Displaced Texan

You can dunk it in motor oil if you want. Won't hurt it. I put the BCG in a plastic bag after rubbing down with Mobil 1. I'll pour a little bit of extra oil in the bag, purge the air out of the bag, and seal it up. It is stored like that. I'll clean it off when I'm ready to use it...

Just a little food for thought for anyone considering buying land 'in the middle of nowhere... I think the most important considerations these days buying land is access to water, and roads. Without water access, the property is worthless IMHO. It can be hideously expensive to pipe into the county water supply....and in some cases, not practical to do so. Make sure there is road access to the property. I know a guy who had to cut and maintain his own roads off the state road, which ended 3/4 of a mile away from his property. Just to GET to his own property line. Not to mention his own internal roads. The land he purchased for cheap, ended up being pretty damn expensive per acre. There was a reason for that! Lol The county road that runs to our place ends at our main gate. We maintain the internal roads (dirt roads) that were already established when we bought, using a tractor and a box blade. Now that we have signed a drilling lease on the property, the oil company is responsible for maintaining the roads for us. Bonus!! Like WP-22 pointed out above, well and septic is the way to go (and it's how I am equipped at the ranch). Our main water system uses a windmill for the pump, filling twin 500 gallon tanks. The water is gravity fed to the pumphouse in the barn, feeding a Red Jacket pump/pressure tank. This ensures we get good water pressure to the house. In case of failure of the Red Jacket pump, we can run using the gravity feed only. Less pressure, but you can still take a shower, and flush toilets. We have electrical lines run to the ranch, but these days, a good solar system can eliminate the worry about running power lines. Even better, a combo of solar/miniature wind turbine, plus a static inverter/battery system, one can be 'off the grid' if they wanted to be. Lessens the worry, hassle, and expense of having to run power poles off the main lines to your house.

We got about 2" in Stratford, and most of it has melted off already.

Mine is in west Texas, where I am originally from. I have 750 acres, house, barn, 2 water wells. Property taxes under $600/year. I get out there 3-4 times a year, not nearly enough. Can't convince my Yankee wife to live out on the ranch, cause she's a city girl, but we are looking at living somewhere in Texas, closer to the ranch. Place is paradise to me. Wife likes it, but is a little too remote for her.

I have a couple of these as spares. They are all HPT/MPI, and mine came with the Premium logo. All of mine came unlubricated. No worries, I soaked them in a bit of Mobil1, and they are smooth as silk.

My very first rifle (my dad gave me for my 5th birthday!!) was similar to that. It was a Savage single shot, rolling block .22LR. I loved that rifle when I was a kid. i brought many rabbits to the dinner table using that little rifle. I think it's still at my dads house. Gonna have to dig it out next time I go back. Thanks for the blast from the past!!

Legal.

Lol. Appropriate user name.

Full stock model?

Exactly what I am looking for...

The joke is on them! I lost all my guns in a tragic deep sea fishing accident.

I always wear my tinfoil hat whenever I venture outside my house

I think I might have to get one of these.

Thinking about picking up a GSG 522 as a plinker/range toy. Are they reliable? What do I need to know about them. Educate me, please! Thanks in advance!

I think Johnny B solved it! You da man!! I'll work on removing it, as VW already has an immobilizer system built in. Thanks!

That like a LoJack system?

Disconnected it, and no change in the way the car runs. No CEL. Has a 3 wire connector on it. No identifying marks. More pics.

It does have a wire that goes up behind the dash. I can press the little green button but it doesn't do anything that I can ascertain. I don't think it's one of those insurance trackers, those usually plug into the OBDII port. Could be a performance chip controller, but have never seen one like that.

I bought a 2014 VW GTI recently, and I found this doohickey under the dash. What the hell is it? Driving me crazy (pardon the pun). Any clues?

I've seen some big hogs out at the ranch before, but that one takes the cake. Too bad old boars like that taste like shit. Thet would be a hell of a lot of pork chops!

Holy hogzilla!!!!! That's a lot of pork chops!

An 850 lb hog??!!! I took a hog just shy of 400, and it was a MONSTER!!! I cannot imagine one over twice that size!!! Mine was taken with a 5.56 at 50 yards.

I just saw that her father, a local police officer, is being charged in her death. Apparently, he left his service pistol within reach of his daughter. Words cannot express how awful this is. Destroyed a whole family.

I use a LaRue quick detach mount on all my ACOG equipped rifles, with a Matech BUIS. The MRD's mounted on top of the ACOG will cause you to crane your neck in a very unnatural fashion.

The Colt will take a standard drop in hand guard, or if you must have a FF rail, you can find a DD Omega rail, which is a drop in. With modifications, you can add pretty much any rail you desire. The CTR stock will slip right on the receiver extension. You will have to pin it in place to be NJ compliant. You will also have to replace the flash hider with a muzzle brake, and pin it in place. Excellent choice. Colt makes a fine AR. Looks like HE beat me to the punch!! Listen to what that man says, he is a wealth of knowledge.