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Article seems to skip some details. The military gives everyone BAS and then takes it back out for those in the barracks. Chow hall is free to those individuals. But yes. One would think that all of that money should go toward sustenance.

I never understood the sentiment that Putin is anything but adversarial to American interests.

You’re right on the 7 RemMag and .300WinMag. Early 60s. I had my years mixed up. I’ll also concede on the .458 because I was only considering the class of cartridges that would fall into the same use category as the Backcountry. BUT the 404Jeff was originally built on standard length actions...

I thought about this the other day. I’m only early 30s but my “youngest” hunting cartridge is a .44 Magnum (1956). I’m intrigued by the tech but have no use for it. Let’s use the introduction of the .308 as the dividing line (1952). I don’t think any big game rifle cartridge introduced after...

Who needs a 7mm Whizbang when you have the Lord’s own caliber?

Thanks. Much appreciated. I considered that and you’re probably right. The other end is splintered and you can’t really see in the picture but the piece that the skull leans on is similarly splintered. Probably snapped under snow/ice/wind. So I put them next to each other. I may try to weather...

I love these old Smiths. I was in the armory on base one time and noticed they had clearing instructions for revolvers. I asked the MP why and he showed me a really nice looking Model 10 with US Air Force stamped on the barrel. I’d love to get my hands on one of those.