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Bowman is right. Many manufacturers make special plug for BH. Not sure about Knight. BH recommends a 209-magnum primer. I haven't had any luck finding them. Most of the time a regular primer will work, until you're on the big buck.

Well, it is very clean burning powder. It's a form of smokeless powder. But you will need the breech plug for it. Be able to find BH and the be able to find 209M primers for purchase. It shoots very accurate.

They can make it a condition of employment and as long as they don't violate one of the deadly discrimination sins. (Sex, Creed, Orientation, etc) In NY, you are considered "At Will" It is not a Right to Work State They can fire you You don't have to work for them. But They have no obligation to employ you unless it specified in a work contract such as a Union would have

Chef Of all my US military firearms, the toys of the collection are the M1 Carbines. I own a few because that's what dad had when he was in WWII artillery. (First engagement, Battle of the Bulge) I also have a US Postal Meter because I know all the history of how it was built in my city. But the Carbine really is the Ruger 10/22 of the bunch. Fun to shoot though but not real accurate. Biggest WWII piece of crap I ever bought. Italian Carcano. This thing has an equal chance of going off in reverse as it does forward. Even the ammo is a joke. They look like Coke bottles. How does a country that makes some of the finest firearms in the world produce this? No way Lee Harvey Oswald would have chosen this. He was trained with a 1903 Springfield in Marines

You got to wax those, Dino? Very cool. Bet they are Finnish or somewhere around there. And hey, I thought I was only one with axe collection. And is that an Empee sword I see? I haven't had a match in 40 years. Looks like you haven't either. I still got some waxable skis but they are all touring and modern fiberglass except for one pair of old school wood but I fear those are too old and brittle to use. Plus, I just like to have them around. Majority of these skis people were throwing out. I've broken a ski in woods with deep snow. It really sucks. You are in for a tiring trip back My first backwoods skis look like those except middle section had steel edges. You had to wax them. No fish-scale on wood skis.

Bowman I learn Backwoods (aka Back Country) skiing in Adirondacks when I join the college mountaineering club like 40 or so years ago. I could borrow equipment and get a bus with other students. A couple senior classmen dropped me off at a trail and that was the extent of my training. And oh, this just wasn't any trail. This was turn right now and often or hit tree down some steep descents. I guess they wanted to see if I could live. Fortunately, I had done touring cross-country skiing on hills and was well versed in Alpine skiing. I lived and I loved it. The equipment was wood skis with edges you had to wax to conditions. This I already knew from touring skis but Klister wax for climbing was a sticky mess and climbing skins weren't that much better. Our present-day equipment is WAY better.

Backwoods skis are a beefy version of cross-country skis and are designed for off trail. Just got but from cutting 5-mile loop. We have a foot and half of snow in Granger on mountain. I skied the pines and found deer beds all over the place. I find skiing the woods helpful in planning for deer trails and stand locations. With the Olympics on our doorstep, I'm going to look forward Biathlon. I've always wanted try it and I'm tempted to build a course on my property. I do have a 22 target rifle but it's a heavy barrel tank. I have a feeling my version of Biathlon will be more like the Finns in the Winter War against Russians. Here's some beds

And I thought it was just me that thought that. Not sure what justifies this sort of increase other than.....they can.

CMP got hit with COVID labor shortages like everyone else. They still have crates of rifles to inspect, and they are no longer make public when they acquire more. It just becomes a PITA with inquires. There can be WWII in those crates but most likely Korean era. You have to be ready to act with requirements when anything makes it to market at CMP. Or even willing to travel to store in Ohio. It's at Anniston National Guard Base. CMP host a forum. Excellent information can be found in CMP forum about what is available and what's coming. Anniston is also where the annual national shooting match is hosted. I've been. Very cool. CMP Forums (thecmp.org) When you buy a Garand from CMP it's not supposed to be so you can resell at a profit. Frankly I have a great distaste for those that do. At gun shows you can always find several that are doing just that and often lie about condition. One quick test if you have the gauge is to measure Throat Erosion and Muzzle Erosion. It takes about ten seconds to do and does zero harm to gun. An honest dealer will let you do it along with using bore scope.

