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Gun Thread: February 16th Edition!
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Posted by: Schnorflepuppy - OT but harmless at February 16, 2025 07:00 PM (v23vE)
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BANG!
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 07:00 PM (hzHvq)
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Good evening everyone
Posted by: Skip at February 16, 2025 07:00 PM (fwDg9)
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Mrs. E has a Parker-Hale .303!
Posted by: Eromero at February 16, 2025 07:00 PM (LHPAg)
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Hello horde and especially Weasel!
Posted by: Rancherbob at February 16, 2025 07:00 PM (hozxk)
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Here!
Posted by: RI Red at February 16, 2025 07:01 PM (RsjDp)
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Present and accounted for
Posted by: Coelacanth at February 16, 2025 07:02 PM (81Kby)
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W00T! Good Sunday evening, gub 'ettes and 'rons, and a special high-handed howdy to our hardworking host Weasel.
The Food Thread is a very, very attainable target tonight at 242 comments. CBD led off with salad, a tactical error upon which we can capitalize.
The Food Thread is a very, very attainable target tonight at 242 comments. CBD led off with salad, a tactical error upon which we can capitalize.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy - OT but harmless at February 16, 2025 07:03 PM (v23vE)
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Happy Sunday evening all....congrats S'puppy on being first.
Thanks Weasel for the videos, I will be watching those several times (except the finishing the plane one)
Now off to fix dinner....
Thanks Weasel for the videos, I will be watching those several times (except the finishing the plane one)
Now off to fix dinner....
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at February 16, 2025 07:03 PM (IQ6Gq)
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Hello, Weasel!
Posted by: Ed L at February 16, 2025 07:03 PM (AiJK3)
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I really should try to go shooting tomorrow. The range might be full, though. We'll see. I've got way too long between my range sessions.
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 07:03 PM (hzHvq)
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Good evening Horde. Thank you Weasel. Well done Schnorf!
Posted by: TRex at February 16, 2025 07:04 PM (IQ6Gq)
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Good evening and thanks again, weasel!
I keep forgetting 'tis the season of the tyranny of the spreadsheets.
I keep forgetting 'tis the season of the tyranny of the spreadsheets.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 16, 2025 07:05 PM (tT6L1)
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Tomorrow is PDT Day! I think I’ll take it off.
Wait. I’m mostly retired.
Wait. I’m mostly retired.
Posted by: RI Red at February 16, 2025 07:05 PM (RsjDp)
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Yay! Guns!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 16, 2025 07:06 PM (Wnv9h)
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February 14, 1911 was the date the patent for the 1911 was issued to John Moses Browning.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 16, 2025 07:06 PM (a3Q+t)
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Good evening, Gunthusiasts.
Posted by: Ben Had at February 16, 2025 07:06 PM (mB6WH)
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Anyone notice the suspicious absence of watches in the training videos?
Posted by: TRex at February 16, 2025 07:07 PM (IQ6Gq)
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A question, kinda related to "fundamentals" of a certain kind:
If you knew TEOTWAWKI was coming next weekend, and you had to plan on cleaning your guns after all the Ballistol, BreakFree, Hoppes, CLP. etc. were gone, what would you use to clean your weapon, particularly if you had to make it yourself?
If you knew TEOTWAWKI was coming next weekend, and you had to plan on cleaning your guns after all the Ballistol, BreakFree, Hoppes, CLP. etc. were gone, what would you use to clean your weapon, particularly if you had to make it yourself?
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 07:08 PM (hzHvq)
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I would have had a range report, but when I got there, they were having an Appleseed shoot.
It’s a great program for young and old. Teach you to shoot a .22 accurately and safely at short and long range, interspersed with American history.
It’s a great program for young and old. Teach you to shoot a .22 accurately and safely at short and long range, interspersed with American history.
Posted by: RI Red at February 16, 2025 07:08 PM (RsjDp)
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Good evening, Horde and our host Weasel.
I've been trying out my new Chargemaster Link powder dispenser. It's a little slow throwing a charge, but otherwise I really like it. I haven't played with the Bluetooth app yet. I don't really think I need it.
I've been trying out my new Chargemaster Link powder dispenser. It's a little slow throwing a charge, but otherwise I really like it. I haven't played with the Bluetooth app yet. I don't really think I need it.
Posted by: That SOB Van Owen at February 16, 2025 07:08 PM (Hdixl)
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Howdy all y'all. Power outage at WeaselCommand is entering hour numero two. Dogs were confused and went to bed, but they're back out now enjoying wacky hijinks.
Posted by: Weasel at February 16, 2025 07:09 PM (iu4Pw)
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The Food Thread is a very, very attainable target tonight at 242 comments. CBD led off with salad, a tactical error upon which we can capitalize.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy - OT but harmless at February 16, 2025 07:03 PM
As a reminder, this is about the famous and coveted AoSHQ 4:00pm-10:00pm (EST) Sunday Time Slot!
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy - OT but harmless at February 16, 2025 07:03 PM
As a reminder, this is about the famous and coveted AoSHQ 4:00pm-10:00pm (EST) Sunday Time Slot!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 16, 2025 07:10 PM (a3Q+t)
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Dogs were confused and went to bed, but they're back out now enjoying wacky hijinks.
Posted by: Weasel at February 16, 2025 07:09 PM
Cozy Cave update?
Posted by: Weasel at February 16, 2025 07:09 PM
Cozy Cave update?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 16, 2025 07:10 PM (Wnv9h)
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Good evening, Weasel San.
Posted by: RI Red at February 16, 2025 07:11 PM (RsjDp)
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Weasel, is the cigar hut securely anchored ?
Posted by: Ben Had at February 16, 2025 07:12 PM (mB6WH)
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Terrible showing at the thousand yard match. Day was ideal for shooting and I was using loads which had previously performed quite well. Range day is necessary to see if I can find the lands again and squeeze a few more rounds out of the 06. The new barrel cannot arrive soon enough. This was day I should have easily kept everything inside the 9 ring. I had trouble keeping things inside the 8 ring. Yeesh.
Speaking of loads, I had near disaster. I was loading some brass and, without thinking, loaded some 208 grain bullets on a load which is hot even for a 174 grain bullet. Fortunately, I caught it in time and took the rounds apart before they found their way into my rife. Whew!
Speaking of loads, I had near disaster. I was loading some brass and, without thinking, loaded some 208 grain bullets on a load which is hot even for a 174 grain bullet. Fortunately, I caught it in time and took the rounds apart before they found their way into my rife. Whew!
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 16, 2025 07:13 PM (tT6L1)
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Cozy Cave update?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 16, 2025 07:10 PM (Wnv9h)
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Both CCs are unoccupied. FSJ has managed to burrow deep under all of the blankets and Gertie is snuggled up next to WW.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 16, 2025 07:10 PM (Wnv9h)
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Both CCs are unoccupied. FSJ has managed to burrow deep under all of the blankets and Gertie is snuggled up next to WW.
Posted by: Weasel at February 16, 2025 07:13 PM (iu4Pw)
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Weasel, is the cigar hut securely anchored ?
Posted by: Ben Had at February 16, 2025 07:12 PM (mB6WH)
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It is! As a matter of fact I'm in The Hut as we speak!
Posted by: Ben Had at February 16, 2025 07:12 PM (mB6WH)
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It is! As a matter of fact I'm in The Hut as we speak!
Posted by: Weasel at February 16, 2025 07:15 PM (iu4Pw)
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19 If you knew TEOTWAWKI was coming next weekend, and you had to plan on cleaning your guns after all the Ballistol, BreakFree, Hoppes, CLP. etc. were gone, what would you use to clean your weapon?
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 07:08 PM
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Synthetic motor oil?
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 07:08 PM
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Synthetic motor oil?
Posted by: TRex at February 16, 2025 07:15 PM (IQ6Gq)
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Was supposed to go to the local Cowboy Shoot today - first time in almost a year due to “stuff”.
Called due to the weather. Place would have been a swamp.
So - dry practice on the shotgun
Thank you Weasel and a great week to the GunHorde!
Called due to the weather. Place would have been a swamp.
So - dry practice on the shotgun
Thank you Weasel and a great week to the GunHorde!
Posted by: Coelacanth at February 16, 2025 07:15 PM (81Kby)
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If you knew TEOTWAWKI was coming next weekend, and you had to plan on cleaning your guns after all the Ballistol, BreakFree, Hoppes, CLP. etc. were gone, what would you use to clean your weapon?
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 07:08 PM
The tears from the lamentations of their women.
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 07:08 PM
The tears from the lamentations of their women.
Posted by: Conan at February 16, 2025 07:16 PM (a3Q+t)
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Fortunately, I caught it in time and took the rounds apart before they found their way into my rife. Whew!
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 16, 2025 07:13 PM
Almost the same thing last week. Loading .308 with XY.6 grains. Second row I looked and the brass was almost full. Not right.
It turns out I had dialed in X6.0. D’oh.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 16, 2025 07:13 PM
Almost the same thing last week. Loading .308 with XY.6 grains. Second row I looked and the brass was almost full. Not right.
It turns out I had dialed in X6.0. D’oh.
Posted by: RI Red at February 16, 2025 07:17 PM (RsjDp)
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Amusing side note, one of the guys at the match yesterday put together a 3 shot group at 1,000 yards that was maybe 3"...all three in the 9 ring. D'oh!
he was shooting a 300 WinMagm by the way.
he was shooting a 300 WinMagm by the way.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 16, 2025 07:17 PM (tT6L1)
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Watched the nuclear accident video, there is a moral in the story somewhere
Posted by: Skip at February 16, 2025 07:18 PM (fwDg9)
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GWB, auto transmission fluid. ATF is actually a good way to soak frozen rusted parts whether gun parts or not.
Posted by: whig's phone at February 16, 2025 07:18 PM (ctrM5)
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No range time for me this weekend. The holiday means that Saturday and Sunday are both packed. Tomorrow the range is closed for the holiday. Worked on a future Gun Thread submission instead.
Posted by: Ed L at February 16, 2025 07:19 PM (AiJK3)
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Almost the same thing last week. Loading .308 with XY.6 grains. Second row I looked and the brass was almost full. Not right.
It turns out I had dialed in X6.0. D’oh.
Posted by: RI Red at February 16, 2025 07:17 PM (RsjDp)
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Hey, so what if the case bulges a little bit when you compress the load, right? Just gives a better fit in the chamber!
Almost the same thing last week. Loading .308 with XY.6 grains. Second row I looked and the brass was almost full. Not right.
It turns out I had dialed in X6.0. D’oh.
Posted by: RI Red at February 16, 2025 07:17 PM (RsjDp)
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Hey, so what if the case bulges a little bit when you compress the load, right? Just gives a better fit in the chamber!
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at February 16, 2025 07:20 PM (tT6L1)
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Isn't every day PDT Day (a.k.a. Trumpmas)?
Feb 17th is also the day that El Rushbo was taken from us untimely ...
fun to imagine what he would be thinking and saying these days ...
Feb 17th is also the day that El Rushbo was taken from us untimely ...
fun to imagine what he would be thinking and saying these days ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 16, 2025 07:23 PM (KaBJL)
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Going to conserve battery power. Back in a little bit.
Posted by: Weasel at February 16, 2025 07:24 PM (iu4Pw)
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Also watched most of the nuke accident video. Surprised he lived, not surprised bureaucracy made life hell.
Posted by: From about That Time at February 16, 2025 07:24 PM (n4GiU)
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Good evening gubthreaders and all the ships at sea! sra blaster and I are organic tree farming this weekend.
Posted by: blaster at February 16, 2025 07:24 PM (L1HeT)
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Where's that candy bowl hiding?
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at February 16, 2025 07:25 PM (NFX2v)
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Oh - blaster acres is now on the Gulf of America!
Posted by: blaster at February 16, 2025 07:25 PM (L1HeT)
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While out tree farming this afternoon we heard someone nearby shooting. The area is definitely gun friendly I guess.
And really hoping they have good backstops because this area is flat flat flat.
And really hoping they have good backstops because this area is flat flat flat.
Posted by: blaster at February 16, 2025 07:27 PM (L1HeT)
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good luck, Weasel! hope they get your power back on quickly!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 16, 2025 07:28 PM (KaBJL)
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Isn't every day PDT Day (a.k.a. Trumpmas)?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 16, 2025 07:23 PM
Sure feels like it.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 16, 2025 07:23 PM
Sure feels like it.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 16, 2025 07:30 PM (Wnv9h)
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And really hoping they have good backstops because this area is flat flat flat.
Posted by: blaster at February 16, 2025 07:27 PM (L1HeT)
Hopefully they're maintained as the round count increases, especially with rifle rounds.
Posted by: blaster at February 16, 2025 07:27 PM (L1HeT)
Hopefully they're maintained as the round count increases, especially with rifle rounds.
Posted by: Ed L at February 16, 2025 07:32 PM (AiJK3)
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41 Also watched most of the nuke accident video. Surprised he lived, not surprised bureaucracy made life hell.
Posted by: From about That Time at February 16, 2025 07:24 PM (n4GiU)
Yep. The same bureaucracy that failed him originally by not mandating better (or working) safety features in the experiment area where he got zapped.
Posted by: From about That Time at February 16, 2025 07:24 PM (n4GiU)
Yep. The same bureaucracy that failed him originally by not mandating better (or working) safety features in the experiment area where he got zapped.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy - OT but harmless at February 16, 2025 07:34 PM (v23vE)
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Howdy!
Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by pew pew at February 16, 2025 07:35 PM (sAmhv)
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Would appear that Anatoli Petrovich Bugorski is still with us at 82, if Wikipedia is to be believed.
Also, Pixy does not like the Russian spelling of his name.
Also, Pixy does not like the Russian spelling of his name.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy - OT but harmless at February 16, 2025 07:35 PM (v23vE)
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David Hogg, Harvard graduate, is being outed as a grifter, using his position of Vice-Chairpyrsyn of the Democrat Party to send up to 8 texts a day to phones on the Dems list blegging for money for his PAC. Said PAC is paying him over $100K per year, with a reported payment of $20K in December 2024 alone.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 16, 2025 07:38 PM (a3Q+t)
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Watched the nuclear accident video, there is a moral in the story somewhere
Posted by: Skip at February 16, 2025 07:18 PM (fwDg9)
I did an eyeroll when the narrator referred to George Soros as a "philanthropist".
Posted by: Skip at February 16, 2025 07:18 PM (fwDg9)
I did an eyeroll when the narrator referred to George Soros as a "philanthropist".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 16, 2025 07:39 PM (8zz6B)
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Isn't every day PDT Day (a.k.a. Trumpmas)?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 16, 2025 07:23 PM
Sure feels like it.
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Will feel even more like it when all these ridiculous TROs are overturned....
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 16, 2025 07:23 PM
Sure feels like it.
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Will feel even more like it when all these ridiculous TROs are overturned....
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at February 16, 2025 07:40 PM (IQ6Gq)
Posted by: Ed L at February 16, 2025 07:41 PM (AiJK3)
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Almost the same thing last week. Loading .308 with XY.6 grains. Second row I looked and the brass was almost full. Not right.
It turns out I had dialed in X6.0. D’oh.
Posted by: RI Red
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Hey, so what if the case bulges a little bit when you compress the load, right? Just gives a better fit in the chamber!
Posted by: blake
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Mistakes are easy to make, but the QA dept in both of your loading problems was up to snuff.
