Gun Thread: Almost End of August 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 almost the end of August? Next week will be the end of August and the week after that is the first of September!

On a programming note, SpaceX is planning to launch Starship Test Flight 10 not long after this thread goes up (launch window opens at 6:30pm Central) so consider this an open thread to discuss the launch and flight.

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

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FUNdamentals

Fundamentals and YOU - any progress to report?

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Range Data

An issue that comes up from time to time is the collection and recording of range data. When I think of range data, I am mostly thinking of ballistic data and its relationship with atmospheric conditions. A bullet you shoot today does not behave the same as a bullet you will shoot tomorrow because the atmospheric conditions have most likely changed enough to affect the projectile behavior in flight. With me so far?

If you're plinking for funsies at 100 yds this really doesn't matter. Shoot whatever ammunition you have and generally disregard the weather. However, longer distances require much greater consistency with ammunition velocities and a good understanding of how changes in atmospheric conditions effect the flight of a projectile.

Some time ago I wrote the following for the Gun Thread and later incorporated it into the handout for the TXMoMe Shooting Clinic.

Ballistics and Atmospheric Conditions Affecting Bullet Flight
If you know the weight of the projectile and its velocity leaving the barrel, and certain atmospheric conditions affecting air density then you can compute a firing solution. Most generic range cards use a "standard" atmosphere, from which there are several to choose. I use the ICAO atmospheric model, which is; air temp 59 F, air pressure 29.92 Hg, 78% RH and an elevation of 0' or sea level. But what if you're not shooting in precisely these conditions? What if you take a trip from your home range near the beach and go hunting in the Colorado mountains?
Since it's cumbersome to record and use all of that data, it can be combined into the single reference value Density Altitude (or DA) which is simply expressed as a variation in altitude to the standard column of air at sea level. If you have been faithfully recording data in a little notebook every time you shoot, you should have been including the DA, range to target, and the necessary elevation in MOA or mils for future reference.
Density Altitude is published for local airports, and many online calculation tools exist, but you need data in real time as the DA changes throughout the day. If you're interested in this level of precision, I strongly recommend investing in a Kestrel Meter a compact weather instrument with an anemometer and which calculates DA based on your current conditions at the range.
If you have been recording your data, all you need to do is look in your data book and find the last time you shot at the same distance with the same rifle and ammo, and dial the same elevation based on DA. It doesn't matter where on the planet you observed the data, if accurately measured, it will still be valid. If you are diligent, over time you will record enough data to cover most shooting situations.

This is key information, people. If your ammo is consistent with regard to velocity, and over time you record its performance with respect to density altitude, you have all the information you need to engage targets on the first try.

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Stuff You Should Know About Buckshot

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Stuff You Should Know About Jumping Out Of Airplanes

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Stuff You Should Know About Rules For Fuedin'

Might be useful in TX!

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Magnum Force!

Our Pal Clint on the range!

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Our Pal Integrated Data Processing

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Highway Patrol
This week's episode: Trailer Story

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Target Earth

Have we seen Target Earth before? Pretty sure we have but in case you missed it, here it is again.

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Cigar of the Week

This week our pal Diogenes scores again with this excellent review of the The Gurkha Ghost

The Gurkha Ghost is not a cigar for beginners. In fact, the one I fired up was tough even for me. I want to give cigars a fair shot and this one was bad enough that I will need to get a second one just to see if the first one was off in some way. The Ghost possesses a wrapper from Brazilian Maduro, and a Dominican binder and filler with a bit of Nicaraguan in there as well. It is rated as a Medium to Full flavored cigar. Yup, is all of that. It is a beautiful cigar, very dark and charcoal-like in color and having a nice solid feel to it. It has a 93 rating by Cigar Aficionado which is a great rating, but as mentioned, the one I had did not deserve it. After clipping the end, I tried something a friend suggested and gave the freshly cut end a sniff. Weird huh? But the sniffer picked up aromas of cocoa, leather and a strong woodiness.
The fecal matter hit the oscillating air displacement system as soon as I lit the match. The first puffs were pepper - red pepper - with some tobacco thrown in. Ugh! The spice hits like a linebacker and a sip of iced scotch was necessary. Hell, it was mandatory! (But then when isn't this so?) After I recovered, it took a few minutes to taste the tobacco.
There was an upside. Great smoke production, a soft draw, and an even burn. The ash held up and the aroma lingered.
The downside? Pepper, spice and coffee. Burnt coffee. There is a sweetness there but it is so overshadowed that you almost have to think about it just to taste it.
By the second third, the pepper remains but has mellowed a bit, although that may have been my tastebuds seared for life. The mellowing helped and for a few minutes there, it was a reasonable smoke, almost enjoyable. I didn't hang around for the last third. I'd had enough.
As I said above, I will try the Ghurkha again, maybe at New Years. I'll let you know how it goes.

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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AmmoSeek - online ammo search tool
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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 st!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2025 07:00 PM (Wnv9h)

2 The Others have been summoned.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2025 07:02 PM (Wnv9h)

3 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2025 07:03 PM (+qU29)

4 Nice review Diogenes.
The Ghost seems a bit overdone.
I'll look forward to your next review.

Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at August 24, 2025 07:05 PM (x/adi)

5 Good Sunday evening, gub 'ettes and 'rons, and howdy to our host Weasel!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at August 24, 2025 07:07 PM (v23vE)

6 52 days to TXMOME X. Come shoot, eat , drink , laugh and enjoy life.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2025 07:09 PM (dxWFK)

7 Nice review Diogenes.
The Ghost seems a bit overdone.
I'll look forward to your next review.
Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at August 24, 2025 07:05 PM (x/adi)

Thanxs.
I've scored a few new ones and look forward to the sampling.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 24, 2025 07:09 PM (2WIwB)

8 Guns!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at August 24, 2025 07:10 PM (xcxpd)

9 This is sort of gun/MoMe-adjacent.

Brandon Herrera (the AK Guy, so, guns), Donut Operator, The Fat Electrician, and Another (collectively the Unsubscribe Podcast) are doing a tour this fall. They're in the Boston area in December. I got a ticket. If any NE area Morons feel like going as well, perhaps we can get a MiniMAMoME going before or after the show. Let me know if you're going, and we can make plans.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2025 07:10 PM (Wnv9h)

10 Chute em!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 24, 2025 07:11 PM (SQ1eO)

11 The first puffs were pepper - red pepper - with some tobacco thrown in.

As a non-cigar smoker, would that perhaps indicate that the young maiden, upon whose thighs it was hand-rolled, was a particularly spicy chica?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 24, 2025 07:11 PM (0sNs1)

12 Hi Everyone;

Looking forward to the TX MOME - out of vacation this year but I hope to make it for Saturday.

Posted by: Lurking in Garland at August 24, 2025 07:11 PM (rJt05)

13 RMBS, has your Mom gotten her grip helper yet?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2025 07:11 PM (dxWFK)

14 Ah, Integrated Data Processing ... that which has paid my mortgage and fed my children lo these many years.

Well, some flavor of it, anyway.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at August 24, 2025 07:12 PM (v23vE)

15 Went to the range yesterday, just putting in my reps with the church gun. (PSA MicroDagger with red dot)

Again, gun is very accurate and reliable so far. But it's lightness means it's best to grip it good and to make sure the sights are on target before that trigger breaks. The gun is too light to be 'close'. Dunno why but the G19 is more forgiving and easier to shoot for me. But the PSA Micro is easier to carry, still holds 15 rounds with OEM mags, and I can avoid Glock Knuckle with it so far.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at August 24, 2025 07:12 PM (xcxpd)

16 52 days to TXMOME X. Come shoot, eat , drink , laugh and enjoy life.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2025 07:09 PM

I gave the RMBS Mom her package yesterday. I'm sure she'll be giving you a call in the next few days.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2025 07:12 PM (Wnv9h)

17 Starship launch on hold with 40 minutes left on the clock.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 24, 2025 07:12 PM (l8IGe)

18 days to TXMOME X. Come shoot, eat , drink , laugh and enjoy life.

Eats shoots and leaves.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 24, 2025 07:12 PM (SQ1eO)

19 Weasel, thank you for the FSJ update last week!

Will GT tradition be honored again this week?

