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I've been meaning to take a picture of mine for a long time. Just never got around to it. This thread has prompted me to get off my butt, dig 'em out of the safe and do just that. Left to right: Browning 1886 SRC .45-70 Winchester 94 .30-30 Winchester 9422 .22LR Winchester 94 Trapper .45 Colt Winchester 94 Trapper .44 magnum Rossi 92 Trapper .357 Magnum.

Somebody mention the .38/44? I got a couple of those laying around. A 6.5" Outdoorsman and both 4 and 5" Heavy Duties. I use the same as Leroy's load of 158gr lead bullets over 12grs of 2400 for 1200 fps. Standard .38 Specials out of these big N-frame revolvers are pure cream puffs. Target 148gr Wadcutters are almost like shooting a .22. The original .38/44 High Velocity load actually ran closer to 1500 fps. But they were notorious for leading the barrels and were eventually cut back a bit. to 1200. Although more or less replaced by the .357 Magnum in 1935, S&W continued to make and sell .38/44s well into the 1950s. Wonderful revolvers!

A possum is too slow and way too stupid to be a predator. Years ago when I was working with the Cub Scouts we had a district camp event. I got a live possum from animal control to display for the kids. When it was over, I took the cage to the edge of the woods, opened the door and walked away. Two hours later I returned for the cage and that idiot possum was still sitting in it. Too dumb to walk out the open door. I had to pick up the cage and shake him out. I had a Wildlife Officer tell me that possum is so nasty and greasy that predators won't touch 'em unless absolutely starving. Their only natural enemy is a car.

Just stop buying into the "Low Fat Diet" scheme and the traditional food pyramid nonsense. Fat is not the enemy. Refined and processed crap is. All those low fat products generally have a ton of sugars and salts added to them in an attempt to get them to taste like something in the neighborhood of what they are attempting to replace. Vegetable and seed oils (extracted and processed stuff again) are far worse for you than the naturally existing fats (animal fats). Sugars are the same. Corn Syrups and other high glycemic index processed/artificial sugars are horrid for your body. Much more so than natural fruit sugars, honey or even raw cane sugar. Flours and grains are better but still not great. Limit your intake of sugars and grains and you will be much better off, especially processed flour. We do not need nearly as much grain as the old school food pyramid would have you believe. Get your fiber from fruits and vegetables instead. And for the love of all that is good stop eating soy, especially soybean oils! If you can't grow it or raise it in your back yard you probably shouldn't be eating it.

Were I a Democrat strategist and believed this crap, I'd stand back, shut up, and let it happen. Sure would make the next election easier.

Get the shot, hate the situation, then carry on with life.

If using a live trap, put it in a box or cover it up tightly with a tarp or something. Also, best to put it in a dark place. Coons are smart and know what a trap is. But they are also extremely curious and like to check out any strange opening they may encounter. An old trapper taught me this trick. He had wooden boxes built that were a perfect fit for a live trap to slide into.

Yeah, President Trump got the vaccine ball rolling, and then the Libs didn't want it. Now they're pushing it like a Yugo. Sound odd?

I've caught several possums and coons using a live trap I got at TSC. Came with a large trap & a small. I used the large with canned cat food as bait. Meat works also. .22 short to the top of the head eliminates the problem permanent.

I could probably lay hands on a lever rifle if needed.

I tend to give more credence on studies done before 2019 than any conducted since, due to all the governmental/political BS that has infiltrated such studies.

I'll take butter over margarine and sugar over artificial sweeteners. Key is moderation, which I struggle with.

I was on line looking for a case for my Ruger PC carbine and mags and ran across this. It looks like something straight out of "John Wick". I don't know how discreet it would be when you would have to get someone to help carry your "garment bag" best picture hosting

Do you have someone you trust you can talk to about it? I have two people who I literally trust my life to. They both told me the same thing your doctor did. “Moderna if you have a choice, whatever you can get if you don’t. Don’t give it another thought cycle.” I got it within 24 hours of it being available to me. I’m quite low risk - but I deal with risk for a living. It has contributed to killing one out of every 500 people in America at this point. I’ve got people I need to take care of. You can walk into any Publix in the state and get the first Moderna shot in the time it takes to get a loaf of bread and a gallon of milk. Feel free to PM if you’ve got questions.

Yeah, we'll see I guess....... Might be sad.

