Gun Thread: First November Edition!

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 Shitballs! How in the ever-loving Hell did it get to be November? Did everyone survive Halloween? Any hauntings at the range?

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

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FUNdamentals
So we had a fair amount of fundamentals focus going on at the TX MoMe. Lots of individualized instruction on the handgun range and some very good shooting back on the rifle range. Our pal and host extraordinaire Rancher Bob shares a look at how some of these rifle targets looked afterward. For those not attending, we had targets at 50, 100, 200, 300, 500, 750 and 1000 yards.

300 yds - lots of hits on the target
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500 yards, some nice groups here
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750 yards - somebody using a shotgun?
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1000 yds - three grouped close to center - very nicely done!

All in all, not bad shooting for a bunch of morons! Nicely done! All y'all should be proud of yourselves.

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Guns of the Horde
Guess who bought a new AR upper! Go ahead! Guess!

Why, it;s none other than our pal CBD who is out there buying uppers!

Oh look! Another gun I don't need, but really, really want! But I have an excuse; Weasel made me get it.
That's a White Oak Varmint Upper with a 24" barrel. And if you look carefully you will see that ejects on the correct...left...side! Yup! They make left-hand uppers, which is very nice, because depending on the load and how the rifles are gassed, the ejected shells get mighty close to my face. The lead time was supposed to be six-eight weeks, which was a miserable bit of news to get from White Oak, but they built it and shipped it in just a couple of weeks. And when it arrived and I stripped it to check a couple of things -- like was the gas key staked properly, and was the barrel nice and tight -- I discovered why they have a good reputation. Everything was exactly as it should be. It was even lubed well, although I run my ARs dripping wet, so it got some more oil before I reassembled it. I also noticed that they had test fired it, which is a nice touch.
I put it on a lower with a good trigger (Timney), but eventually I will build a dedicated lower, because it is sort of a specialized rifle and I will hopefully get better accuracy with an adjustable stock and a rifle-length buffer and spring. But for now? The carbine-length stuff worked just fine when I sighted it in at my little 25-yard range.
I shot about 40 rounds of 77 grain .223, when all I really needed was about 10 rounds to get it on paper. Because it was fun! Even contorting myself on a shooting position designed for pistols, it was a hoot to shoot a long-barreled rifle in a caliber that has seen shorter and shorter barrels on the market. The first round was on paper, so I knew that I got sort of close to maybe mounting the scope halfway decently. I know there are 93-step processes for mounting a scope, but all I did was make sure the upper was level, then I carefully leveled the scope as I slowly tightened the rings...checking the level after each round until I reached the specified tightness.
Next step? A 100 yard range!
And that's where everything fell apart...sort of. The eye relief and stock length (I put an adjustable stock on the lower) were way off because I had adjusted them while standing. So when I got behind the rifle on the bench I had to contort and squish and do all sorts of stuff that made the range babes run for the hills! Oh...my rear bag, which fit my other ARs perfectly, was a little low. What a mess.
But the rifle is very accurate, and that made it a very satisfying trip in spite of my own-goal with the rifle set-up. My best was a 0.45 MOA three shot group, and I had a couple of five-shot groups nicely under 1.0 MOA, all with commodity 77 grain ammo!
I learned a bunch of lessons, but they can be distilled down to: "Test your set-up before you go to the range!" I'm not complaining though. I shot an accurate rifle on a gorgeous autumn day, chatted with the friendly range officer (There is one asshole at this range), and had a great time.
And the best part is that I have to go back when I fix my set-up! First World Problem?

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Basic Handgun Cleaning
These videos should give you an introduction to the basics of handgun cleaning.

Revolver

Semi-AutoPistol

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Colt Python v. S&W Model 686

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'Jer' Sez:: Don't Do This
So don't do it.

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Zeroing Red Dots

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Welcome Gerdie!

FSJ's new little sister has a name! Gertrude, or Gerdie for short. Here they announce the arrival of the mailman!

PROTIP: Sound on LOW

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Oil: Synthetic v. Regular

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Seems Ill-Advised

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It Came From Beneath The Sea!

Q: Weasel, did it come from beneath the sea?
A: Well yes, evidently it did.

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Musical Interlude
Here is John Lee Hooker, Eric Clapton and the Rolling Stones with "Boogie Chillen'"

Cigar of the Week

This week our pal Diogenes scores again with this excellent review of the H Upmann AJ Fernandez

I have said it before, you cannot go wrong with H Upmann cigars. The H Upmann AJ Fernandez is no exception. The company describes it as a "historic" Cuban-legacy brand with a fresh blend drawn from an Ecuador Sumatra wrapper leaf and a hearty interior of premium Dominican and Nicaraguan long-filler tobaccos.
Yeah;yeah;yeah, blah, blah...
Marketing guys. Annoying aren't they? But this part hits the nail: "The result is a medium to full-bodied profile of cedar, nuts, coffee bean, and oak with hints of pepper from the first draw to the last."
In my experience I have found that the first time you put any cigar to your mouth, you get the immediate taste of the tobacco and all the more subtle notes are there as well. Then, as you ease into the middle of the cigar, they mellow out into a blend with the smoke and overall taste of the stick. The AJ Fernandez hits you with the cedar and pepper right from the start and those flavors do not diminish. This can be off-putting to some but for most cigar smokers, it is a fine way to stay focused on the cigar, and to enjoy the flavor of whatever you may be enjoying with it. In my case, a generous dollop of Aberlour single malt. Additionally, I found, in my cigar at least, the coffee flavor ebbed and flowed with the smoke. I thought that was kinda cool and very pleasant.
Definitely a medium to full bodied smoke, they run about $10 each. Given that, it is a smoke you may "want" to have vice want to "try." But either way, you will likely enjoy it.

Excellent, Diogenes! 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!

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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 HOLA!!!!

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at November 03, 2024 07:00 PM (0XVad)

2 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at November 03, 2024 07:00 PM (fwDg9)

3 Yay! Gubs!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 03, 2024 07:00 PM (Wnv9h)

4 hey

Posted by: Ciampino - WOW at November 03, 2024 07:00 PM (i0xsb)

5 I'm a hunter, too, you know.

Posted by: Tim Walz, helping to redefine Thoroughly Modern Masculinity at November 03, 2024 07:01 PM (a3Q+t)

6 Good evening Horde! Thanks Weasel!

Posted by: TRex at November 03, 2024 07:01 PM (IQ6Gq)

7 And first :-) Of to the content!!!

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at November 03, 2024 07:01 PM (0XVad)

8 750 yards - somebody using a shotgun?
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Not Tim Wa;z then!

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 03, 2024 07:02 PM (hovnC)

9 Gub!

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 03, 2024 07:02 PM (mH6SG)

10 And if you look carefully you will see that ejects on the correct...left...side!

Looks sinister to me.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 03, 2024 07:03 PM (a3Q+t)

11 Yes!
Gubs and info and cigars!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ NEXT Year In Corsicana - again! ~ at November 03, 2024 07:03 PM (hOUT3)

12 Congrats to those who rang the steel at long distance! Thanks to Rancher Bob for taking the photos.

Posted by: TRex at November 03, 2024 07:03 PM (IQ6Gq)

13 I guess if that guy misses the net he would just be a large grease spot on the ground.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 03, 2024 07:03 PM (QNSds)

14 Not Tim Wa;z then!
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Why, it;s none other than...
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Good. I'm not the only one to eff up hitting two keys and getting the wrong one printing.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 03, 2024 07:04 PM (hovnC)

15 Pawn shop had a 41 caliber revolver in the for sale case. I guess some one bought the 50 cal.

Posted by: Ben Had at November 03, 2024 07:05 PM (t8vHj)

16 Now I have something to watch election night. Thanks for the Movie, Weasel!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 03, 2024 07:06 PM (VNX3d)

17 Not a top ten

Posted by: chappyman66 at November 03, 2024 07:06 PM (L3byd)

18 Congrats on the new acquisition CBD!!

A .223 with a 24 inch barrel? Sounds like you are looking for some nice, tight groupings with this.
Good luck and have fun with it!!

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at November 03, 2024 07:06 PM (0XVad)

19 FSJ's new little sister has a name! Gertrude, or Gerdie for short. Here they announce the arrival of the mailman!

That cracked me up. Thanks for that and the gub, Weasel.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 03, 2024 07:08 PM (mH6SG)

20 Here!
Content!
Funny story to come.

Posted by: RI Redrum at November 03, 2024 07:08 PM (OKniM)

21 Good evening gub threaders and all the ships at sea!

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2024 07:09 PM (QfvaV)

22 I can honestly say that none of those markings on the targets at the MoMe was caused by my rifle.

I did manage to knock one of the 100 yard plates off with Blakes Garand....while standing. :-D
That might be the highlight of my TXMoMe shooting.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at November 03, 2024 07:09 PM (0XVad)

23 I wonder what cigar Walz smokes?
Hav-a-tampa Jewels?
Heh

Posted by: Diogenes at November 03, 2024 07:09 PM (W/lyH)

24 I did manage to knock one of the 100 yard plates off with Blakes Garand....while standing. :-D
That might be the highlight of my TXMoMe shooting.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at November 03, 2024 07:09 PM (0XVad)
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I was wondering where to send the bill for that plate.

Posted by: Weasel at November 03, 2024 07:12 PM (8dNj/)

25 Thanks for the awesome post, Weasel. Congrats on the new wrench CBD. Sounds and looks like fun even with the Dark Arts Lefty Ejection. Enjoy!

Posted by: scampydog at November 03, 2024 07:12 PM (41CYW)

26 FSJ's new little sister has a name! Gertrude, or Gerdie for short. Here they announce the arrival of the mailman!

Sniper-eyed observers will note the Cozy Caves arrayed for FSJ and Gerdie.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 03, 2024 07:15 PM (a3Q+t)

27 Fine lookin' new rifle, CBD.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 03, 2024 07:15 PM (Wnv9h)

28 Sniper-eyed observers will note the Cozy Caves arrayed for FSJ and Gerdie.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 03, 2024 07:15 PM (a3Q+t)
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And precious little room on the couch for people!

Posted by: Weasel at November 03, 2024 07:16 PM (8dNj/)

29 24 I was wondering where to send the bill for that plate.

Posted by: Weasel at November 03, 2024 07:12 PM

I wasn't the only one. :-)

I will say I have a deep appreciation for the men who carried that beast of a rifle during WWII.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at November 03, 2024 07:16 PM (0XVad)

30 Good evening Weasel and fellow gub lovers.
Gerdie is a perfect name, as she seems to have adjusted well
Congrats CBD on the new purchases that Weasel made you get
I saw a notice from Winchester that all ammo purchases starting in Jan 2025, including back orders, will have 5-10 percent increased prices. And once one starts, that others will follow

Posted by: Grateful, the range bag lady at November 03, 2024 07:17 PM (IQ6Gq)

31 First gun stuff for the week - last week I was ~~admonishing none of you homos to touch my stuff~~ asking nicely that no one go over and poach the rifle I was trying to get for sra blaster's Christmas present. That was Sunday night, auction expired noon Tuesday.

I won.

It's a Howa 1500 in the APC chassis. It's their already put together for long range shooting package in .308 - 24 inch heavy barrel with muzzle brake, bipod, and a 4-16x50 long range scope. APC stands for Australian Precision Chassis, and Howa is manufacturing in Japan, so of course it is cerakoted in American flag livery because Merica.

Maybe this page loads up for you:

https://tinyurl.com/p65rcfaz

Anyway supposed to arrive at FFL Tuesday we will see how long it takes to actually get it in hand.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2024 07:17 PM (QfvaV)

32 Sniper-eyed observers will note the Cozy Caves arrayed for FSJ and Gerdie.

Yes but the question is, who will win the battle for the coveted Cave HQ?

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 03, 2024 07:17 PM (mH6SG)

33 Pawn shop had a 41 caliber revolver in the for sale case. I guess some one bought the 50 cal.
Posted by: Ben Had at November 03, 2024 07:05 PM

Which .41?

Mag? Colt? AE?

Asking for the many .41 fans on the Thread.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 03, 2024 07:17 PM (a3Q+t)

34 28 And precious little room on the couch for people!

Posted by: Weasel at November 03, 2024 07:16 PM

I see a rocker off in the corner that is calling your name. :-p

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at November 03, 2024 07:17 PM (0XVad)

35 Looking for thoughts on carry insurance like USCCA vs. Attorneys on Retainer...

Posted by: Wtp at November 03, 2024 07:18 PM (4cfLi)

36 Also, one of the dings on the 500 came from sra blaster. We got it on video.

She was SOOO happy.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2024 07:19 PM (QfvaV)

37 Duncanthrax, mag

Posted by: Ben Had at November 03, 2024 07:19 PM (t8vHj)

38 Cigar of the Week
COTW

That is my personal carry Keltec 9 mm...for when a holster is too obvious. It's a good piece, very accurate inside 10 yards. But it is light so it snaps a bit so be ready for it. A good choice when I was younger. I still carry it, but prefer the S&W .380. A much softer shoot for a dude over 29, and very accurate.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 03, 2024 07:20 PM (W/lyH)

39 I will say I have a deep appreciation for the men who carried that beast of a rifle during WWII.

Had to have been a bitch on a long march.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 03, 2024 07:20 PM (mH6SG)

40 One range date this week (the other was spent entertaining an out of town non-gub loving friend). Once again began with sporadic success (at least I was on the plate), but then realized where many of the holes were meant my trigger finger wasn't properly placed, which in turn meant my grip was not right. Adjusted all that and voila,, success. Had the best score ever near the end, 164 out of 250. I'm creeping up on that 200 number....

Posted by: Grateful, the range bag lady at November 03, 2024 07:21 PM (IQ6Gq)

41 Whelp, I got down to the farm this week and finally was able to test fire my first reloads. The good news is that the gun didn't explode, and I have all the body parts still attached to me that were attached when I started.
The bad news is that I could not get through a single magazine without at least one failure to feed, the slide not going completely back into battery. I am thinking that the issue is being caused by either improper sizing, insufficient taper crimp, or both. I had used the case gauge on all the rounds, and they fit, but some were admittedly a bit tight. I'd appreciate the thoughts of the experienced reloaders on the issue.

Posted by: That SOB Van Owen at November 03, 2024 07:21 PM (kj1wH)

42 Good evening, gub 'ettes and 'rons, congrats to Scoob on the FIRST, and a double-dog dandy hello to our host Weasel!

(Y'know, because he has two dogs now ...)

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 03, 2024 07:21 PM (v23vE)

43 You're new pooch seems to have settled in quite nicely, Weasel.

Thanks again for the gun thread.

