OldIronFan

Bolt face may have been turned at some point. Diameter is .480~.481 when checked with pins. Cerrosafe is cooling now so I will be able to measure chamber dimensions shortly.

I picked up a misidentified sporterized rifle at auction a few weeks back. I was told it was chambered in 8mm Mauser, but that is not accurate. Finally got around to tearing it down for investigation and identification this week. There were no visible external markings on the barrel or receiver so I hoped something was hiding under the wood line or under the added scope base. It was.... A moment of silence for what could have been a nice Remington M1917. Instead some brilliant "gunsmith" apparently rebarreled it, ground the rear sight ears off, and butchered a few scope base holes into the receiver. The bore diameter is .300 Neither 30-06 or .308 headspace gauges check out. I do not have .303 headspace gauges but the .300 Bore diameter would be on the small size for that anyway. I am going to cerrosafe cast the chamber tomorrow if I get a chance. The one upside so far has been the nice light Timney Sportsman Trigger that I found installed when I began to strip it. Hopefully it ends up being serviceable since its wall hanger value has been lost.

Very different demographics though. I would have been challenging pivot.

Tall Paul, I have not seen him in years. His shows were always a good party.

That is part of the story. The tractors that they were using to pull out the cars were also getting stuck. A friend was a volunteer worker and shared pictures Tuesday of a tractor buried nearly to the axle, another tractor stuck trying to pull it out, and a third tractor trying to get one or both of the first two out. It was an absolute mud pit.

We got kicked out of the country club we held our reception at. Apparently the mgmt was not aware of how Catholics party at a wedding reception. The first time we drank the bars out of alcohol they got nervous but made a supply run. The second time we drank the bars out of alcohol they had had enough and told us to get out. No one called the cops and no one got arrested though.

Width is a small part of stability and capacity. Hull design and seating position play a larger role. My wider Native is less stable than my narrower Wilderness Systems. That is partly due to the higher seating position of the Native. The Wilderness System has a lower seating position that gets me closer to the waterline. At 6'3" 250lbs+ I have not had a real issue in either but the WS is faster, more stable, and less susceptible to wind. I have managed to flip a supposedly ultra stable Hobie in a Florida bay chasing reds in some wind and chop. All that said one of the most comfortable and stable kayaks I have paddled is a Kaku Wahoo. The seating position was fairly high. The open deck was really nice and overall it was very nice to paddle. I was on a 10.5 but they now have a 12.5 option as well.

3.125" in my rain gauge when I dumped it this morning. I live at about 900 feet of elevation. If I go under the rest of Middle TN is lost.

Parent case started out as a 450 bushmaster case shortened and necked down to 30 cal. Basically a 30 cal ar15 with higher case capacity, pressure, and velocity than 300 AAC.

Not sure on the outer diameter of the extension but I know the bolt used was supposedly a ".308 rifle bolt" in an AR15 upper. One could assume since they did this for the stronger bolt they used the corresponding compatible extension and just opened up the upper receiver. the AR10 extensions we produce are Ø1.1865 ±.0004 with a shoulder to face dim of 1.240 ±.003 the AR15 extensions are Ø.9987 +.0000 / - .0008 with a shoulder to face dim of .990 ±.005 Per TDP. That is not really how extensions are head spaced to a barrel/chamber however. For that dim it is 1.648 ±.001 on the AR10 extensions and .907 ±.001 on the AR15 TDP. There is also the issue of diameters of the bolt body itself before we start talking about gas rings and cam pin dimensions. Ø.662 +.000 / -.001 for the 10 and Ø.528 ±.0005 for the 15. I suppose one could produce an AR 15 bolt carrier to accept the larger/different dimensions of the .308 bolt, use a .308 extension and a barrel in a standard AR10 caliber (.308 bolt face diameter compatible) and make it work. One could also produce and "oversized" extension with standard ar15 internal/lug dimensions and the larger ".308" external dimensions to make it work with a standard ar15 BCG but I would think the better use of your time and money would be finding a good deal on a standard pattern upper and lower of your preferred platform.

I used to make a lot of mead, cider, cyser, pymet, and other variants. Typically I was in the 2.5 to 3.5 pounds of honey per gallon range for most of my meads. I would buy in bulk from keepers I had come to know or small operations like orchards or farms that kept bees as part of their operations. Using store bought stuff is a risk. Half of it comes out of china and half of that is (at least in part) corn syrup. I started out making beer an transitioned to mead and cider variants when I found I tolerated it and enjoyed it more. I had begun to have some health issues with beer. Sadly now I don't tolerate much alcohol at all so my making days are behind me. Back in the day I actually won quite a few medals with my meads and ciders at homebrew competitions. Got a bit of a reputation for it and was asked to do radio radio and speaking gigs about it over the years.

Good luck finding a barrel and bolt. It is pretty much a dead cartridge. If it had been done on a typical AR10 upper receiver with an LR308 sized extension it could have been kept alive.

Yes to the float. I would think it would be tough to cast the light jigs effectively without the TM floats. I run 18" to 24" of leader. I probably start a bit long so I can trim and retie a few times before I have to replace the leader and redo my leader to main line knot. I forget the name of the knot but I just watched the YouTube video from the trout magnet folks on how they recommend tying the leader and main line together.

Love the Trout Magnet stuff. I always have a TM ultralight setup with me. If I am getting skunked on the big stuff I drag it out. Never once has it failed to catch me fish. Color is dependent on water but my go to are White, Bison, Pink, green/red flake. Usually on a Chartreuse head but occasionally on black. 2lb SOS line with a 2lb fluro leader. I have landed 4 to 5 lb fish without issue on the 2lb SOS. I actually have a bass finesse rig setup with the 4lb SOS as well.

Over 90% of hospitalizations for Covid are unvaccinated people. The vaccines work, period. There were always going to be a small number of breakthrough cases, just like there are always breakthrough cases with other vaccines like the Flu shots. Testing is not a substitute for vaccination, it is in compliment to it. I had Covid in December, nearly ended up in the hospital with breathing issues (low O2 sat) and significant fluid in my lungs. Got the vaccine in April and have been directly exposed several times since then through work without getting it. The one breakthrough case we had in the workplace did not know he was positive because he had no significant symptoms and only a mild fever one evening.

I think that was sort of my point. Guess it was lost in communication. The instructor I was referring to did an excellent job sticking to the fundamentals of safe handling, grip, and stable stance. Using those as tools for recoil management/control. Also Trigger control fundamentals for consistency and accuracy. Along with sight picture and sight alignment. The class I took from him after the EHCP class was similar in focus but went a bit a bit deeper into the specifics of handling and manipulating the weapon that was the focus of the training. I have heard many a story and personally witnessed instructors in so called training classes skip over many of the above basics and treat the class as if everyone was about to don a plate carrier, kick in the spare bedroom door, and clear the room because they heard something go bump in the night.

Most lakes and waterways in the area have some level of warning for toxins and pollutants. I would not consume anything that came out of a pond, lake, or river in Tennessee. I love to fish here but everything I catch goes right back in the water. The runoff of pesticides, herbicides, and chemical fertilizers is enough to make me avoid freshwater fish before you even consider legal and illegal dumping, industrial waste byproduct, and other ground water contamination sources.

I found a stack of $2 bills in a drawer the other day while decluttering. I need to go try to spend a few at various places. I could probably film it and put in on YouTube, might go viral and pay me big bucks.

I do not know what area your acquaintances are in or are willing to travel to but I was very pleased with the trainer that works at the Franklin Armory. He is not former military and does not approach his training as if he was trying to turn folks into an "Operator". He was a professional educator/trainer who had a passion for firearms safety, training, and education so he approaches his work a bit differently than I was used to, in a good way. Average civilian folks getting a EHCP do not need run and gun military, LEO, or competition style training in my opinion. When I took my EHCP class there the class size was small (10 if I recall) and the experience level was low to moderately high but all were handled efficiently, respectfully, and most importantly safely. He also stuck to the focus and never went or let the class discussion wander in to the weeds with tall tales or anecdotes.

I am a DIY guy as well but one thing I don't mess with is heights with a chainsaw. Just had three 40' to 50' trees taken down. One dead, one damaged, and one in good health but poorly structured due to overcrowding. They were old tree line trees separating fields. The tree line had been thinned out but not before these trees were left in poor condition. I paid $2000 and that included stump grinding. The showed at 7:30 am and were gone just after lunch. They left not a single branch or leaf. Both my house and my neighbors house are fully intact and no one lost a digit or limb. Well worth the cost to bring in the pros to me.

I have not shot any of it but it looks like it is just a standard jacketed non-bonded, lead-core bullet that has the hollow point punched with a die. https://www.midwayusa.com/product/2090655809 https://www.shootingillustrated.com/articles/2017/4/3/review-imi-ammunition/ 9 mm Di-Cut 115-grain JHP This SAAMI-compliant load was developed to meet the needs of various Israeli security forces and law enforcement agencies around the world. This new ammunition contains non-corrosive boxer primers and reloadable brass cases. It has an advertised muzzle velocity of 1,150 fps out of a 4-inch barrel. The Di-Cut JHP is a non-bonded, lead-core bullet that will expand in excess of 1.5 times its original diameter, and penetrate to an average of 12.5 inches in 10-percent ordnance gelatin. Functioning was flawless in the test pistol and the average for five, five-shot groups at 25 yards was 1.51 inches. From the 1911’s 5-inch barrel, muzzle velocity averaged 1,212 fps with a maximum velocity deviation of 27 fps and a standard muzzle velocity deviation of 8.4 fps.

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Lots of venues are already doing this or will be soon. I expect that many public spaces will follow this path since it is completely legal for them to do so.

Full tube, chamber empty, safety off, slide unlocked. I am not really concerned with the loss of the +1 if I need more than 7 rounds of 00 buck shtuff has seriously gone sideways. Hopefully I would already be trying to make my way to the handgun loaded with 17+1 of +P or the AR with 30 rounds of 300 AAC.

I am dreaming of a few tweaks to an ESEE-6 style knife with a fairly straight back serrated for kindling prep with a very slight drop point. About 6 to 8 inches worth of cutting edge and 12 to 14 inch overall length. Full tang, lanyard attachment point in the handle or pommel. Speaking of the pommel, maybe a nice robust flat based chunk of metal for pounding on something when needed.