jsandman001

z1r, Been a while....good to know you are still around to answer some of my questions. hope all is well with you and yours. So pretty much any cartridge I metioned will work at the very least single shot but what are the odds of getting them to feed properly.....not worth doing? Im just trying to think of something differnent. I also wanted to ask.....I will be getting about 6 of the actions should I go with 24/47 or m48's (price being the same)? What stock options do I have for intermediate actions.....when I was looking into this before the options seemed slim has that changed any? Thanks, James

Hello, Seems like 24/47's and m48's are really cheap right now. I know they are smaller actions but what are some cartridges could one do on them besides a .308 ? Ive only done one .308 on a vz-24 but I would like to tinker if the actions are worth getting. Would it be trouble doing .450 marlin, .50 beowulf, 500 S&W, 458 socom......would the wsm's fit in these ? I know most would be a pain because I never hear about them being done. Even if some would be a single shot proposition at first with some serious tinkering could people make these rounds feed? I would also love to know normal rounds that could be put on these smaller actions as ive only heard .308. Im also wondering what stock options I would have for these actions. I have a ton of questions .....hope you guys dont mind. Thanks, James

Hello Clayton, Im going to put a bit of a different spin on it but im in a pretty unique situation. You need to go to school and get an education but i dont believe you need to go to a UNI just to be there. I am a diver and have done some rescue work here in lake michigan. Do you really want to be in pitch black 40 degree water looking for flaws in pipe using x-ray or NDT on a drill rig in the middle of the ocean 12 hours a day then in a deco chamber the other 12 just to scrape out $60-$80 thousand a year. I live in a suburb of chicago and everyone around here has a degree at some liberal arts college and some do really well. I also see the Bulgarians comming here and doing the looked down upon blue collar trades and if you bust your hump you can knock down six figures ........im talking trades like tile setters, HVAC and the like ...........im talking people with no education at all.........i also know of a hotdog joint called gene and judes and the owner with no education i might add turns 6 mil a year. I myself had made some good decisions when i got out of school i got into networking for the now defunct Argus camera. I got in where you didnt need an education just the knowhow and got my brother involved.......we then started doing bigger jobs like ace hardwares then some work with ebay. I was pretty well set up then i got lyme disease and couldnt work for 6 years and with current treatment am able to work part time. So you can make all the right moves and still come out bad..........but if you have a skill you can always make money. You say you are good at welding.........my brother knows a welder who gas welds pipes and he is doing $26.90 an hour .........13 years into it. Not great when you just look at it but he also helps make custom choppers on the side and makes another $50,000 a year doing that. So the guys are right if you are looking for a job as an engineer then you better get the degree.............but i see nothing wrong with a skilled trade either and ive been on both sides of the fence. My brother after our business went to school and now is a SYS ADMIN for the Chicago Board of Trade he does $64,000 a year. My wife is an Accountant and she does a little better than that. My dad does HVAC for Jones Lang and turns six figures and does work on the side with not even a high school education...........difference in all of these people is Motivation. You need to find something in life that motivates you then go for it...........I regret not going to the military but i busted an eardrum when i had an earsqueeze i couldnt clear properly and after scoring perfect on the asvab and getting the physical i still couldnt join.......i desperately wanted to be a SEAL. It is also true that in my wifes company there are young girls comming out of college with BS degrees and being put in accounts receivable for $12.50 an hour. What am i trying to say with all of this...........you only get one time on this rock make the most of it..........whatever you do be the best at it and get motivated. Some people just want to make all the dollars they can some people just want to be happy and some lucky people get both .........i hope you can be one of those people. James