tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post6725540534819891621..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Questions from the heartland:Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-10013630734129359282010-03-31T12:59:15.799-04:002010-03-31T12:59:15.799-04:00Well, they don't have to be *real* hammers, th...Well, they don't have to be *real* hammers, this isn't about replication accuracy it's about fooling people.<br /><br />Cocking levers would be just fine, in my book :-DDr. StrangeGunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349076338197668654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-3123128466793821472010-03-31T10:56:19.234-04:002010-03-31T10:56:19.234-04:00"god, that makes me want to find a replica op..."<i>god, that makes me want to find a replica open-hammer double, tweak and tune it to where it's a clay apocalypse (and practice, practice, practice...)</i>"<br /><br />Rabbit-eared guns are at a <i>serious</i> disadvantage in the locktime department, which is a large reason for why they were supplanted.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-23226778796324744222010-03-31T10:02:32.646-04:002010-03-31T10:02:32.646-04:00My how times change...
When I was in public high s...My how times change...<br />When I was in public high school in St Louis-early-mid '70s (1970's wise guy!), we had several NHS kids on our school-sponsored rifle team (range in basement next to Girl's Gym). This DID go away about 1975 as the Hippie-Dippies took over admin, though.Tombstone Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14097752637458986791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-23043000673014649682010-03-31T08:16:29.471-04:002010-03-31T08:16:29.471-04:00@ DocSG -- you can get a Colt 1878 hammered double...@ DocSG -- you can get a Colt 1878 hammered double replica, nicely "pre-aged" from Cimarron:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.cimarron-firearms.com/Shotgun/Shotguns.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.cimarron-firearms.com/Shotgun/Shotguns.htm</a><br /><br />You can get 'em with 20" or 26" barrels (don't know if they're anything but Cyl. bore, though).<br /><br />Their "Original Finish" looks just like you found it in a barn. I've a couple of sixguns done that way -- everybody's always asking "How old are those Colts?" and I have to explain...<br /><br />-dan<br /><br />WV: prans -- for Chinese mice and men, they "aft gang agrey..."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-43290503146315993632010-03-31T07:58:06.100-04:002010-03-31T07:58:06.100-04:00"dare show your face with a trap gun that cos..."dare show your face with a trap gun that cost you less than $5k."<br /><br />god, that makes me want to find a replica open-hammer double, tweak and tune it to where it's a clay apocalypse (and practice, practice, practice...), and then carefully and meticulously 'patina' and age it so it looks like it's not only 70 years old, but was stored propped up in a corner of a leaky barn all that time. <br /><br />*then* show up at the range in your best threadbare flannel and jeans. and **wipe the floor** with everyone.<br /><br /><br /><br />As far as the post goes... might want to keep her location on the down-low, the hoity-toities might have a little pique-fest and start collecting to take care of that 'shoeless' problem we seem to have. Boxes of shoes, dentifrices, and condoms would start appearing...Dr. StrangeGunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349076338197668654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-53751988373088116782010-03-30T21:00:28.763-04:002010-03-30T21:00:28.763-04:00went to the gun store tonight and the man behind t...went to the gun store tonight and the man behind the counter kept giving my kid weapons to handle...told me to keep her shootingChronoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15027053144204795396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-79169902971494881072010-03-30T19:14:27.916-04:002010-03-30T19:14:27.916-04:0030 years ago I was inducted in to my HS NHS chapte...30 years ago I was inducted in to my HS NHS chapter...and was working 35 hours a week at the largest gunstore in the nearest four states.<br /><br />A paper I got an A- on my senior year at said HS was on John C. Garand's most famous invention.<br /><br />Maybe that is what the young lady should do for her AP History class, a history of the Garand rifle. Or better yet, the whole story behind the 1911 selection process.<br /><br />Those were the days indeed.Ancient Woodsmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-87141660510157686482010-03-30T16:54:56.184-04:002010-03-30T16:54:56.184-04:00I wonder if they will take away her pin if she tel...<i>I wonder if they will take away her pin if she tells them she is going to go to the range to celebrate?</i><br /><br />I was president of my high school's National Honor Society chapter a decade ago, and if I had made a comment about going to the range to celebrate, everyone would have assumed I was referring to the driving range. Despite that, there was actually a gun club in my home town, but it was sufficiently waspy that you would not dare show your face with a trap gun that cost you less than $5k. As a result my childhood firearms experience did not involve said gun club, but rather many early mornings sneaking out to the tree stand with my father. Ah the memories.Old Windwaysnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-70522918953107878372010-03-30T15:29:16.382-04:002010-03-30T15:29:16.382-04:00My high school senior daughter is a honor society ...My high school senior daughter is a honor society student, A average, taking 5 AP classes, going off to college to study engineering this fall - blah blah blah... She is the Captain of the varsity volleyball team and every teacher just adores her.<br /><br />This year she decided to start Cowboy action shooting. I don't know what she enjoys more, the shooting competition, or going to school and describing in shot by shot detail how she spent her Saturday and watching the stunned looks on her teachers and classmate's faces.Davidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-25830375736805197032010-03-30T14:56:02.279-04:002010-03-30T14:56:02.279-04:00I wasn't aware they thought we burned all book...I wasn't aware they thought we burned all books. I thought they figured we kept the "soft ones" for the privy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-3733696815885149482010-03-30T14:44:25.165-04:002010-03-30T14:44:25.165-04:00NO no no ... auto de fé is what the NASCAR vehicle...NO no no ... auto de fé is what the NASCAR vehicle does after a spectacular crash.Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-49353081451089514042010-03-30T12:29:57.498-04:002010-03-30T12:29:57.498-04:00Why are we always accused of doing what the Left a...<i>Why are we always accused of doing what the Left actually does?</i><br /><br />Projectionrandynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-79232018879028573532010-03-30T11:54:30.750-04:002010-03-30T11:54:30.750-04:00Killing anyone who went to school and burning book...Killing anyone who went to school and burning books? Isn't that what the Left did/does?<br /><br />Closed minded and in-bred to the point of genetic harm? Is that not the East Coast Elite?<br /><br />Why are we always accused of doing what the Left actually does?<br /><br />Shootin' BuddyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-4400256423724596632010-03-30T11:53:15.796-04:002010-03-30T11:53:15.796-04:00WOW just WOW!
Not only did Tam comment on what I w...WOW just WOW!<br />Not only did Tam comment on what I wrote but I got to be part of her snark....I am honored! lol<br /><br />I am going to buy her a pink camo cricket... she knows the 4/5 rules better than most hunters I know.Chronoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15027053144204795396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-19572115094743764942010-03-30T11:52:18.114-04:002010-03-30T11:52:18.114-04:00I'll admit that, as I was typing it, I thought...I'll admit that, as I was typing it, I thought "<i>That wouldn't make a bad halftime show...</i>"Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-60892136940011883222010-03-30T11:43:20.647-04:002010-03-30T11:43:20.647-04:00(Sigh.) No, we don't do that any more. Ah, f...(Sigh.) No, we don't do that any more. Ah, for the good old days . . . .Hunsdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188706369004532171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-18236316669047235062010-03-30T11:39:36.576-04:002010-03-30T11:39:36.576-04:00I want to be outraged, but that sounds like a good...I want to be outraged, but that sounds like a good time.<br /><br />I was National Honor Society when I was a kid, and it didn't hurt me any.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15824445546892392815noreply@blogger.com