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Non Hunting/Fishing Photos / Re: Remember when...
Last post by nastygunz - Today at 11:18:13 AMWhat are those?
Quote from: FinsnFur on June 12, 2026, 05:21:40 AMThe smell in my Grandmas house associated with these
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#2
Hunting Photos / Re: .410 Thunder!
Last post by nastygunz - Today at 11:13:59 AMI have that set up with fiber optic sights which coexist with a red dot sight so I can use either one.
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#3
Hunting Photos / Re: .410 Thunder!
Last post by nastygunz - Today at 11:08:53 AMGenerally when you shoot any kind of shot out of a barrel with rifling because of the rifling you get a donut pattern as it spins the shot outside and then you get a hole in the center of your pattern.
Under the NFA it is illegal to have a smoothbore handgun that shoots shot. Straight rifling eliminates the spinning shot and donut pattern and keeps the gun legal.
That is a custom barrel, if you look down the barrel inside you can just barely faintly see some very light straight rifling which makes it legal fulfilling the requirement to have rifling which doesn't specifically say what kind of rifling, and eliminates the doughnut pattern.
In Canada there is no requirement for rifling and snubby shotguns are legal.
With all this new stuff going on with suppressors and short barrel shotguns and rifles at some point you may be able to buy short barrel smoothbore shotguns.
I wish I would have had that back in the day when I was growing up and cruising the back roads road hunting for Partridge was a time honored tradition.
Under the NFA it is illegal to have a smoothbore handgun that shoots shot. Straight rifling eliminates the spinning shot and donut pattern and keeps the gun legal.
That is a custom barrel, if you look down the barrel inside you can just barely faintly see some very light straight rifling which makes it legal fulfilling the requirement to have rifling which doesn't specifically say what kind of rifling, and eliminates the doughnut pattern.
In Canada there is no requirement for rifling and snubby shotguns are legal.
With all this new stuff going on with suppressors and short barrel shotguns and rifles at some point you may be able to buy short barrel smoothbore shotguns.
I wish I would have had that back in the day when I was growing up and cruising the back roads road hunting for Partridge was a time honored tradition.
#4
The Tailgate / Today in history 10-5
Last post by remrogers - Today at 10:43:11 AM1892
Oct 5
The Dalton Gang is wiped out in Coffeyville, Kansas
On October 5, 1892, the famous Dalton Gang attempts the daring daylight robbery of two Coffeyville, Kansas, banks at the same time. But if the gang members believed the sheer audacity of their plan would bring them success, they were sadly mistaken. Instead, they were nearly all killed by quick-acting townspeople.
For a year and a half, the Dalton Gang had terrorized the state of Oklahoma, mostly concentrating on train holdups. Though the gang had more murders than loot to their credit, they had managed to successfully evade the best efforts of Oklahoma law officers to bring them to justice. Perhaps success bred overconfidence, but whatever their reasons, the gang members decided to try their hand at robbing not just one bank, but at robbing the First National and Condon Banks in their old hometown of Coffeyville at the same time.
After riding quietly into town, the men tied their horses to a fence in an alley near the two banks and split up. Two of the Dalton brothers-Bob and Emmett-headed for the First National, while Grat Dalton led Dick Broadwell and Bill Powers in to the Condon Bank. Unfortunately for the Daltons, someone recognized one of the gang members and began quietly spreading the word that the town banks were being robbed. Thus, while Bob and Emmett were stuffing money into a grain sack, the townspeople ran for their guns and quickly surrounded the two banks. When the Dalton brothers walked out of the bank, a hail of bullets forced them back into the building. Regrouping, they tried to flee out the back door of the bank, but the townspeople were waiting for them there as well.
Meanwhile, in the Condon Bank a brave cashier had managed to delay Grat Dalton, Powers, and Broadwell with the classic claim that the vault was on a time lock and couldn't be opened. That gave the townspeople enough time to gather force, and suddenly a bullet smashed through the bank window and hit Broadwell in the arm. Quickly scooping up $1,500 in loose cash, the three men bolted out the door and fled down a back alley. But like their friends next door, they were immediately shot and killed, this time by a local livery stable owner and a barber.
When the gun battle was over, the people of Coffeyville had destroyed the Dalton Gang, killing every member except for Emmett Dalton. But their victory was not without a price: the Daltons took four townspeople to their graves with them. After recovering from serious wounds, Emmett was tried and sentenced to life in prison. After 14 years he won parole, and he eventually leveraged his cachet as a former Wild West bandit into a position as a screenwriter in Hollywood. Several years after moving to California, he died at the age of 66 in 1937.
Oct 5
The Dalton Gang is wiped out in Coffeyville, Kansas
On October 5, 1892, the famous Dalton Gang attempts the daring daylight robbery of two Coffeyville, Kansas, banks at the same time. But if the gang members believed the sheer audacity of their plan would bring them success, they were sadly mistaken. Instead, they were nearly all killed by quick-acting townspeople.
For a year and a half, the Dalton Gang had terrorized the state of Oklahoma, mostly concentrating on train holdups. Though the gang had more murders than loot to their credit, they had managed to successfully evade the best efforts of Oklahoma law officers to bring them to justice. Perhaps success bred overconfidence, but whatever their reasons, the gang members decided to try their hand at robbing not just one bank, but at robbing the First National and Condon Banks in their old hometown of Coffeyville at the same time.
