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uncle jimbo
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Got to go shoot my two levers today. Had so friend who wanted to go shoot in the pit, so we went up for the afternoon. They are black plastic fans in their long guns and the handguns. And they have plenty of them. And the one is the person who owns the 1942 Mosin Nagant. Now that rifle is fun to shoot.
Got to shoot a 300 bo to day, They just bought it today when they stop to buy ammo. I have never been a fan fo ar15s or their offspring. But I found the 300 to be very underwhelming. I know it was invented for a specific purpose, but,,,,,,
I have made an observation about the ar platform, they are very rough on brass. They come out of those guns with scratches, dents, and gouges. And sometimes they will bend the case at the neck or cock the bullet in the case mouth. They don't chamber at that point so they action them on the ground and move on.
So, anyway I am not a fan of these rifles.
But I had fun shooting with my levers and the Mosin, and I got a bag full of cases. 5.56s, 300s, 7.62x54r, 9mm, 40s&w, and 45acps. They probably shot up 500 to 600 rounds. They had fun.
And the weather was great. Sunny and about 45°F.
Got to shoot a 300 bo to day, They just bought it today when they stop to buy ammo. I have never been a fan fo ar15s or their offspring. But I found the 300 to be very underwhelming. I know it was invented for a specific purpose, but,,,,,,
I have made an observation about the ar platform, they are very rough on brass. They come out of those guns with scratches, dents, and gouges. And sometimes they will bend the case at the neck or cock the bullet in the case mouth. They don't chamber at that point so they action them on the ground and move on.
So, anyway I am not a fan of these rifles.
But I had fun shooting with my levers and the Mosin, and I got a bag full of cases. 5.56s, 300s, 7.62x54r, 9mm, 40s&w, and 45acps. They probably shot up 500 to 600 rounds. They had fun.
And the weather was great. Sunny and about 45°F.
Ian
Notorious member
You should see what an M1A does to cartridges when they jam. The ARs aren't too tough on brass if they aren't over-gassed and have had the locking lugs on the receiver extension de-nibbed. I own all sorts of firearms and enjoy them all, even the plastic ones, though some definitely have more soul than others.
CZ93X62
Official forum enigma
You only THINK you have seen trashed brass from a self-loading rifle.......an HK-91 will utterly DESTROY brass for purposes of reloading--and fling it as a secondary projectile 30-40 feet as well, at about a 2 o'clock/30* angle. M1As are gentle and nurturing, comparatively speaking.
Rally
NC Minnesota
Well Thursday afternoon I drove to Msp. to the Va hospital to have an angiogram (SP) done Friday. Wife was scheduled to go but my old lab (Belle) isn't doing too good, and I was going to reschedule, but she offered to stay home and take care of the dogs and wood stove, incase Belle died. So the procedure is a day surgery with the understanding if you live over a couple hours away you have to either stay overnight or have someone to drive you home, because of the sedative given during the procedure. Made arrangements to stay. Procedure went better than expected, and they found no blockage at all. Went through my right arm just above the wrist, so now I have a no work arm for a week, or so they say. Drove down in a snow storm, until I got down in the banana belt (south of Aitkin), and drove home in a snow storm Saturday morning. Had made arrangements with my plow guy to plow Friday after first storm, but wife canceled it, because it was still snowing, she didn't need to go anywhere, and she's "frugal".
Came home to about 14" of snow in the driveway. Wife didn't want me to do anything with my right hand, but I have snow to move before the plow guy gets here. Rubber band on the auger handle on the left handle bar and away I went ,left hand only, snow blowing! Wife was sure I was going to bleed to death before I got done if I used my right arm!Wife cleaned off cars and we got it done before the plow guy got here. Belle wouldn't eat or hardly go outside the whole time I was gone. She's been following me around since I got home, except when I was running the snow blower. She's still alive, but won't be long.
Came home to about 14" of snow in the driveway. Wife didn't want me to do anything with my right hand, but I have snow to move before the plow guy gets here. Rubber band on the auger handle on the left handle bar and away I went ,left hand only, snow blowing! Wife was sure I was going to bleed to death before I got done if I used my right arm!Wife cleaned off cars and we got it done before the plow guy got here. Belle wouldn't eat or hardly go outside the whole time I was gone. She's been following me around since I got home, except when I was running the snow blower. She's still alive, but won't be long.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
It has been 11 years since I retired. No doubt a few laws have changed. I'm not exactly sure when the agreement with Mexico came into being but we had a lot fo training on it before I got done. The deal was that the Mexican trucks and drivers allowed in the US beyond the drop zone (drive into US a short way, drop trailer, go home) were supposed to be the best of the best. I think that started when Bush2 was in and no doubt got changed under the guy that followed. No reason for it. We cracked down on Canadian trucks for years and I would put most Canadian trucks above most US trucks these days.