An erroneous charge of powder is one of the easiest mistake to make in reloading but careful quality assurance observation before finishing the reloading process can prevent it from ever going boom in a chamber. Or in the case of no charge, a squib leaving a bullet stuck in the barrel.
Almost the same thing last week. Loading .308 with XY.6 grains. Second row I looked and the brass was almost full. Not right.
It turns out I had dialed in X6.0. D’oh.
Posted by: RI Red
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Hey, so what if the case bulges a little bit when you compress the load, right? Just gives a better fit in the chamber!
Posted by: blake
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Mistakes are easy to make, but the QA dept in both of your loading problems was up to snuff.
An erroneous charge of powder is one of the easiest mistake to make in reloading but careful quality assurance observation before finishing the reloading process can prevent it from ever going boom in a chamber. Or in the case of no charge, a squib leaving a bullet stuck in the barrel.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 07:41 PM (ctrM5)
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52 David Hogg, Harvard graduate, is being outed as a grifter, using his position of Vice-Chairpyrsyn of the Democrat Party to send up to 8 texts a day to phones on the Dems list blegging for money for his PAC. Said PAC is paying him over $100K per year, with a reported payment of $20K in December 2024 alone.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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He's gotta have a career as an established grifter for the parents of Greta Thunbergs accepting him as marriage material for their daughter. Bride prices in Sweden don't come cheap. Nor does reconstructive facial surgery to look like normal people.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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He's gotta have a career as an established grifter for the parents of Greta Thunbergs accepting him as marriage material for their daughter. Bride prices in Sweden don't come cheap. Nor does reconstructive facial surgery to look like normal people.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 07:43 PM (ctrM5)
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Regarding the "You Asked For It" clip, Bill Jordan's draw to first shot time is impressive, but his muzzle discipline is crap. Art Baker should have disarmed him and given him an on-camera lecture about The Four Rules Of Gun Safety.
(Although Art probably would have been shot for his trouble trying to go for Bill's favorite gun...)
(Although Art probably would have been shot for his trouble trying to go for Bill's favorite gun...)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy - OT but harmless at February 16, 2025 07:44 PM (v23vE)
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Gub! Thanks, Weasel. I love anything by Lena or Jerry.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 16, 2025 07:44 PM (mH6SG)
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Will feel even more like it when all these ridiculous TROs are overturned....
Posted by: Grateful
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A third of them are already gone. Ultimately, the cure is the political process by deleting these line items from the upcoming reconciliation and budget bill in March. That is why DOGE is hurrying to finish these audits before then.
Basically all the rest of TROs are doomed if Congress gives the okay to cut these funds aka recission.
Posted by: Grateful
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A third of them are already gone. Ultimately, the cure is the political process by deleting these line items from the upcoming reconciliation and budget bill in March. That is why DOGE is hurrying to finish these audits before then.
Basically all the rest of TROs are doomed if Congress gives the okay to cut these funds aka recission.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 07:45 PM (ctrM5)
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Not the best day at the range.
I learned that 1911 mags are not necessarily interchangeable, and that the ones I bought have something sticking up in front that keeps them from seating properly. I've put in a support ticket with Wilson Combat to ask what to do about it. I'm hoping it's just a matter of getting some different basepads.
So I couldn't fire that one at all. I did have another gun with me, but it seemed as though my bad habits decided to have a field day. Specifically, a tendency to dip the muzzle during the trigger pull. I don't know why. I'll have to ask my hands.
I learned that 1911 mags are not necessarily interchangeable, and that the ones I bought have something sticking up in front that keeps them from seating properly. I've put in a support ticket with Wilson Combat to ask what to do about it. I'm hoping it's just a matter of getting some different basepads.
So I couldn't fire that one at all. I did have another gun with me, but it seemed as though my bad habits decided to have a field day. Specifically, a tendency to dip the muzzle during the trigger pull. I don't know why. I'll have to ask my hands.
Posted by: Splunge at February 16, 2025 07:45 PM (afZ9r)
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On the moving drill the first woman does...
Does anyone else note her actually stopping to fire those middle shots, though she says she's "shooting on the move"? Experienced pistol shooters please explain? (Is she wrong, right, why?)
Does anyone else note her actually stopping to fire those middle shots, though she says she's "shooting on the move"? Experienced pistol shooters please explain? (Is she wrong, right, why?)
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 07:45 PM (hzHvq)
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A rifled barrel is ribbed for the bullet's pleasure.
Posted by: Philosomoron at February 16, 2025 07:46 PM (a3Q+t)
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Will feel even more like it when all these ridiculous TROs are overturned....
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at February 16, 2025 07:40 PM (IQ6Gq)
That might be part of the strategy. Get all that stuff into the open, then get it in front of the Supremes to smack them down.
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at February 16, 2025 07:40 PM (IQ6Gq)
That might be part of the strategy. Get all that stuff into the open, then get it in front of the Supremes to smack them down.
Posted by: Ed L at February 16, 2025 07:47 PM (AiJK3)
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what would you use to clean your weapon?
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 07:08 PM
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Synthetic motor oil?
Posted by: TRex at February 16, 2025 07:15 PM (IQ6Gq)
I know that's a very acceptable substitute for lubing a gun, but I'm not sure it's good for cleaning. Is that true?
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 07:08 PM
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Synthetic motor oil?
Posted by: TRex at February 16, 2025 07:15 PM (IQ6Gq)
I know that's a very acceptable substitute for lubing a gun, but I'm not sure it's good for cleaning. Is that true?
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 07:47 PM (hzHvq)
Posted by: David Hogg at February 16, 2025 07:47 PM (xjvsF)
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58 Regarding the "You Asked For It" clip, Bill Jordan's draw to first shot time is impressive, but his muzzle discipline is crap. Art Baker should have disarmed him and given him an on-camera lecture about The Four Rules Of Gun Safety.
(Although Art probably would have been shot for his trouble trying to go for Bill's favorite gun...)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy
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To be honest, there were less accidental shootings when double action 9-12 lb triggers on revolvers were used for lawmen. Rigid trigger and muzzle discipline and training is needed as you make the trigger lighter and lighter with no safety, etc.
But, using the heavier pull weight of a typical double action revolver can lead to bad habits when using other firearms.
(Although Art probably would have been shot for his trouble trying to go for Bill's favorite gun...)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy
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To be honest, there were less accidental shootings when double action 9-12 lb triggers on revolvers were used for lawmen. Rigid trigger and muzzle discipline and training is needed as you make the trigger lighter and lighter with no safety, etc.
But, using the heavier pull weight of a typical double action revolver can lead to bad habits when using other firearms.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 07:48 PM (ctrM5)
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Went with lurker Osprey to a flea market. he was looking seriously at a Chiappa Rhino in .357, with a Kydex holster and two speed loaders, but he did not pull the trigger, hoping for a price drop next week.
But I was able to get a Harrington & Richardson model 922 9-shot revolver with a six inch barrel for $325. It is quite presentable. Manufactured in 1952, according to the serial number. I will try it out in the desert this week.
But I was able to get a Harrington & Richardson model 922 9-shot revolver with a six inch barrel for $325. It is quite presentable. Manufactured in 1952, according to the serial number. I will try it out in the desert this week.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 16, 2025 07:48 PM (8zz6B)
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GWB, auto transmission fluid. ATF is actually a good way to soak frozen rusted parts whether gun parts or not.
Posted by: whig's phone at February 16, 2025 07:18 PM (ctrM5)
OK. And there might be a bunch of that around after The End. (Assuming we're not 50 years into the EV takeover.)
Posted by: whig's phone at February 16, 2025 07:18 PM (ctrM5)
OK. And there might be a bunch of that around after The End. (Assuming we're not 50 years into the EV takeover.)
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 07:48 PM (hzHvq)
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'Evening Weasel and gun friends.
Sorry I'm late but dinner took longer than expected.
As Ed L said, no shooting for the MGC this weekend. Sad.
I'll try and help get the comment count up. What is the number we have to overcome?
Sorry I'm late but dinner took longer than expected.
As Ed L said, no shooting for the MGC this weekend. Sad.
I'll try and help get the comment count up. What is the number we have to overcome?
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 16, 2025 07:49 PM (t/2Uw)
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One of my 1911 mags is suspect, the original with the Colt is still fine
Posted by: Skip at February 16, 2025 07:50 PM (fwDg9)
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I know that's a very acceptable substitute for lubing a gun, but I'm not sure it's good for cleaning. Is that true?
Posted by: GWB
It's not great but ok as a CLP to float big carbon chunks etc. Dexron II or III ATF is what you want as I put up thread. Dexron II or III ATF is a component of Ed's Red home made formula and does pretty good on its own. Has anticorrosive and cleaning function due to its decent penetrating oil capabilities.
Here is Ed Harris himself discussing his thirty years of tinkering with his Ed's Red cleaning formula for firearms (you can buy the stuff formulated at Brownells I think but he gives you the formula to roll your own).
Posted by: GWB
It's not great but ok as a CLP to float big carbon chunks etc. Dexron II or III ATF is what you want as I put up thread. Dexron II or III ATF is a component of Ed's Red home made formula and does pretty good on its own. Has anticorrosive and cleaning function due to its decent penetrating oil capabilities.
Here is Ed Harris himself discussing his thirty years of tinkering with his Ed's Red cleaning formula for firearms (you can buy the stuff formulated at Brownells I think but he gives you the formula to roll your own).
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 07:52 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 07:52 PM (ctrM5)
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I'll try and help get the comment count up. What is the number we have to overcome?
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 16, 2025 07:49 PM (t/2Uw)
I think it's 240 and change.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 16, 2025 07:49 PM (t/2Uw)
I think it's 240 and change.
Posted by: Ed L at February 16, 2025 07:54 PM (AiJK3)
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While out tree farming this afternoon we heard someone nearby shooting. The area is definitely gun friendly I guess.
And really hoping they have good backstops because this area is flat flat flat.
Posted by: blaster at February 16, 2025 07:27 PM (L1HeT)
This is a great use for drones. If you can't tell exactly where or how close that shooting is, send the drone to investigate. Then you can go visit and say Howdy and such. And, if they are shooting on your land, then you can go let them politely know.
And really hoping they have good backstops because this area is flat flat flat.
Posted by: blaster at February 16, 2025 07:27 PM (L1HeT)
This is a great use for drones. If you can't tell exactly where or how close that shooting is, send the drone to investigate. Then you can go visit and say Howdy and such. And, if they are shooting on your land, then you can go let them politely know.
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 07:54 PM (hzHvq)
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Yup, Whig. I try to incorporate many QC checks throughout the loading process. At least with rifles you’ll know you have a double charge immediately when the powder starts spilling out of the case.
I really worry when I do pistols like .38 Spl and .45 APC. If you goofed you could easily double or triple charge with all that space in the case.
I really worry when I do pistols like .38 Spl and .45 APC. If you goofed you could easily double or triple charge with all that space in the case.
Posted by: RI Red at February 16, 2025 08:00 PM (RsjDp)
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Krazyfornia has a new tactic. Disabled person goes to range, cannot fully use the facilities, and files complaint. ADA folks show up, written notice to bring into compliance. How much does it cost to bring a small range into compliance, you might ask? North of a million dollars. Another local range, which is huge, was closed for "non-compliance". Anyone heard of this happening in other states?
Posted by: EdmundBurkesShade at February 16, 2025 08:00 PM (WvGHv)
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Oops, Ed Harris with his Ed's Red link
https://tinyurl.com/3426h2fa
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 07:52 PM (ctrM5)
Very nice. Thank you.
What might be the most basic chemicals required to make a cleaning solution, if you have to start from almost scratch? I know bleach would be bad juju, and I think ammonia would probably be bad, too, right?
https://tinyurl.com/3426h2fa
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 07:52 PM (ctrM5)
Very nice. Thank you.
What might be the most basic chemicals required to make a cleaning solution, if you have to start from almost scratch? I know bleach would be bad juju, and I think ammonia would probably be bad, too, right?
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 08:01 PM (hzHvq)
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He's gotta have a career as an established grifter for the parents of Greta Thunbergs accepting him as marriage material for their daughter. Bride prices in Sweden don't come cheap. Nor does reconstructive facial surgery to look like normal people.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 07:43 PM
Pretty sure they'd have to pay him to take her off their hands.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 07:43 PM
Pretty sure they'd have to pay him to take her off their hands.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 16, 2025 08:01 PM (Wnv9h)
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But I was able to get a Harrington & Richardson model 922 9-shot revolver with a six inch barrel for $325. It is quite presentable. Manufactured in 1952, according to the serial number. I will try it out in the desert this week.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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1950's were some of the peak of nice firearms--you had the better steels, etc. coupled with a bunch of very experienced machine operators turning out good product up to what CNC produces today for a skilled person.
Have fun with the H&R as that is a classic 22 plinker. Get yourself some plastic wall anchors (either a #8 or 9, I forget) or snap caps though for dry firing. 22 LRs have stiffer mainsprings to make sure to hit that rim hard enough to ignite and the firing pins on those 22 LRs are pretty hard and brittle if you are drying firing.
A few like the High Standard Sentinel actually can be dry fired safely for some models as they have actual slots in the cylinder for the firing pin to go without hitting the chamber entrance. That is often a common problem with used 22 LRs is a burr from dry firing on the edge of the chamber in rifles, pistols, and revolvers. Brownell's sells a special reamer just to restore
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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1950's were some of the peak of nice firearms--you had the better steels, etc. coupled with a bunch of very experienced machine operators turning out good product up to what CNC produces today for a skilled person.
Have fun with the H&R as that is a classic 22 plinker. Get yourself some plastic wall anchors (either a #8 or 9, I forget) or snap caps though for dry firing. 22 LRs have stiffer mainsprings to make sure to hit that rim hard enough to ignite and the firing pins on those 22 LRs are pretty hard and brittle if you are drying firing.
A few like the High Standard Sentinel actually can be dry fired safely for some models as they have actual slots in the cylinder for the firing pin to go without hitting the chamber entrance. That is often a common problem with used 22 LRs is a burr from dry firing on the edge of the chamber in rifles, pistols, and revolvers. Brownell's sells a special reamer just to restore
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 08:03 PM (ctrM5)
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For your viewing pleasure here is video of Tulsi doing Fundamentals!
https://tinyurl.com/4abn23jn
https://tinyurl.com/4abn23jn
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 16, 2025 08:05 PM (t/2Uw)
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Well, my wife and daughter just returned from a week in Cancun, and left me to freeze in Minnesota so that I could take care of our horses and dogs (my daughter brought her two Standard Poodles over so that I could watch them while she and my wife were gone).
I'm pretty sure this means that I can now go and buy a new semiauto 12 gauge; I've been looking hard at the Benelli Montefeltro.
I'm pretty sure this means that I can now go and buy a new semiauto 12 gauge; I've been looking hard at the Benelli Montefeltro.
Posted by: jackcoke at February 16, 2025 08:05 PM (EFQuV)
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75 While out tree farming this afternoon we heard someone nearby shooting. The area is definitely gun friendly I guess.
Posted by: blaster at February 16, 2025 07:27 PM (L1HeT)
One neighbor has a gun range and teaches CHL classes. The sound is like the train that also runs nearby...normal. Comforting.
Other neighbors shoot and God Bless 'em. But I'm staying out of the woods on those days. Not quite sure where they are aiming.
Posted by: blaster at February 16, 2025 07:27 PM (L1HeT)
One neighbor has a gun range and teaches CHL classes. The sound is like the train that also runs nearby...normal. Comforting.
