so waht ya doin today?
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fiver
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do you want it to shoot straight or look cool?
just a minute ago I realized that twice today I have referred to something that happened 50 or more years ago that is a personal memory to me.
one was in Ben's/Trevor's casting thread.
and the other was in remembering a Pizza restaurant I used to visit in San Francisco in the 60's.
instantly I almost thought about it being my Uncle's Pizza/Bar/Restaurant, but then the taste of their pizza hit my mouth versus the taste of his and I could recall the crusts being vastly different.
how could I possibly remember [and just about fully taste in my mouth] the subtle differences of two very similar things I haven't had in 50 years?
just a minute ago I realized that twice today I have referred to something that happened 50 or more years ago that is a personal memory to me.
one was in Ben's/Trevor's casting thread.
and the other was in remembering a Pizza restaurant I used to visit in San Francisco in the 60's.
instantly I almost thought about it being my Uncle's Pizza/Bar/Restaurant, but then the taste of their pizza hit my mouth versus the taste of his and I could recall the crusts being vastly different.
how could I possibly remember [and just about fully taste in my mouth] the subtle differences of two very similar things I haven't had in 50 years?
Mitty38
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Both. 
But really my main concern want to keep this as a low light gun, for poor eyes.
I did not have a pistol set up for low light, thus the radioactive green glowing dot sights.
But, I did find out I can trade my front sight for a lower one of the same for a 10 buck restock fee, if necessary.
Just have to figure how much of the 6 inch drop is me, first. Then plug in the formula for sight hight varience.
I do have a tendency to go 2 for 3 inches low for the first couple hundred rounds on an unfamiliar pistol. So planing nothing drastic till I run her some more.
I do think a large amount of my offset, may just be me getting used to the gun.
But really my main concern want to keep this as a low light gun, for poor eyes.
I did not have a pistol set up for low light, thus the radioactive green glowing dot sights.
But, I did find out I can trade my front sight for a lower one of the same for a 10 buck restock fee, if necessary.
Just have to figure how much of the 6 inch drop is me, first. Then plug in the formula for sight hight varience.
I do have a tendency to go 2 for 3 inches low for the first couple hundred rounds on an unfamiliar pistol. So planing nothing drastic till I run her some more.
I do think a large amount of my offset, may just be me getting used to the gun.
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Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
I see them like that up here, usually priced at $350- 850.00. Hasn't been used in 40 years, froze up solid and no quick change gear box.a little eye candy for you machinists.
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Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Hey, this is different. It's raining here. Jeeze...
Put the fix to one of my neighbors saws yesterday afternoon. A Husky 55, the filthiest saw I've seen in some time. Bad enough I unburied the parts washer and put the diesel and brush to it. From the looks of it, this saw hasn't got a lot of run time, but whoever owned it did absolutely nothing in the lines of caring for the saw. "Rode hard and put away wet" fits it. Actually had to pull the ignition to clean the area it sat in becuase the dried dirt and oil was interfering with the flywheel, also caked in dirt and oil, from turning. Of course the previous owner ran it at about 25-1 gas/oil mix, so the muffler was caked inside with carbon which then flaked off and scored the piston. Ruined the jug too. A bit of scraping and cleaning and presto-chango for a new cheapie piston and jug and it actually runs. Whether the carb is still good or will need a replacement (cheap Zama on a cheap saw) remains to be seen. At the moment it's leaned out way too far and screams if you get near full throttle. Some people shouldn't be allowed to own a screw driver small enough to fit the adjustment screws on a carb! This thing may run for 45 minutes and self destruct or it may run for 10 years without a hiccup. Either way, Earl got it for like $10 and he's got maybe $35 in parts with my free labor as he gave me a big 9", 1970's B+D angle grinder of his fathers that he's never used. Fair enough for me!
