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by Old Ironsights
Fri Dec 01, 2017 12:36 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Best one liner ever!!!
Replies: 18
Views: 3335

Re: Best one liner ever!!!

That line is best served up with either a tack hammer or a small pair of Vice Grips...
by Old Ironsights
Fri Dec 01, 2017 12:27 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Sixguns: Blued or stainless?
Replies: 33
Views: 3731

Re: Sixguns: Blued or stainless?

When I was a grunt in FRG, I bought a pair of CZ 75 pistols from the Darmstadt Polezi. Stupid accurate even with milled fixed sights. The Polezi were disposing of them after transitioning to 9mm. I loved these guns. Eyeball Accurate at all combat ranges. But I flash rusted them. They went from gorge...
by Old Ironsights
Thu Nov 30, 2017 8:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: HAPPY BIRTHDAY Old Ironsights.
Replies: 9
Views: 1013

Re: HAPPY BIRTHDAY Old Ironsights.

Oddly enough, I got my first "please join" AARP solicitation back in 1986... Somehow those tools decided that 1967 was actually 1917 or something. Also, FWIW, within the same week I got a solicitation from a Monastery to be a novitiate... and I'm not Catholic. Given the weirdness of my lif...
by Old Ironsights
Thu Nov 30, 2017 8:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Sixguns: Blued or stainless?
Replies: 33
Views: 3731

Re: Sixguns: Blued or stainless?

My hands literally attack blued steel. So for practical purposes stainless is the way I go if possible. Here's a "Me too". Can't own a blued handgun. They rust both in hand and on belt. Same with long guns, so they are either Stainless, Phosphate/Parkerized (PTR91), full stock (Garand) or...
by Old Ironsights
Thu Nov 30, 2017 8:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Best one liner ever!!!
Replies: 18
Views: 3335

Re: Best one liner ever!!!

Nice... but then I like the "spoon" argument...

The steak knife is discarded.

The fork is casually thrown to stick in a wall.

Then the Spoon and the Shining Look comes out...

Image

Amazing fight stopper, that....
by Old Ironsights
Thu Nov 30, 2017 8:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: How many Moose hunters are there on Paco Kelly's Leverguns
Replies: 28
Views: 4170

Re: How many Moose hunters are there on Paco Kelly's Leverguns

Only been Moose Hunting twice - when I lived in AK.

Once with my Guide Gun, but both times with my Casull.

And never saw anything but bear.

Dangit.
by Old Ironsights
Thu Nov 30, 2017 7:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Internet geek question....
Replies: 13
Views: 2256

Re: Internet geek question....

Rimfire McNutjob wrote: Tue Nov 28, 2017 3:12 pm ... (NO NEED TO QUOTE IT ALL ...
According to my .edu IT wonk brother, with just such a setup between Uni and House... This is 100% correct.

It will cost a chunk to set up right, but will be cheaper than laying Fiber....
by Old Ironsights
Thu Nov 30, 2017 7:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Self Defense Shot Placement
Replies: 56
Views: 7712

Re: Self Defense Shot Placement

... .And another WWII vet told me with his Winchester 97 and OO he always aimed for the groin and the results were the Jap's died and he lived... That's old school Civil War training. If you are using your pistol (C&B era) aim for the belt buckle. Gut shots are fight enders in most cases. Letha...
by Old Ironsights
Thu Nov 30, 2017 7:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Self Defense Shot Placement
Replies: 56
Views: 7712

Re: Self Defense Shot Placement

Modified Mozambique.

2 to the hips, 1 to the face.

In fact, Hip Shots are rarely lethal, only crippling.

No one walks right (or soon) after having their pelvis shattered.

Use enough gun...
by Old Ironsights
Sun Nov 19, 2017 11:05 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lever Envy......
Replies: 14
Views: 1893

Re: Lever Envy......

