Equipment Crew- Part III

[AttyGuy]

That's just weird..

[animalfan]

Ricky Crain's wife ( the maker of the Okie bar) is facing 23 felonies for child porn.

http://peoplelikingpeople.blogspot.c...on-rickey.html

If they are found guilty, I wouldn't mind hitting them a few times with my truck. If it was legal, of course, 'cause I'm no criminal. ****philes disgust and anger me.

[Keetman]

If they are found guilty, I wouldn't mind hitting them a few times with my truck. If it was legal, of course, 'cause I'm no criminal. ****philes disgust and anger me.

Exactly why we should ban trucks arsehole.


What's up fellas? I've been busy with stuff and I'm building a bunch of golf club sets so I've been perusing other forums.

No forum is as cool as this circle jerk though. Fine job in the "dropping db's" thread, btw. I've sworn off certain posters here as not worth my time, but kudos for the appropriate beatdown.

Happy New Year, btw....pretty sure I forgot to wish you all one.

[4MEandThem]

I want to give Ricky Crain the benefit of doubt but damn how could you not know what was going on. Vehicular Manslaughter is too easy on him if he is part of it. He is a Powerlifter and take alot more pain than that.

[AttyGuy]

No forum is as cool as this circle jerk though. Fine job in the "dropping db's" thread, btw. I've sworn off certain posters here as not worth my time, but kudos for the appropriate beatdown.

Dropping bombs and hitting the target.

[Keetman]

Dropping bombs and hitting the target.

I'm pretty sure I could hit the atlantic ocean with a bomb if you flew me to England.....big targets are big targets.

Good job though......in this case the Atlantic needed a bomb...just sayin'

[AttyGuy]

To quote Animal from another thread: Boom.

[Stasher1]

To quote Animal from another thread: Boom.

Speaking of "boom"....



I just picked this up about an hour ago. H&R Survivor in .308

[animalfan]

Exactly why we should ban trucks arsehole

Don't say that too loud, it may just happen. Would probably take an Executive Order though.

To quote Animal from another thread: Boom.

Hellz yea!

Speaking of "boom"....



I just picked this up about an hour ago. H&R Survivor in .308

Nice! I've never seen one in .308, but I've had my eye on one in 410/.45 for dirt cheap.

This gun control crap has me a bit pissed that I didn't stock up on ammo before- can't find much in the way of cheap (and not so cheap really) 9mm to go through at the range. I have a fair amount, but not enough to call a stockpile, and I hate to shoot it all up if I can't replace it.

[Stasher1]

Nice! I've never seen one in .308, but I've had my eye on one in 410/.45 for dirt cheap.

This gun control crap has me a bit pissed that I didn't stock up on ammo before- can't find much in the way of cheap (and not so cheap really) 9mm to go through at the range. I have a fair amount, but not enough to call a stockpile, and I hate to shoot it all up if I can't replace it.

Thanks. I was supposed to go look at a used one in 30-30, but once I started checking prices, I realized that I could get a brand new one for just a little more. I would've preferred .223 or 30-30 (I have a bunch of .223 already and my local Walmart still has some 30-30 in stock), but all I could find locally was this .308, 7mm-08, and a couple in .243.

Unfortunately, all of the "cheap" (if you can call $1/rd cheap) ammo is sold out everywhere, so I had to shell out $35 a box for some Win. PDX1 Good stuff, but not exactly plinking ammo. Now I just have to find somewhere to sight it in.

I really shouldn't complain too much, since it's the panic buyers that paid for it. I sold some ugly, well-used USGI 30rd mags for $25 each.

[Wildtim]

Speaking of "boom"....



I just picked this up about an hour ago. H&R Survivor in .308

Nice and according to fienstien it is still an assault
weapon

[matrix563]

found a chest expander with 3 springs. i'm stoked



note: i didn't buy anything else pictured. just the chest expander

[KBKB]

found a chest expander with 3 springs. i'm stoked



note: i didn't buy anything else pictured. just the chest expander

Isn't there a thighmaster in that photo? How could you pass that up?

[matrix563]

Isn't there a thighmaster in that photo? How could you pass that up?

guys wife said let me check with hubby and make sure i can sell it to you by itself, he wants $50 for everything.

glad he was fine with separating. i wasn't buying anything else . i have one with 2 springs, missing a spring, but i wanted the 3 spring variety . now i have 2 i guess you can say lol

[KBKB]

A little over a week ago, Saturday, me and one of my friends did a hike in the McDowells that took us up past a small, but prominent pinnacle that Mensa has asked me about in the past. The pinnacle isn't that big but is visible from the town in which I live as well as from McDowell Mountain Park. If it has a name, I don't know what it is, but there's a climb named "Thumbnail" that goes to the top, so I've decided to call it the Thumbnail Pinnacle.