Asking for the Commentariat.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 24, 2025 07:13 PM (0sNs1)

20 Any lefty shooters that are right eye dominant? As I get older I am having to tilt my head and use my right eye. Holding left feels too comfortable to switch to the right.

Posted by: Lurking in Garland at August 24, 2025 07:13 PM (rJt05)

21 Hello, Weasel!

Posted by: Ed L at August 24, 2025 07:13 PM (BCwQW)

22 Starship launch scrubbed. Maybe tomorrow?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 24, 2025 07:14 PM (l8IGe)

23 Gubs! And cigars!

Diogenes thanks for that review. Sounds indeed like a second try is warranted. Did you have this Ghost resting in your humidor for a while? I now try to give any new-to-me stick a few weeks resting just to make sure it’s in proper condition before I try it.

And one very common taste note that simply never registers at all for me is pepper. Black, red, white, whatever. Pepper is a yuuuge distinctive feature of much Nicaraguan leaf. But my admittedly mediocre palate (when it comes to cigars) just doesn’t sense it.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 24, 2025 07:15 PM (Ek1Ps)

24 Good afternoon. Thanks again for the thread, weasel!

I managed to shoot myself into a last place finish in the silhouette match yesterday.

The only upside was going 5 for 5 on the chicken silhouettes @ 200 meters. Even better, the chickens landed such I was able to see I was center punching them quite well.

Anything over 200 meters, well, we won't discuss it. Though, I have identified the problem: Inconsistent setup behind the rifle. Could not get myself consistently squared up behind the rifle. I'm going to blame Alaska Cruise fatigue and lack of focus on fundamentals. Mostly the latter.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 24, 2025 07:15 PM (tT6L1)

25 Damn! They had to scrub the launch. No details yet.

Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025 07:15 PM (yTvNw)

26 Any lefty shooters that are right eye dominant? As I get older I am having to tilt my head and use my right eye. Holding left feels too comfortable to switch to the right.
Posted by: Lurking in Garland at August 24, 2025 07:13 PM

Have you tried tilting* the weapon a bit to the right to bring the sights in line with your right eye?

* A bit, not a 90-degree gangsta tilt.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 24, 2025 07:16 PM (0sNs1)

27 Evening all
No gun stuff to report but hip surgery went well. No pain, no side effects. Long way to go yet but encouraged. Texas looking good.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 24, 2025 07:17 PM (t/2Uw)

28 25 Damn! They had to scrub the launch. No details yet.
Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025 07:15 PM (yTvNw
They forgot to turn off the coffee pot.

Posted by: Eromero at August 24, 2025 07:17 PM (DXbAa)

29 Though, I have identified the problem: Inconsistent setup behind the rifle. Could not get myself consistently squared up behind the rifle.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 24, 2025 07:15 PM

Doesn't Weasel-san recite the parable of the wobbly sh*t shooter from time to time for our edification?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 24, 2025 07:18 PM (0sNs1)

30 Sharon, what surgery did you have?

All that aside, good to know you're recovering well.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 24, 2025 07:18 PM (tT6L1)

31 Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 24, 2025 07:13 PM (0sNs1)
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Thanks. I'll try and get a good pic of them both for next week!

Posted by: Weasel at August 24, 2025 07:18 PM (dmH0a)

32 Sharon, so glad to hear it. We'll keep you to the waltz on the dance floor!

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2025 07:18 PM (dxWFK)

33 No gun stuff to report but hip surgery went well. No pain, no side effects. Long way to go yet but encouraged. Texas looking good.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 24, 2025 07:17 PM

Most cromulent news, sharon. Looking forward to seeing you down in TX.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2025 07:18 PM (Wnv9h)

34 Good evening gubthreaders and all the ships at sea!

My Nood mug is full of brown liquid. I am ready to post.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at August 24, 2025 07:19 PM (RoO7G)

35 20 Any lefty shooters that are right eye dominant? As I get older I am having to tilt my head and use my right eye. Holding left feels too comfortable to switch to the right.
Posted by: Lurking in Garland at August 24, 2025 07:13 PM (rJt05)

Red dots seem to fix eye dominance problems. I can shoot left handed with a red dot way better than I ever could with even quality irons.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at August 24, 2025 07:19 PM (xcxpd)

36 No gun stuff to report but hip surgery went well. No pain, no side effects. Long way to go yet but encouraged. Texas looking good.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 24, 2025 07:17 PM (t/2Uw)

Great to hear, ma'am! May your recovery be quick and minimally painful.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at August 24, 2025 07:20 PM (v23vE)

37 Doesn't Weasel-san recite the parable of the wobbly sh*t shooter from time to time for our edification?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 24, 2025 07:18 PM (0sNs1)
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Yep. Though, truth be told, I was still worn out from Alaska. I don't recover quite like I used to.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 24, 2025 07:20 PM (tT6L1)

38 Lurking - both my sons are cosmos’s eye dominant. One switched hands and the other tilts the pistol as Duncanthrax suggests. My Dad’s the same way but shoots with his dominant hand for pistol but switches to dominant eye for rifle.

Posted by: Kratwurst at August 24, 2025 07:21 PM (fcDpY)

39 Yep. Though, truth be told, I was still worn out from Alaska. I don't recover quite like I used to.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 24, 2025 07:20 PM

Where did you go in AK?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2025 07:21 PM (Wnv9h)

40 I can tell you that Weasel has the very best alarm system ever with Gertie and Joe.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2025 07:21 PM (dxWFK)

41 Any lefty shooters that are right eye dominant? As I get older I am having to tilt my head and use my right eye. Holding left feels too comfortable to switch to the right.

Yep, been doing it that way for years. Left eye doesn't have much visual acuity left.

Posted by: That SOB Van Owen at August 24, 2025 07:22 PM (sjyKm)

42 Any lefty shooters that are right eye dominant? As I get older I am having to tilt my head and use my right eye. Holding left feels too comfortable to switch to the right.
Posted by: Lurking in Garland
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Yes, that would be me...lefty for pistols, righty for long gubs. Thank goodness I'm ambidextrous!

Posted by: The Grateful at August 24, 2025 07:22 PM (IQ6Gq)

43 9 This is sort of gun/MoMe-adjacent.

Brandon Herrera (the AK Guy, so, guns), Donut Operator, The Fat Electrician, and Another (collectively the Unsubscribe Podcast) are doing a tour this fall. They're in the Boston area in December. I got a ticket. If any NE area Morons feel like going as well, perhaps we can get a MiniMAMoME going before or after the show. Let me know if you're going, and we can make plans.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2025 07:10 PM (Wnv9h)

I do like Brandon and the TFE...as long as he doesn't start ranting about MacArthur. One of the Unsubscribe bros is a serious asshole though. Don't know his name and don't wanna know.

I hope your miniMoMe goes well though. Have fun.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at August 24, 2025 07:23 PM (xcxpd)

44 Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2025 07:21 PM (dxWFK)
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That's for sure. I don't bother setting the real alarm system anymore!

Posted by: Weasel at August 24, 2025 07:23 PM (dmH0a)

45 Sharon, good to hear that surgery went well.

Posted by: Ed L at August 24, 2025 07:23 PM (BCwQW)

46 Weasel, Diogenes, others - what’s burning tonight?

A nice Gilberto Oliva Reserva corona here, with coffee. Nice medium stick, meat-and-potatoes profile, just light wood and nice tobacco flavors.

Great swim today, kids are back so a mob scene (on the skin-cancer deck, as I call it, not in the swimming lanes). Amazing scenery, followed by a strawberry smoothie and now a seegar.

Beats a trench in Konstantinovka, anyway.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 24, 2025 07:23 PM (Ek1Ps)

47 Good evening Horde. Thanks Weasel!

Posted by: TRex - not ambidextrous or amphibious at August 24, 2025 07:24 PM (IQ6Gq)

48 Had anterior total hip replacement. Was prepared to be helpless for days but it just seems miraculous that i am taking care of myself, making meals, moving around fine. The pain is gone. My leg is stiff but not painful. It just seems unbelievable. Real PT starts tomorrow so may not be as carefree but so far so good.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 24, 2025 07:24 PM (t/2Uw)

49 Posted by: rhomboid at August 24, 2025 07:23 PM (Ek1Ps)
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Factory Smoke!

