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    What's the strangest thing that's happened to you while...

    My dad told me about his time at Benning in the Army. He used to volunteer for magazine loading duty and working the pits so he wouldn't have to road march with his platoon to the range. One morning, at oh-dark-thirty, as the sun was coming up, he and a couple of other privates notice a big...
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    Alledged CIA agent killed by police after high speed chase

    I knew Mr. Carnaby personally. He was a regular visitor to the local indoor range not far from where he was killed. I never took much stock in what he said about his time in the CIA. It was known around the range that he did work for the Agency, but he never bragged or tried to pass...
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    Monster Hunter International: Review thread with SPOILERS!!!

    Speaking for all of the 6'4" +, 275lbs 'galoots' in the world, thank you for giving us a hero we can look up to, Larry. It's not every day that someone writes about a big ol' hoss who goes out and delivers monster justice at the end of an "Abomination." And he gets the girl to boot! Great...
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    Long range precision rifle, Kimber 8400 Tactical?

    I own a Sako .30-06 (not a Tikka) and love every bit of it. Been shooting the same rifle for over 15 years. I've been doing serious handloading to that rifle for the last 5 or 6 years. With the loads I'm using, that Sako will easily reach out to 300 yards like it is 50. Crisp and clean...
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    Southwest Houston: My 89 y/o grandmother was just robbed.

    Halo, it sounds like the perps were living in a hotel on Hwy59. I just bet that is where they are staying. As prostitutes, the hotels there are close to the Harwin district where the news reports say most of the prostitute activity takes place. That is in and around the Sharpstown area, only...
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    Traveling via Amtrak

    Something tells me I would be passenger number one for the new baggage check for Amtrak. That would be my luck, wouldn't it? I guess it is ixnay on the istolpay this time around. I'll stick with non-lethal (OC) weapons for now.
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    Traveling via Amtrak

    My lil' sister asked if I could help her move this weekend. That means I have to drive the big truck while she follows along in her car. It's a one-way trip for the rental truck and I have to take the train back to town when I'm done. I do plan on carrying for the trip down, but am...
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    Good gun shops in Houston?

    Pruett's is on Hwy 290 at Huffmeister. Turn right at Huffmeister and left before Fleur de Lis. He's usually got a deuce and a half or his red H1 Hummer parked out front.
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    Bass Pro Shop Houston?

    I used to work behind the gun counter when BPS first opened. Only pistols at the time were black powder. Occasionally, they will get some great rifles in at fair prices (Tikka Whitetail Hunter that Xmas), but most often it is the same general stuff you can find elsewhere at better prices...
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    Saw Something at the Range I'd Never Seen Before...

    guy I know went and did the same thing in order to shoot with a local IDPA-type group. Dropped major coin on all the latest goodies from Wilson Combat. His pride and joy is a tricked out Wilson Combat 1911 with all the goodies. It didn't help. We tape more of his misses than we do hits...
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    House Vs. Apt's?

    I did have a shotgun for a while loaded with #6 steel shot when I was apartment bound. Hey, it was cheap, I had lots, and it would do the job. Problem was, I had a nasty dogleg hallway to manuver through if Mr. Murphy came a'calling, and a 28" barrel. Had the XD40 by the bed with a tac light...
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    How much ammo is alot?

    You can never have enough ammo unless you are drowning or on fire!
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    Help, Please. Need a No BS Assessment of NOLA

    Don't knock the Houston Med Center for med school. Baylor College of Medicine and University of Texas Health Science Center are very highly regarded as teaching centers. We have the same problems with heat and humidity that NOLA does, but the crime is considerably less. Yes, we did get a...
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    UPS Strikes again.

    Do like I do and have everything you order delivered to work. I see the FedEx, UPS and DHL guys on a daily basis and we get along well. They have no problem tracking stuff down and calling me if I ask. Being there at work when they deliver really helps. Boss kinda frowns on it, but I assure...
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    What would you do?

    Several years and three girlfriends ago, I did stop a guy from getting away. He was accused of shoplifting at a mall. I was their with a ladyfriend and her nephew. I heard shouts and running feet a few stores down and herded said girl type friend and young boy back into the doorway of the...
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    Guns in Norway or Sweden...rest of the world. Website?

    Viking, when that incident took place I was 6'4" and pushing 240#. Shortly after meeting that guy on the subway, I did meet an Iraqi refugee. Left before the Iran/Iraq war with his family and opened a pizza shop in Stockholm. Great pizza and a wonderful man. Unfortunately, he only...
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    Guns in Norway or Sweden...rest of the world. Website?

    Armed security eh. Man, I've NEVER seen any of those. Not armed with handguns atleast, though I'm aware of the fact that they can carry handguns under certain circumstances. Good man for taking a pocket knife. There are some places where I would not go without some kind of means to protect...
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    Guns in Norway or Sweden...rest of the world. Website?

    Viking, Goosegunner, what part of Sweden and Norway are you from respectively? My wife is from Sweden and everything Viking stated is as correct as she told me. She still yells at me when I pack a pocketknife when we travel to her parents. :rolleyes: Her brother owns a G19 as part of his...
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    "War is coming to Tucson"

    Way back, when I was a young frostbiker, dad and I hunted in South Texas. Goliad and Victoria to be precise. When I was about 12 years old, I started seeing blue shoeboxes up in trees along the highway. "Dad, what are those shoeboxes doing in the trees?" I asked. They were placed their by a...
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    Police marksman accidentally shoots civilian/ UK

    So, what, did Rasta-Narc get tired of being ridiculed in the States? He up and move to Jolly ol' England thinking no one would notice?
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