Gun Thread: Easter Edition!

There's a hare in my scope!

Howdy, Y'all! Welcome to the wondrously fabulous Gun Thread! As always, I want to thank all of our regulars for being here week in and week out, and also offer a bigly Gun Thread welcome to any newcomers who may be joining us tonight. Howdy and thank you for stopping by! I hope you find our wacky conversation on the subject of guns 'n shooting both enjoyable and informative. You are always welcome to lurk in the shadows of shame, but I'd like to invite you to jump into the conversation, say howdy, and tell us what kind of shooting you like to do!

Holy Jumping Shitballs! How in the ever-loving Hell did it get to be Easter Sunday? Happy Easter! Once again, we go deep into the Gun Thread photo vault and dust off the hare in scope pic. I hope the day is a special one for you and you get to bite the head off of lots of chocolate bunnies!

With that, step into the dojo and let's get to the gun stuff below, shall we?

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Q: Weasel, must we yet again suffer through your endless talk about fundamentals?
A: Yes. Yes we must.

OK! So last week we covered two basic shooting stances, the Isosceles and Weaver, and the reasons why they form the basis of a solid platform. In a nutshell, wobbly shit is bad in stances just like it's bad in a rifle setup. So weight forward with knees and elbows ever-so-slightly bent. Think aggressive stance. You do not want to be all rigid and dorky and unable to correctly absorb recoil as the gun is fired. You want your stance to be somewhat relaxed allowing you to return everything to the same starting position, or your natural point of aim after each shot. Somewhat relaxed doesn't mean all loose and floppy, but flexible enough to absorb recoil, and absolutely not push you back on your heels.

'Kay? We good on stance? It has to be practiced until it becomes natural with muscle memory. For those of you without muscles, try and make do as best you can.

Today lets take a peek at a proper grip. A proper grip varies slightly depending on what you are shooting, a revolver or a pistol, but the key takeaway here is you want a firm (but not ridiculous) hold on the gun with as much contact and support between the hand and gun as possible.

Here's a guy with an extra big watch discussing stance and grip.

Here's a medium size watch guy with pistol grip techniques. This is really good.

Here is a super-duper competitive shooter, who is strangely watchless, with another take on grip. Does his method make sense for the casual range shooter?

And finally, here's our pal "Jer" Miculek with tips on revolver grip.

You may notice there is some slightly contradictory information among the four, which only means you need to go to the range and find out what works the best for you. If you are not achieving repeatable results, consider tweaking your grip. The best way to do that, in Weasel's opinion, is to have a plan when you go to the range as you sort out what is most effective for you. All the big watch wearing tactical badass mo-fo's in the world can give you tips, but you need to take them to the range and develop a useful and practical application for yourself.

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Gun Thread Homework Assignment

Listen up, all y'all. I think this is important. I spend a lot of time harping on the technical aspects of shooting but not always so much on the mental aspect. While I am absolutely a proponent of carrying a firearm for self-defense, I also believe with that decision comes a great deal of responsibility. In my opinion, having a firearm can in fact limit your options in the event of an altercation. The minute a gun comes out, you are one step closer to taking the fateful step of pulling the trigger, and it becomes harder to de-escalate a situation by resorting to a simple fist-fight or poo-flinging, for example. How many times have you run these sorts of scenarios through your head? What would it take to cause you to un-holster or otherwise deploy a handgun and up the ante in a conflict?

What about brandishing? Good idea or not? Partial brandishing? Pseudo-brandishing? Concealed brandishing?

I am going to ask you to watch this 19 minute video sometime this week, and return next Sunday prepared to discuss your thoughts. Please don't comment on it tonight in order to give everyone who is interested a chance to watch and participate in the conversation. You will have a week to think about your reaction when in real life the decisions are being made in seconds.

The incident involves two drivers in the chaotic environment of an airport. What would normally result in an exchange of fingers becomes a little more complicated, as you will see.

Discussion Points
Was it smart for gun-guy to do what he did? If not, what would have been a better reaction? How about the cops - was their handling of the matter justified and appropriate? What about cab driver guy - how significant a part did his actions play and did the actions warrant gun guy's response? Finally, given the contradictory accounts which one do you believe?

Think about it and let's discuss next week.

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Guns of the Horde

Our pal scampydog shares a very nice pair of Winchester Model 71’s! Weasel are jealous!

Both dad and I had discussed the 71's for years. Was fortunate to pick one up at auction and took it out west as a permanent on loan gift for him. Told him to keep it and shoot it as long as he wished. He was an avid reloader and I knew he would run some rounds through it. Which he did. In typical dad form, my next trip out west a couple years later, dear 'ol dad put one over on junior. Slow walked me into his treasure room and off-handedly said, "Oh I've got one you should have a look at." Which of course was his own Model 71. I do miss his humor and the rhythm of him putting one over on me. He would have been a fine Moron. Ammo is pretty much unavailable and reliant on reloads. Comparison pic of 30.06 vs .348. Kicks about as one would expect.
Happy Easter and happy shooting.

033124 scampydog .348 v 30.06 scaled.jpg

Very nice, scampydog! Thank you for sending these in for us all to enjoy!

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M16A1 Cycle of Functioning
Cool beans.

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A Gun Thread Classic

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Landing the Space Shuttle
I think this is good with lots of practical tips for the novice Space Shuttle pilot!

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Safety is Our Middle Name

Do you think Accident Prevention Man sleeps in his hard hat? Let there be no accidents!!

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Musical Interlude
Here is Midnight Rider with Gregg Allman, Vince Gill and Zac Brown.

Special Easter Bonus!
What if the Doors wrote Enter Sandman?

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Gun Basics 101
New video from the She Equips Herself gal! This week's video is selecting a carry gun and the Kahr PM9..

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Cigar of the Week

This week our pal rhomboid scores again with this excellent review of the Illusione Fume D'Amour

llusione is a brand that had made its mark for, among other things, blending cigars with little or no ligero leaf, generally the strongest leaves of the tobacco plant, which are near the top and thus get more sun exposure. This can produce very mild yet flavorful cigars. The Fume D'Amour is one of these. It is a Nicaraguan puro, with corojo and criollo leaf and emphasizing lower "primings", or leaves lower on the plant, according to the company. Result is a very smooth and mild cigar that for me delivered a distinct tobacco sweetness throughout (even on the finish, and after). Other notes were present - some nuttiness, some sweet wood. Construction is good, draw is easy, burn line required only a few touch-ups (I like to keep the line even). For those who like flavor and complexity in a milder package, the Fume D'Amour is worth a try. Available online in the $7-8 range.

Excellent as always, rhomboid! Thank you!

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Here are some different online cigar vendors. You will find they not only carry different brands and different lines from those brands, but also varying selections of vitolas (sizes/shapes) of given lines. It's good to have options, especially if you're looking for a specific cigar.

Cigarsinternational.com
Cigarpage.com
Famous-smoke.com
Cigarsdaily.com
Neptunecigar.com
Smallbatchcigar.com
Bobalu Cigar Company
Cigarbid.com
Nicks Cigar World New!

A note about sources. The brick & mortar/online divide exists with cigars, as with guns, and most consumer products, with respect to price. As with guns - since both are "persecuted industries", basically - I make a conscious effort to source at least some of my cigars from my local store(s). It's a small thing, but the brick & mortar segment for both guns and tobacco are precious, and worth supporting where you can. And if you're lucky enough to have a good cigar store/lounge available, they're often a good social event with many dangerous people of the sort who own scary gunz, or read smart military blogs like this one. -rhomboid

Anyone have others to include? Perhaps a small local roller who makes a cigar you like? Send me your recommendation and a link to the site!

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Ammo Link-O-Rama
I'm really very seriously not kidding around anymore. Buy Ammo
AmmoSeek - online ammo search tool
GunBot - online ammo search tool
SG Ammo
Palmetto State Armory
Georgia Arms
AmmoMan
Target Sports USA
Bud's Gun Shop
American Elite Ammo NEW!

***Mail Bag***

This week's mailbag entry is from our pal WTM. Something seems off.

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That's it for this week - have you been to the range?

Posted by: Weasel at 07:00 PM

Comments

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1 Happy Easter horde!

Posted by: TRex at March 31, 2024 07:00 PM (IQ6Gq)

2 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2024 07:01 PM (fwDg9)

3 hassenpfeffer scope

very accurate

Posted by: rhennigantx at March 31, 2024 07:02 PM (ENQN6)

4 Good evening, weasel!
I got tricked into reading all the post info.
Bad weasel!

Posted by: RI Red at March 31, 2024 07:06 PM (AbVrr)

5 Evening Hordemates.
Great review Rhomboid!
Happy Easter all!
Gunz!!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at March 31, 2024 07:07 PM (W/lyH)

6 Happy Easter, gub 'ettes and 'rons, and a special waggle of the cottontail to our host Weasel. I hope y'all received oddly weighty Easter baskets that emitted a metallic clinking sound when jostled.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at March 31, 2024 07:08 PM (v23vE)

7 So...homework.
Dang!
Do we have to write a report?
Is it on the test?

Posted by: Diogenes at March 31, 2024 07:09 PM (W/lyH)

8 Looking forward to watching the space shuttle landing video. We saw a landing once at Edwards Air Force base. The thing fell out of the sky. It barely looked like it was flying or gliding. At least an F-14 pilot could touch and go and go around for another attempt.

Posted by: TRex at March 31, 2024 07:10 PM (IQ6Gq)

9 Gun Thread: Easter Edition!

After last week's numbering debacle, the Gun Thread Staff has embarked on a different naming tack.

Clearly, Weasel's disciplining methodology is efficacious.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 31, 2024 07:11 PM (a3Q+t)

10 My wife just spent some money, with the excuse that since I buy expensive guns, I have no standing.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2024 07:12 PM (gSZYf)

11 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NbITYAOpTM

Movie/TV star of "Reacher" gives a fantastic review of Easter....

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at March 31, 2024 07:12 PM (5AVMW)

12 Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 31, 2024 07:11 PM (a3Q+t)
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Gotta know your limitations.

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 07:12 PM (JwHpX)

13 I'm beginning to suspect that Weasel has a soupçon of disdain for large wrist watches, and those who wear them.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 31, 2024 07:13 PM (a3Q+t)

14 Happy Easter! Didn't get a chance to bang bang, I had to dig footings to fill with concrete so as to anchor my deer feeder. The pigs won't leave it alone.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at March 31, 2024 07:14 PM (GPNSy)

15 13 I'm beginning to suspect that Weasel has a soupçon of disdain for large wrist watches, and those who wear them.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 31, 2024 07:13 PM (a3Q+t)
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Hard line at 43mm.

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 07:14 PM (JwHpX)

16 Happy Easter horde. And thanks Weasel for the thread and the fundamental videos. Appreciate it greatly.

Posted by: Grateful at March 31, 2024 07:15 PM (IQ6Gq)

17 Posted by: Grateful at March 31, 2024 07:15 PM (IQ6Gq)
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Absolutely! I know I owe you guys a couple of emails. Soon! Promise!

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 07:16 PM (JwHpX)

18 Good evening, gunthusiasts.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 31, 2024 07:17 PM (wx526)

19 No worries Weasel, you know where to find me.

Posted by: Grateful at March 31, 2024 07:17 PM (IQ6Gq)

20 Good news for those who reload the 348 Winchester.
Starline Brass has brass for only $1.67 ea, when you buy them by the thousand round box.
Yup, only $1,673.00 for a thousand, some assembly required, other componants cost extra.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 31, 2024 07:18 PM (cOq4q)

21 My wife just spent some money, with the excuse that since I buy expensive guns, I have no standing.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2024 07:12 PM

"Expensive gun" is such a misunderstood term, and often lacks the proper context in which to evaluate such a judgement.

Also, does she not realize the long-term investment potential?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 31, 2024 07:19 PM (a3Q+t)

22 Good evening gubthreaders and all the ships at sea.

Happy Easter.

