Warden Callaway

Probably bootleg copies. Paleface. Wild Wemen

Son Chris has become more interested in old guns. He worked on me for months to sell him one of my 10 gauge hammer doubles. He wanted it to hunt pheasant, ducks, etc. Last time he was down, we looked through my collection. Of course, he picked the oldest and best one I had. Remington Whitmore Lifter. Then weaseled me out of 10 brass hulls.

I soon traded it in on something I wanted more. Not considering my time, I made a good return.

I was at a gun show some years back and a guy had a really beat up Hunter Arms Fulton (Hunter arms bought up a lot of brands including Ithaca and LC Smith, etc). He had a $150 on it make offer. I offered him $50. He balked and counted $75. Ok. Barrels bent and dented in about 12 places. I straightened out the barrels and hammered out the dents. The wood was painted with some kind of varnish that was yellowed nearly black and crinkled. I stripped it off to find high grade wood. The receiver had engraving. It was a nice high grade gun in its time. Top gun before.

And the opposite of fast. I hit the first tombstone a couple of times but too low. I should have shot my left gun first at the larger tombstones - saving my right for the small targets. But I got them all down and had one for dump.

I have one in 44WCF. Had to have it. Love it.

Evolved to depriming as soon as I get home. Got a Lee APP Press I use for some. Hand held deprimer for others. In the Frankfort Arsinal wet tumbler. I just spread out on old bath towel and let dry. I'm seldom in a rush to reload so it may be a month or more until I get to it.

Every time I watch Ol' Yeller or Savage Sam, I think of how they would make a movie like that today. Kids left alone with guns, axes, cooking fighting injuns, bobcats, hydrafobe.

Mr. Ragamuffin

Good quality western with Harry Carey directed by John Ford.

Poor Excuse

Seage at Red River.

Oscar Mayer If you're full of b_o_l_o_g_n_a.

Rabble Rouser

Holey Smokes

Bull Bumble

Climbed a mountain this morning and found two more dried up small mushrooms. It's been another bad season for me. I was hoping for rain today but only got a few sprinkles that soon dried away.

I once got a modest raise. It pushed me into a higher tax bracket and take-home turned out to be less than I was making.

I've posted this several times. But it's the video of Missouri Lefty shooting at Owl Creek Raiders range.

I always keep it simple. Start with left, then right, L,R and so on until done. I can't ever remember switching leads. Most of our stages are about 3 sweeps so there is no real need to. No slip hammer. Cock shoot, cock shoot. Have to remember hammers down om empty to move from one position to another that occasionally shows up. I usually announce "hammers down on empty" before move so the TO notices.

Slow

My observation is, many of the tables are there to snag guns coming in. I know a Winchester collector that sets up at shows to get rid of off non Winchester guns and items and buy any Winchesters that come buy. They get a place to set and watch the parade go by. I've witnessed some really awful transactions at gun shows. One, an old guy comes in with one of the big frame Winchesters. I remember it was in 348 Winchester. Best I could see it was in nice shape with pistol grip and checking. Had to have been a deluxe. First table. "Hay, hay? What do you have there?" Old guy explained that he tried to give it to his grandson but he didn't want that old gun that kicked so hard. So he wanted to sale it to get something the kid wanted. (Broke my heart.) They talked for a bit. Table guy said it was only worth $500. Old guy was hesitant. Guy at another table came over to double gang the old guy. This guy confirms $500 was a good deal. "Well, ok." The old guy said.

We found a couple of well stocked gun shops that had good selection and prices. With MidwayUSA and Grafs close, Starline and Missouri Bullets a little further out, gun shows really didn't offer much. Missouri Gun Works, Cabool Missouri. (One of three rooms)

Use to be a little show in a little town without a stop sign on the main drag. Not big but mostly old guns. We would go. $5 to get in and free parking. Mostly we'd run into old friends - some had tables. I didn't buy much but came away with a few impulse items. But the old guy that ran it died. His sons took over to complete dates he had booked. Then covid hit and they stopped all together. I've only went to a few shows in past 10 years. Nearly all were a waste of time and money. Got tired of pushing my way through big galoots.

Roly Poly