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  1. The holding company for https://whiteriverenergetics.com/ is https://www.dmholding.com/news/

     

    It looks legitimate.  With the various small wars going on or possible in the near future there is going to be a bigger demand for the raw materials to make ammunition and a lot of lucrative government contracts for ammo around the world.  American reloaders are probably at the bottom of the list of customers .

     

    As an aside, I was at a gun show today (it sucked), but I saw Winchester small pistol primers for $80/thousand and he had maybe 10 boxes of the WSP on the table.

  2. Spyderco has some kitchen knives as well and I've been very happy with them, same with the Victorinox that I have. 

     

    The one J.A. Henckels International knife I have was made in China and isn't very good.

     

     

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  3. 8 minutes ago, ORNERY OAF said:

    Ok Pards and Pardettes,

     

    I need a good soure for 10g hulls. My Google fu is strong but everywhere I look is out of stock. I even called a couple of gun clubs that I know sell bags of shelf, no 10g....any leads? I would prefer to stay away from brass.

     

    Are you using them for smokeless or black powder?

     

    For plastic:  https://www.ballisticproducts.com/10-gauge-hulls/products/75/  and https://www.precisionreloading.com/cart.php#!c=13&ga=10 Gauge  both are currently appear out of stock and given the current shortages will probably remain that way.  I believe that the 10 gauge hulls are limited production runs.

     

    If you are going to use the 10 gauge with black powder on anything resembling a regular basis, then brass is a better choice.  In addition to http://www.rockymountaincartridge.com/ which uses 209 primers and 10 gauge wads there is also  http://www.trackofthewolf.com/  the hulls are similar to Magtech, take a large pistol primer and you'll need to use 9 gauge wads.  You can also find "antique"  brass 10 gauge hulls at gun shows or maybe ebay & auction sites that take large pistol primers which match the dimensions of the original primer used

     

    Plastic hulls last maybe 3 or 4 loadings before the plastic starts to melt.  Remington hulls are good, Federal hulls don't last and I haven't tried the Cheddite hulls

     

  4. 10 hours ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said:

    Didn’t say he wasn’t a talented and aggressive commander. I said he was often an ass. Those traits aren’t mutually exclusive. 
     

    His insubordination and undermining of Eisenhower was outrageous and almost brought about his court martial. Instead, he was sacked for a period of time, which cut him deeply. Gen Marshal said to Eisenhower “That’s how you deal with George Patton.”

     

    And let’s not forget Patton was the cavalry colonel who riding horseback and swinging his saber, slashed his way thru the “Bonus Army” on the Washington Mall in 1932. 

     

    The leaders who impressed me are lesser known, such Lt. Col (later General) Felix Sparks, commander of 3rd Battalion, 157th Regiment; and General Maurice Rose, Commander of 3rd Armored Division. These men are part of the reason Patton achieved fame. 

     

    His insubordination and undermining of Eisenhower was outrageous and almost brought about his court martial. Instead, he was sacked for a period of time, which cut him deeply. Gen Marshal said to Eisenhower “That’s how you deal with George Patton.”  If you are referring to the slapping incident, I don't condone what Patton did, but I understand why he did it.  "Combat Fatigue" or what we know call PTSD was not a recognized medical condition.  After visiting the hospital and seeing all the physically injured soldiers, seeing a private, who appeared uninjured and at best reluctant to go back to the front lines wasn't something Patton understood or would tolerate.  It wasn't until after the fact that the private was discovered to be suffering from malaria.

     

    And let’s not forget Patton was the cavalry colonel who riding horseback and swinging his saber, slashed his way thru the “Bonus Army” on the Washington Mall in 1932.    Patton was a major following the orders of President Hoover, who called out the military and  MacArthur the Army Chief of Staff, who had as his aide Eisenhower:  https://www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/bonus-army-attacked/

     

     

  5. 9 hours ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said:

    Based on a lot of reading about him.  I thought the movie was a caricature. 

     

    We've read different books then, because everything I've read leads me to think that during WWII there wasn't a better army commander in the attack than Patton and he was second only to General (later Field Marshal) William Slim as an army commander.

  6. On 3/2/2024 at 10:41 PM, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said:

    Patton was often a total ass. 

    Based on what?  The movie?   Because as much as I like the movie Patton, it emphasizes Patton's flaws and doesn't show his strengths or always tell things accurately.  General Omar Bradley, who despised Patton (and the feeling was apparently mutual), was the chief military advisor on the movie Patton.

  7. 2 hours ago, Texas Maverick said:

    I agree, my only complaint is that Taylor hasn't finished either of these 2 series like it was first mentioned before he now is pushing 2 new series out. He was supposed to show season 2 of 1883 where they were actually starting their homestead for I believe 4 of the families. Then he still needs to do season 2 of 1923 showing the man getting his wife back and getting to America to help save the ranch. Not sure if he will every finish them.

     

    TM

     

    There is a season planned for 1923.  The Actors strike and the Writers strike combined was about 10 months of nothing getting made AND they have to get most of the actors free at the same time to start production of  season 2.

     

    If wikipedia is correct, Paramount wanted more episodes, but Sheriden considered 1883 complete. 

