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fx77 · 2025-04-06T08:48:20-0400

jrassy said:
I had a bad motorcycle wreck , put me in the hospital, and a full body cast with a Halo holding my head. A cute as hell nurse came in and gave me a sponge bath and through the moriphine, the pain, the total wacked out feeling , while she gave me the sponge bath, my little buddy gave her a salute , and I was happy , he made me proud .

Half dead, but not the wrong half

DownhillFromHere · 2025-04-06T08:46:00-0400

A couple of thoughts. I had IOLs installed in both eyes over 10 years ago, around age 60. I was significantly nearsighted (-4 range) and astigmatic.

My cataracts manifested as wrecking my nighttime vision. I had no major symptoms during the day, but when the irises opened up at night... well, when I realized I could not read big road signs until I was pretty much on top of them, it was time.
I think I have monovision tract toric lenses. Distance vision has been 20/15-20/20 since day one, except...
Wrt folks who keep reader glasses all over the place: yeah, don't. Get a good pair of readers from an optometrist and figure out how to keep them on your person. Good readers are a huge positive on quality of life. Our community puts very high value on superb optics; why in hell would any of us rely on a pile of $10 cheap-ass garbage glasses used a zillion times a day? I keep mine stuck in the collar of the t-shirts I wear 99.9% of my waking hours. Biggest frustration is the larger, heavier (less expensive) pair I prefer for reading (I do a lot of that) will fall out if I lean over. I have another pair, much lighter with pre-surgery titanium frames repurposed as readers, whose spring-loaded temples kinda clip to the collar and are less prone to fall out. I still set my readers down somewhere and the "@!&*$!!! WHERE ARE MY GLASSES" song is heard at least one a day. But having the optical quality of good readers makes that annoyance more than worthwhile.
Posterior vitrious separation (PVS). I experienced it in both eyes after surgery and the retina tore in one. The vitrious humor, or vitreous body, is the clear gelatinous tissue that fills our eyeballs. As we age, it becomes more common for the vitreous to separate from the retina, and nearsightedness increases the chances as does trauma to the eye (I guess surgery counts). Anyway, it presents as flashes of light at the periphery of vision in low light when the eyeball is moved. In one eye, it happened and it was monitored without treatment and the end result was a number of fairly benign floaters that the brain fairly quickly tunes out. But in the other, the retina tore a little and the blood cells up against the retina looked like a cloud of sand in bright light. Ophthalmologist stitched that up with a laser.
So, now into my 70s, I see quite well in decent light. The PVS-related floaters are there but "benign" is a good word for them. It's a factor of aging that low-light acuity degrades; that can be frustrating but in the grand scheme of things it's no biggie.
As someone else wrote: get good sunglasses.
Early on after surgery, I couldn't read the markings on my scope turrets. I learned I could make them out enough for matches by squinting. The magnifier things were too much of a pita and were discarded.
I have no trouble seeing a bubble level mounted at the front of the scope while "in the gun" ready to shoot.

I shot my season's 3rd PRS-style match yesterday. Finished in my usual middle-of-the-pack position; only timed out on a couple of move-shoot-move stages. Blessed and thankful to be physically able to play the game at this point in life.

LongRangeJunky · 2025-04-06T08:38:29-0400

LAW Tactical Folder. Hardly used. Has had a few coats of Rustoleum, currently covered in a black finish. Works as is it should. Cleaning out my safe and don't hunt with this particular rifle as much as I planned.

$200 shipped.

newguy2k3v2 · 2025-04-06T08:33:57-0400

mikeinfwa · 2025-04-06T08:27:24-0400

BG94591 said:
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Not sure what to make of this crotch panty area

Oryx · 2025-04-06T08:27:18-0400

Often times you can fire form by shooting standard ammo in the improved chamber... However, I'm not all that familiar with the 300 Norma.

Have you asked the previous owner what his process was?

stanley_white · 2025-04-06T08:27:07-0400

Baron85 said:
Another thing to consider, you have to shoot a mountain of rounds to even think about breaking even with a trainer.

Even buying a used tikka 223, scope, rings, mags, etc to get started with a trainer and then the ammo to feed the trainer, the cost savings would take a long time if ever for most people.

Might be better to just buy more ammo for what you have???

You are reading my mind.

Sometimes I wonder if the trainer purchase is a fig leaf for wanting another firearm.

-Stan

Adam B · 2025-04-06T08:24:48-0400

mikeinfwa · 2025-04-06T08:23:29-0400

sirhrmechanic said:
Buy the adjoining land and put in feral pigs.

Also a rendering plant just west of town.

Plus build a big Muslim-friendly Gay Bar saloon right at the entrance. Call it “Suspicious Packages.”

IIRC the feds came down hard on Mormons who tried their own ‘radical theocratic communities..”

And the Christian one in Waco was investigated, attacked, besieged and burned to the ground is also one to remember.

So where are the investigations of gentlital mutilation, bigamy, weapons violations, tax fraud, truancy, child rape, goat sex, terror plots…. Or are the Muslims somehow a protected class?

I know where they can have all the freedom to do their thing…. It’s called Pakistan. I am sure they would be welcome there. And it’s the money they have to build homes near Plano, they could live like kings in Karachi….

But that’s not how invasion and subversion works… is it?

Sirhr

The Marxists infestation of the education system has brainwashed generations into believing white male christians are the cause of all worldly suffering for the past centuries.

