| Author | Message | ||
     Thumper74 |
.303 is a need right now too. I like shooting the old beast, but the ammo is pricey and hard to find around here. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
You can't afford to own and shoot a 300 unless you reload. | ||
| Reepicheep |
Almost bought that 550... it was the prices to keep different calibers set up that was the deal breaker for me. By the time I got the shell holder and turret bayonet thingy, I was looking at something like $50 per swap. For the Lee, it's like $11 for spare heads to leave everything set up, and it uses the normal shell holder that comes with the dies. So caliber changes are a snap. A minor deal, but the Lee auto indexes as well, I think the 550b needs to be turned manually. I forgot about using the Lee single stage. Takes 30 seconds to remove the auto index linkage. I ripped an older lee single stage into two pieces trying to do military .30 cal brass though. Granted, it was one of the weaker C shaped cast presses. But still. It made me appreciate the "beef" of something like a Rockchucker, or like he O shaped Lee single stage I recently sold here at auction (which I heard, sadly, was lost in yet another tragic boating accident shortly after it arrived at the buyers residence). | ||
| Chauly |
We all need some classes in boating safety, don't we? | ||
| Aesquire |
Quite a few folk had such accidents. Statistics tells us that clusters like that happen naturally. Me, age and arthritis told me a few years back I was in no shape for action sports so I gave away a lot of gear. I don't remember who got what that Christmas, (must be alzhimmers or something) but I do recall some smiles. If I can just get the garage done next spring I just might have a few seasons left in me to do some soaring. ( need to store the ultralight motor glider somewhere besides the basement..... too heavy for me to haul up & down the stairs every week ) Besides I need the room for the weight bench and the free weights. Too hard to work out cramped by the mountain bike and the glider. | ||
| Chauly |
I pour my new garage slab Thursday. 14 yd. of fun! New building parts arrive just after the first. 22' x 30', clear span, motorcycle lift flush with the floor, attic storage... I might just start living out there... | ||
| Ulyranger |
Gee, I seem to be in the minority here, I haven't "progressed" into a progressive or multi-stage nutcracker. Still rocking a rockchucker and a jr for nutcrackers. Since I use them both, one for seating, the other for crimping during the nut-loading stage......does that qualify as semi-progressive? I still throw, weigh and dibble most every charge, pathetic I know. When I get crazy productive I weigh every five. I blame Dads German blood.... I don't care as much about production as much as I do about consistency and quality control. I hate pulling down my nuts. I like to complete one whole stage of nut production for one run before moving on, just the way Pop taught me and never really saw a reason to change. I don't care how many nuts per hour I crack. I understand why you guys do though, limited time or have other things on the plate and all. I tend to nutcrack over the winter months when it's dark outside.......better than sitting in front of the tube, or screen as it were... The best advice to anyone new to nutcrackin' is to take your time, reference several sources for nut loads and eliminate external distractions regardless of the hardware setup. Nutcrackin season starts soon here.......223, .243, .25-06, 7.62, .308 & 30-06 nuts are on the menu..... | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
I single stage only. I'm a tad anal retentive. | ||
| Sifo |
We all need some classes in boating safety, don't we? We gotta stop shooting holes in the boat!  | ||
| Thumper74 |
Chauly, I'd just get a hammock and live in the garage... My shop cat is cooler than most people I know anyway. | ||
| Chauly |
Jees, I don't know what my cat would do in that space. Cringe in a corner? | ||
| Sifo |
Well, not long after the chanting "what do we want? - Dead cops!" they have executed a pair of cops. This will go a long way towards better relations with the police. | ||
| Ferris_von_bueller |
another fine upstanding young person http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/student-leader-no- sympathy-executed-nypd-officers | ||
| Fb1 |
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| Fb1 |
From the New York City Patrolmen's Benevolent Association:
Source: https://www.nycpba.org/whatsnew.html | ||
| Reindog |