Other neighbors shoot and God Bless 'em. But I'm staying out of the woods on those days. Not quite sure where they are aiming.
Posted by: Scarymary at February 16, 2025 08:05 PM (Q8SAm)
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What might be the most basic chemicals required to make a cleaning solution, if you have to start from almost scratch? I know bleach would be bad juju, and I think ammonia would probably be bad, too, right?
Posted by: GWB
Ammonia is fine but you make sure to rinse the bore out with hot water afterwards or something other like Hoppes No. 9. For a long time, ammonia was THE required ingredient to remove copper fouling in products like Butch's Bore Shine and Sweet's and still works decently by itself if you use Janitorial grade ammonia strength.
Posted by: GWB
Ammonia is fine but you make sure to rinse the bore out with hot water afterwards or something other like Hoppes No. 9. For a long time, ammonia was THE required ingredient to remove copper fouling in products like Butch's Bore Shine and Sweet's and still works decently by itself if you use Janitorial grade ammonia strength.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 08:05 PM (ctrM5)
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Pretty sure they'd have to pay him to take her off their hands.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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The parents have made big bank by acting as Greta's managers from childhood. Stage parents essentially.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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The parents have made big bank by acting as Greta's managers from childhood. Stage parents essentially.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 08:06 PM (ctrM5)
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Posted by: Splunge at February 16, 2025 07:45 PM (afZ9r)
Splunge, I don't know which 1911 you have or what it's chambered in. But my Wilson Combat magazines for .45 ACP will feed snap caps into an M1911 made in 1912 and a Colt M45A1 made some 100 years later. Does your 1911 have non-milspec features of some kind that affect magazine insertion?
Splunge, I don't know which 1911 you have or what it's chambered in. But my Wilson Combat magazines for .45 ACP will feed snap caps into an M1911 made in 1912 and a Colt M45A1 made some 100 years later. Does your 1911 have non-milspec features of some kind that affect magazine insertion?
Posted by: Ed L at February 16, 2025 08:07 PM (AiJK3)
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76 Yup, Whig. I try to incorporate many QC checks throughout the loading process. At least with rifles you’ll know you have a double charge immediately when the powder starts spilling out of the case.
I really worry when I do pistols like .38 Spl and .45 APC. If you goofed you could easily double or triple charge with all that space in the case.
Posted by: RI Red
There is a reason to use those old bulky flake powders like Unique or newer ones like Universal.
I really worry when I do pistols like .38 Spl and .45 APC. If you goofed you could easily double or triple charge with all that space in the case.
Posted by: RI Red
There is a reason to use those old bulky flake powders like Unique or newer ones like Universal.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 08:07 PM (ctrM5)
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I really worry when I do pistols like .38 Spl and .45 APC. If you goofed you could easily double or triple charge with all that space in the case.
Posted by: RI Red at February 16, 2025 08:00 PM (RsjDp)
I use my flashlight to check powder levels at least twice before seating a bullet. I have a horror of missing a double charged case.
Posted by: RI Red at February 16, 2025 08:00 PM (RsjDp)
I use my flashlight to check powder levels at least twice before seating a bullet. I have a horror of missing a double charged case.
Posted by: That SOB Van Owen at February 16, 2025 08:09 PM (Hdixl)
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For your viewing pleasure here is video of Tulsi doing Fundamentals!
https://tinyurl.com/4abn23jn
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 16, 2025 08:05 PM (t/2Uw)
Lol. She's wearing a Bucee's badge. I like Tulsi.
https://tinyurl.com/4abn23jn
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 16, 2025 08:05 PM (t/2Uw)
Lol. She's wearing a Bucee's badge. I like Tulsi.
Posted by: Scarymary at February 16, 2025 08:09 PM (Q8SAm)
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I'm sure you all saw the story of the SS trainee who shot herself int he leg holstering her pistol. Does the SS hae a particular model they have to use?
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 16, 2025 08:10 PM (t/2Uw)
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But I was able to get a Harrington & Richardson model 922 9-shot revolver with a six inch barrel for $325.
That was the revolver my dad taught me to shot with. It moved out of the house with my sister when she left for college and was never seen again.
That was the revolver my dad taught me to shot with. It moved out of the house with my sister when she left for college and was never seen again.
Posted by: Oddbob at February 16, 2025 08:10 PM (/y8xj)
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I should look into some of those gun socks for rifles that Hickock45 mentioned in the video. I always have a silicone rag handy and use it whenever I handle a gun. The handguns are stored in trays with dividers to keep them apart and that has worked. But the rifles are a different story. Most are second (or third or more) hand and were never pristine when I got them but I do want to keep them rust free and not add to the wear from storage. Honest wear from use is another matter. I'm especially careful about the black powder guns and that has worked for decades.
Posted by: JTB at February 16, 2025 08:13 PM (yTvNw)
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It moved out of the house with my sister when she left for college and was never seen again.
Posted by: Oddbob at February 16, 2025 08:10 PM (/y8xj)
Oddbob, did you ever find your sister?
Posted by: Oddbob at February 16, 2025 08:10 PM (/y8xj)
Oddbob, did you ever find your sister?
Posted by: RI Red at February 16, 2025 08:14 PM (RsjDp)
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FYI: Wilson Combat has a clearance sale going on now. You can get some of their 1911 magazines in .45 ACP for $21 to $25 each instead of the $40 they normally charge. If you have a 1911 in .45 ACP, you might want to take a look at what's on offer.
Posted by: Ed L at February 16, 2025 08:14 PM (AiJK3)
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Lol. She's wearing a Bucee's badge. I like Tulsi.
Posted by: Scarymary
I like her too. I think she is the kind of role model young girls need to counter the ridiuclous woke theology they keep getting exposed to.
I've seen other video of her doing a running shoot and she is awesome.
Lol. She's wearing a Bucee's badge. I like Tulsi.
Posted by: Scarymary
I like her too. I think she is the kind of role model young girls need to counter the ridiuclous woke theology they keep getting exposed to.
I've seen other video of her doing a running shoot and she is awesome.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 16, 2025 08:15 PM (t/2Uw)
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Thanks for the Gun Thread Weasel!
Posted by: DBCooper at February 16, 2025 08:16 PM (y1Mvi)
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Oddbob, did you ever find your sister?
I know where she was as of about 4 years ago and I have no reason to look for her now.
I know where she was as of about 4 years ago and I have no reason to look for her now.
Posted by: Oddbob at February 16, 2025 08:16 PM (/y8xj)
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Does the SS hae a particular model they have to use?
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 16, 2025 08:10 PM (t/2Uw)
Don't quote me on it, but I think the SIG P229 is the standard issue sidearm of the USSS. If my M11A1 (a P229 variant) is any indication, she must have squeezed that SA/DA trigger really hard if it was decocked into the DA position.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 16, 2025 08:10 PM (t/2Uw)
Don't quote me on it, but I think the SIG P229 is the standard issue sidearm of the USSS. If my M11A1 (a P229 variant) is any indication, she must have squeezed that SA/DA trigger really hard if it was decocked into the DA position.
Posted by: Ed L at February 16, 2025 08:19 PM (AiJK3)
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Tulsi is a good looking woman.
Glad she is moving towards the proper side of the political spectrum.
Glad she is moving towards the proper side of the political spectrum.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at February 16, 2025 08:20 PM (VIKNi)
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TRex, have you given any thought to getting a P229 as a carry gun? It uses the same setup for the controls (magazine release, decocker, slide release) as your P226/Mark 25.
Posted by: Ed L at February 16, 2025 08:22 PM (AiJK3)
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what would you use to clean your weapon, particularly if you had to make it yourself?
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 07:08 PM (hzHvq)
Ben's Red, as noted above. 50/50 mix of ATF and kerosene would be almost as good. Synthetic motor oil to lube and protect.
If things really went to Hell, urine, followed by lots of hot water for cleaning, and rub some animal fat on it to lube. Where you get the animal fat is up to you.
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 07:08 PM (hzHvq)
Ben's Red, as noted above. 50/50 mix of ATF and kerosene would be almost as good. Synthetic motor oil to lube and protect.
If things really went to Hell, urine, followed by lots of hot water for cleaning, and rub some animal fat on it to lube. Where you get the animal fat is up to you.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 16, 2025 08:23 PM (w1GG2)
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100 TRex, have you given any thought to getting a P229 as a carry gun?
Posted by: Ed L at February 16, 2025 08:22 PM
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No further thought. I haven't shot myself in the leg with mine so far, so I've got that going for me. Which is nice.
Posted by: Ed L at February 16, 2025 08:22 PM
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No further thought. I haven't shot myself in the leg with mine so far, so I've got that going for me. Which is nice.
Posted by: TRex at February 16, 2025 08:29 PM (IQ6Gq)
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Huh. I love the speed of Bill Jordan.
But I do notice he gets shot every time. Center of mass shots, too, right into his chest (or abdomen - dude is tall). If you die even though you got the first shot off, I'm not sure that counts as a win.
But I do notice he gets shot every time. Center of mass shots, too, right into his chest (or abdomen - dude is tall). If you die even though you got the first shot off, I'm not sure that counts as a win.
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 08:29 PM (hzHvq)
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Palmetto State Armory is having a serious sale on their Tisas brand Turkish 1911 clones. I highly recommend grabbing some before they go the way of the $89 dollar SKS surplus rifle.
https://t.ly/08y-n
https://t.ly/08y-n
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 16, 2025 08:31 PM (w1GG2)
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92 I should look into some of those gun socks for rifles that Hickock45 mentioned in the video. I always have a silicone rag handy and use it whenever I handle a gun. The handguns are stored in trays with dividers to keep them apart and that has worked. But the rifles are a different story. Most are second (or third or more) hand and were never pristine when I got them but I do want to keep them rust free and not add to the wear from storage. Honest wear from use is another matter. I'm especially careful about the black powder guns and that has worked for decades.
Posted by: JTB
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I've used gunsocks for years to protect rifles and shotguns from dings, etc. in the safe or during transit. They work well and if you want to spend a bit more, I think Browning and a couple of others have gun socks impregnated with anti corrosive vapor release agents. Or you can buy some of the anti corrosive paper and stuff it in the sock to achieve the same result for a bit cheaper. VCI bags are also pretty cheap in bulk from Amazon but pay the extra freight for the zip lock sealed ones rather than fiddling with taping the end etc.
Posted by: JTB
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I've used gunsocks for years to protect rifles and shotguns from dings, etc. in the safe or during transit. They work well and if you want to spend a bit more, I think Browning and a couple of others have gun socks impregnated with anti corrosive vapor release agents. Or you can buy some of the anti corrosive paper and stuff it in the sock to achieve the same result for a bit cheaper. VCI bags are also pretty cheap in bulk from Amazon but pay the extra freight for the zip lock sealed ones rather than fiddling with taping the end etc.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 08:31 PM (ctrM5)
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88 I really worry when I do pistols like .38 Spl and .45 APC. If you goofed you could easily double or triple charge with all that space in the case.
Posted by: RI Red at February 16, 2025 08:00 PM (RsjDp)
I use my flashlight to check powder levels at least twice before seating a bullet. I have a horror of missing a double charged case.
Posted by: That SOB Van Owen
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I use a powder checker die nowadays in a turret press since I deprime and process brass separately (wet tumble) and prime off the press. A four station or more turret press is easy to have one of the RCBS powder level checker dies on it.
If I had a progressive Dillon, Hornady, or some such, I would use a lockout die.
Posted by: RI Red at February 16, 2025 08:00 PM (RsjDp)
I use my flashlight to check powder levels at least twice before seating a bullet. I have a horror of missing a double charged case.
Posted by: That SOB Van Owen
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I use a powder checker die nowadays in a turret press since I deprime and process brass separately (wet tumble) and prime off the press. A four station or more turret press is easy to have one of the RCBS powder level checker dies on it.
If I had a progressive Dillon, Hornady, or some such, I would use a lockout die.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 08:35 PM (ctrM5)
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86 Posted by: Splunge at February 16, 2025 07:45 PM (afZ9r)
Splunge, I don't know which 1911 you have or what it's chambered in. But my Wilson Combat magazines for .45 ACP will feed snap caps into an M1911 made in 1912 and a Colt M45A1 made some 100 years later. Does your 1911 have non-milspec features of some kind that affect magazine insertion?
Posted by: Ed L at February 16, 2025 08:07 PM (AiJK3)
5 different make 1911s, probably a dozen or more makes of mags. All of them work for me, but factory mags are best in most cases.
Splunge, I don't know which 1911 you have or what it's chambered in. But my Wilson Combat magazines for .45 ACP will feed snap caps into an M1911 made in 1912 and a Colt M45A1 made some 100 years later. Does your 1911 have non-milspec features of some kind that affect magazine insertion?
Posted by: Ed L at February 16, 2025 08:07 PM (AiJK3)
5 different make 1911s, probably a dozen or more makes of mags. All of them work for me, but factory mags are best in most cases.
Posted by: Eromero at February 16, 2025 08:35 PM (LHPAg)
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Huh. I love the speed of Bill Jordan.
But I do notice he gets shot every time. Center of mass shots, too, right into his chest (or abdomen - dude is tall). If you die even though you got the first shot off, I'm not sure that counts as a win.
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 08:29 PM (hzHvq)
Maybe Bill believed that the effects of the Hollywood gunshot -- the shootee flies backward or drops to the ground dead within milliseconds -- would protect him. He did say that they rarely deployed their weapons, after all.
But I do notice he gets shot every time. Center of mass shots, too, right into his chest (or abdomen - dude is tall). If you die even though you got the first shot off, I'm not sure that counts as a win.
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 08:29 PM (hzHvq)
Maybe Bill believed that the effects of the Hollywood gunshot -- the shootee flies backward or drops to the ground dead within milliseconds -- would protect him. He did say that they rarely deployed their weapons, after all.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy - OT but harmless at February 16, 2025 08:38 PM (v23vE)
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100 TRex, have you given any thought to getting a P229 as a carry gun? It uses the same setup for the controls (magazine release, decocker, slide release) as your P226/Mark 25.
Posted by: Ed L
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To add to what Ed L is saying, the P229 is steel framed and about as heavy as your P226 while being a bit more compact.
Most people shoot them at least as well as the P226 if not better. For shooting 40 S&W or 357 Sig, you want the P229 over the P226.
The older single stack P225 (9mm) or the P220 (45 ACP mostly), are also nicely done but the P225, including the revised version I think, is not made anymore. The P220 though is and is on par with a tuned 1911 in accuracy.
Posted by: Ed L
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To add to what Ed L is saying, the P229 is steel framed and about as heavy as your P226 while being a bit more compact.
Most people shoot them at least as well as the P226 if not better. For shooting 40 S&W or 357 Sig, you want the P229 over the P226.
The older single stack P225 (9mm) or the P220 (45 ACP mostly), are also nicely done but the P225, including the revised version I think, is not made anymore. The P220 though is and is on par with a tuned 1911 in accuracy.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 08:40 PM (ctrM5)
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I don't have any details about the USSS gal leg shooting herself, but I will note there is a popular brand of holster that requires you to push a button by the trigger guard to unlock the holster to release the gun.
I've read of at least two training incidents where the shooter mashed the trigger instead of the release button.
I've read of at least two training incidents where the shooter mashed the trigger instead of the release button.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 16, 2025 08:41 PM (w1GG2)
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Posted by: 1-win.cm at February 16, 2025 08:38 PM (NYtM1)
Moderators look @ 108. Le WTF. Cameroonean Surrender Monkeys?
