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May 03, 2014

— Open Blogger

Saw this in the back yard....

My father bought one of these for $5 from a gun store in NYC called Bannerman's. He still has it!

Posted by: Open Blogger at 07:55 AM | Comments (67)
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1 Why didn't you bring it to the Meet-Up? ;-)

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 03, 2014 07:57 AM (CMkNk)

2 First

Posted by: Fox2! at May 03, 2014 07:57 AM (0AMxo)

3 New thread!

Posted by: EC at May 03, 2014 07:57 AM (doBIb)

4 Does your backyard overlook the shores of Lake Titicaca? Titty Caca. Heh.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 03, 2014 07:58 AM (CMkNk)

5 That bird must have had a rough winter.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at May 03, 2014 07:59 AM (Xuseh)

6 For those not old enough to remember, there was an episode of "Lost In Space" where teenagers ran the planet but kept growing younger and younger. Sort of like the SCOAMF regime, no?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 03, 2014 07:59 AM (CMkNk)

7 Is that one of the Springfield breech loaders (trap-door) converted from a muzzle loader? 7th Cav didn't need repeaters going up against Winchester armed Indians.

Posted by: Fox2! at May 03, 2014 07:59 AM (0AMxo)

8 The gun stores around here don't sell faux parrots.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2014 08:00 AM (LJ7Ze)

9 Neat rifle. What is it?

Posted by: Insomniac at May 03, 2014 08:00 AM (mx5oN)

10 My father bought one of these for $5 from a gun store in NYC called Bannerman's. He still has it! That's obviously the Glock AR-47. Able to fire 45mm bullets at 3000 rounds per sec with the shoulder thing in the up and engaged position.

Posted by: EC at May 03, 2014 08:01 AM (doBIb)

11 10 My father bought one of these for $5 from a gun store in NYC called Bannerman's. He still has it! That's obviously the Glock AR-47. Able to fire 45mm bullets at 3000 rounds per sec with the shoulder thing in the up and engaged position. Posted by: EC at May 03, 2014 12:01 PM (doBIb) It doesn't set off airport metal detectors, and it costs more than you make in a month!

Posted by: Insomniac at May 03, 2014 08:02 AM (mx5oN)

12 Posted by: Fox2! at May 03, 2014 11:59 AM (0AMxo)

It's a Spencer.

Lever action, tube fed, in .56 Caliber.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 03, 2014 08:02 AM (QFxY5)

13 Would that early assault rifle even be legal in New York today?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2014 08:02 AM (LJ7Ze)

14 Lever action, tube fed, in .56 Caliber. I was close!

Posted by: EC at May 03, 2014 08:02 AM (doBIb)

15 I remember Woolworth's in Tysons Corner Shopping Mall used to have tables of old surplus Mauser k98s on a table for $19.99 until the late '70s. Jumbled in a pile they were, cash and carry.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at May 03, 2014 08:02 AM (Xuseh)

16 ST:OS episode "Miri" (with Kim Darby). Kids hit puberty and went crazy due to failed life extension experiment. Only thing is the kids were all hundreds (thousands?) of years old. Bonk! Bonk! Kill the Grups!

Posted by: Fox2! at May 03, 2014 08:03 AM (0AMxo)

17 It doesn't set off airport metal detectors, and it costs more than you make in a month! Made from the finest porcelain.

Posted by: EC at May 03, 2014 08:03 AM (doBIb)

18 #6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG95gzvIWGU

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 03, 2014 08:04 AM (CMkNk)

19 Have heard bits about Bannermans IslandÂ… love that Olde Warehouse stuff. I remember a gunshop on Hollywood blvd with barrels of lugers. Remember the fire there, too, it drew a crowd, paw had his police/fire scanner on and took the fam to gawk. And a feral scarlet macaw? Lost? where?

Posted by: OK, thanks, bye at May 03, 2014 08:04 AM (uopHF)

20 Green Top used to sell used Asian City State Cop .38's for $250ish.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2014 08:04 AM (LJ7Ze)

21 Spencer carbine, Civil War era. Spencer made so many guns for the union during the war that the post-war sales of surplus weapons put him out of business. Great gun and probably ubiquitous in the old west, but largely ignored by movies and novels with a few exceptions.