Posted by: blaster at March 31, 2024 07:19 PM (tgjXr)

23 hassenpfeffer scope

very accurate
Posted by: rhennigantx at March 31, 2024 07:02 PM

Does that thing have a hare trigger, too?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2024 07:19 PM (Wnv9h)

24 Great, just great...homework. As if my permanent record didn't already have enough red marks.....

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 31, 2024 07:20 PM (tT6L1)

25 Also, does she not realize the long-term investment potential?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 31, 2024 07:19 PM (a3Q+t)

Yeah...I tried that. She laughed.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2024 07:20 PM (gSZYf)

26 Does that thing have a hare trigger, too?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2024 07:19 PM (Wnv9h)
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I don't know if I should groan or be jealous someone got to the obvious long before I did...

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 31, 2024 07:21 PM (tT6L1)

27 I don't know if I should groan or be jealous someone got to the obvious long before I did...
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 31, 2024 07:21 PM

Embrace the healing power of "and".

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2024 07:21 PM (Wnv9h)

28 25 Also, does she not realize the long-term investment potential?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 31, 2024 07:19 PM (a3Q+t)

Yeah...I tried that. She laughed.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2024 07:20 PM
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Isn't your collective security at Casa Dildo priceless?

Posted by: TRex at March 31, 2024 07:22 PM (IQ6Gq)

29 No range action this week. However, since we are visiting mama blaster we happen to be near the PSA mother ship.

So we went. sra blaster asked if they had a Desert Eagle she could rent, they said no but they had them for sale.

They had decent prices on 9mm so we walked out with 1000 rounds. And some Sig mags because you always need more mags..

Posted by: blaster at March 31, 2024 07:22 PM (tgjXr)

30 Grip? Breathing control? Stance?

Naw. dood doesn't have enough doodads and thingamajigs attached to his weapon. He'll never hit a bullet with the broadside of a barn without em.

Posted by: Outside of Life at March 31, 2024 07:23 PM (89Sog)

31 The Ewetoob links are all morked for me. That backwards pistol would be fine for assailants sneaking up on you from behind. Might be tough on the old eardrum, though.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2024 07:23 PM (tkR6S)

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Yeah...I tried that. She laughed.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2024 07:20 PM (gSZYf)
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Just point out that when you kick the bucket, she'll be able to pay for the funeral out of the proceeds from selling the coordinates where your canoe sank....

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 31, 2024 07:23 PM (tT6L1)

33 Happy Easter, all!
Well, I had my doubts, but Gov. Youngkin came through like a champ vetoing all those lunatic gun bills that the yellow dog scalawags in the legislature pushed through. I shudder to think where we would be if that carpetbagger McAuliffe had won the governorship.

Posted by: That SOB Van Owen at March 31, 2024 07:25 PM (3rnQf)

34 Hey at least it isn't math homework.

Posted by: blaster at March 31, 2024 07:25 PM (tgjXr)

35 Happy Easter, Weasel and Gun Threaders. I love the WeaselBunny.

Posted by: bluebell at March 31, 2024 07:25 PM (bS+DD)

36 Blaster, how were the prices for the Sig magazines?

Posted by: Grateful at March 31, 2024 07:25 PM (IQ6Gq)

37 Posted by: bluebell at March 31, 2024 07:25 PM (bS+DD)
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Hey there and thanks!

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 07:26 PM (JwHpX)

38 Before I forget, I want to thank Weasel and my fellow gun enthusiasts. I've learned a lot from this thread over the years.

I've also received a lot of dating and first aid advice but, I'm not sure any of that was quite as informative as the gun stuff.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 31, 2024 07:26 PM (tT6L1)

39 Took my Vz24 out to check zero and see the groups at 100 yards with PPU 198 gr FMJ BT PPU. Groups fine and is about a 3-4 inch gun with the iron sights. Action is very slick and it is a pleasure to shoot even with the umph of the 8mm. The serial number is a "TR" which puts it as a Romanian contract rifle around 1940 I believe. Nothing more relaxing than shooting an old bolt gun and watching her perform as she should.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 31, 2024 07:26 PM (R/m4+)

40 Hey at least it isn't math homework.
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And for that we give thanks!

Posted by: Grateful at March 31, 2024 07:27 PM (IQ6Gq)

41 38 I've also received a lot of dating and first aid advice but, I'm not sure any of that was quite as informative as the gun stuff.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at March 31, 2024 07:26 PM
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And watch size advice. Don't forget that. or maybe that's part of dating and first aid?

Posted by: TRex at March 31, 2024 07:28 PM (IQ6Gq)

42 So, range stuff: I gave into the siren song of the Kimber KDS9c and purchased one. Short version. Kimber seems to have built a brilliant pistol.

Tons of fun to shoot.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at March 31, 2024 07:29 PM (tT6L1)

43 Happy Easter, Weasel and Gun Threaders. I love the WeaselBunny.
Posted by: bluebell at March 31, 2024 07:25 PM

Are you posting from inside the Big House?

Because it's been said you'd been busted for a parole violation, and we should be on standby to bake some of those 'special' cakes.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 31, 2024 07:30 PM (a3Q+t)

44 And watch size advice. Don't forget that. or maybe that's part of dating and first aid?
Posted by: TRex at March 31, 2024 07:28 PM (IQ6Gq)
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It ain't the size that counts!

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 07:31 PM (JwHpX)

45 Hey at least it isn't math homework.
Posted by: blaster at March 31, 2024 07:25 PM

How big does the cannon have to be to shoot through the bunker you designed in the last assignment? Graph this.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2024 07:31 PM (Wnv9h)

46 29 They had decent prices on 9mm so we walked out with 1000 rounds. And some Sig mags because you always need more mags..

Posted by: blaster at March 31, 2024 07:22 PM
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Seems like ammo and mags at blaster's place are multiplying like...well, you know.

Posted by: TRex at March 31, 2024 07:31 PM (IQ6Gq)

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Are you posting from inside the Big House?

Because it's been said you'd been busted for a parole violation, and we should be on standby to bake some of those 'special' cakes.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 31, 2024 07:30 PM (a3Q+t)
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Not sure where you would have heard that!

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 07:32 PM (JwHpX)

48 Because it's been said you'd been busted for a parole violation, and we should be on standby to bake some of those 'special' cakes.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 31, 2024 07:30 PM (a3Q+t)

The tang of a file makes a dandy shiv. Just wrap the blade of the file in compressed cake, and let it harden up to make a nifty handle.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 31, 2024 07:32 PM (tkR6S)

49 Missed last thread:
between "Polenta" and "Grits?" Corn dogs?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle to maintain Moron standards at March 31, 2024 07:32 PM (7udRx)

50 My wife just spent some money, with the excuse that since I buy expensive guns, I have no standing.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2024 07:12 PM (gSZYf)

In theory, this works in reverse.
In theory.

Posted by: RI Red at March 31, 2024 07:32 PM (AbVrr)

51 How big does the cannon have to be to shoot through the bunker you designed in the last assignment? Graph this.
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previous assignment? Seriously, what previous assignment?

Posted by: Grateful at March 31, 2024 07:33 PM (IQ6Gq)

52 I love the WeaselBunny.
Posted by: bluebell at March 31, 2024 07:25 PM

That went straight to the RMBS Mom.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2024 07:33 PM (Wnv9h)

53 That weird revolver in the last pic, that's a John Kerry Nam Special right? The Purple Heart modification?

Posted by: Ciampino - Pony Xpress: Horse, Indians and bandit problems at March 31, 2024 07:34 PM (qfLjt)

54 previous assignment? Seriously, what previous assignment?
Posted by: Grateful at March 31, 2024 07:33 PM

Just trying to give blaster flashbacks to Hudson High.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2024 07:35 PM (Wnv9h)

55 Weasel, lots of businesses around here are doing inventory. Are you headed to the Weasel Acres Organic and Free-Range Tree farm to round 'em up and count them anytime soon? Maybe make a fundamentals video for the visual learners amongst your readers?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 31, 2024 07:36 PM (a3Q+t)

56 I'm beginning to suspect that Weasel has a soupçon of disdain for large wrist watches, and those who wear them.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 31, 2024 07:13 PM (a3Q+t)

A SOUPcon ?

Dis ain't da FUD Thread

Posted by: JT at March 31, 2024 07:36 PM (T4tVD)

57 My wife just spent some money, with the excuse that since I buy expensive guns, I have no standing.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2024 07:12 PM (gSZYf)

In theory, this works in reverse.
In theory.
Posted by: RI Red at March 31, 2024 07:32 PM

As single as I am, even I can see the flaw in this theory. Would not test.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2024 07:36 PM (Wnv9h)

58 previous assignment? Seriously, what previous assignment?
Posted by: Grateful at March 31, 2024 07:33 PM (IQ6Gq)
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I'll just show myself down the hall to detention.

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 31, 2024 07:36 PM (+Nu5p)

59 RIP GA
Dark Doors Rock On

I bow hunted with my buddy as a kid. We tracked game as his American Indian Heritage taught.

I was forbid gun ownership by my father who was raised in Sicilian Mafia stronghold of South Philidelphia.

My guns are screw guns caulking guns staple guns ram sets.

I blow holes in concrete like candy.

thank you for the basics.

Benny Goodman was asked once how he stayed so good for many years. His answer was he practiced rudiments everyday.

PS baiting game and waiting in a tree stand is not hunting

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 31, 2024 07:37 PM (pqOO2)

60 That weird revolver in the last pic, that's a John Kerry Nam Special right? The Purple Heart modification?
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Absolutely. What a classic comment. Congrats.

Posted by: Grateful at March 31, 2024 07:37 PM (IQ6Gq)

61 20 Itinerant Alley Butcher
If you say that real fast it doesn't sound so bad

Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2024 07:37 PM (fwDg9)

62 The battle is already won. Casualty list published, more will be added.

Posted by: Eromero at March 31, 2024 07:37 PM (NxC5+)

63 I'll just show myself down the hall to detention.
Posted by: screaming in digital at March 31, 2024 07:36 PM (+Nu5p)
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I believe bluebell is in charge of the permanent record. As such, she'll probably let a sister off the hook.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at March 31, 2024 07:38 PM (tT6L1)

64 Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 31, 2024 07:36 PM (a3Q+t)
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I keep getting stuck at 10. 20 if I'm barefoot.

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 07:38 PM (JwHpX)

65 60+ comments in, and noone have noticed that the cigar is placed on an engineering drawing of The Lord's caliber?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 31, 2024 07:39 PM (a3Q+t)

66 Because it's been said you'd been busted for a parole violation, and we should be on standby to bake some of those 'special' cakes.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 31, 2024 07:30 PM (a3Q+t)
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All right, who's been yappin'?

Posted by: bluebell at March 31, 2024 07:40 PM (bS+DD)

67 As single as I am, even I can see the flaw in this theory. Would not test.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2024 07:36 PM (Wnv9h)

RMBS, the corollary to this theory is that, upon your passing, your wife sells all your guns for what you told her you paid for them.

Posted by: RI Red at March 31, 2024 07:40 PM (AbVrr)

68 I believe bluebell is in charge of the permanent record. As such, she'll probably let a sister off the hook.
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Whew, that's a major relief.

Posted by: Grateful at March 31, 2024 07:40 PM (IQ6Gq)

69 Because it's been said you'd been busted for a parole violation, and we should be on standby to bake some of those 'special' cakes.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 31, 2024 07:30 PM (a3Q+t)
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All right, who's been yappin'?
Posted by: bluebell at March 31, 2024 07:40 PM

Snitches get stitches, yo.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2024 07:40 PM (Wnv9h)

70 RMBS, the corollary to this theory is that, upon your passing, your wife sells all your guns for what you told her you paid for them.
Posted by: RI Red at March 31, 2024 07:40 PM

I have heard that this is a drawback for everyone except those of us who buy at estate sales.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2024 07:41 PM (Wnv9h)

71 That went straight to the RMBS Mom.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2024 07:33 PM (Wnv9h)
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Aw! 😄. Please tell her I say hello!

