Adam,

This information, when verified with a date/time and people involved, would be a great addition to the outline draft letter you crafted on another thread.

This may be the spark that unites us all in a winnable war with those who would remove and subjugate our rights.

We must get some level of awareness to President Elect Trump. Anyone have an in?

From what I understand the gentleman that was fined is receiving legal help from the PLP so I might be able to get a court and case number, I will look into it but it most likely won't happen this week because of the Holiday.

Just remember this, if somebody comes up and starts asking questions about what you are doing, say nothing other then politely ask them why they are asking you questions. I carry a .44mag on my hip so most people tend to keep their distance, but occasionally somebody does come up and ask questions, usually it is just for directions.

Tree huggers wont come within a mile, as soon as they see that gun they high tail it out of the area. See, guns do work even if the are not used.

Great Post, Ben!

I carry a .357 mag. Not as many LARGE predators in the SE, other than the 2 legged type.

Yep....a .357 with 125 gr. JHP's is a good "social" tool to have at hand when needed.  A fellow chapter member had his 6 year old daughter ask me why I had a gun on our outing over labor Day w/e.   I explained that I carried it to keep all of us safe, not only from animals but from anybody who would do us harm.  He nodded and she went away happy and it was not mentioned again.

"Baby" and I understand each other and we each know the others limitations, as we have associated for over 30 years on a daily basis.

Okay okay... so I carry a girly gun. Lol! 9mm Taurus PT92 Carries 16 rounds in the mag plus one chambered. JHP. Sorry but my Ruger Redhawk .357 magnum weighs 4 lbs. Unloaded with a 7" barrel. That's for home defense along with the 20 guage. ;-)

I've packed three different 9's, two different .357's and keep coming back to the old 4" Ruger Security Six stainless. 

 

Try a 7 1/2 inch Redhawk in .44 Mag with a 2x scope for weight.  Little ungainly, even in a shoulder rig.

You're not giving up much with the 9, and JHP's

I bought my wife a titanium .38 special that was hammerless so it could be fired from within her purse but the bun hurt her to shoot and she preferred shooting my .44 mag. So I took it back as a trade in with her and we did a series of test with multiple guns.

To my surprise she chose the Ruger SP101, 5 shot .357 revolver, and she loves this gun. When you look at it in a holster it small enough to be a .22LR, but it is a 5 shot .357 magnum with a 4" barrel and extremely accurate and light weight with low recoil. The 4" barrel balances the gun perfectly.

So now when we get out to the country I ask "where is your gun" and she usually responds with " piss off, I am getting it now!" I have to get her in the habit of wearing it everywhere we go like I do with my .44mag.

I bought my wife a titanium .38 special that was hammerless so it could be fired from within her purse but the bun hurt her to shoot and she preferred shooting my .44 mag. So I took it back as a trade in with her and we did a series of test with multiple guns.

To my surprise she chose the Ruger SP101, 5 shot .357 revolver, and she loves this gun. When you look at it in a holster it small enough to be a .22LR, but it is a 5 shot .357 magnum with a 4" barrel and extremely accurate and light weight with low recoil. The 4" barrel balances the gun perfectly.

So now when we get out to the country I ask "where is your gun" and she usually responds with " piss off, I am getting it now!" I have to get her in the habit of wearing it everywhere we go like I do with my .44mag.

Ben,

I have had (my first weapon that my dad bought me when I turned 16) is a SW 357 Combat Special (6") in matte stainless. I love that heavy hitter.

I recently picked up Taurus .357 7 shot 4" ported barrel that I have fallen in love with. Effortless shooting, porting allows the wife to shoot real .357 loads. Bonus, practice with inexpensive .38 spl rounds.

It is not the size of the round, it is the accuracy and confidence of the shooter.

Brad and Ben and everybody,
I think mailing a letter to Trump Tower might be better than sending it to the White House (for now anyway). Obama's staff would throw them in the trash, they have no respect for anyone who's not a liberal.
Also, Trump spends a lot of time on Twitter, if there's an electronic way to go, lets use it.
And Ben, if you want to add a paragraph in the Letter to Pres. Trump that I'm writing in the other thread, go for it. I will add whatever anybody wants in that letter to President Trump.

GREAT!

I will be happy to add any scientific data and put into lawyer/sierra club$%@#! speak. Ben, Arthur, Adam, count me in!

