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Buck Grizzly replied to Dustin Doss's discussion Billy The Kid Movie

"This might be the one you are looking for; http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1847552/ Believe it or not Charley, movies about the old west character Billy the Kid according to most sources say less than 30, were actually made from 1911…"

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Steve McCarty replied to rudy beising's discussion wet boots

"Those old Army/Navy stores in the late 40's thru the 50's were great! Nothing like they are today, where all you can buy is ill fitting fatigues, but back then they had really neat stuff! I recall boxes of bayonet entrenching…"

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C. F. 'Charley' Eckhardt replied to Dustin Doss's discussion Billy The Kid Movie

"I wonder if anyone knows how many 'Billy the Kid' movies have actually been made? Most of 'em have been ridiculous, like Newman's The Left-Handed Gun, Young Guns, Purgatory, & Billy the Kid vs Dracula, just to mention a…"

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C. F. 'Charley' Eckhardt replied to Scott's discussion Lever Action Rifle Talk

"Additional. The New Service Colt originally came in 7 calibers--.38 WCF, .44 WCF, .44 'Russian & Special,' .45 ACP/Auto Rim, .45 Colt, .455 Eley, & .476 Eley. Standard bbl lengths were 4", 5½", &…"

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C. F. 'Charley' Eckhardt replied to rudy beising's discussion wet boots

"I once had a pair of surplus US Cav riding boots--the field variety, not the dress ones. They'd been resoled with lug soles, which Cav boots never had. They laced up the front & then had a flap that buckled around your…"

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C. F. 'Charley' Eckhardt replied to Scott's discussion Lever Action Rifle Talk

"If those '17 Colts didn't headspace the .45 ACP, somebody shadetreed 'em. All of the 1917s were made to headspace the ACP round in case the soldier didn't have half-moons. A lot of 'em were later shadetreed to…"

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Sue Cauhape commented on Bob Boze Bell's blog post A Love of Triumph

"Maybe yours was a harsh decision or not, but we all rate the risks and how far we're willing to go. My cousin died on a motorcycle when he was sixteen, yet I remember thinking about him as I rode behind my boyfriend on a Honda 350, feeling…"

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