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Well let us look at what Harris is on the record for, how is this just for starters! Raising Taxes Defunding Police Green New Deal Open Borders and free everything to those that come through! Eliminate Fracking Abolish ICE, they are akin to the KKK Big Time Gun Control and says if she is ever President she will control guns through executive orders. Eliminate private insurance, Medicare for all

That is a good message board Rattler, and worth joining, I have belonged to it since 2005, do not post a lot there and posted mostly in the Hunting Dog section as I have a bunch of PA hunting dog men that are friends. There are some real beauties on this board and in typical libtard fashion they convict before there is even a trial. Al

Congratulations, sounds like you found your little slice of heaven, good luck and happy hunting and shooting. Al

As the hunting season approaches I am trying hard to be as ready as possible, probably a case of going overboard but after going through that bout of Lyme it will put the fear into you, I figure I can not be too careful. An outfit coming up with a shot for Lyme disease would be great in my book. Al

A interesting photo of a hog with Wart Hog type cutters taken a few years ago by boar hunter Scott Cain and one of his Airedales.

Where you may run into problems is with any feathers that are from Raptors, they are protected big time, why I do not know as there are plenty of them around these days. Al

I hear you, I can say this Taurus is not alone, the last three firearms I purchased needed to have work done on them. I just picked up a new Thompson Center Encore frame as I have several barrels chambered in different calibers and got sick of constant barrel swapping. Anyhow a brand new barrel's lug was slightly out of spec and would not push in a safety catch in the frame to allow the hammer to be cocked. I had to spend a couple of hours stoning it to make it fit right. My new Henry single shot had heavy trigger pull that I had to work on to make that satisfactory and now has a recall of the trigger. It works perfectly fine now and I see no problem with it so it is not going anywhere, Last but not least was a Kingston Garand 22 autoloading rifle that duplicates a real Garand in feel and weight, that gun was a mess with many ill fitting parts that I had to spend hours on either changing or stoning to get proper fit, took me awhile but I finally got that working the way it should. No choice in the matter on the Kingston because they folded and filed bankrupt because of their poor quality control. Even with all the problems it is now one of my favorites. Like I said the Taurus rifles are very nicely done and work perfect so go figure, seems like a crap shoot with everything these days. Al

I have been looking at a handgun purchase for several months, I can tell you they are in very short supply especially 357 Revolvers. A revolver model that has recently caught a bit of interest from me is the Taurus Raging Hunter, I have been reading a lot about them and have seen quite a few videos that have been very favorable. Taurus in the past has had mixed reviews about their handguns quality and service wise but it sounds like they have been on the right track and now have a new manufacturing plant open in Georgia. The Raging Hunter was awarded 2019 American Hunter handgun of the year 2019. On a personal note I do own two Taurus 22 stainless rifles that have performed for me flawlessly and I think very highly of. While not my first choice if things do not loosen up soon with some stock becoming available I just may try the Raging Hunter in 357, these are also chambered in 44 mag and 454 Casull.

The owner auto repair shop I use decided he and his wife should be tested because of contact with many people. They went to a place in Syracuse, filled out their paperwork and sat down to wait and be tested. After a couple of hours of waiting with no test in sight he decided to hell with that and left. A couple of weeks later he got a letter in the mail saying they tested positive!

Fifty years ago I had the Linc style doo, these days I am looking more like Dr Evil, what I have left is all shaved off,

If something can be come up with at Jerry's 400 yard range depending on the date I may be able to get away and take run down to meet some of you folks, I have a TC Encore with a 25-06 barrel that I would like to take a few shots with at the 400 yard mark. Al

I once owned a stainless regular Blackhawk in 357 with a 6.5 inch barrel, it was a good shooter and built like a tank. A buddy of mine had a Super Blackhawk in 44 and it also was a fine shooter. The Ruger single actions are known to be very strong and reliable. What I do not care for is the feel and fit of the single action revolver grip in my hand, it is one of those subjective things that one either likes or does not but those revolvers certainly perform. I hunted with a 6.5 inch barreled S&W model 29 for many years, killed several deer with it and a couple of hogs, it was a gun that felt perfect in my hands and I shot it very well. Below is a hog I took with it in Tennessee many moons ago, we were hunting with dogs and the guy used a Border Collie to bay which is pretty unusual to say the least. When caught up with a hog she would keep it in place the same as herding a sheep with tremendous speed and quickness. The hard part of the whole deal was getting a clear shot at the boar because she was circling him so fast. Al

I am seeing this as a political hit job to neuter the NRA in the middle of the most important presidential election of our time, ask Hillary or Al Gore if the NRA is a sham. The Democrats know well their influence on elections, this has Bloomberg and Soros written all over it, getting rid of corrupt officials is one thing but dismantling is something entirely different. I have been around long enough to know that gun ownership in this country would be entirely different today had it not been for the NRA and I for one am not going to abandon the ship. Al