Cold here today. Got some piddling jobs to do and more wood needs to come into the house- like always!
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Kevin Stenberg
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Rally sorry to hear about Belle! Kevin
300 to be very underwhelming Depends on the ammo. Overgassed makes them hit the deflector on the side - cover it with some velcro and it won't bend the mouth.
Hope Belle gets better -it's tough. No blockage is great but what is the problem that required the angiogram and is it solved?
Hope Belle gets better -it's tough. No blockage is great but what is the problem that required the angiogram and is it solved?
KeithB
Resident Half Fast Machinist
Getting ready to get back to setting up new shop. Hired four college kids to work four hours Saturday. Got most of remainder of stuff out of garage and into new shop. Going to go over to Scott's house and load steel welding table on trailer and move it into my garage. We left all the welders and grinders and one air compressor in garage, we will use it to do any welding for a little while, don't want to do a lot of welding (and spray painting!) in new shop.
After that is done we will start leveling up the machines. I borrowed two Starrett precision levels from two different friends so we don't have to keep moving one level back and forth. It is in the low 20s here so getting inside to work will be nice. We will get as much done as we can until I have to knock off at 2:00 and get cleaned up to go teach my class.
Hope to take some pictures, had to clean off a lot of the photos on my iPhone 6s, it was choked and running slow.
After that is done we will start leveling up the machines. I borrowed two Starrett precision levels from two different friends so we don't have to keep moving one level back and forth. It is in the low 20s here so getting inside to work will be nice. We will get as much done as we can until I have to knock off at 2:00 and get cleaned up to go teach my class.
Hope to take some pictures, had to clean off a lot of the photos on my iPhone 6s, it was choked and running slow.
Gary
SE Kansas
Possibly dissolved a small obstruction while doing the Angio.?
Kid sent her a pic of bobcat walking past the front door. He saw it on neighbor's fence in back, about the size of a small border collie. Yup, a big one. Must be that time of year here. She gets online and reports of one in our neighborhood. Keep the small dogs inside. Few years back had one walk up the drive, jump on the trash bin and over the fence. Hope they get the rabbits and rats.
Get another (6mo check) sono of the leg in April. Messed up plumbing isn't much fun.
Friend texted yesterday, telling me he had lots of hogs (20 or so) on the place but too far for a shot (?). For a 7mag? Maybe he just had the 30/30.
Get another (6mo check) sono of the leg in April. Messed up plumbing isn't much fun.
Friend texted yesterday, telling me he had lots of hogs (20 or so) on the place but too far for a shot (?). For a 7mag? Maybe he just had the 30/30.
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Rally
NC Minnesota
All started last July while I was tearing out a big beaver dam with my brother. Walked in about 1.25 miles in 80 degree temps wearing chest waders and a forest camo boonie hat. I've never done heat well. Started having head rushes and tingling from chest up, couldn't maintain balance. Sat down on the beaver dam and my brother finished opening up. Walked out and he drove home. Wife freaked out. Have been going to the Va hospital in St. Cloud and had about everything done they can do, like 24 minutes in MRI machines, chest/ lung scans, stress test etc. All well within normal range. Doc kinda disappointed my lungs are in such good shape after smoking 45 years! The heart scans show my heart is pumping at 47% laying on my side and 53% laying on my back. I guess 50% is what they want. The cardiologist looked at the scans and estimated it was only pumping 40%, by looking at it, and figured I had some blockage in arteries. Wife is freaking out. Could go to local hospital but don't trust them or Duluth (have family history with both) so opted to go to main VA facility in MSP. I think it was heat stroke and the NP and cardiologist in St. Cloud agree it could have been. The VA has been wonderful to me, and no complaints there, but I'm about done, and the wife will just have to get over it. Even the nurse in OR said it was pretty unusual at my age to not have any blockage. I'm going to the St. Cloud VA the 5 th of Feb. for another lunge follow up, and will decide after that. I feel fine, and other than that incident in July no harm no foul.
