Recent content by pparker

to Gambit 88 I noticed your reference to Col Bledsoe. I mark his grave every Memorial Day in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery. My grandmother remembered him as "Old Man Bledsoe" who would yell at them if they cut across his yard. That would have been in the 1890's. How did you get so far north?

on roll caps and rocks :evil: When I was 13 or 14, a friend of mine and I were just a tad delinquent. One night I had several rolls of caps and I stacked them up on a concrete front porch. The house happened to belong to a local policeman and the front door was open. I found a large rock and...

The car was riddled, but it still ran. The manufacturer (Ford or Chevy?) bought it and put it on a tour of dealerships across the country. My Dad was just out of high school and got to drive it from a flatcar to the dealership for which he worked. The total drive was about half a block, but...

MO/KS gun laws As a fairly frequent pistol purchaser in Missouri, let me chime in. I can only address Cass County, but here, one must make application and then give the county up to five days to check your background, but it usually takes less. They don't ask for any information about the...

found guns A number of years ago a friend found a couple of pistols in an old house he owned. The house had been in his family since before the civil war and was badly dilapidated. A room added on sometime after the war collapsed, revealing the original outside wall. Also revealed was a...

Smith and Wesson 9mm 547 My earlier post, in which I mentioned having a 640, was obviously in error. It's a 547, 9mm, 6 shot, blue, with a round butt and Hogue grips. It has a three inch barrel and does not use moon clips, rather there is an internal system for using rimless ammunition. I...

Smith and Wesson 640 value I have a three-inch round butt blued 640 (are they all 9mm?)that I am thnking about selling. After reading all the praise, I may have to reconsider, but just in case I do decide to sell, what would be an approximaet value? The gun is in very good condition...

Cass County concealed carry classes I have the same question. I live near P Hill but work in Grandview. There is a gun shop in Harrisonville (Shell's), and one near Garden City, but I don't know of anyone who's doing the required classes. Then again, I haven't asked yet. If you find out...