Cold muddy Riding this morning In Texas
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Sheeeyit. If you glued some leaves to the trees it would be summer. Here-- 15-20 degrees later today. 30-50 mph winds. still snow on the ground. There will be no riding. It has morphed into a wrench and oil day.
Same deal here...Cold snap coming tonight with sustained 45+mph northwest wind and 4 degrees F.
Tomorrow's highs are not going to get anywhere above 10F.......On the plus side, it means that the ranges are not going to be crowded, at all. Heck, I might be the only one shooting there tomorrow.
Gonna take the old Remington '58 along and make some SMOKE. Always wanted to find out how accurate my 200-grain conicals are at longer distances in 45+mph gusts. Loading up a few spare cylinders for the warhorse right now.
Tomorrow's highs are not going to get anywhere above 10F.......On the plus side, it means that the ranges are not going to be crowded, at all. Heck, I might be the only one shooting there tomorrow.
Gonna take the old Remington '58 along and make some SMOKE. Always wanted to find out how accurate my 200-grain conicals are at longer distances in 45+mph gusts. Loading up a few spare cylinders for the warhorse right now.
I knew a guy who died doing just that on his CR 500. It was sad. Praying he pulls through.
Should be to Seton in Austin from where you are AJ.
Momma did her training there when in nursing school. She hates trauma.
I will always uphold that dirt is safer than the road though.
If its warm enough to have bag chairs out AJ, its not cold. Temp yesterday was 8F with 20+ moh winds.
Momma did her training there when in nursing school. She hates trauma.
I will always uphold that dirt is safer than the road though.
If its warm enough to have bag chairs out AJ, its not cold. Temp yesterday was 8F with 20+ moh winds.
I am from NJ but left at 17 for the Army, and will only go back out of the back of a C130 on a liberation mission. I live north of Houston now but did the 2 1/2 hour ride over to hit this track today, have a race here next week if my ribs feel okay tomorrow.
Dirt is safer but I gotta tell you wth these new bikes today they put out more horse and torque than the fastest sport bike of my youth. Can get in trouble especially when threading the trees at 30 mph in handle bar width trails. This crash was in wide open terrain that I was hitting at 60 this morning, the guy must have been hitting it just as hard and caught a rut with one tire and not the other. Will see how he makes out. But again YOLO and everyone that does this knows the risks but its a passion for certain types.
As far as weather, I showed up in shorts and wife beater, all the Austin/Cali people looked at me strangely. Once I told them I was from north of Houston they shook their heads understandingly. The fuckers are the most groomed group of dirt riders in the USA.Sad really.
Dirt is safer but I gotta tell you wth these new bikes today they put out more horse and torque than the fastest sport bike of my youth. Can get in trouble especially when threading the trees at 30 mph in handle bar width trails. This crash was in wide open terrain that I was hitting at 60 this morning, the guy must have been hitting it just as hard and caught a rut with one tire and not the other. Will see how he makes out. But again YOLO and everyone that does this knows the risks but its a passion for certain types.
As far as weather, I showed up in shorts and wife beater, all the Austin/Cali people looked at me strangely. Once I told them I was from north of Houston they shook their heads understandingly. The fuckers are the most groomed group of dirt riders in the USA.Sad really.
Most moto x guys end up with ribs, partially collapsed lung, or spleen or liver. No biggy if treated early by smart people with knowledge.
Sometimes other stuff, limbs and pelvis are always an option depending on crash, if they get ran over by another bike.
We do the medical care for Thunder Valley here in the Denver area. See a lot of high speed and big air crashes.
Prayers for the guy.
YOLO. Im loading .45s today......
Sometimes other stuff, limbs and pelvis are always an option depending on crash, if they get ran over by another bike.
We do the medical care for Thunder Valley here in the Denver area. See a lot of high speed and big air crashes.
Prayers for the guy.
YOLO. Im loading .45s today......
I’ve had too many bikes to remember. But I miss my XR 650R the most. It was sneaky fast. 3rd gear wheelies over ditches or downed trees in the forest was the best.
Breathing when he left.......
My wife visited me while I was at work in the hospital. She came in just fine and left with 5 stitches. Best option just don’t go.
My wife visited me while I was at work in the hospital. She came in just fine and left with 5 stitches. Best option just don’t go.
The mountain bike riders use a ski center nearby in Roxbury NY in summer for these extreme downhill events, 2 medivac choppers are on standby whenever they have a National event like X-Games etc... people die in this sport......gravity is a bitch. Feel better
I shoud have come down and watched. I personally can't wait to get the RZR Turbo out here soon. I was at the range though today. 8 - 15 MPH head and switching cross-winds with gusts up to 25 MPH. Fun day to say the least. Mirage essentially not available for calls over 80 percent of the time today.
Is that track down in Del Vale (Austin) or further down towards Seguin?
yesterday would have been a good day to practice calling wind. Track is in Cedar Creek west of Giddings. off 21, its a ranch with a track on it. the family that owns it likes to ride and share their property with riders and TORCS races
I wanted to go yesterday but I had prior commitments unfortunately. I'm pretty sure with that sort of wind yesterday up in Lampasas even keeping the rifle still would be a true challenge, much less the wind calls. 25-30 MPH sustained, random gusts above that essentially there in that valley area I shoot at. Would have been nice. I needed to group test a few things also which I didn't do due to the variation it would introduce even at only 100 yards.
Ahh private land, roger that. Sounds like a nice setup they have there.
I shoveled about 1000 lbs of fucking snow in single digits and low teens.
You're welcome.
You're welcome.
