Well I missed the most recent fireplace insert on CL. This one was 'free'. I was afraid it was a scam so I replied by email to protect my phone number. Well it went right away. Then I realized the ad was real since it was located in a hoyty toyty neighborhood of St Louis. Wifey probably just wanted it out of the house
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Shot placement for sure! I usually double lung deer just behind the shoulder... not to say I haven't shot 'em straight into the front of the chest. Typically they go less than 100 yards and I find them skidded on their nose. I've had a few that fell over where they were shot but they were the exceptions. Most of my deer were taken with a Ruger No 1 in .357 Magnum (a relatively rare caliber in that gun) or a Ruger .44 Carbine of mid-60s vintage. That was when the woods were thick and the ranges short. As the wood matured and the ranges increased I mostly used an 06 or 270 Win. Things like 257 Roberts, 30-30, 45-70, in-line .50, and .44 magnum revolvers have been in the deer woods too. Now... I've been enjoying carrying my .54 Federalist Period, Lancaster style, flintlock with lead balls while being in the woods.
That "heatalator type" chimney pipe CANNOT be used on a woodstove, free standing or insert. Heatalator is a brand name but the basic tell is; if the fireplace does not have doors that tightly seal it's not a "woodstove". A "heatolator type" fireplace needs lots of airflow to keep everything at temps the thin metals can survive. They typically operate at low to negative efficiency. A wood stove system is designed to operate at high temps with only the airflow needed to provide efficient and controlled combustion. You will need a class A chimney, which could be masonry but metal is preferred.Well I missed the most recent fireplace insert on CL. This one was 'free'. I was afraid it was a scam so I replied by email to protect my phone number. Well it went right away. Then I realized the ad was real since it was located in a hoyty toyty neighborhood of St Louis. Wifey probably just wanted it out of the house
I was wondering if a double-walled flue pipe would work for a fireplace insert. Do I need a masonry flue pipe?
Do you have s chimney?Well I missed the most recent fireplace insert on CL. This one was 'free'. I was afraid it was a scam so I replied by email to protect my phone number. Well it went right away. Then I realized the ad was real since it was located in a hoyty toyty neighborhood of St Louis. Wifey probably just wanted it out of the house
I was wondering if a double-walled flue pipe would work for a fireplace insert. Do I need a masonry flue pipe?
Thanks, I kinda had that thought it wouldn't be sufficient.
The double wall pipe goes up through the attic to a wood chimney chase outside. So no.
I have two high efficiency wood stoves, both were "like new" CL buys at pennies on the dollar, in both cases the wife was NOT letting that dirty bug infested firewood and ash/dust in HER house.Well I missed the most recent fireplace insert on CL. This one was 'free'. I was afraid it was a scam so I replied by email to protect my phone number. Well it went right away. Then I realized the ad was real since it was located in a hoyty toyty neighborhood of St Louis. Wifey probably just wanted it out of the house
I have bought a LOT from NumrichHere's what gets stuffed down the the muzzle of the .54... For scale, the ball is sitting on the muzzle end of a black powder era 45 Colt Peacemaker cylinder. I used to use that cylinder as a pencil holder, now it holds dust. Most of the nickel is missing... Having stuff like that was a pitfall of having Numrich Arms's (Gun Parts) retail store located between my house and club... all manner of things followed me home.
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I have too... but that slowed down when they closed the retail store... a place where iron followed me home.
I have a decent collection of levers, some come home in non-working condition. It’s fun to make them operational again
I mostly bought new internals for S&W revolvers.... I was in there enough that they'd bring the parts bins out to me so I could pick what would work best. Either by design or by chance the S&W parts were not all the same size. For example, there was a range of something like 6 thou in the thickness of cylinder stops. I would pick through the new parts looking for ones that were zero clearance or a bit larger so I could fit them. Repair parts for 1911s too. I need to get a couple leaf type main springs for a couple SxS shotguns so I should reach out to them. Sadly, the guys I knew best have all passed away. Since they sold Auto Ordnance to the Moonies the guys I knew who made those are all gone too.
Yeah... My circa 1965 .44 carbine is different from the newer ones. It lacks an unloading button and the front sight is round in profile. It wears a 4X Ziess of West German origin. It was a great deer rifle when the woods were thick. With all the dead ash, dead hemlock, dead pine and dead red cedar there is a lot more sunlight hitting the ground now. The grasses and high stem count brush are growing again so the .44 carbine may have another life afield (in my hands). For now, however, the flintlock has my attention. Just got thinking that I'm not all that far from needing a very light gun for hunting... The flintlock is definitely not that but the .44 carbine is.
