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- Thu Apr 11, 2024 5:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I'd not survive the 'corporate' world...
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1470
I'd not survive the 'corporate' world...
. A patient who works in health care recently made a joking comment at work that 'offended' someone who stomped off in a huff. The comment was made to remind eveyone to respect patient privacy. Evidently someone was 'offended' by that and said they said they viewed the comment as a 'threat' and very...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 8:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ultra Long Range 22LR ammo
- Replies: 7
- Views: 614
Re: Ultra Long Range 22LR ammo
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I have enough fun with regular subsonic ammo and Paco's "Accurizer" (never could spell it).
I have enough fun with regular subsonic ammo and Paco's "Accurizer" (never could spell it).
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 8:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 3-D Printer
- Replies: 9
- Views: 719
Re: 3-D Printer
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It makes me wonder if you could use a 3D printer to build a paraffin or similar material 'form' so that you can make an investment casting using metal as a second step.
It makes me wonder if you could use a 3D printer to build a paraffin or similar material 'form' so that you can make an investment casting using metal as a second step.
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 5:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Training for CCW (and home protection).
- Replies: 0
- Views: 947
Training for CCW (and home protection).
. Lots of options, and probably the best is to travel to go to one of the high-end places like Gunsite Ranch, but few of us will ever afford the time or money to do that. What most of my friends and I have done over the years is just get together and casually shoot cans or paper targets or steel, an...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 4:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ultra Long Range 22LR ammo
- Replies: 7
- Views: 614
Ultra Long Range 22LR ammo
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https://www.creedmoorsports.com/product ... 0167/Lapua
Over 40 cents a round, but pretty impressive…
https://youtu.be/Ok1jkp7fiic?si=voupptX8pX_Ylgm4
Any pursuit of excellence in the firearms field fascinates me.
https://www.creedmoorsports.com/product ... 0167/Lapua
Over 40 cents a round, but pretty impressive…
https://youtu.be/Ok1jkp7fiic?si=voupptX8pX_Ylgm4
Any pursuit of excellence in the firearms field fascinates me.
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 12:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 300 Blackout to 600 yards
- Replies: 2
- Views: 308
300 Blackout to 600 yards
. https://youtu.be/7c0v6zfyozY?si=8DB9tQklCdEDaVdG I like stuff like this. 45-70 to 1,000 yards, 22 LR to 300 yards, 32-20 to 400 yards. I've seen YouTube videos on all those, and find the challenge of even just elevation to be impressive, much less for windage conditions. Of course even if the gun ...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 11:12 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 3-D Printer
- Replies: 9
- Views: 719
3-D Printer
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https://youtu.be/ikjOEaPY6Rk?si=iSM9QLhxoRK_wsrs
Cheap basic one looks interesting.
I can imagine the top of line ones would be great for parts fabrication.
https://youtu.be/ikjOEaPY6Rk?si=iSM9QLhxoRK_wsrs
Cheap basic one looks interesting.
I can imagine the top of line ones would be great for parts fabrication.
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 9:21 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Great gun show finds this morning. Again!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1324
Re: Great gun show finds this morning. Again!
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"...guess the moral of the story is, I need to stop trying to be organized. Something always goes missing..."
Me too.
"...guess the moral of the story is, I need to stop trying to be organized. Something always goes missing..."
Me too.
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 7:14 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Blowhard or Whistleblower...?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1131
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 6:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Heartbreak
- Replies: 6
- Views: 677
Re: Heartbreak
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“…The listed parts were removed from a single firearm earmarked for destruction. The frame or receiver was destroyed under court order…”
I don’t know about the rest of you guys, but I feel a lot safer knowing the government destroyed that weapon.
“…The listed parts were removed from a single firearm earmarked for destruction. The frame or receiver was destroyed under court order…”
I don’t know about the rest of you guys, but I feel a lot safer knowing the government destroyed that weapon.
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 6:16 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: The Party of Science….!!!
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1257
The Party of Science….!!!
. https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1777706121165222111 :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: If they weren’t such arrogant hypocrites, it wouldn’t be so funny… :roll: It gets better… https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1777740890817073628 I can’t help but be reminded of the congressman,...
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 8:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Mod 92 218 Bee RANGE REPORT
- Replies: 8
- Views: 777
Re: Mod 92 218 Bee RANGE REPORT
. I've used extra-high rings to help that issue (case damage) in a 32-20. Higher rings don't bother me as I use a 'chin-weld' vs a 'cheek-weld', but one could use a leather buttstock cheek-pad if needed. From a practical shooting and hunting standpoint the 'point-blank range' is deeper/longer with a...
