Badlands Bob #61228
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South Carolina has come a long way in recent years. Just a few years ago, they wouldn't recognize Georgia's carry permit because Georgia didn't have a testing/training program requirement. Georgia would only recognize another state's carry permit if they recognized Georgia's. South Carolina finally came around several years back. Somebody influential must have gotten in a bind is my guess.
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I've got a basement. Over the years, it's turned into a really nice basement.
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2 hours ago, Yul Lose said:
With a family of 5 shooting, prepping for even a monthly match is no small endeavor and state and above matches really become monumental endeavors, look at these numbers for the Tennessee State match:
2 gun carts, one heavily overloaded
2,000 rounds 38/32
2 cases shotgun shells
20 guns, 10 Rugers, 5 Uberti 1873’s, 5 SKB SxS’s
17 loading blocks5 gunbelt and holster rigs
Clothes and cold weather gear for 5
lube and tools for guns
And don’t forget the dog
And on top of all that, he gets everything and everybody packed into a Camaro. The Burt Gang are good people. It's been a pleasure watching the kids grow up over the years. Each one of them seems to get faster every year, except for Capt. BB, of course. He's always been fast.
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1 hour ago, Gracos Kid said:
As I am the now retired Special Agent of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation who was directly involved in the Georgia portion of this case, I believe I can clarify any questions you may have about this incident. I am the person who transported the dead bear to the GBI Crime Lab at the request of Ga. Dept. of Natural Resources in order to determine not only the cause of death, but to also learn more about the age, general health and other factors for game management in the National Forest. Lab personnel were not pleased as the bear, even though in a body bag, permeated the facility with a decomposing stench. It was verified that the bear bit into one of the kilos of uncut cocaine, consuming only 6 grams before succumbing to the fatal dose. Thornton had pushed out a number of parachutes ( 7 that were recovered totalling 810 pounds ) that were connected to three duffel bags filled with 102 kilos all along a route from just south of Atlanta northward to the Tennessee and North Carolina line. Law Enforcement did not recover a large portion of the drugs as hunters and other private citizens stumbled onto the scenes in the wilderness area of North Georgia. There was no other product at the site of the dead bear, only the trash of the ripped open duffel bag. It had rained and light snow on the scene before Law Enforcement was notified of the find, so it is unkown who acquired the kilos from that site. Thornton was ripping off the group that had him pilot the plane, and he only wanted the duffel bag on his back as he parachuted from the plane. Unfortunately for him, as he jumped from the plane, he suffered a head injury, causing him to fail to pull his main chute, only pulling the reserve chute when he was so close to the ground that it did not fully open and he planted his feet about 6 inches into the gravel driveway in Knoxville. The plane, unoccupied and on auto pilot, crashed into a mountaintop due to lack of altitude with no one on the ground injured. I was contacted last year by the producers of the movie "Cocaine Bear", wanting to interview me for the movie. I refused, as I found the plot of that movie grossly pathetic, and I wanted no part of such idiocy.
How long did it take ya'll to put all the pieces together? I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall at that case conference.
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I guess that's better than they found you lacking moral character and going to raise your mortgage payment $100. They probably would word it differently.
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Hiring incompetence may be cheap now, but sooner or later, you're going to pay.
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I ordered stuff that was shipped by UPS. I'll be expecting delivery and checking their website. Then I will see that it says it was delivered. But, I don't have it and I've been home all day waiting for it. I'm thinking those idiots have lost my package or delivered it to the wrong house. Turns out they often drop off small packages at the local post office for the final leg of the journey. The mail lady delivers it the next day.
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I got a $50 Mastercard debit card from T-Mobile for signing up for their 5G Home Internet. I tried to use it at Midway USA and several other online shooting websites. It wouldn't work. After considerable frustration, I went to T-Mobile's website and pulled up my account and paid the $50 on my bill. I guess they couldn't refuse to accept their own worthless Mastercard debit card.