Moderators look @ 108. Le WTF. Cameroonean Surrender Monkeys?
Posted by: Scarymary at February 16, 2025 08:41 PM (Q8SAm)
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Who let in the Cameroonian prince at 108?
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 08:41 PM (ctrM5)
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1200 $! What a deal!
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 16, 2025 08:43 PM (w1GG2)
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Whig, I equipped my safe with a dehumidifier fed with power from the house. Should that take care of rust problems in storage, or is there something else I need to do? The safe is in the house itself, not the garage, and I do have a decent HVAC system running for the house.
Posted by: Ed L at February 16, 2025 08:43 PM (AiJK3)
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Posted by: 1-win.cm at February 16, 2025 08:38 PM (NYtM1)
It's baaaack!
We have spam-spam-and-eggs, spam-spam-spam-and-bacon-and-eggs, ....
Posted by: 1-win.cm at February 16, 2025 08:38 PM (NYtM1)
It's baaaack!
We have spam-spam-and-eggs, spam-spam-spam-and-bacon-and-eggs, ....
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 08:43 PM (hzHvq)
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Evenin' gun nuts.
Natchez has some Allen range bags on sale, so of course I had to order one. With this I'll have more range bags than purses. Why am I buying a range bag when I don't have time to go to the range, though?
Natchez has some Allen range bags on sale, so of course I had to order one. With this I'll have more range bags than purses. Why am I buying a range bag when I don't have time to go to the range, though?
Posted by: screaming in digital at February 16, 2025 08:44 PM (6jgSB)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 16, 2025 08:45 PM (/lPRQ)
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I'll have more range bags than purses.
Posted by: screaming in digital at February 16, 2025 08:44 PM (6jgSB)
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Posted by: screaming in digital at February 16, 2025 08:44 PM (6jgSB)
{{{SiD}}}
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 08:45 PM (hzHvq)
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It's baaaack!
We have spam-spam-and-eggs, spam-spam-spam-and-bacon-and-eggs, ....
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 08:43 PM
Have you got anything that doesn't have any Spam in it?
We have spam-spam-and-eggs, spam-spam-spam-and-bacon-and-eggs, ....
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 08:43 PM
Have you got anything that doesn't have any Spam in it?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 16, 2025 08:46 PM (Wnv9h)
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Unlike Monty Python, I like Spam. Or perhaps should say, I don't hate it. Slice it into matchsticks, fry, and it is...*chef's kiss*.
Posted by: Scarymary at February 16, 2025 08:47 PM (Q8SAm)
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115 Whig, I equipped my safe with a dehumidifier fed with power from the house. Should that take care of rust problems in storage, or is there something else I need to do? The safe is in the house itself, not the garage, and I do have a decent HVAC system running for the house.
Posted by: Ed L
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For collectibles in deep storage, I would use gunsocks inside PCI anti corrosive bags coupled with RIG grease/or Renaissance Wax on metal surfaces, chamber and bore. Rig, unlike Cosmolene, does not harden with age and is easy to remove.
Some of the safes coming out of China has had issues in the past with toxic drywall in the walls of safes as a fire insulator. Basically the drywall contains a bacteria that eats some of the material in the drywall gypsum and the result is release of sulfuric acid inside the safe. FIL had a Winchester with that problem which is how I got deeply into preventing corrosion in a corrosive atmosphere.
Posted by: Ed L
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For collectibles in deep storage, I would use gunsocks inside PCI anti corrosive bags coupled with RIG grease/or Renaissance Wax on metal surfaces, chamber and bore. Rig, unlike Cosmolene, does not harden with age and is easy to remove.
Some of the safes coming out of China has had issues in the past with toxic drywall in the walls of safes as a fire insulator. Basically the drywall contains a bacteria that eats some of the material in the drywall gypsum and the result is release of sulfuric acid inside the safe. FIL had a Winchester with that problem which is how I got deeply into preventing corrosion in a corrosive atmosphere.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 08:47 PM (ctrM5)
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With this I'll have more range bags than purses.
Posted by: screaming in digital at February 16, 2025 08:44 PM
Spoken like a true 'ette.
Posted by: screaming in digital at February 16, 2025 08:44 PM
Spoken like a true 'ette.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 16, 2025 08:48 PM (Wnv9h)
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Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 16, 2025 08:41 PM (w1GG2)
Is that the Blackhawk SERPA holster you're talking about? I had one for an M9 while on deployment that I hooked up to the front of my IBA to carry my M9 while I was in a vehicle. Never had any problems with mine. But I could see how someone unfamiliar with the platform could do something like that if they didn't know what they were doing.
Is that the Blackhawk SERPA holster you're talking about? I had one for an M9 while on deployment that I hooked up to the front of my IBA to carry my M9 while I was in a vehicle. Never had any problems with mine. But I could see how someone unfamiliar with the platform could do something like that if they didn't know what they were doing.
Posted by: Ed L at February 16, 2025 08:48 PM (AiJK3)
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With this I'll have more range bags than purses. Why am I buying a range bag when I don't have time to go to the range, though?
Posted by: screaming in digital at February 16, 2025 08:44 PM (6jgSB)
Don’t worry SiD. You can always use them to store the dozens of holsters you’ll end up owning and not using.
Posted by: screaming in digital at February 16, 2025 08:44 PM (6jgSB)
Don’t worry SiD. You can always use them to store the dozens of holsters you’ll end up owning and not using.
Posted by: RI Red at February 16, 2025 08:48 PM (RsjDp)
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Range bags are good. If you are using a range bag, you aren't using your airline carryon bag. This helps avoid getting TSA agents all riled up if you get in a hurry while packing.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 16, 2025 08:48 PM (w1GG2)
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EdL, dehumidifier rods inside the safe are good as it is definitely good to have a firearm storage container inside a house with consistent humidity and temperatures (better for ammo as well).
Water causes most of it but those living close enough to the ocean to get sea breezes often need something more aka VCI bags.
Water causes most of it but those living close enough to the ocean to get sea breezes often need something more aka VCI bags.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 08:49 PM (ctrM5)
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Oooooh! Classic Firearms' latest sweepstakes (running through March 12) is the Barrett M107A1 with a Steiner scope. It's valued at $15,000.
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 08:50 PM (hzHvq)
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I got tired of hefting the heavy range bag so decided to get another Trolley. It has several pockets and zippered comparments so can take all the little things like extra batteries and ear stuff amda eye patch. It even hold targets without bending and I can take plenty of ammo. It was only $49 on Amazon and it is black so looks proper at the range.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 16, 2025 08:52 PM (t/2Uw)
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Have you got anything that doesn't have any Spam in it?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 16, 2025 08:46 PM (Wnv9h)
Well, normally the Gun Thread doesn't....
But now that seems to be (momentarily) guns-guns-fundamentals-cleaning-and-spam.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 16, 2025 08:46 PM (Wnv9h)
Well, normally the Gun Thread doesn't....
But now that seems to be (momentarily) guns-guns-fundamentals-cleaning-and-spam.
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 08:52 PM (hzHvq)
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Is that the Blackhawk SERPA holster you're talking about?
Now you did it. Blackhawk is going to pull all their advertising from AoS, and stop sending Ace all those free samples.
Now you did it. Blackhawk is going to pull all their advertising from AoS, and stop sending Ace all those free samples.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 16, 2025 08:52 PM (w1GG2)
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Natchez has some Allen range bags on sale, so of course I had to order one. With this I'll have more range bags than purses. Why am I buying a range bag when I don't have time to go to the range, though?
Posted by: screaming in digital
Natchez runs some good sales on peripherals. So does CDNN Sports (at deep discounts at times). I have ordered from both for years. I can also recommend AIM Surplus, Midway USA, Powder Valley USA, Grafs and Sons, Titan Reloading, and Mid South Shooters Supply. I have also had decent dealings (a bit longer in shipping time) from Brownells.
Posted by: screaming in digital
Natchez runs some good sales on peripherals. So does CDNN Sports (at deep discounts at times). I have ordered from both for years. I can also recommend AIM Surplus, Midway USA, Powder Valley USA, Grafs and Sons, Titan Reloading, and Mid South Shooters Supply. I have also had decent dealings (a bit longer in shipping time) from Brownells.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 08:53 PM (ctrM5)
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117 Evenin' gun nuts.
Natchez has some Allen range bags on sale, so of course I had to order one. With this I'll have more range bags than purses. Why am I buying a range bag when I don't have time to go to the range, though?
Posted by: screaming in digital at February 16, 2025 08:44 PM (6jgSB
My problem is grab a bag, throw in 300 or so rounds, a couple handguns, and some lube. Hit the range, and next time I left the bag in another
vehicle and I just grab another bag.
Natchez has some Allen range bags on sale, so of course I had to order one. With this I'll have more range bags than purses. Why am I buying a range bag when I don't have time to go to the range, though?
Posted by: screaming in digital at February 16, 2025 08:44 PM (6jgSB
My problem is grab a bag, throw in 300 or so rounds, a couple handguns, and some lube. Hit the range, and next time I left the bag in another
vehicle and I just grab another bag.
Posted by: Eromero at February 16, 2025 08:53 PM (LHPAg)
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I'll have more range bags than purses.
Posted by: screaming in digital at February 16, 2025 08:44 PM
Why do you say that like it's a bad thing? I suspect it's true for most commenters on this Thread.
Posted by: screaming in digital at February 16, 2025 08:44 PM
Why do you say that like it's a bad thing? I suspect it's true for most commenters on this Thread.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 16, 2025 08:53 PM (a3Q+t)
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Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 08:47 PM (ctrM5)
My safe was made by Fort Knox, so it's definitely not a Chinese product. I'll start looking at some gun sock products.
My safe was made by Fort Knox, so it's definitely not a Chinese product. I'll start looking at some gun sock products.
Posted by: Ed L at February 16, 2025 08:54 PM (AiJK3)
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My problem is grab a bag, throw in 300 or so rounds, a couple handguns, and some lube. Hit the range, and next time I left the bag in another
vehicle and I just grab another bag.
Posted by: Eromero
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To quote a song, Love the One You're With.
vehicle and I just grab another bag.
Posted by: Eromero
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To quote a song, Love the One You're With.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 08:55 PM (ctrM5)
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Why do you say that like it's a bad thing? I suspect it's true for most commenters on this Thread.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 16, 2025 08:53 PM
Well, I have no purses, so it's definitely true of me.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 16, 2025 08:53 PM
Well, I have no purses, so it's definitely true of me.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 16, 2025 08:55 PM (Wnv9h)
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Food Thread is looking competitive tonight.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 16, 2025 08:55 PM (a3Q+t)
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My safe was made by Fort Knox, so it's definitely not a Chinese product. I'll start looking at some gun sock products.
Posted by: Ed L at February 16, 2025 08:54 PM (AiJK3)
I might say the only possible problem with gun socks in your safe is that you might not be able to tell a few guns apart without taking out the firearm and removing said sock.
Posted by: Ed L at February 16, 2025 08:54 PM (AiJK3)
I might say the only possible problem with gun socks in your safe is that you might not be able to tell a few guns apart without taking out the firearm and removing said sock.
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 08:56 PM (hzHvq)
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Why am I buying a range bag when I don't have time to go to the range, though?
Posted by: screaming in digital at February 16, 2025 08:44 PM (6jgSB)
Because you'll need them when you go to the Texas Mo Me to show them off?
Posted by: screaming in digital at February 16, 2025 08:44 PM (6jgSB)
Because you'll need them when you go to the Texas Mo Me to show them off?
Posted by: Ed L at February 16, 2025 08:57 PM (AiJK3)
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Competition Dynamics makes a nice line of range bags.
Posted by: Weasel at February 16, 2025 08:57 PM (iu4Pw)
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{{{SiD}}}
Posted by: GWB
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{{{GWB}}}
I'm planning on NoVa this year unless it conflicts with a couple work things I have in June. Udvar-Hazy is also on the agenda again.
Posted by: GWB
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{{{GWB}}}
I'm planning on NoVa this year unless it conflicts with a couple work things I have in June. Udvar-Hazy is also on the agenda again.
Posted by: screaming in digital at February 16, 2025 08:58 PM (6jgSB)
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I ain't saying she a gold digger....
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at February 16, 2025 08:58 PM (xcxpd)
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The last boat I owned I had a Ruger Mini 14 as my pirate repellant. The treated rifle sock worked fine in the salt water environment.
Posted by: RI Red at February 16, 2025 08:59 PM (RsjDp)
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I might say the only possible problem with gun socks in your safe is that you might not be able to tell a few guns apart without taking out the firearm and removing said sock.
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 08:56 PM (hzHvq)
Yeah, that would be a problem.
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 08:56 PM (hzHvq)
Yeah, that would be a problem.
Posted by: Ed L at February 16, 2025 08:59 PM (AiJK3)
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But she ain't missing with no broke niggers.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at February 16, 2025 08:59 PM (xcxpd)
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Why do you say that like it's a bad thing? I suspect it's true for most commenters on this Thread.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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Nah, it's a good thing. I hate purses especially since I now have to keep up with both mine and my mother's.
Er, how many purses do *you* have, Duncanthrax?
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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Nah, it's a good thing. I hate purses especially since I now have to keep up with both mine and my mother's.
Er, how many purses do *you* have, Duncanthrax?
Posted by: screaming in digital at February 16, 2025 09:00 PM (6jgSB)
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Sorry - Competitive Edge Dynamics. Looks like Brownells is stocking their products now.
Posted by: Weasel at February 16, 2025 09:00 PM (iu4Pw)
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My safe was made by Fort Knox, so it's definitely not a Chinese product. I'll start looking at some gun sock products.
Posted by: Ed L
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I went with Rhino. Nearly went with Liberty but an LGS was a Rhino dealer. As I mentioned above, Browning and I think at least one other namebrand make gun socks for long guns that release the anticorrosive vapor but the socks definitely help if you have a crowded safe as most of us tend to do.
The ones to watch out for Chinese drywall are those you find in chain stores. If you find your weapons rusting despite using dehumidification, keeping it in air conditioning, etc, then that is the likely culprit. Chinese drywall created a really big problem for awhile about a decade or so ago in the building industry as causing corrosion in pipes, wires, etc. which resulted in that drywall being withdrawn from the American market.
But it has been snuck in at times as fireproofing for safes among other things. Caveat emptor.
Posted by: Ed L
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I went with Rhino. Nearly went with Liberty but an LGS was a Rhino dealer. As I mentioned above, Browning and I think at least one other namebrand make gun socks for long guns that release the anticorrosive vapor but the socks definitely help if you have a crowded safe as most of us tend to do.
The ones to watch out for Chinese drywall are those you find in chain stores. If you find your weapons rusting despite using dehumidification, keeping it in air conditioning, etc, then that is the likely culprit. Chinese drywall created a really big problem for awhile about a decade or so ago in the building industry as causing corrosion in pipes, wires, etc. which resulted in that drywall being withdrawn from the American market.
But it has been snuck in at times as fireproofing for safes among other things. Caveat emptor.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:00 PM (ctrM5)
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Open Carry: The Dumbest Thing You Can Do
https://is.gd/2eBTJG
*Anything hanging off your body is an Invitation for thievery, be it a phone, a knife, pocketbook, a gun, a wallet, keys, a wig if you're maxine waters...
