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Gun Thread: Carbine Madness! [Weasel]
W. Churchill firing his favorite carbine
After having a look at the Enfield "Jungle Carbine" last week I thought it only made sense to see what Americans fielded during WWII; the M1 Carbine. Where the No.5 Mk.1 was considered by most to be unpleasant to shoot, it was nearly universally praised for it's compact size and light weight. Even lighter and smaller, the M1 Carbine is an absolute pleasure to shoot with the most notable difference being the cartridge, as we'll see a little later.
The following example was made by General Motors, Inland Division, in 1944.
As often happens in the world of government contracting, the design and acceptance of the rifle is a complicated story, so I'll try to boil it down to the salient points. Prior to WWII, the Army had decided the M1 Garand primary battle rifle was too big and clunky for suport troops and paratroopers and requested a smaller, lighter rifle be developed. The Winchester design eventually prevailed and went into production in 1941. The semi-automatic carbine, a gas operated, rotating bolt design, is approximately 36 inches in length and weighs in at just over 5 pounds. An even more compact version with a folding stock was developed for Airborne units. With production ending in 1945, more than 6 million of the rifles were made and have seen use by armies and civilians around the world, even to this day.
Bolt view - note rear sight adjustable for windage
A new cartridge was developed for the rifle based on the .32 Winchester. This new round, known as the .30 Carbine, is a rimless 7.62x33mm cartridge with a 110gr round nose bullet, a muzzle velocity of just under 2,000 fps, and an effective range of about 300 yards. The cartridge performance is remarkably similar in both velocity and energy to the .357 Magnum. This makes the the rifle considerably less powerful than the M1 Garand, but with greater penetration than the .45 cal Thompson submachine gun. There were reports of marginal effectiveness at the extreme limits of it's range, but inside about 50 yards where most engagements occurred, it was highly effective.
.30 Carbine (l) and .303 British (r)
Enfield No.5 Mk 1 (top) and M1 Carbine (bottom)
The M1 Carbine is a semi-automatic rifle with a 15 round magazine where the Jungle Carbine is a bolt rifle with a 10 round magazine capacity. Later the M1 Carbine would be offered in a fully automatic version with a 30 round magazine. We sort of touched on this last week; the Jungle Carbine has significant felt recoil, but would you notice that in combat? I'm not sure that I would. Conversely, would you trade the knock down power of the .303 British for a greater number of .30 Carbine cartridges with excellent penetration, particularly at close range? Manufacturers
Always of considerable interest to me is the list of companies who produced rifles and other war materiel under wartime contract. Manufacturers of the M1 Carbine included: - Inland Division, General Motors
- Winchester Repeating Arms
- Irwin-Pedersen
- Saginaw Steering Gear Division, General Motors
- Underwood Elliot Fisher
- National Postal Meter
- Quality Hardware Manufacturing Corp.
- International Business Machines
- Standard Products
- Rock-Ola Manufacturing Corporation
- Commercial Controls Corporation Does anyone else find the wartime production conversion from automobiles, typewriters, postal meters and juke boxes to rifles interesting? I once had someone suggest a couple of books on the subject, but cannot recall the titles now. Anyone have any recommendations?
Link-O-Rama
Article: M1 Carbine
Book: M1 Carbine Wartime Production
Book: M1 Carbine Owners Guide
War Department Field Manual - U.S. Carbine, Caliber .30, M1
Book: M1 Carbine Assembly/Disassembly/Maintenance Manual
Can you identify the element that does not belong in the photo? (h/t hcurmudgeon)
Oh, and an extra special Gun Thread congratulations to Bozo Conservative and Shibumi on their impending nuptials! Best of luck you wacky kids!
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Erasmus Toejam at February 17, 2019 07:00 PM (oVJmc)
Poor trigger discipline on the CZ.
Posted by: hogmartin at February 17, 2019 07:02 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Yogi at February 17, 2019 07:02 PM (UdKB7)
Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at February 17, 2019 07:02 PM (lD3vL)
Posted by: The Gipper Lives at February 17, 2019 07:03 PM (Ndje9)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 17, 2019 07:04 PM (/fJWB)
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Those black loafers. That outfit really cries out for Michelle Obama's thigh-high glitter boots.
Posted by: bluebell at February 17, 2019 07:04 PM (U5tDi)
Posted by: Skip at February 17, 2019 07:04 PM (/rm4P)
Posted by: freaked at February 17, 2019 07:04 PM (UdKB7)
Posted by: bluebell at February 17, 2019 07:04 PM (U5tDi)
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My thoughts exactly!
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 07:05 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at February 17, 2019 07:05 PM (/fJWB)
Posted by: kallisto at February 17, 2019 07:05 PM (Yc046)
Posted by: jakee308 at February 17, 2019 07:06 PM (9RkRx)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 17, 2019 07:06 PM (fuK7c)
Posted by: freaked at February 17, 2019 07:04 PM (UdKB7)
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Save your allowance! They really are a lot of fun!
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 07:06 PM (MVjcR)
HSM Bear Load
.357 Magnum 180 grain
Lead RNFP
Copper Gas Check
Any opinions?
Posted by: rickb223 at February 17, 2019 07:06 PM (LDbTO)
The person in the middle is not going to gain admittance to the Book Thread.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 17, 2019 07:06 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 07:05 PM (MVjcR)
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It's scary how the Weaselbell mind-meld works.
Posted by: bluebell at February 17, 2019 07:06 PM (U5tDi)
Posted by: Miklos, at a distance at February 17, 2019 07:06 PM (zCyNd)
The 2 x 3/4 " inch board cover, wouldn't stop even a pisol round.
Posted by: Skip at February 17, 2019 07:06 PM (/rm4P)
Posted by: jakee308 at February 17, 2019 07:07 PM (9RkRx)
Apparently I don't know things.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 17, 2019 07:06 PM (fuK7c)
It is, but the M1 carbine isn't. Nor is the M1 submachine gun, which is a .45.
Posted by: hogmartin at February 17, 2019 07:07 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Eustace Haverkamp at February 17, 2019 07:07 PM (C1NyB)
Posted by: freaked at February 17, 2019 07:07 PM (UdKB7)
Apparently I don't know things.
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 17, 2019 07:06 PM (fuK7c)
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Garand, yes. Carbine, no. M1 refers to Model #1 of a particular weapon.
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 07:07 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at February 17, 2019 07:08 PM (LOq4H)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 17, 2019 07:08 PM (aKsyK)
Posted by: tbodie at February 17, 2019 07:08 PM (Rhive)
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at February 17, 2019 07:08 PM (LOq4H)
You mean the shoulder thing that goes up?
Posted by: hogmartin at February 17, 2019 07:08 PM (t+qrx)
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I do. I find that stuff fascinating, and patriotic. I have to wonder what the level of cooperation would be today.
Posted by: bluebell at February 17, 2019 07:09 PM (U5tDi)
Apparently I don't know things.
Posted by: Bandersnatch
M1 Garand = 30-06
M1 Carbine = .30 cal
Posted by: rickb223 at February 17, 2019 07:09 PM (LDbTO)
Posted by: kallisto at February 17, 2019 07:09 PM (Yc046)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 17, 2019 07:08 PM (aKsyK)
The only version that was coin, rather than gas operated.
Posted by: Miklos, at a greater distance at February 17, 2019 07:09 PM (zCyNd)
Posted by: kallisto at February 17, 2019 07:05 PM (Yc046)
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Aw, shucks! Happy to do it! Writing it today got me out of a bunch of house chores.
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 07:10 PM (MVjcR)
So what where the previous nineteen thousand and ten models to the .45 ACP pistol ?
Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at February 17, 2019 07:10 PM (lD3vL)
Posted by: Eeyore at February 17, 2019 07:10 PM (VaN/j)
Posted by: lizardbrainski - now with extra class at February 17, 2019 07:10 PM (xPLPl)
Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at February 17, 2019 07:11 PM (lD3vL)
Posted by: Skip at February 17, 2019 07:11 PM (/rm4P)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 17, 2019 07:11 PM (yrZmO)
The 2 x 3/4 " inch board cover, wouldn't stop even a pisol round.
Posted by: Skip
From the looks of the yellow armbands, they look like air softers.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 17, 2019 07:11 PM (LDbTO)
Posted by: Miklos, at a greater distance at February 17, 2019 07:09 PM (zCyNd)
You're gonna have to answer to the Coca-Cola company.
Posted by: hogmartin at February 17, 2019 07:11 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Skip at February 17, 2019 07:11 PM (/rm4P)
You betcha, big boy!
Posted by: Stacey Abrams at February 17, 2019 07:12 PM (zCyNd)
Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 17, 2019 07:12 PM (fuK7c)
Posted by: freaked at February 17, 2019 07:12 PM (UdKB7)
Does anyone else find the wartime production conversion from automobiles, typewriters, postal meters and juke boxes to rifles interesting?
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I do. I find that stuff fascinating, and patriotic. I have to wonder what the level of cooperation would be today.
Posted by: bluebell
That might depend upon who was sitting in the oval office.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 17, 2019 07:12 PM (aKsyK)
That white slip thingy.
Can't even see her butt.
Posted by: fluffy at February 17, 2019 07:12 PM (dCRRg)
Later, either after 1943 or Korea, they got the adjustable rear sight and bayonet lug from new or having visited the arsenal.
The earlier versions are worth more. I think the National Postal Meter ones are the rarest if I remember right.
Sweet shooting and accurate.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 17, 2019 07:12 PM (Z+IKu)
Posted by: hogmartin at February 17, 2019 07:11 PM (t+qrx)
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Excellent reference, Amigo!
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 07:13 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: Erasmus Toejam at February 17, 2019 07:13 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 17, 2019 07:11 PM (yrZmO)
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Amen. Seeing Hamlin take it would be good.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at February 17, 2019 07:13 PM (ffYR/)
Posted by: never enough caffeine at February 17, 2019 07:13 PM (N3JsI)
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 17, 2019 07:12 PM (Z+IKu)
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Absolutely.
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 07:14 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: kallisto
not yet
#twoandahalfweeks
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 07:15 PM (PkVlr)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 17, 2019 07:16 PM (yrZmO)
Posted by: kallisto
not yet
#twoandahalfweeks
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 07:15 PM (PkVlr)
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Tortillas, queso dip and pie!
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 07:16 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: Skip at February 17, 2019 07:16 PM (/rm4P)
Alas, no...in Iowa, we're digging out from multiple days of heavy snow. This is made worse by the fact that yesterday, I bought a new gun!
A Sig P365. I had an old KelTec PF9 for pocket carry, and it worked well, but after shooting a Ruger LC9s Pro, I realized I could get a very similar gun with an infinitely better trigger for a slight increase in cost. The LC9s Pros aren't very common, but the EC9 is even cheaper, and very similar (if you don't mind leaving the manual safety off). The helpful gunshow vendor trotted off and brought the P365 as another alternative, and it's amazing.
Slightly smaller than the LC9, but the grip feels and "grips" much better. Trigger is slightly better (and much better than the PF9). And it holds 10 rounds of 9mm? I don't know how it's physically possible, but it's true. Good night sights, too. Cost $490, which was a little more than I was looking to spend, but knocked a bit off by trading in my PF9. Now, I just need to get to the range!
Posted by: Grimaldi at February 17, 2019 07:16 PM (tV2LQ)
Posted by: Les Kinetic at February 17, 2019 07:17 PM (+fPHo)
And Audie Murphy carried one.
Posted by: Jake Holenhead at February 17, 2019 07:17 PM (TDyHc)
Posted by: The Gipper Lives at February 17, 2019 07:17 PM (Ndje9)
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 07:13 PM (MVjcR)
Now that I think about it, "you don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do you?" would've been a better one. *shrug* Hindsight.
But thank you!
Posted by: hogmartin at February 17, 2019 07:17 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Skip at February 17, 2019 07:17 PM (/rm4P)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 17, 2019 07:16 PM (yrZmO)
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It went great. Everything was perfect, and I am not a proud father in law for the first time.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at February 17, 2019 07:17 PM (ffYR/)
Search on images of "folding wire stock scorpion"
Posted by: Rolf at February 17, 2019 07:17 PM (EmVjW)
Posted by: kallisto at February 17, 2019 07:18 PM (Yc046)
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Please let us know how you like it when you get a chance to take it out. I'm a big fan of Sigs, especially the older ones.
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 07:18 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: kallisto at February 17, 2019 07:18 PM (Yc046)
Have you priced possum carpaccio Lately?
Posted by: Miklos, more goumand than gourmet at February 17, 2019 07:19 PM (zCyNd)
SO glad it went well! Blessing to the happy couple. (And you!)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 17, 2019 07:19 PM (yrZmO)
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 07:19 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 07:20 PM (PkVlr)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 17, 2019 07:20 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 17, 2019 07:16 PM (yrZmO)
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It went great. Everything was perfect, and I am not a proud father in law for the first time.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at February 17, 2019 07:17 PM (ffYR/)
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I am NOW.....
Posted by: Calm Mentor at February 17, 2019 07:21 PM (ffYR/)
Posted by: redc1c4 at February 17, 2019 07:21 PM (NQJ+w)
Posted by: The Gipper Lives at February 17, 2019 07:21 PM (Ndje9)
Posted by: kallisto at February 17, 2019 07:22 PM (Yc046)
Best I've been able to do in a while. I like the glass.
Posted by: DBCooper at February 17, 2019 07:22 PM (bttOm)
And Audie Murphy carried one.
Posted by: Jake Holenhead
I used to have an M1 that I could drive tacks with iron sights at 100 yds.
