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by AJMD429
Sun Aug 17, 2025 11:41 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: NO DRONE ZONE
Replies: 4
Views: 128

Re: NO DRONE ZONE

. The danger is there. A drone could fly at an altitude WAY above shotgun-reach, and drop an explosive or other problematic item. Not sure how to word the regulations though - we kind of have to allow airplanes to fly over at 5,000 ft or above, and there is little risk from them, but a drone at 500 ...
by AJMD429
Fri Aug 15, 2025 7:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Talk about a "Bomb Shelter...!"
Replies: 1
Views: 135

Talk about a "Bomb Shelter...!"

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I guess if you have enough slave labor, you can build an entire city for yourself underground...

https://youtu.be/mJ6oGmTJr3k

It still looks in fairly good shape, considering it is 80 years old and probably no upkeep attempted since 1945 or so.
by AJMD429
Fri Aug 15, 2025 3:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Really interesting photo I'd never seen
Replies: 15
Views: 646

Re: Really interesting photo I'd never seen

Hemingway was looking for U-Boats in the Carribean. Bogart got in on it too, - i guess they had quite a ragtag civilian Navy comprised of folks with enough means to have boats that could be outfitted for surveillance, although Hemingways boat, The Pilar, was only 38 feet --- may have been perfect c...
by AJMD429
Fri Aug 15, 2025 2:40 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Colion Noir is so GOOD at defending firearms ownership
Replies: 0
Views: 79

Colion Noir is so GOOD at defending firearms ownership

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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pMEuoaxzbCw

The above is a short chunk of clips of Colion summarizing many pro-second amendment arguments.
by AJMD429
Thu Aug 14, 2025 11:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Air Force makes arrest in M18 Shooting death
Replies: 5
Views: 389

Re: Air Force makes arrest in M18 Shooting death

Wow. Now the question becomes whether the discharge was truly accidental or not. Either way, the damage to Sig's reputation will only soften a little bit, given the other incidents. Puts them in that rock and a hard place where it could cost them millions and that was touched off by something entir...
by AJMD429
Thu Aug 14, 2025 6:27 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Wow - the Trayvon Martin trial was WAY worse than we thought...
Replies: 1
Views: 141

Wow - the Trayvon Martin trial was WAY worse than we thought...

. It turns out that the 'star witness' (his girlfriend) was actually NOT the person who was presented in the courtroom as that person. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuCNW9rdr2Y Pretty amazing when you can just dredge up someone and claim they are someone they aren't, put them on the witness stand,...
by AJMD429
Wed Aug 13, 2025 9:38 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Greyhound Bus and gun carrying...
Replies: 1
Views: 118

Greyhound Bus and gun carrying...

. Evidently they DO "allow guns across state lines" - I was told NO firearms were allowed. But this courageous soul had his brother slain by someone who was getting off a Greyhound bus and DID have a gun... He's now pushing Greyhound to prohibit firearms: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/...
by AJMD429
Wed Aug 13, 2025 9:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: My car went to the junkyard
Replies: 2
Views: 230

Re: My car went to the junkyard

. It's silly I know, but I'm sentimental about vehicles. Our Suburban lasted from 1995, carrying ourselves, four kids, some grandparents, and the occasional goat or two, all over the place, until it just wasn't practical to repair in 2015. The best offer we got was the scrapyard offer, but I had a f...
by AJMD429
Wed Aug 13, 2025 9:29 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: FBI taking over DC won't fix the problem...
Replies: 2
Views: 164

Re: FBI taking over DC won't fix the problem...

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One can only hope. You KNOW that if Obama himself (and I think he was the biggest fish in that pond/swamp) ever got arrested, every retail store from Walmart to Macy's would be burned and looted - with the only stuff remaining in the store being work boots...
by AJMD429
Wed Aug 13, 2025 9:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Got myself a little gift
Replies: 6
Views: 592

Re: Got myself a little gift

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"...you can never have enough ' gun stuff ' to read !"

