Three Foot Johnson

As few drills as Ruger made, there are at least 5 different styles, and several variations of each one - there was a conventional breast drill with an offset handle, a pistol grip breast style, a pump or push style, a conventional eggbeater style, and the standard pistol grip version. Some were made with a rectangular trunnion for the take down screw, while others (like mine) were round. Some had wooden knobs, some aluminum. Some had an extendable handle for more leverage, as pictured in the RIA video. The engraved one is a one-off example and wasn't a factory option.

<yawn> Doesn't everybody have one?

I watched it yesterday! I found a SASS wire post from 14 years ago by Grizzly Dave, it sounded kind of interesting, so I found it on m.ok.ru/video. I liked it.

I'm about 20 miles from Wickes, and have a cabin up on the Great Divide about 10 miles from it. There's an abandoned railroad tunnel dug about a mile and a quarter through the mountain from Wickes that folks take their Jeeps and 4-wheelers through for a little adventure - there are several vids on YouTube. This stone gateway to the High Ore CAS range is actually an underpass in the old railroad bed from nearly 140 years ago. The range is about 5 miles from the south end of the tunnel.

Good Lord, I just found my Halloween bowl still on the porch. Time to dump it out and put it away, I guess.

I used to play fiddle and mandolin quite a bit. As above, if you play country/bluegrass and have a Coors at intermission, it's a fiddle and if you play classical and have Dom Perignon at intermission, it's a violin. A fiddle will often have a slightly flatter bridge to make transitioning to a double stop quicker/easier, and enable playing the occasional triple stop.

I'm drawing a blank on Uberti .44-40 Open Tops... I guess I didn't know they ever made one. A few years ago, I had 4 Uberti 1875 .44-40 Remingtons - three of them slugged .429", and one measured a whopping ~.4315". I slugged it another couple times, and it came out the same each time. No apparent tight spots or loose spots. It happens.

I've read by 1956, everything had gone from .427" to .429", and some references state the change goes clear back to the 1920's. Then, as mentioned, slug the bore, then load a handful and make sure they chamber before you crank out a few hundred.

They used them a lot in Bonanza and Gunsmoke.

I recently bought a Kahr PM9 and it came with this Crimson Trace LG437 red laser sight. It's clean, fully functional, no scratches or gouges, but I've never been a fan of optical sights on pistols. According to CT's site, this will fit the P9, CM9, PM9, CT9, CW9, TP9, P40, CM40, CT40, CW40, PM40, and TP40. MSRP is $219.99, but typically run about $185ish new, so how about $130, shipped? https://www.crimsontrace.com/products/laser-sights/laserguard/lg-437-laserguard-for-kahr-arms-9mm-and-.40/01-2410-1.html

Because nobody ever created a game without rules. Well except Calvinball. And politics. Hey, a new SASS alias - Calvin Ball! OK, probably because the historical classic cowboy standard was a .44-40 rifle and a .45 Colt revolver. John Wayne, Matt Dillon, Tom Mix, Gene Autry, Gary Cooper, etc.

A push-button...? Like on an NEF or H&R, I'm thinking? NEF and H&R single shot shotguns are both out of production, as you may know, but there are a several on Gunbroker. Looking at completed auctions, the first NEF 12g on the first page sold for $77 six days ago, but most went for more like $130-$180ish. The Stevens mentioned above looks like the same thing, and it's priced right, but cutting down a hollow plastic stock might present a challenge.

If these work well, I'd be interested in .44-40 or, even better, .38-40, but have -0- interest in one in .45 Colt. I wonder if they have a suggestion box on their Website...

In the '60's, my dad had a hit & miss set up to replace a windmill to pump stock water. Every day after school, I'd walk from the bus stop home, about 1.6 miles according to Google Earth, change clothes, then drive a '39 Ford pickup up to where this old abandoned farmstead was about 3 3/4 miles away on the place, start that old thing up and fill the stock tank. That ol' '39 junker was the only thing the old man trusted me to drive at that age - 10 maybe.