so waht ya doin today?
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- Yuma, Arizona is supplied with an average of 3.2 in of rainfall per year, or 0.3 in per month.
- On average there are 16 days per year with more than 0.004 in of rainfall (precipitation) or 1.3 days with a quantity of rain per month.
- The driest weather is in June when an average of 0 inch of rainfall (precipitation) occurs.
- The wettest weather is in August when an average of 0.6 in of rainfall (precipitation) occurs.
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California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
Yep, a lot of hot inland, and South of us, and the main reason why we haven't moved . . . yet . . .
Here, the calendar's Summer months have a. m. fog and overcast followed by some afternoon sun -- though we can go several days without seeing a shadow -- temperatures in the mid-60s to low 70s and an on-shore, Northwest 10 mph wind.
Come mid-September the sky clears, the wind dies down, or stops, or becomes off-shore from the East/Southeast, and temperatures are in the mid-70s to low 80s with occasional three day heat waves of high 80s to low 90s.
Here, the calendar's Summer months have a. m. fog and overcast followed by some afternoon sun -- though we can go several days without seeing a shadow -- temperatures in the mid-60s to low 70s and an on-shore, Northwest 10 mph wind.
Come mid-September the sky clears, the wind dies down, or stops, or becomes off-shore from the East/Southeast, and temperatures are in the mid-70s to low 80s with occasional three day heat waves of high 80s to low 90s.
Pistolero
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I visited my niece and her family in Yuma in Sept. I noted that the F-35s have overhead shade when parked on the
ramp, and ALL the playgrounds have overhead shade, too. And a lot of parking lots......I think to keep the upholstery
in the cars from catching fire, or melting.
I think it gets pretty hot in Yuma. That may qualify as at least a contender of 'understatement of the week'.
BUT - there are a lot of good reasons and if you like the desert, and Free America, it should be very good. Good
luck with all the various hassles associated with moving.
As to DROS.....so the dealer charges $19 to record the sale? Wow. Whole 'nuther country out there west of Nevada and
Arizona.
I don't know about AZ gun laws, other than they are generally pretty darned reasonable, but KS pretty much got rid
of all our gun and knife laws in the last 12 years or so. I don't think there are any KS laws on gun sales any more.
Bill
ramp, and ALL the playgrounds have overhead shade, too. And a lot of parking lots......I think to keep the upholstery
in the cars from catching fire, or melting.
I think it gets pretty hot in Yuma. That may qualify as at least a contender of 'understatement of the week'.
BUT - there are a lot of good reasons and if you like the desert, and Free America, it should be very good. Good
luck with all the various hassles associated with moving.
As to DROS.....so the dealer charges $19 to record the sale? Wow. Whole 'nuther country out there west of Nevada and
Arizona.
I don't know about AZ gun laws, other than they are generally pretty darned reasonable, but KS pretty much got rid
of all our gun and knife laws in the last 12 years or so. I don't think there are any KS laws on gun sales any more.
Bill
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freebullet
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Pretty warm here, but the breeze was nice today. Hot humid few days ahead sounds like.
Made it to the range Saturday. Fired some hs6 45acp ladder loads, wc844 in the ar pistol, & finally shot the attic rifle ladder loads. It was hot but enjoyable.
Made it to the range Saturday. Fired some hs6 45acp ladder loads, wc844 in the ar pistol, & finally shot the attic rifle ladder loads. It was hot but enjoyable.
L Ross
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Beautiful day yesterday, I did see 88 on the bikes air temp reading at the highest, but humidity is down. We buy our pepperoni for our Sunday supper pizza at a deli sandwich shop and it's about 55 miles from home so we make a motorcycle trip out of it. Well six hours and 230 mile later we rolled back into the shed. Just a delightful day, got lunch at the deli, stopped a couple hours later to split and ice cream cone and parked next to a restored 59 Biscayne sporting a 396 in it, even found a park with a big swing set and Sue and I swung like a couple of little kids for a bit.
Worked on prepping some Fed .308 brass before we left and after we got home. The last 150 of 500 will go in the dehydrator this morning and then get primed and they are ready to load.
Worked on prepping some Fed .308 brass before we left and after we got home. The last 150 of 500 will go in the dehydrator this morning and then get primed and they are ready to load.
CZ93X62
Official forum enigma
Buckshot Rick came by about 2:30 P.M. and dragged me out to the toy store. The rimfire ammo had arrived as had the revolver. I paid for it all, and the dealer suggested that I wait to pick up the ammo on the same day as the pickup for the revolver--a quirk in the law saves the dealer and customer from having to run a 2nd background check if ammo is purchased at the same time the gun is delivered. OK, whatever. That $19 goes to the State of California, not the dealership. The dealership can charge a fee for processing the reams of paper required for processing all of the State's BS rigamarole, which runs between $15-$25 depending on the seller's preference. And of course there is the State Sales Tax, which is close to $70 for this particular purchase.
