Today he took gold in Gi and no Gi Brazilian Jiu jitsu
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Damn kids grow up to fast. I remember when they were afraid of the dark. Now I get to watch them leave the driveway on their own like the rule the world. 
Think of it this way; what else would she be doing, if not for that distraction. Idle hands are the devil’s playground and all......
My wife’s preoccupation/fetish is buying North Face clothing on Online Outlet Stores. I call her “Minnie Pearl”. In all seriousness, I tell her to go for it. I know it makes her happy. All things considered, she doesn’t really spend that much money. Oddly enough, I never seem to get any questions or Stinkeye if I buy a new gun
Ummm. Was this always the case?
Seems I remember a story about a drop ceiling and an FAL.......
Yes, can remember crap like that and forget to zip my fly all the time.
Orion Firearms Training, in North-ish Wales. 30mph wind, 50mph gusts. A good day learning!
In remembrance of Hector Cafferata shot some cold weather M1 Garand yesterday....
Im no Hector Cafferata......14 for 20....
His fellow Marines counted up to 200 dead Chicoms he accounted for in worse conditions with no coat and wearing only socks on his feet.....
Im no Hector Cafferata......14 for 20....
His fellow Marines counted up to 200 dead Chicoms he accounted for in worse conditions with no coat and wearing only socks on his feet.....
I love their mbt triggers
DAMN, Im super jealous, that had to have been great.
wow.
and that devil dog is a hardass or sure
Was firing so rapidly the upper hand guard caught fire. He was dipping the front of the rifle in snow to cool it down.
In addition to laying down lead with the Garands his blinded by fragments High School friend and fox hole buddy was reloading for him he was swinging his e-tool to bat away incoming grenades.
His story is epic.
That was not always the case, you're right. She started buying shoes like Imelda Marcos and I started buying FAL's.....
Happily enough, we're beyond that now. Actually, have been for a long time
If you haven't read a book titled The Last Stand of Fox Company it is worth your time. It is very detailed and Hector Cafferata is mentioned many times. It will give you insight into this brave man. Also if you want to read it online go to erenow.net, it's in the Military History section
Went out with an old coworker and kids shooting today.
At the end of the day, we taped quarters up as targets to see who was the best shot.
i love encouraging sibling rivalry
weather was perfect 76-77 degrees
only 4 other people at the range today so we had this bay to our group all day.
At the end of the day, we taped quarters up as targets to see who was the best shot.
i love encouraging sibling rivalry
weather was perfect 76-77 degrees
only 4 other people at the range today so we had this bay to our group all day.
This ^^^ And if you think too hard on it, it will even make a hard man get dust in his eyes. Experienced it just last night. You can only hope you did your part and that they make good decisions.
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Seeing pmclaine shooting his M1 on here the other day inspired me to dig mine out of the safe. I bought this from Springfield back in the early 80's I think. It's been awhile so don't quote me. As you may recall Springfield Armory was always hot and cold about getting receivers to do builds with and I caught them at the right time and had them build a .308 on a 1942 receiver. It was like a new gun with all the metal freshly parkerized. It's a great shooter and now I need to find those National match sights I bought for it a couple of decades ago. 
Seeing pmclaine shooting his M1 on here the other day inspired me to dig mine out of the safe. I bought this from Springfield back in the early 80's I think. It's been awhile so don't quote me. As you may recall Springfield Armory was always hot and cold about getting receivers to do builds with and I caught them at the right time and had them build a .308 on a 1942 receiver. It was like a new gun with all the metal freshly parkerized. It's a great shooter and now I need to find those National match sights I bought for it a couple of decades ago.
That is a looker.
SA Inc. built their own guns on receivers starting with a 7 million serial number.
They built you a gun on an original US receiver?
That's cool.
Yeah, here's the receiver and if I remember correctly it was manufactured August of 42.
Seattle, not me. Not a great pic, but came out so weird I like it.
