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Forum: Freshwater Fishing
04-07-2024, 02:58 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 338
Posted By ButchA

That's great! I have my dad's old Heddon 116F...

That's great! I have my dad's old Heddon 116F flyrod from the early 70's. Assorted dry flies, etc... He had it all. :s3:

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Forum: Freshwater Fishing
04-07-2024, 03:47 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 338
Posted By ButchA

Thanks.... I also have his early 70's Garcia...

Thanks.... I also have his early 70's Garcia Conolon light action rod paired with a mid 60's Garcia Mitchell 304 reel. I used that reel throughout my childhood, and it still works great! I think...
Forum: Freshwater Fishing
04-06-2024, 02:55 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 338
Posted By ButchA

Vintage fishing gear....

This was my dad's pride & joy from the 60's. The monster fish he used to catch with this back when I was a kid... Wow!!

Anyway, I hit up Cabela's earlier today, and decided to clean up the old rod...
Forum: Freshwater Fishing
03-17-2024, 03:20 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 335
Posted By ButchA

Thanks everyone... I don't use lead (that I...

Thanks everyone...

I don't use lead (that I know of!) on some of my lures. Mostly, it's brass or stainless steel. I am also very careful with rubber products and don't make rubber worms and...
Forum: Freshwater Fishing
03-16-2024, 01:38 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 335
Posted By ButchA

Thanks... I make "swimbaits" as well within a...

Thanks... I make "swimbaits" as well within a weighted jig assembly, and that works too. There are a zillion ways to create/re-create fishing lures that actually work AND catch fish!
Forum: Freshwater Fishing
03-15-2024, 07:49 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 335
Posted By ButchA

Making your own fishing lures, selling them, etc...

Anyone do this as a hobby and then decide to perhaps try and get a little side-business going out of your house or garage? I have been messing around with fishing lures since the 1970's, taking them...
Forum: Guns
01-27-2024, 06:23 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 273
Posted By ButchA

1911 .45 ACP meme (100+ years and still going strong)

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Forum: Guns
12-08-2023, 05:28 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 737
Posted By ButchA

I have a bunch of those desiccant bags, and use...

I have a bunch of those desiccant bags, and use them in all my gun cases.
Forum: Guns
12-07-2023, 05:00 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 737
Posted By ButchA

I stopped at Cabela's earlier today (after my...

I stopped at Cabela's earlier today (after my morning school bus runs), and picked up a nice soft storage/carrying case, and also a 25 round box of 110gr Hornady Critical Defense (NON +P) rounds --...
Forum: Guns
12-07-2023, 08:36 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 737
Posted By ButchA

Ha ha ha.... Crack me up!!! :D

Ha ha ha.... Crack me up!!! :D
Forum: Guns
12-07-2023, 06:06 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 737
Posted By ButchA

LOL.... Probably! :D

LOL.... Probably! :D
Forum: Guns
12-06-2023, 04:13 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 737
Posted By ButchA

LOL.... It is way easier for her to handle than...

LOL.... It is way easier for her to handle than my full size 1911-A1 .45ACP, that's for sure! :s3:
Forum: Guns
12-06-2023, 03:06 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 737
Posted By ButchA

IT'S A DONE DEAL!!!! :D The local FFL dealer...

IT'S A DONE DEAL!!!! :D

The local FFL dealer here in town called me and said it arrived safe and sound. They checked it all over and were amazed at it's condition for 1972. It was most definitely...
Forum: Guns
12-01-2023, 10:57 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 737
Posted By ButchA

Thanks, Jake! The grips look original from...

Thanks, Jake!

The grips look original from 1972 also... Once I am in possession of it (4473, background check, etc..) I might look into a set of the common J-frame snubby grips for it.
Forum: Guns
12-01-2023, 08:33 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 737
Posted By ButchA

Classic "old school" S&W model 36 (Chief's Special) won on Gunbroker.com!!

Woo hoo.... Look what I "won" off Gunbroker.com!!! A vintage Smith & Wesson model 36 (aka Chief's Special), from an FFL dealer in Florida. All I know is that LEO agencies used these for backup, and...
Forum: South
10-17-2023, 04:18 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 950
Posted By ButchA

My daughter & son-in-law are currently in...