Gray… I absolutely love these old heavy duties… I made a grave error in not rounding some up when they were plentiful. I’m 75 years young, Brother; and I still remember handling my dear Uncle Clarence’s heavy duty. I was all of about 10 years old… I never forgot gettin ta see and handle it. It wuz responsible for my love of large frame smiths that continues to this very day… Thanks for posting these great photos… admirin leroy…

You're right. They are smart. I had one that kept robbing the cat food can I had in the trap for bait. Finally figured out he was reaching thru the mesh & cleaning out the bait. So, I made a cover out of fine mesh wire fence. That stopped that, then he went into the trap. For the last time.

Well the company I work for just mandated get the vaccine by 10/1 or continue wearing a mask and do a weekly CV test to show your negative to protect the other workers. My wife is pretty much a anti vac'er, I'm kind of on the fence, I had a physical recently my doc suggested to me to get the moderna (because he got it) but stopped and said if you don't do vitamins at least, I've done neither. BTW: I'm defently no role model per the CDC for health BUT the only lost days of work since 1982 was only due to food poison, never had the flu either. what would you do?

You can't stop at just 1! I've got 7 of them including .22 (2 Henrys), .22 mag (Henry), .357 mag (2 Rossi and 1 Uberti) and a 1961 Win94 in 30-30. Revolvers to pair with them all as well (except the 30-30). Looking for a 45-70 and/or 45LC now. They are all good.

The price, availability, and quality of pistol caliber lever guns is completely out of hand. Especially for .357 versions. When I was a kid I thought a .30-30 was the ultimate cowboy gun. Got one for Christmas in 6th or 7th grade....a Marlin 336T (straight grip). Man, I sure wish I had the foresight back then to ask for the .357 Marlin!

BTW, live traps work well on cats too, or so a "friend " says, LOL.

With the cost of ammo these days, you might want to start with a .22. A Henry is reasonably priced and readily available. That way you can find out if you really like 'em or not. I was just waiting for Greg to chime in. I've seen the pictures of his guns before. I'd love to add a Savage 99 to my collection. Just haven't come across the right one at the right price yet.

I can attest to that. I've caught possums you couldn't run out of the cage. They'd stay for hours before they decided to leave. They'd just sit there & hiss at ya. And they do have major problems getting across a road alive.

Live trap. Bait with dry cat food. Wolf piss collector….not a highly sought after position.

First thing to do is find out who the man is that’s collecting 100% wolf piss and put him on your “nobody to mess with - ever” list. Then maybe go and learn the ways of such a guru so you can train the rest of us to be bona-fide mountain men I had the same problem about three weeks ago. Hen laid in the middle of the pen, body intact, head and neck still attached, but all the meat licked clean down to the spine up to what was left of the head. Two people suggested weasel or mink right off the bat, but I’ve had two more say coon was the culprit I’ve caught three possums so far, but haven’t caught whatever murderous fiend this was. It has circumvented two traps so far.

Here's one I caught in the live trap some time ago. He was not happy.

Have you got cats or dogs? If that answer is no - or they can be kept inside - I'd probably go for a #220 conibear trap with something really smelly like canned catfood as a bait. That'll take possums and raccoons. A #110 is probably okay for a possum, but not big enough for a raccoon. If you've never set a 220 - using a setting tool is worth it to reduce risk to yourself. All that said - the wolf urine should work fine on a temporary basis.

The YouTube algorithms brought me this. Language alert.

Imagine going through all that trouble to conceal but still deciding to rock an A2 stock.

1894 Marlin in 38-40.

If you know this, you probably have gray hair. I first saw it in the theater.

I looked for one of these for several years and finally had to settle for a 20 incher. I'm going to have to find another lever, you have one more than me I've only got one Winchester in .22 mag, 2 Rossi's in .45 Colt (1 24" and 1 16"), 1 Rossi in .357 (20") and a Henry .22. I sold both my Winchester 30-30s a few months ago.

I am thrilled to announce we presented SFA Chpt 38 with a $20,000.00 check Saturday from the match at the 5th Group Reunion Picnic on the hallowed ground that is Gabriel Field at Ft. Campbell. Thank you everyone for helping me to make this happen.

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If you are going to hunt with it go with a .45-70. If it is mainly for plinking and action shooting then a .357 or .44 is hard to beat. I love my Marlin 336 in .44mag.

