Search results

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.

The turnout in the special election runoff was 15.3% of the more than 600K registered voters. Voter turnout in the General election of 24 was 63% and Trump won the district by around 17%. The republican party needs to figure out how to motivate their voters this fall.

Other than reiterate that there is a very good chance that we will witness a blue wave in November. The party has lost the narrative on the affordability issue, and the optics surrounding ICE operations are as bad as several of us warned they could be a year or more ago.

As I suggested several pages back, it is remarkably prescient for 55 years ago.

I can't tell you how important it is to have something to stay meaningfully busy - that doesn't mean a demanding schedule - but going from a daily pattern to zero is a great way to wake up dead within far too short a span of years. :rolleyes: The patch of ground plan is a good one. I have a...

:unsure:

This is just one politician, who was promptly charged with discrediting the Russian armed forces, and it was in a regional Duma (parliament) in Samara, but one can't help but wonder if Putin's political foundation might be starting to show the first signs of stress cracks.

Yes, I made a couple of assumptions about the assertions you wrote. After all, if you claim Europe starts wars that it expects the US to fight, a logical supporting fact would be relative casualties. I provided them to illustrate how false that claim was with respect to WWI and II. You will...

Not strange at all - pragmatic strategic reality. The Anglo Polish military alliance specifically recognized aggression by Germany - the USSR was not mentioned. The French guarantee was also directed toward potential German aggression. The German invasion launched 1 September triggered both...

I think that is initially correct. However, with the Italian and then German occupation of North Africa threatening Egypt and the larger Middle East, and Japanese attacks on Singapore and India, the war became about Empire as well. 2.5 million Indian soldiers in addition to other commonwealth...

This is such a nonfactual statement. In what European conflict after 1900 has "Europe" started a war against a non-European foe? Excluding the Russo-Japanese War, in which we did not participate except as a peacemaker, such a condition has not happened. Therefore, I assume you are trying to...

At heart, I am a war profiteer. One year growth for Northrop is 44.4%, Lockheed is 37%, GD is 39%, and RTX is 59.7%.

How dare you challenge his incessant inanity. After all, you are only, well you know, a judge! One of the really sad things is when someone doesn't quite grasp when they are the subject of laughter and ridicule rather than a participant.

You have to love it. No idea whatsoever, not the most remote clue, what evidence was presented to a Federal judge to obtain a warrant but the situation is - how was it so articulately expressed - oh yes, "messed up." Our Joy Behar revelation of the day.

Those you who claim to understand what our President is doing on the international stage, please translate this note for me. What "deal" is the Iranian leadership supposed to make - self decapitation?

Very similar to Black Forest, but this is renaissance revival 19th C Northern France. The nice thing about Euros, particularly those done as Euros rather than Americos, is they work perfectly with period European furniture (our thing) or more modern or rustic looks.

I do all the whitetail and axis myself.

I get the European plaques off eBay and Etsy for whitetail/ mule deer and similar sized animals like fallow and axis. The warthog plaques came from a dealer who had a couple on 1stDibs.

Euro's are a great choice for most African game. I do not care for leaving the upper teeth in. Except for Spain, most of Europe slices the skull so it lies flat on the mounting plaque. Perhaps the whole skull, which to me looks like something found on the back forty, should be called an...