Posted by: bluebell at March 31, 2024 07:41 PM (bS+DD)

72 65 60+ comments in, and noone have noticed that the cigar is placed on an engineering drawing of The Lord's caliber?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 31, 2024 07:39 PM (a3Q+t)
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That's trivial. 65+ comments and bewbs have yet to be mentioned. They've been stiffed in favor of pew-pews.

Posted by: Ciampino - What will happen to all those M-16s? at March 31, 2024 07:43 PM (qfLjt)

73 A SOUPcon ?

Dis ain't da FUD Thread
Posted by: JT at March 31, 2024 07:36 PM

Weasel, and the Gub Thread Commentators, are a little more sophisticated, which is not to say urbane, then the Commentaters on other Threads.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 31, 2024 07:44 PM (a3Q+t)

74 Evenin' gun nuts. I had hoped to have my Highway Patrolman in my grubby little paws by now. It has allegedly arrived at my local range/store/FFL. But (story of my life) I'm still waiting for the phone to ring. I'm guessing they were closed for Easter weekend and maybe I'll hear something tomorrow.

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 31, 2024 07:45 PM (+Nu5p)

75 Ok, Range Report!
I shot today's Aspirin Shoot!
Well, no, I didn’t. Even my marital goodwill account is not that deep.
I prepared the Easter Ham instead.

Posted by: RI Red at March 31, 2024 07:46 PM (AbVrr)

76 Aw! 😄. Please tell her I say hello!
Posted by: bluebell at March 31, 2024 07:41 PM

Done!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2024 07:46 PM (Wnv9h)

77 I'm here. I'm here.
I have no excuse for being late and have absolutely nothing to contribute but I'm here!

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 31, 2024 07:46 PM (t/2Uw)

78 73
Weasel, and the Gub Thread Commentators, are a little more sophisticated, which is not to say urbane, then the Commentaters on other Threads.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 31, 2024 07:44 PM (a3Q+t)
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I thought the sophisticated thread was the Book Thread, after all one HAS to wear pants for that.

Posted by: Ciampino - What will happen to all those M-16s?? at March 31, 2024 07:46 PM (qfLjt)

79 36 Blaster, how were the prices for the Sig magazines?
Posted by: Grateful at March 31, 2024 07:25 PM (IQ6Gq)

MSRP just like everywhere. One of the downsides of Sig. Mags are expensive ~$50 no matter the gun. There are a few aftermarket mags available but usually not much cheaper and then you have to pay shipping so you end up about .... $50/mag.

We could save a little by buying at SEG as members get like a 5% discount...

Posted by: blaster at March 31, 2024 07:47 PM (tgjXr)

80 I had hoped to have my Highway Patrolman in my grubby little paws by now.

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 31, 2024 07:45 PM (+Nu5p)
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I guess those Highway Patrolmen don't move quite as fast as they once did....

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at March 31, 2024 07:47 PM (tT6L1)

81 Aw! 😄. Please tell her I say hello!
Posted by: bluebell at March 31, 2024 07:41 PM

She says hi back! We're looking forward to the NoVaMoMe.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2024 07:47 PM (Wnv9h)

82 My wife just spent some money, with the excuse that since I buy expensive guns, I have no standing.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2024 07:12 PM (gSZYf)
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I see this as nothing less than a challenge!

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 07:48 PM (JwHpX)

83 Got through one pistol grid video but it's time for bed, need to be up early tomorrow.
Hope you all have a great evening

Posted by: Skip at March 31, 2024 07:48 PM (fwDg9)

84 Happy Easter. Thanks for the thread, Weasel. Landing the space shuttle video is pretty cool.

Posted by: scampydog at March 31, 2024 07:49 PM (41CYW)

85 Posted by: scampydog at March 31, 2024 07:49 PM (41CYW)
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You bet!

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 07:50 PM (JwHpX)

86 77 I'm here. I'm here.
I have no excuse for being late and have absolutely nothing to contribute but I'm here!

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 31, 2024 07:46 PM
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Are you wearing a watch? Just curious... Seems to be different approaches these days.

Posted by: TRex at March 31, 2024 07:50 PM (IQ6Gq)

87 Just trying to give blaster flashbacks to Hudson High.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2024 07:35 PM (Wnv9h)

The ballistics component of the MechE part of my degree was actually pretty helpful in my chosen specialty....

Posted by: blaster at March 31, 2024 07:51 PM (tgjXr)

88 Are you wearing a watch? Just curious... Seems to be different approaches these days.
Posted by: TRex at March 31, 2024 07:50 PM (IQ6Gq)

I hope it isn't a BIG watch!

Posted by: blaster at March 31, 2024 07:51 PM (tgjXr)

89 75 Ok, Range Report!
I shot today's Aspirin Shoot!
Well, no, I didn’t. Even my marital goodwill account is not that deep.
I prepared the Easter Ham instead.

Posted by: RI Red at March 31, 2024 07:46 PM
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Easter ham ought to replenish the account. or maybe just give you something to talk about on the food thread.

Posted by: TRex at March 31, 2024 07:52 PM (IQ6Gq)

90 I thought the sophisticated thread was the Book Thread, after all one HAS to wear pants for that.
Posted by: Ciampino - What will happen to all those M-16s?? at March 31, 2024 07:46 PM

We're polite, and don't specify what, if any clothing should be worn, relying on experience to protect any anatomical structures we don't wish to experience contacts with hot brass, random particulate strikes, or the dreaded Range Babe Gaze.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 31, 2024 07:52 PM (a3Q+t)

91 She says hi back! We're looking forward to the NoVaMoMe.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2024 07:47 PM (Wnv9h)
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Yippee!! 🥳

Posted by: bluebell at March 31, 2024 07:53 PM (bS+DD)

92 So, range stuff: I gave into the siren song of the Kimber KDS9c and purchased one. Short version. Kimber seems to have built a brilliant pistol.

Tons of fun to shoot.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker

I love my Kimber. We could start a fan club! Bet Blaster would join.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 31, 2024 07:53 PM (t/2Uw)

93 Kimber seems to have built a brilliant pistol.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing
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Congrats on the purchase. My collection is Kimberless which must be remedied.

Posted by: scampydog at March 31, 2024 07:53 PM (41CYW)

94 Happy Easter All!!
Just got back from Easter dinner at one of my brothers.
I am stuffed. Just enough energy to login and say hello to all you fine folk.

And I might not be on next Sunday as I will be in San Antonio working on a lighting problem they will be experiencing. :-)

Posted by: Scuba Dude at March 31, 2024 07:53 PM (f0/sc)

95 The Scuderia Ferrari Speedracer Chronograph I am wearing has 45 mm case.

Am I in the doghouse?

Posted by: blaster at March 31, 2024 07:54 PM (tgjXr)

96 We're looking forward to the NoVaMoMe.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2024 07:47 PM (Wnv9h)
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Yippee!! 🥳
Posted by: bluebell at March 31, 2024 07:53 PM (bS+DD)
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Speaking of which, I need to get to work on that.

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 07:54 PM (JwHpX)

97 I love my Kimber. We could start a fan club! Bet Blaster would join.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 31, 2024 07:53 PM (t/2Uw)

We have...two.

Posted by: blaster at March 31, 2024 07:54 PM (tgjXr)

98 I guess those Highway Patrolmen don't move quite as fast as they once did....
Posted by: blake
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Too many donuts!

It got to the ffl a lot faster than my payment got to the seller and I had to call the local post office there to make sure it didn't get returned to me. Then the seller went silent for several days (sick). Not what you want to happen first time buying through an auction. But I trust there will be a happy ending.

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 31, 2024 07:55 PM (+Nu5p)

99 The Scuderia Ferrari Speedracer Chronograph I am wearing has 45 mm case.

Am I in the doghouse?
Posted by: blaster at March 31, 2024 07:54 PM (tgjXr)
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2 mm out of spec!

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 07:56 PM (JwHpX)

100 100!

Posted by: TRex at March 31, 2024 07:56 PM (IQ6Gq)

101 Are you wearing a watch? Just curious... Seems to be different approaches these days.

Posted by: TRex

I have a phone.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 31, 2024 07:57 PM (t/2Uw)

102 Am I in the doghouse?
Posted by: blaster at March 31, 2024 07:54 PM (tgjXr)
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You can, however, apply for a waiver.

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 07:57 PM (JwHpX)

103 You know who should be joining a Kimber Fan club?

Iris. That's who.

She'll need a Kimber first....

Posted by: blaster at March 31, 2024 07:57 PM (tgjXr)

104 101 Are you wearing a watch? Just curious... Seems to be different approaches these days.

Posted by: TRex

I have a phone.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 31, 2024 07:57 PM (t/2Uw)

You're wearing a phone?

Sounds uncomfortable

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 31, 2024 07:58 PM (rJ7Hd)

105 39 Took my Vz24 out to check zero and see the groups at 100 yards with PPU 198 gr FMJ BT PPU. Groups fine and is about a 3-4 inch gun with the iron sights. Action is very slick and it is a pleasure to shoot even with the umph of the 8mm. The serial number is a "TR" which puts it as a Romanian contract rifle around 1940 I believe. Nothing more relaxing than shooting an old bolt gun and watching her perform as she should.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy
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Thanks for the range report. VZ24's tend to be different than other Mausers due to the rather different rifling used by the Czechs than by everyone else. They prefer FMJs and full house loads while other Mausers are quite happy with cast bullets.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2024 07:59 PM (G0ieF)

106
I have a phone.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 31, 2024 07:57 PM (t/2Uw)
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Phones do not tick and have no soul.

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 07:59 PM (JwHpX)

107 The Scuderia Ferrari Speedracer Chronograph I am wearing has 45 mm case.
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Straying from Stuttgart, huh?

Posted by: Grateful at March 31, 2024 07:59 PM (IQ6Gq)

108 Too many donuts!

It got to the ffl a lot faster than my payment got to the seller and I had to call the local post office there to make sure it didn't get returned to me. Then the seller went silent for several days (sick). Not what you want to happen first time buying through an auction. But I trust there will be a happy ending.
Posted by: screaming in digital
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Those are a nice big hunk of metal that shoot well. Hope you enjoy yours.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2024 08:00 PM (G0ieF)

109 BTW, while looking at ammo and at Desert Eagles, .50AE was about $50 a box of 20.

Yep. $2.50 a round.

Good news I guess is I can get away with a single Deagle because sra blaster wants it and I do not share the need for one.

Posted by: blaster at March 31, 2024 08:00 PM (tgjXr)

110 Weasel, and the Gub Thread Commentators, are a little more sophisticated, which is not to say urbane, then the Commentaters on other Threads.

I'm not up to that standard. I'm suburbane.

Posted by: Oddbob at March 31, 2024 08:00 PM (/y8xj)

111 Ok, that "If The Doors wrote Enter Sandman" is excellent!!! It makes me wonder if Metallica might have ripped off The Doors.

Posted by: Scuba Dude at March 31, 2024 08:00 PM (f0/sc)

112 But I trust there will be a happy ending.
Posted by: screaming in digital at March 31, 2024 07:55 PM

*perks up*

Posted by: Al Gore at March 31, 2024 08:01 PM (Wnv9h)

113 Phones do not tick and have no soul.
Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 07:59 PM

This man? He gets it.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2024 08:02 PM (Wnv9h)

114 Straying from Stuttgart, huh?
Posted by: Grateful at March 31, 2024 07:59 PM (IQ6Gq)

For my wrist, anyway. Well, so far. I like the look of some of those PD watches....

Posted by: blaster at March 31, 2024 08:02 PM (tgjXr)

115 99 The Scuderia Ferrari Speedracer Chronograph I am wearing has 45 mm case. Am I in the doghouse?
Posted by: blaster at March 31, 2024 07:54 PM (tgjXr)
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2 mm out of spec!

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 07:56 PM
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2mm x 1 MOA = pulling to the right or left by 1.047 inches at distance. Pretty sure that's the way it works.

