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Found this while I was cleaning out some old paperwork. A couple of years after Ruger quit making the Single Six in .32 H&R they made a clean-up run to clear out remaining parts. Standard Single Sixes had 4 5/8" barrels. The clean-up run had 5 1/2" barrels so I decided to buy a pair to have them on hand. What a difference 9 years makes. (I blacked out my personal data.) In case you cannot read the invoice they were $368.99 each.

Norway April 2018, snowboard touring, living and sailing on an old style two-master. This one week round trip starting from Tromsø was a gift for my 40th birthday from me to me.

Hi to all, I did not see a new to the forum category or introduce yourself here so I thought I'd place a post here and see what happens. If I'm out of line, please don't throw me out into the horse droppings. Just redirect me. My alias is - Kidd Carson. SASS #114891 I live in Ludington, Michigan where the S.S. Badger set sails from in the spring, summer and fall. I was originally from Calif (please do not hold that against me). In fact - Carson, Calif - that is where my Carson alias comes from. The Kidd part is from my 17+ years as a mechanic working with 20+ guys. I was the youngest when I started and was still the youngest 17+ years later. I was always called "Kid". So that is where the Kidd comes from. I have been blessed with 3 beautiful daughters and 3 Grand Kids - 2 grand Daughters and 1 Grandson. Living peacefully now at 72 and enjoying life. Started CAS this past year after watching a match. I was hooked. Took awhile to get ALL of the firearms together, but I have them now and will start CAS in the spring when the snow melts away. I find CAS to be both a Mental and Physical sport. I grew up watching the "Old western movies". Have gun will travel, Wagon Train, Rawhide, Wanted dead or Alive, Gunsmoke, The Rifleman, The Lone Ranger and so many others. I also owned a pair of "Fifty Fanners" cap guns back in 1959. Had a chance to meet Roy Rogers, Dale Evans and Trigger back in 1962. That was a real treat. My Dad loved listening to Frankie Lane, Marty Robbins, and many others. I still have some of those old Mono albums from the '50's. Well that was pretty long winded, so I'll leave it at that and order another Sarsaparilla. Have a Happy Thanksgiving to all, Allen

Misty June Oregon sunrise. Mt Hood is to the right.

Well, at least nonflying turkeys are thrown out of an aircraft. https://www.kmbc.com/article/thanksgiving-turkey-airdrop-alaska/63027174

From the 1930’s

ya know , as much as i find some things funny , im getting tired of seeing those on the losing side make such a big deal out of this - i suffered through clinton , obama and biden , suck it up buttercup life will go on and in my mind get better ,

Bodega Head, California

The path slightly more travelled. Taken getting ready to start a trail run at John Bryan State Park last year.

This is that same grandson on the day we first met. Thought I’d add a little background to the story behind this photo. I was headed to the legendary Possum Trot for a board of directors meeting and a weekend of shooting, a hundred miles the other side of Nashville, when Schoolmarm called to let me know that Kale had decided to arrive a couple days early. It was six am. I live thirty miles to the west, (other side) of town. I turned around, went and picked up Grandma, and we arrived at the hospital at 8:15. I figured I should show ya’s what that hat looks like when it’s where it usually rides.

Yes, it's an anti-war song, anti-establishment and all that. I only listen to it once a year, some like it...some don't. Here it is anyway.

From FB. Two enormous gyroscopes being installed in the USS Henderson as a roll stabilizing system during its construction in April 1917 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard in World War 1. The Henderson, a transport of 80 ton displacement, was the first large ship to be gyroscopically stabilized to prevent the ship from rolling from side to side with ocean swells. The gyros, built by Sperry Rand, consist of two 25 ton, 9 ft diameter flywheels which during operation are spun at 1100 RPM in opposite directions by 75 HP AC electric motors. Each gyro case is mounted on a vertical bearing which can be turned by a 75 HP servo motor. When a small sensor gyro on the ship's bridge sensed the ship roll, it ordered the servo motor to rotate the gyros about the vertical axis in a direction so the gyro's precession would oppose the ship's roll. During trials they were able to keep the ship roll down to 3 degrees in the roughest seas. This technology was replaced by roll stabilizer fins and is not used today.

I have a son in law that’s 2 years, 247 days, 13 hours and 12 minutes older than me and very far left. He knows the no politics, no religion rule when he comes in but thinks he’s above it and gets his digs in anyway. My wife came out to the shop yesterday and told me that he wouldn’t be here because he’s up north tending to his sick mother, we high fived each other. It’s going to be a great Thanksgiving.

My opinion - if the gun is working 100% reliable, don't modify anything until you feel it's holding you back. If the shotgun breaks open far enough, and stays open, to allow you to shuck spent shells and insert new ones I wouldn't change a thing. Making the springs too light will allow the action to break open under recoil of some loads after the first shot.

........ no beer ???? 😩

I test fired mine today and it worked ok so now I’ll disable the automatic safety, cone the chambers slightly and lighten the opening lever spring. It actually seems to shuck STS and AA hulls ok now. Randy

The rapids before Niagara Falls Oct. ‘23 The mist and the sun. Niagara Falls, NY Riding a “Maid of the Mist” boat to the Falls American side falls, the mist and the clouds View from our room in the Tower Hotel, Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada

