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by AJMD429
Tue Oct 08, 2024 1:29 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Sabotage of hurricane relief...???
Replies: 2
Views: 43

Sabotage of hurricane relief...???

. This is disturbing if true (and I think it probably really is)... https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/10/disturbing-helicopter-pilots-wearing-military-headgear-sabotages-hurricane/ I just wonder who would have done that. If it weren't for the SUV's casing the area first I might just pass it off ...
by AJMD429
Tue Oct 08, 2024 6:58 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The fun part of living in the country.
Replies: 6
Views: 220

Re: The fun part of living in the country.

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Someday I really NEED to get a Browning Hi-Power....
by AJMD429
Tue Oct 08, 2024 6:35 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The push-in type QD sling swivels
Replies: 5
Views: 206

Re: The push-in type QD sling swivels

My Excalibur crossbow has QD cups so I tried a single point, its a bit ungainly with the limbs. The deathnell was the night I got home from hunting, uncased it in the dark, pointed it at my bow target to unload it and unbeknownst to me( in the dark) the sling was between the string and limb. I pull...
by AJMD429
Tue Oct 08, 2024 6:34 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Voting
Replies: 6
Views: 614

Re: Voting

. Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson - good listen... https://x.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1843375397024485778 Lots mentioned on the election (and how this may be the LAST real election in the US). If Musk hires illegal aliens he violates ITAR laws (since SpaceX deals with defense contracts, missiles, etc.)...
by AJMD429
Mon Oct 07, 2024 12:44 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Voting
Replies: 6
Views: 614

Re: Voting

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...and it looks like the key state of Arizona is pretty much a lost cause...

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/1 ... -attorney/

That's sad - I'd expect more of a western state like that.
by AJMD429
Mon Oct 07, 2024 7:20 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I always wanted an old style Vaquero that shot to the sights
Replies: 24
Views: 786

Re: I always wanted an old style Vaquero that shot to the sights

JimT wrote: Sat Sep 28, 2024 11:15 am RESURRECTION! I love bringing a beat-up gun back to life! Great job my friend!
That's cool. Same with old cars, boats, or pretty much any tool; nice to see them restored.

(I guess that's kind of what I try to do with people, in my line of work... :D )
by AJMD429
Sat Oct 05, 2024 10:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The push-in type QD sling swivels
Replies: 5
Views: 206

The push-in type QD sling swivels

. I do like that type on firearms like AR's, and I have bought the Gucci brands as well as knock-offs, and either they fit or they don't, and either they are made well (you can tell by handling them) or they aren't. I see comments on websites about them that "these came loose and I dropped my $...
by AJMD429
Sat Oct 05, 2024 10:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Elk hunt
Replies: 23
Views: 447

Re: Elk hunt

. Pretty cool...! Those elk antlers are so huge - my son brought back a pair from out west, and I really wanted to take them back in our Indiana woods and situate them under lots of leaves so just one tip stuck out, then take one of my friends 'shed antler hunting'. I'd make sure he wound up seeing ...
by AJMD429
Sat Oct 05, 2024 7:13 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: South Carolina Floods - Prayers up for the folks there...
Replies: 23
Views: 585

Re: South Carolina Floods - Prayers up for the folks there...

. Wow ... Go 16 minutes in to this podcast; the FEMA is telling people there "we don't go into the areas that aren't easily accessible", threatening those who try to clear roads or rescue others on their own, and imposing rules that are silly. https://youtu.be/NCHx9LfdPi8 Of course I doubt...
by AJMD429
Sat Oct 05, 2024 12:43 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Interesting on Democrat vs Republican 'defectors'...
Replies: 1
Views: 510

Re: Interesting on Democrat vs Republican 'defectors'...