Yep.... or history stuff...
by AJMD429
Wed Aug 13, 2025 9:06 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The experts all say shoot a .22
Replies: 28
Views: 1009

Re: The experts all say shoot a .22

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"...The sights were getting a bit blurry by the last target. Man .. I MISS young eyes!"

As good as you do with 'old eyes' you must've never missed with 'young eyes'...!
by AJMD429
Mon Aug 11, 2025 11:14 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: "Far Right Fake News"
Replies: 0
Views: 466

"Far Right Fake News"

. Actually the Gateway Pundit is one of the sources I've found Most Credible.... :lol: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/jd-vance-praises-notorious-far-right-fake-news-site-this-is-why-gateway-pundit-is-so-important/ar-AA1KkgVc But 'Microsoft News' isn't exactly viewing the political spectrum ...
by AJMD429
Mon Aug 11, 2025 11:51 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: FBI taking over DC won't fix the problem...
Replies: 2
Views: 164

FBI taking over DC won't fix the problem...

. They need to fix the JUDGES - cops can arrest criminals left and right (and black and white), but when the judges just let them off, particularly if it is due to qualification based on melanin content, they will be repeat-offenders forever. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/08/breaking-this-is...
by AJMD429
Mon Aug 11, 2025 11:26 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The experts all say shoot a .22
Replies: 28
Views: 1009

Re: The experts all say shoot a .22

Best way to start this is sitting in your home, dry fire practice! Get comfortable, take your time each shot. You'll see plainly how much the weapon moves after the trigger is released, lock time, sights gotta move some! I never did it with a pistol, but I'm sure it'd work even more on dry fire pra...
by AJMD429
Mon Aug 11, 2025 6:48 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The experts all say shoot a .22
Replies: 28
Views: 1009

Re: The experts all say shoot a .22

. It also saves bunches of money. When I have patients ask about "getting a gun" (often after an assault or burglary), I'll tell them the first thing to get (usually a handgun of some sort), and then tell them the second thing may just be a similar handgun chambered in 22 LR. The money the...
by AJMD429
Mon Aug 11, 2025 6:35 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 1911 'Condition One' and other 1911 lore...
Replies: 7
Views: 406

Re: 1911 'Condition One' and other 1911 lore...

The BIG advantage of the 1911 and the HiPower is that they can be brought into action very quickly with one hand. Carrying one of them with the hammer down and the chamber empty negates this advantage. If 2 hands are not available, might as well carry a brick. Yep. I think 'condition one' is FINE, ...
by AJMD429
Mon Aug 11, 2025 6:32 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 92 learning curve
Replies: 12
Views: 506

Re: 92 learning curve

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Reassembly of the Winchester and clone 92 actions is one of the reasons I really like my Marlin 1894's....! :D
by AJMD429
Sat Aug 09, 2025 8:51 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: 1911 'Condition One' and other 1911 lore...
Replies: 7
Views: 406

1911 'Condition One' and other 1911 lore...

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This was interesting - 12 minutes in he discusses the transition from revolver to 1911 and the various methods of carry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQHht0Y8lDo
by AJMD429
Fri Aug 08, 2025 7:18 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Lee Breechlock press and bushings, gas checks
Replies: 8
Views: 3165

Re: Lee Breechlock press and bushings, gas checks

. "...with sex additional die bushings and the ram prime attachment..." :shock: Well the photos weren't loading since the forum has been having speed problems, and I wasn't sure what the gadgets really were, but after reading this part of the description, thought it might be something me a...
by AJMD429
Fri Aug 08, 2025 7:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: "Defeating Thermal"
Replies: 2
Views: 281

Re: "Defeating Thermal"

. Yeah without a rangefinder, thermal isn't all that easy to use. I have one with a rangefinder built in, which is nice. I could easily see and identify a raccoon at 525 yards, which I could never do in daylight using a regular visible-light scope, since it was walking in corn-stubble. But the therm...
by AJMD429
Fri Aug 08, 2025 7:11 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: No Drill Sling for Marlin 336
Replies: 9
Views: 354