The idea that the NRA could have prevented or can wave some sort of wand and repeal the Safe Act is folly, they can file lawsuits till the cows come home. Nothing is going to change because the safe act was done legally by legislation under our laws by politicians and to get it repealed has to be done the same way. Whose blame is it that we have the Democrat politicians in office running the state, it is not the NRA! They give us a clear rating of all politician's stance on firearms matters, and it is up to the people to use that information when casting their votes. You want to get rid of the safe act? that is done by not sitting on our ass election day, we have to get out to the polls and start voting Democrats out of office at all levels! One more thing, if anyone thinks the NRA is not relevant they should ask themselves why the Democrats are Hell bent for leather to destroy the organization by any means. Al

It sure has, especially so by the liberal press, they would love nothing better than to bring down the NRA and spread descent among members. It is also well documented that NY State was going to go after the NRA in court much the same as they are going after Trump with anything they can come up with. I am a life member myself and have been following this fiasco since the from the get-go and all I have seen so far is squabbling and back and forth accusations but no proof positive and in my book you are innocent until proven otherwise. Anyone found guilty beyond a doubt of serious wrong doing should pay the price and when I can see that I am all in. Al

Accusations are one thing especially coming from an NRA hating libtard Cuomo boot licker, I would like to see some concrete proof of all these alleged dirty doings. Al

Gunworks also sells firearms and reloading supplies, is also affiliated with Davidson's Gallery Of Guns an online gun buying service, I just ordered a Thompson Center Encore frame that should be coming in to Gunworks any day. https://www.galleryofguns.com/default.aspx

I am always building or repairing stuff here on the farm and the best invention to come along for carpentry work for me is a framing nail gun. Working by myself most times it is a real pain to do work with a hammer and nails for larger and even small projects. Nail guns just cut work time and ease of work dramatically at least for my skill set. The compressed air powered guns work great but I run into problems building stuff a long way off from power with no way to keep the compressor fired up other than a generator. So there are the Paslode type cordless gas-electric battery nail guns that can be taken anywhere, I have been using a Campbell Hausfeild clone for a few years now and while it works ok I just do not care for the gas part for it's operation and have longed for a company to produce a reliable cordless battery operated gun. The word was out the Milwaukee was going to have a line of battery operated nail guns and one that was a real deal 30 degree framing nailer and now they are finally on the market. I have had the full line of Milwaukee fuel battery operated power tools for several years, I am totally sold on them and impressed with as they operate as well as corded stuff so this was the outfit I wanted buy from. So after watching some online reviews and getting a thumbs up I took the plunge and ordered one. I had my batteries charged and ready to go when the Milwaukee was delivered. After watching all the videos I did not even need to read the instructions, I put a battery in filled the magazine with nails and gave her a test run. When out to my backyard range and proceeded to shore up my shooting bench, picnic table, pavilion and target frames lickety split, this thing works like a dream. I have a cattle "run in" building that has to be overhauled soon and this tool is going to make that job much easier. The Milwaukee is not cheap and is not for everyone but for me it is going to make my impending and projects to come most importantly doable by myself. The only drawback for me is the weight, she is on the heavy side but manageable, as Al Bundy used to say "you will have arms like a Java man" operating this tool for any length of time. Thinking about a framing nailer? give the Milwaukee a lot of consideration, it's a good one. Al

One more time, Universal background check or not the folks that are looking to do no good with a firearm are not law abiding citizens. These thugs are not going to try and purchase a firearm where one has to pass a universal background check. The black market is alive and well and that is where they get their guns if they want one. That is where the crack down needs to be with prosecution and sentence penalties severe enough to make these dirtbag gun runners think twice about getting into the firearms business. Start throwing away the key!

There are already federal and state laws on the books to keep firearms out of the hands of dangerous people and those laws have been around for years. Dangerous people do not follow the law and acquire their weapons legally! Common sense is if these these laws were actually strictly enforced there would not be the problems there are.

And that is just the tip of the iceberg! Al

About 20 minutes east from Syracuse down the thruway, get off at the Verona exit.

Loaded up some high octane rifle loads for the Henry using Winchester 296 powder and Hornady 140 gr XTP bullets, they should be somewhere in the 2000 fps area. I sighted in at 50 yards, these loads shot better than the old revolver loads and I guess they are what I am going to stick with for now. I am disappointed that this rifle does not shoot the 38 special target ammo but that is the way things go. So I am still in search of a 357 revolver to play with and shoot those target loads, they are a bit hard to come by right now. Anyway I think in this Henry I have a rifle that will take deer no problem out to 100 yards and even a tad farther, I love single shots. Al