["carbine gas"]

How did this go from serious to rib-cracking hilarious so quickly?  

[Any knife collectors here?]

2 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:

Same here.  Still looking for a side lever lock 4" switchblade with stag scales.  Used to be common but I can't any with a 4" blade that looks good enough to take home, just a lot of cheap junk.

And I'd like to find a first Issue Gerber Mk. Commando like I had in Vietnam; no "saw teeth", an offset blade, and the aluminum handle with "grit" impregnated into it.

 

I find a bunch of them at $600-$800 but I don't want one badly enough to spend over about $350 for it.

 

It would go well with my KBAR early issue and a Fairbairn Sykes like the ones I carried from time to time.

 

Those and a pair of Marbles "tri-fold") Safety knives are collectable to me.  All the rest are "They followed me home, Ma.  Can I keep them" knives.

[Cowboy Guns for CCW Use?]

On 2/10/2026 at 9:42 PM, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said:

 

Interesting, but it looks clumsy as hell and really uncomfortable.

[Cowboy Guns for CCW Use?]

On 2/9/2026 at 7:36 PM, Alpo said:

Neither do I. But I would say at least 90% of cowboy shooters do.

 

I was at a match one time and when I came off the line this young man came up to me and offered the excellent advice that if I were to learn how to reload I could make lighter loads and then better my time.

 

I told him that I had been reloading longer than he had been alive.

Like back when his daddy was wearing three cornered pants?

 

I get some strange looks when I use that phrase.  Some people don't know what diapers used to be.

[Any knife collectors here?]

15 hours ago, Boggus Deal #64218 said:

I accumulate knives… I don’t really collect them.

Same here.  Still looking for a side lever lock 4" switchblade with stag scales.  Used to be common but I can't any with a 4" blade that looks good enough to take home, just a lot of cheap junk.

[The Aussie Humour Thread]

On 2/9/2026 at 3:53 PM, Buckshot Bear said:

I need that on a t shirt...and a bumper sticker...and a baseball cap.

[Cowboy Guns for CCW Use?]

2 hours ago, Sawhorse Kid said:

 

+1

 

 

 

One of my instructors idea of a tactical reload was ..... a second gun.

Can't beat it if you practice and can carry the load.

[Get To Napping!]

I try to wake up about 3:00- 3:30 every afternoon so I can take a nap.

[is it just me, or is this guy an idiot?]

1 hour ago, Chantry said:

 

And they vote and reproduce

And get elected to public office or become newscasters and paper journalists.

[Cowboy Guns for CCW Use?]

6 hours ago, Eyesa Horg said:

The huge fireball, especially in the dark would have to be quite effective!! They'd think you grenade them! Might be a good reason for BP shotshells in the bedroom gun! If racking doesn't deter them, the nuclear fireball might!

And it might set fire to your entire house, too.

[Mexican chimenea]

I was just given one about three feet tall.  It's treated inside and out so I can keep it outdoors and it won''t be damaged by the weather.

 

Now, as a cooking device I need this as much as I need the mumps, but it just looks so cool.  I'm looking at it and wondering what would I get into if I planted something like lavender in it?  I'm told it works well in this climate and it looks and smells good.  The 'oven' part is about a foot wide and ten inches high.  The chimney is right at five inches in diameter.

 

I'd like to have flowers at both openings, but have no clue how to do something like that, so could I simply have flowers from one of the openings and would it look peculiar?

 

There must be a horticulturist on here someplace.  Remember, I have a black thumb and need something that can thrive on abuse and neglect.

[Cowboy Guns for CCW Use?]

33 minutes ago, Vail Vigilante said:

The multi threat attack is a thing these days.

I am not going to divulge what I carry, but it is not a single action.

 

A second gun is the fastest reload...and have carried more than one if I were going into a questionable place.

 

I don't want to fight a war, but if I need to I want to be able to shoot my way out of one.

[Cowboy Guns for CCW Use?]

26 minutes ago, Cotton Eye Joe said:

You get real, lol. A red dot and a light don't weigh a couple pounds, and they certainly aren't crap. I was kinda hoping you'd give an alternative so I know what philosophy I've deviated from! Please don't say M1 carbine and a dozen mags haha

Okay,  I had that coming.  I generalized from all the extraneous stuff I see at the range.  I apologize.

 

Red dot sights are almost mandatory for whose eyesight is slipping away....like mine.  I use Novak three dot tritium sights on my 1911 and my Mk8 Government .380.  I have an old red dot on my Star Mod 43 Firestar 9mm and I put red dots on both of the M1 carbines.

 

I don't like a light because if I had someone aim one at me, or even in the room where i was, I'd lace that light with three or four rounds.  Why give them a target to aim at?  I also don't like ANYthing that adds bulk, weight, extra controls, or any additional movements to my "I need it really fast" gun.

 

ID target, pull, point, shoot!  With practice you can do this almost reflexively.  Nothing else to think about!

[Cowboy Guns for CCW Use?]