Posted by: Weasel at August 24, 2025 07:25 PM (dmH0a)

50 The Grateful and TRex, Soon!

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2025 07:26 PM (dxWFK)

51 We went to the range yesterday. After our trip to Champion Defense in South Carolina we had some questions about what happened to our zero. Because the locking turret for elevation did not lock. The turrets on the scope are supposed to lock and require you to pull up on the outer ring to turn. The windage turret did just that. Elevation turned regardless.

I thought this meant that it was not actually adjusting the elevation when turned while in the lower position. This turned out not to be so. It was off a hair in how it was supposed to seat, so it turned in the lower or upper position. I loosened the locking piece and reseated it, it works as designed now. But it also meant our previous zero was still mostly good.

We went to a 100 yard range and rechecked it with srta blaster's rifle. She shoots it really well. Way better than me. Its zeroed at 100. Looking forward to applying weasel ballistics data as presented above in Texas.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at August 24, 2025 07:27 PM (RoO7G)

52 Where did you go in AK?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2025 07:21 PM (Wnv9h)
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Skagway, Sitka, Icy Straight Point, Ketchikan, Glacier Bay. We took a tour of the glacier in Endicott Arm Fjord. We were supposed to go up Tracy Arm but a landslide made navigation to hazardous. Which I found to be rather startling, considering how deep the fjord is.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 24, 2025 07:28 PM (tT6L1)

53 The Howa 1500 APC rifle did give us a little grief - the one magazine it came with had seemed a little weak in spring. It gave up the ghost and settled into a habit of just not feeding the next round. This is sub-optimal operation. So a new 5 rd and 10 rd on the way. Pricy for the Howa's, since they seem to only have one manufactorer.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at August 24, 2025 07:29 PM (RoO7G)

54 Really missed having regular range sessions. Was just starting to get new vision down when I had to stop. Looking forward to shooting outside. I see so much better in very bright light, can:t wait to get on the pistol range in Texas.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 24, 2025 07:30 PM (t/2Uw)

55 Rhomboid,
Had it in the humidor for several months. Well prepped. I'm thinking this one was a flyer.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 24, 2025 07:30 PM (2WIwB)

56 Sharon, it's my understanding getting up and moving is key with such surgery. Glad to know you're mobile already.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 24, 2025 07:30 PM (tT6L1)

57 blake, what do you use for the silhouette match?

I used my Uberti repro Model 1866 in 45 Colt in one, hope to do more. The rams @200yds laughed at my hits, just moving a bit but not falling over.

There’s a shorter range version at my club where I think the rifle will be fine.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 24, 2025 07:30 PM (Ek1Ps)

58 25 Damn! They had to scrub the launch. No details yet.
Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025 07:15 PM (yTvNw)

Mud in the tires.

Posted by: jsg at August 24, 2025 07:31 PM (7Kd+r)

59 By the way, Luepold returned the scope I sent in for repair. They rebuilt the internals on it, according to the sheet included.

No real surprise as it wasn't vertically tracking so much as moving at an angle when dialing elevation.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 24, 2025 07:33 PM (tT6L1)

60 We were there with a fairly decent spotting scope and a meh tripod (I was told wobbly shit should be avoided). A guy at the range said to sra blaster "you are spotting for your husband? I've got to get my wife to that, that's my goal."

I said, no, she shoots, too. He later says "you have the best wife in the world!" sra blaster did not think he was wrong.

I do not think he is wrong.

She was the only woman on the rifle side of the firing line. Other guys were pretty impressed with her gear and shooting.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at August 24, 2025 07:33 PM (RoO7G)

61 Skagway, Sitka, Icy Straight Point, Ketchikan, Glacier Bay. We took a tour of the glacier in Endicott Arm Fjord. We were supposed to go up Tracy Arm but a landslide made navigation to hazardous. Which I found to be rather startling, considering how deep the fjord is.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 24, 2025 07:28 PM

Nice. We did a cruise a year ago this week. Skagway, Juneau, Glacier Bay, Ketchikan, etc. The RMBS Mom has cousins in Ketchikan, so we had a great private tour, including a museum with an amazing firearms collection. And nurse was kind enough to be our tour guide in Seattle before we flew home. A great time was had.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2025 07:34 PM (Wnv9h)

62 rhomboid, I shot the half size chickens, hah, because they're roughly 3" wide by about 5" tall with my 6.5-06.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 24, 2025 07:34 PM (tT6L1)

63 rhomboid at August 24, 2025 07:23 PM (Ek1Ps)

Only thing burning here is dinner.
Sadz.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 24, 2025 07:35 PM (2WIwB)

64 My Nood mug is full of brown liquid. I am ready to post.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at August 24, 2025 07:19 PM

Cocktail glass also full of brown liquid. *fistbump*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2025 07:36 PM (Wnv9h)

65 Other guys were pretty impressed with her gear

Izzat what the kids are calling it now?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 24, 2025 07:37 PM (5OC6U)

66 Ammo creep is making itself felt after adding the .357/.38 lever gun to the mix. One new gun, two new calibers!

The range we go to charges $25/shooter to shoot unless you buy their ammo. Last time we went they were okay with just buying a box of their ammo, didn't care if your brought your own, too.

We need .308 and bought it. They asked if we had our own and answered we brought .357 so they were going to ring up $50 for range time. Instead bought a box of .357 for $42.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at August 24, 2025 07:37 PM (RoO7G)

67 I have bullet-shaped metal ice thingies to cool down whisky. They suck at cooling down whiskey but they look cool.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 24, 2025 07:38 PM (zhA6r)

68 We shot the lever gun at 50 yards. Results were...mixed. Able to get on paper most of the time at 50.

Did find a better technique for loading it through the side gate. I have seen on the Internet so I know that it is true that the manufacturer uses the same spring for the 20 inch, 18 inch, and 16 inch barrels. Making it way over-spring for the carbine length. The fix is to cut off 13 or so coils. Haven't gotten up the will to do that yet. But that should make it easier to load.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at August 24, 2025 07:41 PM (RoO7G)

69 I do like Brandon and the TFE...as long as he doesn't start ranting about MacArthur. One of the Unsubscribe bros is a serious asshole though. Don't know his name and don't wanna know.

I hope your miniMoMe goes well though. Have fun.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at August 24, 2025 07:23 PM

I think I know who you mean. I generally ignore him. Hoping some local Morons feel like coming out. We haven't had a Boston area MoMe since 2010.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2025 07:41 PM (Wnv9h)

70 Hahahaha, they make bullet shape ice trays.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2025 07:43 PM (dxWFK)

71 Took the CC9 and PPK to the range this weekend. I put 50 rounds through each of them. I strained a ligament in my right arm. Shooting the CC9 one handed tired out my right arm quickly, especially when shooting with defense rounds. Shooting the PPK after the CC9 felt like shooting a .22 by comparison. Shooting one handed w/ the PPK was easier. It won't win any marksmanship awards thanks to the sights, though. The CC9 comes out ahead in that department.

Posted by: Ed L at August 24, 2025 07:43 PM (BCwQW)

72 I've been a bit house bound this week so I've been reading about shooting. ("Those who can't do, read.")

For the hand loaders in the group, especially with mil-surp bolt action rifles, do a search on C. E. Harris The Load. He wrote the piece about using a standard charge of Red Dot powder in 30 caliber rifles and using, mostly, cast bullets. Supposed to be accurate to at least a hundred yards and decent out to 200. And they work well with the original iron sights once adjusted for the lower power loads.

I like the whole idea. It would make it more comfortable shooting my old battle rifles, less recoil. Saves money. You can get over 500 charges out of a pound of Red Dot. You learn ways to lube cast bullets. (I like the Lee tumble lube method.) And cast bullets are a lot cheaper than jacketed or can be cast yourself.

The piece was written in the early 90s and the prices he mentioned are the stuff of distant dreams now. One other aspect I like is it can be done with the simplest reloading tools: a scoop, hand press, and a tub for the lube. Any set of basic dies, or the whack-a-mole type will do the job.

It worth the read.

Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025 07:44 PM (yTvNw)

73 One way to diminish the caliber creep per gun is to add more guns in the same caliber. Need a .357 revolver to add to the mix.

Have been mulling it over - I figured a SAA clone would be the thing, but I hate the sights. Modern sights on an SAA, that would be nice. Sees Ruger Redhawk. That's...a look.

