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I can not say that was the best State of the Union Speech I have heard, but it may well have been the most effective. He had the democrats exactly where he wanted them throughout the evening. I was particularly pleased with the recognition finally given to E. Royce Williams. His dogfight...

Great seeing Dirk's lodge again. He is good people. I should note it hasn't changed since 2008 which is somehow rather comforting. I shot my first African game animal on his place - a nice impala.

It has been going on for a month.

Truly sorry to here this.

Way over the top for me. It seems actually bigger than my old reserve parachute from Fort Bragg days. :rolleyes: In any non-mountainous terrain on any continent, I use either a strap with the binocular on my right hip or a very simple Rick Young chest harness. If in mountainous terrain, I use...

I had to play that scholar of the far right thing twice to believe she said it. She also should have done additional research to see if she and her partner would best fit in the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere of downtown or the North Indian Confederation of the eastern burbs of Vancouver.

I have owned and shot drillings for fifty years. Among the ones I currently own is a double rifle drilling in 9.3x74R x 9.3X74R x 16 bore. Using it as a double rifle it would be as effective as any other 9.3 double in the same role which would be quite effective. I have personally never...

I wish you Canadians could be somewhat more welcoming. :cool:

We were VII Corps’ primary counter fire unit - breached with 1st ID and then linked up with 1st AD for the culminating battle of Medina Ridge. In a campaign of very free ROE, all I can say is no Iraqi artillery unit in range of our MLRS ever fired more than once at either division.

Something must have a strong element of truth to be funny. This is very funny.

35 years ago - even harder to believe. What is even worse is that I am old enough to have been a lieutenant colonel during that campaign. :oops:

I understand. I am simply cautious of any opinion written on any subject by writers who do not have accountability. That does not mean it isn't valuable - I read a lot of similar questionable material on line with regard to politics - but I do so critically.

I guess the question is what do you mean by "worth it." If it is a quality of the hunt question, I am rather confident that you will find little discernable difference between shooting it or a blesbok - many of which, in my admittedly limited experience on South African game farms, seemed to...

I appreciate that blog's aggregating Spanish language news into English. On the other hand its own content is by purely anonymous writers who could be anyone from law enforcement, to high performing eighteen year-olds, to cartel members themselves, to legitimate investigative reporters. It is...

The US men have won gold three times - 1960, 1980, and this year for a total of eleven medals. US Women's hocky also has three - 1998, 2018, and also this year for a total of eight. The Canadian men have nine gold and a total of sixteen, while the women's teams hold five Olympic gold for a...

I will be in Hungary and Austria at the end of November for three days of driven hunting. This will be wild boar and female red deer. The drives are conducted free range on both sides of the border (I fly into Vienna). 6-8 hunters participate, and last year's hunts averaged forty animals a...

And that miserable brake thing on the end........

As long as they are pounding the third world and don't have to try and penetrate defended airspace.

Been an interesting and worthwhile project for a long time. This one is Edwardian and is capped in sterling. Have never had an inclination to tear it apart to discover how they solved the cracking problem. An attractive exotic wood sounds like a good idea.

I don't avoid any necessary vaccines. Three decades in the Army and travel all over the Third world during and after should make anyone a believer. More recently, I have had a curious compulsion to avoid both shingles and pneumonia.

They are rapidly being phased out of service by the KC-46A Pegasus of which a hundred already have been delivered. Boeing used the basic 767 airframe as a starting point dramatically reducing typical acquisition time. Nevertheless, such a program is challenging - Boeing was awarded the program...

Pretty simple. Virtually all Saudi oil refining infrastructure, to include the ARAMCO headquarters complex, along with about 40% of the nation's desalination capacity is located in the Eastern Provence of the country and well within range of virtually all of Iran's still huge remaining...

I am truly sorry for those who missed it, but the gold medal game between the US and Canada was as good as Lake Placid's match against the Soviets. It also paralleled it with the game largely saved by the incredible goalie play of Connor Hellebuyk. He blocked 40 of 41 shots on goal. Just...

Not mentioned much by the socialists is that most of those “free” health care countries also have private hospital networks for those who can afford the best care and want timely appointments.

I don’t own a Creedmoor, but I own and have hunted since the late seventies with rifles that have duplicated or bettered the new wonder caliber for more than a hundred years such as the 6.5x54, 6.5x55, 6.5x57, and .257 Wby. I have great respect for the 6.5 as a choice for whitetail. The 6.5...