18 hours ago, Cotton Eye Joe said:

I entered the workforce in 2015, so that was the first time I could buy a gun for myself.  There were a few years where I definitely felt more comfortable with my Cimarron Evil Roy's than with any semi-auto pistol.  And that was in Wyoming, when I knew I was unlikely to run into any trouble.  Now I live in Tucson, Arizona!  I've become far more comfortable with my Glock 19 than any other handgun that I own.  More comfortable with distance shooting, with pulling it from the holster, with carrying it loaded (obviously kept the revolver loaded to 5 only).  And I can't put a flashlight on a revolver.  Vast majority of shady people doing shady stuff are gonna do it at night.  Flashlight is paramount!  

The only time I carry my CAS revolvers now is on a day hike where I know I'll be in a restaurant before dark.  But I won't say anyone's wrong for making it their daily carry, if it's really the gun they're most confident with.  

 

43 minutes ago, Jack Spade said:

The other thing we taught for years in CCW classes was to not carry a firearm that was heavily modified/slicked up like our cowboy guns are.  A prosecutor will make it look like you think you are Wyatt Earp in Dodge City just looking for someone to shoot.  You modified your gun to make it shoot faster and even participate in a fantasy game where you imagine you are a gunfighter.  

And yet you carry a gun with fancy sights, lights, and a couple of pounds of crap on them on picatiny (SP?)rails with modifications to triggers, safeties, etc. and you aren't  modifying your piece to do the same thing?  

 

Let's get real folks. 

[Magnum Research BFR .45-70]

I fired one many years ago and decided I didn't hate myself enough to punish me that way again.

 

We had a .45-70 single shot derringer.  (Bond, I think it was.)  I loaded up some 500 grain rounds and we put it in  case offering a $25.00 gift card for any one who would shoot it five times.  No one ever collected it.

 

One big guy ("I'm not afraid of recoil.  The harder they kick the better I like them".) took it out and brought it back unfired.  Said he wasn't afraid of it but found no reason to develop any fear.  Yeah!  Right!  

[Cowboy Guns for CCW Use?]

On 2/8/2026 at 5:20 PM, Dusty Sights, SASS # 2782 said:

My typical daily CCW is my Walther PPK.  Other times, its a Beretta 92 or a 1911. 

Personally, I'd prefer to carry my Colt SAA .45 around.  

I carried mine, a 5"barrel .45, in a cross draw or vertical shoulder rig on and off for about 20 years...inCalifornia...without a permit.

 

I never felt under-gunned nor in any other way "inferiorly" equipped.

 

My wife and I each had an M-1 carbine and a dozen magazines each in the trunks of our cars.  Obsolete, but still functional for any conceivable situation.

[Do real men have "pronouns"?]

16 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said:

 

I don't think he needs a  "man card."

I think I dated his sister once.  Her mustache was better than his.

["Not Good and Not Good"]

I can see some prehistoric warriors wearing breach cloths and carrying spears with a stone points running out of the brush while the riflemen are trying to get this suicidal-inspired gizmo cleared, killing a bunch of soldiers and getting back home in time for the six o'clock news.

[Artillery Case ID Help?]

Used to see hundreds of those made from 105mm cases used for pencil cups, small vases, and other non-artillery purposes. 

 

Tons of brass cases of different size were hammered into new shapes and elegantly engraved into all manner of odd shapes on Okinawa.  I still have a few that my wife bought while we were stationed there

[How Public Ranges Quietly Disappear]

A few in California, where they were "protected by law", were sued and won.  Sued again and won.  And sued again...and won again.  They finally just got bankrupted out of existence.

 

One is now about fifty acres of ticky tacky houses.  The rest are now pretty much under a similar cloud and many are finally forgotten.

[A History of Ketchup]

I have Geo. WATKINS mushroom ketchup and several kinds of other veggies.  Don't know why I keep most of them.....except I like the mushroom kind.  It goes great with eggs, bacon, sweet slice ham, and roast beef.  Not very good on fish or poultry.

 

It's a bit thin for most Ketchups but I got used to it on the second fork full.

[... and I walked away!]

19 hours ago, Widder, SASS #59054 said:

My kind of woman...... humble and modest.

 

..........Widder

 

And to quote Les Nessman on WKRP in Cincinnatti "Stacked like the Library Of Congress."

[Do real men have "pronouns"?]

18 hours ago, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said:

Nonsense. You started P.O.O.P., you're the Poopmaster.

Not quite true.  Boston Johne Ducette and I did it together.  He was #1 and I (and everyone since) are P. O. O. P. #2.

 

I inherited  P. O. O. P. Master when John passed away.  I still miss that guy with his wonderful sense of humor, practical answers to most anything, wonderful poetry (I have most of them on CD and DVD discs) and that smile that would light up any place he was.

[Do real men have "pronouns"?]

I'll accept "your elegance" if you insist.

[Florida Homicide Rates]

I refuse to "Prove that I'm a human"...so I'll likely never see that.  Hell, I lived for 80+ years being a human and I won't prove myself to anyone just to satisfy their damned computerized world.

 

I don't get their message and they don't get my business.