I am a former Environmental Regulator who saw the err of movement and have become a hired gun to offset the non-science nonsense that Sierra and others of the ilk spew out. Without loud dissenting opinions, the haves will forever limit our access to recreational and small scale commercial mining, even with approved mitigation and reclamation plans.


I look forward to putting faces with names at the next big outing. I am stuck in the SE until Linda finishes chemo, but, we plan a trip out west to hang out with the Temecula Valley Prospectors (Dominic and Jen and crew!) when she is over this. It will be late spring, if all goes as planned and God willing!

Golden Days my Colleagues!

Brad

BC-  If she ever gets to the point, do a trigger/sear polish on it, and a set of Wolf springs.  I did both as well as having Herrett make me a set of finger groove Shooting Masters way back when.  Really made the old girl come alive.

 

Blurb in our paper he is looking at the OK Gov. as Sec. Interior.....anyone know anything about her stance on things?

Arthur,
MSNBC website says OK Governor Mary Falin is a far right conservative on issues from taxes, abortion, and capital punishment but nothing mentioned about public land issues.

Wayne

Another organization that seems to be running wild with that BS is the Friends of Nevada Wilderness. I accidently run across their website in looking up property ownership on the web. Wow they are so hypocritical in what they choose to protect and I guess they do it only if it fits their agenda. It seems like they start with these Wilderness Study Areas and work to closing access to the areas by calling the trails "unauthorized access". Seems that they even have BLM's approval to setup barriers. When you read through through their propaganda you quickly see that they want to block all access to these area's. They are going after all properties controlled by BLM. Alarming. 

Some years back the FS/BLM was real heavy handed applying rules that were made up as they went along, to counter this, it was spread amungst the miners/users
when encountering a FS/BLM agent to be polite, nonaugumentive, letting them speak to what they wanted to say, when finished politly ask them their full names, badge numbers, immitiate supervisors names and phone numbers, the divisions they worked out of, chapter and verse of the rules/laws and any other pertanint information.
Ask them to show you the written chapter and verse, some cases they cant.
Letting them know in a nonconfontaial nonarugumentive way that you were going to pursue a follow up with said supervisors to make sure they were on the level with the info they were spewing.
At one point someone had designed a form with all the questions one would ask, havent seen nor heard of this form for awhile.
If said FS/BLM agent did not want to provide you with said info, they were probably shooting from the hip with the so called rules and regs, and in most
cases would back down with something like "I'll over look this today" kinda of thing.

This may not work if these people are "under cover", you dont know until you have given up to much info.
I have encountered LEO's (law enforcement officer) out looking for wildlife pochers, would ask me a couple of questions, not being a wildlife poucher, they would take their leave, no further questions, even with a side arm attached.
One of Discoverie channel shows was about LEO's/game wardens following and busting a large pouching operation in the ElDorado NF a couple years back right in an area I mine.
There are reasons they "LEO's" are out there and it isint alway about us miners.

Mary,
Just an FYI
Not knowing what part of the world your in, be aware here in California, a firearm can only have a 10round mag. max any thing more and your in trouble.
A 16 round mag with only 10 rounds doesnt count.
California wants to protect you from you. LOL

Bill

She is on a work assignment in Oregon, so she is good to go if she carrys openly (visible) or has a concealed permit honored by Oregon.

Thanks Bill. :-)
I guess on the very slim chance I'll ever prospect in California, I'll carry the little Kel-tec P3 AT. It's only .380 auto but has a 6 round mag.
It's a good BUG.
Cheers!
Mary

Thanks Arthur.
I did join the Baker County group but haven't mined with them yet. It's snowing up here and gets dark early. I've found that flood gold in the Wallowa riverand it seems to be shallow and up on the high banks. That river fluctuates a lot depending on weather. The nice thing is that as far as I can tell, nobody is currently mining it. No signs of dredging or otherwise. Not a huge amount there but I want to see what I can get with a sluice. Bought a Le Trap since it's lightweight and won't take up much space next time I move on to a new location.
I've studied Oregon gun laws and really need to find a good belt holster for the Taurus as
all I currently have for it is a good Tommy Pack concealment holster since I have my Texas CHL. Unfortunately, Oregon does not reciprocate those.
Cheers!
Mary