Posted by: TRex at March 31, 2024 08:02 PM (IQ6Gq)

116 Scoobs!
You allowed to elaborate on your San Anton trip?

Posted by: RI Red at March 31, 2024 08:02 PM (AbVrr)

117 Those are a nice big hunk of metal that shoot well. Hope you enjoy yours.
Posted by: whig
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My stepson and I have promised we will shoot them side by side next time we see each other. Jesse's model 28-3 and my 28-2.

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 31, 2024 08:03 PM (+Nu5p)

118 Came up with an interesting problem. I got the annual birthday price offer from MidwayUSA. Must have had to supply DOB for an earlier purchase, so they know. I hate to pass up a bargain so tried to find something firearm related that I needed. (I know, 'need' isn't a factor.) Guess what. I couldn't come up with anything. Yet. Reloading tools or components? Nope. Black powder gear like caps or powder? I have plenty. Bullet molds? No. Ammo? Not really since I spent several years building up supplies during sales, swap meets and bulk offers. It's an odd dilemma.

The one thing that caught my eye was a Pietta 1861 Colt cap and ball revolver. I have other 36 caliber C and B guns so I was able to resist. Especially when I saw the price. Holy shit balls, to quote Weasel. Prices have really gone up on these by 100 bucks and more and did so rapidly. My current collection is looking better and better.

It's amusing in an odd way.

Posted by: JTB at March 31, 2024 08:03 PM (zudum)

119 You're wearing a phone?

Sounds uncomfortable

Posted by: AlaBAMA

In my pocket. Providing I am wearing pants. How else do you keep track of your steps? I'm retired so what time it is is not very important. Sometimes I have to check my phone to findout what day of the week it is.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 31, 2024 08:04 PM (t/2Uw)

120 Happy Gub and Happy Easter, y'all.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 31, 2024 08:06 PM (V8he0)

121 116 You allowed to elaborate on your San Anton trip?

Posted by: RI Red at March 31, 2024 08:02 PM

Sure!!! Here is a video about it. https://tinyurl.com/mrxcefs3

Posted by: Scuba Dude at March 31, 2024 08:06 PM (f0/sc)

122 Weasel, you still have a watch that ticks?

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 31, 2024 08:07 PM (t/2Uw)

123 The one thing that caught my eye was a Pietta 1861 Colt cap and ball revolver. I have other 36 caliber C and B guns so I was able to resist. Especially when I saw the price. Holy shit balls, to quote Weasel. Prices have really gone up on these by 100 bucks and more and did so rapidly. My current collection is looking better and better.
Posted by: JTB at March 31, 2024 08:03 PM

I hope you have a Colt 1847 replica, or barring that, a 3rd Dragoon, or barring that, an 1860? Man does not live by .36 alone.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 31, 2024 08:07 PM (a3Q+t)

124 111 Ok, that "If The Doors wrote Enter Sandman" is excellent!!! It makes me wonder if Metallica might have ripped off The Doors.

Posted by: Scuba Dude at March 31, 2024 08:00 PM
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We part ways here, my friend. I endorse using as many rounds from blaster's stash as necessary to put that Doors thing out of its misery.

Posted by: TRex at March 31, 2024 08:07 PM (IQ6Gq)

125 I have a question. I have significant arthritis in my hands and wrists. My normal edc is a Sig p238 because I can rack the slide. But just barely. I cannot rack the slide on my Glock 19 or any of my husband's guns.im thinking that maybe adrenaline in a crisis situation would enable me to function but I don't want to bet my life on that. Husband has suggested a S&W 38 J frame revolver. That was my first ever gun and I shot very well with it, but not for a prolonged time on the range. My hands start swelling after a while. I don't know of any other gun that would work. I just want a gun I can use without pain and one that I can trust.

Posted by: Megthered at March 31, 2024 08:08 PM (uHBZp)

126 Weasel, you still have a watch that ticks?
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 31, 2024 08:07 PM (t/2Uw)
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A few. Let's just say you can go way nuttier, way faster, buying watches than guns.

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 08:08 PM (JwHpX)

127 In my pocket. Providing I am wearing pants. How else do you keep track of your steps? I'm retired so what time it is is not very important. Sometimes I have to check my phone to findout what day of the week it is.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 31, 2024 08:04 PM (t/2Uw)

Pants???
Well dang!
First there's homework and now we gotta wear pants.
What's next? Mandatory crocs?

Posted by: Diogenes at March 31, 2024 08:10 PM (W/lyH)

128 Posted by: Megthered at March 31, 2024 08:08 PM (uHBZp)
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Love the revolver advice, but you might be able to use a lighter spring on the Sig.

Good luck!

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 08:10 PM (JwHpX)

129 I have a question. I have significant arthritis in my hands and wrists. My normal edc is a Sig p238 because I can rack the slide. But just barely.

Smith & Wesson has a couple of different "EZ" models that are designed for low racking force. I haven't personally used any of them so that's all I know. Also, there are a couple of .380s that use the Beretta "tip-up" design so you never have to rack the slide at all to load or unload. All that said, yeah, I like the J frames.

Posted by: Oddbob at March 31, 2024 08:11 PM (/y8xj)

130 As I most likely will not be here next week to provide my answer to Weasel's assignment I will give it now.

And the answer is:

42

Posted by: Scuba Dude at March 31, 2024 08:12 PM (f0/sc)

131 Posted by: Scuba Dude at March 31, 2024 08:12 PM (f0/sc)
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Disqualified!!

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 08:13 PM (JwHpX)

132 Mister Big Shot Electrical Safety Supervisor was not wearing his seatbelt while driving. Also, there was cigarette smoke in the area when he was delivering his lecture. With his casual disregard for safety, it's no wonder his electricians were getting zapped like ... bugs in a bug zapper.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at March 31, 2024 08:13 PM (v23vE)

133 My wife just spent some money, with the excuse that since I buy expensive guns, I have no standing.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Please do not post about such things our wives may read it and emulate your better half.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 31, 2024 08:13 PM (dX28C)

134 And the answer is:

42
Posted by: Scuba Dude at March 31, 2024 08:12 PM

Just plagiarize me why don't you?

Posted by: Deep Thought at March 31, 2024 08:14 PM (Wnv9h)

135 Have a great trip Scuba Dude. Jelly. Not going to line up for us. Bummer. Will have to catch the next one.

Posted by: TRex at March 31, 2024 08:14 PM (IQ6Gq)

136 I did put a lighter spring on my Glock and it made the slide easier to rack but not by a lot. I will say that it is way easier to rack the slide on the Kimber because the red dotsight gives more leverage.
I'm looking forward to adding a sight to my new Glock for just that reason.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 31, 2024 08:15 PM (t/2Uw)

137 Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 31, 2024 07:18 PM (cOq4q)

Years ago before Charlie Bronson a shortened barrel 12 gauge pump was sold as 'The Alley Sweeper'.

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 31, 2024 08:15 PM (pqOO2)

138 I have a question. I have significant arthritis in my hands and wrists. My normal edc is a Sig p238 because I can rack the slide. But just barely.
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Take a look at the Walther CCP series. My wife could not operate my Glock. So we bought her a S&W which she still struggled with once out of store. Now has a Walther that she loves. Walther specifically mentions arthritis and reduced hand strength in their advertising of the CCP.

Posted by: scampydog at March 31, 2024 08:16 PM (41CYW)

139 131 Disqualified!!

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 08:13 PM

I doth protest.

That is the answer to Life, The Universe and Everything.

Posted by: Scuba Dude at March 31, 2024 08:17 PM (f0/sc)

140 103 You know who should be joining a Kimber Fan club?

Iris. That's who.

She'll need a Kimber first....
Posted by: blaster at March 31, 2024 07:57 PM (tgjXr)

I thought I heard my name!

Kimber influencer!!

Posted by: Iris, Team Hedgehog at March 31, 2024 08:17 PM (n3DL0)

141
Pants???
Well dang!
First there's homework and now we gotta wear pants.
What's next? Mandatory crocs?
Posted by: Diogenes at March 31, 2024 08:10 PM (W/lyH)

Wild and Crazy Guy....

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 31, 2024 08:17 PM (pqOO2)

142 123 ... "hope you have a Colt 1847 replica, or barring that, a 3rd Dragoon, or barring that, an 1860? Man does not live by .36 alone."

Oh my, yes. I have 44 caliber cap and ball revolvers covered with Colts, Remingtons, Ruger Old Army, and a Rogers and Spencer, which is almost as good as the Rugers.

Posted by: JTB at March 31, 2024 08:17 PM (zudum)

143 That hare has a *very* short time to get to the tea party.

Posted by: Alice at March 31, 2024 08:17 PM (XeU6L)

144 134 Just plagiarize me why don't you?

Posted by: Deep Thought at March 31, 2024 08:14 PM

:-) :-) :-) :-)

Posted by: Scuba Dude at March 31, 2024 08:18 PM (f0/sc)

145 It got to the ffl a lot faster than my payment got to the seller and I had to call the local post office there to make sure it didn't get returned to me. Then the seller went silent for several days (sick). Not what you want to happen first time buying through an auction. But I trust there will be a happy ending.
Posted by: screaming in digital at March 31, 2024 07:55 PM (+Nu5p)

Congrats sid! Your FFL has to log in the firearm and make sure what was shipped is what they got. Then they let you know to come get. Depending on how busy they are and all the rest. With the shipping updates and tracking you know they got it so I think your good to go.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 31, 2024 08:18 PM (R/m4+)

146 have a question. I have significant arthritis in my hands and wrists. My normal edc is a Sig p238 because I can rack the slide. But just barely. I cannot rack the slide on my Glock 19 or any of my husband's guns.im thinking that maybe adrenaline in a crisis situation would enable me to function but I don't want to bet my life on that. Husband has suggested a S&W 38 J frame revolver. That was my first ever gun and I shot very well with it, but not for a prolonged time on the range. My hands start swelling after a while. I don't know of any other gun that would work. I just want a gun I can use without pain and one that I can trust.
Posted by: Megthered at March 31, 2024 08:08 PM

The S&W EZ and a couple of Walthers are what I recommend for racking issues (which are more common than many might suppose).

As far a racking itself, have you tried pulling the slide while simultaneously pushing the grip/frame? Two arms are better than one (as Michelle Fields would vigorously attest).

Other ideas are the J-Frame and one of the Beretta tip ups mentioned.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 31, 2024 08:18 PM (a3Q+t)

147 Posted by: Megthered at March 31, 2024 08:08 PM (uHBZp)
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Also, have you tried the pull with one hand push with the other technique? It helps some people.

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 08:18 PM (JwHpX)

148 Man does not live by .36 alone
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[unholsters the Griswold & Gunnison]

Posted by: Mike Hammer at March 31, 2024 08:19 PM (XeU6L)

149 My stepson and I have promised we will shoot them side by side next time we see each other. Jesse's model 28-3 and my 28-2.
Posted by: screaming in digital
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Cool. Send pix when it happens to Weasel as that would be interesting.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2024 08:19 PM (G0ieF)

150 Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 31, 2024 08:18 PM (a3Q+t)
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Jinx!

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 08:20 PM (JwHpX)

151 I just want a gun I can use without pain and one that I can trust.
Posted by: Megthered at March 31, 2024 08:08 PM (uHBZp)

A couple of options - S&W M&P 2.0 9mm EZ - specifically designed to be "EZ" to operate.

Also, as weasel has suggested, changing the recoil spring. sra blaster was having a hard time racking the slide on a P226 so I swapped out the 16lb spring for a 14lb spring and it made all the difference in the world.

Posted by: blaster at March 31, 2024 08:20 PM (tgjXr)

152 I thought I heard my name!

Kimber influencer!!
Posted by: Iris, Team Hedgehog at March 31, 2024 08:17 PM (n3DL0)
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We can possibly get one or two for you to try while in TX.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at March 31, 2024 08:21 PM (tT6L1)

153 135 Posted by: TRex at March 31, 2024 08:14 PM

Thanks TRex, just to let you know, I am planning another trip to see a Total Eclipse in July 2028. That one is happening in Sydney, Australia. Planning a big trip around that one.

