Mike.357

A lot about the Remmy would depend on the manufacturer. Has that been mentioned on the subject yet? If so I missed it. The brass frame would not scare me off. You just have to be careful to not continually shoot hot loads out of it. If you stayed at about 20 grains the gun would last forever. 20 grains is plenty of powder for most any application you would need short of bringing down a bear. As for gun makers, Uberti is generally excepted as the best maker of BP reproductions, with Pietta a close second. Pietta is nice stuff though. I have two Pietta pistols, including my Remington and they are well made. There are some other makers like Armi San Marco and Armi San Paulo. They are little further down on the food chain but not necessarily bad or a problem to have. Just a little harder to get replacement parts for. I think key to making an offer on his Remmy is to know who made it.

When one has a .357 magnum on the hip they need no monkey in the trunk

you know in five more years someone else will get a rifle for their birthday and will be told the same thing LOL Happy Birthday, nice looking rifle

I have always wondered how a bunch of dead dinosaurs are supplying bazillions of barrels of oil. How many dinosaurs were there?

XD if Mark says something it is rock solid.

I like that DMark. Big Oil knows the suply is virtually inexhaustable but they stick it to us just the same. Actually it makes sense.

I started driving in 1975. I can't remember exactly what gas was going for those days but I am thinking less than 50 cents a gallon, maybe 39 cents??. Of course I was making 2.25 an hour working in a grocery store part time. I do know that if I had three buddies with me on a Friday night and everyone threw in one dollar towards gas, the old man had more gas Saturday morning than was in the car when I took it Friday night. And we would cruise all night long. now those were the good old days.

From January-November 2006, Saudi Arabia supplied the United States with 1.4 million barrels per day of crude oil, or approximately 14 percent, of U.S. crude oil imports. http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/Saudi_Arabia/Background.html

With the potential for fuel prices to rise in the near future I almost wonder how much the middle and lower classes can absorb before society starts to break down. Every single product people buy from chain stores is delivered by truck. Trucks need fuel to run on. Even if this hybrid crap grows there is no way I can see to exchange the current fleet of diesel tractors to electric. Diesel fuel is already over 4.00 a gallon. The price of food has increased enough that the middle class is really starting to feel the pinch. I don't know how truly poor people deal with it. And don't think all poor people are on the gov't handout. And it is not just food but everything people need to get by day to day to keep a household up and running. it is a scary situation. So people have to work. you need gas to get to work. You need food to live. What happens when it gets to the point that the working stiff has to decide do I buy gas or buy food? Things are liable to get very ugly very quickly in the country. We have had silver spoons stuck up our butts for generations and it is all coming to a head soon.

Cool, 20 grains is perfect for the '51 Navy. And it works fine in the Remington, I can't remember if I ever tried 20 grains in the 1873. In the 1873 30 grains of fff leaves just enough room for a ball. No need to use grits to get the ball closer to the forcing cone like I usually do with the Remmy and Navy.

You deserve a prize Eddie. I was not sure anyone else made that connection. This surely is the reason we do not exploit what oil we may have. Once the Middle East is dry someone else will be holding the cards. What bothers me about saving our resources is that not enough effort is put into an alternative "gas". Certainly some other way to propel cars can be invented or already has been invented. But as long as "Big Oil" controls the economy the change over will not be made. Also unfortunately draining the sheiks dry will not happen soon enough for my lifetime. It may offer my grandkids hope.

Well Dave you just got you wish with Kenseth, I am tuning it out. I about can't stand listening to Waltrips dribble anymore. some races his poor announcing does not get to me, but I can't take it tonight. time to change channels

I had not heard that. As I have always figured corporations have not ever paid taxes. Simply all they do is pass the bill along to consumers. That woman is a flaming idiot. And people who drink her flavor of Kool-Ade are idiots too. Basic economics prove that to jump the economy you lessen taxes on corporations. They ought to just print up some more money and give it to us to help pay for gas. Freakin morons.

Shot mine today, about 50 rounds of .454 lead downrange propelled by 30 grains of Goex Pinnacle. Also put 15 rounds of .45 Colt through it using the conversion cylinder.

Finally, this schmoe has said something that makes sense. Mrs Clinton and Sen McCain are speaking about removing the federal tax on gasoline for the summertime. While I do appreciate anything the gov't. can do to take its hand out of my pocket, pretending that doing this makes a rats ass of difference is an insult to my limited intelligence. Federal tax on gasoline is 18 cents per gallon. On an average week I use 12 to 18 gallons of fuel in my pick up truck. So using the higher number I would be saved the wopping amount of $3.24 per week. Thirteen weeks of summer will save me the amount of $42.14. Big whooopty-doo!! Of course I can go out and buy a new vehicle, one that gets 30 mpg. Of course this would cost me $300 a month in a car payment. Makes a lot of sense to spend $300 to not spend an extra $80 in fuel, well no it doesn't. Obama has taken the stance to be against the removal of the fuel tax. It is the first thing out of his mouth ever that I have agreed with. Clinton is trying to appeal to the ignorance of the people who do not think this out. I promise you most people have no clue gas tax is .18 cents per gallon. I don't know what point McCain is trying to make. Both are pandering to get your vote. Just what the heck am I to do with $3.24 a week? Gas is costing me about $20 a week more than this time last year and I am guessing by Labor Day it will be 30 bucks a week morethan last year. Of course if a Katrina type event happens to the Gulf Coast again I fully expect gas to top out near 8 bucks a gallon. Why doesn't one of these prospective presidential morons demand that Congress allow the drilling of oil from the continental shelf, drilling closer to the Florida Coast in the Gulf of Mexico and drilling in the US northwest. And of course why we are not pulling oil out of Alaska I will never understand. Even if this was suddenlly allowed there has not been a facility built in over twenty years to refine crude oil. The next president must do something about the fuel useage in this country. Either that or increase the oil produced inside our borders. I fear that none of the three are up to the task. I am also sure that none of the three can actually tell you truthfully the last time they pumped gasoline into their own vehicle. I am mad as hell and there is absolutely nothing I can do about it.

Blanket actions like this are not always what is best, probably rarely what is best. Reseach who your reps are and what they do and how they vote. If you like what you find then why wouldn't you vote the guy back in office? If they suck then throw the bums out. Naifeh is a skunk first class in my book, but evidently the people in his district like him.

You could get three Hi-Point .45's

I am not so much a fan of the EBR really. I think they are overpriced big time. Actually a lot of firearms are overpriced IMHO. Not sure why either.

I have only been there one time and spent all of about three minutes there as time was at a premium. It looked like a cool kind of place. I am hopeful I can stop there this Thursday. I think I am stuck running the Tri-Cities route this coming week, but am hopeful at any rate I can pick up some fff and have fifteen minutes to look around.

will it work with some fff? Nice rod Eddie, shoot straight.

is that a Dart? I was always fond of the Challenger in Plum Crazy, black vinyl top and a big ol' hemi.

I swear there should be some kind of Satire Award to put in the little box where your HCP icon is. OMG that is soooo freakin funny. Totally made my day, thanks.

Canyn I am not quoting that, but you deserve some kind of award for that post. Funniest damn thing ever on TGO Way to go buddy. I swear I laughing so hard I am crying, and diet pepsi actually did come out my nose.

no really I did have a bull nibbling on the weeds in the backyard last week.

you know what I can't believe? That this thread has gone 100 posts over legalities in killing stupid dang snake. unbelievable I had a bull in the back yard last week. Seriously, must have been every bit of 800 lbs. Should I have been worried about him attacking me. Was kind of scary, really. Did not know what he was gonna do. Then he just walked off into the woods and was gone.