Mojave Lever Crew - Roll Call!

[200Apples]

^ ^ ^ I've seen 'em on a menu or two, but always thought it would be spelled, "Hangar Steak"... as if they were made to consume in or near the vicinity of an aircraft hangar...

Thank ya guys!! I've actually written a book on horsemanship: "Lessons From The Roundpen". Just a small lil paperback that sold for $18.35. Been out a print for some time. I came up with that price cause I was doing a lot of clinics at the time. I'd reversed engineered the sales tax so somebody bought one they handed my staff a $20 and no change needed. Crazy silly thing, I've seen used copies on Amazon going for up to $200. Just crazy.

Got my copy three years ago through Amazon for +/- $50... I started it just before I started my trailer project but put it down due to other, more-immediate concerns. I will finish it bcause I wanna better understand horses, or at least try to.

Recently I was involved in a collaboration with Jason Fry called "Next Level Knifemaking." I contributed the chapter on sheath making.

Apples has a good start on the third. He is the custodian of the manuscripts. Just needs some editing! Well lots of editing! Titled something like "How Not to Dress Like a Drugstore Kaboy So Ya Get Invited Back to the Branding". Whadya think Chris?

lmao!

This marvelous and informative content is archived here on CGN, and along with my Lifetime Contributor stay-tus should be safely stored there until such time as CGN might suffer a wholesale data morph to a new software interface.

We should receive from our CGN Administration a satisfactory headsup to the move, if any, at which point I will gather these great missives of yours and combine them for safe storage elsewhere. Then you can put together a humor volume. I'll model. LOL.

[Dave's friend Brett] is a rawhide braider and so was there to collect the hide off of this steer.

His work is amazing! Thanks for the photo.

After a sharp crack from that old .22mag lever...

Dagnabbit, grab a pic o' that leevergun next year. We wanna see what a real working gun looks like.

Eric is a gun guy too and we'd agreed to bring along our 10mms as he had one to show me. Somehow he'd snagged a CHP Commemorative Smith 1009. I'd seen one before but had never had a chance to really handle one. Its a beast. I'd brought along my Dan Wesson 1911 in 10 and my Smith 610 for him to see. Unfortunately we didn't have time to shoot. He had five more steers to process here in Tehachapi and then had to drop the steers at two different butchers in Bakersfield (of course on completely opposite sides of town too) and then a three hour drive home. Eric's a busy guy. We book him a year in advance, I know what I'll be doing at 0700 on May 14th 2024.

Every time you mention that Wesson 1911 in 10mm I get a little weak in the knees...

Oh well... I console myself with handloading and shooting .41 Magnum from a Marlin 1894FG.

The trailer's coming along, but as I make my two-steps-forward it's one-step-backwards with the opening of yet another can o' worms. I'm trying to curve baltic birch into the forward, arched corners of the trailer cabin. Remember, this is stuff I've never done before... and it shows.



If I pull this off it should prove to be a neat visual detail along the front of the trailer cabin, exposed as it will be behind a bunk headboard shelf and cabinet...

[Horsewright]

That carving deal sounds cool!

On the rawhide think of the work involved in making that rawhide rope (reata) there on the table that Tyrin has his hand on. To make a 60 ft reata ya need to braid up over a core, four, ninety foot strings. So Ya say a steer ain't 90 ft long how do ya make 90 ft strings. After the hide is dehaired they cut a big circle out of it and then cut their strings around and around from the circle. Its a LOT of work rawhiding. There was some trading going on before breakfast. Steve ended up trading some stuff to Brett for that quirt. Steve doesn't ride anymore so he'll hang it in his house. On the table from right to left: A shu fly. This is hung from the cinch under the horse's belly and helps keep flys away. A quirt. Everyone has one, nobody carries em much. When I was riding a lot of young horses I'd have one hanging on my saddle. Lots of times with a young horse one solid whack with a quirt was way better than asking and asking and asking whit your heels and not getting a response. The flaps on the working end soften the blow and making a clapping noise. Most of the time just smacking this along your boot top would get the desired result. A horse can't decide not to go and sometimes some of those younger horses hadn't read all the rules yet. Next a bosal and a curb strap. They are two separate items they just happen to be hanging out together on the table. The bosal is a noseband that goes on the horse. When they are this small they are often called a pencil bosal or a bosalita.. They are worn under the bridle on a finished horse. Here Nichole has one on under the bridle on Josie her red roan mare. Her reins are braided rawhide too. Misty's horse is younger and not finished off into the bridle yet so no bosalita:



Under the bridle like that its kind of a mark of a horse's education, a Ph D in this case. The curb strap is used on the bridle and goes under the horses chin. Then finally the reata under Tyrin's hand. Riata is a correct spelling too btw.

[LindenBruce]

Ok thanks for the input guys. Looks like I'm barking up the wrong tree for a holster for this pistol. No, I ti will NOT be for cowboy/CCW shooting. Just something to wear and carry when I'm out and about on my property. And not from a horse either. It will be on foot or from my tractor. So maybe I should think about something for my 4" GP100 instead of the SAA. B.

[Horsewright]

Ok thanks for the input guys. Looks like I'm barking up the wrong tree for a holster for this pistol. No, I ti will NOT be for cowboy/CCW shooting. Just something to wear and carry when I'm out and about on my property. And not from a horse either. It will be on foot or from my tractor. So maybe I should think about something for my 4" GP100 instead of the SAA. B.

Good deal let us know how the search goes. Always good to know what is out there. If ya decide to go strongside there are probably quite a few that'll work for ya for either gun. El Paso would be a great place to start.

[Calif Hunter]

While straightening out some shelves in the garage, I found an old box of Remington .30-30 ammo, still full of unfired rounds. From the limited/quick search I did, they appear to be from the late 1940s to early 1960s (?) I seem to recall getting them from my Uncle Bill back in the 1960s. I am not sure if they are worth anything other than as ammo.

[pennstater]

Neat find. I'd shoot 'em, save the brass. Box alone may be worth something.
Think I might have a box like that in my garage. Best look around.

MLC

[bergmen]

I have some .308 Winchester rounds from my Dad that are pretty old I believe.

Pictures:





Dan

[Killer Bee]

nice vintage ammo y'all!

[golfish]

So cool...

Ya got to love anything old when it comes to guns and ammo

[golfish]

Oh my !

[PogoJack]

RMR/Holosun RDS and ghost ring mounts are available for Henry?s and Marlins in case you are interested.

https://www.hopticusa.com/product-page/dom-co-witness-rmr-mount-w-ghostring-sight

[golfish]

Has anybody heard/read anything about the Ruger/Marlin 1894 being released. I know, summer just started and they claim "summer" as the goal.

I'd think that this gun might be the most anticipated gun to hit the market in years.

[NapalmCheese]

I'm in Palmdale at the moment with a .22 rifle and a .22 pistol. It used to be when I stayed here I'd head out to Jawbone for a day and do some shooting, but that's in the wrong direction from where I need to go tomorrow (and from where I'll be coming back a few days later). Looking at On X there's not a lot of BLM between Palmdale and Ventura.

So before I deep dive into trying to find plinking spots between here and there I'm asking "is that a futile endeavor"? Should I just bite the bullet and do some extra driving to re-up my Mojave Lever Crew auxiliary membership and go back to the places I know?

[bigbossman]

Doesn't highway 33 run through Frazier Park to Ventura? Lots of national forest up there.

[NapalmCheese]

I hadn't even thought of national forest.