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  1. ReconRat

    22LR Rounds

    crap. just missed the Palmetto Armory brick @ .04 per round... Federal HP I haven't seen that low this year. yeah, it went real fast...
  2. Standard scans leaving Ohio. Nothing in Kennedy leaving US. Nothing in Frankfurt entering Germany. Nothing in Frankfurt leaving Germany. Nothing in Kennedy returning to US. Certainly can't see what happens with hold baggage all the time, but hand carried baggage received nothing.
  3. ummm, I went to Germany and back to USA and nobody anywhere looked at anything going in or out of a country. Aren't I special.
  4. 5 acre lots. Low price. Homesteading. Bring an axe/chainsaw/etc. Twenty to thirty miles rugged cross country with water crossings to nearest road to the East, for most sites. Nenana, Alaska is on that highway. (Alaska route 3, George Parks Hwy.) Small town. Small airport. 40-50 miles from there to Fairbanks. Typical starter cabin: A place with many years of work:
  5. ReconRat

    22LR Rounds

    I've heard WallyWorld will get in bricks of 5000 22LR, but it's gone rather quickly. edit: yeah... time to quick get the .17 and .22 BBs and pellets before they are gone also... What next, arrows and slingshot ammo?
  6. ReconRat

    22LR Rounds

    crap... might need to help look for 6000 rounds 22LR for Boy Scout training....
  7. Adding as an amendment works when it's added to a bill supported by the opposition. In this case it lacks enough vote support for even that. It's dead for now. edit: Despite the failure, that assault weapon ban zoomed up to a 19% chance of being enacted. Before it was dropped for lack of support. That means a lot of effort was made convincing votes in favor, but it wasn't enough. The matching McCarthy bill in the House is stuck at a 2% chance of getting out of committee and hasn't changed.
  8. I think that's a violation of the Federal Milk Law of 1868.
  9. Be prepared for California style avocado Twinkies
  10. Yeah, maybe. But if was NE or New York, everyone talks like that. As well as many other parts of the US. They stood up. He moved and ran. They chased. That's normal.
  11. Screwing with people (or cops) is a good way to get your ass kicked (or arrested). I see they were ok with it till they saw the camera. I believe they intended to find out intent and purpose of filming. If he had just wiped it and gone away, but no, he tried to run. We can film people in the USA for fun, but don't try it in Europe. It's invasion of privacy in Germany and some other places.
  12. Whether you do or don't ride in rain, the one thing you will regret is not having rain gloves. Or something to put over your good gloves so they won't get wet. Once your regular riding gloves get wet, they are never the same. Once soft and comfortable, they become harsh and stiff, and you wish you had new ones. I suppose there is a way to recondition them, I'll have to think about that. I've got some volunteers... edit: regular Frogg Toggs aren't made for riding. They make Road Toads for that...
  13. Great list of books on wild edible plants (scroll down) http://foraging.com/
  14. Chain good, tool good. Grind the rivet heads off the old master link before trying to push the pins out. Otherwise possible to break or bend the tool. I wouldn't use grinder to cut chain. Although it sounds about the same amount of work either way. I don't like aftermarket front sprockets. The stock sprocket has rubber dampeners, that kill a LOT of vibration. I'm putting a stock back on. Gearing changes should be done with rear sprockets, not front. Not that I haven't re-geared a bunch of front sprockets, I'm just not going to do that much anymore. That alternative master link is interesting. It looks like a good carry spare for on the road. Rather than a clip link. It's not hard to squish the new link rivet on the regular master link. Just make sure it's the right master link for the chain/tool. Both in hardness and design. Some chains use special master links. And one even says use a special matching tool. edit: not all master links are the same. I wish there was an exact specification, but the pin and fit is slightly different on some of them. If it's too tight or too loose, it won't work worth a darn.
  15. 1. Water in fuel can be found by shaking the tank, and taking a small sample of fuel from the bottom of the tank, into a glass jar. Let it settle and the water will separate to the bottom where you can see it. Some bikes outside won't drain water correctly from around the fuel filler cap. Combined with a cap gasket that leaks water into the tank. It happens. Check the fuel cap gasket and the filler drain if that happened. edit: draining fuel for sample directly from the fuel line is better, since that is really what we want to check. The fuel that's going to the carburetor. 2. That stock "filter in a fuel line" looks like a joke. Filters work by total surface area. That looks too small for much. The smallest/cheapest gravity inline filters you can find are each good for about the flow of 125cc. You would need two, one on each carburetor. And that's only when they are new and clean. Try to find a place to hide a bigger/better filter than the cheap ones. On the other hand, just replace the stock filter in the fuel line. It worked before. edit: The last time it happened to me, I cleaned out both carburetors. That was one of my old CB350s. Let's appreciate the old vertical twins. You could reach down and rev each cylinder individually, at the carburetor linkage. To check it's function. You could also loosen the carburetor clamps, and rotate them for disassembly without removing them from the bike. And yes, I've cracked lots of carburetor diaphragms (hate that). You will have to check that when working on the carburetors. edit again: In the service manual, is a method of checking rate of fuel flow from tank to each carb. It's a measured quantity should drain in a given amount of time. But really, checking the fuel lines for obstructions is usually good enough.
  16. Membership slightly understated. We currently have "Members: 8,327". I forget what percentage are cruisers. We did a poll once to get an estimate. I've ridden just about everything, but I stick with standards. Neither a cruiser or a sport. Just fast. It's what I like. Reasonably comfortable for long distances. And I bought both soft bags and hard bags for mine.
  17. British 650cc twins were once considered the minimum size to cruise long range. Although many thought the 500 twins were capable also. Guess that vanished...
  18. yeah, that's quick. It's either same or dead, when pulling one of two to find the bad one ( or find the good one).
  19. Dang. It sounds like it's running on one cylinder instead of two. Check spark plugs and ignition wiring.
  20. You know the rule, stairs if up one or down two. I run up stairs, it's good for you.
  21. M196 Tracer (red or orange tip) M16A1 only 1:9 - 1:12 twist M856 Tracer (red or orange tip) M16A2/3/4 and M4-series weapons 1:7 twist Natchez American Eagle (Lake City) 64gr M856 (out of stock) Cheaper Than Dirt American Eagle M856 (shows in stock) Lucky Gunner M196 bulk (out of stock) edit: one more: Texas Gunworks belted 1-4 M856/M855 in bulk cans (shows in stock) Armslist etc usually has some. People strip them off of 1 to 4 machine gun linked ammo. Do not make a habit of firing tracer continuously. Bad for barrel. In combat tracers are used to mark a target for group fire. A leader will mark the target by firing a couple of tracer rounds or even a full magazine. Everyone else quickly fires at the same target area. Expect return fire at the source of the tracers... edit: I think Vance's briefly had cans of 820 .223 tracer, when ammo was hard to find.
  22. Midway got CCI small rifle primers in (limit 5000) Midway sent me an email notification Email at 11:32am I saw it at 11:42 am already all sold out! edit: switched email notifications to my phone, so I can buy using the phone.... geez....
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