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- Fri Apr 10, 2015 1:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: ARMADILLO'S
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3274
Re: ARMADILLO'S
How about a road flare down the burrow and then shovel over the entrance?
- Fri Apr 10, 2015 11:04 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: For Non-Connoisseurs Only
- Replies: 8
- Views: 634
Re: For Non-Connoisseurs Only
I've heard of that one, it was given a 5 star rating by the noted beverage reviewer, I. P. FreelyBlaineG wrote:They are also introducing a wine for incontinent people: Pinot More Marketing does not think it will make a big splash.
- Mon Apr 06, 2015 8:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A big two thumbs down to Brownells
- Replies: 36
- Views: 3761
Re: A big two thumbs down to Brownells
I don't understand - the part you really needed was out of stock, so why place the order?... It was an internet order. The item was shown as "in stock" and the order was confirmed the next day by email. I had been watching the item for several weeks, waiting for it to be shown as "in...
- Mon Apr 06, 2015 11:08 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A big two thumbs down to Brownells
- Replies: 36
- Views: 3761
Re: A big two thumbs down to Brownells
Yeah, I wouldn't know. I simply don't order stuff that is out of stock so it has never come up. I had understood, however, the the OP initiated the order and then wanted to modify it afterwards - try that with Amazon, say you want to add something to the order - and I believe you will see similar re...
- Mon Apr 06, 2015 10:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A big two thumbs down to Brownells
- Replies: 36
- Views: 3761
Re: A big two thumbs down to Brownells
I don't understand - the part you really needed was out of stock, so why place the order? Most companies ship partial orders rather than holding the order until they can ship it complete. Although what happened to you is indeed annoying, it's about what I would expect to happen. Yes, they should mak...
- Tue Mar 31, 2015 9:47 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Do you AK?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 3060
Re: Do you AK?
I had an SKS in college, when spam can ammo was $20 a can or something crazy low like that. It was great fun to shoot, but I never could love it like a lever gun. Whenever I'm tempted to buy an AK or more likely another SKS, I just think of the levers or ammo I could buy instead, and the mood quickl...
- Wed Mar 25, 2015 12:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Jeep Chief Concept.
- Replies: 39
- Views: 2995
Re: Jeep Chief Concept.
My dad had some of those early wagons - engine of the 20,000 mile valve jobcasastahle wrote:1950
"He who own Jeep will know frustration" -- Dad, 1991 when I bought a 1970 Wagoneer.
- Wed Mar 25, 2015 12:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Jeep Chief Concept.
- Replies: 39
- Views: 2995
Re: Jeep Chief Concept.
Just Empty Every Pocket
- Wed Mar 25, 2015 11:19 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: the rimfire shortage...
- Replies: 43
- Views: 5174
Re: the rimfire shortage...
I was just in my favorite gun shop in Tucson yesterday. Aguila 40 gr, $3 or so, then some match stuff for more. Winchester 222 boxes also. Still quantity limits, but ammo on the shelf. Same thing I saw in an Alamo gun store in January. Prices not great, but not too bad compared to other places I've ...
- Wed Mar 25, 2015 11:11 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: WHY I hate 'Windows'...
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4603
Re: WHY I hate 'Windows'...
Is there an operating system for a computer that cannot be screwed up? I mean like I've got an Android phone and I don't have problems with it and I use it just like I would my computer. As a matter of fact I don't even use my computer much anymore because of the virus's and problems associated wit...
- Wed Mar 25, 2015 11:09 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: WHY I hate 'Windows'...
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4603
Re: WHY I hate 'Windows'...
might be useful to point out that linux is a subset of unix. unix is the basis of Mac operating systems. the bulk of the internet runs on Apache servers, another unix derivation. most of the millions of routers on the planet are running unix or linux, and all android devices are plain jane linux wi...
- Tue Mar 24, 2015 9:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: WHY I hate 'Windows'...
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4603
Re: WHY I hate 'Windows'...
In theory (and many a waste of time has started with those two words :mrgreen: ), you could run MS Access in a linux system using an emulator like Wine. All you need is Wine installed and the binary of the MS program plus any supporting files. Of course, I've only used this to run pretty simple stuf...
- Tue Mar 24, 2015 7:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Possible Help For Those Rifle Shooters With Vision Problems
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2894
Re: Possible Help For Those Rifle Shooters With Vision Probl
Zirgan, Acyclovir, and Prednisolone gave me my vision back. I went to 10/1000 in my right eye for a while. If you are having a sudden vision problem, get yourself to an opthalmologist post haste. I am back to 20/20. Or at least to your MD. Then again, after months of tests, except for any blood tes...
