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  1. ArcticLight

    RIP Poohster

    This cat was better company than most people. She feared no dog, dogs feared her. Best friend a guy could want to have, but now it's time to take her on the final drive, she had a stroke and I can't let her suffer. A lot of the guys that were at Ft Lewis in teh early and mid 2000's knew this...
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    Arctic is back!

    Thanks guys! - Not flying the wing much, weather sucks, but I am finishing up a 1 year resto-mod on a VW Scirocco - had to sell the last one when I got custody. I'm hoping to build a LR rifle, old school, on the cheap but not too cheap- quality but not into the new technology. I prefer 1970's...
  3. ArcticLight

    What does it mean to be white?

    It means I sunburn all too easily. Otherwise nothing, most of my friends skin is not white, don't care, we all bleed red.
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    Arctic is back!

    Oh yeah those that know me k now I *HATE* Glocks. Until yesterday, shot a Gen 4 Glock 19 and fell in LOVE with it - it's on my shopping list. My nephew is in one of the groups and brought his glock up for me to try. :)
  5. ArcticLight

    Arctic is back!

    Been a while, had a daughter to raise, life got in the way. :) Went out with my 06 yesterday to get some rifle time, bit rusty but dead target all the same. Was actually surprised my CBS was only 1/2" off on a rifle I hadn't zeroed. So when I finish this VW Scirocco restoration (Xmas) I'm...
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    Groups smaller than bullet diameter?

    It is my opinion that BR shooters have to master the equipment while prone shooters have to master their body. (No disrespect is intended here, that is still impressive!) But my question there is, how far is your CBS from the cold bore AIM POINT? I cannot tell how big that steel is, looks...
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    Sidearms & Scatterguns 9MM Wins - Thanks FBI

    That's a prime example of why people need to train under pressure. Military - we ran 2 miles and had 2 minute sto load and fire for accuracy (Combat Pistol team). When I was in LE I just practiced, and practiced. But procedures and laws and juries always make you second guess, in this case...
  8. ArcticLight

    Sidearms & Scatterguns Another 1911 comparison thread?

    You guys feel free to add in other brands! I too have Springfield at the top of my list, actually considering a rail but we'll see.
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    Sidearms & Scatterguns Another 1911 comparison thread?

    So I've been out of a 1911 for a while and I did just use the search function so shut up about that already :D :D Seriously, for home defense, vehicle, carry- there are HOST of newly made and older companies making 1911's and the last review I could find here favored the Dan Wesson. So...
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    Groups smaller than bullet diameter?

    When you get bored shooting groups, start going for the longest most accurate CBS you can make. Far far more challenging. Obviously takes good groups to GET there but after watching benchrest shooters, I lost interest in group s ize. But the CBS, that makes a good challenge on both...
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    Sidearms & Scatterguns 40 S&W over 41 Mag for Grizzly Bear Protection?

    I like the "Authorized personal weapons" part, in F airbanks they actually had quite a bit of freedom for that. Most guys had the 870 or a Mossberg. After reading the s tats on shooting vs bear spray though, I'd carry a 10mm but would prefer to use the bear spray first. The first time out I...
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    Sidearms & Scatterguns 9MM Wins - Thanks FBI

    Someone here posted a debate that the FBI got into whereas a subject t ook 6 or 8 s hots from a 40, although some hit vital organs, the subject had to be taken down with a 223 for that reason. Shot placement had a lot ot do with it, and that's wh y the 5.56 sniper was able to stop the shooter...
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    Sidearms & Scatterguns Ruger single actions Bisley vs. Vaquero vs. Blackhawk

    I heard good on the Vaquero while my stepdad was shooting cowboy action. I just sold a Virginia Dragoon, they are fun to shoot as well.
  14. ArcticLight

    Sidearms & Scatterguns 40 S&W over 41 Mag for Grizzly Bear Protection?

    Well said. Having been stationed in Alaska and spent time up there, almost every bear attack I read about was a suprise. No time to get to a pistol if it's not already in hand. Then you have to get a brain shot. Or use Bear Spray, statistics say that only ONE person was ever injured but it...
  15. ArcticLight

    Speeding ticket question.

    Technically an officer is supposed to be an expert judge of speed, and to CONFIRM with the radar. Go to court and ask for Deferred Adjudication - Drive good for a year and it falls away, get a ticke tand BOTH tickets go on your record. Otheriwse fight it, but beware the courts have heard...
  16. ArcticLight

    USMC Museum - drone coverage

    Well he has a bit ot learn about Yaw control but his intent was awesome and I never knew there WAS a USMC museum there. Pretty cool. Drone flight over the National Museum of the Marine Corps - YouTube
  17. ArcticLight

    Kennedy conspiracy # (meaning number, not hashtag) 213128953948.

    This one has been beat to death. It would not be difficult for a trained person to use that rifle and make those shots. That round nosed bullet had a BAD habit of tumbling due to it's length and relatively low velocity. History channel (See above) beat this to death ballistically and...
  18. ArcticLight

    Question for Seasoned Guitar Players

    I'm looking for the $400 Seagull acoustic myself. Anyone got one? I just tinker, make good notes, have 2 songs I wrote but they are short. Keeps my fingers agile.
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    Well Now This is Interesting: Electronic Warfare Comming to a Cell Tower Near You.

    Personally I think they are FBI or local PD stations. Seattle PD set these up all over downtown, they will record your MAC addy when your wireless attempts to connect, and then as you move they record again - logs it and keeps a blip of where you are. Airplane mode is your friend. In the...
  20. ArcticLight

    Anchorage?

    What you said, EXACTLY. I have canoed the upper Chena, mid/lower Chena, did a river crossing on the Nenana and Jarvis Crk down at Ft Greely. I've had snow in May at Ft Greely, only to have it melt and hit 65 that day. We were Pike fishing in a fiord on the Chena river once, and when they tell...
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