My daughter & son-in-law are currently in Beaufort, SC (aka the off-base military housing for Parris Island, US Marine Corps). What do you want to know? Both my wife and I have been down there (7...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
10-05-2023, 02:37 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 2,886
Posted By ButchA

Replying back to my own thread on this topic.......

Replying back to my own thread on this topic.... We school bus drivers were "hanging out" at the local elementary school bus ramp, biding our time, until the bell rang. We were off our buses,...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
09-30-2023, 04:09 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 2,886
Posted By ButchA

I know... Tell me about it. You can't mention...

I know... Tell me about it. You can't mention ANYTHING about hunting or firearms or... within today's public school system! :s14:
Even middle school kids today, have no idea what it's like going...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
09-28-2023, 05:53 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 2,886
Posted By ButchA

I hope to get out sometime this season.... But as...

I hope to get out sometime this season.... But as you know, I'm too busy sitting behind the wheel of a school bus, full of 54 screaming nasty little brats! :eek:

How I am able to put up with it -...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
08-03-2023, 02:45 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,595
Posted By ButchA

Thanks.... I just know from experience, and from...

Thanks.... I just know from experience, and from talking to guys way older than me.. Venison is a delicacy as we all know. But how it ends up that way depends on where the deer last was and/or where...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
07-26-2023, 03:03 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,595
Posted By ButchA

Deer hunting with dogs.... *sigh* -- the stories...

Deer hunting with dogs.... *sigh* -- the stories I could tell, being a "Yankee transplant" from Upstate NY to Virginia. :s13:

No, no, I won't go into details, as I don't want to end up in a near...
Forum: South
07-20-2023, 04:58 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,013
Posted By ButchA

Jake, Some of the hunters I know have tried...

Jake,

Some of the hunters I know have tried that approach, when out hunting solo and the clubs are running dogs. The dogs run a real nice sized one with range of the guy, and he pops it right...
Forum: Guns
07-12-2023, 12:00 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 864
Posted By ButchA

I target shoot with all three (well... back when...

I target shoot with all three (well... back when ammo wasn't so darned expensive):

Shotgun/skeet shooting -- Remington 870 12ga. I think everybody owns or has owned an old 870 at one time or...
Forum: South
06-30-2023, 04:14 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,013
Posted By ButchA

ONE MONTH LATER.... *sigh* :s13:

ONE MONTH LATER.... *sigh* :s13:
Forum: South
05-28-2023, 06:22 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,013
Posted By ButchA

*Knocks* Hello? Anyone home? :rolleyes:

*Knocks*

Hello? Anyone home? :rolleyes:
Forum: South
03-11-2023, 05:10 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,013
Posted By ButchA

Anyone around on the South forum?

Nobody posted anything, since I mentioned that Virginia finally has Sunday hunting? Wow... Okay, let me try to living up the place. I normally don't enjoy hunting around here in the nearby metro...
Forum: Guns
03-09-2023, 05:24 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,575
Posted By ButchA

Thank God, Cal... I had that <expletive> on...

Thank God, Cal... I had that <expletive> on ignore for I can't remember how long... I have a feeling that (going back to my past career in the I.T. industry) ammodotcom was actually a real person...
Forum: Guns
03-07-2023, 08:43 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,575
Posted By ButchA

Exactly.... I thought this Spammer was banned!!!...

Exactly.... I thought this Spammer was banned!!! :confused:
Forum: Guns
03-04-2023, 03:22 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,013
Posted By ButchA

Tell me about it. I bought a nylon Uncle Mike's...

Tell me about it. I bought a nylon Uncle Mike's shoulder holster for my 1911, and my son-in-law and other USMC buddies, helped me take it all apart, and flip it around backwards (lefthanded), redo...
Forum: Guns
02-27-2023, 03:09 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 690
Posted By ButchA

Thank God!!!! All he/it/computer "bot"/ did was...

Thank God!!!! All he/it/computer "bot"/ did was spam this once great site incessantly with nonsense!!!!
Forum: Guns
02-21-2023, 02:47 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,169
Posted By ButchA

Thank you.... As a retired military veteran,...

