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Topic: US snow & ice storm, Jan 24-25, 2026 |
Pumpkinslinger
Replies: 2
Views: 19
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Forum: Spam-O-Rama Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2026 3:29 pm Subject: US snow & ice storm, Jan 24-25, 2026 |
| Well, it's been a nerve wracking week. Forecasts for my area were for 20" of snow and 1" of ice. That much ice would wreck the power grid. And temps won't be much over freezing for at least 10 days ... |
Topic: A troublesome week |
Pumpkinslinger
Replies: 7
Views: 42
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Forum: Spam-O-Rama Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2026 3:09 pm Subject: Re: A troublesome week |
That's scary stuff. Mom had a couple TIAs, but lived to 97. My wife had one, and luckily we were 1.1 miles from the Emergency Room.
Vince, I hope everything calms down for you! |
Topic: Primer info |
Pumpkinslinger
Replies: 4
Views: 65
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Forum: Reloading Ammunition Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2026 11:49 am Subject: Primer info |
| Had a "discussion" online about primers that led me to do some research. Part of the "discussion" was about how much priming material is in primers of different sizes and types. This link is one of ... |
Topic: Scored a compound bow |
Pumpkinslinger
Replies: 9
Views: 122
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Forum: Primitive Weapons Hunting Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2026 4:02 pm Subject: Re: Scored a compound bow |
| That's a pretty good find! |
Topic: Christmas and New Year |
Pumpkinslinger
Replies: 16
Views: 520
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Forum: Spam-O-Rama Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2025 3:09 pm Subject: Re: Christmas and New Year |
| Merry Christmas my friends! |
Topic: Australian Firearms Laws |
Pumpkinslinger
Replies: 19
Views: 632
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Forum: General Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2025 1:12 pm Subject: Re: Australian Firearms Laws |
| My understanding is that the terrorists at Bondi were shooting for 20 minutes? Because no one could stop them. One very courageous man temporarily disarmed one of them but that did not stop the atta ... |
Topic: New 308 |
Pumpkinslinger
Replies: 35
Views: 8474
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Forum: Reloading Ammunition Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2025 12:53 pm Subject: Re: New 308 |
| Prices for powder here have been creeping down. I just looked at Midway USA and saw powder in the high $30s. Primers are $60/1000 and up. I haven't looked locally for a while. The last time I did ... |
Topic: Happy Thanksgiving |
Pumpkinslinger
Replies: 4
Views: 241
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Forum: Spam-O-Rama Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2025 1:17 pm Subject: Re: Happy Thanksgiving |
| Happy Thanksgiving folks! |
Topic: Nasty storm yesterday |
Pumpkinslinger
Replies: 11
Views: 432
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Forum: Spam-O-Rama Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2025 12:43 pm Subject: Re: Nasty storm yesterday |
OK, my math nerdiness kicked in...
According to NOAA, a hailstone 2 to 4" in diameter falls between 65 and 106 ft/sec, depending on actual shape and a number of other factors.
https://www.nssl.noa ... |
Topic: Nasty storm yesterday |
Pumpkinslinger
Replies: 11
Views: 432
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Forum: Spam-O-Rama Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2025 11:05 am Subject: Re: Nasty storm yesterday |
Wow! I hope that you don't have any more damage, and that you can get what has happened fixed quickly.
By my math, a 3" diameter sphere of ice would weigh 7.5 ounces or 213 grams. |
Topic: Feeling a bit ordinary today |
Pumpkinslinger
Replies: 21
Views: 997
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Forum: Spam-O-Rama Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2025 1:02 pm Subject: Re: Feeling a bit ordinary today |
| Speaking of light loads... I found some chamber adaptors that allow you to shoot .32 ACP in a .308 Win. I bought one but haven't tried it yet. (I really am becoming a "collector" more than a "shoote ... |
Topic: Feeling a bit ordinary today |
Pumpkinslinger
Replies: 21
Views: 997
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Forum: Spam-O-Rama Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2025 7:24 am Subject: Re: Feeling a bit ordinary today |
| Vince, I've had retina, cataract and laser surgery on both eyes. As planned, they flipped my vision from near-sighted to far-sighted. Right now they say my vision is 20/20. I do need glasses for rea ... |
Topic: A visitor last night |
Pumpkinslinger
Replies: 15
Views: 815
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Forum: Photography / TrailCameras Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2025 1:01 pm Subject: Re: A visitor last night |
[quote="gelandangan"] Seriously back when I grew up in Indonesia, we have a pet snake that live in our roof to catch mice.[/quote]
We had a "black snake" that lived in the crawl space for a while. ... |
Topic: This is insane |
Pumpkinslinger
Replies: 14
Views: 771
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Forum: Photography / TrailCameras Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2025 12:57 pm Subject: Re: This is insane |
| CGI/AI is going to mean that we're can't trust any image or video we see. But too many people will believe anything. |
Topic: Paper Cartridges? |
Pumpkinslinger
Replies: 28
Views: 2125
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Forum: Gun & Firearm Discussions Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2025 8:13 pm Subject: Re: Paper Cartridges? |
| [quote="DallanC"]I have a old pitted and rusted out hawkin barrel lying around. I've always meant to drill it out to .54" and use sabots for wads and turn it into a shotgun. I should revisit that idea ... |
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