Still hand Bill

If the max pressure is the same for both, the bolt thrust should be the same provided the brass has the same internal diameter. Force on the barrel would be slightly more with the longer case, but provided the barrel doesn’t taper, the steel should be able to contain the force as the stress would be the same for the whole length of the chamber. steel has the interesting property that if the stress is kept low enough it can take an unlimited number of cycles. This makes it ideal for barrels. If stress is higher, then cycles to failure will decrease. Why a single overpressure event that isn’t way op is ok. Do it 100 times and it may become an issue. Btw aluminum doesn’t have this property and will eventually fail no matter the stress.

I took drivers Ed in the 80’s and it was all automatics. Now much like cursive, it’s a mostly unused skill. I would bet that in 10 years you won’t be able to buy a manual except for a few specialty vehicles. I am not sure Chevrolet even makes a single manual transmission car/truck now. Corvettes have been all automatic for a few years now. Cafe standards and consumer demand pretty much ended the use case for a manual. Now the manufacturers don’t want to spend the money on developing two different drive trains.

Went to a gala for my wife’s work and came out to get our car from the valet. Kid ran to get the car then came back. Quick discussion with another kid, then that kid ran off to get the car. Yep, first kid couldn’t drive a manual. Soon this will be a non issue as manual transmissions are not an option anymore. No full sized trucks offer a manual, only 2 mid sized do and it’s rare to find one. Other than a few sports cars it’s hard to even buy a manual transmission car today.

Generally, no I never carried a spare helmet. One of my bikes was set up so that a helmet strap would fit under the seat and lock it to the bike. You could ride with it there if you had to. now the one interesting side effect of helmet laws is they reduce thefts a little. Stops the opportunity thefts as riding without a helmet will get one pulled over.

I really wonder how the whole FRT thing is going to work out. Thousands of those are getting made for lots of different guns. While not a machine gun in definition, the reality is they are in use. The Taurus TX22 is selling great as it can be fitted with a frt for a fun little 22. I hope it forces the feds to open the registry, but I don’t think it will happen. Too much risk politically and many rich people want to keep the registry closed.

It’s not a license as that would be unconstitutional. It is simply a record of tax payment. And no, it should not be legal, but it is as per the Supreme Court in 1938? If the Hughes amendment was removed you would see the flood gates open up on machine guns. At this point the only reason they are not common is the number in civilian use was capped at about 180,000 in 1986. Sot’s have several million in circulation.

A license is simply allowing someone to do something that is not legal. Since owning a firearm is a right, it can’t be licensed by definition.

Pretty sure Heller addressed this and requiring guns to be locked up is not allowed under the 2nd amendment. Also permit to purchase should not pass Bruen.

This used to be more common as I believe the law or the CC agreement prohibited charging more to use a cc. A discount was ok, but charging more was not. It has since changed. I think it recently changed again to allow charging different rates by card type. what I hate is when you have to use a CC. Went to an event at a stadium and they would not take cash.

Electric cars typically have a gearbox, but not a transmission with multiple gear ratios. The problem with the electric motor is that they run out of torque at high rpm which limits top speed. But most motors can go fast enough for a typical car. I think my bolt went about 93, fast enough for every speed limit in the us and then some.

I believe Texas tried this and was shut down. I really do hope they become regulated like a regular firearm and not a nfa device.

That’s great news, but they have not been deregulated yet, only the tax is 0 as of Jan 1. Still registered and all the other bs, just no cost.

I had a mec grabber. Originally it had the pull chain primer feed. I replaced that with the newer style and it was a vast improvement. Can’t imagine running a progressive shotgun press and dropping primers by hand. I eventually moved up to a pw. While it’s nice, I wish I had spent the extra and got a spolar.

You can also just convert back to its pre sbr configuration and then travel with no forms. Sbr’s are different than silencers and machine guns in that they are configuration dependent to be a sbr. If I assemble a contender (originally a pistol) as a pistol, it’s a pistol, rifle its a long gun, if a pistol barrel and a stock a sbr. Really time to do away with the whole sbr designation.

First let me say this is horrible and those responsible should be prosecuted and punished. It is a bit ironic that Australia is held up as the model of how to prevent such attacks by banning most guns and for its famous buyback. Guess it didn’t work and they will have to ban all guns now. used to work with some Aussies and they loved guns, just had a hard time owning them. Also many were hidden and not turned in during the buyback.

I know several naturalized citizens. They are all very grateful and proud to now be called a us citizen. They left their home countries due to being persecuted for being Christians. One of them had to leave everything behind and completely start over. They are also very much against illegals. Other countries are quite strict about immigration and visa’s. Unfortunately the USA doesn’t have desire to follow suite. having been in China a lot, they don’t mess around with foreigners. If you get close to overstaying your visa they will politely ask you to leave. I also had a friend who wanted to move to Australia (married to an Australian), but couldn’t as he didn’t have a college degree.

Honestly, that is a very slippery slope. Most people break multiple laws every day. Roll a stop sign, You are a criminal, speed, you are a criminal, doing something someone things is illegal should not remove any of your rights. Imho You should only lose rights when you show you can not respect others rights.

The only people I know still watching the news or even TV are my parents (boomers). Pretty much everyone else has turned off TV and gets any news via internet sights. This does not bode well for legacy media.

Klaus on Netflix is pretty cute for animation. Lots of big names for voices.

Even so, after seeing the photo it was obviously taken on a sporting clays course. Which was invented in England.

The monitors were a definite innovation at the time and probably quite effective when used correctly. Unfortunately they suffered in rough seas. I can see how the gun turret monitor morphed into the battleship based on how the later monitors were used for shore bombardment.

This is becoming an issue lots of places. My property taxes have increased by 30% last year. I am now paying as much as my mortgage in property tax. I expect more states to implement something like prop 13 or people will be forced out of houses they own.

Times have changed. My dad’s first house was 25k and he made 3.5k per year. Our current house cost 2.5 times our yearly income and is taxed value is now 5x. So in multiples of yearly income it’s similar, just the numbers are much bigger. Inflation at work.

I recently asked a cousin who bought a house in San Diego, for a 3 bedroom typical suburban house, 2 million. I bet their mortgage is over a million. 500k won’t buy you much in many markets. In other markets you can still get a house for a couple hundred k, but the jobs won’t pay 6 figures.

Only problem with that is it probably won’t start the other vehicle without the source vehicle running. Voltage is only 12.3-12.5 v and will drop under load. When running it will 14-14.5.