This could be a good read - I am not well versed at trying to catch Racoons, but have had to entice possums out (they love their cinnamon and apple)

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/34098/34098-h/34098-h.htm
Part 13

Good luck 

BTW: thats one very nice rifle - .357 would be sweet

Couple of interesting antique pieces up in this auction 

http://www.artfact.com/catalog/searchLots.cfm?scp=c&catalogRef=PLN7KU3MMG

This one's kind of nice if you like 24k gold single action 45's.


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Nice! ... .45LC is one of my fav heavy revolver rounds ... .44 mag is popular amongst my former shooting mates... But they make a hell of a crack/sharp recoil ... 45 is smoother recoil 

Best revolver I ever used was this http://www.ruger.com/products/vaquero/index.html?r=y

10 metre target ... 6 aimed shots inside 2" circle ... For a 45 not too shabby 

not bad at all my friend. 2" grouping at nearly 30ft. thats pretty damned tight

Quote from: adidasguy on June 29, 2013, 02:00:55 AM
This one's kind of nice if you like 24k gold single action 45's.

im loving this revolver. IIRC its an uberti?gorgeous. 

Pietta.
They make lots of repros of old arms.
Somewhat out of my price range but it was sweet to see and hold with white gloves.
The Henry .45 with the same serial number was there. Super sweet. Nearly drooled all over it. (#27 of 150).
Hard to justify 5 grand for a gun.
Saw it on gunbroker.com and since I was in Vegas I went to see them.
Cleaning instructions for the Henry was 4 pages or more.
Wish I had 5 grand. One jackpot on a slot machine would have been enough.
....Oh well......

Funny things people do for auctions.
Auction for a PT92 was $399. Asked why cheaper than others and replay was "I will raise price if that helps" so they raised it to more than Bugs Gun Shop, charge shipping (where Buds has free shipping) so there went a sale.
Another PT92 is on auction "reserve not met" and they even say what the reserve is! $499! Why start the auction below the reserve when you clearly state th reserve and a higher "buy now" price?

Some sellers KNOW that some customers are stupid.

Now where can one find a Walther P88 compact without mortgaging the house?

Taurus PT92s are great guns I think. I prefer them over the 92FS from Beretta.

Quote from: Kijona on July 03, 2013, 02:30:31 PM
Taurus PT92s are great guns I think. I prefer them over the 92FS from Beretta.

Why Taurus over Beretta? They are virtually identical.
One is a toy and one is a "toy". One taurus one Beretta. Same down to the details and even weight. Uncanny!

Drooled over a CR colt competition ar15 

Here's a pretty pair of toys. It would be a shame to shoot one - but it would be really cool to do it.
It would just be cool to own these. I got to see them in person.

Quote from: Kijona on July 03, 2013, 02:30:31 PM
Taurus PT92s are great guns I think. I prefer them over the 92FS from Beretta.

I have a soft spot for the browning hi power 9mm myself.

Am admiring the henry and his italian friend lol

Some interesting items in this auction ... Including a few .454 casull revolvers ...   

http://www.artfact.com/catalog/searchLots.cfm?scp=c&catalogRef=B97K63C5UZ

309 lots all up ... Something to catch everyone's attention eh!

Quote from: Janx101 on July 08, 2013, 03:18:33 AM
Some interesting items in this auction ... Including a few .454 casull revolvers ...   

http://www.artfact.com/catalog/searchLots.cfm?scp=c&catalogRef=B97K63C5UZ

309 lots all up ... Something to catch everyone's attention eh!

Indeed my friend Weve got a smith performance center 500 10" bbl i wouldnt mind getting my grubby mitts on. owned its snubby sibling at one time.

Interesting what can happen in the name of "safety" when an evacuation occurs in your community. This happened in Canada.

Keep your toys hidden and protected. It can happen here a lot easier than in Canada.

Excerpt from World Affairs Brief 
(http://www.worldaffairsbrief.com)

ANTI-GUN TYRANNY IN ALBERTA, CANADA

As I long ago said in my book Strategic Relocation, Canada isn't any safer than the US because its leaders are yes-men to US globalists. They are even following US thuggish police behavior during natural disasters.

