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    New Production Winchester Model 70 in 375 H&H back in-stock

    I've had about 15 Leupold scopes dating from about 1950 to the youngest about 5 years old. I have not had any problems with these BUT a hunting partner has a VariX-III 2.5-8 that I observed to shoot right on when checked at the range then riding cased sitting on a car seat as it travelled about...
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    So, I Was In The Loading Room Today...

    A problem with being 76 is that stuff that is 100 years old, made in 1924 doesn't seem that old- my mother was born in 1924 and she has passed away but seems like she died young at 88.
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    I suspect China will see an end to their open window for taking Taiwan, particularly if polls show the probability of a Trump win in November. It seems a lot of countries are preparing to be involved in a conflict only a few want.
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    Not exactly- It's advertised as free money since there are insufficient taxes to cover it. It's all borrow funded- to be paid by some future taxpayer- but at the numbers involved, it will never be paid by tax dollars.
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    There's a difference between healthcare and freecare. I was referring to healthcare where a person has a diagnosed problem for which the medical services has or is working on a solution. Freecare is where people go who are hypochondriacs, bored, or need an activity to fill an afternoon. When...
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    Healthcare is just like any other product: it is subject to supply & demand. Unlike other products the demand curve is flat since people don't want a procedure unless it's needed; and the supply (aka medical staff) is vertical since the time & effort to become a provider (doctor) does not...
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    My experience is primarily with small unit tactics, so the dynamics of national strategies are not my forte, but, it seems to me that there is a third option- seeing what the US could do to impede Russia and Iran in their funding of the two wars. Had the Trump energy & trade policies been left...
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    My BIL was an engineer for Boeing, then Lockheed. he said that it was part of every contract including projects such as the Skunkworks that a percentage of employees needed to be minority. so there were always a bunch of minorities standing around in the breakroom or outside. They had no...
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    Anyone else butcher?

    A business that my dad operated would cut/wrap deer along with other animals. For deer we cleared out a cooler of everything else, then hung the various deer carcasses, usually 5-7 days; then cut an wrapped them per customer specs. We preferred to break them down and slice using a bandsaw but...
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    @Red Leg thank you for your timely and articulate comments- I wonder if the Russian generals give any consideration for the lives of those soldiers who you have provided visual links to regarding the effects of battle strategies.
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    Chesty Puller wasn't the flag officer who demanded the battle of Peleliu (to secure an imaginary flank)- it was the guy who a few years later ordered soldier in summer uniforms to pursue North Koreans into a Winter whiteout and a Chinese ambush. and I have had my issues addressed, at least I...
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    Oh my, another dad of a lifer'n A-hole. and for @Red Leg how many general's got their star for sending troops on meaningless suicide missions to increase their promotion review stats?
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    Politics

    From the way Biden looked today, you'll have your birthday back to yourself in a year or two, maybe less.
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    The reason all the votes can't be counted at one time on one day is that the DemonRats need for the results to be halfway believable. They can't have 20 million votes added at once- it would result in many more ballots than voters; so they have to wait and see what the margin of loss is...
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    William Evans 470 NE

    English may be a second language but I suspect the comments to mean $17K is for the rifle, cases and ammo. AND that "possible transport costs" would include your permits, shipping & duty would be paid by the purchaser.
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    What is the future of the fine firearms market

    Since there are posters on this thread familiar with the older double rifles, I have a question. when Rigby was building doubles from before 1900 to WW II, what were the models and grades?
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    338 WM -> 375HH -> 458 WM - Where does one go from here?

    I actually was at that intersection some years back- after the 458 I bounced around a few 375s RUM & Wby and a couple 404s, then finally settled on a 470NE Rigby. I haven't had the urge to get anything heavier.
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    Hunting dogs

    Over the last 50 years my wife and I have had several dogs but now my wife won't allow anymore. the pain of having them pass has gotten to be too much and at our age, the dog would probably outlive us and I imagine the pain would be great for them too- so best to enjoy OPDs (other peoples dogs...
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    He looks to be a double for Ray Walston on My Favorite Martian.
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    Politics

    I'm confident that former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown could provide a letter of recommendation regarding Kampala's skills.
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    Pay It Forward-Free

    the main problem that may result will be if the camming of the safety doesn't pull the striker back from the sear. If the safety is forward of the sear, with the safety on and the trigger is pressed, the striker moves forward to the safety and then when the safety is released, the firing pin...
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    That horse has left the barn long ago. The problem was started because people were seeking solutions to problems through the lens of their work ethic. As such the solutions had unintended consequences. To cure the original problem at this point would be unacceptable because there are too many...
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    Politics

