Recent content by Mobuck

What sort of chamber pressure are your loads posting? Since most 45/70 loads are fairly low pressure using medium burn rate powder there's probably less gas pressure at the muzzle than with hot loads in a handgun. The volume and pressure of the gasses exiting the muzzle of the 16" 45/70 would...

Closest thing to a 'sports funny' I was a part of: Around 50 years ago the little community '4H FAIR' had what they called an "Anything Goes" competition for couples. Grouch Attack and I joined with two other local couples to participate. One of the obstacles involved everyone going over a 6'...

I'm not sure but it made the hair stand up on the back of my neck. Living on the edge of 12-15K acres of basically uninhabited creek bottoms, I hear 'stuff' that isn't easily explained. Some of the sounds did have a 'feline-ish' sound while others not so much. Other sounds could be a dog as...

"While I certainly see the problem with a very light gun shooting a larger caliber, but we're talking about a .22LR . Now I happen to think the 22/45 light is cool looking" I'm not talking about recoil moderation. Most folks will say that a 'muzzle light' pistol is hard to hold steady. My...

I spent 14 years with USDA knocking on doors in NE MO. Apparently many more folks remember me 'visiting' than I remember being at their place(not surprising-one of me but thousands of them). Not sure if that's good or bad but I must have made an impression.

I recently heard of a guide in WY(?) who must have access to a tremendous elk population. He collected and sold something like 10,000-12,000 pounds of elk sheds. I can't imagine how many individual antlers that would be.

IMHO: The liability issues are far more expensive than I'm willing to get into. I'm not a 'gunsmith' although maybe closer to firearms mechanic. Right now, my 'specialty' is the AR platform which is a fairly straight forward, nuts and bolts sort of thing and I don't modify parts. Cleaning...

If you actually carry/use the LITE with the holey barrel shroud in the field, you will discover all sorts of places dirt/dust can accumulate.

I don't watch news reports other than local stuff. The national 'liars channels' just upset me.

Renting an electric car sounds a lot like paying someone to beat you up.

Many years ago a man who had been to war made this comment about me: "Anything he picks up is a WEAPON if that's what it needs to be". At the time, I just shrugged it off but in afterthought, he was absolutely correct. It's not so much the 'tool' as the man holding it.

I went to town to buy a couple of gates at the local feed and farm store this morning. Two of the guys came out to load my gates and as we were strapping them down, I commented to the older guy that I didn't recognize him. He rambled off several close relatives all of whom I'd known. Turned...

Both my Grandmothers have been gone for around 40 years(Grandfathers longer than that). Those who can should appreciate their Grandparents.

Grandson said there was guy on FB wanting to buy shed antlers. When he told me the price, it worked out the seller would need to have about a pickup bed full just to cover gas money to deliver. I'd rather just leave them stacked next to the cedar tree in the yard for ornaments.

The 22/45 LITE version is listed @ 25 oz. IMHO, barring other considerations, it's too light to hold steady. It does make a nice host for a small profile 5-6 ounce muffler. This adds muzzle weight and steadies the hold.