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Offline northkid

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I'm done
« on: June 27, 2013, 05:29:38 AM »
With Encores they are all getting the boot. The Handi are my new found love
and come in plenty of flavors. I'm now a handi-aholic.
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Re: I'm done
« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2013, 05:42:45 AM »
Welcome to the fold!!  ;)  I tried an Encore, it was Ok, sold the frame, traded the barrel for a 35 Whelen Handi!!  ;D

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Re: I'm done
« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2013, 06:13:23 AM »
Quote from: quickdtoo on June 27, 2013, 05:42:45 AM
Welcome to the fold!!  ;)  I tried an Encore, it was Ok, sold the frame, traded the barrel for a 35 Whelen Handi!!  ;D

Tim
Tim, pete, Doc are y`all to blame for this. The Handi`s are more accurate and feel better for shooting. Just better all around.
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Re: I'm done
« Reply #3 on: June 27, 2013, 06:44:53 AM »
 ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re: I'm done
« Reply #4 on: June 27, 2013, 07:16:35 AM »
But we need a larger selection of barrels to buy ( Barrels only) Instead of having to buy all the
guns and part them out when you can getem in stock.
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Re: I'm done
« Reply #5 on: June 27, 2013, 07:43:58 AM »
Quote from northkid:  "Tim, pete, Doc are y`all to blame for this. The Handi`s are more accurate and feel better for shooting. Just better all around."

Somehow I knew that.  I had  several T/C MLs, a Seneca, a Cherokee, and a White Mountain Carbine, in .45, .32 and .54 caliber.   They would shoot.  Patty still has a Seneca .45 and it is a shooter.  I don't own, or want to own, a T/C centerfire.   Everything I hear tells me the same thing:  The T/Cs won't outshoot a Handi and the Handi is the best bang for the buck.  I never could get used to that ugly, cockamamie stock on the T/Cs. 

T/C made some wonderful Traditional Muzzle Loaders, and stopped when they had their factory fire years ago.  The market was turning rapidly to in-line MLs and Thompson Center shifted to that focus.  That's where the bucks were.  Then they went to center fires and lost me completely.  I don't like their in-lines or their center fires.

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Re: I'm done
« Reply #6 on: June 27, 2013, 08:16:46 AM »
You'll be glad you finally figured it out. I like a nice accurate bolt gun but the little H&Rs are, well just Handi is the only word I can think of ;D  Encores don't fit or feel like a rifle to me.


Pete, I've had an old 45 Seneca for many years and can't make myself part with it. Patty has good taste as we know, she's with you ;)
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Re: I'm done
« Reply #7 on: June 27, 2013, 08:35:57 AM »
Patty has good taste as we know, she's with you ;)

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Re: I'm done
« Reply #8 on: June 27, 2013, 12:41:57 PM »
quote from northkid
"Tim, pete, Doc are y`all to blame for this. The Handi`s are more accurate and feel better for shooting. Just better all around."

 
Kid, you been hooked since I traded wit ya several years back ... jus admit it !! yur done, itsa over.....ain't it sucha grand thang.............. ;D ;D ;D 8)
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burn ya lil'bit did'nt it. ya ever been snipe hunt'n ?  come on...

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Re: I'm done
« Reply #9 on: June 28, 2013, 06:36:38 AM »
Geeze John, you and Tim together are worse than Typhoid Mary.  The USFDA or Center for Disease Control oughta quarantine ya both ::)   Look what Tim got me into, and you only made it worse.  Actually, I love it here :-* :-*   This site's got me up and doing things I haven't done before, enjoying it and learning every day....It's good medicine for an old fart.  Thanks guys.

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Re: I'm done
« Reply #10 on: June 28, 2013, 06:44:10 AM »
Quote from: petemi on June 27, 2013, 07:43:58 AM
Quote from northkid:  "Tim, pete, Doc are y`all to blame for this. The Handi`s are more accurate and feel better for shooting. Just better all around."

Somehow I knew that.  I had  several T/C MLs, a Seneca, a Cherokee, and a White Mountain Carbine, in .45, .32 and .54 caliber.   They would shoot.  Patty still has a Seneca .45 and it is a shooter.  I don't own, or want to own, a T/C centerfire.   Everything I hear tells me the same thing:  The T/Cs won't outshoot a Handi and the Handi is the best bang for the buck.  I never could get used to that ugly, cockamamie stock on the T/Cs. 

T/C made some wonderful Traditional Muzzle Loaders, and stopped when they had their factory fire years ago.  The market was turning rapidly to in-line MLs and Thompson Center shifted to that focus.  That's where the bucks were.  Then they went to center fires and lost me completely.  I don't like their in-lines or their center fires.