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 4:10 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Biden puppet
- Replies: 4
- Views: 784
Re: Biden puppet
So true.....!
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 4:04 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Just one Blackhawk
- Replies: 55
- Views: 5165
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 8:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A Chilling Thought
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2800
Re: A Chilling Thought
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'Environmentalists' really ARE crazy - https://scitechdaily.com/stratospheric- ... te-change/
'Environmentalists' really ARE crazy - https://scitechdaily.com/stratospheric- ... te-change/
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 8:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A real 'air guitar'....
- Replies: 1
- Views: 246
A real 'air guitar'....
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https://youtu.be/LYSGTkNtazo?si=WkVsuOwvHu9AD_id
Theramin, that is ..
I like the guy saying he put cat food out next to his so his cats 'played' it ...
https://youtu.be/LYSGTkNtazo?si=WkVsuOwvHu9AD_id
Theramin, that is ..
I like the guy saying he put cat food out next to his so his cats 'played' it ...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 6:16 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Very disappointed in Chickens…
- Replies: 8
- Views: 770
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 3:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Very disappointed in Chickens…
- Replies: 8
- Views: 770
Re: Very disappointed in Chickens…
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Mixed birds but the one broody was a black orphington.
I guess the dogs will enjoy the treats...
Mixed birds but the one broody was a black orphington.
I guess the dogs will enjoy the treats...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 3:02 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Wow - this was from a MSN newsfeed - !!!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 487
Wow - this was from a MSN newsfeed - !!!
. They actually referenced an article (Wall Street Journal) expressing the likely types of 'October Surprise' we can look forward to, based on the election-theft from four years ago. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/opinion-an-october-disinformation-surprise-is-coming/ar-BB1l95oE There was ev...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 10:09 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Very disappointed in Chickens…
- Replies: 8
- Views: 770
Very disappointed in Chickens…
. For the first time ever 20 years or so of having chickens, we actually seemed to have a broody hen and a chance of hatching baby chickens. So we quit taking eggs from that particular nest box, and we were on about the third week of her sitting on the eggs, when the lightbulb in the coop went out f...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 6:52 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Update on the CoVid vaccine toxicity...
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3246
Re: Update on the CoVid vaccine toxicity...
. This is but one symptom of an out-of-control medical 'system', illustrating the fundamental divide between those who feel that force and violence on the part of the state is appropriate versus those who value individual civil rights. https://youtu.be/5OT9SKXZIFc?si=z9x3f7rfH8FrckUh If you get back...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 9:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: RIA M200
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1211
Re: RIA M200
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"...I bought it for myself. It is hers now..."
Happens to me fairly often...
But when she shoots a group like that it sure makes sense for it to become hers...!
"...I bought it for myself. It is hers now..."
Happens to me fairly often...
But when she shoots a group like that it sure makes sense for it to become hers...!
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 5:13 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Update on the CoVid vaccine toxicity...
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3246
Re: Update on the CoVid vaccine toxicity...
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We've been using a combination of long-term nattokinase, low-dose naltrexone, and ivermectin. Not just for clots but the inflammation that seems to cause fatigue, myalgia, brain fog, and so many other symptoms. Seems to work 'sort of' in 'most people' - clearly we have much to learn though.
We've been using a combination of long-term nattokinase, low-dose naltrexone, and ivermectin. Not just for clots but the inflammation that seems to cause fatigue, myalgia, brain fog, and so many other symptoms. Seems to work 'sort of' in 'most people' - clearly we have much to learn though.
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 2:09 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Update on the CoVid vaccine toxicity...
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3246
Update on the CoVid vaccine toxicity...
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of course it all could be 'coincidence'...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GJyHBWPoRg
But the Anointed Ones who run things in politics and academia shun Carlson as evil, so will never even listen to his interviews...
of course it all could be 'coincidence'...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GJyHBWPoRg
But the Anointed Ones who run things in politics and academia shun Carlson as evil, so will never even listen to his interviews...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 350 grains at 2,600 FPS - from a handgun....
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1060
Re: 350 grains at 2,600 FPS - from a handgun....
