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In May of 1861, 9 year old John Lincoln "Johnny" Clem ran away from his home in Newark, Ohio, to join the Union Army, but found the Army was not interested in signing on a 9 year old boy when the commander of the 3rd Ohio Regiment told him he "wasn't enlisting infants," and turned him down. Clem tried the 22nd Michigan Regiment next, and its commander told him the same. Determined, Clem tagged after the regiment, acted out the role of a drummer boy, and was allowed to remain. Though still not regularly enrolled, he performed camp duties and received a soldier's pay of $13 a month, a sum collected and donated by the regiment's officers.The next April, at Shiloh, Clem's drum was smashed by an artillery round and he became a minor news item as "Johnny Shiloh, The Smallest Drummer". A year later, at the Battle Of Chickamauga, he rode an artillery caisson to the front and wielded a musket trimmed to his size. In one of the Union retreats a Confederate officer ran after the cannon Clem rode with, and yelled, "Surrender you damned little Yankee!" Johnny shot him dead. This pluck won for Clem national attention and the name "Drummer Boy of Chickamauga."Clem stayed with the Army through the war, served as a courier, and was wounded twice. Between Shiloh and Chickamauga he was regularly enrolled in the service, began receiving his own pay, and was soon-after promoted to the rank of Sergeant. He was only 12 years old. After the Civil War he tried to enter West Point but was turned down because of his slim education. A personal appeal to President Ulysses S. Grant, his commanding general at Shiloh, won him a 2nd Lieutenant's appointment in the Regular Army on 18 December 1871, and in 1903 he attained the rank of Colonel and served as Assistant Quartermaster General. He retired from the Army as a Major General in 1916, having served an astounding 55 years. General Clem died in San Antonio, Texas on 13 May 1937, exactly 3 months shy of his 86th birthday, and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

A man buys a parrot, only to have it constantly insult him. He tries everything to make the parrot stop, but nothing works. Frustrated, the man puts the parrot in the freezer. After a few minutes the insults stop. The man thinks he may have liked the parrot, so he opens the freezer and takes the parrot out. The parrot is shivering. It stammers, " S-s-so sorry for being r-r-rude. Please f-f-forgive me!" Then, after a moment, the parrot softly asks, " W-w-what exactly d-d-did the turkey do?"

I ordered something from Brownells recently and needed it fast. Sooooooo, I paid a premium shipping rate to get it within 2 days. YES, it was a gun part. The shipper didn't deliver it for 4 days later, which ruined some of my plans for using the part. Anyhow, I contacted Brownells and explained the situation and told them I didn't expect any refund on my shipping charges BUT they needed to know that their shipper wasn't living up to their shipping time frames. Anyhow, Brownells, without any hesitation, refunded my FULL shipping charges. They didn't even keep enough to cover normal shipping cost. Thanks for great service...BROWNELLS. ..........Widder

Deciding that we didn’t feel like cooking Thanksgiving dinner for just the two of us, we took a drive over to the Southern Ute casino. Took the long way around to avoid the snow that was predicted near Durango. Got a deal on a room had Thanksgiving buffet and made a very nice profit on the one armed bandits. Win win sez I. Snowed a bit last night but it melted off before the drive home. And now to sort through the dozens of Black Friday You Can’t Turn This Deal Down e-mails.

Just buy the biggest baddest one you can afford. When (if) you finally get to understand all the features - it's time to upgrade to a new one.

HA! That's my Facebook post from 3 days ago. I've never had a post go viral before - it's up to 16,726 "likes" ("reactions" actually), 12,593 "shares", and 1658 "comments".

The worst coaching from the gallery and spotter I have ever seen was a few years ago. Starting with the rifle, the shooter put his rifle on table and took off running. Lever- Lever_ Lever. Shooter stopped and walked back to where the rifle was staged. Proudly held up his Lightening!!!! NO LEVER!!!! Looks on the helpers faces was priceless TO allowed reshoot for heckling and interference. No objections. GW

I distinctly remember yelling, at a monthly match, "SQUIB, SQUIB, SQUIB." Both the shooter and TO turned and looked at me. "Huh?" they said. It really was a squib. Another time at an annual, my first year shooting, I yelled "one more" (in the rifle). Both the TO and shooter thanked me. I don't care what type of match it was, I would do it again! Sometimes you must to refer to the RO III.

Hate you, -Just 'cause we don't agree on everydangthing, that's nutz. We will just have to agree, to dis-agree on this issue. I look at a squib call, as a safety thing. OLG

Squibs are safety issues. I tell shooters before the match that If I thinks it a squib, I'll yell put the gun down. If the barrel is clear after the stage is over, then they get a reshoot. I don't see it any differently if a spotter yells squib. I'd rather have the shooter put the gun down regardless of who made the squib call and reshoot if necessary. NNV

Hmm...goes shopping on Black Friday. Has to buy gun. Check! Unsafe to go shopping today.

