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Abilene Slim SASS 81783
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1 hour ago, Alpo said:
"Nobody kills Charles Bronson"?
I seem to remember him getting killed in the Magnificent Seven.
He also died in "The White Buffalo" (1977)
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Weather guessers got it right this time. They said 8-13” for our area and we have 10+ as the storm winds down. Haven’t had a snow dump like this in 10 years or so. Grid has held up for us, but not everyone in the metro area is as fortunate.
Gonna get a good workout with the snow thrower and shovel Monday!
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Ice is accumulating here in KC area. Roads are treacherous already, but no snow yet. That’s supposed to start in the morning. We don’t have anywhere to go and are in good shape. Hope the power grid holds up. We have a generator, but it’s super heavy and hard to move from the shed.
Sounds like I’m complaining but I’m not. We’ve been down this road before, so it’s mostly an inconvenience.
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6 hours ago, watab kid said:
both saipan and tinian had the same size airfields , they were handling the exact same aircraft , only thing i can think is saipan is a tourist destination so tinian might be better suited to an isolated military base
Makes sense.
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9 hours ago, watab kid said:
thats interesting , we already have 'possession' of saipan , wonder why we dont reclaim that airfield ,
The airfields were bigger and better suited for modern needs.
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20 hours ago, watab kid said:
there are a good number of airfields we built across the globe that now look like that , the hardstand on saipan that was my fathers overseas place of employment is all overgrown these days
The US is beginning to refurbish Tinian for use in case things get hot with China.
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Weather guessers are going nuts here in KC area, gonna be snowmageddon. Usually it ends up being ice and an inch of snow. Great entertainment value on the local news channels.
Just the same, I fired up the snow thrower today in case I’m wrong. 😊
Regardless, I’d rather have a big dump of snow than ice.-
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A number of years ago I got a personal tour of the Lake City ammo plant near Kansas City. Got to see the entire operation of making 5.56 ammo where a friend was managing that program. Fascinating.
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I can’t offer anything but sympathy and empathy for your situation. Went thru a very similar situation with my father in law’s death decades ago.
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When the USS Missouri was retired after the Gulf War, it was costing $1M per day to operate. The other more important issue was the lack of skilled personnel and facilities to maintain the aging machinery. By then, those folks were elderly or dead. After the Iowa turret explosion in the 80’s, the physical capability to repair it didn’t exist anymore, even if they had the personnel.
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2 hours ago, "Big Boston" said:
I've done a fair bit of research, and I've tested a wee bit. However, the results were not as expected. Like most loading or reloading issues, the devil is in the details. But basically, I was at that point where I didn't know what to ask, so the post. I will be incorporating a few of techniques that have been posted.
Black Powder is an alternate discipline, it brings crud and corrosion to the table that have to be dealt with. Back in the day nickel plating guns was a common thing, mostly to fight the effects of neglecting your firearm.
I have a single shot 12 gauge that I'm using for testing my BP loads. The plan is to buy a SxS external hammer shotgun at some point to enrich the experience.
Scooping powder with a LEE dipper is getting a bit thin, I'm looking into converting one of my Lyman 55s to dispense BP for shotgun. I'm trying to source aluminum and/or brass for the hopper and drop tubes.
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Thx for the clarification. I have some thoughts to add, plus a photo or two, but am short on time today. Probably gonna be tonight or tomorrow. Welcome to the dark side!
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9 hours ago, "Big Boston" said:
I need a bit more insight into this BP shotshell thing, as it stands now, I can't get too excited about the whole adventure.
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Do you have a question? What insight do you seek?
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The first click must have seated the primer…
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23 hours ago, Dapper Dave said:
See, yesterday on our mini vacay the wife and I dropped through Prescott from Jerome, ( I HATE driving that road!!)
First time I made that drive was in the dark around 10:00 pm from Flagstaff to Prescott. Talk about treacherous! Since then it’s been in daylight, but is still a bit of a heads up experience.
Cool sign. Did you get it Jerome or Prescott?
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When the A-10 was first conceived, the Army wanted it to add to its helicopter fleet for CAS. The Air Force saw that as an encroachment on their territory, (because it was an airplane) and demanded it be under their control. Since then, they’ve treated it as a bastard stepchild and have tried for decades to eliminate the platform in order to use the funds for other bling and toys.
They came within a gnat’s whisker of doing so, but Desert Storm came along just before that happened. Having nothing in the inventory that came close to its capabilities, it was used to great success, much to the chagrin of AF brass.
And here we are almost 35 years later with nothing in the works to replace it, despite much success. Like the B-52, it’s a workhorse, but its mission lacks the dazzle of high-tech projects like The F-35 and whatever comes after.
Screw the grunts on the ground, says the AF.
Other than that, I have no opinion. Rant mode off.
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7 hours ago, Trailrider #896 said:
Later/now we have AC-130's with even more firepower, including a 105mm howitzer (which was supposed to be removed, but that was vetoed!). And there is also the A-10, which packs a pretty nasty 30mm gatling gun...which the "fighter mafia" still wants to get rid of!
One of my favorite videos is of the late Senator John McCain grilling AF brass on canceling the A-10 and how they proposed to replace a very effective and cost-effective CAS platform. One of the generals said the B-1 could fill in. McCain ripped him a new one…
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53 minutes ago, Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 said:
BB Gun!
Dogs can shoot BB guns?
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41 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:
Depends on where you are. I can't understand people from Scotland, some Englishmen, Aussies, and folks from the Ozarks, Appalachians, NYC, and Los Angeles now.
Despite a “common” language, some people need subtitles. 😁
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6 hours ago, Widder, SASS #59054 said:
No doubt, one of the best action scenes ever. And his look is priceless.
ole Hans......trying to fly like a reindeer....... again!
..........Widder
I read somewhere that they deliberately dropped him a couple of seconds early to surprise him. That look is genuine.
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9:05 pm, CST, 9/1824: Hans Gruber just fell from the Nakatomi Tower. Again. 😁
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5 hours ago, Griff said:
Fixed that for ya.
This ↑↑↑
THIS ↑↑↑ That difference between the Schofields and 1860 Armies is the result of the difference in weight of the projectile. .454 RBs are about 144 grains, The fouling is one of the reasons I've stuck with Colt SAA when I shoot FC... the design of the bushing helps push fouling that escapes at the cylinder gap away from the gun. I've never had to clean a Colt SAA when shooting BP during the course of a six stage match. I also use Goex "Cartridge"... but, don't bother trying to find any. The likelihood is that the last 10 lbs in existence is in my powder storage!
Are you referring to the Schofield revolver vs Colt revolver? What you say is true, but I think the OP and thread are about the .45 Schofield cartridge and alternatives for reducing its recoil & fouling.
Or did I miss a secondary topic buried in the responses? Wouldn’t be the first time I’ve done that. 😊
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how did the Navy launch an aircraft as large as a C-47 from an Essex class aircraft carrier?
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My dad used them a couple of times on the Douglas A3D.