Popper,
Belle is not going to get better, but thanks for the well wishes. She turned 15 the 1 st of September and is full of cancer. She has good days and bad, but really slowing down. As long as she's able to move and get outside she has a place here. She's the base of my kennel and earned all of that. When the time comes I'll put her down, with a pheasant wing under her nose.
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California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
Rally said, "When the time comes I'll put her down, with a pheasant wing under her nose."
Rally, that really got to me.
Most difficult thing I've ever done was putting our golden retriever, Charlie, down. I know when it's Duke's turn -- cocker spaniel/poodle -- it will be even more difficult.
How and why is it we get so attached to our dogs? Could be because most people are jerks.
Rally, that really got to me.
Most difficult thing I've ever done was putting our golden retriever, Charlie, down. I know when it's Duke's turn -- cocker spaniel/poodle -- it will be even more difficult.
How and why is it we get so attached to our dogs? Could be because most people are jerks.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Dogs, horses, those special animals we encounter. It's never easy.
Jon, lot's of times I write something out, decide it could be taken wrong and just delete it. I think they call that "maturity". So, no man, you're okay.
Rally, I remember when you wrote about that incident. I was thinking heat and some dehydration. The old bod doesn't process stuff and bounce back like it did when we were kids. I know stuff like low potassium in hot weather will give me a lot of the same symptoms. Maybe I'm way off base, but minerals in your blood can do weird things.
On the VA, I'm glad to hear someone is happy with them. You don't hear that around here much. I had a retired Army guy trying to get me to go the VA and get signed up for something. Told him I had no service related issues but he said it didn't matter. I dunno, seems like there are plenty of other folks out there that really need it and don't need more bodies straining the system.
Freakin' cold weather! I just want to reiterate that I hate winter! We had a mess of heavy rain last week I think. Some of it managed to get down past the rain cap on my JD 420 crawler and into a cylinder. It's not the first time it's happened, but it's usually in summer. I hit the starter and nothing moved. "Hmmmmm!", sez I. I knew that sound. Pulled the plugs and the hood and got the big weed burner out. 45 minutes of carefully heating the block and trying not to set anything on fire paid off when I hit the starter and probably 2 cups of water came shooting out #2 cyl. Glad I didn't horse it and bend a rod or crack the head or block. Found out later I've gotta change the trans oil as that acts like it's got some ice too. Not at all unusual up here in the land of ice and snow for this to happen. Just stinks when it's you on your knees in the snow trying to get 90W gear oil to drain in 7F weather. Come on SPRING!!! After that we got a couple loads of wood into the basement, did chores and called it a day. I wore my Mickey Mouse boots today and my feet were toasty warm all day. They also weighed about 10lbs each and my legs are letting me know it!
Jon, lot's of times I write something out, decide it could be taken wrong and just delete it. I think they call that "maturity". So, no man, you're okay.
Rally, I remember when you wrote about that incident. I was thinking heat and some dehydration. The old bod doesn't process stuff and bounce back like it did when we were kids. I know stuff like low potassium in hot weather will give me a lot of the same symptoms. Maybe I'm way off base, but minerals in your blood can do weird things.
On the VA, I'm glad to hear someone is happy with them. You don't hear that around here much. I had a retired Army guy trying to get me to go the VA and get signed up for something. Told him I had no service related issues but he said it didn't matter. I dunno, seems like there are plenty of other folks out there that really need it and don't need more bodies straining the system.
Freakin' cold weather! I just want to reiterate that I hate winter! We had a mess of heavy rain last week I think. Some of it managed to get down past the rain cap on my JD 420 crawler and into a cylinder. It's not the first time it's happened, but it's usually in summer. I hit the starter and nothing moved. "Hmmmmm!", sez I. I knew that sound. Pulled the plugs and the hood and got the big weed burner out. 45 minutes of carefully heating the block and trying not to set anything on fire paid off when I hit the starter and probably 2 cups of water came shooting out #2 cyl. Glad I didn't horse it and bend a rod or crack the head or block. Found out later I've gotta change the trans oil as that acts like it's got some ice too. Not at all unusual up here in the land of ice and snow for this to happen. Just stinks when it's you on your knees in the snow trying to get 90W gear oil to drain in 7F weather. Come on SPRING!!! After that we got a couple loads of wood into the basement, did chores and called it a day. I wore my Mickey Mouse boots today and my feet were toasty warm all day. They also weighed about 10lbs each and my legs are letting me know it!