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- Wed May 01, 2024 1:58 am
- Forum: Rifles & Shotguns
- Topic: Which is easier to Maintain, a Mini-14 or an AR15
- Replies: 8
- Views: 327
Re: Which is easier to Maintain, a Mini-14 or an AR15
For a somewhat...extreme example, check out the 8.6 Blackout. Most barrels for the cartridge use a 1:3 twist rate, and one from Gorilla Ammunition is a whopping 342-grain expanding subsonic round. There are YouTube videos showing the wacky effect a big bullet spinning that fast has on ballistic gela...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 12:59 pm
- Forum: The Crime Blotter
- Topic: TX:The mean streets of Houston - 2 women assassinated in the Heights
- Replies: 1020
- Views: 808351
Re: TX:The mean streets of Houston- clerk dead over bag of chips
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/01/22/store-worker-killed-stolen-chips-humble-texas/72309110007/ Two teens arrested for murder of clerk over a bag of potato chips. Clerk followed the robbers in his car, then they started shooting. https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2024/01/22/...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:52 am
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
- Topic: Best Choice for non-semiautos in case of TEOTWAWKI
- Replies: 7
- Views: 659
Re: Best Choice for non-semiautos in case of TEOTWAWKI
For a budget-conscious, knock-around option, this today-only special from Brownells might be worth looking at: https://www.brownells.com/guns/rifles/bolt-action-rifles/remington-700-adl-308-winchester-synthetic-stock/ At $450 with no FFL fees (on the seller's end) or shipping charge, it's hard to be...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:15 am
- Forum: Shooting Ranges
- Topic: Phil Oxley Passed Away & Impactzone Closing?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 240
Phil Oxley Passed Away & Impactzone Closing?
The latest mailing from Brian Hoffner opens with this: Because of the passing of our good friend Phil Oxley, the Impact Zone is now closed. Tactical Rifle that was scheduled for April 20, 21, 2024 will be rescheduled at a new venue. Join us for a celebration of Phil's life May 9, 2024, 2-5pm at Rudy...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 4:13 pm
- Forum: Shooting Ranges
- Topic: New Range in Hempstead: Peacemakers Gun Range
- Replies: 2
- Views: 248
Re: New Range in Hempstead: Peacemakers Gun Range
Though they have limited facilities they may be an option since Hot Wells closed. It's always great to see a new range open regardless. I was just about to comment: Didn't Vol Texan used to shoot at Hot Wells? I think we crossed paths there back a decade or so ago. Yeah, Hot Wells had some drawback...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 3:43 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: U S Navy Captain fires gun with scope backwards
- Replies: 7
- Views: 542
Re: U S Navy Captain fires gun with scope backwards
Well, at least the magazine is inserted with the correct side forward. Remember that H&K magazine ad from years ago that showed a magazine with the cartridges inserted backward?
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 3:26 pm
- Forum: Gun and/or Self-Defense Related Political Issues
- Topic: Background Checks Expanded
- Replies: 12
- Views: 865
Re: Background Checks Expanded
There are many, many people out there, including some legislators, who believe you don't need a NICS check when you buy a gun at a gun show, that gun shows are like some kind of "gun buffet" for anybody who wants to buy one. Even worse is the perpetuation of the myth that guns can be boug...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:50 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: FBI asks you to look for extremism at home
- Replies: 293
- Views: 537954
Re: FBI asks you to look for extremism at home
And, BTW, gold hit $2,414 at noon today. The only time it's been higher than that was February-March 1980. And you know what started in January 1980? The Jimmy Carter Great Recession...that Reagan had to clean up, painfully but necessarily, after he took office in January 1981. So, yeah. Despite how...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:21 pm
- Forum: Site Announcements, Questions & Suggestions
- Topic: log in?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 728
Re: log in?
Right now is the first time I've been able to get on in several days; just kept timing out. And, yep, this is probably the 5th time I've had to log-in this month. The last stable release of the forum software was v3.3.11, published last October. I don't think there's a way to tell what version is ru...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 2:03 pm
- Forum: The Crime Blotter
- Topic: TX:The mean streets of Houston - 2 women assassinated in the Heights
- Replies: 1020
- Views: 808351
Re: TX:The mean streets of Houston - Rapper murder capital of America
https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2024/04/02/here-are-the-rappers-who-have-been-shot-killed-in-the-houston-area/ Houston - Rapper murder capital of the world. Many of us remember exactly where we were when Migos rapper Takeoff was shot and killed in downtown Houston during the holiday season...
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 4:35 pm
- Forum: Books & Videos
- Topic: "The Reactive Gunfight"
- Replies: 3
- Views: 373
Re: "The Reactive Gunfight"
Most of his work is un-obtainum at this point: Point Shooting Progressions . He release a pair of DVDs. Roger developed much of Suarez's CRG course material: Close-Range Gunfighting Thanks. Unobtainium. Got it. ;-) I actually have that Suarez 2-DVD instructional, but it's packed away in a storage u...
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 8:41 am
- Forum: Books & Videos
- Topic: "The Reactive Gunfight"
- Replies: 3
- Views: 373
Re: "The Reactive Gunfight"
After some twenty years teaching leading edge shooting techniques, Roger Phillips retired from teaching and is working to document his innovative thoughts on gunfighting in a new book: The Reactive Gunfight That's a fairly short and very solid read. It looks like it's a 2003 book with some of the t...
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:12 am
- Forum: Site Announcements, Questions & Suggestions
- Topic: Is anyone in charge of technical issues and responding to new member applications?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1492
Re: Is anyone in charge of technical issues and responding to new member applications?
Make sure you don’t have an antivirus or malware program that is clearing your browser cache periodically. Nope. And I have the domain name specifically whitelisted in Chrome, as well. What's interesting, though, is that I can no longer find any cookies set by the forum. I've browsed through cookie...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 8:05 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: Next banking crisis is already well underway
- Replies: 25
- Views: 36233
Re: Next banking crisis is already well underway
Rolls of 1-ounce gold coins?! I think a roll of silver dollars is 20 of 'em. So one roll of 20 1-ounce gold coins would come in at around $44,000 or more today. :shock: Yeah; no. Any gold I buy won't weigh enough to impede my swimming. At all. One ounce equals the weight of about 28 standard paperc...
- Fri Mar 29, 2024 7:48 am
- Forum: Site Announcements, Questions & Suggestions
- Topic: Is anyone in charge of technical issues and responding to new member applications?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1492
Re: Is anyone in charge of technical issues and responding to new member applications?
Another new one for me. I was logged in and replying to a thread this morning and, when I clicked to preview what I'd written I was sent to a page to log-in. I always have the "keep me logged in" option checked, and I understand that sometimes the auth cookie will expire and I have to log ...