Hello Riflemen-I'm not sure whether to thank the tuba for his introduction or loosen his front motorcycle axil nut
I do want to say that I do have a passion for Riflemen, shooters of almost any arms, outdoor photography, any kind of fishing, hunting, hiking and the outdoors in general. In the past it has been difficult to find folks with similar passions but as the internet came into my rooms I found about a zillion new friends that shared my interests and with that found that you fellows had a lot to teach me. Though bumpy at times, the outdoor web sites I have enjoyed over the years have been fun and a great learning experience. I'm hard put to think up some question that someone on the internet has not thought of and solved.
Many years ago my son and I set out to fix up a Marlin rifle he had purchased in high school. I ran across a fellow going by the name Paco Kelly that had written extensively on most of the things we were researching anfd that become my primary source of information on the levergun. My son's rifle has been hunting every year since as a 3030AI and he shoots itty bitty bullets through Blacktail bucks pretty regular with it. I am changing scopes on it now and have it in my gun safe waiting for a chance to sight it in. I have been an on again, off again poster here since I worked on that rifle, and a regular forum reader here. I know some terrific folks that like to hang out here and am thinking about spending some more time learning and reading entertaining stories here myself.
One last thing. I manage to spend a good deal of time fishing salmon and steelhead from my drift boat pretty much all year long. I enjoy taking folks fishing on these drift boat trips as friends and my deal is you get here and I'll do the rest! A one day license is about $13 and if you like I have a 24' camp trailer for you to stay in rather than a motel. You can bring one friend. It's really as simple as that. Just PM or call me and we'll see if the fish are in and if we can put a fishing trip together. I live in Oregon. 1-541-897-0092 Jim Thanks for the welcome Riflemen, Life is good, BestLever
Just a warning about this fella: It could be to your advantage to listen to any advice this scoundrel puts out. He's shown me a ton of basic loading knowledge that for some reason or other embarasses me by being WAY better than the way I was doing it. He's given me mucho extra equipment that he had lying around, too. Also, seems like many of his family and friends ask him to load for him; Seems that his ammo is match quality. If he sez he has Bad News, it's the 335 grain @ 1350fps kind out of a BlackHawk .45. This absolute desperado will take your rifles from you and out shoot you with them. He crawles thru bear tunnels with a knife in his teeth ready to do a Cougar Crouch Death Leap on anything he finds in his way. Don't ask what the Vise Grips are for. Do not ask what he did to his Wife's car when it stalled in traffic. Add to this, he's the best guide on the Rogue River and will prolly toss my azz in Dead GirlScout Riffle the next time I get in his little Toys R Us Willy Boat 
