Three Foot Johnson

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.

Ya, just a different format from device to device.

On the page too.

According to the link you provided, it's called Tuksuri. https://www.shupun.org/wakhi/culture-heritage/traditional-sports/tuksuri

1) Live with it 2) Re-barrel it 3) Replace it Since it's your favorite, #3 is out, so live with it or re-barrel it.

I've got a pair of those in 45 Colt that came with a Baikal Bounty Hunter II I bought a few years back, but I've never tried them.

Fill case to where the base of the bullet will be. Dump it in a pan, weigh it, DONE. Loading data for APP used to state not to use a filler or bullet lube, but I see it says a filler OK on the Web site, so...

As Lumpy pointed out above, the Stevens/Winchester sight insert set is $26 from MVA. The original Winchester inserts appear to be thicker. The MVA's are .012", so measure yours, and if it's .024+", within reason, there's enough room for a double thickness. Take one of the inserts and break/grind/file the inside aperture away so it's just a shim/spacer ring. If it's less than .024, lay the shim on a piece of sandpaper and sand it thinner until it works. https://montanavintagearms.com/product/aperture-cards/

MVA makes a similar front globe, with the U shaped retainer/level clip.

Yep. When powder was getting hard to get, I found an eight pounder and bought it. IIRC, I was loading Cowboy shotgun loads with 14.4 grains and 7/8ths or 1 oz of shot. Below about 14.5, they're a little erratic - I used 14.4 because that's what one of my Little Dandy rotors throws, and it worked fine.

Oh, if only that worked! It wasn't all that long ago, fifteen or twenty years, when $250 could get you one in decent working condition if you kept your eyes open, but things have changed over the past decade or so. Thirteen years ago, I snagged my 4th original for $160 off Gunbroker, but it needed a few parts to get it going, which I probably already had on hand. Looking at Gunbroker completed auctions, $350-$450 isn't all that uncommon for a mostly functioning gun, but will still need to be stripped, cleaned, inspected, and some worn/missing/broken parts replaced + a cowboy tune-up to make it a smooth, easy shooter.

I've read they only made one run of them, in 2012 or 2013. I've also heard there was more than one run. Who knows. I bought my .44-40 in July 2013 from a local shop, and it has a CL (2013) date code. It's the only one I've actually ever personally laid eyes on. Coincidentally, one is also the exact number of originals I've actually ever held in my hands.

I cringe when I see "action job" in a sale listing. Unless it's an exceptionally good price, it's normally a deal killer for me.

I shot Bullseye some about 50 years ago, and a couple GSSF matches about 25 years ago. Bullseye was OK, but GSSF... start at low ready, knock down six plates, repeat three more times. Whoopie doo. I had a buddy in the Navy who had a 1911, and I bought a used Ruger Mk1 T678, which I still have, so we teamed up to shoot Bullseye when we were at NAS Whidbey Island in the mid-70's. We weren't very good at it.