Snap caps are an excellent idea. Had forgotten about them.:-P I went 'old school' back then and used silicone sealer in the primer pockets of 'dubious' brass. Most modern centerfire firearms can be safely dry fired, (so they say), but I like the extra insurance. Never dry fire a rimfire!
"...annoy the girlfriend less if I'm not spending every weekend daylight hour at the range..." I've had astounding success over the years with getting gf's and wife (not at the same time!!!) interested into shooting. By far, the overwhelming majority of them really enjoy it if they are introduced to shooting correctly! (and don't be surprised if she gets to a skill level that allows her to outshoot you!!)
Probably not needed here, but: Safety First!
I've got stuff to do now, so if you don't hear from me until later, don't worry.
I want to heartily thank you for one of my more enjoyable conversations on/.!
The Kimber conversion kits have had a good solid reputation since the mid 1980's. Hard to go wrong there. You might also like the Ruger.22 pistol. Very nice, and not a big change from the feel of the old.45. We used the Ruger for training and practice when I was in the US Army.
Colt also made a.22 based on the M1911, I think it was called 'Ace' that duplicated the feel and recoil of the M1911. But I imagine if you could find an ace, it would be expensive.
The Ruger 10-22 rifle is built like a vault, dependable, and provides hours of shooting fun. Don't turn your nose up at a.22- best way to get good with your shooting as you can actually afford to shoot them enough to get some crazy good skills!
When I shot competitively, I would go through 1,000 rounds of.22 compared to only about 200-300 rounds of.45 a week when in training.
Your striving for muscle memory and consistency...that takes a lot of shooting.
Ah...sorry about the confusion...my.45 rounds cost about a dime to reload(not having to buy brass).
Something else occurred to me seeing this: "I haven't had the funds to buy in bulk lately though."
You can go with a lighter wt. recoil spring in the.45, enabling you to use 'milder' loads for just plinking- saves some cash. Well, no, it does not save some cash- you will just shoot more!:-)
I think the standard recoil spring was rated at 10 or 11 pounds, you can drop to a 7 pound spring for the mild loads. (standard is a 230 grain bullet at around 810-830 feet per second- you can use 185-200 grain bullets at around 700-724 feet per second)
Don't trust my faulty memory on the recoil springs ratings- been too long..:-(
A good reloading manual is a fount of knowledge- invest in one or several. Hornaday, CCI/Speer, Nosler, and Sierra all are recommended.
I'm also currently not overloaded with funds...so I'm with ya there.
I don't know what prices are like now days, but IIRC,.45 used to set me back around a dime a round. If you have a shooting range nearby, you may be able to talk them into letting you gather brass up. Avoid old European brass*, and WW2 era US brass. They both used primers containing mercury, and on firing, the mercury compound reacts with the brass of the case- weakens it and makes it brittle....You don't know the meaning of 'too much fun' until you've had to remove what's left of the case from the barrel when the extractor rips the case rim off!
* Czech surplus from the cold war era is fine- it will be stamped 'BRNO' and the year...good stuff. The other problem with a lot of European surplus ammo is they frequently used 'Berdan" primers that will cause grief in the reloading press.(easy to spot-instead of one central flash hole in the primer pocket, there will be two flash holes. These are not worth the effort messing with.)
Hit any local gun shows in your area, frequently good deals can be had for brass and other components.
I would recommend starting with a single-stage reloading press at first. Too much going on with a progressive press- easy to make mistakes with when first starting out. Don't take shortcuts, pay attention to detail, set up a procedure/protocol and stick to it.
If you ever get a chance to attend Gunsite Ranch, do so....You won't regret it. (well, your bank account might!-but worth it IMHO) The skill levels and knowledge of the training staff are top notch and have to be seen to be believed.
Actually, five numbers total, but only three were passport cards.
If you had listened to the audio, he explains that one number is his bosses card (he said he was not allowed to have a card of his own...he did not say why), and the other two cards were the two he scanned.