Open Carry: The Dumbest Thing You Can Do
https://is.gd/2eBTJG
*Anything hanging off your body is an Invitation for thievery, be it a phone, a knife, pocketbook, a gun, a wallet, keys, a wig if you're maxine waters...
Posted by: Soothsayer at February 16, 2025 09:00 PM (7aQ4u)
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Anyway....
Fuck Valentines Day.
I did go shooting yesterday. Just rimfire.
Turns out the CZ 75 Kadet has magazines that are a PITA to reload. Fuck.
So went back to the G44, which isn't a great .22 but the mags are easy to load, it's accurate enough and it's the size and shape of a Glock 19, but way lighter.
If you can break in the magazines, it's a good gun. But there are better options.
Fuck Valentines Day.
I did go shooting yesterday. Just rimfire.
Turns out the CZ 75 Kadet has magazines that are a PITA to reload. Fuck.
So went back to the G44, which isn't a great .22 but the mags are easy to load, it's accurate enough and it's the size and shape of a Glock 19, but way lighter.
If you can break in the magazines, it's a good gun. But there are better options.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at February 16, 2025 09:01 PM (xcxpd)
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144 I might say the only possible problem with gun socks in your safe is that you might not be able to tell a few guns apart without taking out the firearm and removing said sock.
Posted by: GWB
Duct taped banners with labels stuck on them works. The socks actually have a mfg tag on the end with a scant surface to attach a label or to write on it. That would work best with a number code system for each firearm.
Posted by: GWB
Duct taped banners with labels stuck on them works. The socks actually have a mfg tag on the end with a scant surface to attach a label or to write on it. That would work best with a number code system for each firearm.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:02 PM (ctrM5)
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I mentioned the open carry thing the other day and someone here, I forget who, brought up a good point up about Open Carry laws, at least, got the shithead cops off your back if they glimpsed your firearm and wanted to be dickheads.
I mentioned the open carry thing the other day and someone here, I forget who, brought up a good point up about Open Carry laws, at least, got the shithead cops off your back if they glimpsed your firearm and wanted to be dickheads.
Posted by: Soothsayer at February 16, 2025 09:02 PM (7aQ4u)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at February 16, 2025 09:03 PM (xcxpd)
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Weasel checks back in to see, with horror, that the thread has turned to spam, purses and Chinese fireproofing.
Posted by: RI Red at February 16, 2025 09:03 PM (RsjDp)
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Just had salad and chicken nuggets and fries
Oh wait, should have posted that downstairs
Oh wait, should have posted that downstairs
Posted by: Skip at February 16, 2025 09:04 PM (fwDg9)
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I mentioned the open carry thing the other day and someone here, I forget who, brought up a good point up about Open Carry laws, at least, got the shithead cops off your back if they glimpsed your firearm and wanted to be dickheads.
Posted by: Soothsayer at February 16, 2025 09:02 PM (7aQ4u)
This is why, though I don't open carry, I don't sweat 'printing' so much in WA. It's an open carry state. I wear my sidearm when I walk down the driveway to take garbage out.
But I cover up when out and about.
I mentioned the open carry thing the other day and someone here, I forget who, brought up a good point up about Open Carry laws, at least, got the shithead cops off your back if they glimpsed your firearm and wanted to be dickheads.
Posted by: Soothsayer at February 16, 2025 09:02 PM (7aQ4u)
This is why, though I don't open carry, I don't sweat 'printing' so much in WA. It's an open carry state. I wear my sidearm when I walk down the driveway to take garbage out.
But I cover up when out and about.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at February 16, 2025 09:04 PM (xcxpd)
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Posted by: RI Red at February 16, 2025 09:03 PM (RsjDp)
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What better way to exceed the number of comments on the Food Thread?
Posted by: RI Red at February 16, 2025 09:03 PM (RsjDp)
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What better way to exceed the number of comments on the Food Thread?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 16, 2025 09:05 PM (BpYfr)
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Don’t worry SiD. You can always use them to store the dozens of holsters you’ll end up owning and not using.
Posted by: RI Red
Truth.
Posted by: RI Red
Truth.
Posted by: Kratwurst at February 16, 2025 09:05 PM (fcDpY)
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Er, how many purses do *you* have, Duncanthrax?
Posted by: screaming in digital at February 16, 2025 09:00 PM
(range bags / purses) = ♾️
Posted by: screaming in digital at February 16, 2025 09:00 PM
(range bags / purses) = ♾️
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 16, 2025 09:06 PM (a3Q+t)
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The B-17 flick...
The narrator says "She takes off to join the fighting forces." And he's very likely right in both senses. It was likely to be a WASP behind the controls, ferrying it from the US to England or wherever. Kick-butt American gals, they were. (My great-aunt Jackie was one, so I'm possibly biased.)
The narrator says "She takes off to join the fighting forces." And he's very likely right in both senses. It was likely to be a WASP behind the controls, ferrying it from the US to England or wherever. Kick-butt American gals, they were. (My great-aunt Jackie was one, so I'm possibly biased.)
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 09:06 PM (hzHvq)
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Hmmm.. having trouble finding the CED range bags in stock anywhere. Maybe they stopped making them.
Posted by: Weasel at February 16, 2025 09:06 PM (iu4Pw)
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Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:00 PM (ctrM5)
I went w/ Fort Knox because their local dealer regularly shows up at the Chantilly gun show. My LGS doesn't sell safes. I'm guessing that the Chinese drywall is in the safes I see on sale at places like Home Depot and Costco. That's about as cheap as you can get.
I went w/ Fort Knox because their local dealer regularly shows up at the Chantilly gun show. My LGS doesn't sell safes. I'm guessing that the Chinese drywall is in the safes I see on sale at places like Home Depot and Costco. That's about as cheap as you can get.
Posted by: Ed L at February 16, 2025 09:06 PM (AiJK3)
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130 Is that the Blackhawk SERPA holster you're talking about?
Now you did it. Blackhawk is going to pull all their advertising from AoS, and stop sending Ace all those free samples.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 16, 2025 08:52 PM (w1GG2)
If Ace started getting SERPA holsters and started carrying a sidearm, it would make me happy. The man lives in NY and thus I don't see him joining the free peoples who carry iron instead of wearing iron.
Now you did it. Blackhawk is going to pull all their advertising from AoS, and stop sending Ace all those free samples.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 16, 2025 08:52 PM (w1GG2)
If Ace started getting SERPA holsters and started carrying a sidearm, it would make me happy. The man lives in NY and thus I don't see him joining the free peoples who carry iron instead of wearing iron.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at February 16, 2025 09:06 PM (xcxpd)
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I've always been a fan of gun socks for any firearm I store in a safe.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 16, 2025 09:07 PM (mH6SG)
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Udvar-Hazy is also on the agenda again.
Posted by: screaming in digital at February 16, 2025 08:58 PM (6jgSB)
That's good by me!
Posted by: screaming in digital at February 16, 2025 08:58 PM (6jgSB)
That's good by me!
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 09:07 PM (hzHvq)
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131 Natchez has some Allen range bags on sale, so of course I had to order one. With this I'll have more range bags than purses. Why am I buying a range bag when I don't have time to go to the range, though?
Posted by: screaming in digital
Natchez runs some good sales on peripherals. So does CDNN Sports (at deep discounts at times). I have ordered from both for years. I can also recommend AIM Surplus, Midway USA, Powder Valley USA, Grafs and Sons, Titan Reloading, and Mid South Shooters Supply. I have also had decent dealings (a bit longer in shipping time) from Brownells.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 08:53 PM (ctrM5)
These are all good suggestions.
I'll add SGAmmo and Southern Munitions.
Posted by: screaming in digital
Natchez runs some good sales on peripherals. So does CDNN Sports (at deep discounts at times). I have ordered from both for years. I can also recommend AIM Surplus, Midway USA, Powder Valley USA, Grafs and Sons, Titan Reloading, and Mid South Shooters Supply. I have also had decent dealings (a bit longer in shipping time) from Brownells.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 08:53 PM (ctrM5)
These are all good suggestions.
I'll add SGAmmo and Southern Munitions.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at February 16, 2025 09:07 PM (xcxpd)
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Open Carry: The Dumbest Thing You Can Do
https://is.gd/2eBTJG
*Anything hanging off your body is an Invitation for thievery, be it a phone, a knife, pocketbook, a gun, a wallet, keys, a wig if you're maxine waters...
Posted by: Soothsayer
Depends on what and why you are carrying it openly. A lot of store owners carry openly simply to ward off problems and I know of at least one such person who started doing it when he was robbed once at gunpoint at the register. After he started carrying openly, no such trouble.
Out tramping around in the wilderness, open carry makes all kind of sense because the threat there is as much varmints as it is humans.
In a crowded areas like a store, etc., not that prudent if not a cop, security guard, etc.
Too many assholes will either report to the police about a man with a gun or some will even try to take it from the holster to prove they are a tough dude etc. That is leaving aside criminals attracted by it. You become an attractive nuisance which is the last thing you want to be if carrying defensively.
https://is.gd/2eBTJG
*Anything hanging off your body is an Invitation for thievery, be it a phone, a knife, pocketbook, a gun, a wallet, keys, a wig if you're maxine waters...
Posted by: Soothsayer
Depends on what and why you are carrying it openly. A lot of store owners carry openly simply to ward off problems and I know of at least one such person who started doing it when he was robbed once at gunpoint at the register. After he started carrying openly, no such trouble.
Out tramping around in the wilderness, open carry makes all kind of sense because the threat there is as much varmints as it is humans.
In a crowded areas like a store, etc., not that prudent if not a cop, security guard, etc.
Too many assholes will either report to the police about a man with a gun or some will even try to take it from the holster to prove they are a tough dude etc. That is leaving aside criminals attracted by it. You become an attractive nuisance which is the last thing you want to be if carrying defensively.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:07 PM (ctrM5)
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Posted by: RI Red
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Sorry, I'll go sit in the corner now *slinks away in shame*
Posted by: RI Red
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Sorry, I'll go sit in the corner now *slinks away in shame*
Posted by: screaming in digital at February 16, 2025 09:07 PM (6jgSB)
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Food Thread is looking competitive tonight.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 16, 2025 08:55 PM (a3Q+t)
I enjoy shooting. I am so very much better at cooking. It's fun to peek in both threads.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 16, 2025 08:55 PM (a3Q+t)
I enjoy shooting. I am so very much better at cooking. It's fun to peek in both threads.
Posted by: Scarymary at February 16, 2025 09:08 PM (Q8SAm)
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But she ain't missing with no broke [].
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at February 16, 2025 08:59 PM (xcxpd)
Ummmm....
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at February 16, 2025 08:59 PM (xcxpd)
Ummmm....
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 09:08 PM (hzHvq)
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89 For your viewing pleasure here is video of Tulsi doing Fundamentals!
https://tinyurl.com/4abn23jn
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 16, 2025 08:05 PM (t/2Uw)
Lol. She's wearing a Bucee's badge. I like Tulsi.
Posted by: Scarymary at February 16, 2025 08:09 PM (Q8SAm)
Would
https://tinyurl.com/4abn23jn
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 16, 2025 08:05 PM (t/2Uw)
Lol. She's wearing a Bucee's badge. I like Tulsi.
Posted by: Scarymary at February 16, 2025 08:09 PM (Q8SAm)
Would
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at February 16, 2025 09:09 PM (xcxpd)
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Heya SiD and Sharon and grateful! And the other pistol totin ettes if I missed them!
My range bag is a 20 year old pink Patagonia back pack. It works. And when I have to go to the grocery store after range time, it doesn't scream GUN BAG.
My range bag is a 20 year old pink Patagonia back pack. It works. And when I have to go to the grocery store after range time, it doesn't scream GUN BAG.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 16, 2025 09:09 PM (XTjcx)
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These are all good suggestions.
I'll add SGAmmo and Southern Munitions.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
I've bought from SGAmmo and I agree. I just don't buy huge lots of ammo anymore and I would add Lucky Gunner as a useful website and Lucky Gunner has a whole addition to its website including research reports (Labs, ballistics, etc.) and a monthly column about this and that in the gun world. Free to access.
I'll add SGAmmo and Southern Munitions.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
I've bought from SGAmmo and I agree. I just don't buy huge lots of ammo anymore and I would add Lucky Gunner as a useful website and Lucky Gunner has a whole addition to its website including research reports (Labs, ballistics, etc.) and a monthly column about this and that in the gun world. Free to access.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:10 PM (ctrM5)
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Lights are back on! Almost four hours exactly.
Thanks all for being here tonight and every Sunday. Hope to see you again next week!
Thanks all for being here tonight and every Sunday. Hope to see you again next week!
Posted by: Weasel at February 16, 2025 09:10 PM (iu4Pw)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at February 16, 2025 09:11 PM (xcxpd)
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Sorry, I'll go sit in the corner now *slinks away in shame*
Posted by: screaming in digital
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Care of firearms is certainly an appropriate target for the thread. Puns, not so much.
Posted by: screaming in digital
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Care of firearms is certainly an appropriate target for the thread. Puns, not so much.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:11 PM (ctrM5)
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Hiya MARK!
Range time was ok. I was shooting everything slightly left. Don't know what that was about.
But I guess if an off day still has me in the target, that's pretty ok.
Range time was ok. I was shooting everything slightly left. Don't know what that was about.
But I guess if an off day still has me in the target, that's pretty ok.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 16, 2025 09:11 PM (XTjcx)
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Open Carry laws, at least, got the shithead cops off your back if they glimpsed your firearm and wanted to be dickheads.
Posted by: Soothsayer at February 16, 2025 09:02 PM (7aQ4u)
Also allows the cops to tell someone to "calm yourself, ma'am" if they call 911 because they saw a gun.
Posted by: Soothsayer at February 16, 2025 09:02 PM (7aQ4u)
Also allows the cops to tell someone to "calm yourself, ma'am" if they call 911 because they saw a gun.
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 09:11 PM (hzHvq)
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First time I've ever seen gun socks, in the hickok45 video and later in the comments. I have learned something yet again in the Gub Thread!
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy - OT but harmless at February 16, 2025 09:11 PM (v23vE)
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I now have guest accomodations as I have acquired a sleeper sofa and turned my den into a guest room. Only problem is that it may be occupied in June depending on when I have my hip surgery which is looking like May/June.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at February 16, 2025 09:11 PM (t/2Uw)
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161 Hmmm.. having trouble finding the CED range bags in stock anywhere. Maybe they stopped making them.
Posted by: Weasel at February 16, 2025 09:06 PM (iu4Pw)
WRB Holsters, right up the road from me in ETEX, GunBarrel City. Good stuff.
Posted by: Weasel at February 16, 2025 09:06 PM (iu4Pw)
WRB Holsters, right up the road from me in ETEX, GunBarrel City. Good stuff.
Posted by: Eromero at February 16, 2025 09:12 PM (LHPAg)
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Reading and posting on a Starlink Mini right now.
We did lots of organic tree farming. Planted about 10 fruit trees as an experiment
We did lots of organic tree farming. Planted about 10 fruit trees as an experiment
Posted by: blaster at February 16, 2025 09:12 PM (XS8Kt)
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But I cover up when out and about.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at February 16, 2025 09:04 PM (xcxpd)
I can't do that, though, as an out-of-towner, since they don't reciprocate VA licenses. Stupid Olympia hoplophobes.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at February 16, 2025 09:04 PM (xcxpd)
I can't do that, though, as an out-of-towner, since they don't reciprocate VA licenses. Stupid Olympia hoplophobes.