Now for a range report and a dunderhead report.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 03, 2024 07:22 PM (tT6L1)

44 Anyway supposed to arrive at FFL Tuesday we will see how long it takes to actually get it in hand.
Posted by: blaster
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Congrats. The waiting is like a 9 year old and few days from Christmas. Link did load, pretty cool.

Posted by: scampydog at November 03, 2024 07:22 PM (41CYW)

45 Looking for thoughts on carry insurance like USCCA vs. Attorneys on Retainer...
Posted by: Wtp at November 03, 2024 07:18 PM (4cfLi)

US Concealed Carry. Not pricey and a good coverage.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 03, 2024 07:23 PM (W/lyH)

46 when I sighted it in at my little 25-yard range

WHAT?! You didn't sight it in at 5 yards on steel targets with that scope? I mean, how could you not do what all the most famous gunslinging DC dwellers do?

Posted by: GWB at November 03, 2024 07:23 PM (E8qwH)

47 Range report - I took an intro to Steel shooting class on Wed night. Think of it like a scoot and shoot on steroids. I was the only student that hadn't done competitions and was the least proficient shooter, so I helped make everyone else feel better about themselves.

Regardless, it was great to learn how the program works and ask questions before diving into competition. We did several course runs and my shooting was...variable. It wasn't awful (mostly). Adding motion and the pressure of time challenges good fundamentals. Each run was about 25 seconds for me. Outside of misses, I didn't have many "procedurals" from failing to follow the course and instructions.

It was also good to work slowly and methodically on bullet counts and mag changes which I haven't done in the booth at the range.

I have more fundamentals work to do on my grip before throwing time and money into steel shoot competitions. But I learned stuff and that was good.

Posted by: TRex at November 03, 2024 07:24 PM (IQ6Gq)

48 Evening Gun Thread peeps, and Weasel, of course. No gun activity to report, but I did accomplish something today. Besides eating turkey dinner at noontime. Yum!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 03, 2024 07:25 PM (lPKN9)

49 Posted by: TRex at November 03, 2024 07:24 PM (IQ6Gq)
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Nothing will make you a better shooter more quickly than competition.

Posted by: Weasel at November 03, 2024 07:25 PM (8dNj/)

50 No range time this weekend.

But I did some dry firing and field stripped and cleaned four pistols. It was relaxing.

Will have to consider carrying to work after Tuesday. Could be sporty in downtown Seattle if Trump wins.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 03, 2024 07:26 PM (qMklK)

51 So, two part story. And yes, Boss, it has a gun theme. Eventually.
Mrs. Red. 5 foot two, eyes of blue, 115-120 # soaking wet. Chased off a political candidate. With power finger wagging!
Our steep long driveway has a couple of signs reminding the general public not to tread. Yesterday, DILIT calls out to Mrs. Red that there is a vehicle coming up the drive (if it’s not the brown truck of happiness, it don’t belong).
Mrs. Red calls out to the napping me, and charges out on the porch.
Trespasser: “Hello, I’m (asshole political candidate),” holding up his brochure.
Mrs. Red: “You just drove up our driveway. It has two signs at the bottom. Private Property and No Trespassing.” (Finger wagging furiously)
Trespasser, hands up, backing up furiously, “OK, OK!”

Posted by: RI Redrum at November 03, 2024 07:26 PM (OKniM)

52 Because I used the YouTube to look up reviews and stuff on various options for sra blaster's Christmas present, this video popped up.

https://tinyurl.com/b6bcb78z

Title is $813.00 Long range budget build out to 1 mile. Has long range gotten too easy?

If you watch it, yes, yes it has gotten too easy. But then I watched this guy's channel (X RING) and seems he is a bit of a ringer. So maybe it hasn't gotten too easy.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2024 07:26 PM (QfvaV)

53 No range report, unfortunately, but I did manage to break my personal deadlift record by quite a bit at 425 lb. at my gym's annual Day of the Deadlift party. My man card is intact for another week at least.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 03, 2024 07:26 PM (v23vE)

54 >>>US Concealed Carry. Not pricey and a good coverage.

Thx, but curious...I was warned that with insurance companies theres a lot of red tape and limitations that AoR doesn't have.

Posted by: Wtp at November 03, 2024 07:26 PM (4cfLi)

55 Posted by: TRex at November 03, 2024 07:24 PM (IQ6Gq)
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Nothing will make you a better shooter more quickly than competition...or someone shooting back?
Posted by: Weasel at November 03, 2024 07:25 PM (8dNj/)

Posted by: Diogenes at November 03, 2024 07:27 PM (W/lyH)

56 My Pop spoke a few times over the years about how much he trusted and depended on his Garand. It's why I eventually just had to have one myself. It's gone now but oh man, did I have fun with that rifle.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 03, 2024 07:28 PM (mH6SG)

57 Didley squat to do with guns this week, unfortunately.
I really need some range therapy. Really.

But I did tell my son not to plan his wedding for the third weekend in October next year.

Posted by: GWB at November 03, 2024 07:28 PM (E8qwH)

58 Howdy!

I bought a .357 Magnum (Colt King Cobra) revolver in early Oct. This month, I'm going to take an Intro in Firearms and range safety at the place I bought the revolver. I'll get some range time then. I'm looking at rifles at the moment and I really like that FPC 9mm by S&W. So, I'll take the plunge either this or next month and get one. I've heard and read nothing but positives about it, so that's a good sign. I asked about it here late in the thread, last week.

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by pew pew at November 03, 2024 07:29 PM (sAmhv)

59 40 Adjusted all that and voila,, success. Had the best score ever near the end,

Posted by: Grateful, the range bag lady at November 03, 2024 07:21 PM
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Translation - Grateful is complaining about accuracy and groupings that would have qualified as a great day at the range only a few months ago...

Posted by: TRex at November 03, 2024 07:29 PM (IQ6Gq)

60 Adjusted all that and voila,, success. Had the best score ever near the end, 164 out of 250. I'm creeping up on that 200 number....
Posted by: Grateful, the range bag lady at November 03, 2024 07:21 PM (IQ6Gq)

Easier to adjust the scoring system.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2024 07:29 PM (QfvaV)

61 Nothing will make you a better shooter more quickly than competition...or someone shooting back?
Posted by: Weasel at November 03, 2024 07:25 PM (8dNj/)
Posted by: Diogenes at November 03, 2024 07:27 PM (W/lyH)
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Nothing will make you WISH you were a better shooter than someone shooting back!

Posted by: Weasel at November 03, 2024 07:29 PM (8dNj/)

62 Thx, but curious...I was warned that with insurance companies theres a lot of red tape and limitations that AoR doesn't have.
Posted by: Wtp at November 03, 2024 07:26 PM (4cfLi)

True.
But in some states (Washington) this is all you can get.
If needed, I want a.laywer now, on the phone. The rest will sort itself out.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 03, 2024 07:30 PM (W/lyH)

63 I guess if that guy misses the net he would just be a large grease spot on the ground.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 03, 2024 07:03 PM (QNSds)

Nah. There will be enough of him to identify and stuff in a (smallish) box. At least based on paratrooper stories I've read.

Posted by: GWB at November 03, 2024 07:31 PM (E8qwH)

64 Looks like 4 at 1000yds.

Posted by: A at November 03, 2024 07:31 PM (eGSkq)

65 DMV MGC went to the range - well some of us - and shot 1911s mostly. And other stuff. A good day shooting.

Not sure if the practice or the ammo would be better to have come Tuesday....

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2024 07:32 PM (QfvaV)

66 I am pissed to the gills, this weekend started fine, Saturday afternoon I was running the .44 ARMY Colt and on the 2nd cylinderfull the mainspring snapped in two. By good fortune this is a reproduction forearm from Pieta, fine weapon aside from the mainspring issue. It will go to my gunsmith, I don't play with any of my weapons that deeply.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at November 03, 2024 07:32 PM (hKoQL)

67 Oh, and Hi Gerdie! Welcome to the family!

Posted by: GWB at November 03, 2024 07:32 PM (E8qwH)

68 Nothing will make you WISH you were a better shooter than someone shooting back!
Posted by: Weasel at November 03, 2024 07:29 PM (8dNj/)

Not sure why this showed up as it did.
But Weasel is right.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 03, 2024 07:32 PM (W/lyH)

69 U.S. Law Shield is the company I use for self-defense insurance.

Posted by: Weasel at November 03, 2024 07:33 PM (8dNj/)

70 I played the postal video and my dog was very interested in what my computer was doing.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2024 07:33 PM (QfvaV)

71 So, Dunderhead near disaster report: I have a company which does my loads for me. Previously, all of my loads have been with Hornady brass and those loads push Hornady's 174 grain ELD VT with a muzzle velocity of 2840 fps. Yeah, smoking hot load for an 06.

However, I had some Norma brass left over from something else, and, without thinking, packaged it up and sent it off to be loaded with same load I'm running in Hornady brass. It wasn't until later I found out Norma brass will run a bit hotter, load wise. In other words, loading the same powder charge in Norma brass will increase pressure, possibly to dangerous levels.

I got the brass back, all nicely loaded, sighed, headed to the range, slapped on the Magnetospeed and cringed while pulling the trigger. Shockingly, nothing untoward happened, well, other than a load that was running @ 2840 fps is now running at 2900 fps.

Surprisingly, accuracy doesn't seem to have suffered, nor is the brass showing signs of too much pressure. To say I got away with one is an understatement.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 03, 2024 07:34 PM (tT6L1)

72 U.S. Law Shield is the company I use for self-defense insurance.

I will second that, Weasel.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 03, 2024 07:34 PM (mH6SG)

73 The bad news is that I could not get through a single magazine without at least one failure to feed, the slide not going completely back into battery.
Posted by: That SOB Van Owen
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Try the plunk test using the pistol barrel chamber to test. Anything that requires encouragement to enter the chamber, set aside.

Get a Lee Factory Crimp Die, purists hate them and strictly speaking are unnecessary if you can taper crimp properly (twitchy on the 9mm though) but for range ammo they ensure better feeding through most firearms especially in 9mm. I would also consider whether your reloads are energetic enough for the specific pistol/slide/recoil spring that you are firing. Check what pistol that the reloading book cites and if yours differs in barrel length, locking type of action, and perhaps recoil springs (if yours is stronger, middle of the road, or weaker). Bullet profile and weight matters as well.

Easiest to begin reloading on revolvers because you have to control fewer variables than semi auto.

Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 07:35 PM (ctrM5)

74 Something I learned from the X RING videos - there is a range in Clinton, SC, with a 1 mile target.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2024 07:35 PM (QfvaV)

75 Easier to adjust the scoring system.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2024 07:29 PM (QfvaV)
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By "adjusting" you mean bribing the scorer?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 03, 2024 07:35 PM (tT6L1)

76 No range report for me. Thinking my toys will be hibernating for the winter.
Might be time to consider getting a Mantis system to keep the muscle memory going and work on the FUNdamentals.

I have also been looking more and more at my retirements funds. If by the grace of you know who, President Trump wins this Tuesday, I am thinking the markets might start rallying thus increasing what I have set aside for retirement. It just might sway me to retire at 65 and escape NY instead of 67 which is my current plan.
Of course if he wins and the markets start rallying I also just might make a certain purchase (or purchases). Something in 6.5 Creedmoor. ;-)

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at November 03, 2024 07:35 PM (0XVad)

77 Hello Horde! I think some of those hits at 300 were mine!

Adorable puppers!

No range time, but I did reconfigure my gub & ammo storage. The previous shelves must have been of the finest Ewok craftmanship, as they were not up to the task. Sturdier shelving was procured and assembled. Stock of 9mm is very high and should be winnowed...

P.S. Gertrude was my grandma's name. (Yes, I'm glad I wasn't named after her!)

Posted by: screaming in digital at November 03, 2024 07:36 PM (JIkaw)

78 It's a Howa 1500 in the APC chassis. It's their already put together for long range shooting package in .308 - 24 inch heavy barrel with muzzle brake, bipod, and a 4-16x50 long range scope.
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Good stuff.

My one was about $200 less but no free scope just the bipod [and two 10-rd magazines] so I bought a separate 3-9x40 scope so probably about the same amount in the end.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 03, 2024 07:37 PM (hovnC)

79 In a few days, I'll be checking out a LTT Full-size Beretta PX 4. I have a pack of Lucas gun oil, CLP, grease, and bore cleaner to evaluate, also.

Posted by: mrp at November 03, 2024 07:37 PM (rj6Yv)

80 Congrats Grateful on the scoring. Keep it up!!

And congrats Schnor on the personal best in the dead lift.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at November 03, 2024 07:37 PM (0XVad)

81 No range report, unfortunately, but I did manage to break my personal deadlift record by quite a bit at 425 lb. at my gym's annual Day of the Deadlift party. My man card is intact for another week at least.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 03, 2024 07:26 PM

We still on for the bench and curl competition?

Posted by: David Hogg, Harvard graduate at November 03, 2024 07:38 PM (a3Q+t)

82 It was also good to work slowly and methodically on bullet counts and mag changes which I haven't done in the booth at the range.

I have more fundamentals work to do on my grip before throwing time and money into steel shoot competitions. But I learned stuff and that was good.
Posted by: TRex at November 03, 2024 07:24 PM (IQ6Gq)
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This is outstanding! Good job and keep it up!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 03, 2024 07:38 PM (tT6L1)

83 >>>62 True.But in some states (Washington) this is all you can get.
If needed, I want a.laywer now, on the phone. The rest will sort itself out.
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Which sounds more like what AoR will provide. Not in Washington. I'm in CC GA. I guess I'm looking for disadvantages of AoR. I generally don't trust insurance companies. They're businessmen who hide behind their lawyers. As much as I hate lawyers, and oooh I hate lawyers, I'm thinking dealing directly with such a beast might be more effective.

Posted by: Wtp at November 03, 2024 07:38 PM (4cfLi)

84 As Diogenes mentioned, the most important thing is that you have a direct legal representative to contact in the event of a self-defense situation.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 03, 2024 07:38 PM (mH6SG)

85 Something else learned from the X RING videos - there is an app Hornady Ballistics. And it does math for you. Calculates those "solutions" weasel talks about.

Now that isn't something that would be allowed in a competition, but seems kind of handy if you are just trying to ring steel WAY out there.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2024 07:38 PM (QfvaV)

86 Part 2.
I arrive downstairs and get an after action report. DILIT is very impressed, a little afraid of MILIT.
Later, DILIT is on the phone with Jr., and asks him why we don’t have certain tools close at hand to the door. He says he’s all in favor but didn’t want her to think his family was weird. She says, “Too late.”
Mrs. Red and DILIT agree that we are lacking and need to address.
Kitchen drawer now has 1911, cocked and locked.
DILIT asked if anything smaller. I explained that the visual of a 1911 will often be enough all on its own.
Life is good and getting better. And Mrs. Red is back on gubs are good.

