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So, in old western movies, what do they call it when a guy sorta spins his gun around on his trigger finger (other than the obvious "Darned dangerous")? Just randomly curious, and thinking of maybe using it in one of my short stories that I'm always in the process of not writing.

According to a Texas Air National Guard mechanic I was talking to, if you filled up every fuel tank on an F-16A, and had it carry three drop tanks full of fuel (two wing and one centerline), then at full afterburner, every fuel tank would be completley dry in less than three minutes. It's...

By A models I assume you mean the planes with the A before their model number (A6, A10, etc.) from what I understand, the difference between an Attacker and a Bomber, at least in our military, is that Bombers fly in, drop their payloads, and get out of dodge, while Attackers will loiter about...

I'd be willing to wager in favor of a US Navy Aviator in a mediocre Superhornet vs. an Arab pilot in any state of the art Russian fighter of his choice. Hell, I'd be willing to bet in favor of the American against a Russian pilot in the Russian jet (assuming front line pilots on both sides, not...

Howdy, I'm not sure if this is the right board for this question, but I figure, worst case scenario, you folks can point me to where I should be. Anyhow, I live in College Station, Texas, and I was wondering if there are any rifle ranges around here, and how much it costs to shoot at them...

I suppose I could always just start associating with the local civil war reenactors and just make the powder for their uses... not sure where they get their stuff from (or if, indeed, they even use black powder in their reenactments)

So, after doing a bit of reading around here about blackpowder production and loading and what not, I gotta say, it sounds like fun. Thing is, I don't have a blackpowder gun (or for that matter, any other kind of gun that I load with anything but tap water :uhoh: ). What are some practical...

So, I was looking at the gun collection at the Texas A&M University Sanders Corps Center Museum (Try saying THAT three times fast) and noticed, after looking through their massive hoard of gold-plated commerorative Colt revolvers (and a handful of gold-inlaid commerative 1911s), that they had a...

<Johnny Carson> I did not know that. </Johnny Carson>:) I had always assumed they were called .45 Long Colts in order to differentiate them from .45 ACP. Is the Long Colt a longer round than the ACP? I've never seen one in person.

Load your .357 rounds with Baby Formula. Some punk pulls a gun on you, you can take him out with six rounds of creamed corn! :D So, out of curiosity, does anybody ever do any get-togethers closer to College Station?

Ooh, photographer's vest! I could use one of those things anyways, seeing as how I do photography as a hobby (and that camera case can be a royal pain sometimes). And now that I've been thinking about it, I suppose if all else fails I coudl just tape a gun to my belly like Jayne did on an...

Yaknow, it just didn't occur to me that you could wear a t-shirt untucked... and wearing an undershirt with an untucked button-up shirt would even be considered fashionable around here :rolleyes: Also, carrying the gun in my pocket is something else I didn't think of. So they make special...

So, whenever I picture myself wearing a concealed weapon, I invariably picture a handgun in a holster on the small of my back, with my jacket or a coat covering it up (for concealment purposes, I think a gun on my hip would tend to be noticed, as that's where I also keep my pocket knife in it's...

On a related note, what are the requirements for getting a job in the HPD? School at Texas A&M is getting a bit expensive, so I was considering finding a school in the Big Bad City(TM) and maybe getting a job.

OK, the gun was going for $350 at the Texas Jewelry and Loan in College Station, Texas. This time when I played with it, the slide and everything seemed to work fine. In any case, still well out of my budget.

Hmm.. can't remember the name of the pawn shop, but I'll try and remember to drive past it on my way home tonight and let y'all know. The SiG 299 looked good too, if anyone is looking for one in the B/CS area. That said, my expertise with handguns ends with knowing how to field strip a Beretta...

So, there's a pawn shop near where I live where I like to stop by and ogle the camera stuff there (what? I'm a photogeek :) ) and I noticed a few weeks ago that they also sell guns there (whazzis? Guns in a pawn shop? I'm new to this stuff). Anyhow, I glanced at a few of the guns, played...

Took a NRA pistol safety class last year, where the only two people in the class not in the A&M Corps of Cadets were myself and a cute ladyfriend of mine from the sci-fi club (now a cute ladyfriend of mine in the USAF). From henceforth, her name is "The Blonde." The class's instructors were a...

I'm big into Photography myself. Photography is a sufficiently expensive hobby to keep me from seriously getting into shooting as a hobby, I'm afraid. However, with Photography, I can shoot anyone I want, as many times as I want, and they only get slightly annoyed! On occasion, I even get...

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