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I'm sure that this has question has been asked here before, but what are some opinions of this action? Anybody know who actually makes them besides "Europe"?

I sent you a message through the Invision board and I'm not sure if it goes to your regular email or some sort a web board inbox that you may or may not be in the habit of checking. Thought I'd give you a heads up...

Well I hadn't either until today when I had the chance to shoot one. It is an M-16A2 upper receiver mated with an M-16A1 lower. Evidently the Navy is the only service to call them that. They're basically cobbled together with various parts from old rifles turned in by the USMC and Army. Most are capable of full auto like the A1, but the armorers tell me that it's a mixed bag and some have the three round burst sear. Approaching the end of the fiscal year and had some ammo to burn. It sure was fun, although we had to keep the bursts to 3-5 rounds to keep the fire from climbing into the overhead baffles at the range.

Thanks DT, that's exactly the kind of chart I was looking for. The tables I found stopped at around 300 yds.

Clink on the link below for a poorly written article called "hunters or hikers?": http://www.whidbeynewstimes.com/

This might be a better topic for another forum, but I thought I'd start here since it's where I tend to lurk most. There is an issue brewing locally concerning hunting on county owned land. Several letters have been written to the local newspaper, and you can guess what most of the letter writers have to say, most are against it. (the vocal minority) Additionally there is a public hearing scheduled for 26 Sep. Anyhow, while they do bring up a few valid safety concerns relevant to our growing island community, several of them have been full of errors and emotionally driven. No big surprise from the antis. Example: One writer pointed out that rifle bullets can travel up to a mile, claiming that each hunter would require a two mile diameter safety circle around him. Facts: 1. Rifles have not been allowed for hunting on the island since I moved here in 1992, so his point is irrelevant. (shotguns, muzzle loaders, and archery only) 2. Yes, they may travel up to a mile, but only if launched at ___ degrees up. plus, by the time the bullet gets a mile away it's velocity is only ___ and it has about as much energy left as a hard thrown rock(?). Plus, the area of concern is thickly wooded and nothing is going to travel very far anyhow. What I'd like help with is in filling in some of the blanks to counter the nonsense. I have found ballistic tables on line, but they only go out so far. What I'd like is to be able to state that a level fired shoulder rifle shot would hit the dirt by ___ feet. Or how non-lethal it would by by ___ feet. And similar information for shotguns and muzzle loaders. Is there a relatively simple formula which can be used to calculate this, or if I have a couple data points from a table can I accurately interpolate the rest of the curve?

Good thread going here. Just a week or two ago I welded up my first bolt handle. I used a little wire feed welder that I have, and Tanglewood's description of "shooting goobers" is an apt description of the experience. I have done a little bit of welding in years past, and knew that this wasn't the ideal setup, but decided to experiment anyhow. You can see below the set-up in the jig before I started. The handle is a military Mauser as you can see by the serial number, and I left a gap for the fill material and to obtain the length I wanted. I slathered on the heat stop paste and went to town. (It's amazing how that stuff works, I think I heated things up more on the grinder than I did welding!) Here are the results: I know, kinda messy. I had to keep shooting goobers to fill in the space and ended up with a lot of material to clean up. I think it will hold, but there are some small voids or pits that I may get tigged or try to fill with a torch later. Here's what it looks like after a little work: (It's the one in the center, and there is LOTS more work to go...) I am fairly happy with my experiment, but would not recommend a wire feed for this job. I got the handle angle and length how I like it. I like the straight handle, angled just a little. I used to like the straight, (perpendicular) look, but have changed my tastes a bit. The Winchester model 70, however, is too much angle for my tastes. I really dislike the curved sweeps like you see on the commercial Mausers like the Zastava. I'm also happy with the pear shaped military handle. With the serial number gone it's not far off from a Talley. The one on the far left is a forged handle which I am using for my main project. I used to like this style, but now I am drifting away from it. Along the right side, on top is a military "gumball" cut-off handle, (identical to the one below it) that I attacked with a file to see what I could do. I think I'll stop now... too much work for little gain. And it's getting smaller. The third one down is a Dave Talley model from Brownells that I'm saving for my "nice project". (like when I learn how to weld or decide to pay somebody else to do it!) The last one was acquired in an ebay trade for another part and looks like it was turned from a casting with some small pits, or cast from a turning. I think it will clean up and work nicely for some other side project eventually. One last comment, there was an idea to weld a butterknife handle at a different angle for a better grip. Just personal opinion of course, but I wouldn't do this. A butterknife handle looks OK on a traditional Oberndorf style sporter, but I'm not a big fan of the style to begin with. To alter it drastically such as suggested would look out of place. If you're going to make such a change I think you'd be better off with a more standard knob. Just my 2 cents worth...

