Pat Riot
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Scary movie humor
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Influencer
Such a stupid word, but it’s appropriate for those that do it and those that listen. Not the word “influencer”, the word “stupid”.
I got the gist right away. “Beef Milk”
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I used to be a dyed in the will 1911 guy. I wouldn’t even look at a Glock or any other pistol, for that matter. I learned to use and carried 1911s in the Navy.
When I moved to NC in ‘05 I was invited to an IDPA match. My daughter had my last 1911, a Colt 1991A1, in California. I had revolvers, but the guy that invited me let me use one of his Glock 17s. To be polite to my new friend I accepted.
For me the Glock pointed naturally and I was hitting my targets dead center all day long. By the end of the match I was planning on buying one.
A week later I owned a Glock 34.
When I went back to CA for the final final move to NC I did and experiment.
I cleaned the 1911 and the Glock to do a test. I went to a range and fired .45 in the Colt and 9mm in the Glock using range ammo.
At 100 rounds I would field strip and lube then reassemble with no cleaning. At 262 rounds the 1911 jammed. I cleared the jam and continued firing. It stovepiped again at 267 rounds and jammed at each round after. Test over for the Colt.
I had 500 rounds through the Glock with no malfunctions. I field stripped then lubed the gun and left the range. A couple days later I returned and fired another 465 rounds and got my first malfunction. A stovepipe at round 965. I continued firing then at 980 the Glock was done. The slide wouldn’t go into battery as it was too gunned up.
I cleaned both guns and gave the Colt to my daughter. I haven’t owned a 1911 since.
i don’t dislike them. I just don’t want one.
I have owned Glocks and 1 clone since. I built a Polymer 80 using Brownells components in 2020 in Califilornia just to be a scofflaw. It wasn’t illegal…yet.
That Glone, as I call it has only had a couple of malfunctions during break in. It’s been 100% for over 500 rounds. I won’t carry it as it has no serial number. It’s a range toy.
I’ll buy a Ruger RXM. I have seen comments in other forums where people have fired 1000 rounds with no defects or malfunctions. Not sure go they cleaned and lubed during those range outings.My preferred weapon for defense is a revolver, unless I think I need more capacity. The RXM will probably become my primary carry. It’s more compact than my full sized Glocks.
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3 hours ago, Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L said:
Picked this up from Costco.com.
I’ll have to check that out. Thanks.
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11 minutes ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:
Same here. I look at all the so-called "new" guns and have only one thing to say: ho hum!
Yes, boring. Boringly reliable & boringly accurate.
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2 hours ago, Creeker, SASS #43022 said:
Not even close.
Wrong grip angle and a trigger made out of sponge cake.
Best thing about Glocks is that their magazines are cheap - so I can stock up and use them in this.
https://www.stealtharms.net/p/platypus
Interesting pistol. Someone found a way to make the 1911 better…finally.
I guess you didn’t notice the
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Love me some popcorn.
Have you tried Popcorn Indiana Black & White drizzled popcorn? It drizzled with dark chocolate and white fudge. It’s really good if you want something sweet.
The best microwave popcorn is still Orville Redenbachers ( just know I am misspelling that name)
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1 hour ago, Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 said:
A GLOCK . by any other name , is still a GLOCK
Perfection!
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16 minutes ago, watab kid said:
never
Exactly!
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A heck of a lot scarier and more painful and physically detrimental than the jellyfish I got up close and personal with in the Chesapeake Bay.
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I finally got to handle a Ruger RXM today at a gun show. I pretty much like everything except the slide release could be a tad longer. I definitely want one now.
I also like the gray grip frame.
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I heard a story at Hughes about a spy satellite guidance system that they could test in the lab. They were making it hover and someone bumped the wrong button and the thing flew up, hit the ceiling then crashed onto a lab bench basically destroying it. The entire staff was sent home on suspension pending investigation.
It dawned on someone in management that if their design couldn’t handle a fall from 9’ to 3’ perhaps it wasn’t robust enough to be launched via rocket into space.
The staff was brought back and the project went back to the drawing boards.-
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When do states rights trump the Constitution?
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Is there concrete evidence that he is dead?