I love lever guns. I have 6 of them ranging from .22LR up to .45-70. I like the Winchester style rifles. There's just something about the way they feel and handle that suits me to a "T". I'm also partial to the 16" Trapper rifles in handgun calibers. However, original Winchesters can be expensive these days. Fortunately, there are some very good clones out there. For what would basically be a range toy, I'd suggest something in a handgun caliber as it would be cheaper to feed and easier to shoot. I have a Rossi 92 Trapper in .357 magnum that I really like. Excellent little rifle and could take up to deer sized game if you wanted to. Of course a nice .22 is always fun and a great way to get into the lever action game. Trust me, you won't stop at just one. Henry makes some great rifles in a wide variety of calibers. I've never owned one, but their reputation is outstanding. The Marlins are legendary and used ones are pretty easy to find. Then there are the various clones by Uberti and others. But to me, nothing equals the classic Winchester 94 .30-30.

A .32 is a fantastic rifle to learn with. With a mild charge (8-12gn) it has about the same recoil as a .17hmr. It's also surprisingly powerful. A full house 18gn load under a .31 ball is the equivalent of a .22mag.

Not gonna lie, there's a learning curve & your attention to detail has to be spot on to make sure it's 100% reliable. You really learn to appreciate the difference between flint quality too! A great quality, English or French flint will give you 40-50 shots before it needs knapping. A cheap flint, anything from 5-20. You have to remember to wipe your flint, pan & frizzen after every shot. If you're hunting, dump & replace your priming charge every hour. Even when you do everything perfectly, there's going to be the occasional 'clack......f#@k!!!' There's a learning curve to shooting one too. When you watch someone else shoot, there's is almost no perceptible delay between the hammer drop & shot, but when you're on the trigger, it feels like there's a MASSIVE gap between the flash & the bang. You learn how to follow through & my gosh will it let you know if you've got a flinch!

Either catch him doing something dirty like John Ford & Ray Blanton or wait for him to turn senile like John Wilder. Some say the Lt Gov position wields more power via the legislature than the Gov does. I don't know I can argue against that, IMO.

The Gun Crew in Old Hickory normally has them in stock. I've held one there. The gun is somewhat clunky due to the 50rd mag & gun size requirements to make it fit. It opens with a clamshell action, which is not my fav. But they sell every single one they bring in, so there's a demand for them. Retail is around $1100-1200. I have a Kel-Tec PMR & CMR-30, so I like the brand. While no where near as refined as a H&K, they certainly think outside of the box. Their KSG shotgun was a game changer as well.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/24/health/schools-mask-mandate-outbreaks-cdc.html https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/masks-protect-schoolkids-from-covid-despite-what-antiscience-politicians-claim/ https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23744731.2021.1944665 https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/your-health/effective-masks.html https://abcsciencecollaborative.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ABC_year-in-review_29jun2021-final.pdf ' Collected data from more than a million K–12 students and staff members in North Carolina, which mandated masking in schools from August 2020 until July 2021. The scientists reported little in-school transmission over the fall, winter or summer months. Incidents remained low even as, in communities outside the schools, levels of COVID cases fluctuated and mitigation strategies shifted. “The presence of masking in schools seems to be the unifying theme across all of those periods,” says Ibukun Kalu, a member of the group and medical director of pediatric infection prevention at Duke University. “When we look at cases that have masking in place—so masking students, staff, everyone that’s within that K–12 setting—we see rates of within-school spread as low as one percent.” ' ' In schools in other states where masks were not used consistently, such as in Georgia and Florida, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported on a number of COVID outbreaks during both 2020 and 2021. This past spring in California, an unvaccinated elementary school teacher who removed a mask several times to read to students triggered an outbreak of the highly transmissible Delta variant, according to another CDC study. A total of 26 people were infected, including 12 of the 24 students in the teacher’s class, a frightening rate of 50 percent. The infections spread elsewhere in the building to six students in a separate grade and moved beyond the school to infect eight family members of the affected students. The viral genomes in the infected people were either identical or very similar to the virus analyzed from the teacher, indicating that individual was the source. The outbreak occurred despite people following physical distancing guidelines, using high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters in the classrooms, and leaving the doors and windows open for ventilation. Masks, combined with other prevention efforts, reduce the risk that students may bring home the virus to parents or other relatives. This has been a big concern because adults are more likely to develop severe COVID. An online survey of 2.1 million Americans by researchers at Johns Hopkins University showed a 38 percent increased risk of COVID-related illness in households with a child attending school in person. That risk went down, however, as the number of school-based mitigation measures—such as mask mandates, daily symptom screening and canceled extracurricular activities—went up. When seven or more measures were in place, the increased risk disappeared. Experts have long advocated for an approach that relies on multiple added layers of protection—some to protect the individual and some to protect the collective—recognizing that no single intervention will be a magic bullet. Studies done in wider communities beyond schools give the strongest real-world evidence that masks stop COVID’s spread. An international team of researchers conducted a randomized controlled trial involving nearly 350,000 people across 600 villages in rural Bangladesh. Half of the villages got free cloth or surgical masks and a promotional campaign encouraging their use. The other half did not. The researchers found that the intervention significantly curbed coronavirus transmission, especially in villages that received surgical masks. The findings appeared in early September in a preprint paper that is now being considered for publication by the journal Science.' https://www.allsides.com/news-source/scientific-american But who am I to show you evidence when you can just listen to "the docs my wife works for..."

