From a Good Friend of Mine
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From a Good Friend of Mine
Things you wouldn't know if you didn't watch YouTube:
1) The Walker Colt weighed 9 pounds;
2) Remington brought out the top strap 1858 after the Colt patent ran out;
3) Elmer Keith invented the .357 Magnum;
4) the .44-40 1st arrived in the 1866 Winchester;
5) Winchester bought the company from B. Tyler Henry.
If ignorance is bliss these folks should be deliriously happy.
1) The Walker Colt weighed 9 pounds;
2) Remington brought out the top strap 1858 after the Colt patent ran out;
3) Elmer Keith invented the .357 Magnum;
4) the .44-40 1st arrived in the 1866 Winchester;
5) Winchester bought the company from B. Tyler Henry.
If ignorance is bliss these folks should be deliriously happy.
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Re: From a Good Friend of Mine
I have heard it said that if ignorance is bliss …. some are a walking orgasm.
a Pennsylvanian who has been accused of clinging to my religion and my guns......Good assessment skills.
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Re: From a Good Friend of Mine
I did just learn there is a difference between the Walker and the Walker Dragoon.
30/30 Winchester: Not accurate enough fer varmints, barely adequate for small deer; BUT In a 10" to 14" barrelled pistol; is good for moose/elk to 200 yards; ground squirrels to 300 metres
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Re: From a Good Friend of Mine
One place to learn about the timeline of the various models is John Taffin's Book of the .44 Caliber.3leggedturtle wrote: ↑Thu Jul 29, 2021 10:22 am I did just learn there is a difference between the Walker and the Walker Dragoon.
Re: From a Good Friend of Mine
Had more 'n a couple people, knowing that I'm a gun person, ask me if I'm an 'expert'.
I assure them I am, a walking, ever-running fount of knowledge and lore.
Then I let them know there's one thing the other 'experts' won't bring up - that totally half of what I tell them is absolute b.s.
It's true, the older I get, I find there's less that I know.
I assure them I am, a walking, ever-running fount of knowledge and lore.
Then I let them know there's one thing the other 'experts' won't bring up - that totally half of what I tell them is absolute b.s.
It's true, the older I get, I find there's less that I know.
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Re: From a Good Friend of Mine
Today, it seems, everyone is entitled to their own personal set of "facts".
Re: From a Good Friend of Mine
The internet has allowed idiots to claim to be experts. Some on there truly know sic 'em from come here, but many don't.
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Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up---Robert Frost
Re: From a Good Friend of Mine
Man, have we seen that around this place.....
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Re: From a Good Friend of Mine
Just think some people believe this stuff! People are gullible.
Years ago I went skiing in Vermont, while in the bar I heard this guy talking about the mounted jackalope on the wall.
He could not believe what he was seeing. So within 15 minutes and about 4 more beers, I had him totally believing there was a large heard of Jackalope on the other side of Killington. I even pointed it out on the map on the wall where I had seen a nice size heard just that morning! My buddy's live for my improve! They put on there poker faces and just listen!
I sent him off and his great adventure looking for the endangered Mountain Jackalope of northern New England! I let him know that my dad shot the biggest one in the state in 1962.
It was 4 lbs of fluff with 10 beautiful point's! Come to think of it, there might have been quite a bit of alcohol involved!
Johnny
Years ago I went skiing in Vermont, while in the bar I heard this guy talking about the mounted jackalope on the wall.
He could not believe what he was seeing. So within 15 minutes and about 4 more beers, I had him totally believing there was a large heard of Jackalope on the other side of Killington. I even pointed it out on the map on the wall where I had seen a nice size heard just that morning! My buddy's live for my improve! They put on there poker faces and just listen!
I sent him off and his great adventure looking for the endangered Mountain Jackalope of northern New England! I let him know that my dad shot the biggest one in the state in 1962.
It was 4 lbs of fluff with 10 beautiful point's! Come to think of it, there might have been quite a bit of alcohol involved!
Johnny
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Re: From a Good Friend of Mine
And here I thought the Walker Colt weighed 8 pounds ...
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Re: From a Good Friend of Mine
I think that's the unloaded weight......Bill in Oregon wrote: ↑Thu Jul 29, 2021 4:19 pm And here I thought the Walker Colt weighed 8 pounds ...
JOG, would fit in well with my old buddies....
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Re: From a Good Friend of Mine
Just remember:
X is an unknown
A spurt is a drip under pressure
That makes an expert an unknown drip under pressure
X is an unknown
A spurt is a drip under pressure
That makes an expert an unknown drip under pressure
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Re: From a Good Friend of Mine
LarkBill, I used to work with a man who when called an expert would respond.
An X is a has been and a spurt is a drip under pressure!
He was neither of those!
An X is a has been and a spurt is a drip under pressure!
He was neither of those!