Thank you.... As a retired military veteran, this is what would be the civilian counterpart to, today's modern version of, the military M4 (M16).

To the old military veterans, qualifying on the...
Forum: Guns
02-21-2023, 04:29 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 741
Posted By ButchA

Oldtimr and bronko22000 are both exactly right in...

Oldtimr and bronko22000 are both exactly right in their previous comments...

Everyone needs to ignore ammodotcom as he/it is a computerized "Bot" that copy/pastes drivel over and over and over...
Forum: Guns
02-16-2023, 07:08 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 743
Posted By ButchA

Once again.... ...

Once again....

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Forum: Guns
02-12-2023, 04:42 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,169
Posted By ButchA

Bushmaster XM15-e2s ("gifted" to me over Christmas!)

I thought I had posted this here on HNI, but then again, this place isn't the same as it once was. Anyway, here's the scoop:

This is an older 2007/2008 Bushmaster XM15-e2s M4 style AR-15, that...
Forum: Guns
02-04-2023, 06:48 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 335
Posted By ButchA

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Forum: Guns
02-04-2023, 06:47 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 378
Posted By ButchA

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Forum: Guns
02-04-2023, 06:47 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 222
Posted By ButchA

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Forum: Guns
01-23-2023, 03:40 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 593
Posted By ButchA

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Forum: Guns
01-23-2023, 03:39 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 369
Posted By ButchA

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Forum: Guns
01-23-2023, 03:38 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 589
Posted By ButchA

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Forum: Guns
01-23-2023, 03:38 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 621
Posted By ButchA

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Forum: Guns
01-23-2023, 03:37 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 420
Posted By ButchA

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Forum: Guns
01-09-2023, 03:15 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 909
Posted By ButchA

I have ammodotcom on ignore......

I have ammodotcom on ignore......
Forum: Guns
12-24-2022, 09:47 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 687
Posted By ButchA

Thanks guys... Some more truths regarding...

Thanks guys... Some more truths regarding handguns, target acquisition, firing skills, etc...

1911 .45 ACP -- I fell in love with it back in USCG bootcamp in the late 70's. It just felt natural...
Forum: Guns
12-23-2022, 02:38 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 687
Posted By ButchA

Father Forkhorn I agree 100% My #1 go-to...

Father Forkhorn I agree 100%

My #1 go-to choice of weapon is my .45 ACP in a defense situation. I know it, I carry it, I was trained on it (like everyone in the military), and to sort of add a...
Forum: Guns
12-23-2022, 03:38 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 687
Posted By ButchA

He has to be a Bot, that's my guess... As...

He has to be a Bot, that's my guess...

As for a reply, I don't use a Glock 9mm, I don't use a 38spl snubnose, I carry a full size (heavy!) 1911 .45 ACP in a shoulder holster.
Forum: Scopes and Sights
09-04-2022, 03:19 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,793
Posted By ButchA

Got it... Thanks. Mine, you'd have to "Right...

Got it... Thanks. Mine, you'd have to "Right Click" on it and save the image. Then open it up in Photoshop, etc... and print it out.
Forum: Scopes and Sights
09-03-2022, 08:50 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,793
Posted By ButchA

100 yd rifle target (print it out for yourself)

I found this 100 yard sight-in target on the internet, downloaded it, and brought it up in Photoshop. All I did was add the text "100 yard target. 4 clicks = 1 inch". I changed the black round...
Forum: Freshwater Fishing
08-21-2022, 08:23 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 1,167
Posted By ButchA

How's this for "old school" rod & reel combo?

Someone a while back posted up about old, vintage, baitcasters.... This was my wife's grandfather's old 1954 South Bend Oreno baitcaster fishing rod, from the suburbs of Buffalo, NY. A number of...
Forum: Guns
07-13-2022, 05:56 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 549
Posted By ButchA

In praise of the 100+ year old, classic, 1911 .45 ACP

I know this is HNI and primarily a hunting and bowhunting site. It has been for over 20 years or more. With that said, I don't know how many on here are familiar with the legendary 1911 .45 ACP...
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