Colt 1911 in 9MM perfect for concealed carry for driver side door and Llama also in  9MM in passenger door,,,,,

In the truck lives its own arsenal and I keep a shotgun at the ready for racoons and what not on the porch.

  Semi auto Mach 17 rifle for little stuff, 308 AR Panther Arms for slightly bigger stuff.

 WOW, Thad,,,sounds as if you might like the sporterized wildcat cartridges like me and many  many others here, I'm sure!!,,,,!!

  My favorite little wildcat is a .257 Roberts Improved on the long Enfield action ,,3300 FPS and deadly serious out to 400 yards.

  I also have a Browning BAR II Safari in 7 MM magnum with an original Redfield Widefield 4X12 and is the most beautiful gun I've ever acquired. Only been fired 10-15 times altho I now  have to order a new main spring as my son left the bolt pulled back and then put it in the secret place and  has been like that til I did an inventory recently,,Grrrrr,,,,

 The "Meat In The Pot" is my Ruger M77 also in 7MM Magnum, Serves quite well on Deer and Elk WAY,,,,out there,,,!!

 You know,,,I always thought I just had to have one of those .17 HMR when they came out,,,just never could find one that I had enough dollars to buy,,,,,

 Dang,,,,! Ole Mr Kamp must be going after some of them rogue elephants hanging down along the bottoms,,,,??  I expect that cannon kills at Both ends,,,,?

thendrix wrote: Wow Dave!  What kind of critters you got around there?[QUOTE] None-  they don't get that close... [QUOTE=desertjoe]I expect that cannon kills at Both ends,,,,?

17HMR is a sweet little round.  338 has a bit more push, but not bad at all.  Significantly less than a Windrunner... but the shoulder plate is much more pleasant than a Mosin...

Thad-  if a stock is too short, turn that into an opportunity to trim the stock back a little more, and then install an adjustable buttplate and pad system. There's plenty, do a search for Graco for an example.

That is the sweetest of the sweet.

Many people have owned one for years and never knew that you can use a quarter in that big slotted screw and break it into two parts almost equal in length for easier packing.

Back when I was thirteen-yrs-old, I saved up yard-mowing money - five-bucks a yard - until I finally paid for the one hanging on the wall at Best Deal Discount and brought it home all mine.

A note about the yard mowing --- I lived at the dead-end of a starvation road, four miles out of town = all the yards that people would pay someone to mow were in town; so, I had to bicycle to town, dragging a push-mower beside me as I pedaled along, and somehow managing to not break the gallon glass Pickle Dog jar full of take-your-hide-off Regular Gasoline = don't think I didn't earn that five bucks.

Stupid like, a few years later, never having any money --- if you live in Kentucky you never do --- a fancy high-power Mauser took my eye and I traded my cherished Golden 39A to it --- I have kicked myself ever since.

Years and years and years later, I found one almost like it, same model and very close in date, and brought it home --- but, it just isn't the same and never will be.

A previous owner must have removed the Marlin Buckhorn sight, probably to mount a scope; and then, someone removed the scope and put on a wrong-looking cheap-looking dovetail ramp sight; I keep intending to get a better rear sight and only ever think of it at times like this.

I can't imagine leaving a quality firearm spring for a long period in either compressed or totally relaxed state would have any effect on the spring at all.

You have to be careful of old wive's tales about such things.

Think of all the tube magazines and box "clip" magazines that stay loaded and therefore in a compressed state for years and years with no ill effects.

About the only thing that will harm a firearm spring is a citrus soft drink; I had a guy bring me a 1911 Colt, hoping I could fix it, that was in a car console when a bottle of Ski got spilled in and soaked everything inside --- it was in a sad state; the steel was even pitted deeply.

What Model ?  What Year ?

I bet it's sweet.

 NOT an old wifes tale, buckskin, I never insinuated it was such! I was merely posting the opinion of a long time gunsmith,,,and he has the proof. Have a nice day,,,,,