Posted by: Grey Fox at May 03, 2014 08:04 AM (g8ZFe)

22 Bannerman certainly would have had retail stores in NYC, but the headquarters was, well, Headquarters, a private castle arsenal on an island up the Hudson:
http://tinyurl.com/l9382ym
which has served as an inspiration to generations of several kinds of preppers, including IIRC Jules Verne.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at May 03, 2014 08:05 AM (xq1UY)

23 Is that a repeater then? Is that a repeater then?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2014 08:05 AM (LJ7Ze)

24 I gots me a Colt 45 Billy Dee tall boy, yo. Bang.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at May 03, 2014 08:06 AM (CMkNk)

25 I bought my dad a 50-70 sharps carbine, loaded BP cartridges for it and took it to the range. There is something about a Sharps carbine, I had guys coming by just to look at it. The funniest was one guy, known him for years, came by and asked, "So, you went and bought yourself a Sharps, eh?" I told him that I had got if for my dad but I wanted to pop it off to make sure it was running right. He looked down, theatrically kicked a rock and said, "...well, my son never bought me no Sharps" He is an Indian War collector and he gave me some good tips on care and feeding.

Posted by: Kindltot at May 03, 2014 08:06 AM (BsFYx)

26 In Hyattsville MD there's a free range parrot. 1/2 way thru the woods to Frederick and just sitting in a tree like it was Belize.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at May 03, 2014 08:07 AM (DL2i+)

27 This Spencer would out perform the Spencers(I think) that Custer's Peeps were outfitted with wouldn't it?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2014 08:07 AM (LJ7Ze)

28 The parrot appears to pining for the fjords.

Posted by: Beer Ninja at May 03, 2014 08:07 AM (GhDQ1)

29 Springfield not Spencer at the Little Big Horn.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2014 08:09 AM (LJ7Ze)

30 Not going to connect the dots on those picts.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 03, 2014 08:09 AM (IXrOn)

31 How come the Army didn't have repeaters at the Little Big Horn.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2014 08:10 AM (LJ7Ze)

32 I saw one those in my backyard in 1978. WTF?

Posted by: nip sip at May 03, 2014 08:11 AM (0FSuD)

33 A .56 caliber would do a number on that scruffy bird.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 03, 2014 08:11 AM (1wDGW)

34 Cool! Did you really see that? We used to see these when we lived in Chicago. http://www.wbez.org/series/curious-city/ chicago-home-fit-wild-parrots-108565 Really took us by surprise the first time we saw them.

Posted by: Y-not of the fat fingers at May 03, 2014 08:13 AM (zDsvJ)

35 i have never seen one of those in any of my back yards....ever

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at May 03, 2014 08:13 AM (u8GsB)

36 we

Posted by: Nip Sip at May 03, 2014 08:14 AM (0FSuD)

37 Any open thread here becomes a de facto gun thread before long. I think it's in the AoSHQ Style Book.

Posted by: rickl at May 03, 2014 08:14 AM (sdi6R)

38 He's not dead. He's stunned.

Posted by: Pet Shop Owner at May 03, 2014 08:14 AM (1wDGW)

39 As in other details, Custer knew better. He had outfitted his Iron Brigade with repeaters at his own expense, and they made quite a name for themselves. Yet, red tape being what it is, he didn't insist on 7th Cav having them.

Now let's talk Gatling strategy.

Lew Wallace's uncle (by marriage) was Dr Richard Gatling.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at May 03, 2014 08:14 AM (xq1UY)

40 Thanks again for the Pale Moon recommendations. In the few minutes I had Firefox 29?, it didn't close once. I had to force it to close with Crap Cleaner. I also hate the new Folder looking Tabs. Did you notice that in the program files and Crap Cleaner check box place that Pale Moon is Mozilla Firefox?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2014 08:15 AM (LJ7Ze)

41 oh my!!!! it's not a parrot.....it's a people!!!!!!!!

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at May 03, 2014 08:15 AM (u8GsB)

42 cdb.....it's creeping me out!!!!!!

Posted by: phoenixgirl @phxazgrl at May 03, 2014 08:16 AM (u8GsB)

43 Custer's men probably would have had a better chance with longbows.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2014 08:16 AM (LJ7Ze)

44 If You Aren't Sufficiently WITH The Mob, You are Their Enemy The figurative drawing and quartering of Donald Sterling gave fair warning about the danger of an outraged mob. That danger has now been realized: A man was fired for simply stating that Sterling had a right to say what he wanted in private. More: http://politicalhat.com/?p=5686

Posted by: The Political Hat at May 03, 2014 08:17 AM (K1sEu)

45 I like those things.

Posted by: Josey Wales at May 03, 2014 08:17 AM (LJ7Ze)

46 oh my!!!! it's not a parrot.....it's a people!!!!!!!! Heh. I noticed that right away, but it sounds like most people didn't look very hard...