Slower Older Smarter

Breakfast!

Yep..."little" describes the humor perfectly!

This gets a LIKE but needs an AWESOME.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-46316377 Mr Hoskins paid tribute to Flt Lt Gunn, who was 22 and had flown 32 operational missions when was shot down. He said the Scot, along with other pilots of the Photographic Reconnaissance Unit, faced huge odds on their missions from Scotland to Norway to find and photograph the Tirpitz. The pilots chances of survival were extremely low, flying in aircraft stripped of guns and armour to make them lighter and also to carry additional fuel. Mr Hoskins said: "The pilots' only defence was evade and escape using the speed and agility of the aircraft. "The Germans were likely to have detected Alastair Gunn tens of miles away across the North Sea," he said. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/‘great-escape’-pilot’s-rare-spitfire-discovered-intact-on-norwegian-mountain-76-years-after-being-shot-down-by-nazis/ar-BBPZqbw Between 1939 and 1945, more than 500 specially modified ultra-lightweight long-range Spitfires were built – mainly in Reading and Aldermaston, both in Berkshire. The planes were made for use by the RAF’s Photographic Reconnaissance Unit (PRU). © Provided by Independent Digital News & Media Limited They were sent on highly dangerous secret missions to photograph enemy ships, troop movements, manufacturing facilities, railways and dams. Unarmed, stripped of all their armour plating and armoured windscreens and without even a radio, they had extra fuel tanks – and had four times the range of a conventional Spitfire. On average, each PRU Spitfire had a life expectancy of just 14 weeks. Many were shot down over the North Sea in the first three years of the war – and have therefore never been located. Others, flying at great height (up to 42,600 feet) were shot down over France and Germany in 1944 and 1945. But, because they crashed from a substantial altitude, they were almost always entirely destroyed on impact. Spitfire AA810 was shot down by two Messerschmitt 109 fighters. An archaeological excavation of the plane has revealed it was hit by 200 machine gun bullets and 20 rounds of cannon fire. Before it hit the ground at around 20 degrees, its engine had stopped and its starboard side and nose and cockpit were both ablaze. Because of its shallow angle of impact – and because the ground, on the side of a mountain, was covered in deep soft fresh snow – the aircraft survived relatively intact. Gunn, who had facial and other burns, had succeeded in bailing out. Local Norwegian civilians found him and discussed with him the possibility of him escaping over the mountains to Sweden. But he did not know how to ski and it would have been a 110-mile long trek across very difficult terrain. Gunn therefore decided against the idea – and made the fateful decision to surrender to the Germans. He then walked down the mountainside to a local village where German troops found him. He was then flown to Oslo and then to Frankfurt, where he was interrogated by German military intelligence for four weeks. © Provided by Independent Digital News & Media Limited inside-the-vickers-assembly-hangar-at-raf-henley-on-thames-darren-pitcher.jpg Gunn was then sent to a POW camp, Stalag Luft 3 (in what is now Poland), where he participated in the Second World War’s most famous PoW breakout – the Great Escape (March 1944). So furious was Hitler over the escape attempt that he ordered that a majority of the escapees should be executed. Gunn was shot by Gestapo executioners in April 1944 – along with 49 other RAF fliers – including 11 Spitfire pilots. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/spitfire-norway-mountain-great-escape-pilot-found-second-world-war-nazi-raf-espionage-alastair-gunn-a8646841.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR0I-DAfzZkP5-Dq4zetU7Pkphxv6ciBiLujyUperp0tPFFYgh3aZLgKM0Q#Echobox=1542910491 The archaeological excavation of Spitfire AA810 has also shed fascinating new light on how the German army searched the crashed spy plane for intelligence information. They appear to have systematically removed all three F24 cameras and the negatives they contained – and also, in vain, combed the aircraft for documents and maps – items that PRU pilots never flew with. Spitfire fuselages under construction in Vincent’s garage (Darren Pitcher) The film stock Gunn and his PRU colleagues used on their secret espionage missions was produced by Kodak in Harrow, northwest London – but, in recent years, it has emerged that a Kodak factory in Switzerland appears to have been supplying the Germans with identical or similar stock.

The shoulder patch of the Polar Bear Expedion is a prized find for WWI militaria collectors.

This is kinda long and might bore you. I think it is cool. Boys and their toys.