Posted by: rickb223 at February 17, 2019 07:22 PM (LDbTO)
I'm not terribly happy with my performance. I was shooting low-right again and that usually means I'm either' pushing ' the gun down to anticipate recoil or I'm not pulling the trigger straight back. I did better with the PPQ45, but that gun is magic...when it's willing to feed rounds...
I also had my first malfunction I can recall with my XD45. I had the slide lock back with rounds in the magazine. It MIGHT have been an issue of bumping the slide lock during firing. I'll do more testing. It also has several thousand rounds through it. It's not impossible the recoil spring needs replacing.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 17, 2019 07:22 PM (xJa6I)
72 I like the M1 carbine. It's light and handy, and more than effective. I think I've told my tale of woe, how it won't reliably feed soft point ammo, which is a shame. It would be a good rifle for the wife. For now, the Kel Tec SU16 is 'her' rifle, by her bedroom door in case I'm not at home and my pup Logan isn't sufficient deterrent.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 17, 2019 07:20 PM (xJa6I)
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WeaselWoman shoots it pretty well and she's not a shooter (I'm working on that). It's a perfect way to introduce someone to rifles and iron sights!
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 07:22 PM (MVjcR)
Congrats! I bet you were the proudest papa EVER!
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 07:20 PM (PkVlr)
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Thank you, and you too Tammy. It was a great day.
Posted by: Calm Mentor at February 17, 2019 07:23 PM (ffYR/)
Can you identify the element that does not belong in the photo?
She is not bending over far enough.
Posted by: JAS at February 17, 2019 07:23 PM (3HNOQ)
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-02-
17/can-zombie-deer-disease-kill-humans-
research-suggests-it-already-has
Posted by: redc1c4 at February 17, 2019 07:24 PM (NQJ+w)
Posted by: NOT THAT GUY at February 17, 2019 07:24 PM (f4xAl)
Best I've been able to do in a while. I like the glass.
Posted by: DBCooper at February 17, 2019 07:22 PM (bttOm)
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Good choice. I know some of the engineering guys at Vortex. They're all great guys and accomplished competitors.
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 07:25 PM (MVjcR)
Thank you . You are patient and kind and so very generous. My boy really enjoys range time with you, as do I.
Your knowledge and training is so very helpful and appreciated.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 07:26 PM (PkVlr)
72 I like the M1 carbine. It's light and handy, and more than effective. I think I've told my tale of woe, how it won't reliably feed soft point ammo, which is a shame. It would be a good rifle for the wife. For now, the Kel Tec SU16 is 'her' rifle, by her bedroom door in case I'm not at home and my pup Logan isn't sufficient deterrent.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 17, 2019 07:20 PM (xJa6I)
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WeaselWoman shoots it pretty well and she's not a shooter (I'm working on that). It's a perfect way to introduce someone to rifles and iron sights!
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 07:22 PM (MVjcR)
Agreed. The light weight really helps. It's not quite as erogonomic as a modern AR though. Less muzzle blast and recoil on the M1 Carbine though and that's not nothing.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 17, 2019 07:26 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: DBCooper at February 17, 2019 07:27 PM (bttOm)
HSM Bear Load
.357 Magnum 180 grain
Lead RNFP
Copper Gas Check
Any opinions?
Posted by: rickb223 at February 17, 2019 07:06 PM (LDbTO)
If you shoot the bear with that you'll probably piss him off and he'll likely eat you.
Posted by: Iowa Bob at February 17, 2019 07:27 PM (bjCNA)
Posted by: JT at February 17, 2019 07:27 PM (yFnpt)
Posted by: Cassandra at February 17, 2019 07:28 PM (D/Y6T)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 17, 2019 07:28 PM (5hE5B)
Who wants to listen to some cool jazz (not that crap jazz) while Cleaning Your Firearms?
Firearms Cleaning Music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvoSSkp2Njc
Posted by: Soothsayer SLX Pro Series II Platinum Turbo at February 17, 2019 07:28 PM (On+lG)
Posted by: kallisto at February 17, 2019 07:28 PM (Yc046)
Thank you . You are patient and kind and so very generous. My boy really enjoys range time with you, as do I.
Your knowledge and training is so very helpful and appreciated.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 07:26 PM (PkVlr)
You're welcome! It's nice to have friends to shoot with. God knows I don't know everything but I think we're learning and having fun.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 17, 2019 07:28 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at February 17, 2019 07:28 PM (R1c/N)
Posted by: kallisto
not yet
#twoandahalfweeks
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 07:15 PM (PkVlr)
So how far is he going?
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 17, 2019 07:29 PM (gHyze)
Posted by: rickb223 at February 17, 2019 07:22 PM
You can also use a hammer, but it probably wouldn't be as much fun.
Posted by: Jake Holenhead at February 17, 2019 07:29 PM (TDyHc)
Posted by: Vic at February 17, 2019 07:29 PM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Calm Mentor at February 17, 2019 07:29 PM (ffYR/)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 17, 2019 07:30 PM (5hE5B)
automobiles, typewriters, postal meters and juke boxes to rifles
interesting?
"Interesting" is too mild a word for what went on. Union Switch and Signal Co. made the B-29 work...because of one guy, with a lot of experience in, well, railroad signals, who looked at the rat's nest of wires inside the B-29's "avionics" boxes and said, My wife and I could wire this better. And they did.He took the top-secret box home, and bundles the cables.
At the beginning of the war, my dad was working at the Meilink Steel Safe Company. They made fireproof vaults, very good ones. The government shut down their safe production, converted them to making portable field stoves, and converted another company to making safes. People thought that someday, the people responsible for actions like that would be brought to account. People were wrong.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at February 17, 2019 07:30 PM (8ZmvG)
Any Luger experts on the air tonight?
Posted by: Eustace Haverkamp at February 17, 2019 07:07 PM (C1NyB)
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I built a Mauser Broomhandle out of spare parts. That close enough?
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 07:30 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 17, 2019 07:30 PM (yrZmO)
So how far is he going?
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy
well, he's TRAVELING 2500 miles to meet me.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 07:31 PM (PkVlr)
96 WTF IS WRONG WITH CHURCHILL'S LEFT HAND IN THAT PICTURE?!
Posted by: Richard McEnroe at February 17, 2019 07:28 PM (R1c/N)
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I have been wondering the same thing.
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 07:31 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 17, 2019 07:30 PM (5hE5B)
Guessing someone got airbrushed out of the photo?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 17, 2019 07:31 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at February 17, 2019 07:31 PM (vcatx)
Posted by: Calm Mentor at February 17, 2019 07:17 PM (ffYR/)
Love you too DAD!!!!!
Posted by: Calm Mentor's not proud son in law at February 17, 2019 07:32 PM (gHyze)
I know a little, it depends on the question but I'll give it a try.
Posted by: Panhandler at February 17, 2019 07:32 PM (BdkLu)
Posted by: JTB at February 17, 2019 07:32 PM (bmdz3)
If that doesn't make you sit down and start thinking about muzzle discipline, maybe shooting isn't for you.
Posted by: hogmartin at February 17, 2019 07:32 PM (t+qrx)
What the freak is with Churchill's left hand in this photo?
Posted by: Ben Had at February 17, 2019 07:30 PM (5hE5B)
---Seems to have blended into the uniform blouse of the guy in the background.
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 07:32 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: bill in arkansas at February 17, 2019 07:33 PM (xzqr4)
Posted by: kallisto at February 17, 2019 07:33 PM (Yc046)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 17, 2019 07:33 PM (5hE5B)
He was the right man for that place and time in history.
Always amazes me how that works out.
Posted by: ALH at February 17, 2019 07:34 PM (vBjuR)
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy
well, he's TRAVELING 2500 miles to meet me.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 07:31 PM (PkVlr)
Holy shit. That better be one helluva rack waiting for him at the other end.
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 17, 2019 07:35 PM (gHyze)
Weather has been shitty here in central Iowa since early January, so it's been a while since I've been to the range.
Posted by: Iowa Bob at February 17, 2019 07:35 PM (bjCNA)
Posted by: Sergeant Major at February 17, 2019 07:35 PM (mQENJ)
The babysitter told the bad seed that her dad was a DILF.
LOL
Actually, this remake isn't too bad.
I'm almost ashamed to admit that!
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 17, 2019 07:36 PM (8iiMU)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 17, 2019 07:36 PM (5hE5B)
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy
well, I also have a nice ass.
and I took a chance on saying "hello"
it's been wonderful
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 07:36 PM (PkVlr)
Posted by: kallisto
not yet
#twoandahalfweeks
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 07:15 PM
So how far is he going?
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 17, 2019 07:29 PM
All the way to home plate? Or at least 3rd base.
Posted by: Hands at February 17, 2019 07:36 PM (786Ro)
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Please let us know how you like it when you get a chance to take it out. I'm a big fan of Sigs, especially the older ones.
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 07:18 PM
I can already tell you, the magazines so far are REALLY tough to load. I've done a lot of shooting with all sorts of firearms, and these magazines are by far the toughest to load I've ever dealt with. Hopefully it'll loosen up with some use. If not, it's not a huge deal...things will have gone terribly wrong if I'm frequently reloading my small concealed carry gun and not my range gun.
Posted by: Grimaldi at February 17, 2019 07:36 PM (tV2LQ)
Posted by: JTB at February 17, 2019 07:32 PM (bmdz3)
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You and me both! I don't shoot this rifle all that much, but whenever I get it out I wonder why that is.
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 07:36 PM (MVjcR)
I have a No.5 Enfield that is about my favorite bolt action. Haven't noticed a wandering zero.
Hard to be all that enthusiastic about guns as I live in Illinois and it is going to be NY or CA within about a year. Too many gun control bills to count, including social media checks for the FOID card, AWB, Magazine bans, you name it. Super-majorities in both houses and a progressive far left governor.
Moving is an option, but not one I was looking forward to undertaking at this point.
Posted by: Keith at February 17, 2019 07:36 PM (jdGlx)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 07:31 PM (PkVlr)
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*Cues up "Radar Love"*
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 07:37 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: Ben Had at F
his hand is between the sling and the rifle, somehow is got blended with the uniform behind him.
here is a bigger version
https://valleyend150.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/large_0000001.jpg?w=768
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 07:37 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 17, 2019 07:37 PM (jXrK7)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 17, 2019 07:37 PM (5aX2M)
And I still have some of my babies I haven't even tried out yet. Gotta change that.
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 17, 2019 07:37 PM (gHyze)
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 07:38 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: Skip at February 17, 2019 07:11 PM (/rm4P)
The M1 and M1IP were 105mm. 120mm started with the M1A1.
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at February 17, 2019 07:38 PM (di1hb)
My problem is that I seem to "wobble" while I'm aiming. I just can't seem to keep a steady stance. Most of my rounds hit the bull and 9 ring, but I did have about 10 in the 8 ring and it kind of annoyed me. Any suggestions on how to settle my aim down?
Posted by: Old Blue at February 17, 2019 07:38 PM (gEvQ8)
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at February 17, 2019 07:39 PM (LOq4H)
The flame coming out of the barrel was awesome.
Posted by: Jake Holenhead at February 17, 2019 07:39 PM (TDyHc)
Posted by: JTB at February 17, 2019 07:32 PM (bmdz3)
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Yikes! I can chamber a round in this one by giving the buttstock a little bump.
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 07:39 PM (MVjcR)
I inherited one from my father many years ago and I haven't had much luck finding someone I trust to look it over and decide if it's safe to fire.
What should I look for, either in the gun, to be wary of; or in a smith to be knowlegable?
Posted by: Eustace Haverkamp at February 17, 2019 07:39 PM (C1NyB)
Posted by: Grimaldi at February 17, 2019 07:36 PM (tV2LQ)
Those little magazine speedloader things are really handy. Even for magazines that aren't hard to load, it makes a range trip more enjoyable.
Posted by: hogmartin at February 17, 2019 07:39 PM (t+qrx)
live in Illinois and it is going to be NY or CA within about a year. Too
many gun control bills to count, including social media checks for the
FOID card, AWB, Magazine bans, you name it. Super-majorities in both
houses and a progressive far left governor.
Moving is an option, but not one I was looking forward to undertaking at this point.
Posted by: Keith at February 17, 2019 07:36 PM (jdGlx)
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You are literally surrounded by states that have much more sanity. Shouldn't be hard to find some improvement.
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 07:39 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy
well, I also have a nice ass.
and I took a chance on saying "hello"
it's been wonderful
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 07:36 PM (PkVlr)
You realize if course pics are required to confirm just how nice that ass is.
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 17, 2019 07:40 PM (gHyze)
That is one Thompson each.
Posted by: Braenyard at February 17, 2019 07:40 PM (ePWRo)
Posted by: RI Red at February 17, 2019 07:40 PM (Ej+lz)
Posted by: yankeefifth
This was a hookup site!? Crap I'm always late...
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at February 17, 2019 07:40 PM (LOq4H)
Posted by: Grimaldi
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Uplula speed reloader is your friend!
Posted by: lin-duh at February 17, 2019 07:40 PM (kufk0)
Nothing. http://tinyurl.com/y4kl98md
Posted by: hooodathunkit at February 17, 2019 07:41 PM (l4S3t)
Posted by: Eromero at February 17, 2019 07:41 PM (zLDYs)
Posted by: Old Blue at February 17, 2019 07:38 PM (gEvQ
Sight in, then inhale and exhale naturally. Notice when where your sights are when you exhale. If you focus on the front sight and fire when the sights settle on the exhale, it might help.
You also might try to brace your support arm against your chest with an 'elbows in' hold?