There are also two other numbers that he said could be any RFID chip, but were not the passport cards he was hunting.(top two numbers on his display)
Well, I have no choice but to mark you as a/. foe, due to you being too stupid for me to want to even see your comments/replies here...net loss==0(zero in my book). Harsh, you say...
If you survive in the FOSS world with the same attitude intact for several years, I will eat my words gladly...with or without sauce....Until then: Fsck You!
All humour aside, most people have no clue about the energy levels and destructive power available to natural forces, just on our world. (ie:water) Even engineers can fall prey to their preconceptions at times, if they are not diligent. Water is a powerful force, in scale.
Most people perceive the Earth as a solid/stable surface to build on(dig to 'bedrock' for the foundation, etc...), frequently forgetting Earth more resembles a poultry egg: relatively thin shell covering/encasing a liquid center...and just as fragile on scale.
At our most terrible destructive level available technologically to humans today, we are still just 'wannabe' punks in the big picture. Actually, I would argue that communication tech is the most powerful weapon/tech we have devised to date.
*(IAANB) I Am A NASA Brat![clarification of subject line]-just could not pass this one up. And NOT trying to pick on engineers, who have demanding job requirements, but there is a good reason to put erasers on pencils!:-)
Sorry if this was more than you bargained for trying to make a 'funny', but you did raise a valid point!:-)
Nothing more a pattern of ones and zeroes, an entry in a data base.
Yes, you are right. And that is the biggest cause of of having to deal with hundreds of billions of our tax dollars being pissed away with this whole bailout scam.
Base your business on smoke and mirrors and be surprised when it blows away? Heh, not too bright IMHO.
But when a hacker cleans you out, you expect to see restitution and a prosecution for the theft.
Leave off the "...for the theft.", and I will agree 100%.
And let's do stay off topic in a bloody, to the death battle over semantics...real productive!
Dude, you're forgetting that the US has stolen many words and subsequently mangled them to form our bastardised English we use here today.
For example, the word 'lariat' used in the USA to describe a 'catch rope'. We stole this word from the Mexican vaquero and mangled it from the more proper 'la reata'.
Labour, humour, grey, and many others are just as/more valid as their USA counterparts as proper spellings of English words. *Hint: England---English*
By your reasoning, we should not be speaking English at all. We should be speaking Anglo-Saxon or something.
BTW, where do you think most Anglo words come from originally?
As soon as I saw the headline, I wondered how long it would take for some intrepid joker to hack the site...linking all of the 'Fix It' buttons to 'Wubi.exe'.
LOL!!! Hilarity then ensues!
The year of Linux on the Desktop, indeed...by hook or crook!!
I would have to celebrate this with a drunken ROFLCOPTER while wearing my Groucho Glasses, and making fart noises with my armpit!
First off, I agree with you 100% about the 'American' attitude..
Having said that, I am struck by this, FTFA: "It is believed to be the first criminal sanction ever pursued against a privacy professional for his company's actions. The video that sparked the investigation was captured in a Turin classroom. Four high school boys were recorded taunting a young man with Down syndrome, ultimately hitting the 17-year-old with a tissue box. One of the boys uploaded the footage to Google Video's Italian site on September 8, 2006.
According to Google, more than 200,000 videos are uploaded to Google Video each day. Under EU legislation incorporated into Italian law in 2003, Internet service providers are not responsible for monitoring third-party content on their sites, but are required to remove content considered offensive if they receive a complaint about it. Between November 6 and 7, 2006, Google received two separate requests for the removal of the video-one from a user, and one from the Italian Interior Ministry, the authority responsible for investigating Internet-related crimes. Google removed the video on November 7, 2006, within 24 hours of receiving the requests.[*&*]
Nonetheless, Milan public prosecutor Francesco Cajani decided that by allowing the 191-second clip onto its site, Google executives were in breach of Italian penal code. "
*&*"Google removed the video on November 7, 2006, within 24 hours of receiving the requests.""Google removed the video on November 7, 2006, within 24 hours of receiving the requests."vv
Peter Fleischer was on his way into the University of Milan for a speaking engagement January 23, 2008[emphasis mine] when five law enforcement officials with summonses surrounded him. According to Fleischer, the officers had been waiting for him, but ultimately allowed him to deliver his talk before taking him to a deposition before the public prosecutor.
