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    Effectiveness of Guns for Home Defense?

    Taurus 66 wrote: Correction. *Both hands*. A cop once told me the same thing to me, 'cept that you get prints from both the BG's hands on the knife, lest some clever attorney claim that the recently-deceased was a lefty....:rolleyes: Cheers
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    helicopter v/s bottle rocket

    Velojym wrote: Indeed. I'm surprised some of us made it out of childhood alive - or at least with most/all body parts still attached and functioning. We had roman candle duels, but - senesibly - used trash can lids for shields. When you had a gross of cherry bombs AND a slingshot, you had...
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    helicopter v/s bottle rocket

    PVC artillery For scaring deer, why not use that other marvel of PVC firearms, a potato cannon? Multi-tasker here, scare the raiders AND plant the taters!:rolleyes:
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    Snake shot

    Biker wrote: >Oh, if it's between me and him, I'm having fried rattler for dinner. You betcha! I hope the rattler that was the subject of this thread was skinned and cooked. Rattlesnake is mighty fine chow...tastes like chicken:p (really!...but with the flaky consistency of fish.)...
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    OT/SHTF/ How much stuff can...

    Manedwolf brings up a good point - and apologies for hijacking the thread.... >That whole bit reminded me of one of my most adamant >recommendations...that if you ARE in serious isolated trouble >and need air rescue (flash flood, etc) it's good to always have >a few 12-gauge flares with...
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    SHTF loaner gun for inexperienced people

    I was in just this situation not too long ago. (Cat 3 hurricane approaching, which quite fortutiously, dropped to Cat.1 just before landfall.) I offered my 10/22 to some close friends. Low power scope with see-through rings, 2 50 rd. mags. Husband/wife had been intending to purchase...
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    Share Your TSA "Horror" Story

    ...an immobilized leg, I had to remove my running shoes. Right. That was tough/slow enough, but security wanted me to dismantle the crutches, too. (I guess one had just seen "Day of the Jackal"....:rolleyes: ) *That* made me late for the flight and I had to hobble extra-fast to make the...
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    Gun safe falling through floor??

    As ball3006 and dfaugh have said, it's not so much the weight, but the weight per square foot. With a waterbed many, many years ago, I found out that the refrigerator had a greater load per square foot. If still concerned - and this will keep very determined thieves from simply using a hand...
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    Tribute to a sniper

    Marine Sniper Got an autographed copy of "Marine Sniper" (1988) right here. Met Carlos at a gun show years ago.... Unfortunately, the follow-up book by the same author (Charles Henderson) has yet to grab my interest. Dunno, it's just not as good a read....
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    Whats your drill for awarness, safety when camping?

    Continental Divide RB - A friend of mine hiked the Continental Divide Trail last year. Could have been him....:rolleyes: Anyway, the trail extends from the Mexican border to the Canadian, following the crest of the Rockies - the divide - as closely as possible. It is also quite new and...
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    Lighten up

    A crusty old retired Marine Sergeant Major found himself at a gala event, hosted by a local liberal arts college. There was no shortage of extremely young, idealistic ladies attending, one of whom approached the Sergeant Major for conversation. She said, "Excuse me, Sergeant Major, but you...
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    Realistic Garand accuracy

    Reloading I used to reload all of my 5.56mm - back when I was younger and had more time (and better eyesight...and more hair :uhoh: ) But then 5.56 commercial reloads got to be as cheap as I could reload 'em for. But with the new Garand (with zero MW and TE), I'm looking to get back...
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    Abramoff pleads guilty

    Returning the bribe...um...*contributions* I wonder if this will work next time I get a speeding ticket? "Officer, what if I drive just as fast in reverse for a while? That surely must negate a summons...." I don't think so. Or if you rob a bank. Offer to give the money back, but only if...
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    Crazy Idea--Gas with its own Oxidizer?

    Fuel + oxidizer The closest compound to this is hydrazine (N2H4), which is used in the maneuvering jets on the shuttle and other spacecraft. Fuel and oxidizer in one compound (vacuum of space and all) but it still needs an ignition source. Hydrazine is nasty, dangerous stuff. You could make...
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    Abramoff pleads guilty

    More from the AP wire Bush to Give Up $6,000 Linked to Abramoff By PETE YOST, Associated Press Writer 12 minutes ago WASHINGTON - President Bush's re-election campaign is giving up $6,000 in campaign contributions connected to lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who faced more guilty pleas as part of a...
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    Abramoff pleads guilty

    ...The interesting bit is that he took money from one tribe in Texas trying to get a casino operation while simultaneously taking monies from another, neighboring tribe to *oppose* future casinos that might be competition to their existing one. What a slimeball. "Where's my scalping knife...?"
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    Unit costs

    Back when I was younger and had more time (also: better eyesight...and more hair) I used to do a lot of reloading. For the .223 or 5.56mm, I could turn out rounds in the range of 11 to 13 cents a pop - not including my time, which was considerable as I only had a single-stage press. This was...
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    What did santa bring you?

    A '44 M1-Garand...with zero TE and MW....:D
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    In the Fight Against Terrorism, Some Rights Must Be Repealed

    ...with ol' Tricky Dick.... George Bush did not act, or rather he did not follow through. The 'enemy' was in Afghanistan, and if the point was *really* to go after Al Qaeda, we would have 150,000 troops there instead of Iraq and ol' Osama's head on a plate by now. No, the world is not...
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    How to tell if you are in a tyrannical police state

    ...FOR an individual once. (John Anderson in '80.) Every other vote has been against one chap and for lesser of two perceived evils. I can remember campaigning for Barry Goldwater, arguable the 'father' of the modern, neo-con movement. If he was around today, he'd be a *Democrat*.... Cheers
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