watab kid

yes and no - yes my mother taught me one way growuing up , my current wife likes it the opposite - im too old to care and wont fight with my wife over something my long deceased mother thought was right ...................\\ life is too short - justsayin

thanks , dont often think of the sky above less its raining water or sunshine - both of which can be unpleasant

ts interesting what some folks accumulate for SD , im not going to say that some havnt crossed my mind , but im always leangle [not sayin hes not] but ya gotta wonder what made folks "look your way" matbe you need to alter a bit ...at least some of them ?

my grandfather told me of this and others , im not sure most comprehend those days before triple A

AMEN to that . i dont understand anyone [particularly those in our society that do] accepting this ....dont the gtet that they are on the fast track to the gulags if it ever takes hold ? be as weird as you want in your own life - just dont involve he rest of us ,

this is so common - shooting off ones foot to save your nose , so to speak , im not sure when we , as a society , started thinking this way but im wondering when we will come to our senses

WELL < i learned something new , never heard of the DO before , had a few specialist , particularly in recent years , but far as i know not one of those - gotta see the chiropractor this week , never fun but the alternative is dismal

her voice is a little irritatin but shes cute enough to overlook that i guess , if he wrote it he best buck up and live with it

could be worse - you might be teetering on that thermocline between 60s and 90s , where every hour you get rain and the temp changes numerous times - the wind blows from multiple directions and sometimes hard sometimes not at all , all in the matter of six hours --- its what we had today , the airpot switched runways twice - they are just down the road from the gunclub

you have to understand that we here have both public and private schools that are somewhat at odds - financially mostly , but im going to align with Alpo on his outline of the system in general , different districts divide a bit different depending on their accommodations , my own education was K - in public school in a two room clapboard school , i then was moved by my parents to the catholic school in our area [a minority there[ for one thru eight years , i then went back to public school at the new junior high in our area for ninth grade , the next year i went to our public high school for the remainder - i started college at one of our state universities [teacher oriented curriculum] and finished at another [engineering and agriculture related ] in architecture , there was a third university that focused on medical and law - never went there , my kids grew up differently - while my religion was a minority in the area i grew up its a majority here - my children started in public grade school K-5 , went on to middle school-6-8 , then to catholic high school 9-12 , my daughter then went to local state university on a scholarship for a BS in statistics , to another state university for a Masters in sports med paid by the olymips , then back to the original university for a second Masters in business paid by her job , my son went to one of our other state universities for business , he went on to an apprentiiship in the trades and into management , this was 25 years ago as my kids graduated in 2000 and 2002 , in my experience the divisions of grades in each portion of our school life had a lot to do with the physical facilities an area had available , we actually have a number of K-3 schools here , a few middle schools of 4-6 and two jr high schools of 7-8 or 9 depending on square footage available , we have three high schools in the immediate area of either 9-12 or 10-12 , this area is predominantly catholic and lutheran so a lot of religious schools in all of these areas except the high school , that one is catholic , i forgot to mention we have a growing community of home schooled kids - they were always here but because im involved in high school trap ive had the pleasure to experience the home school trap team at our range ---thats how i know a lot of kids in that 6th grade to 12th grade range these days - they are my grandkids age , ao i get to know a lot of teachers/coaches these days as well as their parents , this community of a combination of three counties all meeting at the mississippi river is essentially the same place , and the school systems comprise six towns/cities , i cant even tell you how many of the lower grade schools there are , i didnt even touch on pre-school as we never experienced that , but it also exists here ,

yes i do - ive wanted a specific bearcat for a long time , i want the birdshead in a a shorter barrel , 3-4" would be nice , ive got a couple single sixes but this one has alluded me so far - ill admit i dont look hard but im always looking passively for a lot of things , this one ill sw9oop up when i find it ....so dont hesitate or it will be gone - just sayin

