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  • J Jim SS

    I have a small collection also, but what is important is that you can use what you have effectively. A semi-auto with 30 rounds might be effective at holding off a bunch of thugs trying to hurt my family, but a bolt action larger bore with a scope might be more effective at providing dinner when the supermarkets run out of food.

    SS => Qualified in Submarines

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    Colin Mullikin
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    Jim (SS) wrote:

    SS => Qualified in Submarines

    Is this so people don't think you are part of the Schutzstaffel? :laugh:

    The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin

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    • R realJSOP

      I'm published! We're Not Hillbillies[^] (it's the 3rd letter down, and a link to the article I was responding to is in the letter)

      ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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      You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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      "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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      thrakazog
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      Nice :thumbsup:

      Play my game Gravity: IOS[^], Android[^], Windows Phone 7[^]

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      • W wizardzz

        Pete O'Hanlon wrote:

        Hurrican Sandy, John Travolta, Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher and Justin Bieber.

        Tom Cruise is playing Justin Bieber? In a movie or like a trombone?

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        AspDotNetDev
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        Either way, I bet it'd blow like Michael Jackson blew bubbles.

        Thou mewling ill-breeding pignut!

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        • J Jim SS

          I have a small collection also, but what is important is that you can use what you have effectively. A semi-auto with 30 rounds might be effective at holding off a bunch of thugs trying to hurt my family, but a bolt action larger bore with a scope might be more effective at providing dinner when the supermarkets run out of food.

          SS => Qualified in Submarines

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          Jim (SS) wrote:

          a bolt action larger bore with a scope might be more effective at providing dinner when the supermarkets run out of food.

          Maybe if you are going after elk or a bear. If an AR is good enough for people it should also be good enough for Bambi or smaller. Especially if I miss, then I've got 29 more chances. :)

          Play my game Gravity: IOS[^], Android[^], Windows Phone 7[^]

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          • R realJSOP

            I'm published! We're Not Hillbillies[^] (it's the 3rd letter down, and a link to the article I was responding to is in the letter)

            ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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            You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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            "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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            S Douglas
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            I find the editors comments pretty interesting, in the post just before yours 'Number crunching' Most of the proposed legislation they are talking about deals with Semi-Auto rifles, so a comparison of semi-auto rifles to say a hammer is valid. However, the editor some how managed to try skewing that direct analogy. [snip] the FBI data that states that all rifles, which would include hunting and semi-auto rifles, account for 323 murders a year. While 496 people are killed with hammers a year. Editor's note: For added perspective, 2011 FBI figures show firearms of all kinds were used in 8,583 murders; all other weapons and methods combined accounted for 4,081. [/snip] Even though the editor did not use a citation for their numbers, I found the FBI report. Expanded Homicide Data Table 8[^] interesting that they left vehicles of the list.


            Common sense is admitting there is cause and effect and that you can exert some control over what you understand.

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            • C Colin Mullikin

              Jim (SS) wrote:

              SS => Qualified in Submarines

              Is this so people don't think you are part of the Schutzstaffel? :laugh:

              The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin

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              Jim SS
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              Exactly. I have some Jewish ancestry, so that's kind of sensitive, but my pride of being a submariner trumps everything else.

              SS => Qualified in Submarines

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                Jim (SS) wrote:

                a bolt action larger bore with a scope might be more effective at providing dinner when the supermarkets run out of food.

                Maybe if you are going after elk or a bear. If an AR is good enough for people it should also be good enough for Bambi or smaller. Especially if I miss, then I've got 29 more chances. :)

                Play my game Gravity: IOS[^], Android[^], Windows Phone 7[^]

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                Jim SS
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                Bambi tends to have a gamey flavor, elk is much more like beef. Plus the scope and longer distance round helps because I'm too noisy to get close.

                SS => Qualified in Submarines

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                • M Marco Bertschi

                  It would more be a small inventory of small guns.

                  cheers Marco Bertschi


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                  Jorgen Andersson
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                  I'm not considering Oerlikon as small guns, but ok, it's not howitzers.

                  "The ones who care enough to do it right care too much to compromise." Matthew Faithfull

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                  • R realJSOP

                    I'm published! We're Not Hillbillies[^] (it's the 3rd letter down, and a link to the article I was responding to is in the letter)

                    ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
                    -----
                    You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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                    "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                    Roger Wright
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                    Nice letter, John! You don't sound a bit like an inbred redneck... :-D

                    Will Rogers never met me.

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                    • R realJSOP

                      I'm published! We're Not Hillbillies[^] (it's the 3rd letter down, and a link to the article I was responding to is in the letter)

                      ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
                      -----
                      You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                      -----
                      "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                      RJOberg
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                      Not sure if it is just me or not, but when I try the link in your letter it pulls up an admin login asking for name and password.

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                      • J Jim SS

                        Bambi tends to have a gamey flavor, elk is much more like beef. Plus the scope and longer distance round helps because I'm too noisy to get close.

                        SS => Qualified in Submarines

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                        thrakazog
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                        Oh yeah, I eat as much as I can of both. Freezer is full now.

                        Play my game Gravity: IOS[^], Android[^], Windows Phone 7[^]

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                        • R realJSOP

                          I'm published! We're Not Hillbillies[^] (it's the 3rd letter down, and a link to the article I was responding to is in the letter)

                          ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                          You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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                          "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                          lewax00
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                          You look a little out of place there, with nearly everyone else (I only noticed one other that wasn't) being from Colorado Springs ;P

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                          • J Jorgen Andersson

                            I'm not considering Oerlikon as small guns, but ok, it's not howitzers.

                            "The ones who care enough to do it right care too much to compromise." Matthew Faithfull

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                            Marco Bertschi
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                            They were bought by some russian guys (as far as I can remember correctly)

                            cheers Marco Bertschi


                            Software Developer & Founder SMGT Web-Portal CP Profile | My Articles | Twitter | Facebook | SMGT Web-Portal UI experts know best, especially more than a mere user. - Wizzar

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                              They were bought by some russian guys (as far as I can remember correctly)

                              cheers Marco Bertschi


                              Software Developer & Founder SMGT Web-Portal CP Profile | My Articles | Twitter | Facebook | SMGT Web-Portal UI experts know best, especially more than a mere user. - Wizzar

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                              Jorgen Andersson
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                              Rheinmetall actually.

                              "The ones who care enough to do it right care too much to compromise." Matthew Faithfull

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