Charlie Harley, #14153

White gravy is bleh. Deep brown with lots of sausage is delicious!

I’ve been to Phoenix a few times. Each visit I ponder, “What prompted the first settler to stop here and start a city? Even the indigenous were smart enough to not live here.”

Colt barrel on S&W frame? Well executed!

And that is precisely why the favorite hand gun in my safe is a 6 inch Smith & Wesson 686. Under barrel lug. Incredible balance. Beautiful lines. And a Smith & Wesson double action trigger pull.

The Mini-14. Everything about the gun feels awkward to me, and it’s not nearly as versatile or accurate as a good AR-15 platform.

Another vote for a bar of Babbitt metal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babbitt_(alloy)

BTT

BTT. Dropped again.

BTT. Somebody make me an offer.

Wish I weren’t in a safe cleaning mode myself. Your offer is a good deal on a piece of history.

Btt with price drop.

BTT

Update: Price at $200 plus shipping. Update: Price dropped to $250. Or make an offer. I have a 25 year old side-by-side "cap gun" made for Orvis by Edison Giocattoli, an Italian toy maker who used to make a lot of quality gun replicas. It is new in box and comes with twelve cards of the reloadable toy ammo. Asking $350 plus shipping. I live in East Tennessee and can meet face to face.

My wife and I are doing some estate planning. One of the topics is what will be done with my guns when I pass. My wife has no interest in guns at all and knows nothing about their value or significance. One of our four children shoots clays with me and has a few firearms of his own. The other three have a gun or two for home protection or deer hunting, but none of them have the shooting sports as a major part of their lives. I'll talk with each of them and see if there's a particular gun or two that they want, but I don't expect much interest. My plan is to start selling the safe queens that haven't been used in years. Cash raised will fund a few vacations, which at this stage is more valuable to me than guns sitting in a dark box. That will leave maybe ten guns that I have fun with regularly, or which have some sentimental value. I'm thinking it would be helpful to my wife (or son if we both died together) for me to have researched local auctioneers, estate sales people, or gun stores. I want to see who would best be able to support them in selling the guns and getting maximum market value at the time of my death. Has anyone else done such a thing? Also, what do you do with ammo that your heirs don't want? Should that be included with the guns? I appreciate any insights you all might have.

I wondered the same thing. My knees ached just watching them. You can bet there's a SWOOSH every once in a while in the factory.

Fascinating on so many levels! (And a bit scary on others.) Thank you for sharing.

Artistry!

I once saw George Wendt and Richard Thomas (John Boy Walton) in a production of 12 Angry Men. Mr. Wendt was also a very good dramatic actor, though his legacy will always be “Norm!”

I can’t help with load data but can suggest you think about a tang peep site for longer range work with a carbine. I’ve used the Lyman #2, a Marbles sight, and an MVA vernier. The last is probably overkill for a carbine. With a Lyman #2 on my Marlin 94 in 44 mag, I can shoot 5” groups at 200 yards all day long, and it flies a bigger rainbow than your 30-30.

Yup. And those of us reading and commenting on this thread aren’t much better.

I’m with you, Linn. Born in Chicago. Became citizen of Peru in 2015.

He was a good man who wanted to spread Love in the world. May he rest in peace. It will be interesting to see the next steps and who they elect.

I saw one years ago. Late 70s or early 80s. They used AH-1s. Not sure if they were supported by or affiliated with the US Army. My main reaction was sort of blah. Helicopters were not meant for precision formation flying. Leave that to the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds.

All the Way!

Almost spit coffee at this one, Doc. I remember flying gunnery exercises at Grafenwoehr in the snow. Our scout aircraft used the rim road to navigate to various ranges just like the armor and mech infantry units. We were maybe 200’ AGL looking down at the tread heads in the snow and mud and thinking “Sure sucks down there.” as I turned the heater up.