Hozzie

My condolences. Cried many times over a dog and will again. Not many words can help, but be grateful for the time you had. He will be waiting on the other side.

Hillary for President?

My condolences Doug. While always sad, she lived a great life and wanted for nothing. Be sure that she is waiting for you on the other side with tail wagging.

Ticket sales/concessions are the crumbs of the money. TN Football made (Profit) $121 Million in 2015 according to Forbes. I am sure that is higher now. Whether they can afford it is not debatable. Most have no idea how much money these programs bring in. If you want something crazier, the only programs who brought in more in 2015 was Texas and Notre Dame. https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrissmith/2015/12/22/college-footballs-most-valuable-teams-2015-texas-notre-dame-and-tennessee/#238f441154f8

Money is not the issue. Chump change in a program like this.

Not a lot for that size. A roll of filament is $20. Not sure how much of one it would take, but I doubt more than half a roll. I’ll find out in a couple of weeks when mine arrives.

Nothing specific per se. I have some ideas for a few things for when I am shooting my Rimfire BR competitions (bullet tray, timer holder, etc), but mostly just like to play around. I will definitely be trying one of these lithophanes. I have Fusion 360 and will use Simplify 3D for the printing.

So I am somewhat of a gadget geek like many here and have been contemplating buying a 3D printer for a while. Yesterday I bit the bullet and ordered a Creality CR-10S as it comes with great reviews and fit the budget I was looking to stay in. I figured I would use it to make some things for shooting and general playing around, but ran across this youtube showing the creation of Lithophanes. This is incredible. I would have never dreamed you could do something like this. He is using the same machine I got by chance. Anyway, thought it was worth sharing. Watch until the end for the picture of the lion.

Been looking at one of these since they announced them. Just found a deal I couldn't pass up. I got it in 260 Remington. It's a Tikka T3X TAC A1.

I'll be glad to help out. I'll PM you HP.

Terrible news to get, but we all know you will do what is best for her. Enjoy what time you have left. Sorry for the inevitable.

Best bullet period for long range and accuracy for the 308 is the Lapua Scenar 155gr. I would try it before changing barrels. It will get you out to 1000 yards and should shoot in a 1/12. If Subs are the goal, then a new barrel is in order.

Sounds like the guys was a little off outside of the guns themselves. They potentially stopped something very bad from happening as well. No way to ever know, but this guy will not be seeing any time outside for quite a while.

This was never going to happen anyway. Too much money to be lost.

If you do nothing else, go to Arlington National Cememtary. No more humbling place in America.

Black males are also only 6% if the population, but committ ~50% of all murders. Maybe there is good reason they are 2.5 times more likely per capita to be shot.

I don't think I am attacking their protest. They certainly have the right to protest, no issue there. I do have an issue with the how and where they are doing it. To the content of the grievance itself, you are correct, I do not agree with it or believe that it is a systemic problem, more specifically that they are somehow targeted specifically for their race in today's society as a whole. There are ####ty people of all colors who make bad decisions and blame it on everyone but themselves. I am not a police officer, but I work with officers from around the world and I can tell you that the problem does not lie within law enforcement. It lies within the people who fail to take responsibility for their own actions. These are systemic problems which are easy to identify in many classes and groups of people, not just black communities. You don't have to go far to find the opiod issue in most communities. I have the same feelings about it. Your poor decisions do not make me responsible for your situation in life and I feel no responsibility socially or financially to bail these people out of hole they dug.

I am so tired of the entire narrative of social injustice. Have there been some bad things happen, sure. Is it the norm, not even close. I think some of you need to go ride along with cops and see what they deal with on a daily basis, especially in the inner cities. You would have a much different opinion about the term social injustice as it is being thrown around to basically say everyone is racist. If you haven't done that, you have no idea what these officers deal with on a daily basis. This is a community problem, which just so happens the predominant race in the communities with major problems is black. We are not still in the 60's. 70's, and 80's, although the black 'leadership' would like you to still think we are. All they have to use now is the false premise that Blacks are still being treated like they were 40 years ago. BS. The more I hear the complaining, the less I care about their supposed cause. Everyone has to be a victim, it couldn't possibly be that they are responsible in any way for what happens to them. I don't feel the least bit responsible for the poor decisions made by most and won't be shamed into thinking their problems are due to the color of my skin or financial standing. The smart ones know what the root cause is for all of this, poor decisions and a lack of accountability. When the black communities start to worry about cleaning up their own issues, then I may start to care. Until then, this white guy just don't give a rats ass.

I asked the Titans as a season ticket holder for a statement regarding Walkers comments. No response yet.

If you have a Ferris dealer around I would compare one as well. Especially if you have a rough lawn.

I have decided to sell my tickets each week to the opposing team fans. They already have my money so its the only way I know to really protest. Hopefully more do the same.

I didn't really need it, but went ahead and bought another case of CCI SV to add to the pile for good measure. I like it for my general suppressor shooting. I just paid $343 delivered for a case. Back in 2012 when I bought my last case, I paid $290 which was a good price then. For 6 years later and what we have been through, 25% more doesn't seem too bad.

I would like to buy many things for what I used to pay. Fact is, costs for everything (tooling, resources, materials) is up, including lead (thanks to the EPA). Keep waiting for it to go down and you will be out of it again when the next shortage hits. It's all relative. IF you like shooting 22's, buy what you can now, it isn't going to get significantly better.

I've heard shooting the gun backwards fixes that problem. Not sure, just what I heard.

Just to clarify for anyone interested. Some locations do shoot what they call a factory class, however this is no official 'factory' class for ARA. It is either Sporter or Unlimited (and you only see sporter matches in CA most of the time). Even if you shoot a factory gun, you are in the Unlimited class if it is a sanctioned ARA match. I am not sure what ABRA does for classes. To your point, you are correct in that you don't have to use a competition BR gun and expensive ammo to participate. I have guys using stock 10/22's at my match. It can vary of course, but most of the match directors who are most likely to offer their gun up are going to have an unlimited gun. I agree with the post above and mentioned it as well. Go talk to the coach. You will get further quicker by doing that than anything.