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Bill of course joined us back in April,
and a few of us posted our Welcome's then.
good to see you back Bill
ethan:
Indeed I did. My apologies for not posting more. I intend to correct that.
Good group of folks here. And thank you for the "re-welcome" 
Yes, I cast ~twice a week. I shoot every day.
Pb is the chemical symbol for the element, lead.
When I use the symbol for lead, I mean lead, to wit, 99.9% lead. Like one would acquire from rotometals.
Lyman #2 is 90% lead and it's pretty darn hard alloy.
I use WW/lino at 50/50 for my BFR in 500 S&W Mag.
*WW= Wheel Weight
I still cannot understand why I typed "The Wild Bunch". . . trust I have answered your questions and good luck hunting. As a matter of fact I think I'll walk across the ditch and see if I can get a couple of tree rats for supper.
Today I was watching "The Round Up", season 2 episode 4, 29 September, 1956. The resemblance to the real story of Hickok in Abilene and his shooting of Phil Coe and then his own deputy was uncanny.
Intense for a TV Western in 1956, IMO.
Superfluous post, just for entertainment value.
Maybe the greatest actress ever made a guest appearance on "Gunsmoke", arguably, of course. Bette Davis. I have admired her since "The Petrified Forrest".
You guys have been far more steeped in these areas so I will ask, will anyone give me a line on the boot style, holster, and firearm Festus wears/uses?
I figure the gun is a GWA in .45 Colt, it appears to be a 4 3/4" version, the holster is an Arvo Ojala? What about the boots? Corrections are VERY welcomed.
I love "Gunsmoke" in both the Radio and Television versions.
Welcome to our Duke family, BillLongley. I don't mean to be pedantic, but I think that your reference to Katy Jurado and Slim Pickens was "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid", not "The Wild Bunch".
I viewed the Director's cut of Garrett this morning. There are actually three existent versions: the Director's cut, the theatrical edition, and Paul Seydor's version which contains some scenes from both versions and deletes others.
The scene with a wounded Pickens and a grieving Jurado, shot at sunset with "Knock, Knock, Knocking on Heaven's Door" is just heartbreaking.
We deal in lead, friend.
Absolutely correct. I have no idea why I wrote that.
MEA CULPA, MEA CULPA, MEA MAXIMA CULPA! 
I like the "Director's Cut" (actually Peckinpah's preview version)
From the chicken shooting scene to the end, really like that film
As they walk out toward the river, sun setting, "Knockin' On Heaven's Door", the looks on their faces. It is indeed breathtaking.
I kind of mislead, anyway. I actually watch Gunsmoke every night. But I was just thinking last feature film
I am obliged to you for your correction.
I deal in Pb myself, cast bullets at least twice a week. I suppose it's more like lead alloys, for me. Magnificent Seven. . .
"High Noon" Blu-ray. Seeing Katy Jurado reminded me of the classic scene from "The Wild Bunch" with Slim Pickens and her.
I probably won't post a lot. I'll try to stick to reading here. Lots of good reading material here!
Well, I'll 'say' this: You guys certainly make a fella feel welcome. Thanks, all!
An acquaintance from another site pointed me here after I posted a "heads-up" for a Duke marathon on Encore. I closed the post with "Here's to ya, wherever you are, brother". I suppose that told him that I would enjoy this place.
Indeed, I already have enjoyed reading here.
John Wayne always embodied my ideal of manhood and patriotism. I have tried to rear my family the same way. Hello, from the Gibson family.
