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4 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:
I like gmail. My. Complaint is that I frequently get “you have. Used 99% of your storage…” and they want me to buy more. I purge my mail and never get it below 90%. There is no way to find the piggies.
If you use Outlook from Microsoft and have it connect to your g-mail account you can view your e-mails and include information such as from, to, size, date sent, priority, attachments, etc. You can then sort on the e-mails by size and see which one have bulky attachments or are just big, and decide whether to keep or delete. You can save older e-mails off line to a folder on your computer, with attachments, and can reload them to your e-mail tool if needed.
If you g into g-mail on the web there will be sub categories such as promotions and the like that g-mail flags for you and you can delete them off the web based tool.
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Proton is free and secure.
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I've several boxes of the .22 Uppercut put aside, it shot well in my Colt King Cobra Target .22 and my Browning 1911-22.
I've also got boxes of Federal Punch, and CCI Velocitors.
Several of the ladies who shoot in our Ladies only classes find that the .22 is about all that they can handle w/r/t operating
the slide and tolerating recoil. They're seniors or older, and frankly don't want to invest in or try to master a .32 or bigger.
They're happy putting 10 rounds in a 4" circle in seconds, and reloading with 10 more in a few more seconds.
Is it a .45 man stopper? No, not according to the gun magazines. Will it stop a threat? Most likely!
Are they feeling empowered and more safe than without it? Hell yeah! Can I envision a day where arthritis and
hand pain might limit me to using this type of ammo and gun? I can read the writing on the wall - it may well happen. I hope not,
I think I can stick with operating a Colt SAA in .45 for a long while, but I'll keep it in reserve just in case.
It's not a panacea, not a cure for all ills, but for those who need it, it might just make the difference.
Keep 'em coming!
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When we're teaching rifle shooting to new shooters we use the finger tip method to demonstrate how to
press the trigger, hold the trigger back, and then allow the trigger forward to reset. It makes for a very
easy visual aide.
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REI has a pretty good intro to e-bike choices.
https://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/how-to-choose-an-ebike.html
There are many web sites dedicated to telling you all you can stand to know, and more.
My next bike will probably be a trike like the old fashioned market bikes.
I met a guy who lives about 60 miles away who had just peddled into town on his trike with two batteries.
He gets almost 100 miles range on total charge, and carries all his camping gear and food to go on
a road trip for a few days. Sounds like a pleasant way to travel.
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I have just converted my regular bicycle to an e-bike by adding a center mounted motor.
I chose the Bafang 750 Watt motor and 48V battery. The battery typically is almost half
the total cost.
This gives me the most legal power for US street use (1 HP) and a maximum speed of about
20 mph. Mine is a petal torque assist, meaning it senses torque on the petals and boosts
power as needed. There are other power assist schemes, so you need to make your own call
based on personal preference and riding style. It also has a thumb throttle if I want to boost
it more.
So far I like it, and for some of the really rude hills we have in our area it makes it possible
to ride from the house to town and back while staying on the paved trails rather than having
to go out on the road. I haven't done an endurance test but it seems like I should be able to
get 25-35 miles per charge, and with the battery off or dead it pedals like it always did.
My wife has been a reluctant bicyclist until now due to some of these hills, but she wants
one on her bike too, so it has that added benefit.
By doing an add on my total cost including professional installation was about $1000. If you
have a bike you really like it might make more sense to modify it, and the motor can always
be removed and re-hosted on a different bike in the future.
My conversion, chain guard has since been added and battery goes on the luggage rack;
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My wife and I just created a whole new Fb account for her garden activities, with new e-mail and other info to make sure there was no crossover between accounts. No Drivers License reqm't.
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First season was good - but second season was just another shoot'em up, with several unbelievable scenes to stretch your credulity.
I hope they return to the style of the first season, otherwise it's not worth sitting through.
YMMV,
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Somewhat surprised to see the amount of emotion on this topic.
You get a passport so that you can enter a foreign country and then return to your own. Traditionally this was
enforced as a rule of law, and it may well be again in some (hopefully soon) future.
If you know that you will never travel overseas then that's fine - you never will need one.
