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Barneybdb · Sep 14, 2025

91Eunozs · Sep 14, 2025

Defiantly_Not_Bender said:
I bring receipts

I ran the numbers. I used U.S. federal minimum wages (1968 and today) and current spot gold to compute how many troy ounces a full-time minimum-wage worker could buy per week in 1968 vs today, and then calculated the annual income today that would be required to match 1968’s gold-buying power.

Key source numbers I used

Federal minimum wage (effective Feb 1, 1968): $1.60 / hr.

Federal minimum wage today (federal floor, still in effect in 2025): $7.25 / hr.

Spot gold price (used for “today”): $3,648.25 per troy ounce (spot; source sampled Sept 2025).

Historical 1968 gold market prices: after the London gold-pool stresses 1968 saw market prices above the $35 official parity; daily fixes cluster around ~$38–$40/oz for much of 1968 (I used $38.50/oz as a representative 1968 market average).

Calculations (step-by-step)

Assumptions: full-time = 40 hours/week, 52 weeks/year. Gold measured in troy ounces.

1968 (using $1.60/hr and $38.50/oz):

Weekly earnings = $1.60 × 40 = $64.00.

Ounces of gold/week = $64.00 ÷ $38.50 ≈ 1.6623 oz/week.

Today (federal minimum $7.25/hr and spot gold $3,648.25/oz):

Weekly earnings = $7.25 × 40 = $290.00.

Ounces of gold/week = $290.00 ÷ $3,648.25 ≈ 0.07949 oz/week.

Relative buying power:

1968 oz/week ÷ 2025 oz/week ≈ 1.6623 ÷ 0.07949 ≈ 20.9.
So a minimum-wage worker in 1968 could buy ~21× more gold per week than a federal minimum-wage worker can buy today (using the numbers above).

How large would yearly income

today

need to be to match 1968’s gold-buying power?

Take the 1968 annual gold quantity (1.6623 oz/week × 52 weeks = 86.44 oz/year). At today’s spot price:

Required annual income today = 86.44 oz × $3,648.25/oz ≈ $315,370 per year.

Equivalently, you’d need about $6,065 per week (which ×52 ≈ $315,370) to buy the same gold annually a 1968 minimum-wage earner could.

100% correct…so the real question is ”why is that so?”

I know you know…but for the folks with women’s studies degrees, the answer is in post #16.

Look at from the other side of that coin, pun entirely intended: An ounce of gold still buys roughly the same quantity of goods or services that it did 100 years ago; hell, probably 1000 years ago.

The old saw was that it took an ounce of gold to pay for a banker’s suit with shoes, belt and top hat. At $3600/ounce these days, that’s also about what a custom-tailed suit with shoes and belt cost today. Maybe a bit less, because we've increased production efficiency so much, and TBH, we’ve also lowered the standards on what would be considered a “good suit” appropriate for a professional. A real “bespoke” suit from an actual high-end tailor will cost a lot more than $3600 these days, but luckily no one wears them anymore anyway! LoL

Bottom line: shit’s not more expensive…it’s simply that the currency we use has just been debased/devalued so much that compensation can’t keep pace (inflation). Welcome to the Weimar Republic or maybe soon, even Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe.

Good times ahead y’all!

Edit: not a boomer, gen X, but close…

DuneBoer · Sep 14, 2025

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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot · Sep 13, 2025

are we rollin down hill like a snoball headed to hell

Terry Cross · Sep 13, 2025

Maggot said:
I agree, but those seeds are still young and very tender, too much rain they drown, to much sun they burn. Likewise, not bieng strongly grounded, if theyre assauted too much by the media stirring up fear, or survival, those young seeds could be uprooted. The darkness knows that, thats why I wont be surprised by something major soon, to turn the attention once again. The attention span of the public is only as long as the media allows it to be. I'm old and set in my faith, I have little to lose, so they cant fuck with me too much. With a hearty
"Fuck You" I'd rather die than kneel. Those youngsters have their whole lives in front of them, and a lot to lose. I hope I'm wrong, we'll know soon enough.

I think the sheer numbers are in our favor.

Many of those seed will falter. Probably most.
But there will be a few that are special, committed and gifted. Those are the ones that will shine the light for the rest.

Zigjib · Sep 13, 2025

just busting out the necronomicon to resurrect this dead thread but you guys are the Bon Vivants of this sort of thing, so who better to ask?

This is what I heard regards the 11.25 twist so I'm interested to see if there's any credence to it.

What I got told was that the 11.25" barrel was actually specified by Army as it would keep the in service ammunition (can't remember if it was OG M118 or 118LR) stabilised across a multitude of environments, temps and elevations better than 1/12, without putting excessive stress on the bullet during the engraving process like a 1/10 (or faster) would.

