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  1. carebear

    College Football!

    Go Navy!
  2. carebear

    What did your grandparents pack for personal protection in the Golden Era?

    Knives have existed in non-metallic versions for decades, it's hardly a big deal. Remember, prior to 2001 you could carry pocket knives with <3" blades on aircraft perfectly legally. A much more effective weapon than the boxcutters actually used on 9/11. Prior to about 1963 there were...
  3. carebear

    In the Year Two-Thousannnnd

    I knew you were going to say that. :D
  4. carebear

    Vintage Heat?

    When Smith first introduced the .357 in '35 they didn't give it a model number, they were know as "registered magnums". After they gained in popularity, the Model 27 was introduced in '40 (IIRC) and the "registered" designation went away. The registered guns command a premium nowadays as...
  5. carebear

    Take it off!!! (Let's hear what you think, ladies.)

    You're in good company on the beard. Also on the SAA clone. Are you a Cowboy Action Shooter or was that just for the photo?
  7. carebear

    Enemy at the Gates

    Remember the USSR wasn't "Russia", it was the reconstructed Russian empire. When you can draw your conscript troops not from the educated economic and political centers where, in theory, resistance might arise, but can instead spend the lives of illiterate peasant subjects it gets easier to...
  8. carebear

    Transformers... how about it?

    I'd like to see side-by-sides with the better CADPAT and MARPAT designs. Comparing a camo pattern with Woodland is sort of like taking on your grandma in armwrestling. :D
  9. carebear

    The Adventurer's Gear Thread

    We've got an act! :D
  10. carebear

    The Adventurer's Gear Thread

    Just last night I shot a kudu in my pajamas... :D
  11. carebear

    The Adventurer's Gear Thread

    Don' throw us in that thar briar patch... :D
  13. carebear

    Check this out for a laugh

    You think that's nice, wait til you see the suits he's actually proud of. :D
  14. carebear

    Check this out for a laugh

    heh :D
  15. carebear

    Cultural Appropriation

    The Danes just need a powerful lobby and better PR. :D
  16. carebear

    What Are You Reading

    Re reading Fehrenbach's "This Kind of War". Probably the best book on the Korean War written and invaluble for understanding the reality of modern international relations vis a vis the US. Also a primer on the military mindset (and its necessity for national survival here in the real...
  17. carebear

    If you only had one old rifle, which?

    The answer I give to the question "How many guns do you need?" is always, "Just one more." :D The .308 isn't any more inherently accurate AFAIK, it will just fit in a shorter action, which leads to a slightly more compact and lighter rifle with a shorter, and thus faster, bolt stroke...
  19. carebear

    The Adventurer's Gear Thread

    Dremel tool with cut-off wheel from the back side. You wouldn't see a thing when finished.
  20. carebear

    Cultural Appropriation

    Is it really better on the sliding scale of "accuracy" for, say, a Navajo to be played by a member of the Cherokee tribe rather than a white from a "Saxon" tribe? In a way isn't it almost as insulting to, in essence, say "well, all you Indians look alike and are culturally interchangeable" as...
  21. carebear

    A lost sheep from our little herd?

    http://thenorthwestern.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070629/OSH/70629139/1987
  22. carebear

    If you only had one old rifle, which?

    To quote Bart Simpson, "Who wants to build character? Let's quit!".
  23. carebear

    If you only had one old rifle, which?

    I'll trade the extra rifle weight, recoil, smoke/noise/flash and yes, even energy for a darn near 500 yd point blank range over a 6' and rapidly increasing drop at 500. The 168 gr .30 cal round doesn't drop that much until it's out at about 800 and is a proven 1000 yard cartridge.
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