J-BAR #18287

I don't think the lender should have been that close to the shooter in the first place. Allow the TO and the shooter to run the stage. Lender picks up his firearms after they are cleared at the ULT. If I had been TO the lender would be back with the other spectators, or the club can get another TO.

Just for you Alpo, you got me curious as well and it's cold today and it gave me something to do. Pietta 1851, Hornady 0.375 balls The balls appear to be 0.375 with my cheapie Grizzly.com calipers: I pulled a nipple on the cylinder and seated a ball, then pushed it back out of the chamber to mike it. It shaved a ring, and sits in the chamber at 0.368". Then I put that ball into the forcing cone (it did not fall in easily), and pushed it through the 7.5" barrel, then measured the diameter across the rifling marks at 0.364". No wonder my home cast wadcutters for .38 Special fall through the barrel easily! As far as Pietta accuracy; here is the first six shots I fired from this revolver when I bought it last January: 24 grains of FFG Schuetzen under these same Hornady balls at 7 yards, 6 o'clock hold on the bullseye. I can live with this.

You are correct; super glue will not stop bleeding. Compress until bleeding stops. Flush the wound with peroxide and/or alcohol. Yes, it will hurt and probably start bleeding again. Compress some more until bleeding stops again. Pinch wound closed and dab a spot on the opposed edges to keep them closed. Repeat down the wound like you were stitching it shut. Cover with antibiotic ointment and bandage for about a week. Keep acetone or fingernail polish remover handy to clean up misadventures. If you ever get split skin where you thumbnail meets your thumb tip, a dab of super glue works wonders to allow the split to heal.

Diet Coke. Channeling my inner Lucas Davenport.

I thought the Bill of Rights are specific restrictions on the Federal government; they don't grant people "rights". People already have those rights and the government cannot "infringe" them. The 2nd Amendment doesn't give people the right to own firearms. It (should) prevent the government from passing laws that restrict that right. So a ruling by a District judge that the law is unconstitutional could lead to overturning other firearm laws. This could get interesting.

Book at 8 weeks old, in a Kleenex box by my elbow: " What are you going to do about it?" 7 years old now, 16 lbs. Same attitude.

I bet it was loud for a few minutes. I have been in a room without ear protection when a shotgun was fired (packing house). Not fun.

I love Mike Rowe. He has a permanent dinner invitation. Very few do.

It would take me a long time to get tired of eggs and bacon. Certainly longer than my present 79 years and 11 months.

You all have seen grandson Henry and his service dog, Al, before. Henry is 10 now. It's Spring Break and the boys wore themselves out on a Florida beach today. Youth is wasted on the young!!

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Spreading out the holiday; serving corned beef to our son and daughter-in-law tonight. To good a holiday to be limited to 24 hours!

The Night Pat Murphy Died https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7Bsb-8pxG8&pp=ygUMcGFkZHkgbXVycGh5

You are a great "girl dad!"

Get a gift certificate to the sporting goods store; let him pick out what he wants.

This is a link to the "interactive radar" from our local channel 3 tv station. On my iPhone I can zoom in to street level or out to a national view (use two fingers or thumb and forefinger to pinch the view up or down). You can also shift the view to other countries, although not all of them show radar. And if you click the button it reviews the weather movement for the last 6 hours. It's great fun to play with! https://www.ky3.com/weather/radar/

Come to Missouri, catch baseball sized hail stones.

That would be my good knee.

Our daughter and her family in Arkansas live in the 100% path, but we will not be there. Arkansas estimates 1.5 million visitors for the event, a 50% increase above the normal state population of 3 million. Traffic on those snaky Ozarks highways is bad enough normally. I imagine the eclipse traffic in those hills will be frustrating, perhaps dangerous. I will be content with viewing a partial eclipse at home, while relaxing in the safety of my recliner. Good luck to those of you who choose to travel that day.

A GIF?

Thanks! We pass by Cabool on our way to visit family in the Bootheel. Looks like a great place to stretch our legs.

Yes, they can.

Clocks? I'm retired. What are these clocks of which you speak?

Probably started as an "immigrant" campfire; hence lack of media attention.