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Firefighters shot responding to wildfire in North Idaho

lonegunman762x51
JJMoody said:
That “loon” with the Virgin Mary bolted on his crown Vic is a super nice guy. Owns a trucking company with his two sons as the drivers. Just talked to him earlier this week. Pretty sure he and his type don’t have anything to do with this, but I get your point. There’s a lot of strange stuff going on here. Not just lately- there’s always been strange things happening. Prayers for a quick end to this and lifting up bereaved friends and family.
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I just think the bolt-on Virgin Mary is a bit...........................odd.

They just played some radio traffic and the person calling for help said at least four people were down and was asking for an ambulances, it is hours old at this point. Law Enforcement escorted at least two ambulances to the hospital, not a good sign. There are about 3 hours of daylight left.
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The Guv'ment model .45 finally got a medal...

91Eunozs
JoshPutman said:
My EDC. Pic with the watch is before I switched baseplates on my Wilson mags to Dawson Precision. Much nicer.

The gun has some nice finish wear from years of practice coming from the holster. I've thought about having a friend of mine Ceracoat it, but just can't bring myself to do it. It's earned that wear.

Almost forgot, it has the obligatory idiot scratch, from when I first got it and didn't know what I was doing 🤣
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I put those same grips on my son’s 1911. Found a Sig with a really tight slide-to-frame fit, and spent an entire weekend lapping that in until it was like buttah’…. Then replaced some of the MIM parts with WC guts, and it shoots like a dream; awesome for a $1K gun:

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Firefighters shot responding to wildfire in North Idaho

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lonegunman762x51 said:
Me and my buddy were down the hill at Black Sheep buying reloading crap when this kicked off. Apparently, the scumbags set fire to about an acre and lured them up the hill. This has happened at least three times over the last 30 years in CDA when someone actively sought out law enforcement and ambushed them. It is developing and the area is currently flooded with LEO's.

The area has a ton of Califag nutters that have moved up in the last 10 years or so. The are protesting every damned thing and have every sort of wacky woke sticker on their cars. On the flip side are the far right nutters, including some loon with a Crown Vic with the Virgin Mary bolted to the roof and people of that slant. So this literally could be anything. I'm guessing the Big Beautiful Bill may have set one of them off.

This is a complete goat fuck, the hospital in CDA is packed with fire and police cars and trucks and they are staging all sorts of firepower including two or three MRAPs and several helos to go get a handle on this mess.
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So sad, love to stop at Hickman Saddlery in Post Falls.
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Firefighters shot responding to wildfire in North Idaho

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TheHorta said:
It’s amazing how little it takes to destabilize even the most powerful, prosperous nation in the history of the world.
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Our founding fathers understood a Capitalist Constitutional Republic wasn’t perfect, but was the best way to run a society that we humans have been able to create so far. However, they also understood that it would only work with a moral and just social fabric.

It’s taken those bastards 100+ years of contant pushing and pulling us to the left to rip that social fabric to shreds, while simultaneously knocking out all the pillars of a free society: Education, the nuclear family, assimilation vs. unfettered “immigration” and uncontrolled borders, a lawful judiciary, responsible governance and government spending vs. wholesale welfare to buy votes, etc.

Cloward-Piven just accelerated the demise.

How we let ourselves slide this far continues to amaze me though… and yes I count myself among those at fault for not doing enough to stop or even reverse it. I thought I was doing my part while I was in the military, but maybe not…or at least not looking at the right problem set until it was far too late.

The hardest part for me was coming to grips with the idea that there are people who look at our country and way of life and literally hate it, and would do anything to burn it to the ground. I still can’t understand it, but at least I see it now.

And I can still try to prepare for what’s coming and try to take care of my inner circle. 🫤
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22 ARC & 95 SMKs

TylerN
I’ve shot the 95gr SMKs in my 22 BRA and found they shot amazing at 100 but lacked enough spin to reach their advertised BC. 32.4gr H4350, 2920 fps. Even with a 1:7 and 300,000 RPM the G7 trued at 0.283 compared to the 0.299 Sierra states. And this was with a 0.160” freebore reamer to fit these ultra long bullets. I can shoot 90 SMKs a lot easier and faster with a 0.283 or my preferred Berger 85.5 LRHT. I’m not going to shoot the 95 any more other than for fire forming use (the length makes them easy to jam in the lands.) The 95gr SMKs have too many extremes to overcome to make them worth the trouble.

