That woman right there has got to be a Saint of some sort ..she got any single sisters?
When either me or my wife find something we have been looking for, we yell “TREASURE!”.I looked for the box of lead ingots that has eluded me for several months. Still can't seem to find that dang box.
LOL..I don't know, I'll have to ask her next I see her...LOLThat woman right there has got to be a Saint of some sort ..she got any single sisters?
check your pant cuffs and treads of your shoes. don't ask!I bought a GM drop in for my TC Hawken, it had steel ramrod pipes, my gun being brass I decided to change them to brass. My gunsmith friend has a pile of TC parts and had a couple of extra TC brass pipes. Of course, while I was inserting the screw into the brass pipe I fumbled with the pipe and dropped the pipe and screw it on my shop floor, the screw disappeared. I searched the floor with a roofing tack magnet out to 10 ft from where I dropped the pipe and turned up nothing. I have a little bag of TC sight parts and various screws in the house and just happened to have 2 ramrod pipe screws in the bag, the brass pipes look good.
Hmmmm? Must be God's pet bear I know, I know ... terrible. Dalecheck your pant cuffs and treads of your shoes. don't ask!
Went bear hunting this afternoon. Took my TC .50 Flinter. You know, the one i brag about every chance i get, about how reliable it is?
sat and watched a bear of about 125-130 lb wandering around for about 40 minutes at 20-25 yards. finally he gave me a perfect side shot.
Klatch! he swapped ends and walked 5 feet.
Klatch! he walked another 5 feet.
Klatch! i think he must be over the mountain now the way he scooted out of there.
he was raiding my neighbors chicken yard and was totally oblivious to my presence.
i'll never brag on a gun again. i would almost bet i could take that TC out in the yard and it would fire right off!
Tomorrow is another day!
Nice Job! I remember feather ticks.Not sure if what I did would actually fit the thread topic. I do shoot BP 100% and have done lots of living history and now in my "golden Years" own a nice piece of woods behind my home. Over the summer I built a 3-sided cabin and am in the process of "furnishing" it with period style things. Thus I proceeded to build a rope bed. Interesting project. Learned a lot. Started with 2 X 4s, real 2 X 4s cut by a local mill, then, after drilling a bunch of 11/16" holes, proceeded to lace 5/8" hemp rope in the fashion of original beds. I also learned via the internet that making the rope tight was the key to "Sleeping tight" as the saying goes. The tool seen is the ticket for tightening the rope.
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I then hinged the bed to a wall of the cabin, added a leg and a few supports and now am ready to find a feather tick (good luck on that) or a straw tick for comfort. I guess getting old has it perks. And hopefully this bed can eliminate sleeping on the ground in the wedge tent. Now to prevent the "bed bugs".
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Sometimes ya gets the bear and sometimes the bear gets you, stick with it it will happen.check your pant cuffs and treads of your shoes. don't ask!
Went bear hunting this afternoon. Took my TC .50 Flinter. You know, the one i brag about every chance i get, about how reliable it is?
sat and watched a bear of about 125-130 lb wandering around for about 40 minutes at 20-25 yards. finally he gave me a perfect side shot.
Klatch! he swapped ends and walked 5 feet.
Klatch! he walked another 5 feet.
Klatch! i think he must be over the mountain now the way he scooted out of there.
he was raiding my neighbors chicken yard and was totally oblivious to my presence.
i'll never brag on a gun again. i would almost bet i could take that TC out in the yard and it would fire right off!
Tomorrow is another day!
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