Materials and manufacturing have changed since then so these things are no longer a concern but at the time it was worth mitigating.

Do you think there's any merit to this?

Cheers

Carso

shoots100 · Sep 13, 2025

The BAE Athena 1920 HD uncooled sensor has been out for years.
I was hoping NVis was going to come out with an optic in a reasonable price range with that core in it to put foreign cores into the dirt.
Instead the big news was a thermal clip on.
That made the 10 people who use a clip on very happy.
SJC

jhern19 · Sep 13, 2025

Pm me

Maggot · Sep 13, 2025

Terry Cross said:
I'm starting to agree about the scale.

I think by far the most influential characteristic of this movement will be the nominal age of his followers.

As I've mentioned here previously (because I'm old, forgetful and repeat things) his fans and followers are so young, the changes they can bring into society and family structure is an order of magnitude larger than if his fan base was 30 -60yrs old.

Think about it like this.
Basic physics dictate that even a slight lateral nudge on a moving object will change the direction that object travels. Even if no other forces nudge the object again, it will continue on the altered path and the further the object travels from the initial position where the nudge occured, the further away from the original path it deviates.

These youth have been nudged and they are just beginning their movement in life. Hell, some of them had no path at all. No mentor and no positive roll models, no direction. Charlie gave them all of that and more including an introduction to Christ.

All colors, all ages, boys, girls and even those confused. All social, income and even political leanings were embraced. He led by example and gave them a previously invisible path.

Just imagine where they might be in 50yrs versus if they had not been influenced by Charlie. They were already awakening but his murder Wednesday shook them to their core. It burned into their hearts just how serious the game is, how evil others can be and what is at stake.

So given the circumstances, I would agree that it will have far more widespread consequences than even 9/11.

The seeds have been planted.

I agree, but those seeds are still young and very tender, too much rain they drown, to much sun they burn. Likewise, not bieng strongly grounded, if theyre assauted too much by the media stirring up fear, or survival, those young seeds could be uprooted. The darkness knows that, thats why I wont be surprised by something major soon, to turn the attention once again. The attention span of the public is only as long as the media allows it to be. I'm old and set in my faith, I have little to lose, so they cant fuck with me too much. With a hearty
"Fuck You" I'd rather die than kneel. Those youngsters have their whole lives in front of them, and a lot to lose. I hope I'm wrong, we'll know soon enough.

hankpac · Sep 13, 2025

OldSalty2 said:
I don't think that rifle was down the pant leg. Still flex in the knee and I think the limp is fake. My bet is whatever rifle was used, it was placed before-hand or was in a backpack, which means the mauser is not the weapon that was used. Iffin you going to go through with this would you risk sneaking around a campus with a scoped mauser in broad daylight?

Stock under armpit, scope approx waist level, muzzle above knee.

jpjulian · Sep 13, 2025

Dead Eye Dick said:
I believe I am going to rebarreled one of my 6GT’s to Creedmoor and build it as a light rifle, mimicking, a Sportsman division, but since I’m no trophy winner and never will be again, I’ll just enter open. That is unless they create a class for 75 year olds and older who are blond, live in North Louisiana, are naturally good looking and were born in the month of October. Even then, I’d probably finish second in a one man class.

In a way, once upon a time something similar actually happened. The judge of a horse show had to literally run for his life. At the end of the Stake Class to determine the champion of the horse show, he judged them carefully, decided none of them were worthy of being the champion. The highest award he gave was for third place. There was some MAD folks that night.

Midnight Sun, the champion of champions of the Tennessee Walking Horse. Showing the natural running walk of the TWH before they began the soring and padded shoes and all other sorts of aritifical aids to make the “big lick”.

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Our Little Champion S Fashion’s Flirt could hit this lick and won many classes as a flat shot Plantation Pleasure horse. Never had to worry about taking her through inspection, she was never sored.

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Around 1990, plantation pleasure became very popular and the trainers starting soring plantation horses. Watching them,, they looked for all the world like the cartoon dog Goofy “walking’’ around the area. It was not long till we decided that it was time foe us to get out of the show horse business. Flirt was only 7 years old when she got her retirement. Won more blue ribbons than all of our other horses combined. She was the terror of four states. In her younger days, she even made the tie in the National Futurity.

Beautiful. I had a retired saddlebred in high school. She was the best riding horse we ever had. Died in her late teens.

Longshot231 · Sep 13, 2025

6.5SH said:
That's pretty wild, the AI generated stuff is getting more and more natural sounding.

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Jsp556 · Sep 13, 2025

2 or 3 boosters? I have to know.

The pic doesn’t bother me. The guy is gone. I’ve seen a lot worse.

