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hey, guys, i’ve been out of the HPR loop for a while as i’ve been in little league baseball mode. who is scott and what happened to him? sounds nasty!

When my son was 2 1/2yrs old he decided to show Grandpa how good he could shut a door on Christmas Eve. He shut the door great except his thumb was in the way. It made for a very long…   Read more»

A guitar player in a band I played with back in the 70’s pulled a radial arm saw almost all the way through his hand (someone yelled for him as he was making a cut and he looked up and…   Read more»

Bad deal any way you look at it.The body is a fascinating thing. We can experience a major injury and not know it. The body either goes into shock or deadens the area in a fight or flight reflex. I…   Read more»

Are you guys telling me all those saefty classes that the big Corps. and OSHA make us do are doing me some good. I will not admit it!!I used many a saw and hammer in my day and havnt done…   Read more»

Thats funny.Yes I guess I do.

‘YOU WANT TO LAUNCH WHAT?’ My wife says that with just a look. When we were watching “When We Left Earth,” and 30-40% of our early rockets exploded, she said, “See, don’t feel so bad. It happens.” I hope…   Read more»

Funny. To My Wife, I am ‘Tim The Tool Man’ One bad goof and Iam marked for life.When I started launching again. Her face was priceless.’YOU WANT TO LAUNCH WHAT?’ 😯

Makes my left thumb incident not worth mentioning. Power tools bite hard, even after they’ve been turned off. I sure hope Scott has a good, fast recovery before his divorce wipes him out completely. Just Rockets has been a good…   Read more»

I most often do not use a hat. I buy the NCR hats to help the club. I havean NCR flame hat from last year. Will be glad to give it to You, if You can not find one. Black…   Read more»

Who’s got ’em?

If it’s one of those Troy Hummel had made and not the standard club issue, then Troy’s your man (trex), Greg.

I use 3F also. Could not get 4F.I had to adjust the amount a little.

some may cry heresy, but i have been using 3f quite happily, mostly because it was around already for a kit built BP pistol. I find that the larger particle size does not behave much differently than the stuff AT…   Read more»

The old guy retired and closed it. There is no BP FFFF in Fort Collins.

If anyone would be willing to bring me a 1lb can of 4F at Oktoberfest I’d certainly appreciate it and obviously pay for it. For use in my blackpowder rifle of course! I’ll be driving and possibly sleeping in a…   Read more»

Doesn’t really matter where you get your powder from as long as you keep it dry. Blunderbuss is a good shop. Used to be a great shop in old Fort Collins, Grandpa’s Guns or something but I’m not sure it’s…   Read more»

Not to brag, but I knocked a buck off a glacier at 185 yards with a Hawken and open sites. I cheated , it had a double set trigger.Unfortunately, it wasn’t a one shot kill. With the Knight Rifle (and…   Read more»

There are enough of us who are members of NAR and the NRA. No biggie.I’m a Lifer in the NRA and GOA and am a member of the dark side… So, I hope that gets me at least a brownie…   Read more»

I had delusions of grandeurs once and almost bought a real 1800s cannon. Soooooo glad I didn’t, you think Scott’s is loud 😯 Try one that has a 3-4″ bore. Man that would be cool though.I made tennis ball cannons…   Read more»

The only cannon I’ve ever had was a PVC potato gun I built, but that used either White Rain hair spray or propane. My cousins had a carbide cannon that made quite a noise as I recall, but I was…   Read more»