Recent content by Shanghai McCoy

Yep, me too. Just don't be chewing on one when you blow on your duck call... 🙄

They look a bit too much like those wooden stocked toy rifles we had as kids back in the 60's. Well, except for the metal bayonets...

^^^ Geez, I just take a couple breakfast bars...

OK, and the VC wore sandles too...

Good point.

I bought my Mini 30 in the early/mid 90's. From the serial number it's one of the early versions from 1986. I thought it would be a handy deer rifle and I mounted a small Burris 4x scope on it. With that and the reloads that it likes it will shoot 1" groups at 100 yards. (Well, it did when my...

Yeah, hard to feel intimidated by the one wearing open toed sandals...

I think I got that reference..? :)

How long does the grant last...? ;) OOPs- Shoulda scrolled down further, kidneyboy made the same point. Sorry...

We bought a 92C back in the early 90's. The wife liked it and it fit her pretty well so she "claimed" it. It's one of the stainless versions so I call it the "nickle plated sissy pistol". ;) I still have it and it's always been a good shooting pistol.

To commemorate Patriots Day yesterday our muzzle loader club had us shooting redcoats . (OK, it was just these red Appleseed tombstone targets, no actual redcoats were harmed.) Anyway, I shot my flint lock fowling piece and managed to score a 50/50 at the 25 yard distance. Considering it was...

In 1984 I started working as an Engineer on a research ship. Back then things were a lot more "fun" and, when out to sea for 30 days at a time, folks would get together and beverages were consumed. The Swiss Army knife that I'd been carrying since 1983, (and still do), had the cork screw. This...

I think I saw that at the base theater. Yeah, it was kinda "cheesy" but it had Toshiro Mifune, swords, guns, and Ursula Andress so we didn't mind.

Yep, I wanted one back in the 90's but never found one in good shape when I was looking.

Yep, can/bottle opener. Got one on my riding mower's key. :)