Is this 500 too long for a 1886? Or would a 1895 be more appropriate? It is almost three inches long, so about the length of the old Mauser battle cartridges. I would shoot it in say a Ruger No. 1, but in a handgun I think I would pass. I've seen (but never shot) a 45-70 revolver, and that's a pret...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 6:17 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: article on barrels - from Rifle Magazine
- Replies: 2
- Views: 379
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 11:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Something else I 'need'....
- Replies: 3
- Views: 422
Re: Something else I 'need'....
. What is sad is that some of the biggest opposition to repealing the 86 machine gun ban are the people who own machine guns, because the value went up a bunch and they don't want to see it go back down to where it was before the ban. Of course the folks who only bought them after the man paid infla...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 11:57 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Something else I 'need'....
- Replies: 3
- Views: 422
Something else I 'need'....
. https://youtube.com/shorts/TexR0ZeVMj8?si=i8ZXsVx6ro8r6k1J Not really. But still kinda cool. 900'ish fps if I recall. The 338 bullets are VERY low drag, so just kinda keep sailing on and on and on. No dropping below sonic to destabilize them. 300 Blackout still pretty close though. Then again...ma...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 7:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 350 grains at 2,600 FPS - from a handgun....
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1060
Re: 350 grains at 2,600 FPS - from a handgun....
Quite a in depth and well researched piece. Nothing demonstrates expertise and authority like a husky man laughing hysterically after every shot shooting household items one handed a 5 yards lol. Cant wait for the book to come out! :D :lol: Kinda my thoughts as well. However you have to admire the ...
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 8:31 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 350 grains at 2,600 FPS - from a handgun....
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1060
350 grains at 2,600 FPS - from a handgun....
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(chrony actually read 2,400 or so... )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5L_o7lQcqc&t=116s
Not sure I ever want to shoot anything bigger than my Redhawk or Super Blackhawk in 44 Mag or 45 Colt, personally....
(chrony actually read 2,400 or so... )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5L_o7lQcqc&t=116s
Not sure I ever want to shoot anything bigger than my Redhawk or Super Blackhawk in 44 Mag or 45 Colt, personally....
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 6:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bridge Collapse (video shows how fast it happened)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2408
Re: Bridge Collapse (video shows how fast it happened)
. CCP propaganda or CCP whistleblower revelation...? We are probably supposed to just write this off as sloppiness, and then ordinary accident, but this is just the latest in a string of somewhat suspicious things... https://rumble.com/v4muvyq-the-ship-with-multiple-backups-never-should-have-lost-st...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 7:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ah ... well .... oh nevermind ...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 548
Re: Ah ... well .... oh nevermind ...
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dem Black Labs be evil....
dem Black Labs be evil....
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 2:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Best pickup truck toolbox ever ...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 888
Re: Best pickup truck toolbox ever ...
. I tend to be wary of any sort of vengeance while driving because I'm always afraid it might injure an innocent third party. However in my fantasy world, on a long stretch of road with no other vehicles I'd dump out about three bushels of half inch ball bearings onto the roadway and watch them slip...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 12:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Best pickup truck toolbox ever ...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 888
Re: Best pickup truck toolbox ever ...
. it would be nice for tailgaters.... When we were kids my friends brother was killed by an idiot tailgater who had been given plenty of opportunities to pass by their dad who was driving, so he wasn't very patient with tailgaters, and we had a long commute together one summer doing farm work. He go...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 6:12 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Best pickup truck toolbox ever ...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 888
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 6:07 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ruger Marlin 1894 44 Magnum
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1964
Re: Ruger Marlin 1894 44 Magnum
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It's sad that so many new firearms are 'iffy', but at least many of us can detect the problems, and often fix them. The newbies have to have more help. I usually ask friends new to guns to let me look over new purchases and I show them what to look for in terms of function and safety.
It's sad that so many new firearms are 'iffy', but at least many of us can detect the problems, and often fix them. The newbies have to have more help. I usually ask friends new to guns to let me look over new purchases and I show them what to look for in terms of function and safety.
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 6:04 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Pulling bullets
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2595
Re: Pulling bullets
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Good ol' PHYSICS comes in handy sometimes...!
Good ol' PHYSICS comes in handy sometimes...!
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 7:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Walking past the muzzle anyone....???
- Replies: 6
- Views: 711
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 1:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Affordable Health Care (DirectPay)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1367
Re: Affordable Health Care (DirectPay)
. One thing with health insurance vs home or auto is that the 'limit' is not only high or even in some cases unlimited, but the incidence of claims is pretty close to 100%. If 1 of 10,000 homes burns down or tornados per year, and the homes average $1,000,000, then to replace the one home, each of t...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Interesting if you're an OCD math/ballistic nerd...
