Alkarii wrote:From what I've read, you can shoot the latter in a semi auto rifle marked for the former, but trying to go the other way around causes slam firing. I haven't actually looked up the term, but I'm gonna guess it's when rounds start going off when chambered.
It's when you have a semi-automatic or automatic weapon, and the firing pin gets jammed (usually due to poor--or lack of--maintenance) in the far forward position where it hits against the chambered round's primer. When the action cycles and the next round is chambered, the primer "slams" up against the stuck firing pin and the round fires without you even pulling the trigger. And that cycles the action again, and when the next round in line is chambered, it can repeat the process. So your semi-automatic can end up firing off its entire magazine without you even touching the gun. Which can be a bit awkward and embarrassing in the wrong circumstances.
The SKS is supposedly very notorious for that sort of thing, though I've only known of one to do it one time.
The Captain of COMMSTA Cam Ramh Bay, i was told, almost shot the Electronic Maintenance Officer's ear {at least} off when his lovingly-tweaked 1911 went full auto when he pulled the trigger as they were sitting side-by-side in a jeep...
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Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 1:29 am
by Alkarii
I finally managed to get a hog light for my rifle. Only $40, and I had a gift card for $50, so I also got some cleaning brushes.
I'm not sure if I'll get one just like it when I get the AR-10 I'm wanting, because I can get a different accessory mounting system for that (compared to having to very carefully clamp the light to my scope), and there was a larger model available. The downside is that the front of the scope is big enough to obscure a little bit of the beam, but not enough to be noticeable when looking through the scope.
Now I'll know if I'm aiming at a pig, or a sasquatch. I heard that it's actually illegal to shoot the latter, which is kind of amusing, even though it makes sense.
About as much fun as when a totally inexperienced trainee is handed a machine gun with a full belt of ammunition for his first time using a gun.
AnotherFairportfan wrote:The Captain of COMMSTA Cam Ramh Bay, i was told, almost shot the Electronic Maintenance Officer's ear {at least} off when his lovingly-tweaked 1911 went full auto when he pulled the trigger as they were sitting side-by-side in a jeep...
There was a German pistol (I forget which one, VP70 or something like that) that was made so that when you clipped on the shoulder-stock accessory it would fire fully automatic. Somebody was playing around with one that had been badly abused and neglected, and apparently the pistol thought that it had the stock attached because it suddenly fired off three rounds on automatic. While inside of a crowded armoured car. The guy was not very popular at that moment.
Alkarii wrote:Now I'll know if I'm aiming at a pig, or a sasquatch. I heard that it's actually illegal to shoot the latter, which is kind of amusing, even though it makes sense.
The sasquatches can shoot back.
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Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 6:37 pm
by Alkarii
I'm not talking about pranksters or especially hairy hunters.
I mean that it is literally illegal to shoot at a sasquatch/bigfoot, even though the existence of such hasn't been proven. This is because you could either be shooting what may be an endangered species, or someone who is trying to pull a prank or whatever.
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Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 8:21 pm
by Typeminer
Alkarii wrote:I'm not talking about pranksters or especially hairy hunters.
I mean that it is literally illegal to shoot at a sasquatch/bigfoot, even though the existence of such hasn't been proven. This is because you could either be shooting what may be an endangered species, or someone who is trying to pull a prank or whatever.
Those are pretty good reasons, actually.
There's a lot to be said for not shooting at things that don't exist. Keeps the house neater, and saves ammunition.
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Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 9:22 pm
by Dave
Alkarii wrote:I mean that it is literally illegal to shoot at a sasquatch/bigfoot, even though the existence of such hasn't been proven. This is because you could either be shooting what may be an endangered species, or someone who is trying to pull a prank or whatever.
I suspect prosecuting that offense would be difficult. The shooter could always claim that he'd been firing to defend himself from an attacking mishipeshu, or trying to drive away a pack of marauding squonks. How could the prosecutor prove otherwise?
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Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2018 12:56 am
by Atomic
I hear that in Missouri, Arkansas, and Tennessee, there a very short season for Nauga -- Thursdays in October, between 1 and 4 PM. Somehow it works, because Naugahyde has to come from somewhere...