I did that for my Preacher's left handed yoot. They were having an awful time finding a decent left handed deer gun for a smallish Jr-hi kid, so I handed him my H&R Handi in .30-30. His dad made him "pay for it" (in monthly sums from his chore/paper route money) but he got a nice littl...
by Old Ironsights
Sat Nov 18, 2017 12:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Pitchy
Replies: 19
Views: 1730

Re: Pitchy

Meh. Pitchy has enough gremlin clanks to get everything done around his computer if he wants. The problem is the output: When Steam and Windup Clanks fix Computers.... https://cdn.instructables.com/FX7/6EII/H2WEYBXD/FX76EIIH2WEYBXD.MEDIUM.jpg http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1381/1225/1600/Steampu...
by Old Ironsights
Sat Nov 18, 2017 12:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: One of the new Winchester ‘92’s report..
Replies: 18
Views: 3796

Re: One of the new Winchester ‘92’s report..

Looked unfired to me but no box for $800. As it happened the wife called and asked if she could get a piano. Well I got the gun and it only cost me $3,200 . Not that bad from a guy who has been married for 47years. Ah yes... Marriage - and Conservative Politics. Where "quid pro quo" means...
by Old Ironsights
Sat Nov 18, 2017 12:17 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Couple Shot in TN Church "With An Unloaded Gun"
Replies: 11
Views: 1661

Re: Couple Shot in TN Church "With An Unloaded Gun"

Gaah...! :roll: This is why, on our private property, our mostly LE Elders "request" that every Member of our church be vetted by an Elder for Safety before regular EDC attendance. We HOPE that guests are proficient when Carrying, but we PLAN on the tactical response capabilities of our re...
by Old Ironsights
Sat Nov 18, 2017 12:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Self Defense Shot Placement
Replies: 56
Views: 7712

Re: Self Defense Shot Placement

Oh... Stressfire... AJ will attest to how bad a practice this is, but... Cest la vie. I have to keep EpiPens around for my food allergy. They "go bad" annually. If you have the chance to commit a Federal Felony, the following is what I suggest,. Go to a Combat Pistol Course. Sprint around ...
by Old Ironsights
Sat Nov 18, 2017 11:51 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Self Defense Shot Placement
Replies: 56
Views: 7712

Re: Self Defense Shot Placement

#1: Mozambique #2: 2B&B (Belt Buckle & brain) Outside of the above, know thyself. If you tend to pull low under stress: Mozambique. If you tend to shoot High: 2B&B I tend to shoot high. dunno why. So I like the old C&B Pistol "Belt Buckle" POA. People tend to do poorly when...
by Old Ironsights
Sat Nov 18, 2017 11:45 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A perfect day.
Replies: 25
Views: 3186

Re: A perfect day.

It's always a great day when I wake up not breathing dirt. Cold hard rain for a couple days, though....I broke out the microwave slippers tonight. microwave... slippers? :shock: Actually... I'm surprised it took this long for someone to commercialize them. I hate hot feet, so they aren't on my rada...
by Old Ironsights
Tue Nov 07, 2017 12:18 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 500 S&W vs Guide Gun
Replies: 26
Views: 3078

Re: 500 S&W vs Guide Gun

Sounds like Siri vs Alexa...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_1dhKsELzs

:twisted:
by Old Ironsights
Tue Nov 07, 2017 12:16 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: More Info on "Priest Holes" in England
Replies: 4
Views: 903

Re: More Info on "Priest Holes" in England

IIRC up on the South Shore of Lake Michigan, several old houses had "Al's Closets". One place my dad did some work on had a whole underground parking structure hidden under an Indiana Sand Dune.

Gotta love the Chicago Families. They had some cool stuff...
by Old Ironsights
Tue Nov 07, 2017 12:13 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Wind River Marlin
Replies: 6
Views: 3085

Re: Wind River Marlin

Wind River has an interesting story... at least according to those of us who live here. The most interesting of it is.... it wasn't shot here. It's not like there isn't a zillion acres of actual, uninhabited, Wind River Basin to take footage of, but... Hollywood. Still, much good about it has been s...
by Old Ironsights
Sat Nov 04, 2017 1:30 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Oh, My...........
Replies: 17
Views: 2587

Re: Oh, My...........

