peejman

What a cool dog.  Ours is a freakin' lunatic. 

Since it specifies the solider as a reservist, I wondered if funded had degraded to the point that reservists had to use personal weapons, or perhaps could simply choose to do so.  The flat top with flip-up sight configuration also makes me wonder.  I'd expect an issued weapon to have the standard carry handle configuration.

    Heh... I do it for entertainment.  Watching them go completely bonkers in the rear view is hilarious.    And yes, I make and effort to keep up with the traffic and will get out of the way when practical.  But when there's 20 cars stacked up in front of me and nobody's going anywhere, riding my arse isn't gonna help.  If you're in such a damn hurry, you should've left 10 minutes earlier.  Not my problem.   The best thing ever... and I've had this happen twice.... is toot the horn and wave when they're pulled over a few miles after finally roaring past.  I feel kinda bad that the cop has to deal with a pissed off moron, but maybe I'll get to watch the dash cam video on "Cops" later.  :)   And the above instances clearly illustrate, an armed society is a polite society. 

    I'm curious what the underlined means...     Was this literally his personal weapon or was it issued to him (i.e. gov't property)?

.300BLK, .458, .50 ??? What a bunch of sissies. Go big or go home. :rofl: Mine will likely reflect its owner.... rather plain and boring.

    Is the older method as OS described earlier still an option? 

    Agreed.  As usual, the burden of proof lies with the victim.

    Given the results of recent elections, I think that's much closer to reality than we'd like to admit.  The Reagan era days of the political landscape being dominated by the white upper middle class (aka, the stereotypical republican) are over.           Yep.  They're just riding the wave to retirement.  It's a pretty good gig and they're gonna hang on as long as they can.

You could certainly do that. It won't turn to dust instantly or anything. Try it with just water first if you're worried about it. Deionized water if you're really paranoid.

Looks fine to me, does it work?  :)   It says 160W total, but doesn't give a split between heat and agitation...

    It probably wouldn't hurt hard chrome, but its the other parts in there that aren't so hard you have to worry about.    It depends on the power of the ultrasonic agitator and what the gun is made of and any coatings.  The typical table-top cleaners you can find at harbor freight are fairly low power and won't do much harm unless you leave stuff in it for hours and/or add some sort of chemical.  More powerful industrial ultrasonic cleaners can erode softer metals (aluminum) away quite rapidly if you're not careful. 

    I'd swear I read that in TCA once upon a time... but of course I can't find it now.  Something to the effect that the owner of a residence only has to say no.  :shrug:

A private residence need not be posted. If you don't have express permission, you can't carry there. All he has to do is say so.

I believe the reason option was given for the smaller targets and distances correspondingly reduced was simply to allow more facilities to be used. Has nothing to do with trying to make the test harder, only keep it fair when a short range must be used. My wife took it in January and the shooting portion was exactly as OS described.

What they said. Look into a chip, cold air, cam, exhaust.... Or even a whole different vehicle (diesel?). Blowers are fun but pricey.

I think it's simply a "we've addressed this enough lately, go read the prior decisions and figure it out" answer.

Definitely a good show.  Glad I woke up in time to see Scott and Angel play the 18th and the playoff.  I didn't really know who to pull for.  Wish Snedeker had faired better, hopefully he'll learn from it.    I was especially happy to see the usual suspects (Tiger, Phil, McIlroy, et. al.) be utterly uncompetitive. 

Heh... Done that with my sks too.

Plain water works.  A non-foaming detergent/solvent (Simple Green, etc.) can be added as well. 

    I was surprised by how wimpy it is, but that's probably not a bad thing.  Cocking it takes a pretty heavy hand, he can't do it by himself (yet).  My hope was that it would penetrate the front side of the jug but not the back so I'd be able to recover the bb's.  Doesn't have anything to do with me being a cheap bast_rd.... it teaches the boy to not be wasteful... yeah, that's it.      I've also got to cut the stock down a couple inches so it'll fit him a little better.  With it in his shoulder, he can't really reach the fore grip.  The stock has a longer length of pull than a typical cricket .22, which seems odd.    I dispatched many a squirrel with my Crossman pump bb gun when I was a kid.  It was one shot, one kill accurate inside about 50 ft. 

    Like most anything else, the skills do erode quickly without use.   They don't just immediately start flying 12" apart.  They have a very prescribed training method for how they work their way in to such close formations.  I've seen a few videos on how they get a new team member up to standards, its quite a lengthy process. 

    Have to practice as a group?  Nope.  Have to get some flying hours in, yes.  But likely not even in the team planes.     http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/explore/blue-angels-practices    

Like several others, I can't have it at work so I can't carry all the time.  If I'm out with my family, I carry.  If I'm out running errands alone, maybe, maybe not. 

Fine, FINE.  You talked me into it.  I'm in for 1, s/n 1313 if possible.

I'd been avoiding this thread simply because ... well, it's Yeager. Again. I liken him to Kim Jong Un... he just needs to crawl back in his hole and hush. But this post made the 90 seconds I spent reading the new posts worthwhile. I needed a laugh this morning.... :rofl: