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Good ole Rhinos obstructing HPA again
- By Darryle
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7 different drop box forms to send an email to my district representative and my favorite was the subject
Trump is back…the “Now What” thread
- By lariat
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Breakthrough Ceasefire? Trump Orders Halt To Yemen Bombings, Houthis Have "Capitulated" | ZeroHedge
ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
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"This week Israel joined the US coalition's bombardment of Yemen, following a ballistic missile launch on Ben Gurion International Airport, resulting in six injuries. President Trump on Tuesday has indicated the Houthis are ready to talk and no longer want to fight the US. The Houthis within an hour of the headlines denied this, calling the president's words "inaccurate". Fight still on?..."
Guess time will tell.
Precision Rifle Gear New Athlon Rangecraft Chronograph-Garmin Xero Killer?
- By Varminterror
- The Armory
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My Athlon Velocity Pro arrived on Friday and I had opportunity to take it out to an ELR class Manners hosted. I took my LabRadar LX (which I haven't used much since Oct when I got it), and my Garmin, which I've used a bunch for the last year and a half as my primary chrono.
Athlon had put another Velocity Pro on a "prize table" for the students of the class, and the guy who won it in the drawing let me put it side by side with my unit, as well as another shooter's Garmin, so we had 5 chrony's lined up for a few shooters (at least when one of the Garmins wasn't knocked over by brake blast).
The two Athlons measured within 1-2fps of each other for each shot. The two Garmins measured within 1fps of each other for each shot. The LabRadar LX was ~3-4fps slower than the Garmin regularly, which is well within the specified precision of these units.
The two Athlons, however, read ~20fps faster than the other 3 units. Shooting out to 1860yrds during this class, naturally we were able to decipher which speeds were correct.
I spoke with Athlon yesterday about this, and they mentioned that a hard reset of the unit should correct the firmware and bring that back in line with the other units. So I'm going out hopefully on Thursday to shoot again before resetting, along side the Garmin and LabRadar again, then do the hard reset and see if 1) the offset remains before the reset as I saw it on Saturday and Sunday, and then 2) the offset returns after the hard reset. I WILL report back to see if this reset does correct the offset.
Something kind of neat - I've had opportunities like this where I have carried my Garmin like a GoPro and walked behind prone shooters on a firing line - standing behind their feet, WAY behind the specified placement recommendation - and I have been able to pick up shots without fail. I tried this with the Athlon this weekend as well, and sure enough, it picked up the shots from standing behind the shooters also (with the same ~20fps offset).
Athlon had put another Velocity Pro on a "prize table" for the students of the class, and the guy who won it in the drawing let me put it side by side with my unit, as well as another shooter's Garmin, so we had 5 chrony's lined up for a few shooters (at least when one of the Garmins wasn't knocked over by brake blast).
The two Athlons measured within 1-2fps of each other for each shot. The two Garmins measured within 1fps of each other for each shot. The LabRadar LX was ~3-4fps slower than the Garmin regularly, which is well within the specified precision of these units.
The two Athlons, however, read ~20fps faster than the other 3 units. Shooting out to 1860yrds during this class, naturally we were able to decipher which speeds were correct.
I spoke with Athlon yesterday about this, and they mentioned that a hard reset of the unit should correct the firmware and bring that back in line with the other units. So I'm going out hopefully on Thursday to shoot again before resetting, along side the Garmin and LabRadar again, then do the hard reset and see if 1) the offset remains before the reset as I saw it on Saturday and Sunday, and then 2) the offset returns after the hard reset. I WILL report back to see if this reset does correct the offset.
Something kind of neat - I've had opportunities like this where I have carried my Garmin like a GoPro and walked behind prone shooters on a firing line - standing behind their feet, WAY behind the specified placement recommendation - and I have been able to pick up shots without fail. I tried this with the Athlon this weekend as well, and sure enough, it picked up the shots from standing behind the shooters also (with the same ~20fps offset).
Good ole Rhinos obstructing HPA again
- By MK20
- The Bear Pit
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Rhinos once again holding up the hearing protection act Hr404 and hr2395 being held up in commity by some good ole rhino action. Who claim, "it's not the time."
Held hostage in commity by Rep Jason Smith Missouri life time NRA memeber.
Call (202) 225 3625 ways and means commity to voice your displeasure.
Well, considering the president of the NRA strongly advocated for the NFA back in 1934 in Congressional testimony, and the same NRA president helped write DC's gun laws and bragged about them, what do you expect from NRA members?
Maggie’s Funny & awesome pics, vids and memes thread (work safe, no nudity)
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Meanwhile in Rome…
Suck it beaners!
Suck it beaners!
Good ole Rhinos obstructing HPA again
- The Bear Pit
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Rhinos once again holding up the hearing protection act Hr404 and hr2395 being held up in commity by some good ole rhino action. Who claim, "it's not the time."
Held hostage in commity by Rep Jason Smith Missouri life time NRA memeber.
Call (202) 225 3625 ways and means commity to voice your displeasure.
Held hostage in commity by Rep Jason Smith Missouri life time NRA memeber.
Call (202) 225 3625 ways and means commity to voice your displeasure.
Rocks
- By steve123
- The Bear Pit
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I don't want to throw the $$$$ at the rocks I'd like to get but have acquired a few for the rock garden. This rock garden was already there when we bought the place 15 years ago and was ugly as can be because of the hideous local Malapai rocks stacked up to make a fountain previously so we repurposed it all the best we could think of. Mostly my wife's project but it's nice to sit out there in the summer evenings. Zoom in close and you can see some of them.
We used blue fire pit glass to make the imitation blue fountain coming down the middle and other colors of the same to make places to accentuate the larger rocks. I like the Shiva Stone in the bottom middle because it's pretty large , weighs 25 pounds and is so unique.
Good thing I'm not rich or I'd have spent a ton of money at the Tucson Rock and Mineral Show but those of course would be inside the house.
My favorite type of Gem for the money is Ethiopian Opals.
We used blue fire pit glass to make the imitation blue fountain coming down the middle and other colors of the same to make places to accentuate the larger rocks. I like the Shiva Stone in the bottom middle because it's pretty large , weighs 25 pounds and is so unique.
Good thing I'm not rich or I'd have spent a ton of money at the Tucson Rock and Mineral Show but those of course would be inside the house.
My favorite type of Gem for the money is Ethiopian Opals.