Re: No Drill Sling for Marlin 336

If you don't like the loop over the barrel, you can use the Uncle Mike's front sling mount, which clamps on the mag tube as a two-piece. I've got a few set up that way with a barrel-band on the magazine tube in the front, with a 'regular' stud on the rear, but as I prefer [right] side-mounted butts...
by AJMD429
Fri Aug 08, 2025 7:04 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Texas Governor - Gonads or NOT...??? I'm not so sure...
Replies: 3
Views: 479

Re: Texas Governor - Gonads or NOT...??? I'm not so sure...

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Maybe along with the Texas Attorney General, there will be some 'consequences'....

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/0 ... s-declare/

Of course the Texas Supreme Court may just let it slide, so we will see........
by AJMD429
Thu Aug 07, 2025 11:00 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Henry 30-30 accuracy?
Replies: 7
Views: 386

Re: Henry 30-30 accuracy?

I tried out my father in laws case color 45-70 with the Hornady LeverEvolution 325gr load, me not being terribly used to the rifle + a fairy heavy trigger, I was able to put 3 shots into an Inch at 100 yards (leopold 2-7x scope). Certainly sold me on the accuracy potential! I had the same setup wit...
by AJMD429
Tue Aug 05, 2025 10:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: "Defeating Thermal"
Replies: 2
Views: 281

"Defeating Thermal"

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Interesting video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lElJxo5lWxw

These guys have some pretty entertaining, and I think practical, videos...
by AJMD429
Tue Aug 05, 2025 7:18 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Texas Governor - Gonads or NOT...??? I'm not so sure...
Replies: 3
Views: 479

Re: We will see who actually has gonads...

. ...or NOT.... It looks like instead of being arrested, they are being threatened to be fired for "not showing up to work". HOWEVER - now they are being given until Friday to show up... https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/08/just-texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-announces-he/ So all yo...
by AJMD429
Tue Aug 05, 2025 6:45 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Oklahoma City at 30 years...
Replies: 1
Views: 319

Oklahoma City at 30 years...

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https://youtu.be/91PqJmEtFMk

Another good Carlson interview.
by AJMD429
Tue Aug 05, 2025 12:13 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: SIG P320s are scary
Replies: 29
Views: 1134

Re: SIG P320s are scary

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Now this..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO0FUMi ... 1VUw%3D%3D

So the government DID know there were issues and still contracted for the 320…???
by AJMD429
Mon Aug 04, 2025 7:49 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Inexpensive plates that I’m really liking
Replies: 8
Views: 438

Re: Inexpensive plates that I’m really liking

. I really like 'shooting steel' for that reason - no spotting scope needed. Kind of like shooting Tannerite out at 500 yards or so, but less expensive. Challenge Targets has some of those that make a distinctly different 'tone' when you hit the vitals vs the rest, or the 'bad guy' vs the 'hostage'....
by AJMD429
Mon Aug 04, 2025 7:44 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Texas Governor - Gonads or NOT...??? I'm not so sure...
Replies: 3
Views: 479

Re: We will see who actually has gonads...

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Wow......Looks like Abbott has BALLS..........!!!

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/0 ... on-arrest/
by AJMD429
Mon Aug 04, 2025 10:43 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Predators gotta eat, too...
Replies: 4
Views: 355

Predators gotta eat, too...

. The zoo even says it will 'euthanize' the animals prior to their being eaten. That seems silly if they are truly trying to keep things 'natural', and I know some animals just won't go for dead prey. https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/08/04/report-denmark-zoo-pleads-for-donations-of-family-pets-...
by AJMD429
Mon Aug 04, 2025 9:39 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Russia Collusion Hoax Arrest Update...
Replies: 0
Views: 316

Russia Collusion Hoax Arrest Update...