ATbuck If you want a Garand that will be a piece of history, shoots well, is fun and will always be worth more than you paid for it.........Get a Garand from CMP! Ordering Information - Civilian Marksmanship Program (thecmp.org)

I once had the opportunity to ski in the alps. The big shock was it was exactly the skiing I was acquainted with. The main difference was length of slope. Half day of skiing was a run. Gondola on the way up, huge party. Not sure how some of them made it down but I think you can take gondola both ways.

Holimont is the private club close to HV. They allow non-members to ski there, weekdays. Better yet if you know a member, they can get a greatly discounted ticket. It a very nice ski mountain with zero crowd. Nothing wrong with HV but I always loved variety. We here that learn to ski in the snow/ice of the East have the skills to ski most mountains in the world. Deep powder is fairly easy but tiring to ski in. However, you don't learn good edge control like you do on ice. And the East is faster conditions too. My little brother had a place in Tahoe which was great for bigger brother who got to learn powder skiing there. It's a different technique. You sit back and pop tips out of powder. The ski is thinner, more flexible and wider. You kind of float on snow.

Unsupervised ranges are a recipe for disaster. Many years ago, Creekside gun shop had a free range that seemed respectable. However, one day I had the "down range" flag in on a clear going to the 100-yard targets and a guy starts shooting at 25-yard targets. I sprint to the side where the house is to stay out of harm's way and get back to the shooting line to have a discussion. I asked why he started shooting on a "clear". Oh, that was because I was on a different range! Now the targets are side by side at different distances on this range. I informed him that he was really too stupid to own a gun and he should really turn it into the police. I went inside the gun shop and told them what had just happen. Next time I was there they did have a range officer, but I never shot there again. I built my own range

NYhillbilly I gave up skiing for many years once I started a family and career. I had a buddy that was a program director for a radio station that constantly was after me to ski with him. He always had free lift and equipment passes as my equipment was long gone and long boards at that. Well, it turns out one or two trips down the slopes and you are back on expert runs. It's like riding a bike. You don't lose that sense of balance. But I will admit, I don't look to crush moguls anymore. And I'm 63. I enjoy backwoods skiing quite a bit too. It's how I scout deer habits on the land I own.

Deep powder and no ice. And there's a phase I seldom say in relationship to Gore or Placid. SIL just got back from Killington, excellent there too.

If he does indeed have a Remington M1 receiver. That would be one of the rarest pieces of Garand history and worth incredible money. The only equals to this would be found at the Springfield Armory Museum in Springfield MA of the original Springfield Garands. Most of the armory is now a community college but there still a building that operates as a free museum that's quite good.

Well, if you like Band of Brothers than you need to check out Tae Guk Gi (2004) Brotherhood of War. It's a South Korean movie about the Korean conflict as seen from a South Korean perspective. It's rich with Garands. Normally I just don't have the patience to watch a dubbed movie. I'm old, I recall the original Godzilla movies. Those hurt to watch but this is fairly well done. As far as my collection, what happens to it did begin to worry me as none of us knows when their time is up. My wife is not in tune with the value of things. The stories I can tell you what I've pulled from trash. Oh, that old thing?!?! And the vultures out there that rob unknowing widows. Oh, I gave you a $100 for that old Garand In the beginning of the pandemic, I was stuck home for three weeks. I took the time to organize, catalog, and associate current values of all the guns and place it into a gun database. I used NM Collector. Son in Law got a flash drive of this and there's a copy in one of the safes along with detailed instructions. Meanwhile SIL gets a gun every Christmas. In 100 years, he might get them all. (I plan to live a long time.) And if you haven't yet, a K98 is a decent deer rifle. 8mm is really close to 308. Only alteration I make is I put on a Mojo aperture sight on. This can easily be reverted back. I'm not the guy you talk to about "sporterizing" your gun. I'm the guy the un-does your work. To each his own but I do my best to maintain history.