When flooding hit High River, Alberta this year (yes, the name is there for a reason), citizens found Canadian Mounties refusing to let them back into their homes after the evacuation and searching all homes for guns—supposedly for safe keeping. The problem now is that owners have to prove they own them to get them back. 'It's just like Nazi Germany,' says a resident. The Calgary Herald has the story:

About 30 RCMP officers set up a blockade at the checkpoint, preventing 50 residents from walking into the town. Dozens more police cars, lights on, could be seen lining streets in the town on standby.

RCMP revealed Thursday that officers have seized a "substantial amount" of firearms from homes in the evacuated town of High River. "We just want to make sure that all of those things are in a spot that we control, simply because of what they are," said Sgt. Brian Topham.

I'm not buying the excuse that 'We're just trying to keep these safe." If they had the forces to keep residents from coming back to their homes, they had the forces to keep out looters.

That news didn't sit well with a crowd of frustrated residents who had planned to breach a police checkpoint northwest of the town as an evacuation order stretched into its eighth day. "I find that absolutely incredible that they have the right to go into a person's belongings out of their home," said resident Brenda Lackey, after learning Mounties have been taking residents' guns. "When people find out about this there's going to be untold hell to pay."

Officers laid down a spike belt to stop anyone from attempting to drive past the blockade. That action sent the crowd of residents into a rage. "What's next? Tear gas?" shouted one resident. "It's just like Nazi Germany, just taking orders," shouted another. "This is the reason the U.S. has the right to bear arms," said Charles Timpano, pointing to the group of Mounties.

Some Canadians really do understand the US constitution. Officers were ordered to fall back about an hour into the standoff in order to diffuse the situation and listen to residents' concerns. It's about time.

"We don't want our town to turn into another New Orleans," said resident Jeff Langford. "The longer that the water stays in our houses the worse it's going to be. We'll either be bulldozing them or burning them down because we've got an incompetent government." Langford blasted High River Mayor Emile Blokland over comments made Wednesday in which Blokland said residents will be allowed to return after businesses, such as hardware and drug stores, are opened. Sgt. Topham said he didn't know when residents would be allowed to return to their homes. "People much higher up are going to make those decisions," he said.

–As if resident couldn't do anything on their own to salvage water damage without hardware stores. The higher up decisions like this are made, the greater the incompetency and delay. This is a Gestapo mentality of Big Brother knows best.

Topham said the confiscated firearms have been inventoried and are secured at an RCMP detachment. He was not at liberty to say how many firearms had been confiscated. "We have seized a large quantity of firearms simply because they were left by residents in their places," said Topham. The guns will be returned to owners after residents are allowed back in town and they provide proof of ownership, Topham added.

Good luck with providing proof when your personal effects are being destroyed by water and mold. [END]

Phone books were delivered today. To use them to test penetration of various air gun pellets, is it best to use them dry or soak the phone book in water first?

I find that I have a need to see which pellet has the best penetration.

Without going to the expense of getting ballistics gel, what other hill-billy home brew things work?
Go buy a cheap chicken or fish from the grocery store? Layers of wet cardboard?

Usually only wet them with high calibre high power things ... But ... The wetness does stop the torn up 'confetti' from blowing around on the breeze with repeated testing .... So long as you test consistently with dry or with wet you get comparable results.... The water does increase density somewhat .. But it's more a confetti mess vs water mess at air gun level ..
An alternative .. Not super duper cheap ... But re-usable with some level of care in re-preparation...

... Potters clay block ... Wet ... You can slice it open with wire to check penetration ... Several shots into the 'face' of the block ... Check/slice ... Squish it to fill voids and repeat ... Each squish may produce different density of individual test target .. But at least you can compare a 'set' of shots and determine some differences ... Even if the density between tests would vary a little? ..

Gotta have a bucket of water and a cloth to wash and dry your hands though so you not clay the stock up though... 

Cardboard wet is ok ... But most cardboard sheets have a lot of mini voids in the internal corrugation layer .. But a particular shot may get more void or more ribs ... ??

Phone books generally have more consistent density ... But still limited re-use per book because of layer corruption through repeated strikes.

Quote from: adidasguy on July 09, 2013, 01:35:22 AM
Without going to the expense of getting ballistics gel, what other hill-billy home brew things work?

Well I am sure there is road kill you could always try