I am older than many here, and until the wealth of field data is available actually proving that SD is "oversold," I think I will stick with what actually has been proven for a bit over a hundred years - greater SD equals greater penetration. Were I hunting a buff tomorrow with one of my .375's...

I have owned numerous pre-war (either) Mausers (7x57, 7x64, 9.3x62, 8x57, and 9x57), and still have three or four . All beautifully made in either Oberndorf or Suhl or by guild tradesmen on actions sourced right off the military assembly lines. They are light, elegant, a bit too much drop at...

I know this may be inconceivable to the liberal and particularly north of the border neo socialist perspective, but I rather suspect the SCOTUS ruling will have little practical impact on Trump's eventual tariff agenda. That said, much of the legal community will no doubt see this as the latest...

Probably worth a listen by our Canadian US code experts. The second and third order effects of the decision - particularly the case for refunds - likely will be a legal sector revenue enhancement opportunity for a few years.

During my last trip to Germany a couple of years ago, every small gunshop would have half a dozen combination guns and traditional sporters languishing on the rack for what would be in the States giveaway prices. According to the shop owners, these inevitably were inherited firearms for which...

Most were expecting some sort of compromise ruling that would somewhat limit Trump's executive authority with regard to tariffs. However, the court seems to have gone strict constructionist in recognizing the authority of the Congress. The second and third order effects of this ruling will be...

My problem with this practice is that it absolves family, friends, and the medical community of any responsibility in addressing the suicide’s issues. In fact, they can even feel virtuous.

I have shot four cape buffalo and only one was over forty-inches, one was forty, one was thirty-eight, and the other a rather ancient 35. Each was a great hunt and each was a great trophy for the trophy room. Were to have had the opportunity to have taken only one, I would have been thrilled...

You have my profound respect for a decade well spent. Few of us who enjoy hunting and/or shooting have the opportunity to make such a meaningful lifesaving contribution to any community. It would be interesting to understand what differences there are, other than the obvious temperament issue...

Very nice. Where did you find the jig?

Meanwhile back at the front, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been gradually rolling back the limited success that the Russians achieved in their summer / fall offensive. Limited Russian counter attacks have been extremely costly and ineffective. This engagement is likely in the gray zone in...

Think, I'll go tune up "Joe Kid" (1972) for a too long delayed rewatch. A turn of the century western with Eastwood and with Duvall as the villain. It includes an amazing collection of turn of the century weapons demanded by the writer Elmore Leonard.

Assassination Tango (2002) - also the movie through which he met and then married his costar Luciana Pedraza.

Met he and his lovely wife by accident once in Middleburg, VA around 2007 or 8 while we were still living outside Leesburg. We were both picking out steaks at the best butcher shop in that corner of the state. Chatted a few minutes while our cuts were trimmed. I am so thankful I had the...

I have owned several double rifles and still own six if we count three different Blaser S2 barrels and two stocked actions as three guns. I have taken the S2 to Africa and killed a buff and numerous plains game with it. It works for me, primarily because it has the accuracy attributes of a...

I think pre-civil war Spain is indeed a valid warning for US. I have talked about it several times in this endless commentary. When digging into the particulars, the analogy falls apart a little bit, particularly when considering the accelerant provided by the competing ideologies of the...

Imagine that. I was curious if your assertion was pre or post civil war. It was a timeline thing.

Civil war or WWII?

I know several of us have done a bit of rationalization about November, but this is more than just worrisome. https://www.focaldata.com/blog/cost-of-living-fuelling-democrat-strength-in-new-midterms-polling

This is an amazing offer from a great outfitting team with whom I have hunted several times. My son and I will be there the latter half of next month.

That story has circulated for a while outside the US military. It is usually told in the context of a turf battle where the SBS spotted a convoy that might contain Bin Laden (sometimes it is Mullah Omar) approaching the Pak border village of Parachinar, requested permission to engage, but were...

Have a grand adventure.

Part of my disability determination is having been beneath the nerve agent plume of the Khamisiyah munitions depot when its bunkers were destroyed on 4 and 10 March 91. Subsequent investigations by a United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM determined that the depot contained both artillery...

In large measure, you are both correct. Let me state up front that no one wanted or expected Bin Laden to escape. It is difficult through hindsight to put one's own mind into those of senior defense leadership of the period. It is far easier to say that there was some mysterious conspiracy to...

Intentionally or not, you have highlighted the problem with smart munitions. There is a huge difference between suspecting the location of a target within say a hundred square Km, and having an actual target located to a hundred square feet. It is why both CIA and the army leadership at...