Hoping to also get to New Zealand and see Middle Earth. Maybe meet up with NZ Frank. :-)

Posted by: Scuba Dude at March 31, 2024 08:21 PM (f0/sc)

154 Cool. Send pix when it happens to Weasel as that would be interesting.
Posted by: whig at March 31, 2024 08:19 PM (G0ieF)
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What he said!

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 08:21 PM (JwHpX)

155
We can possibly get one or two for you to try while in TX.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at March 31, 2024 08:21 PM (tT6L1)

Well I will pencil that into my range card schedule!

Posted by: Iris, Team Hedgehog at March 31, 2024 08:22 PM (n3DL0)

156 Just got a Tulster iwb for my Sig 365x. Like its feel and retention, but disappointed at its lack of adjustability. Will be visible unless I wear stiff baggy, flannel shirts, like some goddamned Subaru driver.

Speaking of which I was in an NC kiddie playground (with my granddaughter) and saw some fat bastard concealed carrying in a tee so tight I could tell the gun brand and round size right through his shirt.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at March 31, 2024 08:23 PM (wBaIH)

157 Congrats sid! Your FFL has to log in the firearm and make sure what was shipped is what they got. Then they let you know to come get. Depending on how busy they are and all the rest. With the shipping updates and tracking you know they got it so I think your good to go.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy
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Yeah, I'm not fretting anymore (I was when my payment was stuck in tracking for days). Even if they were open Saturday I've been over there shooting a couple times on Saturday and it's always hopping. (Hey I brought it back around to the bunny theme)

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 31, 2024 08:24 PM (UWZIU)

158 Posted by: Iris, Team Hedgehog at March 31, 2024 08:22 PM (n3DL0)
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Allow me to say you are progressing nicely in your gun-nuttery!

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 08:24 PM (JwHpX)

159 146 have a question. I have significant arthritis in my hands and wrists. My normal edc is a Sig p238 because I can rack the slide. But just barely. I cannot rack the slide on my Glock 19 or any of my husband's guns.im thinking that maybe adrenaline in a crisis situation would enable me to function but I don't want to bet my life on that. Husband has suggested a S&W 38 J frame revolver. That was my first ever gun and I shot very well with it, but not for a prolonged time on the range. My hands start swelling after a while. I don't know of any other gun that would work. I just want a gun I can use without pain and one that I can trust.
Posted by: Megthered
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One consideration is to go old school and buy a semi automatic with a hammer. One can cock the hammer to ease in racking the slide. P series Sigs and Smith Third Generation are good solid buys for this method as well as 1911's of various makes.

The EZ line from Smith are about as friendly as a new semi auto firearm is to rack and the push pull method described above makes it easier to rack striker fired pistols.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2024 08:24 PM (G0ieF)

160 An angry wabbit needeth reside inside of every scoppe.

Gotta have those Cross Hares, and properly zeroed, too!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at March 31, 2024 08:24 PM (e6UQI)

161 Arm directly in line with the barrel.
ie: Taekwondo strike

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 31, 2024 08:24 PM (pqOO2)

162 Jinx!
Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 08:20 PM

Since I can't claim a great mind, can I say I've learned sitting at the lotus feet of the Master?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 31, 2024 08:24 PM (a3Q+t)

163 Anybody here replaced a 1911 grip safety? I want one with a "hump" because with my skinny hands and a high grip, I don't always get it depressed all the way. All of the ones I see on Brownell's are described as "gunsmith fit" but I'm kind of hoping with everything being CNC machined these days, I can get a drop-in fit. I really don't want to go filing on my frame if I can possibly help it.

Posted by: Oddbob at March 31, 2024 08:25 PM (/y8xj)

164 Thanks everyone. My nephew mentioned the Walther. I'll look at that when we go gun shopping. I'll check out the Smith and Wesson EZ too. Thanks!

Posted by: Megthered at March 31, 2024 08:25 PM (uHBZp)

165 Posted by: screaming in digital at March 31, 2024 08:24 PM (UWZIU)
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I find it helpful to show up a few minutes before they open and rattle the door vigorously.

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 08:25 PM (JwHpX)

166 Arm directly in line with the barrel.
ie: Taekwondo strike
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It!
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Wait...they kick the sh*t outta ya in the Barrel too?

Posted by: scampydog at March 31, 2024 08:26 PM (41CYW)

167 156 Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at March 31, 2024 08:23 PM

I am hoping to lose enough weight so I am not "that" guy. I would like to be like Jim Sunk New Dawn or Eromero.

Seeing how much they were carrying at that demo at the TXMOME was enlightening.

Posted by: Scuba Dude at March 31, 2024 08:26 PM (f0/sc)

168 have a question. I have significant arthritis in my hands and wrists. My normal edc is a Sig p238 because I can rack the slide. But just barely. I cannot rack the slide on my Glock 19 or any of my husband's guns.im thinking that maybe adrenaline in a crisis situation would enable me to function but I don't want to bet my life on that. Husband has suggested a S&W 38 J frame revolver. That was my first ever gun and I shot very well with it, but not for a prolonged time on the range. My hands start swelling after a while. I don't know of any other gun that would work. I just want a gun I can use without pain and one that I can trust.
Posted by: Megthered at March 31, 2024 08:08 PM

The S&W EZ and a couple of Walthers are what I recommend for racking issues (which are more common than many might suppose).

As far a racking itself, have you tried pulling the slide while simultaneously pushing the grip/frame? Two arms are better than one (as Michelle Fields would vigorously attest).

Other ideas are the J-Frame and one of the Beretta tip ups mentioned.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

And the Ruger Security 380.
A bit longer barrel than most 380s helps the round get few more fps.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 31, 2024 08:26 PM (cOq4q)

169 and it's always hopping. (Hey I brought it back around to the bunny theme)
Posted by: screaming in digital at March 31, 2024 08:24 PM

What am I, chopped liver?

Posted by: Your local Craft Brewery at March 31, 2024 08:26 PM (a3Q+t)

170 ----
Allow me to say you are progressing nicely in your gun-nuttery!
Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 08:24 PM (JwHpX)

LOL, somehow it happened... Quite of few suspects here.

Posted by: Iris, Team Hedgehog at March 31, 2024 08:27 PM (n3DL0)

171 Posted by: screaming in digital at March 31, 2024 08:24 PM (UWZIU)
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I find it helpful to show up a few minutes before they open and rattle the door vigorously.

Posted by: Weasel

Just don;t wear a mask.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 31, 2024 08:27 PM (t/2Uw)

172 Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 31, 2024 08:24 PM (a3Q+t)
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You, sir, are too kind!

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 08:27 PM (JwHpX)

173 My hands start swelling after a while. I don't know of any other gun that would work. I just want a gun I can use without pain and one that I can trust.
Posted by: Megthered at March 31, 2024 08:08 PM

Advice I passed to my BNL and he actually followed it and was glad: if arthritis is an issue and you've got revolver experience, why not return to it? Consider your threat environment. Do you foresee yourself in a
drawn out gun battle? Probably not so you're probably not shooting more than three or four times.
Alternately, drop down in caliber. Kinetic energies aside, getting hit by a .22 or .25 is going to get the attention of a bad guy as much as by a 9mm or .45.
Sure, size matters, but so also does noise and shock.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 31, 2024 08:27 PM (W/lyH)

174 My son bought me my first firearm 4 weeks ago. A Gen 1 Glock 17. I met him at the range this past Thursday. He brought his Springfield hellcat pro, his sig P365x with a red dot, and his ak-47. Unfortunately I’m down and out with the flu, so I will provide an update next week. But any guesses about which one jr. was the most accurate with from 15 yds. Exclude the AK.

Posted by: Turn 2 at March 31, 2024 08:28 PM (JfxgE)

175 LOL, somehow it happened... Quite of few suspects here.
Posted by: Iris, Team Hedgehog at March 31, 2024 08:27 PM (n3DL0)
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Why, thank you.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at March 31, 2024 08:28 PM (tT6L1)

176 Posted by: Oddbob at March 31, 2024 08:25 PM (/y8xj)

Unless you're very, very lucky, you're not going to get a replacement 1911 grip safety that doesn't need at least a little bit of fitting.

Posted by: That SOB Van Owen at March 31, 2024 08:30 PM (3rnQf)

177 163 Anybody here replaced a 1911 grip safety? I want one with a "hump" because with my skinny hands and a high grip, I don't always get it depressed all the way. All of the ones I see on Brownell's are described as "gunsmith fit" but I'm kind of hoping with everything being CNC machined these days, I can get a drop-in fit. I really don't want to go filing on my frame if I can possibly help it.
Posted by: Oddbob
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Haven't replaced one but have removed one (a 1911) and from a Springfield XD series for deep cleaning. Neither are horrible to do if you have the right punches including slave pins. If you do, might as well replace springs while you are in there.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2024 08:30 PM (G0ieF)

178 Since it's Easter, allow me to revert to the Food Thread and ax a question. Is pita bread poisoning a thing? Because I ate about 3/4 of a piece a while ago and have a major stomach ache now!

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 08:30 PM (JwHpX)

179 Unless you're very, very lucky, you're not going to get a replacement 1911 grip safety that doesn't need at least a little bit of fitting.
Posted by: That SOB Van Owen at March 31, 2024 08:30 PM (3rnQf)
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I bought a "drop in barrel" for a 1911 once. I did a lot of filing to get it to function properly.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at March 31, 2024 08:31 PM (tT6L1)

180 And the Ruger Security 380.
A bit longer barrel than most 380s helps the round get few more fps.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

I jusche checked and the M&P EZ has a longer barrel too.
That is, compared to most 380 pocket pistols / belly guns.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 31, 2024 08:31 PM (cOq4q)

181 I find it helpful to show up a few minutes before they open and rattle the door vigorously.

Posted by: Weasel
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LOL. I will just press my nose against the glass and look pitiful.

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 31, 2024 08:32 PM (+Nu5p)

182 Posted by: Turn 2 at March 31, 2024 08:28 PM (JfxgE)
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Howdy and welcome!

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 08:32 PM (JwHpX)

183 Just pita bread? Or did you have other things like pickled herring or gefilte fish wrapped up in it? Or maybe your famous 2 minute meals?

Posted by: Scuba Dude at March 31, 2024 08:33 PM (f0/sc)

184 Since it's Easter, allow me to revert to the Food Thread and ax a question. Is pita bread poisoning a thing? Because I ate about 3/4 of a piece a while ago and have a major stomach ache now!
Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 08:30 PM

Um...what was on the pita? Plain pita bread poisoning is not something I've run across in a lifetime of eating the stuff.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2024 08:33 PM (Wnv9h)

185 Weasel, I find TUMs to be great for stomach issues.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 31, 2024 08:33 PM (t/2Uw)

186 Just pita bread? Or did you have other things like pickled herring or gefilte fish wrapped up in it? Or maybe your famous 2 minute meals?
Posted by: Scuba Dude at March 31, 2024 08:33 PM (f0/sc)

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Chicken and mayo and it was sitting in the sun for an hour.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at March 31, 2024 08:34 PM (tT6L1)

187 (Hey I brought it back around to the bunny theme)
Posted by: screaming in digital

Only by a hare.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 31, 2024 08:34 PM (dX28C)

188 Weasel, I thought pita was pain in the ass, not pain in the belly.

Posted by: RI Red at March 31, 2024 08:34 PM (AbVrr)

189 166 Arm directly in line with the barrel.
ie: Taekwondo strike
Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It!
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Wait...they kick the sh*t outta ya in the Barrel too?
Posted by: scampydog at March 31, 2024 08:26 PM (41CYW)

I'm on a convicted felon learning curve.

fists and knives

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 31, 2024 08:34 PM (pqOO2)

190 186 Chicken and mayo and it was sitting in the sun for an hour.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at March 31, 2024 08:34 PM

He was trying for that gamey taste

Posted by: Scuba Dude at March 31, 2024 08:35 PM (f0/sc)

191 He was trying for that gamey taste
Posted by: Scuba Dude at March 31, 2024 08:35 PM

I guess the game was Sorry.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2024 08:36 PM (Wnv9h)

192 Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2024 08:33 PM (Wnv9h)
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Plain ol' dry pita bread. It's better now, so I think I'm out of the woods and will live, but for a while there it was a real stomach ache. Think I should stay home from work next week just to be sure.