Posted by: RI Red at November 03, 2024 07:39 PM (OKniM)

87 38 Cigar of the Week
COTW

That is my personal carry Keltec 9 mm...for when a holster is too obvious. It's a good piece, very accurate inside 10 yards. But it is light so it snaps a bit so be ready for it. A good choice when I was younger. I still carry it, but prefer the S&W .380. A much softer shoot for a dude over 29, and very accurate.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 03, 2024 07:20 PM (W/lyH)

I have a Keltec .380 P3AT. Very concealable. But the trigger pull is from here to next Sunday.

Posted by: Gref at November 03, 2024 07:39 PM (aBgBM)

88 85 Something else learned from the X RING videos -

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2024 07:38 PM
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My brain keeps reading this reference as X-WING, which is an entirely different type of weaponry.

Posted by: TRex at November 03, 2024 07:40 PM (IQ6Gq)

89 By "adjusting" you mean bribing the scorer?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 03, 2024 07:35 PM (tT6L1)

I think TRex and Grateful use a scoring model that they (mostly Grateful) made up. She doesn't need to bribe the scorer!

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2024 07:40 PM (QfvaV)

90 I'm looking at rifles at the moment and I really like that FPC 9mm by S&W. So, I'll take the plunge either this or next month and get one. I've heard and read nothing but positives about it, so that's a good sign. I asked about it here late in the thread, last week.

Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by pew pew at November 03, 2024 07:29 PM

I have one and it is the bomb. I am over 1,000 rounds with it both regular and suppressed and I have not had a single issue with any ammo. I have not run any steel cased ammo in it though.

It does run dirty with 147 grain ammo suppressed but most 9mm's do that when running a can.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at November 03, 2024 07:40 PM (QNSds)

91 I'll stand good for Scuba. It was fun to see him knock the plate off the post. He and Spawn both managed to hit the plates @ 100 yards with the Garand.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 03, 2024 07:41 PM (tT6L1)

92 It wasn't until later I found out Norma brass will run a bit hotter, load wise. In other words, loading the same powder charge in Norma brass will increase pressure, possibly to dangerous levels.

Posted by: blake
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A few things to think about. Richard Lee developed a repeatable measure using what he called VMD

"The Volume Measured Density (VMD) of a powder is the volume in cc's (cubic centimeter) that one grain of powder occupies."

You can usually find the average volume of a cartridge case from a particular manufacturer and combined with using VMD measurement of the powder, can estimate how full the case is which in turn affects pressure (excess or under).

Ideally, you determine the VMD of each can of powder that you use or you can use the less accurate VMD figures that Lee's Manual gives.

Second, if you are really into it, I would recommend Pet Loads from Ken Waters even if you do not reload. Waters explains his particular case head measurement technique that he used to develop wildcat loads among other uses but by measuring carefully before and after, he would be able to determine firing pressure far better than using the crude primer and case head viewing method.

Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 07:42 PM (ctrM5)

93 Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2024 07:38 PM (QfvaV)
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Weasel also recommends being able to compute firing solutions without electronics. I've seen guys take five minutes fiddling around with ballistic apps which is no bueno when you need to take a shot.

Posted by: Weasel at November 03, 2024 07:42 PM (8dNj/)

94 Weasel, thanks for the videos each week. You sir, are a Great Chooser of Videos!

Posted by: Gref at November 03, 2024 07:42 PM (aBgBM)

95 86/Life is good and getting better. And Mrs. Red is back on gubs are good.
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Great story...sounds like you and the fam are planning on being marked present at the TXMoMe X next year

Posted by: Grateful, the range bag lady at November 03, 2024 07:43 PM (IQ6Gq)

96 86 Posted by: RI Red at November 03, 2024 07:39 PM

Nothing wrong with a 1911. I loved my P226, especially the trigger, but my new 1911 just fits my hands better. I did not shoot my P226 at all at the MoMe. It was all .45ACP baby. ;-)

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at November 03, 2024 07:43 PM (0XVad)

97 Get a Lee Factory Crimp Die, purists hate them

Purists seem to be in short supply around here, wouldn't you say?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 03, 2024 07:44 PM (a3Q+t)

98 91/ He and Spawn both managed to hit the plates @ 100 yards with the Garand.
****
That's right, blame the kid.

Posted by: Grateful, the range bag lady at November 03, 2024 07:44 PM (IQ6Gq)

99 As Diogenes mentioned, the most important thing is that you have a direct legal representative to contact in the event of a self-defense situation.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 03, 2024 07:38 PM (mH6SG)

This.
Or have a good friend who owns a back hoe.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 03, 2024 07:45 PM (W/lyH)

100 And congrats Schnor on the personal best in the dead lift.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at November 03, 2024 07:37 PM (0XVad)

Thank you, sir!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 03, 2024 07:45 PM (v23vE)

101 100!

Posted by: TRex at November 03, 2024 07:45 PM (IQ6Gq)

102 Not gun related (sorry) but Nicole Shanahan's final Trump ad ("Unity") is a masterpiece. Worthy of its own thread, Ace (if you're out there)

https://t.co/n48Yua2BXX

Posted by: Shenanigans at November 03, 2024 07:45 PM (wGun1)

103 Drat.

Posted by: TRex at November 03, 2024 07:45 PM (IQ6Gq)

104 Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 03, 2024 07:41 PM (tT6L1)
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For those attending next years TXMoMe, the 50 and 100 yard plates are for small caliber rifles only (says the guy who pays for the steel). The RSOs are asked to politely enforce the policy.

Posted by: Weasel at November 03, 2024 07:45 PM (8dNj/)

105 Babylon Bee: Radicalized Squirrels In MAGA Hats Begin Uprising

https://tinyurl.com/ypfj74cy

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at November 03, 2024 07:46 PM (VNX3d)

106 Which sounds more like what AoR will provide. Not in Washington. I'm in CC GA. I guess I'm looking for disadvantages of AoR. I generally don't trust insurance companies. They're businessmen who hide behind their lawyers. As much as I hate lawyers, and oooh I hate lawyers, I'm thinking dealing directly with such a beast might be more effective.
Posted by: Wtp

Just to muddy the mix, also take a look at the Armed Citizens Legal Defense Network. They are a mutual self help organization and NOT insurance. Have a lot of free well done resources for the general public plus more for actual membership. Lot of heavy hitters in self defense and training on the board of it.

Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 07:46 PM (ctrM5)

107 We still on for the bench and curl competition?
Posted by: David Hogg, Harvard graduate at November 03, 2024 07:38 PM (a3Q+t)

You're on, bro. Corsicana, Texas, third weekend of next October.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 03, 2024 07:46 PM (v23vE)

108 91 Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 03, 2024 07:41 PM

Thanks for letting give a whirl blake. I should have talked with you and the others on what I need to do to acquire my own.
But the MoMe had so much going on and there was must fun to be had.
Maybe next time.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at November 03, 2024 07:46 PM (0XVad)

109 89/ I think TRex and Grateful use a scoring model that they (mostly Grateful) made up. She doesn't need to bribe the scorer!
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Sigh...
1. that is not completely accurate, and
2. don't need to bribe anyone when all 5 shots are in the tiny black square!

Posted by: Grateful, the range bag lady at November 03, 2024 07:46 PM (IQ6Gq)

110 Also, something ELSE I learned from the videos, and apparently I was too dense to pick this up from weasel class.

I always thought once you got your weapon zeroed, don't touch the knobs! But apparently if you have a scope that costs more than, say, $40, you can loosen your knobs and turn them so that the ZEROES are there on your settings, and when you calculate your solution, you adjust your knobs! And then you can easily go back to zero.

This seems so obvious now.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2024 07:46 PM (QfvaV)

111 Has anyone tried out the Ruger LC 10mm carbine yet?

Posted by: mrp at November 03, 2024 07:47 PM (rj6Yv)

112 Weasel also recommends being able to compute firing solutions without electronics.
Posted by: Weasel at November 03, 2024 07:42 PM

Memorizing the cosines of common angles is a big help in this regard when shooting at an up or down angle.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 03, 2024 07:47 PM (a3Q+t)

113 This.
Or have a good friend who owns a back hoe.
Posted by: Diogenes

Yeah. But he lives several states away.

How about a boat, some rocks and a canvas bag.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 03, 2024 07:48 PM (PComA)

114 Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 03, 2024 07:47 PM (a3Q+t)
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Agreed!

Posted by: Weasel at November 03, 2024 07:48 PM (8dNj/)

115 Top120?

Posted by: Coelacanth at November 03, 2024 07:49 PM (6eIgS)

116 Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 07:35 PM (ctrM5)

I used the Lee Carbide Factory Crimp die, but I'm thinking I need to adjust to a tighter crimp. Some of the rounds did indeed need a little encouragement to fit in the case gauge.

My test gun was a Tisas M1911A1 clone with 5-inch barrel, so pretty standard. I fired a few mags of Remington FMJ after the reloads, and they functioned without a hiccup.

My powder charge was a little less than halfway between min and max listed charge. I was a bit skeered to load it much hotter than that my first time, but I may increase the charge just a wee bit for the next batch.

Posted by: That SOB Van Owen at November 03, 2024 07:50 PM (kj1wH)

117 103 Drat.
Posted by: TRex at November 03, 2024 07:45 PM (IQ6Gq)

My bad, TRex. Will defer future posting until we are well clear of ?00 milestones.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 03, 2024 07:50 PM (v23vE)

118 This.
Or have a good friend who owns a back hoe.
Posted by: Diogenes

Yeah. But he lives several states away.

How about a boat, some rocks and a canvas bag.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 03, 2024 07:48 PM (PComA)
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And live near a really big body of water that is really deep.
Oh wait.
Puget Sound!
You go woman!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at November 03, 2024 07:50 PM (W/lyH)

119 Hi Whig, how are you doing these days? Hope you are feeling better.

Posted by: Grateful, the range bag lady at November 03, 2024 07:50 PM (IQ6Gq)

120 Looking for thoughts on carry insurance like USCCA vs. Attorneys on Retainer...
Posted by: Wtp at November 03, 2024 07:18 PM (4cfLi)

Adam Branca used to partner with CCW Safe, IIRC.
But his new thing is offering a package including himself as the attorney, at LawofSelfDefense.com

Also this link might help:
https://t.ly/uilxt

I would only go with a specific retained attorney if he knows self-defense very well, on top of other things for which you need an attorney.

Posted by: GWB at November 03, 2024 07:50 PM (E8qwH)

121 Thanks for the video of FSJ and Gertrude. Love how they have teamed up to alert you to the dangers of mail delivery. The wagging tails is a bonus. We can never have too much adorableness.

Posted by: JTB at November 03, 2024 07:51 PM (yTvNw)

122 113 How about a boat, some rocks and a canvas bag.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 03, 2024 07:48 PM

Watching The Sopranos again? LOL

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at November 03, 2024 07:51 PM (0XVad)

123 Posted by: JTB at November 03, 2024 07:51 PM (yTvNw)
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Thanks JTB! They're quite a pair!

Posted by: Weasel at November 03, 2024 07:51 PM (8dNj/)

124 I have USCCA. I have not shot anyone so have not had to use it. Comes along with membership in the organization that has other benefits.

So at least you feel like you are getting something when you aren't shooting anyone.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2024 07:52 PM (QfvaV)

125 Purists seem to be in short supply around here, wouldn't you say?
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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Dunno, some people hate them for allegedly making ammo less accurate and some hate all things Lee Precision makes. Others shrug and use them. Go to any firearms board and put something favorable about it--some will say it is not needed so learn to adjust your dies dummy, some will say it is a gimmick like a sugar pill, others will say Team Green (RCBS) or Team Blue (Dillon) is better and if they did not make it, it is worthless. And so on.

I advise beginning reloaders to use them on 9mm in particular along with 40 S&W because taper crimping and bullet tension can be a bit wonky on 9mm reloading. Particularly if you are using unsorted brass. The 9 has a very gentle taper to the case to aid in feeding. On the 40 S&W, it is because it is a more powerful and bullet setback on it results in very bad things happening. Brass is more inconsistent with the 40 S&W and less margin to play with. 45 ACP on the other hand is a much less tiddly cartridge to reload.

Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 07:52 PM (ctrM5)

126 Weasel also recommends being able to compute firing solutions without electronics. I've seen guys take five minutes fiddling around with ballistic apps which is no bueno when you need to take a shot.
Posted by: Weasel at November 03, 2024 07:42 PM (8dNj/)

CBD asked me recently how best to use a ballistic app. I told him you use it to write in a small note book what works at different distances and density altitudes.
Simple is good.

Posted by: RI Red at November 03, 2024 07:52 PM (OKniM)

127 Micro range report. High wind today, 30mph gusts but needed to send a some rounds prior to opener next weekend. All good with the Model 700. Went through the rack and decided on bringing the model 760 up also. Both shot as needed, no adjustments required.

Posted by: scampydog at November 03, 2024 07:53 PM (41CYW)

128 Had to have been a bitch on a long march.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 03, 2024 07:20 PM (mH6SG)

I carried mine on a short march or two. Some of it on REALLY short marches, but back and forth over and over and over and over again. There's a reason for Left Shoulder Arms. (And for the sling if you get to use it.)

Posted by: GWB at November 03, 2024 07:53 PM (E8qwH)

129 @106
Thx whig. That's kinda what I'm curious about. The insurance companies seem limited relative to what I was seeing on AoR yet most of the chatter I see is about these insurance companies without other thoughts. Just recommendations. I'm also curious (long shot) about even second hand info pro/con on anyone who had to rely on one or the other. What really came up IRL.

Posted by: Wtp at November 03, 2024 07:54 PM (4cfLi)

130 Purdy Gerty!

She's darling and a little energizer! And Joe has a little sister. So sweet. Good on you, weasel.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 03, 2024 07:54 PM (60jTM)

131 I carried mine on a short march or two. Some of it on REALLY short marches, but back and forth over and over and over and over again. There's a reason for Left Shoulder Arms. (And for the sling if you get to use it.)
Posted by: GWB at November 03, 2024 07:53 PM (E8qwH)

Y'all had Garands for the area? (Do you even call it that?) We had our M14s.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2024 07:54 PM (QfvaV)

132 I would only go with a specific retained attorney if he knows self-defense very well, on top of other things for which you need an attorney.

That's not easy to find these days.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 03, 2024 07:55 PM (mH6SG)

133 I've never smoked a cigar. When I hear cigar my thoughts immediately go to Rush Limbaugh and Bill Clinton. Yeah, I know it's weird.

Posted by: Carlyl at November 03, 2024 07:55 PM (3iuj+)

134 119 Hi Whig, how are you doing these days? Hope you are feeling better.
Posted by: Grateful, the range bag lady
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Heading for back surgery probably . Neuropathy is not responding to cortisone shots at either location which means the neuropathy is likely coming from the cervical region. Either it is forminal stenosis which I had years ago from that same c6-c7 area or some kind of nerve entrapment.

