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I love my A5 Brownings, and those old Remington 11's are great examples of that patent. Good luck with your recuperation from Covid and getting those old guns cleaned up. I'm looking forward to seeing photos!

Happy Birthday Chris, I hope it’s a great day.

While on the hunt for a 1911 the other day, I happened across this little gem of a pistol and couldn’t pass it up. It’s a S&W Model 39, and though it’s hard to date it without the S&W letter, I’m guessing it’s early to mid-60’s. I had a passing knowledge of these pistols before seeing it, knowing they were quality old guns, but a deep dive into the history of the 39 warms my “old gun loving” heart. Just waiting on my amendment to come through so I can take it out and shoot it. I picked up 600rnds of 9mm at the auction last night, so I’m more than set once I get it

So, I'm looking to jump into the 1911 game. Not looking for anything really high-end/custom, more along the lines of Colt, Smith and Wesson, SA, etc. If anyone has one that's sitting and collecting dust, I'd be up for a discussion. Thanks!

I cleaned up an old Remington this past summer with liberal amounts of CLP and some 000 Steel Wool. A lot of the rust was just surface stuff that came off very easily and it had a good amount of bluing underneath.

Awesome, what model did you get. I'm in the 1911 market right now. Looking at buying lightly used. It will be the first semi-auto handgun I've had in probably 10 years.

One of my favorites was " Anal Bum Cover" (An Album Cover).

Another great one from Arrested Development

Reminds me of Arrested Development. One of the characters was an Analyst and Therapist, so he combined the 2.

I’ll be doing Tractor Safety with 21 4-H kids this week. Spring Break is a great way to get the kids during the week before they start working summer agricultural jobs.

Very cool, never seen one before today.

Those bayonet lugs are pretty cool. Did you make those or do they sell them for the Mossy?

We have both for 4-H program guns. We have bought several 500's because they are inexpensive (though recently we've moved to Tri-Star). I don't remember the last time we bought an 870, primarily because we don't have to replace them. The 6-10 that we have are still running strong and never need to make a trip to the gun doctor. On the other hand, I just had an instructor let me know that one of the Mossberg's malfunctioned last night, and after getting it cleared, they weren't able to get it back together. I'm not sure what's wrong with it, but the Mossberg's, though great on the budget, don't hold up as well. I'm sure other's have the opposite experience though.

Another successful day with this group of kids. Our first day putting holes in paper, and the kids loved it. We also discussed plans for field trips to local historical sites. We even had a young lady and her father stay late to get some tips on setting up her 1st turkey gun (Remington 1100). I'm really enjoying running this program.

I just might know of one that could be coming up at a charity auction soon…

Plus, it would be great if folks didn’t need to hire professionals to figure out how much taxes they owe, which in itself is one more cost incurred by the average tax payer.

Maybe, whatever it is, more power to them I guess.

Just that they thought a good way to express how independent and non conformist was to spend money to buy the same shirt as their other non conformist friends, and then coordinate so that all wore the same shirt at the same time. Maybe I’m the only one who sees irony in that? Additionally, I’ve always found the whole adults comparing themselves to animals (lions, alphas, etc.) to be a bit childish at best. But hey, who am I to judge what makes someone feel good about themselves?

No, they were together, two guys and a gal, out for the show.

A few months ago I saw three people at the casino wearing the exact same “Lions Not Sheep” shirt to one of our gigs. I can’t help but chuckle at the irony.

I’ve never owned a 1911 style gun, but do like them. I really like the Browning Hi Power, but boy do they bring some money. Though it’s not a 1911, they have the same DNA. There is one at the auction this week, along with a few 1911’s (US Army Colt, Kimber and Dan Wesson). I’m really looking forward to seeing what they sell for.

NYT: 3, HNY: 4

Thought this was the daily chuckle This one hits pretty hard too…

Outside of 2-3 in this group, I have already worked with most of the kids in the group in varying capacities within our 4-H program. Shoot, I had 2 of them babysit for me last weekend A lot of homeschool parents have used 4-H as an opportunity to provide a social outlet to the kids. A lot of homeschool kids get a rap as being unsocialized, awkward or sheltered. I've only seen to the contrary. Most of the families are pretty close, and the kids are great, work really well with other youth and do well with adult volunteers. Another plus is that we rely heavily on volunteers to run our program, and most all of my homeschool parents either run a 4-H club themselves, or are enrolled as volunteers. It's really a great partnership.

To be honest, I'm really not sure what we will be doing exactly. We are lucky to have the ability to do quite a bit of the bushcraft stuff, and will probably move lightly in that direction at some point. However, from the crafting side, I think we'll be focused more on the muzzleloading accoutrements for a while. A part of 4-H is demonstrating and exhibiting project skills, so we are really focused on getting some tangible projects in these kids hands so they can enter them in the county fair and whatnot. We are going to be doing some outdoor cooking soon, as our program runs into the lunch hour as well. Another goal we have is getting these kids to some NMLRA shoots at Old Saratoga and possibly down the line going out to Friendship. Getting them (and myself) comfortable with camp-ins and the BP culture is something we're looking forward to. A lot of our projects are going to be guided by the kids. Yesterday we sent them each home with multiple back issues of Muzzleloader and Muzzle Blasts so they could get some ideas for projects they'd like to do.