Still noodling it. Also considering the .357 w 9mm cylinder option, for maintaining max ammo usability.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at August 24, 2025 07:44 PM (RoO7G)

74 Any of y’all who come through Seattle in or out of a cruise, I’d be happy to meet up and show you around.

I don’t think brunch could be any nicer than what we had on the beach though. It was spectacular weather and the food was good too!

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 24, 2025 07:45 PM (mT+6a)

75 Skagway, Sitka, Icy Straight Point, Ketchikan, Glacier Bay. We took a tour of the glacier in Endicott Arm Fjord. We were supposed to go up Tracy Arm but a landslide made navigation to hazardous. Which I found to be rather startling, considering how deep the fjord is.
Posted by: blake
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I'd love to hear about your trip and see photos if you have time during the MoMe. A road trip to AK is on my list. Not anytime soon. But someday.

Also, you scared me a bit starting a sentence with "I managed to shoot myself..." I'm relieved it was only "into last place" and not "in the foot"

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 24, 2025 07:45 PM (7HoOO)

76 The CC9 comes out ahead in that department.
Posted by: Ed L at August 24, 2025 07:43 PM

H&K loves you more than Walther does.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 24, 2025 07:47 PM (0sNs1)

77 I don’t think brunch could be any nicer than what we had on the beach though. It was spectacular weather and the food was good too!
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 24, 2025 07:45 PM

Do this, good Morons. That was a fine day, and nurse is an exceptional hostess. And we got to meet Lucy the Fink and give her scritches.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2025 07:47 PM (Wnv9h)

78 I'd love to hear about your trip and see photos if you have time during the MoMe. A road trip to AK is on my list. Not anytime soon. But someday.

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 24, 2025 07:45 PM

Mine are still on my phone. I'll be happy to share, too.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2025 07:49 PM (Wnv9h)

79 Also, you scared me a bit starting a sentence with "I managed to shoot myself..." I'm relieved it was only "into last place" and not "in the foot"
Posted by: screaming in digital at August 24, 2025 07:45 PM (7HoOO)
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I metaphorically "shoot myself in the foot" all the time. Sort of a lifestyle choice these days.

Happy to share a few pictures of AK with you when in TX.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 24, 2025 07:49 PM (tT6L1)

80 Why would you ruin good whiskey by watering it down ?

Posted by: jsg at August 24, 2025 07:49 PM (7Kd+r)

81 Thanks for the Gub Thread, Weasel.

Range day today. Simple reps focusing on bringing up the sights on target reliably. It's something I have to do regularly these days. Age requires ;-)

Enjoyed petting a SW 2.O Metal in the Performance Center version. Wishing I were rich.

Posted by: YellowBird at August 24, 2025 07:50 PM (MEbkQ)

82 Half way thru an Asylum 6x80. LFD is my favorite but in a pinch you burn a fatty!

Posted by: sTevo at August 24, 2025 07:50 PM (OzzYq)

83 Still noodling it. Also considering the .357 w 9mm cylinder option, for maintaining max ammo usability.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at August 24, 2025 07:44 PM (RoO7G)

Are both of you OK with the grip shape? Some people love it, but others hate it. That's because the ergonomics for that grip shape don't work for them.

Posted by: Ed L at August 24, 2025 07:50 PM (BCwQW)

84 I think the Gurkha brand has taken a shit over the last 5 years. I used to like it. I even spent the money for a black dragon. But then the quality and taste fell off a cliff, at least to my tastes. So I stopped buying them.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 24, 2025 07:51 PM (zhA6r)

85 Great review on the Gurkha Ghost.
If I see them I'll have to pick up a couple.

Probably not the cigar for one who chases the ellusive 'toast' flavor a mild Connecticut once teased me with.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 24, 2025 07:51 PM (/lPRQ)

86 H&K loves you more than Walther does.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 24, 2025 07:47 PM (0sNs1)

Better than the factory PPK sights is a pretty low bar. Even the GI sights on the M1911A1 can clear that.

Posted by: Ed L at August 24, 2025 07:53 PM (BCwQW)

87 One of these days, I'ma put some rounds through this .308

Maybe.

Posted by: jsg at August 24, 2025 07:53 PM (7Kd+r)

88 Darn Ed. I miss shooting with you. And Blaster and Sra Blaster and Hrothgar. Before Iris left for Portugal, I told her I can;t drive for a while so she can;t miss any MGC meetups because she's the designated driver.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 24, 2025 07:53 PM (t/2Uw)

89 22 Starship launch scrubbed. Maybe tomorrow?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

Thanks, I saw that there were no feeds and also no big news.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 24, 2025 07:53 PM (BLOW1)

90 Ruger Blackhawk not Redhawk. Redhawk is a more modern revolver design.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at August 24, 2025 07:53 PM (RoO7G)

91 Pixy Misa on the gun thread? Does the Pixy sleep? Ever?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 24, 2025 07:54 PM (tT6L1)

92 Hahahaha, they make bullet shape ice trays.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2025 07:43 PM (dxWFK)
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That will water it down, though. Which I don’t want to do, at least not for expensive whisky. The big metal cubes are better for cooling the drink down, but they don’t look as cool as the bullets. The struggle is real.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 24, 2025 07:54 PM (zhA6r)

93 Pixy Misa on the gun thread? Does the Pixy sleep? Ever?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 24, 2025 07:54 PM

The streams have been crossed.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2025 07:54 PM (Wnv9h)

94 Still noodling it. Also considering the .357 w 9mm cylinder option, for maintaining max ammo usability.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at August 24, 2025 07:44 PM (RoO7G)
Ruger, mine is a stainless with two cylinders, a beauty.

Posted by: Eromero at August 24, 2025 07:55 PM (LHPAg)

95 Blake, I'm in for the Alaska pics too. It is pretty high up on my bucket list.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 24, 2025 07:55 PM (t/2Uw)

96 I'm thinking of selling my VP9 and getting a Hellcat

Posted by: jsg at August 24, 2025 07:55 PM (7Kd+r)

97 Hahahaha, they make bullet shape ice trays.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2025 07:43 PM

I have a mold that makes ice cubes shaped like little Titanics and icebergs. The Gin and Titonic set.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2025 07:55 PM (Wnv9h)

98 blaster as you just noted, caliber creep can be treated with ….. platform proliferation. It’s a cure, of sorts. Or a transparent rationalization, ahemm.

I am leaning towards the Ruger solution for a revolver in 45 Colt for my “treatment”.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 24, 2025 07:56 PM (Ek1Ps)

99 Mine are still on my phone. I'll be happy to share, too.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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I'd enjoy that. Your Mom was kind enough to share many of her photos last year, and even more kindly sat through my England album and travelogue :-)

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 24, 2025 07:56 PM (7HoOO)

100 100!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at August 24, 2025 07:56 PM (v23vE)

101 Blake, I'm in for the Alaska pics too. It is pretty high up on my bucket list.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 24, 2025 07:55 PM

Do it!!!!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2025 07:56 PM (Wnv9h)

102 I'd enjoy that. Your Mom was kind enough to share many of her photos last year, and even more kindly sat through my England album and travelogue :-)
Posted by: screaming in digital at August 24, 2025 07:56 PM (7HoOO)
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So, this means we're swapping AK and England travel stories?

Good to know.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 24, 2025 07:57 PM (tT6L1)

103 Some people find a few boxes of ammo or maybe a case while moving.

I found
a rifle
1 case of 6.5 cm, 1 case .380, 4 cases 9mm, 2 cases 5.56, in cans
6 sealed cans of linked .50 bmg, 4:1 ball/tracer
20 (!) .30 cal cans of .22lr
1 crate of 7.92x57

My back is unhappy, otherwise I am ok with this. I also found a bunch of mags for things I did not own when I got the mags, but now do.

