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NotActuallyALonghorn

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  1. 8 hours ago, Macanudo said:

    I was in a Walmart yesterday and the location had ammo.   It still cracks me up that they sell 30-06 and .308 but not .223/5.56.  I can buy ammo for a BAR or an AR-10 but not an AR-15.

    They got rid of 300 BLK but still stocked 350 Legend. 

  2. 20 minutes ago, Captainant said:

    Well the president has done such a good job following the law so far, what with seizing the power of the purse from Congress and unilaterally tearing up the USMCA (that he himself signed 4 and a half years ago)

    So, your working theory is that all of the people who work for the USFS, who went to college for forestry because they love nature and being in the forests and want to keep them forever because they are the best thing ever in their minds are just going to suddenly decide that sustainable management isn't really all that important and who cares if we lose our national forests that they have spent their whole lives trying to build? 

    Did you actually read the executive order? Because they would all have to be complicit for your doomsday scenario to play out.

    As stated earlier, the choke point is our sawmill capacity. if we are running at full capacity, soliciting more bids for a supply of a natural resource without and increased demand for it will likely only lead to a slight increase in USFS land timber harvesting combined with a general decrease in the price of timber for private growers. Great for the sawmills, not good for private landowners growing timber. But the sky isn't actually falling. It's a stupid EO, but it isn't likely to lead to the doomsday scenario that it has been touted as.

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  3. 9 hours ago, High Plains Drifter said:

     

     

    Notice those trees in the foreground? Regrowth after being clear cut. Notice how they are all the same size (age), too close together, and stressed (brown). Recipe for a disastrous fire. 

    Natural old growth forests have trees that are not all the same age, not too close together, and generally not stressed. Much more resistant to fires. 

    If lumber companies were required to replant, with saplings spread out, over the course of many years so they wouldn't all be the same age and too close together, it would really make a huge difference. But that would mean you hate freedom, so not going to happen. 

    I assume you mean the treeline in the background. They are mostly brown because shade intolerant species are generally self pruning once the canopy closure stage is reached. For the unfamiliar, this basically means that lower branches don't get enough sunlight once the trees in the stand grow tall enough to shade them out and they die. This is a pretty typical growth pattern for most conifers. Some of them are all brown because they aren't used to getting that much sunlight and are basically the tree version of sunburned. As far as natural old growth forest being uneven aged stands, that is a pretty sweeping statement, and generally a wrong one for a lot of if not most shade intolerant species. The natural succession for conifers (and some others) in the west is a catastrophic fire take out whole swaths of forest. But the trees are ready for that and have mechanisms to reestablish themselves after the fire. Some of them actually depend on fire to open up their cones and release seeds, so fire is necessary. Then a whole even aged stand of timber grows in place. Way too many tree by modern standards. We thin out trees and sell them for pulp in the south to reduce the number of stems per acre, but the USFS generally practices natural regeneration. The way that works is eventually the stronger trees choke out the weaker trees and the weaker ones die. In the south they make a snag and provide habitat for a lot of animals and bugs and stuff until they fall down and rot. In the west, they just kind of hang out and create fuel ladders until another fire sweeps through and starts the whole process over. Done properly, clear cutting mimics this natural process and instead of converting the wood into carbon dioxide, it sequesters it into the walls of the houses built out of it. Obviously done properly is key here, but do you really think a bunch of USFS employees who have dedicated their lives to growing sustainable forests because that is something they love are just gonna say screw it, let's just turn it all into a moonscape?

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  4. 57 minutes ago, texasdago said:

    I'm certain Steven Miller is actively working on that executive order so that they clear cut responsibly.  Top of the list!

    It's actually a legal mandate to sustainably manage the national forests. No executive order needed. They can increase production, but never decrease it legally. So it's kinda like stonks. 

  5. 1 hour ago, DalTxHornFan said:

    And that may be correct in terms of second-fiddle to PNW, but that is a very niche product for high-end custom construction.  Factor in shorter growth cycles, lower transportation, harvest, and sawmill costs -- anything behind drywall (or maybe even to be painted) is going to be engineered Southern Pine.  Love old-growth forests up north, but my family has managed East Texas timber for over a 100 years, and yeah, it looks pretty shitty when it is time for a final clear cut of a parcel, but it does come back quicker than you'd think.  

    About the only place you'll find wild bobwhite in East Texas is deep in timber country where a stand has been clearcut and replanted a few years ago. That kind of management is actually pretty important for a lot of plant and animal communities in the south. 

  6. 8 hours ago, BabaYaga said:

    What's wild, is these early gas-operated rifles and how they operate have changed very little through the ages.  Like most rifles, we are primarily seeing just advances in construction material and calibers.  

    Take that rifle, shorten the barrel, add a high-capacity mag, and mount optics - and any competent QRC team could clear a house or take a target with it.  They won't love it.  It's heavier and probably not as robust in the field, but at it's core, it's not that different.  

    Except the 1907 is blowback operated. 

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  7. 33 minutes ago, F250 said:

    News of the World and Old Henry were fucking solid westerns. The Kid was good too but that was 2019.

    News of the World and Old Henry were both much better than The English which isn't a movie. Shit, I'd rank That Dirty Black Bag western series higher than The English.

    Regarding the 1980s, that's not a movie. Pale Rider or The Grey Fox as the top westerns from that decade.

    Your selection for the 70's. lulz

     

    I guess I'm the only one that didn't care for News of the World?

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  8. 4 hours ago, Macanudo said:

    Small quibble.  Two of those aren't movies but both are outstanding in their own right.  

    I think I could make a case for The Outlaw Josey Wales being better than the Shootist.  

    As for 80's Western movies, it's kind of slim...   Silverado or Pale Rider would get my vote.  The 2020's are really, really slim pickings.   I have not seen Killers of the Flower Moon yet so my pick would be News of the World. 

    News of the World over Old Henry?

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  9. 13 hours ago, Aqua Buddha said:

    More Tecovas:

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    I'd wear that around the house on a chilly evening or morning. I probably wouldn't pay what they are asking, and I somehow doubt it is made from quality materials, but I love some good western throwback stuff. 

     

  10. Django is kind of WTF. I watched the first and about half of the second episode. It's a bunch of European actors who don't speak English as a primary language trying and failing to sound American,  much less Texan. And their whole concept of the West is just completely addled. It's like a bunch of Surly posters decided to make a movie about the war in Ukraine based solely on what has been posted in the thread and without any basic knowledge of the geography. 

    I'll probably keep watching because I am a sucker for westerns. 

  11. This show needs its own topic. If you grew up watching Spiderman on Saturday mornings or reading the comic books or trading the cards with your friends in grade school,  then you should be watching this show if you aren't already. I know a lot of you have comic book movie fatigue, but this is very much a throwback to those  good old days and worth watching. 

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