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...like me...
https://www.outdoorlife.com/guns/what-is-mean-radius/
Maybe not practical unless you use an optic target-reader, but it does make sense.
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- Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Interesting if you're an OCD math/ballistic nerd...
- Replies: 0
- Views: 472
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 5:35 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Midway has .480 Ruger brass
- Replies: 5
- Views: 475
Re: Midway has .480 Ruger brass
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Yeah - that is such a cool gun...!!! I had a friend with a SxS 45-70, but somehow the 480 is just cooler...
Yeah - that is such a cool gun...!!! I had a friend with a SxS 45-70, but somehow the 480 is just cooler...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: slide spring
- Replies: 6
- Views: 633
Re: slide spring
. The slide hopefully would never come OFF to the rear, even without a spring at all, if the design is good. Not familiar enough with that gun to know, but I'd hate to think that the only thing preventing a slide from embedding in my skull was a spring. :shock: This was a nice review of the gun I fo...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ruger Marlin 1894 44 Magnum
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1342
Re: Ruger Marlin 1894 44 Magnum
. I just never liked ANY levergun's forend attachment. That, plus the wood-against-steel and corrosion issues, pretty much is what led me to go with 'stainless' (oh the horrors) barrels, or even more drastically, ALUMINUM forends like the Ranger Point Precision ones. The action and receiver part of ...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Midway has .480 Ruger brass
- Replies: 5
- Views: 475
Re: Midway has .480 Ruger brass
There are days I wish I got into the 'stout pistol big-bores' like the 500 and 475 Linebaughs.... < sigh > Then I would (of course) have to expand to the 500 S&W and 480 Ruger. Then 'down' to the mere 454 Casull and it's wimpy younger brother the 45 Colt... :D Pretty nice to have any of those th...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bridge Collapse (video shows how fast it happened)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1546
Re: Bridge Collapse (video shows how fast it happened)
. Insurance evidently WILL be involved - so how come Biden is promising that those of us who work for a living (Trump Supporters, for the most part) are going to pay for the replacement. https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2024/03/28/baltimore-bridge-catastrophe-may-be-biggest-ever-marine-insurance-pa...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 6:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Regarding Rossi and other 92s hunting with 44 Magnum
- Replies: 7
- Views: 870
Re: Regarding Rossi and other 92s hunting with 44 Magnum
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I've used it on whitetail, from various Marlin 1894's (Remlins mostly) and it groups 2-3" with a scope from a rest at 100 yards, and punches through the thorax both sides. Not exactly elk, but the only 'big game' I hunt.
I've used it on whitetail, from various Marlin 1894's (Remlins mostly) and it groups 2-3" with a scope from a rest at 100 yards, and punches through the thorax both sides. Not exactly elk, but the only 'big game' I hunt.
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:26 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: First Amendment stuff in SCOTUS Murthy vs Missouri
- Replies: 2
- Views: 696
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Off topic..Redneck Dream offroader....
- Replies: 7
- Views: 817
Re: Off topic..Redneck Dream offroader....
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As per the caption... "This earthmover Unimog is one of those vehicles that I have absolutely no conceivable use for, but find myself wanting all the same..."
As per the caption... "This earthmover Unimog is one of those vehicles that I have absolutely no conceivable use for, but find myself wanting all the same..."
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 3:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bridge Collapse (video shows how fast it happened)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1546
Re: Bridge Collapse (video shows how fast it happened)
. It is hindsight and armchair-engineering, but it would seem like with a billion dollars or more at stake, there would be some protections beyone hoping everything goes right. I know you can't just pound in a few T-posts to bump back a couple hundred million pounds of cargo ship, but other bridges ...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 2:58 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Maybe VA Governor not that bad after all...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 688
Maybe VA Governor not that bad after all...
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/virgi ... r-BB1kAg5I
The legislators who proposed and passed all those bills should be ousted, though.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/virgi ... r-BB1kAg5I
The legislators who proposed and passed all those bills should be ousted, though.
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 2:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: War Daddy
- Replies: 0
- Views: 952
War Daddy
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Good WW2 story.
https://youtu.be/e5t42dA6xCM?si=kw53Z70tn6AI70zi
The movie 'Fury' was based on much of this real story.
