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This kid is just liv9ing right or somethingSo today, we had an appointment for imaging of his elbow (To see if any fluid pockets remain) up in Liberty Township, OH. As we pulled off the highway right there sat a Cabela's!So guess where we stopped after the ultra sound???He wanted to look at that Benelli Super Nova, which it turned out that they had in both cammo for $599 and black for $499. We almost purchased it, but before doing so, Jim our salesman suggested we tour their library of used guns, which we did. And guess what we found in there? A Benelli Super Nova for $249 which we quickly snatched up. I'm getting a bit jealous at these purchases.I just may look for a good used 30-06 myself as a "hunter" and I sure am liking that Benelli as compared to my Mossy's, and winchester 12 gages...Have...To...F i g h t... o f f... t h e.... t...e...m...p...t...a...t...i...o...n...
If you’ve got the temptation for a new pump gun, do yourself a favor and look over a Browning BPS. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Good stuff there Don. So I’m assuming the squib round did not cycle the slide and chamber the next round?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
But that long stroke bolt and the pretty large cartridge, the loud report and the very abrupt recoil just adds to the mystic of that weapon. He couldn't group, but the gun can. His are all above and with a hot barrel, I fired that group on the bottom which was between 1/2"-3/4" essentially, just one hole
So, Bobby...being the calculating trained warrior NCO that you are. Take the appropriate action, Execute!
your standard grunt level CQB is just putting rounds and rounds on scary stuff till it stops scaring you!
Quote from: Flyin6 on October 18, 2019, 04:58:34 PMBut that long stroke bolt and the pretty large cartridge, the loud report and the very abrupt recoil just adds to the mystic of that weapon. He couldn't group, but the gun can. His are all above and with a hot barrel, I fired that group on the bottom which was between 1/2"-3/4" essentially, just one holeAnd you didn't want him to look at a 30.06Sight it in slow, no real rush to crack off a group. It's a hunting rifle with a light barrel let it cool a little between shots.
To be quite frank, I think I'd like to pick up a 30-06 hunting only rifle myself. THat is just one cool round.
Quote from: Flyin6 on October 19, 2019, 03:35:07 PMTo be quite frank, I think I'd like to pick up a 30-06 hunting only rifle myself. THat is just one cool round.You know if you pilots listened to the guys on the ground it'll make things so much easier.
I gave up listening to you guys when the HMMV you told me weighed 6500 lbs, That I was sling loading and flying over 100 miles, ended up weighing over 11,000! That screwed my fuel burn rate calculations and I barely made it backSorry, but I made a successful career out of not listening to grunts. ;-)
Please keep going, this is more entertaining than harassing Ken about H....
Just normal for infantry guys. ;-)
Quote from: Flyin6 on October 20, 2019, 11:54:45 AMJust normal for infantry guys. ;-)Not that we don't like being cold,wet,tired, it's really due to the fact if we don't bitch about it then the officers will come up with something stupid to do. True! Infantry lieutenants are famous for that kinda junk! Pilots are just jealous there's more movies and stories told about us Grunts. There may be a few more, possibly, but hey what about "Top-Gun" and 12 O'clock high" and how about that other one...?? Pilots get sad if they don't get their mani pedi's done pre-flight with a freshly laundered flightsuit, light starch cause heaven forbid they get chafing. That's what the white silk scarfs are for!What grunt with actual combat time wears socks and underwear in the field of deployment? Ya know, I never checked, and that's a good thing! That's something a pilot would do. Why, yes we would. You see wearing of cotton underwear and socks makes us more fire proof. As a part of the pre-flight and safety checks we brief passengers to have cotton undies on. I'd wager more than a couple females were "safety-checked!"I detest the helmets so that one's a little valid. But then again I just wouldn't wear it when I could pull it off. I almost never knew where mine was. On at least one and likely more, missions, I forgot to bring it. I remember the day in Iraq where some infantry Colonel was yelling at me because I didn't have my kevlar on. That was one of the days I forgot to bring it. I didn't even stop to argue with him. That did not compute, LTC's believe the planets revolve around them and some warrant officer ignoring him was not in his box of possible responses.I went more sterile uniforms than totally authorized, usually without shaving for a few days. Nothing wrong there...I volunteer to be a grunt cause where else would they give me that much ammo to shoot, blow things up and workout? I volunteered to be a pilot because the girls always chased after pilots. There was another reason I volunteered, but I seem to have forgotten it...I was actually being recruited by a few Officers to put a Warrant packet it, however I could count without having to ask an NCO what comes next. Man...Dude...What were you thinkin? Must not have been thinkin!If you really want to see something comical, give a pilot a map and compass and put them in the woods, with a loaded ruck, in the dark.Now wait just a minute... Been there, did that. SERE school. I had a group with myself, a commo spec-4, a PFC mechanic, a 75th Ranger E5 and a Green Beret E7. I did what any good officer and leader would do...I gave the compass to the green beret. He in turn gave it to the Ranger. One night in the Uwharrie forest over about 4 hours that Ranger navigated us in a big ole giant circle. Ya, I know all about grunts and night land nav. I also know about death from one million sticker bush scratches!
By the way you described Don, he sounds like he might fit in with the Air Force pilots. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I didn’t serve so I have no dog in this fight but when I saw this I immediately thought of the conversation y’all were having. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Quote from: longball on October 21, 2019, 09:09:33 PMI didn’t serve so I have no dog in this fight but when I saw this I immediately thought of the conversation y’all were having. Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkUntil the pilots have to go out in the rain then the Grunts are their friends. Until we track mud, water, or other detris onto their beloved bird.