Posted by: heya at August 24, 2025 07:57 PM (Os3//)

104 Still noodling it. Also considering the .357 w 9mm cylinder option, for maintaining max ammo usability.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at August 24, 2025 07:44 PM (RoO7G)
Ruger, mine is a stainless with two cylinders, a beauty.
Posted by: Eromero

Does the 9mm cylindar hold the case at the rim?
If so it might be a virtual Medusa.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 24, 2025 07:57 PM (/lPRQ)

105 Blake, I'm in for the Alaska pics too. It is pretty high up on my bucket list.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 24, 2025 07:55 PM (t/2Uw)
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No problem, glad to share.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 24, 2025 07:57 PM (tT6L1)

106 I'd enjoy that. Your Mom was kind enough to share many of her photos last year, and even more kindly sat through my England album and travelogue :-)
Posted by: screaming in digital at August 24, 2025 07:56 PM

Those were great pics. She loved them. We're considering Cornwall at some point. Greece in May, but maybe Normandy and England the next year, God willing.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2025 07:58 PM (Wnv9h)

107 I am leaning towards the Ruger solution for a revolver in 45 Colt for my “treatment”.
Posted by: rhomboid at August 24, 2025 07:56 PM (Ek1Ps)

Which Ruger? Deputy? Blackhawk? Vaquero?

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at August 24, 2025 08:00 PM (RoO7G)

108 My revolver just melts into my hand.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2025 08:01 PM (dxWFK)

109 Sorry Deputy is a Taurus. Forget I asked that.

Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at August 24, 2025 08:01 PM (RoO7G)

110 Took the concealed carry class this weekend. Now I just have to submit the paperwork, pay (of course), and wait. One of the other participants was a young man who completed the shooting part with a six-shooter, shooting one-handed, standing perpendicular to the target. Best shot in the class. He only had two shots outside the bullseye. Impressive.

Posted by: windbag at August 24, 2025 08:02 PM (NBdKk)

111 So, this means we're swapping AK and England travel stories?

Good to know.
Posted by: blake
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I can throw in a few Russia stories too and some pics that amuse me, or maybe it was just the vodka

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 24, 2025 08:03 PM (7HoOO)

112 Highly recommend Normandy...we are happy to share info on where we went and what we saw. A trip there will definitely move and change you.....

Posted by: The Grateful at August 24, 2025 08:03 PM (IQ6Gq)

113 Cornwall and Wales were my favorite part of England. Iris currently touring Portugal so she may want in on this.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 24, 2025 08:04 PM (t/2Uw)

114 Sorry Deputy is a Taurus.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at August 24, 2025 08:01 PM

So, a Dawg?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 24, 2025 08:05 PM (0sNs1)

115 sTevo,I reviewed the Asylum maduro short robusto here a while back. Very nice. Haven’t tried any habanos from the line yet. But it’s all Aganorsa leaf, so quality is high. And among the major brands I have yet to sample is La Flor Dominicana. So many good cigars, so little time …..

Elric, Gurkha I thought had a makeover a few years back and had improved? They even acknowledged their decline and said they were determined to return to quality.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 24, 2025 08:05 PM (Ek1Ps)

116 104 Still noodling it. Also considering the .357 w 9mm cylinder option, for maintaining max ammo usability.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at August 24, 2025 07:44 PM (RoO7G)
Ruger, mine is a stainless with two cylinders, a beauty.
Posted by: Eromero

Does the 9mm cylindar hold the case at the rim?
If so it might be a virtual Medusa.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 24, 2025 07:57 PM (/lPRQ)
Loads, fires, and ejects just like .38/.357. I believe that over the years CBD, WeaselBuddy, and pretty much e'rbody shot it and liked it. It's the only one I ever saw so I had to buy it.

Posted by: Eromero at August 24, 2025 08:05 PM (LHPAg)

117 Does the 9mm cylindar hold the case at the rim?
If so it might be a virtual Medusa.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 24, 2025 07:57 PM (/lPRQ)
Loads, fires, and ejects just like .38/.357. I believe that over the years CBD, WeaselBuddy, and pretty much e'rbody shot it and liked it. It's the only one I ever saw so I had to buy it.
Posted by: Eromero
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Will you be bringing it again this year? If so, may I try it too?

Posted by: The Grateful at August 24, 2025 08:07 PM (IQ6Gq)

118 Here, finally.

Weasel, did you get my email? It was intended to spark a Thread with conversation.

Posted by: GWB at August 24, 2025 08:07 PM (1PcCZ)

119 "Target Earth" is kind of like last week's "The Earth Dies Screaming." It's a bit cheaper but still kind of fun.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 24, 2025 08:08 PM (CHHv1)

120 Posted by: GWB at August 24, 2025 08:07 PM (1PcCZ)
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Not that I recall. When did you send it?

Posted by: Weasel at August 24, 2025 08:09 PM (dmH0a)

121 sTevo,I reviewed the Asylum maduro short robusto here a while back. Very nice. Haven’t tried any habanos from the line yet. But it’s all Aganorsa leaf, so quality is high. And among the major brands I have yet to sample is La Flor Dominicana. So many good cigars, so little time …..

Elric, Gurkha I thought had a makeover a few years back and had improved? They even acknowledged their decline and said they were determined to return to quality.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 24, 2025 08:05 PM (Ek1Ps)
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Maybe. There are just so many good sticks on the market now, I just stick with them. Anything by AJ Fernandez. I also think CAO is quality. I really like their Amazon Basin series but it’s not a regular line. Their Flathead is gimmicky and hard to light, but a good cigar. Avo is excellent but overpriced.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 24, 2025 08:10 PM (zhA6r)

122 blaster, Blackhawk. Though the Vaqueros are very purdy ….

Back to the earlier theme, Blackhawk would give me a 45ACP revolver too, with the two cylinders.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 24, 2025 08:10 PM (Ek1Ps)

123 >>> 12 Hi Everyone;

Looking forward to the TX MOME - out of vacation this year but I hope to make it for Saturday.
Posted by: Lurking in Garland at August 24, 2025 07:11 PM (rJt05)

DO EET!!!

...and that goes for the rest of You People, too!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 24, 2025 08:11 PM (ULPxl)

124 As the traffic cops leave the range, you can hear one say "The sun was in my eyes." You do NOT, however, hear any of them say "My socks were too tight." Fundamentals.

Posted by: GWB at August 24, 2025 08:12 PM (1PcCZ)

125 Elric, ditto to all you wrote. Kind of like the Avo Syncro series - and my bargain-shopping obsession in reloading is matched only by my same approach to cigar procurement.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 24, 2025 08:13 PM (Ek1Ps)

126 Those were great pics. She loved them. We're considering Cornwall at some point. Greece in May, but maybe Normandy and England the next year, God willing.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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I have 2 guidebooks for the SW Coastal Path. Already plotting the next trip. Maybe in conjunction with a eclipse trip to Spain.

I seem to have turned the gun thread into a travel thread. I'm sorry. My permanent record is already in tatters. Let me try to get on topic -

One of my favorite pictures in CS Lewis' home, The Kilns, was one of Joy with her shotgun.The tour guide related a story of Joy and Jack encountering a trespasser while walking in the nature preserve on their land. Jack, wanting to protect his wife who was ill, stepped in front of her; she told him to get out of her line of fire. I believe that was enough to encourage the trespasser to skedaddle.

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 24, 2025 08:13 PM (7HoOO)

127 DO EET!!!

...and that goes for the rest of You People, too!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 24, 2025 08:11 PM

See y'all in Corsicana.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2025 08:13 PM (Wnv9h)

128 Davidoff is also excellent but obscenely priced. I have a salomones Royal I’ve been aging. Cost $100.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 24, 2025 08:15 PM (zhA6r)

129 Posted by: screaming in digital at August 24, 2025 08:13 PM

Talk to the RMBS Mom. It will inspire her travel plans.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2025 08:15 PM (Wnv9h)

130 ...and that goes for the rest of You People, too!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at August 24, 2025 08:11 PM (ULPxl)
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We still have the official sekret greeting lined up for TX?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 24, 2025 08:15 PM (tT6L1)

131 84 I think the Gurkha brand has taken a shit over the last 5 years. I used to like it. I even spent the money for a black dragon. But then the quality and taste fell off a cliff, at least to my tastes. So I stopped buying them.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 24, 2025 07:51 PM (zhA6r)

Not a regular Gurkha smoker, but I recently enjoyed a Shine. Very rich. The Ghost sounds a bit beyond my tolerance. Maduros just aren't my thing. Currently enjoying a Rocky Patel Edge Toro. Nice full bodied blend. Just enough spice to pair with the dinner wine. Slow-burning...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 24, 2025 08:16 PM (nbLIj)

132 We still have the official sekret greeting lined up for TX?
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 24, 2025 08:15 PM

*shifty eyes*

Why? What have you heard?

