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by jeepnik
Thu Mar 28, 2024 10:56 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: First Amendment stuff in SCOTUS Murthy vs Missouri
Replies: 1
Views: 31

Re: First Amendment stuff in SCOTUS Murthy vs Missouri

It isn't a right if the government can restrict it. The Bill Of Rights is a pretty simple document. If only the government would abide by it things would be much better. The problem is, about two seconds after the elected and appointed officials swear to uphold and defend the Constitution they viola...
by jeepnik
Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:24 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bridge Collapse (video shows how fast it happened)
Replies: 19
Views: 383

Re: Bridge Collapse (video shows how fast it happened)

"........you want a USN damage control specialists." Way back in the "old navy" there were the u.s. naval enlisted rates shipfitters and damage controlmen. The Navy kept outdated things like O.B.A.'s for years after just about every other fire department on the planet had change...
by jeepnik
Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Guns of the Old West
Replies: 23
Views: 472

Re: Guns of the Old West

Speaking of the decline in reading printed material, as I walk around my neighborhood I notice that newspapers are getting smaller and smaller, based on what I see rolled up in driveways. They are a mere shadow of what they were 20 years ago. It's a wonder that the local newspaper is even in busine...
by jeepnik
Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:09 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bridge Collapse (video shows how fast it happened)
Replies: 19
Views: 383

Re: Bridge Collapse (video shows how fast it happened)

In 1978 the Atlantic Trader, well past its prime, lost it's steering in the main channel of L. A. Harbor. It hit the end of a floating drydock, which probably saved quite a few lives, they slammed into the bow of an FFG before tearing into the dock to which the FFG was tied. The amount of damage a s...
by jeepnik
Mon Mar 25, 2024 2:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Guns of the Old West
Replies: 23
Views: 472

Re: Guns of the Old West

Except for tabloid type magazines that seem to appeal mostly to women magazines, like much printed material is slowly dying off. My kids, who aren't exactly young anymore read what they want online. I suspect that in a couple of generations the printed media will be just about extinct.
by jeepnik
Mon Mar 25, 2024 2:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Reloading Setups
Replies: 22
Views: 391

Re: Reloading Setups

I'd say go with Dillion. A progressive makes a poor choice for someone just starting reloading. But you're experienced so buy what you will eventually end up with first.
by jeepnik
Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:59 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Drugged as a kid
Replies: 6
Views: 254

Re: Drugged as a kid

Sadly, many of my kid’s peers were drugged as children. While some folks refer to folks born at different time as boomers, gen x, gen z, etc. prefer to those kids as generation R. The R stsnds for Ritilan. Too many kids were drugged just because they exhibited symptoms of childhood. You know, things...
by jeepnik
Tue Mar 19, 2024 4:37 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: SPAMMERS
Replies: 26
Views: 602

Re: SPAMMERS

Thanks for the hard work Gamekeeper.
by jeepnik
Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: A cappella perfection
Replies: 5
Views: 216

Re: A cappella perfection

Now there is living proof there is hope for this world.
by jeepnik
Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:41 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Do Red Squirrels Like Pine Cones??? (Especially when served on boats...)
Replies: 7
Views: 262

Re: Do Red Squirrels Like Pine Cones??? (Especially when served on boats...)

Perhaps it looked/sounded funny, but to the critters involved it was a true fight for survival. Not necessarily at that moment but from starvation later.
by jeepnik
Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Panic time. . . . an ECLIPSE…!!!
Replies: 18
Views: 511

Re: Panic time. . . . an ECLIPSE…!!!

Hmm, looks like we have a Texas judge in King Biden's court.

Sorry Bing.
by jeepnik
Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:34 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Missing my sixguns
Replies: 19
Views: 664

Re: Missing my sixguns

Your photos seem to prove that DC is truly upside down. :D
by jeepnik
Mon Mar 18, 2024 7:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The Term "pistol" ....
Replies: 19
Views: 490

Re: The Term "pistol" ....

Throw in terms like Hawgleg, Smokewagon, forty five, etc and the true use of any word becomes clear. That use is to convey thoughts and ideas in a manner that others can understand. So, whether you refer to a semi auto as a pistol and revolvers as a pistol, as long as the thought or idea is conveyed...
by jeepnik
Fri Mar 15, 2024 2:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Missed it by that much!
Replies: 8
Views: 347

Re: Missed it by that much!