After riding quietly into town, the men tied their horses to a fence in an alley near the two banks and split up. Two of the Dalton brothers-Bob and Emmett-headed for the First National, while Grat Dalton led Dick Broadwell and Bill Powers in to the Condon Bank. Unfortunately for the Daltons, someone recognized one of the gang members and began quietly spreading the word that the town banks were being robbed. Thus, while Bob and Emmett were stuffing money into a grain sack, the townspeople ran for their guns and quickly surrounded the two banks. When the Dalton brothers walked out of the bank, a hail of bullets forced them back into the building. Regrouping, they tried to flee out the back door of the bank, but the townspeople were waiting for them there as well.
Meanwhile, in the Condon Bank a brave cashier had managed to delay Grat Dalton, Powers, and Broadwell with the classic claim that the vault was on a time lock and couldn't be opened. That gave the townspeople enough time to gather force, and suddenly a bullet smashed through the bank window and hit Broadwell in the arm. Quickly scooping up $1,500 in loose cash, the three men bolted out the door and fled down a back alley. But like their friends next door, they were immediately shot and killed, this time by a local livery stable owner and a barber.
When the gun battle was over, the people of Coffeyville had destroyed the Dalton Gang, killing every member except for Emmett Dalton. But their victory was not without a price: the Daltons took four townspeople to their graves with them. After recovering from serious wounds, Emmett was tried and sentenced to life in prison. After 14 years he won parole, and he eventually leveraged his cachet as a former Wild West bandit into a position as a screenwriter in Hollywood. Several years after moving to California, he died at the age of 66 in 1937.
#5
Hunting Photos / Re: .410 Thunder!
Last post by Okanagan - Today at 10:40:14 AMGood stuff!
I never heard of a straight rifled barrel before. Advantages?
I have wondered how a spiral rifled shotgun barrel would treat buckshot, but never tried it to find out.
I never heard of a straight rifled barrel before. Advantages?
I have wondered how a spiral rifled shotgun barrel would treat buckshot, but never tried it to find out.
#6
Non Hunting/Fishing Photos / Re: Remember when...
Last post by Hawks Feather - Today at 09:45:40 AMQuote from: FinsnFur on Yesterday at 05:22:08 PMGuests are not allowed to view images in posts, please Register or Login
Good for holding coins, but when you don't have any money you can use it to make a great pair of lips!
#7
Non Hunting/Fishing Photos / Re: Remember when...
Last post by FinsnFur - Yesterday at 05:22:08 PM #8
The Tailgate / Today in history 10-4
Last post by remrogers - Yesterday at 01:01:51 PM1927
Oct 4
Work begins on Mount Rushmore
On October 4, 1927, sculpting begins on the face of Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills National Forest of South Dakota. It would take another 12 years for the granite images of four of America's most revered presidents—George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt—to be completed.
The monument was the brainchild of a South Dakota historian named Doane Robinson, who was looking for a way to attract more tourists to his state. He hired a sculptor named Gutzon Borglum to carve the faces into the mountain. The Lakota Sioux people, who consider the Black Hills to be sacred ground, strongly opposed the project. The mountain was previously part of the Great Sioux Reservation before being taken away from them by the U.S. government.
According to the National Park Service, the first face to be chiseled was George Washington's; Borglum first sculpted the head as an egg shape, his features added later. Thomas Jefferson's image was originally fashioned in the space to the right of Washington, but, within two years, the face was badly cracked. Workers had to blast the sculpture off the mountain using dynamite. Borglum then started over with Jefferson situated on the left side of Washington.
Washington's face was the first to be completed in 1934. Jefferson's was dedicated in 1936—with then-president Franklin Roosevelt in attendance—and Lincoln's was completed a year later. In 1939, Teddy Roosevelt's face was completed. The project, which cost $1 million, was funded primarily by the federal government.
Borglum continued to touch up his work at Mount Rushmore until he died suddenly in 1941. Borglum had originally hoped to also carve a series of inscriptions into the mountain, outlining the history of the United States.
Oct 4
Work begins on Mount Rushmore
On October 4, 1927, sculpting begins on the face of Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills National Forest of South Dakota. It would take another 12 years for the granite images of four of America's most revered presidents—George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt—to be completed.
The monument was the brainchild of a South Dakota historian named Doane Robinson, who was looking for a way to attract more tourists to his state. He hired a sculptor named Gutzon Borglum to carve the faces into the mountain. The Lakota Sioux people, who consider the Black Hills to be sacred ground, strongly opposed the project. The mountain was previously part of the Great Sioux Reservation before being taken away from them by the U.S. government.
According to the National Park Service, the first face to be chiseled was George Washington's; Borglum first sculpted the head as an egg shape, his features added later. Thomas Jefferson's image was originally fashioned in the space to the right of Washington, but, within two years, the face was badly cracked. Workers had to blast the sculpture off the mountain using dynamite. Borglum then started over with Jefferson situated on the left side of Washington.
Washington's face was the first to be completed in 1934. Jefferson's was dedicated in 1936—with then-president Franklin Roosevelt in attendance—and Lincoln's was completed a year later. In 1939, Teddy Roosevelt's face was completed. The project, which cost $1 million, was funded primarily by the federal government.
Borglum continued to touch up his work at Mount Rushmore until he died suddenly in 1941. Borglum had originally hoped to also carve a series of inscriptions into the mountain, outlining the history of the United States.
#9
Hunting Photos / Re: .410 Thunder!
Last post by nastygunz - October 03, 2026, 08:26:54 PMEye donte knowe. A big squirrel like that we call it a squabbit 
#10
Hunting Photos / Re: .410 Thunder!
Last post by FinsnFur - October 03, 2026, 08:07:15 PMMountain squirrel 
Whats causing that hologram funk on your contender pic?
Whats causing that hologram funk on your contender pic?