    Spending money using an unlimited debt credit card develops inertia and the federal agencies who spend the money have so much inertia that it is showing to be in control. Those in congress who authorize the spending are unable to even slow the building of debt, so likely history will repeat...
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    Wilson Gauges

    Are those for case length?
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    Not just CA- in 1983, 40 years ago, before PCs everywhere, smart phones and the internet I was in a local detachment of the Washington State Patrol. I forget the circumstances but a trooper looked up a name on the "system", basically a predecessor of "the cloud" and saw that the person had...
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    Politics

    Don't you just love spell/grammar check? When someone sows the wind they reap the WHIRLWIND.
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    Politics

    Money runs the war (both of them). Figure out what results in money going to the enemy, interdict the flow and the war will die of starvation.
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    Politics

    Such an optimist to think the DemonRats will take a couple years to complete their mission- If we make it to Jan 20 2025 I'll be surprised.
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    Pay It Forward-Free

    @Ridge Runner Nice belt but too big for me.
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    Politics

    That's Henry Johnson, rep for the area east of Atlanta, GA for about the last 16 years. Quite the intellectual giant.
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    Minnesota used to be (1970s) such a nice place to live. the paternal side of my family is from Iowa, about 50 feet from the state line and would get out of state hunting licenses due to the better big game situation.
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    300 H&H Improved

    That looks to be the PO Ackley Improved. I have a book and can look up the data, but Ackley developed loads before actual pressure testing equipment was readily available, so his loads are generally too hot. Personally, I'd anneal the cases and run them through a H&H sizer and put them back to...
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    Tomorrow is Veteran's Day, Today the USMC is 248 years of age.
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    Noske scope

    Sorry, the scope man I used for several years has passed away so I'm in the same boat as you for having someone maintain the old Zeiss & Unertls.
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    Politics

    If his primary contribution is financial support, then killing him would have little positive effect- the money is still there and his heir could continue support, possibly at an even higher rate for retribution. Plus there would be the propaganda aspect used to alienate neutrals against US.
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    Politics

    Joe Manchin fell for the Bait & Switch/Promise then Renege of the DemonRats. I suppose he could no longer stand for the lies of the Democrat party and was too old to become a Republican.
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    Politics

    Okay, I'm old and not up with anagrams, but what's FAFO?
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    Military for civil problems?? I've seen that elephant and it doesn't turn out well for anyone.
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    I made the same mistake- I thought SIL stood for sister in law.
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    Politics

    I wonder how the media & public will respond to the Ukraine/Russia war after this administration changes in 2025 and support for Ukraine doesn't have the baggage of the Biden family's corruption tied to it.
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    I don't know of any ships named Fillmore, Buchanan, Arthur or Coolidge either.
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    Politics

    But then Tchaikovsky wouldn't have had the battles of 1812 to compose his overture about. As for who will cry Uncle first between Ukraine & Russia- I'd check with Las Vegas prior to placing a bet. I don't see either side giving up soon.
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    Politics

    Just my opinion, BUT Time isn't worth the paper and ink it takes to print it.
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    Politics

    Some people just don't know when the sale is complete and result in blowing the sale.
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    I suspect it will be in the usual fascist way- The troops (what's left of them) are told that Ukraine has surrendered, so the troops pack-up and go home. The media prints nothing other than the govt line about how victorious the entire operation was and that Ukraine is now a vassal state of...
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    Back in the day of manual chokes driving a car/pick-up over a hole, attaching a hose to the tailpipe and running it into the hole then letting the engine idle with the choke at about 1/4 worked well. the method for finding all the holes was easier- a 15 minute highway flare ignited and stuck...
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    Deer Load 460 Wby

    You are fine using the 460 regarding its age. I read that Roy Weatherby used the 416 Rigby as the parent cartridge for the 378,460 series; so it is much older than 1959.
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    Politics

    WOW!! Thanks for the information, I was unaware that Biden was such a great president!!
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    Politics

    It's the overloaded lifeboat question. Are a few sacrificed to save hundreds or thousands.
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    Swarovski STS 80HD 20-60x Spotting Scope

    CRAP!! I should have looked here first- I just ordered one yesterday from Swarovski, $2800+. Oh well.
 
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