Cyrus Cassidy #45437

This is absolutely adorable!!!!

FYI, Axl Rose is still #1 on my Top 10 List of People I'd Like to Kick in the Nuts Before I Die.

As a lifelong Bears fan, I am required to hate Green Bay. But that was one heck of a game, and you can't take anything away from Aaron Rogers. I only hate Green Bay because I'm a Bears fan, not because they deserve it See the thread on Tom Brady. I have every reason to hate him. I'll go so far as to say if you are still a New England Patriots fan after all the times they have been PROVEN to be cheaters (Brady and others included), I question your integrity. Literally. I don't care where you're from or which team you grew up near, no one with an ounce of integrity can stand behind them. So despite being a die hard Bears fan, guess who I'm rooting for next week? Eeek, I can't believe I'm saying this: *holds nose* Go Green Bay.

Oh I forgot. Once I met Richard "Goose" Gossage, the first Major League relief pitcher to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. The only thing is, I didn't even realize it until minutes later. His hometown is where I currently live, but I never knew that until the announcement about his HoF induction was released. This was in 2008, the year Gossage was inducted. I was in my friend's gun store, and only one other customer was there. The other customer had made a purchase and was waiting for the background check to come through. I casually mentioned to the store owner, my friend, "Did you hear Goose Gossage got into the hall? That's awesome. No relief pitcher has ever done that before." The customer walked up and asked me if I liked baseball (baseball is almost a religion for me). He asked if I was a Gossage fan, and I told him, "I just like baseball. I remember him playing when I was a kid, but I wouldn't know him if I saw him..." and a few other things. Fortunately I didn't have anything disparaging to say about him We talked about baseball for a few minutes, but he never told me who he was. The background check came back, and my friend told him he was good to take the gun. The customer excused himself from our conversation, took the gun, and left after exchanging pleasantries with my friend, who called him, "Rich" and smiled at me. Doh.

I met a whole bunch of professional wrestlers in 2003. Every year, the WWE (the current name of the biggest professional wrestling company) goes to Iraq or Afghanistan and puts on a show. I wasn't anywhere near the show, but they came out to my FOB to do a meet-and-greet. Everyone I met was cool to my face, but I've read not all of them are pleasant people in real life. Several stand out: - Chris Benoit, who four years later murdered his wife and children before committing suicide. - "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, who has since been arrested for abusing his wife. He was very cool with us, and even held up an American flag when we re-enlisted a soldier. - Torrie Wilson, a blonde bombshell who was extremely nervous and outfitted in body armor and a helmet. She almost had a nervous breakdown when someone stupidly mentioned the fence 50 feet from us was separating us from people who were desperately trying to kill us. Once she realized all the G.I.s' cameras were snapping, she was back in her element and went full supermodel and smiles. - "The Big Show," who is billed as being 7 feet tall. He really is. One of my female troops was under 5 feet tall and they posed for a picture together. He broke away from the crowd and shot baskets with a few people who had put up a makeshift hoop and covered the desert sand with portable flightline. - Eddie Guererro. He became a bigger name a few years later, and then died prematurely. A lot of the non-fans didn't know who he was, so I was able to exchange pleasantries with him for a few minutes. There is a current female wrestler who goes by Sasha Banks who lists him as her inspiration. I'm a fan of hers, too (they have drastically changed the programming regarding women, and they are now treated as serious performers and with respect...I had stopped watching for years because of how nasty they had become with women, but I believe the company is preparing McMahon's daughter to take over running the company, so her influence has caused a massive reversal). - Vince McMahon himself. I didn't converse with him much other than shake hands. Word on the street is he is a real-life jackwagon, but I don't know. - "Farooq" aka Ron Simmons. He didn't have much personality. There were more, but I don't remember everyone. What celebrities have you met?

I'm a Chicago fan, fyi...I only live in Colorado; I'm not from here. Plus, EVERY single one of Tom Brady's rings is associated with a cheating scandal. Every. Single. One.

If there is one person in professional sports I cannot stand (yeah...as if there is only one!), it would be Tom Brady. What a complete unethical, egotistical, CHEATING bastard.

What he said.

Trades?

Correction: Nicest since we got rid of the "Political Fire" forum a number of years ago

See above.

A full-scale, functioning gatling gun, proofed for modern smokeless loads And then a full-scale, bronze barreled 12 pounder Napoleon cannon, complete with all the accoutrements.

