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  1. tarheel

    What are you currently reading?

    Just wrapping up "The Haunted Mesa" by Louis L'amour.
  2. tarheel

    Extra Stupid Window Stickers

    I'm convinced every sale of a Subaru comes with a large packet of do it yourself bumper stickers.
  3. tarheel

    L C Smith Restoration

    I fully agree. I knew the gentleman who owned this gun and all his family. He and his father were both state senators and they were all big into upland hunting so the gun would no doubt have many stories to relate. My Grandfather hired out as a guide for Northern hunters who came down to...
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    L C Smith Restoration

    Name's Bob Veasy; he also developed several recipes for rust blueing. I've used his products on several guns and they work great as long as you follow the instructions.
  5. tarheel

    Pics and more pics...

    Was standing in that very spot some years back, late afternoon, and nearly got slammed several times by cliff swallows working back and forth along the edge of the rim. Those little suckers can smoke.
  6. tarheel

    L C Smith Restoration

    Where in SC are you? There's a pretty good smith down around Greenwood though I think he's slowly retiring as he just listed a complete collet set for sale on the Mauser Forum. I can get you his particulars if interested. I think there's also one in Florence.
  7. tarheel

    Poison Ivy

    As Elkfever2 mentioned, never burn it! If the smoke and fumes are inhaled it can really screw you up and a bad enough case can kill you. I used to be totally immune to it but somewhere in my 40's that all went away. Fortunately I don't have much reaction to it but I'm extra careful around it...
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    L C Smith Restoration

    Thanks Ben. The stock maker only had one on hand so my choice of grain and figure was pretty limited but the intent was to get a serviceable stock just to get the gun afield again, The original stock is serialized so I glued it back together as best as I could and put some acraglas reinforcement...
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    L C Smith Restoration

    I picked up this Elsie from the estate of my wife's old boss for $150 a number of years ago, much the worse for wear. The wrist of the old oil saturated stock was shattered into 6 pieces but I was able to find a 90% butt stock at a stock turner a couple of counties away for $100 which needed the...
  10. tarheel

    Call me crazy but..8mm Mauser

    My first rifle was a surplus 8mm, bought it for 25 bucks and killed my first two antelope with it as well as several mulies. Never did connect with an elk using it though. Wildcatted it to 8mm-06 and used it as a black timber gun with 220 Sierras before moving back to NC and it downed a number...
  11. tarheel

    What's the deal with Hatch chilis? Need a quick answer!

    Since I'm so far from NM or CO I just buy the 505 brand of roasted Hatch chiles found at some Wal-marts, Sam's Clubs and Costco's. There is a guy who usually trucks in a load to Charlotte along with his roaster and roasts them on site but since I don't always know when he's in town I can't count...
  12. tarheel

    Don't try this at home...

    Good way to get decapitated. Isn't that a Minnesota tag on that car? I hope not since my granddaughter has chosen to live there.
  13. tarheel

    Soon to be ... black market bacon?

    We always kept a Duroc boar and Hampshire sows; made good bacon. The Hampshires were a more docile hog and took good care of their pigs whereas the Duroc sows were more prone to lie on their young if in tight quarters. Glad those days are over!
  14. tarheel

    RIP, Dad

    Sorry to hear you lost your Dad, something we're never ready for. Keep his memory close, tell his story often.
  15. tarheel

    TSA and things that shouldn't be in your carry on

    I bought a 94 Win from my manager some years ago and on our usual Monday morning meet/debrief he hands me a live round for the rifle which he had found at home. I pocketed the round and upon leaving, my first stop was at a nearby nuclear power plant. My business required I go through security...
  16. tarheel

    We need to have a talk.

    When the rule of "common usage" replaces a correct word with one of an entirely different and unrelated meaning as a result of laziness or more likely just plain ignorance I have to pick up my lance, mount my steed and continue to tilt this windmill.
  17. tarheel

    We need to have a talk.

    The one which really puts my knickers in a twist is "honed in on"...It's "homed in on", fool. You hear this a lot on TV.
  18. tarheel

    Big Blue Cat

    The lake record here in Lake Wylie is 81 pounds for a blue, but 121 pounds from a river system is going to be hard to beat.
  19. tarheel

    Hunting With My Less Accurate Rifles

    As you opined, the last dance may have come and gone with the exception of local whitetails, birds and rabbits. I'll likely never smell the sagebrush or the spicy scent of an aspen grove again, the mustang is still stored awaiting restoration, and in two years I'll join the ranks of the...
  20. tarheel

    Historical Type Rifle for Elk?

    I'd suggest a lightly sportered M1917 Enfield, either Rem, Eddystone or Win manufacture. I have one inherited from my uncle which still has the ordinance 30-06 barrel and, while a bit heavy, is the most accurate rifle I own.
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