Sorry if that sounds like obvious advice.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 17, 2019 07:41 PM (xJa6I)
The flame coming out of the barrel was awesome.
Posted by: Jake Holenhead at February 17, 2019 07:39 PM (TDyHc)
I've never had a problem, but I replaced the dead leather butt pad with a modern rubber one (same design that fits in the butt plate). The real painful one is the Russian M38 (an early version of the M44 but without the bayonet). I can't get 50 rounds through that one.
Posted by: Keith at February 17, 2019 07:42 PM (jdGlx)
LINK: http://forums.thecmp.org/archive/index.php/t-27717.html
Posted by: mrp at February 17, 2019 07:42 PM (Pqytn)
Nothing. http://tinyurl.com/y4kl98md
Posted by: hooodathunkit at February 17, 2019 07:41 PM (l4S3t)
Ahhhhhh. That helps.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 17, 2019 07:42 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 17, 2019 07:37 PM (jXrK7)
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Yep. That's part of the "complicated story" I glossed over. Different times, eh?
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 07:42 PM (MVjcR)
Shot more than a few M60 and M2 machineguns made by GE.
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at February 17, 2019 07:43 PM (di1hb)
Weasel, not sure I can be here much tonight, meeting friends for dinner, but another great thread, thanks.
M1 carbines seem to generate more than the usual amount of sketchy or mythological info (on the negative side).
Weasel unless I'm misremembering, the carbine was literally developed as a replacement for the 1911 pistol for some troops, to give them much greater self-defense capacity. So the comparisons (not yours, the ones made by detractors) with full battle rifles are silly. Of course the little M1 doesn't have the range or power of its bigger brothers. Wasn't supposed to.
Might have been last week, mentioned a UToob interview by Gun Jesus of In-Range (Ian) with .... Hackworth? Anyway, good one, about the M1. Ian and a few others seem to have had lots of trouble with the M1 that I've never had, nor encountered from other owner/users.
And Weasel what about the colorful back-story - "Carbine" Williams being paroled from prison (on a murder rap) after designing it (more or less).
WWII production books: one good one I read recently was "Freedom's Forge" (Arthur Herman) - not comprehensive, just a small sip from the fire-hose, framed through the key examples of Bill Knudsen of GM, and Henry Kaiser. Not a lot of detail on small arms production - more about aircraft (where the auto industry approach was a dramatic change from previous aircraft production style).
For the M1 carbine itself, there is "War Baby" - a big expensive book, I think the bible for M1 cultists. A complete industrial and military history (I think - have never ponied up the coin to buy it).
Posted by: rhomboid at February 17, 2019 07:43 PM (QDnY+)
Posted by: yankeefifth
This was a hookup site!? Crap I'm always late...
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at F
not necessarily lots of success but fuckbuddies and booty calls is more in keeping with the theme.
none of the hookups really worked out.
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 07:44 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 07:39 PM (cfSRQ)
It will probably be Wisconsin for my wife's work. Even with them dropping walker they seem to have a solid R legislature.
Posted by: Keith at February 17, 2019 07:44 PM (jdGlx)
Posted by: never enough caffeine at February 17, 2019 07:44 PM (N3JsI)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 17, 2019 07:45 PM (5hE5B)
Posted by: yankeefifth
This was a hookup site!? Crap I'm always late...
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at February 17, 2019 07:40 PM (LOq4H)
I thought it was just a place where you go and vent after you gave up. But I go away for a little while and suddenly half the HQ is squaring up for a Bumping Uglies competition.
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 17, 2019 07:45 PM (gHyze)
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 07:18 PM (MVjcR)
You clearly haven't spent a quarter hour cursing a SIG 250-22 as you try to reassemble it.
Stupid thing. The takedown lever SHOULD be so simple but you have to juggle the damn thing to get the slide to lock back on.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 17, 2019 07:45 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at February 17, 2019 07:39 PM (LOq4H)
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Time for a long distance dedication...
Dear Casey,
A friend of mine has recently undertaken a long-distance relationship. He's had a tough time, much like the beaten up M-1 Carbine I've recently acquired and lovingly restored to full operation. After all that effort, I'm still reluctant to put live rounds through the rifle - I guess you could say I'm as gun-shy as he is.
Still, a rifle that doesn't shoot is like a man without a woman - useless. So on behalf of both of use, can you please play Bill Withers' "Use Me."
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 07:46 PM (cfSRQ)
If you have no knowledge of the weapon, I'd go to a couple of local gun ranges and ask them who'd they recommend to scope it out. They aren't going to try and get cute since their business depends on being responsible. With out physically handling the weapon I couldn't make any recommendations as to safety.
Is it chambered in 9mm or 7.64x21 "30 Luger"
Posted by: Panhandler at February 17, 2019 07:46 PM (BdkLu)
Posted by: Braenyard at February 17, 2019 07:46 PM (ePWRo)
Hope she has it on short burst instead of full BRAP! mode.
"Heeheehee . . . BRAAAAP!"
*change magazine*
Posted by: Kindltot at February 17, 2019 07:47 PM (mUa7G)
Reloading for the M1 is also easy - no variations, just the load it was built for (110g FMJ, 14-15g of H110, the current commercial name for the powder I believe actually developed for the round/rifle back then).
Gotta run - but on industrial war history, somebody here linked a website recently - had it, recently lost it in a browser freeze - but should be easy to find. Pretty comprehensive history site on auto industry in the war (I'm going to search "Oldsmobile in WWII" - think that was the page I was on).
Posted by: rhomboid at February 17, 2019 07:47 PM (QDnY+)
none of the hookups really worked out.
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 07:44 PM (MTjB1)
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Well, 2500 miles is a long way to go for a booty call.
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 07:48 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 07:48 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: rhomboid at February 17, 2019 07:48 PM (QDnY+)
Weasel unless I'm misremembering, the carbine was literally developed as a replacement for the 1911 pistol for some troops, to give them much greater self-defense capacity. So the comparisons (not yours, the ones made by detractors) with full battle rifles are silly. Of course the little M1 doesn't have the range or power of its bigger brothers. Wasn't supposed to.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 17, 2019 07:43 PM (QDnY+)
Part of the problem with the Carbine's variable reputation is that it was often used in ways that it wasn't designed for, as a front-line rifle for line infantry troops. If memory serves, this was a particular problem during Korea.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 17, 2019 07:48 PM (juqNl)
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/208564/freedoms-forge-by-arthur-herman/9780812982046/
Posted by: WarEagle82 at February 17, 2019 07:42 PM (+Kpte)
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That's one of the ones I recall! Thanks!!
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 07:49 PM (MVjcR)
I'm not terribly happy with my performance. I was shooting low-right again and that usually means I'm either' pushing ' the gun down to anticipate recoil or I'm not pulling the trigger straight back.
I'm a leftie and that is exactly my problem. Well, one of my shooting problems. Well, one of my many problems.
Oh, hell, can we change the subject?
XD's I like, although I have never fired an XD45. While the XDM-9 is probably the smoothest, I like my standard 4" XD-40 as my overall favorite, as it is smaller and fits my grip so well.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 17, 2019 07:49 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at F
hell, think of the scheduling involved. you have to know you are going to be lonely and drunk weeks ahead of time.
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 07:49 PM (MTjB1)
The Camp Marlin.
Posted by: navybrat hates disco music at February 17, 2019 07:49 PM (w7KSn)
So what is a Standard Products M1 Carbine ca 1943 in pretty good shape worth? Maybe 1200 yankee dollars? Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Eromero at February 17, 2019 07:41 PM (zLDYs)
At Gunbroker.com the bid prices on an M1 Carbine are ranging from $600 to $4200, with most ranging around $1,000. Like I said the day when you could one in good shape for $150 are long gone.
Posted by: Vic at February 17, 2019 07:49 PM (mpXpK)
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd
IT'S MORE THAN A BOOTY CALL!!!!
HE'S A SWEET MAN!!!! AND A SILVER TONGUED DEVIL TO BOOT.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 07:49 PM (PkVlr)
During the Bulge, there are pics of them carrying the weapon as they moved west.
I also remember reading that when the weapon dumps were overtaken by the Allies most of the captured weapons left behind were the M1 Garand but very few M1 carbines by the retreating Fritzes.
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 17, 2019 07:49 PM (Z+IKu)
Posted by: Skip at February 17, 2019 07:49 PM (/rm4P)
Posted by: rhomboid at February 17, 2019 07:50 PM (QDnY+)
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Frigidaire? That seems to ring a bell.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 17, 2019 07:50 PM (A9A9H)
I really like the XD .45 It has a trigger like butter. Took a bit of discipline not to anticipate the recoil, but I really like it.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 07:51 PM (PkVlr)
'Twas at the long-ago annual Machine Gun Shoot just North of Helotes, TX, the one held in the old cedar lumber processing yard.
I've fired a bunch of full auto toys....and the M-2 remains at the top of the heap in the hand-held category.
Ridiculously easy to keep it on target through an entire mag dump. I had to see the Dr. a while later though, that grin DID last longer than four hours.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at February 17, 2019 07:51 PM (QzJWU)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 17, 2019 07:51 PM (AllCR)
Posted by: nurse ratched at F
think he was suggesting you were the one dialing.
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 07:51 PM (MTjB1)
Alas, the cylinder was shaved. I'm looking at workarounds and there seems to be consensus that if you can modify a full-moon clip to take .455 it will work fine. Already know not to put .45 ACP through it, though I will be able to use the .45 ACP snap caps.
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 07:51 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 17, 2019 07:52 PM (jXrK7)
Posted by: Braenyard at February 17, 2019 07:53 PM (ePWRo)
I have 2 jungle carbines (which have a lot more kick than the M-1 carbines).
I have quite
Posted by: The Walking Dude at February 17, 2019 07:54 PM (cCxiu)
The Camp Marlin.
Posted by: navybrat hates disco music at February 17, 2019 07:49 PM (w7KSn)
Heck, there's more than a few of them.
I have an AR-style from Just Right carbine company. Shoots just fine, using Glock 21 mags, though I have to be care seating it as there's no over-insertion stop and the bolt can shave the top of the magazine.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 17, 2019 07:54 PM (xJa6I)
Sent a gun in for some warranty work. It came back with a new trigger safety and trigger spring. Took it to the range today for the first time since getting it back.
Worst POS trigger EVAH! Should I run more rounds through it before being concerned? How many? Or just send it back again?
Posted by: Sacredcow at February 17, 2019 07:54 PM (W1wrF)
Posted by: Patrick from Ohio at February 17, 2019 07:54 PM (dKiJG)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at F
you're new here.
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 07:55 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: Skip at February 17, 2019 07:55 PM (/rm4P)
Posted by: Infidel at February 17, 2019 07:55 PM (9L2du)
Posted by: Vic at February 17, 2019 07:49 PM (mpXpK)
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I think I paid around $900 or so for this one.
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 07:55 PM (MVjcR)
haven't had much luck finding someone I trust to look it over and decide
if it's safe to fire.
What should I look for, either in the gun, to be wary of; or in a smith to be knowlegable?
Posted by: Eustace Haverkamp at February 17, 2019 07:39 PM (C1NyB)
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When I built my Mauser, I took it to a reputable gun shop with a gunsmith and asked them to check it for weakness. Basically, "Is this gun safe to shoot." He signed off on it, and I took it to the range. Worked fine.
(Of course, the rifling was gone, so now I'm getting it relined, but that's a side issue.)
The Luger uses a toggle-lock, which is quirky and kind of cool. Watch some youtubes on how to cycle it. If yours doesn't work, that's a problem.
Also check the bore. If you can see rifling, be happy.
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 07:56 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 17, 2019 07:49 PM (sy5kK)
The XD40 is the one I'm missing from my collection. But I just don't shoot .40 all that much.
Come shooting some Saturday, I'll let you test drive my XD45.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 17, 2019 07:56 PM (xJa6I)
After the war, Underwood returned to making peacetime office equipment in their same antiquated facilities, while the Italian firm Olivetti, with new factories purchase using Marshall plan funds, competed with them. Eventually, Olivetti won out and Underwood was purchased out of near bankruptcy.
I worked as a young man with a fellow who started polishing parts at the Underwood factory in the early '30s. At an age where he should have been enjoying his pension, he had to continue working because Underwood's pension plan was insolvent. So, here's to you Warren Horstman. You were a fine man and it is time someone mentioned you again.
Posted by: Jinx the Cat at February 17, 2019 07:57 PM (FTlwv)
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 07:57 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: Old Blue at February 17, 2019 07:38 PM (gEvQ
Sight in, then inhale and exhale naturally. Notice when where your sights are when you exhale. If you focus on the front sight and fire when the sights settle on the exhale, it might help.
You also might try to brace your support arm against your chest with an 'elbows in' hold?
Sorry if that sounds like obvious advice.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 17, 2019 07:41 PM (xJa6I)
There is a reason that multi-million dollar baseball players go to a month of spring training, and the first couple of weeks do the same fundamental drills as they did in Little League.
Breathing control is a primary factor for shooting accuracy. One more thing I work on. Notice the present tense.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 17, 2019 07:57 PM (sy5kK)
To answer your question late last nigtt, no I never flew any of the old stuff. Many of my retired tanker buddies did. There was just an amazing amount of WWII stuff flying,
F7-F's P-61'S PB4-y's TBM's PBY-4's B-17's
Posted by: DBCooper at February 17, 2019 07:57 PM (bttOm)
Something I always wondered about is how many rounds a soldier carried on him?