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1 hour ago, Alpo said:
It's sort of like rating the way some girl looks, and she's Oriental.
You tell her that she's a 10 and she's going to get severely pissed. Because in the Orient the best is number one. So on a scale of 1 to 10 the gorgeous girl is a 1, not a 10.
I think you’re thinking of Vietnamese folks and no one calls them “Oriental” any more. If you say “Oriental” around Asians when discussing a person they will probably tell you “Does he/she look like a rug or a vase to you?”
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10 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said:
I recall one story of a guy visiting a facility that was building satellites. He saw a guy testing one by smacking it hard with a 3 pound hammer.
Must have been one of the lesser aerospace companies. At Hughes we had calibrated million dollar equipment that did the same thing…
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Well, we will see.
Personally, I don’t like AR-15s.
I like AR-10s, Garands, M1As.
Pistol Caliber Carbines are another favorite.
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9 minutes ago, Sedalia Dave said:
That's my thinking on the correct course of action. Any bad actor could infiltrate the wackos that call themselves Greenpeace.
I'm wondering if the XO got relieved for failing to follow SOP when it came to the defense of his boat. His order to secure all firearms was a courts martial offense in my book.
Probably. We had an idiot Commander who made numerous major mistakes yet somehow made it to Commander. We’ll call him “Cdr E” Anyway, once when we were in homeport (Norfolk) we had an intruder aboard.
It turned out to be an NIS (Naval Investigative Service - Precursor to NCIS) test. They would come aboard and ask to see someone, like; the Chaplain, the Head of Combat Sytems, the ship’s postal clerk, whoever. At the same time the ship’s quarterdeck phone would blow up with calls and deliveries would arrive - all set up by NIS.Anyway, while everyone was busy the “intruder” would vanish from the quarterdeck and go somewhere in the ship and plant a fake bomb or check classified cabinets to see if any are unlocked or if documents are left out…any number of things.
Once the ruse is detected, if it’s detected, the OOD (Officer of the Deck) calls for a security alert. The Petty Officer of the Watch calls out a code word over the 1MC that tells ship’s security forces to get armed and go in search of the intruder.
One day when Cdr E was the Command Duty Officer (duty officer in charge of the ship) we had an intruder alert. Cdr E himself came to the armory as weapons were being issued out and had the force stand down. His excuse was he didn’t want to unnecessarily over react. (WHAT A MAROON!)The intruder successfully accessed the bridge and planted a fake bomb then went to the Captains cabin (our captain wasn’t aboard) and he then called the quarterdeck to tell the Messenger that he had taken the captain hostage and had a list of demands.
Bad Day for Cdr E. This was just one of Cdr E’s major mistakes. He was eventually cut loose.
Rumor had it that he was politically connected and always came out ahead. Rumor also had it that he was sent to a base in Greenland after he was kicked off the ship.-
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On a much smaller scale we used to vibe test all “Flight” hardware (electronics) before certifying it as “Flight Hardware” years ago when I worked in aerospace. Most of the projects I worked on were for the Air Force and for “Star Wars”.
Electronics and their enclosures went through a bunch of environmental testing that simulated launching and outer space conditions before certification.
I have gotten to watch entire satellites go through vibe testing and temperature cycling.
Interesting stuff.
I also watched the careers fade of some who “got a little too big for their britches”, as my grandma used to say, when their projects failed miserably under vibe test because they overlooked something or took shortcuts.
Ever see a million dollars worth of electronic circuit boards fall apart under space flight conditions? Fascinating and disheartening.-
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Ah, I see they had “military intelligence” back then as well.
Thank you.
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That was hilarious!
If you’ve ever been stung by jellyfish you’d definitely think twice about getting in the water with them.
There are tons of Jellyfish all around the Norfolk and Virginia Beach area.
My Captain would have given us the order to shoot and we would have.-
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3 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said:
Only people I ever saw that opened steel beer cans with their teeth.
So they’d be up for drinks then!
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I just had a racist thought
in SASS Wire Saloon
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They’re Yankees…No! Damn Yankees! ‘Cause they’re staying.
Or so I heard here in the Saloon.