- Tue Mar 24, 2015 7:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: WHY I hate 'Windows'...
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4603
Re: WHY I hate 'Windows'...
...I've never quite understood the need to back up the OS too (at least for personal machines), but then I'm not using windows.... It does take a little time to reset everything when reinstalling a linux OS, or when moving to another machine, but its really not bad. An hour of set up at the outside...
- Tue Mar 24, 2015 6:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: WHY I hate 'Windows'...
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4603
Re: WHY I hate 'Windows'...
Win 8 has been running pretty decently. The dumbing down of most of the interface annoys me, but i can still get under the hood easily enough. Honestly, that many problems reeks of a virus or something. Drop into safe-mode if you haven't already and then start trying some things, like a restore poi...
- Sun Mar 22, 2015 8:30 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: WHY I hate 'Windows'...
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4603
Re: WHY I hate 'Windows'...
linux!
OTOH, I do have to maintain a couple windblows machines for others in the family... they work a lot better without all that automatic stuff and virus software. Run limited accounts rather than admin, and even it you pick up some malware it can't do much other than mess up that one account.
OTOH, I do have to maintain a couple windblows machines for others in the family... they work a lot better without all that automatic stuff and virus software. Run limited accounts rather than admin, and even it you pick up some malware it can't do much other than mess up that one account.
- Sat Mar 21, 2015 4:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Possible Help For Those Rifle Shooters With Vision Problems
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2894
Re: Possible Help For Those Rifle Shooters With Vision Probl
Speaking of eyes, I found this a week and 1/2 ago, its "Lutien", 25mg. I have been taking it since then and it really has helped my eyes in that short time. No more blurriness and distance view is much like it used to be. Steve Steve, Please educate me/us on that..is it a prescription thi...
- Sat Mar 21, 2015 10:45 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Jeep Chief Concept.
- Replies: 39
- Views: 2995
Re: Jeep Chief Concept.
Though "IF" Jeep really wanted to do a retro, just make the CJ-5 again. No need to change anything, and I mean anything, it would sell like hotcakes. Got to agree with that one. :mrgreen: Friend of mine had an 02 wrangler or whatever they call them now (then). Decent Jeep on the whole, I ...
- Sat Mar 21, 2015 10:35 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Some NEW Henry Rifles
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2401
Re: Some NEW Henry Rifles
I was never wild about the brass either, I'm glad to see an all steel version. Might have to pick one of those up, the price is certainly right.
- Tue Mar 17, 2015 12:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: March 15th
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1243
Re: March 15th
Only a bunch of croutons would make such bad salad puns!
- Fri Mar 13, 2015 9:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Testing Vintage Military Rifles At 500 meters
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4552
Re: Testing Vintage Military Rifles At 500 meters
Steve and 92/94, You guys may know your German and French stuff but I know something you don't know........that the Polish were the first ones to invent the 180 degree U shaped barrel......AND......they claim to be the first ones who used smokeless powder way back in 1962. There!----- :D ----6 Smok...
- Fri Mar 13, 2015 10:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Testing Vintage Military Rifles At 500 meters
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4552
Re: Testing Vintage Military Rifles At 500 meters
Darn it Steve, you made me go look it up! :lol: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spitzer_%28bullet%29 French get the prize. That one only stuck in the sieve of my memory because of the irony of it being the French who were first to develop modern rifle cartridges for the rifles so soon to be dropped.
- Fri Mar 13, 2015 9:51 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How Much ReFinishing Should You Do?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1149
Re: How Much ReFinishing Should You Do?
I've got a 26" 1894 with a replacement barrel, cracked stock, and no receiver finish left. I was going to refinish the whole thing and make a new stock for it, but now that I've shot it a number of times I'm afraid to touch anything. Straightest shooting levergun I've ever owned, well worth th...
- Thu Mar 12, 2015 6:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: How Much ReFinishing Should You Do?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1149
Re: How Much ReFinishing Should You Do?
I've got a 26" 1894 with a replacement barrel, cracked stock, and no receiver finish left. I was going to refinish the whole thing and make a new stock for it, but now that I've shot it a number of times I'm afraid to touch anything. Straightest shooting levergun I've ever owned, well worth the...