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lol Some of them are pretty shitty pics. Didn't realize till I posted them up. My bad.
Just take the pix and run through your photo editing. They can come out nice.
before....
after....
Just take the pix and run through your photo editing. They can come out nice.
before....
after....
Show Off!
Ya know, I never mess around with all that. I should probably just go back to a flip phone.
Little late, but here's a couple from my latest trip to Texas.
Some of you guys have more trees and/or hills in a single photo than I have in the entire county. Kind of jealous of your locations. On the other hand, we can sit on a small hill and see critters coming from a loong way off.
I like the tree, hills and mountain photos. Thanks.
I like the tree, hills and mountain photos. Thanks.
Bet the bowl turners would like those.
Inbred?
Too close to the family tree.
Too close to the family tree.
Faithfull rat 
killer taking a cold front break.
One of my brothers has an online business selling hand carved tobacco pipes. Walnut burls like that command a premium
My first thought! Where are these? I've got the chainsaw packed!
Didn’t know whether to post this here or woodchuck, but here goes. I’ll try to be brief but get the point across. I try and do something nice at Christmas for a someone/family I don’t know. This family lives in a little town close by and like everyone around here sustained damage during the derecho. We (the tree crew I work part time with) would drive past in the late afternoon gassed from a long day of work and see this young fella out hacking away with Mikita battery powered saw. This had been a big, beautiful Locust tree.
I commented several times that I wanted to stop and take 10 minutes and tip that nasty old stem over with the 661 and haul it away. I knew that this fella had a young wife and family (4 year old and infant) and a brain tumor (cancerous). He was doing the best he could with what he had.
Fast forward to a yesterday. I asked the tree boss if he would be willing to help me help this family out. He was all in. Made a few phone calls to make connections, visited the site briefly this morning to eyeball the work to be done and get an assessment of what equipment to bring. The tree boss donated truck, dump trailer, 661 and time. I donated my loader, 441, diesel, fuel, bar oil, etc...
The wife wanted the stem left flat topped at 6’ to 7’ so they could put a slide on it for the kids. Done. In and out in about an hour. They were VERY happy. As a side bar, it was “fresh” here today with a temp of 9 degrees F and a “breeze” from the NW at 15-20.
Merry Christmas fellas.
I commented several times that I wanted to stop and take 10 minutes and tip that nasty old stem over with the 661 and haul it away. I knew that this fella had a young wife and family (4 year old and infant) and a brain tumor (cancerous). He was doing the best he could with what he had.
Fast forward to a yesterday. I asked the tree boss if he would be willing to help me help this family out. He was all in. Made a few phone calls to make connections, visited the site briefly this morning to eyeball the work to be done and get an assessment of what equipment to bring. The tree boss donated truck, dump trailer, 661 and time. I donated my loader, 441, diesel, fuel, bar oil, etc...
The wife wanted the stem left flat topped at 6’ to 7’ so they could put a slide on it for the kids. Done. In and out in about an hour. They were VERY happy. As a side bar, it was “fresh” here today with a temp of 9 degrees F and a “breeze” from the NW at 15-20.
Merry Christmas fellas.
Did it get dusty in here? That family will never forget what you guys did for them!
That was an incredibly fine thing to do, t.
Go with A, that had been a live, healthy tree.
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More of a point of view than a literal view today. Merry Christmas to you all, may 2021 bring good things to you all. Appears there are some decent folk laying in this hide, waiting for that target of opportunity to present itself so they can have the most impact with their small actions.
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No Christmas snow this year, just cold and wind. I pray you guys all have a Merry Christmas!
@tnichol that sir is straight up awesome.
Between a story like that and blasting O Holy Night while my 8 ur old sang along in the truck, my day is good.
The rest is just a bonus.
Between a story like that and blasting O Holy Night while my 8 ur old sang along in the truck, my day is good.
The rest is just a bonus.