Is it too hard to believe (without more info) that he 'believed*' that this was dealt with, or not an issue?
[*yes, if you have a 'clue', you will check this shite out beforehand...but...]
This just smells of vendetta to me; maybe I am uninformed and 'just don't know any better'...Is there more to this story than the info we being fed?(I have no clue..just asking)
They allowed him to give his talk, but only after 'arresting' him. WTF?
I think that more info is needed here. There seems to be a lot of pieces missing, and I noticed my 'knee-jerk' reactions getting the best of me here...Good Bye for now!
*&*"Google removed the video on November 7, 2006, within 24 hours of receiving the requests."
That's why I named the only Windows PC on my network: "BillyGatesColon", and expect it to be 'probed'...thoroughly...and deeply...and repeatedly...*money shot!*
" 'help-desk-print-server' "
That one I just named 'Clippit'.(an interactive, animated 'spent' staple entity[1] is presented in the GUI when you connect to the server...it takes you where you want to go[2])
*Foghorn Leghorn voice: 'It's a joke, son...I made a funny!' *Foghorn Leghorn voice* [my apologies for a bad paraphrase!]
[1]'spent'==think removing a staple from some pages with a staple remover tool...then animate the mangled remains==Zombie Spent Staple!...FTW!!1!
[2]Well, actually, it takes you to the nearest ATM so you can get money to pay for the psychotherapy needed to deal with this kind of crap, but...YMMV, some folks can't get enough of this abuse!
I find your comment one of the most informative and insightful that I have read in this thread.(in view of my limited* knowledge/experience with Vista and Win.7)
I had a lot of experience with the 98 vs. 98SE vs. ME debacle back in the day. (prefer 98SE) I also fought through the XP vs. XPSP2 incident, and XPSP2 came out on top for me, until WGA screwed the pooch, and I went full-time *nix.
I have recently made a Windows(tm)partition for XPSP3 for Fallout 3 [has been deleted and re-installed-long story not related here:-)]
I also have 2.iso's of Vista Ultimate available to me on the University's server with my 'name' on them, that are still there collecting eDust and iCobwebs because of two things:
1. The 'failure' of Vista(perceived, or real...does not matter- the effect is there) 2. I don't need Vista to run any Windows specific games...works great with a tri-boot Win98SE, WinXP_ProSP3, Kubuntu 8.04 w/WINE (primary=first choice)
Yes, I have a point for all of the above.
Have you really compared Win7 to Vista? (not trolling or flaming-really want the info)
From what I have heard/read, I think I would like to skip Vista for W7 when it is available on the University server.(perks of my job...I like the 'sound' of what I'm hearing about W7, but if I can run it in linux, I will....unless I want it for games. (note: I said want, not need)
*Mostly what I've heard from my cow-orkers that upgraded, and what I have read on/.-YMMV
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Snap caps are an excellent idea. Had forgotten about them. :-P
I went 'old school' back then and used silicone sealer in the primer pockets of 'dubious' brass.
Most modern centerfire firearms can be safely dry fired, (so they say), but I like the extra insurance.
Never dry fire a rimfire!
"...annoy the girlfriend less if I'm not spending every weekend daylight hour at the range..."
I've had astounding success over the years with getting gf's and wife (not at the same time!!!) interested into shooting. By far, the overwhelming majority of them really enjoy it if they are introduced to shooting correctly! (and don't be surprised if she gets to a skill level that allows her to outshoot you!!)
Probably not needed here, but: Safety First!
I've got stuff to do now, so if you don't hear from me until later, don't worry.
I want to heartily thank you for one of my more enjoyable conversations on /.!
*Arnold Voice* I'll be back!
The Kimber conversion kits have had a good solid reputation since the mid 1980's. Hard to go wrong there. You might also like the Ruger .22 pistol. Very nice, and not a big change from the feel of the old .45. We used the Ruger for training and practice when I was in the US Army.
Colt also made a .22 based on the M1911, I think it was called 'Ace' that duplicated the feel and recoil of the M1911. But I imagine if you could find an ace, it would be expensive.
