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#1 Our neighbors are fu!#$, this morning there was ton of debris piled up against the concrete pillars.....apparently it knocked them over!
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#2 They just towed this fool past our house.
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Laughed at the truck, not your neighbors

Hope they are safe and sound and get back to normal soon

Hog hunting rifle choice

If you're hunting from a SAFE position and don't mind losing a lot of ones that you hit (poorly) on the run...then the 5.56 will suffice.

Most of those places don't want hunters sticking 20 animals with bullets...kind of reduces the chances of charging more hunters down the road.

I've killed pigs that were as tall and long as bucks with a 5.56, it all depends on where you hit them. And when you can't guarantee exactly where that next shot is going it has fallen way behind other cartridges. My safety also depends on killing them and not having a wounded and pissed off pig turning on me in the dark. Therefore I never recommend the 5.56 for solo hunters at night.

Even at point blank range with a solid 5.56 bullet, it isn't a cake walk, go with the '06. I cannot remember which bullet I was using.

Shot these 5 in a hastily built trap, they broke out and all but one died in the yard or trap, other made it to the woods and expired. It was a whole lot of western for the 10rds fired. I was lucky, they broke the trap directly in front of me. Used 17g galvanized electric fence wire for the ties, 4 at each post.


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Movie Theater Sergio Leone: The Italian who Invented America

Came out a couple of years ago... but is available for streaming and on HBO...

This documentary is about legendary director Sergio Leone... the king of the Spaghetti Western... and the man who made Clint Eastwood "Clint."

Interviews a number of directors (Most of whom are Hollywood lefties) but is really fascinating how much Leone influenced some of the great movie directors of the '70's through today...

The clips, the interviews, the inter-relationships between films and myth and character, etc... if you are a film buff, you will really enjoy this!

One really funny moment is describing the bridge explosion in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. They spent weeks building the bridge and an Italian Army demo team rigged it. And everyone got into place and they blew the bridge... And "Tuco" said "Ha, I bet they didn't have film in the camera!"

A moment later, Leone came out of is trailer utterly screaming and going "Who blew the bridge!" Apparently, noone had called action and no cameras were rolling! The Italian Army felt so bad for screwing up the detonation, they rebuilt the bridge and then did the explosion again.

Anyway, a totally worthy watch!

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Tikka T3 Thread

Nice but why did you stop at 3
Makes no sense to shoot more, I rather shoot several 3 shot groups as well as few shots at longer range. Also we prefer 140/143gr for hunting and rather get them to shoot. I have spoken to several gunsmiths who have in the meantime also seen the sense in 3 shot groups for initial testing. If your second shot is a flyer the group is not going to get better with more shots. I prefer to evaluate every shot. Just about all of my rifles shoot well at 100m, more important is to test/tweak the drop chart as most of my deer are shot between 200 and say 600m .
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Tariffs and ammo prices?

Thousands upon thousands of posts here about the New World Order and soros, Rothschild's and others ushering in a one world order. Open borders and a unified government like that of the EU but across the planet.
The plan to destroy the strength of the USA has been happening for decades with a multi prong attack. I find it funny how people get micro on these things and never look at the macro.
What has been happening over the past hundred years has gotten us into a 37 trillion dollar dept and destroyed an industrial manufacturing economy into a consumer economy with 50% of the population dependent on the government 30% of the of the population working for the government (local, state, federal) and 20% of the population actually producing. Y'all been screaming about getting the country turned around and the very first sign of the pain it's going to take to accomplish that y'all freak the fuck out and start ranting about your 401K and other shit.

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Circled in red is what they did with funny money created out of thin air because "Covid" the green line and below is what it should be.

Awe fuck it. Y'all don't want to accept the big picture.

All the world is a stage.
Preach!!

Tariffs and ammo prices?

Political fuckabout like this always has detrimental effects and it always hurts people financially.
So, genius, how do we repair decades of political fuckabout; that has created an artificial economic handcuffing of the largest economic contributor in history? Maybe try a forced reset to compel the other players to rethink their policies, without bloodshed?
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Charter captain goes pirate in Florida

What's the "bridge' look like on his boat? If it's completely enclosed then that might work as he need only roll around inside the bridge and get access to the controls, radar, etc. But if the bridge has outdoor external control stations like the following, it might be harder to be wheel chair bound and be the master. They are responsible for the ship handling and docking. They have to use those stations when docking and they have to get to them quickly when needed. In the case below, those external stations are right on the outside edge of the bridge where the master can see where the boat is in relation to the dock.

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Now, in the case of the following boat, the entire bridge is inside and could be accessed via wheelchair.

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As far as the "captain" in a wheelchair goes... ANYBODY can drive the boat, as long as long as SOMEBODY on board has the correct license.
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Tariffs and ammo prices?

