Horace Patootie, SASS #35798

Yes, butt it's all behind me. Horace

We used to use sulfur and zinc dust also. Once we put a small container in a hole in the back yard with an Estes igniter and used a train transformer to set it off. It made the hole bigger for sure. We also mixed sugar and sodium nitrate and melted it over low heat to make rocket engines. I had a small metal building in the back yard that was my laboratory. Had lots of chemicals and glassware. It's a wonder I'm still here. Horace

Thanks, Professor ! Horace

I might mention that the rear 2 inches or so of the barrel is what might be called a knoxform or octagonal section. The remainder of the barrel is round. This is an 1879 Remington rolling block. Horace

Not looking to use dovetails to mount, since the rifle has no dovetails available and since your scope comes with round barrel scope mount blocks. I can have my gunsmith mount the blocks. The barrel is 35.25" long. I will check with him on monday and show him a pic of the scope. Horace

When we were kids, we launched Estes rockets often. I had an old go kart and pulled a wagon behind it with all the launch equipment and battery. One of my friends had a 3 stage rocket with a payload and sent a hamster up. The hamster didn't care for it much. We got to tour the Estes facility in Penrose, Colorado while on vacation. My younger brother recently bought some more Estes rocketry for his grand daughter. Horace

You mentioned a 7.2" spacing of the mounts. I was just wondering what is normal for that scope and if the mounts are further apart, would that make each elevation click a finer adjustment ? What is the longest spacing that these scope mounts could be with this scope ? Sorry for my lack of knowledge on this. I did recently mount a Malcolm scope on a modern rolling block. Barrel was 30" and scope is 35".

Today I saw a pic of Hoot Gibson in an antique mall. My wife said that a good alias would be "Toot Gibson". Horace

How long is the 3/4" diameter part of the scope body? Horace

Reminds me of my wife's uncle. He could fix anything, run heavy equipment etc. He had a tractor with a backhoe that my father in law bought from him. When the wife's uncle still had it, he didn't have a compressor handy to air up the tractor tires, so he filled them with butane. Can you imagine the blast that would have made. My father in law put air in them when he got the tractor. Horace

In 2016 I had serious issues. Ascending aorta was twice normal diameter, aortic valve was bi-leaflet, enlarged left ventricle. About 15 days in the hospital just for docs to decide what course to take. Started out on the transplant list but my surgeon instead replaced ascending aorta with synthetic tube, replaced aortic valve with a mechanical bi-leaflet valve. They gave me a choice of mechanical or tissue valve. Mechanical one should not need to be replaced. Went back for the surgery in Sept of 2016. 31 days in the hospital ( 2 trips ) that year. Been great ever since even though I take a few meds every day. Horace

All Lindholm spurs are collectors items. Two pair in our family. Horace

Come to Lone Star Frontier Shooting Club. Second and Fourth weekends. We shoot on the Ormsby Ranch west of Cleburne. Check out the club here. In these warm months, we are starting sign in at 8 am. Shooting starts at 9 am. https://www.facebook.com/groups/276584879089594 Horace

Ours is very good here. I'm sure it depends on location. We have one closer to us but the neighborhood has gone downhill. Horace

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