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Some replies focus on well recognized movies. Let's take care that movies are both entertaining AND obscure. Here is one of the biggest box office movies of 1938. Until I downloaded it, I had never heard of it. But the price was "right" and how bad could a movie be whose star was Douglas F...

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I just paused my older brother's favorite motion picture that happens to be among the most entertaining that no one has seen. "Jake Speed" is a mid-80s tongue-in-cheek parody of the James Bond genre — except James Bond is a "Mr. Every Man" of a sort. I don't want to get into the ...

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Several days ago, I read an article titled "Unspeakable evil . . ." whose text described multiple murders of month-old infants that occurred north of San Francisco from 1992 to 2001. It is current news because the technology that broke the case has taken this many years to be developed. Th...

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Tycer: Basis knife is accurate. Neither blade shape is. You probably have noticed that knife's design is similar to the French Opinel, albeit a much sturdier rendition. Unfortunately, the blade needs frequent maintenance — that is, existing blade is inconvenient for frequent use while being satisfa...

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Tycer: Basis knife is accurate. Neither blade shape is. You probably have noticed that knife's design is similar to the French Opinel, albeit a much sturdier rendition. Unfortunately, the blade needs frequent maintenance — that is, existing blade is inconvenient for frequent use while being satisfac...

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Blaine wrote: ↑Sun Jan 26, 2020 2:18 pm To be clear....you've worn out the current blade?

No.

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I have a problem to solve. My EDC folding knife is a Cold Steel Medium Clip Point (3.5 inches) Twistmaster®. I bought it perhaps 20 years ago to verify or disprove my obsession with corrosion prevention. I continue to carry it because: - It's the only locking folding knife that my hands (fingers) ca...

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Is it safe for the extractor of a Marlin 1895 Guide Gun to single load by pushing a 45-70 cartridge partly into its chamber, then racking the lever-breech bolt locked, having breech bolt's extractor "pop" over the cartridge's rim?

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Two facets of the premise appear applicable for identifying the better [best??] home defense firearm for the situation. 1. Defender recognizes or hears something that causes him to arm himself. 2. Defender has sufficient time after that "something" in #1 to arm himself with a firearm more ...

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I have an IAC (Norinco with a little quality control) Model 97 shotgun. I just acquired a heat shield with bayonet fixture from Numrich. Apparently I zigged when I should. My purchase is newly manufactured. It appears to be sturdy, so as "bling," it becomes a worthwhile purchase. Okay, to ...

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BLR magazines are costly, and I anticipate Browning is their only manufacturer. How durable are they? That is, do feed lips flex out of time or fatigue? Or does follower spring fatigue? How reliable do you expect magazines to remain were you to speed change magazines, aligning magazine and magazine ...

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Okay, we've solved my problem for replacing wood on my Winchester Model 1892 rifle with pistol grip. In my "stuff" bin I have a take-off Winchester 1892 carbine wood set. This is a straight grip butt stock with fore stock. I have someone out of state who has a Rossi Model 92 carbine in 45 ...

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I have several Winchester and Winchester reproduction traditional lever action rifles, some of which are stainless steel. Functionally, I find them smoother and easier to operate than my [JM] Marlin 1895s that have been improved in fit and function by a Marlin specialist gunsmith. The Winchesters ar...

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Two interesting rifles - one graceful, one chunky. I envy you.

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I'm curious. Please describe your Model 99. Is it a "safe queen," or have you owned too briefly to make the time to shoot it? Shooting off hand or most field positions my 1895 Winchesters (carbines so they have the forearm held on by a barrel band) are probably close enough I couldn't tell...

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How is the foreend of a lever action carbine and its foreend tip bedded or otherwise adjusted to make the carbine more accurate, plus improve the maintenance of sights' "zero" despite significant changes in humidity? Does this procedure improve most lever action carbines, for example Winch...

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Does the state or county have a restitution fund? That is, when livestock is destroyed for its sale by a protected predator, restitution is paid to the livestock's owner. Some states offer this palliative.

