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  1. godutch

    time machine

    Don't forget electricity.
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    Any other crazy kids out there?

    The OP hit pay dirt with this thread.🤣
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    Any other crazy kids out there?

    Those 'pump up's took things to a whole new level. 'Should've been disqualified in the rules of engagement. They were to be feared (unless your the one who had it).
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    Any other crazy kids out there?

    It certainly was a different world we grew up in. I know we don't exactly have a lot of younger guys here on the forum but I can't help but wonder what they're thinking reading these stories.
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    Any other crazy kids out there?

    Redneck bazooka.
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    Any other crazy kids out there?

    ☹️ poor kid !
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    Any other crazy kids out there?

    That's right up there with gluing field corn to the pan on a muskrat trap and setting it in shallow water for ducks. Back in the eighties I worked with an old Marine who knew every dirty trick in the book.
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    Any other crazy kids out there?

    OK, I give. What was it for ? I ask because there was one of those in my uncles old room at 'Gram's house when I was little. He was a WWII combat vet.
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    Any other crazy kids out there?

    'The shot heard 'round the world', Acetylene bombs. That'll create phone calls in the neighborhood. Except we weren't kids anymore when we did it. It's a wonderful thing to grow old enough to be an embarrassment to your children !
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    Any other crazy kids out there?

    I also blistered up my friend with his own lever action BB gun for shooting at me with a pellet gun. He was a fat kid and standing in greasy pond mud so I got him at least four times before he made it to the high weeds. I thought he liked it since he kept calling my name all the while. p.s...
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    Any other crazy kids out there?

    I made a 'bomb' with a big glass soda bottle and everything I could find in the garage, then convinced my sister to light it. No harm done except for her eyelashes. That makes me both inventive and smart.
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    Measuring 'throw' of the cock

    Thanks S.S. I see some insights there but my bifocals are getting maxed out, I'll go back to it after a bit. That looks like a cool old manual you have there. To clarify further, my thought would be to use lockplate, hammer, and frizzen from TRS and substitute all internals. So it would seem...
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    Measuring 'throw' of the cock

    Do any of you fine folks know how this measurement is made? I assume the start point would be the center of the tumbler and from there possibly the flat of the bottom jaw (?). I ask because Jess at TRS always gives the 'throw' meas. of his locks and have often mulled the prospect of using...
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    Herman Rupp 1793 Build

    Yes. 'What he said.
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