Username* said:

France was the 5th country Germany invaded. Austria Czechoslovakia Poland Norway came before France. You said France was 1st, that is not correct. Also Germany was pushing in Africa with aspirations to reach the middle east, there were more than 2 fronts and a Naval war.

My question is a bit multi faceted but would be. Had Roosevelt not passed away in April of 45, do you think he would have pushed back against the Soviets grabbing a strong position in China, Korea and Eastern Europe as the fighting stalled out momentarily. Did the Soviets take advantage of Truman? Would this have avoided many of the hold over “cold war” conflicts we fought not long after German and Japan surrender, resulting in Russia becoming the “enemy”?

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Don't forget Belgium, Luxembourg and Holland... Germans went into France through the Ardennes and Holland in the North and Lux in the South. I mean... those were speedbumps. But they were 'sort of' relevant countries. In a speed bump sort of way.

Doubt Roosevelt would have served his full second term (several references say that he was planning on finishing the war and resigning... which makes Truman a more interesting Veep choice.) But if he had kept up, he had a much better ability to push Stalin. And he likely WOULD have pushed for an Israel. Because he had been pushing it before hed died. But he died. And Truman had no insight into the discussions with Ibn Saud or the Roosevelt recognition of the Balfour Agreement or similar. Truman thought it a distraction and had no interest in Israel. In fact... he wanted to prevent an Israel to protect Aramco and US interests in the newly-emerging strategic Gulf region.

That said, I think (and this is opinion) Stalin thought Roosevelt weak and dying. So might have pushed him harder. Roosevelt thought his charm and persuasion could win over Stalin. I have a hunch Stalin saw another old dying rich American establishment guy and would have steamrollered Roosevelt more than he got away with when it came to Truman. Who was a 'street fighter' and was not going to get pushed by a commie thug.

But this is all speculation.

Cheers,

Sirhr

ttt

Uppp

geek65 said:

I don't understand what relevance being from the UK makes? Please explain.

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I didn't think that you would. They have trained you well.
What was your take on the video of the girl that shot the three people breaking into her house?

biggershooter said:

I haven't tested Aeromatch bullets myself, but internet reports indicate they exhibit less consistency than Berger bullets, particularly in weight and ogive-to-base measurements.

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So I did my own QC on lot #24573
Length 2.330 +.0030 -.0020
Bto 1.5900 + 0.0015 -0.0000
Weight 105.1 through 105.2

Sample size 100ea. Aeromatch 6mm 105
Price half of the Berger bullet.

I use calibration blocks and check weights.

Of course they don't have Berger 's hybrid ogive, they have a blended ogive instead.

Edit : they are flooding the market it appears.

Fortunately, I live in a mountainous country, so I will go shoot, measure and document.

Yes the off duty cop was an asshole. The dead guy was a dumb asshole.
A little courtesy by the cop and the situation never happens.
But that's where we are at in the country right now. Fuck everyone else. It's all about me me me. Even your grandma becomes a road range bitch once she gets behind the wheel of the car.
You are sitting in traffic and someone going the opposite direction wants to turn left into a business. Do you block the entrance or wait for them to turn in front of you? If you wait a couple seconds to let them cross the people behind you are laying on the horn.

TicTacTex said:

Biggest question on this topic… are your torque wrenches in MIL or MOA.

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Barrel torque calibration: 18" breaker bar to action wrench, wrench parallel to ground, put weight on end of breaker until almost no weight is on your feet -> torqued to spec. Calibrate differently if you're a moose and you break the action wrench.

TicTacTex said:

Biggest question on this topic… are your torque wrenches in MIL or MOA.

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How did I know you'd come up with that
I'll be telling my grandchildren about you tonight at bedtime

Mike R

TicTacTex said:

Biggest question on this topic… are your torque wrenches in MIL or MOA.

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SAE

I usually just run the "sniper" run and guns, which are pretty much the same thing, but the targets can be out to 1300 yds.

I run my vectors and a garmin 901 to build a target card on the clock. It ate up some time, but saves alot of ammo and time re-engaging targets.