(Throws green and orange rayon Aloha shirt into the Pun Jar)
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Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2018 1:42 am
by AnotherFairportfan
Man, i wish i still had the comprehensive monograph on the habits and lifecycle of the nauga i wrote twenty-some years ago...
{It started with an off-hand remark as my first wife and i were walking back to the car after a movie; by the time we got to the car, Susan was having trouble walking straight and i was still elaborating...}
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Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2018 8:18 am
by Hansontoons
Atomic wrote:I hear that in Missouri, Arkansas, and Tennessee, there a very short season for Nauga -- Thursdays in October, between 1 and 4 PM. Somehow it works, because Naugahyde has to come from somewhere...
(Throws green and orange rayon Aloha shirt into the Pun Jar)
Aren't Naugas distantly related to Corinths, from who's hides we enjoy the comfort and luxury of rich, Corinthian leather?
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Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2018 9:39 am
by Alkarii
Every time I hear of Corinthian leather, I think of that one fight in the SUV in Deadpool...
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Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2018 11:09 am
by Just Old Al
Hansontoons wrote:
Atomic wrote:I hear that in Missouri, Arkansas, and Tennessee, there a very short season for Nauga -- Thursdays in October, between 1 and 4 PM. Somehow it works, because Naugahyde has to come from somewhere...
(Throws green and orange rayon Aloha shirt into the Pun Jar)
Aren't Naugas distantly related to Corinths, from who's hides we enjoy the comfort and luxury of rich, Corinthian leather?
Yes, but Corinths were a gengineered species developed by Chrysler Corporation.The Nauga was the wild stock it developed from.
With the durability issues with Corin leather (it didn't like UV) the whole subspecies went extinct.
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Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 1:19 am
by Atomic
Just Old Al wrote:Yes, but Corinths were a gengineered species developed by Chrysler Corporation.The Nauga was the wild stock it developed from.
With the durability issues with Corin leather (it didn't like UV) the whole subspecies went extinct.
Yes -- it was the Corfam shoes that finally did them in. Beautiful shine, no durability, and hot to wear. Bleah.
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Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 2:47 am
by Dave
Just Old Al wrote:Yes, but Corinths were a gengineered species developed by Chrysler Corporation.The Nauga was the wild stock it developed from.
With the durability issues with Corin leather (it didn't like UV) the whole subspecies went extinct.
However, a close relative survives today. The nerds in the lab tried amplifying a fur gene that they had suppressed in the Corinths, and created a subspecies they dubbed the Plushy. These fared much better than the Corinths had, especially as their instincts tended to keep them indoors and out of the sun.
They're darned near an invasive species in some places, and they've almost entirely outcompeted some native species like the lesser American Gumby.
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Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 2:39 am
by AnotherFairportfan
I was bored.
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Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 10:27 am
by jwhouk
You get the feeling Bryn has "Mrs. Robinson" as the ringtone for Kath?
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Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 1:45 pm
by AnotherFairportfan
jwhouk wrote:You get the feeling Bryn has "Mrs. Robinson" as the ringtone for Kath?
"Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune"
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BTW: Did you know that the original title of that song was "Mrs Roosevelt"?
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Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 3:35 pm
by Alkarii
I just put a $200 down payment on an AR-10. Turns out the store I went to has a 90-day layaway. Looks like money ain't gonna be nearly as tight as I thought it would be over the next few weeks.
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Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2018 2:55 pm
by TazManiac
Day Dreaming and I'm Thinking of You...
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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2018 4:42 am
by DinkyInky
jwhouk wrote:You get the feeling Bryn has "Mrs. Robinson" as the ringtone for Kath?
Not if she's familiar with The Graduate at all, no.
I'd think for epic levels of blushing, she'd have Jimi Hendrix set up.
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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2018 11:37 pm
by TazManiac
DinkyInky wrote:
jwhouk wrote:You get the feeling Bryn has "Mrs. Robinson" as the ringtone for Kath?
Not if she's familiar with The Graduate at all, no.
I'd think for epic levels of blushing, she'd have Jimi Hendrix set up.
