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  1. troy2000

    8 shots a minute

    According to Wikipedia:, the main reason the Army didn't use more of them was because they were expensive and time-consuming to manufacture at the time. And as Dave mentioned, they were fragile. Every surviving military Ferguson has a horseshoe-shaped iron repair at the breech. As far as the...
  2. troy2000

    Small Belt Axe

    I like that. It's almost a compact tomahawk...
  3. troy2000

    FOR SALE Scammed also.

    The only guns of any sort I've ever bought online have been through gunbroker.com (aside from my Kibler southern mountain longrifle, of course). Your mileage may vary, but I've been doing business there for twenty years and never been burned.
  4. troy2000

    Strange firearms incidents in movies/shows

    I've watched a fair amount of the TV series on YouTube; that's what sent me off looking for the books. Although it's very good and captures the feel of the novels, it doesn't always follow them very closely. For example: according to the first book, Sharpe earned his commission in India, by...
  5. troy2000

    Strange firearms incidents in movies/shows

    I've been reading the Sharpe series, by Bernard Cornwell. It's about a British rifleman during the Napoleonic Wars, who's been given a battlefield commission for saving Lord Wellesley's life in India. Cornwell seems to have worked hard at authenticity. In multiple scenes where the fighting is...
  6. troy2000

    Strange firearms incidents in movies/shows

    Thanks for the heads up on Man from Snowy River. I'll have to go looking for it.
  7. troy2000

    Strange firearms incidents in movies/shows

    We shouldn't necessarily ridicule Hollywood. Their job is to provide entertainment, not history, and they do that in spades. I'll admit though, that my wife long ago issued a gag order. It bans me from commenting on any relationship between reality and whatever movie we're watching... :)
  8. troy2000

    Hunting in California the snti-lead state.o

    McMaster-Carr sells swab kits that will detect the presence of 2 micrograms (.000002 of a gram) of lead. I'm guessing that's sensitive enough to determine whether an entry or exit wound was made by a lead projectile...
  9. troy2000

    Hunting in California the snti-lead state.o

    My original response to your post was deleted for being being insulting and 'almost political.' But apparently, it's ok for you to follow me around insulting and harassing me...
  10. troy2000

    Hunting in California the snti-lead state.o

    Yap, yap, yap.
  11. troy2000

    Hunting in California the snti-lead state.o

    Don't you have something better to do than follow me around trying to pick a fight? You need to get a life.
  12. troy2000

    Hunting in California the snti-lead state.o

    Go away, son. Ya botha me.
  13. troy2000

    Hunting in California the snti-lead state.o

    Actually, lead shot was banned because it was being ingested by bottom-feeding birds, and affecting their populations.
  14. troy2000

    Hunting in California the snti-lead state.o

    unintended duplicate msg. I've never figured out how to just delete one.
  15. troy2000

    Hunting in California the snti-lead state.o

    Repeating lies doesn't make them true. I think I got through to my kids on that one shortly after they learned to talk. I guess your parents failed you..... There are 509 law enforcement agencies in California. Given that the state only has control of a handful of them, who gave the order...
  16. troy2000

    Hunting in California the snti-lead state.o

    Son, you wouldn't know a fact if one jumped up and bit you on the arse. All you do is spew ignorance and bile. I mean, really? 'California has made shoplifting legal'? It has 'told its police to stand down,' even though the state has no jurisdiction over police departments or sheriff's...
  17. troy2000

    Hunting in California the snti-lead state.o

    Stirring the pot... I remember the directions I was given as a young lad. "Well, here's watcha do. Head due east 'til ya smell bull***; and you'll be in Oklahoma. Then hang a right and go straight on 'til ya step in it, and that's Texas." 😁
  18. troy2000

    Hunting in California the snti-lead state.o

    Listen to 'im. Next, he'll be tugging at my pants cuff and growling... 😁
  19. troy2000

    Hunting in California the snti-lead state.o

    Isn't that cute? He's following me around yapping...:)
  20. troy2000

    Hunting in California the snti-lead state.o

    At least I tried not to feed the trolls...🙂
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