Good WW2 story.
https://youtu.be/e5t42dA6xCM?si=kw53Z70tn6AI70zi
The movie 'Fury' was based on much of this real story.
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 5:45 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: RFK did NOT pick Gabbard - - - so now what...???
- Replies: 6
- Views: 958
Re: RFK picks Gabbard and.... Checkmate ..?
Kennedy just picked a female attorney that I have never heard of. Gabbard is on Trump’s short list and she will definitely accept if he asks. I think it is unlikely but possible That would be GREAT politically…!!! But according to some, "... Americans are going to rally to her voice. Nicole Sh...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 1:38 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: "The Ends Justify the Means"
- Replies: 1
- Views: 849
"The Ends Justify the Means"
. This really seems to be the fundamental difference between people - NOT race, NOT gender, NOT 'orientation', NOT income, NOT all the other things the Democrats use to divide-and-destroy. They also seem to fetishize the 'balance' between self-interest and community, when in a good system of governa...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 12:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Blued steel and walnut
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1223
Re: Blued steel and walnut
. Although I love me some stainless and plastic when it comes to an all-weather gun, and the black nitrided functionality of an AR or Glock is practical, the aesthetics of a finely designed blued-steel gun with nice walnut 'furniture' is amazing. I think the original S&W Model 29 would be one of...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 12:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Affordable Health Care (DirectPay)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 862
Re: Affordable Health Care (DirectPay)
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Yeah the system is terribly dysfunctional. The overhead is ridiculous, so that drives up the fees, and the bureaucrats 'fix' things by layering on even more overhead-consuming, time-wasting, bureaucracy.
Yeah the system is terribly dysfunctional. The overhead is ridiculous, so that drives up the fees, and the bureaucrats 'fix' things by layering on even more overhead-consuming, time-wasting, bureaucracy.
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:19 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bridge Collapse (video shows how fast it happened)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1546
Re: Bridge Collapse (video shows how fast it happened)
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https://twitter.com/MarioNawfal/status/ ... 1356765210
This showed that the ship evidently had a power-outage right before the impact.
There were some vehicles just making it over the span before the collsion - didn't see any right there at impact thankfully.
https://twitter.com/MarioNawfal/status/ ... 1356765210
This showed that the ship evidently had a power-outage right before the impact.
There were some vehicles just making it over the span before the collsion - didn't see any right there at impact thankfully.
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:13 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Pulling bullets
- Replies: 29
- Views: 1572
Re: Pulling bullets
I got a bunch of .45-120 Sharps rounds once, which I wanted for the brass. No way I was going to risk shooting a case with that much volume and unknown powder and charge in them! Problem was that my kinetic puller wasn't long enough for these 3.25" cases. So I made one out of pipe. This worked...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:10 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Affordable Health Care (DirectPay)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 862
Affordable Health Care (DirectPay)
. At 26:45 they discuss the concept of 'DIrectPay' medical practices, and the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (https://aapsonline.org/aaps/) and the difference between DirectPay versus 'concierge' practices. https://odysee.com/@FrontlineCovid19CriticalCareAlliance:c/WEEKLY_WEBINAR_MA...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:02 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Bridge Collapse (video shows how fast it happened)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1546
Bridge Collapse (video shows how fast it happened)
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Hard to imagine the sudden fear of being on this bridge just driving along, then. . . WHAM...!!!
https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status ... 5790477667
Just goes to show how instantly life can go chaotic.
Hard to imagine the sudden fear of being on this bridge just driving along, then. . . WHAM...!!!
https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status ... 5790477667
Just goes to show how instantly life can go chaotic.
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 3:39 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: More ammo-maker trades and such...
- Replies: 1
- Views: 534
More ammo-maker trades and such...
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/a ... r-BB1kvbqp
I wonder what the behind-the-scenes story really is with all this...
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/a ... r-BB1kvbqp
I wonder what the behind-the-scenes story really is with all this...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 3:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Reloading Setups
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1441
Re: Reloading Setups
. I have a Rockchucker for one-time stuff or larger calibers (can even do 338 Lapua if I ever accumulate enough brass to reload, if I remove the insert), and I do have a Dillon RL550B, but for most reloading I actually just use my Lee Turret press, as it is strong enough and stable enough to do the ...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 6:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Wonder what the ATF was after this guy for ...