At this point you can’t sully his name, only your own.

Terry Cross · Sep 13, 2025

Maggot said:
I am absolutely astounded by the world wide celebraton of Charlie Kirk. The love and coming together of people is more than we'd see for Trump himself. I remember 9/11 and this is at least of that scope. @Terry Cross , I hope this Prove (s) Me Wrong.

I'm starting to agree about the scale.

I think by far the most influential characteristic of this movement will be the nominal age of his followers.

As I've mentioned here previously (because I'm old, forgetful and repeat things) his fans and followers are so young, the changes they can bring into society and family structure is an order of magnitude larger than if his fan base was 30 -60yrs old.

Think about it like this.
Basic physics dictate that even a slight lateral nudge on a moving object will change the direction that object travels. Even if no other forces nudge the object again, it will continue on the altered path and the further the object travels from the initial position where the nudge occured, the further away from the original path it deviates.

These youth have been nudged and they are just beginning their movement in life. Hell, some of them had no path at all. No mentor and no positive roll models, no direction. Charlie gave them all of that and more including an introduction to Christ.

All colors, all ages, boys, girls and even those confused. All social, income and even political leanings were embraced. He led by example and gave them a previously invisible path.

Just imagine where they might be in 50yrs versus if they had not been influenced by Charlie. They were already awakening but his murder Wednesday shook them to their core. It burned into their hearts just how serious the game is, how evil others can be and what is at stake.

So given the circumstances, I would agree that it will have far more widespread consequences than even 9/11.

The seeds have been planted.

stello1001 · Sep 13, 2025

Rob01 said:
What issues are they causing? They don’t look too bad. Do you use a bronze brush when cleaning after a soak with a good bore solvent?

I do use a bronze brush. I think this last soak from last night until right now helped getting some of it off.

I've been having clickers and poor accuracy. After speaking to a few members here, one very knowledgeable member has advised me it might be a pressure issue. So just to eliminate one thing at a time, as a process of elimination, I wanted to rid my barrel of this carbon ring.

I was not successful doing so, and since I'm only in town until tomorrow, I will go try some new loads tomorrow and see what happens. The carbon ring, coupled with a potentially dirty chamber, may have been the root cause. I know if the chamber is dirty, it'll cause the case to want to stick due to friction. My suppressor has become pretty dirty. As a result, some small chunks sometimes end up making their way to my chamber and bolt face. My idea was to get everything as clean as possible and start a new load workup. If my issue persists, I now know I can look somewhere else.

I'm also gonna try some loads tomorrow with h4350 instead of r16.

sirhrmechanic · Sep 13, 2025

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nockhunter · Sep 13, 2025

Rob01 · Sep 13, 2025

If you have an action that has to use a barrel nut then get with Josh from PVA @bohem here on the Hide. He does them.

supercorndogs · Sep 13, 2025

Does anyone read the freaking thread before reposting.

sirhrmechanic · Sep 13, 2025

Redlion said:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/09/new-kirk-assassin-tyler-robinson-special-watch-utah/

“Tyler Robinson didn’t kill himself.”

Just getting ahead of the curve….

Sirhr

XP1K · Sep 13, 2025

Maggot said:
In a technical sense, yes the battle was won when Jesus rose. That doent mean its going to be nice and a walk in the park, or day at the range. Read the Revelationa and the tribulation.

Oh, we're 100% on the same page. It also doesn't mean since it's already been won that christians are to just sit back and ride it out. But that's the attitude of many in the Christian community.

theLBC said:
she has no filter

She let that hoe have it.

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Careful what you wish for. You just might get it.

supercorndogs · Sep 13, 2025

Shouldered prefits aren't a thing for all actions.

X-Calber
PVA
Criterion
Crown Ridge barrel works
EBACO
Preffered Barrel Blanks

I have had multiple excellent shooting barrels from the top 4 listed.

Rob01 · Sep 13, 2025

stello1001 said:
Anybody have any tips on getting this carbon ring off. Rifle is right at 399 rounds with one cleaning in between. I don't remember how many rounds when I first cleaned it. I've left a patch soaking overnight multiple times already and no luck. I've been using boretech eliminator.

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What issues are they causing? They don’t look too bad. Do you use a bronze brush when cleaning after a soak with a good bore solvent?

supercorndogs · Sep 13, 2025

The genral theme I have heard from most people who owned the mk6 was disappointment. I have heard from many that the mk5 was better.

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Equivalently, you’d need about $6,065 per week (which ×52 ≈ $315,370) to buy the same gold annually a 1968 minimum-wage earner could.​

Equivalently, you’d need about $6,065 per week (which ×52 ≈ $315,370) to buy the same gold annually a 1968 minimum-wage earner could.