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Nice buy, Doe. That gun should serve you well...Good luck with it. I, too, like two-barrel shotguns of all makes/prices. My favorite side-by-side is an old Western Arms 16 ga. Favorite O/U is a Ruger Red Label 28 ga.

Believe it, or not: My wife has no problem with my buying any gun(s) I want. Of course, we are older and struggled financially for years...years when I had trouble keeping enough ammo on hand for the couple of guns I did have. Last several years, I can buy anything I want...even use our credit card...No Problem!

If you, like I, are a fan of beef chuck steak or roast...here's something for you to try: CAST IRON CHUCK Ingredients: Boneless chuck steak (1") or roast (2") One large white or sweet onion Butter, salt & pepper Preheat oven to 500 (Yep...500) Peel the onion and slice in half, top-to-bottom; slice in thin half rings across the grain. Put the onion slices in a microwave safe bowl with a tablespoon of butter. Lightly butter a cast iron fry pan big enough to hold your chuck. Heat it over high heat until it just reaches the smoking point. Brown the chuck well on both sides. Then put the fry pan & chuck into the the HOT oven. For 1" steak, leave it in the oven for five (5) minutes; for a 2" roast, leave it in for 8 minutes. Then remove from the oven an let rest for 5 minutes. While the meat is in the oven, cook the onions until almost done in the microwave. While the meat rests, finish the onions off in the juices in the cast iron fry pan...brown them well. To serve, slice the chuck into 3/8" slices...place on a platter...smother with the onions. ENJOY!!! Note: The meat should come out medium rare (red center); adjust to your liking in the microwave, if too rare. I like mine quite rare, and serve it with home fries and baked beans.

SHOOTER'S in Valatie, NY (Columbia Co.) would be a good place to start. You can always find a good selection of new and used rifles there...along with excellent service.

Fact is, the only thing worse than a Democrat is a Republican...or vice versa!!

Yeah....Those Republicans are such great guys.......NOT!!!!

Oh God...How can you be so narrow-minded? Democrats are no different from Republicans....both are anti-every man!

What was it that Cuomo's Daddy called us??....."Beer drinking, pickup driving, hunting, wife-beating hicks"...The nut does not fall far from the tree!

I am forever "losing" my knife while field dressing a deer (Or, I leave it at the site and must go back for it.). For that reason, I now use the EKA Swede 8 in hunter orange as my deer knife. Actually, I carry this in a belt sheat....My Schrade Middleman is always in my pocket.

Yep....And, what a stupid system!

I am a Senior Citizen...I am NOT rich...I have great compassion for the less fortunate among us...I am pro-woman...I think ALL Americans deserve affordable health care...I am against religious practice of baptizing the DNA of the dead...and the religious practice of protecting pedophiles. How in the world could I vote for romney-ryan? I can't!...I won't!

I'd like to take a deer with my 16 ga. smoothbore this Fall. I can get great results on paper with plain old off-the-shelf Foster slugs, either Winchester or Federal. Any suggestions for other slugs (not sabots, obviously) that I should try during late summer target shooting to see if I can improve on the Fosters' performance?

Remember....With a knife with a pocket clip, the clip goes on the outside, with the knife INSIDE your pocket. I frequently encounter guys with a knife clipped to their pocket, with the knife hanging out and flopping in the breeze: Easy way to lose a knife!

Knives are like women: What appeals to one guy may well not appeal to another. And, as with women, do NOT brag on your knife (even if it did cost $400); it will come back to bite you in the ass!

Yeah, me too! I actually think it is more important for women to carry than men!

Nice bass....all on artificials, Huh? I prefer live bait for river smallies, but your success has me thinking about trying some hardware. Thanks for the post.

Difficult to figure out why some people really believe the stuff of the bible is the "word of God". Wake up...It was written by mortal men....As were the holy books of all the other religions. What's the truth? Beats me, but I will recognize the word of God when she stands in front of me and speaks!

Everyone should be opposed to Catholicism....It is an evil cult, posing as a religion.

Oh man....You are gagging me here! You must not be Italian....for sure you could not talk with your hands whilst they are covering your ass!

Have you never heard of the Crusades...or, how about that Westboro Baptist outfit...or the pedophilia and coverup in the Catholic church?

Nope ... all faiths have severe flaws, and they are all guilty of that which I mentioned earlier.

God, as they say, works in her own mysterious way. To assume that you know why she does what she does is a bit of a stretch, don't you think?

Ahh....Good point: "They have been around since the beginining of time"....And, who do you think created them? God knew what she was doing!

Only explanation is that their actions are dictated by their faith. "Faith" generates intolerance...bigotry...prejudice...hatred...and, yes, stupidity!

Suppose this business owner were Muslim, and his faith would not allow him to serve Christians...Would you support him?