Here are three views of it:







It's hard to believe it's the same rock in the photo above, but it is. Four Peaks is visible off in the distance at the left. Portions of McDowell Mountain Park (where I do a lot of mountain biking and hiking) is on the desert floor below the mountain we're on.

In the photo below is Thompson Peak (with the antennas) off to the left and McDowell Peak to the right. At the far right, in the foreground, is a portion of the ridge forming the East End where I and my buddy were hiking. We made it to the peak on the East End which is the highest point in the McDowells. The elevation is 4.067 feet. (This isn't very high compared to mountains in a lot of other places.)



A view of Glass Dome, to the left, and Tom's Thumb, to the right. I thought this was a cool shot because we were above both of those rock formations. I'm accustomed to seeing them from below.



We saw a smaller rock formation during our hike which we decided to call mitten rock.

[mensagitatmolem]

KB - nice pics with good perspective and angles. Did you use prime lenses for any of those. The look and feel is a bit different from some of your past pics. I like that. It gets one to see different things from a familiar spot/item. Nice view from the back which also casts the "monolith" overseeing the land below. View toward Thompson peak showed close/far depth which gives another nice perspective. This set of pics are pretty good in my subjective view.(have enjoyed all of your pics)

[yankeemarko1]

@ KBKB. I remember seeing Mitten Rock, as you have named it, when I hiked Tom's Thumb Trail a couple weeks ago. I told my buddy it looked like a baseball mitt.

[KBKB]

KB - nice pics with good perspective and angles. Did you use prime lenses for any of those. The look and feel is a bit different from some of your past pics. I like that. It gets one to see different things from a familiar spot/item. Nice view from the back which also casts the "monolith" overseeing the land below. View toward Thompson peak showed close/far depth which gives another nice perspective. This set of pics are pretty good in my subjective view.(have enjoyed all of your pics)

I used the same 35mm prime that I've been using for other recent photos. I kind of regret not having a zoom along because we saw some animals for which a zoom would've been handy.

For each of the six photos that I posted here earlier this evening, I used a "color punch" filter in post-processing. I did this to bring out more color in the granite and sky. However, now that I've done it, I'm not certain that I like this effect - in fact, I edited my later photos from this batch (which don't appear on this site) without this filter. I'll post another photo below to show what it looks like without it. Anyway, it may be the use of the color punch filter that you noticed.

Here's an edit that didn't use the color punch filter:

[KBKB]

I kind of regret not having a zoom along because we saw some animals for which a zoom would've been handy.

My friend, Bob, took the photos below of some javelina and a roadrunner. (I got my own photos of these animals, but Bob's are better.) Prior to moving here, I'd only seen a roadrunner in cartoons. (I don't think they go "meep meep in real life.) I had never seen a javelina before. Thought these might be of interest to folks living in other parts of the country / world.

[mensagitatmolem]

I used the same 35mm prime that I've been using for other recent photos. I kind of regret not having a zoom along because we saw some animals for which a zoom would've been handy.

For each of the six photos that I posted here earlier this evening, I used a "color punch" filter in post-processing. I did this to bring out more color in the granite and sky. However, now that I've done it, I'm not certain that I like this effect - in fact, I edited my later photos from this batch (which don't appear on this site) without this filter. I'll post another photo below to show what it looks like without it. Anyway, it may be the use of the color punch filter that you noticed.

Here's an edit that didn't use the color punch filter:

The pic w/o color punch seems to show more depth/contrast on shadow/bright boundaries along with a bit of a different look. With respect to primes vs zooms, do you carry a backpack or do you go as light as possible? I must admit to using a somewhat fast zoom lens more than primes. I will often take several but my pics do not involve hiking several miles over varied terrain like yours so I can do that. On the upside, your buddy got some pics of the same things you saw. While you may not have taken them, you were there and can still have pics of the experience. Pictures are often a bookmark of a moment in life which allows us to go back and remember or view that moment.

[rlundregan]

My friend, Bob, took the photos below of some javelina and a roadrunner. (I got my own photos of these animals, but Bob's are better.) Prior to moving here, I'd only seen a roadrunner in cartoons. (I don't think they go "meep meep in real life.) I had never seen a javelina before. Thought these might be of interest to folks living in other parts of the country / world.