Posted by: Ben Had at February 17, 2019 07:45 PM (5hE5B)
Well, back when I was in the service in the '80s, "officially" the soldier's basic load of ammo was 210 rounds (6 thirty round M16 magazines in ammo pouches, and one in the weapon).
In real life, the soldier would probably carry about 3 times that, partly in loaded magazines in a buttpack or rucksack, partly as boxed ammo to reload your empty magazines.
In addition, each man would generally carry about 200-300 rounds for the platoon's M60 machine guns, which you'd dump by the MG teams when you went into action. Maybe an extra 60mm mortar round, which would also be dumped off by the mortar crews.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 17, 2019 07:57 PM (juqNl)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at February 17, 2019 07:58 PM (jXrK7)
Go to a gun show, ask who does surplus or old guns, see if he has more than 1911s and ask who he would suggest for a review of it.
Costs of lugers are EXTREMELY high from all the cool guys buying them. Don't sell it until you check the prices at the online auction houses. Even the rough ones are pretty pricy
Posted by: Kindltot at February 17, 2019 07:58 PM (mUa7G)
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 07:57 PM (MVjcR)
Hi, Weasel. How are you doing?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 17, 2019 07:58 PM (AllCR)
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at F
hell, think of the scheduling involved. you have to know you are going to be lonely and drunk weeks ahead of time.
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 07:49 PM (MTjB1)
Pfffft I've got that down cold.
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 17, 2019 07:58 PM (gHyze)
AH Lloyd - shoot the thing. Low-pressure round. Absent obvious metallurgical issues, not a risky rifle to shoot when it's old.
Posted by: rhomboid at February 17, 2019 07:50 PM (QDnY+)
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No, I was just kidding. Anyone remember the parody dedications they used to do in the 80s and 90s? That kind of thing.
I *WISH* I had an M-1 carbine. All my money's tied up in the Webley (and my Broomhandle restoration). That's pretty much my gun budget till August.
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 07:58 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 17, 2019 07:45 PM (5hE5B)
It really depended on a lot of factors, starting with what unit he was in and when. An army paratrooper in 1944 would have different kit compared to a Marine in 1942. Remember also that an infantryman might very likely be carrying spare belts for the machine gun or other equipment.
A good resource might be asking reenactors, they tend to research that kind of thing.
Posted by: hogmartin at February 17, 2019 07:58 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 07:58 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: The Walking Dude at February 17, 2019 07:58 PM (cCxiu)
Sent a gun in for some warranty work. It came back with a new trigger safety and trigger spring. Took it to the range today for the first time since getting it back.
Worst POS trigger EVAH! Should I run more rounds through it before being concerned? How many? Or just send it back again?
Posted by: Sacredcow at February 17, 2019 07:54 PM (W1wrF)
But a box or 4 of ammo through it and see if it improves. A new trigger safety spring might be stiff.
Otherwise, I'd honestly send it back and say 'fix it again'
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 17, 2019 07:59 PM (xJa6I)
In real life, the soldier would probably carry about 3 times that, partly in loaded magazines in a buttpack or rucksack, partly as boxed ammo to reload your empty magazines.
In addition, each man would generally carry about 200-300 rounds for the platoon's M60 machine guns, which you'd dump by the MG teams when you went into action. Maybe an extra 60mm mortar round, which would also be dumped off by the mortar crews.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at F
whenever you read that a soldier's basic load of ammo is 200 rounds you start thinking of what you would get rid of to triple or quadruple that.
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 07:59 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 08:00 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 17, 2019 07:58 PM (gHyze)
And here I thought I was the lone ranger.
Posted by: Infidel at February 17, 2019 08:00 PM (9L2du)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at F
We're just having a little harmless fun, that's all.
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 17, 2019 08:00 PM (gHyze)
Posted by: That irredeemable guy who always says... at February 17, 2019 08:01 PM (Tyii7)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 17, 2019 07:58 PM (AllCR)
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All good here. thanks! WeaselDog is begging for little pinches of pizza crust.
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 08:01 PM (MVjcR)
HE'S A SWEET MAN!!!! AND A SILVER TONGUED DEVIL TO BOOT.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 07:49 PM (PkVlr)
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I'm just having some fun. I met my wife in a chatroom (remember those) in May, 1999. Eight-hour drive apart. Her parents called the local sheriff when we tried to meet and told them I kidnapped her. We broke up 13 times.
And yet here we are happy as could be.
Good luck!
(And try to make his journey worthwhile, IYKWIMAITYD.)
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 08:02 PM (cfSRQ)
Then there's the non-wartime production os typewriters by Remington, Colt, and S&W. Add sewing machines by Colt, Remington, Husqvarna, CZ Firearms, and the Singer 1911A1 is considered the Holy Grail of all 1911s.
The metal parts precision necessary for all of them is common to all of them.
Posted by: hooodathunkit at February 17, 2019 08:03 PM (l4S3t)
I've got a 1911, a CZ97, a Ruger P90...and I think that's it for hammer-fired 45's.
We'll see if any of them can dethrone the XD45.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 17, 2019 08:03 PM (xJa6I)
workarounds and there seems to be consensus that if you can modify a
full-moon clip to take .455 it will work fine. Already know not to put
.45 ACP through it, though I will be able to use the .45 ACP snap caps.
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 07:51 PM (cfSRQ)
If you reload, use .455 hollow base bullets. It is what it was designed for, and the bullet skirt upsetting into the grooves will make it much more accurate and fun to shoot.
They can be hard to find, a bud of mine was looking to have some casting dies made so he could have a steady supply.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 17, 2019 08:03 PM (mUa7G)
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 17, 2019 07:58 PM (gHyze)
And here I thought I was the lone ranger.
Posted by: Infidel at February 17, 2019 08:00 PM (9L2du)
Nah. I used to say Insomniac and I were soul brothers. Now he's left me hanging and making me look bad because I wasn't interested in going half that far to meet someone.
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 17, 2019 08:03 PM (gHyze)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 17, 2019 08:04 PM (5aX2M)
Good luck!
(And try to make his journey worthwhile, IYKWIMAITYD.)
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at F
which is the nice way of suggesting that he should be going home crosseyed with a sheet trained out behind him.
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 08:04 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 17, 2019 08:00 PM (gHyze)
If you want to have some harmless fun perhaps you should respond to the gentle flirting that apparently some women are doing with you and not let it go whoosh-over your head.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 17, 2019 08:04 PM (AllCR)
with what unit he was in and when. An army paratrooper in 1944 would
have different kit compared to a Marine in 1942. Remember also that an
infantryman might very likely be carrying spare belts for the machine
gun or other equipment.
A good resource might be asking reenactors, they tend to research that kind of thing.
Posted by: hogmartin at February 17, 2019 07:58 PM (t+qrx)
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The "official" load is not that hard to find. Unofficially, they carried as much ammo as they get their hands on. Spare mags/rounds/clips in pockets, knapsack, etc.
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 08:04 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: Sacredcow at February 17, 2019 08:04 PM (W1wrF)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 17, 2019 08:04 PM (5aX2M)
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It is!
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 08:05 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 17, 2019 08:05 PM (5hE5B)
ammo is 200 rounds you start thinking of what you would get rid of to
triple or quadruple that.
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 07:59 PM (MTjB1)
Then there is the Willie and Joe cartoon where they are both wearing BAR belts and packs and one says to the other, "no, all I got is cigarettes too. I thought you had ammo."
Posted by: Kindltot at February 17, 2019 08:05 PM (mUa7G)
Amen; It's a an answer to prayer-really.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 17, 2019 08:06 PM (AllCR)
Posted by: Kindltot at F
lol
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 08:06 PM (MTjB1)
Nah. I used to say Insomniac and I were soul brothers. Now he's left me hanging and making me look bad because I wasn't interested in going half that far to meet someone.
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy
We all have limits.
Posted by: Infidel at February 17, 2019 08:07 PM (9L2du)
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at February 17, 2019 08:07 PM (LOq4H)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 08:07 PM (PkVlr)
Can you identify the element that does not belong in the photo?
She is not bending over far enough.
i'm pretty sure that's sean connery
Posted by: Anachronda at February 17, 2019 08:07 PM (IHkCi)
what it was designed for, and the bullet skirt upsetting into the
grooves will make it much more accurate and fun to shoot.
They can be hard to find, a bud of mine was looking to have some casting dies made so he could have a steady supply.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 17, 2019 08:03 PM (mUa7G)
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My online ammo guy has .455. It's pricey, but the real deal. Plus, I don't plan on shooting it that much. Revolvers don't suck down ammo like hi-cap semi-autos do.
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 08:07 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: Kindltot at February 17, 2019 08:05 PM (mUa7G)
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THAT is funny!
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 08:07 PM (MVjcR)
Come shooting some Saturday, I'll let you test drive my XD45.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 17, 2019 07:56 PM (xJa6I)
I work late, late Friday until it turns Saturday. It's not because of not wanting to shoot with you and nurse that I haven't shown up so far. 10 am comes by too soon. WCA Bellevue is where the range is, not Issaquah, correct? When I lived on the eastside, I would always go to Issaquah Sportsman's Club, and shoot outside. I just like shooting outside. And at ISC, one can shoot rifles up to 100 yards. Not bad for a range in the middle of what is today expensive suburbs.
But I'm working on it. Going to try to get to one before the Yakima shindig.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 17, 2019 08:07 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 17, 2019 08:07 PM (AllCR)
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at February 17, 2019 08:08 PM (8iiMU)
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 08:04 PM (MTjB1)
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Nope, he should go home with a smile on his face and a song in his heart.
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 08:09 PM (cfSRQ)
Come shooting some Saturday, I'll let you test drive my XD45.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 17, 2019 07:56 PM (xJa6I)
I work late, late Friday until it turns Saturday. It's not because of not wanting to shoot with you and nurse that I haven't shown up so far. 10 am comes by too soon. WCA Bellevue is where the range is, not Issaquah, correct? When I lived on the eastside, I would always go to Issaquah Sportsman's Club, and shoot outside. I just like shooting outside. And at ISC, one can shoot rifles up to 100 yards. Not bad for a range in the middle of what is today expensive suburbs.
But I'm working on it. Going to try to get to one before the Yakima shindig.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 17, 2019 08:07 PM (sy5kK)
Jah, I shoot in Bellevue. If you want to host at Issaquah, I'm flexible. I just have the membership at Bellevue and it's indoors. Warm (mostly) and dry
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 17, 2019 08:10 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 08:05 PM (MVjcR)
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Right? If there was ever a machine for international business, that's it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 17, 2019 08:10 PM (5aX2M)
But when I was praying for Insom over months and months you hadn't arrived yet, but I am happy for you too. How you'd arrive at this crazy place, ASHQ, anyway
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 17, 2019 08:10 PM (AllCR)
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 08:10 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: kallisto at February 17, 2019 08:10 PM (Yc046)
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 08:07 PM (cfSRQ)
Then you're not doing it right
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 17, 2019 08:11 PM (xJa6I)
Yes!
I got a *scope* for my RS22. Installed it a couple of days ago and was waiting for a not-windy day to sight it.
I completely lucked out. Somebody else at the range let me borrow his lead sled and that made it So Much Easier.
I might have screwed up the scope installation. (Bushnell 613510A 3.5-10x36mm). I had to turn over *50* up clicks until I got the elevation right. Windage was only a little off. But, after the click festival, it was shooting where I aimed it.
Pounded a target at 50 yards pretty good. Then I had to give the Lead Sled back and tried my steel swingers. I usually set those up a 20 yards. At that range I hit the swingers about half the time. With the scope I set the swingers at 25 yards and scored 28 out of 30 hits!!
I tried shooting while standing. Hit about half the time - I was hitting those less than 25% of time while standing using the standard RS22 fiber optics.
So the scope is working out pretty well! Nice and clear. Got it for $66 on Amazon and there's 20% rebate coming back on top of that.
Posted by: ArthurK at February 17, 2019 08:11 PM (koV/4)
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 17, 2019 07:45 PM (gHyze)
You say that like it is a bad thing.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 17, 2019 08:11 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 08:05 PM (MVjcR)
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Right? If there was ever a machine for international business, that's it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 17, 2019 08:10 PM (5aX2M)
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Wonder if they still do warranty work?
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 08:11 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 17, 2019 08:07 PM (AllCR
and putting holes in paper with mark a few times a month is certainly good therapy!!!! discipline, focus and technique.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 08:11 PM (PkVlr)
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 08:10 PM (MVjcR)
This is known.
Posted by: hogmartin at February 17, 2019 08:12 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at February 17, 2019 08:12 PM (8iiMU)
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which is the nice way of suggesting that he should be going home crosseyed with a sheet trained out behind him.
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 08:04 PM (MTjB1)
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Nope, he should go home with a smile on his face and a song in his heart.
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 08:09 PM
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Those are not contradictory.
Posted by: irright at February 17, 2019 08:13 PM (RVcmP)
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 08:13 PM (MTjB1)
months you hadn't arrived yet, but I am happy for you too. How you'd
arrive at this crazy place, ASHQ, anyway
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 17, 2019 08:10 PM (AllCR)
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I tried to give him some pep talks now and again. He'd get really dark on some of the ONTs. Glad to see he's getting to a better place.
That being said, one does not simply fly 2500 miles for witty conversation and hand-holding.
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 08:14 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at February 17, 2019 08:14 PM (LOq4H)
Posted by: JAS at February 17, 2019 07:23 PM (3HNOQ)
I think if "she" bent over any farther, you might be, uh, disappointed.