My new setup for these matches is a 14.5" 6mm max with a fire 4000 WMLRF, which saves so much time it would be pretty useful on a regular run and gun.

Edsel said:

What happened?

Not profitable?

Not popular?

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Would not be surprised if the market was more or less saturated and sales dropped off. Plus with gummint contracts filled, it was not worth keeping production going for small/declining civilian sales.

I have one that I love. It's actually a really nice gas gun, so to speak! Bought used a few years ago when prices were a bit in the toilet. Which is always the best time to buy!

Sad to see it checking out, but betting the math was not looking good for sales vs. costs.

Cheers,

Sirhr

TheHorta said:

Just as a mild “warning”… RO systems should NOT be used for home drinking water UNLESS you also have a system that restores the missing key elements for drinking / consumption.

Believe it or not, 100% PURE water is actually BAD for human consumption — on a consistent basis. It’s fine occasionally, but as a routine water source, you need minerals and electrolytes in your water. RO strips these out entirely.

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You're absolutely right, correct, and accurate. It is the addition of the "polishing cartridges" that makes all the difference. I originally got this system, as we were going to set up a salt-water reef aquarium. (more coral than fish) But alas, adulting seems to have gotten in the way of such plans, so-far.

DON'T drink pure water. It'll leech what you need, right out of you.

geek65 said:

And if this lefty scum was in danger who would he call..... the 'cops' he hates so much.

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I thought you were joking. Then I checked and saw that you are from the UK.

bohem said:

"The Book" being Robert Vaughn's tome on his experiments in rifle repeatability experiments?

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Harold Vaughn's Rifle Accuracy Facts, yes.

bohem said:

As far as thread fit... this is where pre-load comes into the question. In a threaded joint once the preload applied exceeds the load that the joint will cycle through it becomes moot for the low cycle count these joints see. Even though 10,000 rounds down a 223 barrel might sound like a lot it's still not even on most S-N diagrams for fatigue loading.

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I was not considering anything about the number of cycles but rather the case of a fired round exerting a load on the threaded joint that exceeds the preload applied as Aaron Davidson stated occurs even with over 100 ft/lb torque on a barrel. If we agree the joint is moving when the force of a fired round exceeds that of the pre-load, would tighter fitting threads or "ramp threads" as outlined in Vaughn's book help encourage the barrel to come back to the same location after the load from the fired round is gone?

I believe this is SPF to @Rocky308 . Will update.

SPF

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And yet you quickly sank to our level, bravo! Welcome to levels 0.0-0.99 of the circles of hell.

You get to choose from Dante’s or Jahannam’s version.

Finishing Touches.

Lots accomplished this week and its only Thursday. The DDG V-Series 2210 has gone through all of the required phases to get to the coolest point in the project.

The machines are dialed in, with some likely optimization through the initial 500 or so parts, but we're running, and parts are going out to Anodize next week.

The Thumb Buttons and Adjustable Catch Block is running on two different Swiss machines (I didn't do video of the Catch Blocks because they're Stainless Steel and I'd rather not turn the coolant off), the Follower is running in a dual spindle lathe, and the magazine body halves are in a different dual spindle lathe. And thanks to my best employee, Kevin, the magazine body halves will be running lights out.

As I've mentioned before, the V-Series 10s are running now, followed by the 15s, 12s and 17s; then on to the X-Series, starting with the 15s.

Although it's the end of the day, I'm packing up to head to the range to run these things in my Gen 2 V22. Not too shabby for five months of work.

MB

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Just as a mild “warning”… RO systems should NOT be used for home drinking water UNLESS you also have a system that restores the missing key elements for drinking / consumption.

Believe it or not, 100% PURE water is actually BAD for human consumption — on a consistent basis. It’s fine occasionally, but as a routine water source, you need minerals and electrolytes in your water. RO strips these out entirely.

1911hombre said:

Remove vaseline from camera lens next time.

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i’m sorry. your mother was very liberal with it

Let’s do this again.