The Frontier Sixshooter Community Message Board - "Internet Certainty"

"Internet Certainty" (reply)

Hoot — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:39:12 +0000

Did you know that the .30-40 Krag was used in Vietnam?

Not from the 'net but much the same results...

Now, where'd that "roll eyes" icon go.....

Major book-larnin' Illiteracy among the younger set -- (reply)

John Meeker — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:23:59 +0000

and still the regular ol' unteachable ignorant, that have assured us 'thet the .30-30 was THE US miltary cat'ridge" 'cause nah Daddy carried one in WW2, an' he tol' me so." & etc. Choose y'r pet piece of hoary misinformed tradition, and currently -- Internet Certainty and share it here. Always curious to hear a new one.

True,True (reply)

Jhenry — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 21:56:22 +0000

It used to be even worse before folks had information at their fingertips, but it remains appallingly bad. Some of the utter nonsense I have heard over the years from folks is amazing.

ignorance in the world about guns abounds in mass quantity (reply)

Miles Fortis — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 19:54:36 +0000

and would stun most of us.

Ignorance is rampant on a whole range of subjects that (reply)

Hobie — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 19:48:26 +0000

our fathers would think were common knowledge.

An Uninformed Seller

Drago — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 18:48:04 +0000

Last night I sent e-mail to a seller on Gun Broker about a K-frame bobbed hammer. I asked if it still had the ability to be used SA. I received a somewhat incredulous reply asking a) why I would want to cock a bobbed hammer,and b)how would I do that safely. I replied that by starting the hammer back with the trigger, cocking could be finished using the ball of the thumb. Skeeter Skelton described it in "Shooting Times". I thought everybody knew that. I had a Model 60 once that was bobbed and used SA on a few occasions while out bird hunting or fishing.