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I wonder when the First Earth Squadron will stand up?

Both the 16 SOS and 81 FS have also commissioned 1911s from Kimber in the past, the following pics of the former were posted by CH earlier in this thread...

WTF? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RyjtXRVOfQ

This is the first report of this happening, but I passed it on to the guys who do our tech support and hopefully they will be able to figure it out. I'll let you know. Cheers! M2

Only one thing that interests me in that movie...

Unfortunately, I've not be able to find any decent deals on anything besides ammo and a few accessories lately; but not for lack of trying. Also, I've got a 15-yr-old who gets his full license next month, so I'm preparing for the shock of adding him to our insurance policy. Plus, through some good fortune, I found an excellent deal on a fully loaded (all power, leather, moonroof, allow wheels, etc) 2005.5 VW Jetta that we bought for him. It was going to be a challenge finding a car that we thought was safe and that he liked, but we got a home run out on this one. It's a beautiful and nice-driving car. Additionally, I just had to drop cash on airline tickets for the wife and boys to visit her family this summer. Right now I am on the hunt for a few firearms-related items, those being... 1) Beretta Neos Carbine Kit: 2) A Yugo M70A (a 9x18 version of my beloved M57): 3) A Zastava PA M92PV (especially if I SBR my Draco using the Vz58 sidefolding stock I posted about earlier): All worthy of being dropped over the boat into the Gulf of Mexico! Cheers! M2

Just got home from seeing Hangover III, definitely on par with the first two. Worth the price of admission. Tip: Don't immediately leave when the credits start rolling. Cheers! M2

Yep...three shots in one second, and all tens... Here ya go... Wounding Ballistics But to be honest I disagree with Fackler, who claims that the wound channel created by tumble and yaw is only temporary and/or not that effective. Everything I have seen shows that is more likely to cause severe wounding than a fast, smaller projectile going through the body. I want a round that damages as many internal organs as possible, which, according to the FBI, will be the larger one. Of course, according to George Clooney in Three Kings, your biggest concern is sepsis!

Agreed, it's not "knockdown" but "wounding effect." And per a FBI study, all other factors being equal, "given desirable and reliable penetration, the only way to increase bullet effectiveness is to increase the severity of the wound by increasing the size of hole made by the bullet. Any bullet which will not penetrate through vital organs from less than optimal angles is not acceptable. Of those that will penetrate, the edge is always with the bigger bullet." On a separate note, this is way cool: Test Drive A Makarov And on a different separate note, anyone else notice these new "diversion bags" from Blackhawk? Not a bad idea. Cheers! M2

OK, just a joke but it best fits here...

I like how the neighbor kinda chuckles when he said he saw the burglar laying on the ground shot...

Yep, when I exec'd for a two-star I had a STU-III at home. I don't know how that would have pissed anyone off, except myself.

We go to Boerne regularly, it's a nice drive from NW SA. It is a great town and the kind of place that would rise up under such circumstances.

Bee kicking around the idea of SBR'ing the Draco today, then someone suggested putting a Vz58 folding stock on it. Guess what I happened to have lying around in the spare parts bin? Yep, a Czechoslovak Vz58 sidefolding stock; so I mocked it up to see if it is worth the $200/several month wait for the Form 1 to be processed and a Tax Stamp to be issued. What do you think? Again, this is just a mock-up, so no Federal laws are being broken; but what would be required after getting the Tax Stamp would be tapping the rear of the trunnion (STS!) for the M12x1.0 bolt that mounts the stock then notching the side for the anti-rotation lug (STS?). And that is a Hungarian 20-round tanker mag which makes it closer to the AIMR clone the Draco is based off of. Cheers! M2

WTF, apparently this isn't an uncommon occurrence ...

Napoleon's 'death mask' on auction Nothing like owning a piece of history, even if it's a bit on the macabre side. Like a death mask, let's say? The mask was made shortly after Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte's death on the island of St Helena on May 5, 1821, and will be auctioned on June 19. It's expected to sell for between $60,000-90,000. Cheers! M2

When I got to Ramstein in 1995 a buddy of mine in Stuttgart and I rode down through the Black Forest into Bavaria and the Alps, then across Switzerland and Austria and into northern Italy and back in a little over a week. We even stopped for the night in Lichtenstein, just because. The highlight was riding across Passo Stelvio, the highest paved mountain pass in the Eastern Alps and the second highest in the Alps but more importantly, 48 switchback turns! That segment took longer than we expected and we ended up freezing our asses off and almost running out of gas, but it was the trip of a lifetime. Had a Honda 250cc twin when I was stationed in the UK back in the early 80s, rode that sucker all over the place and even into London on a few occasions. The cool thing about that little bike was even the shortest trip seemed like an adventure. I later rode another Honda, my ST1100, and took the Chunnel back to the UK while stationed in Belgium to visit my old haunts. I still have that bike, but it sits in hibernation in the garage next to my CBR1000RR Repsol. Neither bike gets used much anymore, I'm getting too old and the Jeep provides enough adventure for me these days...

In honor of the 70th anniversary of the dambusters mission... Classic Carling Black Label ad! Cheers! M2

Just think of the amount of money you'll save on ammo!

The auction ended at a grand but "reserve not met"...

From eBay...

As usual, the Duffel Blog is on top of things (no STS)...

There's actually a campaign urging people to donate their A&F clothing to the homeless...

Still working here.