Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967
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Dropped into Bass Pro last Sunday ~ "Black Friday Weekend" deals abounded!
(Me in the reflection
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Ya gotta love a good sale!
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A very respectful presentation; moreso as the three gentlemen are Jewish.
Well done!
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Yup. Thassit.
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Hans-Ulrich Rudel, Germany's most decorated pilot* in WWII, lost a leg during the war. He kept flying.
A hard-core Nazi, the man was not a nice guy; but his biography, "Stuka Pilot," is a good read.
*Rudel was credited with the destruction of 519 tanks, one battlesip, one cruiser, 70 landing craft and 150 artillery emplacements. He claimed nine aerial victories and the destruction of more than 800 vehicles. He flew 2,530 ground-attack missions exclusively on the Eastern Front, usually flying the Junkers Ju87 "Stuka" dive bomber.
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51 minutes ago, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said:
I was thinking that he had worked out how they stole that other election ...... <blush>
That was my first thought... followed immediately by "Naw; this is Joe. Gotta have somethin' to do with sailing ships!"
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2 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:
He jumps without a parachute from a plane at over 18,000 feet and...
On March 24, 1944, Flight Sergeant Nicholas Stephen Alkemade jumped from a burning Lancaster bomber without a parachute, figuring it was better than being burned alive.
To his surprise, he survived the 18,000-foot fall, cushioned by pine trees and a deep snow bank, suffering only a sprained ankle.
He was captured and interrogated by the Gestapo, who suspected him of making up the story to cover up his spying.
However, their investigation convinced them that he was telling the truth, and before sending him to a prison camp they gave him an official document certifying his claim:
"Because no one will believe you after the war."
I remember reading about him in a Reader's Digest story when I was in high school or junior high. As I recall, they were convinced when they found the remains of his parachute in the plane's wreckage.
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1 hour ago, Horace Patootie, SASS #35798 said:
Speaking of plated guns, a couple of days ago I was at our local Cabela's and on the used gun rack was a 1866-74 French Gras rifle that had been plated.
Horace
I gots a Gras ~ picture is my son holding it.
A college buddy gave it to me fifty some years ago. Story was that some relation of his had brought it back as a souvenir from WW I. It passed down until he got it; he had no interest - but I did.
Long booger with the bayonet on it!
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35 minutes ago, Pat Riot said:
.270 Winchester. Reason? I just like the round.
LOL... I would consider it... but I awreddy gots one - Ruger No. 1.
Been pondering it, and one caliber that caught my eye is the 9.3X57. Basically an 8X57 expanded to 9.3mm. 🙂
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Seriously pondering taking this on as a project ~ easy enough to remove the nickel, a bit of judicious welding could build up the bridge and replace the bolt-stop ears - an alternative worth exploring would be a Ruger 77 bolt stop. And as far as the weird "ball bearing" goes, I prefer Model 70 style bolt handles anyway. Here's a "Yugo" Mauser I sporterized a bunch of years ago:
Bell & Carlson stock, Beuhler safety, mounts and rings, Timney trigger, ancient Weaver K4-w scope. Metal work done by the late John McCrae of Vallejo; barreled action and Beuhler accessories were Parkerized my my old pard Hank.
That said, I does likes me a good Mauser ~ having one with "Spandau" stamped on it might be kinda cool!
Hm. If I did this... what caliber...?
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Well, I have been given an intereting "artifact" - a 1916 Spandau Gewehr 98 action. Actually a basket case, but what the heck - it's interesting. And could be the basis for a long-term project.
Anyway, someone has done some really cruel things to the critter. First off, at some point, it was nickel plated. But prior to that, the bridge was ground down, as if to make clearance for a receiver sight perhaps? Then, the bolt stop was removed and the "ears" ground off. But the oddest of all, the bolt handle was cut off and a replaced with the strangest thing I've ever seen: a stub with a captured steel "ball bearing" (last picture). This sphere is evidently secured with a horizontal pin that allows it to spin vertically in it's "cage."
Any ideas wotinell this might be about??
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Almost absurd and totally cool!
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1 hour ago, Cypress Sun said:
I'm sure a couple of them kids got pretty clawed up.
'Bout the only thing that compete with a turkey flogging is a good goose flogging....
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Mebbe a little OT, but for Hank's granddaughter Charlotte's recent birthday party, Sassparilla Kid "spatchcocked" a young pig and cooked 'im up in his OMC ("Oversized Mobile Cooker")
Da Pig
Last Year's Pig
(Sassparilla, birthday girl Charlotte, yours truly)
The Kid and his Cooker
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They look as close to being the same as any two separate pictures of ME....
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"Oh, the Humanity...!!"
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1 hour ago, Lawdog Dago Dom said:
You always knew the DJ had to get a bite or use the bathroom when this song or American Pie came on the air.
And if you needed time for both lunch AND a bathroom break....
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4 hours ago, Cheyenne Ranger, 48747L said:3 hours ago, Cypress Sun said:
Hmm, where's Daffy?
And Wile E.'s just sitting there with everyone else - no evidence of his having had any turkey.... he's being framed!
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1 hour ago, Matthew Duncan said:
I heard a Jeep driver say Bronco owners drink Bud Lite. Obscene or true? 🫣
Only the latest (sixth) generation Bronco owners....
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Delivering a history lesson to a mob of Cub Scouts, "Civil War Revisited," Kearney Park, Fresno - a bunch of years ago. The lads were captivated!
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Engineers....
in SASS Wire Saloon
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Engineers seem to have a somewhat odd collective sense of humor. Admittedly, even! Ms Helen Brimstone is – or was – one her ownself, and hangs out with a bunch of ‘em. Anyway, she was inspired by her early days being spent in the company of engineering types: during the war, her dad was a machinist for Douglas Aircraft, and her mom, Alice, was Donald Douglas’s secretary and personal assistant. And Helen grew up around aviation and engineering types; she knew the Douglas family, later worked for another Douglas company, and even Hughes Aercraft.
Often, when she’s with her buddies, they speak in a strange language. For instance, Helen jokingly describing a request from the parts room:
"Gimme a bolt with sufficient modulus of rupture to counteract the tension and shear developed in the front spar joint when the plane passes through a 30 ft/second gust at an indicated speed of 400 knots.
"And I need it NOW!"
Yup… when she gets together with her buddies I wander off before I start to feel terminally stupid.