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Operation TRG restoration is pretty much complete. This was one of my worse used purchases. It was sold as “minor rust on the mags but everything else sweet” - after receiving it I discovered a horribly corroded barrel, bolt that was rusty and corroded, with the ejector and extractor springs 80% pure rust, a stock that had a few coats of miserable rattlecan on it, missing hardware, and yes, some trashed mags haha.

While I probably should have sent it back, it ended up being a bit of a restoration project, and this is what I ended up doing.

- replacement new takeoff 6.5cm TRG barrel
- @lumleyarms bolt handle, which I bent.
- bolt fluting to remove as much of the surface corrosion as possible
- @krg_ops Folding TRG buttstock
- full tear down, soak, blast, and fresh dark Cobalt cerakote on the metalwork.
- fresh coat of Highland Green on the forend and grips.
- replaced the extractor/ejector springs

I wish I’d taken more “before” photos - but I went straight into “fix it” mode when it arrived. While it would have been WAY easier to send it back and spend a bit more on a clean TRG, at least we bought it back from the death.

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Maggie’s Funny & awesome pics, vids and memes thread (work safe, no nudity)

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GBMaryland said:
Ahhh... no.

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True, but only one of Ike's medals was combat-service related and that was for service along the Mexican Border during the Pancho Villa raid (with Patton.) Even his WW1 Victory medal was because he was in uniform in WW1 training Tankers... Patton took the tanks overseas. Ike stayed behind at Ft. Meade (before it was an NSA facility!)

The rest were well-earned. Eisenhower was a fantastic organizer and leader and earned the medals and foreign awards for leading the US and allies to victory with relatively few American, French, Pole, Canadian and Brit casualties in Europe. Ike was a tremendous staff officer, diplomat, etc. He had a tremendous record.

But 5 stars on his shoulders trumped a lot of fruit salad.

Here is his portrait that hangs at West Point. The Class the Stars Fell On.


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Ike chose to wear the three ribbons he was most proud of. I think they are the DSM, the WWII Service Medal and the Victory in Europe Medal. But it probably varied by timefreme and photo.

There have been 'discussions' about the number of awards given in modern times. But as long its earned... it's earned.

I was at a gathering in the UK a bit over a year ago. They wear their actual medals on their class A's in a straight line. Not in rows. It was interesting to see some officers and senior NCO's with ribbon bars protruding past their bicep. And earning combat medals in the UK is a much more 'involved' process than in the US. Mentioned in Dispatches is still the main form of recognition in many regiments.

Cheers,

Sirhr
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Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

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Steiner T6xi

AznTactical
B Man said:
I have three and not one does this when unlocking. You might need to have this checked or you’re gorilla mittens are grabbing the turret as well.
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You're lucky then. I've sent mine in twice and Steiner says it working normally. I am not wearing any gloves either. Gloves would make it 10X's worse. This thread is almost 1100 comments long. The locket mechanism is a well known PITA issue in this thread.
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Steiner T6xi

B Man
AznTactical said:
Fucking atrocious clicks and HORRIBLE turret locks.
My Bushnell Bone Collector 3-9 has more tactile clicks.
The locking mechanism is horrible. When you lock or unlock it, you inadvertently turn the main turret a few clicks.
Love the glass and what mil number you're on though.
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I have three and not one does this when unlocking. You might need to have this checked or you’re gorilla mittens are grabbing the turret as well.
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Interesting read

Fig
W54/XM-388 said:
And yet, many time throughout history, various Christian groups tried their best to create their own little Utopias and it kind of always wound up the same.
Jews, Communists, Atheists and others of all various beliefs have also tried versions small or large and had similar failures.

Something interesting however is folks like to talk about "Utopian" and may not have read the book that coined that phrase.
In that book, "Utopia" wasn't exactly very "Utopian" it was a society built on slavery and domination with a nice window dressing of communism over the top. The guy who wrote it kind of sounded a bit like someone who read Marx too much and never saw it in action.
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"The Giver" has always been the penultimate utopia as dystopia book for me. The only way it could even conceivably work is if everyone was on heavy, behavioral altering drugs.
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Interesting read

lash
W54/XM-388 said:
And yet, many time throughout history, various Christian groups tried their best to create their own little Utopias and it kind of always wound up the same.
Jews, Communists, Atheists and others of all various beliefs have also tried versions small or large and had similar failures.

Something interesting however is folks like to talk about "Utopian" and may not have read the book that coined that phrase.
In that book, "Utopia" wasn't exactly very "Utopian" it was a society built on slavery and domination with a nice window dressing of communism over the top. The guy who wrote it kind of sounded a bit like someone who read Marx too much and never saw it in action.
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See, that’s exactly how the woke see things. Too many still believe in “the people’s” revolution without thought to how that creates just another domination hierarchy.
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Elk Hunting Rifles, What are you Using?

Terry Cross
roostercogburn98 said:
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LOL.

You know me just good enough to know that I don't have a lot of $ to spare, but the one thing on this planet that I do have is the ability choose is just about any firearm I could desire. For a straight up elk hunt, this was the obvious choice for ME and still is after taking 2 elk.

I'm the biggest high speed tech and whiz bang equipment whore out there but I get way more satisfaction from this rig than anything I could build or buy to use for the same job.

Literally took another batch of spaghetti sauce with elk meatballs out of the freezer last night so my honey could satisfy her Italian food bug this week.
Thank you Bug Spray! (y)
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