I used to work with and be friends with two Nepali brothers. Their old man was a doctor for the WHO and one of their uncles was a former prime minister. Very well educated, hard working guys. I'll try to reach out and see what they have to say and report back. Oh and I still have a Gurkha kukri they gifted me with, actual military one, not the cheap tourist shit. Wicked sharp and heavy.

There is new video showing him jumping off the roof while escaping. It was a fairly good drop. They said the rifle was, "found in a wooded area". How did the rifle get transported from the roof to the wooded area? He obviously wasn't carrying it with him when he left. Something doesn't stack.

Basically do what you have to to keep any ag tax exemptions and lease it to someone in the area to use as is and upkeep the place.

You won't make much in the end but you will keep the place and not lose any money. That is a good deal these days.

Still one in the chamber?

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Samuel Whittemore said:

This is getting nuts now...

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Displace the blame from the real culprits.

Pops shooting with the Calypso AB mini ultrasonic wind meter and the Vectronix Vector X binos synced up to base the windage calculations in applied ballistics on live wind readings

As many of you know, I received one of the Calypos AB mini ultrasonic wind meters while I was doing the Vectronix Vector X binocular reviews about a year ago. At that time, the Calypso meter was in beta and it was a while before the first iterations of the supporting software to get the meter to communicate with a range finder to integrate it’s readings with rangefider data and be part of the ballistic solution existed. I think it was this April that AB Quantum incorporated this functionality. At the time of that release, I did not have luck in getting the Calypso AB meter to work with any of my AB binos though. I recall it saying it paired with the Sig binos at that time. That pairing didn’t seem to actually work to produce calculations based on active wind readings and the wind meter didn’t even yet pair with the Vectronix or Leica binos. Every once and a while I have tried it out wind meter again but it hasn’t been top of mind. While setting up for yesterdays big range trip I updated the Vector X and Calypso firmware as well as the AB application software and got a fun surprise. For the first time, all the software and hardware clicked. Not only did it work, but it was also seamless and easy. The Vectronix binoculars paired with the Calypso wind meter easily in the app and even re-acquired it without issue each time the binos fell asleep and were awakened. Fresh new wind calls based on the live data each time I ranged a target. This was pretty exciting. Now I need to dig into the specifics of exactly if/how all of this works with multi-target range cards for competitive shooters. For someone looking to range a target with an AB equipped rangefinder and then shoot it using AB calculated data based a wind reading captured at the time of ranging, the system is very easy and simple to use though. I also need to test out the Calypso pairing and function with the Sig 10k and Leica Geovid Pro binos.


The view through the Vectronix Vector X binos while connected to the Calypso AB mini ultrasonic wind meter. The binoculars display “CLPS” for the wind source (though this is super hard to make out in the through the lens photo).

He lived around Sprout Springs just west of Austin, maybe a bit north, likely free of the flood.

Just a point, I think the 5.56 was Gen II.

Update 9–12-2025

I did an all day range day at the long-range facility Wednesday. Part of this was slated to be tripod shooting practice with the 350L to get a better handle on what I think is reasonable for ethical deer kill distance all factors, including myself, considered. Since I brought my dad along, I also planned to get a lot of photo and video for upcoming 350 articles including as much through the lens trace video as possible though the Vector X binos. Boy did we get some good video of that. There aren’t many trace videos on YouTube and the ones I have seen are generally so bad that you can’t make anything out. We got some good ones though and I plan on making up a good compilation video. People are always asking me what trace looks like and how to spot it. This should be of help both for that and for seeing the bullet itself as many of the videos show the fat, fairly slow, 350L bullet pretty clearly whereas other show the trace disturbance from a faster, smaller, .223 as well. I also got some video of .223, .308, and 350L on the same targets under the same lighting conditions. It’s pretty interesting to see the trace difference and the huge difference in splash on the target.


Syncing up the Calypso AB mini ultrasonic wind meter and the Vectronix Vector X binos to base the windage calculations in applied ballistics on live wind readings

In a big surprise, when I was setting up software for the range trip, I updated the Vectronix Vector X, the AB Quantum app, and the Calypso AB ultrasonic wind meter and found that the wind meter now pairs with the Vector X binos and works as more than a stand alone wind meter. When paired with the binos the Calypso wind readings are used as the basis for the windage calculation and the output updates each time you range the target. I have had this wind meter for around a year now as I was sent one in beta. It was a while before the first iterations of the supporting software (early april for AB Quantum with that functionality) were released and I did not have luck in getting the AB meter to work at that time with any of my AB binos though I recall it saying it paired with the Sig binos at that time. That pairing didn’t seem to actually work to produce calculations based on active wind readings and the wind meter didn’t even pair with the Vectronix or Leica binos at that time. Every once and a while I have tried it out wind meter again but this was the first time all the software and hardware clicked. Not only did it work, but it was also seamless and easy. The binoculars ever re-acquired the calypso wind meter without issue each time they were awakened from sleep mode. It was pretty exciting. Now I need to dig into the specifics of exactly if/how all of this works with multi-target range cards for competitive shooters. For someone looking to range a target with an AB equipped rangefinder and then shoot it using AB calculated data based a wind reading captured at the time of ranging, the system is very easy and simple to use though.


The view through the Vectronix Vector X binos while connected to the Calypso AB miniultrasonic wind meter. The binoculars display “CLPS” for the wind source.