- Thu Mar 12, 2015 6:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Testing Vintage Military Rifles At 500 meters
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4552
Re: Testing Vintage Military Rifles At 500 meters
They also ran a nice line in complex stationary fortifications that the panzer drivers could admire as they drove around them
- Thu Mar 12, 2015 2:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Testing Vintage Military Rifles At 500 meters
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4552
Re: Testing Vintage Military Rifles At 500 meters
Shasta, I'm wondering about a possible explanation with the Swede. What is the shape of the lead silhouette bullet and what is the velocity at the muzzle you think with both bullets/loads? -Tutt http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f1/ironsite/6.520bul_zpseky2r1m9.jpg Tutt, As you can see, the RCBS ca...
- Wed Mar 11, 2015 8:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Testing Vintage Military Rifles At 500 meters
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4552
Re: Testing Vintage Military Rifles At 500 meters
I think the talk of Swiss is just big bear and me muddying the waters.
- Wed Mar 11, 2015 12:22 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Testing Vintage Military Rifles At 500 meters
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4552
Re: Testing Vintage Military Rifles At 500 meters
Second on the K31.... darn things are so accurate that they are almost boring
Never shot mine out to 500 though, just 300 with irons.
Never shot mine out to 500 though, just 300 with irons.
- Wed Mar 11, 2015 12:20 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: ATF Has Shelved The Ban On Green Tip
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2089
Re: ATF Has Shelved The Ban On Green Tip
They are just waiting for us to doze off again
- Wed Mar 11, 2015 12:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: mouse
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1120
Re: mouse
Years ago, the version of Windows on my office computer would let you re-map the mouse orientation, and I had a completely compu-inept office mate who used my computer to write up his drill log reports. I used to tell the mouse that "up" was really "left" and such.... I'll give t...
- Mon Mar 09, 2015 12:10 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: MALASIAIR
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2166
Re: MALASIAIR
It went really well I think, but I won't know for sure until sometime in April. Moon was full when I was down there, lots of deer around after sunset - perfect spot for a cat. Almost hung around for a second night to see the lunar laser ranging shot that was planned - but it was scheduled for 1 am, ...
- Sun Mar 08, 2015 9:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: MALASIAIR
- Replies: 26
- Views: 2166
Re: MALASIAIR
I figured it was because it's nearing or just past the 1 year anniversary, and the press is desperate to find other subjects than a certain politico's email woes :twisted: Wandering OT a bit - I just got back from your neck of the woods, nice up there. View is much better than my mountain :mrgreen: ...
- Mon Mar 02, 2015 12:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Shipping a firearm (pistol)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1613
Re: Shipping a firearm (pistol)
Most time, I require a copy myself before sending them payment. After all, I am trusting them with the money and the (yet to be seen) gun, so if they balk at something so simple as verifying who they really are....It's a sign for me to walk away. That's not a bad idea, I like it. Quite a few will b...
- Mon Mar 02, 2015 12:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Grrrr and Doh!
- Replies: 27
- Views: 1902
Re: Grrrr and Doh!
I hear the oil from a brand new marlin 1894 in 44mag will help heal cuts faster. You know, " as a physician ..." .... I can't unequivocally deny that such a practice, when done properly, wouldn't possibly have the effect of not slowing healing - under the proper conditions, of course ... ...
- Sun Mar 01, 2015 3:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Shipping a firearm (pistol)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1613
Re: Shipping a firearm (pistol)
That's not a bad idea, I like it.vancelw wrote:Most time, I require a copy myself before sending them payment. After all, I am trusting them with the money and the (yet to be seen) gun, so if they balk at something so simple as verifying who they really are....It's a sign for me to walk away.
- Sat Feb 28, 2015 5:22 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Shipping a firearm (pistol)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1613
Re: Shipping a firearm (pistol)
I tell ya, I'm so dang paranoid about the ATF, especially with the current administration, that I take no chances with handguns. I go right down to Targetmaster and have them handle it. The way I see it, a few extra bucks can save me untold amount of aggravation if I make a simple mistake. Definite...
- Sat Feb 28, 2015 4:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Shipping a firearm (pistol)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1613
Re: Shipping a firearm (pistol)
I dont believe its legal to ship a handgun individual to individual for any reason. You can do so when the transfer is not interstate, if your state does not require any kind of checks for private party handgun transfers. Since you can't ship it USPS, it hardly pays to do it that way anyhow, in the...
- Sat Feb 28, 2015 4:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Shipping a firearm (pistol)
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1613
Re: Shipping a firearm (pistol)
When I have shipped handguns, I have found that it is much cheaper for me to have my FFL ship it than for me to ship it. Last time I tried to follow the rules and ship via FedEx to an FFL, they wanted $163.00 :shock: My FFL shipped it for me via USPS and only charged me $50. I have another FFL that...