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 09:12 PM (hzHvq)
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I do have one rifle sock. My retirement gift from Mrs. JTB was a custom fitted flintlock. With the 42 inch barrel and a rear stock for my longer than usual length of pull, commercial socks weren't big enough. She hand sewed a padded case for it as part of the surprise. It works. That piece shows almost no wear even after many hundreds of rounds.
Posted by: JTB at February 16, 2025 09:12 PM (yTvNw)
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174 Lights are back on! Almost four hours exactly.
Thanks all for being here tonight and every Sunday. Hope to see you again next week!
Posted by: Weasel at February 16, 2025 09:10 PM (iu4Pw)
Hallelujah for electricity! And as always, appreciate the forum, Weasel!
Thanks all for being here tonight and every Sunday. Hope to see you again next week!
Posted by: Weasel at February 16, 2025 09:10 PM (iu4Pw)
Hallelujah for electricity! And as always, appreciate the forum, Weasel!
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy - OT but harmless at February 16, 2025 09:14 PM (v23vE)
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Not my first choice but I'd rather open carry than not at all.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 16, 2025 09:14 PM (mH6SG)
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Thanks for hosting this thread, Weasel! Even if you were sitting in the dark for most of it.
Posted by: Ed L at February 16, 2025 09:15 PM (AiJK3)
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I know CBS News' Margaret Brennan is not what is traditionally known as smart, more what is traditionally known as stupid, but . . .
Collin Rugg@CollinRugg
NEW: Secretary of State Marco Rubio smacks down CBS News' Margaret Brennan after she bizarrely claimed the Holocaust happened because of too much free speech.
Brennan verbally struggled as she tried relating JD Vance's comments on free speech to Nazis.
Brennan: "[Vance] was standing in a country where free speech was weaponized to conduct a genocide..."
Rubio: "I have to disagree with you. Free speech was not used to conduct a genocide."
"The genocide was conducted by an authoritarian Nazi regime that happened to also be genocidal because they hated Jews... There was no free speech in Nazi Germany. There was none."
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The Nazis were well known for their strong support of free speech.
Collin Rugg@CollinRugg
NEW: Secretary of State Marco Rubio smacks down CBS News' Margaret Brennan after she bizarrely claimed the Holocaust happened because of too much free speech.
Brennan verbally struggled as she tried relating JD Vance's comments on free speech to Nazis.
Brennan: "[Vance] was standing in a country where free speech was weaponized to conduct a genocide..."
Rubio: "I have to disagree with you. Free speech was not used to conduct a genocide."
"The genocide was conducted by an authoritarian Nazi regime that happened to also be genocidal because they hated Jews... There was no free speech in Nazi Germany. There was none."
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The Nazis were well known for their strong support of free speech.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Covfefe Today, Covfefe Tomorrow, Covfefe Forever! at February 16, 2025 09:15 PM (L/fGl)
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Here's a question; which would you rather lose in an outage, water or power?
Posted by: Weasel at February 16, 2025 09:15 PM (iu4Pw)
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Best range bags I own (or have ever owned) are made by Bill's Custom Cases. Sadly, it appears he only makes knife cases now. If you need a knife case, I recommend him highly.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 16, 2025 09:15 PM (a3Q+t)
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179 First time I've ever seen gun socks, in the hickok45 video and later in the comments. I have learned something yet again in the Gub Thread!
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy
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They make smaller ones for handguns too. Even some for rifles with scopes and ARs specifically.
The problem with leaving them inside travel cases, etc. is that those can trap moisture and may create corrosion problems. Gun socks take up less space in a safe, are breathable so they don't trap moisture (the good ones have silicone impregnation, the best ones have VCI corrosion inhibiters added to them and run about the same as a cheap gun case in price.
You can also use gunsocks when transporting a firearm in a case as additional protection.
But, avoid the cheap Chinese knockoffs on Amazon, amazingly cheap price but who knows what material or or whether it wicks and then releases water vapor later among other things.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy
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They make smaller ones for handguns too. Even some for rifles with scopes and ARs specifically.
The problem with leaving them inside travel cases, etc. is that those can trap moisture and may create corrosion problems. Gun socks take up less space in a safe, are breathable so they don't trap moisture (the good ones have silicone impregnation, the best ones have VCI corrosion inhibiters added to them and run about the same as a cheap gun case in price.
You can also use gunsocks when transporting a firearm in a case as additional protection.
But, avoid the cheap Chinese knockoffs on Amazon, amazingly cheap price but who knows what material or or whether it wicks and then releases water vapor later among other things.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:16 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Notorious BFD at February 16, 2025 09:17 PM (mH6SG)
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189 Here's a question; which would you rather lose in an outage, water or power?
Posted by: Weasel
Power. I have a fire place and a camp stove.
Posted by: Weasel
Power. I have a fire place and a camp stove.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 16, 2025 09:17 PM (8GAR9)
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Planted about 10 fruit trees as an experiment
Posted by: blaster at February 16, 2025 09:12 PM (XS8Kt)
So you can shoot the fruit off the tree once they mature?
Posted by: blaster at February 16, 2025 09:12 PM (XS8Kt)
So you can shoot the fruit off the tree once they mature?
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 09:17 PM (hzHvq)
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189 Here's a question; which would you rather lose in an outage, water or power?
Posted by: Weasel
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Power. Water creates a whole set of problems that can drive one from their house if not remedied shortly. I have generators, etc. for power outages.
Most people do not have cisterns or wells anymore.
Posted by: Weasel
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Power. Water creates a whole set of problems that can drive one from their house if not remedied shortly. I have generators, etc. for power outages.
Most people do not have cisterns or wells anymore.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:18 PM (ctrM5)
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Since I won't be going to the range, which is outdoors, in this weather it's a good time to inspect the guns. Wipe them down, lube as needed, check the bores (especially on the BP guns), etc. Time spent with maintaining firearms, or reloading, is never wasted.
Posted by: JTB at February 16, 2025 09:18 PM (yTvNw)
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Here's a question; which would you rather lose in an outage, water or power?
Posted by: Weasel at February 16, 2025 09:15 PM (iu4Pw)
I think losing power is an inconvenience. Losing water is potentially life threatening unless you've stockpiled lots of bottled water. Especially when it's hot; heatstroke is a real thing.
Posted by: Weasel at February 16, 2025 09:15 PM (iu4Pw)
I think losing power is an inconvenience. Losing water is potentially life threatening unless you've stockpiled lots of bottled water. Especially when it's hot; heatstroke is a real thing.
Posted by: Ed L at February 16, 2025 09:19 PM (AiJK3)
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Range gear. I got some T posts and T post hangers and a 2x4 to make a quick solar panel rack. The T post hangers are sold as target hangers. They slip over the T post and are sheet steel bent to catch on the knobs on the T post and then a j hook for the 2x4. You can screw them down or not. For my use just resting in the hook was fine I think if you are shooting at it seems likely you would want to screw them down.
Posted by: blaster at February 16, 2025 09:19 PM (XS8Kt)
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Here's a question; which would you rather lose in an outage, water or power?
Posted by: Weasel at February 16, 2025 09:15 PM (iu4Pw)
Water for sure. We have two wells on the property. One is hooked up to the well pump. The other stands lonely in the pasture, waiting. We have a well bucket if the SHTF.
Posted by: Weasel at February 16, 2025 09:15 PM (iu4Pw)
Water for sure. We have two wells on the property. One is hooked up to the well pump. The other stands lonely in the pasture, waiting. We have a well bucket if the SHTF.
Posted by: Scarymary at February 16, 2025 09:19 PM (Q8SAm)
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Went to the range today and about froze my rear end off. Mid-30s and wind is no good. Very few people out shooting, more people in the clubhouse BSing.
Was shooting my relatively new 10-22 trying out some new mags and I think Norma packed some subsonic in a Tac-22 box. I was getting an average velocity of around 950 fps and according to the box it’s supposed to be around 1080 fps. I have some subsonic also and the box lists velocity at 1010 or 1020, a lot closer to what I was actually getting. Had to dial in about 12 MOA to get it near the target at 100 yards.
Was shooting my relatively new 10-22 trying out some new mags and I think Norma packed some subsonic in a Tac-22 box. I was getting an average velocity of around 950 fps and according to the box it’s supposed to be around 1080 fps. I have some subsonic also and the box lists velocity at 1010 or 1020, a lot closer to what I was actually getting. Had to dial in about 12 MOA to get it near the target at 100 yards.
Posted by: Arch Stanton at February 16, 2025 09:19 PM (P2AQ3)
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Weasel, Glad your electricity was restored. And thanks for another great thread.
Posted by: JTB at February 16, 2025 09:19 PM (yTvNw)
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Here's a question; which would you rather lose in an outage, water or power?
Posted by: Weasel at February 16, 2025 09:15 PM (iu4Pw)
Trick question. When the power goes out my water well stops working.
Posted by: Weasel at February 16, 2025 09:15 PM (iu4Pw)
Trick question. When the power goes out my water well stops working.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at February 16, 2025 09:19 PM (w1GG2)
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So you can shoot the fruit off the tree once they mature?
Posted by: GWB
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Shooting Fruits is illegal in Florida among other places.
Posted by: GWB
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Shooting Fruits is illegal in Florida among other places.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:20 PM (ctrM5)
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Here's a question; which would you rather lose in an outage, water or power?
Posted by: Weasel at February 16, 2025 09:15 PM (iu4Pw)
Definitely power.
Even if I know it's coming in advance and can fill the tub, water is much more limiting. I have various ways of keeping a few things going, electricity-wise. And (other than the microwave and oven) there's very little that is life-necessary that is electric that doesn't have a back-up.
Posted by: Weasel at February 16, 2025 09:15 PM (iu4Pw)
Definitely power.
Even if I know it's coming in advance and can fill the tub, water is much more limiting. I have various ways of keeping a few things going, electricity-wise. And (other than the microwave and oven) there's very little that is life-necessary that is electric that doesn't have a back-up.
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 09:20 PM (hzHvq)
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Here's a question; which would you rather lose in an outage, water or power?
Hah! Deliberately moved out of ERCOT and to several hundred feet of lake shoreline, and oil/gas wells on property.
Water and Energy are NOT a factor.
Hah! Deliberately moved out of ERCOT and to several hundred feet of lake shoreline, and oil/gas wells on property.
Water and Energy are NOT a factor.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at February 16, 2025 09:20 PM (a4flb)
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Since it is 9:20, want to extend thanks to Weasel for hosting us.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:21 PM (ctrM5)
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Also, maybe a Gub Thread admission against interest, but CBD has a vigorous defense of the 2nd Amendment, and an analysis of his disappointment in the vigor with which the Trump Administration has defended Americans' gun rights, posted earlier today at noon EST. Worth a read if you haven't already (but beware of necro-posting on dead threads).
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy - OT but harmless at February 16, 2025 09:21 PM (v23vE)
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Weasel checks back in to see, with horror, that the thread has turned to spam, purses and Chinese fireproofing.
Posted by: RI Red at February 16, 2025 09:03 PM
And Spam.
Posted by: RI Red at February 16, 2025 09:03 PM
And Spam.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 16, 2025 09:21 PM (Wnv9h)
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Planted about 10 fruit trees as an experiment
Posted by: blaster at February 16, 2025 09:12 PM (XS8Kt)
Which kind of fruit? I hear that a lot of the orange groves in Florida are getting plowed under by development.
Posted by: blaster at February 16, 2025 09:12 PM (XS8Kt)
Which kind of fruit? I hear that a lot of the orange groves in Florida are getting plowed under by development.
Posted by: Ed L at February 16, 2025 09:21 PM (AiJK3)
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196 Since I won't be going to the range, which is outdoors, in this weather it's a good time to inspect the guns. Wipe them down, lube as needed, check the bores (especially on the BP guns), etc. Time spent with maintaining firearms, or reloading, is never wasted.
Posted by: JTB
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Wise words.
Posted by: JTB
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Wise words.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:22 PM (ctrM5)
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So you can shoot the fruit off the tree once they mature?
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 09:17 PM (hzHvq)
That is the weasel way.
With no full auto on hand I had to use chainsaws to clear Helene downed trees.
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 09:17 PM (hzHvq)
That is the weasel way.
With no full auto on hand I had to use chainsaws to clear Helene downed trees.
Posted by: blaster at February 16, 2025 09:22 PM (XS8Kt)
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The problem with leaving them inside travel cases, etc. is that those can trap moisture and may create corrosion problems. Gun socks take up less space in a safe, are breathable so they don't trap moisture (the good ones have silicone impregnation, the best ones have VCI corrosion inhibiters added to them and run about the same as a cheap gun case in price.
You can also use gunsocks when transporting a firearm in a case as additional protection.
But, avoid the cheap Chinese knockoffs on Amazon, amazingly cheap price but who knows what material or or whether it wicks and then releases water vapor later among other things.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:16 PM (ctrM5)
Great tips, Whig. Thanks!
You can also use gunsocks when transporting a firearm in a case as additional protection.
But, avoid the cheap Chinese knockoffs on Amazon, amazingly cheap price but who knows what material or or whether it wicks and then releases water vapor later among other things.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:16 PM (ctrM5)
Great tips, Whig. Thanks!
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy - OT but harmless at February 16, 2025 09:22 PM (v23vE)
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Thanks for another great Gub Thread, despite being in Condition Yellow.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 16, 2025 09:23 PM (Wnv9h)
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Weasel, I can live without power, but not water.
And being up here in NNH, I lose both at times.
Generator takes care of the first, but when the well runs low, it’s a royal PIA.
And being up here in NNH, I lose both at times.
Generator takes care of the first, but when the well runs low, it’s a royal PIA.
Posted by: RI Red at February 16, 2025 09:23 PM (RsjDp)
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>>> 4 Mrs. E has a Parker-Hale .303!
Posted by: Eromero at February 16, 2025 07:00 PM (LHPAg)
Is this a new acquisition?
SG Ammo's latest email mentioned they had some feed:
https://shorturl.at/39qKj
Posted by: Eromero at February 16, 2025 07:00 PM (LHPAg)
Is this a new acquisition?
SG Ammo's latest email mentioned they had some feed:
https://shorturl.at/39qKj
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 16, 2025 09:23 PM (Vqx30)
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So you can shoot the fruit off the tree once they mature?
Posted by: GWB
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Shooting Fruits is illegal in Florida among other places.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:20 PM (ctrM5)
:0 !!!
Really? I can see it as a backdrop issue, but I'm guessing it's more of a "you can't bathe your donkey in a bathtub on Sundays" thing?
Posted by: GWB
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Shooting Fruits is illegal in Florida among other places.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:20 PM (ctrM5)
:0 !!!
Really? I can see it as a backdrop issue, but I'm guessing it's more of a "you can't bathe your donkey in a bathtub on Sundays" thing?
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 09:24 PM (hzHvq)
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Which kind of fruit? I hear that a lot of the orange groves in Florida are getting plowed under by development.
Posted by: Ed L at February 16, 2025 09:21 PM (AiJK3)
Breadfruit, cherries, and apricots.
Posted by: Ed L at February 16, 2025 09:21 PM (AiJK3)
Breadfruit, cherries, and apricots.
Posted by: blaster at February 16, 2025 09:24 PM (XS8Kt)
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During the Texas Snowmageddon of 2021, we turned the water off to our house, so that our pipes didn't freeze. We couldn't shower for a week, and we stunk. But our pipes didn't freeze. We had put back plenty of water for cooking and flushing. We had the extra well for insurance. We also have a wood stove for heat.