Hey... be nice. s/He's Transitioning after all...
by Old Ironsights
Thu Nov 02, 2017 7:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Happy Reformation Day!
Replies: 12
Views: 1688

Re: Happy Reformation Day!

...Wittenberg is a nice town in the former East Germany about 75-100 km from Berlin and I recommend visiting it if you ever make it to that part of the world. One of the happier results of German Reunification. When I lived in FRG I wasn't allowed anywhere near the East German border. Couldn't even...
by Old Ironsights
Thu Nov 02, 2017 7:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Happy Reformation Day!
Replies: 12
Views: 1688

Re: Happy Reformation Day!

It's General 'cause nobody is arguing... :mrgreen:
by Old Ironsights
Wed Nov 01, 2017 7:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Happy Reformation Day!
Replies: 12
Views: 1688

Re: Happy Reformation Day!

Believe it or not, my local radio station had a very good Q&A/Interview this morning. Nothing that would be anywhere near acceptable within a 100mi radio radius of a City, but pretty cool nonetheless. I'm trying to find a recording/media link...
by Old Ironsights
Wed Nov 01, 2017 7:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bought My Granddaughter a "Radio Flyer" Wagon!
Replies: 11
Views: 1726

Re: Bought My Granddaughter a "Radio Flyer" Wagon!

Ummm... are those cup holders on the front corners of that wagon? :shock:

Maybe I'm mis seeing... :?
by Old Ironsights
Wed Nov 01, 2017 7:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A perfect day.
Replies: 25
Views: 3186

Re: A perfect day.

Man, your place is (almost) as close to Heaven as possible. If you can ignore the fact that you are too close to the Cities and not near enough Mountains, you have it made. :wink:

All I want is the scream of mountain lions and the bugle of elk... and at least 500mi from a City.
by Old Ironsights
Wed Nov 01, 2017 7:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: no lube, soap and water cleanup?
Replies: 8
Views: 1217

Re: no lube, soap and water cleanup?

Dunno about modern whatsit non whatsit cleaning, but back in the day we used to use high pressure steam to clean our M16A1s... Absolutely spotless... but you better lube it or it will flash rust to inoperability. And to think, 30+ years after I went through Basic, while grunts are still worrying abo...
by Old Ironsights
Wed Nov 01, 2017 6:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Are you shooting buckshot?
Replies: 14
Views: 3014

Re: Are you shooting buckshot?

I've tried on and off for years to shoot buckshot, but my eyes are not good enough and I'm not quick enough with a .22 to hit more than one in nine from the 12ga thrower... :twisted:
by Old Ironsights
Wed Nov 01, 2017 6:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bless Me Father, I Fell In Lust Today
Replies: 29
Views: 4351

Re: Bless Me Father, I Fell In Lust Today

Really lovely hammer double. Any more ideas on who made it and where? ...FWIW, I was able to buy it for chump change, because one of the hammers wouldn't stay cocked - when I disassembled the lock, I found the tumbler had worn/soft cocking & half-cock notches (maybe that barrel was fired many, ...
by Old Ironsights
Sat Oct 07, 2017 6:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 1975 Lyman Black Powder Handbook Give-A-Way
Replies: 3
Views: 369

Re: 1975 Lyman Black Powder Handbook Give-A-Way

Well.. I'll "Dibs" that to go with the ROA you sent me. :mrgreen:
by Old Ironsights
Sat Sep 30, 2017 3:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Buying Other People's Handloads
Replies: 34
Views: 3845

Re: Buying Other People's Handloads

Unless I have regularly and consistently spent time loading with a person, I will not take/use any of his loads... unless we are at the same range at the same time shooting substantially the same firearms from the same box.

