Custom '60 Army By Goon's Gun Works
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https://www.amazon.com/Snippets-2016-3-Cimarron-Maximized-Goons-ebook/dp/B01FRNXAAQ?ie=UTF8&keywords=goon%27s%20gun%20works&qid=1463760486&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1
Are you the Denis that published it? Did you get Mike's approval?
Are you the Denis that published it? Did you get Mike's approval?
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Panzerschwein
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So why not post the review here instead of charging for it? Regardless, I know Mike does awesome work. 
I am not in the Biz for either hobby or ego.
I've done professional reviews for publication for 26 years.
I do not spend hours shooting, photographing, and writing it all up to give it away for free.
As I've mentioned elsewhere, with the death of Harris Pubs, my primary market for over a quarter-century, I'm transitioning to Kindles.
I have unlimited freedom to cover any subject I want, and unlimited space to do it in.
I choose the subject & how far I want to go with it.
I am not "assigned" anything.
No ads.
No editorial restrictions or influences.
You, if you choose to buy, get a detailed "article" on ONLY the subject you're interested in, for a couple bucks, without having to spend $10 on a mag with extraneous content you don't care about, and without wading through a hundred ads.
You get better photography than on most free Internet blogs, and typically in more clear detail than you'll get on this forum.
If this isn't worth $2 to you, move along, nothing to see here.
Denis
I've done professional reviews for publication for 26 years.
I do not spend hours shooting, photographing, and writing it all up to give it away for free.
As I've mentioned elsewhere, with the death of Harris Pubs, my primary market for over a quarter-century, I'm transitioning to Kindles.
I have unlimited freedom to cover any subject I want, and unlimited space to do it in.
I choose the subject & how far I want to go with it.
I am not "assigned" anything.
No ads.
No editorial restrictions or influences.
You, if you choose to buy, get a detailed "article" on ONLY the subject you're interested in, for a couple bucks, without having to spend $10 on a mag with extraneous content you don't care about, and without wading through a hundred ads.
You get better photography than on most free Internet blogs, and typically in more clear detail than you'll get on this forum.
If this isn't worth $2 to you, move along, nothing to see here.
Denis
Cool,
Maybe I should explain the deal, not sure you've got an accurate picture.
This is not a typical two-paragraph gun forum review along the lines of "Hey guys, I bought a new gun & wanted to review it for you, and here's a blurry cellphone picture."
It's a 2500-word review covering the gun, what it is, what Mike did to it, why he did what he did to it, how it functioned after he did what he did to it, how it shot with two different commercial balls & three different powder charges off a 25-yard rest (with charts reflecting those accuracy & velocity results), and 12 clear color photos that illustrate all that.
You won't find that degree of detail here, and if I'd even tried to post all that here a moderator would (and rightfully so) have shut it down.
That's why I don't post it here, and that's why I charge for it & all the other Kindle reviews.
I occasionally mention one here & there on various forums, as & when the subject of a particular Kindle comes up, to let interested people know there's a lengthier & more detailed info source available if they want to find it.
Denis
Maybe I should explain the deal, not sure you've got an accurate picture.
This is not a typical two-paragraph gun forum review along the lines of "Hey guys, I bought a new gun & wanted to review it for you, and here's a blurry cellphone picture."
It's a 2500-word review covering the gun, what it is, what Mike did to it, why he did what he did to it, how it functioned after he did what he did to it, how it shot with two different commercial balls & three different powder charges off a 25-yard rest (with charts reflecting those accuracy & velocity results), and 12 clear color photos that illustrate all that.
You won't find that degree of detail here, and if I'd even tried to post all that here a moderator would (and rightfully so) have shut it down.
That's why I don't post it here, and that's why I charge for it & all the other Kindle reviews.
I occasionally mention one here & there on various forums, as & when the subject of a particular Kindle comes up, to let interested people know there's a lengthier & more detailed info source available if they want to find it.
Denis
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Jim Watson
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Makes sense to me.
Let us know what you have out and in the works.
A good monograph on an interesting product is worth $2.00.
Let us know what you have out and in the works.
A good monograph on an interesting product is worth $2.00.
Claude Clay
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And besides your double-plus good trade skills, you have something else --
patience
patience
In the BP arena, there's a Kindle on a Charles Moore Dueling pistol from Dixie.
In the SA area of interest, a shootout between two snubs- stainless engraved Pietta Shurf's Model & Ruger Vaq, both in stainless.
