irish ike, SASS #43615
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Whats really sad is a hobbyist builds a 1/4 scale fighter jet, B-17 etc. They may have $20K in the thing. It goes up and suddenly something fails and it comes down....horribly.
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I shoot Frontiersman. I can shoot my rifle that fast!
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I'll bet the rule book was 1/2 as thick as it is now!
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Ahhh. the Aesop fable of the Ant and the grasshopper. When primers were hard to get I had bought 5,000 each time I went to the gun show before the shortage. Being a blackpowder shooter I bought 50 lbs of mixed 2F and 3F. And then bought more.
I quit shooting do to health. I can't ship the stuff but I have been selling it to the local shooters for $20/lb. Same with primers. DOesn't do ya'll any good but.....when it comes back buy, buy, buy.
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longest vs. further?
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6 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:
They’re going around the moon, longest trip ever. Maybe read the article ?
I read the article. My point is were the Apollo missions lucky in that the moon was closer?
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He did this same thing once before right after he and his wife separated. He's a sports celebrity. Nothing will happen to him.
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"sending humans the farthest they've ever been from our home planet" Huh? The other Moon missions were closer?
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On 3/26/2026 at 11:18 AM, Subdeacon Joe said:
Why do people who hate baseball have a compulsive need to constantly belittle it any time there's a thread about it? Feelings of inadequacy?
OH I see, someone with an alternative thought about a sporting event is inadequate!.. Nothing like an understanding group pf people who support the 1st amendment and alternative thoughts. Thank you for your person bias. And again baseball. A big yawn fest.
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So.......any economists on here that can explain why if we get 0 oil from Iran. And most of Irans oil goes to China gets 90%. why does it drive the world prices up????????
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When Elon bought Twitter he laid off 80% of the staff. Around 6,500 workers. Funny thing is the site kept functioning as well as it did pre-firings???????? Almost sounds like it was staffed like any Federal Department!
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Theres a young man on YouTube who makes a good living digging old outhouse pits for bottles. He'll research old town maps to locate houses. And or wlak around, with permission, old hoses built back when out houses were a thing. Usually see a depression in the ground. For some reason people i guess burned what they could and tossed bottles, whiskey, medicine, food etc into the pit.
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I have 8 hats. Hats depend on season and outfit I'm wearing.
Straw, felt cowboy versions, Kelpi, Elmer Fudd plaid hunters hat with ear flaps, top hat.
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17 hours ago, PowderRiverCowboy said:
paying 300 for a straw is well insane and there was never a X rating on straw
The Sunbody straw hats, that most wear, are only $100. Splash a little water in them and they become evaporative coolers in the summer. Mucho shade also.
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Baseball. Is this the sporting event where 2 guys play catch and if a 3rd guy, opposition, hits the ball 25% of the time he's a superstar?
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Fun fact, concentrated orange juice is a result of reducing shipping costs. I did a bunch of design work for orange juice processing factories. Once the juice is extracted from the orange it could be shipped as is. But they are paying to ship water which makes up most of the juice. So they process it through dehydrators to remove the water and create concentrate. That is pumped into barrels for shipping but.... If it isn't frozen within a certain time it starts to ferment, alcohol. So I also designed large freezers, 20,000 sf. that were at -15 degrees. Walk in from 100 degree weather into -15 and your body thinks your trying to end it.
The peels are shipped to the local dairy farms for feed. The extracted water was pumped into the storm drain system.
The concentrate has water added back into it to create juice at its final sales point.
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Lots of posts. so....I'll offer this I started SASS with a 66. As I got faster cycling the lever I had 2 instances where the round went off before the bolt was locked. There is no lever safety set up so the gun let me drop the hammer before it was in battery. Bent the lever and a big owwwww on my fingers each time. Went to a 73 and no more issues.
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As I expanded my taste in whiskeys and bourbons I realized that Jack Daniels is the Budweiser of Bourbons.
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2 hours ago, July Smith said:
I'd also like to see a rule change to allow 87 and 97 shooters to load/stoke the gun with 4+ shells on the clock. Not looking for a time advantage, just want to be able to shoot the gun how it was supposed to be shot, not as a glorified single shot.
Then you just eliminated all the shooters that shoot SXS in the same category. Loading 4 in a 87/97 would be a definite time advantage.
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2 hours ago, Burn Through said:
I am going to ask my T governor his opinion then see if he will ask for a change
Frontier Cartridge is supposed to be guns and ammo, powder as in BP, that were used prior to the arrival of modern guns. Like 97's. You can try to get your TG to change it. But it won't happen.
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I found over the years that most long range matches aren't long range. The various ranges I shot at were from 100 to 200 yards. As has been posted call and verify. Some are shot offhand and some allow prone, sitting, and shooting sticks.
One of the 'I'll never go back there again shoots', The targets were set at the distances the locals shot year round. No sighters or day before practice. "The targets are at about X, XX, and XXX". Guess who won all the long range awards.........
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I used to do a lot of Architectural Projects at March AfB, Riverside , CA. They had one on static display. With a stairs and platform so you can see into the cockpit. A very small plane/spaceship it is.
Also got to walk around, not close, an SR-71 and B-52. A B-52 taking off is an earth shaking experience.
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I load BP shotgun shells. Loading on a MEC Jt. loader. I'm lazy so Winchester once fired AA for free, Winchester 209 primer, 45 GR. of 2f GOEX, Claybuster plastic wad, 1 1/8 OZ of 7 1/2 shot, Crimp and close on the last 2 stations. I can get 2 or 3 uses out of the hulls before they become to hard or burned thru.
Spritz the barrels with windex, non-ammonia, Let set. Use brush and a large patch. Push thru and no more plastic.
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"used" is the key here. Some , like myself, are getting out of the game. Used leather, used guns, a pair of jeans, a long sleeve shirt, and some sort of boot. My opinion but cowboy boots are the worst for walking around in for 4 or5 hours.
Or for $500 you can get a PS5. Sit on your couch, wearing whatever, drink beer, and play any type of game you want in an air conditioned room. And no gas is needed. Thats where young folk are today.
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Get Your Prostate Checked! Mine Tried to Kill Me!
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As we all get older the chance of getting prostate cancer increases. Men 70 or older account for 43% of all U.S. prostate cancer cases. I had the lets go often deal. Did the PSA test and I was at 8? lets watch it. Doc. did digital exam and he felt something. As the doc explained the digital exam only allows one side of the Prostate to be examined. PSA first and then Biopsies. Anyway I learned there are 5 types of cancer in prostates. Each one worse than the next. I had the 4th worst yay! Radiation every day for 9 weeks. They do it in small doses over longer time to reduce impact on your system. I was put on hormone therapy. Basically turning your man stuff off and making you a woman? Was supposed to do that for 2 years but. It has some weird side effects. Muscle atrophy. I could hardly walk after 15 months.stopped that. All clear now for 4 years PSA is .001. Prostate cancer is very curable but, if not found and dealt with it can release cancer cells which your lymph nodes pick up. And then stuff gets real serious. Get a PSA test.