Pete
One of the great things about the Handi is you don't need to have all kind of an added on gadgets for it. It is a K.I.S.S rifle, what not to like about it. I have not shot in Handi muzzleloader Ever.

 As for the old TC side locks those are becoming harder and harder to find nowadays. Some of them are going for a small fortune today.
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Re: I'm done
« Reply #11 on: June 28, 2013, 06:46:45 AM »
Quote from: bigvarmnt on June 27, 2013, 08:16:46 AM
You'll be glad you finally figured it out. I like a nice accurate bolt gun but the little H&Rs are, well just Handi is the only word I can think of ;D  Encores don't fit or feel like a rifle to me.

The Handi they have more of a natural feel to them then the Encore. The hand grip on the Encore just feels really really weird.
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Re: I'm done
« Reply #12 on: June 28, 2013, 06:51:37 AM »
Quote from: gendoc on June 27, 2013, 12:41:57 PM

Kid, you been hooked since I traded wit ya several years back ... jus admit it !! yur done, itsa over.....ain't it sucha grand thang.............. ;D ;D ;D 8)
I admit I am an addict. Just need to get a few more barrels And some other calibers and I will be all set. Encores don't let the door hit you on the ass on the way out bye bye. Be nice to clean up the Encore mess I`ll tell you that.  ;D
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Re: I'm done
« Reply #13 on: June 28, 2013, 06:55:37 AM »
Quote from: petemi on June 28, 2013, 06:36:38 AM
Geeze John, you and Tim together are worse than Typhoid Mary.  The USFDA or Center for Disease Control oughta quarantine ya both ::)   Look what Tim got me into, and you only made it worse.  Actually, I love it here :-* :-*   This site's got me up and doing things I haven't done before, enjoying it and learning every day....It's good medicine for an old fart.  Thanks guys.

Pete
The best thing is I can blame it on the three of a kind. So that leaves me free and clear. ;D
 Pete it's also good therapy on the checkbook. ;D Nah its really good day get out and get some fresh air and get out of the house though And enjoy something you really enjoy.
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Re: I'm done
« Reply #14 on: June 28, 2013, 07:53:13 AM »

  Nah its really good day get out and get some fresh air and get out of the house though And enjoy something you really enjoy.


Kid, It really is a good day, but I don't know how much I'm enjoying it.  Grab your paint brushes, rollers, ladders, etc. and come on up.  We're power washing decks and siding, painting the barn and staining the decks.  It's a whole new learning experience...you'll love it.  If ya bring a Handi, ya may even have time for a shot or two.  I'm just in grabbing a sandwich and out I go again.  I wish something would show up to shoot at so I had an excuse to get off the job 8)   I like paint about as much as doggie doo.  I've got a lot of the latter free and no use for it, and the former, that I've had to buy, is worth a few Handis.  I'd rather have the rifles and the hell with the barn.  If'n ya tell Patty I said  that, I'm gonna deny it. ;)

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Re: I'm done
« Reply #15 on: June 29, 2013, 12:52:18 PM »
Quote from: petemi on June 27, 2013, 07:43:58 AM
Then they went to center fires and lost me completely.  I don't like their in-lines or their center fires.

Pete

Now hold on there, Pete!  The TCR was about as pretty a piece as you could find at a price a working stiff could afford.  The two I have had only had one problem - they kicked like a mule.  Both were .30-06.  I sold them both with a tear in my eye 'cause they were too pretty for words.

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Re: I'm done
« Reply #16 on: June 29, 2013, 01:05:31 PM »
Winter Hawk, I just don't like the way they fit me or the lines of the plastic stocks.  I promise I won't ask you why you had two .30-06s when we have three Maxis ;) ....don't even want to get into shotguns.  Talk about duplication.

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Re: I'm done
« Reply #17 on: June 29, 2013, 04:32:16 PM »
Quote from: petemi on June 28, 2013, 07:53:13 AM

  Nah its really good day get out and get some fresh air and get out of the house though And enjoy something you really enjoy.


