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Abilene Slim SASS 81783
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On a lighter note George talks of his being a pilot instructor in this clip. A lot of Hollywood celebrities served in WWII, including Dan Rowan of “Laugh In” fame, who was a P-40 pilot with 2 aerial victories. Eddie Arnold of “Green Acres” fame piloted a landing craft in the Pacific. Saved a number of Marine lives by putting his craft between enemy fire and them. God bless those who served and now serve.
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Maximum performance? WTH?
We’re shooting steel plates 5-10 yards away, not buffalo on the plains at 1,000 yards.
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1 hour ago, J-BAR #18287 said:
We are using "What's App" to communicate with our granddaughter in Tasmania. Free, similar to regular texting on iPhone, messages encrypted. Check it out. I don't use Facebook either.
I use WhatsApp to keep touch with my son living on island Majorca, Spain. It has a great telephone feature that is so far, free.
Also no FB here.
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Whatever, the sound didn’t play well with my TV and sound set-up. The announcers were crystal clear, but anything from the public address system like officials, was significantly diminished.
No matter, turned it off before the half. A pretty uncompetitive Superbowl.
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23 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:
I doubt that that’s a house in Russia.
And I doubt it’s a real photo.
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I had the opportunity to visit the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, AZ in 2019. What can seen in the visible spectrum without computerized imagery is staggering. I got to see a collapsing star thousands of light years away and the planet Saturn.
It’s humbling.
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When I first quickly scrolled down the thread listings, I read this one as, “Why Do I See Animal Crackers?” 🤔
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That’s a really high “pucker factor” event. Bet they had to extract the pilot’s seat from his behind on landing…
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My US Navy dad could do marvelous things with rope, like creating loops with seamless splices, all from memory.
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19 hours ago, Rooster Ron Wayne said:
Premium ?
I do pay 13.99 a month for a membership on YouTube.
I don't have to watch advertising.
My wife and I cut cable a few years ago.
We got Amazon Prime and a Amazon fire stick .
We watch free TV.
We watch YouTube or Westerns on Pluto TV.
With a membership on YouTube you don't have to watch advertising so we watch a lot of YouTube.
Just about anything you want to watch is on YouTube.
It's definitely worth the 13.99 a month IMHO .
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Same here. I watch a lot of YouTube videos. The commercials became so intrusive that I pay to be rid of them.
Unlike broadcast TV, the programs aren’t designed for commercial interruptions. On YouTube, they cut somebody off mid-sentence. For example, an 18 minute Jay Leno’s Garage episode will be interrupted 3-4 times at random intervals.
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Call Pioneer Gun Works. Good people who will walk you through your timing issue.
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10 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:
Puxatawney Phil saw his shadow so 6 more weeks of winter! 🥶
Was Andie McDowell there…? 😊
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6 hours ago, irish ike, SASS #43615 said:
The desk man at the Continental has been dead for 2 years! AI/CGI. I predict it will flop like the Ghostbusters with an all woman cast.
Or they had already filmed the scene before he died. These movies are put together like Legos, where scenes are all shot at the same time for sequels. Saves a lot of money.
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Hmmm, down but not out hot chick, flamethrower, martial arts choreography, comic book semi and automatic guns, and explosions galore. Yup, seen this one already.
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I find the concept of optics on a shotgun amusing.
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9 hours ago, El Sobrante Kid said:
Assuming the LOP is around 14 inches, about how much are you cutting off? Are you cutting the stock at the factory angle, or are you changing the angle like CC did (about minus 2 to 4 degrees iirc)? Thx
I don’t know. It’s a Cap gun, so it’s whatever he would have done.
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2 hours ago, slow poke gear said:
I like to cut my stocks down a little short so you can hit the bottom of the throw with authority.
That was part of Coyote Cap’s action job.
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The launch had been delayed previously due to cold temps. When that happened, I remember Dan Rather saying in reference to NASA missing its schedule, “Another black eye for NASA…”
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It’s just you. 😄
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“It’s a trap!” 😁
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4 hours ago, Kid Rich said:
That lever moves forward very easily, you should not have any problem running it in conjunction with a short stroked 73.
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It does. It’s that the lever throw is much longer than a rifle and it’s easy to stop or slow down before it reaches full travel. You gotta slam it all the way to the stop.
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8 hours ago, Cpt Dan Blodgett, SASS #75655 said:
Picked mine up today. Fit and finish seems ok, have not disassembled and looked for machining marks in the receiver. Did a dry function check loading a shell in magazine then loading a fiocci translucent hull in the chamber. Racking lever the fiocci hull ejected just fine. With my IAC fiocci translucent do not want to eject while other brand hulls will. Leading me to the conclusion that the fiocci translucent hull is just a tiny bit longer than standard. I will attempt sporting clays on Thursday of this week and render a range report. Hopefully I have some fiocci translucent factory loads to test.
It ain’t no toggle link rifle - especially a short stroke modified version. As such, it’s hard to remember you gotta run that lever hard and slam it forward all the time. Some hulls eject easier than others.
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I’ve handled a few some friends have acquired. I’m underwhelmed as they’re unpleasant to shoot and (to me) their provenance isn’t worth the price. I love my 1990s govt series 80 Colt.
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Mars Landing In San Francisco Bay
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They’re extraordinarily expensive to keep airworthy under normal circumstances. These last two (Hawaii and Philippine Mars) have reached their life limits and would require millions to refurbish. Sort of like making the Queen Mary seaworthy again.