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Oddly, they didnt kill that many, only 22 but near 900 prisoners. A complete surprise and rout. God bless George Washington, IMHO one of the great men in all of history. How many men walk away from power? For a good read on him His Excellency George Washington.


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During the Battle of Trenton, which followed Washington's crossing of the Delaware River on Christmas night, Washington's army killed 22 Hessian soldiers. The Americans also captured a significant number of Hessians, with 896 taken prisoner.

Here's a more detailed breakdown:
  • Killed: 22 Hessian soldiers, including their commander, Colonel Johann Rall.

  • Wounded: 83 Hessian soldiers were wounded.

  • Captured: 886 to 900 Hessian soldiers were captured.

  • American Casualties: The American forces suffered 3 killed and 6 wounded during the battle, according to The History List and Wikipedia.
I think a lot of people overlook the fact that he actually crossed the Delaware to take Trenton . Have you been to Trenton ? Like even drove thru . He coulda been car jacked . And man if he got some bad food from one a them Bodegas , Fuck it's over . Could have crushed the Rebellion right there .

Not gonna buff out

Out of surgery. Went well. Staying in hospital til at least tomorrow. I think 1 rod in tibia and maybe 4 screws. Breaks were clean transverse at same height. Will try to work on xrays tomorrow.
Glad to hear . Hope the rest of your journey goes smooth . Stay positive . I joke a lot with the Healthcare Staff . It keeps the mood light and happy . They tend to be more engaging and happy . Gotta think their job must be hard dealing with gloomy winers and people living in a low point in life .
Borrowed one from a guy my buddy knew .
So this guy skydives . One day he jumps and his shoot no worky .
Don't recall the particulars ; fowled , no open etc . Guy takes the ultimate hard landing . Fast forward to ER .
Nurse : Any allergies ?
Mr. Thudd. : Yes . Gravity. 😂
Guy lived and choose to be happy and have the best day of his life everyday .
So when I was asked ;
ER Nurse : Treedoggy , any allergies ?
Treeprojectile : Yes . Guardrails . 😜 .
Also when asked , "how did this happen " ?
"My stunt double called out ."
Or
"It's a love story . Boy meets Bike . Bike meets guardrail . It was like magic , instant sparks . I knew instantly cause I had that funny feeling in my tummy , and my forearm and ankle and knee and left side of my torso ."
Funny but not meant to be was a moment of clarity whilst the ketamine was starting to kick in in the ambulance . I outta nowhere spit out " I am so fucked " . EMT answers back that "man you're ok and this could have been really bad . This will work out , you're ok " . I responded with no not that . I can't drink beer tonight . He laughed and I responded , I don't think you understand I really love the taste of beer .

Consistency, or lack thereof

A little more history. This was a good load that turned out to be inconsistent. One bench group and two positions.

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I wish the shots on these targets were labeled in order fired. It looks to me like your rifle is trying to shoot two groups on each target. That's either you being inconsistent behind the gun, or something is shifting. Or maybe dragging.

I know you said your rifle was in an oryx chassis, but I had a 700 LTR that did the two group thing until I changed stocks. Put it in a bedded stock and that problem disappeared.

As to the dragging comment. I have a 700 in 300winmag that I chased my tail with off and on for years. Three barrels, three different smiths, four different stocks/chassis, 600 plus rounds of "load development" never found anything it would consistently shoot well. Not typical for a winmag. Some days it would hammer. Reload it and it would shotgun. Ended up being the firing pin assembly. Totally fixed it.

After much reading here (a few post from Chad Dixon of LRI were most helpful) and watching a pile of gunsmithing videos on YouTube about blueprinting the 700 bolt, I tore into mine and lo and behold, that was the source of all my problems. I've done it to all my 700's now and even the ones I thought shot good got better.

If your rifle has the J lock firing pin assembly in it like my LTR did, scrap it and order a pin assembly from GreTan.