I read this actual one in a book about the old west: Here lies Lester Moore. Four shots from a fourty four. No Les, no Moore. (Don't know why that one always stuck in my head, it was years ago.)

They built a new Air Traffic Control tower here on base this summer and just last week I called the tower chief and asked if I could come up to check it out. The old one had stairs all the way, but this one has an elevator. However, to preserve floor space in the top control room it stops at their break room on the 8th floor, necessitating a final flight of stairs. When I got there I joked that his elevator didn't go all the way to the top. It got a couple good laughs as I was probably one of their first visitors, but I'm sure they'll get sick of hearing it before long!

If I'm not mistaken, it's also required by law that firearms be stamped with caliber for the very reasons cited. I like the idea of customizing. If you're going to do a lot of them you can even get a custom stamp made! The ".30-06 Monty"... What do you think, a collectible one day?!

I just turned 42 and we didn't have a color TV until I was in High School. (We were middle class, just old fashioned I guess!) For years I never knew what colors my favorite NFL teams wore! It seems to me that color TVs took quite a while before they were any good. I remember my neighbor's color set had a horrible rainbow hue to it. Our B&W had a nice clear picture, but we had to slap it around occasionally when it got fuzzy. I also remember replacing tubes on occasion as well. By the way Fritz, excellent poem! "You're a poet and you don't even know it. But your feet sure show it, they're Longfellows and they smell like the Dickens!"

DT, As always I am impressed by your ingenuity and resourcefulness! I tend to daydream, you just do it. Nice work, and thanks for posting an innovative and inexpensive alternate solution.

Great slide show Z! Ouch... For lamb's tails we used to use what we called an "elastrator". It was essentially a large 4 pronged snap-ring pliers which stretched out a tight rubber donut allowing you to slip it on. I know you can use the same thing for 'nads. For changing bulls to steers we'd just cut them out. I'm being watchful. The good thing is that our privacy helps us. There's no way to see into our yard unless you come right up to the end of the road where we know you are there. He probably doesn't even know we are here. The kids never go down the driveway on their own, and usually aren't even outside unless we are. If he can see our kids, he is trespassing and we have a little talk...

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that it was a two bedroom house. If Chris and Ron actually live there it would be very cozy! I actually considered this and came up with a sales slogan for them: "You don't have to be Gay to Stay... but it sure helps!"

I live in a pretty laid back rural area, not far from town, but with plenty of surrounding farmland. I have 2.5 acres at the end of a 1/4 mile gravel road, with a nice big yard and trees all around. Very private, and no worries about the kids chasing a ball out into traffic. I love it here. We know most of the nearby neighbors fairly well, and we're happy to be in such a nice spot. Well, last month I came home to find a flyer on the doorstep from the local sheriff's office informing us that a level 3 registered sex offender was moving in just a couple hundred yards down the main road from us. Great. Time to load up on ammo. I guess I can take small comfort in the fact that he likes little boys and I have three girls! Then this last weekend at the Island County fair I ran into the daughter of my next door neighbor from just down the road the other way. While new to the area and still single I had rented a nearby house with a friend during which time I bought my lot, started clearing it, and met my wife to be. She told me what my old rental was being used for and I had to laugh. Check it out for yourself: http://www.whidwood.com/ Chris and Ron sure have prettied up the place since I lived there! My old room was the "Skylight room" which opened up to the sunroom. In our day the sunroom had folding aluminum lawn chairs and cardboard boxes in it. And the purple flowers out front were grass and weeds where my roomate and I used to chuck the football back and forth. Man, how things change!