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AHA!

The only remaining step is to complete my purchase of the rifle. After that it's all downhill.

Many thanks, guys.

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I have a Puma Model 92 whose safety atop the rear of the breech bolt has been removed and a circular plug that appears to be stainless steel has replaced it. This plug causes the hole for that safety to almost completely disappear. What is this plug? Where can one in the same apparently stainless st...

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Steve: Many thanks for your reply. From it I believe that Kris Bonner, a competent local gunsmith, would be capable of doing the entire conversion at a price I can live with, or could complete indexing the barrel were I t try the conversion myself. As far as I can tell, mechanisms are identical. The...

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I have a Rossi Model 92 stainless steel lever action carbine in 44 Magnum. I also have stainless steel Rossi 92 45 Colt barrel, magazine tube assembly, and lever. How difficult or costly to convert the 44 Magnum to 45 Colt?

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My query might be more for a gunsmith rather than a lever action rifle user. Gunsmiths [should??] have more opportunities to work on rifles about which I query than most rifle owners. Comparing [better] modern push feed bolt actions' long term reliability with circa 1950s Savage Model 99s having sid...

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I downloaded a remarkable video that demonstrates that [this class of] lever actions functions properly when exposed to egregiously severe wartime conditions, conditions that I have doubt that circa World War I military bolt actions function as well. "What is he talking about?" you might r...

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I received a "Plain Jane" Half Face Blades Crow Scout and a New Old Stock Blade-Tech N'yati S30V (currently reintroduced with D-2 blade steel). I have not sharpened or used either as yet and estimate I will not for at least three weeks - that is, after my next appointment with my neurosurg...

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Thanks, guys, for the replies and PMs of encouragement on my new and improved posture. One side note so close to irrelevant that only inactivity might allow me to get away with it. I mentioned the three Gerber Yari IIs that Tony Codella rendered so useful. I discovered their utility using only one o...

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To everyone who has participated in my sometimes "unusual" threads: I apologize for being unresponsive recently. I obtained the second of two multivertebrae spinal fusions in the last 15 weeks on August 6. This is the second time my guard-keeper has allowed me this liberty. *********** Re...

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In the 1965 edition of Gun Digest [Annual], A. B. Kazan wrote an article titled, "Colt or Smith & Wesson?" Does anyone have the 1965 Gun Digest or the article that begins on page 147? I want to buy a copy of the article or the Gun Digest.

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Among "thuggish" fighter-bombers of World War II, I have a preference for P-47 "Jug" aircraft. Too heavy and brutish to be a real long-range protector of B-17s and B-24s, paper drop tanks of sort've papier-maché allowed Jugs to become long-range interceptors and all-around thugs ...

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Are LEOs in his jurisdiction permitted to be on active duty while wearing a hearing aid?

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What substance other than bone has similar or identical density or weight or hardness as a bull elk's femur or pelvic girdle?

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I carry a locking folder 3" knife at all times, It's handy, light and won't keep an edge for anything. I'd replace it in an instant but most everything you look at is stainless steel and getting that stuff to stay sharp is a PITA, ...maybe it's me, :mrgreen: , On the other hand, I have some ca...

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. I used my google-fu ............ :mrgreen: Here is a knife designed by Ashley Haines: https://books.google.com/books?id=Pa00KCEvIr0C&pg=PA335&lpg=PA335&dq=ashley+haines+knife&source=bl&ots=DVJl4XNH1j&sig=b748vHWU6YdGqWXrBLsAxsIhkD4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjUktvMn...

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I have used only one bolt action rifle for hunting and target shooting, and that was for a single hunt when I was barely old enough to drive my parents' Oldsmobile Toronado over 100 mph on my way back to St. Louis University. FYI: We both made it on time and without a moving violation. Except for on...