Equestrian eventing, particularly the cross country phase
I think the horse is laughing his ass off
I've got my RZR setup for rock crawling at the moment. Not that I couldn't convert it back, just the lack of time and well, experience in any "professional" race. I am more of a technical rider versus racer.
That damn thing flies though. Very good power to weight ratio - and tuned on 93 octane. Putting out about 180 at the crank, estimated. Clutching would need to be swapped for racing too.
Roger that 308. We also have a large fairgrounds nearby with a year round riding group for the kids. There was a bull rider stepped on here at the National Western Stock Show last week. Died right there.
People laugh when I tell them shooting sports are pretty safe. Safer than all this craziness y'all talk about doing. As I have said before, when I had a lot of free time (before kids) I was into lots of back country skiing (100 days a year), rock climbing, and kayaking. Mix in shooting and hunting and I dont know how I ever worked........
@AIAW, you in Austin or nearby?
People laugh when I tell them shooting sports are pretty safe. Safer than all this craziness y'all talk about doing. As I have said before, when I had a lot of free time (before kids) I was into lots of back country skiing (100 days a year), rock climbing, and kayaking. Mix in shooting and hunting and I dont know how I ever worked........
@AIAW, you in Austin or nearby?
Yes sir, right around the Round Rock area. North of Austin - far enough to get away from the libtards there. Wouldn't mind moving a bit further out if the acreage and price was right.
The shooting sports are some of the safest activities you can engage in, provided that you pay attention to all of the safety rules and NOT make stupid mistakes. Any activity that gives you AMPLE time to think ahead and plan your next move is safe.
Stay safe out there everybody...Remember, you only have ONE life so don't screw it up. My rule of thumb is that if you are doing ANY activity and you are starting to feel cocky, arrogant, invincible, or bored, that is the time to slow down and use your 'lizard brain' at once, because you are about to make a careless move that will cost ya.
Momma's folks live in the old Jollyville and brother in Round Rock. We made it up to Georgetown for a dance recital last June.
y'all stay warm down there......
y'all stay warm down there......
Every single one of my major injuries, including a separated shoulder, came from equestrian eventing and jumping.
I think the worst injury ever received by shooting have been splinters from my target sticks, and I've fired literally tens of thousands of pistol, shotgun, and rifle cartridges in my life.
ETA: I do remember now that one time I was on skeet station one, shot the low house target and immediately felt a sting on my forehead followed by a nice bleeder. Boys and girls, pieces of clay target are sharp and cut when they hit you at over 45 mph.
I think the worst injury ever received by shooting have been splinters from my target sticks, and I've fired literally tens of thousands of pistol, shotgun, and rifle cartridges in my life.
ETA: I do remember now that one time I was on skeet station one, shot the low house target and immediately felt a sting on my forehead followed by a nice bleeder. Boys and girls, pieces of clay target are sharp and cut when they hit you at over 45 mph.
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update on the guy who crashed, looks like he will live , sill spend some time in teh hospital but be okay,, no details
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Last weekend was beautiful up in East TX. Cold, dirt roads were good and slick. Wind was insane. Got some good shooting in Sunday after the morning hunt. Turns out that 4lbs of tannerite placed upon a dead pine tree with some rope is completely ineffective. Will have to improve on that some in order to achieve the goal of "blowing down a tree".
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Think so? I'm kinda curious what happens if I were to cut out a notch in the tree to hold the tannerite and then wrapped it with some thick canvas or something. Not opposed to exponentiation, though
Auger bit/spade bit are probably the best/easiest solution.Think so? I'm kinda curious what happens if I were to cut out a notch in the tree to hold the tannerite and then wrapped it with some thick canvas or something. Not opposed to exponentiation, though
40# sounded more fun.
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Interesting. I've got a 2" bit floating around somewhere I may try out next time I'm up there. I'm guessing with a 2" hole the depth would need to be > 1/2 the diameter of the tree, which would work out to a couple of pounds of tannerite, maybe. That should fuck it up pretty good, but I dunno if it'll take it down.
Do sympathetic discharges work with tannerite? Could I drill three holes in a triangle pattern and just shove some pre-made containers designed to fit those holes in, shoot one, and have them all go boom at roughly the same time?
My notch idea is basically just take a chainsaw to the tree and cut out a notch that fairly tightly fits the container on top and bottom. Probably go in about 1/3 the diameter and hope that the vertical forces kinda blow it over.
I'm not a demolitions expert by any means.
I think 50% depth might do more than you think.
Seems to me containment will transfer more energy to the subject.
I'd think the triangle version would have to be in contact, material wise, to get a chain reaction.
Video it and we'll see.
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ANFO/ANNM - tree gone, along with a large portion of the surrounding ground. (Disclaimer: Illegal)
Tannerite needs a ridiculous amount of pressure/friction to set it off (got to bind the aluminum/titanium with the oxygen). You can set it off with some blasting caps, but not electric fuse. Thermite will also just melt it. You can't detonate separate canisters of it off with a single shot unless they are in a straight line.
Tannerite needs a ridiculous amount of pressure/friction to set it off (got to bind the aluminum/titanium with the oxygen). You can set it off with some blasting caps, but not electric fuse. Thermite will also just melt it. You can't detonate separate canisters of it off with a single shot unless they are in a straight line.
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Same bullet goes through all charges. Even then though the delay from one to the next would cancel out the pressure zone. You just really need 1 large compressed charge to be more effective in open-air. Tannerite is just such a low-energy explosive though. You need pounds upon pounds of it to exert any "commercially usable" forces.
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No there isn't other than the cold and 25 mph wind. With my new 1200cc 4stroke skidoo coyote don't stand a chance, kinda wish I'd have went with a 900cc or so 2stroke but I'll get used to a heavy sled eventually.
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