Leverguns, a Kindle on the new Henry Long Ranger.
And so on.
Easiest just to search my name on Amazon periodically.
There are three series:
Red Book for standard longer in-depth gun reviews.
Green Book (Snippets) for shorter general product looks, like the '60 Army.
Blue Book for longer in-depth survival-related products which can include guns & other outdoor products.
Priced according to length.
Denis
In the SA area of interest, a shootout between two snubs- stainless engraved Pietta Shurf's Model & Ruger Vaq, both in stainless.
Leverguns, a Kindle on the new Henry Long Ranger.
And so on.
Easiest just to search my name on Amazon periodically.
There are three series:
Red Book for standard longer in-depth gun reviews.
Green Book (Snippets) for shorter general product looks, like the '60 Army.
Blue Book for longer in-depth survival-related products which can include guns & other outdoor products.
Priced according to length.
Denis
Risky buisness
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There was some guy, a couple months ago, promoting or providing a link to some person who was actively selling some percussion cap making tool. I'm thinking it was a 6-8 post thread before being moderated out of existence. So now we have DPris doing essentially the same thing. Is THR becoming an advertising vehicle for our members? I can see some one posting a link for a product or service if asked, or a part of the thread narrative, however, promoting one's own goods or services sounds a bit commercial to me.
As I said- I occasionally post a reference when I do something relative to a subject under discussion.
I don't do that to pay off the condo in Cancun, if you buy the Kindle under discussion I'll make less than 60 cents off the sale.
Mike is a popular figure here, along with his work.
It was my intention to make those interested aware of a place to see the results of his work, as an aid in deciding if they want to ship him a gun.
If inappropriate, moderators are welcome to tell me so.
Denis
I don't do that to pay off the condo in Cancun, if you buy the Kindle under discussion I'll make less than 60 cents off the sale.
Mike is a popular figure here, along with his work.
It was my intention to make those interested aware of a place to see the results of his work, as an aid in deciding if they want to ship him a gun.
If inappropriate, moderators are welcome to tell me so.
Denis
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"It was my intention to make those interested aware of a place to see the results of his work, as an aid in deciding if they want to ship him a gun."
That sounds better to me than what my first impression was. I was getting ready to photo some of my horned steers and start up a for sale by owner. Thanks for clearing that up.
That sounds better to me than what my first impression was. I was getting ready to photo some of my horned steers and start up a for sale by owner. Thanks for clearing that up.
Frankly, if soft and hard copy publications are on the endangered list it won't be long before electronic media is the prime (and maybe next-to-only) source of specific information that isn't carried by big-media. Anyone who expects balanced and authoritative coverage from them on firearms must also believe in the tooth fairy.
Electronic books and other publications are going to be the only way to get affordable information that are more then short reviews.
The largest weakness in this picture is ways to advise potential buyers that information they are seeking is available and where. This website and others like it offer a possibility.
I have noticed that a number of small - usually one man or woman operations - have been promoting hand-made gunleather (holsters, belts, rifle scabbards, you name it) that sometimes offer hand-made options that larger companies don't, at attractive prices. So far as I know, this hasn't caused anyone to get their nose out of joint.
Personally, as a long time member I hope this trend continues.
Electronic books and other publications are going to be the only way to get affordable information that are more then short reviews.
The largest weakness in this picture is ways to advise potential buyers that information they are seeking is available and where. This website and others like it offer a possibility.
I have noticed that a number of small - usually one man or woman operations - have been promoting hand-made gunleather (holsters, belts, rifle scabbards, you name it) that sometimes offer hand-made options that larger companies don't, at attractive prices. So far as I know, this hasn't caused anyone to get their nose out of joint.
Personally, as a long time member I hope this trend continues.
LonesomePigeon
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This article sounds interesting. I don't have a printer so I wouldn't be able to print it out. If I buy it will I be able to access it anytime just by clicking on a link, or will I have to save it to my files(assuming that's possible) if I want to read it again or read part of it now and part of it later?
No paper involved, it's an electronic transfer & an electronic readout display.
The Kindle eBooks are primarily designed for use with a Kindle reader device.
You acquire a Kindle device & set up a Kindle account with Amazon.com .
You then locate any book you want to buy through Amazon's book section that's listed as a Kindle eBook.
You click BUY, then tell them where to deliver the eBook.