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2002
Re: Wonder what the ATF was after this guy for ...
He may have been friends with Bill and Killary and was coaxed by the left to exploit gun laws so that they could justify closing the "Loop Hole" as they like to call it. Now that's some real conspiracy stuff right there! And they certainly don't have to worry about him rattin' out their p...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 6:13 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: The completely deranged individuals who want to run things
- Replies: 1
- Views: 659
The completely deranged individuals who want to run things
. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/why-nearly-all-of-america-s-400-million-guns-have-got-to-go/ar-AA1ahkCx But check out this interview - I always thought Alex Jones was 'crazy', and I still tend to, but a lot LESS crazy than before watching Tucker Carlson interview him. https://youtu.be/zKHaa...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:09 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: RFK did NOT pick Gabbard - - - so now what...???
- Replies: 6
- Views: 958
RFK did NOT pick Gabbard - - - so now what...???
. Just speculating, but she is an attractive candidate for the Dems who are 'moderates' and have TDS. https://youtu.be/eUgtKxwexbs?si=fwyCSUdO0yHFMsg1 I'll bet RFK Jr picks Tulsi Gabbard for VP. Then the 'moderates' who hate Trump cuz he said '*****' or they think he's a 'homophobe', or clubs baby s...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Ruger Marlin 1894 44 Magnum
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1342
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:43 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Laughable Ignorance (from 'Progressives', of course)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 915
Laughable Ignorance (from 'Progressives', of course)
. They can't define what an 'assault weapon' is, even though they want to ban them. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-nominated-judge-supported-assault-weapons-ban-but-cannot-define-them/ar-BB1ks90D But then that's no surprise, because they can't define what a 'woman' is, even though the...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 10:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Wonder what the ATF was after this guy for ...
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2002
Re: Wonder what the ATF was after this guy for ...
. More coming out... https://www.youtube.com/live/VH1oYJvWMf0?si=O4qJz6d6c4i2vaTN ...a very redacted warrant, but at least it has some added info. Sounds like he: > bought a lot of guns (not a crime). > selected them online and had them shipped to a local FFL (not a crime). > bought multiple firearm...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Skinner Sights on Marlin 1894 CL.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1266
Re: Skinner Sights on Marlin 1894 CL.
. I use tang sights on leverguns kind of like glass magnifying optics; great for precision and yet there is a 'fragility' tradeoff. The most rugged sights are things like the rear sight on the old Mini-14's, but for leverguns when I want 'rugged' I do love the Marbles 'Bullseye' sights - they are se...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 4:13 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: 'They' are watching to see what you watch...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 681
'They' are watching to see what you watch...
. This is pretty creepy. https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2024/03/22/feds-ordered-google-to-unmask-certain-youtube-users-critics-say-its-terrifying/ No wonder people get VPN and other stuff; innocent curiosity could easily be (mis)used to create a 'pattern' to incriminate whoever poses a ...
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 1:50 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: AI, 3-letter agencies, and firearms....
- Replies: 1
- Views: 522
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:54 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Wonder what the ATF was after this guy for ...
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2002
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 6:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Now THIS is one wild dog…!!!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 860
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 4:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Skinner Sights on Marlin 1894 CL.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1266
Re: Skinner Sights on Marlin 1894 CL.
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I really prefer the aperture sight in the form of the Williams FP, due to the reasons you cite. Mounted on the front two receiver holes of a Marlin 1894, they are quite compact and durable.
I really prefer the aperture sight in the form of the Williams FP, due to the reasons you cite. Mounted on the front two receiver holes of a Marlin 1894, they are quite compact and durable.
- Fri Mar 22, 2024 4:06 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Biden can get money from China, but Trump can't...
- Replies: 1
- Views: 528
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:41 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: It's all our fault (cancer in LGBT's)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 383
It's all our fault (cancer in LGBT's)
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The medical public health community has lost all credibility....
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/0 ... er-cancer/
The medical public health community has lost all credibility....
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/0 ... er-cancer/
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 4:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Scotland and anti-hunting laws...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 712
Scotland and anti-hunting laws...