I’m an impulse buyer so only one ever got away. A Webly-Fosbery. I hesitate because at $7000 and with two kids…. It sat for some time in the shop then one day it was gone. I haven’t seen another in the wild since. And prices are stratospheric. But I have promised myself I will have one. It’s just no...
by jeepnik
Fri Mar 15, 2024 2:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 45 ACP Loads
Replies: 16
Views: 513

Re: 45 ACP Loads

I too started with the .45 acp. I have a load that functions in all of my pistols and revolvers. It’s more accurate than I am and has been used on everything from cans to coyotes, effectively. A 200 gr LSWC, 4.7 grains of Bullseye. Brand of primer and case doesn’t seem to matter. I’ve been using it ...
by jeepnik
Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:53 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Cheapie AR….
Replies: 4
Views: 349

Re: Cheapie AR….

We constantly here that the term AR stands for Armalite Rifle. Yet so many use it to rifles obviously not from Armalite?
by jeepnik
Thu Mar 14, 2024 8:49 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Bill Jordan video
Replies: 11
Views: 516

Re: Bill Jordan video

The old gun writers, unlike most of today’s crop knew what was because they lived it.
by jeepnik
Tue Mar 12, 2024 7:46 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Cowboy Assault Rifle
Replies: 61
Views: 5241

Re: Cowboy Assault Rifle

Scott Tschirhart wrote: Thu Dec 28, 2023 8:37 am
jeepnik wrote: Mon Dec 25, 2023 11:32 am I question the wisdom of calling any weapon an “assault” type. Better to call them all self defense weapons.
This is part of the bigger problem of letting the fear of what people might think control what we might say.

I’m not sure I care what people like that think.
We better, they vote.
by jeepnik
Tue Mar 12, 2024 7:45 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Weirdness with Altamont Grips
Replies: 7
Views: 598

Re: Weirdness with Altamont Grips

The problem is new, read younger, employees find out they actually have to produce instead of playing in the internet all day. So, they quit and draw benefits as long as they can. The last few years I was working we’d try to hire and applicants would apply and then tell us what they wanted to do not...
by jeepnik
Tue Mar 12, 2024 2:18 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: First Guns for newbies
Replies: 22
Views: 1447

Re: First Guns for newbies

Over many decades I've been asked this question many times from new potential gun owners, and my answer is always the same. A revolver with a 2"-4" barrel, in .38 Special or .357 Magnum. The .357 can be loaded with .38's for someone smaller who doesn't like recoil, or until they get used ...
by jeepnik
Sun Mar 10, 2024 1:10 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Marlin JM 2001 336W, 30-30, with “Texan” /straight stock
Replies: 17
Views: 1062

Re: Marlin JM 2001 336W, 30-30, with “Texan” /straight stock

Can't figure out why any fool ever put a pistol grip stock on a lever gun. Makes working the lever a pain in the butt. Then again, I can't count the number of folks I see taking a levergun from their shoulder to work the lever. I'll ask them if they do that with a bolt gun. The answer is inevitably ...
by jeepnik
Sun Mar 10, 2024 1:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: First Guns for newbies
Replies: 22
Views: 1447

Re: First Guns for newbies

See my comment in "what ever it takes" thread.
by jeepnik
Sun Mar 10, 2024 1:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Whatever it takes.
Replies: 18
Views: 1254

Re: Whatever it takes.

I am sure there are some out there, but I don't know that I have ever run into a "helpless" woman. I have run into helpless young ladies but all they needed was some real life experience. :D Amen. My wife, all 5' of her was sort of timid and shy when we met. One reason I liked her. One da...
by jeepnik
Sun Mar 10, 2024 1:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Whatever it takes.
Replies: 18
Views: 1254

Re: Whatever it takes.

lthardman wrote: Sat Mar 09, 2024 10:42 pm And, when it comes to remorse, who can forget Josey Wales famous line when his partner laments they can't take the time to bury some would be attackers:

"To hell with them fellas. Buzzards gotta eat too, same as worms. "
Worms still get heir share, buried or not.
by jeepnik
Sun Mar 10, 2024 9:35 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: First Guns for newbies
Replies: 22
Views: 1447