Mainly, to your Kindle.
With the right app, the eBook can be viewed on other devices, and Amazon has a free app for computer viewing instead of the Kindle device.
Once you buy an eBook, it's stored indefinitely in their cloud & you can retrieve it anytime you have Internet access.
And, you can store up to a certain number of eBooks in the Kindle device's own onboard memory for retrieval anywhere, without Internet access.
If you're computer savvy enough, and can manage a printer interface, you could print a copy, but I have no idea how it'd look on paper.
We format for viewing on the small screen & the Kindle system does odd things in handling layouts.
Denis
The Kindle eBooks are primarily designed for use with a Kindle reader device.
You acquire a Kindle device & set up a Kindle account with Amazon.com .
You then locate any book you want to buy through Amazon's book section that's listed as a Kindle eBook.
You click BUY, then tell them where to deliver the eBook.
Mainly, to your Kindle.
With the right app, the eBook can be viewed on other devices, and Amazon has a free app for computer viewing instead of the Kindle device.
Once you buy an eBook, it's stored indefinitely in their cloud & you can retrieve it anytime you have Internet access.
And, you can store up to a certain number of eBooks in the Kindle device's own onboard memory for retrieval anywhere, without Internet access.
If you're computer savvy enough, and can manage a printer interface, you could print a copy, but I have no idea how it'd look on paper.
We format for viewing on the small screen & the Kindle system does odd things in handling layouts.
Denis
While buying a tablet from Amazon to view and read the book(s) on is modestly expensive, the books themselves aren't. These days buying a traditional soft or hard cover book will generally run around $25 to $50 while E-Books are more like $2.00 and up.
And those "print books" require book shelves and a collection can take up considerable space.
You do have to have Internet access, but if you are here on THR you obviously do.
And those "print books" require book shelves and a collection can take up considerable space.
You do have to have Internet access, but if you are here on THR you obviously do.
Jim Watson
Member
I like Kindle etc. for novels and short pieces like the aforementioned goon gun, but as with Isaac Asimov 60 years ago, a print book is better for reference, you can flip to a particular listing a lot quicker.
That's sometime true, but in new forthcoming material it may become unaffordable.
Good story
Years ago I bought a reference book. Friend borrowed it and decided to buy his own copy. Went to Amazon who informed him that it was out of print, but used copies were available for give-or-take $1,000.00
He promptly decided that for what use he might get out of it he'd just look in mine.
Jim Watson
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I splurged on it just to see what the format offered, not now interested in c&b.
Lots more information than a gunboard or gunzine.
Photography wasted on my Kindle DX but very nice on iPad app.
Q: Has anybody here shot a real 19th century Colt percussion?
Ray Ordorica once had some pointed remarks about originals made to go to war with vs repros made to plink with.
Lots more information than a gunboard or gunzine.
Photography wasted on my Kindle DX but very nice on iPad app.
Q: Has anybody here shot a real 19th century Colt percussion?
Ray Ordorica once had some pointed remarks about originals made to go to war with vs repros made to plink with.
Thanks, Jim.
I've handled an original 60 Army made in 1866, but I've never been able to fire one.
It was a family heirloom owned by a gentleman friend of my wife's mother. He brought it to me to see if I could "fix" it.
Sad to see where kids had played with it over the years, leaving dry-fire damage.
Carefully took it apart.
The insides were still in surprisingly good shape, the mainspring had somehow slipped (or been taken apart & improperly re-assembled) so that it wasn't engaging the hammer.
Once corrected, ran reasonably well, but needed an action cleanup.
Kids should not be allowed to play with such historical pieces.
The thing of note was how bright & pristine-looking the fire-blued spring screw still was, protected inside the grips & frame.
Denis
I've handled an original 60 Army made in 1866, but I've never been able to fire one.
It was a family heirloom owned by a gentleman friend of my wife's mother. He brought it to me to see if I could "fix" it.
Sad to see where kids had played with it over the years, leaving dry-fire damage.
Carefully took it apart.
The insides were still in surprisingly good shape, the mainspring had somehow slipped (or been taken apart & improperly re-assembled) so that it wasn't engaging the hammer.
Once corrected, ran reasonably well, but needed an action cleanup.
Kids should not be allowed to play with such historical pieces.
The thing of note was how bright & pristine-looking the fire-blued spring screw still was, protected inside the grips & frame.
Denis
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