Posted by: Emmie at February 17, 2019 08:14 PM (4HMW8)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 17, 2019 08:14 PM (5hE5B)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 17, 2019 08:04 PM (AllCR)
LOL, I guess if I had a clue i wouldn't let it go flying by. A pitfall of mine. : )
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 17, 2019 08:14 PM (gHyze)
I've never shot anything. I am a vile interloper on this thread
I thought that I was posting on another thread. I'm very tired. It's not that I have any aversion to guns, and I'm very supportive of the right to own them. It's just not anything my family ever did.Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 17, 2019 08:14 PM (AllCR)
Posted by: Holy Moley at February 17, 2019 08:14 PM (aKsyK)
Uplula speed reloader is your friend!
Posted by: lin-duh at February 17, 2019 07:40 PM
Funny thing is, I've received two of them as gifts (and another gun-specific loader with a gun I bought), but never really needed them. I'd bring them to the ammo point for unit range day for the troops loading all the mags, but that's about it.
That may change with this 'lil guy.
Posted by: Grimaldi at February 17, 2019 08:14 PM (tV2LQ)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7DniRWRA7s
Posted by: Braenyard at February 17, 2019 08:15 PM (ePWRo)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
a link from RealClearPolitics.
I lurked for a long time. I followed yall. I noticed in Insom a kindred spirit.
He finally answered a plea to connect through another Moron, Mark.
And now he's coming out to meet me. .
*swoon*
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 08:15 PM (PkVlr)
Posted by: Pennsyltucky at February 17, 2019 08:15 PM (tV4uu)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 17, 2019 08:04 PM (AllCR)
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Ace is going to have to spring for a pianist and some mood lighting.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 17, 2019 08:15 PM (UGqF8)
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There is also the matter of rate of fire.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 17, 2019 08:15 PM (/dN1M)
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at February 17, 2019 08:14 PM (LOq4H)
Aw, I kinda miss having chickens now.
Posted by: hogmartin at February 17, 2019 08:15 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: kallisto at February 17, 2019 08:15 PM (Yc046)
I tried shooting while standing. Hit about half the time - I was hitting those less than 25% of time while standing using the standard RS22 fiber optics...
Posted by: ArthurK at February 17, 2019 08:11 PM (koV/4)
Somewhat related. I've been watching biathlon. Those people are amazing. The good ones hit 4 out of 5 standing after cross country skiing 10 kilometers.
Posted by: DR.WTF at February 17, 2019 08:16 PM (aS1PU)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 17, 2019 08:04 PM (AllCR)
LOL, I guess if I had a clue i wouldn't let it go flying by. A pitfall of mine. : )
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at F
his definition of harmless fun is yelling, screaming, and smiles.
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 08:16 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 17, 2019 08:11 PM (xJa6I)
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This isn't going to be a high-use acquisition. It's an antique. I want to fire it, to know how it feels, and maybe let other people get a sense of this piece of history.
But that's it. I can't see feeding box after box through it.
Now my other stuff, absolutely...
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 08:16 PM (cfSRQ)
The Camp Marlin.
Posted by: navybrat hates disco music at February 17, 2019 07:49 PM (w7KSn)
And a nice steaming pile of shit it is, too. There's REASONS that Marlin dropped the Camp line of carbines, no matter how much fun they were to shoot.
Mine underwent a spontaneous unscrewing of the barrel from the receiver, in the midst of a rather rapid string of fire in a Three Gun match.
Incompetent local gunsmith buggered the repair, to the degree that even Marlin said could not be overcome.
But, what did I find inside the action when I took it down to bits to sell parts at salvage?
Way too much of the internals were made of solvent-sensitive plastics...and these, in high-wear areas where metal-on-metal was called for, and hardened steel, not softer alloys.
Hi-Point makes a far more reliable, if yes, far uglier .45 ACP carbine.
You got a nice Camp 45? Cool. Let it appreciate there in the safe, and don't risk it's self-destruction at the range.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Posted by: Jim at February 17, 2019 08:16 PM (QzJWU)
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 17, 2019 08:14 PM (gHyze)
It's o.k. In my single days, I would often think men were just being friendly without wanting to date me unless they came right out and said "Want to go out on a date?."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 17, 2019 08:16 PM (AllCR)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at February 17, 2019 08:16 PM (Lqy/e)
Posted by: Old Blue at February 17, 2019 08:17 PM (gEvQ8)
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 08:04 PM (MTjB1)
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Nope, he should go home with a smile on his face and a song in his heart.
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 08:09 PM (cfSRQ)
And a walker.
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 17, 2019 08:17 PM (gHyze)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 17, 2019 08:14 PM (AllCR)
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Stop by anytime, Fenelon! You're always welcome here.
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 08:18 PM (MVjcR)
They weren't amused when I said it was pretty common in the US, as a Glock-alternative!
Posted by: Grimaldi at February 17, 2019 08:19 PM (tV2LQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 08:19 PM (MTjB1)
Very nice. Please don't let the rowdy folks convince you that you have to leave with being "sore" if you know what I mean. Lots of people have long term relationships and every pleasant ones without immediately hopping into the sack.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 17, 2019 08:19 PM (AllCR)
Went to Dallas last year. Not going this year. No, there are no gun sales. Some accessories but not even a lot of those.
Posted by: Bob the Bilderberg at February 17, 2019 08:20 PM (qc+VF)
I lurked for a long time. I followed yall. I noticed in Insom a kindred spirit.
He finally answered a plea to connect through another Moron, Mark.
And now he's coming out to meet me. .
*swoon*
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 08:15 PM (PkVlr)
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I apologize for all of the idiotic things I've said!
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 08:20 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at F
do not
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 08:20 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 17, 2019 08:21 PM (AllCR)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 08:21 PM (PkVlr)
Thanks for the replies. It's like any other skill. Practice, practice, practice. Then practice a whole lot more.
Posted by: Old Blue at February 17, 2019 08:17 PM (gEvQ
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Wow, I was scanning the relationship discussion and thought this was about...another set of skills.
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 08:21 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 08:20 PM (MTjB1)
Glad to hear that you endorse my words of wisdom, yk.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 17, 2019 08:22 PM (AllCR)
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 08:07 PM (cfSRQ)
Then you're not doing it right
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed
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That should have been socked Jerry Miculek.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 17, 2019 08:22 PM (Ou6XS)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 17, 2019 08:22 PM (5hE5B)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at F
some sense of obligation to resist your efforts to civilize the horde.
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 08:22 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 08:21 PM (cfSRQ)
Well, yeah, that works too!
Posted by: Old Blue at February 17, 2019 08:23 PM (gEvQ8)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 17, 2019 08:23 PM (Ou6XS)
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 17, 2019 08:14 PM (gHyze)
It's o.k. In my single days, I would often think men were just being friendly without wanting to date me unless they came right out and said "Want to go out on a date?."
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 17, 2019 08:16 PM (AllCR)
Back in college I had a gal literally push me down on the stairs and say "can't you take a HINT????"
So this is an ongoing issue.
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 17, 2019 08:23 PM (gHyze)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 17, 2019 08:15 PM (/dN1M)
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Yep. That's what I was alluding to with the bolt vs semi-auto comparison.
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 08:23 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 08:07 PM (cfSRQ)
Then you're not doing it right
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed
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That should have been socked Jerry Miculek.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 17, 2019 08:22 PM (Ou6XS)
Gah, you're right. I'm not up on sock games. Too hard remembering adding all my my close tags.
Jerry is a phenomenon. Makes me want to get a 45 acp revolver.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 17, 2019 08:23 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: WVinMN at February 17, 2019 08:24 PM (pV4s0)
Posted by: DR.WTF
Yeah, they're good.
Except that one day in USAF basic I've only been shooting a rifle since December. I'm going to an Appleseed course as soon as they have one in Ft. Worth that isn't frigid. Maybe March!
Posted by: ArthurK at February 17, 2019 08:24 PM (koV/4)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at February 17, 2019 08:25 PM (G1gJe)
Always good to be thankful. One of the appealing things about your character is that you usually stop by to give a word of encouragement about dealing with others, and it's much appreciated.
Good night, all. Thanks for your patience allowing me to comment without keeping to the topic. I'll make sure I'm on the correct thread next time.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 17, 2019 08:25 PM (AllCR)
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 08:10 PM
This is wisdom.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 17, 2019 08:25 PM (hzGlR)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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*stares at fingers*
No close-ups of the carbine oiler?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 17, 2019 08:25 PM (Ou6XS)
Is nice.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 17, 2019 08:25 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 17, 2019 08:25 PM (xJa6I)
I shouldn't laugh, but I am.
Posted by: April at February 17, 2019 08:25 PM (OX9vb)
Posted by: Ben Had
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Funny, when I hear that, I always hope that a shot will ring out.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 17, 2019 08:27 PM (Ou6XS)
So this is an ongoing issue.
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 17, 2019 08:23 PM (gHyze)
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I had that problem, too. My solution was to drop the subtlety and come right out with it. Seemed to work. But that was a different time, so maybe not so much.
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 08:27 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: ALH at February 17, 2019 08:27 PM (vBjuR)
I don't know about you, but on my side it's been been a problem with self deprecation. I have thought-they don't really want to date me , do they so I figure they're just being pleasant.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 17, 2019 08:27 PM (AllCR)
I shouldn't laugh, but I am.
Posted by: April at February 17, 2019 08:25 PM (OX9vb)
It's ok, me too. : )
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 17, 2019 08:27 PM (gHyze)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 17, 2019 08:25 PM (Ou6XS)
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You know, I clearly didn't think of that!
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 08:28 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: Hobo with a laptop at February 17, 2019 08:28 PM (Dgce0)
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 08:28 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at February 17, 2019 08:28 PM (G1gJe)
Those typewriters were sturdy, very well made and carefully maintained but the constant use took its toll. Also, then as now, the Pentagon ran on paper and typerwriters that were down could mean a delay in orders, requisitions, and other matters needed to prosecute the war. It was a serious problem. She said a request went out to the country for any typewriters people were willing to donate to the war effort.
Posted by: JTB at February 17, 2019 08:28 PM (bmdz3)
So this is an ongoing issue.
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy
So, so THIS!
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at February 17, 2019 08:28 PM (LOq4H)
-Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 17, 2019 08:04 PM (AllCR)
Some of us are a touch retarded; which was good for owning a Tanning Salon.
Posted by: Slapweasel at February 17, 2019 08:29 PM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: WVinMN at February 17, 2019 08:24 PM (pV4s0)
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I'm worried that the pressure would still be too high. Webleys don't use a solid frame, so they're actually kind of weak for a revolver.
Plus, I want to feel the actual .455 in all it's low-pressure, large-bullet glory.
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 08:29 PM (cfSRQ)
You do not realize your own worth, that's all.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 17, 2019 08:29 PM (yrZmO)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at February 17, 2019 08:29 PM (G1gJe)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 17, 2019 08:27 PM (AllCR)
I could never tell the difference and on those few occasions I thought they were, I was always wrong. Self deprecation is probably involved too, so I was just one of the fraternity drunks.
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 17, 2019 08:30 PM (gHyze)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 17, 2019 08:30 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 08:28 PM (MTjB1)
A legitimate tactical use?
Who cares?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YCLmwLm32o
Posted by: hogmartin at February 17, 2019 08:30 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 17, 2019 08:30 PM (5aX2M)
Posted by: yankeefifth
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Massed assault by squirrels.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 17, 2019 08:30 PM (Ou6XS)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at February 17, 2019 08:30 PM (kQs4Y)
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 08:31 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 08:31 PM (MTjB1)
Sorry I'm so late to answer, PH. Had to make and eat dinner.
It's a 9mm.
Posted by: Eustace Haverkamp at February 17, 2019 08:31 PM (C1NyB)
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 08:28 PM (MTjB1)
I'm...going to take this seriously.
A machine pistol that fired .22lr might work for close range work, especially suppressed. Same idea as the old Czech Scorpion machine pistol.
But you have the problem of reliable ammo with .22lr. Even with CCI Mini Mags, at least one in a hundred rounds will misfire.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 17, 2019 08:31 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: April at February 17, 2019 08:31 PM (OX9vb)
Shooting on Sunday is always good.
Posted by: DBCooper at February 17, 2019 08:31 PM (bttOm)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 17, 2019 08:27 PM (AllCR)
*checks "5 - strongly agree"*
Posted by: hogmartin at February 17, 2019 08:32 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: Infidel at February 17, 2019 08:32 PM (9L2du)
been a problem with self deprecation. I have thought-they don't really
want to date me , do they so I figure they're just being pleasant.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 17, 2019 08:27 PM (AllCR)
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That was not a problem for me in my waning years as a bachelor.
Needless to say, when I entered the Catholic Church and went through my first reconciliation, I told the priest that I'd covered all the Seven Deadly Sins and if it was acceptable, I'd just summarize all the awful stuff I did rather than getting into details.
He was fine with that.
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 08:32 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 17, 2019 08:04 PM (5aX2M)
I had a typewriter made by IBM once. Couldn't hit the bullseye worth shit.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 17, 2019 08:32 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 17, 2019 08:32 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 17, 2019 08:32 PM (5hE5B)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at February 17, 2019 08:33 PM (G1gJe)
You do not realize your own worth, that's all.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 17, 2019 08:29 PM (yrZmO)
Perhaps, but the mistakes I do make don't help either.
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 17, 2019 08:33 PM (gHyze)
Posted by: hogmartin at February 17, 2019 08:32 PM (t+qrx)
You are allowed to retake the quiz after studying the topic at hand.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, Michigangsta at February 17, 2019 08:33 PM (kQs4Y)
Jerry Miculek is a superhuman cyborg sent back from the future to teach us how to save the world from the coming invasion of aliens disguised as cardboard rectangles. Prove me wrong.
