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by RAC
Fri Mar 20, 2009 10:50 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Craig Boddington with a Lever Action...
Replies: 38
Views: 6219

Re: Craig Boddington with a Lever Action...

I don't post much. Just lurk.
by RAC
Fri Mar 20, 2009 9:28 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Craig Boddington with a Lever Action...
Replies: 38
Views: 6219

Re: Craig Boddington with a Lever Action...

S.B. wrote:Craig Boddington is and has been just as good as mommy and daddy's money can buy.
Steve

You got any proof for that accusation?
by RAC
Wed Feb 04, 2009 1:09 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: USAToday Second Amendment Poll - VOTE - often
Replies: 4
Views: 664

Re: USAToday Second Amendment Poll - VOTE - often

That is an old poll. The correct answer is NO. The Second Amendment does NOT give individuals the right to bear arms. The Right to Bear Arms predates the Constitution. We are endowed by our Creator with inalienable rights. The Bill of Rights in the US Constitution are restrictions on government when...
by RAC
Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: please help! handloading the 457 wwm
Replies: 1
Views: 725

Re: please help! handloading the 457 wwm

You have a PM.
by RAC
Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT Pilot in crash was Air Force Veteran
Replies: 22
Views: 2385

Re: OT Pilot in crash was Air Force Veteran

He was an F4 pilot to be exact, that plus 28 years as a commercial pilot ALL worked together to give him the necessary skills to land it like he did. Eyewitnesses said had they not known there was a river there, it looked like he was on approach to arunway, NOT crashlanding in a river. He had full ...
by RAC
Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT Pilot in crash was Air Force Veteran
Replies: 22
Views: 2385

Re: Confused

The pilot was a hero allright. Made 2 trips back in looking for anybody who got missed. But I'm confused. What did you hear that makes you think it was his military background that helped him? He's had 19,000 hours in commercial aircraft, much, much less in military. No question he did everything c...
by RAC
Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:37 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Pictures of my Aoudad
Replies: 20
Views: 2036

Re: Pictures of my Aoudad

Nice mount. I like it.
by RAC
Mon Aug 25, 2008 5:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Killed with 45-70 and Garrett's ammo
Replies: 20
Views: 3752

Re: Killed with 45-70 and Garrett's ammo

Yea, I would like to know more also. Was that the 540 gr hammerhead? Where were the buff taken? Tell us more about the shots. What distance? Were they one shot kills? I presume you got complete penetration? There are 2 different rifles in the pics.
by RAC
Wed Aug 06, 2008 6:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Wild West Gun Co-pilot pix
Replies: 28
Views: 2952

Re: Wild West Gun Co-pilot pix

I have hunted with mine a time or two. I shot some 530 grain cast @ 1500 fps with it the other day. If I can swing it, I would like to make a trip for a Cape Buffalo in Zim in a couple of years provided the country hasn't completely melted down. Nice rifle by the way. http://img.villagephotos.com/p/...
by RAC
Wed Apr 16, 2008 9:51 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: confessions of a lead eater
Replies: 15
Views: 2834

Let's see ... my generation and the one before it grew up chewing on lead painted cribs and window sills, breathing lead fumes from the gasoline and eating lead shot. Those generations whipped the best armies in the world, invented the computer, the micro-wave, put men on the moon, defeated smallpo...
by RAC
Sat Apr 12, 2008 1:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Looking for a dog for my boy
Replies: 65
Views: 9289

Scott, I see feist puppies for sale in the local paper occasionally. You might try some smaller town's local paper or something like a Thrifty Nickel. There is probably not much squirrel hunting with dogs around San Antonio.
by RAC
Tue Apr 01, 2008 8:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Remember the Pilot's gun that went "bang"?
Replies: 30
Views: 4400

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2008-03-31-armed-pilots_N.htm More than 10% of pilots allowed to fly armed Updated 7h 32m ago | Comments219 | Recommend32 E-mail | Save | Print | Reprints & Permissions | Subscribe to stories like this These images show a purported bullet hole in a US Airwa...
by RAC
Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Crosswind (155MPH?) Landing Attempt (Video)
Replies: 26
Views: 4424

