Random Thought Thread

[SpyderPhreak]

has to be strong expresso.

Nails on a chalkboard...

Espresso...

 

[bluemax_1]

Nails on a chalkboard...

Espresso...

Now Blues is gonna call you pedantic

 

[Blues]

Now Blues is gonna call you pedantic

Nah. But I got a few others...

 

[SpyderPhreak]

Now Blues is gonna call you pedantic

Haha!

Nah. But I got a few others...

Meh, oh well.

 

[oldmanwilly]

I don't think anyone wants to get hit with any kind of shotgun blast, but I've shot ducks with #3 shot at less than 20 yards and they dropped in the water, only to start swimming away. Sea ducks are even more notoriously tough. My friend hit a Bufflehead that looked like it dropped dead when it hit the water. I walked over to grab it and I ended up chasing it for about 50 yards. The duck had a hole through it's breast, but somehow still was alive.

I'm sure others can tell similar stories of shooting geese with BB or other shot. Not something I would want to bet on for home defense.

I've found that .20 ga. shells with #2 shot are effective on ducks. Or maybe I'm just a better shot than my friends who were using .12 ga. autoloaders.

 

[Richard338]

I've found that .20 ga. shells with #2 shot are effective on ducks. Or maybe I'm just a better shot than my friends who were using .12 ga. autoloaders.

I know you mean 20 gauge, but it's cool that if you did really mean 0.20 gauge, it would have a nearly 3" bore and fit a 5lb ball of lead.

Gauge (firearms) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[yoko]

I know you mean 20 gauge, but it's cool that if you did really mean 0.20 gauge, it would have a nearly 3" bore and fit a 5lb ball of lead.

That would pretty much be the definition of a "shoulder cannon" lol

 

[oldmanwilly]

I know you mean 20 gauge, but it's cool that if you did really mean 0.20 gauge, it would have a nearly 3" bore and fit a 5lb ball of lead.

Gauge (firearms) - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Indeed, thank you for correcting me!

Funny thing about shoulder cannons, the last time I went duck hunting I used a borrowed 10 gauge auto. The danged thing must weigh 20 pounds but it still thumped like a sledge. Still, i think the ducks got it worse. Each hit was a decisive "thump" followed by a splash. Fun times.

 

[DocJekl]

Okay, so how do the ratios work with this one?

 

[Richard338]

Indeed, thank you for correcting me!

Funny thing about shoulder cannons, the last time I went duck hunting I used a borrowed 10 gauge auto. The danged thing must weigh 20 pounds but it still thumped like a sledge. Still, i think the ducks got it worse. Each hit was a decisive "thump" followed by a splash. Fun times.

One of my first guns was a single shot 10 gauge that nobody would shoot twice. Paid $50 for it. I guess the previous owner didn't want it either.

 

[Fonedork]

Okay, so how do the ratios work with this one?

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Can’t get a good look at her finger since it’s on the trigger

 

[SwarthyGnome]

And this was waiting for me when I arrived home!!!!!

Thank you Richard338 for helping look and thank you Blues for finding this!!

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She's super fresh out of the oven!

I wonder how the CPK Folder will compare.

 

[Blues]

I wonder how the CPK Folder will compare.

My guess...favorably in all regards.

I don't think that Nathan would allow a folder out of his shop that he wasn't completely satisfied with...and he's been around enough high quality folding knives to know when it's there. (Fully realizing that perfection is not achievable, but sought.)

 

[yoko]

I agree , I can see 2 models a harder use type and a second more slicey

(This is all speculation from a guy who knows nothing on a daily basis lol)

 

[Casinostocks]

I wonder how the CPK Folder will compare.

But he did move since this post on Feb 28th, 2019. May depend on who his neighbor is now? That guy with the very scrumptious cows perhaps being our new CPK-Folder model?

 

[oldmanwilly]

One of my first guns was a single shot 10 gauge that nobody would shoot twice. Paid $50 for it. I guess the previous owner didn't want it either.

Oof, yeah a single shot would be quite stimulating.

Reminds me of a distant, now deceased, relative who used to own a gun shop. He got an S&W Model 29 after Dirty Harry came out and posted it for sale with a free box of ammo. Apparently it was sold and returned 3 times in a row with the same box of shells, only missing a few rounds, before he took it off the display and kept it for himself.

 

[Richard338]

Oof, yeah a single shot would be quite stimulating.

Reminds me of a distant, now deceased, relative who used to own a gun shop. He got an S&W Model 29 after Dirty Harry came out and posted it for sale with a free box of ammo. Apparently it was sold and returned 3 times in a row with the same box of shells, only missing a few rounds, before he took it off the display and kept it for himself.

My friend has a nice model 29. He used to load it with 2 rounds of .44 special, 2 mild .44 mag, and 2 hot .44 mag. That way you could ease into it when you try it out.

 

[Blues]

Ahhh...

...nothing says spring is here like pulling and hosing off the septic filter after another year of use.

 

[SpyderPhreak]

So, I had the 5th anniversary of my first CPK a few days ago! Technically my first was my HDFK pre-order (delivered in December), but the following week I scored a EDC2 in a Friday sale, which was delivered first. Pics of those 2 firsts (got 2 sets of scales for the EDC, you don't see the multi-color G10 too often)!

 

[toker]

Ahhh...

...nothing says spring is here like pulling and hosing off the septic filter after another year of use.

I did the same thing a few months ago. I had a new system installed last year and had no idea I needed to clean the filter out once in a while.

Toilets started to flush really slowly. Called the septic guy to pump it and he showed me what to do. That guy just reached into the waste water with bare hands and grabbed the filter out. I'm 100% certain that he is immune to Covid and every other disease out there.