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 08:36 PM (JwHpX)

193 An angry wabbit needeth reside inside of every scoppe.
Gotta have those Cross Hares, and properly zeroed, too!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 31, 2024 08:24 PM (e6UQI)

How to recognize a cross hare.
"Hey Elmer! That's right Fudd, you asshole, I called you Elmer. Ha! Get your butt out here right now! You think it's " wabbit season?". I'll show you wabbit season!

Posted by: Diogenes at March 31, 2024 08:37 PM (W/lyH)

194 LOL. I will just press my nose against the glass and look pitiful.
Posted by: screaming in digital at March 31, 2024 08:32 PM

One of the things that worked for me in obtaining my Red Ryder.

Posted by: Ralphie at March 31, 2024 08:37 PM (a3Q+t)

195 I really don't want to go filing on my frame if I can possibly help it.
Posted by: Oddbob
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You always file the cheapest part which in this case is the new grip safety.

Better also to use stones for fitting rather than files.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2024 08:37 PM (G0ieF)

196
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 31, 2024 08:33 PM (t/2Uw)
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Thanks. Or maybe a swig of Pepto.

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 08:38 PM (JwHpX)

197 I find it helpful to show up a few minutes before they open and rattle the door vigorously.
Posted by: Weasel
Just don;t wear a mask.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 31, 2024 08:27 PM (t/2Uw)

Hahahaha...Good one.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 31, 2024 08:38 PM (R/m4+)

198 Think I should stay home from work next week just to be sure.
Posted by: Weasel

Weasel is wise.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 31, 2024 08:38 PM (dX28C)

199 Have a good night all. Going to relax and try and digest the wonderful Easter dinner I had.

Ham, kielbasa, pierogies and potato casserole. Yummmm

Thanks again Weasel!!

Have a great week everyone!!! Hopefully I can drop by next Sunday.

Posted by: Scuba Dude at March 31, 2024 08:38 PM (f0/sc)

200 Just pita bread? Or did you have other things like pickled herring or gefilte fish wrapped up in it? Or maybe your famous 2 minute meals?
Posted by: Scuba Dude at March 31, 2024 08:33 PM (f0/sc)

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Chicken and mayo and it was sitting in the sun for an hour.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at March 31, 2024 08:34 PM (tT6L1)
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Truck stop pita.
*shakes head sadly*

Posted by: Diogenes at March 31, 2024 08:39 PM (W/lyH)

201 Plain ol' dry pita bread. It's better now, so I think I'm out of the woods and will live, but for a while there it was a real stomach ache.
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Maybe try another piece Pita bread. Just to be certain.

Posted by: Always someone with a helpful idea at March 31, 2024 08:39 PM (41CYW)

202 Plain ol' dry pita bread. It's better now, so I think I'm out of the woods and will live, but for a while there it was a real stomach ache. Think I should stay home from work next week just to be sure.
Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 08:36 PM

Glad you're feeling better. Get some rest.

Dear Work,

Please excuse Weasel this week.

Weasel's Mother

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2024 08:39 PM (Wnv9h)

203 Thanks. Or maybe a swig of Pepto.
Posted by: Weasel
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Are you sure we don't need to use the stapler?

Not even a hot iron?

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 31, 2024 08:39 PM (+Nu5p)

204 Hey you know what's a great musical interlude next time.

Waiting for a Girl Like You

-Foreigner

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 31, 2024 08:39 PM (pqOO2)

205 Alternately, drop down in caliber. Kinetic energies aside, getting hit by a .22 or .25 is going to get the attention of a bad guy as much as by a 9mm or .45.
Sure, size matters, but so also does noise and shock.
Posted by: Diogenes

Taurus 327 is all steel and when shooting 32 short (or long) has very little recoil. 32 H&R a bit more (or lot more with some Buffalo Bore), and 327 isn't much more pleasant than 357 in a full size revolver. But, point is, you can really dial it down in recoil, even use 320 acp if that's all you gots.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 31, 2024 08:40 PM (cOq4q)

206 Posted by: screaming in digital at March 31, 2024 08:39 PM (+Nu5p)
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The stapler may be called for in the event I start going toward the light!

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 08:41 PM (JwHpX)

207 205 Alternately, drop down in caliber. Kinetic energies aside, getting hit by a .22 or .25 is going to get the attention of a bad guy as much as by a 9mm or .45.
Sure, size matters, but so also does noise and shock.
Posted by: Diogenes
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Or pepper spray. or bear spray.

Posted by: TRex at March 31, 2024 08:41 PM (IQ6Gq)

208 Dear Work,

Please excuse Weasel this week.

The dog ate his spreadsheets.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 31, 2024 08:41 PM (V8he0)

209 Diogenes, thank you for saying that a 22 probably won't drop someone but they will stop and say ouch. And depending on where they're hit it might stop things from going farther. I have had so many people tell me my 380 is not good in a fight but no one is going to ask me what I'm carrying. All they see is gun.

Posted by: Megthered at March 31, 2024 08:42 PM (uHBZp)

210 Not even a hot iron?
Posted by: screaming in digital at March 31, 2024 08:39 PM

Not sure I'd recommend hot iron for internal use.

You can trust me. I'm a (juris) doctor.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2024 08:42 PM (Wnv9h)

211 Weasel calling in sick this time of year? He best go on the lam, because his boss would probably show up at his door wanting to know what's what.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at March 31, 2024 08:42 PM (tT6L1)

212 Being Easter, I'm glad Weasel didn't get a tummy ache from going to IHOP.

Posted by: TRex at March 31, 2024 08:46 PM (IQ6Gq)

213 I have had so many people tell me my 380 is not good in a fight but no one is going to ask me what I'm carrying.

A .380 that you'll actually carry beats the .45 that you leave at home. Modern self-defense ammo like Hornady Critical Defense or Corbons will narrow the gap between .380 and 9mm quite a bit.

Posted by: Oddbob at March 31, 2024 08:48 PM (/y8xj)

214 Weasel, I've never heard of pita bread causing an upset stomach and I've been eating it since I could handle solid food. That goes back a ways. Butter and peanut butter on pita was my after school snack.

Glad you are feeling better. However, taking the week off from work would be a wise precaution. Can't be too careful when the Middle East is involved.

Posted by: JTB at March 31, 2024 08:49 PM (zudum)

215 Diogenes, thank you for saying that a 22 probably won't drop someone but they will stop and say ouch. And depending on where they're hit it might stop things from going farther. I have had so many people tell me my 380 is not good in a fight but no one is going to ask me what I'm carrying. All they see is gun.
Posted by: Megthered at March 31, 2024 08:42 PM (uHBZp)
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I have three personal carry weapons (.22, .380, and 9mm) and what I choose depends on where I'm going, and, frankly, what I am wearing. Being over 29, comfort
is a thing ya know. You are correct, what the other guy sees is a gun. And he/she hears a big noise. Any hit is going to hurt. He/she runs. You survive. Mission accomplished.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 31, 2024 08:49 PM (W/lyH)

216 Poisoning Update:
Well I see the expiration date police have been through the medicine cabinet so no Pepto, but I did find Tums! More better now, so no fighting over my stuff..

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 08:49 PM (JwHpX)

217 Have a good night all. Going to relax and try and digest the wonderful Easter dinner I had.

Ham, kielbasa, pierogies and potato casserole. Yummmm

Thanks again Weasel!!

Have a great week everyone!!! Hopefully I can drop by next Sunday.
Posted by: Scuba Dude

Doing it right.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at March 31, 2024 08:49 PM (R4t5M)

218 Poisoning Update:
Well I see the expiration date police have been through the medicine cabinet so no Pepto, but I did find Tums! More better now, so no fighting over my stuff..
Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 08:49 PM

This is most cromulent news. After all, we need you to call wind for us in NH. 'Cause I suck at it right now.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2024 08:50 PM (Wnv9h)

219 Bread can get mold but I doubt it would harm you that quick.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 31, 2024 08:51 PM (2D+TA)

220 Every time I hear "Midnight Rider" I have the urge to throw on my black leathers, fire up the hog and let my beard fly in the wind. Probably a good I don't have any of those things.

Posted by: javems at March 31, 2024 08:51 PM (8I4hW)

221 Tums are actually good for you because they have calcium.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 31, 2024 08:52 PM (t/2Uw)

222 Being Easter, I'm glad Weasel didn't get a tummy ache from going to IHOP.
Posted by: TRex at March 31, 2024 08:46 PM (IQ6Gq)
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Ha!

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 08:53 PM (JwHpX)

223 Starting a new Easter tradition by watching the Godfather.

Michael goes to the bathroom and pulls a 'what caliber' revolver from behind the toilet?

Bonus points if you remember how the fingerprint problem was solved.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 31, 2024 08:53 PM (2D+TA)

224 Commontaters on the Food Thread posted 310 so far.

We're doing ok, but don't slack. Weasel's evaluation depends on it.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 31, 2024 08:53 PM (a3Q+t)

225 Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2024 08:50 PM (Wnv9h)
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I can do that!

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 08:54 PM (JwHpX)

226 Being Easter, I'm glad Weasel didn't get a tummy ache from going to IHOP.
Posted by: TRex at March 31, 2024 08:46 PM (IQ6Gq)

Lines at the Waffle House were that bad eh?

Posted by: Diogenes at March 31, 2024 08:54 PM (W/lyH)

227 I have had so many people tell me my 380 is not good in a fight but no one is going to ask me what I'm carrying.

A .380 that you'll actually carry beats the .45 that you leave at home. Modern self-defense ammo like Hornady Critical Defense or Corbons will narrow the gap between .380 and 9mm quite a bit.
Posted by: Oddbob

The Norma 380 MHP may be a contender.
Looks like Norma found a way to make solid copper by swaging then. Promo show nice flower petals.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 31, 2024 08:55 PM (cOq4q)

228 My minor league baseball assistant coach used to by me a 25 cent cigar for sucker punching kids he didn't like. I was 9 yo. Who knew? Cold cocking a person in the face at will takes certain mind set to conquer your fears. If I ever met up with he who shall not be named I would cold cock him although I must admit this skillset has served me well.... never needed a gun and born in a top FBI #1 Murder per capita Camden NJ. We just kicked ass hand to hand. Crissake they had 22 longs outlawed when I was a kid

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 31, 2024 08:55 PM (pqOO2)

229 I'm really trying Ducanthrax but 3 weeks without going to the range makes for little to contribute. Next Sunday the MGC is back in action and two weeks after that , a big show in Chantilly.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 31, 2024 08:58 PM (t/2Uw)

230 ...have a question. I have significant arthritis in my hands and wrists. My normal edc is a Sig p238 because I can rack the slide. But just barely. I cannot rack the slide on my Glock 19 or any of my husband's guns.im thinking that maybe adrenaline in a crisis situation would enable me to function but I don't want to bet my life on that. Husband has suggested a S&W 38 J frame revolver. That was my first ever gun and I shot very well with it, but not for a prolonged time on the range. My hands start swelling after a while. I don't know of any other gun that would work. I just want a gun I can use without pain and one that I can trust. Posted by: Megthered at March 31, 2024 08:08 PM

Your question, answered in one: https://tinyurl.com/bdf4aku3

The Girsan MC-14 .380 ACP, double-stack mags, and the invaluable to weak hands, TIP-UP barrel. The agony of "racking the slide", vanishes, with this pistol.

