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Post by stevewhr on May 6, 2016 8:45:29 GMT -5
I've had good luck with the Estwing hatchets. They sharpen well enough to shave the hair on my arm and in a pinch will dress out an elk. Not so heavy you are burdened with one in your pack. For the money, they pretty good tools.
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Post by stevewhr on Feb 26, 2016 11:19:22 GMT -5
Bingo! I still think about this article and believe the man comes to the conclusions he does with some thought involved. Appreciate you looking it up.
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Post by stevewhr on Feb 24, 2016 8:56:03 GMT -5
Putting an animal down is a grizzly task to be certain. For that horses sake I'm glad someone eventually came along with enough courage and wisdom to do what needed to be done. Hats off to you sir.
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Post by stevewhr on Feb 24, 2016 0:11:25 GMT -5
For you older Roosters Skeeter Skelton wrote an article once where he shot a single action in a match where any revolver was allowed. He had practiced for months with fast reloads & I believe he set a club record that stood for some time maninly for 2 reasons. He had practiced single action reloading & he was a damn fine shot. Hitting the target always seems to make a difference! Going back to my earlier story of the Gov. Trapper he said he had tried many different handguns & bullets over the years & was never comfortable with a double action because of the rough terrain & all the fighting going on around him with so many dogs, etc. He said it was much easier to slip out 1-2 empties & replace them & never run dry, although he did run dry a time or two & the dogs saved his life. Surely some of you read this story, could have been Outdoor Life, back when it was good, or maybe one of the gun mags like Shooting Times, I probably still have it somewhere. I've been in close to some mad lions & bears, a lion will usually hesitate just a bit with dogs there, a bear is a different story! Dick My memory is it was a Shooting Times article. The article was also telling of what was then unheard of loads in the .45 Colt. This should have been about 1995 give or take. I recalled the trapper being in Colorado, but it doesn't matter. Would love to see the article again. Oh, and he shot a Linebaugh make over. I believe he talked about how his cast bullet loads turned a porcupine wrong side out. The trappers reasoning made perfect sense, still does now. Was just entering the .45 Colt arena at the time and it made a huge impression on me. My go to is a Blackhawk and in nothing but .45.
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Post by stevewhr on Apr 15, 2015 14:09:03 GMT -5
Mo, I'd say you got plenty to smile about! Steve
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Post by stevewhr on Aug 27, 2014 18:35:29 GMT -5
outstanding!! but there's one big problem, how's he ever going to top that shot! 8 shots on target, 8 seconds, 1000 yards. 6 shots on target with reload, 8 seconds, 1000 yards. You realize of course, he would be done shooting about 3 seconds before the first shot even got there?
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Post by stevewhr on Jun 4, 2014 13:30:45 GMT -5
Sounds like a great time. Good on you. Steve
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Post by stevewhr on Jun 3, 2014 7:57:28 GMT -5
Dick, sounds like Marty Stouffer wouldn't of had anything on you! Every time I see or hear of wild animals and LEO of any sort, I tend to scratch my head. The only good to come of critters is town is folks get to see something they don't usually get to. Hopefully animals in general benefit from the experience. Helps justify the bidding at a RMEF banquet for instance. Thanks for the pictures. Steve
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Post by stevewhr on Jun 1, 2014 22:23:58 GMT -5
I'm jealous, that looks like a better way to spend Sunday than burning tumble weeds like the Trophy wife and I did. Steve
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Post by stevewhr on May 16, 2014 10:51:29 GMT -5
Now we're cooking with gas! That looks like what I conceived in my small mind my super would look like. Only, mine is a Dragoon. Wish I even thought I had the ability to change over the Dragoon to a rounded trigger guard like yours. Thank you, perhaps I need to get more serious about Huntington. Steve
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Post by stevewhr on May 16, 2014 9:43:14 GMT -5
I always reshape the grips to my style. It has improved things every time. However as of yet I've not tackled a grip frame. Seems like much could be done to improve the super grip if the heal was put on a diet and rounded ala Horton shape. At this point I'm working up the nerve to do it and was hoping someone else had beat me to it. Huntington it would seem has on some level at least.
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Post by stevewhr on May 16, 2014 8:58:52 GMT -5
Typically I'd be in full agreement with you. However the gun in mind is a forever keeper. A very good friend did magical tricks to it and did all free gratis. I may get buried with it. But on some level I agree, I'll investigate other frames and check with Huntington. My concept would fairly easy, even the current grips would only need real estate removed to fit the remodeled frame. Thanks all.
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Post by stevewhr on May 15, 2014 22:37:08 GMT -5
Excuse me I'm new here. Somehow, that didn't sound as good as it did in Quigley.
Are there any reasons why a Super Blackhawk grip frame couldn't be reshaped into a Bisley of sorts. It looks like a lot of real estate could be removed from the backstrap and especially the heal. No it would not be a Bisley, but it would be close I think. A file on the grip frame and then again on the grips and you'd be good to go. Has it been done, are there any pictures? Thanks for the consideration, Steve.
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