I'll be working on getting some things written and some pics taken. A thank you to all who have joined so far. Hopefully we will be growing soon and we'll have a few discussions started.

I had no idea Miss Jan was a gun collector too. I collect coins but I'll bet ya'll will never guess what else I collect.

Knives???

No, my real guess is old cartridges?

No, it's something old, from times gone buy, that I find in the swamp.

arrowheads?

Dang, I was gonna guess that Jan.

could be gator bones

No, ya'll aren't close, I'll give ya'll another hint. It's something the old timers carried  that won't decay, rust away or desolve. It is fragile though, and that's all the hints I'll give ya'll.

Sharpening stone?

No! I collect old glass bottles that have been thrown or lost many years ago. Some of these vintage bottles are neat, nothing like what we have now days. The glass is one of the few things that hasn't wasted away over the years. I find them on my many trips afield in the swamps . I thought sure ya'll would guess it. Ha Ha..

That cool.  I love some of those old bottles.  Even the old medicine bottles are always interesting

I have some old bottles I have found in the swamp that date back to the turn of the century, not the last one but the one before that. "1900"....I have found some that are medicine and some are primitive insect repelent bottles. Those being the most prevelant with a few old liquior bottles. The best bottle I ever found was a liquior bottle that I gave to my sister-inlaw. She keeps brandy in it, very nice old bottle.

Wow, great recycling! 

moonshine jars......

Shot my Grandad's old Ruger .22LR Mark-1 and toted the Cold Steel Recon Tanto,which I used to help get out stuck shells in the gun if it jammed.It doesn't like more than 5bullets in magazine it seems..??

This is my buddy's lever action .22 and it is fun and ez to hit stuff with.

Awesome pieces Jeremi.

I bet they can both shoot pretty darn good. Who made the lever gun?

It's awesome too see your grandfather's gun is still getting some good use, those Rugers are fun.

We went through a Henry rifle stage and we had a few thousand 22. shells and a few lever guns ready to go to the range every weekend. Lots of good times, those rifles are very simple, but very accurate. 

All you have to do is change the spring in the magazine--around $2 after markey...Any of the major houses, Brownell's, Natchez etc. carry them as well as Ruger.

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Shot my Grandad's old Ruger .22LR Mark-1 and toted the Cold Steel Recon Tanto,which I used to help get out stuck shells in the gun if it jammed.It doesn't like more than 5bullets in magazine it seems..??

Steve, I own a Henery lever action golden boy .22cal rifle, it's a fine well built rifle. The one I have has a octagon barrel so it's a little heavy but will shoot very accurately. What questions do you have about it?

Steve, we had a couple of the lever guns in 22. cal. They were good guns and decently accurate. With a scope that shot better, but thats to be expected. At one time I was going to buy one of the Golden boys in 44. mag, but backed off. Now all we have is a Golden Boy in 17. HMR. 

Great guns though, they functioned well and were perfect for a day on the range plinking. You do go through ammo quick though.

Steve, the 17. HMR is a heavy piece, I imagine anything bigger would just add even more weight. They would be fun to shoot at the range I suppose, but for lugging around in the hills, I'm not so sure.

The .17 HMR is a high speed round so it requires a heaver barrel to keep the barrel from moving due to it heating up and expanding and moving the POI (point of impact).  Also, the bigger the round....bigger the bore so less steel.  They will use the same barrel blank for all calibers and just bore out the needed caliber size.  The .17 HMR will weight more than the 44 mag.  If the barrel is the same length diameter and design (octagone or round) and the frame is the same the bigger the bore the lighter the gun.

The .22 Mag is a great caliber that still does the job. I have noticed that in a good wind the .22Mag will out perform the .17Cal..A coyote shot with the .22Mag has less chance from running off from what I have seen. Steve, you may want to consider all aspects of what you want from the gun before you buy. I know if I had a choice, it would be the .22Mag.

From chipmunks to moose, I use a .270 win. Ruger M77.  This way I know how it shoots and I know what it can do.  I have shot many coyotes with my .270win.

We have a Sako in 270. and that caliber is a peach. I trust it to do a lot and I trust it a long way out. 

I stick with my 243. for deer and I move over to my 30-06 for anything bigger. I plan on a 308. down the road. I just haven't run into the right Rem 700 yet.