The lack of good sleep is the worst part about it. Plus I cannot sit, stand, etc. for more than 10 minutes or so without moving.

Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 07:55 PM (ctrM5)

135 The first Cuban cigar I ever smoked was an H. Upmann Churchill. A friend brought it back from a trip she made to England in, I believe, 1973. I rented white tie and tails and a top hat, and had another friend drive me over to her house in his father's 1939 Cadillac.

The cigar was the best I ever smoked. I kept the ashes in a plastic bag for years as a remembrance.

Posted by: Paco at November 03, 2024 07:55 PM (njExo)

136 Now, range report: After finding out my Norma brass loads are okay, I hit the range to do that which I'd been avoiding: setting the zero stop on the scope @100 yards for the new loads. Who knew a slightly lighter bullet traveling much faster with a better BC would tend to shoot quite a bit higher?

After setting the zero where it should have been, I started putting a few rounds down range. Bizarrely, shots seemed to be stringing vertically a bit. I checked my rear bag, I was using the Protektor rear bag..bottom was flat, I hadn't picked up any debris on it..put it down, and realized the bag was wobbling. I looked closely and it turned out the concrete top on the bench had a hump in it, right where I needed to set up for shooting. Le sigh.

I set up again, and put a round right through the center cross hairs at 100 yards. I dropped one shot low left by about .5" which was on me, settled down and stuck a shot right on top of of the first shot. Groovy. Zero stop set and I headed home.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 03, 2024 07:56 PM (tT6L1)

137 118 And live near a really big body of water that is really deep.
Oh wait.
Puget Sound!
You go woman!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at November 03, 2024 07:50 PM

Even better, you can do shallow water like the Chesapeake Bay. Just need netting and some weights. The crabs will take care of the rest. :-)

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at November 03, 2024 07:56 PM (0XVad)

138 !Beautiful rifle, CBD!

Posted by: Eromero at November 03, 2024 07:56 PM (LHPAg)

139 Great story...sounds like you and the fam are planning on being marked present at the TXMoMe X next year
Posted by: Grateful, the range bag lady

Grateful, I’m not sure that the TXMOME would survive 4 Reds.
Besides, DILIT would be more convinced than ever about weirdness.

Posted by: RI Red at November 03, 2024 07:56 PM (OKniM)

140 Posted by: Carlyl at November 03, 2024 07:55 PM (3iuj+)
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Howdy and welcome!

You should be one of the cool kids and try a cigar!

Posted by: Weasel at November 03, 2024 07:56 PM (8dNj/)

141 Well, the HK P7 is settling into its new home. It's in good shape. Almost feel bad about shooting it, but I'm going to shoot it.

Spare mags are $130, plus shipping, tax, and CC fee. I'm going to need to start a go fund me or something.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at November 03, 2024 07:57 PM (b4o9z)

142 >>>I would only go with a specific retained attorney if he knows self-defense very well, on top of other things for which you need an attorney.

OK, my bad on some of this. Lawyers on Retainer is a specific firm that specializes in 2A cases.

Posted by: Wtp at November 03, 2024 07:57 PM (4cfLi)

143 129 @106
Thx whig. That's kinda what I'm curious about. The insurance companies seem limited relative to what I was seeing on AoR yet most of the chatter I see is about these insurance companies without other thoughts. Just recommendations. I'm also curious (long shot) about even second hand info pro/con on anyone who had to rely on one or the other. What really came up IRL.
Posted by: Wtp
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If you took his training classes, Massad Ayoob used to offer to be an expert witness in your case if you had to use lethal force against someone. Tom Givens might have a similar offer but cannot remember.

Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 07:57 PM (ctrM5)

144 My bad, TRex. Will defer future posting until we are well clear of ?00 milestones.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 03, 2024 07:50 PM

1) This isn't the Art Thread.

2) Given the (general) bon homme amongst the Gun Thread Commentariat to get the Thread's comment count above that of the Food Thread preceding it so Weasel can sleep in on Monday morning, and not have to get up at Oh-Dark Thirty to prepare for an 0700 EST Zoom call with the angry, whining, tantrum-throwing Ewok, any Thread "milestones" are more like guidelines, rather than rules.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 03, 2024 07:57 PM (a3Q+t)

145 CBD asked me recently how best to use a ballistic app. I told him you use it to write in a small note book what works at different distances and density altitudes.
Simple is good.
Posted by: RI Red at November 03, 2024 07:52 PM (OKniM)
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Yep. After my shooting session last Friday, I recorded DA in my notebook also. Can't believe how long it took me to get it through my thick head I need to make it a habit.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 03, 2024 07:57 PM (tT6L1)

146 Hello, Weasel! No range time for me this weekend, but I did take a quick trip to see the Institute of Military Technology in Titusville, FL. This is a museum open by appointment only, so getting in isn't a given. I went with the Virginia Gun Collectors' Association for what was billed as a four-hour tour of the collection. C. Reed Knight, the CEO of Knights Armament Corporation, is the founder. His goal is to collect an example of every small arm fielded or tested by the US military from its founding through to the present day, with an emphasis on prototypes of what would lead to the M1 Garand and the evolution of the AR platform from Stoner's first AR-10 prototypes, the first AR-15s demonstrated to the USAF, up to the most modern versions fielded by the US military today in the M4A1. (1 of 2)

Posted by: Ed L at November 03, 2024 07:58 PM (yRXSd)

147 Good Lord willing, range time Tuesday helping a friend get his shotgun and 350 Legend on target. Due to prior commitments (5th degree black belt test- Monday noon to 9pm Monday to Friday 2-7 pm Saturday) , I’m missing the first two days of the modern weapon deer season.
Thanks as always Weasel and have a great week everyone!
And God bless our country.

Posted by: Coelacanth at November 03, 2024 07:58 PM (hNXse)

148 P.S. Gertrude was my grandma's name. (Yes, I'm glad I wasn't named after her!)
Posted by: screaming in digital at November 03, 2024 07:36 PM

Wait, whut?! You didn't want to be a Gertie? 😉

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 03, 2024 07:58 PM (Wnv9h)

149 From AoR website:

The Difference is Real
The biggest difference between our Attorneys On Retainer - Self-Protection Plan, and the other self-defense policies is that our plan is offered by a law firm, not an insurance company that has endless exclusions to deny your claim.

We will also cover your self-defense case, even if:
You are charged (or are reasonably concerned about being charged) with a crime (felony or misdemeanor).
You take plea deal.
You used an illegal weapon or firearm.
The incident occurred in a gun-free zone.
You are a prohibited possessor.
You were impaired by any drugs or alcohol.
The incident is deemed a domestic dispute.
You failed to possess or possessed an invalid concealed weapons permit.
The incident involved a negligent or accidental discharge of your firearm.
The incident appeared to be a “bad” or “questionable” shoot.
You are not charged with a crime. We will represent you in court as a victim and deal with the press if the bad guy is charged.

Posted by: Wtp at November 03, 2024 08:00 PM (4cfLi)

150 Hi all
Range Report: Brought the ailing Glock(G48 without gr dot) to the range. I got the stand that Eromero recommended and it does make theh gun remarkabley stable but did not help me with the slide lock. Hrothgar suggested trying 124 gr ammo. Did a test with both and surprisingly had only one jam early on and the gun shot great whether I used 115 or 124. I love my Glocks. Blaster did find the doohickey slide release tool and I just ordered one. From what the reviews say, it should cure my issue ofo hurt fingers for the grand total of $10.95.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at November 03, 2024 08:00 PM (t/2Uw)

151 Purists seem to be in short supply around here, wouldn't you say?

I guess I'm not one because except for a .38/.357 die set that was given to me and I've not used yet, all of my pistol dies are Lee.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 03, 2024 08:01 PM (/y8xj)

152 (And for the sling if you get to use it.)
Posted by: GWB at November 03, 2024 07:53 PM

You had slings? Luxury!

We had knotted-together boot laces, or a length of 550 cord if we were lucky, and were happy to have them!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 03, 2024 08:01 PM (a3Q+t)

153 For those attending next years TXMoMe, the 50 and 100 yard plates are for small caliber rifles only (says the guy who pays for the steel). The RSOs are asked to politely enforce the policy.
Posted by: Weasel at November 03, 2024 07:45 PM

Roger that, boss.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 03, 2024 08:01 PM (Wnv9h)

154 Gertrude and FSJ are amazing mailman announcers! 10/10.

Posted by: Piper at November 03, 2024 08:03 PM (p4NUW)

155 Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 03, 2024 08:01 PM (Wnv9h)
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Thanks!!

Posted by: Weasel at November 03, 2024 08:03 PM (8dNj/)

156 For those attending next years TXMoMe, the 50 and 100 yard plates are for small caliber rifles only (says the guy who pays for the steel). The RSOs are asked to politely enforce the policy.
Posted by: Weasel at November 03, 2024 07:45 PM (8dNj/)
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Understood.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 03, 2024 08:03 PM (tT6L1)

157 Something in 6.5 Creedmoor. ;-)
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at November 03, 2024 07:35 PM (0XVad)

On one hand, if you don't buy the Creedmoor, you may be able to retire earlier. On the other hand, if you don't buy the Creedmoor, then maybe you have to work a little longer. BUT, what would be the point of retiring early if you don't have the Creedmoor to shoot? :-)

Posted by: haffhowershower at November 03, 2024 08:04 PM (NMT5x)

158 I carried mine on a short march or two. Some of it on REALLY short marches, but back and forth over and over and over and over again. There's a reason for Left Shoulder Arms. (And for the sling if you get to use it.)
Posted by: GWB at November 03, 2024 07:53 PM (E8qwH)

GWB, I, too, have marched Tours with an M-1. But I’d need a drink or two to tell the story. But it was worth it!

Posted by: RI Red at November 03, 2024 08:04 PM (OKniM)

159 CBD, great write up, by the way. Odd set up, though, what with the brass flying out the wrong side of the rifle.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 03, 2024 08:04 PM (tT6L1)

160 I guess I'm not one because except for a .38/.357 die set that was given to me and I've not used yet, all of my pistol dies are Lee.
Posted by: Oddbob
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Was talking about the Lee Factory Crimp Die (FCD) which some people love, some just use them, and some people hate them even if they never used them.

The FCD pretty much is pretty fool proof crimping device but it is designed more for reliable function in any firearm than specifically tailored toward a particular one.

Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 08:05 PM (ctrM5)

161 You should be one of the cool kids and try a cigar!
Posted by: Weasel at November 03, 2024 07:56 PM (8dNj/)

I've gotten this long without. Also never drank coffee. Two vices I somehow avoided.

Posted by: Carlyl at November 03, 2024 08:05 PM (3iuj+)

162 154 Gertrude and FSJ are amazing mailman announcers! 10/10.

Posted by: Piper at November 03, 2024 08:03 PM (p4NUW)
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I was going to suggest that they were on guard duty - protecting Casa Weasel from the approaching mailman threat. But then I saw the tails wagging... More of a greeting party than a fierce defense.

Posted by: TRex at November 03, 2024 08:05 PM (IQ6Gq)

163 The only thing I can add to Jerry's revolver video is to point the barrel at least slightly down. Cartridges should slide easily in and out of a properly sized and clean cylinder. That means they can start to slide out while closing the action if the barrel is raised.

Don't ask how I know this (he says after picking up cartridges from the ground.) (Again.)

Posted by: JTB at November 03, 2024 08:06 PM (yTvNw)

164 Posted by: Piper at November 03, 2024 08:03 PM (p4NUW)
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To the untrained ear, the UPS Guy, the FedEx guy, the Amazon Guy, assorted neighbors and leaves blowing around in the front yard elicit a very similar response, yet there is a subtle difference.

Posted by: Weasel at November 03, 2024 08:06 PM (8dNj/)

165 Hey SOB Van, my guess would be that you're not getting some of your shoulders knocked back far enough when you resize. Make sure your shell holder makes a good solid contact with the bottom of your sizing die. I had the same problem when I started reloading 6mm ARC, it took me a while to figure out.

Posted by: ck at November 03, 2024 08:06 PM (nMOLw)

166 Something from the X RING video - the mile shots with 6.5 CM have 4 seconds of flight time.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2024 08:07 PM (QfvaV)

167 Semi gun, or at least military related. Helicopter pilot's racist mission patch.

https://is.gd/mZjblu

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at November 03, 2024 08:07 PM (L/fGl)

168 For those attending next years TXMoMe, the 50 and 100 yard plates are for small caliber rifles only (says the guy who pays for the steel). The RSOs are asked to politely enforce the policy.
Posted by: Weasel at November 03, 2024 07:45 PM (8dNj/)

Are pistols and pistol caliber carbines prohibited at 50? 100?

Posted by: Gref at November 03, 2024 08:07 PM (aBgBM)

169 134/
Sorry that you are going through all of that Whig. Wish there was something I could do to help you. No sleep is not good in the short or long run. I will keep you and your medical team in my prayers for your recovery from all of the this.

Posted by: Grateful, the range bag lady at November 03, 2024 08:07 PM (IQ6Gq)

170 Wait, whut?! You didn't want to be a Gertie? 😉
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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I guess at least I'd have been the only one in my class at school instead of [first name] [last initial] for 12 years.

She was one of a kind, I couldn't have lived up to the name!

Posted by: screaming in digital at November 03, 2024 08:08 PM (JIkaw)

171 165 Hey SOB Van, my guess would be that you're not getting some of your shoulders knocked back far enough when you resize. Make sure your shell holder makes a good solid contact with the bottom of your sizing die. I had the same problem when I started reloading 6mm ARC, it took me a while to figure out.
Posted by: ck
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I think he is reloading handgun rounds if it was the same as a week or so ago.

Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 08:08 PM (ctrM5)

172 Watching X RING one mile challenge videos. Apparently there are electronic scope levels?

This seems like...cheating.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2024 08:09 PM (QfvaV)

173 Are pistols and pistol caliber carbines prohibited at 50? 100?
Posted by: Gref at November 03, 2024 08:07 PM (aBgBM)
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That's ok, I just want to avoid beating up the steel more than necessary and avoid taking a target out of service when it gets blown off the post.

Posted by: Weasel at November 03, 2024 08:10 PM (8dNj/)

174 (Institute of Military Technology, post 2 of 2). The four-hour tour became an all day event when Mr. Knight himself joined the tour. He talked a lot about acquiring the collection, stories about Eugene Stoner and his tribulations developing the AR-10 and AR-15, what it was like to work with him at Knights Armament, and how Eugene Stoner, just before he died, predicted that the AR-15 platform wouldn't last much longer after him (a very wrong prediction based on both military and commercial sales today). After going through the small arms collection, we took a look at the artillery and military truck collection before finishing with the tank/armored vehicle collection. The tank collection isn't the biggest, but it's still pretty impressive. Some space was leased out to McLaren Automotive, for storage and testing of new cars. So there were McLarens worth hundreds of thousands sitting next to an M4A1 Sherman from WWII - quite the contrast. If you can get in, this should not be missed if you have any interest US military small arms or development of the AR-10/AR-15.

