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Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

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Hundreds of fourteenth-century coins were discovered in the western Czech Republic, near the Kladruby Monastery, by a couple out for a walk. “As they were walking through the forest, they spotted a few coins, two made of gold and one of silver, lying on the ground,” explained archaeologist Milan Metlička of the Museum of West Bohemia. “They were probably dug up by some forest animals, most likely by wild pigs.” The couple then pulled up a large stone in the ground, found the coin cache, and alerted authorities. The coins include gold ducats bearing the image of Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, Albrecht of Austria, and Rupert of the Palatinate; ducats from the Hanseatic city of Lübeck; more than 300 silver groschen minted in Bohemia; and groschen bearing the image of John of Bohemia, the Duke of Luxembourg. Metlička said the monastery was located on a medieval trade route that connected Prague and Nuremberg, although researchers do not know why the coins might have been hidden.

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The fourteenth century was also when the Order of the Knights Templar was dissolved and it's members suffering extreme persecution at the hands of the French king which had sought their audience the most during the Crusades. Some of the Templars, taking a page from their Viking and Norman maritime heritage, sailed the old Norse trade routes to the Americas and settled amongst friendly native tribes. A small portion ended up in Scotland under the protection of Robert The Bruce, whose entire kingdom had been recently excommunicated by the Church. Those Templars would play a key part in helping the Scots deliver a crushing defeat to the forces of the Plantagenet king Edward III and his invading army at Bannockburn, 1314...

However, this only accounts for a MINISCULE portion of the Templars, for their numbers were thousands strong at the peak of their strength. MOST of the truly experienced Templar warriors and bankers headed EAST to the volatile kingdoms of Hungary, Serbia, Wallachia, and Romania, where their populations would be facing a new and highly energetic Muslim threat in the form of the Ottoman Turks, whose war machine showed no signs of stopping since ravaging the Byzantine Empire to shreds. The Templars, who had never absolved from their lifelong oaths as holy warriors for Christendom, gave their allegiances to the eastern princes and would become the financial and military battering ram against the Muslim onslaught. The Order of the Dragon and other military orders which formed in the east at this time, were all of Templar origin and support.
 
New XP-100 .223 stock is ready to test fire before finishing. Way more fitting work than I expected including having to fabricate/install a new rear take down pillar. Just need to slap a bipod on it and go to the range.

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Are you on the 1919A4 board? If not, check it out - https://www.1919a4.com/forums/. Not as much activity as years ago but still lots of good folks and info.
I'm not on that forum... I'll check it out


All the guys with AR's feel normal when you set up the belt fed...

Can I shoot it gets asked a lot... sure... go buy a box of ammo, I'll even teach you how to use the linker...
 
New XP-100 .223 stock is ready to test fire before finishing. Way more fitting work than I expected including having to fabricate/install a new rear take down pillar. Just need to slap a bipod on it and go to the range.

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What a magnificent piece. The XP100 platform is superb. Did you make the grip to fire with either hand?
I use a contender .223 ina 14 “ hunter barrel. Jack rabbits, coyotes, and prairie dogs. Also a14 inch in 30/30. For deer.
good luck with this build.
 
What a magnificent piece. The XP100 platform is superb. Did you make the grip to fire with either hand?
I use a contender .223 ina 14 “ hunter barrel. Jack rabbits, coyotes, and prairie dogs. Also a14 inch in 30/30. For deer.
good luck with this build.
Shot a 100-200yd match with a member that was shooting 14" Contender in .221 Fireball on Sunday...... sub MOA at 200. with a 2-8 Leupold pistol scope. (y)

This is a .223 Varminter a friend purchased new in '86 and has 200-250 rounds through it. Excellent condition and the OEM trigger is a clean 1bl 6ozs from the factory.
The stock is ambidextrous, I bought it so I could mount a bipod as I didn't want to alter the OEM nylon stock that is in 95%+ condition.
I installed a 'spare' 4-12 Leupold VX-II fine duplex on a new EGW base with Warne 501M rings on it. Usage will be target shooting and Oregon sage rat vaporization. Hoping it likes the Berger 52g Flat Base Varmint bullet.
 
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