If you can travel then so much the better. One thing I learned in my travels is how damn
good we have it in this country, and how important it is to preserve that. Some of us learned
that courtesy of Uncle Sam, some of us learned it from other opportunities.
Just walk through a grocery store or other commercial outlet in a foreign country and compare
prices and selection. Boy howdy we really are a rich nation.
Travel doesn't require wealth, just choices. $800 r/t from west coast to London, $30 per day in a
hostel, food costs what you spend at home anyway, so if you wanted to do it on a budget you
could do it.
Here in the US we do a lousy job of teaching our history and civic lessons anymore, not like
it was 50 years ago. When you go to Europe and other lands, often you can walk amongst the ruins
of history, and see and learn from it.
Having done that many times, and acquiring a taste for history, I'm now excited to be going back
to the east coast in a few years, and re-visiting the Revolutionary War sites, and the founding of
this glorious nation.
Travel broadens the mind, and it's fun.
YMMV
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Have had one for decades, and have used it every few years.
Planning to use it again in 2025 for a few months.
Love traveling to Spain, UK, France, Germany and soon Italy.
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I've owned new and old model Vaquero's, ASM clones, and Colts. Prefer the Colts.
Yes, you can load .45 Colt to near .44 magnum power, but if that's what you want
get a .44 magnum, and don't risk blowing up a perfectly good gun by accident.
Don't ask me how I know this.
I started with a 4 3/4 barrel, and added a 7 1/2 barrel, which I really prefer.
I use an Alfonso's of Hollywood holster (Paladin Rig) with cross draw.
A full house .45 Colt round will let you know you just shot it.
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3 hours ago, Rip Snorter said:
Many acronyms are venerable and from military / police usage. Many, many more, some hard to decipher, grown in the fertile fields of the internet.
Acronyms go back well into the previous century, with use in military, police, hospital and industrial applications.
We used to have to include multiple pages of TLA (Three Letter Acronyms) at the end, along with the index, for DoD publications in the
70's and 80's, and it was a well established requirement decades before.
My medical friends love to use GORK for God Only Really Knows, and many of us use SNAFU and FUBAR quite a lot some 60+ years ago.
It's like modern emoji's - they think they invented something - the Egyptians used them four thousand years ago.
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17 hours ago, Garrison Joe, SASS #60708 said:
If you want to be most successful hunting with the .45 Colt cartridge, you need a load that is just about factory level of performance. This is a PISTOL cartridge, after all. I find that when I would get ready for deer hunting, 10 or 20 shots at various ranges with the hunt ammo before the trip would remind me of the trajectory and ensure sights were still on.
While the philosophy of “practice with what you’ll use for real” will work well for self defense when someone else is buying the ammo, it is hard to afford when you have to provide your own. I would still run two different loads. Premium for meat, and cheap and easy to shoot for plinking.
But if you can do premium for both, go for it. Just don't take a .45 Colt plinking load out in the game field - you will shorten the success range from maybe 150 yards to more like 25 or 50 yards, due to lack of lethality.
Just one load with a cast bullet? Hard to beat a 250 grain slug over 8.2 to 8.5 grains of Unique - something that has been shot successfully for at least 100 years now. You might find hunting success with that to about 100 yards.
good luck, GJ
Agree with everything here. A 255 gr Keith type semiwadcutter over 8.0 or a bit more Unique works nice in my Colt's and Rossi rifle.
Adequate for whitetail out to maybe 75 yards, but around here the bush is so thick we rarely get out to 75!
I'd suggest running up a load in 0.1 increments starting around 7.8 and going up to near max (per your loading manuals) and watch
the accuracy in the handgun - the rifle will probably gobble them all up anyway.
HTH,
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The scenario: AR15. Three shots. Pickup truck downrange. Into left outer bedwall, out of left inner bedwall, into right inner bedwall.
So there you got it. Nine holes in the bed.
I can think of several fixes, ranging from bondoing the holes to cutting out a chunk of holey panel and TIGging in new metal, to an entire new bed.
How would you fix it?
I'd cast a magic spell to heal the holes . . .
