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Charles — Sun, 28 Feb 2016 19:59:46 +0000

He and his men were financed by the big gringo ranchers. The tortured and murdered many small Mexican stockmen, many of whom were not guilty of anything other than being in the way of men like King and Kenedy. They were a paid goon squad and not the heroic lawmen most people suppose. Indeed those were rough days down here, but McNelly was not the solution but part of the problem.

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Drago — Sun, 28 Feb 2016 07:38:03 +0000

the Charles Askins pf his day?

Any fans of "Taming the Nueces Strip"? (reply)

Charles — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 23:15:09 +0000

I have tried three times to post a reply, but could not do so. I am not a fan of Leander McNelly and thinks he was a very bad man, who did very bad things.

well you know the Barnes bullets have "lube" grooves. (reply)

Jared — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 05:13:10 +0000

Sadly that probably doesn't even make the top 10 in strange combos on midway orders.

Pretty sure.... (reply)

Hoot — Thu, 25 Feb 2016 01:54:00 +0000

Blackout, black powder....same same right? NM (reply)

Bryan Pettet — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 22:33:50 +0000

Fortunantly I am not one of those people. (reply)

Jared — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 20:58:22 +0000

The other day I had a midway order that consisted of Barnes 110gr Black tip bullets for a .300 blackout, and several sticks of SPG black powder bullet lube.

If you're at a Sunday BBQ you could say renaissance man. nt (reply)

Bryan Pettet — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 14:23:27 +0000

People say 'eclectic' like it's a bad thing. (reply)

Hoot — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 13:34:32 +0000

I had forgotten about Sergeant Leahy in the book... (reply)

Bryan Pettet — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 01:28:11 +0000

who fired his Gatling gun across the river border into Mexico. Seems like the Leahys are always causing trouble.

Note to self...don't let Leahy run the Gatling at CSA.

I think we might be bad influences on each other... (reply)

Jared — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 01:16:14 +0000

Probably so. My collection is eclectic if nothing else.

Kind of hard to find it seems... (reply)

Bryan Pettet — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 22:31:00 +0000

what did you shoot in yours (or your rolling block)...blackpowder or smokeless?

HAd one of those in 50/70...they are fun but like (reply)

cable — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 18:57:07 +0000

the originals, they shoot quite high....mine somehow disappeared during divorce. haven't found another one, though I do have a Remington rolling block in 50/70....fun round.

Guilty as charged - nt (reply)

Bryan Pettet — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 13:29:19 +0000

There aren't any 'bad influences' here Brian! (reply)

Hoot — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 13:16:04 +0000

It's not like anyone here will get a feller all het-up about some pistol, rifle, cartridge and make him spend all his money or anything.

No wait....thinking of a different forum.

I think we might be bad influences on each other... (reply)

Bryan Pettet — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 12:56:22 +0000

but I look forward to knowing you better.

I am and have the same problem. (reply)

Jared — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 10:16:32 +0000

Every time I read it I want to get one too. Or if I am feeling really spendy getting a Shiloh in the same configuration.

For how I will just have to be happy with my Shiloh in .45-70 and I can pretend my Ruger Number 3 is a sharps carbine.

Any fans of "Taming the Nueces Strip"?

Bryan Pettet — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 03:34:06 +0000

I'm reading it again. This is the 3rd time I believe and I enjoy reading about that time period. The only problem with reading it is I always end up wanting a Cimarron McNelly 50-70 Sharps. Would love to shoot one with blackpowder. The 50-70 is the one fifty caliber I haven't spent time with. Cool round. Yes, you can get them in 45-70 but it's not the same. More practical sure...but not the same.

Any fans of the book or the 50-70? I've thought about reading the book about John Fisher also (same time period and Nueces Strip area).