Wat's Guns-N-Stuff Thread

[Wat_Tyler]

These are retail, but there's retail and then there's retail.


I was watching one of the auction guns and it just kept getting relisted every week. Same damn gun, same damn reserve. They figure some douchbag will come along.

 

[Chobham]

These are retail, but there's retail and then there's retail.


I was watching one of the auction guns and it just kept getting relisted every week. Same damn gun, same damn reserve. They figure some douchbag will come along.

Yeah, I took my first mother-in-law down a tidal river in a smallish boat and she found a piece of driftwood. When we got back she showed the FIL and said, "I bet I can get a hundred bucks for this." Jack replied, "Hazel, you can nail two 2x4's together, call it art, and eventually some fool will give you a hundred bucks for it."

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Some people are good at selling crap for gold. I've been only so-so at it. I do seem to be decent at finding bargains, however.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Damned AR mags: cheap-ass 30 rounders abound, as do decent one for not much more. Twenty rounders are kinda steep.


I have gotten so I prefer the smaller ones. Less weight, less bulk.

 

[Chobham]

I bought a bunch of military style (metal) 20 rounders from Brownells sometime back for what seemed a fairly reasonable price. The 30 rounders make for a good mono-pod if you're shooting off a bench rest. For prone or off-hand the 20's work better.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

We always had a couple of 20s for the prone courses in high power. The 10s will do it, but who wants 10s?

I may just bite the bullet, so to speak.

 

[Chobham]

What's a 10?

 

[JoePepsiCo]

My mags are grandfather in. Some of them have been in the safe for over 20 years.
They are all metal. Should I buy plastic? I should buy springs maybe...

Ironically, that would keep me from being up the creek.

 

[JoePepsiCo]

What's a 10?

It used to be Bo Derek, but have you seen her lately?

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Ten round mags. They're the same size as a 20 but have a stamped dimple partway down the side to keep it from accepting Full Capacity Status.


They're for pussies . . . .

 

[LLCox]

FOOTBALL you bastards...

 

[LLCox]

Just say no to gun confiscation.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political...icans-should-not-give-another-inch-gun-rights

 

[Wat_Tyler]

FOOTBALL you bastards...

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Cleveland did a lot worse than I thought they might. Houston was all over that one. And I love fried fish. I know the score but I'm watching the KC replay.


I should pick out a gun to clean while I'm doing it.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

https://www.beachesofnormandy.com/d...il&utm_term=0_c789992310-e7db3711e6-405910375


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The new design had several advantages. One, it could be put on easily and fast, without having to fiddle with laces. Two, laces could easily become undone and then get entangled in a moving part inside the tank, or even drag the wearer’s foot into a piece of machinery. Three, the leather boots lacked the nylon that was present in many other boots and in the laces. This was important, because the nylon could melt while the crew was escaping from a burning vehicle (or if simply the boot touched a hot ejected shell casing), causing burn wounds. Four, crewmen could get outside the perform maintenance on the tank in mud without the eyelets getting clogged by the mud, and without the muddy boots becoming hard to unlace. And fifth, the strapped boots set less tightly on the foot; this was important to tank crews who often spent extended periods of time sitting inside their vehicle, and whose blood circulation would have been impaired by tighter boots.

 

[LLCox]

https://www.beachesofnormandy.com/d...il&utm_term=0_c789992310-e7db3711e6-405910375


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The new design had several advantages. One, it could be put on easily and fast, without having to fiddle with laces. Two, laces could easily become undone and then get entangled in a moving part inside the tank, or even drag the wearer’s foot into a piece of machinery. Three, the leather boots lacked the nylon that was present in many other boots and in the laces. This was important, because the nylon could melt while the crew was escaping from a burning vehicle (or if simply the boot touched a hot ejected shell casing), causing burn wounds. Four, crewmen could get outside the perform maintenance on the tank in mud without the eyelets getting clogged by the mud, and without the muddy boots becoming hard to unlace. And fifth, the strapped boots set less tightly on the foot; this was important to tank crews who often spent extended periods of time sitting inside their vehicle, and whose blood circulation would have been impaired by tighter boots.

My father was a tech Sargent in a tank. Landed at Normandy on D-day +6 and was one of the first tanks across the Rhine. SALUTE ! It's a wonder I am here, he escaped his burning tank three times.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

My father was a tech Sargent in a tank. Landed at Normandy on D-day +6 and was one of the first tanks across the Rhine. SALUTE ! It's a wonder I am here, he escaped his burning tank three times.

Salute indeed!!!


My dad was too young for WW2. His outing was Korea, but he was USN stationed in the Atlantic. They chased more Soviet subs, it seems, both real and imaginary. My granddad, however, went to the Philippines at the tender age of 39.


I'd prefer those shoes in black.

 

[LLCox]

Salute indeed!!!


My dad was too young for WW2. His outing was Korea, but he was USN stationed in the Atlantic. They chased more Soviet subs, it seems, both real and imaginary. My granddad, however, went to the Philippines at the tender age of 39.


I'd prefer those shoes in black.

My grandfather was gassed in WW1 and had health issues the rest if his life. He barely got a wiff before he could get his mask on.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

My grandfather was gassed in WW1 and had health issues the rest if his life. He barely got a wiff before he could get his mask on.

According to what I have read, a wiff was all that was needed. That was some way nasty stuff.


My Philippines grandfather had a 2nd cousin at Stalingrad. He got lucky and got sick and was airlifted out.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

 

[TrailerHitch]

 

[Wat_Tyler]

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More than I did last week . . . .

 

[TrailerHitch]

 

[CuttingEdge]

Wife likes their M&P Shield. She has tiny hands and it fits her perfectly. So... if you gotta buy something for a girl, it's a good bet.

I got a MP Shield and really like it. It is small, light and doesn't print, and was cheap.

I actually carry it far more than I thought I would because of those reasons. Don't get me wrong, it has no comparison to my Kimber Micro 9mm on fit and finish, but more often than not the Shield is with me and my Kimber is at home (its heavier).

 

[CuttingEdge]

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I love this, but must say, she must have an imagined hunting situation in her head. Have a coyote going for your livestock on a fast run and see how many rounds it takes to stop it. A bolt action with a five round clip is not going to get it done especially if your 16 year old daughter is doing the shooting to protect her prized lamb.

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Fucking coyotes!!! Thanks be to Allah for large capacity mags on fast cycling accurate rifles and night vision binoculars and scopes. He is truly beneficent.