If it were hot in the summer, I'd go sit outside.
If it were hot in the summer, I'd go sit outside.
Posted by: Scarymary at February 16, 2025 09:24 PM (Q8SAm)
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Another pile up at Daytona.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 16, 2025 09:25 PM (gBTzV)
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My safe was made by Fort Knox, so it's definitely not a Chinese product. I'll start looking at some gun sock products.
Posted by: Ed L
I m waiting for one of the kids to move out so I can convert the new 'spare' bedroom into the gun safe.
Posted by: Ed L
I m waiting for one of the kids to move out so I can convert the new 'spare' bedroom into the gun safe.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 16, 2025 09:26 PM (/lPRQ)
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207 Also, maybe a Gub Thread admission against interest, but CBD has a vigorous defense of the 2nd Amendment, and an analysis of his disappointment in the vigor with which the Trump Administration has defended Americans' gun rights, posted earlier today at noon EST. Worth a read if you haven't already (but beware of necro-posting on dead threads).
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy
I read it and the comments this morning but have nothing so much to say. I worked for a couple of years in a gun rights group at the state level and one of the issues that always created a problem with perfectionism and absolutism. In one case, it torpedoed a bill delaying progress in carry restriction removals. That cost us two years in our state.
Ditto when I was a frequent commenter at a popular gun thread.
So, if I cannot say something nice, I prefer to stay out of those kinds of threads nowadays.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy
I read it and the comments this morning but have nothing so much to say. I worked for a couple of years in a gun rights group at the state level and one of the issues that always created a problem with perfectionism and absolutism. In one case, it torpedoed a bill delaying progress in carry restriction removals. That cost us two years in our state.
Ditto when I was a frequent commenter at a popular gun thread.
So, if I cannot say something nice, I prefer to stay out of those kinds of threads nowadays.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:26 PM (ctrM5)
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Another pile up at Daytona.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 16, 2025 09:25 PM (gBTzV)
Were they watching AF1's flyby?
I know the pilots were thrilled to get to do a flyby in AF1. Those guys seldom get to do that kind of thing because of security issues. And most pilots love to get to do one if they can - even in the unexciting aircraft.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 16, 2025 09:25 PM (gBTzV)
Were they watching AF1's flyby?
I know the pilots were thrilled to get to do a flyby in AF1. Those guys seldom get to do that kind of thing because of security issues. And most pilots love to get to do one if they can - even in the unexciting aircraft.
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 09:27 PM (hzHvq)
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Part of the project on blaster acres was more permanent water supply. I hooked a jet pump up to our sand point well. Tried powering it with a EcoFlow Delta 2 power bank and it works sometimes and sometimes the start up draw trips the power off. So back to the drawing board on that.
But the gas generator drives it happily. So here, at least, I can go without power and water, both.
But the gas generator drives it happily. So here, at least, I can go without power and water, both.
Posted by: blaster at February 16, 2025 09:28 PM (XS8Kt)
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I m waiting for one of the kids to move out so I can convert the new 'spare' bedroom into the gun safe.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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Some decent vault doors that look like regular interior doors out there. Run about 2k and up. Get the prehung steel framed ones though as retrofitting the typical flimsy interior door framing is a pita.
Been there and done that for a storm room.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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Some decent vault doors that look like regular interior doors out there. Run about 2k and up. Get the prehung steel framed ones though as retrofitting the typical flimsy interior door framing is a pita.
Been there and done that for a storm room.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:28 PM (ctrM5)
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Shooting Fruits is illegal in Florida among other places.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:20 PM
It's considered double-plus ungood in San Francisco.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:20 PM
It's considered double-plus ungood in San Francisco.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 16, 2025 09:28 PM (a3Q+t)
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No power no heat, have grill and fireplace tp at least stay alive
Posted by: Skip at February 16, 2025 09:29 PM (fwDg9)
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Food Thread currently at 246.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 16, 2025 09:30 PM (a3Q+t)
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But the gas generator drives it happily. So here, at least, I can go without power and water, both.
Posted by: blaster
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You are becoming quite the settler there.
Posted by: blaster
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You are becoming quite the settler there.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:30 PM (ctrM5)
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It's considered double-plus ungood in San Francisco.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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Twinkie defense.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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Twinkie defense.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:30 PM (ctrM5)
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215 >>> 4 Mrs. E has a Parker-Hale .303!
Posted by: Eromero at February 16, 2025 07:00 PM (LHPAg)
Is this a new acquisition?
SG Ammo's latest email mentioned they had some feed:
https://shorturl.at/39qKj
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 16, 2025 09:23 PM (Vqx30)
Her Dad was shooting big game with this rifle when Mrs. E was 6 years old. It kicks.
Posted by: Eromero at February 16, 2025 07:00 PM (LHPAg)
Is this a new acquisition?
SG Ammo's latest email mentioned they had some feed:
https://shorturl.at/39qKj
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 16, 2025 09:23 PM (Vqx30)
Her Dad was shooting big game with this rifle when Mrs. E was 6 years old. It kicks.
Posted by: Eromero at February 16, 2025 09:31 PM (LHPAg)
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I enjoyed watching Trump's flyby and the Beast at Daytona. The man knows how to do theatrics!
This country needs the bombast and feelgood, I think, after the last few years.
This country needs the bombast and feelgood, I think, after the last few years.
Posted by: Scarymary at February 16, 2025 09:31 PM (Q8SAm)
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Peripherally related to Weasel's electricity situation, as featured on this morning's Daily Tech News thread:
Sri Lanka is scrambling to restore electricity after a monkey triggered three days of nationwide power cuts
No word on whether the monkey, who came into contact with a transformer, survived.
Sri Lanka is scrambling to restore electricity after a monkey triggered three days of nationwide power cuts
No word on whether the monkey, who came into contact with a transformer, survived.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy - OT but harmless at February 16, 2025 09:31 PM (v23vE)
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Breadfruit, cherries, and apricots.
Posted by: blaster
If you like custard dishes, paw paws are native to the South East and even if not, they attract wildlife. Ditto for Sumac groves, wild turkey love them.
Posted by: blaster
If you like custard dishes, paw paws are native to the South East and even if not, they attract wildlife. Ditto for Sumac groves, wild turkey love them.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:32 PM (ctrM5)
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Here's a question; which would you rather lose in an outage, water or power?
Posted by: Weasel at February 16, 2025 09:15 PM (iu4Pw)
Power. If I have power, i have water. And I have a generator.
Posted by: Weasel at February 16, 2025 09:15 PM (iu4Pw)
Power. If I have power, i have water. And I have a generator.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 16, 2025 09:32 PM (8zz6B)
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Her Dad was shooting big game with this rifle when Mrs. E was 6 years old. It kicks.
Posted by: Eromero at February 16, 2025 09:31 PM (LHPAg)
Very cool!
... and yeah, I'll bet it kicks!
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Her Dad was shooting big game with this rifle when Mrs. E was 6 years old. It kicks.
Posted by: Eromero at February 16, 2025 09:31 PM (LHPAg)
Very cool!
... and yeah, I'll bet it kicks!
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at February 16, 2025 09:32 PM (Vqx30)
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Ammo prices do seem to be coming down online. Can't really say the same at local bigbox retailers yet, though.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 16, 2025 09:32 PM (a3Q+t)
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a monkey triggered three days of nationwide power cuts
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy - OT but harmless at February 16, 2025 09:31 PM (v23vE)
You want to know why I need 30 round magazines? For exactly this, right here! Stupid monkeys.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy - OT but harmless at February 16, 2025 09:31 PM (v23vE)
You want to know why I need 30 round magazines? For exactly this, right here! Stupid monkeys.
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 09:33 PM (hzHvq)
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Just watched that "Anatoly sticking his head in the beam of a particle accelerator" video last night. I'm binging on nuclear accidents. He actually went back to work at the lab in a month.
Posted by: front toward enemy at February 16, 2025 09:34 PM (TIizU)
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Mrs. E has a Parker-Hale .303!
Posted by: Eromero
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Missed that. P-H was for a long time one of the pinnacles of British gunsmithing for the masses there. They generally do quite a bit of accurizing on the forend of the Lee Enfield models they redid for customers.
Tell her that it is something to be very proud of and not be amiss to include a writeup and pix of it for Weasel to put up.
Posted by: Eromero
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Missed that. P-H was for a long time one of the pinnacles of British gunsmithing for the masses there. They generally do quite a bit of accurizing on the forend of the Lee Enfield models they redid for customers.
Tell her that it is something to be very proud of and not be amiss to include a writeup and pix of it for Weasel to put up.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:35 PM (ctrM5)
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Not a single luxury.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 16, 2025 09:35 PM (63Dwl)
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read it and the comments this morning but have nothing so much to say. I worked for a couple of years in a gun rights group at the state level and one of the issues that always created a problem with perfectionism and absolutism. In one case, it torpedoed a bill delaying progress in carry restriction removals. That cost us two years in our state.
Ditto when I was a frequent commenter at a popular gun thread.
Not this Gun Thread, I do hope. Your input over the years, alongside the rest of the 'ettes and 'rons who reside herein, has been valuable to me.
So, if I cannot say something nice, I prefer to stay out of those kinds of threads nowadays.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:26 PM (ctrM5)
I prefer the Mae West formulation - "If you can't say something nice, come over here and tell it to me instead" or something like that.
Ditto when I was a frequent commenter at a popular gun thread.
Not this Gun Thread, I do hope. Your input over the years, alongside the rest of the 'ettes and 'rons who reside herein, has been valuable to me.
So, if I cannot say something nice, I prefer to stay out of those kinds of threads nowadays.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:26 PM (ctrM5)
I prefer the Mae West formulation - "If you can't say something nice, come over here and tell it to me instead" or something like that.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy - OT but harmless at February 16, 2025 09:35 PM (v23vE)
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Aim small, miss small is hard to do with an 8-MOA dot.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 16, 2025 09:36 PM (a3Q+t)
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236 Ammo prices do seem to be coming down online. Can't really say the same at local bigbox retailers yet, though.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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Academy Sporting Goods has dropped their prices quite a bit especially on their store brand ammo (Monarch and some other name).
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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Academy Sporting Goods has dropped their prices quite a bit especially on their store brand ammo (Monarch and some other name).
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:36 PM (ctrM5)
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That Chinese drywall is some nasty stuff. Had something like that in my last house. Was more hung-ho then bout remodeling... Moved couple walls myself and they had "elephant" brand drywall. Ended changing out every light switch and outlet as they were all; corroded and exposed copper was green.. was repainying every room amd pulled plates off anyway when I discovered it.
Cannot imagine the damage that would be done with the off-gassing in a safe. Bad enough in-wall.
Cannot imagine the damage that would be done with the off-gassing in a safe. Bad enough in-wall.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 16, 2025 09:37 PM (/lPRQ)
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Sri Lanka is scrambling to restore electricity after a monkey triggered three days of nationwide power cuts
No word on whether the monkey, who came into contact with a transformer, survived.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy - OT but harmless at February 16, 2025 09:31 PM (v23vE)
Monkeys are creepy.
No word on whether the monkey, who came into contact with a transformer, survived.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy - OT but harmless at February 16, 2025 09:31 PM (v23vE)
Monkeys are creepy.
Posted by: Scarymary at February 16, 2025 09:37 PM (Q8SAm)
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You want to know why I need 30 round magazines? For exactly this, right here! Stupid monkeys.
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 09:33 PM (hzHvq)
... waits for some hoplophobic politician to say "If you need 30 rounds to down a monkey, you're a bad hunter".
To which I would reply, "no, I need 30 rounds to ensure the little bastard doesn't get back up".
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 09:33 PM (hzHvq)
... waits for some hoplophobic politician to say "If you need 30 rounds to down a monkey, you're a bad hunter".
To which I would reply, "no, I need 30 rounds to ensure the little bastard doesn't get back up".
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy - OT but harmless at February 16, 2025 09:38 PM (v23vE)
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Cabela's / Bass Pro Shops house brand (Herter's) is made by Winchester.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 16, 2025 09:38 PM (a3Q+t)
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I really should buy a few bulk ammo bits. Just to get the pad back up where it should be. I've taken to replacing the ammo I shoot when I do go to the range right there from the store.
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 09:38 PM (hzHvq)
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Unfortunately I live in the deep, deep blue shithole of nyc and I'm only allowed 10 rd mags. I have a Springfield Armory M1-A, and it's actually legal in my shithole... (no folding stock, no pistol grip, no muzzle device of any kind.) And as much as I hated having to change the barrel out to remove the flash hider (the barrel can't even be threaded in nyc) what I miss most is the look of the 20 rd magazine. It just doesn't look like an M14 without a 20 rounder.
Posted by: front toward enemy at February 16, 2025 09:39 PM (TIizU)
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That Chinese drywall is some nasty stuff. Had something like that in my last house. Was more hung-ho then bout remodeling... Moved couple walls myself and they had "elephant" brand drywall. Ended changing out every light switch and outlet as they were all; corroded and exposed copper was green.. was repainying every room amd pulled plates off anyway when I discovered it.
Cannot imagine the damage that would be done with the off-gassing in a safe. Bad enough in-wall.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 16, 2025 09:37 PM (/lPRQ)
All the sheetrock I hung here at the Arizona casa was U.S. made.
Cannot imagine the damage that would be done with the off-gassing in a safe. Bad enough in-wall.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 16, 2025 09:37 PM (/lPRQ)
All the sheetrock I hung here at the Arizona casa was U.S. made.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at February 16, 2025 09:39 PM (8zz6B)
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OK, 7am ZOOM call with Ace averted. Thanks all and good night!
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy - OT but harmless at February 16, 2025 09:39 PM (v23vE)
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Not this Gun Thread, I do hope. Your input over the years, alongside the rest of the 'ettes and 'rons who reside herein, has been valuable to me.
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Nope, I was at one of the bigger ones for years and walked away cold turkey after I got doxxed. Created problems for my job. Someone got pissed off what I said and did it.
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Nope, I was at one of the bigger ones for years and walked away cold turkey after I got doxxed. Created problems for my job. Someone got pissed off what I said and did it.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:39 PM (ctrM5)
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To which I would reply, "no, I need 30 rounds to ensure the little bastard doesn't get back up".
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy - OT but harmless at February 16, 2025 09:38 PM (v23vE)
And they travel in groups, usually.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy - OT but harmless at February 16, 2025 09:38 PM (v23vE)
And they travel in groups, usually.
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 09:40 PM (hzHvq)
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Ok, we can stand down, knowing Weasel can avoid the stressful Ewokian Zoom Call for another week.
Good job.
Good job.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 16, 2025 09:40 PM (a3Q+t)
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No word on whether the monkey, who came into contact with a transformer, survived.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy - OT but harmless at February 16, 2025 09:31 PM (v23vE)
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Worst case scenario is he developed superpowers and is now hellbent on conquering the planet.
I'm sure it'll be fine.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy - OT but harmless at February 16, 2025 09:31 PM (v23vE)
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Worst case scenario is he developed superpowers and is now hellbent on conquering the planet.
I'm sure it'll be fine.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 16, 2025 09:40 PM (BpYfr)
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Nope, I was at one of the bigger ones for years and walked away cold turkey after I got doxxed. Created problems for my job. Someone got pissed off what I said and did it.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:39 PM (ctrM5)
Scum. Sorry that happened to you.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:39 PM (ctrM5)
Scum. Sorry that happened to you.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy - OT but harmless at February 16, 2025 09:41 PM (v23vE)
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Gotta go. Thanks as always, Weasel San.
