Recent content by Steve S.

I have shot my Shiloh Sharps out to 900 yards at 3’ x 3’ 1/2” hanging steel - my nephew would trench spot for me near the target - we both had walkie-talkies. I was very consistent on calm days; when I hit and rang the target, my nephew could key the mic on his walkie-talkie and I could...

The only Weatherby Mark V I ever owned was a gorgeous Lazernark in .270 Wtby. I shot a deer at 425 yards with it once - I rested the fore end on a tree limb and carefully squeezed the shot - shot was center chest and the deer just dropped - I was simply amazed at that rifle and more amazed at me.

I once got in trouble here for suggesting that if you do not announce your intentions to the world, the world will not know nor care; so, I will not do that again.

.308 (son of 30-06) - to max the hurty, use a thirty (yes indeed boys and girls, I just made that up - what intellect and creativity)!

On the vast spectrum of human behavior, any one person is capable of any one behavior at any one time. To try to understand any one behavior of any one person is a waste of time. If you recognize that humans are capable of any behavior at any time, then you are never surprised or disappointed...

Isn’t it revealing how conditioned our psychology is to relate everything in life to dollars. What if our psychology was conditioned to primers -.5,000 primers to purchase $600 - we are such a simple animals and our government knows it.

As a funny side note about my (older) PII, when I first received it soaked in oil, I wiped the excess and tried to work the slide. I continued to increase the rearward pressure and could not get it to move; I am a fairly strong guy so the pressure I was applying seemed to be in great excess but...

I “think” that one (one only securing the fore arm) is correct. I was only able to locate one photo of an 1885 showing the underside of the fore arm - that one is the only I could see on an entire example. Thank you all for the help.

Just an original/ regular 1885 High Wall produced by Winchester. My 1874 Sharps has three (one left side of butt stock and two fore end). I am guessing that an 1885 High Wall has either one or two escutcheons to secure the fore end to the barrel (none on the butt stock).

For those that know; how many (total number) of escutcheons on the 1885 Winchester design? Thanks for your help.

I think that firearms/ action/ barrel cleanliness is like most human perspective; the truth is somewhere in the middle. Squeaky clean is to the right of the Bell Curve and absolute filth/ corrosion is to the left - most owners are somewhere in between these two extremes - and this kind of thread...

Yes, certainly the perfect time to crank more conspiracy theories and fear to initiate even more panic and hoarding to reduce supply and escalate prices. My hobby is behaving like an investment.

He enjoyed those things when he was here; he no longer needs them. Greed gets no more intense than when an inheritance is pending; money is thicker than blood.

Basic Colt Series 70 1911 as I carried one on my hip during the last three years of the Vietnam Era - a nostalgia thing for this old warrior. I also want a 6” blued Python in pristine condition as I owned several in yesteryear - just a neat handgun.

Hmmmm, so since LGS’s can generate cash flow from the Federal Firearms bureaucracy and laws, then why wouldn’t the local LGS that we so vigorously support not benefit and support more of the very bureaucracy/ laws that all 2A advocates love to hate?