DocWard
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The first album I remember getting as a gift as a kid was by Fess Parker
The first albums I remember buying with my own money I bought at the same time.
I believe the second two may reside in my youngest daughter's collection somehow...
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On 5/8/2025 at 2:37 AM, watab kid said:
im not sure if white christmas would count as a musical
One of the best, in my book.
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24 minutes ago, Buckshot Bear said:
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Maybe put his trigger finger... You know, like, ON the trigger?
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I've been busy and away, and just saw this thread. I'm glad you made it through surgery and are hopefully on the mend. Take time for yourself, and as others have said, the Saloon will be here. You'll probably need to turn down all the offers for drinks when all is said and done.
I will keep you in my thoughts and meditations.
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Since I sang in choir and did the show ensemble thing back in high school, and choir in college, I suppose it is natural that I have some affinity for musicals. Singing in the Rain, An American in Paris and others come immediately to mind. Fred Astaire gave us unmatched grace, Gene Kelly gave us grace with athleticism. Besides, without musicals, we wouldn't have some great music, and AB and I would've had to pick another song for our wedding. Someone to Watch Over Me comes from the musical, Oh, Kay!
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Okay, I have to ask, if it is made by Hi-Point, how much will they weigh? 😆
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I just know my old Jeep Grand Wagoneer was titled as a station wagon.
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Defying all logic, a vehicle has been found parked in the hangar of the USS Yorktown, which was famously sunk in the Pacific by a Japanese submarine during World War II. The baffling discovery was made Saturday when NOAA Ocean Exploration sent a remotely operated camera inside the massive wreck, about 1,000 miles northwest of Honolulu. Yorktown was an 809-foot-long aircraft carrier, known to host about 2,200 personnel, 90 aircraft ... and apparently, one car. “It’s a car. That’s a car,” one surprised researcher was heard saying when tires sporting shiny hubcaps came into view. “That is a full car.” “Why is there a car on this boat?” another is heard asking. The vehicle was found upright near the carrier’s elevator 3, and immediately had historians scrambling for explanations.
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8 hours ago, Trailrider #896 said:
Yes, but had problems in the ETO at high altitude due to not having heat in the cockpit! Also, when you got into a dive from higher altitudes, some pilots experience "compressibility" problems that rendered the controls immovable!
Sometimes the pilots couldn't pull out. P-38 did much better in the Pacific, where temps were warmer. Long range (once Lindberg showed them how to lean out the mixtures) enabled the -38's to get Yamamoto!
Later variants had heat. The P-38 was one of the first aircraft fast enough to experience compressibility, and it was a little understood phenomenon at first. Many assumed it was the odd design to be the problem, not the physics involved. In later models, dive flaps rendered it less of a problem.
6 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said:The P-38 wasn't a fighter bomber....just a spectacular fighter.
The P-38 was a fighter; fighter-bomber with a 4000 pound bomb load; ground support aircraft with 4, .50 machine guns and one 20mm cannon centrally mounted, coupled with rockets; high altitude, long range photo reconnaissance aircraft ; and night fighter. There are reasons it's my favorite aircraft.-
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13 hours ago, Pat Riot said:
Do you have to be a Ham to be a Weather Spotter?
It's relatively easy to become a Ham, and these days you can go as easy or as deep as you want. For weather spotting, all you really need is your Technician's license and a hand held radio capable of hitting local repeaters. They can be relatively inexpensive. If you want to do a slightly deeper dive, the General license isn't that much harder, just more information. If you test and pass your Tech, most places will offer the General test for no additional cost. Same for Extra. I've known people to get all three on one day.
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13 hours ago, Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 said:
Took the class myself. The National Weather Service actively recruits ham radio operators. We have commo that is redundant enough to function in a grid down situation.
It was one of those smack self in forehead, why didn't I think of that moments, when the NWS presenter said "People ask why we recruit weather spotters, don't you have radar? Yes we have radar" -- he looked around -- "but radar looks at clouds, and people don't live in clouds. We need YOUR boots on the ground reports, because YOU are where people live, and we need to know what's happening at that level!"
Besides ... it's interesting!!
Took the class last year. Was going to go again this year but too many conflicts. I've been through a couple of weather net activations now, and it can be interesting. I will admit sleeping through one because I never heard the phone alert and thunder doesn't tend to wake me.
On our club net this past Monday we were talking about emergency power, who has it, who doesn't. I was on shore power but just purchased a LiFePO4 (Lithium Iron Phosphate) battery. Shut everything down, hooked up to the battery and was back on in about two minutes, with no loss of clarity to the repeater.-
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With grip tape:
New rear sight:
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So, I pulled the stock off. No evidence that wood was the issue. In fact, not much at all to be noticed. I cleaned it, paying particular attention to the area the pins go, and snugged everything down. When I grip the foregrip like I am trying to open it, it remains tight and both triggers appear to work. Hold it tight, same thing. I'll look at the ammo later. I had a busy day.
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3 hours ago, Cypress Sun said:
About 7 or 8 years ago, I noticed that some folks were having problems with light strikes on Winchester AA's. It only happened on S x S's. Primer depth on the factory shells varied considerably. On some shells, the primer was recessed so far down that they wouldn't even fire out of my 97. These were people who had never had trouble with light strikes previously.
