Fishing one morning from the bank on Lake Livingston minding my own business. Lake is glass with no boats seen anywhere. Out of no where a boat and skier come into my fishing AO and start cutting it up where I'm fishing. Had a bottle rocket with me on a stick. I lit it and threw it to lead the skier. The bottle rocket wedged under the right armpit of the skier, exploded and knocked him in the water. Talk about a lucky shot!!! The boat swung around and picked up the skier and left. I went back to fishing.....slaying the blue cats.

doubloon said:

Tangled web indeed ... but it's on the web so at least that's consistent.

Brady State Lists | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

States/Territories in which the FBI Conducts NICS Checks for All Firearms Transactions Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas Delaware D.C. Georgia Guam Idaho Indiana Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana New Mexico North...

www.atf.gov

Maryland, Wisconsin and New Hampshire are all liste the same way as Nebraska on the ATF web site.

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My only thought on this is
NICS for long gun transfers
State issued permit (required) for handgun transfers
They just left out the "handgun permit also works for long guns".
Why, I do not know because it would be awful easy to add long gun after handgun.
Because it is not written that way, I have made damn sure I got clarification from different agents over the years.
It would be nice to have it in writing but until then, I am taking the word of the agents I asked.

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Every now and then, you'll see sig certs pop up in the PX here. Those certs will work for the 10Ks

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Several matches I've been to have had Sig Cert's could try and win one.

Longshot231 said:

Suggested reading for Pride Month:

Leviticus 18:22
Leviticus 20:13
Jude 1:7
Romans 1:26-28
Mark 10:6-9
1 Kings 15:12
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
1 Timothy 1:8-11
Hebrews 13:4
1 Corinthians 7:2
1 Corinthians 6:17-20

Also remember that God put the rainbow in the sky. The sodomites have tried to change its meaning. Man should not change what God has said.

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Also remember the rainbow is not just some holy symbol, some peace sign.
A rainbow is a CIRCLE you only see half of.
God didn't JUST say he would put a rainbow in the sky or put a sign, yada, yada.
He said I will put MY BOW in the clouds.
The rainbow is an extremely holy symbol. Every color has deep profound meaning and their positions are no accident.
God's bow encompasses his throne, in his very presence. It is integral to the seat of the Heavenly Father's presence.
And yet.....treading that symbol underfoot can be forgiven, with true repentance.

Did the long action ever hit the market?

This will sound like bullshit but I’m an Eagle Scout and scouts honor this is 100% true. Multiple witnesses as well.

I had my sniper rifle and was watching the right side of the valley. One of my guys was 300m away on the left side of the valley. There was a silly terrorist running at him with an AK and my boys weapon was out of commission and I heard him scream for help on the comms. I pivoted swinging the rifle right to left. I only had one chance to save his life. Only the combatants head and neck was visible because of a wall and he was running from my left to right and I didn’t think I had a prayer but I led the target and sent it. I barely had time to put the reticle where I hoped it needed be and squeezed the trigger. Head shot dropped the combatant. I was shocked I made the shot. My boy still talks about me saving his life. I got a lot of compliments on the shot and it got me some recognition but what they all don’t know is I was just a dumb lucky mother. Well, my boy was the dumb lucky mother because he didn’t die

He was always wandering off by himself trying to be a hero. Young and dumb.

Please don’t ask me where this took place. I don’t want to have to say

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"Talk about losing faith in the system. Half of my frustrations come from the active measures that must have taken place by MULTIPLE people to protect those lying to Congress. This isn’t one person. This is a group and they will all go free. This looks horrible. Either our FBI is corrupt and would do anything to hurt Trump or they are so stupid they fell for the Russia narrative and went all in to protect their names from embarrassment."


Yeah... Not stupid... I wish that's all it was... And... I don't believe, for even a moment, any of them actually believed the hoax... So, what' that leave, then...?

Agracer said:

I don't know that I've ever seen anyone transition a PRS/NRL stage with the rifle pointed at the ground.

In fact, most match directors want everyone to transition with the rifle facing up.

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Throwing a rifle up on a prop and/or barricade easily generates enough force to run a smooth bolt forward. I guarantee you can go to any match and someone will point a rifle at a downward angle at some point. It's not exactly easy to throw around a 20 lb+ rifle for a couple hours.

Could anyone help me with some measurements? I'm looking of the OAL from the rear of the recoil lug cutout to the tip of the forend.

Hope to get a night stalker build put together soon!

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A buddy's eyes were bothering him so he asked me to shoot a few of his reloads through his rifle for groups.

200 yard group, cold bore plus 3. My Avatar.

