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Every year we have Canadian Honkers in the yard of our apartment complex. We live on the bank of the river that flows north and south through town, at the north end that's near the mouth, and the geese just love our yard. I think they like to eat our grass. But they poop all over, and this makes...

It's not uncommon for boats to run aground here on the north Oregon coast, but it's not something I see every day. This happened just south of Newport, roughly 115 miles south of here, early Monday morning. No details as to the cause, but I'm sure some sort of error in judgment was involved...

I thought I could get away without using one. Being the klutz that I am, you'd think I'd have known better. Note to self: Don't do that again!

Has anyone else watched this ten-episode series on Paramount+ ? It's about the making of the movie "The Godfather". It's based on the experiences of Albert Ruddy, who won an Oscar for producing the movie. He also produced this mini-series. I just finished watching it for the second time...

Let me start by saying I don't know much in the way of vintage or collectible holsters. But I wandered through an antique mall yesterday, and saw this in a box of holsters. I recognized the name, and since it was only fifteen bucks, I bought it. I have a couple of old handguns that it would be...

A few years ago my wife inherited a few guns from her dad, and while most were in pretty sad shape, one of the least hideous is a Winchester Model 67. However, it needs a complete bolt assembly. Would anyone here have a bolt (with inner workings) from a Winchester Model 67 that they could part...

On Monday, in the "Random Photograph" thread, I posted photos of a sperm whale that washed up on the beach about ten miles north of here. It was the fourth beached whale I've seen and the biggest. Well, a couple of days later, another whale washed up, about 200 yards from the first! This one is...

I got to spend the afternoon at my range in the woods. Okay, it's not "my range" but I always have it completely to myself. I shot a small variety of firearms (I always take more than I'm able to shoot) and one of them was my Contender. I shot several groups, and on the last shot of one of them...

My wife and I were both teens back in the seventies, as were most of our friends, and we were all somewhat on the wild side. Yesterday my wife's friend Dayla came over, and I decided to test her. When she knocked on the door, I yelled, "Dave's not here!" Immediately, without hesitation, she...

I'm sure most here can think of something that they've never had. I'm speaking gun-wise of course! For instance, it occurred to me today that I've never had a belted magnum rifle. I almost did, because years ago I took a 1903 Springfield to a gunsmith in Lewiston, Idaho, to be re-blued and...

I just love single-shots! I found this at my LGS about ten years ago. I always wanted one, and the tag said $115! Needless to say, it came home with me. This is the first write-up I've done on it. I added the Marble's buckhorn rear sight, and I think it made a real improvement. It'll shoot...

Like I just mentioned in the thread about my Contender, today was a range day. I recently swapped receiver sights on my Model 94's (I wanted the Lyman on my favorite) so they needed to be re-sighted. Today was 50 yards just to get them usable, and I'll fine-tune them at 100 yards later.

It had been a few years since I shot my Contender, and it turned out that I had a few hours to myself this afternoon, so it turned into a range day. The Contender, with its .44 Magnum barrel, was one that I took with me. I shot it at 50 yards from a rest, and couldn't have been more pleased with...

We spent two weeks in Vegas last October. I usually buy something cool, and this time I was shopping for a knife. I went to a store called Ventura Munitions because I saw on the 'net that they had knives. I didn't find one I wanted, but it was a pretty cool store that I hadn't been to before and...

Well, I don't know about the biggest tree, but until just a few years ago it was Oregon's largest Sitka Spruce. It shared the title of world's largest with a tree that's near Lake Quinault, Washington. It actually snowed here today (an extremely rare event!) so we went out to play in it, and I...

I picked this up from my LGS almost three years ago, but this is the first I've posted about it. I stopped by to see if anything new was in the case, and there it was- a nickel 6.5" 29-2, and the price was $450! There were some blemishes, and the front sight insert was gone, but I could live...

Last Sunday night we got back from a two-week vacation in Las Vegas. It was the third time I'd flown with a firearm, but the first time I'd flown with one in my suitcase. I knew I couldn't legally carry concealed in Nevada, but I was going to be exploring some out-of-the-way places, and I like...

I only recently discovered this gem, which pits the great Milton Berle against Statler and Waldorf from the Muppet show. One of the funniest pieces of comedy I've seen in a long time! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGfx3QAV64M&list=PLQyFaL5ThruMlMnJRc0KovvqaZ8iUggPt&index=11

A few years before my dad passed he told me a funny story about when I was little, about three years old. He had taken me to the store for some groceries, and when he went to pull into a parking space, some woman beat him to it. He said, "Well, blank you, lady!" And I said, "Yeah, blank you...

I've been so pleased with the Vortex red dot that I installed on my AR, I decided to buy another, only this time for my Ruger Mark II. Today was the first time I had the chance to test it out, and again, I couldn't be more pleased. I tested four different brands of ammo (well, three brands...