I've been reading up on the sights. I think the long range buffalo and the #113 will do me; I like having the large amount of windage adjustment. I'm also wondering about .45-70 vs. .45-90. The latter is *not* proofed for smokeless rounds, but the former is. So, assuming black powder rounds, do I need the extra 20 grains to get me out to 1000 yards accurately, with the heavier bullets you mentioned? Being able to shoot a smokeless load with the .45-70 is attractive to me. Dunno...I have about $1400 to go, so I have awhile to ponder it.

All revolvers get "the ring," whether they are single action or double action. My question is about a deeper-than-normal ring.

Thanks, LG. I contacted Shiloh, and was told the .45-70 is the *only* caliber they offer which is guaranteed for use with smokeless ammo. I had planned on shooting both smokeless (sacrilege, I know), and The Holy Black.

SASS is supposed to be EITHER historical reenactment *OR* "Saturday at the matinee." There is NO requirement for historical accuracy / period correctness / whatever term-de-jour you choose.

There is a cowboy action organization which is a spin-off of SASS. They demand everything be "period correct," from costuming to guns and everything in between. I even heard gun carts were prohibited at one time, but I think that went away. Still, no Rugers or modern cowboy clothing.

For 1000 yard shooting, is there an advantage .45-90 has over the .45-70? Yes, I know there are 20 more grains of powder, but is it more accurate? If I use the .45-70 couldn't I just dial up the rear site a bit more?

This was about 20 years ago. I had spent my money on something I don't even remember. Towards the end of the day, I ran into an old timer (not a dealer with a table) trying to sell an "old rifle." I thought I recognized the gun and asked to look at it. Sure enough, it was labeled "Volcanic Arms." When asked what he wanted for it, he replied, "I don't exactly know what it is, but any old gun like this should be worth at least $100." I was flabbergasted, but contained myself. In those days, ATMs weren't plentiful like they are now. I told him I'd go to the nearest gas station and come back with $100, but he wouldn't let me; it was time to go home. I asked for his address and told him I'd show up with the money, but he lost interest in the deal. I never got that rifle. If only I had $100 in my pocket!

One of my friends, who does not shoot SASS but loves the guns from the era, recently acquired a Uberti copy of a Schofield revolver. He says the cylinder ring that normally develops on revolvers is much deeper than he would like to see, abnormally deep even, despite only 30 rounds having gone through the gun. I was in my friend's gun shop the other day and saw another Uberti Schofield on the shelf. It also had a deep cylinder ring, more deep than what typically develops on revolvers. So is this problematic to the design? What gives? My friend was talking about replacing the cylinder and correcting whatever the problem is, but if it is typical of that gun, he shouldn't bother.

With rifle brass I clean them every time. With pistol brass I don't bother.

I have a pair of AWA revolvers for my main match guns. At the match yesterday, one of them developed a problem. The locking lug will not drop down when I put the hammer to half-cock. So I cannot get the cylinder to rotate. 1- What causes this? 2- Do you have any suggestions about removing stuck screws? It has two I can't get out and I'm afraid I'm going to bugger them badly if I keep trying. I have some oil soaking on them now, but I don't have any other ideas.

Cattle thievery. It was a profession in the medieval Scottish highlands, and my clan was particularly adept at it. Anything they stole from us, we probably stole from them to begin with. In fact, a full moon is still referred to as "[my name]'s lantern," because it was known they'd be out reeving cattle because they could see by the light of the moon.

You may recall a post earlier about saving for the Pedersoli Sharps. However, I've been doing more and more research as I get closer to having the gold to make the purchase, and I'm now convinced that it is worth the extra money to have either a C. Sharps or a Shiloh instead of the Pedersoli. So I'm continuing to wait and save -- these aren't cheap guns! My question is, which one? I hear quality is on par with each other, so it comes down to which options I want (and a LOOOONG production wait). Shiloh's web site says something about, "home of the Shiloh Sharps black powder rifle." I know these guns were intended for the Holy Black, BPCR shooting, etc., but are they also proofed for smokeless? I like pistol grip stocks, and it seems Shiloh has a few more of those available. From my research, it seems in the late 1870s when these were originally being made, people had the notion that pistol grip stocks were weaker, and thus were only found in target models; the "scouts" employed by the military likely would not have had them. But I don't care, I like them. Which sights to use? One pard told me absolutely get the bubble level on the front sight for long distance shooting. My current gun club only goes to 600 yards, but in time I'd like to go out to 1000.

I'm with Rooster on this one. I own the DVDs and have watched it several times. My own family is part of a famous feud. If you go to certain parts of the southern highlands of Scotland some folks will say, "Feuding like the [my name] and Colquhouns." We feuded for 400 years and killed a lot more of each other than did the Hatfields and McCoys! The king even had to step in between us several times.