Forty Rod SASS 3935
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Run? The only time anything about me runs is when I''m swapping yarns with other people, or the morning after I eat too much greasy food or raw green veggies.
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Hell, my daughter tells me that my hat is about 80% of my total personality. She might be right. Lots of people recognize me all over this county and beyond, but only a small handful could tell you my name....and dozens will comment on a new or different hat if I wear one.
Thanks, Bob. You nailed another one.
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And yet the jackasses that run California just keep getting re-elected or replaced by others just like them. Well over half of them could be / should be charged with treason and / or sedition.....or both.
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Latest news? Still praying, but keep us posted, Cholla.
Thanks.
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5 hours ago, Dapper Dave said:
I have purchased more than one gun because it was insanely cheap. One worked out beautifully, the other took turning it into a short barreled rifle to make it usable and I STILL have things I need to do to it! Shoulda saved the money...
I had a flash image of the Sharps as a short barreled rifle...and as a mare's leg.
I don't think either one would work for me. 😮
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15 hours ago, Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 said:
Buy it then sell it at a profit to some gullible old fool like me!
Sent you a message.
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On 4/29/2026 at 11:05 PM, Subdeacon Joe said:
Great voice and cute as all get out.
Some English translations:
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/ievan-polkka-evas-polka.html
Finnish:
Ievan polkka https://share.google/MMvLZWgzjeeiTGwyX
I just noticed that the young lady on the left has absolutely marvelous cheek bones. I'm a sucker for great cheek bones....and other things, too.
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On 4/30/2026 at 6:00 AM, Sheriff Dill said:
Exactly. Play stupid games win stupid prizes.
A lot of times here it’s an apartment complex or building so the landlord generally will file a claim with the state as most of the places like this are subsidized and the state will pay for the damage.
And in the meantime?
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If you have enough money and someone competent and willing to take it on, then yeah. You can have an S&W trigger put on anything....except maybe a rain cloud or vanilla ice cream.
Or you can make me an offer an I'll maybe buy another 1945-1950 vintage Dick Special (my every day pistol is a 1947 Detective Special 2" with a Tyler T Grip) or a Police Positive or Police Special with a 4" barrel. I want the older ones with the two piece grips, not the stub frame guns.
Cogitate on it.
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3 hours ago, Lawdog Dago Dom said:
And leave a good looking corpse!😁
Only if you were good looking to start with, Dom!
You lose!
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On 4/29/2026 at 11:05 PM, Subdeacon Joe said:
Great voice and cute as all get out.
Some English translations:
https://lyricstranslate.com/en/ievan-polkka-evas-polka.html
Finnish:
Ievan polkka https://share.google/MMvLZWgzjeeiTGwyX
It just occurred to me that they don't seem to have (nor need) any backup instruments.
It also came to mind that I'd like to see a show teaming these ladies with a top class yodeling foursome, first group one, then the other....and maybe even figure a way to get them signing together.
I'd spend the rent for tickets to such a show
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My first bolt action rifle was a 1903A3 that had been "sporterized" by a grad student at USU. It was a class assignment and he did a great job. When he was done there was very little 1903A3 still recognizable left.
He had used:
A European style "beaver tail" cheek piece on a full length Mannlicher sporter style moderately-figured walnut stock with a semi-pistol grip and a 3/4 inch higher butt.
Reshaped and polished barrel cut back 3 inches with a recessed crown, the first I'd ever seen..
Polished bolt...not jeweled
Reshaped bolt handle....in case it ever had a scope mounted.
Slimmed down and reshaped trigger guard.
Elephant ivory nose cap with no spacer
Fully adjustable rear sight with several different screw-in apertures. I kept the sight apertures in it in a little velvet draw string bag one of my girl friends made for it.
A single color brown butt pad...no white spacer...and a clever butt cap storage hole.
Internals all polished and brought to the finest standards. He reshaped the chamber slightly, but I never knew what did nor why.
Gold bead ramp front sight with a removable hood. I never removed it.
Three "Pop in and out" sling swivel mounts.
Beautiful charcoal blued finish on all steel except for a glass beaded mat finish on the top of the barrel and receiver.
It was a gorgeous gun that was deliberately made without a lot of frills....a true gentleman's hunter / sporter. Smooth as glass and perfectly balanced.
I paid what was a small fortune for it in 1962: $215.00
I kept it for about fifteen years and had to sell it because my son needed some surgery and we had no insurance.
I got $300.00 for it.
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Today I turned down a wonderful offer on a Pedersoli Sharps rifle, similar to Quigley's. It's a .45-70, 32" barrel instead of 34", no patch box, and a duller (and in my estimation a more correct) finish. It has a tang sight just like the one on the movie rifle.
I turned it down after a week of consideration because'
1. It's unlikely that I will ever shoot it.
2. It's over 60" long over all.
3. It weighs almost as much as a school bus.
4. I have run out of room to display or even store it.
5. I can use the money elsewhere.
6. I already have two other .45-70 rifles
7. I need it like Custer needed more Indians.
But I came close simply because I don't have one like it and the man selling it put such a very good price on it!