. Tally up another one... https://x.com/mcarmystrong/status/1842187462321561861 I wonder how many are 'walking away' from the Dems that are just doing it quietly and not even telling anyone. Of course there are a bunch who are 'walking away' but still don't make the jump to actually vote FOR Trump, ...
by AJMD429
Sat Oct 05, 2024 8:26 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: South Carolina Floods - Prayers up for the folks there...
Replies: 23
Views: 585

Re: South Carolina Floods - Prayers up for the folks there...

. Now we are told it's OUR fault the hurricane happened because we are not woke Prius-drivers, so 'climate change' is OUR fault - and on top of that, hurricanes are RACIST, because they impact people of color more than white ones. https://www.youtube.com/live/zZKO3jSlyf0 I did some math and we've gi...
by AJMD429
Sat Oct 05, 2024 12:10 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: South Carolina Floods - Prayers up for the folks there...
Replies: 23
Views: 585

Re: South Carolina Floods - Prayers up for the folks there...

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This is sad…

https://youtu.be/lIBnT777TiA

and

https://youtu.be/J3jrnyNu3ZY

FEMA sounds like another incompetent and corrupt agency… :|
by AJMD429
Fri Oct 04, 2024 9:21 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Books
Replies: 4
Views: 871

Re: Books

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It’s the reloading ones I was after…
by AJMD429
Fri Oct 04, 2024 9:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: South Carolina Floods - Prayers up for the folks there...
Replies: 23
Views: 585

Re: South Carolina Floods - Prayers up for the folks there...

FEMA says they are out of money, wonder why after giving all they have for all those illegals coming up from south america! Then again, I've been hearing the feds are blocking emergency supplies and confiscating supplies already stockpiled in those areas. Not only that, if any private pilots with c...
by AJMD429
Fri Oct 04, 2024 8:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: South Carolina Floods - Prayers up for the folks there...
Replies: 23
Views: 585

Re: South Carolina Floods - Prayers up for the folks there...

. A patient of mine told me that that area has one of the few large lithium deposits in the US, and they were speculating that certain large corporations and government types who are in bed with them, would probably like nothing better than for things to deteriorate so much there that most of the pe...
by AJMD429
Fri Oct 04, 2024 8:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: So…what would you do if THIS came knocking at your door…???
Replies: 6
Views: 299

So…what would you do if THIS came knocking at your door…???

. Creepiest thing I’ve seen in a long time. https://youtube.com/shorts/PkcyttKCy2g No good answer, really. It’s kind of like if the mafia shows up at your door to extort money, only worse. Of course, if it were a movie, at some point, Mel Gibson would be blowing up an automobile…. But in the real wo...
by AJMD429
Fri Oct 04, 2024 7:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: South Carolina Floods - Prayers up for the folks there...
Replies: 23
Views: 585

Re: South Carolina Floods - Prayers up for the folks there...

. Since they are just rednecks and conservatives, it doesn't seem like the feds care much. Listen to this HORRIBLE experience from one who lives there....! https://youtu.be/wOJvrghIfZk Sounds like our 9" in 2-3 hours in Indiana back in 2012 or so was trifling vs this....! Prayers they receive h...
by AJMD429
Fri Oct 04, 2024 7:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Proper Winchester - Marlin comparisons
Replies: 47
Views: 4757

Re: Proper Winchester - Marlin comparisons

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You really need to have BOTH.... 8)
by AJMD429
Fri Oct 04, 2024 7:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: In Columbia Falls, Montana (.327 levergun)
Replies: 20
Views: 685

Re: In Columbia Falls, Montana

It looks like.327 Federal with 100 gr factory ammo is the rough equivalent of the.30 Carbine in a levergun. https://youtu.be/0vZQ2jBG330?si=dB3z_84JOslwJjJY I wonder how the 327 compares to the 110 Gr 357 from a carbine? It's not .30 any more, but same or similar weight bullets . . . I thought that...
by AJMD429
Fri Oct 04, 2024 9:59 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: How "Black" is the Kamala?
Replies: 6
Views: 276

Re: How "Black" is the Kamala?