. An updated tally of the arrest count can be found here - https://babylonbee.com/news/click-here-for-an-updated-number-of-corrupt-government-officials-who-have-been-arrested-for-creating-the-russia-collusion-hoax Good ol' Babylon Bee - even when it is 'bad' news, they will spoof it for a smile... :|
by AJMD429
Mon Aug 04, 2025 5:56 am
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: WTB in MO.....a long shot
Replies: 3
Views: 1042

Re: WTB in MO.....a long shot

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Wow - never heard of such a thing. Sounds like an interesting gun for sure.
by AJMD429
Mon Aug 04, 2025 5:56 am
Forum: Politics
Topic: Texas Governor - Gonads or NOT...??? I'm not so sure...
Replies: 3
Views: 479

Texas Governor - Gonads or NOT...??? I'm not so sure...

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Governor Abbot is acting as if he may have a pair...

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/0 ... ve-office/

We will see. Too often this kind of thing is just empty posturing.
by AJMD429
Thu Jul 31, 2025 5:53 pm
Forum: Classifieds
Topic: Question on value, please
Replies: 7
Views: 1193

Re: Question on value, please

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One good way to get real-world prices is to get a (free) account on GunBroker or similar gun-auction site, and see the COMPLETED sales prices for the firearms in question.
by AJMD429
Thu Jul 31, 2025 5:52 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: You can't speak the Truth any more (at least in many places)
Replies: 2
Views: 469

You can't speak the Truth any more (at least in many places)

. What is said here may be 'politically incorrect' to use the old term, and it may be an unfortunate reality, but it is, indeed anthropologic reality, that many physiologists, biologists, anthropologists, historians, and psychologists would confirm. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/elon-mus...
by AJMD429
Thu Jul 31, 2025 5:35 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Why on Earth would you carry a concealed handgun....????
Replies: 1
Views: 395

Why on Earth would you carry a concealed handgun....????

. Hmmm..... Maybe cuz there is certainly another guy out there somewhere just like this one... https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/man-charged-over-murders-of-husband-and-wife-while-hiking-with-their-2-young-daughters-in-arkansas/ar-AA1JEFIw ...it's one thing to let yourself die because you don't l...
by AJMD429
Thu Jul 31, 2025 2:56 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Erosion Control the old-fashioned way
Replies: 4
Views: 336

Re: Erosion Control the old-fashioned way

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Well the link kind of evaporated, but there were a thousand or so junked automobiles about 30 feet apart nosed-down over the edge of an eroding river bank.
by AJMD429
Thu Jul 31, 2025 11:17 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Erosion Control the old-fashioned way
Replies: 4
Views: 336

Erosion Control the old-fashioned way

. I came across this video of a bunch of old cars pushed onto an eroding river bank. https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=river+thousands+abandoned+vehicles It reminded me of when I was a kid - the river we lived on looked pretty much like that. I can only imagine today's environment...
by AJMD429
Thu Jul 31, 2025 5:36 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Accurizing my Marlin 1894 45 Colt
Replies: 2
Views: 222

Re: Accurizing my Marlin 1894 45 Colt

. Sounds like you found a good solution - I can't fully visualize it so if you get a chance to post more detailed pictures that would be great. When Marlin came up with their 'XLR' series, they intentionally left the magazine tubes VERY (as in 'rattly') loose, and it supposedly improved accuracy. On...
by AJMD429
Thu Jul 31, 2025 5:29 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Opinions on Officers Model 1911s??
Replies: 14
Views: 528

Re: Opinions on Officers Model 1911s??

. I found my Para Ordnance P-12 to be very reliable, and I could hit as well with it as my Colt or AMT Government model 1911's. It was intended to be my primary EDC gun, as I was kind of happy to hae 12 shots (plus the option of 14 to 20 round magazines that were fairly compact), but in the end, I f...
by AJMD429
Thu Jul 31, 2025 5:21 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Multitool that you can design and build to your needs...
Replies: 5
Views: 374

Multitool that you can design and build to your needs...