It would be well worth your time, to read the entire article. Good Luck!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at March 31, 2024 08:58 PM (e6UQI)

231 Lines at the Waffle House were that bad eh?
Posted by: Diogenes at March 31, 2024 08:54 PM

Weasel is too decisive a Moron for Waffle House.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2024 08:58 PM (Wnv9h)

232 Glad you are feeling better. No one ever suspects the pita bread.

Posted by: Iris, Team Hedgehog at March 31, 2024 08:59 PM (n3DL0)

233 8 Looking forward to watching the space shuttle landing video. We saw a landing once at Edwards Air Force base. The thing fell out of the sky. It barely looked like it was flying or gliding. At least an F-14 pilot could touch and go and go around for another attempt.
Posted by: TRex at March 31, 2024 07:10 PM (IQ6Gq)

...'cause all the Shuttle is doing at that point is gliding.

I remember on July 25, 1999, when the Columbia did a night re-entry. I had two minutes warning right about 2200 CDT and I quickly got dressed and ran out to a main street which allowed a clear view north. I waited about a minute and then I saw a fireball streaking across the sky, with the occasional spark flying off it. The fire trail hung in the sky for a good 10 minutes before fading out. At that point, if memory serves, it landed at Cape Canaveral 10 minutes later.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 31, 2024 09:00 PM (8sMut)

234 That shuttle vs F-14 (my fav F-xx) was just an excuse for the guy to tell us he's flown the Shuttle simulator. Where was the corresponding details of landing an F-14? Also why compare a Shuttle to a carrier landing? A runway would be a more comparable choice.
My opinion.

Posted by: Ciampino - Never fired a Phoenix in anger? at March 31, 2024 09:00 PM (qfLjt)

235 So much content, Weasel.

Posted by: Eromero at March 31, 2024 09:01 PM (NxC5+)

236 Posted by: Iris, Team Hedgehog at March 31, 2024 08:59 PM (n3DL0)
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Thank you! I haven't ruled out WW in all of this.

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 09:01 PM (JwHpX)

237 Night folks. Wish all a Happy Easter.

Posted by: whig at March 31, 2024 09:03 PM (G0ieF)

238 Weasel, tell WW I’m all in for any estate sales!

Posted by: RI Red at March 31, 2024 09:03 PM (AbVrr)

239 And speaking of the Shuttle, the closest I ever got was back in the day when they used to land at Edwards AFB as a matter of routine. To get back to FL they would be loaded on the NASA 747 for the flight back. That ate up a lot of fuel as you might imagine, so they would stop at Kelly AFB in San Antonio for refuel. One time I got to go down there to see the Shuttle up close - or at least as close as the airfield fence would allow. Good times.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 31, 2024 09:03 PM (8sMut)

240 Thank you! I haven't ruled out WW in all of this.
Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 09:01 PM

Did you recently buy an expensive gun, and/or charge multiple batteries on the kitchen counter?

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 31, 2024 09:03 PM (a3Q+t)

241 Carrier aviation rocks and I cannot lie.

Posted by: Eromero at March 31, 2024 09:04 PM (NxC5+)

242 Posted by: RI Red at March 31, 2024 09:03 PM (AbVrr)
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She has verrrrry specific instructions in that regard!

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 09:04 PM (JwHpX)

243 Did you recently buy an expensive gun, and/or charge multiple batteries on the kitchen counter?

Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 31, 2024 09:03 PM (a3Q+t)
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I think pie eating is on WW's list, too.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at March 31, 2024 09:04 PM (tT6L1)

244 Night folks. Wish all a Happy Easter.
Posted by: whig at March 31, 2024 09:03 PM (G0ieF)

Happy Easter.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, red heifer owner at March 31, 2024 09:04 PM (R4t5M)

245 Wanted to make sure I got in a big Thank You to Weasel-Man for all his work on the Gun Thread!
And a Happy Easter to all the GT morons too.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 31, 2024 09:04 PM (dX28C)

246 199 Have a good night all. Going to relax and try and digest the wonderful Easter dinner I had.

Ham, kielbasa, pierogies and potato casserole. Yummmm

Thanks again Weasel!!

Have a great week everyone!!! Hopefully I can drop by next Sunday.
Posted by: Scuba Dude at March 31, 2024 08:38 PM (f0/sc)

Hmmm...channeling the inner Polish?

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 31, 2024 09:05 PM (8sMut)

247 Did you recently buy an expensive gun, and/or charge multiple batteries on the kitchen counter?

Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 31, 2024 09:03 PM (a3Q+t)
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You might be on to something. Opportunity AND motive!

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 09:06 PM (JwHpX)

248 Time for me to wander, too! It's been a rather busy week at Che Blake.

Thanks again, Weasel!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at March 31, 2024 09:06 PM (tT6L1)

249 Guess I'm old school. IMHO, anything less that a .38 should be considered a BUG.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 31, 2024 09:07 PM (V8he0)

250 Well, Horde, punching out for the night. Thanks, Weasel, for another girthy Gun Thread.

Have a great night, all.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 31, 2024 09:07 PM (Wnv9h)

251 I think I'm sufficiently recovered to have a cigar.

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 09:08 PM (JwHpX)

252 Eromero, my older bro was a navy jet jockey. He flew Vigilantes and actually landed those beasts on those tiny decks.
He swore me in coming out of Ft. Rucker - alway gave me grief about his stall speed being faster than my fastest. He did shut up when I told him to show me how to hover the Vigilante.

Posted by: RI Red at March 31, 2024 09:09 PM (AbVrr)

253 I think I'm sufficiently recovered to have a cigar.

You are sufficiently cured, Weasel.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 31, 2024 09:10 PM (V8he0)

254 Well I see the expiration date police have been through the medicine cabinet......
Posted by: Weasel
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Those expiration police are sneaky and tricky like that. I have explained that the system works fine without intervention. Falls on deaf ears and leads to the inevitable, "Have you seen my.....?"

Posted by: Always someone with a helpful idea at March 31, 2024 09:11 PM (41CYW)

255 251 I think I'm sufficiently recovered to have a cigar.
Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 09:08 PM (JwHpX)

Peace....Big Guy

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 31, 2024 09:13 PM (pqOO2)

256 Good night all.
Thanks Weasel.
I WILL have a range report next week.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 31, 2024 09:15 PM (t/2Uw)

257 Those Army training films are still just as sleep inducing as they were back in the day.

Posted by: javems at March 31, 2024 09:16 PM (8I4hW)

258 Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at March 31, 2024 09:15 PM (t/2Uw)
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Good! Take a couple of pictures, write it up, and send it in!

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 09:16 PM (JwHpX)

259 Ok, 9:19 thank you time.

Thank you!

Don't forget to watch the homework video for next Sunday!

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 09:19 PM (JwHpX)

260 Don't forget to watch the homework video for next Sunday!
Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 09:19 PM (JwHpX)

Already have my first draft written up. Will refine throughout the week, looking for that elusive A- WeaselGrade.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at March 31, 2024 09:20 PM (v23vE)

261 sippin local craft brews .
Cape May
Always Ready
kinda nice alc content 5.2

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 31, 2024 09:20 PM (pqOO2)

262 Apparently home invasions have plummeted after a Florida Sheriff said to shoot home invaders to save tax payers money.

Who'd a thunk?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 31, 2024 09:21 PM (a3Q+t)

263 Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at March 31, 2024 09:20 PM (v23vE)
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Good man!

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 09:21 PM (JwHpX)

264 Absolutely Thank You for your work and focus here.

Capt. Tractor

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 31, 2024 09:22 PM (pqOO2)

265 Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 31, 2024 09:22 PM (pqOO2)
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My pleasure. You guys and gals make it fun.

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 09:24 PM (JwHpX)

266 Food thread was 312. Come on gubbers. We've still got time.

Posted by: TRex at March 31, 2024 09:24 PM (IQ6Gq)

267
Don't forget to watch the homework video for next Sunday!
Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 09:19 PM (JwHpX)

Homework!
Oh shit: rewatches tonight's vids

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 31, 2024 09:24 PM (pqOO2)

268 Weasel posts a video on Uranus, and noone mentions Captain Kirk chases Klingons around it?

#BeBetter

Posted by: Duncanthrax at March 31, 2024 09:24 PM (a3Q+t)

269 Don't forget to watch the homework video for next Sunday!

It's on the TBD list. As always, thanks amigo. Hope you continue to mend and that your week goes well.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 31, 2024 09:25 PM (V8he0)

270 I canna get us past 312 by myself!

Posted by: Montgomery Scott at March 31, 2024 09:27 PM (a3Q+t)

271
Note to self:
Never grab a gun like a monkey grabbing a hammer.
Check!

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 31, 2024 09:27 PM (pqOO2)

272 Weasel, I watched every darn video, but could only get a few minutes into Mr. Road Rage.
No spoilers, I know.

Posted by: RI Red at March 31, 2024 09:29 PM (AbVrr)

273 Bonus points if you remember how the fingerprint problem was solved.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at March 31, 2024 08:53 PM (2D+TA)

Clemenza spread olive oil on the grips then covered it with duct tape.

Old WOP gangsta trick.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 31, 2024 09:29 PM (R/m4+)

274 252 Eromero, my older bro was a navy jet jockey. He flew Vigilantes and actually landed those beasts on those tiny decks.
He swore me in coming out of Ft. Rucker - alway gave me grief about his stall speed being faster than my fastest. He did shut up when I told him to show me how to hover the Vigilante.
Posted by: RI Red at March 31, 2024 09:09 PM
The CAGs I was in had 2 Vigilantes and 2 Whales, which we called big-ass airplanes. As compared to F4Js, A6s,and F8s. Then there were A4s and A7s which were kinda cute. An aircraft carrier is a busy place.

Posted by: Eromero at March 31, 2024 09:30 PM (NxC5+)

275 Note to self: add cigars to medical pack for any possible pita poisoning. Certainly didn't have that on my bingo card...

Posted by: Grateful at March 31, 2024 09:30 PM (IQ6Gq)

276 233 I remember on July 25, 1999, when the Columbia did a night re-entry.

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 31, 2024 09:00 PM
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A night sighting would have been memorable. Our experience was in bright afternoon sun, so it was impossible to spot coming in. All of a sudden, two sonic booms and there it was right in front of us. Almost like it de-cloaked and materialized.

Posted by: TRex at March 31, 2024 09:30 PM (IQ6Gq)

277 Posted by: Grateful at March 31, 2024 09:30 PM (IQ6Gq)
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I think it would be a wise precaution!

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 09:32 PM (JwHpX)

278 Posted by: RI Red at March 31, 2024 09:29 PM (AbVrr)
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Yeah, I get it!

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 09:33 PM (JwHpX)

279 OMG These guys have killed people..

Hmm oh well I have always learned from military foreman. Experienced

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 31, 2024 09:34 PM (pqOO2)

280 sniff sniff killas

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 31, 2024 09:36 PM (pqOO2)

281 I had foot surgery this week. As my wife waited for me a guy was brought in to the surgical unit who had shot his finger off while fooling around with an unloaded handgun.

Posted by: Cosda at March 31, 2024 09:38 PM (u5KLF)

282 239 And speaking of the Shuttle, the closest I ever got was back in the day when they used to land at Edwards AFB as a matter of routine. To get back to FL they would be loaded on the NASA 747 for the flight back. That ate up a lot of fuel as you might imagine, so they would stop at Kelly AFB in San Antonio for refuel. One time I got to go down there to see the Shuttle up close - or at least as close as the airfield fence would allow. Good times.
Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at March 31, 2024 09:03 PM
Years ago, Mrs. E was at a JUCO baseball game and the 747/shuttle combo flew over.

Posted by: Eromero at March 31, 2024 09:39 PM (NxC5+)

283 Posted by: Cosda at March 31, 2024 09:38 PM (u5KLF)
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I hate when that happens!

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 09:39 PM (JwHpX)

284 275 Note to self: add cigars to medical pack for any possible pita poisoning. Certainly didn't have that on my bingo card...
Posted by: Grateful at March 31, 2024 09:30 PM (IQ6Gq)

And THAT perceptive insight shows how you are really looking out the for the Horde. :-)

Posted by: Iris, Team Hedgehog at March 31, 2024 09:39 PM (n3DL0)

285 I was at NAS Lemoore when they tested the 747 to see if it could handle landing with all the extra weight of the shuttle.
Those were impressive slams into the runway.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 31, 2024 09:40 PM (dX28C)

286 "I hate when that happens!"
*******
Probably not as much as the dude missing a finger.