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Sliding downhill - they abolished Freedom of Speech last week, now this - https://www.parliament.scot/bills-and-l ... l/overview
Sliding downhill - they abolished Freedom of Speech last week, now this - https://www.parliament.scot/bills-and-l ... l/overview
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 9:10 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: one shot with a 44 or 45 lever, whats you load
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1804
Re: one shot with a 44 or 45 lever, whats you load
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Dunno but the BULLET would definitely be a hard-cast lead with the heaviest weight I could toss out at around 1,000 fps. That velocity seems to be the magic one for deep penetration with hard-cast lead. Probably 300 grains or more.
Ideally a load I could use in Redhawk OR Marlin 1894.
Dunno but the BULLET would definitely be a hard-cast lead with the heaviest weight I could toss out at around 1,000 fps. That velocity seems to be the magic one for deep penetration with hard-cast lead. Probably 300 grains or more.
Ideally a load I could use in Redhawk OR Marlin 1894.
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 9:01 am
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: Arrest 'em ALL...!!!
- Replies: 0
- Views: 812
Arrest 'em ALL...!!!
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I like the way this guy (son of founder of WEF) thinks - https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/0 ... us-schwab/
I like the way this guy (son of founder of WEF) thinks - https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/0 ... us-schwab/
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 5:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Wonder what the ATF was after this guy for ...
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2002
Wonder what the ATF was after this guy for ...
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/airport-exec ... 16972.html
Kinda creepy, given the 'overkill' so often politically motivated...
https://www.yahoo.com/news/airport-exec ... 16972.html
Kinda creepy, given the 'overkill' so often politically motivated...
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 2:11 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Here was a gal with "true grit"
- Replies: 8
- Views: 728
Re: Here was a gal with "true grit"
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These women are WAY ‘hotter’ than the plastic-lipped, silicone-breasted, blue-haired, lip-pierced ‘woke’ ones current society seems to worship.
These women are WAY ‘hotter’ than the plastic-lipped, silicone-breasted, blue-haired, lip-pierced ‘woke’ ones current society seems to worship.
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 2:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Here was a gal with "true grit"
- Replies: 8
- Views: 728
Re: Here was a gal with "true grit"
Hash, Louis l’Amour would say, “one to ride the river with”.gamekeeper wrote: ↑Wed Mar 20, 2024 8:21 am Quite a woman, I for one wouldn't want to mess with her.
- Wed Mar 20, 2024 2:07 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Howdy Ya'll!
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1689
Re: Howdy Ya'll!
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Welcome.
Most of us here don’t do Facebook’, but we do ‘Gunbook’ as in this site.
Welcome.
Most of us here don’t do Facebook’, but we do ‘Gunbook’ as in this site.
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 4:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Panic time. . . . an ECLIPSE…!!!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1080
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 4:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Now this is a cool design for a handgun...
- Replies: 3
- Views: 400
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 6:41 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Missing my sixguns
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1525
Re: Missing my sixguns
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...dunno about the 'case', but wish you luck, whatever it is.
I always feel like Pa Kettle or Jed Clampett when I visit 'the big city'....
...dunno about the 'case', but wish you luck, whatever it is.
I always feel like Pa Kettle or Jed Clampett when I visit 'the big city'....
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 6:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: SPAMMERS
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1698
Re: SPAMMERS
. Ya mean we're missin' out on all those cool porn sites...??? The first time we hooked onto the internet (about 1993) we didn't know what to type in the 'URL thingy' because we didn't know any websites, so we typed in "genealogy" since we knew friends who used the internet for that. The s...
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Panic time. . . . an ECLIPSE…!!!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1080
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:10 pm
- Forum: Politics
- Topic: CDC released CoVid Vaccine Myocardis Report
- Replies: 4
- Views: 501
Re: CDC released CoVid Vaccine Myocardis Report
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https://www.documentcloud.org/documents ... oving-foia
There's more about it in the details on the Twitter post
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents ... oving-foia
There's more about it in the details on the Twitter post
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:59 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hornady 250gr RN bullets in 35 Remington
- Replies: 7
- Views: 827
Re: Hornady 250gr RN bullets in 35 Remington
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...good excuse to buy another gun...
...good excuse to buy another gun...