Put the fix to one of my neighbors saws yesterday afternoon. A Husky 55, the filthiest saw I've seen in some time. Bad enough I unburied the parts washer and put the diesel and brush to it. From the looks of it, this saw hasn't got a lot of run time, but whoever owned it did absolutely nothing in the lines of caring for the saw. "Rode hard and put away wet" fits it. Actually had to pull the ignition to clean the area it sat in becuase the dried dirt and oil was interfering with the flywheel, also caked in dirt and oil, from turning. Of course the previous owner ran it at about 25-1 gas/oil mix, so the muffler was caked inside with carbon which then flaked off and scored the piston. Ruined the jug too. A bit of scraping and cleaning and presto-chango for a new cheapie piston and jug and it actually runs. Whether the carb is still good or will need a replacement (cheap Zama on a cheap saw) remains to be seen. At the moment it's leaned out way too far and screams if you get near full throttle. Some people shouldn't be allowed to own a screw driver small enough to fit the adjustment screws on a carb! This thing may run for 45 minutes and self destruct or it may run for 10 years without a hiccup. Either way, Earl got it for like $10 and he's got maybe $35 in parts with my free labor as he gave me a big 9", 1970's B+D angle grinder of his fathers that he's never used. Fair enough for me!
CWLONGSHOT
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lyman 45_424 mold comparisons.
smokeywolf
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Bret, like you, I usually prefer doing things for barter than cash. Sometimes just a 'thank you' or 'help me out someday' is plenty good enough.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Just in case anyone here isn't familiar with what a trashed chainsaw piston and jug (cylinder) look like. Note you can still plainly see the factory cross hatching on the interior of the jug. Not many hours on this saw. This is what a too rich gas/oil mix can give you. No, not always, but it can and did in this case. The pistons intake stroke sucks in a little carbon which embeds in the piston and it snowballs from there. This is why it's a really teriffic idea to pull the muffler on your 2 stroke equipment a couple times a season to clean the exhaust port up. The other pic is an object lesson in what you don't want the exterior of a jug to look like! New one in the background.
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Mitty38
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Borrowed a pistol sled and a couple other sets of eyes and trigger fingers, this morning. Found out I was shooting my 9mm 4 inches low.
So the sight was off 2 inches.
Did the math and exchanged my front sight for the same in a slightly lower one.
These are the results on this range trip,with the new sight. 21 ft. After 1mag to find myself with the gun. I set up a 5 dot target.
By the 5th try I was Getting used to the sights. So dumped a full mag.
Caught myself, the mag release is really sticking out there. It was making me adjust the two handed grip, where I was pushing down with the thumb on the release making me pull low. So will need to take some off if it, and smoothing it a bit; with a file
So I can shoot the gun better. So took me a little learning curve on the sights not a real peep. So you have to focus on the target then bring the sight into the pick keeping the front and rear blurry punkin on a post.Not quite where I want to be with it yet, but close enough for now.
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Ian
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You can only focus on one thing at a time. Most will, for very good reasons, suggest that you direct your visual focus to the front sight and your mental focus to the somewhat blurred aim point. I never did get the hang of that because of years in the martial arts focusing on the opponent. One instructor insisted that we focus on our opponent's eyes because "they tell all secrets", but again I called BS because unless you're fighting superman it isn't their eyes that are going to break your body parts....so watch their hands and always be closely aware of exactly how they're positioning their weight on their feet. I also never really got the hang of a low bead; my MO is cover the future bullet hole with it.
fiver
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spent 10 minutes of my life trying to explain to someone almost my age, that also lives here, that 3 12 ounce cans plus 1 12 ounce can full of water cannot possibly make 64 ounces of soup.
somehow her explanation that ''it's thicker than yesterdays'' totally explained away my math and ended the discussion.
somehow her explanation that ''it's thicker than yesterdays'' totally explained away my math and ended the discussion.
Ian
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You are also a man, who is fluent in not only one but two completely different systems of measurement. I literally just got through arguing with my wife over why the tension rod she bought today was too short to span the closet opening. Me: "It's 34-1/2 inches, you could have called me from the store since you didn't take measurements." She: "They had different sizes". Me: You could have gotten one in the correct range". She: I don't know if they had that size". Me and the boy:
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Ian
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Ah, another good one. Why did we run out of cat food again? "I forgot the list". Hoo-kay, let's try something. You are permanently attached to one of the most sophisticated electronic devices ever produced by mankind, and said device is almost perpetually hooked to a free database containing the entire combined knowledge of the human species.
You think they might have an app for that?
Ian
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Getting round again is no small task without a lathe and tool post grinder.