I was just thinking * that "I need this", not important what it was, when a following thought hit me..."No you dont need it, you want it.".

So I pondered it and,

When you stop to think about, all we really need to live is air, food, water, and a reasonably tolerant climate. Pretty much everything else is something we want., things we have been indoctrinated to believe we 'need'. But that, as the Buddah says, is 'desire' and gets us into trouble. Or a s Christ might have put it, "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and all else will be added." so we shouldnt really 'want' but trust that our 'needs' will be met. Thats not to say we shouldnt do our assigned work, but just a thought to ponder.

Fight me.

For those that care to know, it looks like they are projecting Britt to win in AL. Not good for AL.

Planet fitness makes it's money on members that don't show up regularly, or show up at all.

If you go every single day, it's costing you 33 cents to access an entire gym of pretty nice equipment for as long as you want. Take a shower there to save the utilities at home, get the free pizza, bagels, and coffee (basically two meals, probably worth $6). It's a fucking deal.

If every member actually went daily, how much, if at all, would Planet Fitness have to raise their price?

The bride and I have been doing some traveling lately, nothing serious or long, and along pretty much the same interstate which means we gas up in the same 2 or 3 places coming and going. Tell me why people do these things at a gas station/convenience/fast food store on the interstate. In our area, these places are busy majority of the time during the spring and summer when people travel most. It makes no sense aside from pure laziness.

People pull up to the gas pumps, pump their gas, clean their windshield, return the nozzle to the pump and then go inside and shop, and go to the restroom. All the while their vehicle is blocking the pump so no one else can get gas. All they would have to do at this particular station is pull ahead 20 feet into a storefront parking place which is nearly always open but NO that would be too easy. If you pull up behind one of these people you expect them to fill up and pull out but noooo, they have to use the #6 pump for a personal parking spot under the canopy.

Then there are those who pull up, get the pump going and head into the store. The pump shuts off with the familiar "click" before they even hit the front door of the store and they are nowhere to be found for quite some time. I guess they think it is better than the first example since the nozzle is still in the gas filler of the car even though it has long been shut off. Eventually, they return and act like they can't believe the car is full already. Duh

We have had a Subaru for 5 years now and it took a while to get accustomed to the gas filler being on the right side. OK, I get that but why can't people figure out which side to have next to the pump to fill it up. I have watched people pull in with the left side to the pump only to find the gas filler on the right just to spin around the pump and you guessed it, the fill is still on the wrong side.

Lastly, at times there isn't an abundance of room for vehicles between two pumps, and for some reason, people want to test how far the pump hose can reach by keeping a 10-foot distance from the pump. So I pull in and barely have enough room to let my wife out on the pump side and I am holding my door and squeezing out to keep my door from hitting his car.

OK, I am done. Surely I am not the only person who sees this happen?

SOLD

Labradar chronograph. Barely used, no accessories other than the attached aiming sight. $550 plus fees and shipping

Someone is offering me a decent deal on an unfired SPS tactical with 16.5 in barrel they bought in 2018. I have an H-S precision stock from a 700P collecting dust on the shelf. I figure I'd toss XMP trigger, replace it with an aftermarket trigger put it in the H-S precision stock. I read horror stories about Remington quality. But then, I head horror stories about Remington quality in 2012, when I got my 700P. And I have been pretty happy with that rifle for the last decade. Was Remington quality really that bad? What should I look for, when checking it out?

Just seeing a story on Fox news about some USN forces (USNS Choctaw County and USS Sirocco) being chased and passing within 50 yards or so by Iranian gun boats in a threatening manner while transiting the Straits of Hormuz and supposedly our guys only fired some warning flares. Why the fuck are we not lighting these M'fos up with at least small/medium arms. I guess it's the new "gender trained navy".
Fucking pussies. If I were the skipper I'd say fire away and my pension/admiral's mast be damned.
Somebody needs to put all these fuckers in their place.
Hey @German, you got that navy going yet? I bet there are a bunch of us old fucks with not much to lose that would sign up. I've been running boats since I was a kid and still know how to dead reckoning navigate with a sextant and a compass.

Israel realized since Netanyahu has been removed things have gotten much worse rapidly and there has been a relatively quick recognition of this; so the PM and Parliament are both formally stepping down and will be facing re-elections. The Deputy Prime Minister will serve as interim PM.

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3 minutes after shooter entered……i counted 4 M4’s 4 plate carries, 2 bullet shields and what looks like a 12guage and to me it begs the question….
why have none of these officers suck started their service pistols…….. seriously, stood around while children were murdered. How do they live with themselves, how do they look at themselves in the mirror every morning.

