Recent content by Xrayist

Actually, in my opinion, it depends. 98% of the time, with action open. Now go to a nice gunstore that has very high end firearms, say a factory engraved Colt 1911 from the mid 1920's. Maybe it has been stored in a case, and never been handled other than to wipe it down. Racking back the slide...

Put my name in for the dark colored set!

I live in Colorado. I personally think that this was a very stupid use of taxpayer dollars. Wolves are in Wyoming and nothing was stopping them from walking across the border into Colorado. To pay to import wolves, was IMO, idiotic. Now there was talk of re-introducing wolverines into Colorado...

Ineteresting. Is it just me, or does it seem that ammo companies and powder companies have no problem introducing new calibers, new propellents etc., but when you go to find them, at least in my area, they are almost nonexistent? They have the ability to produce all this new stuff, but can't...

Boxhead: That is exactly how all my previous transactions have gone.

So, I was just cleaning and oiling my Blackhawks. I have one 1978 vintage in 30 Carbine, a 44 Special Flat Top, a 50th Anniversary .44 and a Bisley 44 Mag. I bought my first Blackhawk in 1973, a .41 Mag 6.5" barrel. I shot thousands of rounds out of that pistol as it was the only handgun I owned...

I think there is a slight difference between polite conversation and out right nosiness. For example, polite conversation might go like this: "How is your day going"?, "Anything fun planned for the weekend?". That type of questioning is, IMO, polite. Impolite might be something like this: "What...

So, I seemed to really have opened a can of worms here. So to clarify my intent I will try one more time. I understand about elderly people getting caught up in scams as I took care of my 96 year old dad with dementia. As for the statemen about federal law having to ask about the withdrawl, well...

To answer questions raised; I am 67. The amount was right at 1K. I prefer to do transactions over the phone. When I call, I can be sure of no fraud since there are safeguards in place and I initiate the transaction. I have done this the same way, probably a dozen times since retirement about 4...

So, have been with Fidelity for close to 30 years. Now being retired, I occasionally take some money out of my accounts. Yesterday, I called to make a small withdrawl to be transferred to my bank account. The person helping me asked me this question, "What are you going to use the money for?" I...

I remember a post where they put the wood off a No. 1 onto a No. 3 and referred to it as a No. 2. Don't really think there is an "official" definition of what a No. 2 is. Your project sounds great. I like your No. 1 in .348 Winchester.

I believe there are less than 200,000 surviving soldiers from WW II. There were over 16 million that served in WW II. I got a chance, around 1990, to talk to a WW I soldier. He was in his mid 90's at the time. When I learned that the last WW I soldier had passed, it made that conversation all...

I agree with what people are saying. As far as being predictable, just watch an episode of FBI. This will happen in every episode; they approach a bad guy with their FBI emblazoned vests on. They tell him/her to stop when they are 20-30 yards away...guess what...bad person runs. Now, one takes...

If you are interested in the folding vrsion, drop me a PM.

I have been shooting for over 62 years. I always cleaned my firearms and kept them in as good as condition as possible, but there is wear and tear on any firearm I own. This may be holster wear, a dent/scratch on a stock that happened when hunting, normal blue wear from handling and shooting. I...