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Reagan1k

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  1. I was afraid you'd say that about the fences. We're not high fenced and the thought of, or our experience with setting snares seems like pissing in the ocean.
  2. @Johnny Sack Add me to the list with @fattyflattie wanting some snare education on this forum. We've dabbled in it but never had any success because we didn't know what we were doing. I'd be grateful if you could drop some tips on this thread.
  3. If you find yourself in voir dire, after they ask you the first question, scream “Why are you questioning me? The mother fucking criminal is sitting right there!”... as you point to the defendant.
  4. By and large, you are correct. Being non milspec, mixing and matching AR-10 uppers and lowers from different mfgs is a crap shoot. even some generations of components within the same mfg family can be problematic.
  5. AR-10 adds a lot of weight due to the longer action. Just keep that in mind.... those are your .308, 6.5 Creedmoor etc. One idea would be to get a PSA lower and upper set in AR-15 and standard 5.56. Then you could add uppers in .300bo and 6.5. Grendel later and have 3 guns in one. 1000 ways to skin that cat- just one solution
  6. Feed prices are per ton plus a trip charge. Fewer trips per year lowers net cost per ton annually.
  7. @Speedtrucker That's awesome. Can't wait to see it all together. Two months isn't bad at all considering the times. Congrats on getting a nice surprise. I got a little buyer's fever during an auction in PA. I guess you could call them bucket guns, but my wife says my bucket is too big and should they should really be called storage tank guns. Got a Rem 600 / Mohawk in .308, a Winchester 1905 in .35win and a 10/22 in .22mag. Should have them in the coming week and will put some pictures up. It's interesting that the hardest one to find is that 10/22 Mag. They just didn't make that many and for some reason are rare to see for sale. Gun has a reputation for problems, but if problems are a qualifier, I'd have been put on the scrap heap years ago myself. Just need to add the .44 carbine now, but lord those prices have gotten lofty. I'd like to pick up another 10/22 Mag if anyone sees one that's on the market.
  8. Yeah - I thought eBay would be a quick solution but the few fitting pieces I saw were astronomically priced.
  9. Are we talking Gunbroker type auctions or the auction houses like Meares and Rock Island?
  10. Long story, but back in the 80's I acquired an 1100 LT-20 that's new in the box, but had a busted stock and cracked forend. It's been in the back of my safe forever. I still have the forend but the stock is long gone. I just dug it out while reorganizing and started down a rabbit hole thinking I'll fix it. The googlemachine keeps pointing me toward synthetic replacements. I really don't want to put plastic on an early 80's 1100. Any of you shotgun fanatics have a source for quality replacement stocks?
  11. Interesting discussion. I'm not there yet, but one thing I have observed and made note for myself is that I "think" one needs to practice retirement before they get there. It appears to me some people think they know what they want to do, get into it, and then fall off of that path for whatever reason - no real interest, too expensive, etc. It's easy to say....I'm going to "x" when I retire, but if you haven't already started exercising those muscles, it can be a hard thing to launch. Whether its a hobby, golf, part time gig, traveling, or volunteering, what I see is that often people try to jump into it from ground zero and it has no more sticking power than a New Year's resolution. Without a plan I think it's easy for many to get into a rut from which they can't pull out....and yes, there are plenty of people who are miserable and stagnate in retirement which leads to health issues - both physically and mentally.
  12. I may have to go back and look in my stuff. I know I have a Cal Ripken future stars card in a sleeve somewhere. Also may have some others from the late 70's through early 80's. I'd have to find them in all my shit. I thought this market was dead and figured they were all worth $10-$50 bucks. Color me shocked as I click through this. Looks like I have a project.
  13. Probably mid-80's I'm guessing was my 1st experience around a brake...someone touched off a .300 Weatherby they had taken to Kleinguenther and everyone was looking around like WTF. I think my 1st thought was that someone had just blown themselves up with a hand load.
  14. What trigger group did you use?
  15. Many days I have some that I wish would......
  16. This is what old, tired, and pissed off looks like. He's not a spike, or at least not in the normal sense of the word. He wasn't until this year and has digressed to a one horn curmudgeon. Very run down and I'm surprised he made it through the storm to be honest.
  17. Agreed - and I wouldn't beat yourself up too bad on that flier to the right. Every flinches from time to time, especially with a .300WM.
  18. Ditto on using Gunbroker as a resource. I’ve helped a number of people do valuations and GB is a great resource. I will add this caveat. You need to use sales and not listings for information. To see what the actual sales price is you have to register and then do a search on completed sales. Even in the completed sales- they also show expired and unsold listings. It can be confusing. I tell folks to look only at completed sales with one or more bids, throw out the highest / lowest and then look for the mean or average price of the rest. You’ll find that there are 1000’s of listings that are “I don’t want to sell it but if you give me $X it’s yours” prices. These expire and relist over and over, but aren’t prices you can expect because no one pays it. I’ve seen people confused because their gun only sold for $2000, but they saw listings for $3500 and thought that was the market. Bottom line is that it takes more than a cursory glance to sift down to the real numbers...... but it’s not that hard to do.
  19. Damn- there are some nice guns on that list.
  20. Well I'll be damned. I was looking forward to joining the "gang" in a few years, but I don't think I'll fit with that crowd.
  21. I'm going to have to make a drive-by on an Academy one morning and take a look at this boondoggle for myself. I have this imagine in my mind of gangs of retirees leaving Whataburgers and coffee shops after they've hung out since 5am and heading en masse to go resume the gossip and political bitching in the Academy line. Almost sounds like this has become a hobby for some, as I can't see how this has been sustained for so long if it wasn't.
  22. That's natural and expected. We're alcoholic and its what we do. Its also not a "bad" thing even though it may be uncomfortable for a while. Lucky for us, we can't just be struck drunk without actually taking the 1st drink. You don't have to worry about getting drunk if you don't take the first drink. Sounds a bit trite, but its true I worry much more about guys when they tell me everything is great and while feeling "good" let their program take a back seat to other things. They often end up drinking. The guys expressing that anxiety you describe who bore into the program and a emphasize a conscious contact with their higher power stay sober. You can't control the thoughts of anxiety that pop into your head but you can control your reaction to them. Don't let it paralyze you, don't keep it internal where it gets infected and festers- do what you did to get it past your teeth and take action in the program. That's what we can control. I heard once that we learn to be comfortable feeling uncomfortable and we do that by taking action and through communication with out higher power.
  23. @Bozo_Casanova Yeah - I did a full inventory today and I'm happily shocked with what I amassed over the last several years. I wish I had unrealized gains in my investment portfolio that match what I have in my ammo closet. I owe a lot to paying attention to Sam Gabbert at SG Ammo in his newsletters . He was banging the drums from 2018-2020 to buy all you can whenever you can when this stuff hit decade + lows in prices. He was pretty transparent and it paid off for me.
  24. Never thought of it that way, but you do have a perspective that is unique. I can't imagine anyone being intellectually honest and saying you have nothing to add. That's a red herring from someone that is scared and/or doesn't want to know truth. I'm fascinated by your ability to provide insight beyond my experiences.
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