*shifty eyes*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2025 08:17 PM (Wnv9h)

133 Parachute training film was interesting. The equipment, the harness, was upgraded by the 60s, and probably more so by now. Technique, what we called the PLF (Parachute Landing Fall) is considerably different and a lot more time was spent practicing it. And there was no rope climb then, thank goodness.

Posted by: javems at August 24, 2025 08:17 PM (8I4hW)

134 Will you be bringing it again this year? If so, may I try it too?
Posted by: The Grateful at August 24, 2025 08:07 PM (IQ6Gq)
Just remind me between, memory ain't what it used to be.

Posted by: Eromero at August 24, 2025 08:18 PM (LHPAg)

135 AJTB, thanks for the book reco. If my pile of 54R runs out before I sell my Mosins, I plan to reload, and I know there are good 100-200yd loads with modest recoil, read about them and at least one shooter at the range talked me through what he does.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 24, 2025 08:18 PM (Ek1Ps)

136 Elric, ditto to all you wrote. Kind of like the Avo Syncro series - and my bargain-shopping obsession in reloading is matched only by my same approach to cigar procurement.
Posted by: rhomboid at August 24, 2025 08:13 PM (Ek1Ps)
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The Syncro Ritmo is one of my fav cigars. Syncro Nicaragua Is excellent too. But crazy pricing and so full bodied it’s like getting kicked in the nuts. I did splurge for a box of each. I fire them up occasionally after a very hearty dinner and with a smoky Islay.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 24, 2025 08:19 PM (zhA6r)

137 Joe Kidd, you are going to be so at home at the MoMe.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2025 08:19 PM (dxWFK)

138 In case people are wondering. The 45 acp cylinder for the Ruger Blackhawk convertible (one cylinder for 45 Colt and one for 45 acp) has a lip inside each chamber that the case mouth catches on. It works well and allows the case go be knocked out the regular way.

I assume the 357/9mm convertible works the same way.

Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025 08:20 PM (yTvNw)

139 If you haven't received your sooper sekret invitation to the Horse Trailer by now, you may be out of luck. Rumor has it that demand significantly exceeded supply, which is, of course, limited in order to provide the expected guest experience.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 24, 2025 08:21 PM (0sNs1)

140 heya, that is an epic “find” - your own house, or someone else’s? That’s a lot of ammo.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 24, 2025 08:21 PM (Ek1Ps)

141 I buy cigars through the ‘make me an offer’ gimmick at cigars international. I make dogshit offers, no more than half retail selling price or a little higher for a great smoke. You’ll be surprised how often those offers get accepted.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 24, 2025 08:22 PM (zhA6r)

142 Those were great pics. She loved them. We're considering Cornwall at some point. Greece in May, but maybe Normandy and England the next year, God willing.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2025 07:58 PM (Wnv9h)

A Normandy trip can change ones out look on France.

Posted by: javems at August 24, 2025 08:22 PM (8I4hW)

143 Elric, again, ditto. I almost always burn in the afternoon, so “prepping” for the powerful sticks is tricky.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 24, 2025 08:23 PM (Ek1Ps)

144 My newest obsession's the M&P 2.0 Compact in .45
It's G19 sized, allegedly (haven't seen one in the flesh yet) and holds 10 rounds. Want.
I can even buy it in WA state, still.

There's one on Gunbroker and I'm sorely tempted to dip into the credit card debt for it.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 24, 2025 08:24 PM (xcxpd)

145 Gonna have to try that auction thing at Cigars Int’l.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 24, 2025 08:24 PM (Ek1Ps)

146 135 ... "JTB, thanks for the book reco. If my pile of 54R runs out before I sell my Mosins, I plan to reload, and I know there are good 100-200yd loads with modest recoil, read about them and at least one shooter at the range talked me through what he does."

Hi rhomboid,

The Harris piece is just an 8 page article but it gives all the info needed.

BTW, if you are in the northern Virginia area. Do you have any need for a Lee hand press, the nutcracker style, or a Lee turret press. I'm thinning out the herd and would like to find them a good home. All free.

Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025 08:28 PM (yTvNw)

147 Duty day this week again was busy, and the first really hot day of the year, so didn’t pull a trigger.

Had a Navy crew doing their small arms training on one of the ranges, as always asked them which ship. Forget the name, but it’s an LCS (Little Crappy Ship). As always with those crews, when they tell me I say “Oh, I’m sorry!”. To which, without exception to date, the response is “yeah”, with smiles and eye-rolls. This time I softened the blow with “at leas you’re not burning regularly, like the amphibious guys”. Which brought laughter.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 24, 2025 08:30 PM (Ek1Ps)

148 Just remind me between, memory ain't what it used to be.
Posted by: Eromero
******
Will do, have the reminder calendared....thanks!

Posted by: The Grateful at August 24, 2025 08:30 PM (IQ6Gq)

149 Regarding Normandy, which we visited in 2022, the thing that amazed me was the craters left over from the naval bombardment ahead of the landings. They're covered in grass now, and there are walkways for visitors to use to avoid them, but it's incredible to think of what kind of projectile/explosive combo can dig a crater that deep and wide.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at August 24, 2025 08:30 PM (v23vE)

150 52 days to TXMOME X. Come shoot, eat , drink , laugh and enjoy life.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2025 07:09 PM (dxWFK)

In between the drive from hell. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 24, 2025 08:31 PM (snZF9)

151 Went to D Day Memorial in Bedford VA.
It is pretty great. Like the men who did their duty that day. May we and our leaders live up to 10% of their patriotism and commitment to their brothers in arms. All our problems would solve themselves.

Posted by: PTSD giver at August 24, 2025 08:31 PM (+Shp3)

152 145 Gonna have to try that auction thing at Cigars Int’l.
Posted by: rhomboid at August 24, 2025 08:24 PM (Ek1Ps)
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Go for it. My last buy was a box of MoW Virtue toro for under $75. Last week. That’s a $170 box! That’s also a good smoke if youre looking for something milder but with some kick. It’s my go-to stick for morning coffee or afternoon chilling. Diesel Uncut CT is very similar.

Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade at August 24, 2025 08:32 PM (zhA6r)

153 137 Joe Kidd, you are going to be so at home at the MoMe.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 24, 2025 08:19 PM (dxWFK)

Looking forward to it. Got a surprise for you. Keep tabs on your email this week...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 24, 2025 08:33 PM (nbLIj)

154 JTB, thanks very much for the kind offer. But I am out of that area for several years now. And my press is a Lee turret. I would think Weasel could vector you to a deserving NoVa moron who’s about to enter the reloading aspect of our affliction?

Posted by: rhomboid at August 24, 2025 08:35 PM (Ek1Ps)

155 Oh, dear. I am very late. And with no (good) excuses.

Posted by: RI Red at August 24, 2025 08:36 PM (HQEEh)

156 Oh, dear. I am very late. And with no (good) excuses.
Posted by: RI Red at August 24, 2025 08:36 PM

We're gonna need a bigger Permanent Record hard drive.

Posted by: Chief Brody at August 24, 2025 08:38 PM (0sNs1)

157 PTSD giver, what you said.

Normandy is atop my list. If this little misunderstanding in Eastern Europe would just get settled, there are several eastern front places on that list.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 24, 2025 08:39 PM (Ek1Ps)

158 Oh, dear. I am very late. And with no (good) excuses.
Posted by: RI Red at August 24, 2025 08:36 PM

"I hope you know that this will go down on your permanent record..."

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2025 08:40 PM (Wnv9h)

159 Last time I recorded anything in a data book was over 30 years ago. That book has gone the way of the dodo. It had the info on reloads that I used, with powder I don't remember, how it compared to regular 7.62 military surplus ammo, along with scope settings I don't remember. Any leftover reloads if they exist are in unmarked boxes I don't remember. I think the phrase is ass fucked with sand. The upside is a get to do it all over again.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 24, 2025 08:41 PM (snZF9)

160 The craters in Okinawa are harder to spot thanks to the sub-tropical situation erasing man’s doings pretty quickly. But the craters in coral off Kota Kinabalu (under the British, Jesselton) in north Borneo still stand out from the air.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 24, 2025 08:41 PM (Ek1Ps)

161 Had anterior total hip replacement.

Sharon, been there and done that. PT is the absolute KEY!
Mine took 10 years off my age. Still going strong.
Maybe we can compare scars.

