations DD and DE (an uncle commanded then in WW II). But what is a DDG?

My ship (USS Hoel, DDG-13) was a Charles Adams class guided missile destroyer, built in 1962. Much nicer than my first destroyer, the J.R. Craig DD885.

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Flying home after my second tour (1974) to SE Asia, I was walking through Twin Cities Int'l in my dress whites to catch a small connector flight to LaCrosse (WI) and some gal came up to me and called me a baby killer. A sign of these times.

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earlmck wrote: ↑Fri Apr 01, 2022 1:10 am I believe there are a fair sprinkling of levergunners who are also members of that Tonkin Gulf yacht club. My yacht was the Bon Homme, CVA 31.

USS John R Craig DD-885
USS Hoel DDG-13

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A serendipitous thread for sure. In the past I enjoyed a sip of good whiskey or brandy, occasionally a shot of schnapps, but I no longer partake or consume any alcohol. To each, their own.... Mark Twain also said, "God didn't create anything in vain, but the fly comes pretty close" ....so ...

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JimT wrote: ↑Sun Mar 27, 2022 8:48 am It's been a battle here on the San Gabriel River!

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They're commonly referred to as "grinners" around here. Good to know you're controlling your border down there Jim

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A good friend was a Wildlife Biologist with WDNR here and dealt with our black bears quite a bit. Spring is when the mother bears kick out the previous year's cub as she has new cubs to care for. My buddy put it like this, "the older cubs are basically like our teenagers. Imagine a bunch of tee...

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I remember nuclear bomb shelters on display (for sale) back in 1962 during and after the Cuban Missile Crisis. One of the neighbors actually bought one and had it installed by an earthmoving contractor. My farm is about 1 1/2 hours east of the Twin Cities, also down wind of the prevailing wind direc...

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Back in the early 70's the U.S. always had a US Navy ship anchored in Kaoshiung harbor (in Taiwan) in case the Chinese ever attacked Taiwan. I was told this was (and maybe still is) done so that any attack by Communist China would likely hit our ship, thus giving the U S. the needed leverage to shoo...

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Its absolutely disgusting how NATO has turned a blind eye to the atrocities being committed by these Russian !@$$%. No kidding. All of the European neighbors are standing there saying "it sucks to be you" to Ukraine. I do not understand how and why the U.S. isn't sending long range artill...

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A few years back, my wife and I went to a Marshall Tucker concert at a nearby county fair. In a humorous way, I felt like we were in a geriatric ward.
........kind of feel the same way here....spooky.

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piller wrote: ↑Fri Mar 11, 2022 4:05 pm Since I was born? Or since I started breathing again after being pronounced dead and coming to room temperature for about 3 hours?

Whatever works for you

At age 32 I survived an acoustic neuroma (brain tumor) and The Good Lord has given me 36 more years so far

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Kind of quiet here lately, thought I'd pour another cup of coffee and toss out a new discussion...

I'm 68, for a few months longer....

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Or how to accelerate arthritis in your hands..

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Yep, what I have will just have to do me for now. I'm glad to see Ruger Marlins being built and distributed ! Like has been mentioned already, I too believe all of this incredible spending will change when the economy takes a dump again and all of the "stuff" hits the market at "reduc...

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I also have a tank heater I use to warm up the engine for 1 1/2 - 2 hours prior to starting. I have this on a timer. FWIW, I have an IH766 80 hp tractor that I use here on my farm. Looks like the forecast says I'll be plowing snow again in a day or two.

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Do you have winter diesel in your tractor or standard off road diesel ? It sounds like your diesel has gelled up in your injectors. Here in WI (all over the Upper Midwest), all of the co-ops and oil companies mix a "winter blend" of about 20% gasoline with 80% diesel. I use this blend excl...

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jeepnik wrote: ↑Thu Feb 17, 2022 10:59 pm You guys are making me feel warm and fuzzy. Tomorrow I’m having a colonoscopy.

Well.......as you likely already know, "no fanny burbs allowed" or else.....

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Boy, that sure did suck.....twice as much if one was prepping for a colonoscopy and it was canceled after the "cleanout".
Sorry to hear.....I do believe you should get an extra punch in your man card.

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I'll take two please...

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Unfortunately, so much of the various flavorful foods we like are high carbs, just not fair ! I love pancakes, but rarely treat myself due to the carbs. Heck, real maple syrup ( all I'll ever use up here) is high carb. .....back to bacon and eggs, which is just fine. There is a meat processor near m...

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Man, that looks good !!
What time is coffee and eggs Griff ??

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We've all been watching this craziness for some time and my hunch is.....it won't get much, or any better. I've been contemplating a Jim Kibler flintlock rifle "kit". It's getting harder to talk myself out of this. Yeah, or one of those 45 caliber air rifles ... :| I missed a chance at a ...

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We've all been watching this craziness for some time and my hunch is.....it won't get much, or any better.
I've been contemplating a Jim Kibler flintlock rifle "kit". It's getting harder to talk myself out of this.

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Bill,
FWIW, the Williams Firesight really lights up. I had one on my Marlin 30-30 CB. It gets damaged real easy, so be careful with leaning the rifle against anything.

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Bill,
Your Marlin is also referred to as a "waffletop".
Great rifle you have there.....good shooting !

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Spoken in true humility and so very true. When it comes to applying these truths to oneself, I easily float to the top, so to speak.

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Old No7 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 29, 2022 5:46 pm Wow, you did well!

To the right buyer, those could fetch 2X+ that amount based on a closer inspection of build quality.

For $300 each, I would have bought them too! (My identical twin -- from the other side of the egg -- is a lefty...)

Old No7

^^^^^^
Ditto !!!

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.45colt wrote: ↑Sat Jan 29, 2022 12:36 pm Reading the thread above , it's plain to see the bridge should have been closed long ago. steel girders rusted completely through... .

On the news last night, it was stated this bridge was inspected in September, 2021.
We'll be hearing about this..

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My son is a civil (structural) engineer. He designs, builds, inspects bridges. It will be interesting to hear what he learns about this incident. About five years ago I accompanied him on 60 Bridge inspections over three or four weeks in Brown County (Green Bay), WI. He hired me (gopher) to help wit...

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Excellent reading, felt like I was there dragging your buck as well. Kind of a "been there done that" feeling.

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Could use a few grease zerks (spelling?) in my shoulders , hips and knees.

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Any updates Bill ?

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I like "Bat Out Of Hell" and a few others.

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Most excellent !!

What a voice ! Sorry to lose him..

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Scott, does your Single Seven have the 4 5/8 barrel?
It looks like it. I have the Single Six with the 45/8 barrel, thinking it would be nice to have a 327 Single Seven to match it

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Just looked at the specs for the CXS, it's about the same as my Sig P938, except it appears my Sig has more steel.

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Most humbling, thanks for sharing this Jim.

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Partly Cloudy, high of 30 here today.
"We're having a heat wave, a tropical heat wave".
Making firewood today..

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Geez Louise........I sure hope so !!!

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I've never owned a 41 Mag, but I think a Freedom Arms SA in 41 Mag would be the berries..

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