I have a Marlin, Marlin. Shoots like pointing my finger. Feared by deer and never jams My buddy had a Remington Marlin toward their demise. What a piece of crap and just looked cheap. Jammed often Have you been to the gun store? Guns aren't cheap unless they really are cheaply made. Price of both guns and ammo went way up in last two years. Ruger is one company I think could do Marlin Justice. Unlike what happened to Winchester. What's the first question. Is it pre-1964?

I used to always be in the market too, but wife and family commitments came more often in my younger days. Now I have the time and resources, but the market has really dried up. The golden age of collecting Milsurps was the 70's and early eighties. Even what the CMP carries now doesn't hold a candle to my Greek and Danish Garands that I often only paid $300 for or built from parts kits. And if it didn't shoot that it didn't stay. Everyone should experience Ping! Enemy at the Gates, why I'm ready for both sides My collection does better in advancing wealth than does my stock holdings. I relish another good WWII movie. It's always good for a 10% increase. Band of Brothers and Saving Private Ryan were very good to me. And oh, they aren't for sale and are in will. But they are really fun to watch a good war movie with until then :-) Don't mean to hijack your thread Chef but milsurps are a passion of mine. Dad was Battle of Bulge veteran.

ncountry Typing without my glasses has gotten me in trouble before. I once email the entire site if they had seen my liquid nitrogen thongs. Instead of tongs Oh Boy I gave a good laugh to all My only saving grace is I controlled the temperature of all their environments.

Sounds like it's one of these and not a real good way to heat. I would use these in my industrial facility in cold areas to temper them. But not areas I would have people work regularly. Basically, you got your car's radiator heating your space. The way you describe it going from hot to cold tell me supply isn't adequate for demand. I'm surprised it spikes electric bill though. Motors are fairly efficient and low draw at that size.

No ncountry. It a closed loop. You only use the water in the system to transfer heat. Any actual water loss would be at boiler for pressure relief and would be very little. Grow system is whole another deal but obviously uses liquid too in a loop in recirculation like a boiler but this system is open and has a lot of losses.

Kathy Hochul did the commencement speech for my daughter's graduation from Geneseo several years back. She was in the State legislature at the time. She spent 20 minutes of dribble on her accomplishments. It was fairly odd to me, and I felt the only speech she knew how to give was one from her election campaign. Very lame and unimpressive. You couldn't spend a few moments composing something that would actually try to inspire new graduates than try to win votes with their parents???? Wow!

So, you have a hydroponic system with a boiler somewhere in building. Your observations make perfect sense and if you do cook with propane, you would add humidity to environment. A heating system such as yours will dry the air. You will often see water troughs on the old school cast heat fins that would heat water and add humidity. If you have a more modern building, they will be baseboard. Still seems like a lot of humidity to me considering the weather outside. Cold air is dry air as it can't hold much moisture. Notice how your skin dries out in frigid temps? Warm air can how moisture, but it needs to be available. That's why it's often measured as relative humidity as the humidity is stated relative to the temperature. But to tell you the truth, dewpoint is a fair better measurement to know moisture content. And really what's happening on your windows.

I've collected military firearms since the early 70's. I even had an FFL until the so call Safe act. I read all 30 or so pages of it and decided to drop my FFL. I didn't trust Andy For those of you drooling over what Chef got I highly recommend you check out the Civilian Marksmanship Program. There are a few simple qualifications you must meet or do and most of you meet them already. You will get a firearm with history. And oh, those of you that spend thousands on fancy rifles really owe it to themselves to shoot a 1903 Springfield or a Garand that's tuned. I do hunt with a Swiss K31. My guns aren't closet queens. Chef That's a beauty. I really don't collect pistols, but it would be hard to pass that one up. Enjoy it in good shooting and I'm envious. If the Garand was the greatest rifle of WWII; the 1911 was the greatest pistol of WWI and WWII. Everybody wants a German luger. In my experience they are jam city. Not the 1911