Back in 1997 I bought a Stoeger Coach Gun from another shooter. I don't remember ever using it as it was a backup for the old cut down Stevens 311. As time went on I started messing around with Winchester 97's and they worked well for me. Then I got into shooting Frontier Cartridge and had to go back to the double guns. For several years I used a Parker that had the first inch or so of the muzzles cut off and it served me well. Then I got hold of a Rossie hammered coach gun. The stock on it was all wrong for a shotgun (not enough drop in the stock) so the sucker was always shooting high. Went through the long process of inletting it in basically 5 planes as the gun is assembled around the stock. After that it was and still is a gem. Also have a TTN that's also a gem. Unfortunately the chore of cleaning the brass and guns after a shoot got to be a bit overbearing so I went back to smokeless and the 97's. Fast fwd to my late 70's and some arthritis raising hell with me and my slick as a whistle 97's are difficult for me to use. Tried to use the hammer guns again but the arthritis making cocking nasty. Went from the top of the pile to the bottom because of this. That's when I broke out the Stoeger. We all know how stiff they are out of the box so I did all the things that make it into a gun instead of an exercise machine. Most of the troubles that I read about here on the wire are missing from this gun. The fit and finish are well done. The lock up is solid and appears to have 3/16" of engagement in the lugs. Apparently the older ones showed more QC than the later ones. Time for the range. Well that didn't go well at all! Thing was trying to smash my middle finger to pulp with the trigger guard. Fixed that with some leather wrapping and 1oz loads. Back to the range and still no joy. Seems the left barrel was shooting a bit high but almost a foot to the left! Back home to the shop. Right barrel is improved cylinder and left is modified. That's what I find by measuring the choke diameters also and this is how a double should be set up. What's confusing is that the star markings on the bottom of the barrels are backwards! They put 4 stars on the improved cylinder one and three on the modified. This is only as a point of interest, has nothing to do with regulation of the left barrel. Ya gotta wonder what goes on in Brazil. LOL The fix! Some years ago I read in a book about SXS shotguns written by a gunsmith, that he relieved some of the choke constriction in the direction needed to center the pattern on point of aim. I did that on this gun taking out enough material to open that area of the choke .008" tapering back to the original ID on either side of the center of the cut. Looking at the muzzle the center of the cut is at 8 o'clock. With that all smoothed up using hones it was back to the range. Aiming for the middle of a 12" square piece of plywood at 36' the pattern was almost dead center. Good enough for cowboy knockdowns for sure.

FB find By 1914, trucks started taking over as one of the preferred methods of shipping. The horse and wagon method was being used less and less for heavy hauls. Because of the sheer weight of some of the loads, the train handled long hauls and the truck was used in the short. Notice in the photo the truck is completey loaded and pulling three loaded trailers of grain. Later on this type of haul was nicknamed "The Train". In 1954, Diamond Valley ranchers finally received irrigation water from Eastern Municipal Water Distict. Before irrigation water arrived the vast fields were dry farmed and covered in oats, barley and wheat. Once irrigation water arrived, some of these farmers not only dry farmed but added other areas that were planted in carrots, potatoes, lettuce and other garden vegetables. Photo: Courtesy of The Hemet Museum.

There is baby formula listed on 1 or 2 that I saw. You could use the baby formula check off for your beer.

Yes, pretty easy to punch out a live primer from either brass cartridges or shotshells. I've done probably thousands over 50 years of loading ammo, only a few broke apart (losing compound), none yet have exploded. Use eye and ear protection if you are worried. Use your normal depriming methods, with light pressure. They come out easier than they seat. good luck, GJ

I have done it and have no problem. Go slow and easy and at your own risk. Wear safety glasses just in case. If in doubt, don't do it, not worth saving only a handful. IMO

Skagway, Alaska and a steam powered snowblower for the Narrow Gauge, White Pass railroad. My late wife is the lady in the photo. Like me, she loved our Alaskan trips.

well past the time to kick the UN (NWO) out of the USA Chickasaw Bill turn the buildings into homes for the Vets

Wait til they get around to taking those out and installing roundabouts. Idiots that couldn't figure out who's turn it was to go next are suddenly confronted with multiple lane multiple exit decision trees

i use that in electronic form , but thats a really cool little bit of history ,

Whatever, they were cowed!

Report it as Spam and delete.

AZ black bear in power nap mode.. I was e mailed and asked is the bear dead? Not in the least, he was breathing so hard it sounded like my Pard Stumpy snoring!

Problems with my hands are ending my Frontiersman days. I'm selling my main match .44s. Pietta Army 5" Barrel Fluted cylinders Coil Spring Hand Springs and other L.P.P. modifications/tuning Colt Navy Grip Frames with custom grips Slix Nipples Welded up hammer noses Set up for use on a cylinder loader I'm including the rammers and a bag of parts. There are hammers and wedges and other stuff. I'm not opening the bag, you'll just have to be surprised . These were, until this year, my main match revolvers and shot in 2-3 matches a month for about 6 years. They have wear & tear which is reflected in the asking price. New ones are $388.55 at Midway or $777.10 for a pair + shipping.

My wife was only seventeen when we eloped. I was 23. She turned 18 about 48 days later. I don't recall anyone asking how old she was. Pat, I am at that point myself, but my wife was a very mature, in every way, woman. She turned 20 a month before I became a Company Commander and became "The Commander's Lady", and a surrogate mother to some of the younger soldiers. Together we faced a lot of demons in our life, but stood shoulder to shoulder and beat them down. We were married 51 years before she passed. I guess I still am married.

The last time Ispent any time at all (9 days) in the hospital I griped about the food and a bed that kept moving around. One of the nurses told me that "This a hospital, not a hotel". She's the same one tho told me I couldn't have a real candle on my birthday plate because of all the oxygen in the room, and had been an Apache pilot before becoming an RN. I love my nurses and techs at the VA. I seldom see a real doctor but all that I have seen (Save one six years ago that did my damndest to get fired.) are great, too. The VA in Phoenix is another story altogether.

Gotta be a golfer…

Outstanding! I saw this photo and thought “Ooh, excitement!” That sounds like a fantastic trip.

........ great, but did the cardiologist find anything to work with ....... 😉

Or bullied

Never give me crap about hijacking a thread... Phantom

Rebate time! 😀