Actual hands-on experience with the CCI 22 LR "Green" ammo (via one of the sales guys at the shop) is that the ammo remains quite accurate to 50 yards from a rifle--and no further. At 55 yards, accuracy falls apart ABRUPTLY with the 21 grain bullet. It has an "SGB" meplat that anchors jacks and cottontails quite well--to 50 yards. The bullets just run outta gas past that range. The 22 Mags have heavier bullets (30 grains) and behave a lot like the 30 grain HV 22 Mags with lead bullets, to about 100 yards. The lead 30 grainers kinda run outta gas at 100 yards, too. It appears that unleaded rimfire ammo acts a lot like steel shot in shotguns--effective ranges decrease, accuracy (to a point) is constant. Another justification for moving back to the USA.
I got shocked and appalled by a just-arrived rifle at this shop. A beautifully-made repro Winchester High Wall 1885......in 270 WSM. Talk about BUZZ KILL. Had it been in 38/55 or 45/70, it would have gone home with me--in ten days. Who puts such a gorgeous classic firearm in such a ghastly chambering? It's like a sub-woofer in a Model A.
There was a Ruger O/U shotgun NIB......in 28 gauge. Rick, get me outta here. Beautiful.
Actual hands-on experience with the CCI 22 LR "Green" ammo (via one of the sales guys at the shop) is that the ammo remains quite accurate to 50 yards from a rifle--and no further. At 55 yards, accuracy falls apart ABRUPTLY with the 21 grain bullet. It has an "SGB" meplat that anchors jacks and cottontails quite well--to 50 yards. The bullets just run outta gas past that range. The 22 Mags have heavier bullets (30 grains) and behave a lot like the 30 grain HV 22 Mags with lead bullets, to about 100 yards. The lead 30 grainers kinda run outta gas at 100 yards, too. It appears that unleaded rimfire ammo acts a lot like steel shot in shotguns--effective ranges decrease, accuracy (to a point) is constant. Another justification for moving back to the USA.
I got shocked and appalled by a just-arrived rifle at this shop. A beautifully-made repro Winchester High Wall 1885......in 270 WSM. Talk about BUZZ KILL. Had it been in 38/55 or 45/70, it would have gone home with me--in ten days. Who puts such a gorgeous classic firearm in such a ghastly chambering? It's like a sub-woofer in a Model A.
There was a Ruger O/U shotgun NIB......in 28 gauge. Rick, get me outta here. Beautiful.
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smokeywolf
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I don't have a model '85 High Wall. Repro or original..
If I did, I think I'd like it chambered for 40-65; easy on the shoulder, good for target, good for hunting, doesn't suck up a lot of lead and I already have brass and dies and mould.If I were inclined to live in desert heat, think I'd be looking at Havasu. Farther from the border and lots of retired law enforcement there.
CZ93X62
Official forum enigma
Actually, Lake Havasu is a pretty close 2nd choice for us. Its only disadvantage is distance from San Diego/ocean fishing. Great town, and the lake is BIG. Holiday weekends get kinda nutzo. The Border? Not a factor, I have lived and worked near it for most of my life.
Rick Tunell's first thought was 40/65 as well. I thought 'out loud' about re-bore/re-chamber to 45/70 or one of its offspring like 40/65, but as the counter guy (sharp man, too....) pointed out--the parent 404 Jeffery case had a wider body than did the 45/70 & 40/65. What a profligate WASTE of a beautiful barrel. 270 WSM......oughta be a law.
Rick Tunell's first thought was 40/65 as well. I thought 'out loud' about re-bore/re-chamber to 45/70 or one of its offspring like 40/65, but as the counter guy (sharp man, too....) pointed out--the parent 404 Jeffery case had a wider body than did the 45/70 & 40/65. What a profligate WASTE of a beautiful barrel. 270 WSM......oughta be a law.
fiver
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I dunno.
I can see how a guy would want one in that caliber.
how it ended up where it did makes it kind of an oddity, but 1-2 states over and it makes sense.
well it's windy [15-20 mph] this morning.
so it's either gonna get hot or rain, or maybe both, when it gets hot here it usually sucks moisture up off the last of the snow on the mountains and dumps it in the valleys.
I can see how a guy would want one in that caliber.
how it ended up where it did makes it kind of an oddity, but 1-2 states over and it makes sense.
well it's windy [15-20 mph] this morning.
so it's either gonna get hot or rain, or maybe both, when it gets hot here it usually sucks moisture up off the last of the snow on the mountains and dumps it in the valleys.
CZ93X62
Official forum enigma
I see your rationale, Lamar. It might make sense in WY for antelope. Some folks enjoy 338 Lapuas, too. The shop Rick and I were infesting (ASK Defensive Training, LLC) in Redlands was primarily focused on modern rifles and handguns. Its owner Shawn built my rat-strafing AR-15 upper half a few years ago, and that was a core element of their business. As time passes, they are becoming a more reloading-oriented shop (oh, how awful!) and have expanded into used arms and high-line shotguns a bit. There is a pretty decent and well-run trap, skeet, and clays range at the north end of town where one of Team USA's Gold Medalists trains in International Skeet. She can make a shotgun TALK, I assure you.
