Recent content by Trail Rated

Ga-RAND vs GAR-and. Hatcher was clear that Garand rhymes with “parent.” Also “carbine” instead of “carbeen” drives me batty.

You’re supposed to point to it on your hand!

My Aqualand Promaster sat dormant for years because it needed an overhaul, but I finally sent it to Citizen Dallas for servicing and got it back a few weeks ago. It isn’t one of my “fine” mechanical watches but I’m sentimental about it — my wife gave it to me as a wedding present and I wore it...

A pair from opposite sides of the First World War, reborn as sporting rifles: Top is my Springfield 1903 made at Rock Island, and bottom is a Steyr-Mannlicher 95/30 made in the old Austria-Hungarian Empire.

"It was a pleasure to walk in the easy rolling country, simply to walk, and to be able to hunt, not knowing what we might see and free to shoot for the meat we needed." — Ernest Hemingway, “Green Hills of Africa”

I’ve had a mini obsession lately with buying secondhand and distressed boots online and fixing them up to wear. This has included a pair of vintage military jump boots, crazy-horse leather logger boots, service boots and, yes, an old pair of Dan Post cowboy boots with a leather sole, stacked...

I have an M1 carbine, and I agree those look like .30 Carbine bullets. I only buy factory rounds and they’re 108 grains, but I’m intrigued about the FPS pickup from a slightly lighter bullet.

Mine are on open display under my bar.

I’ve used this one successfully on two rifles. No problems so far.

Definitely a bubba rifle: my sporterized Carcano with an improvised ghost ring rear sight and front blade made higher with JB Weld. Still, it shoots very well and has been 100% reliable, and I have no qualms about it getting rough treatment afield.

For today’s bird & small game hunt: my new Invicta Pro Diver. We’ll call it an homage to the Rolex Submariner. The hunt got ruined by the emergence of feral hogs, but I knew precisely what time it happened.

This thread speaks to me. I’m having trouble posting pics of my dad’s old Remington 742 with chewed up receiver rails. I “fixed” it by blocking the gas port and converting it from semiauto to single-shot. It’s perfect for hunting spikes etc.

I live in San Antonio, the Promised Land of milspec/milsurp goods. I bought a woodland camo M-65 jacket at a surplus store a decade or so ago for $50 IIRC after freezing on a hunting trip, put the liner in it, and have never regretted the purchase. It’s heavy and not entirely waterproof, but it...

Not to hijack the thread, but I thought I’d reply with my own Hemingway bookshelf. Note the two copies of “Green Hills of Africa.”