Posted by: RI Red at August 24, 2025 08:42 PM (HQEEh)

162 Joe Kidd, you are going to be so at home at the MoMe.
Posted by: Ben Had

Ben Had, it seems my dance card has opened up.
I could possibly show up.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2025 08:42 PM (zXOsD)

163 As far as shotguns go... he presented the trade-offs between slug and shot quite well, IMO.

But the slug bit does remind me of the old saying in the caliber wars:
If you have to shoot someone, why shoot them more than once? And, in that department, the 12ga beats .45 and 9mm.

/drops the flag and yells "Go!"/

Posted by: GWB at August 24, 2025 08:45 PM (1PcCZ)

164 Joe Kidd, you are going to be so at home at the MoMe.
Posted by: Ben Had

Ben Had, it seems my dance card has opened up.
I could possibly show up.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 24, 2025 08:42 PM (zXOsD)

If you never went before it will be an epic experience, and thats coming from someone who did a lot of epic over the years. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 24, 2025 08:46 PM (snZF9)

165 As to jumping out of airplanes...

Yes, if it's on fire, going to crash somewhere very bad, or will blow up on landing.

Otherwise, why are you jumping out before the ride is over? From a perfectly good airplane?

Posted by: GWB at August 24, 2025 08:46 PM (1PcCZ)

166 I made an offer to rhomboid but he didn't need it. I'll repeat here. I'm thinning out the herd of reloading presses accumulated over the years. Lee hand press, Lee turret press, Lee Load-All for 12 and 20 gauges.

Absolutely no cost, I'm just trying to find them a good home. If you are in the northern Virginia area and want to stop by, any of it is yours. Reloading is fun and can save money.

Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025 08:48 PM (yTvNw)

167 Well, time to wander.

Have a good one.

Thanks again, Weasel!

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 24, 2025 08:51 PM (tT6L1)

168 DC-area morons, heed JTB’s gracious offer here.

Even if only for the cost proposition, a free set-up means you’ll be saving $ right away on ammo. And the fun and learning and customization benefits are all on top of that.

Posted by: rhomboid at August 24, 2025 08:53 PM (Ek1Ps)

169 Good evening, All.

I told Orville and I told Wilbur the Integrated Data Processors are never gonna fly

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 24, 2025 08:54 PM (2xthb)

170 I'm thinking of selling my VP9 and getting a Hellcat
Posted by: jsg
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Certainly better for concealed cary, I would think.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2025 08:54 PM (XeU6L)

171 Good evening all and a happy week coming up to all the GunHorde and thank you to Weasel. No shooting but talked about it. One of the guys I hunt with is, by reason of glaucoma and cataracts, becoming a left eye shooter. Took him to the range last fall and he couldn’t see the Red Bull at 30 yards through a scope with his right ( dominant) eye. He could see it through his left. So - he’s getting one of my pellet rifles to practice with.

Posted by: Coelacanth at August 24, 2025 08:54 PM (DJPFk)

172 Anyone know the SKU code for a new Permanent Record?

Posted by: RI Red at August 24, 2025 08:56 PM (a9Uqu)

173 Anyone heard any info regarding the do-over for tonite's scrubbed launch?

Posted by: Weasel at August 24, 2025 08:57 PM (dmH0a)

174 18, LOL!

Thanks as always Weasel!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 24, 2025 08:58 PM (ppG5b)

175 RMBS, we should talk about a Boston Mini Mo Me.

Posted by: RI Red at August 24, 2025 08:58 PM (a9Uqu)

176 RMBS, we should talk about a Boston Mini Mo Me.
Posted by: RI Red at August 24, 2025 08:58 PM

I'm game.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2025 09:00 PM (Wnv9h)

177 126, LOL, s i d!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 24, 2025 09:03 PM (ppG5b)

178 173 ...Weasel,
Couldn't find the reschedule yet. Apparently the scrub was because of some ground issue, not the rocket itself.

Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025 09:04 PM (yTvNw)

179 Couldn't find the reschedule yet. Apparently the scrub was because of some ground issue, not the rocket itself.
Posted by: JTB at August 24, 2025 09:04 PM (yTvNw)
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Thanks!

Posted by: Weasel at August 24, 2025 09:06 PM (dmH0a)

180 Pixy is omnipresent; sees all, knows all ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 24, 2025 09:07 PM (ppG5b)

181 Glad to hear it, Sharon! Hope your recovery is quick, and complete!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 24, 2025 09:09 PM (ppG5b)

182 Pixy is omnipresent; sees all, knows all ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 24, 2025 09:07 PM

*puts on pants*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2025 09:10 PM (Wnv9h)

183 I buy cigars through the ‘make me an offer’ gimmick at cigars international. I make dogshit offers, no more than half retail selling price or a little higher for a great smoke. You’ll be surprised how often those offers get accepted.
Posted by: Elric the Bladiest Blade
===

Cool.
Learned something today!
I might have to try that too.

It also tells you what their profit margin is.

They stopped the Cigar Fu specials.
A couple years back they aquired a competitor (Thompson I think) who had a different product line. They dumped sll the stuff they didn't continue on Cigar Fu for $40 a box. I kept buying every couple of days until I got a dud (machine rolled but hand wrapped). Got a bunch of PDR lines (a brand I liked a lot), an Aganorsa, Monte and a couple other premiums.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at August 24, 2025 09:11 PM (/lPRQ)

184 Anyone know the SKU code for a new Permanent Record?
Posted by: RI Red
***********
Please tell us this doesn't mean you won't be in attendance at Corsicana this year...after all, it's No. 10!

Posted by: The Grateful at August 24, 2025 09:11 PM (IQ6Gq)

185 that's it, then?

g'night everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 24, 2025 09:11 PM (ppG5b)

186 173 Anyone heard any info regarding the do-over for tonite's scrubbed launch?

Posted by: Weasel at August 24, 2025 08:57 PM
***
SpaceX shows T-22 hours and counting on their website.

Posted by: TRex - spaceman spiff at August 24, 2025 09:12 PM (IQ6Gq)

187 Posted by: TRex - spaceman spiff at August 24, 2025 09:12 PM (IQ6Gq)
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Thanks TRex"

Posted by: Weasel at August 24, 2025 09:13 PM (dmH0a)

188 RMBS, that's why you always keep tape over the camera lens!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 24, 2025 09:13 PM (ppG5b)

189 Gotta punch out. Thanks for a great Gun Thread, Weasel.

See y'all in the Morning Report.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 24, 2025 09:13 PM (Wnv9h)

190 If this little misunderstanding in Eastern Europe would just get settled, there are several eastern front places on that list.
Posted by: rhomboid
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Ditto

Posted by: The Grateful at August 24, 2025 09:15 PM (IQ6Gq)

191 OK, 9:15 thank you time.

Thank You!

Hope to see all y'all next Sunday!

Posted by: Weasel at August 24, 2025 09:15 PM (dmH0a)

192 I love the little bit at the end where Broderick Crawford says "It's not the car that kills; it's the driver."

Now, let's apply that to guns....

Posted by: GWB at August 24, 2025 09:18 PM (1PcCZ)

193 Thanks for hosting, Weasel! Had a bit of mess to clean up in the kitchen tonight. I had to take care of that first.

Posted by: Ed L at August 24, 2025 09:19 PM (BCwQW)

194 Meme that touched me: "I'd like a wake up call, please." "Of course, sir. For you, bullet weight makes no difference in your shooting." Thanks. Ouch.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 24, 2025 09:23 PM (YlWIZ)

195 One way to diminish the caliber creep per gun is to add more guns in the same caliber.
Posted by: blaster - Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat at August 24, 2025 07:44 PM (RoO7G)

LOL! Statistics for the win on getting people to buy more guns!

Posted by: GWB at August 24, 2025 09:25 PM (1PcCZ)

196 194 Meme that touched me: "I'd like a wake up call, please." "Of course, sir. For you, bullet weight makes no difference in your shooting." Thanks. Ouch.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 24, 2025 09:23 PM (YlWIZ)

Also ouch. That one hits too close to home for me.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at August 24, 2025 09:25 PM (v23vE)

197 A road trip to AK is on my list.
Posted by: screaming in digital at August 24, 2025 07:45 PM (7HoOO)

That is a much higher goal than a road trip to the NoVa or TxMoMe. Much, much higher. (And even higher if you're pulling a horse trailer with a horse in it, as a friend of mine did.)