The Ruger 10-22 rifle is built like a vault, dependable, and provides hours of shooting fun. Don't turn your nose up at a .22- best way to get good with your shooting as you can actually afford to shoot them enough to get some crazy good skills!
When I shot competitively, I would go through 1,000 rounds of .22 compared to only about 200-300 rounds of .45 a week when in training.
Your striving for muscle memory and consistency...that takes a lot of shooting.
Ah...sorry about the confusion...my .45 rounds cost about a dime to reload(not having to buy brass).
Something else occurred to me seeing this: "I haven't had the funds to buy in bulk lately though."
You can go with a lighter wt. recoil spring in the .45, enabling you to use 'milder' loads for just plinking- saves some cash. Well, no, it does not save some cash- you will just shoot more! :-)
I think the standard recoil spring was rated at 10 or 11 pounds, you can drop to a 7 pound spring for the mild loads. (standard is a 230 grain bullet at around 810-830 feet per second- you can use 185-200 grain bullets at around 700-724 feet per second)
Don't trust my faulty memory on the recoil springs ratings- been too long..:-(
A good reloading manual is a fount of knowledge- invest in one or several.
Hornaday, CCI/Speer, Nosler, and Sierra all are recommended.
I'm also currently not overloaded with funds...so I'm with ya there.
I don't know what prices are like now days, but IIRC, .45 used to set me back around a dime a round.
If you have a shooting range nearby, you may be able to talk them into letting you gather brass up. Avoid old European brass*, and WW2 era US brass.
They both used primers containing mercury, and on firing, the mercury compound reacts with the brass of the case- weakens it and makes it brittle....You don't know the meaning of 'too much fun' until you've had to remove what's left of the case from the barrel when the extractor rips the case rim off!
* Czech surplus from the cold war era is fine- it will be stamped 'BRNO' and the year...good stuff.
The other problem with a lot of European surplus ammo is they frequently used 'Berdan" primers that will cause grief in the reloading press.(easy to spot-instead of one central flash hole in the primer pocket, there will be two flash holes. These are not worth the effort messing with.)
Hit any local gun shows in your area, frequently good deals can be had for brass and other components.
I would recommend starting with a single-stage reloading press at first. Too much going on with a progressive press- easy to make mistakes with when first starting out. Don't take shortcuts, pay attention to detail, set up a procedure/protocol and stick to it.
Good Times!
I was lucky enough to go in the '80's not long after it was opened to the public.
BTW, M1911 was/is my personal favorite. Good choice, and enjoy!
Cool!
That makes me Unsinkable!
Voila: I don't think that word means what you think it does.
ROFLCOPTER!1!!
Maybe you are looking for a viola, perhaps?
*hint: it is a string instrument*
Damn, I love it when a pedantic twit has one blow up in his/her face!!!
Thanks for making my day more amusing than it already was!
Oh, come on, dude!
Ignore the string...it has bluetooth! Bluetooth man!
Failing at funny for 50 years
Arrrhhgg. .ISO- for free!
If he has Ktorrent, he can just download the
If you ever get a chance to attend Gunsite Ranch, do so....You won't regret it. (well, your bank account might!-but worth it IMHO)
The skill levels and knowledge of the training staff are top notch and have to be seen to be believed.
Actually, five numbers total, but only three were passport cards.
If you had listened to the audio, he explains that one number is his bosses card (he said he was not allowed to have a card of his own...he did not say why), and the other two cards were the two he scanned.
There are also two other numbers that he said could be any RFID chip, but were not the passport cards he was hunting.(top two numbers on his display)
Has it occurred to you that if that many people miss your 'joke', that it might not be funny, thus perceived as total BS?
I respectfully advise you to redefine your 'sense of humour', as your current one fails here.
BTW...How is that AC posting working for you?...Nevermind, you're new here!**IDGAF about you, or your opinions.
HA!HA!!!! HA! HA!
You delusional asshat! Heh! Heh! Get real!!!
"If you're good, you can always find a new job."
