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Chantry

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  1. Thumb, desktop, other people's foreheads...
  2. Amazon Prime also has a lot of documentaries on lots of subjects
  3. I've read those, very funny, which shows the sense of humor I have.
  4. 6.5 x 50 Japanese isn't particularity available or cheap to shoot and as far as I know was never chambered in rifle then the Japanese Type 38 service rifle. 6.5 Creedmoor will do most, if not all, of what the 6.5 x 55 does. Not trying to toot the horn of the 6.5 Creedmoor, but there seem to be a lot more options for that caliber when it comes to rifles, loaded ammo and components.
  5. I own a couple of 6.5x55, but haven't shot them in a while. I am a big fan of the 6.5X55 for accuracy, mild recoil and good ballistics. The 6.5 Creedmoor comes close to duplicating the 6.5x55 in a shorter (.308 length) action at slightly higher pressures.
  6. Eartha Kitt was a talented singer in the studio, but she is very much at her best live. Eartha was 81 when she sang this song with Jools Holland. Eartha spoke 4 or 6 languages and could sing in 11 languages.
  7. The bark is much worse than the bite. Between the weight of the gun, about 12 pounds and the slower recoil impulse of black powder, it more of a very firm shove. The concussion isn't like anything else I've encountered and the best place for the RO is directly behind the shooter. It's even more fun if you shoot the 10 from inside a building or enclosed space.
  8. Jimmie Vaughn, he doesn't play as fast or loud as his younger brother Stevie did, but I love the sounds he's getting out of his guitar.
  9. If intentional I would agree, but not if they made the decision in good faith based on what they knew at the time.
  10. 10 gauge shotguns are fun! 120 grs of 1F, 1 1/2 ounces of shot and if the posse seems sleepy, pull both triggers!!
  11. The Norden bomb sight worked great in trials and I agree it was a major technological advance. Of course it was being operated by well trained people who weren't being shot at. During war time, accuracy went down significantly due to young, rapidly trained men, flak bursts and enemy fighters. US daylight "precision" bombing wasn't a whole lot better then the British nighttime area bombing.
  12. Everything I've strongly suggests that the Romanian Army did not want to be there and were usually assigned secondary assignments because the Germans had no faith in their ability to handle a major attack.
  13. I got to fire a 25 round belt of training rounds through the MK-19 for familiarization purposes during MP School, that was fun. It was always a bad sign when the drill sergeants mostly stopped yelling and were almost polite. They were that way for live grenade training. The sandbagged pit, pockmarked wall and flak vests. I did not enjoy grenade training
  14. I was lucky enough to see John Lee Hooker live when he was touring in the early 1990's
  15. Better that then the majority of Connecticut drivers who merge onto the highway at 30 mph.
  16. One of the unwritten rules of combat: "Do not piss off a battleship"
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