TN Mongo, SASS #61450

I walk the neighborhood with my Cold Steel sword cane on a regular basis (perfectly legal in TN). I figure that and my Beretta .380 Pico makes me less of a sitting duck. I'm too old and slow to do the flight part of "fight or flight", but I might still surprise a "ne'er do well" with bad intentions.

I'm a unrepented double cocker. I tried to alternate cock, as instructed by my gunfighter mentor, Jackalope. It just didn't feel right. I will alternate cock if the stage works better that way. While double cocking, I have no trouble changing leads. What's funny is that if a pistol sequence is very difficult, I just concentrate on shooting the targets in the correct order and I don't think about single or double cocking. Whatever comes out of the revolvers just happens. Most of the time this works just fine; occasionally, at the end of a string a revolver will just go click. When that happens, I just shoot it with the other revolver.

The wife and I have owned three Codymatic rifles. We ran our two main match rifles for over 15 years with no issues. Eventually, both rifles developed issues that heavily used 73's eventually have; broken lower bolt tabs and worn-out carriers. These issues were caused by heavy use, not Cody's work. I can't complain about Cody's work or his customer service. I had all three rifles rebuilt and went with C&I third generation short stroke kits. We added new bolt assemblies (with replaceable lower tabs), one piece firing pins, and new milled brass carriers. I wanted to try some Shotgun boogie parts in the last rifle we had done, but many of his parts have been out of stock for awhile. I don't regret purchasing my Codymatic rifles, but the throw is shorter on our rebuilt rifles and my rifle times have improved.

I see that the grip frames are blued; are the upper parts of these revolvers nickel plated, or stainless steel? Thanks!

Deacon, There are different models by several manufacturers. I was always able to find long holders that fit my SKB doubles.

I used baby joggers for years until my wife started shooting and I forced to buy a bigger Rugged Gear gun cart. I started 20 years ago with a 3 wheeled golf push cart with a giant pro golf bag. I took a lot of grief for that idea, but it worked well. My baby joggers were the next step. I always kept as much of the nylon cloth as I could on the baby joggers I converted. What I did on all my conversions was to attach ATV gun racks, like the ones pictured below on the link, near the push handle. Most of the time I was able to attach them to the existing plastic box with a little reinforcement. On some joggers, I had a slip on board with the rubber gun racks attached. On the last two joggers, I had a drop-in plywood board that gave the long gun butts a place to sit securely. I wore out three jogger conversions before I switched to a bigger Rugged Gear cart. Kolpin ATV Rhino Grips XL Single Attachment System | Bass Pro Shops I wanted my gun cart to look like a baby jogger when it was folded up in the back of my SUV especially when it was sitting in the parking lot of a hotel at a multiday out of town big shoot.

+1 for John Barleycorn. No problem at all.

Some good ideas from other leather guys listed above. Once, you have the outer and lining leather glued together and dry, I would agree with light sanding of the edge, if it's rough. My first step in burnishing, after sanding, is to lightly wet the edge and use a wool felt burnishing wheel that I've applied some glycerin (bar saddle soap - a bar of glycerin soap from the cosmetic department also works) at slow speed. You can rub the edge with a piece of canvas (or a blue jean scrap) to get a similar result. When building holsters, on an edge that I can't get on the burnishing wheel, I'll take a small felt wheel on a Dremel tool, run it against the glycerin bar for a few seconds, and then run it against the damp edge at slow speed. I like to do a final burnish with a 50/50 mixture of paraffin and bee's wax on a separate burnishing wheel, but this can be accomplished by hand rubbing the edge with the wax mixture and then burnished with a piece of canvas. Good luck with the rehab of your holsters!