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A book that few will have read is Invasion: They're Coming, by Paul Carell. This fascinating book is D-Day through the fall - that is, libration of - Paris from the Wehrmacht's [/i]point of view. It is written in the manner of Ryan's book with substantial input from surviving Wehrmacht staff and com...

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Regarding the use of Browning A-5 shotguns as weapons - let's insert, in a really horrendous environment - in the 1950s the British SAS conducted an extensive long-term counter-terrorism campaign on New Guinea. This was reported to the general public as being conducted against communist terrorists. ...

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Excluding cross-bolt and tang safeties, rebounding hammers, and other parts required for safeties to be used, Winchesters - be they Winchester, USRAC, or FN - appear to use identical parts made by different methods. For example, pre-64 cartridge carriers were forged (or, perhaps machined??), 64-era ...

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I have 18 A-zoom snap caps. The closest SASS is a little more than 100 miles away. My hands are small - as an EMT I wore MEDIUM BSI gloves. I seldom watch or download You Tube videos pertaining to gun usage. My non-entertainment usage is mainly for maintenance and disassembly-assembly of newly acqui...

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I've hunted on and off for decades with traditional lever actions and Savage Model 99s. In practice and shooting at game never have I fired a quick repeat shot. That is, for subsequent shots the rifle was not on my shoulder. I never needed a quick second shot, so I never had practiced any technique....

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When one reads threads that discuss putting high pressure ammunition through traditional lever actions, such as 454 Casull, the only action that is identified as being satisfactory is Winchester's Model 1892. But when longer cartridges - smokeless powder cartridges - became available, Browning creat...

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I found perhaps 15 pounds of venison roasts and steaks in a far corner of my big freezer. The freezer is never "off" and always set for long storage. The venison is dated 2013. It was frozen fresh after cleaning and trimming. It has not been "aged." Visually and by opening one of...

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Just trying to help... I queried Lee Shaver - nope. That's where I'm confused, couldn't you easily convert one of his inserts, like the one shown on left, into the "upside down post" that you want, shown on the right? Lyman 20 Post.jpg The #20s hood is much larger and beefier. Sufficient ...

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I queried Lee Shaver - nope. Lyman's #17's inserts are capable of being inserted upside down. That's where my idea occurred. My objection was and is that when holding a sight picture for distance shooting, the post obscures target. Upside down insertion allows the target to remain visible. The "...

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For those headed for Alaska, Kamchatka, and other worlds like Uranus, Pedersoli offers stainless steel Guidmasters. While I know nothing about them beyond what Pedersoli's web site shows, buy the wood stocked version you might have the fixin's for just about whatever Turnbull can imagine. Of course,...

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I wonder what Ed Stevenson uses? He's about the only reasonably current person who might be among those who EDC in an area where Haines and Proenneke lived. I am uncertain whether he is still active. To my knowledge he was/is a professional guide in Alaska, a trapper, and who with his wife (and fami...

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I would like to try a post insert, mounted upside down, in my Lyman 20 MJT globe front sight assembly. The obvious solution does not work. Mounting inserts that accompany the sight cannot be done. So I seek custom inserts. I find several sight makers offer custom inserts for MVA and other globe sigh...

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Not a resurrection, rather a follow-up since my subject of query has been solved. As I investigated, one thing seems to stand from otherwise expected. EDC (every day carry) fixed bladed knives were significantly larger - that is, longer length and "beefier" - in late nineteenth and early t...

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Several years ago when I picked up one of my Shiloh Sharps rifles or visited C. Sharps Manufacturing down the block and across the street, I saw a cast stone reproduction 7th Cavalry tombstone (grave marker) in the show room. On and off I've tried to find one or two at a price I could afford - then ...

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Many thanks, guys. You saved me some money. I'll remain with my penetration testing.

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I choose to afford to try this two different occasions only. I have been trying to identify how effective will be three loads, two of which are muzzleloading, one a smokeless powder cast bullet cartridge. What I want to identify is how close to reality will the test medium be. I've done my dry duct ...

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