     

    With the two most important (and most interesting) characters dying in 1883, I don't think the 3 remaining leads had  enough "star power" to carry another "season" or mini series.

     

    And making things even worse is he has other projects he is working on

     

     

     

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  8. 51 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said:

    Yeah, scary accurate.    From a moving platform usually at a moving target.

     

    Same for shore batteries....they weren't moving but the targets were.

     

    Even though the USS New Jersey didn't score an actual hit, it was probably the best shooting of any battleship in history.

     

    For actual hits, it can be considered a tie between the HMS Warspite and KMS Scharnhorst:  http://www.navweaps.com/index_tech/tech-006.php

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  9. 8 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said:

    I have not tried to verify this.

     

    I've read this story from a couple of sources (books) and I believe it happened.

     

    "Nowaki fled Truk on 17 February 1944 in the midst of the massive American air and surface attack known as Operation Hailstone and escaped pursuit by US Task Force 50.9 with minor splinter damage despite being straddled several times by 16 inch salvos from USS Iowa and USS New Jersey at extreme range."

     

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Nowaki_(1940)  The IJN Nowaki was just over 35 feet wide.

     

    I think most of us, including myself, don't fully get just how accurate the 16" guns were and just how good US fire control equipment was.

     

    IF I did the math correctly (please check it), a MOA at 35,000 yards is 350 (yards).   For purposes of discussion we'll define a straddle as missing by a maximum of the width of the ship, so 35 feet (11.66 yards) from the port or starboard side.    So the USS New Jersey was missing the IJN Nowaki by just 0.033 MOA (Yards)  [11.66 yards divided by 350 yards = 0.033]

     

     

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  10. I didn't want to hijack the Ba-Dump Tissssh - Memes thread further with the argument about "sailing" ships.

     

    Here are two different concepts of how "sails" can be used on modern ships, both of these concepts shouldn't require a significant increase in the crew.

     

     https://mikeshouts.com/oceanbird-cargo-vessel-by-wallenius-marine/

     

     

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotor_ship  There are a number of these ships in service and Airbus just ordered 6 ships to transport airplane wings to the US.

     

    With proper planning to take into account the longer delivery times, ships powered this way should be an economical replacement for some cargo ships.

     

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  11. 10 hours ago, PowderRiverCowboy said:



     It was good, I thought  Have seen Tim and Faith in a few and they really do pretty decent . but wont spoil it for you so will leave it at that .

    Usually a musician who tries to act in a real film or TV show isn't very good.  There are exceptions, Frank Sinatra was a very good actor and Dean Martin could be good in the right role.  Having not seen Tim or Faith act before, I was surprised at how good their acting was in 1883

  12.  I don't have Paramount Plus so I didn't get to see 1883 until I just recently got the 1883 DVD set.   I've watched the first 7 episodes and I am surprised at how good a Western it is.  I was surprised to see that Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are both good actors and Lamonica Garrett is very good.   Sam Elliott and Isabel May did an incredible job and this is the best work I've seen from Sam Elliott.

     

    If you haven't seen check it out.

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  13. I've read most of the books about Patton and I find entirely plausible that once the tank commander came up with a valid reason for his actions, Patton agreed and went back to what he had been doing before.

     

    As for going to war to push the Russians out of those parts of Europe they had occupied, I've read that the Russians were worn out and starting to have logistical issues.  I'm inclined to think the US would have been able to push the Russians out of Europe, but I question how much help the British, Canadians and the French would have been.  I've read that it would have been 1946 before the British would have been able to form another division and replacements were fewer and fewer.  I doubt the Canadians were  in a better position and that France was in no position to fight a longer war.

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  14. 16 hours ago, Lead Monger said:

    This happens at my club all the time. An adult is routinely allowed to use a 410 shotgun. The 410 will not reliably knock down the shotgun targets so the targets are brought closer to the firing line. Sometimes in line with the pistol targets at about 7 yards. Now everybody gets sprayed with birdshot. Move the shotgun targets to 10 yards or beyond and the backsplash is greatly reduced or eliminated. Again the 410 shooter is upset because some targets may not go down. Never a problem with 20 gauge or larger. 

     

    If the adult is allowed to use the .410 due to some physical impairment or because they can't afford another gun, then I can see allowing the .410 at the local level, although if it is due to cost other shooters should loan their shotgun and have the shooter supply the ammo.

     

    However the targets should not be moved in to accommodate the .410 and perhaps the shooter should not be allowed to shoot for score.  More details would be needed to determine if the club is correctly making allowances to let a shooter with obstacles shoot or if the shooter is unwilling to comply with basic SASS rules

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  15. I've had 2 Jack Russell Terrorists that were very protective and an angry JRT is surprisingly scary* with a tendency to go for the genitals on males, both dogs and people.  There is even YouTube video of a JRT chasing an adolescent elephant in India

     

    I've spent 30+ years around dogs including 8+ years volunteering at shelter that takes in a lot of pit bulls and a few Rottweilers.  I've found few dogs of any breed with a more menacing growl than a JRT.  It's hard to put into words and I expect most of you don't believe me, but that growl conveys an absolute certainty on the JRT's part of a willingness to fight and expecting to win.

     

     

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