Recent content by Alistair

As a general rule, you need to be a bit careful about this if, and only if, you're really pushing the envelope. Book max or above book max, loads with some signs of pressure, loads that you know are pushing things a bit on velocity, maybe odd ball wildcats or unusual powders for a given case...

I think it's an asset, but ultimately a pretty poor asset. To whit: I could rent my house for approximately $2k/month. Nothing down, no ongoing costs beyond that. I bought, with a mortgage. The mortgage was $2000/month, I paid $6k/yr in property taxes, $1k a year in insurance, I expect to...

Then that sucks and I am sorry. I would say take it up with Rolex, but doesn't seem like you're winning there. You could probably kick up a fuss about it and get some traction, but it's probably not worth the effort. A trustworthy independent does seem the way to go in this situation, but I...

This issue is definitely fixable. No question about that. Its technically possible, the Rolex USA people know how to do it, the watch can do better. But did you tell them what you wanted the service to achieve? If not, I expect the Rolex service people assumed the watch was fundamentally fine...

One further note to add to my comments above. If you can, I'd specify they set it a bit fast at the service. I'd at least ask, worst they can do is ignore you. A few reasons. 1. A bit fast is less annoying (to me at least) than a bit slow. Better to be a few mins early to stuff than always...

My Rolex Milgauss loses about a minute a month. So more or less within the +/-2 seconds a day claim. Fairly middle of the road in terms of accuracy within my collection, but more than acceptable and I have more expensive pieces that do worse. You can get them to gain a little time by keeping...

I think a lot of it is driven by the firearms that younger people tend to shoot, and the type of shooting they tend to do with them. If your shooting involves plinking with a .22lr, a 223, a 9mm pistol and you're doing something like 2 gun that doesn't need incredibly high levels of accuracy...

Yeah, I think I dug into this in depth back in post #67,548 and #67,611 so (to everyone's great relief I'm sure) I shall not do so again. That said, I can't say this comes as a surprise...

No worries. I guess in the interest of balance I should point out that @mdwest and I had a reasonably civil debate on this topic back in April of last year, and his opinions differ significantly. I still think he's wrong, but he is able to present coherent arguments for the opposing view if...

Cool movement, a really ugly watch. Hopefully they'll start rolling it out to other designs in the future. I might try and pick up a sky dweller or a gmt master with that movement if they make one. Depends on the dealer experience I guess. Either way, it's nice to see them do some innovation...

This is a topic that's been dug into a lot on this thread already, but the TL;DR version. Some tariffs have always been in place between nations. Generally they're very targeted and very carefully managed to support key local industries that have strategic importance, but where the nation in...

Fine. I guess I'll explicitly answer your question. The US motherland gets invaded. Or more realistically, you guys need to fight China for Taiwan, or S Korean... again. Would NATO step up? 18 months ago, that was a resounding, 100% yes. No doubt. No hesitation. There's historical precedent...

Does it work as good as the manufacturer claims it does? No. Absolutely not. No cleaning product in the history of the world has EVER met that standard. However, my experience is that it does in fact work quite well, and does make the job easier than more traditional liquid cleaners. My...

The Charger consistently outsold the Challenger basically every year. It was a great idea: 'American BMW M5 fighter'. Execution on that... depends on your position, but a massive financial success nonetheless. I wouldn't buy one, but then I don't want a sporty 4 door of any flavor. The...

Hah, must've missed that. My 2020 Hellcat is complete hot garbage in terms of fit, finish, materials, interior, assembly quality, paint quality, chassis dynamic, everything. Far and away the worst vehicle I've ever owned on every single one of those categories. Reliability, well, it's held up...