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Whatever 'race' she claims this week, she sure is STUPID. She can't put together a coherent sentence, and knows nothing of basic economics, or even cause-and-effect. In other words, she's a perfect and typical DEMOCRAT of today.
by AJMD429
Fri Oct 04, 2024 9:53 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: South Carolina Floods - Prayers up for the folks there...
Replies: 23
Views: 585

Re: South Carolina Floods - Prayers up for the folks there...

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Sad that this is could actually happen, even though it is just humor...

North Carolina Asks Zelensky For $100 Billion In U.S. Funding
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https://babylonbee.com/news/north-carol ... us-funding
by AJMD429
Thu Oct 03, 2024 8:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: time capsule found in levergun
Replies: 15
Views: 572

Re: time capsule found in levergun

I've heard about this practice and I have a Lefever 20 ga. Nitro special double my Dad gave to me around 1962 and which I hunted with all thru my younger years. A couple years ago I took the buttplate off and inserted a typed history of the gun and a couple early photos of me with game I had bagged...
by AJMD429
Thu Oct 03, 2024 8:55 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: In Columbia Falls, Montana (.327 levergun)
Replies: 20
Views: 685

Re: In Columbia Falls, Montana

I wonder about this cartridge in a carbine. I can get 1500 fps in a Single Seven, I’ll bet that load would cook in a 16 inch barrel! marlin made the model 1894 in 32 H&R. i have one and it is great. i checked and it will feed the 327 just perfectly., so all that is needed is to ream the chamber...
by AJMD429
Thu Oct 03, 2024 8:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The AK rifle - from truck gun to collectible...?
Replies: 5
Views: 233

The AK rifle - from truck gun to collectible...?

. It seems like 10 or 20 years ago you could get the guns really cheap for a couple hundred bucks or so and the ammunition of course was cheap as well. Then the surplus foreign stuff was cut off and you would think that because of that the cheap clunky guns would have become boat anchors, but I'm se...
by AJMD429
Thu Oct 03, 2024 7:17 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Young Doctors - their curriculum is SCARY...!
Replies: 0
Views: 136

Young Doctors - their curriculum is SCARY...!

. Treating patients who are overweight is now 'racist'... :roll: The syllabus for one of their courses - https://freebeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/srhe_course_guide.pdf Article on it - https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/ucla-med-school-s-mandatory-structural-racism-and-health-equity-cour...
by AJMD429
Thu Oct 03, 2024 7:14 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I'll just read Jack London while my son does the hunting...
Replies: 5
Views: 264

Re: I'll just read Jack London while my son does the hunting...

flightsimmer wrote: Thu Oct 03, 2024 6:07 am Aw yes. Jack London's "Call of the wild" I remember it well.
I re-read his "To Build a Fire" every cold winter (and Gingrich and Forstchen's "Valley Forge") to keep me humble.
by AJMD429
Wed Oct 02, 2024 9:32 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Lots of gonads on this team ..
Replies: 0
Views: 135

Lots of gonads on this team ..

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...I'd have said 'balls' but the word just didn't fit...

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/1 ... fuse-face/

But kudos to these young women for standing on principle. 8)
by AJMD429
Wed Oct 02, 2024 5:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I'm no physicist, but the universe-expansion thing is interesting...
Replies: 4
Views: 238

I'm no physicist, but the universe-expansion thing is interesting...

. The astronomers and physicists are saying things are not making sense in that the universe expansion gets measured and predicted and they get different results. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/james-webb-telescope-watches-ancient-supernova-replay-3-times-and-confirms-something-is-serious...
by AJMD429
Wed Oct 02, 2024 5:23 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Getting out the Vote - Democrat-style...
Replies: 0
Views: 124

Getting out the Vote - Democrat-style...

. Just fly or bus in a bunch of illegals and register them so they can vote Democrat for you in exchange for the debit cards and other benefits that your buddies in the NGO's give them so you can say "the government isn't giving them money" even though the government gives the NGO the mone...
by AJMD429
Wed Oct 02, 2024 5:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bamboo-dart gun - is this for real...?
Replies: 3
Views: 205

Re: Bamboo-dart gun - is this for real...?