Depends on HR, local budgets, what you are 'good' at, and what the local market is hiring doesn't it?
Good luck if you are over 50, and and in a 'college town' where transient labor for cheap is the rule, not the exception.
Not too proud to proclaim:
This college educated(and employed) janitor does not do Windows[tm] anymore.
Fsck all of you all with this attitude. (yeah, flame me to boost your ego..see my sig...)
***
You stupid git!
***We haven't forgotten!1!1! LOL!!
Well, I have no choice but to mark you as a /. foe, due to you being too stupid for me to want to even see your comments/replies here...net loss==0(zero in my book). Harsh, you say...
If you survive in the FOSS world with the same attitude intact for several years, I will eat my words gladly...with or without sauce....Until then: Fsck You!
Daryl McBride, is that you?
Maybe they can get this drilling crew on the mission to save the day!
All humour aside, most people have no clue about the energy levels and destructive power available to natural forces, just on our world. (ie:water) Even engineers can fall prey to their preconceptions at times, if they are not diligent. Water is a powerful force, in scale.
Most people perceive the Earth as a solid/stable surface to build on(dig to 'bedrock' for the foundation, etc...), frequently forgetting Earth more resembles a poultry egg: relatively thin shell covering/encasing a liquid center...and just as fragile on scale.
At our most terrible destructive level available technologically to humans today, we are still just 'wannabe' punks in the big picture. Actually, I would argue that communication tech is the most powerful weapon/tech we have devised to date.
*(IAANB) I Am A NASA Brat![clarification of subject line]-just could not pass this one up. And NOT trying to pick on engineers, who have demanding job requirements, but there is a good reason to put erasers on pencils! :-)
Sorry if this was more than you bargained for trying to make a 'funny', but you did raise a valid point! :-)
Yes, you are right.
And that is the biggest cause of of having to deal with hundreds of billions of our tax dollars being pissed away with this whole bailout scam.
Base your business on smoke and mirrors and be surprised when it blows away? Heh, not too bright IMHO.
Leave off the "...for the theft.", and I will agree 100%.
And let's do stay off topic in a bloody, to the death battle over semantics...real productive!
It seems MS doesn't care to have it's own tactics used against them.
Dude, you're forgetting that the US has stolen many words and subsequently mangled them to form our bastardised English we use here today.
For example, the word 'lariat' used in the USA to describe a 'catch rope'. We stole this word from the Mexican vaquero and mangled it from the more proper 'la reata'.
Labour, humour, grey, and many others are just as/more valid as their USA counterparts as proper spellings of English words. *Hint: England---English*
By your reasoning, we should not be speaking English at all. We should be speaking Anglo-Saxon or something.
BTW, where do you think most Anglo words come from originally?
Beat me to it.
As soon as I saw the headline, I wondered how long it would take for some intrepid joker to hack the site...linking all of the 'Fix It' buttons to 'Wubi.exe'.
LOL!!! Hilarity then ensues!
The year of Linux on the Desktop, indeed...by hook or crook!!
I would have to celebrate this with a drunken ROFLCOPTER while wearing my Groucho Glasses, and making fart noises with my armpit!
First off, I agree with you 100% about the 'American' attitude..
Having said that, I am struck by this, FTFA:
"It is believed to be the first criminal sanction ever pursued against a privacy professional for his company's actions.
The video that sparked the investigation was captured in a Turin classroom. Four high school boys were recorded taunting a young man with Down syndrome, ultimately hitting the 17-year-old with a tissue box. One of the boys uploaded the footage to Google Video's Italian site on September 8, 2006.
