It's been a while Sherlock and so much has happened.

I'm sorry to see that you have not returned here for such a long while - I hope you're okay.

I moved out of Alaska and am now in Texas. Anyway. Hope you drop in one day.
BA1

Yay!!!

Very well so, in the middle of grad school, which is why I haven't been on in a while. Hope everything's good on your end as well:)

Hey, are you the same Sherlock from the old help? You look familiar. If so, do you remember me?

Sounds good. 😄 Thank you.

Thank you again for doing this. It really means a lot.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ig6liwh1tet8ewh/Farm%...

Just follow the link and you should have it. 😄

Thank you... And Thank you 😄

I'll get Kindle for my computer.

Getting back to my second book though, how would you like to get it? I have it available as a word doc, or epub file. I could get it as a pdf as well.

The book title is: Passage Through Ruin.

It is on amazon, both in e-reader, and hard copy.

I looked up your book, but I don't have a Kindle... do you have it out in another format?

Hey Sherlock,

Thank you for your offer to help edit my book. 😄

Out of curiosity have you read my first book?

Hi Sherlock. You mentioned that you taught classes in religion. Are you a pastor?

lol :D No.

I'm a civilian instructor with the local cadet corps, and we have an FTX this weekend. I know I can wear my regular coat, but I want to stay as authentic as I can. :)

Thank you. 😄

Hey Sherlock,

This is a shot in the dark, but do you have a MK 2, 3 seasons Combat jacket size large that you might be willing to part ways with?

Baby steps Sherlock, baby steps.

Hey Sherlock I'm the unfortunate victim... would you mind emailing me at garyl2013 at outlook.com please ?

I think you are the only one who can really help me at the moment... :(

lol..I forgot these aren't private.

Target price..total scammer. I'm waiting for him to ask for money..lol.

Doing a bit better. Had the flu bug for a couple of days.
St. Petersburg. Could be either Florida or Russia - I'll let you choose.

Hum, neat. Thanks for the explanation.

Meaning, it's decided by seniority rather than assigned to a specific individual as their primary occupation?

Is that merely the rank, or are they referred as such?
See, around here it's this sort of iconic / infamous position, much like the bootcamp drill instructor, but I'm unsure whether this convention has any global basis.

Hi sherlock,

Where you served (as in, "your army"), was there any nco in charge of ceremonies, order or discipline? If so, did the position carry any unique title?

Done :)

*correction: If you're NOT "born" into it or know somebody then you're SOL.

Indeed! The marketing possibilities are certainly open.
I've been Patented for 2 years now. I've submitted my design to all the obvious companies (Colgate/Palmolive, Proctor&Gambol, etc). So far they have seen fit to decline. The manufacturing process seems a lot like trying to make it as an actor in Hollywood. If you're "born" into it or know somebody then you're SOL.
I'm just trying to get some exposure with people who may (or may not) know people in the manufacturing/production game....
If, in the course of your adventures, you rub shoulders with someone who has an itch for "new" ideas/inventions please remember me.

Sherlock, if you could ever point someone rich and powerful my direction, please do! Lol!

Seriously though....have a look.

https://youtu.be/IsVSrGMg3_w

Hey, Sherlock!
Thank you for the friending!!
Great to see you here...Welcome HOME, my friend!!
I always enjoyed your posts on the old HELP....:)

CNN? Egad! Well, just be sure to give me a heads up well in advance of your journey. We'll need a little correspondence via postal service.
And if, by the way, your adventures takes you to the Gambia, stop into the vet (animal) clinic and say hi to Micha (apparently the only animal physician in the Gambia). A German fellow who practically gives free range dogs new life by squeezing the mango worms right out of their hide.

Just to let you know, Sherlock, I have a 1.5 terabyte external hard-drive that contains about 2,400 movies.
If you're interested in obtaining these movies let me know and we'll work out a mailing plan.

Tips hat.
Thank you.
I learned from the best.
(Points to you)
😉

Come on now ChevySherlock, my gun operates like it was made yesterday. I took it apart and meticulously scrubbed every microscopic particle of it with a Q-Tip and Hoppe's No. 9 Powder Solvent and then lubricated it with Hoppe's No. 9 Lubricating Oil and wiped it dry. After a near nervous breakdown and about a week and a half of attempting to put it back together I had a professional gunsmith do it for me. An OLD professional gunsmith who said they gave him hell back in 1961 when he first started dealing with them. He actually congratulated me on not bringing it to him in a box.

I have probably put 100 rounds through it since the cleaning and it's still as smooth as butter. Prettiest semi-automatic rifle ever made in my book.

Thanks for the information though, I have noticed if I really try I can get 5 rounds in the mag but I can tell it really only wants 4 so I feed it accordingly. Loctite the screw behind the trigger guard, aye aye captain.

How about the wood on that thing? Whoo hoo!!http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii61/DR_RALP...

Yeah it's a .308. I don't really think the .243 is enough gun for where I hunt. It's easy to lose a deer in the hills and hollows of Tennessee if it runs more than 100 yards or so, and I like a little margin for error when I shoot.

It really is a classic gun though. Now that I think about it I bought it after I missed a coyote and it ran across a field in front of me. I was thinking if I just had a semi-auto I could have fired three or four more shots and maybe got him. Then I had so much trouble getting this gun to feed at first that by the time I had it all sorted out Winchester started making my dream gun.

