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  1. Whughett

    How old are ya?

    82, love how these old threads get rejuvenated. Can’t say the the same for aging. We are on a cruise, Bermuda, the walking is killing me, otherwise enjoying it. 😜
  2. Whughett

    HOW RURAL IS RURAL?

    My oldest lives on a city lot in a small New England City, population 55k or so. But his back yard backs up to a designated green area and across the street an unused Mobile Oil tank farm, because deer and turkeys thrive in these settings deer and turkeys are frequent visitors. He finally gave...
  3. Whughett

    Skychief Load Time line

    Not a chemist but “oils” in general don’t evaporate, but they will chemically combine with oxygen and lose viscosity over time.
  4. Whughett

    HOW RURAL IS RURAL?

    POV. Raised on a farm, subsistence farm, left and joined the Navy. Married bought a house, 50x100 lot in a city. 53 years now. Reached a point now thinking about getting lawn service. Would not have it any other way.
  5. Whughett

    New member from RI

    It’s also a Blue State that’s becoming more and more anti 2nd. Unfortunately.
  6. Whughett

    New member from RI

    Officially it was Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Government struck the Platation bit a couple years ago.
  7. Whughett

    My first .36 revolver

    I assembled these for my three sons as Christmas presents two years ago. The cost was well north of $250 for each. The Pietta 1851, from EMF was more than that. This past Christmas I added the Tylor’s conversion cylinder in 38 Long Colt, along with 50 rounds of hand loaded cartridges. You got...
  8. Whughett

    RWS CAPS-1075 PLUS

    I purchased 7K of them a few years back when the shortage was starting. I lucked into a K of Remingtons, old stock from an estate, and have a supply of CCIs, I still find the 1075s reliable on all my colts and Remingtons and use them regularly.
  9. Whughett

    1873 Cattleman Cap and Ball Revolvers

    Well that’s a novelty, I too own and shoot just about every model of percussion revolver made today, and several of them have conversion cylinders including one 1851 Navy , which I’ve gone to great lengths to load and shoot the 38Long Colt cartridge in. I also have the cattleman in dual...
  10. Whughett

    Smith Carbine rat shot cartridge

    They work well indeed. There is a YouTube video on how to repair the Flashhole when it eventually erodes to too large a diameter, or to prevent that. A 1/8” pop rivet is fitted to the hole.
  11. Whughett

    Smith Carbine rat shot cartridge

    He mentioned covering the flash hole with paper. I too use 2F in mine but wonder if better accuracy and performance could be had with 3f, more velocity perhaps.
  12. Whughett

    The Words We Use and How They Define Us

    Growing up on the farm in the 40’s the boys Sunday job was to select the chicken or chickens. Pullets or older hens, for Sunday dinner. Remove the heads, dip the bird in boiling water and pluck. It wasn’t the most pleasant of chores.
  13. Whughett

    Pyrodex RS (FF equivalent) in a revolver

    It’s my understanding that black powder fouling has no corrosive elements. The corrosion is moisture attracted by blacks fouling soot as it is hygroscopic in nature. I’ve left revolvers for days into a week with no problem, the soot was heavily mixed with lubricants. Rust occurs after cleaning...
  14. Whughett

    Let’s see some patterns

    Beat me to it. Walt53, glad you cleared that up. For 20 odd years wife and I wintered in Southwest Florida. It wasn’t uncommon to see flocks of Robins, a hundred or more birds,pecking along the road way in my suburban area.
  15. Whughett

    The Words We Use and How They Define Us

    If I could find a chuck roast for $2 a pound, I’d stock my freezer and have Sunday Pot Roast for the next 52 Sundays😁
  16. Whughett

    PayPal anti gun?

    I doubt a collection agency could collect what amounts to a fine against a private citizen without a court intervention of some sort. I could be wrong of course, I frequently am, just ask my bride of 60 years!!😁
  17. Whughett

    Cutting large chunks of lead

    There is a You Tube Video called Acorn to Arabella. Massachusetts man building a large wood sail boat. In a few episodes he’s casting a 22 ton keel. He and his volunteers cut very large chunks of lead using chain saws. Chain saws, even the electric or battery operated are very efficient for this.
  18. Whughett

    Homeowner uses muzzleloader on home intruder

    Look at bottom of your reply. Once posted. Three little dots lower left select edit. Erase everything then select save. Leave everyone saying “ what the hey was that”. 😁
  19. Whughett

    Gunners Mate Drinkwater reporting aboard, Sir.

    Welcome from Rhode Islamd MM3 here. Only a few miles from the piers that my destroyer was tied to. 60 to 64.
  20. Whughett

    Cutting large chunks of lead

    No dust. The sawn chips are as big as the gullet of the saw blade. With a chain saw the curls of lead are easily raked up and retrieved.
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