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BECAUSE I CAN, all else is secondary, rationalization, etc. I hunt (though less than in the past, shoot CAS, and simply enjoy owning guns. I once built up what turned out to be a 1/2 MOA 10/22, and it was 18 mos after finishing the build that I even put it on paper, and have only shot it a few times...

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I graduated to shooting chrony Beta after I shot the F1 twice in several years. Both times shooting ultra low velocity loads out of handguns in cold weather, and the bullets shot really low. In my own defense, IO have shot more handgun rounds over a chrony than mostr do in several lifetimes. So yeah...

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Dad picked up a new rifle in .264 Rem Mag once, and on the way home from his second shift job, couldn't resist touching one off out the passenger side window of his van, sending the bullet out into a swamp along the lonely road he'd stopped on, and the side mirror glass to the ground. Muzzle blast f...

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I hunt deer in the northern (Adirondack) zone of NY, on foot, generally in snow. Brother and I used a small jon boat a few times to avoid walking around a lake, but on state land, no motorized vehicles are allowed. A long slog out over bad, bare ground might mean cutting a pole to make a drag (like ...

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New things are nice. The money moves the economy, benefits us all round about. That said except for my motorcyle ($8300 cash, OTD) no new for us ever Wife's '08 Hyundai with 20K on it was the closest and most expensive. Average has been 5-8 years old, except for two, not over $5k, often far less, an...

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I generally climb into a hung up blow down (public lands issue here also)

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Never owned a HT, more the higher watt kinda guy. I sold off my HF stuff years ago during yet another money crunch, but did enjoy the heck out of working the globe on HF. For 2m, a 7 or 11 element yagi (aka beam) antenna and a tv rotor on top the tallest mast you can rig, backed by a 50W TX and yer ...

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Cool beans Joe. I was USAF, 74-78, and used to watch in awe as our Sq. Chief Clerk would type on one at speed. I was amazed that it could rock that ink so fast.

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The wife's 08 Hyundai Elantra is "basic" with one option ( a convenience group) but has more "stuff" than a Town Car did 20 years before, and would outrun one. We demanded better cars and today, most are pretty good transport. How to choose among 300 labels? the goodies.... Ford ...

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Best way is using a drill press, strap down the piece with padded clamps, then a fly cutter to cut a pocket .005 too small, then press em in. Stock medallions are 1/2" so a half inch end mill works fine, but ya may need to glue the pieces because they may not interference fit. For stock Ruger g...

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It ain't rocket surgery or brain science. A half fast cast can be learned in an hour, and perfected in a season. I used to think it was hard to cast a fly line, which kept me away from it for decades. I learned, then my son read "A River Runs Through It" and he learned too. Fly fishing for...

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No, you don't have to use a fly rod, but like driving a stick shift car or making a fire without matches, it's nice to know how...... If all you know how to do is drown worms, and that makes you happy, I'm cool with that, but ya really are missing out on something wonderful if ya never have learned ...

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Trail Boss was designed as a fluffy, low density FAST BURNING SMOKELESS specifically to meet the needs of low velocity revolver use for Cowboy Action. The low density formula makes it "double charge proof" (unless ya compress it, which is a serious No-No as it will produce skyrocketing pre...

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Very small scale loading of very special loads can get by if dacron is used very carefully. The problem comes in trying to be exactly consistent in it's use. it's hard to make two rounds exactly the same, and for the high volume loading necessary for CAS use, fuggedaboudit! As DJ said, use shorter c...

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Adirondakjack, Reading between the lines, I sense that there is a lot of poet in your soul. Thank you John. I see Willie as a kindred spirit. Though I am not blessed with his perfect pitch or genius for writing songs, I "get him" and his view of the world as a place filled with love, pain...

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In his book, "The Tao of Willie" he tells a story about when he was a young bar room musician. He'd "gone out" after work with one of a long string of willing "partners in crime" arriving home about 9AM, drunk, and smelling like, well, something sure to infuriate any wi...

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Willie is, of course an American icon. Just as much of the country evolved through the last half of the 20th century, so did Willie, and the music he best represents. Love his politics or hate it, love his philandering or not, his drug use and drinking, or not, his representation of what was going o...

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Oh, just a little note. I recently watched as a man helplessly drifted away from the dock on the Gulf of Mexico, ending up a mile out b the time he got his Honda Four Stroke on his 19 ft boat started after it quit. He'd stored it 6 mos in the yard, after pulling the lines and running it dry. His FUE...

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If the engine is in good shape, no leaks, and I know this is the last use for a while (makes no difference if it's a snowblower, outboard, or lawnmower), I CHOKE IT TO DEATH rather than kill the ignition and let it coast down, and leave the choke closed. That leaves the carb and lines wet. Never hav...

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If it was originally a rifle, it cannot ever legally be made into a pistol, end of story. Ruger makes a dandy 10-22ISH pistol, but they have to start with a frame serialized as a HANDGUN at the outset....

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Buy ya some nichrome wire of the right diameter and use a rod of appropriate diameter as a winding form and make ya some replacement coils. That's all they did when they made it..... Also check yer antique cords for "black wire disease" where black corrosion infects the wire and makes the ...

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Power Pistol started out as bulk military stock called "Bullseye 84", because it looks like Bullseye, and was designed in '84, for use in 9MM "NATO" pistols, including ours....

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All I know is, when I spent 2 mos living in my tiny little "Hillbilly Airstream", including two passages all to close to the NYC metro area, I was more than a little extra cautious, even though I ONLY had about 10,000 rounds and 18 firearms. I added up how many centuries I might do in jail...

