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Transonic isn’t really an issue if the bullet is designed correctly. Bullets can go transonic and still be accurate.
I have been shooting Hornady Mach 147s right now. I am looking at getting into reloading and it seems Berger is the go to. It seems like 140 or 144s are the go toos. Any reason to choose one over the other? I have a range that goes out to 1400yards and am trying to tighten up my groups a bit. I definitely need more time behind the gun for sure...

Any of those will work. Try loading some 147 if they are shooting well in the rifle now. You can load and make them shoot better.

Maggie’s Credentialed but Illiterate

The "push" you describe is, ironically, part of the problem. That "push" comes from parents wanting to turn their kids into over-achievers because they think over-achieving beats actual achievements of substance. But why would a parent think this? Personal experience?

I went to private k-6 and public 7-12, timeframe mid 60s to late 70s. I was an early reader myself and my early reading/language abilities were why I got put into private school despite not being from a rich family. They stretched to send me there.

My brother attended the pvt school only through 3d grade. He switched to public in 4th.

As kids, he was not a reader at all. Didn't interest him. Opposite of me. I wonder how much is from his switch to public school and how much is natural to him. As kids he said he hated reading, and as an adult, he reads only rarely, usually a biography of someone he admires.

I know that at the private school, reading for your own enjoyment started getting encouraged in 4th grade English class. In that year we went to the library, talked to librarian about our interests, and she recommended books to suit our interests. This planted a seed for reading.
Could be, I can say. I have never not one single time heard a parent or heard of a parent at a school board meeting saying their kids need to learn to read earlier. I think it's like when you hear a politician say, "everyone wants more cops."

My brother was motivated and learned to read young. I was not. I was evaluated for special education in the 2nd grade because I was not reading well. I was promptly given an IQ test after my evaluation and added to the gifted and talented program. 🙈🙉🙊

They had diffrent reading programs here. At school you got a personal pan pizza from pizza hut for reading x amount of books each month. And the library had a summer reading program that gave prizes gift certifies and such to local restaurants and the swimming pool.

Pushing/forcing/shaming kids for not reading kids to read probably makes about as many hate as love it. Some kids don't learn well by reading text. Some kids can't learn by reading text.

I was given Lego at each birthday froma young age and taught how to follow the instructions to build the the things in the instruction Manuel.

Maggie’s The Woodchuck and Firewood Hoarders Thread

The 1977 Ford F-150 & 66 yr young old man are still getting it done. I passed up a 3 foot diameter Tamerack that had recently died, and I guessed very heavy... and this Douglas-fir tree was perfectly seasoned. I used the 440 magnum and 044. My back is complaining.😆 Maybe next time I'll take out the 036 and 38 Super.

This weekend the woods will be full of drunks with rifles... opening of modern firearm deer season. It's so damn dry and so few animals, that I probably won't take a rifle for a walk.
440 is my favorite saw ❤️

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9mm Bolt Action Rifle - Looking for people with experience with the manufacturer (Curtis Tactical)

This thing didn’t exist back when this conversation all started, and I built mine, but this thing may fit the niche for a few guys in this genre. Not a bolt action, and don’t know the accuracy of a pof barrel, but it’s an option for guys out there. (Kinda want one, cause it’s so fugly)

Someone murdered Charlie Kirk

...until the outcome is what I want LOL.

Seriously, I'm the first to never trust the narrative or the government. But this thing went full retard in 60 seconds and never returned. I've never seen people work so hard to come up with insane things that don't make sense just to disagree with the most logical answer. And holy wow there is new retarded every damn day.

At this Point Charlie has been shot at every angle, by every firearm ever made including palm guns, drones, and air guns. He's been blown up by explosives, his security was in on it. His killers are literally anyone but the guy that actually did it. Now cell phones can capture bullets in flight LOL. There is a magic escape tunnel behind him. The killer shot him from behind with an air gun and a (checks notes....) "targeting camera". We've got a ex SF "expert" saying grade A retarded bullshit that is so dumb I don't know how that guy breathes on his own without reading instructions. Oh, and we've got leaked autopsy reports that prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the sewer joos did it.

Just fucking stop it.

My hero.

Maggie’s The Welding and Metalworking Thread

Dis guy never been up near Oh Be Joyful when the crick be runnin…..


Plenty of spots I been in old rigs that it was an issue. 2.5’ of water is nearer the air intake than I prefer.
Add in spring temp drops and you might have ice build up on it (had that before a few times)
Were fishing at Pole Creek near Stoney Pass one year when a couple came blowing through the water crossing and water locked the engine and died in the middle of the stream. We towed him out and parked the vehicle off the side of the road. Lifted the hood and when we pulled the air filter housing water poured out. Engine was DRT. They spent the night in our camp since it was getting below freezing each night. Had to have the vehicle towed to Silverton and no doubt it wasn't cheap.

CZ Firearms is helping the Canadian Liberal Party confiscate firearms from legal owners

Colt is well known for not giving a fuck about anything but Government and fudd dollars.

Anybody really surprised?

ETA: I’m sure any mfg with a .gov contract would sell out the American public for that government titty. Yes, that includes a lot of our favorite brands. No, they don’t give a shit about you.

Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

Me and my brothers installing Glasspacks on mom's Chevelle for Mother's Day.
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Love this photo. Got me some sweet taters from the garden. Wife says she's not even going to try.
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Try what? To cook those yummy sweet taters?

Just scrub them up, cut off the tips and make 1” chucks out of them. Throw some salt, pepper, etc on them in a cookie sheet and roast them that way. Very tasty and good for you too.

Mrs. Lash has spoken! 😄😄😄

9mm Bolt Action Rifle - Looking for people with experience with the manufacturer (Curtis Tactical)

9mm and 45acp bolt action repeaters have been done in my shop. The 45 was first. I printed internals for a 308 AICS mag and used a 1911 mag spring to run it. The action was an SR3 and it was a ton of fun to shoot. We were messing with it one weekend on an E type at 400 yards. You could see the copper rainbowing downrange. I even used it one year to take a doe at my parents' house from ~45 yards with 230 grain Winchester PD ammo.

The 9mm was the same concept. I used 3D printed magazine internals, a Sig P228 mag spring, and a $45 9mm blank from Green Mountain. It's fun to shoot in my parrents back yard with 147 subs and a suppressor. It makes the same amount of noise as a suppressed 22 but it hits the steel plates harder and my sons enjoyed it more.

I still have the files and we can create more of them. The critical component is to use a 700 action with controlled round feed and a blade/inertial ejector like a Bighorn, Kelbly, ARC, etc.

I even posted it to the PVA instagram account back in 2019 or so and I have internal components for the 45 mags still. We could make more starting tomorrow.
That's pretty cool. Can you give a breakdown on the pricing? I really wish one of the OEM's would make a 9mm bolt gun with an action designed from the ground up around it.