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During it's March 27, 2014 meeting, the Texas Parks and Wildlife made several recommendations on changes for the upcoming hunting season in Texas.. One thing to note, Texas has finally understood that today's air guns are not their childhood Red Rider...

A few months ago, to a year ago, I vaguely remember a web site that sold unfinished bows. Seems like the owner was a Veteran, he made self bow/long bow up to 62" very affordable. You could shoot it as is, or complete the staining and sealing.. Seems like the web site was...

Looks that Texas may finally start catching up with the civilized world.. HB 1862 is off to the Gov to sign, removes the switchblade from the list of prohibited weapons. :D http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/BillLookup/BillStages.aspx?LegSess=83R&Bill=HB1862 Now, 2015, let's get the bowie...

I recently acquired a Ruger Old Army.. it's kinda rough, but shows that it's been shot and carried, not a safe queen. from the 140 serial number it shows that it was made in 1977, before the days of the billboard warning all over the barrel.. It came as is.. no box, no wrench...

My Google-fu is failing.. I turn to the experts.. I'm looking for: 1. production knife 2. semi tactical/law enforcement folding knife 3. Single Blade (prefer non serration) 4. Ambi clip (he's a lefty) 5. 4" blade Prefer to keep it under 55.00 or so.. that's the kicker for me, otherwise...

Evening, While wiping down my rifles, I pulled my grandfather's Remington TargetMaster Model 510 out of the case.. the action is slipping.. if you pull the bolt back, the firing pin engages, but it falls when you shut the bolt.. if I place it in safety before shutting the bolt, it...

Doing a search on the subforum, Non-Firearm Weapons pulls up many threads/posts mentioning a lanyard.. but nothing that really shows some ideas. What about lanyards? what is your favorite material? Leather? Paracord? simple or complex? Material through the handle or split ring? any...

As I approach my birthday, I'd like to find an EDC fixed blade. Specifications: 1. within the laws of Texas: "Illegal knife" means a: (A) knife with a blade over five and one-half inches; (B) hand instrument designed to cut or stab another by being thrown; (C) dagger...

Maybe I'm not using the search button correctly, and if it's been answered numerous times, I apologize... I know that 'used to' there was a Texas law that prohibited a Texas citizen from purchasing a long arm outside of the contiguous states of Texas. Some weird wording in our commerce...

I've searched the threads and found the blade lengths for almost every state.. I've Googled... to no avail.. is there a proper way of measuring blade length? Knife in question: Benchmade "Rukus" 610 specs from web site: Blade Length: 4.25" Blade Thickness: 0.150" Overall...

question for the knowledgeable ones.. when I bought my Austin & Halleck, it came with 3 boxes of .50 TC Maxi-Ball bullets (2 - 370 gr) (1 - 320 gr) it indicates that they are lubricated with Natural Lube 1000+ but.. it appears that Natural Lube does not stand up to air too well and as...

Ok Gentlemen, upon your recommendations.. The supplies that came with the Rifle.. The leather Possibilities Bag And the Rifle. this twist gets me just a bit.. I'm thinking that the gentleman that I bought it from got the twist confused with the...

Ok guys, more of your knowledge is needed.. I've been through Google, maybe I'm not phrasing the question correctly.. I was given a few sections of lead pipe. This pipe has a couple of brass couplers on it, which I'll cut the pipe and slide them off. The biggest issue seems to be the...

I'd like to dabble back with a more authentic BP rifle.. the Spousal unit has given approval... <evil grin> I purchased an inline earlier this year and love it.. I would love a CW replica, but that will be out of my price range.. so I'm looking a either a Hawken style, or a...

Through a series of mistakes, I corrupted my OS on my computer and ended up doing a fdisk, format and reinstall of the OS and programs today. (along with other choice words that sound similar to Unix programers..) I made the mistake and did NOT back up my firefox favorites recently...

I purchased a used Traditions 209 Tracker last month and finally got a chance to go shoot it today.. Not knowing anything about the Tracker since it was used, I relied on the assistance of the salesman to assist me in getting needed items. :uhoh: Well.. I can pretty much tell this part...

This may be the wrong place to post this, and if so, forgive me.. I've been doing some research on family history, and have a set of interesting relatives that settled Bean Station, TN.. Couple of my ancestors were part of the Over the Mountain Men. Apparently they produced a "poor...

Ok, the holidays are now behind me and I've got more time to play around with my toys. I've done thread searches, searched a couple of different forums but can't find the answers that I'm looking for.. :confused: I want to cast my own bullets for my BP weapons, .44 Remmie and a .50...