May seem a bit strange, but my .50 caliber flintlock. Real old school, reliable not too complicated andgets the job done with a woosh...bang!
May seem a bit strange, but my .50 caliber flintlock. Real old school, reliable not too complicated andgets the job done with a woosh...bang!
"Well Stanley, here's another nice mess you got me into!" Oliver Hardy
Trapdoor Springfield.
Old ,slow, and long in the tooth.
Still able to get the job done....dale
Rem. 870 wingmaster 12ga.
Kind of an all around general purpose firearm, can do most anything, but not an expert at any. And just like the 870 I inherited from my Dad, that shot countless rounds of trap over a 25 year period, my knees are just as wornout as the shell latches on that old gun, and often fail when the heat is on.
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“If someone has a gun and is trying to kill you, it would be reasonable to shoot back with your own gun.”
― The Dalai Lama, Seattle Times, May 2001
Iver Johnson .410 break open single shot....A little uncommon but familiar just the same. I don't throw much shot but I could probably still take down butterflys and very small birds. Of course I don't make much noise or fuss either. I am expensive to feed and quite particular in what I like. No one appreciates me until some nasty job needs to be done and a simple solution is needed...
Dale
No question or doubt, Single Action Army, .44-40.
Life Member NRA.
Member: RWVA.http://www.appleseedinfo.org/smf/
Member: WRSA http://westernrifleshooters.blogspot.com/
Founder: Guns of the Golden West (Show group).
Founder: Nosehills Gun Club.
Founder: IPSC in Alberta.
Retired from Instructing, and just about everything else!
My old GF would say I'm a single shot smoothbore derringer but she's still mad at me, don't pay her no mind.
Endowment Life Member NRA, Life Member TSRA, Member WACA, NRA Whittington Center, BBHC
Smokeless powder is a passing fad! -Steve Garbe
I hate rude behavior in a man. I won't tolerate it. -Woodrow F. Call, Lonesome Dove
Some of my favorite recipes start out with a handful of depleted counterbalance devices.
.44 Ruger Bisley.
Paper targets aren't your friends. They won't lie for you and they don't care if your feelings get hurt.
I instruct and repair these down range.
https://youtu.be/55ajC3cQWWY
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De Oppresso Liber
Irag: 91,03,04,05,06,08,09',15', 16',22-23'
Afghanistan: 09,10,11',14',17'-21'
Double barrel recoilless rifle shooting beehive rounds. Don't need no stinking reloads!
Dysfunctional Disturbed Disabled Debonair Navy Veteran
Swift Boats, Vietnam, 1967-1968.
"You are never too old to learn something stupid."
Just like others, 1911.
A few "parts" replaced, a couple repaired, overall "slightly worn", but still functional. Show a few battle scars (dents, dings and scratches), could use a "reblue" but that would take away all the character. In need of new set of sights.
Well, there's also............way down the line........CB caps & BB caps!
Sometimes I feel a little like mebe a 22 short but, of course, in a rapid fire rifle like mebe a Winchester Model 90. Be still my heart, certainly not one of those new-fangled "automatics!" Regards, Woody
Take a kid along
Ruger mini 14 ranch rifle, useful on truck tractor woodlot barn and battle field 5 20 30 or 40 rounds depending on the size number and temper of varmint to be dealt with, reliable durable sturdy can be counted on in a pinch.
1911!!!
I guess im like my glock 21. Thick around the middle, sort of ugly but i always get done what needs doing.
Two words, Asperly Aimless.
Most people avoid me and I like it that way. Those that know me come to understand what a real friend is.
I was a dog on a short chain.
Now there's no chain.
Jim Harrison
I'm like my old Northwest trade gun. Known to go off half cocked at times, kind of smelly when working, a bit rough and rusty around the edges, but get the job done.
The solid soft lead bullet is undoubtably the best and most satisfactory expanding bullet that has ever been designed. It invariably mushrooms perfectly, and never breaks up. With the metal base that is essential for velocities of 2000 f.s. and upwards to protect the naked base, these metal-based soft lead bullets are splendid.
John Taylor - "African Rifles and Cartridges"
Forget everything you know about loading jacketed bullets. This is a whole new ball game!
I would probably be a 7-1/2" Blackhawk in .45 Colt or a Garand. Both for the same reasons- versatile, traditional, in for the long run.
David
Sometimes life taps you on the shoulder and reminds you it's a one way street. Jim Morris
I don't have one but I would probably be a Handi-rifle with a bunch of extra barrels. Rough around the edges and a jack of all trades. My wife would probably add cheap to the description, but I prefer economical.
A 45/70 firestorm
This aint no disco, this aint no foolin around
I have sworn on the altar of GOD eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.Thomas Jefferson
" Any law that is NOT constitutional is not a law" James Madison
winchester model 94 in thurty-thurty
been there, done that
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |