Merry Christmas [Archive]

weswood

12-25-2010, 07:51 AM

Merry Christmas & God bless you all (even you atheist!)

My daughter woke up right after I brought the bicycle & archery target in from the garage. I thought I'd have all kinds of time, she's NEVER woken up at 6 am in her life.

Raellus

12-25-2010, 01:49 PM

Merry Christmas, everyone! (...and happy belated Chanukah!)

I thought I'd have all kinds of time, she's NEVER woken up at 6 am in her life.

Consider yourself fortunate, my friend. If only my kids would consistently sleep past 6am!

mikeo80

12-25-2010, 03:10 PM

Merry Christmas to all

And may 2011 be a better year for all of us.

Mike

pmulcahy11b

12-25-2010, 03:55 PM

My daughter woke up right after I brought the bicycle & archery target in from the garage.

Bicycle archery... sounds like an interesting sport!

pmulcahy11b

12-25-2010, 03:57 PM

I'm an atheist, my brother's a Jew, my sister is an agnostic, my mother a lapsed Catholic...so Christmas is more a personal type holiday for me. My stepmonster actually gave me a check for $100 -- stunned the hell out of me!

weswood

12-25-2010, 04:42 PM

Bicycle archery... sounds like an interesting sport!

She's not quite that good yet. Starting her off with roller skates & archery.

Panther Al

12-25-2010, 04:52 PM

Ah Texas- there is a reason why I miss living there. :)

The way the phrase "shall issue" is in both the concealed and machine gun licensing process is but one.

Dog 6

12-25-2010, 05:10 PM

Merry Christmas guys!

TiggerCCW UK

12-25-2010, 06:30 PM

Happy Christmas folks!

dragoon500ly

12-25-2010, 06:34 PM

She's not quite that good yet. Starting her off with roller skates & archery.

roller skates and archery....bicycles and archery....by the time she hits High School she will be wanting a M-240!!!

Merry Christmas one and all!!!!!

Abbott Shaull

12-25-2010, 07:50 PM

I hope everyone had a merry christmas...

Snake Eyes

12-26-2010, 01:27 AM

I hope Santa was good to everyone.

Mohoender

12-26-2010, 02:01 AM

Merry Christmas to all:)

bobcat

12-26-2010, 03:15 AM

roller skates and archery....bicycles and archery....by the time she hits High School she will be wanting a M-240!!!

Merry Christmas one and all!!!!!

i know where you can get a good deal on that if your wondering.

mikeo80

12-26-2010, 04:45 PM

mikeo80

12-26-2010, 04:46 PM

She's not quite that good yet. Starting her off with roller skates & archery.

Hmmm.... Me thinks I will AVOID this house.... :p

Mike

weswood

12-26-2010, 05:08 PM

Hmmm.... Me thinks I will AVOID this house.... :p

Mike

Make sure you tell all your friends too!:D

She's the most dangerous 9 year old I've met.

I started her on hand to hand soon as she could walk
She's never fired an actual firearm, but she can put some rounds downrange with an airsoft M4 & M1911.
Me nor her uncle can get past her defense with foam swords.

I've got her a Walther P22 pistol but I can't find a local pistol range that will let a 9 year old in. Her uncle has a cabin on the Brazos River I'm going to finagle an invite to as soon as it warms up some & we have time.

And she loves riding with me on my motorcycle.

pmulcahy11b

12-26-2010, 06:26 PM

Make sure you tell all your friends too!:D

She's the most dangerous 9 year old I've met.

I started her on hand to hand soon as she could walk
She's never fired an actual firearm, but she can put some rounds downrange with an airsoft M4 & M1911.
Me nor her uncle can get past her defense with foam swords.

I've got her a Walther P22 pistol but I can't find a local pistol range that will let a 9 year old in. Her uncle has a cabin on the Brazos River I'm going to finagle an invite to as soon as it warms up some & we have time.

And she loves riding with me on my motorcycle.