Not sure a mask makes much difference. Maybe a N95 fitted properly would. Cloth mask are of no use at all, surgical mask may help with a cough or sneeze but it just redirects more than anything. The docs my wife works for say a mask may help 20%. Less if not worn properly. They also seem to need adjusted a lot while wearing so one tends to have their hands around their face a lot more. Most of the people i know that have gotten 19 wore a mask and got it from a mask wearer. The sickest guy I know that lived got it from his wife that worked in a med office, she got it from a PA there, all wore mask. I saw a report the the 6 feet social distancing was a arbitrary number not based on any science. So not sure how far away from people one needs to stay. Wash your hands a lot and protect our lungs. We have a nebulizer for the lungs.

Quit eating margarine, y’all. That stuff is terrible for you.

What Mista Mowgli said..! I use the ole time173 grain LSWCs in 38 special cases ta duplicate the 38 Special Hi Speed loads for my Ruger Vaquero Sheriff. 12 grains of 2400. 1200 fps. Deadly accurate. RE " FBI Load ". Pretty standard 158 hard cast SWC. About 950 fps. It ain't in the runnin with the old 38 special Hi Speed load. leroy...

The seasonal flu and SARS-2-CoV are completely different viruses. The vaccine for one will not affect the other. They’re studying whether they can combine vaccines into one shot - like the MMR or the Tdap vaccine.

Hi Chris. welcome I’ll scoot over and make room for a Mississippian any day. We have lots of common ground. TN, MS, FL and TX all use the mocking bird for the state bird. Useless knowledge from back when schools made students memorize stuff about our country

I haven't practiced in over two decades, and I don't want to. I know that there's a lot of confusing information put out there by both sides that's complicated by politicization thanks mostly to the left during Trump's last year in office. There are valid reasons for not getting the vaccine, and I wouldn't suggest otherwise. What annoys me is people posting information on this forum who's source is a so-called expert citing anecdotal cases as if they are derived by the scientific method. In the case of treating humans, the gold standard of the scientific method is the double-blind study. That means neither the administering party nor the recipient know whether they are getting a placebo or the real drug. Those studies take time, and unfortunately, the virus (the D variant), proves VERY contagious and seems to be killing younger people who aren't vaccinated because this was a disease killing old or disabled people. Unfortunately, anecdotal news reports of people falsely reporting COVID infections really invalidates CDC's mortality numbers. Any good physician weighs the risk versus the reward with EVERY patient before acting. Example: my disabled daughter did not get the vaccine because her neurologist did not know how it would affect her condition. Luckily, she survived her encounter with the D variant after a considerable stay in the hospital, but what if she hadn't? Not knowing the true mortality numbers complicates that decision. What we DO know is that the FDA has NEVER had a pool of vaccinated people this large with which to pull data. I would wager that the medicine cabinets of the people posting bull information on this forum are full of drugs who have had less of a test pool than the COVID vaccinations. The smaller test pools of the FDA explains why you get drugs that have been on the market for decades but then get pulled because serious issues come up. One example is Zantac. It's true that we do not have any long-term studies of these vaccines, but they were derived by proven scientific methods. My heart hurts for Phil Valentine and his family because he made a bad risk assessment when he decided not to take the vaccine. I don't want people on this forum doing the same damned thing because they were listening to some alleged expert spewing anecdotal information to the world to see how many people they can fool.

Honeymoons on Rocky Top seem to have a short lifespan. Hope it works out tho.

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