Thousands upon thousands of posts here about the New World Order and soros, Rothschild's and others ushering in a one world order. Open borders and a unified government like that of the EU but across the planet.
The plan to destroy the strength of the USA has been happening for decades with a multi prong attack. I find it funny how people get micro on these things and never look at the macro.
What has been happening over the past hundred years has gotten us into a 37 trillion dollar dept and destroyed an industrial manufacturing economy into a consumer economy with 50% of the population dependent on the government 30% of the of the population working for the government (local, state, federal) and 20% of the population actually producing. Y'all been screaming about getting the country turned around and the very first sign of the pain it's going to take to accomplish that y'all freak the fuck out and start ranting about your 401K and other shit.

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Circled in red is what they did with funny money created out of thin air because "Covid" the green line and below is what it should be.

Awe fuck it. Y'all don't want to accept the big picture.

All the world is a stage.

Clue me in on why GDI sucks.

So I'm necroing my own post here and I applogize! New (to me) ride was accquired! Hit my budget of $40k cash and I am tickled shitless! Flew into Dallas monday to pick-up Kermit! 2023 TRD Offroad with 33K on the clock and Gold Certified. Why did I wait so long?!? Promptly had a local toyota tuning network member do a lite/mild Overland Taylor Tune to help with pedal responce and cut down on the gear hunting and road triped it home!

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Wtf is this lone survivor or lone runner stuff about?

I think one of the major problems with all this “stolen valor” stuff or whatever you call it is on us as a society. We need to focus more on ourselves and our own accomplishments, both past and future vs others. It is good to have people to look up to / mentors, etc but we should not put them on a pedestal. The Roger Bannister effect is real and is a very good thing. However so is the BS social media fake life crap. It is up to us to find the balance.

I do agree that we as a society should keep these people who claim things that are fake in check & even call them on their BS especially when it hurts or takes away from others. But if there is not a platform (if no one listened to them or cares) for these people they will be less likely to come up with these lies.

M1917 vs M1903

I've always wondered why the '03 seems to have been so much more popular for use as a match rifle than the 1917(during their heyday: 1910's - 1950's or thereabouts when the Garands and M14's completely took over High Power - Service Rifle, and Model 70's/40X's/etc completely took over High Power - Match Rifle, 3x600, prone, long range prone, etc)?

Is the '03 simply a more inherently accurate rifle(IMO a valid question, because the '03 receiver was WIDELY used in the Mann Device for ammo accuracy testing and whatnot for like 100+ years)? Or was it a case of the '03 simply having sights more conducive to competition/precision in general/etc? Or...??

There were FAR more 1917's produced vs '03s during WW1(along with commercial variants eg: Remington Model 30 & Winchester Model 51 Imperial). And they consequently played a far bigger role in the US war effort than the '03 did, in the 1st world war...esp. if you count the P14.

I ain't aware of any commercial '03 variants(aside from the M1922 and the DCM Sporter if ya wanna count them?)?

TL;dr/summary: why no 1917 National Match Rifles? Why so few custom 1917 target rifles?
(Yes I'm aware of Comfort's winning the '35 Wimbledon Cup w/ a custom .300 H&H 1917 {{and @sirhrmechanic 's amazingly beautiful clone/recreation of said rifle, or was that you, @buffalowinter ?}}.

Regardless - my point/question still stands; the '03 dominated the Nat'l Matches up until the Garand NM and Don McCoy's match conditioned Garands were born.. and the 1917 was perceptively very rarely used in comparison. Why is that?

Thanks in advance gentlemen.
God bless & best regards!

Wtf is this lone survivor or lone runner stuff about?

You're getting the shots mixed up. The 2500 yard shot was a soldier that sat down on a rock that he was using to sight in on every day. Like a deer walking in front of the steel at your range.
Even then he said it was pure luck he got him, as it was going to miss until the dude stood up while the bullet was in flight.

The bicycle was quite a bit closer. If I'm remembering correctly it was 800 yards.

Also done by a guy that won a lot of matches, after he was disabled. He proved he could shoot.


There's a ton of liars out there though. Sometimes encouraged by command to make something look good.
I had the honor of meeting Carlos 2 years before he passed away, he seemed to be a very humble man. As far as a shooter he was the real deal, not just anyone can win Wimbledon. I am not here defending the man, but he does have some credibility as a shooter. He also was a part in making the Corps Sniper program what it was for so many years.

There was an interview that I think John Plaster did with Carlos before he passed away and they discussed some of the “famous” events Carlos had during Vietnam. I can’t remember for sure which shot it was but I do remember Carlos stating he took a long shot at an NVA squatting down but would have shot over top of the man, but the man stood up into the round. Carlos said it was pure luck. I just can’t remember the details now. But who really knows…
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