yes , it does , it was not my choice - it was a committee descension around a campfire in my backyard one summer night at the origins of our local club , a fair sized group of us were sitting in lawn chairs on the banks of the watab river - we had a good fire going and we all through things out , our local beaver made an appearance , disturbed a couple of the crowd and it stuck , the "KID" part was a jab at me as i was the eldest of our bunch [i was qualified as a 49er then tho] ive thought to change it or alter it but in the end it was a good time to be alive and i think ill keep some of those people still shoot with me - a lot dont , life has its demands , maybe before i have to quit the whole gang will get together again ,

bottom line is there are those that do and pay their dues , then there are those that feel entitled to live off of what you do - they seem to be the ones that are most concerned with political correctness and also some seem the least intelligent - their vocabulary is lacking , but if it works for them now hope they have a short and unprosperous life , life is short enjoy it well and my father used to say "dont let the b#$@%rds wear you down

mine is an old stevens 211 that weighs about what my modern hammerless stoeger does , ive had less trouble with it but i shoot it a fraction as much - older i get the less my arthritic hands want to deal with any small motor skills ,

if you say so , im in ill tip one to yall pn the other side of the globe - hope all the distant rellies get a hangover having a great time , , we passed the longest day here a couple weeks ago so we are moving toward that time of year when you get our sun , i hate winter more every year , i need to move , but currently too ensconsed with anchor grandbabies that will most likely mature after im dead and gone ................sorry not to be morbid simply stating reality as now appears enjoy your mid winter

is that the going price these days ? ive been out of the loop a long time on these , my two are a 1952 and a 1959 , both bought decades ago - for a lot less , in one case a whole lot less - a whole lot

i guess i see the desire for consecutive numbers , but ive always considered that important in collector version like the matched L&R sets marked to SASS , my NMVs dont have either L&R or consecutive - but they look alike ....i think thats good enough for tools of our trade - which is how i view all my cowboy guns , not that i care for them less nor neglect - i just "use" them , they are really not a collection - even tho these days there are enough to be a collection ,

im not sure exactly where this thread was meant to go - but in the very early 70s my wife and i were working multiple jobs to keep me in school and to survive , i was prone to taking on another job if need be to feed us , sometimes i had four part time jobs at once as well as going to school full time - you do what needs doing , im glad ill never see that again , mostly the need but equally the hours exerted , but when your young you do what you have to , so if i missed the context of this conversation im sorry but either way it needed saying , too many these days think you dont have to pay your dues , if you work a lot of part time to fit your schedule or get a full time out of school - you still will pay the dues of making your way , its good because you will always know you can and you dont need any charity to get it done

nice buy , congrats , i never seem to stumble into these things

i would agree , id not heard of refitting the M1917 with a 45 colt cylinder ...i have also an M1909 that was built with the 45 colt cylinder - ive never thoght to compare the two to see if they were interchangeable , i know mine are not as my M1917 is an S&W and my M1909 is a colt , i will admit i like them both a lot [equally ] i have an M1905 that is 38 LC and never have looked at the cylinders on that colt as compared to my 1942 S&W victory revolver either .....something i guess i should look at one day soon , thanks you have inspired qa bit of thought as well as some need to physically inspect ,

thats what it is doing , my gunsmith dealt with it before as it did this once before , so i know he will fix it , just not sure when it will get done - dont need it really till august but id like to know its working , tried to get it in the system last monday but got put off till this monday , im sure it will be ready when needed

they are setting it up and will be running next week it seems , im all for it , i like GITMO better but its one less flightto get them gone

wont buy one of those at that pricey

interesting i learn more here by accident than design , so we have bison .....need to correct what i told my kids in early life i guess

they did not both headspace on the rimless 45acp , the colts were revamped M1909s that had a smooth chambered cylinder designed fot the 45colt , the S&W had a cylinder that had a step to headspace on the rim of the 45acp ., i dont disagree on the ejection , but the S&W because the headspace on the rim can be removed individually from the cylinder as they project , i do know as i do have the revolver , as well as an M1909 colt , i admit i dont have an M1917 colt currently but i did have one , i just decided that i didnt need both ,