Posted by: Ed L at November 03, 2024 08:10 PM (yRXSd)

175 Hi Sharon!

I'm sorry you're still having a hard time. Hand and wrist arthritis and pain stink. I have issues sometimes too. Have you watched "She Equips Herself" vids? She talks about hands and wrists quite a bit. And she demonstrates different techniques for handling pistols.

Keep on trucking, lady.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 03, 2024 08:11 PM (VWkrI)

176 Posted by: Ed L at November 03, 2024 08:10 PM (yRXSd)
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That sounds like quite a tour!

Posted by: Weasel at November 03, 2024 08:11 PM (8dNj/)

177 Wow, great tour, Ed L!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 03, 2024 08:12 PM (tT6L1)

178 Grateful, I’m not sure that the TXMOME would survive 4 Reds.
Besides, DILIT would be more convinced than ever about weirdness.
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This doesn't sound promisiing Red...

Posted by: Grateful, the range bag lady at November 03, 2024 08:12 PM (IQ6Gq)

179 My bad, thought you were talking rifles.

Posted by: ck at November 03, 2024 08:13 PM (nMOLw)

180 Sorry that you are going through all of that Whig. Wish there was something I could do to help you. No sleep is not good in the short or long run. I will keep you and your medical team in my prayers for your recovery from all of the this.
Posted by: Grateful
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Thanks. Prayers are always appreciated by my wife and I. I've had this happen before and had nerve relocation in my left arm (and hand surgery to remove trigger finger syndrome). Hoped it was a similar issue to my right but apparently not so.

Last time I had foraminal stenosis issues with C6 -7 was in 2018 or so.

Due to an insurance forced switch from Humira, the new biologic is simply not holding the psoriasic arthritis in check as flares and their severity have increased for the since I went off Humira in April.

That results in lots of new bone spur growth affecting nerves at times.

Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 08:13 PM (ctrM5)

181 Y'all had Garands for the area? (Do you even call it that?) We had our M14s.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2024 07:54 PM (QfvaV)

Yep. We carried the Garands everywhere as Basic Cadets, then for all our parades and such, until you were a senior. When they made the switch it was directly to M-16s.

Posted by: GWB at November 03, 2024 08:13 PM (E8qwH)

182 SOB Van, two words:
Plonk Test.
You take every round and drop it in the barrel. Good ones go “plonk” into the chamber. Bad ones don’t fit.

Posted by: RI Red at November 03, 2024 08:13 PM (OKniM)

183 That sounds like quite a tour!
Posted by: Weasel at November 03, 2024 08:11 PM (8dNj/)

He brought the brochure to DMV MGC post shooting dinner. You have to like a guy with a garage full of tanks.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2024 08:13 PM (QfvaV)

184 161 ... "Also never drank coffee."

Don't move to Rhode Island. I believe the state constitution mentions coffee consumption is required for voting rights and property ownership. (They might have a medical exemption these days. Maybe.)

Posted by: JTB at November 03, 2024 08:14 PM (yTvNw)

185 183 He brought the brochure to DMV MGC post shooting dinner. You have to like a guy with a garage full of tanks.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2024 08:13 PM (QfvaV)
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With the added bonus of McLaren test cars next door.

Posted by: TRex at November 03, 2024 08:15 PM (IQ6Gq)

186 173 Are pistols and pistol caliber carbines prohibited at 50? 100?
Posted by: Gref at November 03, 2024 08:07 PM (aBgBM)
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That's ok, I just want to avoid beating up the steel more than necessary and avoid taking a target out of service when it gets blown off the post.

Posted by: Weasel at November 03, 2024 08:10 PM (8dNj/)

Copy. One shooter put a lot of 9mm on the 50 yd plate on Friday. It did not fall off. I did not inspect the plate for significant damage during a cold range pause. I didn't think of that issue. Will do that in the future.

Posted by: Gref at November 03, 2024 08:15 PM (aBgBM)

187 166 Something from the X RING video - the mile shots with 6.5 CM have 4 seconds of flight time.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2024 08:07 PM (QfvaV)

That would be a great bumper sticker: I can do 4 second miles! With 6.5 in a little oval.

Posted by: haffhowershower at November 03, 2024 08:15 PM (NMT5x)

188 Copy. One shooter put a lot of 9mm on the 50 yd plate on Friday. It did not fall off. I did not inspect the plate for significant damage during a cold range pause. I didn't think of that issue. Will do that in the future.
Posted by: Gref at November 03, 2024 08:15 PM (aBgBM)
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9mm is fine at 50, just not high powered rifle rounds.

Posted by: Weasel at November 03, 2024 08:16 PM (8dNj/)

189 Yep. We carried the Garands everywhere as Basic Cadets, then for all our parades and such, until you were a senior. When they made the switch it was directly to M-16s.
Posted by: GWB at November 03, 2024 08:13 PM (E8qwH)

GWB, I don’t remember. Which of our glorious service schools did you attend? And what years?

Posted by: RI Red at November 03, 2024 08:17 PM (OKniM)

190 EdL,
You might enjoy the Anniston Museum of Natural History which has an extraordinarily large firearm collection from Farley Berman including some spy gadget type firearms.

In Anniston Alabama close to the CMP South facilities and of course the Arsenal there.

Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 08:17 PM (ctrM5)

191 Weasel, puppies sounded very cute, but my cats were not impressed.

Posted by: RI Red at November 03, 2024 08:18 PM (OKniM)

192 Due to an insurance forced switch from Humira, the new biologic is simply not holding the psoriasic arthritis in check as flares and their severity have increased for the since I went off Humira in April.

That results in lots of new bone spur growth affecting nerves at times.
Posted by: whig

Gosh, I'm sorry whig.

I have a patient who was switched off brand Humira as well. She suffered flares for SIX FREAKING MONTHS before her primary, her rheumatologist and her physiatrist were able to convince her insurance company to pay for her Humira. Once she got back on it, things calmed down considerably.

Good luck.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 03, 2024 08:19 PM (NH1wh)

193 ...Of course if he wins and the markets start rallying I also just might make a certain purchase (or purchases). Something in 6.5 Creedmoor. ;-) Posted by: Scuba_Dude at November 03, 2024 07:35 PM (0XVad)

I've got a very nearly New In Box, Thompson-Center "Compass" rifle in that chambering. At 18", the barrel is a bit short for distance shooting. But it is a 5-R rifling profile, 1 in 8 twist, with a threaded muzzle, cap and is at present, sporting a Hog's Breath muzzle brake.

Scope is a Gen II Vortex Viper, PST, 5x25x50, 2nd FP.

Rings are Chinee Junk. Ought to be replaced.

It'll be included in the list of Things to be Sold. But you can write me for early details, if you wish.

Hope that non-priced mention will be OK, boss? And feel free to DELETE, if not!

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 03, 2024 08:19 PM (Xo+UM)

194 Yep. We carried the Garands everywhere as Basic Cadets, then for all our parades and such, until you were a senior. When they made the switch it was directly to M-16s.
Posted by: GWB
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If you are not getting the benefit of firing the Garand, it is a heavy rifle to tote. Rather tote a M-16 than a Garand. Would rather have the Garand in a foxhole than an M-16 as long as you had ammo for either.

The old black tip ap rounds for the Garand were also pretty effective in Europe to the point I think that most of the Garand ammo fired near the end of the WWII was AP instead of regular ball.

Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 08:20 PM (ctrM5)

195 Posted by: Jim at November 03, 2024 08:19 PM (Xo+UM)
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All good, no worries!

Posted by: Weasel at November 03, 2024 08:20 PM (8dNj/)

196 Well, time to wander.

Ya'll endeavor to endeavor.

Next Sunday is out 1,200 yard Turkey shoot. Last time I shot it, I pulled out, because I had no idea where things were going. Hopefully, this year, I'll have it figured out and actually hit something.

Later!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 03, 2024 08:21 PM (tT6L1)

197 Colorado has a ballot question about imposing a 6.5% tax on ammo and all types of gun things to fund various feelgood causes

FWIW I voted NO but it will probably pass because Colorado

Posted by: Don Black at November 03, 2024 08:21 PM (/7KEl)

198 Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at November 03, 2024 08:21 PM (tT6L1)
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Good luck!

Posted by: Weasel at November 03, 2024 08:22 PM (8dNj/)

199 I have a patient who was switched off brand Humira as well. She suffered flares for SIX FREAKING MONTHS before her primary, her rheumatologist and her physiatrist were able to convince her insurance company to pay for her Humira. Once she got back on it, things calmed down considerably.

Good luck.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Thanks. I am taking the new med twice a month via injections with a helper med and still flaring before I get the next dose. Building a case with my rheumatologist to appeal to teh formulary manager (CVS Specialty btw).

Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 08:22 PM (ctrM5)

200 200!

Posted by: TRex at November 03, 2024 08:22 PM (IQ6Gq)

201 Nailed it.

Carry on.

Posted by: TRex at November 03, 2024 08:22 PM (IQ6Gq)

202 Posted by: ck at November 03, 2024 08:06 PM (nMOLw)

Yep, I'm gonna fiddle with the resizing die setting to make sure it's correct. Thanks!

Posted by: That SOB Van Owen at November 03, 2024 08:23 PM (kj1wH)

203 (And for the sling if you get to use it.)
Posted by: GWB at November 03, 2024 07:53 PM

You had slings? Luxury!

We had knotted-together boot laces, or a length of 550 cord if we were lucky, and were happy to have them!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 03, 2024 08:01 PM (a3Q+t)

Boot laces really do NOT look good on parade. Parents start complaining to Congressmen and such.

Posted by: GWB at November 03, 2024 08:23 PM (E8qwH)

204 Good luck, Blake.

Posted by: scampydog at November 03, 2024 08:23 PM (41CYW)

205 That sounds like quite a tour!
Posted by: Weasel at November 03, 2024 08:11 PM (8dNj/)

Made even better by having Mr. Knight himself talking about individual firearms in the collection like John Garand's prototype M1 in .276 Pederson, AR-10 protype serial #1, or AR-15 prototype #0000, demonstrated to the USAF. If there's enough FL Morons out there, the Institute of Military Technology would make a great place to have a MoMe. It'll be something no one would forget anytime soon.

Posted by: Ed L at November 03, 2024 08:24 PM (yRXSd)

206 200 200!
Posted by: TRex

Second time is the charm!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ NEXT Year In Corsicana - again! ~ at November 03, 2024 08:24 PM (hOUT3)

207 Oh, I forgot. You remember that the forward assist and the bolt stop failed on my AR 10.
I finally remembered that Palmetto State Armory has a lifetime warranty. I sent them pix and they had replacements in the mail the next day.
UPS, on the other hand, has been sitting on them for three days at their facility 20 miles from me.

Posted by: RI Red at November 03, 2024 08:24 PM (OKniM)

208 Yep, I'm gonna fiddle with the resizing die setting to make sure it's correct. Thanks!

Posted by: That SOB Van Owen
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Handgun or rifle cartridges?

Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 08:24 PM (ctrM5)

209 But it was worth it!
Posted by: RI Red at November 03, 2024 08:04 PM (OKniM)

Ah yes, the GOOD stories!

Posted by: GWB at November 03, 2024 08:24 PM (E8qwH)

210 Don't move to Rhode Island. I believe the state constitution mentions coffee consumption is required for voting rights and property ownership. (They might have a medical exemption these days. Maybe.)
Posted by: JTB at November 03, 2024 08:14 PM (yTvNw)

Ahhh, dreamily going back to a time when property ownership was a requirement for voting.

Posted by: Carlyl at November 03, 2024 08:25 PM (3iuj+)

211 Building a case with my rheumatologist to appeal to teh formulary manager (CVS Specialty btw).
*************
I too deal with CVS Specialty on a monthly basis. They are simply the worst on every single level. It truly is unacceptable that your condition was managed on one med, that they decided to change, and now you are suffering. I know of too many people with similar stories. I should start a practice based solely on this need...

Posted by: Grateful, the range bag lady at November 03, 2024 08:25 PM (IQ6Gq)

212 206 Second time is the charm!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ NEXT Year In Corsicana - again! ~ at November 03, 2024 08:24 PM (hOUT3)
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I adjusted for the Density Altitude and the Coriolis Effect. Made all the difference.

Posted by: TRex at November 03, 2024 08:26 PM (IQ6Gq)

213 I too deal with CVS Specialty on a monthly basis. They are simply the worst on every single level. It truly is unacceptable that your condition was managed on one med, that they decided to change, and now you are suffering. I know of too many people with similar stories. I should start a practice based solely on this need...
Posted by: Grateful
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Since I went to twice a month on injections, it has created a snafu regarding CVS as they list it as two separate prescriptions which makes ordering fun.

Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 08:27 PM (ctrM5)

214 Grateful, the range bag lady

LOL. I just noticed your nick change. Nice.

Posted by: GWB at November 03, 2024 08:27 PM (E8qwH)

215 I made one parachute jump.in the old days, before the tandem rigs. A day of training and off I went. Young, I was. But Luke Aikens, 25,000 feet with NO parachute? He's got massive, brass ones. Tip of the hat.

Posted by: JM in Ill -- Behold the Manchurian Candidate at November 03, 2024 08:28 PM (VW/nr)

216 𝄞It's hard to hold a candle
In the cold November rain

Posted by: gKWVE at November 03, 2024 08:28 PM (gKWVE)

217 Hi Nurse
Don't want you to think that I am not having fun. The problem is pretty minor in the scheme of things. I can;t take the gun apart because the slide lock levers are very small and very rough so difficult to pull down. It seems that so many have problems with this that they make a little plastic tool that grips them and saves getting fingers cut or bruised that helps. I shoot the gun just fine and have no trouble racking the slide or clearing jams. Just taking it apart to clean. Luckily it's a Glock and not very tempermental.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at November 03, 2024 08:29 PM (t/2Uw)

218 LOL. I just noticed your nick change. Nice.
**********
All naming credit goes to Pillage Idiot

Posted by: Grateful, the range bag lady at November 03, 2024 08:29 PM (IQ6Gq)

219 Posted by: Ed L at November 03, 2024 08:10 PM (yRXSd)

Thanks for the trip report, Ed. I'm going to put it on my list.

Posted by: GWB at November 03, 2024 08:29 PM (E8qwH)

220 Marine informed me that he's going to fly up some time soon, visit for a bit and then rent a car to drive back to San Diego leaving me without a long gun. Except for a Winchester shotty.