Thank you,
MrSmith

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2100 for scope only.

If that's a British motorcycle, I'm sure there is oil leaking out of the canister somewhere...

Replica M24ish basically finished and has now been tested. (Just need to refinish and add the Redfield rear sight base for iron sights). Shoots well enough for me, mostly correct aside from M700 short action (RR prefix) and the scope rings. Barrel is a Kreiger M24 profile SS, 1/11.25 twist, 5R rifling. Scope is a 1990-dated Leupold 10x-M3A Ultra. Pics for anyone interested:



Sunny Hill bottom metal, 40-X trigger, and vintage scope markings shown here.


Stock reportedly has the last ‘Remington’ marked M24 buttpad that H-S Precision had sitting in a desk drawer. Remington M24 sling swivels used, along with a 2008 dated M1907 leather sling.



Comparison pics of M24R versus M24ish w/ a short action (and a bolt comparison):

doubloon said:

Weird that the map says FFLs contact FBI for long guns in NE ... the data could be out of date. The document at the link has a date of Feb. 1 2024 on it.

I find the whole idea of bypass for a handgun but check for a long gun just plain weird.

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I believe, the way it reads, it is just plain wrong or misleading at the very least

Also, different searches (even with the NSP) brought up the same info which makes you think you have to run NICS for long gun transfer (all stated "our information may be wrong"................... Huh???)

They all had pretty much the same language

NEBRASKA IS A PARTIAL POINT-OF-CONTACT STATE, MEANING FFLS CONTACT THE FBI FOR LONG GUN BACKGROUND CHECKS, WHILE A STATE ISSUED HANDGUN PERMIT IS USED FOR HANDGUN BACKGROUND CHECKS.

I called the BATF office in Omaha and asked an agent there for clarification just in case something had changed.
She said "the map/internet search is wrong" and "If a customer presents you with a current and valid NCHP or NFPC you do not have to run a NICS check for transfer of a long gun"

There is a place on 4473's to put that information on why a NICS check was not required

So, once again, take what you read on the internet with a grain of salt and don't bet your livelihood on it.

check your pm's

Herb Stoner said:

As a former corporate finance guy I'm seeing a lot of this already - a big wave is on the horizon...

Dario Amodei — CEO of Anthropic, one of the world's most powerful creators of artificial intelligence — has a blunt, scary warning for the U.S. government and all of us:

• AI could wipe out half of all entry-level white-collar jobs — and spike unemployment to 10-20% in the next one to five years, Amodei told us in an interview from his San Francisco office.
• Amodei said AI companies and government need to stop "sugar-coating" what's coming: the possible mass elimination of jobs across technology, finance, law, consulting and other white-collar professions, especially entry-level gigs.

Why it matters: Amodei, 42, who's building the very technology he predicts could reorder society overnight, said he's speaking out in hopes of jarring government and fellow AI companies into preparing — and protecting — the nation.

Few are paying attention. Lawmakers don't get it or don't believe it. CEOs are afraid to talk about it. Many workers won't realize the risks posed by the possible job apocalypse — until after it hits.

• "Most of them are unaware that this is about to happen," Amodei told us. "It sounds crazy, and people just don't believe it."

The big picture: President Trump has been quiet on the job risks from AI. But Steve Bannon — a top official in Trump's first term, whose "War Room" is one of the most powerful MAGA podcasts — says AI job-killing, which gets virtually no attention now, will be a major issue in the 2028 presidential campaign.

• "I don't think anyone is taking into consideration how administrative, managerial and tech jobs for people under 30 — entry-level jobs that are so important in your 20s — are going to be eviscerated," Bannon told us.

Amodei — who had just rolled out the latest versions of his own AI, which can code at near-human levels — said the technology holds unimaginable possibilities to unleash mass good and bad at scale:

• "Cancer is cured, the economy grows at 10% a year, the budget is balanced — and 20% of people don't have jobs." That's one very possible scenario rattling in his mind as AI power expands exponentially.

The backstory: Amodei agreed to go on the record with a deep concern that other leading AI executives have told us privately. Even those who are optimistic AI will unleash unthinkable cures and unimaginable economic growth fear dangerous short-term pain — and a possible job bloodbath during Trump's term.

Full Article Here - https://www.axios.com/2025/05/28/ai-jobs-white-collar-unemployment-anthropic?

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20%?

Well, the Joke is on him. At least 80% of people in the modern workplace aren't actually working anyways. 20% of the employees are doing 95% of the work, and the rest are very busy on social media. Especially the .gov employees. Looking at you VA, and a bunch more. If your job can be done by a program, you had better start working on your next career.