The Roadrunner pic is outstanding! I have never heard of a javelina, I'll have to find out a little more about them. It's such a treat to be able to encounter critters that you never get a chance to see.....I recall a backpacking trip in the Adirondacks several years ago. I was sitting on a rock in the middle of a stream resting early in the morning, and some sort of weasel went bounding over the rocks along the bank. I never was able to identify the species, but it was really cool to see an animal that I knew was extremely elusive.....

[cgc]

Hey guys,
Had to stop by and check to see if KBKB was still posting the beautiful pictures like always


So, I have a gun question for you guys. I've never owned a gun and the only one I've ever shot was a .22 riffle at summer camp one year.

I'm looking for a good home security shot gun and possibly something to carry. Yes, I'll be taking a gun safety course, but I wanted some feed back on what you guys who have experience would recommend.
For a handgun, I was thinking a glock either 9mm or 40cal
(if you're asking yourself, "why a glock if you're never shot/owned one". Because I have friends who have guns and of the ones I've held, I like the way the glock felt....now I understand shooting is a different story, but just going with what I know).

Feed back/recommendations.

[Cleveland33]

I don't think you can go wrong with a GLOCK (proper spelling is all caps) - I would prefer a .40 or larger to a 9mm.

For the shotgun: 1) get a pump. everyone knows the sound a pump shotgun makes, and I have heard that home owners can often scare off an intruder just by cycling a shell from another room or above the stairs. Specifically I love my Remington 870. I can't write it better than this guy:

"The Remington 870 has been around for decades. It is easy to maintain, easy to find parts for, almost flawlessly reliable, can be outfitted with a broad variety of accessories that enhance its inherent and undisguisable lethality. I recommend a 20″ barrel with an extended 7 round magazine, plus one in the chamber, alternating buckshot and slugs. Or you can go with all buckshot. This affords the opportunity to fire 8 rounds with 9 pellets each of 000 buck, measuring approximately 9mm, in about two and a half seconds with practice. That’s twice the output of an Uzi with better hit probability and more power. In other words, as guns go, it is very well hung.
...
When the revolting scum start rioting like chimps and burning cars in the streets of America, it will quickly come to a stop because of Viking-sired rednecks with Remington 870 pump action shotguns."


http://manlyexcellence.com/2011/06/2...y-crazy-einar/

[AttyGuy]

Hey guys,
Had to stop by and check to see if KBKB was still posting the beautiful pictures like always


So, I have a gun question for you guys. I've never owned a gun and the only one I've ever shot was a .22 riffle at summer camp one year.

I'm looking for a good home security shot gun and possibly something to carry. Yes, I'll be taking a gun safety course, but I wanted some feed back on what you guys who have experience would recommend.
For a handgun, I was thinking a glock either 9mm or 40cal (if you're asking yourself, "why a glock if you're never shot/owned one". Because I have friends who have guns and of the ones I've held, I like the way the glock felt....now I understand shooting is a different story, but just going with what I know).

Feed back/recommendations.

Shotgun - Remington 870. The barrel should be 18' - 20". Have ghost rings or front and rear sights installed. The shiny bead is nice, but not so good for what I gather you want the shotgun for. Take the limiter out of the tube magazine, and maybe upgrade to a +2 magazine for the shotgun. Don't put a lot of crap on the shotgun. Don't put on anything, in fact, other than good sights and maybe a larger magazine. Take a two or three day course on how to fight with a shotgun. Consider reduced recoil pellets (00 or 04) or slugs. Understand that whatever you shoot, short of rock salt or very small pellets, will go through your walls. Be cognizant of family members should you ever use the shotgun in the house.

Pistol - G19. If you've never used/carried/shot pistols -- let alone Glocks -- don't get the .40. It's more powerful and combined with the tendency of Glocks to have stovepipes when they are limpwristed, you're likely to have issues. I speak from experience, having shot 9s and 45s for years without problems, but I went through an LE academy a long time ago with the .40 (48-hr. training course), I had the occasional stovepipe because of limpwristing. Never had the problem with the 9mm. Or a 1911 in .45.

If you get the G19, get one with night sights or have night sights put on it. The ony other thing to add is a light. Get a Surefire X200 or X300. Don't add anything else. Make sure the trigger is the standard 5-lb trigger, and not something lighter or heavier. Remember, there is an internal safety (for drops) and a safety built into the trigger. If your finger is on the trigger, the pistol will work as intended. Learn and be able to repeat the four rules of gun safety. Take a 40 hour course, shoot 1000 rounds, and make sure that you have a good kydex or leather holster. Blackhawk does not make "good" holsters. Think Galco, Milt Sparks, etc.

