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  1. vtmarmot

    Hearing on the line

    Well, some folks might be uncomfortable asking someone else to be their "ears". I am hard of hearing myself. I use Howard Leight Impact Sport electronic muffs along with foam plugs. With the volume turned up I can hear range commands and conversations OK but I turn them down when the shooting...
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    ED's Red?

    Original ER sounds highly flammable.
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    can't shoot

    Wishing the best for your Dad.
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    another thought problem, NOT gun related

    Ice boats can go even faster. You can look it up. And thanks, Al, for spelling muzzle brake correctly!
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    Al'PHONSE!!!! coffee....

    That's Kalossi BTW. Known for it's dark heavy body, but if you say tongue, OK. You stumped Google on the other one. Dunkin' works fine for me.
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    Product review:

    +1 on Wipeout and Patchout, and let me add their Accelerator. However, Bore Tech C4 will get additional carbon that they miss. Not sure if that's a good thing. Cleaned all the carbon out of my 30 BR with a 3 groove Lilja on it. Took me 10 shots in a match at St. J the other day to get it...
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    Rimfire Ammo Temperature

    I can't say for sure, but it is a well-known phenomenon that probably has something to do with the powder lacking the chemistry for temperature-insensitivity. If the temperature is below 50 degrees farenheit or so, I keep my rimfire ammo in an insulated lunch cooler with one of those had-warmer...
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    Wilbur

    All who shoot benchrest owe Wilbur a great deal. Condolences to his family.
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    Ruger Barrel Quality

    Tested the Ruger Precision Rimfire today on my home range. Mounted a Simmons Whitetail Classic 6.5-20x50 scope. Used a heavy benchest base with a windage top and Protektor Model rear bag. Trigger measures 2 pounds 5 ounces. Groups were five shots at 50 yards. No wind flags because very little...
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    Ruger Barrel Quality

    My Ruger American Target, no 8348, has a similarly good bore and does very well in our local "Plinker" matches (rifle, scope and mounts under $ 500.00) winning often. I shot it in IR50-50 sporter and was not embarrassed. Could have used a scope with thinner crosshairs but I was constrained by...
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    Ruger Barrel Quality

    I just recently bought a Ruger American Precision Rimfire .22 LR. I haven't shot it yet as I'm waiting on some Picatinny riser blocks. I put the bore scope on it today and was very impressed. This is the best factory bore I have seen. There are zero tool marks. Another Ruger American Laminated...
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    NRA Lawsuit

    To me, the "real" NRA is the thousands of people that work hard at the local level to run the shoots, teach the kids, do the range safety classes and range officer training etc. The so-called "leadership" seems like it was increasingly divorced from that grass-roots work and more focused on...
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    " Common Sense" gun laws

    So do the people who run for and hold elective office actually believe that creating more laws is the essence of their government service, when we have scads of duplicative laws already? Perhaps they should realize that to speak and act with intelligence, integrity and dedication actually...
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    cartridge bullet runout

    Write it down CAREFULLY, and then read it twice to make sure it makes some sense. It's no fun to read it weeks, months or years later and wonder "what to hell was I trying to say?" This happens to me in shooting and at work too.
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    Just saw on Facebook

    Well, I'm not in that league, but my Dick's special Savage Mark II thumbhole definitely punches above it's price range.
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    we need a humor forum.....until then

    No, just sounds like the result of a youth spent immersed in Big Daddy Roth Ratfink Kustom Kar Kulture. Most of us of a certain age were susceptible. Turbo is terrific, but I'd rather be blown.
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    Got my second dose

    So, I felt pretty good all day yesterday but got up in the night to pee and hurt all over. Finally had to take two extra-strength Tylenol to get back to sleep. This morning, had two more rounds of that plus an Aleve and felt good enough for a two mile walk. When I got back, I started fooling...
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    Breaking up is hard to do:

    I don't know much about bankruptcies. Business school was a long time ago and I was mostly interested in finding some marriageable female-type student to date. I'm thinking that the Remington brand is the part most likely to incur lawsuits, but again, I don't know how bankruptcy affects that.
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    Got my second dose

    Got my second dose of the Moderna this morning. No reaction so far, but I'm taking Monday off just in case (and for my anniversary too). Big article by some Doc in the WSJ the other day saying that the infection rate in the U.S. is likely around 75 percent now due to asymptomatic cases, and...
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