Re: First Guns for newbies

Due to a recent neighborhood home invasion I have been helping a number of neighbors navigate their entry into firearms. Since I grew up shooting I never realized just how much it costs to learn and remain proficient. I have had a few be surprised at the equipment costs. Range time isn’t too bad, bu...
by jeepnik
Sun Mar 10, 2024 9:26 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Lost a Good One (taught me how to shoot)
Replies: 9
Views: 714

Re: Lost a Good One (taught me how to shoot)

My condolences. And prayers up for him and all those whose lives he touched.
by jeepnik
Sat Mar 09, 2024 1:17 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Colt 1872 Open Top
Replies: 10
Views: 816

Re: Colt 1872 Open Top

I have never seen an 1871/1872 in person. But from the photos it looks like they retain the safety notches on the rear of the cylinder. Is this the case?
by jeepnik
Fri Mar 08, 2024 5:07 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: New Security Fence around White House - the REAL reason...
Replies: 6
Views: 582

Re: New Security Fence around White House - the REAL reason...

If a government fears the citizenry it’s not the citizens who are doing wrong.
by jeepnik
Mon Mar 04, 2024 3:51 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 80 Years Ago -- U.S. Fighters Over Berlin!
Replies: 10
Views: 521

Re: 80 Years Ago -- U.S. Fighters Over Berlin!

Sadly many of us can no longer thank our fathers for the sacrifices they made. But I do believe we will get another chance eventually.
by jeepnik
Sun Mar 03, 2024 1:49 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Seems like a disgrace to our military...
Replies: 5
Views: 713

Re: Seems like a disgrace to our military...

Were the "innocent" civilians in Germany and Japan really innocent?

The day the war started maybe. A couple of years in, not so much. And for the Germans that say they didn't know I would only ask the question my father ask after his unit went through Buchenwald. How could they not.
by jeepnik
Sun Mar 03, 2024 1:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Excellent Service from Bravo Concealment Holsters...
Replies: 7
Views: 323

Re: Excellent Service from Bravo Concealment Holsters...

That is great service. But since thy sent four, I'd guess you weren't the first to have a screw loose. Er, come loose.
by jeepnik
Sun Mar 03, 2024 12:57 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Seems like a disgrace to our military...
Replies: 5
Views: 713

Re: Seems like a disgrace to our military...

Folks are upset about possibly false reports regarding the treatment of Palestinians. Now let me see if I can recall just how this all started. Oh yea, the Palestinian supported Hamas fired hundreds of missiles into Israel. In a coordinated ground attack they butchered and raped civilians including ...
by jeepnik
Tue Feb 27, 2024 8:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Colt Walker question ...
Replies: 34
Views: 2395

Re: Colt Walker question ...

The .45 colt was designed to shoot horses. War isn't pretty. The best way to unseat a cavalry troop is to shoot his horse. It's a very big target. In westerns you'll see bandits chasing a stage coach. In reality if one wanted to stop a coach you'd simply kill one of the horses. The remaining horses ...
by jeepnik
Mon Feb 26, 2024 11:56 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Speech at CPAC
Replies: 2
Views: 750

Re: Speech at CPAC

Dictators often do “positive” things in the beginning. Heck Hitler initially made some “positive” changes in Germany. Fact is the old saying of “power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely” remains true. The term benevolent dictator is just someone’s way of justifying the loss of individual f...
by jeepnik
Sat Feb 24, 2024 7:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Cellphones Down Today...??? Could be a Problem...
Replies: 11
Views: 751

Re: Cellphones Down Today...??? Could be a Problem...

I imagine that if cell phones went down for a day a great number of people would begin to suffer physical withdrawal. Might be fun to watch. :twisted:
by jeepnik
Sat Feb 24, 2024 4:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Cellphones Down Today...??? Could be a Problem...
Replies: 11
Views: 751

Re: Cellphones Down Today...??? Could be a Problem...

