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- Wed Jan 05, 2011 2:44 pm
- Forum: Other things we collect
- Topic: Any of you guys Railfans ???
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9857
Re: Any of you guys Railfans ???
My great-grandfather was a section boss on the Erie. Took his youngest son to work on the railroad. The son worked for the Erie then the Erie-Lackawanna for 42 years. When he retired someone asked him were he was going to go when he retired. His answer was "Someplace where I can't even hear a t...
- Fri Aug 13, 2010 9:11 pm
- Forum: The Best of Milsurp After Hours
- Topic: Webley & Enfield revolvers with accessories (image heavy)
- Replies: 48
- Views: 80840
Re: Webley & Enfield revolvers with accessories (image heavy)
You won't damage the firing pin nose, but you can enlarge the hole in the recoil shield where the firing pin goes through. In general dry firing is not a good idea unless you use snap caps or some other dry firing device. There was a purpose made dry firing piece for Webleys. It was a spring steel a...
- Fri Aug 21, 2009 10:31 am
- Forum: The After Hours Funnies
- Topic: SEEMS REASONABLE
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3023
Re: SEEMS REASONABLE
Mongomery County and Prince George's County surround part of Washington DC. A few years ago the Washington Post aka The Daily Worker ran a story about police firing their weapons in the line of duty. They found that in the previous year Montgomery County law enforcement officers had fired their weap...
- Thu May 28, 2009 11:17 am
- Forum: Milsurp After Hours
- Topic: Birmingham(Alabama) Gunshow
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4625
Re: Birmingham(Alabama) Gunshow
How about posting the dates for the summer collector's association show in B'ham. I think there should be one in July. I'll make the drive up from Pensacola. Maybe some of the forum members can meet up there.
- Wed Apr 22, 2009 8:31 pm
- Forum: The After Hours Funnies
- Topic: Attack of the Sewer Beast
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1912
Re: Attack of the Sewer Beast
Boy can I identify with that story. I live in Pensacola, Florida. In 2004 we were ground zero for hurricane Ivan. Luckily our house suffered very little damage, but we had over thirty trees down in the yard. Most of them were pine trees that were 18-24 inches in diameter and 60-80 feet tall. Lots of...
- Wed Nov 12, 2008 3:18 pm
- Forum: Classic British Firearms
- Topic: Cut Off Dum Dum facility?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 12266
One of the great urban legends of the 20th century or effective propaganda. It keeps popping up on Enfield forums. There were a couple of threads about it on the Great War forum as well. The problem in making a hollow or soft point bullet by cutting the top off of a full metal jacketed one is that e...
- Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:37 pm
- Forum: The Best of Milsurp After Hours
- Topic: Gun of the Month
- Replies: 11
- Views: 13208
- Sat Nov 01, 2008 12:37 pm
- Forum: The Best of Milsurp After Hours
- Topic: Gun of the Month
- Replies: 11
- Views: 13208
- Mon Aug 25, 2008 2:30 pm
- Forum: Classic British Firearms
- Topic: Bedding on a No 1 Mk III
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4607
- Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:51 am
- Forum: Classic British Firearms
- Topic: Something amiss...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3525