Here are some of the tweets from the Brandeis student from the above link. BTW, the redacted word below is the F word. i have no sympathy for the nypd officers who were murdered today. — Khadijah (@punQros3) December 20, 2014 lmao, all i just really dont have sympathy for the cops who were shot. i hate this racist ••••••• country. — Khadijah(@punQros3) December 21, 2014 | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Feel free to start a "race war". I don't think you'll like the outcome. | ||
| Thumper74 |
I was just reading that his on and off girlfriend that he shot was a military reservist. I would think she has more respect for herself, than to date someone like him...I also read that he lived about 5 miles from where I live now. | ||
| Reindog |
#PoliceLivesMatter It is time for Big Bird (de Blasio) to resign. Obama is his Leftist compadre who have both chummed up to the vile racist Sharpton. Big Bird is a coward who blames the police and is now accusing the media of causing the problems of his own creation. Big Bird must go. | ||
| Fb1 |
There's no question the pResident, with the aid of the DOJ and the media, is ginning up a race war, and the current target of this sordid campaign is the law enforcement community. What is 0bama's end game? What's he trying to accomplish by this? | ||
| Fb1 |
http://youtu.be/2ZCQbfN9sw8 Bravo, ma'am, very well said. May God bless you and your family. | ||
| Fb1 |
Dang, this lady rocks. Language warning: http://youtu.be/7HwUzp407FU | ||
| Ferris_von_bueller |
You folks from New York City really picked yourself a winner. Your mayor is a loon. | ||
| Aesquire |
Just heard on radio....so take with salt. ....that de Blasio's crusade against horse carriages is based on a big donor real estate guy who wants the land the stables are now on. Communist. Corrupt. Incompetent. de Blasio. Just goes to show that elections are an imperfect way to chose leaders. The winner is more and more the guy who gets the other guy's voters to stay home in disgust. How do you think Barack got reelected? (Besides the fraud and Free speech suppression ) | ||
| Aesquire |
http://www.pjtv.com/?cmd=mpg&load=10601&mpid=105 "Bloody Hands: Do Obama & NYC Mayor Bear a Share of Guilt for Dead Cops" Well, let me say that those dead cops could be my Son. ( I'd just have to have married a couple of different women ) I'm only a conditional fan of the police. They are the thin blue line between me and the bad guys in our communities that would steal from me, rape the women and kill me for my watch. ( morons, it's a $25 Timex ) That means we take normal human beings, give them some training in how to handcuff a fat guy, and give them the power to use deadly force against the enemies of society. Since they are the Sheepdogs of our society, they must also are bound by our laws, and must never, ever, use deadly force against the law abiding, and only in the most limited manner against the law breakers. ( you can't have police going Avenger and just shooting the bad guys out of hand like in the movies. Rest assured, officers, I understand the impulse. There's a REASON "Dirty Harry" is a popular film. ) As to racism, you bet your bottom dollar there are racist cops. As long as they don't act out, no big deal. Hopefully in another generation those old stupid attitudes will be gone. The problem is we have racist politicians, and they are acting out. Every time they do I have to wait another damn generation. (Message edited by aesquire on December 23, 2014) | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
FB1, there are two main goals of Obama and the DOJ in ginning up the race war. First is in following with the principles of Cloward-Piven. Staffing up to police continuous violent protests is costing police departments millions of unbudgeted dollars. They are working to overload the system in order to hasten it's collapse, classic Cloward-Piven. The second goal is the larger objective, to create open violent revolt such that the ONLY outcome is a larger police action. Martial law would be the furthest extent of this objective. A midpoint stopover goal is to obtain Federal control of local police officers. "Local police beholden to local prosecutors can never be trusted to act within either the law or without racial bias. Only officers who report to the DOJ can be held properly accountable." | ||
| Fb1 |
Ft_b, I agree with every single word of your reply. Every. Single. Word. The next two years are going to be rough. | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
The next two years will require constant vigilance. If this Administration tells me the sky is blue, I will be running outside to validate the claim for myself. Distrust and verify. Twice. | ||
| Fast1075 |
THOUGHTCRIME! Trolling for a visit from minipax? (Message edited by fast1075 on December 24, 2014)} (Message edited by fast1075 on December 24, 2014) |