Posted by: RI Red at February 16, 2025 09:41 PM (RsjDp)
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Ok, we can stand down, knowing Weasel can avoid the stressful Ewokian Zoom Call for another week.
Good job.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 16, 2025 09:40 PM (a3Q+t)
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** sneaks back into the Food Thread just to mess with Weasel...**
Good job.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at February 16, 2025 09:40 PM (a3Q+t)
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** sneaks back into the Food Thread just to mess with Weasel...**
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at February 16, 2025 09:41 PM (BpYfr)
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Cannot imagine the damage that would be done with the off-gassing in a safe. Bad enough in-wall.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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It was causing stainless steel to rust and pit even when well oiled. I got on the web and found out what it was and went into haz mat (just kidding) remediation mode to prevent anything being stored in it from being corroded. The plan was to remove the drywall and put new stuff in but my fil became sick and passed away before I had time to do it (lived in another state far away).
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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It was causing stainless steel to rust and pit even when well oiled. I got on the web and found out what it was and went into haz mat (just kidding) remediation mode to prevent anything being stored in it from being corroded. The plan was to remove the drywall and put new stuff in but my fil became sick and passed away before I had time to do it (lived in another state far away).
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:41 PM (ctrM5)
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My range bag is a 20 year old pink Patagonia back pack. It works. And when I have to go to the grocery store after range time, it doesn't scream GUN BAG.
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I hear you girlfriend. My range bag is a 12 year old backpack, which also serves as our racing bag when we are covering an auto race.
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I hear you girlfriend. My range bag is a 12 year old backpack, which also serves as our racing bag when we are covering an auto race.
Posted by: Grateful - the range bag lady at February 16, 2025 09:41 PM (IQ6Gq)
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I was hoping Anatoly because invisible or some super power
Posted by: Skip at February 16, 2025 09:42 PM (fwDg9)
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You are becoming quite the settler there.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:30 PM (ctrM5)
We felt very homestead-y and prepper-ry this weekend. Used a bunch of things in our stash. Communicated with Baofeng radios. Cut trees and planted trees. Set up some solar power. Got. Pitcher pump working on the well for true off grid water. Got the jet pump hooked up as well as a propane flash heater for hot water. Made coffee on the grill with water from the well. We had a shed delivered here in late December that is going to be a "tiny house" but it sheltered us from the wind and rain - much better than our previous tent camping.
Still looking for a good place to set up for shooting here. I have been looking for a place to set up 100 yards but a 25 yarder will do for now I think.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:30 PM (ctrM5)
We felt very homestead-y and prepper-ry this weekend. Used a bunch of things in our stash. Communicated with Baofeng radios. Cut trees and planted trees. Set up some solar power. Got. Pitcher pump working on the well for true off grid water. Got the jet pump hooked up as well as a propane flash heater for hot water. Made coffee on the grill with water from the well. We had a shed delivered here in late December that is going to be a "tiny house" but it sheltered us from the wind and rain - much better than our previous tent camping.
Still looking for a good place to set up for shooting here. I have been looking for a place to set up 100 yards but a 25 yarder will do for now I think.
Posted by: blaster at February 16, 2025 09:42 PM (XS8Kt)
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Thank you, Weasel, for the Gun THread.
Thank you, Morons and 'ettes, for great information and talking 'bout stuff.
Y'all have a GREAT Washington's Birthday tomorrow.
Thank you, Morons and 'ettes, for great information and talking 'bout stuff.
Y'all have a GREAT Washington's Birthday tomorrow.
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 09:42 PM (hzHvq)
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.. waits for some hoplophobic politician to say "If you need 30 rounds to down a monkey, you're a bad hunter".
To which I would reply, "no, I need 30 rounds to ensure the little bastard doesn't get back up".
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy - OT but harmless at February 16, 2025 09:38 PM
And to whack the friends it probably brought along. Because fcuk those furry little bastards and all their families.
To which I would reply, "no, I need 30 rounds to ensure the little bastard doesn't get back up".
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy - OT but harmless at February 16, 2025 09:38 PM
And to whack the friends it probably brought along. Because fcuk those furry little bastards and all their families.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 16, 2025 09:42 PM (Wnv9h)
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I've bookmarked "The Monster from Green Hell!." Jim Davis was Jock Ewing. I don't watch much TV but do enjoy these cheezy Sci-Fi flicks.
Posted by: Scarymary at February 16, 2025 09:43 PM (Q8SAm)
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Worst case scenario is he developed superpowers and is now hellbent on conquering the planet.
Dial M for Monkey
Worst case scenario is he developed superpowers and is now hellbent on conquering the planet.
Dial M for Monkey
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at February 16, 2025 09:45 PM (63Dwl)
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We felt very homestead-y and prepper-ry this weekend. Used a bunch of things in our stash. Communicated with Baofeng radios. Cut trees and planted trees. Set up some solar power. Got. Pitcher pump working on the well for true off grid water. Got the jet pump hooked up as well as a propane flash heater for hot water. Made coffee on the grill with water from the well. We had a shed delivered here in late December that is going to be a "tiny house" but it sheltered us from the wind and rain - much better than our previous tent camping.
Still looking for a good place to set up for shooting here. I have been looking for a place to set up 100 yards but a 25 yarder will do for now I think.
Posted by: blaster
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You should be proud of what you and your missus have done there. Glad to hear of the spirit of America in action.
Still looking for a good place to set up for shooting here. I have been looking for a place to set up 100 yards but a 25 yarder will do for now I think.
Posted by: blaster
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You should be proud of what you and your missus have done there. Glad to hear of the spirit of America in action.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:45 PM (ctrM5)
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Food thread 241 comments at change tkme
Posted by: Skip at February 16, 2025 09:45 PM (fwDg9)
Posted by: blaster at February 16, 2025 09:48 PM (XS8Kt)
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We felt very homestead-y and prepper-ry this weekend. Used a bunch of things in our stash. Communicated with Baofeng radios. Cut trees and planted trees. Set up some solar power. Got. Pitcher pump working on the well for true off grid water. Got the jet pump hooked up as well as a propane flash heater for hot water. Made coffee on the grill with water from the well. We had a shed delivered here in late December that is going to be a "tiny house" but it sheltered us from the wind and rain - much better than our previous tent camping.
Still looking for a good place to set up for shooting here. I have been looking for a place to set up 100 yards but a 25 yarder will do for now I think.
Posted by: blaster
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Good job. That sounds cool.
Still looking for a good place to set up for shooting here. I have been looking for a place to set up 100 yards but a 25 yarder will do for now I think.
Posted by: blaster
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Good job. That sounds cool.
Posted by: Scarymary at February 16, 2025 09:48 PM (Q8SAm)
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Here's a question; which would you rather lose in an outage, water or power?
Posted by: Weasel
Short term - power. Have generator. Manual transfer switch.
Long term - water.
Water table is bout to feet below grade here (near coastel Florida) and nasty. But I could get by w/o city water forever if I had to.
Posted by: Weasel
Short term - power. Have generator. Manual transfer switch.
Long term - water.
Water table is bout to feet below grade here (near coastel Florida) and nasty. But I could get by w/o city water forever if I had to.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 16, 2025 09:48 PM (/lPRQ)
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Oh blaster,
I meant to mention that old tires can serve as a very good barrier on ranges when filled with sand. No tracer rounds of course but tires are seriously overbuilt with kevlar belts, etc. for something like a handgun or 22 LR range back barrier. A double wall of them filled with sand could probably handle some rifle cartridges as well.
There is also a company that made blocks of bullet absorbing foam etc. for ranges. Something like Bullet blox or something like that.
Might find that information useful, dunno.
I meant to mention that old tires can serve as a very good barrier on ranges when filled with sand. No tracer rounds of course but tires are seriously overbuilt with kevlar belts, etc. for something like a handgun or 22 LR range back barrier. A double wall of them filled with sand could probably handle some rifle cartridges as well.
There is also a company that made blocks of bullet absorbing foam etc. for ranges. Something like Bullet blox or something like that.
Might find that information useful, dunno.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:49 PM (ctrM5)
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Whig I like the tire idea now to figure out how to acquire a bunch of old tires.
Sand I've got plenty of!
Sand I've got plenty of!
Posted by: blaster at February 16, 2025 09:51 PM (XS8Kt)
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Water table is bout to feet below grade here (near coastel Florida) and nasty. But I could get by w/o city water forever if I had to.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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Reverse Osmosis setup. You can do it powered or unpowered (hand pump type). Works in some pretty nasty water but best if sediment can be removed first to avoid stopping up the ceramic filters used for Reverse Osmosis.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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Reverse Osmosis setup. You can do it powered or unpowered (hand pump type). Works in some pretty nasty water but best if sediment can be removed first to avoid stopping up the ceramic filters used for Reverse Osmosis.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:51 PM (ctrM5)
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273 Whig I like the tire idea now to figure out how to acquire a bunch of old tires.
Sand I've got plenty of!
Posted by: blaster
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Nice thing about sand and tires is that you can periodically remove the tires and go through the sand for lead and copper nuggets for recycling.
Bad Tires that are shot up are also easy to replace.
Sand I've got plenty of!
Posted by: blaster
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Nice thing about sand and tires is that you can periodically remove the tires and go through the sand for lead and copper nuggets for recycling.
Bad Tires that are shot up are also easy to replace.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:53 PM (ctrM5)
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Another pile up at Daytona.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 16, 2025 09:25 PM (gBTzV)
Were they watching AF1's flyby?
I know the pilots were thrilled to get to do a flyby in AF1. Those guys seldom get to do that kind of thing because of security issues. And most pilots love to get to do one if they can - even in the unexciting aircraft.
Posted by: GWB
Should have buzzed the field.
They are used to the noise anyway.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 16, 2025 09:25 PM (gBTzV)
Were they watching AF1's flyby?
I know the pilots were thrilled to get to do a flyby in AF1. Those guys seldom get to do that kind of thing because of security issues. And most pilots love to get to do one if they can - even in the unexciting aircraft.
Posted by: GWB
Should have buzzed the field.
They are used to the noise anyway.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 16, 2025 09:53 PM (/lPRQ)
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Nope, I was at one of the bigger ones for years and walked away cold turkey after I got doxxed. Created problems for my job. Someone got pissed off what I said and did it.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:39 PM (ctrM5)
That is crappy. I'm sorry.
It's a relief to be a nobody.
Nope, I was at one of the bigger ones for years and walked away cold turkey after I got doxxed. Created problems for my job. Someone got pissed off what I said and did it.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:39 PM (ctrM5)
That is crappy. I'm sorry.
It's a relief to be a nobody.
Posted by: Scarymary at February 16, 2025 09:54 PM (Q8SAm)
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On the Gulf of America coast our water table is about 9 feet down and thankfully is not sulfur-y.
We were getting clear water before but it's very sandy now.
We were getting clear water before but it's very sandy now.
Posted by: blaster at February 16, 2025 09:54 PM (XS8Kt)
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blaster,
Good for y'all! That sounds really awesome. Are you going to go with a manufactured home? They are well insulated and fairly reasonable in price.
Good for y'all! That sounds really awesome. Are you going to go with a manufactured home? They are well insulated and fairly reasonable in price.
Posted by: nurse ratched at February 16, 2025 09:55 PM (Oqq6X)
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Before it all closes out, a shout-out to the men who stormed Iwo Jima!
It was this coming Wednesday, 80 years ago, when they started a month-long battle for the island. 27 Medals of Honor came from that fight.
Salute!
It was this coming Wednesday, 80 years ago, when they started a month-long battle for the island. 27 Medals of Honor came from that fight.
Salute!
Posted by: GWB at February 16, 2025 09:55 PM (hzHvq)
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Been there and done that for a storm room.
Posted by: whig
Knockdown Pre-fab tornado shelters are available. A small 4x8 room in size. At least that is what my folks got.
Posted by: whig
Knockdown Pre-fab tornado shelters are available. A small 4x8 room in size. At least that is what my folks got.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 16, 2025 09:55 PM (/lPRQ)
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That is crappy. I'm sorry.
It's a relief to be a nobody.
Posted by: Scarymary
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It was but what can you do. My job was worth more than commenting for free on a website.
Now I am retired and don't care.
It's a relief to be a nobody.
Posted by: Scarymary
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It was but what can you do. My job was worth more than commenting for free on a website.
Now I am retired and don't care.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:56 PM (ctrM5)
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Now I am retired and don't care.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:56 PM (ctrM5)
I enjoy reading your posts, all the same. You are very informative.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:56 PM (ctrM5)
I enjoy reading your posts, all the same. You are very informative.
Posted by: Scarymary at February 16, 2025 09:58 PM (Q8SAm)
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Knockdown Pre-fab tornado shelters are available. A small 4x8 room in size. At least that is what my folks got.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
Had mine built from Texas Tech's tornado structure program specs. Is in a deep part of the basement and basically a structure within a structure. Good enough for unpleasant weather either human or mother nature.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
Had mine built from Texas Tech's tornado structure program specs. Is in a deep part of the basement and basically a structure within a structure. Good enough for unpleasant weather either human or mother nature.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:58 PM (ctrM5)
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I enjoy reading your posts, all the same. You are very informative.
Posted by: Scarymary
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Thanks. I enjoy your posts too.
Posted by: Scarymary
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Thanks. I enjoy your posts too.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:59 PM (ctrM5)
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Now I am retired and don't care.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:56 PM (ctrM5)
I enjoy reading your posts, all the same. You are very informative.
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I agree. Can't tell you how many of your posts I've photographed so I can put the info in my grid later. Many thanks for sharing.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 09:56 PM (ctrM5)
I enjoy reading your posts, all the same. You are very informative.
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I agree. Can't tell you how many of your posts I've photographed so I can put the info in my grid later. Many thanks for sharing.
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I agree. Can't tell you how many of your posts I've photographed so I can put the info in my grid later. Many thanks for sharing.
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I read your posts as well. Enjoy them. Normally I lurk more than I post. Some areas I don't care about, other threads can devolve into the same people fighting over the same things over and over again.
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I read your posts as well. Enjoy them. Normally I lurk more than I post. Some areas I don't care about, other threads can devolve into the same people fighting over the same things over and over again.
Posted by: whig at February 16, 2025 10:02 PM (ctrM5)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at February 16, 2025 10:21 PM (/lPRQ)
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Here's a question; which would you rather lose in an outage, water or power?
Posted by: Weasel at February 16, 2025 09:15 PM (iu4Pw)
Right now I would rather lose city water. If I lost power I would lose propane fueled central heat and it is 14 degrees with about 8" of snow. I have a canal behind my house that connects to Saginaw Bay/Lake Huron. I could chop a hole in the ice on the canal and use a 5 gallon bucket to get water to flush the toilet and I could boil water in my microwave. I have portable heaters that use kerosene and propane for power outages and kerosene and Colman lanterns.
Thanks Weasel.
Posted by: Weasel at February 16, 2025 09:15 PM (iu4Pw)
Right now I would rather lose city water. If I lost power I would lose propane fueled central heat and it is 14 degrees with about 8" of snow. I have a canal behind my house that connects to Saginaw Bay/Lake Huron. I could chop a hole in the ice on the canal and use a 5 gallon bucket to get water to flush the toilet and I could boil water in my microwave. I have portable heaters that use kerosene and propane for power outages and kerosene and Colman lanterns.
Thanks Weasel.
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