Posted by: GWB at August 24, 2025 09:26 PM (1PcCZ)

198 Just watched the 1940s parachute training. A mite different than 30 years later.
But the end effect is the same. Jumping out of a perfectly good airplane to end up on the ground.
Any landing you can walk from is good.

Posted by: RI Red at August 24, 2025 09:29 PM (a9Uqu)

199 Any landing you can walk from is good.
Posted by: RI Red

And if you can use the plane again, it's great!

Posted by: MkY at August 24, 2025 09:32 PM (cPGH3)

200 200!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at August 24, 2025 09:32 PM (v23vE)

201 buffs nails The kid's still got it ...

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at August 24, 2025 09:33 PM (v23vE)

202 No problem, glad to share.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at August 24, 2025 07:57 PM (tT6L1)

You know, at this point, you're going to have to put them in a slide projector, right? We are all 29.

Posted by: GWB at August 24, 2025 09:33 PM (1PcCZ)

203 But the end effect is the same. Jumping out of a perfectly good airplane to end up on the ground.
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[insert joke here about the only two things that come out of the sky]

Posted by: A Leg at August 24, 2025 09:34 PM (XeU6L)

204 Not that I recall. When did you send it?
Posted by: Weasel at August 24, 2025 08:09 PM (dmH0a)

Thursday, I think. Might have been Friday. It wasn't anything urgent, but might be a good topic.

Posted by: GWB at August 24, 2025 09:36 PM (1PcCZ)

205 I am proud to say that when I went on a sport parachute jump, it was before the days of tandem. So, we jumped out of the plane and we pulled our own rip cord.

To you folks in airborne, I give you all the credit in the world

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 24, 2025 09:37 PM (2xthb)

206 she told him to get out of her line of fire.
Posted by: screaming in digital at August 24, 2025 08:13 PM (7HoOO)

DO NOT MESS with the Librarian!

Posted by: GWB at August 24, 2025 09:38 PM (1PcCZ)

207 Stacy Abrams already made history by being ugliest woman the State of Georgia.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 24, 2025 09:38 PM (kfqcn)

208
Otherwise, why are you jumping out before the ride is over? From a perfectly good airplane?
Posted by: GWB at August 24, 2025 08:46 PM (1PcCZ)

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In my 20s, it sounded like fun. I didn't tell my parents about it for thirty years

Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 24, 2025 09:40 PM (2xthb)

209 If you're as fat as a cow, you have to be pretty in the face if you want to be on TV. You can't look like Godzilla threw a carpet-tack pie at your face. Stacy will never make it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 24, 2025 09:43 PM (BI5O2)

210 That is a much higher goal than a road trip to the NoVa or TxMoMe. Much, much higher. (And even higher if you're pulling a horse trailer with a horse in it, as a friend of mine did.)
Posted by: GWB
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No horse trailer or horse. And I'll have a traveling companion. I love solo road trips, but that's not one I'd do alone.

Posted by: screaming in digital at August 24, 2025 09:44 PM (7HoOO)

211 Something on this page does not want to load, and every minute or so Brave throws up a notice to that effect. And the page locks until I hit the "wait" button. Very annoying.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2025 09:46 PM (R4SAT)

212 You can't look like Godzilla threw a carpet-tack pie at your face. Stacy will never make it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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I resisted this earlier when Abrams was a topic, but here 'tis, again. Patrick O'Brian quote:

"... the most unromantic beast that ever urged its squat thick bulk across the face of the protesting earth;”

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2025 09:48 PM (XeU6L)

213 Something on this page does not want to load, and every minute or so Brave throws up a notice to that effect. And the page locks until I hit the "wait" button. Very annoying.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Happens with my browser (not brave) also.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2025 09:49 PM (XeU6L)

214 Happens with my browser (not brave) also.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2025 09:49 PM (XeU6L)

I often get a notice that Ace is slowing my computer down with a script, and do I want to stop it.

Posted by: GWB at August 24, 2025 09:52 PM (1PcCZ)

215 No horse trailer or horse. And I'll have a traveling companion. I love solo road trips, but that's not one I'd do alone.
Posted by: screaming in digital

The Al-Can to Fairbanks is on my bucket list.

Posted by: nurse ratched at August 24, 2025 09:52 PM (mT+6a)

216 Happens with my browser (not brave) also.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2025 09:49 PM (XeU6L)

All the videos finally loaded. The popup is gone.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2025 09:52 PM (R4SAT)

217 Sitting in a cheap hotel room with crap wifi watching John Wick 3 on cable. I've been watching for 5 or 6 minutes and just now realized that it's dubbed in Spanish.

Posted by: Oddbob at August 24, 2025 09:52 PM (mA6C7)

218 "... the most unromantic beast that ever urged its squat thick bulk across the face of the protesting earth;”

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I love this and will remember it. I like the part about "urging" its thick bulk. It's very evocative and Abramsesque.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 24, 2025 09:52 PM (BI5O2)

219 Sheriff Andy learned some French during the war.

I'll just bet he did.

Ooo la la.

Posted by: mindful webworker - parlez-vous hick? at August 24, 2025 09:53 PM (i1iCx)

220 Thanks for the Thread, Weasel!
I had a few rough weeks, and it was nice to be back to it. (And nice to read afterward during those rough weeks.)

Posted by: GWB at August 24, 2025 09:53 PM (1PcCZ)

221 I'm sending another gun down the road, a Remington 721 bolt action in 30-06. It has a Redfield adjustable aperture rear sight and looks like it has never had a scope mounted on it.

I took it to the range only once, several years ago, and was very impressed by its accuracy.

I picked it up at an estate sale for a very reasonable price.

I'm sure it has stories to tell, but they aren't my stories. Hopefully someone down the line will take some game with it.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 24, 2025 09:54 PM (l8IGe)

222 And that email was Wednesday evening, Weasel.

Posted by: GWB at August 24, 2025 09:54 PM (1PcCZ)

223 Waiting for dinner to cook.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 24, 2025 09:54 PM (R4SAT)

224 100 100!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at August 24, 2025 07:56 PM

200 200!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at August 24, 2025 09:32 PM
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Well done!

Posted by: TRex - keyboard zeroed at August 24, 2025 09:55 PM (IQ6Gq)

225 Thanks, Weasel and gubthreaders for another fine edition. Hope to see many of y'all in Corsicana!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at August 24, 2025 09:55 PM (v23vE)

226 Well done!
Posted by: TRex - keyboard zeroed at August 24, 2025 09:55 PM (IQ6Gq)

blushes Awww, thanks.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at August 24, 2025 09:56 PM (v23vE)

227 Hey S'Puppy, congrats on both significant comments! Nice to see you do still have it!!!!

Posted by: The Grateful at August 24, 2025 09:58 PM (IQ6Gq)

228 Diastemas are a weird feature, like moles. They can be cute, or hideous, and it's a fine line between the two. But not for Stacy. That bitch flosses with an anchor chain.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 24, 2025 10:01 PM (BI5O2)

229 ONT is nood!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at August 24, 2025 10:01 PM (lUFok)

230 It's time for a NOOD ONT
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=416213

Posted by: mindful webworker - mosey along now at August 24, 2025 10:02 PM (i1iCx)

231 I love this and will remember it. I like the part about "urging" its thick bulk. It's very evocative and Abramsesque.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Some other nice O'Brian quotes:

https://shorturl.fm/zhKHk

When I read “Do you remember I once said of Clonfert that for him truth was what he could make others believe?”

I think of Biden declaring, "We believe in truth, not facts"

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 24, 2025 10:10 PM (XeU6L)

232 And that email was Wednesday evening, Weasel.
Posted by: GWB at August 24, 2025 09:54 PM (1PcCZ)
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I'll find it tomorrow. Thanks

Posted by: Weasel at August 24, 2025 10:10 PM (dmH0a)

233 The Al-Can to Fairbanks is on my bucket list.
Posted by: nurse ratched at August 24, 2025 09:52 PM (mT+6a)

Every single American and Canadian must do this drive at least once.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 25, 2025 02:50 AM (vm8sq)

234 128 Davidoff is also excellent but obscenely priced

Excuse me???

Posted by: Capt Nicole Davidoff at August 25, 2025 02:55 AM (vm8sq)

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