That is not consistently the case. The rule states: "In the case of a suspected squib, the CRO/TO will instruct the shooter to make the firearm safe and continue with the next firearm. If the barrel is later determined to be clear, the shooter will receive a reshoot." The rule states nothing about who may make the call only what the TO does after the call. If I was wrong about the squib and the shooter did not get a reshoot, I would feel bad, but not as bad as if the shooter got hurt from a squib that I hesitated to call because I wasn't the TO.

Sorry Phantom, I think I'd rather yell squib if I thought I heard one. If I was wrong, the shooter would get a reshoot. I could live with that. If I didn't yell squib and there was one, someone could get hurt. I would have trouble dealing with my inaction. Regards, Allie

Uberti parts are much easier to get! I love my Uberti's!! Japanese or Italian? Your choice!

I love hot cocoa! In my coffee! With whisky! Minus the hot cocoa!

I had a buddy that took a police car home after they responded to his DUI wreck. The LEOs came to his house wanting their car back. It was in the garage, still running, lights flashing. He didnt remember a thing. Imis

OutlawJosie Wales with a Thompson...Oh My God I am in Heaven Imis

SASS has a lot of really good folks. Then there is T-Bone and Miss Ellie—THEY are great folks. If you have never been to “Comin At Cha”, you NEED to go! They put on a really, really good match!

We bought a smoker a couple of years ago but I didn't really get into smoking meats until this year. I tried smoking chicken wings a few months ago and they came out so well that I tried it again, which also went well. My wife suggested that I smoke our turkey this year. As luck would have it my boss is a turkey smoking expert. Using his advice, I made a perfect turkey and ham, to the point that everyone wants me to do it again for Christmas. Both were very moist. I injected both with Creole Butter, smoked them with fresh hickory from our woods, and had pineapple juice in the water tray.

Otherwise....

Yes, the Imperial fluid pint is bigger, but few Brits know that the Imperial fluid ounce is smaller, approximately 28.41 ml while the US fluid ounce is approximately 29.57 ml. Thus the Imperial fluid pint is 568.2 ml and the US fluid pint is 473.12 ml. The Imperial fluid pint is 6/5 (20%) larger than the US fluid pint and not 5/4 (25%) as first glance would suggest.

Rode in this Husky month ago. Man, they have power and I think we took off in around 100-125 feet. This plane came from Alaska and that is the grass field at our local airport where I live.

Bless them all.

Hot... Cocoa... M&Ms... "Made with real milk chocolate and white chocolate marshmallow flavored center, " As Fr. Vasili Vasilievich Vasiliov of The Onion Dome would say.. "Was there being marshmallow flavored white chocolate in 17th century Russia? NO!!! Is OUTRAGE!!!" I'm gonna have to give 'em a try.

Get your Sharpie, and put a mark on the lock ring and the die body for quick reference point. OLG

Suppressor on a ML An answer to a question-That no one has ever asked. OLG

They use "O" rings instead. The threads are machined fairly tight & the lock rings tend to stay in place if/when dies are moved. I use their turret presses & just buy a separate turret for each caliber.

I'll have to agree that the biggest pain when organising and putting on a big-er match is the awards. If you've never been involved in planning one, volunteer... Your eyes will be opened. Phantom

The expense of all the awards for a large match is incredible. Then, shooters want to change categories. Try planning all of the awards, you ever wonder why people get cranky at the awards ceremony. How about not having enough awards because someone decided to jump categories at the last moment. And, those awards must be shipped to the shooter. For those that have never run a match it's easy to say lets add more categories. After a match there are always awards left over and that (in my mind) is wasted money that could have been used to buy additional prizes for the shooters. All the additional categories are also a logistical nightmare. Yes, it's nice that we give out all the awards and make others feel good, just how many awards does one need. If it were let up to me, I'd go back to 2008. Look at those categories and just go with those and I'd do away with the "boutique" categories for those that know how choose a category wisely in order to win an award. Or, break the categories into major and minor.

I’ll yell “ONE MORE” or “TAKE IT WITH YOU” when appropriate.

Thanks to all who helped get them on the road Special thanks to Tbone for arranging car repairs and finding them a loaner to drive. They are rolling once again Ain't cowboys great to know when you really need a hand.

I don't know. Would you have to wear a Tom Mix hat and goat chaps, and shoot from the hip?

Of course, I couldn't help but to add this:

Moderators, please note that I am NOT involved in this discussion in any way...

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Coaching -if any- should comefrom the TO. Spotters are just that, spotters for misses, procedurals and safety issues. I have seen way too many shooters get confused by multiple voices coaching them.

I think the contest should emulate the original purpose of the pistol. Normally when either were brought into play it was at a very close range, perhaps 3 foot, and at a target that was man sized. I do agree that contestant should start their own time.

It's a highly restricted area but this fool just had to push his beliefs on this tribe that just want to left alone! Unbelievable how stupid and arrogant some people are!