So I was blissfully unaware that I had lost service. Apparently it happened while most of the west coast was sleeping. In fact, had AT&T not sent me a text yesterday I would never have known. However, I wouldn’t have really seen any ill effects. As I was home, and my phone is set to roll over to...
by jeepnik
Wed Feb 21, 2024 4:49 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My patient needed her Backup Gun
Replies: 23
Views: 1625

Re: My patient needed her Backup Gun

One thing my wife always insists upon is that I be in the room when she sees either a doctor or dentist. Even if they are female. The only time we had a problem was when she suffered a minor concussion. The doctor wanted her alone to ask if she had been struck. I would dearly have loved to have seen...
by jeepnik
Tue Feb 20, 2024 10:44 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My patient needed her Backup Gun
Replies: 23
Views: 1625

Re: My patient needed her Backup Gun

First the patient needs to file criminal charges for the purse and gun antics. Then she needs to contact a lawyer for possible civil suit. Third contact the state licensing board and file a complaint. How far the various agencies and attorneys can take this remains to be seen. But it will be documen...
by jeepnik
Tue Feb 20, 2024 4:28 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 82nd anniversary of the bombing of Darwin
Replies: 13
Views: 621

Re: 82nd anniversary of the bombing of Darwin

Strategically it was a mistake. While the Australians already had skin in the game, a direct attack on their homeland created a resolve equal to that of the US. In effect they insured their eventual defeat. But then had the Japanese thought it through from the start, even with the destruction if the...
by jeepnik
Sun Feb 18, 2024 7:12 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Oh Man....maybe 'Church Security Patrols' ARE a bad thing...!!!
Replies: 3
Views: 385

Re: Oh Man....maybe 'Church Security Patrols' ARE a bad thing...!!!

I realized this is a spoof. But it might give a few idiots the wrong idea.
by jeepnik
Sat Feb 17, 2024 5:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Accident
Replies: 10
Views: 635

Re: Accident

Wife must be blonde.
by jeepnik
Wed Feb 14, 2024 3:20 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: 'Bioethics' - does this guy have no self-awareness...???
Replies: 1
Views: 251

Re: 'Bioethics' - does this guy have no self-awareness...???

Too bad we don’t condone eugenics. We could have removed this defective human from the gene pool.

As I always say with folks like this. You first.
by jeepnik
Wed Feb 14, 2024 9:22 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: any questions ?
Replies: 19
Views: 815

Re: any questions ?

Sounds great. But when a religion has a tenet that non believers should be killed what can you do.
by jeepnik
Mon Feb 12, 2024 4:19 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Who's going to win the superbowl?
Replies: 9
Views: 476

Re: Who's going to win the superbowl?

The advertisers. Think of all the weak willed individuals they will convince to buy their products.
by jeepnik
Wed Feb 07, 2024 2:55 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Zero Respect for 'Climate Change' activists...
Replies: 6
Views: 370

Re: Zero Respect for 'Climate Change' activits...

So today we have a few hundred years of ocean level data. Most of it measured by primitive means. Today our readings “should be more accurate. Is it possible that the changes seen or predicted are within the error from the different means of measuring?
by jeepnik
Tue Feb 06, 2024 3:46 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Zero Respect for 'Climate Change' activists...
Replies: 6
Views: 370

Re: Zero Respect for 'Climate Change' activits...

It all comes down to some folks are making lots of money on the global warming hoopla. Where I sit was once under enough ocean water that 30” below the surface is a band of sedimentary rock at least 25’ (the deepest I have dug) deep. Which means very deep for a very long time. Currently I am 147’ ab...
by jeepnik
Mon Feb 05, 2024 5:38 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 410 too little for any game you say?
Replies: 39
Views: 1833

Re: 410 too little for any game you say?

There are a few slug loads for personal defense. Not sure how they would work on deer sized critters. I can say a good old fashioned slug will do pretty severe damage to jacks.
by jeepnik
Sun Feb 04, 2024 6:56 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Would the Military turn against the Citizens...???
Replies: 3
Views: 242

Re: Would the Military turn against the Citizens...???

Never happen. Well except for that time in DC in 1932.
by jeepnik
Sun Feb 04, 2024 6:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Let’s talk about shotguns for serious use.
Replies: 78
Views: 5547

Re: Let’s talk about shotguns for serious use.

Perhaps you all have wives that can easily handle a 12 with 3" buckshot loads. Mine can't do it comfortably. So we have a 20 ga Mossberg for the house.
by jeepnik
Sun Feb 04, 2024 3:53 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 410 too little for any game you say?
Replies: 39
Views: 1833

Re: 410 too little for any game you say?

Been carrying a Mossberg .410 as “ The Perfect Jeep Gun” since my AR-7 seemed a bit small for some years now. Short of bears I think it would handle the functions of a “survival” long gun very well. I liked it so well I converted a 20ga Franchi 48 into “The Perfect Pickup Gun”. Some might say a 12 w...