Squeezle

Its nice to know Im not the only single, only child,no kids geezer on here (women can be geezers too )

I like to practice with my flint, steel and charcloth and fire piston when I go camping. I have used an old fashioned pencil sharpener and stuck in fatwood pieces and put the shavings into plastic film canisters. For my soda can stove I use yellow heet from the auto parts store.

You need to read this and be prepared to laugh out loud. If you have never dealt with black powder or ether, you will not understand this. Bow and arrows - Boys are always more inventive... Don't know who wrote this but he has a way with words that makes one visualize being right there beside him. Good read. Life as a child growing up in Oklahoma ...... Around age 10 my dad got me one of those little badass compound bow beginner kits. Of course, the first month I went around our land sticking arrows in anything that could get stuck by an arrow. Did you know that a 1955 40 horse Farmall tractor tire will take 6 rounds before it goes down? Tough sumbich. That got boring, so being the 10 yr old Dukes of Hazard fan that I was, I quickly advanced to taking strips of cut up T-shirt doused in chainsaw gas tied around the end and was sending flaming arrows all over the place. One summer afternoon, I was shooting flaming arrows into a large rotten oak stump in our backyard. I looked over under the carport and see a shiny brand new can of starting fluid Ether. The light bulb went off in my head. I grabbed the can and set it on the stump. I thought that it would probably just spray out in a disappointing manner. Lets face it, to a 10 yr old mouth-breather like myself, Ether, really doesn't "sound" flammable. So, I went back into the house and got a 1 pound can of pyrodex (black powder for muzzle loader rifles). At this point, I set the can of ether on the stump and opened up the can of black powder. My intentions were to sprinkle a little bit around the Ether can but it all sorta dumped out on me. No biggie, a 1 lb. pyrodex and 16 oz Ether should make a loud pop, kinda like a firecracker you know? You know what? Eff that I'm going back in the house for the other can. Yes, I got a second can of pyrodex and dumped it too. Now we're cookin'. I stepped back about 15 ft and lit the 2 stroke arrow. I drew the nock to my cheek and took aim. As I released I heard a clunk as the arrow launched from my bow. In a slow motion time frame, I turned to see my dad getting out of the truck.... OH SHOOT! He just got home from work. So help me God it took 10 minutes for that arrow to go from my bow to the can. My dad was walking towards me in slow motion with a WTF look in his eyes.I turned back towards my target just in time to see the arrow pierce the starting fluid can right at the bottom. Right through the main pile of pyrodex and into the can. Oh shoot. When the shock wave hit it knocked me off my feet. I don't know if it was the actual compression wave that threw me back or just reflex jerk back from 235 fricking decibels of sound.. I caught a half a millisecond glimpse of the violence during the initial explosion and I will tell you there was dust, grass, and bugs all hovering 1 ft above the ground as far as I could see. It was like a little low to the ground layer of dust fog full of grasshoppers, spiders, and a worm or two.. The daylight turned purple. Let me repeat this... THE FRICKING DAYLIGHT TURNED PURPLE. There was a big sweetgum tree out by the gate going into the pasture. Notice I said "was". That sumbich got up and ran off. So here I am, on the ground blown completely out of my shoes with my thundercats T-Shirt shredded, my dad is on the other side of the carport having what I can only assume is a Vietnam flashback: ECHO BRAVO CHARLIE YOU'RE BRINGIN' EM IN TOO CLOSE!! CEASE FIRE. DAMN IT CEASE FIRE!!!!! His hat has blown off and is 30 ft behind him in the driveway. All windows on the north side of the house are blown out and there is a slow rolling mushroom cloud about 2000 ft. over our backyard. There is a Honda 185 3 wheeler parked on the other side of the yard and the fenders are drooped down and are now touching the tires. I wish I knew what I said to my dad at this moment. I don't know - I know I said something. I couldn't hear. I couldn't hear inside my own head. I don't think he heard me either... not that it would really matter. I don't remember much from this point on. I said something, felt a sharp pain, and then woke up later. I felt a sharp pain, blacked out, woke later....repeat this process for an hour or so and you get the idea. I remember at one point my mom had to give me CPR. and Dad screaming "Bring him back to life so I can kill him again". Thanks Mom. One thing is for sure... I never had to mow around that stump again, Mom had been complaining about that thing for years and dad never did anything about it. I stepped up to the plate and handled business.. Dad sold his muzzle loader a week or so later. I still have some sort of bone growth abnormality, either from the blast or the beating, or both. I guess what I'm trying to say is, get your kids into archery. It's good discipline and will teach them skills they can use later on in life. Author Unknown

I couldnt find any local (knoxville area) under $25 a box so I ordered online for a little over 10 dollars a box..got it in three days also..gun show I think I paid $16 for a box.

You can get a can of spray paint thats for vinyl at any auto parts store...I would get black and give is several coats...I have used it on a center arm console in my truck and the original vinyl was red but its still black after 10 years of constant laying of my arm on it ...just a suggestion

I recently sent off my paperwork for my carry permit and have been looking for a carry gun. I went to CCA a couple weeks ago and rented a cz 75d (9mm) and didnt care for how it felt while shooting plus I had a very hard time seeing the three dot sights (not sure if the sights were dirty or it was CCA'S lighting since it was so poorly lit or my eyes are just shot)..next I tried a M & P 9mm and I really liked the feel of that shooting and I saw the sights much better. The M & P seemed to have a much different recoil than the cz, much more smoother and trigger was nicer.I was concerned though that the spent shells kept hitting me in the face and chest however on the M & P, and I realize its a range rental gun but have read on gun forums others have had problems with spent shell casings from it as well. Im currently looking at the sig p229 online but havent shot one or felt how it feels in my hand yet, plus the cost of the sig is slightly more than what I had budgeted for. Im glad to hear about those"big dot" sights!! Im sure when I decide on a carry gun that will be first in order to change out. I also have a walther P22 that I love to shoot. Im curious now to check out that sig P239. I really do not want to go any smaller in caliber for carry than a 9mm and a mid frame size instead of the sub compact because of the muzzle flip. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks

Hi..Just wanted to introduce myself. Im an older lady from Strawberry Plains who enjoys gun collecting and target shooting. I also enjoy learning about survival skills and bushcraft. I am looking for a place to target practice and someone to practice with. I might try that gunnys on sundays since I think its free for ladies on sunday? I am looking foward to getting my HCP this year. This is a great site with tons of useful information, glad I found it. Thanks for listening

I cannot seem to find the link for infomation about the classes at bass pro...alot of the links seem to be broken. Does anyone know if their still offering these HCP classes and where speciifically I can find information on how to sign up? Thankyou

Thanks, I've called every walmart in my area (knoxville) and none of them seem to have one. I will try Dicks. I plan on using it for a wood cooker instead of the pocket cooker. I think it will be more stable.I was originally going to get a bush cooker but I like the fact the sterno stove will fold up flat and is alot less expensive. Has anyone tried one of these sterno stoves using wood?

Does anyone happen to know where I might purchase a folding stero stove in the knoxville area? Im looking for the one that has the grate on top, and can find them on ebay however I would like to purchase locally if i can. Thankyou

Does anyone know where clint campbell the gunsmith and owner of smoky mountain outfitters in Morristown went? Someone told me the gunshop he owned there in Morristown is no longer there. I would really like to get in touch with him. Thankyou