I think your going to have a hard time with a 22 ARC:
- not enough case capacity to get speed. These have extreme bearing surface and like slow powders.
- going to require a crazy fast twist to get the full BC, 1:6.5 at least and maybe even 1:6 at slow ARC speeds. And I’ve heard they blow up also at high RPM so that’s another negative.

Stick with a projectile better suited for the ARC unless you want a challenge.
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Accessories WTS-Atlas BT46LW17/Warne Skyline bipods

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(Willing to trade too)

BT46-LW17 PSR ATLAS BIPOD: STANDARD HEIGHT
MSRP:$350
Asking: $200 + 🚢 + G&S fee if PayPal

ATLAS BIPOD HAS BEEN SOLD

Warne Skyline 7902M (BNIB)
MSRP: $271
Asking: $250 + 🚢 + G&S fee if PayPal


WILLING TO TRADE BOTH FOR A CKYEPOD

•Can get vouchers
•Can send Pics/Videos (not of feet unless extra $)
•Located WA State
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barrel cooling device ?

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This topic brought up not too long ago. Use similar setup. Mine use the horrible freight version. Think all major brands have a version of this inflator. If you have cordless drill check your brand line up that way don't have to get different batteries. The one I have moves quite a bit of air, doesn't take long to cool off. Rechargeable batteries is a big plus.
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Bergara BXR

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So, since I didn't get any replies (above), I went to the LGS to check out the Ruger 10/22's and the Bergara. They had a stainless LVT 10/22 which would have fit my needs for $150 less, but the cheekpiece was too low (set for open sight shooting, even though this gun did not have open sights). I decided to take a chance on the steel barreled BXR.

I tore it down and gave it a good cleaning. The barrel needed it, I'm not sure what they use for rust preventative at the factory, but it took a little time to get it clean. I used lighter fluid to thoroughly clean the trigger assembly and applied some Mobil 1 on the moving surfaces and put it back together.

I shot about 50 rounds, fouling the barrel and testing rough accuracy with CCI SV. 10 shot groups were all around 3/4" at 50 yards. The trigger pull sucked. Checking it, it came in at 4.5#. Crap. I started looking at trigger options, but thought I would try an old trick I read about years ago. Burnishing the sear/hammer surfaces. I disassembled the gun and pulled the trigger group out. I then applied forward pressure with my thumb on the hammer, while holding a toothbrush across the top of the trigger group so that the hammer would fall onto it. It took quite a few rep's, but I did get the pull down to 3# by burnishing the surfaces or whatever else this process helped. Not great, but at least I don't have to stop to check if I have the safety on now... I'm sure I will have to try a Kidd trigger at some point in the future.

Further testing is forthcoming, but I had no issues with failure to fire , feeding or ejection in this first limited break-in.
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Firefighters shot responding to wildfire in North Idaho

lonegunman762x51
Me and my buddy were down the hill at Black Sheep buying reloading crap when this kicked off. Apparently, the scumbags set fire to about an acre and lured them up the hill. This has happened at least three times over the last 30 years in CDA when someone actively sought out law enforcement and ambushed them. It is developing and the area is currently flooded with LEO's.

The area has a ton of Califag nutters that have moved up in the last 10 years or so. The are protesting every damned thing and have every sort of wacky woke sticker on their cars. On the flip side are the far right nutters, including some loon with a Crown Vic with the Virgin Mary bolted to the roof and people of that slant. So this literally could be anything. I'm guessing the Big Beautiful Bill may have set one of them off.

This is a complete goat fuck, the hospital in CDA is packed with fire and police cars and trucks and they are staging all sorts of firepower including two or three MRAPs and several helos to go get a handle on this mess.
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Firefighters shot responding to wildfire in North Idaho

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I have a friend who installs high voltage transmission lines. Someone in the company he works for was out in the woods, inspecting for transmission line installation. He was shot in the back with a rifle. Police believe it was an individual protecting illegal grow operations, typically Mexican mafia where we are on the west coast.
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Maggie’s Funny & awesome pics, vids and memes thread (work safe, no nudity)

91Eunozs
DarnYankeeUSMC said:
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Dolly has teamed up with Motley Crue to record Home Sweet Home.
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Sounds like Dolly’s parts are just overlaid on an old track… no way Vince has pipes like that any more.

Would love to be proven wrong.

Edit: here’s the video:

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Bergara BXR

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I posted this in a new thread several days ago with no replies, so I decided to move it here where it belongs.

I've read through this thread on the BXR's. I am considering one for varmint control around the property.

Wants:
-Reliable ignition, feeding and extraction
-.5-.6" at 50 yards

How have the 2024 to date new purchases been performing in these areas? Have the early issues noted in the thread been resolved by Bergara?
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