My wife tells me I'm a knife snob and I'm approaching hoarder status. I own and use Henckels (must have 2 men pictured on the blade), Wusthof, Cutco, and an ancient set of U.S. made Chicago Cutlery. For everyday touch ups I use the knife sharpener below. Amazon.com: The Edgemaker Knife Sharpener Pro 331- Perfect for Sharpening & Honing any Blade, Durable, Safe & Easy to Use- Orange : Everything Else I also have a Lansky sharpening kit that's 35 years old and it works great. A fellow shooter bought a new Lansky recently and it was not nearly as well made and didn't work well. I also recently acquired a work sharp Ken Onion powered sharpener that I'm looking forward to playing with. My Chicago Cutlery was a wedding gift (47 years old), but everything else I have acquired has come from estate sales. Most of my finds have been NIB, but other gently used stuff sharpens right up. My last NIB Cutco 8 piece set cost me $15 at an estate sale.

Captain Clark is right on; I did exactly what he did. Also check Taylor's and Cimarron for bolt assemblies (much better deal than the bolt alone).

Hope you had a great birthday! We'll shoot together again as soon as it warms up enough for you to come out of hibernation

If I remember correctly, D 1 players were not allowed to play varsity ball as freshmen, at that time. I'm pretty sure Maravich set the record in three years. The Milwaukee Bucks refurbished our gym at Concordia College Milwaukee when I attended college there (1972-1974). As payment, they practiced there, and out of town teams also had use of the facilities. I got to watch Pete Maravich practice once. I have never personally witnessed another human being with that shooting ability in my life.

I had never seen it before until a few months ago when I started watching all the old episodes online.

Absolutely fabulous news! You go cowgirl!

Sadly, because of large increase in the cost of dining out in our area, we often determine which meal we can split. Which one of us actually orders doesn't really matter.

I've added the Ruger Super Blackhawk grip frames (see the link below for the frames I used) to a pair of OM Vaqueros and a pair NM Vaqueros without any additional parts. However, if you have NM Vaqueros, with the lock mechanism in the grip frame, I'm not sure if there might be an issue with the main spring strut. Maybe someone else will chime in on this point. I did some filing and sanding on the new SS grip frames to fit my Vaqueros, but only on the new grip frames. I taped up the areas that came in contact with the new grip frames so I wouldn't have any unwanted scratching. I now have the ability to pull off the new grip frames and put the original ones back on if I want. Ruger Grip Frame Ruger Super Blackhawk Hunter SS (midwayusa.com) I love the Super Blackhawk grip frames on my Vaqueros; I can get all my fingers on the grip frames. It gives you the feel of an 1860 Colt grip.

Larsen's advise on having the spare parts kit is right on the money. Having the spare parts ready to go have saved my bacon several times. It seems like something always breaks while I'm loading for a big regional shoot and I need the part immediately.

I had a "top of the line" Lee Shaver sight on my Sharp's rifle (which I no longer own). It was an excellent sight.

J-Bar, computers just doubled our work at school. Not only did grades and lesson plans have to be written out, but they also had to be entered on the computer in a different format. The wife and I always kept an "old school" grade book and lesson planner because several times a year the whole school computer system would "crash and burn". The younger teachers who didn't even bother to print a copy of what was on the computer, would become suicidal.

I started my teaching career in 1976 with these "beasts"! When I retired, all the teachers were lectured by the administration for making too many photocopies.

In another lifetime, I used to wash my practice golf balls in the washing machine. I was on the wife's S**t list for quite a while after that mistake.

I got mine repaired and it now resides in my spare parts box. I had a new bolt assembly (with a replaceable bottom tab) installed by my cowboy gunsmith. The new bolt assembly is available from VTI, Taylors, or Cimarron.

Good job Randy! You just need a cheap, or used, food dehydrator to dry the brass quickly. Below is a link to one from WalMart. Btwd 5 Tray Food Dehydrator in Black with Auto Shut Off - Walmart.com

Thanks! I just scored an 8 pound jug. I'm still in sticker shock, however, with tax, shipping and hazmat fees, it was a smidge over $400.

I have ordered from them. No problems and fast shipping.