According to Google, more than 200,000 videos are uploaded to Google Video each day. Under EU legislation incorporated into Italian law in 2003, Internet service providers are not responsible for monitoring third-party content on their sites, but are required to remove content considered offensive if they receive a complaint about it. Between November 6 and 7, 2006, Google received two separate requests for the removal of the video-one from a user, and one from the Italian Interior Ministry, the authority responsible for investigating Internet-related crimes. Google removed the video on November 7, 2006, within 24 hours of receiving the requests.[*&*]
Nonetheless, Milan public prosecutor Francesco Cajani decided that by allowing the 191-second clip onto its site, Google executives were in breach of Italian penal code. "
*&* "Google removed the video on November 7, 2006, within 24 hours of receiving the requests." "Google removed the video on November 7, 2006, within 24 hours of receiving the requests." vv
Peter Fleischer was on his way into the University of Milan for a speaking engagement January 23, 2008 [emphasis mine] when five law enforcement officials with summonses surrounded him. According to Fleischer, the officers had been waiting for him, but ultimately allowed him to deliver his talk before taking him to a deposition before the public prosecutor.
Is it too hard to believe (without more info) that he 'believed*' that this was dealt with, or not an issue?
[*yes, if you have a 'clue', you will check this shite out beforehand...but...]
This just smells of vendetta to me; maybe I am uninformed and 'just don't know any better'...Is there more to this story than the info we being fed?(I have no clue..just asking)
They allowed him to give his talk, but only after 'arresting' him. WTF?
I think that more info is needed here. There seems to be a lot of pieces missing, and I noticed my 'knee-jerk' reactions getting the best of me here...Good Bye for now!
*&* "Google removed the video on November 7, 2006, within 24 hours of receiving the requests."
That's why I named the only Windows PC on my network: "BillyGatesColon", and expect it to be 'probed'...thoroughly...and deeply...and repeatedly...*money shot!*
" 'help-desk-print-server' "
That one I just named 'Clippit'.(an interactive, animated 'spent' staple entity[1] is presented in the GUI when you connect to the server...it takes you where you want to go[2])
*Foghorn Leghorn voice: 'It's a joke, son...I made a funny!' *Foghorn Leghorn voice* [my apologies for a bad paraphrase!]
[1] 'spent'==think removing a staple from some pages with a staple remover tool...then animate the mangled remains==Zombie Spent Staple!...FTW!!1!
[2] Well, actually, it takes you to the nearest ATM so you can get money to pay for the psychotherapy needed to deal with this kind of crap, but...YMMV, some folks can't get enough of this abuse!
...and analysis of analogies of analogies...and an analysis of the analysis of the analogy of the analogies!?!?!...
?!?!?! Nevermind, this could go on forever!
Let's change the name to Urectum and end this crap! [apologies to Prof. Farnsworth; commits seppuku/harakiri to erase the skid marks of bad puns]
Your Imaginary Propagation[IP] is infringing on my Imaginary Property[IP] in my Virtual World[on teh interwebs] view-rights (or is it Lefts?!?!?)
Seize and Desist!!
FTL!!11!!
Foster The Lint; I have this in my belly button!...And sock drawer!
*cue Foghorn Leghorn voice-over: 'I made a funny, son!*
Yaddoshi,
I find your comment one of the most informative and insightful that I have read in this thread.(in view of my limited* knowledge/experience with Vista and Win.7)
I had a lot of experience with the 98 vs. 98SE vs. ME debacle back in the day. (prefer 98SE)
I also fought through the XP vs. XPSP2 incident, and XPSP2 came out on top for me, until WGA screwed the pooch, and I went full-time *nix.
I have recently made a Windows(tm)partition for XPSP3 for Fallout 3 [has been deleted and re-installed-long story not related here:-)]
I also have 2 .iso's of Vista Ultimate available to me on the University's server with my 'name' on them, that are still there collecting eDust and iCobwebs because of two things:
1. The 'failure' of Vista(perceived, or real...does not matter- the effect is there)
2. I don't need Vista to run any Windows specific games...works great with a tri-boot Win98SE, WinXP_ProSP3, Kubuntu 8.04 w/WINE (primary=first choice)
Yes, I have a point for all of the above.
Have you really compared Win7 to Vista? (not trolling or flaming-really want the info)
From what I have heard/read, I think I would like to skip Vista for W7 when it is available on the University server.(perks of my job...I like the 'sound' of what I'm hearing about W7, but if I can run it in linux, I will....unless I want it for games. (note: I said want, not need)
*Mostly what I've heard from my cow-orkers that upgraded, and what I have read on /.-YMMV