Recent content by Colorado Cowboy

That is a strange looking outboard engine. Took me awhile to figure out what it is, but I finally saw the prop.

What in the hell took them so long!

I don't plan on it as I carry my 2 target pistols to matches in an old aluminum camera case that I used for storing my old 35mm camera & lenses in when I was out in my boat It's waterproof and almost indistructable. The only disadvantage is it is heavy!

You are spot on in you post. We are planning on giving our son our place when we are gone and he will lose the senior citizen tax break as one of the conditions is he has to have owned it 10 years before the tax break kicks in. My old house in the city in California which we bought new in 1970...

As all have said, the Spam is there, EVERY day. I removed 2 about 5 minutes ago when I opened Eastman's this morning.

Yep...me too. Just started this morning.

I saw this one. but the guns are flat instead of upright. Upright is what I want, not flat.

If you don't mind, what did you pay for it? What brand is it? I looked on HF website and couldn't find that exact case.

I finally had to give up shooting the Quigley and the 1000 yard matches because my eyes just couldn't handle the sights.

I shot a Sharps in 45-70 with black powder in 1000 yard matches. In my experience, recoil is totally related to bullet weight, the heavier the bullet, then heavier the recoil.

How about recoil....compared to a 45-70?

This post was started almost 3 years ago. I read all the posts again and they were really interesting and the ones I posted are still true today. BUT the big change here in sw Colorado is the price of property. I bought my property ( 6.3 acres) in 1994 for $50,000 including 5 shares of...

What kind of competition?

I love old knives. They are mostly high carbon steel and take and hold an edge really well. They do rust tho. I have a couple too as my uncle was a butcher too.

Getting my boat ready for the season this year. I bought a new side scanning fish finder and a new tachometer this winter and need to start installing them. The launch ramp at our local lake (McPhee Res, 2nd largest in Colo) opens tomorrow. I am also going to install 2 downriggers. The only...