A 9-year-old has her own P22 and Texas won't let me own a firearm? That's not fair!

Panther Al

12-26-2010, 06:28 PM

i know where you can get a good deal on that if your wondering.

Only if you count a 175 grand a good deal. :). According to the BATFE there is only one transferable (as in you and I can get if we pay the 200 buck tax,live in the right area, and can pass a bg check) 240 out there. A buddy was bidding on it years ago and was disgusted when the price hit a hundred.

Hrm... I sense a filk in the air... "On the first day of christmas my true love gave to me.. A M2HB..."

bobcat

12-26-2010, 08:38 PM

Only if you count a 175 grand a good deal. :). According to the BATFE there is only one transferable (as in you and I can get if we pay the 200 buck tax,live in the right area, and can pass a bg check) 240 out there. A buddy was bidding on it years ago and was disgusted when the price hit a hundred.

Hrm... I sense a filk in the air... "On the first day of christmas my true love gave to me.. A M2HB..."

odd my convenience store cops keep saying all i need is a registered right side plate and a parts kit. (and considering how many MAG58 RSP's were made prior to the ban that ain't hard to come by)

Panther Al

12-26-2010, 08:57 PM

Side plates hrm? Have to look into that, sounds kinda like the ones for the 1917 mg's, still think they are thinking of non-transferables though.

-edit-

Huh, made a call and what do you know, there are a handfull of plates in the US, all pre-86 dealer samples, 75-100k each, but you can get them if you are a dealer. Coolness. :)

bobcat

12-26-2010, 11:13 PM

or ya can spend 25 and get a semi auto from FN but whats the fun in that (aside from being able to afford the ammo)

General Pain

12-27-2010, 08:01 AM

Bicycle archery... sounds like an interesting sport!

I was thinking just the same thing. Beeing a guy who stay away from basically any kinds of sports...I'd find bicycle archery indoors in a living room would prove great fun to watch ..from a safe distance.

Other interesting sports:

(finland) wife carrying...(first prize is your wife's weight in beer)

dragoon500ly

12-27-2010, 09:24 AM

There is a gentleman I know through the local reenactor group who has a rather intresting work project going on...

He's restoring a one-inch caliber Gatling Gun...its not due to be completed for another two years, but he's already loading the ammo for it...and the amount of paperwork he has to file for the feds/state/county has to be seen to be believed!!!!

Among the restrictions is that he can only fire it the local police range, with an officer present (state law), but there is already a waiting list of cops!

weswood

12-27-2010, 05:26 PM

I was thinking just the same thing. Beeing a guy who stay away from basically any kinds of sports...I'd find bicycle archery indoors in a living room would prove great fun to watch ..from a safe distance.

Other interesting sports:

(finland) wife carrying...(first prize is your wife's weight in beer)

Now that's just insane. She's not allowed to shoot her bow inside.

pmulcahy11b

12-27-2010, 06:12 PM

He's restoring a one-inch caliber Gatling Gun...its not due to be completed for another two years, but he's already loading the ammo for it...and the amount of paperwork he has to file for the feds/state/county has to be seen to be believed!!!!

Isn't a one-inch caliber Gatling Gun technically an autocannon?

helbent4

12-27-2010, 07:13 PM

There is a gentleman I know through the local reenactor group who has a rather intresting work project going on...

He's restoring a one-inch caliber Gatling Gun...its not due to be completed for another two years, but he's already loading the ammo for it...and the amount of paperwork he has to file for the feds/state/county has to be seen to be believed!!!!

Lee,

How about this project, a 1/5 scale M4 Sherman tank:

http://www.gizmology.net/images/tank11.jpg

http://www.gizmology.net/tanks.htm

It's wood with articulated tracks powered by a battery, radio controlled with a working TV camera for a buttoned-up driver, and a working pneumatic cannon.

Tony

dragoon500ly

12-27-2010, 08:09 PM

Isn't a one-inch caliber Gatling Gun technically an autocannon?