Sideslip would be very dangerous particularity in that situation. Once you had to abort the landing then have to "uncross" the controls to regain normal flight control at very low altitude. IMHO.... He crabbed it in well on final..... straightened up alittle too high either because: he mi...
by RAC
Tue Mar 04, 2008 5:45 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Crosswind (155MPH?) Landing Attempt (Video)
Replies: 26
Views: 4424

"They" still teach cross controlled landings. You never land a transport category aircraft in a crab. I have been under the impression that side slips with swept wing aircraft is a bad idea, because the downwind wing would be unable to produce sufficient lift in that circumstance. (stall,...
by RAC
Mon Mar 03, 2008 7:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Crosswind (155MPH?) Landing Attempt (Video)
Replies: 26
Views: 4424

With the approach speeds of the A-320, if the wind was that strong , the nose of the aircraft would have been pointed 70 degrees or so to the right. I would imagine max crosswind component of that aircraft was around 55knots or so. I don't know if they teach the cross controlled landing much anymor...
by RAC
Mon Mar 03, 2008 5:58 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT - Crosswind (155MPH?) Landing Attempt (Video)
Replies: 26
Views: 4424

Here is another take on this incident. I don't know what the situation was as to their alternate and remaining fuel on board but he should have gone around before he attempted that very unstable approach. Max demonstrated crosswind limitations are typically around 30 knots. Notice how he pretty much...
by RAC
Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: Anybody seen a Black Cat (100/200 lbs. ) in USA wild?
Replies: 27
Views: 4404

Can anybody provide or post a picture alive or dead of a confirmed melanistic cougar/mountain lion (Felis concolor)? Ever? In the last 300 years? I am not talking about a grainy video. Anecdotal evidence is not proof. While I believe there are occasional sightings of jaguars in south Texas or Arizon...
by RAC
Mon Feb 25, 2008 2:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - Gun hide-outs ... just in case
Replies: 86
Views: 12604

What good is a firearm you have stashed away underground? Your great-grandchildren might be the ones to answer that. Even one old 32 flinter and possibles dug up fifty years from now might feed them, defend them or help end tyranny. Who knows. The Holy Bible and the Boy Scouts admonish us to be pre...
by RAC
Mon Feb 25, 2008 1:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: POLITICS - Gun hide-outs ... just in case
Replies: 86
Views: 12604

Hmmm. Don't know what I would do until that bridge is crossed. What good is a firearm you have stashed away underground? Are you then going to live in fear for the rest of your life that the "authorities" will one day find it and send you to prision and destroy you and your family? How imp...
by RAC
Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:03 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 45-70 Loads for Plainsgame?
Replies: 16
Views: 3547

kimwcook wrote:86er ought to speak up shortly. He'd be the one I'd really listen to as he's playing with that size game all the time. I think you'd be just fine, but It's only speculation on my behalf.
IIRC, I was the one who turned him on to the ABW 405 gr Bonded Bullet.
by RAC
Tue Feb 19, 2008 9:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 45-70 Loads for Plainsgame?
Replies: 16
Views: 3547

I used a 405 gr Alaska Bullet Works Bonded Bullet in South Africa in March 2006. Game killed: wildebeest, waterbuck, bushbuck, warthog, and blesbok. Load was R7 and 1800 fps out of my 18 1/2 barrel. Blasphemy to some here, but I would recommend the bonded bullet over the cast.
by RAC
Tue Feb 12, 2008 12:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: To scope or not to scope...
Replies: 33
Views: 5594

J Miller wrote: Not to mention they will fail at the moment you need them the most.

Joe
Inquiring minds want to know. How many times have you had a scope "fail" when you needed it the most? And what scope brands were you using when these particular scopes failed?
by RAC
Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:47 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Reloading in Dallas
Replies: 9
Views: 2089

Cabelas or Bass Pro
by RAC
Thu Sep 06, 2007 8:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT: Maine Bear Hunt Week One and TWO
Replies: 4
Views: 2492

KirkD wrote:Thanks for the update. Sorry to hear about RAC. It could have been worse.
I only missed the 2 bottom rungs of the ladder. Hit on my side on a small log. Feeling much better now. If fact, I was able to get on the tractor today and mow the pond levee where I shoot.