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Facebook is a mixed blessing.
It's been good for me as it allows me to contact family and some real friends that are scattered to the four winds.
It's been bad because the world is full of keyboard Commando's and Meme-warriors who just say things that they'd never have the courage or
lack of wits to do in person.
It's been fascinating as it has allowed me to separate some wheat from chaff, especially in this last election cycle.
All things considered I think I'll probably eliminate it from my life, or do a significant paring down of who and what, in the near term future.
My wife has a simpler approach, she has a few family and friends, very few - and dozens of antiques, pretty pictures cats, and all kinds of girly stuff whizzing by.
Politics are deleted at light speed, and most other controversial issues as well.
I lack the self control to do that so I'll probably just nuke the whole thing soon . . . .
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I talked to Ed Janus of Peacemaker Specialists today and ordered a couple of parts for one of my Colt SAA's, nice guy very informative and the parts are going out today!
If any of you COLT guys need parts he has 'em for 1st 2nd and 3rd Gens, he offers a wide variety of gunsmithing services also. Great music while you scroll the website!
www.peacemakerspecialists.com
He's done two of my Colt's and the third will be going to him in a few weeks.
A great gentleman, and the only one who I will send my Colts to.
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Polaris is shutting down production of Victory motorcycles. I don't own one but I came close. The Victory Gunner was on my short list of bikes when I was buying my new bike last year. I ended up buying a Vulcan 900 Classic LT. Maybe people like me are the reason it's going under but I was and am happy with my purchase.
Polaris will help dealers sell remaining stock and supply parts for 10 years but the brand is going away.
It's not so much that they're going away, but rather being dropped for the more profitable and
better selling Indian line of bikes, which are made by the same company.
I like the looks of the Indian bikes better myself.
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FYI
A suppresser for 556 don't work to well
Get one for 308 and use on 556. Get 45 that you can add adapter for a 9mm
Theses are better investment
Through several folks I've had access to a few already, and will try more before I buy.
Thanks for the input.
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Thoughts on this actually going through. I was going to buy a suppressor, but I am leaning to wait, hoping it might pass. Seems like the waiting period went from a few months to 6 or so.
Wait or get the paper work started... what do you think?
Current wait time is upwards of 9 months, and the fees are at least $200 over cost of can.
I'm waiting - I'd like one for my .22's, and perhaps a 5.56 and 9mm can each in the future -
I am willing to wait now that we have a more benign administration in place.
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This morning I tried to look up my supplier and his web site is down.
Now I am wondering if something went astray and he is no longer in
the bizness. I sure hope not. Anybody had any adverse news about
poly coated lead bullets in hand guns?
Hey Badger -
I've been using the Poly coated bullets from Missouri Bullets, since the indoor range I also frequent
will allow them, when they will NOT allow exposed lead otherwise.
They give me the same velocity and accuracy as the plain lead ones, but are much cleaner in the gun!
I've got the better part of 1000 uncoated lead that I'm ready to part with cheaply, or trade, as I intend to
shoot nothing but these for p[ractice and competition. I also like not touching the lead when I reload.
If you want to see and try some in .45 (250 LRNFP) let me know - I can give you some to fiddle with!
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http://missouribullet.com/details.php?prodId=246&category=20&secondary=14&keywords=
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Tired of trying to make photo bucket work. Some times is does and often it does not. So, what other
options are out there that you have had good luck with. Thanks
I use this outfit - easy to upload to , and easy to use their links.
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Do you think you could quit?
in SASS Wire Saloon
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For some folks you do what you do because you love it. Making more money sometimes empowers you
to make decisions different from what you'd do if you didn't have money. Sometimes it allows you to do even more,
such as going from acting to directing. Or supporting organizations that you believe in, even if their outside your skill set.
For some it becomes a matter of keeping score. A lot of business men in high power high paying roles don't
care how much they have, but rather how they can one-up their peers - it's keeping score. You can only have so
many mansions, yachts, fancy cars and spendy bottles of hootch, then it's just comparing who has the bigger stash.
Your measure of merit isn't what you do for the company anymore, but rather what people will pay you to do that.
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