Kid, It really is a good day, but I don't know how much I'm enjoying it.  Grab your paint brushes, rollers, ladders, etc. and come on up.  We're power washing decks and siding, painting the barn and staining the decks.  It's a whole new learning experience...you'll love it.  If ya bring a Handi, ya may even have time for a shot or two.  I'm just in grabbing a sandwich and out I go again.  I wish something would show up to shoot at so I had an excuse to get off the job 8)   I like paint about as much as doggie doo.  I've got a lot of the latter free and no use for it, and the former, that I've had to buy, is worth a few Handis.  I'd rather have the rifles and the hell with the barn.  If'n ya tell Patty I said  that, I'm gonna deny it. ;)

Pete
Pete,

 I thank you very much for the invite but have some family things going on here. You know how much I would love to get up north And enjoy some of that nice fresh country air. With the boss patty she's going to keep on yeah that barn will get painted pretty quick there. ;)
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Re: I'm done
« Reply #18 on: June 29, 2013, 06:46:14 PM »
Only TWO 30-06s? There are four living here...I have no idea how that happened!
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Re: I'm done
« Reply #19 on: June 29, 2013, 07:20:39 PM »
Quote from: Flynmoose on June 29, 2013, 06:46:14 PM
Only TWO 30-06s? There are four living here...I have no idea how that happened!
FM

they are procreating....  didn't you learn about that in grade school?
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Re: I'm done
« Reply #20 on: June 30, 2013, 04:01:02 AM »
Pete, I was loading up my paint brushes to head up there but if you don't have a Handi or two there I could shoot, can't waste the gas on ya ;D


I'm thinking on the other end of that barn a big H&R emblem would look nice painted on 8) Please post a pic when finished ;)
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Re: I'm done
« Reply #21 on: June 30, 2013, 04:14:26 AM »
What's so bad about having 2 or more of any gun?  Makes ammo and components selection a lot easier!;D.

I got two '06's, two 7.62x39's and two .50 cal. Muzzleloaders.  What can I say, I like what I like! ::)

Pete, I got plenty of work here in TN, don't need to go looking for more.  Worst thing is mine is not a hunny do, it is self-inflicted!:-\

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Re: I'm done
« Reply #22 on: June 30, 2013, 05:44:06 AM »
Quote from: nanuk-O-dah-Nort on June 29, 2013, 07:20:39 PM

they are procreating....  didn't you learn about that in grade school?

I failed that subject and I blamed it on girls !!!!!!!!!!
oh-yeah... we talk'n duplicate shoot'n irons ain't we.  I got 9 hornets of different breeds 8)  and lottsa same hole-size handguns ;D
 
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sea-ya.....
in tha meen time, i'm wait'n for tha  7th trumpet ta sound !!!

gotta big green tractor ana diesel truck, my idea of heaven's chasin whitetail bucks and asa country boy, you know i can survive............

hey boy, hit this mason jar one time...
burn ya lil'bit did'nt it. ya ever been snipe hunt'n ?  come on...

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

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Re: I'm done
« Reply #23 on: June 30, 2013, 06:46:31 AM »
bigvarmnt, the H&R logo on the barn is a great idea.  It'll have to go on the other end, cause there's no way the boss is gonna let me get rid of her quilt square.  I think Reminton's advertizing department ought to pay for it 8)    You older guys remember Barn Advertizing?

If any of you guys can get up here this summer, give me a shout.  The free range is open.  Bring anything you want, and there's about 25 more here to try if you'd like.  I might even make a few bucks betting Patty'll shoot yer azz off 8)   It's a real shame.  She can see and pretty much quit hunting.  I can't see and live to hunt. :'(

John, I can see four of a kind.  You can shoot two with your hands, and if you're really talented two with your feet....but, what do ya do with the other five?

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Re: I'm done
« Reply #24 on: June 30, 2013, 08:11:00 AM »
Quote from: petemi on June 30, 2013, 06:46:31 AM

John, I can see four of a kind.  You can shoot two with your hands, and if you're really talented two with your feet....but, what do ya do with the other five?

Pete

hehe...tha other 5 are to drool at be'n 65+ years of manufacture.  ya gotta remember. I got lottsa folks in our family ;D
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sea-ya.....
in tha meen time, i'm wait'n for tha  7th trumpet ta sound !!!

gotta big green tractor ana diesel truck, my idea of heaven's chasin whitetail bucks and asa country boy, you know i can survive............

hey boy, hit this mason jar one time...
burn ya lil'bit did'nt it. ya ever been snipe hunt'n ?  come on...

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

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Re: I'm done
« Reply #25 on: June 30, 2013, 05:40:18 PM »
Ive thought about the t/c rifles but like pete said the stock is a big turn off. To me there just plain ugly. Ive owned 4 handi's and still have 2. they just feel right in your hands. that cant be said about the t/c's. Rick!
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Re: I'm done
« Reply #26 on: June 30, 2013, 05:41:57 PM »
i bought a new savage 30.06 real nice but i like my handy single shot better.on goes the fun ;D i got rid of all my contender and barrels too only have the muzzel loaders and one black diamond.don't need much else.
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