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  1. On ‎3‎/‎29‎/‎2018 at 12:14 PM, MNLonghornFUKM said:

    Clearing out the deep freeze and freezer is always an adventure of shame and guilt for both of us

    Mrs. Brat's only fault is the inability to read a map & is directionally challenged. But she is very well organized...

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  2. On ‎3‎/‎27‎/‎2018 at 4:14 PM, TrashMaster G said:

    What's some rando on the side of the road with a speed gun going to do?  Issue a ticket?

    Years ago while driving south on the 183 frontage road by the DPS office, there was a DPS training class of about 15 troopers gathered around their instructor. When all of a sudden the whole class turned towards the traffic and raised their radar guns at the same time,  it looked like Christmas with all the drivers hitting their brake lights.

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  3. On ‎3‎/‎29‎/‎2018 at 10:33 AM, Effyourcouch said:

    Surlyhorns is a blank canvas that will eventually be covered in manure 

    Surly Horns is the Bluebonnet that rose through the Bevo manure in the spring of '18.

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  4. 15 minutes ago, Pasken said:

     

     

    I already said I didn't know the story or if it's true. Why don't you go figure out it instead of complaining about everyone all day on random message boards.

    Just wondering out loud about the CoA's consistent incompetence.

    I don't complain about Round Rock. So there.

  5. 12 minutes ago, Pasken said:

    I'm not sure what the timing is on the 3rd runway. High projections put our current runways at %60 capacity in 2037. I think an issue might be that they have to close the east runway for up to a year for repairs and I'm not sure what our capacity would be with just the west runway.

    So the CoA fucked up that east runway project too?

  6. 12 hours ago, DaysOff said:

    A 3rd runway isn't necessary, but endless airport construction is the greatest job security in the industry.

    And the powers that are didn't steal enough from the initial construction project 20 years ago.

  7. On ‎4‎/‎1‎/‎2018 at 10:52 AM, bschoolprof said:

    Much of that post is embellished no doubt, but the  poster died of a heart attack in his 40s, so maybe that was a typical weekend.  

    Actually, Bluto Belushi died in his early 30s.

  8. 2 hours ago, Assman said:

    Why the fuck can't anyone spell "lightning"? 

    But either way, does this mean Fit Lump's fuck boy won't interrupt the game to tell us it's currently sunny?

    That clownass weather reader? He's annoying as the Taco Bell gong.

  9. 23 hours ago, NotActuallyALonghorn said:

    Pretty easy to find .357 with the Italian replicas. Not sure about the genuine Colts, though. This gun is really nice and was only $400 versus the Colt's price of at least three times that.

    The most popular Colt caliber in recent times is of course the .45 Colt, followed by the .44 Special &  the .357. The new production SAA has gotten mighty scarce and the guys at the Colt forum are speculating that it is going out of production, as there is only one gunsmith assembling & finishing the final product. He's & old guy and on the verge of retirement - with no one being trained to replace him.  Just a handful of 2018 production guns have been reported on the Colt forum.

    Of course the prices have gone up - MSRP is now about $1,800 for a standard model, but dealers on Gunbroker are asking a $600 or $700 premium. No custom shop orders are being accepted. Up until last year the shop said a customer would have a 2 year wait. I read last month of a fellow on the Colt forum who had just received his SAA that he had ordered from the Custom Shop over two years ago. Crazy, but they say good deals on new & used SAAs can be found if you look hard & long enough.

    Be aware though, of Colts produced in the 1980s. The company had a lot of labor problems and a strike in 1986, so the quality of the fit & finish of  many SAAs was hit or miss. I have one made in 1985 which has some fitting issues between the "receiver" frame & grip frame. It's not too noticeable unless you know what to look for.

    That Uberti SAA is a nice gun and a good replica of the original Colt. Lots of the Colt guys own Ubertis & Cimarrons (made by Uberti) and say they are excellent shooters with good quality. A nice & inexpensive substitute for the real thing.

    Three years ago I was lucky to have traded my brother out of one of his three SAA Colts - he had two in .357, my preferred caliber and the 3rd is a .45. I Traded him a new Ruger New Vaquero (stainless .357), a new Colt 2nd Generation 1851 Navy percussion  .36 Caliber, and an old Hi-Standard Sentinel .22 revolver.... all together valued at $1,300 then. This NIB 1979 production .357 I got from him can now fetch upwards of $1,600 or more with box & papers.

     

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    Love that genuine Colt color case hardening....

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  10. 6 hours ago, Reagan1k said:

    Brat - School me on this wheel gun....  Was looking for something else and stumbled upon this for $850.  Seems to be several for sale in this range.  Anything wrong with this series of Super Blackhawks?  I like that look with the case hardened frame.  

    RUGER® SUPER BLACKHAWK® 44MAG 7.5" CASE COLOR 

    One of 1000 

     

    Beautiful gun - It's a Talo Special Edition - color case by Turnbull. That's about an average price, but saw them for under $800 here:

    http://elliscountyfirearms.com/product/ruger-super-blackhawk-turnbull-7-5-case-colored-44mag-0819-1of1000/

    Also $798 (cash price) at Bud's guns.

    I'd love one of those even if they run about $200 more than the standard production SBH magnums.

    My Stainless 5.5" SBH .44 Magnum was an excellent wheelgun.  Gifted it (with a Triple K thumb break holster) to one of my sons for a trail/camp gun when he tours new Mexico & Colorado.

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  11. My brother & I both got new 1954 Schwinn Traveler 3 speed bikes when we moved to St. Louis. Coolest bikes in the neighborhood. His was blue, mine was red, and they looked like this one:

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