Think about how and where in your house to store your firearms. A good gunvault next to the bed with a touch pad will give you peace of mind. Safe from little ones, but close and fast access, should an uninvited visitor show up at 3 AM.

Join the NRA.

[Stasher1]

Hard to go wrong with a Glock (especially since they're right over there in Smyrna), but I'm not a fan of .40 at all. I prefer the faster followup shots that I get with 9mm. If I want to carry something bigger, I go with .45 FWIW, I carry a S&W M&P9c all day, every day. Size-wise, it falls somewhere between the Glock 26 and 19, but it fits my hand and natural grip angle much better.

At this point, it doesn't really matter which caliber you choose since just about all of the ammo in the area is sold out. I don't think you could've picked a worse time to start gun shopping. Seriously. There are folks waiting at the stores @ 7am for the trucks to arrive, just for a chance at a couple boxes of ammo.

[rthawker]

The Roadrunner pic is outstanding! I have never heard of a javelina, I'll have to find out a little more about them. It's such a treat to be able to encounter critters that you never get a chance to see.....I recall a backpacking trip in the Adirondacks several years ago. I was sitting on a rock in the middle of a stream resting early in the morning, and some sort of weasel went bounding over the rocks along the bank. I never was able to identify the species, but it was really cool to see an animal that I knew was extremely elusive.....

Just some FYI for anyone interested. The Javelina is also known as a Collared Peccary. In the Adirondacks you could have encountered one of a few things depending on size. The smallest members of the weasel family are the Short tailed weasel and Long tailed weasel also known as Ermine or stoat. The next largest member is the Pine marten AKA sable. Then comes the Mink and finally the largest is the Fisher. Actually the largest is the River Otter which are mostly aquatic and found near a larger water source. Here's a link to see some pics and size descriptions. http://books.google.com/books?id=7FI...ndacks&f=false

[dumb.bell]

For a handgun, I was thinking a glock either 9mm or 40cal

If you are considering a GLOCK 9mm, you may also want to look at the Walther P99.

[KBKB]

With respect to primes vs zooms, do you carry a backpack or do you go as light as possible?

I almost always carry a backpack - I have a large capacity Camelbak. In it, I keep water, spare clothing, a first aid kit, headlamp, food, and a bunch of other stuff that I should probably remove. On that particular day, I was also carrying a tripod. I definitely have room in it for extra lenses, but once I'm moving, I don't much like taking the backpack off to rummage through it unless I really have to. I've been using a Think Tank Digital Holster 10 to carry my camera. Coupled with Think Tank's harness, it keeps the camera safe (and clean) when I need to do some scrambling or bushwhacking. Unfortunately, it's big enough just for the camera coupled with a reasonably sized lens; there's no spare capacity for another lens.

My backpack does have some side pockets into which I could probably fit a lens. I just need to find a suitable container for protecting the lens. Or I could switch back to my 18-200mm zoom and just use that.

[rlundregan]

Just some FYI for anyone interested. The Javelina is also known as a Collared Peccary. In the Adirondacks you could have encountered one of a few things depending on size. The smallest members of the weasel family are the Short tailed weasel and Long tailed weasel also known as Ermine or stoat. The next largest member is the Pine marten AKA sable. Then comes the Mink and finally the largest is the Fisher. Actually the largest is the River Otter which are mostly aquatic and found near a larger water source. Here's a link to see some pics and size descriptions. http://books.google.com/books?id=7FI...ndacks&f=false

Yeah, I kind of recall looking at my Peterson Field Guide a week or two later to try and identify it, but I had never really been close enough to gauge the thing's size to begin with. Not the end of the world--I really just recall being impressed with the way that it moved.

THanks for the info about the Javelina--repped!

[buffbrown21]

Glocks are fine, Ive been issued one since 1999 (except a 2 year stint with Sigs).
Literally thousands and thousands of rounds and I dont recall a single issue.

That said, I am not in love with them. No matter what, if possible, go to a range that allows you to rent their guns or bring your buddies who have handguns in various calibers, sizes, brands. Then you will be able to form a better opinion of what you would feel comfortable shooting, carrying, etc.

No matter what, (this is all just my opinion) and I cant stress this enough, the gun is the LEAST important thing in a gunfight/self defense situation. The MOST important thing is your mindset and quality training. Get some training and not just standing still putting holes in paper. Shooting on the move, using cover, reloads, clearing malfunctions, etc. Get proficient with that ONE gun that you will carry all the time.

Just my 2 cents.

In other news, I just built a .300 AAC Blackout rifle. Pics to come later.