ASK D/T has an impressive powders inventory for a shop of its size, and is deeply-stocked in commersh cast bullets in common calibers. On our prior crawl-through here when I ordered the rimfire Condor Cuddlers and the Single-Six, Rick was nosing about for 32 caliber castings. This is what prompted my Donation To The Cause of my half-Enfamil-can of RCBS 32-98-SWCs to him. (Heck, that metal can might be a collectible--the daughter that made use of its contents is now 36 years old and is one month away from giving us a new grand-daughter).
ASK D/T has an impressive powders inventory for a shop of its size, and is deeply-stocked in commersh cast bullets in common calibers. On our prior crawl-through here when I ordered the rimfire Condor Cuddlers and the Single-Six, Rick was nosing about for 32 caliber castings. This is what prompted my Donation To The Cause of my half-Enfamil-can of RCBS 32-98-SWCs to him. (Heck, that metal can might be a collectible--the daughter that made use of its contents is now 36 years old and is one month away from giving us a new grand-daughter).
KeithB
Resident Half Fast Machinist
The building is now under roof but the walls are open. They are grading out the drive and parking areas right now. The plumbers will set the floor fixtures in place next week, hope to have concrete poured by end of next week. Will need to have the floor sealed before the carpenters go in.
Talked with electrical contractor this morning, he had to re-bid the original contract because the bid was 18 months old (yes, it has gone on that long!) and prices for materials have gone up because of all the damn tariffs but that is how it is so I signed the new contract and got them on board. Waiting for call back from local power company about getting gas and electric to building.
Talked with ADT guy yesterday, reviewing his materials today. Also talked to insurance agent about discount for having alarm/security services.
Been talking to USPS about mail delivery, I want to put a box for packages and one for mail near or on the building, not up on the road. I told postal rep that a mailbox on the rather narrow road at the driveway entrance would be hazardous and I didn't want a postal worker splattered in my front yard; he agreed and was going to see what we could do.
More to come.
Talked with electrical contractor this morning, he had to re-bid the original contract because the bid was 18 months old (yes, it has gone on that long!) and prices for materials have gone up because of all the damn tariffs but that is how it is so I signed the new contract and got them on board. Waiting for call back from local power company about getting gas and electric to building.
Talked with ADT guy yesterday, reviewing his materials today. Also talked to insurance agent about discount for having alarm/security services.
Been talking to USPS about mail delivery, I want to put a box for packages and one for mail near or on the building, not up on the road. I told postal rep that a mailbox on the rather narrow road at the driveway entrance would be hazardous and I didn't want a postal worker splattered in my front yard; he agreed and was going to see what we could do.
More to come.
Pistolero
Well-Known Member
Good to hear that the building is moving along, Keith. I like the concern for the postal worker safety
to get the mailbox closer to the building, presumably both for convenience of walking to it, and improved
security of any expensive items which you might have shipped to your business.
I was never a huge fan of the plumbing buried in concrete in slab-on-grade buildings, but it has worked
for millions for a long time. I guess in a way it is well protected. I lived in several homes in Fla that were
like that, no problems and know there are millions more. I like having the access in basement type homes, but
probably it isn't really any issue at all. And it isn't like there is much of an alternative.
to get the mailbox closer to the building, presumably both for convenience of walking to it, and improved
security of any expensive items which you might have shipped to your business.
I was never a huge fan of the plumbing buried in concrete in slab-on-grade buildings, but it has worked
for millions for a long time. I guess in a way it is well protected. I lived in several homes in Fla that were
like that, no problems and know there are millions more. I like having the access in basement type homes, but
probably it isn't really any issue at all. And it isn't like there is much of an alternative.
KeithB
Resident Half Fast Machinist
Bill, the plumbing isn't actually in the floor, it goes through the floor All the horizontal runs are under the slab. The water and sewer lines have to be below the frost line which is deeper than the slab thickness.
I know UPS and Fedex will come onto the property and deliver to the building directly and I plan to put a lockable box outside for drop off. I ship stuff out via the post office and get a some package deliveries and of course business correspondence so I want to make it easy for the postal workers to do their job. (My wife retired from the postal service 10 years ago and I want to be good to the employees there.)
I know UPS and Fedex will come onto the property and deliver to the building directly and I plan to put a lockable box outside for drop off. I ship stuff out via the post office and get a some package deliveries and of course business correspondence so I want to make it easy for the postal workers to do their job. (My wife retired from the postal service 10 years ago and I want to be good to the employees there.)
Pistolero
Well-Known Member
OK, in Fla, the plumbing is largely in the slab, I didn't think about the frost line deal. Of course, all the drains
go thru, but a lot of water pipes and such are in concrete in Fla. It is just what it has to be for a slab floor, which
is mandatory for your application.
I have no idea what the PO will do as far as off the street boxes. Around here all boxes are at the county
road. Even at my house in suburbia, the mail box was a rural type at the street, no 'walk up to the house'
stuff.
go thru, but a lot of water pipes and such are in concrete in Fla. It is just what it has to be for a slab floor, which
is mandatory for your application.
I have no idea what the PO will do as far as off the street boxes. Around here all boxes are at the county
road. Even at my house in suburbia, the mail box was a rural type at the street, no 'walk up to the house'
stuff.
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