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    Are you running out to buy a glock?

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    I have several Glocks, all gen 5s. After shooting all gens over the decades I settled on the gen 5 with its changes. Great shooter, zero maintenance issues with 10s of thousands of rounds fired. No, not an attractive gun but it ain't supposed to be. Colt covers that. 😀

     

    Don't need another but I sure wouldn't turn down a few free ones. 

     

    I've tried some of the other Glock wannabe polymer guns and they just don't quite cut it for me. 

     

    I could probably be talked into a gen 5 model 20 however. I can see a practicality with that one although a Smith 1006 would get my $ quicker. 

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    Ruger/Marlin 45-70 ?

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    1 hour ago, irish ike, SASS #43615 said:

    Having owned a Marlin in 45-70 its a very light rifle. Shooting the 45-70 gave a heavy recoil! 

    Agree that the Marlin Cowboy in 45-70 kicks like a mule but it's been my experience the Marlin GBL, SBL and Trapper in 45-70 are quite comfortable to shoot. I love them all. 😀

    Dash Cams

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    On 10/14/2025 at 10:47 AM, Stump Water said:

    I had no idea lane splitting was legal anywhere...

     

    Back when I took the Motorcycle Safety Foundation class to get my motorcycle endorsement the instructor told us lane splitting is generally not legal as much as it is not illegal in most states. For what that's worth.

     

    Perhaps it is actually legal now in some places. 

     

     

    Why go to the woodshed?

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    17 hours ago, Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L said:

    Mom was the one that utilized the BELT even though she did not wear one.  :o  It was never good when she invoked your full name including middle name.  ;)

    My mom would get so mad at my brother she'd accidentally call him by MY full name when getting ready to lose her cool with him. 

     

    I always thought, "NOW what did I do?" when I heard mom getting ready to whip my always deserving brother. And little psycho he was, he'd just laugh.

     

    By association I WOULD get in trouble when dad would get home just cause he figured I was somehow part of mom's bad day. 

     

    I think I now drink alcohol because of my brother. 😁

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    What does it Matter?

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

    Not quite, they won't hear anything that contradicts what they FEEL. 

    Exactly.

     

    Back in 1985 I was in a school shooting. Several shot, one killed. School shut down for a week. We all came back and while this hung over us we all resumed life as normal as we could. 40 years later we all remember that day clearly. How could we forget? That was my class's JFK moment. But you know what? Unlike these fragile scared-of-everything snowflakes today, you know how many of us said we're scared to come back to school? None of us. Reality trumped feelings back then. How does society return to not being pussies about everything? Having read articles on every school shooting over the last 10 or 20 years that sentiment always come up from students. Either it's being sensationalized by the media that they're "scared to go back to school" or scared to even go to school now. Perhaps they're using that as a crutch to not, nevermind that shootings happen in movie theaters and restaurants and malls but these same kids won't stop going to those places. 

     

    The problem here is moral decay. The problem here is the resistance to even slightly hardened school security for the safety of students. The problem here is the softening of our society and the refusal to place blame where it truly lies. 

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    Going to Land Run...watch out in Arcadia

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    1 hour ago, Billy Boots, # 20282 LTG-Regulator said:

    If Doc and Andrea say it so then I believe it.  But it is very depressing.  Vending fees plus a $300  ticket makes for a tough business match for this couple/company. who traveled from Colorado.

    Arcadia has long been a notorious speed trap.

    Welcome to home of OKC Gun Club,  .and probably their biggest annual event there. 

    Hope Docs Old West gets rewarded in business.

     

    I love visiting Doc's Old West and have several awesome leather items he has made for me over the years. Doc and Andrea are fantastic people. I will definitely be visiting him this year and buying something from him to try to offset that BS traffic ticket. 

     

    🤠

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    Coffee addiction

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    Yup. My cardio told me to lay off caffeine so I did. Cold turkey. All of it, at least in beverage form, hot or cold. And I LOVE coffee. That was two years ago. Two years of mornings sucking. Well, last week at work I decided to have a cup of real coffee, just black, nothing fancy, no Starbucks BS, just coffee as the Good Lord intended. One cup that morning made all the difference in my mental outlook and overall performance all day. I was actually in a decent mood. 

     

    Addicted? Yup. Apparently both mentally as well as physiological. 

     

    Decaf coffee just doesn't cut it, not even close. Decaf is a waste of time, IMO. It doesn't even have the same flavor as real coffee.  

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    38-55 & 45lc

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    I also agree that the Marlin 38-55 might be something for you to look at. These come up for sale frequently on the wire. Mine is a fantastic shooter and fun to load for. So far, I've had good luck with accuracy out to 300 yards and this is with minimal practice or reloading expertise (by this I mean, I have not had ample opportunity to dial a load in for this rifle) but so far it has shot well with everything I've run through it. Mine is a JM, and is as solid as can be. 

     

    That said, I also have the same configuration (24"barrel, JM stamped) in 45 Colt. Again, a super nice option. My goal is to use it for long range pistol cartridge rifle. Although I don't shoot it much it's a joy to shoot when I do. And it ain't nowhere close to ever being sold. 

     

    I think you would really enjoy the capabilities that the 38-55 allow. 

     

    Happy shopping! 😀

    What does it Matter?

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    5 hours ago, Dapper Dave said:

    They will scream "sniper rifle", to apply to all rifles that don't fit the "assault weapon" category. Then they segue this "old relic that can't be traced" into a movement for Universal Background Checks, because UBCs will not work without universal registration. That's the playbook they use here. 

     

    Would not surprise me in the least if that happens. All bolt action hunting rifles become sniper rifles just like anything semi automatic is "automatically" an assault rifle. 

     

    Just wait until the media figure out what a 300 Win Mag is capable of compared to the tiny 5.56 that can destroy a deer or a brontosaurus completely. 

     

     

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    SASS Vaqueros no longer available?

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    3 minutes ago, Assassin said:

    There must be many used Vaquero's available. What happened to all the guns that former and deceased SASS members used? 

     

    Sadly, when family members get a hold of this stuff many times they just wind up in a crate in the basement for future something or at the pawnshop. 😪

     

    I have a friend who has a number of cowboy guns from his days competing. He has told me he is bequeathing them to one friend and certain family members. The sets will be broken up and given out upon his death to relatives. None of whom play in CAS. 

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    The most dangerous discussion on the wire

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    Chloroform certainly will knock you out. My experience in a chemical plant that manufacturers pharmacuetical grade chloroform tells me that. Maybe not applied on a rag held over the mouth like in the movies, but when several gallons of liquid hit hot concrete in August and immediately vaporizes and a person is not in an air fed mask, he's going down. Not dead, just out. He'll have one hell of a headache too upon waking. This assumes a small non-continuing exposure and/or removal from contaminated area. If the spill and exposure continues and the person is still in the exposure/release area death will follow. 

     

     

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