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Having made lots of hickory bows I can maybe help a little. The most important thing is straight grain, and especially unbroken grain on the back (what you ideally want is individual wood fibers on the back running uncut from tip to tip). For this reason lots of people make wooden self-bows...

I've had the same Marlin for years and I've never been able to find any mags other than the factory 7-rounders. I think you may be stuck with that.

I didn't reply to the other thread, but as a bowyer I have to agree with anybody who points out the inherent weaknesses crossbows have, and there's no value judgement about the users of crossbows in such statements. Crossbows have short limbs and that's the bottom line. That means they just...

Wooden self-bows have to be used at no more than the draw length they were tillered for - go further and breakage is likely, and even if it's not broken the strain will put extreme "set" or permanant deflection into the limbs for sure. On top of that, some woods get brittle when cold, most...

Have a look at the "Bowyer's Bible" series of books (four total I think) - really indispensable. Online all I've seen is the Primitive Archer forums, which aren't bad. I've been making wooden bows for about 8 years and have enjoyed every minute of it. I haven't made any broadheads for myself...

CZ Scout - it doesn't come with a mag but you can buy 5 and 10 round mags for it. Should run a little under $200 new and a very nice little rifle - tho the sights aren't as nice as on other CZ rimfires.

As has been said - if they had more than one they would have used one already. If they have only one it's possible they'd save it for a very special occasion. Every month that passes makes it seem less likely, as the suitcase bombs have to be maintained just like any other nuke (maybe more so...

Not to sound too crazy here but it kinda makes you wonder if the feds find the "Russian suitcase nuke" rumors credible. Nothing less that could be packed into a small vehicle would be a real threat to the dam.

I find .22 rifles with tube mags much easier to handle - you can grab them anywhere in the middle, sling them without the mag dinging you in the ribs, and it just seems more graceful, and that's important to me - a .22 should he a handy thing IMO. Removable mags that don't stick out like the...

I have an older Marlin 882 (now called the 982 with some improvements?) and really like it. I've never shot it from the bench but it has always impressed me in the field, and I too have put a cheapie scope, a Bushnell, on it. If I was buying another I'd get the tube mag model - the box mag...

Great. It wasn't bad enough to run into these types on the trout streams, although it is kind of fun to shock them by actually taking fish home to eat.

I can understand nonhunters being a little miffed about Pittman-Robertson - why should someone buying a snubbie revolver or its ammo HAVE to pay into a conservation fund? What's the logical connection? On the other hand, the excise taxes on guns and ammo were started in 1932 because of the...

Hmm. I scored 1/50 on the metroquiz and I haven't seen anybody here ace it, there must be a bad or trick question in there somewhere. FOR I AM ALL MAN AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! As far as the fear of the loss of "manliness", that song is not a new one - every generation has heard it from...

It should be possible to find a CZ Scout with 16.2" barrel, and the ability to set it up as a single shot or use 5 or 10 round mags is very nice (I just bought 2 for my twin boys and really like them).

Hardly surprising. The Arabian saying goes something like: I against my brother, my brother and I against my cousin, my cousin and I against the world. They can be counted on to stick together against pretty much any outsiders on pretty much any issue. I guess our foreign policy people still...

I worked in wildlife/pest control in the past, and this really takes me back. What is it with otherwise non-hunting suburban/urban senior citizens and squirrels? OMG, they ran in the lady's yard! They jumped on the garage roof! This means war! You'd think after 667 down in 3 years (4.5 per...

We have a long season (shotgun only, booo) on crows here in WI as well. Ravens are protected. Crow (and raven I assume) are all dark (very dark) meat, really not too bad if you skin, remove all fat, stew them long enough and then roast for a short time with onions, garlic, maybe some nice...

Most Chestnut is a little too light and soft to make a good stock I'd think - but there's always the chance you'll find an exceptionally dense piece. The only American chestnut stock you'll find in any size is salvaged wood from old beams or whatnot and that stuff usually isn't cheap. It works...

"Firing the anvil" was a for-real tradition, from what I've read it was mostly done on Independence Day or other special occasions, and was firmly established well before the Civil War - I've seen mentions of it as early as 1800. The re-creation I saw done used 2 anvils, the one on the bottom...

I ordered two fifteen round mags from CheaperThanDirt for $15 each - they came in identical packaging but weren't identical in all their parts - the bodies both look like the ones in the first GunBroker link above - no stepped base plate, no markings anywhere to indicate manufacturer. One has a...