Posted by: Bob the Bilderberg at February 17, 2019 08:33 PM (qc+VF)
Posted by: irright at February 17, 2019 08:34 PM (RVcmP)
Sorry I'm so late to answer, PH. Had to make and eat dinner.
It's a 9mm.
Posted by: Eustace Haverkamp at February 17, 2019 08:31 PM (C1NyB)
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Well, that means your ammo will be nice and cheap.
Did you check the bore? Can you see rifling?
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 08:34 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 08:28 PM (MTjB1)
I'm...going to take this seriously.
A machine pistol that fired .22lr might work for close range work, especially suppressed. Same idea as the old Czech Scorpion machine pistol.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 17, 2019 08:31 PM (xJa6I)
Imagine how much the Mossad could get done in a day.
Posted by: hogmartin at February 17, 2019 08:34 PM (t+qrx)
-Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 17, 2019 08:30 PM (Ou6XS)
When that happens, I lock the doors and let the Sheltie Do Her Job.
...I also could use an automatic .22.
That would be a lot of fun, as well.
Posted by: Slapweasel at February 17, 2019 08:34 PM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 17, 2019 08:34 PM (5aX2M)
A machine pistol that fired .22lr might work for close range work, especially suppressed. Same idea as the old Czech Scorpion machine pistol.
But you have the problem of reliable ammo with .22lr. Even with CCI Mini Mags, at least one in a hundred rounds will misfire.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at F
was meant seriously. were you clearing a room with a machine gun with some ridiculously high rate of fire and very low recoil that might be useful. you might not kill everyone but were your rate of fire high enough and mag deep enough, raking the room and inserting 5 rounds of .22lr into everyone would slow them down enough to let the guys behind you finish for you.
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 08:34 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at February 17, 2019 08:34 PM (G1gJe)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YQNKXTyAac
Posted by: Hairyback Guy at February 17, 2019 08:35 PM (Z+IKu)
Many have tried. He is too humble to realize it.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 17, 2019 08:35 PM (yrZmO)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 17, 2019 08:35 PM (AllCR)
Posted by: gp at February 17, 2019 08:35 PM (mk9aG)
Who cares?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YCLmwLm32o
Posted by: hogmartin at F
nice
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 08:35 PM (MTjB1)
I thought that link was short enough.
Posted by: irright at February 17, 2019 08:34 PM (RVcmP)
Youtube links are usually safe if they're placed on a line of their own.
Posted by: DR.WTF at February 17, 2019 08:36 PM (aS1PU)
That being said, one does not simply fly 2500 miles for witty conversation and hand-holding.
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 08:14 PM (cfSRQ)
Geoducks!
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 17, 2019 08:36 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: JTB at February 17, 2019 08:36 PM (bmdz3)
-Posted by: Infidel at February 17, 2019 08:32 PM (9L2du)
*HAH!* I've got them In-Check. They both got Breakfast In Bed this morning, so they Love me!
Posted by: Slapweasel at February 17, 2019 08:36 PM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: gp at February 17, 2019 08:37 PM (mk9aG)
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 08:37 PM (MTjB1)
I'd bet someone here, without goggling, knows what the Zero Hour Bombsight Co started making.
Posted by: gone fishin' at February 17, 2019 08:37 PM (PF3Gg)
https://preview.tinyurl.com/y4tfc8o5
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 17, 2019 08:37 PM (YvUf/)
*HAH!* I've got them In-Check. They both got Breakfast In Bed this morning, so they Love me!
Posted by: Slapweasel at February 17, 2019 08:36 PM (Ckg4U)
You are a doll baby.
Posted by: Ladyl at February 17, 2019 08:37 PM (TdMsT)
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There should be pancakes.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 17, 2019 08:37 PM (UGqF8)
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg
She can show him how a great city can be ruined in under a generation.
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at February 17, 2019 08:38 PM (LOq4H)
Ike. Find the photos, compare their shooting positions. You can tell
in an instant which guy was trained by the US military.
Posted by: gp at February 17, 2019 08:37 PM (mk9aG)
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Wait, don't tell me.
It's the guy in the US military uniform, right?
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 08:38 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 08:39 PM (PkVlr)
Posted by: irright at February 17, 2019 08:39 PM (RVcmP)
I do understand and women can be fickle and unpredictable and somewhat crazy when it comes to such things, so it IS a tough row to hoe.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 17, 2019 08:39 PM (yrZmO)
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There should be pancakes.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at F
the thing is that every incremental mile traveled means that the requirement for a successful bootycall is that much higher.
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 08:39 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 17, 2019 08:32 PM (5hE5B)
Aw thanks, you're too kind!
And in case you missed it, I am up for that mini MoMee this summer.
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 17, 2019 08:39 PM (gHyze)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
a link from RealClearPolitics.
I lurked for a long time. I followed yall. I noticed in Insom a kindred spirit.
He finally answered a plea to connect through another Moron, Mark.
And now he's coming out to meet me. .
*swoon*
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 08:15 PM (PkVlr)
This story is Oscar-worthy. Of course if we buy the movie rights we will have to censor the gun stuff. And Insom will have to be a xhe.
Posted by: Bob Iger and Disney lackies at February 17, 2019 08:40 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: Infidel at February 17, 2019 08:40 PM (9L2du)
Posted by: yankeefifth
so, he's getting:
home cooked meals
range time
cabin in the woods
cabin on the coast.
good enough?
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 08:40 PM (PkVlr)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 17, 2019 08:40 PM (5hE5B)
Posted by: hogmartin
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Well, ideally, it would be smooth-bore, fire .22 shorts, and be silenced.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 17, 2019 08:40 PM (YvUf/)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 17, 2019 08:37 PM (UGqF
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The scene in "An Officer and a Gentleman" when Deborah Winger gets up to make Gere a full breakfast after their mutual exercise is an excellent and truthful representation of what men truly appreciate.
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 08:41 PM (cfSRQ)
lines from college friends that makek you laugh.
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 08:41 PM (MTjB1)
It made me a little nervous, tbh...
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 17, 2019 08:41 PM (yrZmO)
Posted by: gp at February 17, 2019 08:42 PM (mk9aG)
home cooked meals
range time
cabin in the woods
cabin on the coast.
good enough?
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 08:40 PM (PkVlr)
Heck, if Insom doesnt work out, I'LL come!
Posted by: Ladyl at February 17, 2019 08:42 PM (TdMsT)
When I performed at bars, chicks would hit on me like I was a Punching-Bag.
I didn't like it, however. *shrugs*
"You're so funny!"
-I know
Posted by: Slapweasel at February 17, 2019 08:42 PM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: Bob Iger and Disney lackies at F
she would have to be black and one of them would have to say the other beat them while wearing a trump hat.
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 08:43 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at February 17, 2019 08:43 PM (G1gJe)
Also appears to be Ike's hand in the photo upthread, no?
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 17, 2019 08:43 PM (yrZmO)
Many have tried. He is too humble to realize it.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at February 17, 2019 08:35 PM (yrZmO)
Ok, confession time.
I got the hint once, and declined. My bad.
Had I known how little progress I would make between them and now, I'd have taken her up on it. Oh well.
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 17, 2019 08:43 PM (gHyze)
Posted by: yankeefifth
They made one. The American 180. Actually, a SMG. State of Utah bought some for prison guards. (the guys on the walls, not on the ground)
There are videos of it on youtube.
Posted by: ArthurK at February 17, 2019 08:43 PM (koV/4)
Dude!
What did people JUST say about margins and link length?
You GOTTA add spaces to anything over 20 characters or so.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 17, 2019 08:43 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 08:43 PM (PkVlr)
Yes, and it looks ok to my untrained eye.
I seem to want to remember him having some problems reconciling it's history, having done some research. He said the serial number worked out to be pre-war, but it's nickel plated, and his books all said that all DWM models were blue. (This is DWM Luger.)
Posted by: Eustace Haverkamp at February 17, 2019 08:43 PM (C1NyB)
By weird coincidence, yes. But Ike's stance is right out of the book.
The contrast between the two guys is striking.
Posted by: gp at February 17, 2019 08:42 PM (mk9aG)
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Churchill was in the cavalry. Also a master swordsman (though after he dislocated his right shoulder he gave it up). Handy with a pistol, though.
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 08:43 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: Slapweasel at February 17, 2019 08:44 PM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 08:44 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: Eromero at February 17, 2019 08:44 PM (zLDYs)
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 08:10 PM (MVjcR)
Concur. Were I looking, and I am not and hope not to be, time zones would not matter to me. International Date Line just might, though.
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at February 17, 2019 08:44 PM (di1hb)
When I performed at bars, chicks would hit on me like I was a Punching-Bag.
I didn't like it, however. *shrugs*
"You're so funny!"
-I know
Posted by: Slapweasel at F
when we got to college I found that friends with older brothers had distinct advantages over the rest of us.
so, here is what you do
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 08:44 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at February 17, 2019 08:43 PM (G1gJe)
I'm sorry, as soon as you said Inger Stevens, I sorta blacked out for a minute there
I will look up Firecreek! But for now, I'm gonna guess the bad guy got shot. Since how things used to happen in the movies.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 17, 2019 08:45 PM (xJa6I)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRTn6sS4iNY
Posted by: Braenyard at February 17, 2019 08:45 PM (ePWRo)
Nice to see you! How is your evening?
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 08:43 PM (PkVlr)
A bit slow. My guy is coming back from out of state tonight, so I'll get to see him tomorrow. I'm excited for you and Insom.
Posted by: Ladyl at February 17, 2019 08:45 PM (TdMsT)
Dude!
What did people JUST say about margins and link length?
You GOTTA add spaces to anything over 20 characters or so.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 17, 2019 08:43 PM
Sweet. I've never blown the margins before, or taken a trip to the barrel.
Posted by: Grimaldi at February 17, 2019 08:45 PM (tV2LQ)
-Posted by: Ladyl at February 17, 2019 08:42 PM (TdMsT)
*HAH!* ^This Freakin' Broad^
Posted by: Slapweasel at February 17, 2019 08:46 PM (Ckg4U)
I seem to want to remember him having some problems reconciling it's
history, having done some research. He said the serial number worked
out to be pre-war, but it's nickel plated, and his books all said that
all DWM models were blue. (This is DWM Luger.)
Posted by: Eustace Haverkamp at February 17, 2019 08:43 PM (C1NyB)
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It could be built out of parts or modified. The same vendor selling me the Webley had a "frankenluger" assembled from spare parts. Check the serial numbers. Plenty of sites will tell you where and what they mean.
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 08:46 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: Ben Had at February 17, 2019 08:46 PM (5hE5B)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 17, 2019 08:46 PM (U2TY5)
Had I known how little progress I would make between them and now, I'd have taken her up on it. Oh well.
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at F
dude, that is nothing.
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 08:46 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: Ladyl at February 17, 2019 08:45 PM (TdMsT)
Hellos are always so wonderful. That hug and closeness, and appreciation. you are blessed.
enjoy feeling his arms around you and his kiss on your lips.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 08:46 PM (PkVlr)
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 08:47 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: Skip at February 17, 2019 07:04 PM (/rm4P)
Are we talking FN-FAL? Viagra got nothing on that thing.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 17, 2019 08:47 PM (9Om/r)
-Posted by: Ladyl at February 17, 2019 08:42 PM (TdMsT)
*HAH!* ^This Freakin' Broad^
Posted by: Slapweasel at February 17, 2019 08:46 PM (Ckg4U)
Are you making fun of me, young man? ARE YOU?????
Posted by: Ladyl at February 17, 2019 08:47 PM (TdMsT)
There are videos of it on youtube.
Posted by: ArthurK at F
very nice, 275 round mag
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 08:48 PM (MTjB1)
There are a number of parts with the serial number on them. They match.
Posted by: Eustace Haverkamp at February 17, 2019 08:48 PM (C1NyB)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at February 17, 2019 08:48 PM (G1gJe)
Posted by: Ladyl at February 17, 2019 08:45 PM (TdMsT)
Hellos are always so wonderful. That hug and closeness, and appreciation. you are blessed.
enjoy feeling his arms around you and his kiss on your lips.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 08:46 PM (PkVlr)
I have been VERY slow off the mark with this relationship. Very.
Posted by: Ladyl at February 17, 2019 08:49 PM (TdMsT)
By weird coincidence, yes. But Ike's stance is right out of the book.
The contrast between the two guys is striking.
Posted by: gp at February 17, 2019 08:42 PM (mk9aG)
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Churchill was in the cavalry. Also a master swordsman (though after he dislocated his right shoulder he gave it up). Handy with a pistol, though.
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 08:43 PM (cfSRQ)
What amuses me is the US Cav or Armor types wearing jodhpurs when the US Army was mechanized and motorized.
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at February 17, 2019 08:49 PM (di1hb)
Posted by: Slapweasel at February 17, 2019 08:46 PM (Ckg4U)
Are you making fun of me, young man? ARE YOU?????
Posted by: Ladyl at February 17, 2019 08:47 PM (TdMsT)
Hold on to your kidneys!
Posted by: DR.WTF at February 17, 2019 08:49 PM (aS1PU)
enjoy feeling his arms around you and his kiss on your lips.
Posted by: nurse ratched
Ok, that much sweetness will give you diabetes...lol
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at February 17, 2019 08:50 PM (LOq4H)
I got the hint once, and declined. My bad.
Had I known how little progress I would make between them and now, I'd have taken her up on it. Oh well.
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 17, 2019 08:43 PM (gHyze)
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Meh. Live and learn.
