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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...

I can only speak to the original intent and my job at the time was not so much a decision maker as a decision explainer. That intent was to use US forces to enter Afghanistan, destroy the Al Qaeda organization, and eliminate the ability of the Taliban regime to harbor them. Tommy Franks...

You and I agree at about the 95% level on most issues, but assuming I am reading the intent of your post correctly, Iraq is a red herring. The Article 5 evocation had everything to do with collective defense against the perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks. On 9/11, I was part of the briefing team...

Illogical or incomprehensible points are that way.

I read your post and it has everything to do with Afghanistan where our NATO allies supported us in combat. Denmark and the UK actually suffered more than double the annual combat-death rate of U.S. forces based upon comparing casualties to deployed forces. Those rates were closely followed by...

When I ordered mine, I requested a longer chamber which they did. The twist handles 140 through 170 equally well. However, I pretty much use Norma 152's for everything now.

Unless your only use is to cut biltong, for Africa, the left cross belt carry is superb. It is never a problem entering or exiting a vehicle (or campfire seat), and is instantly available for anything else. In the Third World, I never leave home without it. The knife is the JT Ranger by Von...

Put it exactly where it needs to go (tricky without that scope thingy) and it will equal the effectiveness of a .375. :E Shrug: Seriously - congrats on the new rifle. Just be very, very competent with it.

little late on this one.

Welcome into this actual retirement thing. They likely will keep calling - at least for a while - ignore them and eventually they will quit. Enjoy these final years that we have earned.

Trader Keith. Most canvas straps are pretty awful because they become smooth very quickly and slip off the shoulder. The Trade Keith design runs two rubber "threads" down the length of the strap which prevents slipping. http://www.traderkeith.com/products.html

I see. So by your definition, anyone altering of the flag safety, which practically everyone other than an ostrich or giraffe must do to use their 98 actioned rifle with a scope, is no longer using model 98. :unsure: I assume, the "Expert Model," like every other 98 so altered isn't actually a...

The show itself will be essentially the same with respect to vendors. The ATL definitely isn't Nashville. We never do the dinner auctions so that is a wash as far as I am concerned.

The stuff is a bit like mescal (not in flavor but in effect). Once past the first sip, it is an interesting drink.

Not liking a 98 but preferring "the Model 70 or Parkwest/Dakota modified 70/Mauser clone" over a Rigby requires a nuanced appreciation of action design that I do not have. But then, I am liberal arts major. :A Too Cool:

https://archive.is/fVPiC The "woman" who carried out the vile act in Canada. Clearly this child was never mentally ill, but simply carrying out his inner reality.

Have a half bottle and an untouched one on the shelf. Come by anytime.

Were we hunting just Austria, I would either take an R8 or a 9.3x74R double. Hunting both Austria and Hungary looks like more bureaucratic trouble than I care to take on. Martin's loaner is a Mauser 03 in .300 WM with which I am very familiar. However, either of the other two would be ideal...

One can easily book a driven boar hunt in Hungary and elsewhere in Eastern Europe. I just did so last week with Martin Neuper of FN Hunting for late November this year. We will have three days of shooting on both sides of the Austro-Hungarian border. These are free range hunts with six guns...

Several unsubstantiated reports indicate that the shooter "identified" as a woman.

There are any number of members of this forum who have combat experience. I think that most would agree that it is not the same as dangerous game hunting - particularly up close on buffalo or elephant. That is absolutely not to say dangerous game is more life threatening than an incoming 122...

Now Corey I love and respect the Corps, but it is comparatively easy to audit a budget when one compares something the relative size of Greenwich, Connecticut to let's say Dallas. :unsure:

We have offered the OP the benefit of our experience. No one was being a - how did you put it - "a prick." Taxidermy appears in Austin Auction shttps://www.austinauction.com/ , with which I am very familiar, every other month or so. Lots of Texans down this way have done a lot of hunting and...

In Africa, I have never used the outfitter's taxidermist for finished trophies. I have always used whomever he has locally for D&P/shipping. It is never an issue.

Your best bet will be an auction with other hunting related items. You won't get what you want for them, but you will get something, and they won't mildew away in a storage container.

"Something hinky" Seriously?!? This is your "contribution" to this thread. Looks like oil o me. What a classless thing to do to a classified listing. Send him a PM if you have such a question. There are at least two other photos that show the perfect rust blue of the same area of the...

Judging by the pins, apparently a true sidelock, however that is a butt ugly action treatment. Also seems to have undisguised sleeved factory barrels and it is not stocked to the fences, so perhaps an Italian creation? A quick Grok search indicates Strauss owns both a .470 and 450-400. The...

Meindl's Top Trail GTX is the finest true "stalking boot" I have ever owned. They are extremely quiet. I have three different pair of Kenetrek's. As a true mountain boot, they are great. My favorite of the lot is the Desert Guide. But as a stalking boot, you might as well strap on a pair...

I use suppressors on several rifles for specific purposes. My DD M4 is my primary repel boarders home defense firearm and it is suppressed. I have another AR based 5.56 that is equipped with suppressor and thermal to deal with pigs in the pecans and armadillos in the shrubbery. I have a .22...

I am a big fan of Hugh Hewitt. I have assumed, and suggested here a couple of times, that the President would likely pursue a comprehensive immigration solution during the second half of his administration. By that time, the vast majority of illegals with records would be gone and the notion...

Bodycam requirements have been one of the best things to happen to LEOs almost everywhere.

Friday Saturday as well. See you at dinner.