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KENFU1911 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 22, 2026 1:08 am I am also back....Life happened LOL.......

Welcome home!

Welcome back...good to hear from you

Getting old is a terminal thing...Journey in a good way Al and rest in peace when you get home.....

Got cold up here...so I made a batch of potato and bacon soup with some crusty bread and good Irish butter...

Zee wrote: ↑Sat Apr 11, 2026 5:20 pm It’s a cool idea. I’d probably still stick with speed loaders.

Yep

Thanks for the input!

I'm in the process of getting a Yankee Hill Suppressor for my 5.56 ARs...One of the firearms I want to use it on is my 8.5" ARs...Now I discovered that the shortest barrel they recommend is a 10"...What is likely to happen if I use it on the 8.5 barrel?

Zee wrote: ↑Fri Apr 03, 2026 11:54 pm Were you running your thumb on the right side of the pistol grip stock? Or behind the tang?

The .45-70 1895 has a straight stock and the base of the tang sight rested right in the web of my hand...it was a great thought but in practice....it sucked...ended up putting a Buckhorn on it....

Its relatively painless my friend...apart from the requisite aches and pains that come with living...

Sounds as if the motor thing worked out for the best...

Great Egret Pic...They are relatively common up here in our river valley...but I'm not sure if they are the same birds

Nce work...how does it smoke? Back in 20, the wife and I took the SS Badger across Lake Michigan and then drove over to Pipestone Minnesota to the Pipestone National Monument where Kelli can get some Catlinite because of her tribal affiliation...Anyway...this is her Raven Pipe and her pipe bags... T...

If you're taking the trouble to make one, copy a model with windage adjustment. Just a thought. I concur...I have one on one of my Sharps and a Lyman on my 1895 Marlin...which didn't stay there long because while it looked good and worked ok...every time you shot the damn thing you drew back a bloo...

Oh...I would have leapt on that in a heartbeat...

For that money, I'd buy it just because....

I had one chambered in .38-55....I himmed and hawed about buying it while I drove 60 miles home, then turned around in the driveway and drove 60 miles back to buy it...pretty rifles and a joy to shoot...

That's a pretty one...nice grab! I believe I have some 535.grain Postell bullets out in the shed if you're inclined to try them...

Yep...too peopley....

Either one means go see the doctor buddy. Anything over 100 is no bueno. Brother, if my blood sugar is under 100 I'm heading towards trouble in the form of hypoglycemia....I'm cliosely monitored by my Doc, I'm on meds and I run 130 to 150 most days with an A1C of 7...In the end it varies wildly fro...

He'll always be Augustus McCrae

I got a $20 one from drug mart to start monitoring my blood (changed diet). I thought it was doing good until I had a reading of 190 after dinner. Poked another finger and it was 130. Which ones are accurate? You get what you pay for...my old glucometer did the same thing ...one finger always regis...

Either one means go see the doctor buddy. Anything over 100 is no bueno. Brother, if my blood sugar is under 100 I'm heading towards trouble in the form of hypoglycemia....I'm cliosely monitored by my Doc, I'm on meds and I run 130 to 150 most days with an A1C of 7...In the end it varies wildly fro...

At the moment. I'm drinking Tim Hortons Dark Roast and I'm paying $25.00 for 48 K'cups

Chiro1989 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 16, 2026 1:44 am Looks good, how much weight did you save?

In truth, probably not much...but what weight there is, is so much better distributed, it makes for a much more ergonomic package...

Now for a question....the sling...do I go with a 1907 leather sling, or a vintage web sling or a V-Tac...I'm comfortable with all of them...whatcha think?

A little more to the story....in September of 1969, I was a member of the last basic training cycle to qualify with the M-14 at Fort Knox KY...There wasn't anything about that rifle I didn't love...It's way past time for me to have my own...

My M1A National Match came in a Archangel Precision stock...and while it was a shooter, it was just an awkward, heavy set-up...So I got with my friend out in Kansas, looking for a military stock, and as chance would have it...he had a couple...one in like new condition...it showed up a couple of day...