philoshop

Great story Wooly, though I'm sorry to hear it. No pun intended. You've spun it well!! My Dad spent 55 years as a dentist listening to that high-pitched whine of "the drill" day in and day out. It may not seem like much, but it's important now to speak loudly when asking him a question. It just adds up over time. I've always worn hearing protection while shooting and operating machinery. The eyes are going, but the ears are still pretty good.

I've done fire restorations before, and they usually look a lot worse than they are. As long as there 's no serious structural damage, it's mostly cleanup and a little rebuilding. Judging from the pics it didn't get into the restaurant, so they'll probably be open in a couple of weeks.

The foil acts as a 'skin'. When the flesh is flaky enough to come off the bone I'll poke holes in the bottom of the foil to drain some of the juice and give the soggy bottom a chance to firm up. With the skin on it always tasted greasy and fishy to me. JMHO

I gave up on filleting pike. Skin them, wrap them in foil with the seasonings and put them on the grill. Pull the cooked meat away from the bones with a fork, and enjoy.

Ethanol fuel is generally fine for a vehicle that's driven on a regular basis, but should never be used in anything that might sit idle for more than a couple of weeks. And should never, ever be used in small engines, IMO. And even non-ethanol fuel will go bad over time if left in a half-empty tank, especially if it's subjected to temperature changes. If your "monkeying around" included draining and replacing the old gas, I'd be comfortable saying that's what did it. If it had been ethanol gas you'd be rebuilding the carb and replacing the fuel hoses.

Who gets to assign those doctors, or academics, or anyone else who will then judge someone as mentally unfit to own a firearm? There are many people in those professions who consider even the desire to own a gun a mental illness. How do we deal with that reality?

I agree with what others have posted here: Let it go. If her heart is not in it and she doesn't have that 'will to excel', she'll never be happy doing it.

Accomplishing nothing wouldn't be so bad, but what they do accomplish with much of this is erosion of The Constitution.

"Science without Religion Is Lame, Religion without Science Is Blind" -- Albert Einstein

The biggest problem is that there is no immediate, 'microwaveable' solution to these mass shootings. The erosion of society and culture has taken decades to achieve, and it will likely take even more decades to restore. The "gun control" proposals are band-aids on serious wounds, meant to make people feel like something is being done, while at the same time advancing the very problems they're meant to solve. This is the Democrat Dilemma: create a problem, then offer a 'solution' that furthers the problem so that another 'solution is required... I've watched it unfold for over 40 years.

I have a few solutions: Stop normalizing violence as a solution to every problem, particularly gun violence. It seems to be held up as 'the solution' in nearly every movie or video game out there. It's the entire basis of the entertainment industry. Stop the attack on Christian values. Belief in God and the power of prayer was stitched into our nation's founding. It's being systematically destroyed. It doesn't need to be adopted by everyone, but it should be respected by every American. Bring the Pledge of Allegiance back into the schools. A sense of patriotism is important among the youth. Reintroduce the "Civics" class in schools so that kids can learn what the U.S. Constitution is all about. Restrict the age of social media use to those over 18 years of age so that it isn't so detrimental to the development of children. These are just a few, but I could certainly go on... These are issues that have been created by the Leftists, and any solution to these issues will be violently opposed by the leftists. That's why there is no easy solution.

Joe Dan Gorman (Intellectual Froglegs) said it best: "You want to have an intelligent discussion about gun control? Okay, let me start. You will never, ever, ever take away my right to own guns. Your turn."

Not yet... If someone proposes gun control legislation that may have prevented any of these tragedies, I'll be all ears. But it's not the guns. It's the people, the society , and the culture. The guns are just an overly simplistic way to get people agitated so that they ignore the real issues which are exceedingly difficult to address, primarily because they were caused by the people now calling for more "gun control".

How many crimes did this guy commit, up to and including murder? Does anyone think that some sort of magic gun control law could have prevented this? It's not about gun control, it's about people control.

When my old phone crapped out 6 or 7 years ago I went to buy another. The young lady asked me what features I was looking for and I told her that I would like to make and receive phone calls and have a "phone-book" for numbers that I regularly call. After she paused for more info from me, I also told her that I would like a charging cord and that I would accept a new service contract if the phone was free. I actually had to explain the simplicity of this to her. ;-} $50 a month from AT&T, BTW. They give me good reception where I am, and I see no need to change.

The Leftists moved in over a half century ago to destroy the Social and Cultural fabric of our country. They've been successful on a number of levels, especially with respect to the indoctrination of young people, and now they complain about how successful they've been. And, of course, the answer is always more of their Anti-American values: "Let's just get rid of The Constitution...", for instance.

The NRA was instrumental in having the NICS set up in the first place. At least be fair and balanced. Background checks are of no value when important information such as previous demonstrations of mental instability is intentionally omitted. Things like that can't even be reported to the NICS database, by law. That's not the fault of the NRA.

Best of luck to your friend, Cory. If you have a permit, buy the gun for him on your permit and take him out shooting until the 'smoke' clears. Sorry for the pun.

Mount the front ring as far forward in the slot as possible, and use some blue Locktite on the screws. It's about as cheap a fix as you can get.

Consider the size of the vertical kill zone on your target. On a deer it's about 6 to 8". Call it 6". Three inches high at 100 yards will hit within that zone and three inches low at say 300 yards will hit within that zone. Sight-in zero will probably be 225 yards or so. I don't have ballistics tables in front of me, and I don't know what round you're using, so don't quote me on actual numbers here. :-) The idea behind this 'maximum zero' is that it removes a lot of the range guesstimation error. What's the most distant zero point that will still put the bullet in the kill zone even if you forget to hold a little high or a little low?

I've been known to make venison hash, and I've always liked eggs and hash. A side of grits works too.

Wolc123, that only explains part of it. Nearly every manufacturer was operating at full capacity and often adding additional shifts to the production lines. Some were running 24/7. From what I researched the ammo was being manufactured, but it wasn't getting to the public. I don't know for sure why that 'scarcity' occurred, but I will speculate that there are probably large warehouses around the country stacked to the rafters with .22 rim-fire ammo. Who owns the ammo, and who owns the warehouses, is the big question. Why it might be kept away from typical consumer is a bit easier: It's an entry-level round used in entry-level firearms, purchased by entry-level people. It's also heavily used to maintain marksmanship proficiency. For someone wishing to slow or stop "the American infatuation with guns" the removal of .22 rim-fire ammo from the market would be a darned good place to start.

Pretty cool video. Think about the quantity that is made every day by just this one company.

I believe that's Dirty Harry all the way, Airedale! Nice!

It was a very common practice back when people started mounting scopes on slug-throwers. ;-) Glad to help!