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As August comes to a crashing completion, it just dawned on me that 50 years ago on Aug.4 at 1500 hrs. I pinned on my first Police Badge and took an oath to protect the citizens of a small town in South Dakota. I wish I could say that I lasted long enough to retire but the truth is I just lasted...

I turned 74 in June. Due to back issues I don't walk very well anymore. I have lots of firearms. Some (most) of those guns have not been fired in at least a decade some much longer ago than that. Considering the struggle and financial burdens endured collecting many of those guns. I decided that...

It only took 18 year and 2 months for me to hit post 1000. I was about 200 posts when I retired in late 2014. During that time I have learned a lot about S&Ws in general and a lot about life in other parts of the US and the world. I have seen a lot of people come and go on the forum. Some left...

I have owned an EZ in 9mm for a couple of years. I really enjoy shooting it even if it is a 9. But, when Smith announced the Equalizer, I thought that I might like the additional capacity. I got a chance to handle one a while ago and a few weeks ago I took the plunge. I made the first trip out...

After a long summer of not feeling well and a trip to the local ER followed by an ambulance ride to the U of Utah hospital. A warning that had I not come in when I did, I would have made the journey through "The Valley of the Shadow". A couple of surgeries, spread out over two months. (Kidney...

I did something sorta dumb last week. I went down an ordered a M&P 2.0 compact. Ended up ordering the 4" as nobody my dealer buys from had a 3.6 with no safety. Got a decent deal. Took delivery on Tue. Went out in the country and fired several magazines of ball ammo and it is everything I hoped...

I probably missed it when I made a road trip, middle of the month. If so my bad for mucking up the forum with old news. One of my favorite western humorists ( and former large animal vet.) Crossed the river to the promised land on the tenth of June. Noticed a lot of his stuff popping up on utube...

In a recent post, One of the commenters posted that I should buy myself a new gun. He was not aware that I had done that very thing. For my 73rd birthday I ordered a new rifle. In this case a Savage in 260 Remington. I have been on the hunt for this cal. for a couple of years. And before there...

Happy Birthday, Audie Murphy, where ever you are! 97 years ago today.

This has probably been said much more eloquently than I am able by people more qualified to opine. But today we honor those folks who went into harms way ( and didn't come home ) so that the rest of us could live the life we live. Hard men ( and women) who were willing and able to do hard...

I am not the sharpest knife in the drawer but I have come to the realization that the world has changed from the world of three or so years ago. The world of pre-2020 ain't comin' back. EVER! Everyday, I hear or read the words "I am not going to pay X dollars for (insert item or caliber), I...

Just a heads up. Midway has 9ez mags.back in stock as of 10:30 PM mst. I missed them the last two times but got my order in for a pair today. 35 bucks.

I found out this afternoon that a friend of over 30 years, crossed the river, last night. I met Garry not long after I moved here, in the late 80s. We had things in common. Reading, photography, guns (He didn't own any, but had had an extensive collection prior to a divorce on the early 80s).At...

While wandering around UTube today, I came across Radney Foster's Angel Flight video. Reminded me that over the next few days there will be thirteen more Angel Flights. One coming to Wyoming. Perhaps a few prayers are in order. Not for the fallen. They have already been to hell and back. But for...

As most of us, that have reached "senior" status, can attest. many parts of my body have either fallen off, stopped working or needed repair. Newest thing added to the list is failing eyesight. Not really new ,I was told 7 or 8 years ago that I had the start of cataracts. I went to the eye lady...

Morning All! Another hot and dry Sunday on the high desert of SW Wyoming. In checking my news feeds this morning, I noted a number of famous and semi-famous births on this date. Not the least of which is: Audie Murphy. Other prominent folks are :John Goodman, Nicole Kidman, Lionel Richie...

I suppose that this could go in the ammo thread but it is really more about my changing attitude about all things gun related. This last weekend, I went to a yard sale. All firearms related. The sale was put on by a former gunshop owner that quit the business because of illness (Cancer) and...

Well, I give up. I ain't payin' that kind of money for a caliber I don't even like! I have owned and shot 9mm for near 50 years. I have never been a fan but there are some cool guns in that caliber and I own some of them. A Browning HP from the 1950s, Smith 911, a Beretta M9 (duplicates the 92...

Chuck Yeager dead at 97. Dec. 7. Wheels up and headed for home.

This social distancing is a strange thing. It gives one a lot of time to dwell on strange thoughts. Here is one of mine. (mostly for those who are over 50) Remember when all the big mail order stores sent out great big catalogs? As a youngster, I looked at all the toys. A little older and I...