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I renamed the thread accordingly. But I just wonder if it was REALLY used in that time and place.

Looks easy to make, but unsure if it would do much.
by AJMD429
Wed Oct 02, 2024 5:16 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Surely it won't be Carter's last presidential election vote...
Replies: 0
Views: 127

Surely it won't be Carter's last presidential election vote...

. Lots of people get registered in Democrat-run places, and vote, and they register as "D" - it may actually mean 'Deceased' instead of 'Democrat', but that doesn't seem to matter in those places. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/10/watch-jimmy-carter-wheeled-outside-shocking-conditio...
by AJMD429
Wed Oct 02, 2024 1:54 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Books
Replies: 4
Views: 871

Re: Books

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Well shucks - too slow on the draw...

If he bails, count me in 'next'... :D
by AJMD429
Wed Oct 02, 2024 12:23 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Bedroom Guns... (political idea)
Replies: 3
Views: 199

Re: Bedroom Guns... (political idea)

. Yep. Plus I like to use the Left's "logic" against them - - if the say "Only a small percentage of 'undocumented migrants' are criminals, and we shouldn't restrict the rights of the others" then I say "Only a small percentage of gun owners are criminals, and we shouldn't r...
by AJMD429
Tue Oct 01, 2024 10:19 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Please pardon.....
Replies: 2
Views: 194

Re: Please pardon.....

. They are Caring, Understanding, Nice, and Talented Spokespersons... Vance handled it well - way more diplomatically than I would have. I liked the way Vance kept prefacing his answers with some variant of "I grew up in a middle-class family..." - that will have to be acknowledged one way...
by AJMD429
Tue Oct 01, 2024 10:17 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Bedroom Guns... (political idea)
Replies: 3
Views: 199

Bedroom Guns... (political idea)

. Since the Democrats keep saying "keep the government out of the bedroom" ( although the implication that the Republicans somehow care to regulate that area is a bit silly ), but they keep wanting to seize pretty much any and all firearms.... .... what if we keep all our scary black guns ...
by AJMD429
Tue Oct 01, 2024 4:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: S&W Model 1
Replies: 18
Views: 501

Re: S&W Model 1

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Now THAT is really nice. Especially in that condition. Good it stayed with someone who will appreciate it...!
by AJMD429
Tue Oct 01, 2024 7:09 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I'll just read Jack London while my son does the hunting...
Replies: 0
Views: 124

I'll just read Jack London while my son does the hunting...

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He went in a sheep hunt (tag unfilled) and then bear (filled).
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by AJMD429
Tue Oct 01, 2024 7:06 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I'll just read Jack London while my son does the hunting...
Replies: 5
Views: 264

I'll just read Jack London while my son does the hunting...

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He went in a sheep hunt (tag unfilled) and then bear (filled).
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by AJMD429
Tue Oct 01, 2024 6:58 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Creepy Gun-detecting AI stuff...
Replies: 0
Views: 150

Creepy Gun-detecting AI stuff...

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https://zeroeyes.com/request-a-demo/

I know the intent is good, and for PRIVATE PROPERTY I have no qualms, and even in the case of public property, IF not misused, it could save lives - but when has the government evern NOT misused a technology... :roll:
by AJMD429
Tue Oct 01, 2024 5:58 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Maybe THIS will be the October Surprise...
Replies: 1
Views: 197

Re: Maybe THIS will be the October Surprise...

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The slow demographic path is the 'backup' plan for the Democrats.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/0 ... what-will/
by AJMD429
Sun Sep 29, 2024 7:50 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Ask for a Mile, get an Inch; repeat 63,360 times ..
Replies: 0
Views: 164

Ask for a Mile, get an Inch; repeat 63,360 times ..

