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Good luck!

Hey Charlie, I had the Kawasaki diesel and never had trouble starting even at -25'F Worst part was it's top speed was maybe 25mph downhill. You always hear folks say I don't need to go fast but that sucked. Hope that helps.

Come on now, I've seen plenty of you on AZshooting.org I can't figure out how to post pics or I'd use it more.

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Thanks bro, I don't believe there's a blemish on either rifle.

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Well done!

Amen. The early Trapdoor casings were copper and the neck often broke off in the chamber. Add to that the first Trapdoors had an inserted barrel to reduce the original 58 cal down to 50. The barrels often seperated in the field turning the rifle into a club or if you had the regular length rifle, you had a bayonet doubling as a ramrod. No such luck in the cavalries carbine model, no bayonet. So tools were issued to try and deal with jams in the field.

In the fall of 1873, the US Army adopted the 45-70 Govt round and a new generation of the Springfield Trapdoor rifle. Made with the Allin conversion of the Civil War era M1861 musket, it was a fairly reliable breech loading rifle. The Trapdoor model like the calvary carbine model above, would undergo a few more changes over it's two and a half decades in service. Improvements like a serrated trigger, a ramrod that doubled as a bayonet and the Buffington rear sight; a flip up ladder sight system, calibrated out to 2000 yards. The 45-70 was conceived by the army brass as a volley gun, capable of raining down 405 grain lead projectiles from up to a 6000' distance. But the Buffington sight proved difficult for troopers to master, add to this ammo shortages and an anemic post war Defense budget and you had troops sent into the Indian Wars woefully un-prepaired for accurate rifle engagements. The Trapdoor carbine was heavy, it's ammo; heavy. The rifle rounds trajectory was much like a brick and it's rate of fire was less than stellar, specially when compared to the repeating rifles often used by the late 19th century soldier's adversaries. But that's our history. And I thought a quick comparison to today's Army assault rifle might give one pause to think what carrying a Trapdoor into an engagement might have been like and how far we've come. Weight: An 1873 Trapdoor and 100 rounds of ammo (60 rounds of 45-55-405 was standard issue for the horse soldier) weighed in at about 18.5 pounds. Today's M4 with 500 rounds weighed about the same. Rate of Fire: An army trooper with an M1873 was expected to put 6 rounds of 45-70 downrange per minute. The M4 has a sustained rate of fire of 700-950 rounds per minute. Not a bad improvement over less than a century. But what will the next century bring?

Go by Good Feet and get insteps fit for you.

What's the problem with the fridge?

I have another batch of scent blocker soap cured, ready to mail out. We also have a few bars of plain scent free (no scent blocker) and some other soaps cured such as coffee soap and lavender soap for exfoliating. Those buying, send me your feedback. Thanks and happy hunting.

I got frustrated a couple years ago searching last minute before an archery hunt, for a fragrance free soap. So I told the old lady, we need to make our own. So far I have two soaps, but I'm experimenting with a soap containing juniper berry oil. Both soaps are made from goat's milk, are fragrance free, weigh just over 4oz. Difference is, I've added scent blocker to one batch. I've hunted with several of you from CWT, and trust me...you NEED this. Checks accepted, just PM me for an address. Prices INCLUDE shipping. For fragrance free W/ scent block, add $1 per bar. 1 bar $8 2 bars $15 3 bars $22

Go hiking behind my house, lots of burros (snakes too).

Unit 9 bulls sounding off Friday night then quiet Saturday night.

I didn't bring the Zima's, you were supposed to bring the Zima's.

Sounds demasculating.

No I don't get out that way often. There are several in my curled that would like to ride the entire AZ Trail. The more I explore this great state the more I realize there's so much more to see.

At approximately 8am on this date 162 years ago, I arrived at Ft Yuma for the first time.

Stage and freight roads zig zagged across AZ, connecting mines, forts, settlements and transportation hubs. One of the roads I take north of Morristown was once the stage line from Morristown to Wickenburg. Another I use south of Mayer, Bull Rd., was the road used to freight gold ore from Crown King to Big Bug prior to the railroad. https://tucson.com/news/local/minetales/mine-tales-new-roads-stage-stations-served-miners/article_da12c06a-b5a0-561a-96d0-ca0b64640449.amp.html

I didn't see Butterfield in your answer earlier.

Reliable water = settlements. Roads link settlements. Great resource, Swivelhead, I've bookmarked for later.