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In days of old, a .32-20 would do, if that's what ya had. A .357 is "big n bad" out of a 4 inch revolver (saved many state troopers' lives over the last 75 years or so), and out of a rifle, is every bit as good at 100 yards as it is against a linebacker at contact range from a revolver. I ...

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A friend from a motorcycle website is scratch-building a 2-1 trike-car totally without plans. He grafted a shaft drive Suzuki motorcycle rear suspension and driveshaft to a hand made double A frame front using MG knock-off hubs and wire wheels. His power will be an 1100CC water-cooled motor, but COU...

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Start a new post hailing Manatee. He assembles and sells the grabber sights, using just the kind of beaded post you're talking about.

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CO Steve, ya did what ya had to and yeah, paid for it in spades. But the times were what they were, a divided nation that was in serious trouble at home. You paid an un-deserved price for that, and yeah, ANY time soldiers are demonized, it's looking at the wrong house (CONGRESS and 1600 makes the pl...

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I am and always have been embarrassed to be called a 'vet'. I volunteered and served gladly in the Air Force but never left CONUS. A Vet ( capital V) to me is someone who put themselves in harms way. I have the utmost respect for veterans (both big and little v), it is just to me Veteran means so m...

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The typical empty bolt or lever gun and closed box of ammo on the truck seat is never gonna be an issue unless yer riding in a rural area and appear to be hunting (then put the ammo away, out of sight) Detachable mags muddy the issue, as a magazine if loaded and the rifle also present, HAS TO BE ou...

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The typical empty bolt or lever gun and closed box of ammo on the truck seat is never gonna be an issue unless yer riding in a rural area and appear to be hunting (then put the ammo away, out of sight) Detachable mags muddy the issue, as a magazine if loaded and the rifle also present, HAS TO BE out...

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OUTSIDE of the five borroughs of hades, NYS only says "unloaded" for long guns (even for pistol permit holders BTW. You can have your handgun loaded if permit conditions allow, but still not have a loaded rifle). If gun and loaded mag are BOTH within easy reach of driver, that can be const...

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MY late brother had one in his kitchen. His wife insisted on a modern range as well (for summer), but they burned wood and cooked on the big old (nicely porcelain finished but old) iron monster for 25 years. After he died his wife put the stove up for sale. My BIL, who lives in what was in the late ...

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Folds in half, wheels come off, seat/cooler/ammo tray "bucket" is quick release with two 1/4-20 knobs. VERY light.

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Unsound info right off the bat. Look at the listing for the .450 Boxer or Adams. They have jumbled a rifle and pistol cartridge together in one listing. (58MM long, I don't think so). I stopped reading there.

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Wax or grease, about any kind.

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He probably sold em before the coffee he'd left in his truck was cold.

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Decent ES/SD will give POTENTIAL for accuracy, but actual velocity has to match barrel harmonics to get that accuracy. All the good ES/SD really tells you is your loading practice is sound and the charge density and bullet weight are conducive to consistent pressures. Take a "good" load li...

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Finally a good use for a banjo!

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Addiction is a powerful master. Not infrequently nurses steal pain meds from patients in hospitals. IMHO that breach of trust ought to draw year in rehab so they could fully appreciate the next 10 years in the slammer.

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Here's a thought. I wonder if you could get somebody to rifle a .410 barrel for ya? Then with heavier slugs.......

MY issue with .410 factory slugs is yer shooting a lead thimble that carries very little velocity downrange. Up close they are nasty, but run out of gas pretty quick.

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Speer is another of those companies that has been gobbled up and is part of a "twenty name" group. You might have been talking to an independent contractor that takes these calls for them and uses "book" answers. I know a gal who is a single mom of a handicapped kid, works from h...

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Once they have been sold and returned, they are used. I bet Remarlington is doing a BUNCH of distributor return refurbs these days after the JUNK they shoveled out the door before admitting they didn't know how to spell lever....

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Okay, in which movie did he run around with the AR-7 in a brief case and shoot down some sort of aircraft with it? The only James Bond movie I recall that featured a AR-7 was "From Russia with Love" and I believe he did used his AR-7 to shoot a helicopter pilot. http://www.imfdb.org/w/ima...

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Pitchy wrote:
Griff wrote:MAYBE... this one?
This is more my style

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IczJzM7W ... re=related

That might be fun up north, but with all the alligators and other "bitey" stuff they got here in FL, nothing with an air mattress bottom for me, thanks.

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when i see one of those all i can think is that gravity can really suck...ouch... :) That's a typical reaction, however they are counter-intuitive when it comes to safety. Unlike a fixed wing, it cannot stall, and unlike a helicopter, it is ALWAYS in auto-rotation, and will simply glide to a relati...

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUEt1xcL ... re=related

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JDF, hydrostatic shock has been debunked in HANDGUN bullets up to and including the .44 manglem at most often shot speeds. Now when ya talk any riflle bullet at say 2000 fps plus, and appropriately expansive bullets for the velocity and type of game, yes, hydrostatic shock is very real. BUT lets say...

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In the end, despite high tech, despite tactics, a statistic very predictive of outcome is rounds downrange. The ability to put more lead in the opponent's direction than he can toward you is always a good thing. Conversely, ask the "insurgents" fighting against the Syrian army what happens...

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NOW do ya understand why we had a primer shortage a few years ago? Imagine how much machine time just to make that many primers......

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The shape of the leading edge and top of a wing is critical. A nice "D" shaped nose about 3" ( a piece of light pvc drain pipe split down the middle would work dandy as a leading edge, or even pool noodle with plastic stretched tight over it to make it slippery) and a gentle humped to...

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