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I don't see anything new here. A Stinger with 40% less FPS? Is that what "optimized for 2-4" barrels is supposed to mean? https://www.cci-ammunition.com/rimfire/cci/stinger/6-50.html https://www.cci-ammunition.com/rimfire/cci/velocitor_hp/6-47.html

They all do.

At Bass Pro I have found that the seasonal, [what I call] "large print" shirts like this one are here today-gone tomorrow. If you find one you really like you better get two, because you'll never see it there again. ETA: And you won't find it online either. And what's online you probably won't find in the store. Pretty much applies to most clothing & shoes.

Two cups of coffee w/sugar in the morning. Water. That's all that's in the house. On the off chance that have something else when out it'll be half-n-half iced tea or Pepsi.

Sure you're not thinking about Coogan's Bluff ?

Depends. "Balls for a golfer" for example. Some golfers don't care, but some golfers are pretty particular about whose balls the whack around. Unless I played regular with the guy I would not go there. If the guy is a shooter (plinks or practices a lot) a case or brick of whatever should be fine. Like golf balls, I would not buy hunting ammo for anyone. I have loaded hunting ammo for a lot of friends and relatives. Some had specific requests and some don't know the difference between Federal Premium and Remington Core-Lokt or Hornady Superperformance and Winchester white box. I guess what I'm trying to say is, when it comes to purpose-specific ammo, you really need to know the recipient.

Shoot it. They'll fill in.

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Had this conversation with a cousin just last week. Not only is it not "fair" to the dog, it's borderline cruelty.

My own Duchess.

This doesn't pass the smell test.

Not at all. The "top shooters" are going to come out on top no matter what you throw at them. From monthly to EoT = from one extreme to the other. At monthly matches, unless the props can stay on the range permanently you'll not often see a lot of them because it's a lot of work putting them out and bringing them in. At EoT you have to move 700 shooters through 12 stages in 3 days, so you can't write in stage complexity or "fun" that will cause a huge variation in stage times which will cause log jams in getting shooters through. State or club annual matches are the middle ground. There you'll see more of the type of thing you're talking about... shooting through laundry and kicking down doors. Stage time an moving shooters thru is certainly still a consideration, but there's a bit more room for variation.

Stainless Damascus... https://agrussell.com/knife/KAI-Shun-Classic-Three-and-a-half-inch-Paring-Knife--KE-DM0700 Kramer is another. It's crazy how long SD holds an edge. But... This for sharpening... https://www.worksharptools.com/shop/benchtop/powered/knife-tool-sharpener-mk2/ ... because you're not going to sharpen stainless Damascus on any type of "stone".

When I saw the pic in Yul's thread I immediately wondered how much guff you were going to get for that. We have one on this end of the country that wears bibbed overhauls only, legs rolled up and barefoot. AFAIK nobody's ever grumbled about his git-up.

Way back when I would occasionally shoot Jurrasic Cowboy that's what I had/shot. Solid gun. I had Surly Dave (I think that's the right alias) give it his treatment because out-of-the-box it's as stiff as they come.

This^... in the Blue Ridge of SW Virginia. Never drank from the creek/river, but drank from springs all the time. Sometimes you'd make a small depression so the water from the spring would pool up and you could dip it out after it was running clear again. Sometimes someone had been there before you and done the same... and there would be a dipper hanging nearby. A backwoods public water fountain as it were. Lots of households then/there still didn't have running water. They carried water to the house from a spring. If the spring was too far up the hill it was piped to a cistern closer to the house (probably thru iron pipe). I have not lived where there was "city water" in over 30 years. Can't stand the smell of it much less the taste. I won't even rinse with it after brushing my teeth.

Not twins, but... Around here giving ALL your kids similar names seems like the thing to do. Just coworkers kids, you have Jody, Judy & Johnny; Eric & Evan; Dylan & Dalton.

A co-worker has identical twin sons. He says when they get in an argument and it resorts to name-calling one will tell the other he's ugly.

Measures... https://www.shipcamouflage.com/measures.htm

Where do the guns & gear go?

This. The pard had a 5 lb. coffee can of .38s and if they had powder was "questionable". After a match one day a few of us strapped on our hoglegs and practiced until they were gone..

As sales shifted from over-the-counter to the internet, states were losing a ton of sales tax revenue. The federal gov't was kicking around the idea of an "internet sales tax". Just imagine how that would have turned out. So, in this case, the states did us a favor with their "mutual agreement". Prior to all that Amazon, having nexus in darn near every state in the union, was collecting sales tax anyway.

Looks about the same. https://rossiusa.com/rifles/lever-action-rifles

Why the large lever loop? Copying the Ruglins?

That tinfoil lined, cardboard can of Unique is from the 1980s. The price tag on it says $12.99 (the Bullseye beside it says $15.99 so it's probably not as old). And that's gun store price, not big box. Of course back then big boxes didn't have powder. I've heard that Unique has been "cleaned up", but back then that was some nasty stuff. Bullseye too. So I switched to HS-6/7 and never looked back. Some years later I discovered Red Dot and I haven't bought another pistol powder since.