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1014
Interesting if you're an OCD math/ballistic nerd...
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...like me...
https://www.outdoorlife.com/guns/what-is-mean-radius/
Maybe not practical unless you use an optic target-reader, but it does make sense.
...like me...
https://www.outdoorlife.com/guns/what-is-mean-radius/
Maybe not practical unless you use an optic target-reader, but it does make sense.
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:35 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Midway has .480 Ruger brass
- Replies: 5
- Views: 825
Re: Midway has .480 Ruger brass
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Yeah - that is such a cool gun...!!! I had a friend with a SxS 45-70, but somehow the 480 is just cooler...
Yeah - that is such a cool gun...!!! I had a friend with a SxS 45-70, but somehow the 480 is just cooler...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: slide spring
- Replies: 6
- Views: 936
Re: slide spring
. The slide hopefully would never come OFF to the rear, even without a spring at all, if the design is good. Not familiar enough with that gun to know, but I'd hate to think that the only thing preventing a slide from embedding in my skull was a spring. :shock: This was a nice review of the gun I fo...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ruger Marlin 1894 44 Magnum
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1964
Re: Ruger Marlin 1894 44 Magnum
. I just never liked ANY levergun's forend attachment. That, plus the wood-against-steel and corrosion issues, pretty much is what led me to go with 'stainless' (oh the horrors) barrels, or even more drastically, ALUMINUM forends like the Ranger Point Precision ones. The action and receiver part of ...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Midway has .480 Ruger brass
- Replies: 5
- Views: 825
Re: Midway has .480 Ruger brass
There are days I wish I got into the 'stout pistol big-bores' like the 500 and 475 Linebaughs.... < sigh > Then I would (of course) have to expand to the 500 S&W and 480 Ruger. Then 'down' to the mere 454 Casull and it's wimpy younger brother the 45 Colt... :D Pretty nice to have any of those th...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bridge Collapse (video shows how fast it happened)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2408
Re: Bridge Collapse (video shows how fast it happened)
. Insurance evidently WILL be involved - so how come Biden is promising that those of us who work for a living (Trump Supporters, for the most part) are going to pay for the replacement. https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2024/03/28/baltimore-bridge-catastrophe-may-be-biggest-ever-marine-insurance-pa...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 6:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Regarding Rossi and other 92s hunting with 44 Magnum
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1201
Re: Regarding Rossi and other 92s hunting with 44 Magnum
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I've used it on whitetail, from various Marlin 1894's (Remlins mostly) and it groups 2-3" with a scope from a rest at 100 yards, and punches through the thorax both sides. Not exactly elk, but the only 'big game' I hunt.
I've used it on whitetail, from various Marlin 1894's (Remlins mostly) and it groups 2-3" with a scope from a rest at 100 yards, and punches through the thorax both sides. Not exactly elk, but the only 'big game' I hunt.
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Off topic..Redneck Dream offroader....
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1157
Re: Off topic..Redneck Dream offroader....
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As per the caption... "This earthmover Unimog is one of those vehicles that I have absolutely no conceivable use for, but find myself wanting all the same..."
As per the caption... "This earthmover Unimog is one of those vehicles that I have absolutely no conceivable use for, but find myself wanting all the same..."
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bridge Collapse (video shows how fast it happened)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2408
Re: Bridge Collapse (video shows how fast it happened)
. It is hindsight and armchair-engineering, but it would seem like with a billion dollars or more at stake, there would be some protections beyone hoping everything goes right. I know you can't just pound in a few T-posts to bump back a couple hundred million pounds of cargo ship, but other bridges ...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 2:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: War Daddy
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1610
War Daddy
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Good WW2 story.
https://youtu.be/e5t42dA6xCM?si=kw53Z70tn6AI70zi
The movie 'Fury' was based on much of this real story.
Good WW2 story.
https://youtu.be/e5t42dA6xCM?si=kw53Z70tn6AI70zi
The movie 'Fury' was based on much of this real story.
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 12:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Blued steel and walnut
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1882
Re: Blued steel and walnut
. Although I love me some stainless and plastic when it comes to an all-weather gun, and the black nitrided functionality of an AR or Glock is practical, the aesthetics of a finely designed blued-steel gun with nice walnut 'furniture' is amazing. I think the original S&W Model 29 would be one of...