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I've been wishing some company would do this for some time now - https://roxontool.com/collections/all-products

I don't know if the company has a good reputation though, or anything about it - but it might be something to try out. Prices seem reasonable.
by AJMD429
Wed Jul 30, 2025 4:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Measuring stuff in Space (galaxies, etc.)
Replies: 2
Views: 207

Re: Measuring stuff in Space (galaxies, etc.)

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Interesting how often the sci-fi genre gets things so precisely, years (or decades) in advance...!

The fact that so much sci-fi is 'dystopian' is rather disturbing in that context... :|
by AJMD429
Wed Jul 30, 2025 4:16 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Problem still with the Forum.
Replies: 57
Views: 3521

Re: Problem still with the Forum.

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Hope I don't jinx it - - - but today it is consistently being speedy.... 8)
by AJMD429
Wed Jul 30, 2025 4:14 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Wow this would be Karma for Obummer
Replies: 0
Views: 255

Wow this would be Karma for Obummer

. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/07/john-solomon-says-obama-can-now-be-summoned/ He might suffer the same 'trap' he used on Flynn and tried to use on Trump. Seeing someone who did so much to harm this nation go to prison would be sooooooo satisfying...! Sadly, the racists among us (liberal wh...
by AJMD429
Wed Jul 30, 2025 3:49 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Wow - something from CBS that seems truthful…!?!?
Replies: 0
Views: 259

Wow - something from CBS that seems truthful…!?!?

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This is strange…

https://youtu.be/edDSqqd9GRM

They (CBS) think the Epstein prison video may have been altered…!

Makes me reflexively think it must NOT have been. :D
by AJMD429
Wed Jul 30, 2025 12:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: SIG P320s are scary
Replies: 29
Views: 1134

Re: SIG P320s are scary

. I think it is a mistake to assume that every other product from SIG must be flawed. Pretty much any company that makes enough guns is sooner or later going to come out with one that has problems. The big difference is how they handle that. Ideally, they would get an outside testing agency to rapid...
by AJMD429
Mon Jul 28, 2025 7:13 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: If 'they' can block un-funding ur dismantling agencies, then....
Replies: 1
Views: 250

If 'they' can block un-funding ur dismantling agencies, then....

. ...'we' should be able to block funcing (or even creating new) agencies the next time a Democrat is President. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/07/new-obama-judge-issues-nationwide-block-trumps-big/ Of course 'logic' and 'fairness' are outside the vocabulary of so-called 'liberals'... :roll:
by AJMD429
Mon Jul 28, 2025 12:01 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Measuring stuff in Space (galaxies, etc.)
Replies: 2
Views: 207

Measuring stuff in Space (galaxies, etc.)

. I've been watching the 3Blue1Brown podcasts for some time, and find them intellectually stimulating (though sometimes too hard for my biology-not-math-brain to follow), and this one was interesting - on how we measure stuff in space. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdOXS_9_P4U Often it seems like ...
by AJMD429
Mon Jul 28, 2025 9:54 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Wood bleach
Replies: 12
Views: 451

Re: Wood bleach

. Wow that is MUCH nicer...! I used reular 'household bleach' on a gun stock as a kid, but it has been so long I don't remember what gun/situation it was. I think just an older 22 LR with a 'hardwood stock' I was trying to lighten up. I remember it worked pretty well. I used a 'maple' stain on it af...
by AJMD429
Mon Jul 28, 2025 6:12 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: OT trail cam pics
Replies: 8
Views: 491

Re: OT trail cam pics

. In south-central Indiana we have once again been seeing bobcats (I last saw one as a gradeschooler in the 1960's), and the DNR has 'verified' their comeback. They certainly are sneaky though - if it weren't for trailcams, we'd not know they were around. We have also seen pretty credible tracks. No...