It's no big thing to pull and reload to spec.
by Old Ironsights
Wed Sep 27, 2017 8:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: New Ruger / Talo gun.......
Replies: 5
Views: 1497

Re: New Ruger / Talo gun.......

Thanks to Blaine, I have a replacement for my old 7" SS ROA. What I still kick myself over is not buying a pair of SS 4.5" Fixed Sight/CAS ROAs when they were available. I had a Bowen .50 ROA for a while, but, on the whole and as gorgeous as it was, I regretted doing it the minute ROAs wen...
by Old Ironsights
Wed Sep 27, 2017 7:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Cheese stands alone...
Replies: 9
Views: 757

Re: The Cheese stands alone...

Apparently this guy (http://www.seattlepropane.com/wallingfordsign) has a million of them... Since it's a Seattle Thing, it now falls to Blaine to keep us updated... :twisted: :shock: :o No need to insult me ;) . I hate that frigging sewer. If everyone is lucky, the AntiFartards will burn it down (...
by Old Ironsights
Wed Sep 27, 2017 7:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 50 years ago in PA
Replies: 18
Views: 3081

Re: 50 years ago in PA

... This Ridgway gig is a 250 mile trip for me and I feel a bit overwhelmed by it...I don't like traveling much more that a hundred miles from home...it why my 2005 Rubicon just turned over 40,000 miles... Phsaw. My 2001 Outback is at 155K now. I have to drive 120+ mi to get to a Sportsman's Wareho...
by Old Ironsights
Tue Sep 26, 2017 9:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Widow makers
Replies: 24
Views: 1908

Re: Widow makers

No joke man.

One of the members at my church quite literally got spiked from top of skull to breastbone.

The service was Closed Casket.

He was only in his early 50s.

Brain Buckets aren't just for Bikes.

Somebody thinks you are worth keeping around... :wink: :mrgreen:
by Old Ironsights
Tue Sep 26, 2017 9:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Cheese stands alone...
Replies: 9
Views: 757

Re: The Cheese stands alone...

Apparently this guy (http://www.seattlepropane.com/wallingfordsign) has a million of them...

Since it's a Seattle Thing, it now falls to Blaine to keep us updated... :twisted:
by Old Ironsights
Tue Sep 26, 2017 8:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: For Gamekeeper: "Squirrel... OUCH!"
Replies: 7
Views: 1289

Re: For Gamekeeper: "Squirrel... OUCH!"

That's so... wrongly Just.

And I'm stealing the pic. :twisted:
by Old Ironsights
Tue Sep 26, 2017 8:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 50 years ago in PA
Replies: 18
Views: 3081

Re: 50 years ago in PA

Thanks Jack! I'll see what I can do about getting back up there. :D jb 8) OK Jason.....enough of promises......I DEMAND you and I get together . :D For real buddy, I'd like to meet you and do some trigger time. It's boring around here with an influx of BMW's and liberal thoughts taking over.....I t...
by Old Ironsights
Tue Sep 26, 2017 12:07 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 50 years ago in PA
Replies: 18
Views: 3081

Re: 50 years ago in PA

Sorry. Wish I could, but both my Transporter and atmospheric craft are undergoing critical maintenance and won't be available until 1/1/2300... Or so the techs tell me. Sadly, too, the gold/platinum/plutonium bars (standard outworld non-credit currency) I have available to trade are not well accepte...
by Old Ironsights
Mon Sep 25, 2017 10:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Cabelas
Replies: 80
Views: 11731

Re: Cabelas

TL,DR most of the other posts, but here is my less than a penny... Two things come to mind: #1: The insane level of regulatory BS that a particular Store may be subjected to because of whatever gripes the State/Fed bureaucrats. #2: An overly "sales focused" Store Manager who realizes that ...
by Old Ironsights
Mon Sep 25, 2017 10:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 50 years ago in PA
Replies: 18
Views: 3081

Re: 50 years ago in PA

Hell, I'd be happy to have an ugly stretch of hilly desert scrub to call my own, put a beat-up 1970s single-wide on and shoot on whenever... never mind a piece of land that can grow plants and edible critters...
by Old Ironsights
Mon Sep 25, 2017 10:08 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Should I Continue to Reload?
Replies: 15
Views: 3071

Re: Should I Continue to Reload?

