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Just found this this morning and think this is one of the few threads I've ever read front to back. Very interesting! I have nothing to add except it may also be the first thread without someone peeing on another's shoes, stone throwing, and name calling, just a little polite differences in perceptions here and there.
And thanks to Thangle for a granddaughter's view.
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Surprise to see this updated. Why?
"Dear Lord, save me from Your followers"
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JM, I cross referenced this thread about Col. Charley Askins on www.shotgunworld.com, Browning forum, 1933 Superposed thread. There was a lot of interest on that post about the Askins family in reference to the Colonel's father, Major Charles Askins, Sr.'s pre-war Superposed Browning. DF Post a photo of that Browning Superposed. If I recall, you did some restoration/stock work to it. Beautiful shotgun. Bob
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Charlie claimed to have been the first to have tested the .338 Win mag. He took it on safari and shot over 30 animals with the cartridge. When he got back he expected Winchester to want a detailed report on the performance of the new round. Instead all they wanted to know was if they should keep the belt? Charlie loved belted magnums so he was all for keeping it.
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I searched and came up empty I'll try again. Do you remembered the year?
THIS IS THAT THREAD. The quote that Jorge put up was from an older thread where Ken howellderided Askins is what I am searching for. HOLY F*ING CHRIST. THIS IS THAT THREAD. Go to page one, you see it started a LONG time ago. Pardon me for interrupting, but would this happen to be THAT thread? Just curious...
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THAT thread IS this thread,
....fer' cryin' out loud, try and keep up, wudja' ?
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Member, Clan of the Border Rats -- “Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.”- Mark Twain
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All this leaves me wondering
Where's the orgasmic, obsessive satisfaction in deifying or demonizing someone whom you've never met and really know nothing about?
just curious
and puzzled It is clinically interesting to observe antithetical moral-high-horsemanship jousting, don't you think, Ken? When does moral ascension become condescension? Gem of the entire thread here...
$$$ TRUMP AT THE PUMP 2024 $$$
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We live in a different day and time. I grew up surrounded by some ruff men who you knew not to cross. Their circumstances and environments created them. Get put in a survival mode and the will to live is very strong. No such thing as a fair fight when your life is on the line. A next door neighbor was in Korea and he was one of 7 who survived out of 113 men. A full fledged working alcoholic who was very gentle with children including my son. I’ve know many vets and LEO’s who have seen and witnessed things you can’t unsee. A friend down the road is a state trooper and many nights or weekends is the only trooper on duty in 5 counties. Help, if things go south, is only an hour away. Our society doesn’t understand that the majority of us sleep well at night because ruff men stand guard and watch. ROE suck when personal survival is on the line.
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JM, I cross referenced this thread about Col. Charley Askins on www.shotgunworld.com, Browning forum, 1933 Superposed thread. There was a lot of interest on that post about the Askins family in reference to the Colonel's father, Major Charles Askins, Sr.'s pre-war Superposed Browning. DF Post a photo of that Browning Superposed. If I recall, you did some restoration/stock work to it. Beautiful shotgun. Bob Normally I wouldn't mess with a firearm with such a provenance. But, when I got it, the finish orange pealing, was such a mess I started working with it. When I found out who owned, it, I shut down my efforts, took it to a real pro, James Flynn, who I've known most of my life. James is retired, but in his heyday was a well known shotgun guru, working on Purdy, H&H, Boss shotguns from all over. He could build and harden metal parts, was a master stock maker. So, he did his thing, bringing out the beautiful grain that Browning has fixed the Major up with. He was personal friends with the Brownings. So, even though he bought the gun (it wasn't given to him), a Gr I. I know this isn't Gr I wood, more like Gr. IV So, he did get special handling. The gun came from Belgium marked, F/M chokes. Browning gunsmiths custom opened the chokes to the Major's specs. He was a bird hunter, knew exactly what the wanted. His books and writings cover the details. The metal is untouched. The pad when I got it was a replacement and in very poor condition. James was known for his leather covered pads, so I let him put one on this gun. It's not a Hawkins like the Major had ordered, but was period correct. He could have had one. Notice the trigger placement. Receiver has two trigger slots, this trigger sits like the back one of a double trigger, but is set up as a factory single trigger. This was prior to Val Browning's trigger design which he developed after his Dad passed. Val's trigger is the std. Superposed trigger still in use. I like the way this trigger feels, evidently the Major did, too. He knew exactly what he wanted when he ordered this gun. The rather unique profile is what drew me to this gun in the first place. It was different. I had no idea how different.... DF
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