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I spent last year getting divorced, selling the family home and nearly losing a parent to a stroke, then dealing with the health needs stemming from that. I'm more a case of "please, don't let it be worse than 2025". So far it's not been a great start :mrgreen: Only major goals are to do s...

Zee wrote: ↑Wed Apr 02, 2025 4:15 am My feet work well enough. And cost less.

Shanks' pony, by necessity rather than inclination.

Congratulations Wambli!
That's really exciting news.

I believe folks wrapped around the axel about weight of the rifle are stuck in a combat context that is no longer applicable to the way fight or plan to fight future enemies… I'm definitely in this camp, and will admit my bias. I had run with Gene's number, 12 pounds kitted out seems a whole lot mo...

To the degree that M855A1 is not as effective as it once was Damn, I'm honestly surprised, I would not have thought that bodyarmour would be considered that widely available to them in the future scenarios, Ukraine is probably skewing my perceptions, as it's not as though Russia's best and brightes...

The new rifle is coming. It will provide us modern armor defeat capability. I personally know a handful of the people who tested it. Weight was discussed - at length. It will first be fielded to combat soldiers in select units. The initial order was 250K, for all five components. I guess that any a...

Love that stock Elk!
I killed a swag of goats with a similarly stocked offering in a Brno .223.

I honestly don't recall if it was my early years in Colorado or Illinois but the Sears and the Wards for that matter, had nice long rectangular displays. Plenty to keep me busy while my mom shopped elsewhere in the store. We had a small Monkey Wards in our small town. Not many guns there but what p...

Nothing to add, apart from that I realise why we'll never put a man on the moon.

Our grocery stores don't sell dry ice!

seriously mind blown by that.

Love a Jones patent double!

I literally just ran across Early over on the Campfire forum so he's still around but my 'status' (number of posts) doesn't allow me to PM him yet. I don't know if he knows about this forum or not but I'll invite him just the same. Thanks, I appreciate it. He had a unique take on things that I like...

That is several tough rows to hoe.

I hope things are all onwards and upwards for you from here on out.

Anyone know if Early made it across? I literally just ran across Early over on the Campfire forum so he's still around but my 'status' (number of posts) doesn't allow me to PM him yet. I don't know if he knows about this forum or not but I'll invite him just the same. Thanks, I appreciate it. He ha...

@ Wambli Ska

Nice! I've been keeping an eye out for Seki stuff since you posted about the Parkers.

That bullet knife is sweet.

CPJ 2.0 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 03, 2023 4:20 pm I’ve had a SAK in my pocket daily for the past 10 years.

Hard to beat a SAK without going up in dramatically in size and weight, nice.

I really like Case, and I just picked up a canoe pattern.

It sits in my fob pocket perfectly, and with no sharp corners I think it might become a favourite, just like the peanut.
It's also my first jigged bone knife, probably won't be the last.

Any other slip joint fans? post them up.

Anyone know if Early made it across?

Orchidman wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 10:16 pm Looks great! Love the straight stock. What length are the barrels?

Thanks, 28" tubes, I've got a bad wrist so prefer a straight stock

Had to look again…. I LOVE those splinter forends ❤️ Come on down and you can shoot it to your heart's content. BTW I picked it up for less than a Ruger Wrangler... :twisted: DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ok, a touch of hatred right now 😱🤬 But it will pass. Talking to the wife about a trip to NZ within a r...

That’s a pretty cool find! If I may, what does a used “Rigby” Shotgun go for?😳😢 Not anything eye watering, I'm just an ordinary working man, making a very ordinary wage. This was $300USD, a bit more than a Wrangler, I now see. A lot of people see English shotguns and think dollar signs, but there a...

Wambli Ska wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 6:29 pm Had to look again…. I LOVE those splinter forends

Come on down and you can shoot it to your heart's content.
BTW I picked it up for less than a Ruger Wrangler...

Chiro1989 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 2:00 pm I has some nice figure to the wood, as does your floor

Thanks, you have a good eye, it's good stick, has nice tiger stripe to it, which is what I like in stocks.
The floors are heart rimu, a native timber, and could do with a sanding, but they are pretty.

sakodude wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 10:50 am Very cool! How difficult is it to find 2 1/2" shells to feed the old girl?

Not too bad, game loads are a little bit harder, but not bad. The local CAS crowd means that even the nearby chain sporting goods store normally carries a #7 trap load in 2 1/2".

Orchidman wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 11:50 pm Ha!!!!
91 unleaded over here is $8.40+ per gallon......thats USD not our 3rd world country dollars...( Works out at $13.70 per gallon NZD)
If I was paying what you guys pay I wo0uld be saving money to buy more ammo.....

I think you mean NZP, the New Zealand Peso.

Great find! I've always liked those 77/22's. I feel like Ruger was one of the few companies that did the "adult scale" .22 bolt gun well. Them and CZ. Makes me wonder why CZ ever discontinued the 452! Hell raise the price, just don’t disco it! Yeah, just about the only two companies I can...