. That's the way the Democrats play it... https://youtu.be/zHvv6aNAehg ...and the REPUBLICANS think it's all ok, since each mile that is asked for they push back to "only an inch"... Unfortunately the ratio is NOT 63,360:1 but more like 3:2 - most of the time the Dems ask for ridiculous st...
by AJMD429
Sun Sep 29, 2024 6:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Truck Noises (made by humans...)
Replies: 7
Views: 323

Re: Truck Noises (made by humans...)

I remember when GI Joe's came out. Some kids would brag about having them. Those of use with better sense called them boys Barbies. It usually led to the owner crying to his mommy. A couple decades ago my now-30-year-old son and his fellow pre-teen friend had been playing 'war' all day with GI-Joes...
by AJMD429
Sun Sep 29, 2024 5:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Truck Noises (made by humans...)
Replies: 7
Views: 323

Truck Noises (made by humans...)

. I just realized that the childhood-habit of sometimes 'making truck noises' occasionally returns, if I'm starting uphill or upstairs with a heavy load to carry. At least as an adult it is a quieter and 'less enthusiastic' (or embarassing) manifestation. Reminds me of how our kids differed early on...
by AJMD429
Sun Sep 29, 2024 4:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: I always thought that a New Model Ruger was pretty much indestructible
Replies: 25
Views: 1909

Re: I always thought that a New Model Ruger was pretty much indestructible

. I think the transfer bar is a nice concept, and undoubtedly may make the guns safer, but it is sure a part begging to be broken - "...Hey - I know - ...let's take a piece of steel and place it between hammer and firing pin, so it gets whacked every time the gun fires - it has to be thin enoug...
by AJMD429
Sun Sep 29, 2024 4:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: South Carolina Floods - Prayers up for the folks there...
Replies: 23
Views: 585

South Carolina Floods - Prayers up for the folks there...

. Looks awful. Of course a '100-year flood' happens every hundred years, and a '200-year' one every 200 years. We forget that, and build in picturesque and convenient places, and on top of that we pave roads and surfaces and so on that increases runoff, and our 'runoff mitigation' structures are typ...
by AJMD429
Sun Sep 29, 2024 4:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Anyone know the IEEE or SAAMI standard for bluejeans...?
Replies: 20
Views: 605

Re: Anyone know the IEEE or SAAMI standard for bluejeans...?

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Maybe I need to go with Wrangler or other brand then...

It seems like whenever I get to liking a brand, they go all 'woke' though; even Ruger back in the day, supporting bans on over-15-round magazines... :? :evil:
by AJMD429
Sun Sep 29, 2024 12:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Anyone know the IEEE or SAAMI standard for bluejeans...?
Replies: 20
Views: 605

Anyone know the IEEE or SAAMI standard for bluejeans...?

. [rant mode] ... what - nobody knows...??? Well that must be because THERE IS NO STANDARD - it must just be whatever mood they are in that batch ... :roll: I pretty much buy all my clothes at either Rural King (jeans, underwear, socks) or Goodwill (shirts, sweaters), other than I spend the money sa...
by AJMD429
Sun Sep 29, 2024 11:51 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: This is why the 'judicial system' has become anti-Trump...
Replies: 0
Views: 220

This is why the 'judicial system' has become anti-Trump...

. ...because any of them who display any sort of 'MAGA' sympathies are eliminated. You can bet if they are a fervent frothing-at-the-mouth supporter of our drooling-at-the-mouth Democrat leader, they are not going to be sanctioned. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/new-york-judge-resigns-amid-...
by AJMD429
Sun Sep 29, 2024 11:39 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Why the explosive growth of 'Data Centers'....
Replies: 0
Views: 148

Why the explosive growth of 'Data Centers'....

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This is just one more thing that goes along with the 'Big Intel' concept - and one more reason NOT to let the Dumbascraps retain power.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNtKA0KRlr4

I like his final advice - "...plant a garden, and remember - it didn't have to be this way..."