I gave up some time ago thinking this incident wouldn’t keep getting worse, with all the initial lies and cover up I just felt we had only seen the tip of the iceberg, and the Uvalde police continue to show how truly inept they are. Short version the story that they had to wait for keys, well the door wasn’t locked, even with their razor sharp skills no one thought evidently to try and just open the door. I was under the assumption that the police were outside the building, and that wasn’t the case. The police were at the classroom door while the shooting occurred, and stood outside the unlocked door for a hour, and none of them evidently reached out to see if it was locked.

The next round of free stuff donation to people who can use it is here! I have been very blessed in life so some of these things I would rather give away than get money for as I continue the purge of the gun/reloading room.

Same rules as always:
- Please limit it to one item unless they are similar items and then it's fine if you take both. -
- Give me some slack on shipping times. Between my jobs and education I am a bit swamped with this sort of stuff.
- Shoot some friendly feedback my way and I will do the same for you!
- I will cover shipping. Just pay it forward or donate a little extra to your favorite charity/church collection.

1) 6 creed once fired brass. Pretty sure it should all be Hornady. In a zip loc bag; maybe 80-100 pieces? - CLAIMED
2) 3 pistol mags. I know one is Beretta M9 and I think they all might be that or Canik. - CLAIMED
3) Caldwell pic bipod. - CLAIMED
4) Grace punch set and some other random tools. The big punches are in great shape, one smaller one is broke and another is bent. Most still functional. - CLAIMED
5) If you're local to MI and near GR then I have a bunch of random 12 gauge ammo. I don't know exactly what it all is or the age, but it's all yours if you want to blast it through something. - CLAIMED

I will find more stuff later when I have a little time to go through my parts bin but this is a start.

I’m located in cullman, Alabama and I work in jasper, Alabama. Does anyone know of a decent rifle range within an hour?
Birmingham is an hour south and Huntsville is an hour north.

I’m looking to get a new barrel spun up for a RimX and a smith is offering either lilja or kreiger for roughly the same price. I have no idea which direction to go since the world of rimfire is still pretty new to me, my current barrel (Green mountain) seems to be a hammer just to light of a contour for my liking. So I don’t know which direction to really go, step up to a premium barrel but which one at that point or just do an other green mountain.

I have looked at every scope on the market below a ZCO. Currently, I've settled on the Burris XTR3 5.5-30x56 with SCR Mil Reticle.
I have three of these, they all have excellent glass. Compared side x side with three different 3.3-18x50 SCR Mil versions, the 5.5-30's have a "nicer picture" with more clear glass at all mag levels. At least that is the way it was with my 6 Burris XTR3 scopes.

I recently purchased a Zeiss LRP 3.6-18x50 and compared it with my two Leupold Mark 5 HD 3.6-18x50 PR-1 Mil scopes. The after hours of adjustment, the Zeiss was "barely" nicer in resolution, contrast and color were identical.

I had two of my 5.5-30 XTR 3 scopes that weren't mounted, so I compared those both to the Zeiss. My XTR3's were better in every way.

I sold the Zeiss.

I just got a great deal on a Burris XTR Pro with SCR 1/4 Mil. Just arrived today from Sportoptics. I spent a good portion of today, off and on comparing it directly on a tripod from ranges of 70 yards to 1200 yards from the front of my house to the mountainside in my neighborhood.

I know that my examples of the Standard XTR3 5.5-30 have OUTSTANDING glass, i've tuned the eye piece perfectly for optimum resolution for my eyes. They must be "good ones" because they are incredible.

The Pro initially "didn't look as good". I played with the eye piece "reticle focus" some more and tuned it to where things started to come together. I also realized that the parallax on the Pro is more "finicky" than the standard XTR3. You have to fine tune it more than the regular XTR3 to get the parallax out and resolution perfect.

After spending a good portion of today looking through these, and fucking with adjustments on the pro.

Here is the conclusion.

XTR Pro
Parallax adjustment is more finicky, more critical to "tune". 1200 yards parallax was "out" with setting just past 750 yard mark on dial. Closer to 750 than infinity mark. When set to infinity, parallax was present and clarity suffered at 1200 yards. I'm assuming this may be good set at infinity at ranges closer to a mile.
Colors.......Deeper Green, Darker Browns(notably "different" than the XTR3)
Resolution.......Excellent, BARELY better than my standard XTR3, (depending on what I looked at)
Contrast.........Excellent, notably better than my standard XTR3 (still very close optically)
Brightness.........Both, bright as hell

XTR3
Parallax adjustment very forgiving......set to infinity, 700 to 1200 yds objects seemed focused well.
Colors......a little lighter looking, one might think "brighter", but not really, just not as deep color
Resolution......Excellent, slightly less than XTR Pro
Contrast.........Excellent, slightly less than XTR Pro
Brightness..........colors seem lighter, greens are a lighter green, browns are a lighter brown.


