Scorpio64

How are you liking that Bulldot?

Posterity even

That's a good plan. More American than a barrel of AK-47s. Every time you rack that lever you become more like The Duke.

DUDE!!! That's like buying new boobs for your woman and not touching her. wtf?!?!

If you have a digital SLR, you can easily attach it to most spotting scopes using a T-ring adapter. They are inexpensive, under $20.00. But, like Maks said, the smartphone adapters are pretty useful too. I bought a Celestron Ultima 80 20-60x80 three years ago, it sells for $170 on Amazon. I'm very happy with it. It's easy to see 223 holes at 200 yards. I have not used it beyond that range shooting but I guess it would be good at least up to 400, maybe 500 yards with splatter targets. It's fantastic for bird watching and looking at the moon too.

Not quite true. Marlin was having a lot of problems a few years ago. They started to turn the corner about two years ago. Reports from a Marlin forum I'm on suggest about 80% satisfaction with the current production quality. Most of the QC issues have been fixed, but a few lemons still slip through. That said, I only buy JM stamped Marlins. They are the best. But, I would not turn my nose up at a nice BLR or Winny. Also, some of the older Marlin department store guns are great too, like Glenfield Western Field or a Sears Model 45. Just as good as a JM stamped Marlin at a fraction of the cost. You should be able to find a decent 1894C 38/357 for somewhere between $600 and $800, but you may be looking at just a little over $1,000 for a 95% or better JM stamped 1894.

Just wondering if the Danish barrel indicates a contract bring back. Garands can be so complicated.

Was this a contract rifle brought back and sold through CMP?

Yeah, it's almost identical. Same crown proof marks

This is strange. I've linked images from MO before.

Linked. Here's a direct link to the image. https://www.marlinowners.com/forum/attachments/military-talk-surplus-rifles/742259d1547163784-m1-garand-barrel-markings-20190110_171814.jpg

Strange, I can see the pic but two cant. Maybe a problem with link. Lemme see what's up with that.

A friend just inherited a Garand from his father's estate. The Barrel markings seem to be foreign. Here's a pic. Any help is appreciated.

Victoria Secret Negligee A husband walks into Victoria's Secret to purchase a sheer negligee for his wife. He is shown several possibilities that range from $250 to $500 in price -- the sheerer, the higher the price. Naturally, he opts for the sheerest item, pays the $500, and takes it home. He presents it to his wife and asks her to go upstairs, put it on, and model it for him. Upstairs the wife thinks (she's no dummy), 'I have an idea. It's so sheer that it might as well be nothing. I won't put it on, but I'll do the modeling naked, return it tomorrow, and keep the $500 refund for myself.' She appears naked on the balcony and strikes a pose. The husband says, 'Good Grief! You'd think for $500, they'd at least iron it!' Funeral services for the husband will be next Monday at noon.

I used to do all that stuff, but have been out of the game for about 10 years. My main thing was setting up networks and securing them. People hated me because I blocked everything that was not work related. I only messed around with a software (Windows 2K) based gateway/firewall once. Most of my experience was with setting up routers, security appliances and VPNs. It was tedious indeed, but I loved doing it. The biggest learning curve for me will be the software and possibly how it interacts with the OS. I'm hoping that once I'm good with that, all the networking stuff will come back naturally. I think I'm going to start out with ClearOS or IPCop.

I wish I knew how to do stock trading. I'd buy a bunch of Dicks and short it. I dunno how people make money off companies that fail, but Dicks would be a good test run to try it out.

Have you ever set up a linux box as a dedicated firewall? I have a couple of old PCs laying around and now thinking that might be fun.

Dick's just moved into a West Longbranch location where a Sports Authority failed. Good business plan. I give it a year before it goes tits up.

$899 MSRP is disappointing, I'll tell ya why. They cannot make a quality gun that lives up to the KCs reputation for that price. If Colt was smart, They'd have made a top notch reissue, sparing no expense. The MSRP for the new model should have been around $1,500, with a street price of around $1,200 to $1,300. If people are willing to pay top dollar, $800, for a superior grade 22lr revolver, surely there are people that would pay $1,200 for a new KC. Most of the KCs that I see on GB and other sites are selling for an average price of $1,800 with many priced well over $2,000. Cheap King Cobras would be nice, but it's not realistic that they can make a top quality product with a street price under $1,000. If Colt screws this up, it will devastate their brand.

The install was super easy. Downloaded the ISO, used a utility called Rufus to make a bootable USB stick. Man, I really love how Linux handles hardware on the fly. It's been over 20 years since I used Unix on a daily basis. Not only do I feel old now, but I also feel stupid because I forgot almost everything except some basic command line stuff.

Jamie Sommers?

baby steps Wait... Is that a Trooper?

Colt can't afford to screw this up. It would be a major humiliation. I'm betting the fit and finish will be top notch and the pricing will such that it does not decimate the value of the collectibles. A price correction of the overvalued collectibles will surely happen.

We Have All Waited a Long Time for This… The Colt King Cobra Returns! Posted 1 min ago in Product Announcement, Revolver by Adam Scepaniak with 120 Comments Tags: 357 Magnum, Colt, King Cobra This announcement could be something that Colt intended to keep under their hat until SHOT Show in a few weeks, but “Shooting Industry” magazine happened to leak it early. In 2019 we will see the reincarnation of the Colt King Cobra .357 Magnum revolver! At this time, there is very little information surrounding this new revolver brought back to life from Colt. Read more here ---> https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2019/01/08/colt-king-cobra-returns/

It's probably a ToS something or other that got installed when Maks updated the forum software. He probably meant to add some text, but then, shiny metal object.