So. Money isn't plentiful. What do I need and how much should I spend.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 03, 2024 08:29 PM (VaV9x)

221 Going to call it a night.

Thanks Weasel for the thread. Have fun with the new pup!!

Night all!!!

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at November 03, 2024 08:30 PM (0XVad)

222 adjusted for the Density Altitude and the Coriolis Effect. Made all the difference.
Posted by: TRex at November 03, 2024 08:26 PM (IQ6Gq)

Now that is funny!

Posted by: RI Red at November 03, 2024 08:31 PM (OKniM)

223 So. Money isn't plentiful. What do I need and how much should I spend.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 03, 2024 08:29 PM (VaV9x)

What does Washington let you have? ARs? Or are black rifles right out?

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2024 08:33 PM (QfvaV)

224 GWB, I don’t remember. Which of our glorious service schools did you attend? And what years?
Posted by: RI Red at November 03, 2024 08:17 PM (OKniM)

The Little Boys School in the Rockies. Class of '88.
The M1s disappeared sometime after Class of '92 graduated, but I have no idea how much later..

Posted by: GWB at November 03, 2024 08:33 PM (E8qwH)

225 So. Money isn't plentiful. What do I need and how much should I spend.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 03, 2024 08:29 PM (VaV9x)

Nurse, basic AR platforms can be had for under $500.

Posted by: RI Red at November 03, 2024 08:34 PM (OKniM)

226 Handgun or rifle cartridges?
Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 08:24 PM (ctrM5)

Handgun. But I want to make double plus sure that the resizing/decapping die is set properly in my quest for the perfect dimensions.

Posted by: That SOB Van Owen at November 03, 2024 08:35 PM (kj1wH)

227 Picked up a nice Winchester Model 12 made in 1936 while on a hunting trip last week. Always believed them to be the Holy Grail of American pump shotguns. I am glad to give it a good home.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at November 03, 2024 08:35 PM (pDlGH)

228 So. Money isn't plentiful. What do I need and how much should I spend.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 03, 2024 08:29 PM (VaV9x)
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Banks have money! Wave your .45 around inside and I'll bet they give you some!

Posted by: Weasel at November 03, 2024 08:35 PM (Rwc47)

229 Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 08:17 PM (ctrM5)

I passed through Anniston on my way to TX last month. Didn't have time to see anything though. Maybe next time. I wanted to visit the CMP South store, but they're only open on the weekends, which didn't fit in w/ my road trip schedule.

Posted by: Ed L at November 03, 2024 08:36 PM (yRXSd)

230 So. Money isn't plentiful. What do I need and how much should I spend.

This isn't strictly speaking a recommendation since I don't have one myself but a quick look at the PSA website shows AR kits with a complete upper for less than $400. Add an Anderson stripped lower bought locally, spend an enjoyable evening learning to put it together, and you're in for under 5.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 03, 2024 08:36 PM (/y8xj)

231 So. Money isn't plentiful. What do I need and how much should I spend.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Something useful and low profile (folds in half and fits in a gym bag are the Keltec Sub2000's in 9mm for about 400-500 new, a bit less used. Most of the new ones use Glock magazines which are plentiful.

Ruger and Smith&Wesson pistol cartridge carbines are fine as well for a bit more.

If the Winchester shotgun in 12 gauge is too much, think about a Mossberg/Remington/Winchester in 20 gauge. In practical terms at bad breath distance using buck shot, not much difference in stopping power.

Used about 300 or so. New less than 500.

Don't mind ugly but functional, Hi Point pistol cartride carbines can be had even in the mighty 10mm for under 500 dollars but other than the 9mm, no high capacity magazines. i think the 9mm version is about 300 or so new and they are reliable if a tad ugly.

Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 08:37 PM (ctrM5)

232 GWB, you toured in my footsteps. 70-72 before I said F it and went to fly army helicopters.
Another story over drinks.

Posted by: RI Red at November 03, 2024 08:37 PM (OKniM)

233 Not everyone likes cigars. So I’m glad to present: Cigarette of the Week

Marlboro Black Menthol

Upon opening the wrapper, one is greeted by the rich, earthy aroma of Kentucky’s finest and cheapest tobaccos. Placing the cigarette in my mouth brings to the palate the intoxicating, quixotic taste of C10H20O.

Lighting a Marlboro Black Menthol is like lighting the fuse on a stick of dynamite resting in your lungs. It instantly brought to mind an exotic locale, such as a video poker lounge outside of Reno.

Pairs well with gas station coffee, clinical depression, and wines and canned high gravity lagers whose names contain words like “thunder” and “steel” and “Gotdayum”

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Executive and Pfizer Board Member at November 03, 2024 08:37 PM (FC8SQ)

234 Picked up a nice Winchester Model 12 made in 1936 while on a hunting trip last week.

I have a soft spot in my heart* for the Model 12. I have one made in 1916 and picked up a 1937 one a few weeks ago with a cut-down barrel but otherwise in nice shape.

* I may have misspelled "head."

Posted by: Oddbob at November 03, 2024 08:38 PM (/y8xj)

235 Nurse, basic AR platforms can be had for under $500.
Posted by: RI Red at November 03, 2024 08:34 PM (OKniM)

My off the shelf "blemished" upper and lower from PSA were assembled into a rather nice AR-15!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ NEXT Year In Corsicana - again! ~ at November 03, 2024 08:40 PM (hOUT3)

236 Don't think any state can ban ARs. And yes you can get one for around 500.

Posted by: Carlyl at November 03, 2024 08:40 PM (3iuj+)

237 GWB, you toured in my footsteps. 70-72 before I said F it and went to fly army helicopters.
Another story over drinks.
Posted by: RI Red at November 03, 2024 08:37 PM

We won't hold that against you. I can't vouch for what might appear on your permanent record, though.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 03, 2024 08:41 PM (Wnv9h)

238 Thanks for the trip report, Ed. I'm going to put it on my list.
Posted by: GWB at November 03, 2024 08:29 PM (E8qwH)

You might be better off if you can put a group together instead of trying to get in solo.

Posted by: Ed L at November 03, 2024 08:41 PM (yRXSd)

239 My off the shelf "blemished" upper and lower from PSA were assembled into a rather nice AR-15!
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ NEXT Year In Corsicana - again! ~ at November 03, 2024 08:40 PM (hOUT3)

And I bet you couldn’t find the blemish.

Posted by: RI Red at November 03, 2024 08:41 PM (OKniM)

240 Marlboro Black Menthol

If you’re a white woman wearing pajama pants at 2:00pm on a Wednesday afternoon in the QuikTrip while waiting to buy these cigarettes for your black boyfriend, please write Philip Morris for a coupon for $100 off a used Trailblazer with a hole in the exhaust.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Executive and Pfizer Board Member at November 03, 2024 08:41 PM (FC8SQ)

241 Nailed it.
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How many yards were you from the keyboard though??

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 03, 2024 08:42 PM (hovnC)

242 Handgun. But I want to make double plus sure that the resizing/decapping die is set properly in my quest for the perfect dimensions.
Posted by: That SOB Van Owen
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What you are describing is more likely when you flare, seat the bullet, and then taper crimp the cartridge. Look for a problem with your seating die set and your taper crimp die first.

Sometimes OAL can be an issue in 9mm as chambers used to be an issue. Back in the P series heyday, earlier German made Sigs were relatively short chambered and long bullets seated at max OAL would simply jam the bullet into the short throat.

Depending on the rifle cartridge, a small base die set might be necessary for a semi (or full) auto rifle but for a handgun that would be rare.

Take your calipers and measure the fired round at the same point in the case as your unfired rounds from the same batch. It will give you some pointers. Likewise check using the calipers your unfired problematic batch cartridges at several points on the case with the specs in your reloading manual.

Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 08:43 PM (ctrM5)

243 And I bet you couldn’t find the blemish.
Posted by: RI Red

As soon as I hit "post", I realized I should have added that little detail...

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ NEXT Year In Corsicana - again! ~ at November 03, 2024 08:43 PM (hOUT3)

244 Pairs well with gas station coffee, clinical depression, and wines and canned high gravity lagers whose names contain words like “thunder” and “steel” and “Gotdayum”
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Executive and Pfizer Board Member at November 03, 2024 08:37 PM (FC8SQ)

Preach it, Brother!

Posted by: That SOB Van Owen at November 03, 2024 08:43 PM (kj1wH)

245 RMBS, I think I could turn my Permanent Record into quite a book.
Not sure of the ending, though.

Posted by: RI Red at November 03, 2024 08:44 PM (OKniM)

246 I passed through Anniston on my way to TX last month. Didn't have time to see anything though. Maybe next time. I wanted to visit the CMP South store, but they're only open on the weekends, which didn't fit in w/ my road trip schedule.
Posted by: Ed L
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Enjoyed your description of the museum in Florida and yes it would be a good place for a MoMeet.

Re Anniston, Ed Berman was a military colonel that apparently went all over Europe and Asia collecting weapons overseas and sending them home. Lots of foreign firearms of interest.

Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 08:45 PM (ctrM5)

247 So. Money isn't plentiful. What do I need and how much should I spend.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 03, 2024 08:29 PM (VaV9x)

If you're not wanting to hunt anything from zombies to bears, you could go with a 10/22 from Ruger (or a clone). They're excellent weapons (by all accounts), in a cheap caliber (.22 LR), and you can fiddle (new triggers, a different stock, etc.).

If WA doesn't like black rifles, you might want to check if "BRN" setups fall under that designation. Brownell's (hence "BRN") has a take off the AR that might not be am "AR" under the definitions, maybe.

Otherwise, pick a caliber and do searches on Guns.com to see if anything falls within your range. Then pick another caliber when there aren't.

Posted by: GWB at November 03, 2024 08:45 PM (E8qwH)

248 Don't think any state can ban ARs.

I believe Maryland has and it is currently being challenged in court as Snope v Brown.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 03, 2024 08:46 PM (/y8xj)

249 Guys and Gals - I need to get some work done before tomorrow and probably wouldn't notice if you talk about the upcoming election for the remainder of the thread.

Posted by: Weasel at November 03, 2024 08:46 PM (Rwc47)

250 Yeah, 10-22 is probably the best overall rifle ever.

Posted by: RI Red at November 03, 2024 08:46 PM (OKniM)

251 Posted by: Oddbob at November 03, 2024 08:38 PM (/y8xj)

The Winchester Model 12's receiver is about as close to indestructible as you can get. We will never see receivers getting machined out of a single block of steel ever again.

Posted by: Ed L at November 03, 2024 08:47 PM (yRXSd)

252 234 Picked up a nice Winchester Model 12 made in 1936 while on a hunting trip last week.

I have a soft spot in my heart* for the Model 12. I have one made in 1916 and picked up a 1937 one a few weeks ago with a cut-down barrel but otherwise in nice shape.

* I may have misspelled "head."
Posted by: Oddbob
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I prefer the Winchester 12 to the 1897 model.

Partial to the humpbacked Belgian made Auto Five over either of the Winchesters.

Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 08:47 PM (ctrM5)

253 My test gun was a Tisas M1911A1 clone with 5-inch barrel, so pretty standard. I fired a few mags of Remington FMJ after the reloads, and they functioned without a hiccup.

My powder charge was a little less than halfway between min and max listed charge. I was a bit skeered to load it much hotter than that my first time, but I may increase the charge just a wee bit for the next batch.

Posted by: That SOB Van Owen at November 03, 2024 07:50 PM (kj1wH)

1911s can be fussy if fed anything other than 230 FMJ. Check that the Overall Length OAL of the cartridge exactly matches the loading manual recommendation for your particular bullet.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at November 03, 2024 08:47 PM (vREZO)

254 wouldn't notice if you talk about the upcoming election for the remainder of the thread.
Posted by: Weasel at November 03, 2024 08:46 PM (Rwc47)

There's an election coming up?

Oh. I voted SIX WEEKS AGO.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2024 08:47 PM (QfvaV)

255 What you are describing is more likely when you flare, seat the bullet, and then taper crimp the cartridge. Look for a problem with your seating die set and your taper crimp die first.
Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 08:43 PM (ctrM5)

Will do. Loading .45ACP, btw.
Thanks!

Posted by: That SOB Van Owen at November 03, 2024 08:48 PM (kj1wH)

256 167 Semi gun, or at least military related. Helicopter pilot's racist mission patch.

https://is.gd/mZjblu
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at November 03, 2024 08:07 PM (L/fGl)
These snottynosed lefties should see what was on uniforms in the 60s.

Posted by: Eromero at November 03, 2024 08:48 PM (LHPAg)

257 Picked up a nice Winchester Model 12 made in 1936 while on a hunting trip last week. Always believed them to be the Holy Grail of American pump shotguns. I am glad to give it a good home.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat
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Nice! I have a 1936 Model 12, too.

Posted by: scampydog at November 03, 2024 08:49 PM (41CYW)

258 Thx as always, weasel. Skritches to Gertie.
We’ll try to not get too insurrectiony here.

Posted by: RI Red at November 03, 2024 08:49 PM (OKniM)

259 Oh. I voted SIX WEEKS AGO.
Posted by: blaster

Ve haff corrected your obviously incorrect vote in the interest of Our Precious Democracy, da!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ NEXT Year In Corsicana - again! ~ at November 03, 2024 08:50 PM (hOUT3)

260 I've got a Bear Creek Arsenal M-fauxgery, and it runs like a sewing machine.

Factory direct sale, delivered TO my local FFL, for $350, flat.

That was a couple three years ago. But they're in the low $400s for the same gun, now.

It's a flat-top, so irons and optics will bump your spend, a bit.

Oh, and it's right at 1MOA grouping, too. Not sub-MOA. But, damn good enough to fend off the vermin.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 03, 2024 08:50 PM (Xo+UM)

261 FWIW, having a pistol cartridge carbine in a cartridge that you also have a handgun is a very old trick dating back to cowboy days.

My favorite pistol caliber cartridge is actually a lever gun firing 38 Special/357 Magnum. The former cartridge is just right for plinking and okay in self defense. The 357 Magnum in a pistol caliber cartridge becomes a very effective anti personnel cartridge on par with the M1 Carbine without all the noise and blast of the handgun in that cartridge.

Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 08:50 PM (ctrM5)

262 I need a bit of a lie down.
I'll come back and read the rest of the comments around ONT time.

Thanks, Weasel. This thread always makes my week complete.

Posted by: GWB at November 03, 2024 08:52 PM (E8qwH)

263 Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim
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I wish you well Jim and prayers. Good luck in your sale and that is a helluva price for anyone to get, let alone with its provenance.

Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 08:52 PM (ctrM5)

264 Nurse, Extar EP-9s are in the $400-500 range (MSRP). And they use Glock magazines.

Posted by: Ed L at November 03, 2024 08:52 PM (yRXSd)

265 RMBS, I think I could turn my Permanent Record into quite a book.
Not sure of the ending, though.
Posted by: RI Red at November 03, 2024 08:44 PM

And I'm sure it would be a helluva book.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 03, 2024 08:52 PM (Wnv9h)

266 Why do nurses rob banks?

That's where the money is!

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 03, 2024 08:53 PM (hovnC)

267 Oddbob, I didn't know that, but not surprised its Maryland.

Posted by: Carlyl at November 03, 2024 08:53 PM (3iuj+)

268 on par with the M1 Carbine without all the noise and blast of the handgun in that cartridge.
Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 08:50 PM (ctrM5)

I misread the grammar there and thought, "What?! They make a pistol in .30-06?!"

OK, now I'm out.

Posted by: GWB at November 03, 2024 08:54 PM (E8qwH)

269 Nurse, aren’t you into mostly 9 mm?
A 9 mm carbine adds very nicely to the collection and really increases the lethality of an average pistol cartridge.

Posted by: RI Red at November 03, 2024 08:55 PM (OKniM)

270 264 Nurse, Extar EP-9s are in the $400-500 range (MSRP). And they use Glock magazines.
Posted by: Ed L at November 03, 2024 08:52 PM (yRXSd)

Technically not a long gun, though. A braced pistol that fills the PCC niche a bit. They DO now have carbine versions but that bleeds into the AR15 price range and I would rather have the AR15.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2024 08:55 PM (QfvaV)

271 I misread the grammar there and thought, "What?! They make a pistol in .30-06?!"

Thompson/Center Encore and I think there was some small production single-shot, Lone Wolf, Lone Eagle, Lone something.

Posted by: Oddbob at November 03, 2024 08:57 PM (/y8xj)

272 RIP Peanut.

Posted by: TRex at November 03, 2024 08:57 PM (IQ6Gq)

273 Gun saftey

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at November 03, 2024 08:58 PM (xOfQi)

274 One day when I really want to piss away some cash I will buy a Left-handed 1911!

Because that might be the Platonic Ideal of pistols!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at November 03, 2024 08:58 PM (d9fT1)

275 Copy. One shooter put a lot of 9mm on the 50 yd plate on Friday. It did not fall off. I did not inspect the plate for significant damage during a cold range pause. I didn't think of that issue. Will do that in the future.
Posted by: Gref at November 03, 2024 08:15 PM (aBgBM)

I feel seen!

Also, the number of times I missed the 50-yard plate may have contributed to its longetivity.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 03, 2024 08:58 PM (v23vE)

276 271 I misread the grammar there and thought, "What?! They make a pistol in .30-06?!"

Thompson/Center Encore and I think there was some small production single-shot, Lone Wolf, Lone Eagle, Lone something.
Posted by: Oddbob at November 03, 2024 08:57 PM (/y8xj)
Thompson Contender, one frame, many calibers.

Posted by: Eromero at November 03, 2024 08:59 PM (LHPAg)

277 RIP Peanut.

We hardly knew ye.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 03, 2024 08:59 PM (mH6SG)

278 Will do. Loading .45ACP, btw.
Thanks!
Posted by: That SOB Van Owen
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Okay, that narrows it down. 45 ACP is a pretty good cartridge to reload. Check for your flaring die set as if you are adding a bit too little flare before trying to seat the bullet, the bullet can buckle the case slightly and you can usually feel or see it.

Flaring too much can sometimes then result in over crimping introducing similar problems.

Occasionally, it can be a problem batch of out of spec bullets but that is rare and easily found out.

If I have not reloaded a handgun cartridge in awhile, I always create a dummy reference cartridge for die setting for that bullet and to make sure that my dies are set all right before loading real ammo.

Aluminum cases are great for dummy ammo and paint them,etc to distinguish them from your real ammo.

Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 08:59 PM (ctrM5)

279 I misread the grammar there and thought, "What?! They make a pistol in .30-06?!"

OK, now I'm out.
Posted by: GWB

Gnight GWB.

Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 09:00 PM (ctrM5)

280 272 RIP Peanut.
Posted by: TRex at November 03, 2024 08:57 PM (IQ6Gq)
P-E-A-N-U-T, P-E-A-N-U-T, P-E-A-N-U-T,
Peanut was his name.

Posted by: Eromero at November 03, 2024 09:02 PM (LHPAg)

281 RIP Peanut.

We hardly knew ye.
Posted by: Notorious BFD

Anybody here seen my old friend Peanut?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up over the hill
With Abraham, Martin, and John

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at November 03, 2024 09:03 PM (L/fGl)

282 Flaring too much can sometimes then result in over crimping introducing similar problems.
Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 08:59 PM (ctrM5)

Again, something I'll definitely check.

Posted by: That SOB Van Owen at November 03, 2024 09:03 PM (kj1wH)

283 ...whig...

Thanks. But the M4gery is staying here w/ me as Home Defense, until past the end. Herself can run the gun, if need be.

But, it'll be for sale AT MARKET PRICE when the time comes. I was just illustrating the what I paid for it price, so Nurse might go to the Bear Creek Arsenal site, and do some shopping, there.

And someone please write to Scuba Dude and tell him to look for that Thompson-Center I'd mentioned. I think he's gonna want that one.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 03, 2024 09:03 PM (Xo+UM)

284 H Upmann cigars ..any HU..sublime...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 03, 2024 09:03 PM (Cbio9)

285 Don't think any state can ban ARs.

I believe Maryland has and it is currently being challenged in court as Snope v Brown.

The sale and manufacture of ARs and similar is illegal in Illinois now too.

Posted by: haffhowershower at November 03, 2024 09:04 PM (NMT5x)

286 And someone please write to Scuba Dude and tell him to look for that Thompson-Center I'd mentioned. I think he's gonna want that one.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at November

I will send him a screen shot of this, Jim.

Posted by: Piper at November 03, 2024 09:05 PM (pZEOD)

287 269 Nurse, aren’t you into mostly 9 mm?
A 9 mm carbine adds very nicely to the collection and really increases the lethality of an average pistol cartridge.
Posted by: RI Red

I'm "into" whatever I can shoot well. 9mm carbines are fun, but not what I really need. I'm thinking an AR platform or a 30.06. I shoot those well. But. Are you really able to claim self defense if the asshole is 500 yards away?

I just feel a little insecure without Marine's boom sticks.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 03, 2024 09:06 PM (UMF0j)

288 Technically not a long gun, though. A braced pistol that fills the PCC niche a bit. They DO now have carbine versions but that bleeds into the AR15 price range and I would rather have the AR15.

Posted by: blaster
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ARs are a good self defense weapon but can be an issue if you are in urban areas and have to fire at indoor ranges.

Not all of them allow rifles other than something like the 22 LR. Some don't allow shotguns. And an AR on an indoor range can be a bit unpleasant to fire due to blast and noise issues.

ARs have a slight training ramp up as well. I use a n AR for home defense simply because I cannot wield a pump action shottie very well anymore due to joint degeneration and arthritis.

But I learned to use the AR via Uncle Sam or I would simply use Uncle Ivan's SKS. I can shoot either of them or even a Garand but each has a different manual of arms and fiddle fumbling in the dark is not when I want to recall controls on a firearm. So the AR it twas to replace my beloved shotties. Also easier for the wife to use.

Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 09:06 PM (ctrM5)

289 I misread the grammar there and thought, "What?! They make a pistol in .30-06?!"

OK, now I'm out.
Posted by: GWB at November 03, 2024 08:54 PM (E8qwH)

Not quite the same thing, but Mr. Knight showed a cut down M-16 in his collection that was used by one of the Tunnel Rats. It had the barrel cut back to about 4.5" or so. It even had battle damage from the last time it was used in action (making it inoperable). The muzzle flash from that weapon when fired inside a VC tunnel must have been beyond impressive.

Posted by: Ed L at November 03, 2024 09:07 PM (yRXSd)

290 89 I misread the grammar there and thought, "What?! They make a pistol in .30-06?!"

OK, now I'm out.
Posted by: GWB at November 03, 2024 08:54 PM (E8qwH)

Not quite the same thing, but Mr. Knight showed a cut down M-16 in his collection that was used by one of the Tunnel Rats. It had the barrel cut back to about 4.5" or so. It even had battle damage from the last time it was used in action (making it inoperable). The muzzle flash from that weapon when fired inside a VC tunnel must have been beyond impressive.
Posted by: Ed L at November 03, 2024 09:07 PM (yRXSd)
All those guys who survived are deaf as a post.

Posted by: Eromero at November 03, 2024 09:09 PM (LHPAg)

291 I'm "into" whatever I can shoot well. 9mm carbines are fun, but not what I really need. I'm thinking an AR platform or a 30.06. I shoot those well. But. Are you really able to claim self defense if the asshole is 500 yards away?

I just feel a little insecure without Marine's boom sticks.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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As far as self defense, if they are carrying a rifle or shotgun and obviously threatening to shoot you, that is a factor allowing perhaps a longer shot ceterus paribus.

An AR or a PCC is likely suitably lethal (with proper ammo not range ammo) with the AR having a bit more range and a bit less overpenetration with the right ammo. But indoors, you do get a lot of blast and noise from it which you do not with a PCC.

So Jim's offered AR above is an excellent price and you know the pedigree and provenance of it.

Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 09:10 PM (ctrM5)

292 RMBS, I think I could turn my Permanent Record into quite a book.
Not sure of the ending, though.
***********
Book?? Think of the movie rights, and royalties.

Posted by: Grateful, the range bag lady at November 03, 2024 09:10 PM (IQ6Gq)

293 Posted by: Jim at November 03, 2024 09:03 PM (Xo+UM)

Jim, if you need an optic for that M-forgery, I have one that I can spare. If you want it.

Posted by: Ed L at November 03, 2024 09:10 PM (yRXSd)

294 280 P-E-A-N-U-T, P-E-A-N-U-T, P-E-A-N-U-T,
Peanut was his name.
Posted by: Eromero at November 03, 2024 09:02 PM (LHPAg)

A fitting tribute, though I think, "P-apostrophe-N-U-T, P-apostrophe-N-U-T, P-apostrophe-N-U-T, P'Nut" was his name.

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at November 03, 2024 09:11 PM (DTX3h)

295 Not knowing about the Extar, I searched and found this review near the top of the hits:

The Extar EP-9 Carbine – Budget Done Right
By Travis Pike - February 28, 2024

https://is.gd/np4EQE

Does anyone knowledgeable want to briefly review the review for we novices?

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 03, 2024 09:11 PM (hovnC)

296 Thanks. But the M4gery is staying here w/ me as Home Defense, until past the end. Herself can run the gun, if need be...
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at November 03, 2024 09:03

And may that be a long time from now Jim. There are many here praying for you.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historical take at November 03, 2024 09:13 PM (55Qr6)

297 Not quite the same thing, but Mr. Knight showed a cut down M-16 in his collection that was used by one of the Tunnel Rats. It had the barrel cut back to about 4.5" or so

Did it have a working gas system?

Posted by: Oddbob at November 03, 2024 09:14 PM (/y8xj)

298 Posted by: Jim at November 03, 2024 09:03 PM

Jim, I sent you an email a few days ago so you'd have my contact info.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 03, 2024 09:14 PM (Wnv9h)

299 EdL. My M4gery is sporting a Vortex Spitfire, fixed 3x Prism Optic. Red/Green, w/ the Chevron reticle.

LOVE that glass on that rifle. You see it, you HIT IT.

That's about a $250 chonka glass though. I likes me my Vortex gear, right enough.

Repeating. M4gery NOT FOR SALE until it's in Estate status, (i.e., I've croaked)

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at November 03, 2024 09:15 PM (Xo+UM)

300 300!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 03, 2024 09:15 PM (v23vE)

301 Does anyone knowledgeable want to briefly review the review for we novices?
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 03, 2024 09:11 PM (hovnC)

Closing paragraph of the review follows:

"For the money, I’m not sure there is a better carbine out there. The SUB 2000 is a close competitor, but outside of the folding design, the EP9 does everything better. It’s a surprisingly solid rifle from a small American company, and I’m pleasantly surprised by the design."

Posted by: Ed L at November 03, 2024 09:15 PM (yRXSd)

302 300 300!
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 03, 2024 09:15 PM

Nicely done.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 03, 2024 09:17 PM (Wnv9h)

303 300 300!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 03, 2024 09:15 PM
***
Now that's teamwork. Well done!

Posted by: TRex at November 03, 2024 09:17 PM (IQ6Gq)

304 Also, Food Thread had 335 comments, and Weasel said we could talk about the ~~deKamala-ization~~ election, so ...

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 03, 2024 09:17 PM (v23vE)

305 302 300 300!
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 03, 2024 09:15 PM

Nicely done.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 03, 2024 09:17 PM (Wnv9h)

303 300 300!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 03, 2024 09:15 PM
***
Now that's teamwork. Well done!
Posted by: TRex at November 03, 2024 09:17 PM (IQ6Gq)

{blushes}

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 03, 2024 09:18 PM (v23vE)

306 300 300!
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy
---------
This is SPARTA!

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 03, 2024 09:20 PM (hovnC)

307 The Extar EP-9 Carbine – Budget Done Right
By Travis Pike - February 28, 2024

https://is.gd/np4EQE

Does anyone knowledgeable want to briefly review the review for we novices?
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 03, 2024 09:11 PM (hovnC)

Huge fan of the EP-9 pistol. I love it, most smiles per dollar of all the guns in the laager. It is super light, has hardly any recoil. And really accurate out to 25 yards and you can shoot it our farther.

I am not sold on the idea of the EP9 as a carbine. That review of it as a carbine comports with my experience with it as a pistol. BUT - for me if I was going to a carbine length its going to be an AR in 556.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2024 09:20 PM (QfvaV)

308 Does anyone knowledgeable want to briefly review the review for we novices?
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 03, 2024 09:11 PM (hovnC)

Overall rating was 4/5 stars, so I think he liked it.

Posted by: Ed L at November 03, 2024 09:21 PM (yRXSd)

309 Nurse, aren’t you into mostly 9 mm?
A 9 mm carbine adds very nicely to the collection and really increases the lethality of an average pistol cartridge.
Posted by: RI Red at November 03, 2024 08:55 PM (OKniM)

Whoa!
Steps back from thread.

Posted by: Diogenes at November 03, 2024 09:22 PM (W/lyH)

310 Yeah, Nurse.
As you no doubt know, you have to predict the tactical scenarios you are likely to face.
AR 15s are hard to argue with.

Posted by: RI Red at November 03, 2024 09:23 PM (OKniM)

311 Reminds me to ask - did I leave a blue hammock chair at TXMoMe? It never made it back in Scuba_Dude's Jeep.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 03, 2024 09:24 PM (v23vE)

312 I sincerely hope everybody bought ammo when suggested by many here. I also hope you are familiar with your various firearms and comfortable carrying (if you live in free America). And above all, put on the whole armor of GOD, Ephesians 6:11-18. And finally, .

