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No no, users cannot alter the postings of other users on Fark. Only moderators can. I'm not the one who removed the pictures requested; that was done (by another moderator) because it was requested by the owner of the photo. I happened to note that it was altered photos from a site which I...

Heh, Fark actually has a fairly wide base of pro-gun folks. It also has a fairly wide base of antis, which is why you see any gun threads on the main page (and even in the TotalFark areas) expand exponentially. Nobody typically "wins" and I tend to just sort of stand back and chuckle unless...

Hi there, I'm one of Fark's moderators, and it looks like the request to remove those images from the thread has been taken care of. I'll keep an eye out for any further postings and remove them as I encounter them. Parody or not, Fark likes to be an upstanding internet community so in a...

Kurt, if my family is behind me they are armed too. And covering me with what they have. The parameters of the question was "You're going out to do something that requires a rifle. It could be anything. that's the only information you have. What rifle do you grab?" I posted what I would...

Since we're doing armchair commando, and I'm sitting in an armchair, I'd have to take two rifles - the ones I own. The M1917 Remington "Enfield" in .30-06 with one bandolier filled with stripper clips and another bandolier of ammo on a .30cal machine gun canvas belt. That's to "reach out and...

I am currently in possession of my Dad's Howa in the guise of a Smith & Wesson 1500 in .270 Winchester. It does this at 100 yards: Not bad, and the action and trigger are nice and smooth.

For what it is worth I have (my dad has) a Howa 1500 in the guise of a S&W 1500 rifle in .270. It is a very accurate rifle with nice finish and a smooth action. One of these in .30-06 or .308 would be a fine rifle for deer hunting or general shooting.

Well, this thread is pretty long, but I have to weigh in since both guns and computers are major hobbies of mine, as well as the computers being the way I put food on the table. I keep getting Raymond confused with Stallman since they are both controversial Open Source types, with one being...

Because that's what you do when people are rioting and/or looting during a disaster. I lived in L.A. during the '92 riots, I carried a Combat Commander and a rifle and law enforcement didn't say a damn thing. That's assuming that there was any police around, which they weren't. The only...

Not just respiritory allergies. Awhile back I developed a skin rash on the back of my shooting hand which was between my thumb and forefinger. It was itchy, red, annoying and people would ask me what the heck that was. Finally went to the dermo to get it taken care of. He identified it as...

Interesting. Mine cocks only on closing. Allow me to utilize the magic of digital imagery to clarify: The last image is after withdrawing the bolt and then closing it completely. You have to push the bolt in with a bit of pressure to get it to close and lock. Looking closer at the...

Yes, quite historically important. About 2 million made by three different manufacturers: Remington, Winchester, and Eddystone. Most were rebuilt by the U.S. government armories after WWI by taking various parts from the three different manufacturers and making "mix-master" rifles. Mine...

Actually these are bombs but pretend they are rocket powered, since we're pretending anyway. I did this awhile ago for a contest. That is my Jeep. The pic did pretty well in the contest.

Hi folks, I was recently at the Valley Forge gun show and picked up some .30-06 ammo for fairly cheap which appears to be Korean M2 Ball. It came in the 8 round M1 en-bloc clips with cardboard sleeves and in six pouch OD cloth bandoliers which were marked as .30 carbine ammo but that was...

For what it is worth, my (father's) Howa in the guise of a Smith and Wesson 1500 in .270 will do this: at 100 yards from a bench. This is a > 20 year old rifle which has had nothing done to it, factory ammo, and my shoulder screaming at me to quit and go home.