- Fri Feb 27, 2015 10:28 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Oven Degreaser?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 795
Re: Oven Degreaser?
Good heavens no. A strong base like oven cleaner will wreck any wood finish, and while it might not dissolve the iron oxide of bluing like an acid will, there is no point at all in risking it. If you have gummed up oil on metal parts, try acetone first. Personally, I won't even use it on wood, there...
- Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Magnets + Magazines = Rust
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2106
Re: Magnets + Magazines = Rust
The chelating rust remover might work plenty slick on the stainless mags with no refinishing. You could also rust blue the others at home easily enough. Hard part is taking them apart so as to not rust the spring. How long did this take to happen? You could put a barrier between the mag strip and th...
- Wed Feb 25, 2015 7:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: DNA Results
- Replies: 27
- Views: 3276
Re: DNA Results
I tell my wife that she should have met my grandfather - he was 1/4 German. She thinks I'm a pain! It's just getting palatable when diluted to 1/16th!
- Wed Feb 25, 2015 7:01 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Magnets + Magazines = Rust
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2106
Re: Magnets + Magazines = Rust
The ferrite particles in the magnetic strip are iron oxide - at a guess that might have something to do with it even though the valence of iron in ferrite is different than that in rust. One is +3 and the other +4, but I can never remember which is which. Alternatively, any moisture in the air, shou...
- Sun Feb 22, 2015 5:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Well...no more eggs for the dogs...
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2984
Re: Well...no more eggs for the dogs...
I'm sorry to hear it doc. I did once train a dog to not kill the chickens, took him in the chicken area on a leash and smacked his butt with a flat bit of wood - not so heavy that it does anything but sting - every time he even perked his ears up looking at a bird. Did that for about 20 minutes, it ...
- Mon Feb 16, 2015 7:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Somewhere On A Chinook, Panama, ca 1990
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2832
Re: Somewhere On A Chinook, Panama, ca 1990
Hat's off to you Blaine, funny glasses and all!
- Sat Feb 14, 2015 11:24 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Brad Pitt in "Fury" Using An STG 44
- Replies: 39
- Views: 5802
Re: Brad Pitt in "Fury" Using An STG 44
I got to shoot one when I was in college. Pretty neat weapon, though expensive to feed in those days - WWII German surplus ammo was the only option. These days Prvi makes it, brass case, and I bet someone makes dies for it. When the Syria war was cranking up a year or two ago someone posted a pic of...
- Sat Feb 14, 2015 11:19 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Improvised Range Solutions
- Replies: 25
- Views: 1612
Re: Improvised Range Solutions
I'd probably go for something more durable for a tube loader, like a section of brake line or some K & S brass. Neat idea, I think I may steal it! The only thing I don't like about my 9422 is loading it
- Wed Feb 11, 2015 8:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: OT-Neigbors decided to cut some of my trees down--what next
- Replies: 47
- Views: 4337
Re: OT-Neigbors decided to cut some of my trees down--what n
You can hire a lawyer, or buy a backhoe. I recommend the lawyer. Seems to me that they are liable regardless of whether their contractor acted on his own. If they wish to recoup damages they have had to pay from that contractor, that is their business rather than yours. Otherwise both can just pass ...
- Fri Feb 06, 2015 7:37 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Sixgun I wish I still had
- Replies: 38
- Views: 3550
Re: Sixgun I wish I still had
I'm lucky, my wife isn't into guns :lol: Only one I regret a little was a $90 Mosin m44. Not because it was such a great gun, but because it was sooooo cheap! If I didn't still have 50 rounds or so of 7.62x54 kicking around, I probably wouldn't regret it at all. Now guns I regret buying, lets talk. ...
- Tue Feb 03, 2015 6:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My Eyes! My Eyes! AHHHHHH!
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3091
Re: My Eyes! My Eyes! AHHHHHH!
Wellllll.... that one would not be for me, but it is just a repro anyway and I'm certainly not a purist. Not to my taste, but I wouldn't snub anyone who loved it. AR's aren't to my taste either, but plenty of reasonable guys seem to like them - a butt for every seat as Pete so aptly put it :lol: I a...
- Mon Feb 02, 2015 7:28 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I'm in Arizona for a bit
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3464
Re: I'm in Arizona for a bit
Yeah, they call it the LBT now, it's still the money scope though VATT and SMT are the other two. Max Planck got out of the SMT project years ago, maybe 2003 or so, U of A now owns it 100%.