I thought it was incredibly peculiar when they announced they were getting in to the 2011 game.

That raised a lot of my eyebrows.

Kickin45 said:

This is the GA
No issues with it at all. No pressure, no swipes etc. I’m just curious about the different primers and the 200fps difference.
Shot 100rnds through it all in the 2700fps range which is really slow for 6GT
Grab a box with GA after the SKU and it’s all 2950.
Go back to non GA box, 2750

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You say no pressure signs and correct me if I’m wrong as my eyes may be playing tricks on me but is the GAP stuff, hold primers, not showing cratering and reformation around the firing pin or is my eyes deceiving me? That’s signs of pressure.

chevy_man said:

I have an old 26" barrel in the camper I use for a fire stirring stick...

They've outlived their useful life, they're now scrap metal. What you do with scrap is up to your imagination.

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I like the idea but mine are a bit heavy. I wonder how they would work as tire thumpers (cut to size and wrapped on one end)

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LuckyLuke80 said:

Ok my last comment-read deuteronomy 6:4.

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Right it says YHWH is one. It doesn’t say monotheism, however we would say our faith is monotheistic. We do this all the time, we assign categorical terms to theological truths we see in scripture. The term Trinity is the same thing.

That is the summation of your argument. Because it doesn’t say trinity or use a few specific terms, you deny the trinity. All the while ignoring the relational distinctions we see in scripture of the father son and spirit. You are committing the logical fallacy of specificity

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Fair points.

Who was operating the IADS in Syria & Iran?

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Russians, Syrians, Iranians all with Russian AD training.

Serbs and East Germans were much better at operating Soviet-era SAMs. Iraq had some East German contractors helping man SAM systems in ODS back in 1991. Serbs are of course well-known for the only shoot-down of an F-117A in 1999. Keep in mind F-117A doesn’t have any Radar Warning receivers, no Radar, no self-protection suite, no chaff, no flares, no real SA in that space, yet it flew 1271 combat sorties over Iraq, and over 850 combat sorties over Yugoslavia, zero combat fatalities.

That’s our obsolete trash in terms of stealth capability.

The lower-level Russian Pantsir-S1 and S2 systems were advertised as undefinable, so Israel and Turkey turned defeating them into a sport. That one is more relevant for smaller aircraft and incoming drones, yet it never materialized that way.

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Shouldn’t have given that van driver the finger.

Can anyone tell me what is the biggest barrel profile I can run in my ATX? I am using the full top rail and internal weights.

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232593 said:

I’ve read it. Do you think what’s provided will enable timely implementation of the originally desired capability?


Where is it stated that EVERYTHING being sent was scheduled for de-milling. And even if that was the case it still introduces a fair amount of the capability to the battlefield.

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The Army’s acquisition of longer-ranged fires seems to indicate to me more focus on the Pacific theater, due to the tyranny of distance between the islands. US Army can provide LR fires, alongside Patriot PAC-3 MSE missile defense of key installations, which has already demonstrated capability to intercept Kh-47M2 hypersonic missiles. This is the main area the US Army is relevant in FSCO, not with Armor, Infantry, or even aviation. Army Aviation is primarily tasked with attack helicopter support of Armor in the advance, as well as in-theater light and medium lift of soldiers, light vehicles, and howitzers (Sling Load).



The USMC is more relevant in the attack at a strategic level than US Army due to USMC force modernization, and always had far more tactical air capability with fighters. ( I spent 10 years in the Army, so I’m just being dispassionate about what I see from the big picture.)



Not everything sent to Ukraine was old stock scheduled for de-mil, but most of it was, and much of it was already older FMS contract stuff sold to NATO countries decades ago. ATACMS has been scheduled for replacement by PrSM in the US Army already, though it is extremely capable and lethal in lower-level conflicts between poorly-equipped nations like Russia and Ukraine. The ATACMS footage I’ve seen from Ukraine was absolutely horrifying for Infantry riding along in transport trucks. Killed everyone in a multi-vehicle column instantly. That’s our old crap from our least-important service.

Yup, our old, replaced, out-dated systems were game-changers in an outdated battlefield like Ukraine, but were never delivered in consistent numbers to provide decisive overmatch. Biden WH wasn’t going to let that happen after being on Russian payroll since the 1970s, nor were any of the Obama staffers who populated the place, for the same reasons.

Biden and Obama were shocked that the SMO didn’t go down swiftly as promised by Putin, so they were left holding a bag they never anticipated. Euros were the first to step in and start sending old stock, with fresh orders for new FMS from the US to replace those. This was all in addition to Trump’s Javelin and $600 million FMS weapons packages from 2018-2019.

LuckyLuke80 said:

ok, let me amend that to say that the trinity idea was not established at nicea, but it was absolutely enshrined and adopted wholesale there. As for trinity scriptures, there are none. I’ve read the WHOLE Bible through from one leather cover to the other and never seen the word “trinity” “triune” or “co-equal” etc anywhere. I can point out scores of scriptures that refer to God as ONE.

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Neither is monotheism. I have never read that in the Bible. Does that mean that Christianity isn’t monotheistic?

"Cruel and unusual" has always been misinterpreted by the court in my opinion. Having the same punishment visited unto offenders that they visited unto others isn't cruel: it's justice. How long did it take each of his three victims to die?

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Not a single hand-to-heart.

Ttt few more pics of groups. Second group is a standard fire forming land with 77s and 8208 powder. Shot with the RC2 on it

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cgbills said:

... We can go into Trinitarian scriptures if you want

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Oh, he wants.

LuckyLuke80 said:

Hm…I see no scripture there. Just the writings of men. If we aren’t using the Bible, then what is the basis of discussion?

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As I said, they are not canon. What I am illustrating is Trinitarian thought existed in the early church. That is presented to refute your claim that the trinity was created at Nicea. History shows it was not. Additionally there are many scriptures that show Trinitarianism. That was not the point of my post. It was to show you were uninformed about church history. We can go into Trinitarian scriptures if you want

232593 said:

M1 & Bradley?

HIMARS for shaping in the adversary SA?

I agree that at present Russia’s capability in the air domain is limited. But does their A2AD capability make up for that shortfall if facing a peer threat?

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As to Russian A2AD, F-35s have been flying over late-model S-300 & S-400 IADS networks as if they own the place, including in Syria, Iran, and other places.

We’ve been acquiring Russian SAMs and Radars since the early 1970s and doing technical and tactical exploitation on them. In fact, we snatched/bought/negotiated the acquisition of an S-300 system from Ukraine in Trump’s first term.

After the Battle of Khasham, Trump understood where Putin stood as some kind of guy who thought he could challenge the US without consequence, and had to learn the hard way.

We have built a large portion of our air forces to conduct SEAD and DEAD missions since Vietnam, when the emergence of Soviet SAMs really accounted for substantial losses of US air power. It’s a very difficult mission set to equip and train for in 4th Gen fighters, but we did it and executed it well in Desert Storm.

With 5th Gen, it’s basically unfair against Russian A2AD systems, which have already been defeated for sport by Turkey and Israel using much less-expensive systems in Syria and Libya.

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LuckyLuke80 said:

lol. Well, there is parts of what you said I agree with and other parts I don’t, but don’t fret, as I already have the Holy Ghost in me and I was baptized in Jesus’ name as was commanded by Peter and the apostles. That is why I am called apostolic. Oh, yes and the Pharisees and sadducees called the apostles heretics clear back then

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Apostolic Holiness....or a flavor of the same.
Yeah...good for you, and good luck with that.