Recent content by john17427

I retired from a C level IT position several years ago. The major concern I had in the last few years was about the people. About getting the resources they needed to make the organization and themselves successful, and for some, keeping their jobs which were in jeopardy due to politics. I...

I just moved about 10 months ago. Like someone else said though, not as far as you're planning. I oiled each handgun, put each in a ziplock bag (Amazon), and then in a hard rifle case or pelican case. Long arms got oiled before they went in cases. Some older long arms got wrapped in old...

My dad used to go out in the swamp and do that when I was a kid............. That was, of course, a long long time ago.

What? No Durian?

I have a bunch of EPS belts and holsters. I use the Austin holster for a lot of the handguns I drag around the property. While I have an EPS Blackpowder belt, I tend to use narrower, thicker belts like a Hanks Gunner or similar. Just easier to strap it on, take it off and throw it in the...

Just made it to Duxford for the first time this past May. Most enjoyable thing I saw over there other than family.

I load every brand of brass for 38, but PMC and Starline have been the best for me.

Some discussion about shotguns being unwieldy. I find any firearm I'm not familiar with to be a little unwieldy whether pistol, rifle, or shotgun. I'm guessing I just haven't internalized the manual of arms for something I haven't used extensively. That said, I've used shotguns all my life...

I've been through the process the OP describes with parents, siblings, aunts, uncles. I've had to go through and dispose of so much "stuff" I long ago reached the place he describes. You just don't care much about stuff. Maybe it's having to wade through the disposition of so many people's...

Already have a 617, but I do like the 10.

Agree. I wish they would come out with a submachine gun that shoots 1/2 inch toy rubber bouncy balls at about 500fps. I'd have a use for that.

I can possibly see some value to someone as a backup gun in Grizzly country, but it has no value to me. I can shoot a pump 12 much faster than I can a lever gun, even with Brenneke's. Don't get me wrong. I like lever's and have a few, but they are the opposite end of the spectrum from...

That's about what I paid for one a couple of years ago so I'd say you did OK.

I have the same problem. But, one day it will be my kids problem and I won't be worrying about it then. :D

I would suggest Louisiana, but I don't think you'd like the heat, bugs, and roads, lol. However, my son moved to eastern Tennessee five years ago, lives on a mountain ridge top and loves it. It is a beautiful place. He met and married a girl from New York who came there for the same reasons.