None of those things would have stopped me a short year ago, so.....I must be getting old.
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5 hours ago, El Sobrante Kid said:
"...reduce your risk of death by 25%"
What 8th grade journalist dropout came up with that? You cannot (at this point in time) reduce your risk of death. Everyone is going to die. That level of stupidity reminds me of the amusing statement, "100% of the people who drink bottled water will die."
Absolutely correct, thank you very much.
A quote attributed to Timuchen (Ghenghis Khan) though not verified: "Man is born to die. Life is nothing more than the day to day putting off of the inevitable."
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Bury MyHeart At Wounded Knee
Triggernometry
Gun Law
Three of my favorites.
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33 minutes ago, Sixgun Seamus said:
I have the entire set. Read them several times.
When we moved here I donated mine to the town library along with a whole mess of other sets: Lois L'Amore, Agatha Christy, Sherlock Holmes, several other Time-Life sets, and the entire Doc Savage set of paperbacks.....and dozens of single volumes. 65 years worth of books.
I loved them, but saw no reason to own them when space in the new house wasn't just organized right to have them there.
They auctioned them off to new homes and kept some in the research rooms.
I still have a lot, but most of them are dog-eared, have margins full of comments, and wouldn't bring much. Maybe I should offer to sell them on the SASS wire.
We'll see.
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That young lady just oozes cute from every pore...and she's fun to watch, too.
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8 hours ago, Alpo said:
Quigley's original from the movie?
Or the one you originally made?
And if you're suggesting we check the archives here on the SASS wire, you are dreaming.
I found Quigley's original on this site in the archives. Mine is there, too.
Fish around and you might get lucky.
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Check archives for pics of the original.
I'm going to make another one the same way I did the first one, but paint the decorations instead of sewing them on. I may add some fringe on the open end and shorten the piece on the other end.
Also it will be 65" long to fit MY Sharps rifle/
I need to find someone to sew it together, too. I can't do it by hand and had the first one done by a man with a machine.
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4 hours ago, John Kloehr said:
It can be entertaining for many bird species.
But on a serious note if putting up feeders for hummingbirds (not the topic of this thread), please put up more than one feeder in places where hummingbirds can not see the other feeder (such as opposite sides of the house). Done this way, they will figure out a pattern to avoid each other, otherwise they will fight too much if it is the only nectar source in the area.
On a humorous note, I had some bushes at a previous home. The bushes made berries near the end of the season. The berries would ferment at the very end of the season. Blackbirds (crows) loved those fermented berries. They would eat a bunch, get drunk, and be unable to fly. So they would hobble back after crash landing and eat more berries.
Used to see back bears eat fermented berries in northern Utah. They are hilarious. I guess "used to be" hilarious is more correct. They don't have many bears around there anymore, if any at all. Grizzly bears were almost non-existent clear back in the late forties.
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I need a custom display box and can't find anyone who makes one at a reasonable price. There are hundreds of "almost right" boxes out there, but none that will work for my project.
Would it be practical to make one myself or would I end up paying too much for tools and supplies to save any money at all? And how would I find instructions for such a thing?
Would real glass be a better choice and how would I get all I need for that?
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Also, water is the only thing that expands and floats as it freezes. That's why milk...or many other liquids...in a bottle will push the plug out if it's frozen: it has a very high water content.
Now, next question: Dozens of answers are possible. Why is it so very necessary for water ice to float? Consider all the things that would change(or not exist at all) if it didn't.
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I've never known a SEAL when he was still in uniform, but I have met several "ex-SEALS". Only one has a nickname that I'm aware of. His wife calls him "Pooch", so everyone else does, too...and he doesn't even own a dog.
He's about six feet and twenty seven inches tall and weighs about as much as a school bus. You have never seen a quieter, gentler, nicer guy in your life...but he has "a presence" that makes you respect him.
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Find a cartridge collector (they are out there) and see if anyone wants them. I had a bunch of "bastard and orphan ammo" that I accumulated over the years and found a local CHP motorcycle cop who came into the gun shop where I worked. I mentioned all this ammo I had and he told me that he was a collector and had some other collectors who might be interested.
I turned it over to him to "dispose" of, and he did..... in violation of California laws. I never asked where it went and he never told me, but strangely before long I had a nice Iver Johnson Arms & Cycle Works Fitchburg Mass U.S.A. five shot, .32 S&W caliber, break top, auto eject (S&W type) DA hammerless pistol just show up. It has a rebounding hammer mounted firing pin, original "owl's head" gutta percha grips and is about a 90% finish and mechanicals piece.
A short time later I found a double barrel single trigger .36 cap and ball pistol sold by Hoppes. It was left in the store in a shipping envelope with my name on it. No one noticed who brought it in. It is a very close copy of an Allen pocket pistol.
Both pistols were obtained illegally in California...no paper work of any kind.
I didn't like most California LEOs, but some were good folks.....and I got two nifty neato-keen shooting irons.
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Ba-Dump Tissssh - Memes
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Someone?
I can't count how many "someones" I qualify for.
Thank you. Thank you very much.