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  1. forestranger

    Show us your Guns!

    No the carbine is 357 magnum. The Colt Commander 45 ACP and the Ruger is 45 Colt. I have a Ruger 357 "50th Anniversary" Blackhawk and a couple of S&W 357s to go with the carbine if needed. Most of my truly vintage firearms aren't shot much due to difficulty getting them repaired if something...
  2. forestranger

    How do folks react to your hat wearing?

    Around here it is very common to see middle age and older men (like me) wearing hats. I see a lot of wool outback style hats and inexpensive looking straw hats but seldom see shorter brim fedoras. Since I'm normally wearing various silver belly fur felt hats (pinched front/3" brim), if anybody...
  3. forestranger

    Loungers' Pets

    My sincere sympathies. I have had and lost 4 collies over the years and my 5th one is pushing 12 so I know it won't long. I'm getting too old for a puppy so the next one will likely be a rescue. Again so sorry.
  4. forestranger

    Show us your Guns!

    Not vintage but three of my favorites.
  5. forestranger

    Adventure! Fedora Lounge Folks in Action!

    I was Regional Forester for Region 1 out of Kinston from 1985 til I retired in 2002 to move back home to Rowan Co. We might have met....Jim
  6. forestranger

    Adventure! Fedora Lounge Folks in Action!

    It was the NC Forest Service and Hillsboro, Asheville, Whiteville and Kinston were duty stations with a bit of western US fire details.
  7. forestranger

    Adventure! Fedora Lounge Folks in Action!

    This is about as close to adventure in the outdoors I get these days. A long walk with some good friends in my own fenced woods on trails I constructed. A long ways from the old days with the forest service:).
  8. forestranger

    Introduction

    Hello! I've been lurking for a long time and actually joined the forum back in Feb. but I did something wrong and couldn't post until today. I'm a 67 y/o retired forest ranger and have been wearing hats off and on since the mid-60s. Now I wear a fur felt or straw hat everyday. Most of what I...

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