Don't drink nor smoke no more. Never without the F. though. Just got back from Mex. food with the wife. Why is it that all Mex's think that because you want fajitas,you want to listen to their music to? That crap drives me nuts.
as long as we get to drink their beer I'm good.
Even when i drank,i couldn't drink enough to listen to that crap.
A: Sailor Jerry's rum, straight.
T: none
F: the usual, PT145 Taurus.
Just sitting here... pondering the mysteries of life... and women.
A: MM
T: CAO Cx2 Toro
F: Sig 226
Just got back from the movies, '28 Weeks Later'.
My wife is up in VA showin' horses, so I'm here relaxin'
Well the Saddlebred Champ. is coming up soon...which distillery we visitin' this year?
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Detour on the way up.... Meet me in Lynchburg!
A: Yuengling Lager
T: Captain Black
F: Para-Ordnance P-12 LDA, Winchester '97 riot gun, lustful thoughts about the Kel-Tec RFB.
Nate, if you're ever down Northest Florida/Southeast Alabama way, AKA the Redneck Riviera, give me a holler.
Luke... I love it down there.
We did the Lynchburg tour two weeks ago. The best part was knowing that you can get your very own barrel of whiskey.
I live about an hour from Lynchburg.
A: none
T: Timberwolf longcut wintergreen
F: Taurus PT-145
Don't lie Clint... are you havin' thoughts of tradin' that PT-145 forthe new OSS 24-7 yet?
I stopped at the gunshop last night. Just looking. Several items caught my eye. A Henry lever .17 HMR for smaller varmints, $400. A used Ruger Redhawk .44 $525. And several Springfield 1911's from $900-$1500.
Being financially disciplined sucks sometimes.
A Henry rifle is the very definition of "Sweet".
I have never been into levers, but I love the .17hmr as it is plain fun to shoot. I have a Remington automatic 597 mag in 17, which is a piece of crap. It is very accurate, but jams a lot. If someone would come up with a aftermarket magazine that actually works it would solve 80% of the problem.
My uncle had a savage .17, which was pretty decent, except for the absolutely awful magazine latch. I told him about the Henry, and he traded for one. Ever since I have wanted one.
Now that I think of it, I should trade mine off towards the Henry.
Its my belief that anyone who isn't into levers has never shot a Savage 99.
Trading it in? No
Getting the OSS 24/7, too? Perhaps.
Really, I have a hankering for a 1911, but will probably go with another quality rifle next. Or perhaps a CCW for the little lady.
I'm sober. I'm sipping water. I have let the team down. But one place I HAVEN'T is in the tunes! Freddie Jackson second week running Nate!
Jamie, my whole concept of reality has been shaken by your most recent revelation. You're sober! The nature of time and space has forever been altered.
Savage 99's are the coolest levers ever made. My first dear rifle. In 308 win.. Still got it. It's been through alot. Still shoots true after better than 30 yrs.. No way to count the rounds that have been through it. If i could i'd open a factory and start making them.
mthead!!
A 99 in .308 was also my first dear rifle... and I also still have it!
Dad's got two in .243. One has the round counter on the side of the reciever. Sweet.
Oh man... the round counter option... so awesome.
You just don't realize how much the Winchester Model 94 sucks until you've shot a 99.
Their keepers for-sure. I think the round counter ones are from the 50's. But i'm not sure. Pa, god rest him, bought me mine in 67' but they had dropped the round counter by then.
Pa had a marlin in 44 mag. but there never was any comparing the two. I like the ones with the schabel fore-end.Those are like total class.
I've got a set of .44 mags.. a ruger vaquero and a model 94.
Lots and lots of fun... but the 94 is a toy next to the 99.
Everything you need to know about US military arms contracts can be learned by comparing the 99 to the 94.
Seriously.. mthead... look at the huge honking claw of an extracter on the 99... look at the controlled round feeding.. I mean... doesn't it look like a pre-64 bolt action winchester in there? the Model 94 is just a joke compared to that.
Straight talk about the mil brass;and them back-door'in the troops on arms contracts. The savage is years ahead of the 94'.
Plus, the rounds they chambered were twice as powerful. Without the bullet nose to primer problem of the 94'.
no doubt brother.
When we chose the beretta 92... we did so, in spite of the fact that it failed to meet several of the basic requirements listed in the specs the military requested.
I don't mean it didn't do as well as the other sidearms.
I mean it failed to qualify.
Still... we picked it.
They caved in for Nato on that one. We had shoved the 308 & 223 down their throats. I'd would have made them swallow the 45' 1911 also.
say.. mthead.... or UO... if you're out there... what do you think..
DragonSkin or PACA?
Dragonskin or paca? Don't know what that is.
DragonSkin.
After nursing a nasty hangover today, I am never drinking again.
YOU like Henry Rifles, Nate? You do know that they tout their supplying weapons to the Union in their ads, right?
Plus, DJ and I both thought their ad in this month's "American Rifleman" was VERY inappropriate.
They do make very purty weapons, though.
Night folks. Have a good evening.
I don't have a problem with baby's butt ads dude.
They make damned fine rifles. Nothing else to say.
Mthead
Dragonskin and PACA are both manufacturers of body armour.
O.K. Nate, I don't get to play with body armour or night vision either. There both off budget for the foreseeable future. The only armour i can afford right now are trees.What protection levels are they up to? Last i heard they could stop a 7.62; but i'm sure thats under prefect conditions. Like your always going to be able to take one square in the trauma plate. I should start keeping up though. Got to know where to aim. I'd really like to see a REASON-able demonstration of it though. That would make a fun U-tube.
Paca and Redline both keep maticulous stats on those who've survived.. what they call "saves". The trouble is.. how many are really saves? since the majority of firearms deaths are the result of head and neck shots... not center-mass his.
THen again.. there are actually level IIA face masks available now dude.
Think badass hockeymask. Intimadating as hell. It is badass Kevlar... and it doesn't crack when hit by a +p 9mm. The best thing it has going for it is deflection. Its shape prevents it from ever taking a full force shot.
Deflection shaping is a good call. Think cops in the near future will be dressed like that?
Some of them down on the Mex. border wish they could about now.
swat and spec ops already use them.
but the best news is... you can buy them on ebay.
there is a site that tests old vests... up to 20 years old. They have yet to have anything penetrate more than 9 layers of kevlar.. and these vests are 22 layers thick.
Whoa, How much for the new stuff?
why would you get new?
check out ebay.
You can get good... 4 or 5 year old vests for 300 bucks or less.
Brand new.. say 600?
The face mask is 199 and it works with the MOLLE helmets
Cool, Sure wouuld be alot more portable than trees to. I'll check it out.
Got to run bro. enjoy the day.
Think badass hockeymask. Intimadating as hell. It is badass Kevlar... and it doesn't crack when hit by a +p 9mm. The best thing it has going for it is deflection. Its shape prevents it from ever taking a full force shot.
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Hmm, it does sound like a hockey mask. Don't turn your head sideways though.
heheh.. well said wendy!
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