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  1. BigFatKen

    Are Unintended Consequences crime facts still current?

    The 1995 era facts claimed were about 6,000 people were in prison for BS charges like a car fender washer, sitting inside the car toolbox, was a part of a person's suppressor repair kit and not declared. Pardon me if I did not quote it correctly. How many people are now in prison for too short...
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    What is the time from a muskets flash pan firing until the ball travels 30 yards?

    Watching Outlander now. I saw a movie where the Indians stand to face the Redcoats on a woods road in the French and Indians war, A few arrows are loosed. When the Redcoats form up then fire en masse, the Indian all dropdown avoiding the balls. Can this work?
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    Super wood

    from https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/stronger-than-steel-able-to-stop-a-speeding-bullet-mdash-it-rsquo-s-super-wood/ CHEMISTRY Stronger Than Steel, Able to Stop a Speeding Bullet—It’s Super Wood! Simple processes can make wood tough, impact-resistant—or even transparent By Sid...
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    Has anyone had a hunting camp where the guests obeyed the rules?

    I bought this in 1990 and lived off-grid until I sold this land in Wisc. in 1999. The new owners were horrified by the property taxes, they got a demolition permit and tore the house down to save taxes. I had a barn built to look like it. That is still there turned into living quarters...
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    Your tax dollars at work: Gun Violence: A Biopsychosocial Disease

    Infectious Diseases I like to keep up with what is going around the world in Infectious Diseases. Lots of bad things like Acinetobacter baumannii is a Gram-Negative that I got a VA but it did not quite kill me. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3442836/ Here is today's update: Gun...
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    Can some handloads detonate in a rifle?

    I used to read Warning; a sub-load of H4350 can detonate. Does this happen and if so, how bad?
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    Can a loaded pistol mag explode, if contained?

    Can a loaded pistol mag explode if shorted between the 1400 volt "third rail" and the common of a sub train? This is in the movie Paycheck. Load of 45 ACP 8.2 gr X 7=57.4 grains or a 30-06 load but is that enough to detonate instead deflagrate? If so, how much? I used to read things like "do...
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    Quora is an excellent source of RKBA facts

    This was an answer on Quora.com There are daily questions that are twisted around to pro-2A to try to get a reason to ban guns. Please move this to the correct sub-forum if needed. The last answer I posted from Quora was well received. There is no direct URL. quora.com QUESTION: There are...
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    I have two memberships in the "Dry Pond" hunt club for sale. (AL)

    The club's land is in zip code 36853 near Walnut Hill. It is about 800 plus acres. I will entertain any offers for the 2017 to 2018 season. After that, the donation is $850 each plus perform land work like planting the green fields OR pay $100 each. My $1900 is paid for now. My wife and I...
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    Does any Law prevent "the altering of magazine capacity ?

    In 1992 I bought a semi AK clone with two mags in Wisconsin. One was 30 rounds. One was a 20 with long follower legs to only hold five. No limit on mag size. I loaned my Nephew John rifle for deer hunting in 1995. He said he was a winner in his little church .22LR club. It did not occur to me...
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    Need to find my powder weight

    In 2006 my left-handed nephew Steve gives me a right-hand Remington 310 in .270 he won in DU silent auction. I made up some loads using 130 gr Sierra and a weight of H4350 powder. Only thing is powder weight data lost in a move. Can I weigh an old loaded cartridge, empty cartridge, subtract...
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    Looking for a decent RKBA TV series. Is Shooter any good?

    I looked at TV series Shooter, see link below. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooter_(TV_series) I suffered through first few scenes where the expert marksman, a highly trained Force Recon Marine, tells steel trap using man that his Remington .223 is only good for game no bigger than squirrels...
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    Alabama residents; GOP deadline Monday to register, if want to be voter.

    I think Mo Brooks is the better pro-2A candidate than appointed Luther Strange. Mo took off his belt to make a belt tourniquet to aid wounded congressmen at baseball diamond. When asked by reporters, Mo gave a very pro-2A answer. See his video ad. Not found link yet...
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    Post any land for sale in your area that you think hunters might want

    A group of hunters might buy this. At age 71, I'm too old to move away from doctors. Property video located here: The farm is approximately 60 miles southwest of Atlanta on the the Georgia-Alabama line. It is about 5 miles outside of West Point Ga. across the Alabama line. The distance is...
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    Anyone have a person who is one upping you?

    I got a ride from Augusta, GA VA hospital to Auburn, AL from another veteran. We were talking pool, so I said I saw a game once in 1965 with Willie Mosconi. Not only did the driver play Willie but him and a friend outplayed him and won $1700 from Willie. Since Willie beat the Wisc. state...
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    Alabama nears no-permit CCW, but LEOs say permit needed

    I looked and looked but I cannot find one case of permit holders and crimes. help? BY PAUL GATTIS [email protected] Pistol permits are a financial boon to the Madison County sheriff's department but that's not why Sheriff Blake Dorning opposes a Senate bill that would eliminate them. "We...
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    Did anyone ever make a rifle with shoulder safety?

    I thought I saw such a weapon in a TV show but that is fiction. Just wondering. It would work like a m1911 grip saftey.
  18. BigFatKen

    Interested in old firearms? WWII items?

    $400. bid Auction in progress. Here .... https://historical.ha.com/c/search-results.zx?N=49+793+794+792+2088+4294949153&type=hero-left-hist--close-6177--tem060817 Also has General Bradley's D-day invasion map. Minimum >$30,000. I wonder what would happen to a leaker back then?
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    What causes cases to be delivered with dents in should?

    When I was in Vietnam in 1968 about one in, I'm no longer sure, maybe 40 cartridge cases to have a dent like case shown above in shoulder. Many times the dent was deeper. This was 67 headstamp. Not sure but might have been LC 67. The ammo cans were always in perfect condition. I kept them as...
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    Presidential Executive Order on Identifying and Reducing Tax Regulatory Burdens

    I think there is no way the NFA $200 tax breaks even. Is it possible that it goes away? https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/04/21/presidential-executive-order-identifying-and-reducing-tax-regulatory The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release April 21...
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