Posted by: Cosda at March 31, 2024 09:41 PM (u5KLF)

287 I was fortunate to see a couple of shuttle launches, and the 747/Shuttle combo from a beach near Pensacola. That was a surprise!

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 09:43 PM (JwHpX)

288 Guess I'm old school. IMHO, anything less that a .38 should be considered a BUG.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 31, 2024 09:07 PM (V8he0)

Appropos to nothing at all, a .22 LR has 6 inches of penetration in ballistic jell at 300 yards.

Posted by: Diogenes at March 31, 2024 09:43 PM (W/lyH)

289 Thank you Weasel for a meaty gub post and thread. Thanks horde for hi jinks and silliness. Watches, shuttle operations, pants, a pita bread ache, cigars, eclipse, carrier operations, a small Kimber club (but with potential to grow by one), an inbound Highway Patrolman and much more. Y'all are morons (in the best sense). Let's do this again sometime.

Posted by: TRex at March 31, 2024 09:44 PM (IQ6Gq)

290 Probably not as much as the dude missing a finger.
Posted by: Cosda at March 31, 2024 09:41 PM (u5KLF)

Almost like there's a reason why you should always think any gun you handle is loaded!!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at March 31, 2024 09:47 PM (hOUT3)

291 ...I was at NAS Lemoore when they tested the 747 to see if it could handle landing with all the extra weight of the shuttle. Those were impressive slams into the runway. Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 31, 2024 09:40 PM (dX28C)

IIRC, the max airspeed of the combination was something on the order of 350 mph.

Glory, from when Boeing was ran by Engineers, and not Bean Counters.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at March 31, 2024 09:49 PM (e6UQI)

292 Appropos to nothing at all, a .22 LR has 6 inches of penetration in ballistic jell at 300 yards.
Posted by: Diogenes
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Awhile back, one of the cobs shared a collection of accounts of firearms and bear attacks. .44 Magnum got mentioned a lot. But there were some accounts of bears taken down by a .22. One I remember was an extremely well placed shot directly in the eye. Other cases took many shots and the bear took a long time to die.

Then there was one where the husband tried to scare the bear with a .22, left to go for help (*taking the pistol with him*) and the bear came back and killed the wife.

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 31, 2024 09:50 PM (+Nu5p)

293 [You can't turn in homework early for extra credit][CBD]

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 31, 2024 09:50 PM (XMwZJ)

294 ...I was at NAS Lemoore when they tested the 747 to see if it could handle landing with all the extra weight of the shuttle. Those were impressive slams into the runway. Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 31, 2024 09:40 PM (dX28C)

IIRC, the max airspeed of the combination was something on the order of 350 mph.

Glory, from when Boeing was ran by Engineers, and not Bean Counters.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at March 31, 2024 09:49 PM (e6UQI)
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Got to watch test flights of the original 747 at the airport in Ellensburg where Boeing would do much of their flight testing. They had a 12 foot section of a 4x4 bolted to the bottom of the fuselage under the tail. For short field testing. Pretty cool

Posted by: Diogenes at March 31, 2024 09:52 PM (W/lyH)

295 285 I was at NAS Lemoore when they tested the 747 to see if it could handle landing with all the extra weight of the shuttle.
Those were impressive slams into the runway.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at March 31, 2024 09:40 PM
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Wow. Would love to know how close to limit they pushed it. Likely had a big margin of safety given the cargo, but can't add unlimited weight for extra strength.

Posted by: TRex at March 31, 2024 09:52 PM (IQ6Gq)

296 Funny (to me) story relating to missing digits.

When I was traveling all over competing, I would take a bright teal YETI cooler for snacks and such. At some point, I saw a sticker (Amazon) that read HUMAN ORGAN FOR TRANSPLANT and naturally put it on the cooler. I would get a LOT of funny looks going in and out of hotels with it and every once in a while people would work up the nerve to ask what it was. I got into the habit of telling them it was a toe.

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 09:53 PM (JwHpX)

297 I got into the habit of telling them it was a toe.
Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 09:53 PM (JwHpX)

Pro-tip: Don't do this if you are going to vacation in Haiti!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ This year in Corsicana - again! ~ at March 31, 2024 09:55 PM (hOUT3)

298 Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 31, 2024 09:50 PM (XMwZJ)
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We're planning to discuss this next Sunday to give everyone interested an opportunity to participate.

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 09:56 PM (JwHpX)

299 Thanks for the Gun Thread, Weasel. I will go back through it, but today was not a say for shooting.

Posted by: GWB at March 31, 2024 09:56 PM (69JzL)

300 300!

Posted by: TRex at March 31, 2024 09:57 PM (IQ6Gq)

301 The shuttle program was an engineering marvel.
But for pure slide rule accomplishments, the Saturn V takes the cake. I watched one of the Apollo moon missions take off from south of Canaveral and it shook me. Literally.

Posted by: RI Red at March 31, 2024 09:57 PM (AbVrr)

302 Awhile back, one of the cobs shared a collection of accounts of firearms and bear attacks. .44 Magnum got mentioned a lot. But there were some accounts of bears taken down by a .22. One I remember was an extremely well placed shot directly in the eye. Other cases took many shots and the bear took a long time to die.

Then there was one where the husband tried to scare the bear with a .22, left to go for help (*taking the pistol with him*) and the bear came back and killed the wife.
Posted by: screaming in digital at March 31, 2024 09:50 PM (+Nu5p)
***

Up in N. Central.Washington State is the town of Omak. In a cabin up on a local.ranch was an old gal who'd been living there since the '30s. (This was a few years ago). Her husband had died and she lived alone. Her only weapon was a .22 rifle. She had killed several.bears with it. She waited until they were on the porch. "Can't miss then!"

Posted by: Diogenes at March 31, 2024 09:58 PM (W/lyH)

303 Hmmm...the post attributed to me was not made by me.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 31, 2024 09:58 PM (XMwZJ)

304 300!
Posted by: TRex at March 31, 2024 09:57 PM (IQ6Gq)
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Soooo close, but it looks like the W goes to the Food Thread!

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 09:58 PM (JwHpX)

305 I had a completely different comment about the idiot cops.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at March 31, 2024 09:59 PM (XMwZJ)

306 But for pure slide rule accomplishments, the Saturn V takes the cake.

Posted by: RI Red at March 31, 2024 09:57 PM (AbVrr)

The entire Apollo program took what...eight years?

Unbelievable! Talk about American Exceptionalism!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2024 09:59 PM (gSZYf)

307 I’m late, I’m late, for a very important date!
Hi Horde and hello Weasel. I hope everyone had a blessed Easter if you celebrate that. Just finished ham with all the fixings.
No shooting in the last week, and I still need to swab out the barrels from the last outing.
Thank you for all the humor, information and boisterousness!

Posted by: Dag Nabbits, at March 31, 2024 09:59 PM (XqOAt)

308 Since I had a nap today I'll keep hammerin.

Posted by: Eromero at March 31, 2024 09:59 PM (NxC5+)

309 Thanks CBD!

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 10:00 PM (JwHpX)

310 Pass me that bottle.

Posted by: Eromero at March 31, 2024 10:00 PM (NxC5+)

311 Soooo close, but it looks like the W goes to the Food Thread!
Posted by: Weasel
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Next week all the slackers will be cramming for the test during the Food Thread, so you'll have the advantage!

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 31, 2024 10:00 PM (+Nu5p)

312 Only a few more to go, gang!

Posted by: RI Red at March 31, 2024 10:00 PM (AbVrr)

313 You gonna eat that othersandwich?

Posted by: Eromero at March 31, 2024 10:00 PM (NxC5+)

314 Is this gouda?

Posted by: Eromero at March 31, 2024 10:01 PM (NxC5+)

315 Is there another beer?

Posted by: Eromero at March 31, 2024 10:02 PM (NxC5+)

316 The entire Apollo program took what...eight years?

Unbelievable! Talk about American Exceptionalism!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at March 31, 2024 09:59 PM (gSZYf)

And then what did we do? We quit.
We literally could have colonized both the moon and Mars by now. Instead, the war on poverty, etc.

Posted by: RI Red at March 31, 2024 10:03 PM (AbVrr)

317 But for pure slide rule accomplishments, the Saturn V takes the cake. I watched one of the Apollo moon missions take off from south of Canaveral and it shook me. Literally.
Posted by: RI Red
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For many reasons I sometimes wish I'd been born earlier. I would like to have watched the moon landing. I have seen the Saturn V they have in Huntsville, which is still rather thrilling just sitting there doing nothing.

Posted by: screaming in digital at March 31, 2024 10:03 PM (+Nu5p)

318 So the reader/writer/book thread this morning gets 450+ comments, no homework, no math and the Gub thread assigns homework to the Horde in the header.

*quietly types away.

I love this place.

Posted by: Reforger at March 31, 2024 10:04 PM (B705c)

319 OK, all y'all! Thanks for being here tonight and participating . Let's do it again next Sunday!

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 10:04 PM (JwHpX)

320 296 Funny (to me) story relating to missing digits.

When I was traveling all over competing, I would take a bright teal YETI cooler for snacks and such. At some point, I saw a sticker (Amazon) that read HUMAN ORGAN FOR TRANSPLANT and naturally put it on the cooler. I would get a LOT of funny looks going in and out of hotels with it and every once in a while people would work up the nerve to ask what it was. I got into the habit of telling them it was a toe.
Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 09:53 PM (JwHpX)

Dear Lord dont leave this man without his weapons for they are his peace.
Amen Weasel better man with.....

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 31, 2024 10:06 PM (pqOO2)

321 SiD, I remember that night like it was yesterday, and then seeing the boot touch the ground. (My uncle had a hand in designing that camera).

And then we took a wrong turn. Low Earth Orbit is fine, but there’s a bit more to do out there.

Posted by: RI Red at March 31, 2024 10:07 PM (AbVrr)

322 Spring, being sprung.

I shall endeavor to get the '03-A3 FrankenRifle out to the range, this week.

It is the total opposite of a "numbers matching" rifle. 'Bout every part other than the barreled receiver was recovered from Salvage Bins, and assembled by force.

That said, it did though come through the gunsmithing approval process with flying colors, so, we shall see.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at March 31, 2024 10:09 PM (e6UQI)

323 As always, thanks, Weasel.
What a great place.

Posted by: RI Red at March 31, 2024 10:09 PM (AbVrr)

324 Posted by: screaming in digital at March 31, 2024 10:03 PM (+Nu5p)
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I was five and my dad, a naval aviator, got me out of bed to watch Neil walk on the moon. Thanks dad.

Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 10:11 PM (JwHpX)

325 Is this gouda?

It'll do. It's gouda nuff

Posted by: Oddbob at March 31, 2024 10:13 PM (sNc8Y)

326 319 OK, all y'all! Thanks for being here tonight and participating . Let's do it again next Sunday!
Posted by: Weasel at March 31, 2024 10:04 PM (JwHpX)

thank you for your time and effort.

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at March 31, 2024 10:17 PM (pqOO2)

327 Happy and blessed Easter to the Gun Horde.

Posted by: Coelacanth at March 31, 2024 10:31 PM (P9pDS)

328 I thought the sophisticated thread was the Book Thread, after all one HAS to wear pants for that.
Posted by: Ciampino - What will happen to all those M-16s?? at March 31, 2024 07:46 PM (qfLjt)

Yeah, you don't have to wear pants for the Gun Thread. But it *does* make appendix carry a little more ... interesting if you don't.

Posted by: GWB at March 31, 2024 10:51 PM (69JzL)

329 Where can I get a rabbit launcher?

Posted by: Mr. Curious at April 01, 2024 09:56 AM (zH8X7)

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