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 08:50 PM (cfSRQ)
Hold on to your kidneys!
Posted by: DR.WTF at February 17, 2019 08:49 PM (aS1PU)
You got that straight!
Posted by: Ladyl at February 17, 2019 08:50 PM (TdMsT)
-Posted by: Ladyl at February 17, 2019 08:42 PM (TdMsT)
I thought this blog had a bi-curious angle to it somewhere. Found it.
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 17, 2019 08:50 PM (gHyze)
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 08:50 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: Emmie at February 17, 2019 08:50 PM (4HMW8)
Posted by: Braenyard at February 17, 2019 08:50 PM (ePWRo)
I thought this blog had a bi-curious angle to it somewhere. Found it.
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 17, 2019 08:50 PM (gHyze)
You have no idea how funny that is!
Posted by: Ladyl at February 17, 2019 08:51 PM (TdMsT)
enjoy feeling his arms around you and his kiss on your lips.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 08:46 PM (PkVlr)
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Go on...
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 08:51 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 17, 2019 08:50 PM (gHyze)
*snort*
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 08:51 PM (PkVlr)
I thought this blog had a bi-curious angle to it somewhere. Found it.
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy
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Are we going to discuss drillings?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 17, 2019 08:52 PM (ZMWtN)
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 17, 2019 08:50 PM (gHyze)
You have no idea how funny that is!
Posted by: Ladyl at February 17, 2019 08:51 PM (TdMsT)
Well on that high note I think it's time for my lunch nap. See ya'll on the ONT.
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 17, 2019 08:52 PM (gHyze)
Posted by: Butters at February 17, 2019 08:53 PM (5aX2M)
Posted by: RI Red at February 17, 2019 08:54 PM (Ej+lz)
-Posted by: Ladyl at February 17, 2019 08:47 PM (TdMsT)
Probably.
Posted by: Slapweasel at February 17, 2019 08:54 PM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: RI Red at F
bewbs > guns
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 08:54 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at February 17, 2019 08:55 PM (QK70D)
Posted by: Eustace Haverkamp at February 17, 2019 08:48 PM (C1NyB)
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That's a good sign. I'd just take it to a gunsmith and have them look it over if you're worried.
9mm is not a particularly "hot" round, and modern firearms rarely blow up from factory ammo.
But without seeing it and handling it, I'd say drop it off, pay the bench fee and leave it at that.
Alternatively, take it to a show and find someone selling Lugers. They are usually quite talkative and knowledgeable.
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 08:55 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 08:55 PM (PkVlr)
Posted by: RI Red
and THAT is why this is a great country!
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at February 17, 2019 08:55 PM (LOq4H)
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 08:55 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: RI Red at February 17, 2019 08:54 PM (Ej+lz)
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Yeah! How've you been man? Doing any shooting with the new rifle?
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 08:55 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 08:56 PM (MTjB1)
What amuses me is the US Cav or Armor types wearing jodhpurs when the US Army was mechanized and motorized.
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at February 17, 2019 08:49 PM (di1hb)
Well it had only been mechanized recently. It takes time for uniforms to change.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 17, 2019 08:56 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: yankeefifth
it wasn't an hour.........
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 08:56 PM (PkVlr)
oh crap!
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 08:55 PM (PkVlr)
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Send in a pic and I'll put it in the Mail Call section.
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 08:57 PM (MVjcR)
Insom showed you my BOOBS?
oh crap!
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 08:55 PM (PkVlr)
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I assume before going 2500 miles he inspected the merchandise.
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 08:57 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: stonecutter at February 17, 2019 08:57 PM (Bfr22)
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 08:58 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 17, 2019 08:58 PM (hzGlR)
https://www.dateagunlover.com/
"Do you believe in the 2nd amendment? Love the smell of gunpowder in the morning? Think a date at the firing range is romantic? Then this is where you truly belong, at our unique and open-minded matchmaking service. Connect with men and women who share your passions and interests."
Posted by: Hands at February 17, 2019 08:58 PM (786Ro)
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 08:59 PM (MTjB1)
Never thought about the gun show idea. Thanks. I will get going on it.
I'd like to shoot it a bit, even if just on his birthday....
Posted by: Eustace Haverkamp at February 17, 2019 08:59 PM (C1NyB)
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 08:54 PM (MTjB1)
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*sighs* *shakes head*
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 17, 2019 08:59 PM (5aX2M)
Posted by: WVinMN at February 17, 2019 08:59 PM (pV4s0)
Posted by: stonecutter at February 17, 2019 08:57 PM (Bfr22)
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I'd recommend Federal Gold Medal Match - 168gr inside about 800 yds and 175gr out to 1,000 yds or so. It's about as good as you will get with commercial ammo.
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 08:59 PM (MVjcR)
I thought this blog had a bi-curious angle to it somewhere. Found it.
Posted by: Emperor Country Boy at February 17, 2019 08:50 PM (gHyze)
You have no idea how funny that is!
Posted by: Ladyl at February 17, 2019 08:51 PM (TdMsT)
Paging AtC, AtC to the gun thread...
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 17, 2019 08:59 PM (xJa6I)
Later I got a late WWII model from CMP that had apparently been used by the Bavarian Polizei after the war. Lo and behold, it had a crappy beechwood stock, too! Luckily surplus stocks aren't too expensive.
Posted by: That Deplorable SOB Van Owen at February 17, 2019 08:59 PM (wZ9cV)
series j), any opinions on Horandy or other ammo for reaching out and
touching things?
Posted by: stonecutter at February 17, 2019 08:57 PM (Bfr22)
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I love that this comment was three posts below a mention of phone sex.
Truly a Horde moment.
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 09:00 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 09:00 PM (PkVlr)
Got to my backyard range yesterday and today, since weather was fine. Shot a Browning Hi-Power, and a truly delightful Marlin 1894 in .38 Special/.357 Magnum. 16.5 inch barrel, very handy and very low recoil shooting the cheaper .38 Spc.
We loved ringing the steel.
Posted by: Sasquatch at February 17, 2019 09:00 PM (N91ru)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at February 17, 2019 09:01 PM (G1gJe)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at F
you walk into a store throw down your money and walk out with all the guns you want. you take them home. take them wherever you go. do whatever you want with them. try that with bewbs.
even more, how many more comments do you think a boob thread would get than the gun thread?
we used to have moronettes that shared bewbs here.
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 09:01 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 09:01 PM (MVjcR)
Shot Steel Challenge yesterday. Love the sound of 230 grains hitting a steel plate.
O/T, confirmed, much as I could, my uncle was on the Helena when she was sunk.
That man went through a lot. He was on a ship that was sunk out from under him, reassigned to the Helena, was at Pearl Harbor and then had the dubious honor of having another ship sunk out from underneath him.
Yet, even though I spent a fair amount of time around my uncle growing up, he never talked about his experiences.
And, according to mom, who obviously knew him much longer than I did, my uncle never talked about what he went through.
Posted by: Blake - used bridge salesman at February 17, 2019 09:02 PM (WEBkv)
Thank God you're here!
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 09:00 PM (PkVlr)
I'm here to help.
Even it's just by keeping my mouth shut.
You're a good person, Nurse and I'm always on your side.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 17, 2019 09:02 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Balrog of Morgoth at February 17, 2019 09:02 PM (QK70D)
Search out Eagle Eye 308, it is a precision manufactured ($$$) round with a 173 grain pellet. 1/2 moa is guaranteed and each box comes with a data card.
Another consideration is Match Grade LAPUA 308 in 167 grain by Creedmore of Anniston,AL. Your source there is CMP South.
Posted by: Panhandler at February 17, 2019 09:02 PM (BdkLu)
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 09:01 PM
Well, only after truly epic elections.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 17, 2019 09:03 PM (hzGlR)
I'd like to shoot it a bit, even if just on his birthday....
Posted by: Eustace Haverkamp at February 17, 2019 08:59 PM (C1NyB)
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Luger people are quite common and they get deep into the weeds.
Plus, 9mm is cheap and not too hard on the gun, so if it checks out, you don't have to worry about stressing the mechanism.
But if you do, parts are not that hard to come by. You've got a real treasure. Enjoy it.
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 09:03 PM (cfSRQ)
Search out Eagle Eye 308, it is a precision manufactured ($$$) round with a 173 grain pellet. 1/2 moa is guaranteed and each box comes with a data card.
Another consideration is Match Grade LAPUA 308 in 167 grain by Creedmore of Anniston,AL. Your source there is CMP South.
Posted by: Panhandler at F
not good for reaching out and touching bewbs.
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 09:03 PM (MTjB1)
-Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 09:01 PM (MTjB1)
Make the Threads Great Again.
Posted by: Slapweasel at February 17, 2019 09:03 PM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 17, 2019 09:04 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at F
some of it was gratuitous, generous bewbing.
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 09:04 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: Sasquatch at February 17, 2019 09:00 PM (N91ru)
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Nice! And thank you - it's my pleasure.
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 09:04 PM (MVjcR)
Yeah, the mil-issue carbines are going for crazy money now. The .30 Carbine is plenty of fun to shoot: nice handling and little felt recoil. My brother had a "Jungle Carbine" back in the 1980s -- I don't remember how it recoiled but we didn't shoot it much.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at February 17, 2019 09:04 PM (5Yee7)
But I did figger out the .357 Sig magnum primer issue. (Thanks to you, Iron Mike and others). Ended up unloading a couple dozen rounds and reloading with minimum Blue Dot load. Will chrono this week to see if it adds 200 FPS like max load did. Then never use mag primers again.
Live and learn.
Posted by: RI Red at February 17, 2019 09:04 PM (Ej+lz)
some of it was gratuitous, generous bewbing.
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 09:04 PM (MTjB1)
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Are we going back to busty lesbian porn?
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 09:05 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 09:04 PM
How do I miss these threads?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 17, 2019 09:05 PM (hzGlR)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at F
years ago now, golden age of the horde.
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 09:06 PM (MTjB1)
https://bit.ly/2SHXfrc
Then Stanley Payne's The Spanish Civil War.
Caution: It does rhyme with today and is therefore scary as hell.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at February 17, 2019 11:13 AM (+y/Ru)
I've watched 4 out of 6 parts of the BBC documentary and I don't see any parallels with present-day America. Am I missing something?
Posted by: rickl at February 17, 2019 09:06 PM (sdi6R)
I'd like to shoot it a bit, even if just on his birthday....
Posted by: Eustace Haverkamp at February 17, 2019 08:59 PM (C1NyB)
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Luger people are quite common and they get deep into the weeds.
Plus, 9mm is cheap and not too hard on the gun, so if it checks out, you don't have to worry about stressing the mechanism.
But if you do, parts are not that hard to come by. You've got a real treasure. Enjoy it.
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 09:03 PM (cfSRQ)
Modern non +P 9mm is actually 'milder' than the 9mm Luger rounds the Luger was made for. You need a bit of oomph to work the toggle lock.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 17, 2019 09:07 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Eromero at February 17, 2019 09:07 PM (zLDYs)
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 09:06 PM
*sigh*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 17, 2019 09:07 PM (hzGlR)
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You bet, amigo. Please let us know how it goes!
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 09:07 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: Panhandler at February 17, 2019 09:08 PM (BdkLu)
I also would like another handgun. I like Mark's XD45 and his Walther PPQ, and was.... mmmm, ok with both after some practice.
Many of the handguns I have tried are too big for my hand to fire comfortably. any other suggestions?
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 09:08 PM (PkVlr)
Posted by: William Befort at February 17, 2019 09:08 PM (hJFOo)
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 09:03 PM (MTjB1)
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If you're teaching a gal to shoot with a .308, it sure is.
Posted by: Blake - used bridge salesman at February 17, 2019 09:08 PM (WEBkv)
I put the Dead Man's Model 10 into a bath of it today for a hour after I disassembled it and discovered that the inside was as rusty as the outside. It removed all the rust, and the remaining bluing, but somehow it draws the carbon up to the surface so you end up with a dark gun metal gray finish that will still take oil rather than a shiny in-the-white finish.
I may or may not reblue this pistol.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 17, 2019 09:09 PM (yQpMk)
I remember him bitching about it being unreliable. I bet this had a lot to do with it.
Posted by: Eustace Haverkamp at February 17, 2019 09:09 PM (C1NyB)
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Ah... but you can walk into a store, pull out your gun, take all the money, and spend it on whatever you want, including hookers. Try that with bewbs!
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at February 17, 2019 09:09 PM (5aX2M)
-Posted by: Panhandler at February 17, 2019 09:08 PM (BdkLu)
Pudding, Pasties and Webcams. Those were the days, My Friend.
Posted by: Slapweasel at February 17, 2019 09:09 PM (Ckg4U)
. One is a field grade IHC recvr (reparked) and new barrel & stock) and the other is a WInchester (WWII reparked recrv, new barrrel and stock etc.) . I got both of them late last year.
They are just like having a brand new garand.
Posted by: The Walking Dude at February 17, 2019 09:10 PM (cCxiu)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at F
when the hottest moronettes were getting banned for being too sexually explicit in their comments.
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 09:10 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: Slapweasel
you're just making that up...
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 09:11 PM (PkVlr)
Luger rounds the Luger was made for. You need a bit of oomph to work the
toggle lock.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 17, 2019 09:07 PM (xJa6I)
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Yep. And a damn bit cheaper than 7.63 Mauser or .455 Webley. Why did I have to get into antiques?
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 09:12 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at F
when the hottest moronettes were getting banned for being too sexually explicit in their comments.