I really don't reload to Hunt, except for .357 - and there I'm mostly making target/hunting ammo to match Buffalo Bore. I reload to keep a large back stock of cheap "I need to shoot something today" ammo... because shooting even the cheapest bulk garbage is still more expensive than reload...
by Old Ironsights
Mon Sep 25, 2017 10:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: This is a Hero
Replies: 12
Views: 1141

Re: This is a Hero

I have both first release signed "Black Knight" and "Lancelot" trading velums, and a certified 700th ed Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus...

No, you can't look at them. :wink: :mrgreen:
by Old Ironsights
Sun Sep 24, 2017 8:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Took a step backward... :)
Replies: 11
Views: 2472

Re: Took a step backward... :)

I've been carrying a Glock for over 31 years when my first was issued to me by the P.D. to replace our S&W Model 10's. It was presented to us as a flat revolver. When you think about it most of us carried revolvers for decades never concerning ourselves that they didn't have external safety's. ...
by Old Ironsights
Sun Sep 24, 2017 8:29 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Dumpster Dilemma
Replies: 12
Views: 1721

Re: Dumpster Dilemma

Gotcha! I miss read/ understood your post, thought the dumpster company required you to be there. They do, because of: When we see gone two different alarms are set, and the dogs are loosed. No exceptions. The dumpster is by the house, so it is in the dog zone. Someone has to be home to open the fe...
by Old Ironsights
Sat Sep 23, 2017 10:33 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Took a step backward... :)
Replies: 11
Views: 2472

Re: Took a step backward... :)

I've carried Glocks for work and off duty. Never really a fan of the trigger dingus "safety". made me feel like I was carrying a 1911 Cocked and Unlocked. (Think about it... the 1911 is not supposed to fire if something inadvertently trips the trigger because of the Grip safety... yet how ...
by Old Ironsights
Sat Sep 23, 2017 10:20 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Cheese stands alone...
Replies: 9
Views: 757

The Cheese stands alone...

oh-grate.jpg
by Old Ironsights
Sat Sep 23, 2017 10:14 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A PM for Pitchy... because I can't put Pics in a PM... (Dave/Paul???)
Replies: 11
Views: 2101

Re: A PM for Pitchy... because I can't put Pics in a PM... (Dave/Paul???)

Pitchy wrote: Thu Sep 21, 2017 12:11 pm Thanks, the spike is three inches long.
Trying to post another picture but my stupid computer can`t recognize my camera card keeps saying removable disc
My little spike flint hammer is a 1/2" spike tip cut at 2-1/8". OAL is 8-1/2"
by Old Ironsights
Thu Sep 21, 2017 12:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A PM for Pitchy... because I can't put Pics in a PM... (Dave/Paul???)
Replies: 11
Views: 2101

Re: A PM for Pitchy... because I can't put Pics in a PM... (Dave/Paul???)

Cool. Looks almost more like a tomahawk or mini war hammer.
by Old Ironsights
Wed Sep 20, 2017 6:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A PM for Pitchy... because I can't put Pics in a PM... (Dave/Paul???)
Replies: 11
Views: 2101

Re: A PM for Pitchy... because I can't put Pics in a PM... (Dave/Paul???)

. FWIW, placing pics into a PM here isn't too hard - but the pics need to be first uploaded to a pic-hosting website. After the desired pic(s) are uploaded, copy the uploaded pic's direct url & paste it (them) into the PM, ensuring each individual pasted url is bracketed with [img] immediately ...