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by Rafe
Tue Feb 27, 2024 6:26 pm
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: Mountain Lion Encounter
Replies: 7
Views: 1240

Re: Mountain Lion Encounter

Although he didn’t run, I wonder about continuing to retreat like he did versus just standing still. He could have tripped walking backwards like he did and provided an opportunity for that lion to pounce. Yep. Backing up on rough ground with staring down a mountain lion is a good way to fall. Safe...
by Rafe
Sun Feb 25, 2024 1:36 pm
Forum: The Crime Blotter
Topic: TX:The mean streets of Houston - 2 women assassinated in the Heights
Replies: 1020
Views: 936262

Re: TX:The mean streets of Houston - Here, hold my beer

No firearm discharged that I can tell--though the one identified perpetrator did threaten to "shoot up" his old workplace--so maybe this doesn't belong here at all. But, you know, because among large counties nationwide Harris County ranks #3 in "worst drunk-driving problem," thi...
by Rafe
Sun Feb 25, 2024 1:12 pm
Forum: National Rifle Association
Topic: 2024 NRA B.O.D. ballot
Replies: 6
Views: 774

Re: 2024 NRA B.O.D. ballot

The only tip about the NRA Board elections is that it's an aggregate summation game. In other words, if someone votes for A, B, and C; I vote for A & B; and TAM votes only for A, then A carries the vote. It isn't exactly like you dilute your votes the more people you vote for, but it sorta kinda...
by Rafe
Sat Feb 24, 2024 3:32 pm
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: My Bank Account Hates it When New Guns are Announced
Replies: 8
Views: 686

Re: My Bank Account Hates it When New Guns are Announced

Don't ever look at or handle a Fusion Firearms pistol or your bank account might just collapse. Very nice pistols with lots of good features at a very good price. I have 4 and number 5 is on the way in a little different build. Bantam in the 357 Sig caliber for edc. I've never shot a Fusion. I have...
by Rafe
Sat Feb 24, 2024 3:11 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Can the USPS get any worse?
Replies: 46
Views: 3958

Re: Can the USPS get any worse?

For us, it's not just the USPS in general, but the doofuses they hire to handle mail. Our local mail carrier looks like some hillbilly from the backwoods, and is constantly messing up people's mail (we have one of those community mailboxes): putting mail in the wrong box, putting parcels in the wro...
by Rafe
Sat Feb 24, 2024 3:01 am
Forum: Never Again!!
Topic: Acorn Falls and Gun Fire Ensues
Replies: 17
Views: 1924

Re: Acorn Falls and Gun Fire Ensues

OneGun wrote: Fri Feb 23, 2024 1:19 pm Democrats are enacting "common-sense" acorn control laws.
Our HOA just enacted an acorn standard capacity regulation. Our trees are now allowed to drop no more than 10 acorns per day or we will be fined $250 for each day we go over 10.
:mrgreen:
by Rafe
Sat Feb 24, 2024 2:54 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Joe Xiden AKA Brandon- Not guilty by reason of mental disability
Replies: 1671
Views: 1228278

Re: Joe Xiden AKA Brandon- Not guilty by reason of mental disability

Don't know exactly where this might fit, topic-wise, but this video hosts the ever-lucid Victor Davis Hanson, and he does a good job summarizing what's happened during the Biden administration...and what we face next November. From the YouTube TRIGGERnometry channel: "This Will Be The Nastiest,...
by Rafe
Fri Feb 23, 2024 9:48 am
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: Credit card sized one shot pistol
Replies: 2
Views: 469

Re: Credit card sized one shot pistol

A friend bought a Switch .22 mag repeater. He test fired it into the end of an oak log. It bounced off barely leaving a dent. I'm with Puma Guy. If I were going to go with something of a similar ilk I think it would be the Bond Arms Defender ...though at 20 ounces net it isn't exactly credit-card s...
by Rafe
Fri Feb 23, 2024 8:39 am
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: My Bank Account Hates it When New Guns are Announced
Replies: 8
Views: 686

Re: My Bank Account Hates it When New Guns are Announced

My ridiculously long wishlist has had a Wilson Tactical Supergrade on it for, well, a very long time. But it's not likely that I'll ever plop down the $5,700 for one...unless I win the lotto. Just not in the financial bracket where I can spend that much on a carry gun. But I've had three Springer 19...
by Rafe
Thu Feb 22, 2024 10:52 pm
Forum: National Rifle Association
Topic: NRA Annual Meeting 2024 in Dallas
Replies: 41
Views: 5507

Re: NRA Annual Meeting 2024 in Dallas

carlson1 wrote: Thu Feb 22, 2024 8:30 pm Did I miss dates?
May 16-19. Here ya go: https://www.nraam.org/.

Don't know if I'll be able to get to Dallas for it.
by Rafe
Thu Feb 22, 2024 5:50 pm
Forum: Never Again!!
Topic: Acorn Falls and Gun Fire Ensues
Replies: 17
Views: 1924

Re: Acorn Falls and Gun Fire Ensues

I think it might have been his more modern cousin...

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by Rafe
Thu Feb 22, 2024 10:40 am
Forum: Off-Topic
Topic: Can the USPS get any worse?
Replies: 46
Views: 3958

Re: Can the USPS get any worse?

My most recent credit card reissuance--new expiration date--was an American Express. I never received it, and didn't know exactly when it was mailed. Then I got a potential fraud alert from AMEX that someone had used the card to make a purchase of a few hundred dollars over 70 miles from me. The cha...
by Rafe
Thu Feb 22, 2024 10:06 am
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: My Bank Account Hates it When New Guns are Announced
Replies: 8
Views: 686

My Bank Account Hates it When New Guns are Announced

My danged wishlist is already too long. :shock: But I remain an aficionado of the 1911, and Springfield recently sprang this on us: Springfield Armory® is proud to announce six new models to the most well-known and celebrated family of 1911’s in the lineup. The TRP™ series offers fully featured plat...
by Rafe
Thu Feb 22, 2024 9:57 am
Forum: Shooting Ranges
Topic: Ranges in DFW that allows active shooting training
Replies: 7
Views: 1101

Re: Ranges in DFW that allows active shooting training

Dallas Pistol Club. It’s a private club though. Dallas Pistol Club is a great pistol club and a great group of people, but it should be said that they also have a great many peculiar range rules due to city requirements. Alas, with encroaching urban sprawl, I think there's pressure on a lot of rang...

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