The FN USA made Model 70 Supergrade in 7X57. Paid like $1,600 for that rifle and put a $1,000 scope on it and haven't hunted with anything else. I may never take another gun into the woods, I absolutely love it.
http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii61/DR_RALP...

http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii61/DR_RALP...

They are really pretty. I bought mine for about $600 and haven't even taken it hunting. It was just so sweet looking I had to have one.

I mounted a scope on it and it shot in the dirt 10 yards in front of the target at 100 yards. I couldn't even get it on paper so I figured I must have the wrong mounts. I can hit a paper plate with the open sights and it looks better without the scope so I just left it like it is.

That was a couple of years ago and I just tried mounting that same scope on a 1964 Remington 700 ADL 30-06 and it did the same thing. Shot a mile low and wouldn't adjust up and I know this gun has the right mounts. So obviously I have a $450 Zeiss scope that is toast. I might try to scope the Winchester 100 again just to see how accurate it is.

And yeah I looked around for an extended magazine for it and I couldn't find one. I would love to have a 10 or 15 shot mag for it, who makes them? Well then again if yours wouldn't even plug in to the gun I don't need that... I'd like to know who made it though so I can make sure I don't buy one.

Aren't you married to someone who is usually on this site? Who is it?

And yes now that you have explained to me what was going on with those faulty firing pins I do need to call Winchester and make sure my rifle has been upgraded. I didn't realize they were blowing up in people's faces, that is a real danger. My rifle is practiaclly in new condition though, I think a non hunter owned it and it just sat in a closet for 50 years.

Sir Sherlock;
Greetings old friend, it has been quite a spell since the last time we were all together.
Staying fit, staying healthy? How is the world treating you?
Please, do come by my post titled, "YOUR BEST CONSPIRICY THEORIES (PART II)" and lend any insight you deem suitable.
Welcome back, it's good to see you.

The old firing pin had the nasty habit of breaking and protruding through the firing pin hole in the bolt. Then, when the bolt would chamber the next round, the protruding firing pin would fire the chambered cartridge before the locking lugs could engage--blowing up the rifle. There was a number to call: 1-800-852-5734 at Winchester. You will be directed to Nu-Line guns. You will have to send in the old firing pin to get the new one, as I recall, anyway. You'd also get a check for something like $30 to have a gunsmith install the new firing pin. I did it myself and kept the $30--but I had to spend it on Scotch to get the rifle apart and back together. But get that firing pin replaced--there were scores of Model 100s that blew up. You'll need the rifle's serial number when you call. Winchester knows if a rifle has had the firing pin replaced or not. I will say this: the 100 is the most difficult firearm to disassemble and reassemble--that I've ever experienced!

Hey you shouted yourself! I just found it though. The first time I shouted here I shouted myself, it's easy to do. You must be a heck of a gunsmith to have put that 100 together. I had a video and all and put it together 3 or 4 times but it wasn't right. I haven't had the firing pin replaced. I've only had the gun a couple of years and figured it had already been done. What's wrong with it?

A Supergrade! Very nice! I am restocking my Winchester Model 70 Safari Express--ordered a new factory stock from Gunpartscorp.com. Got it for 1/3 for what they were asking for the stove wood on eBay. I love the 7mm Mauser. I have one in a Brazilian Mauser Model 1908. I am also restoring a Peruvian Mauser that was rebarreled by that country to .30/06. Good shooting with your Model 70! What caliber is your 100? Mine is .308. Always wanted a .284!

If you go to gunpartscorp.com, you can find magazines made for your 100 that were made on the original Winchester tooling, but actually made stronger and better than the originals. I got a gunsmith to get the kinks out of mine, such as doubling and the hammer falling as the bolt locked into battery. Mine is a pre-64 100 also. Nu-Line guns also has parts like extractors, bolts, etc. I had to put a new extractor in mine. Did you get the original firing pin replaced under the recall program? I got one from Nu-Line and replaced it myself. Yeah, I got mine apart and together several times, and you need a full bottle of Scotch. I plan on refinishing the stock over Christmas and putting on a brand new butt plate. The bluing's perfect!

I shot a deer at 4:30 today, just a little 3 point buck and I got a doe last weekend. I'm using a Winchester Model 70 Supergrade in 7mm Mauser though. My Winchester 100 is a .308

Yeah my 100 shoots perfectly, no thanks to me. When I bought it it was so gunked up the action would barely close even if you hand loaded a round. I took it apart to clean it and could never get it back together again. My congratulations to you if you have done so.

I took it to a gunsmith and now it works as if it were new. Well I had to buy a $60 magazine, the original was shot. I'm still not sure where they come up with new magazines for a gun that hasn't been made in 44 years.

Mine is the older model, a 1963 that has the hand checkering instead of the pressed basket weave stock. I actually think the basket weave is better looking.

This is deja vu all over again!

Indeed, rocco's (https://help-qa.com/users/2-rockster160) paid attention to the most minute detail. Every few days we get one of the old helpers back, the list is still long but we'll get there.

Yes! Amazing what has been done with the site!

Hey, you're back!