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Thats a warn winch bumper rated at 25000 lps constant pulling and 50000 lbs snapping bolted to a frame made before "crumple zones" see the top? thats so you can stand on it and that is diamond plate steel you'll be standing on..so yes i do think that in a head on collision the bronco would fair WAY better...

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now the front of this is a rubber bumper with an ALUMINIUM reinforcement behind it with "bumper shocks" and crumple zones in the frame. also it sits lower than the bronco which has no lift so the chevy would more than likely take it in the grill which btw is plastic and reinforced with the radiator support, also plastic. now if you look, see that dent in the fender? i bumped my mailbox at less than 5 miles and hour and did $1297.43 damage to the truck.... also if you look real closely you'll se a ripple in the bed side right at the tire, thats from leaning againt it putting the old rims and tires in the back...

bronco weight approx 7900 lbs, silverado 4500 with me in it... i had it weighed at a scrap yard after towing an s-10 in for scrap...

so if you still believe the ntsb, i'll make a bet with you. i'll drive the bronco and you drive my chevy, we will have a head on collision at 30 (a combined speed of 60mph) mph and if i am wrong i'll give you both trucks... but i do believe we would have to get the engine block out of your lap first...
 
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yup, but you brought it up, besides i started this thread...lol...

and remtim yes i do love my little .32, but i have always believed anything worth putting a hole in is worth putting a BIG hole in...
 
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Actually, you brought it up with the claim about crash survivability. I answered it, which I shouldn't have. And now I'm correcting that. Yes, it's your thread. You may continue to post whatever you'd like. Please excuse me if I don't wish to perpetuate my error.
 
actually i said nothing about the passengers or driver just the vehicle, i really never worried much about me in a crash, i'll heal the truck won't. and i hate that peice of crap chevy it hasn't ran right since i hit the mailbox with it... and i'm a big chevy fan. i got the beast, i mean bronco for my ex... and i was trying to be funny, not ruffle feathers. i'm new here and not trying to make enemies off the bat... sorry if i offended you in any way it was not my intent.
 
Heheh, you're gonna have to work harder than that to make enemies here :D

Something along the lines of, "I heard that Hawg Haggen just loooooves Ruger Old Armies." Something like that!
 
SuzukiBruce, I unintentionally ruffled a few feathers on too. I'm going to work on how to present my opinion as an opinion and not a fact, so I don't offend anyone who has a different point of view. I am here to learn and share what I learn if I think it may help someone out. My presentation and articulation of facts and opinions needs work and if I offended anyone, let me have it so we can move past it and be friends.

I checked out USFA, the pricing is outrageous. I agree that the modestly priced not so perfect Italian reproductions (old or new) are exceptional in value. I can see where my expectations were way too high for the money spent. As always the old saying "You get what you pay for" is all so true.

Something along the lines of, "I heard that Hawg Haggen just loooooves Ruger Old Armies." Something like that!
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Hardcase, since you mentioned it, I think I read a couple of Hawg Haggen's posts where he was saying something like that.
 
Heheh, you're gonna have to work harder than that to make enemies here

Something along the lines of, "I heard that Hawg Haggen just loooooves Ruger Old Armies." Something like that!
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Hardcase, since you mentioned it, I think I read a couple of Hawg Haggen's posts where he was saying something like that.
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Actually I'll be the first to say they're good quality guns, very well made and reliable. They just don't resemble anything that was used back in the day so they're not my cup o tea. Gotta try harder than that to make enemies. :D
 
Hawg, I hate to imagine my shooters walking off like that, much less 14 pistols. I am sorry for your loss. I hope your scumbag ex son in law gets what he deserves. A man's guns will always hold a special place in his heart. Your guns are like your friends and family, there's a special bond there.... I don't mean to get mushy. that's just messed up. I can't say what I mean here, due to polite company.:(
 
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i still dont get the wear on the cylinder though, the #'s on the gun match the cylinder so it's the original, and there isnt enough holster wear on the rest of the gun to explain it that way either... and i dont think its ever been fired, i took it completely appart and found zero rust and no powder residue anywhere either, not even in the chambers or nipples or in the hole in the middle where the rod goes... wierd....
 
SB, I'm glad you got your Lyman. If my financial timing wouldn't have been off, that purdy baby may have been in my arms.:D
 
remtim you got your post up before i finished my last...lol.. Hawg Haggen i feel for you about the loss, my grandfather was a belly gunner on a b17 in the 8th AF 390th bomber group rectangle "J" was his squadron. he was shot down over germany and he and the nivigator were the only survivors. as they were coming through the forrest they went down in they came across a nazi soldier on a machine gun in a nest. they drop to the ground and circle this guy, my grandfather gets to him first and cuts the guys throat from behind. he rolls him over i the guy was already dead and filled with holes. anyway the navigator takes the (mg34?) machine gun and my grandfather takes an artillery luger off the guy. well they comandeer a kubelwagon and head for allied territory, at some point they run over a land mine with this jeep and flip it. well to make a long story short he ships the gun to my grandmother. he then eventually passed it on to me and not my father (he's a left wing anti gun fruitloop) when i turned 21. well i had a roomate and when he moved out he helped himself to it. md state police recovered it but since i had no proof of the serial # or ownership they kept it. it's probably either 1, a box of paperclips now or 2, sitting in some captains gun cabinet... well Merle, my ex roomate, has a left eye that will always water (the joke is i made him cry, FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE...lol..) and i have a right hand that always bothers me when its cold out....
 
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SB, Hawg Haggen was the one with the loss. I lost a single shot shotgun when our house was broken into. No sentimental value there, never had an attachment to it. Merle sounds like a real work of art also, I'm glad you had the opportunity to get a little vengeance.
My gun heartbreaks in the past were from selling them when I should have kept them; we all know that feeling I am sure. Of course my heart is breaking when you are fondling that purdy '71 Lyman that should have been mine.:D Seriously, I hope you enjoy your Lyman.
There was a Lyman went thru GunBroker a few days ago (but after your auction ended), someone used the buy it now before the auction ended. It was made in 1960, the year I was born. It would have needed refinishing as it had some surface rust on one side of the frame barrel and cylinder; nothing big. I had planned on buying it. There will be more. I feel pretty safe buying these old Lyman Remmies sight unseen, the quality seems to be consistent.
 
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Thanks guys. The bad part is about half of them I inherited when my dad died.
Good news is he's in jail on meth lab charges and this is his third strike so he's looking at 20 years.
 
Good news is he's in jail on meth lab charges and this is his third strike so he's looking at 20 years.
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I hope he is somebody's bitch!

SB, How do you like you Lyman? Are you satisfied with the quality?
 
she hasnt left my side since i got her... when i got home today i took a nap and when my girlfriend came home it was sitting at the door. she comes in and starts this 20 questions game with me and i never even thought it would be here so soon...lol... but i love it! been practicing draws since it showed up, i got this thing i am quite fond of doing with my ivers, i don't know the technical term for the type of draw but as i draw it from the holster i move my hand foward so the gun spins and as it comes around i can cock the hammer... i'm real good with it using my ivers but this beast is a bit less agile and the spring is hard...lol... but all in all i love it... no i'm not selling her but if i happen to die i'll make sure she goes to you, ok?
 
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no i'm not selling her but if i happen to die i'll make sure she goes to you, ok?
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I didn't think you even consider selling it once you handled it. I was ribbing you earlier. Of course I would buy it it a heartbeat....:cool:
 
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