Posted by: Grey Fox at May 03, 2014 08:17 AM (g8ZFe)

47 Where do you live? Belize?

Posted by: Tuna at May 03, 2014 08:18 AM (7KPIw)

48 Micheal Ramirez cartoon on Carney and Obama. It's a good one. http://tinyurl.com/mj9nomb I hope next week he will have a hey dude one

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 03, 2014 08:18 AM (XyM/Y)

49 I see that Jesse Jackson Jr., last seen heading to prison, has been awarded $8,700 a month in disability payments for his mood disorder. My mood is not doing to well itself.

Posted by: WalrusRex at May 03, 2014 08:18 AM (Mogjf)

50 I took that to be a lawn ornament. Am I wrong?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2014 08:18 AM (LJ7Ze)

51 50 WTFF?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2014 08:19 AM (LJ7Ze)

52 Speaking of shooting, as soon as I feed Sandy, put Goldwind in the barn and have some lunch, I'll have an hour or so to play with the air pistol in our little outdoor shooting gallery. Forgot to buy the pellgun oil I was supposed to get, I suppose I should pick some up before I over do it.

Posted by: Lincolntf at May 03, 2014 08:20 AM (ZshNr)

53 I've been using the Epic browser for a couple of weeks, which is Chromium-based. I like it for the most part, but there are some sites where embedded videos don't show up. The two sites where I notice this the most are Pajamas Media and Neo-Neocon. Videos here work fine, and I have no problem at YouTube. I think it might be something about a plugin. Does anybody have any ideas?

Posted by: rickl at May 03, 2014 08:20 AM (sdi6R)

54 I was having a party in 1978 and a friend of mine was on my back deck. He called out that there was a parrot in the tree behind the house. We all thought he was stoned. In 1978 this was a good possibility. I swear that bird was as big as a bald eagle. Someone's pet escaped?

Posted by: Nip Sip at May 03, 2014 08:21 AM (0FSuD)

55 >>>I think it might be something about a plugin. Does anybody have any ideas? ------------- I have lots of ideas. *returns to stuffing crayons in nose*

Posted by: Joe Biden at May 03, 2014 08:23 AM (1wDGW)

56 52 50 WTFF - Check Weasel Zippers.

Posted by: WalrusRex at May 03, 2014 08:23 AM (Mogjf)

57 Java has been craptastic lately. I would look there. Also open up AdBlock and make sure you didn't block the player. Sometimes while killing commercials I get carried away and do boneheaded stuff like that. I can't see the Mencken quote and Skull and Crossbones pic up top on Mozilla or Pale Moon. I can on IE.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2014 08:24 AM (LJ7Ze)

58 OK, gardening thread was up but is back down because of Andy's thread. Will try to put it up around 1 or 1:30 Eastern.

Posted by: Y-not of the fat fingers at May 03, 2014 08:24 AM (zDsvJ)

59 New thread.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2014 08:27 AM (LJ7Ze)

60 58 Sometimes Adobe Flash doesn't Update even when set to automatic update.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2014 08:28 AM (LJ7Ze)

61 I think I'll be shooting in the backyard today myself. A little .22LR and .45ACP practice with the new girlfriend.

Posted by: SGT Dan's Cat at May 03, 2014 08:28 AM (jWvfJ)

62 58 Can anyone see the crap at the top of the page in Mozilla or Pale Moon?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 03, 2014 08:30 AM (LJ7Ze)

63 #40

Custer's Michigan Brigade. ("C'mon, you Wolverines!" - Third Day at Gettysburg)

More on the Spencer, Gettysburg, and the Michigan Brigade at the link.

LINK: http://preview.tinyurl.com/ladu699

Posted by: mrp at May 03, 2014 08:53 AM (JBggj)

64 A few years ago when parrots were very popular, I had a lot of escaped ones in my neighborhood. They are damn noisy with all their jibber jabber. I'd be on the phone and someone would ask, who's there with you talking? No one, just a blabby parrot in a tree.

Posted by: Sir Pug A Lott at May 03, 2014 08:57 AM (8c12T)

65 Be careful what you say around a parrot. It might be from the NSA.

Posted by: Frankly at May 03, 2014 09:06 AM (ZL4iw)

66 Heh. That "bird" has been in my Twitter favorites for a couple of months now. That took some serious talent and skill.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Cylon/Cetacian hybrid at May 03, 2014 09:28 AM (m9V0o)

67 That's no parrot... That's a woman, baby!...( to paraphrase Austin Powers)...

Posted by: thechicagoway at May 03, 2014 12:06 PM (86IaB)

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