I think I have 3 excellent 5.5-30x56 standard XTR3's. The one that currently isn't mounted, is probably the "best" of the bunch.

It is the only one that isn't mounted, so It's the only one I compared the pro to.

In my examples................they are fucking close.

They are both fucking awesome.

As far as the pro, the illumination choice of Red, or Green is awesome. (it's not daylight bright), which is fine for me.
The SCR 1/4 Mil reticle is AWESOME!!
The elevation Turret is AWESOME.



P.S...................
I've compared this standard 5.5-30x56 XTR3 to my Vortex Razor Gen 3 6-36 and on 25x and 30x the Vortex was slightly better.

So, without having the Vortex available to put on the tripod, it didn't get a direct comparison to the pro. I know from experience though, that the Vortex will be slightly "nicer" than the pro.


Conclusion...........

The $1100 Camerland deal on the Burris XTR3 5.5-30x56 (If you can live with the SCR reticle)................is a FUCKING STEAL.

I'm happy with the Pro though (for under $1900 shipped NEW) .....................it's sticking around. Well done Burris, and thanks to SportOptics for the hookup.

P.S.
For those who don't think it's worth dicking around with the "reticle focus" to "tune resolution", your missing out. EVERY scope I've put on a tripod and spent time with has benefited, sometimes greatly by a slight tune to the "fast focus" reticle adjustment.

Vivian Wilson, AKA Xavier Musk

Wow. Just wow.

We're talking a potential 12 figure inheritance here. Five years from now, when this kid is slinging lattes in a Portland coffee shop he's going to look back at this news article and kick himself where his nuts used to be.

Somehow I ended up with this Amt Backup handgun (kinda a joke between friends). It's definitely not in good condition, but I'm pretty sure its all there. The slide cycles really rough. I've heard some really enjoy these models, and buy parts guns to restore them. I've never shot this thing, and don't plan to (or know if it even does), so if anyone wants a project or needs some parts I'll give them this for $100. Shipped

Nightforce ATACR 7-35x56 F1 Mil-XT C613
- $3,250 $3,050 (SOLD) including UPS Ground shipping.
- This is brand new in the box, just as you'd receive it from retail.

CLICK HERE if you'd like to view all specs on this item from Euro Optic.

Payment via Paypal F&F is preferred.

Thanks for looking.

KAC Mod 2 E3 Upper 16"
Geissele MK8 Rail
BCM Ambidextrous CH
Surefire Warcomp


Asking $OLD

Located in Atlanta and will ship

Our world is full on clown defcon 5! First monkeys wearing body armor, now this...

Decided I needed a water cooled project. colt 1917 parts kits seem to be non existent, as do a lot of the old parts kits, seems I’m about 15 years behind the power curve. Well I found a vickers “display” gun and thought I’d take the gamble and got it. Got it before I even knew much about them but here is the gun as it showed up, along with the tripod.

My AR varmint gun has had a Jewel 2 stage trigger for over twenty years. It is worn out and now is basically a three round burst. I have to admit that I did have fun at the range today shooting the 400 yd steel plates with 3 round burst! I'm looking for either a singe or two stage trigger that is reliable and has a light enough trigger pull for shooting small groups with a heavy barrel varmint gun. What is available these days?

Select Proof Blanks with a Right Hand Short Action Zermatt Origin. Most bolt knobs available.

$1499 shipped

Blanks available:

.264 16.5” 8T Sendero


Origin with a SS Blank $1,149

SS blanks available
.224 7T Heavy Palma
.264 8T Heavy Palma
.264 7.5T Competition
.264 8T Competition

I am pretty new to precision rifle shooting took my first class with my savage 10fcp 308 bolt gun and got hooked i talked to someone that recommended upgrading one of my ARs to an 18inch barrel and throwing a scope on it to train with since it would be cheaper ammo wise instead of buying a whole new bolt gun. Long story short i ordered a wilson combat urban sniper barrel instead of going with a white oak because im impatient it showed up in the mail today and to my surprise it didn't have a threaded muzzle it is crowned can someone give me a rundown on crowned vs a brake should i just run it? I doubt wilson combat will let me return it considering it was my mistake and i opted to have it coated.