Permitting This is but another example of the haters of America to uproot the American way of life

Emerson0311 · 2025-04-06T08:22:38-0400

I just went down this road myself. Reloading components are not inexpensive, and my time is limited. Reloading tools to speed things up cost $$ too. I just ordered some Rimfire ammo that should get me through the year, if I don’t practice constantly. Close to $3K. Practice reps matter, for precision on the clock when the shooter is good enough to see the limitations of substandard ammo, even shooting positionally. Unless you can burn $10K/yr on just practice ammo, Rimfire is the way to do volume. If you are (still) in uniform, join whatever team you can and be the cord committed guy until they cut you.

Jefe's Dope · 2025-04-06T08:18:49-0400

oldrifleman said:
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This followed me home today
Dan Wesson ECO. It joins safe mates Valor, Heritage and CBOB. Heading to the range Monday with some 230 gr Ranger T.

I don't think that frame is a factory color.

oneshot86 · 2025-04-06T08:16:32-0400

AmmoFort said:
I’m outside building my kids new play structure with him late into the night here. But you’re kinda right, that sad sack turned himself into a mostly outside dog. Show me you don’t want nice things, guess what…you don’t get nice things. Fucker. He’s a good boy for the most part, but he likes to play the role of willfully ignorant. But jokes on him, I know he’s just pushing the boundaries so FAFO is in full doggy effect.

Too funny.
Is he still young

Stavey · 2025-04-06T08:15:32-0400

Hornady 140 AMAX. 6.5 bullets
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$315 for 1000 shipped
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Emerson0311 · 2025-04-06T08:14:43-0400

The term for shooting through a slightly larger hole then? Like a 4” hole in a wall or fence so the shooter is effectively invisible from downrange.

Emerson0311 · 2025-04-06T08:13:08-0400

sirhrmechanic said:
Buy the adjoining land and put in feral pigs.

Also a rendering plant just west of town.

Plus build a big Muslim-friendly Gay Bar saloon right at the entrance. Call it “Suspicious Packages.”

IIRC the feds came down hard on Mormons who tried their own ‘radical theocratic communities..”

And the Christian one in Waco was investigated, attacked, besieged and burned to the ground is also one to remember.

So where are the investigations of gentlital mutilation, bigamy, weapons violations, tax fraud, truancy, child rape, goat sex, terror plots…. Or are the Muslims somehow a protected class?

I know where they can have all the freedom to do their thing…. It’s called Pakistan. I am sure they would be welcome there. And it’s the money they have to build homes near Plano, they could live like kings in Karachi….

But that’s not how invasion and subversion works… is it?

Sirhr

Sadly, quite correct.

Stavey · 2025-04-06T08:12:30-0400

Emerson0311 · 2025-04-06T08:11:37-0400

alpine44 said:
They are absolutely fine with it as long as the money ends up in leftist pockets and supports their agenda domestically and or globally. The state and its tax collection is their way to foist their dogma on others.

I also believe that the covid shots changed some of the “higher abilities” of the human brain. Almost like early dementia. The equivalent of a very dirty radiator if you will. The motor will overheat when it shouldn’t. Sounds ridiculous, I know, but I remember when even lefties were not just stupid as a group.

Jefe's Dope · 2025-04-06T08:09:04-0400

cas6969 said:
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MORE!

And who is she?

Baron85 · 2025-04-06T08:07:46-0400

Another thing to consider, you have to shoot a mountain of rounds to even think about breaking even with a trainer.

Even buying a used tikka 223, scope, rings, mags, etc to get started with a trainer and then the ammo to feed the trainer, the cost savings would take a long time if ever for most people.

Might be better to just buy more ammo for what you have???

With that said I really enjoy my 223, 223ai and 22lr match rifles. Notice how I didn’t say trainers……. 223 with a long throat shooting heavies is a very competitive round. In my case I was running 88eldms in my last 223 and it was equal to my 6br with 108eldms so I sold the 6br.

sirhrmechanic · 2025-04-06T08:05:01-0400

Just don’t order one of those in Belfast… you will get a whoopin!

Looks like you hit it perfect!!!

Sirhr

supercorndogs · 2025-04-06T08:03:05-0400

BurtG said:
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You must not have been alive when the first Nintendo came out. New Nintendo games were 75-100 dollars in the 80s and 90s.

sirhrmechanic · 2025-04-06T08:02:24-0400

Buy the adjoining land and put in feral pigs.

Also a rendering plant just west of town.

Plus build a big Muslim-friendly Gay Bar saloon right at the entrance. Call it “Suspicious Packages.”

IIRC the feds came down hard on Mormons who tried their own ‘radical theocratic communities..”

And the Christian one in Waco was investigated, attacked, besieged and burned to the ground is also one to remember.

So where are the investigations of gentlital mutilation, bigamy, weapons violations, tax fraud, truancy, child rape, goat sex, terror plots…. Or are the Muslims somehow a protected class?

I know where they can have all the freedom to do their thing…. It’s called Pakistan. I am sure they would be welcome there. And it’s the money they have to build homes near Plano, they could live like kings in Karachi….

But that’s not how invasion and subversion works… is it?

Sirhr

308pirate · 2025-04-06T07:59:40-0400

What is the big deal with keeping your order history?

abn_surfer · 2025-04-06T07:53:25-0400

**Updated**

Halfnutz · 2025-04-06T07:52:13-0400

No photos of my first.
1967 Cadillac Coupe DeVille. 472ci.
$275 without a battery.

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