1. Two antennas meet on a roof, fall in love and get married. The ceremony wasn't much, but the reception was excellent. 2. Two hydrogen atoms walk into a bar. One says, "I've lost my electron." The other says, "Are you sure?" The first replies, "Yes, I'm positive..." 3. A jumper cable walks into a bar. The bartender says, "I'll serve you, but don't start anything." 4. A sandwich walks into a bar. The bartender says, "Sorry we don't serve food in here." 5. A dyslexic man walks into a bra. 6. A man walks into a bar with a slab of asphalt under his arm and says: "A beer please, and one for the road." 7. Two cannibals are eating a clown. One says to the other: "Does this taste funny to you?" 8. "Doc, I can't stop singing 'The Green, Green Grass of Home.'" "That sounds like Tom Jones Syndrome." "Is it common?" "It's Not Unusual." 9. Two cows standing next to each other in a field. Daisy says to Dolly, "I was artificially inseminated this morning." "I don't believe you," said Dolly. "It's true, no bull!" exclaimed Daisy. 10. An invisible man marries an invisible woman. The kids were nothing to look at either. 11. Deja Moo: The feeling that you've heard this bull before. 12. A man takes his Rottweiler to the vet and says, "My dog's cross-eyed, is there anything you can do for him?" "Well," says the vet, "let's have a look at him." So he picks the dog up and examines his eyes. Finally, he says, "I'm going to have to put him down." "What? Because he's cross-eyed?" "No, because he's really heavy." 13. Apparently, one in five people in the world are Chinese. And there are five people in my family, so it must be one of them. It's either my mom or my dad or maybe my older brother Calvin or my younger brother Ho-Chin. But I'm pretty sure it's Calvin. 14. I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day but I couldn't find any. 15. I went to the butcher's the other day to bet him 50 bucks that he couldn't reach the meat off the top shelf. He said, "No, the steaks are too high." 16. A man woke up in a hospital after a serious accident. He shouted, "Doctor, doctor, I can't feel my legs!" The doctor replied, "I know you can't - I've cut off your arms!" 17. I went to a seafood disco last week and pulled a mussel. 18. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly; but when they lit a fire in the craft, it sank, proving that you can't have your kayak and heat it too.

There's a joke in there somewhere...

Funny stuff! Do you remember the old Saturday Night Live skit where Dan Akroyd was pitching a metric alphabet? It was hilarious. I think it is on a video tape of old skits I rented once years ago. Here's something else I came across this weekend. Read the following as quickly as you can: I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid. Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas thought slpeling was ipmorantt. It's called "typoglycemia".

Aaah, Sears catalogs and BB guns. I used to want one of their lever action brass plated receiver Henry look alikes in the worst way.

You were born in 741? Man, you're old! I hear that Dan Quayle spells it with an "e". Just havin' fun...

I am in a male dominated profession, but if I said something like that to a woman I'd be absolutely crushed by the PC cops. I'd have a few words for her, she should not get away with unprofessional comments like that. Reminds me of a sitcom episode I saw recently where a couple was interviewing nannies for their child. One applicant was male and after meeting him the father expressed concern about his motivations. His comment was "A man who wants to be a nanny is like a woman who wants to be a ... " He couldn't think of an appropriate response. Nor can I. Yet he was ambushed by his wife for not completing the sentence because he had made an inappropriate suggestion that perhaps there were some "traditionally male" professions that women weren't suited for. It was all funny... or was it? I am very open to the idea of people doing whatever they want to in this life. (with some exceptions that I won't go into here...) The lone requirement I have is that it is fair and equitable. A two-way street, what's good for the goose is good for the gander, no double standards. If you can pull your weight then welcome to the club. But if you can't run with the big dogs then stay out of the kitchen. Or something like that!

Emul8, if you are ambivilent about your handle and like coffee you can always use "Percol8".

I get called Monty after game show host Monty Hall, and I fly EA-6B Prowlers for the Navy. (At least until they kick me out in March...)

I will not stand for any intolerance. Oh yeah, and I despise those who hate others. But I am neither for nor against apathy. And you should never use a big word when a diminutive one will suffice.

I saw a guy the other day walking along talking to himself. I thought he was a nut case until I realized that he had a hands-free phone on. I've often thought of making up humorous one sided conversations in public to see the reaction. Something along the lines of: "I know I don't have an appointment, but I need to see the doctor right away".... "Yes, the syptoms are back"... "Well, he told me it was very contagious"... "I know I'm not supposed to be out in public, but I had to run to the store"... It would be fun to watch reactions. Might even get you to the head of the line!