That what I thought when I first heard about it...but its a historical, black-powder weapon...but it also explains the mountain of paperwork and the restrictions on where it can be fired and the police presence.

dragoon500ly

12-27-2010, 08:12 PM

Lee,

How about this project, a 1/5 scale M4 Sherman tank:

http://www.gizmology.net/images/tank11.jpg

http://www.gizmology.net/tanks.htm

It's wood with articulated tracks powered by a battery, radio controlled with a working TV camera for a buttoned-up driver, and a working pneumatic cannon.

Tony

You do know that you can still buy Shermans and Walker buildings surplus. There was also a military vehicle restorer who was selling his Walker Bulldog for $90,000...had to get rid of assets with his pending divorce. Too bad I didn't have the $90,000...would have been great on that daily drive into work!

helbent4

12-27-2010, 09:22 PM

You do know that you can still buy Shermans and Walker buildings surplus. There was also a military vehicle restorer who was selling his Walker Bulldog for $90,000...had to get rid of assets with his pending divorce. Too bad I didn't have the $90,000...would have been great on that daily drive into work!

Lee,

I bet this cost $1000, and made a six year-old child very happy. It would be nice to have a real tank if I could afford it, and you can buy a surplus T-54/55 for cheaper than ninety large, but where would I park it? Not gonna fit in the parkade, for sure! =)

Tony

pmulcahy11b

12-27-2010, 09:29 PM

Lee,

I bet this cost $1000, and made a six year-old child very happy. It would be nice to have a real tank, and you can buy a surplus T-54/55 for even cheaper, but where would I park it? Not gonna fit in the parkade, for sure! =)

Tony

I have five dogs, so I need more interior room. Maybe an M-8 Greyhound -- the 37mm gun would discourage tailgaters. Naw, that wouldn't work -- no one's successfully managed to teach me to drive a stick. And my mother would have to be the gunner. And I'd have to lift them over the side -- lifting a 70 and a 90 pound dog over my head is beyond my abilities anymore.

You know, I remember when I used to put on my ruck by lifting it over my head and sliding my arms through the shoulder straps...and not inconsiderable ruck weights. I'm getting old.

TiggerCCW UK

12-28-2010, 03:40 AM

A village with one of those would be a hell of a shock for some marauders in T2K :D

helbent4

12-28-2010, 03:50 AM

A village with one of those would be a hell of a shock for some marauders in T2K :D

Tigger,

Or some marauders with one would be a force to recon with.

If I recall, Eric (Bigehauser) ran a T2K set in southern England and some marauders/deserters got ahold of a Tiger tank from Bovington, I guess. Don't know how hard it would be to make new ammunition, with the right know-how.

Tony

dragoon500ly

12-28-2010, 07:33 AM

Lee,

I bet this cost $1000, and made a six year-old child very happy. It would be nice to have a real tank if I could afford it, and you can buy a surplus T-54/55 for cheaper than ninety large, but where would I park it? Not gonna fit in the parkade, for sure! =)

Tony

It's quite amazing the sheer number of Tanks/AFVs that are in private hands, just within the US. There is even a "touring company" that makes the rounds of parades and re-enector events with five M-3 Stuarts...and those things are FUN to drive!

weswood

12-28-2010, 04:48 PM

I have five dogs, so I need more interior room. Maybe an M-8 Greyhound -- the 37mm gun would discourage tailgaters. Naw, that wouldn't work -- no one's successfully managed to teach me to drive a stick. And my mother would have to be the gunner. And I'd have to lift them over the side -- lifting a 70 and a 90 pound dog over my head is beyond my abilities anymore.

You know, I remember when I used to put on my ruck by lifting it over my head and sliding my arms through the shoulder straps...and not inconsiderable ruck weights. I'm getting old.

Maybe you should look into a BTR.

Targan

12-29-2010, 09:10 AM

Belated Merry Christmas everyone. Sorry, I flew to the other side of my continent for five days and went straight back to work when I got back.