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Show us your Guns!
The idea of a 35 Whelen has fascinated me, but will probably never be. In my younger days I kept pushing my 30-06 to higher velocities, along with a lot of recoil. As I have gotten older I like some of the milder calibers, especially my Husqvarna 46 in 9.3x57. It throws a rather heavy...- jkingrph
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- Forum: The Display Case
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Show us your Guns!
I have two rifles with elm stocks, one a Yugo 48 mauser, the other a Swedish Mauser from 1916. Both are in better condition than yours pictured. The Yugo is rather unique in that it has a large arsenal patch inlaid in the forearm, and is stampet with the receiver serial number, 9999. They...- jkingrph
- Post #6,076
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Akubra Overload
There used to be a gentleman in our small town that made custom hats, but he passed away many years ago, so the closest place is about 60 miles from me . I have gotten several of the open crown Campdraft hats and shaped them myself, one in a simple center dent, one somewhat like a cattlemens... -
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Love those M 41's. Mine is identical , the long barrel model. I do have a sport barrel from the old Gil Hebbard guns that's 5 -5 1/2 I with a red ramp front sight. Both are extremely accurate. I also have a couple of K frame revolvers, K 38 and K 22 but both are 6" barrels.- jkingrph
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Show us your Guns!
I cannot imagine a . 357, or a 44 mag, I think they did make one They would probably be ok to carry for panic shots, if you had a fun of similar configuration but much heavier weight to practice with. Mine is the scandium frame .38 special and recoil is more brutal than a full sized mod 29...- jkingrph
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Show us your Guns!
I have one similar, sans barel slots. Mine is the model 342 , AirLite Ti, and is really too light. Even with standard 38 loads recoil is very strong, +P loads are severe. I have a little Kramer pocket holster that covers everything but the grip, changing the outline of the gun while in my...- jkingrph
- Post #5,801
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9mm or 45cal
I don't know, but when I started driving I carried my keys in my left hand pants pocket. It was and probably still is a little awkward, since I still out of habit carry them the same. I have to pull them out with left hand and put in right hand ignition swith. Old habits die hard though...- jkingrph
- Post #407
- Forum: The Great Outdoors
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9mm or 45cal
Back through the early 1960's I think all the ignition keys on domestic cars was on the left side, at least my Ford's were.- jkingrph
- Post #405
- Forum: The Great Outdoors
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9mm or 45cal
I think there is a lot of truth in that. Back in the 60's when I had but one centerfire and one rimfire I could shoot them much better than I can any of the multitude I have accumulated over the years, but I was in my later teens and early 20's then, vs 70 now. Now I do have a bit more fun...- jkingrph
- Post #401
- Forum: The Great Outdoors
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Show us your Guns!
Kind of like when I went through a combined services combat medical evacuation course, C4, up at Fort Dix some years ago, one of the younger Army enlisted instructors said " if it ain't raining, it ain't training"!!- jkingrph
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What do you use to shave?
Nice find, and good for collectors, however I doubt that you would get a good shave. Those are carbon steel blades, and while very sharp when new, years of oxidation, ie corrosion on the edge will dull them while still wrapped in that original packaging. From your picture you can see some...- jkingrph
- Post #1,686
- Forum: Skills and Smarts
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Show us your Guns!
I have a PPK, and it's not my favorite gun to shoot. Recoil is surprisingly harsh, I guess it's the straight blowback. I tend to put my little finger under the bottom of the magazine so I do not choke up on the grip and have not had any hammer bite problems.- jkingrph
- Post #5,755
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9mm or 45cal
I have a multitude of handguns, 44 mags are too big to carry, a couple of compact 45 acp models are ok and I can hit fine with them, full sized are again a bit hard to conceal. My 9mm high power as been modified with good trigger and barrel is is super accurate, but still large. I have one of...- jkingrph
- Post #394
- Forum: The Great Outdoors
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Show us your Guns!
I have several 1911's none mil spec. The closest to mil spec was probably the hammer on my gold cup which has since been modified with beavertail and a smaller more rowel type hathmmer. The reason I said BHP was the bite I got from mine before modifications, I finally put a cylinder and...- jkingrph
- Post #5,753
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Show us your Guns!
Other than a bunch of really sweet Swedish Mausers, my favorites, I have two. One a Yugo , really clean with an elm stock and four digit serial number, one digit shy of 10,000. The other is a not good looking Turkish Mauser. Looks don't mean a lot cause it shoots ok. My wife wanted it...- jkingrph
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Show us your Guns!
It's hard to beat the old '06. Dad got me my first centerfire in 1963 when I finished high school, a Win 70 featherweight 30-06 via some points he earned in a sales contest with Underwood typewriter co. I still have the rifle and the original Leupold 4x scope I put on it that year The '06...- jkingrph
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Show us your Guns!
Yeah, I think Teddy Roosevelt liked it for most big game. I suspect a 45-70, especially some of the hotter loads in a good rifle like a Marlin 1895 or one of the repro Winchester 1886 rifles would do an excellent job also.- jkingrph
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Show us your Guns!
Some years back I wanted one in 30-06, and only found one that was priced way beyond my price range. When they came out with the Mirouku/Winchester in .405 Winchester, I got my friend who managed the sporting goods at the now out of business locally owned dept/hardware/sporting goods store...- jkingrph
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bashing my new hat
Not having a good means of providing a decent volume of steam, I have simply misted mine until very damp, almost wet then shaped and allowed to dry. It's not as fast as steam but works well.
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