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 09:10 PM (MTjB1)
You're killing me.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 17, 2019 09:12 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at F
you know, in theory I am good with that, however, the direct exchange of money for sex is not so desirable, better to have something in between like expensive dinners and gifts.
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 09:12 PM (MTjB1)
you walk into a store throw down your money and walk out with all the guns you want. you take them home. take them wherever you go. do whatever you want with them. try that with bewbs.
What about the bewb show loophole?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 17, 2019 09:12 PM (aKsyK)
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 09:10 PM
Now you're just yanking my chain.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 17, 2019 09:12 PM (hzGlR)
Luger rounds the Luger was made for. You need a bit of oomph to work the
toggle lock.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 17, 2019 09:07 PM (xJa6I)
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Yep. And a damn bit cheaper than 7.63 Mauser or .455 Webley. Why did I have to get into antiques?
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 09:12 PM (cfSRQ)
Why did I get into collecting at all? I could have stopped at 5 or 6 guns...
sigh....
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 17, 2019 09:12 PM (xJa6I)
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 09:10 PM (MTjB1)
You're killing me.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at F
well, suspended not banned, but yeah.
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 09:13 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at February 17, 2019 09:13 PM (G1gJe)
Posted by: Braenyard at February 17, 2019 09:13 PM (ePWRo)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 17, 2019 09:09 PM (yQpMk)
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S&W did a very nice job re-bluing a Model 10 for me. Ford's does excellent work, too.
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 09:13 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at February 17, 2019 09:01 PM (G1gJe)
New Orleans jazz/blues ( I am guessing actual local musicians) and a lot of Jambalaya and Cajun food.
It makes me want to visit there again.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 17, 2019 09:14 PM (sy5kK)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at F
sigh, would name names were it not declasse
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 09:14 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 09:08 PM (PkVlr)
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Walther PK380. My 17-year-old loves to shoot it. Low recoil, small grip, and small enough to conceal if needed.
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 09:14 PM (cfSRQ)
-Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 09:11 PM (PkVlr)
I was there.
It was a steamy night in late May...
Posted by: Slapweasel at February 17, 2019 09:14 PM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 09:15 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 09:08 PM (PkVlr)
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I'd suggest going to a gunshow and just spend time trying as many as possible for fit. A good gun shop should be able to help, too.
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 09:16 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 17, 2019 09:16 PM (hzGlR)
175gr out to 1,000 yds or so. It's about as good as you will get with
commercial ammo."Thanks, Weasel - great thread each week!
Posted by: stonecutter at February 17, 2019 09:16 PM (Bfr22)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 09:08 PM (PkVlr)
I bought a Ruger SR-22 semi-auto .22 for my wife. She likes it a lot and says it fits her hands nicely (she's 5-4 so not a big woman).
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at February 17, 2019 09:17 PM (5Yee7)
Posted by: JTB at February 17, 2019 09:17 PM (bmdz3)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 09:08 PM (PkVlr)
Use both hands.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 17, 2019 09:17 PM (2DOZq)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at F
so the best was when some winsome moronette was given time off for describing what was necessary to get to orgasm and how it unfolded. who gets a week off for that?
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 09:18 PM (MTjB1)
I must have come to the blog way too late.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 17, 2019 09:16 PM (hzGlR)
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Don't feel bad. I've been reading the blog for more than a decade, but only read the content. Never bothered to read the comments until fairly recently.
I guess I missed quite a bit.
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 09:18 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 09:08 PM (PkVlr)
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I'd suggest going to a gunshow and just spend time trying as many as possible for fit. A good gun shop should be able to help, too.
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 09:16 PM (MVjcR)
Nurse, I still have a pile of stuff for you to try. Or we can rent guns at the range too, if you want.
You're damn good with your revolver. It would serve you well, God forbid. No rush, we'll find just the right automatic for you.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 17, 2019 09:18 PM (xJa6I)
-Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 09:15 PM (MTjB1)
It was a freaking Hotbed of "Bannings" for Prominent 'Ettes. I never posted, but I watched with satisfied amusement at the cavalcade of 'Ettes Speaking to Men.
That stuff could have made a freaking magazine.
Posted by: Slapweasel at February 17, 2019 09:19 PM (Ckg4U)
In the book, Seven Roads to Hell, Burgess states that the 101's Airborne
wasn't to enamored with the carbine. Just not the stopping power they
wanted in combat.
Posted by: Sergeant Major at February 17, 2019 07:35 PM (mQENJ)
Great series, Sergeant Major.
I met some 4th ID Normandy Vets in 1994 at Ft Dix. They also disliked the carbine. They said by the time they reached the Huertgen Forrest, most of their platoon had scrounged BARs, and they used them to great effect on assaults.
Posted by: elliot at February 17, 2019 09:19 PM (1PAtI)
That stuff could have made a freaking magazine.
Posted by: Slapweasel at F
sigh, the glorious halcyon days of yore.
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 09:20 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: Infidel at February 17, 2019 09:20 PM (9L2du)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at February 17, 2019 09:20 PM (G1gJe)
given time off for describing what was necessary to get to orgasm and
how it unfolded. who gets a week off for that?
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 09:18 PM (MTjB1)
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And then the blog shut down while everyone made a quick trip to their bunks.
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 09:21 PM (cfSRQ)
175gr out to 1,000 yds or so. It's about as good as you will get with
commercial ammo."Thanks, Weasel - great thread each week!
Posted by: stonecutter at February 17, 2019 09:16 PM (Bfr22)
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You bet. Be careful overpaying for super-duper ammo at premium prices. Unless a load is tuned to a specific rifle, and each one is different, you're likely not going to get what you paid for. Good luck!
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 09:21 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 09:18 PM
Something got off, I'm sure...
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 17, 2019 09:21 PM (hzGlR)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at February 17, 2019 09:20 PM (G1gJe)
Ladies Love Cool James
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 17, 2019 09:21 PM (xJa6I)
-Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 09:20 PM (MTjB1)
Indeed, Brother. We're just going to have to Make our Own Gravy.
Posted by: Slapweasel at February 17, 2019 09:21 PM (Ckg4U)
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at F
shut down, hell the server needed smokes.
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 09:21 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at February 17, 2019 09:20 PM (G1gJe)
The ladies would love it.
Posted by: Can't resist temptation at February 17, 2019 09:21 PM (2DOZq)
I remember how heartbroken she was when her friend Mr. Purple passed on
Posted by: Panhandler at February 17, 2019 09:22 PM (BdkLu)
Posted by: Grimaldi at February 17, 2019 09:22 PM (TNFfF)
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 09:22 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at February 17, 2019 09:23 PM (b38Vt)
Posted by: lin-duh at February 17, 2019 09:24 PM (kufk0)
Posted by: JTB at February 17, 2019 09:17 PM (bmdz3)
I took a date to a shooting range once. It was a lot of fun; we got along just fine. Until. She got that look in her eye, you know? Just knew what she wanted and couldn't be talked out of it; she was going home with it that night. Anyway, long story short, I tried, but I couldn't win the teddy bear and I ran out of tickets. And just like that, she walked out of my life forever. Last I saw was the back side of her as she walked towards the tilt-a-whirl, holding hands with a toothless carny who looked like he used thirty-weight shampoo. A "pit boob", I think. Some job like that.
Anyway, the funnel cakes were pretty good.
Posted by: hogmartin at February 17, 2019 09:24 PM (t+qrx)
Posted by: lin-duh at February 17, 2019 09:24 PM (kufk0)
I bet there were a LOT of crusty socks.....
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 17, 2019 09:24 PM (PkVlr)
Posted by: lin-duh at February 17, 2019 09:24 PM (kufk0)
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Hi lin-duh - doing any shooting lately?
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 09:25 PM (MVjcR)
*sniff*
"You know it, my main man! Only ting... we got to be careful, not a trace, not a whisper, my man!"
*sniff*
"Now, let me call Uber..."
Posted by: Jussie's Bleach Friends at February 17, 2019 09:25 PM (js3u9)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 17, 2019 09:25 PM (aKsyK)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 17, 2019 09:26 PM (KoKdw)
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 09:26 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: lin-duh at February 17, 2019 09:24 PM
Well, some of us are well over 29 these days...
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 17, 2019 09:26 PM (hzGlR)
Posted by: lin-duh at February 17, 2019 09:26 PM (kufk0)
Posted by: Jewells45 at February 17, 2019 09:27 PM (dUJdY)
Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco
Posted by: Panhandler at February 17, 2019 09:27 PM (BdkLu)
NR, For a semi auto, look at the Smith and Wesson M and P pistols. Mrs. JTB has very small hands but they are comfortable for her. In a 22 revolver maybe the Ruger Bearcat. In a 38 special, a Smith Model 10 with the original size grips would likely fit you well. Just some thoughts.
Posted by: JTB at February 17, 2019 09:28 PM (bmdz3)
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 09:28 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: lin-duh at February 17, 2019 09:28 PM (kufk0)
Posted by: lin-duh at February 17, 2019 09:24 PM (kufk0)
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And now we've got our own "Luke and Laura" romance.
Well, without the rape thing. To a Herb Alpert tune.
That was just strange...
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 09:28 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at February 17, 2019 09:28 PM (G1gJe)
Posted by: lin-duh at February 17, 2019 09:26 PM (kufk0)
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Bummer. Long time til October!
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 09:28 PM (MVjcR)
10 points for LSMFT
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at February 17, 2019 09:26 PM (KoKdw)
Lucky
Strike
Means
Fine
Tobacco
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at February 17, 2019 09:29 PM (sy5kK)
Well, without the rape thing. To a Herb Alpert tune.
That was just strange...
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at F
nothing new, they get more interesting later
Posted by: yankeefifth at February 17, 2019 09:29 PM (MTjB1)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, link fixed at February 17, 2019 08:03 PM (xJa6I)
Got an XDM .45 with a 2 lbs. Powder River Trigger, oh momma is it fun to shoot.
Posted by: Quilter's Irish Death at February 17, 2019 09:29 PM (rn+Vx)
Posted by: hogmartin at February 17, 2019 09:29 PM (t+qrx)
From the Wiki
A total of over 6.1 million M1 carbines of various models were manufactured, making it the most produced small arm for the American military during World War II (compared with about 5.4 million M1 rifles and about 1.3 million Thompson submachine guns).
Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 17, 2019 09:30 PM (yQpMk)
NR, For a semi auto, look at the Smith and
Wesson M and P pistols. Mrs. JTB has very small hands but they are
comfortable for her. In a 22 revolver maybe the Ruger Bearcat. In a 38
special, a Smith Model 10 with the original size grips would likely fit
you well. Just some thoughts.
Posted by: JTB at February 17, 2019 09:28 PM (bmdz3)
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Not a fan. A buddy of mine has one. The aggressively patterned grip feels like sandpaper in my soft, girlish hands.
Go with the Walther. Thank me later.
Posted by: A.H. Lloyd at February 17, 2019 09:30 PM (cfSRQ)
Posted by: DR.WTF at February 17, 2019 09:30 PM (aS1PU)
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 09:30 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 17, 2019 09:30 PM (yQpMk)
Posted by: Some rat in the swamp at February 17, 2019 09:32 PM (LOq4H)
But I did figger out the .357 Sig magnum primer issue. (Thanks to you, Iron Mike and others). Ended up unloading a couple dozen rounds and reloading with minimum Blue Dot load. Will chrono this week to see if it adds 200 FPS like max load did. Then never use mag primers again.
Live and learn.
Posted by: RI Red at February 17, 2019 09:04 PM (Ej+lz)
Good to hear.
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at February 17, 2019 09:32 PM (di1hb)
Posted by: Slapweasel at F
sigh, the glorious halcyon days of yore.
Posted by: yankeefifth
Yeah but serious guys it was mostly kept to the ONT back then.
It hasn't always worked out so well after the meet up and then only one got to keep the HQ, so some were lost to that too.
Posted by: slowdown at February 17, 2019 09:33 PM (2CtSR)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 17, 2019 09:33 PM (yQpMk)
From the Wiki
A total of over 6.1 million M1 carbines of various models were manufactured, making it the most produced small arm for the American military during World War II (compared with about 5.4 million M1 rifles and about 1.3 million Thompson submachine guns).
Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 17, 2019 09:30 PM (yQpMk)
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Sure did Grump. I was a little surprised by the 6 million figure, myself.
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 09:34 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: Eustace Haverkamp at February 17, 2019 09:34 PM (C1NyB)
Posted by: Eustace Haverkamp at February 17, 2019 09:34 PM (C1NyB)
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My pleasure! Thanks for stopping by.
Posted by: Weasel at February 17, 2019 09:36 PM (MVjcR)
Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 17, 2019 09:36 PM (yQpMk)
From the Wiki
A total of over 6.1 million M1 carbines of various models were manufactured, making it the most produced small arm for the American military during World War II (compared with about 5.4 million M1 rifles and about 1.3 million Thompson submachine guns).
Posted by: Grump928(C) at February 17, 2019 09:30 PM (yQpMk)
Tooth to tail ratio (40% of troops in ETO were combat by war's end) and the cost producing the rifle ($45 vs $85 for the Garand) and its ammo.
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at February 17, 2019 09:39 PM (di1hb)
Posted by: Tentotwo at February 17, 2019 09:44 PM (yhf6w)
Posted by: Grimaldi at February 17, 2019 07:36 PM
This is frequently encountered. The 12 rounders can be a bugger getting #12 in. If you load them up and let them sit a week or two a couple of times, that seems to help. Many people use a loader to assist.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 17, 2019 09:45 PM (DMUuz)
Posted by: lin-duh at February 17, 2019 09:28 PM
I don't think y'all will be disappointed.
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