Posted by: Eromero at November 03, 2024 09:25 PM (LHPAg)

313 Banks have money! Wave your .45 around inside and I'll bet they give you some!
Posted by: Weasel at November 03, 2024 08:35 PM

Rumour has it they laugh at puny Euroweenie calibres, though.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at November 03, 2024 09:27 PM (a3Q+t)

314 Why, Eromero, it’s almost as if you’re saying that this week will be one for the history books.

Posted by: RI Red at November 03, 2024 09:27 PM (OKniM)

315 Not a big fan of the AR-15 for indoor home defense.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 03, 2024 09:27 PM (mH6SG)

316 Overall rating was 4/5 stars, so I think he liked it.
------
I meant more 'is it a sincere/accurate review?'

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 03, 2024 09:27 PM (hovnC)

317 I am not sold on the idea of the EP9 as a carbine. That review of it as a carbine comports with my experience with it as a pistol. BUT - for me if I was going to a carbine length its going to be an AR in 556.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2024 09:20 PM (QfvaV)

I think I have to agree w/ Blaster here. If you're going to accept the penalties of a 16" barrel, 5.56mm is a better caliber choice than 9mm. 9mm will develop its max velocity out of a 9-10" barrel. 16" actually detracts from muzzle velocity in 9mm due to the additional friction incurred by the additional barrel length.

Posted by: Ed L at November 03, 2024 09:27 PM (yRXSd)

318 And finally, .
Posted by: Eromero at November 03, 2024 09:25 PM (LHPAg)

inquiring minds want to know what Eromero intended between the comma and period there ...

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 03, 2024 09:28 PM (v23vE)

319 I bought all my ARs when I lived in Illinois. I've since moved out but has Illinois really banned ARs?

Posted by: Carlyl at November 03, 2024 09:29 PM (3iuj+)

320 inquiring minds want to know what Eromero intended between the comma and period there ...
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 03, 2024 09:28 PM (v23vE)

An apostrophe.

Posted by: haffhowershower at November 03, 2024 09:30 PM (NMT5x)

321 Does anyone knowledgeable want to briefly review the review for we novices?
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC)
-----
It should work but gun reviews aside from Gun Tests magazine (which did not accept ads dunno about now) are pretty subjective. So it is kind of like us reviewing a movie review of a movie that we have not seen ourself.

There are always questions like warranty, spare parts availability, customer service by the maker, magazine availability and cost, etc. etc. then there is the subjective one of does this weapon fit my body and can I operate it easily. That requires handling and firing one.

Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 09:30 PM (ctrM5)

322 Kids turned pumpkins into mush out in the pasture with shotties, semis, and wheel gubs

Posted by: Zeera The people are coming at November 03, 2024 09:31 PM (CIeX+)

323 inquiring minds want to know what Eromero intended between the comma and period there ...
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy
------------
Raises hand.

Posted by: Silent Apostrophe at November 03, 2024 09:31 PM (41CYW)

324 315 Not a big fan of the AR-15 for indoor home defense.
Posted by: Notorious BFD

That's why I have a shotty by the door.

Jeepers. This week has me nervous. If Trump
pulls it off, Seattle will go nuts. Again. If Harris wins, everyone will be smug and self righteous and I'll want to ***********.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 03, 2024 09:32 PM (lyImQ)

325 314 Why, Eromero, it’s almost as if you’re saying that this week will be one for the history books.
Posted by: RI Red at November 03, 2024 09:27 PM (OKniM)
It will. People will be stunned. I go back to work on Thursday, and I will see one of two things, liberals who have gone insane because President Trump won, or gone insane with a lust for blood because it was stolen. I'm ready for whatever.

Posted by: Eromero at November 03, 2024 09:32 PM (LHPAg)

326 An apostrophe.
Posted by: haffhowershower at November 03, 2024 09:30 PM (NMT5x)

It's true! I heard it!

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2024 09:32 PM (QfvaV)

327 Jeepers. This week has me nervous. If Trump
pulls it off, Seattle will go nuts. Again. If Harris wins, everyone will be smug and self righteous and I'll want to ***********.
Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 03, 2024 09:32 PM

Betting Boston will be the same. Joy.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 03, 2024 09:33 PM (Wnv9h)

328 They've banned the sale. If you had one previous to the new law, you are supposed to register it.

"Under the new law, anyone who already owned an assault rifle or other banned attachments prior to this year can keep them, but they have to fill out a form with Illinois State Police now. To register, people need an email address, state ID and an Illinois firearm owner's ID."

Posted by: haffhowershower at November 03, 2024 09:33 PM (NMT5x)

329 I meant more 'is it a sincere/accurate review?'

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 03, 2024 09:27 PM (hovnC)

In the context of a plinker or fun gun at the range, yes. But as a home defense gun? I'm not 100% convinced. If you take a 16" barrel for your carbine, 5.56mm might be a better choice over 9mm. See my post (#317) for more.

Posted by: Ed L at November 03, 2024 09:33 PM (yRXSd)

330 And finally, remember Peanut.

Posted by: TRex at November 03, 2024 09:34 PM (IQ6Gq)

331 inquiring minds want to know what Eromero intended between the comma and period there ...
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy

* squints *

That's a really small font. I think it says something like ORSEC? QPSEC, maybe?

Posted by: mikeski at November 03, 2024 09:35 PM (DgGvY)

332 326 An apostrophe.
Posted by: haffhowershower at November 03, 2024 09:30 PM (NMT5x)

It's true! I heard it!
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2024 09:32 PM (QfvaV)

Well-punctuated, y'all.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 03, 2024 09:35 PM (v23vE)

333 Nurse, my brother and his wife are smug Seattle liberals.
Our recent texts have been less than satisfactory.

Posted by: RI Red at November 03, 2024 09:35 PM (OKniM)

334 Before I forget - Thanks for hosting, Weasel!

Posted by: Ed L at November 03, 2024 09:35 PM (yRXSd)

335 Betting Boston will be the same. Joy.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Texted
You.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 03, 2024 09:35 PM (lEaEN)

336 315 Not a big fan of the AR-15 for indoor home defense.
Posted by: Notorious BFD
======
Not fond of the blast but there are ways to deal with that.

Using the right ammo though, you can have less risk of overpenetration than you will get using a pistol or pcc if the hollowpoint in either of those gets plugged by drywall, etc.

Key is to use 55 gr boat tail bullets and keep your ammo speed above 3000 fps which creates a keyhole effect that works in soft tissue. Alternatively, you can use thin skinned varmint rounds but risk underpenetration with those.

223/5.56 is pretty versatile on ammo design.

Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 09:35 PM (ctrM5)

337 Just fired up a Nica Libre here. Box pressed maduro from Olivia. Silky. Oh, I never saw it mentioned, but that slab of cedar that a lot of cigars are packed with? You break them into 4-5 sticks and use them to light your cigar. I only mention it here because the folks I've imparted this science to previously cursed me for not sharing this knowledge sooner...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 03, 2024 09:36 PM (Cbio9)

338 It will. People will be stunned. I go back to work on Thursday, and I will see one of two things, liberals who have gone insane because President Trump won, or gone insane with a lust for blood because it was stolen. I'm ready for whatever.
Posted by: Eromero
=======
May the Lord walk beside you in this troubled time.

Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 09:36 PM (ctrM5)

339 333 Nurse, my brother and his wife are smug Seattle liberals.
Our recent texts have been less than satisfactory.
Posted by: RI Red

I've not spoken to my lib traded Starbucks 25 year working brother for a couple months.
I get it.

Posted by: nurse ratched, garbage at November 03, 2024 09:37 PM (lEaEN)

340 Under the new law, anyone who already owned an assault rifle or other banned attachments prior to this year can keep them, but they have to fill out a form with Illinois State Police now. To register, people need an email address, state ID and an Illinois firearm owner's ID."

Posted by: haffhowershower at November 03, 2024 09:33 PM (NMT5x)

*shake weight morion*

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, garbage human at November 03, 2024 09:37 PM (dR6yv)

341 223/5.56 is pretty versatile on ammo design.

Good point, whig.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 03, 2024 09:37 PM (mH6SG)

342 Ditto and signing off tonight. Radial nerve is comfortably numb tonight so maybe some sleep to be received. Thx y'all and see you on the other side of Tuesday, Lord willing.

Posted by: whig at November 03, 2024 09:38 PM (ctrM5)

343 Motion

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, garbage human at November 03, 2024 09:38 PM (dR6yv)

344 Tonight's service reading and sermon was on Ezekiel 5. It's about GOD's punishment of Jerusalem. And brother, we ain't no Jerusalem.

Posted by: Eromero at November 03, 2024 09:38 PM (LHPAg)

345 I meant more 'is it a sincere/accurate review?'

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 03, 2024 09:27 PM (hovnC)

See my response above, too. I think it is sincere and accurate. I have not shot one - but I have shot the pistol a good bit. I really really like it.

I don't know how all of that fits into the canuck part of your nic - AR15s may not be really available to you - if that is not an option, but the Extar is, then I would definitely consider the EP9 Carbine.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at November 03, 2024 09:38 PM (QfvaV)

346 16" actually detracts from muzzle velocity in 9mm due to the additional friction incurred by the additional barrel length.
-------
Oh, oh. All of our PCCs' barrels are 18.5" or 18.6" long.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 03, 2024 09:38 PM (hovnC)

347 Ditto and signing off tonight. Radial nerve is comfortably numb tonight so maybe some sleep to be received. Thx y'all and see you on the other side of Tuesday, Lord willing.
Posted by: whig
-------------
Hope you get a chunk of undisturbed, sound sleep.

Posted by: Silent Apostrophe at November 03, 2024 09:39 PM (41CYW)

348 Public service announcement - Gub thread posts now exceed food thread posts. Mission accomplished. Carry on.

Posted by: TRex at November 03, 2024 09:39 PM (IQ6Gq)

349 G'nite, whig.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 03, 2024 09:40 PM (mH6SG)

350 Thanks for another great Gun Thread, Weasel. All the Scritches to the WeaselPups.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at November 03, 2024 09:40 PM (Wnv9h)

351 Sleep well, Whig, Jim, and all others.
What an amazing group.

Posted by: RI Red at November 03, 2024 09:41 PM (OKniM)

352 Thanks for another great Gun Thread, Weasel. All the Scritches to the WeaselPups.

Ditto.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at November 03, 2024 09:41 PM (mH6SG)

353 *shake weight morion*
-------
Conquistadores hardest hit.

[And, yes, I saw your correction.]

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 03, 2024 09:42 PM (hovnC)

354 Oh, oh. All of our PCCs' barrels are 18.5" or 18.6" long.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 03, 2024 09:38 PM (hovnC)

If you're talking bad breath ranges, the other guy won't be able to tell the difference in velocity. If you're trying to hit something at 100 yards, it might be a problem. But how many self-defense engagements take place at 100 yards?

Posted by: Ed L at November 03, 2024 09:42 PM (yRXSd)

355 OK all y'all. 9:43 thank you time.

Thank you.

Keep your shit together this week and I'll see you next Sunday.

Posted by: Weasel at November 03, 2024 09:43 PM (8dNj/)

356 Thanks, Weasel, for a thread that remains a weekend highlight (to me, at least).

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy at November 03, 2024 09:44 PM (v23vE)

357 Tonight's service reading and sermon was on Ezekiel 5. It's about GOD's punishment of Jerusalem. And brother, we ain't no Jerusalem.
Posted by: Eromero

Coincidence?

https://is.gd/4jgdBX

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at November 03, 2024 09:44 PM (L/fGl)

358 I only mention it here because the folks I've imparted this science to previously cursed me for not sharing this knowledge sooner...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 03, 2024 09:36 PM (Cbio9)

This is more of a food thread item, but in the same vein of sharing knowledge, because I only learned of this a couple of years ago after my brother told me.

Look at your aluminum foil or cling wrap, it's a roll inside of a box. On each end of that box is a little D-shaped perforation. Push those inward. The little tabs go inside the cardboard tube and holds it in the box when you pull a piece of foil/wrap out, so that the whole roll doesn't want to pop out of the box.

Posted by: haffhowershower at November 03, 2024 09:46 PM (NMT5x)

359 Thanks Weasel and thanks Horde! Let not your shit be wobbly.

Posted by: TRex at November 03, 2024 09:49 PM (IQ6Gq)

360 Had a three hour phone call with my kid sister. She admitted to voting Kamala. This after indulging my rant about how inept a candidate she is. I appreciate her honesty, and knowing that she's my last surviving sibling, I granted her the grace that we can differ and still be family. She did the same for me. We'll chat again around Thanksgiving. This is the way....

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 03, 2024 09:50 PM (Cbio9)

361 But how many self-defense engagements take place at 100 yards?
---------
Yes, in my neighbourhood all under 100 yards other than up/down two main roads.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 03, 2024 09:52 PM (hovnC)

362 Shit. Power just went down.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 03, 2024 09:54 PM (XeU6L)

363 362 But how many self-defense engagements take place at 100 yards?
---------
Yes, in my neighbourhood all under 100 yards other than up/down two main roads.
Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 03, 2024 09:52 PM (hovnC)
Know your neighbors.

Posted by: Eromero at November 03, 2024 09:55 PM (LHPAg)

364 Cleanup needed before you retire for the night, Weasel.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 03, 2024 09:56 PM (hovnC)

365 364
And scoping out your fire lanes. It might matter, bigly..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at November 03, 2024 09:57 PM (Cbio9)

366 Shit. Power just went down.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at November 03, 2024 09:54 PM (XeU6L)

I would expect a few random outages as the utility works to restore the grid. Or maybe a storm-weakened tree toppled onto a line?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 03, 2024 09:58 PM (1v7/i)

367 Any minute now......

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 03, 2024 10:00 PM (QGaXH)

368 I would expect a few random outages as the utility works to restore the grid. Or maybe a storm-weakened tree toppled onto a line?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at November 03, 2024 09:58 PM (1v7/i)

Lot of that going on in upstate SC and W NC.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, garbage human at November 03, 2024 10:03 PM (dR6yv)

369 There it is!

ONT Nude...I mean Nood

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at November 03, 2024 10:04 PM (QGaXH)

370 Most deaths in war have been in close combat. Bombs and artillery notwithstanding.

Posted by: Carlyl at November 03, 2024 10:05 PM (3iuj+)

371 And scoping out your fire lanes. It might matter, bigly.
-----
Yes. And, luckily, there's a school and its football field/running track behind my house.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at November 03, 2024 10:07 PM (hovnC)

372 Looks like Weasel can sleep in again.

Good job, everyone!

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