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I found that I really dislike the Dillon powder check system with it's constant chirping. I have replaced it with the RCBS Lockout die on my pistol dies. Much quieter and makes sure I don't have a double charge or no charge. It only works on straight wall cartridges so I still have to use the Dillon powder check chirper on the bottle neck rifle rounds like .223.
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GM has had Onstar for many years. It is capable of shutting the car off in case of theft.
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I shot a Stoeger SxS for about 7 years. It was all slicked up and I thought it worked pretty good. Then someone loaned me a Fast Eddie SKB. DO NOT borrow a Fast Eddie SKB if you want to keep shooting cheap shotguns. It'll never be the same.
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I've had the TST-507 tire pressure monitor system on my camper for the past 7 years. It works great as long as you understand it's weaknesses. The flat watch type batteries need changing at least every other year. They recommend putting metal valve stems in the wheels because the centrificle force on the standard rubber valve stems could lead to premature failure. The sensors are just screwed on to the valve stem and the air is sealed with a rubber o ring inside the sensor. It takes a special anti-theft wrench. The more you take them on and off, the more often you may experience a slow leak. Don't cross thread them. It's easy to do. You can also create a leak at the wheel/valve stem if you tighten or loosen the sensor without supporting the valve stem.
You often hear horror stories about Chinese tires blowing up and causing all kinds of damage. I suspect what is happening is a slow, undetected leak leads to over heating and then sudden failure. You won't feel a trailer tire going flat like you will on you passenger vehicle. You'll only get notified of the flat tire during disintegration as it whips around and beats your trailer to death. The best trailer tires made won't survive being driven at highway speeds with no air pressure.
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I like the Marlins that leave them in a nice pile on the table.
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You could probably get a little more for it if you cleaned, sorted by caliber, brass vs. nickel, and sold it by 250-500-1000 round lots.
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They probably have some AT&T guy working on it.
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Those Vikings were sailing all over the place and looting/trading stuff back then. It probably has an interesting story to tell if it could only talk.
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I remember Flint McCloud. He made the trip cross country to shoot Ambush in Alabama around 2010. He was Wire buddies with Cherokee Charlie, Bama Red and several others that have passed on. Lost track of him over the years. RIP old friend.
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7 minutes ago, Tennessee River said:
BB, are you camping for the SC State Match, The Bushwhack? I know some who already have reserved at Toney Creek, including me.
SC is the only match we are commuting to. We can't camp on the range and there's nothing much near the range. It's about 1 1/2 hour drive from the house so Kajun and I just drive. In years past, we stayed at a COE campground on Lake Hartwell but that's still a 45 minute drive to the range. We decided that wasn't close enough to be convenient and was more trouble than it was worth.
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We travel with an RV to a good number of large matches a year. I think we have 10 planned this year. We normally try to pick the matches where we can stay on the range. Shooting two or three matches back to back and staying out on the road is a lot of fun but then I have to go home and fix stuff and reload ammo. The logistics of shooting every weekend out on the road for a year could get really complicated. Our travel season usually starts in March with the Florida match and ends in June at the Tennessee match. Then it picks back up in September and October.
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This is exactly what happens when the pandemic lockdown lasts too long.
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I'll be there from Georgia. Looking forward to it.
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Already signed up for:
Alabama State
Florida State
Georgia State
South Carolina State
Tennessee State
Mississippi State
Kentucky State
It's good to be retired.
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I spent 35 years in Law Enforcement handling everything imaginable. Half my career was in Criminal Investigations so I got called to all kinds of crap. I'm retired now and I'm kinda worried that it doesn't bother me more than it does. I saw a lot of officers fail to make it to retirement, for one reason or another. I lost a few friends along the way too.
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Be careful with your cookies too. That camping bunch will clean you out.
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Activist Group Wants to Ban Gun Sales in Jackson, Mississippi
in TEAM SASS
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Sounds to me like they need to focus on electing a new Sheriff, District Attorney and a couple new judges. Prosecute and remove these criminals from their communities. Do that and then come back with further suggestions. Until then, they have work to do.