Also, Winchester ammo made during the plague seemed to have quite a few manufacturing defects.
Not saying that there isn't a problem with your shotgun, just saying to eliminate the possiblility of ammo problems before tearing the shotgun apart and "fixing" something that doesn't need fixing.
I have some other ammunition I can take to try. High brass, but worth it to eliminate that as an issue. I will also look at the ammo that I had the light strikes on to see if there is a noticeable difference in depth.
It probably won't hurt to give it a good cleaning though.-
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1 hour ago, Cypress Sun said:
Happened on both sides, at different times?
Might want to look at the ammo also.
1 hour ago, The Original Lumpy Gritz said:Agree, try factory ammo.
I was using Winchester factory ammo. There were noticeably light primer strikes, compared to the ones that fired.
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3 hours ago, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said:
Actually Doc, I was directing that more toward Linn Keller's post. I'd like to see what he did. But I always like to see a good wood rifle stock too. The first pics you posted looked good.
Thanks! And thanks for clarifying.
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33 minutes ago, John Kloehr said:
Are you sure the gun is closing tightly, and also not slightly opening when fired? This will result in light strikes. Something to be aware of in case the above great suggestions do not solve the problem.
It seemed to be but I will double check this evening.
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12 hours ago, Sedalia Dave said:
Make sure the nuts holding the firing pins in are tight.
38 minutes ago, The Original Lumpy Gritz said:Deep clean the action and make sure the firing pin nuts are tight.
By "nuts" are you referring to the firing pin collars that screw into the breech face? I don't think I can go any tighter without risking damage, to the gun, the wrench, and / or myself.
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1 hour ago, Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 said:
Plastic buttplate? ... I'm mentally considering the graceful curve on what used to be my smooth stamped steel buttplate ... somewhere betweeen my ears, Jimmy Durante's voice is declaring, "What a re-vol-tin' development!"
Excellent use of that grip tape, your solution is effective, simple, and elegant!
I still think that's an absolutely gorgeous refinish job!
I was somewhat surprised myself when the original broke. I think the tape works well. It is actually grippy enough that it is going to take a little getting used to. Almost like coarse sandpaper.
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12 minutes ago, Yul Lose said:
Welcome back and nice job on the stock. What did you use for the finish on the stock?
After stripping it with citrus based stripper, I used a steam iron and cotton cloth to get as much stain as possible out, before sanding with 280 grit sandpaper. I then used Minwax wood conditioner before I refinished with Minwax "Gunstock" stain. I then put seven or eight (I lost count) coats of Tru-Oil on it. The first couple of coats I tried buffing with 0000 steel wool, but didn't like the results, so turned to wet sanding with 600 grit sandpaper. I know I have some 400 somewhere, but I couldn't find it and the 600 seemed to do just fine. The last coat was just barely touched with 1000 grit wet. Basically looking for any bumps, dust, etc... that might have gotten into it.
A keen eye like yours could probably find the imperfections, but I am extremely happy with it.-
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On 4/5/2025 at 8:58 PM, Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 said:
GORGEOUS refinish job!
I took a center punch and a ball peen hammer and with light taps, made rows of indents in the metal buttplate ... neatly applied, straight lines, parallel runs, behold! Nonskid!
Whereas yours is metal, mine is actually plastic. I didn't realize that until the stock slipped out of my hand sometime back as I was removing it from the action and the buttplate broke. Otherwise, I would have considered that. On the positive side, Ruger sent me a new one free of charge.
As it is, I got the sheet of Talon grip tape today and cut a piece to size, followed the directions, and it seems to adhere nicely, and definitely non-slip! I had left my phone upstairs, so pics for @Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 will have to wait for tomorrow. I also replaced the fold down rear sight with at military style sight as well.-
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2 hours ago, Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 said:
I be noted for turnin' fine wood into sawdust and scrap 🤣
That makes two of us.
3 minutes ago, The Original Lumpy Gritz said:No one, can do it better!
Where do I find him? If No One can do it better, then that's who I'm going to!
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5 hours ago, The Surgeon said:
First thing would be to take it apart and give it a good cleaning. sometimes something can get into the action. How old is the gun and how often has it been shot. Before I upgraded I had one that i had dry fired a lot.. started to get light strikes and had to stretch the hammer spring. that's only going to be a temporary solution though and the hammer springs may need to be replaced.
I will do just that tomorrow. I've had it for a number of years, now, but it hasn't seen the shooting that many see over the course of that time. I was finishing another project this evening, so tomorrow will be the day for that.
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I have a Stoeger double trigger coach gun. At yesterday's match, I was having a large number of light primer strikes. Sometimes the right barrel, sometimes the left, sometimes not at all. I didn't manage to have both misfire at the same time, that is once closed, before reopening. I already have Long Hunter extended firing pins, because I ran into the problem once before.
I looked and say the possibility of build up in single trigger models, so, does this effect double trigger models as well? I have a CZ Sharptail off being tuned, but I don't think I will have it back before the Ohio State Match. Any help would be appreciated!
What was your first album...
in SASS Wire Saloon
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I'm afraid not. My parents' indulgence evidently only went so far!