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G&G new 1938 Berlin???

toolman — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:22:23 GMT

:hitwithrock:WTF, every time I log on now, someone else has been banned? I've been here a long damned time and I've NEVER seen this crap. I'm seriously considering taking my ball and going home before someone decides they don't like me. :hitwithrock:

O'Reilly goes after Barney Frank

jimkim — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:24:19 GMT

This is priceless. Notice how callus Frank is acting at the beginning. I guess he thinks this will be a cakewalk.Hahahaha

YouTube - Bill O'Reilly takes on Barney Frank...

Wall Street Bailout

SPOCAHP ANAR — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:23:50 GMT

I'm not a financial guru of any sort so I can't say that this bailout is necessary or not. But a few things puzzle me:
1. If this is such a dire need, that we have to have this or else, why take a holiday?
2. If this was such a dire need, why add pork that included tax breaks and other non essential junk in it?
I seriously have to question anything these jackholes do.
Now the Blame.
Ultimately we are all to blame. Our economy runs off fast money. "no money down" "drive home today" "buy now pay later" "no interest for 6 months" "get a loan for 110% to pay off your credit cards and buy a house" Seriously we asked for this. Credit isn't bad, credit is good. It helps stimulate the economy. We just became greedy whores with no accountability.
The banks that were doing this should be left to rot in their own demise. The companies who cooked the mortgage loans so they would be approvedshould go to jail. The politicians that recieved hush money should be fired.
One other point; does anyone think that the high cost of fuel played any part in this? People have to go to work and they have to eat.

kirk admits it

Zephri — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:02:51 GMT

There happy the "naughty picture" ugh not really :rolleyes:

Not as bad as this one.

What a day!

toolman — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:05:57 GMT

Man, I worked my tail off for 9 1\2 hrs. today, and then had to go sit through 3 1\2 hrs of scanner and labscope data dealing with automotive control\emission systems(a real nail-biter of a training class!). Needless to say, I'm wiped out.

Gun Control real in ELk Grove and No help available!

DownNoutNElkGro — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:28:21 GMT

I am a member of the NRA, in good standing. I never thought this would happen to me, but it did. I have a special needs son. He had a traumatic injury to his head. This caused an extreme behavior change. My family has been taking him to see Mental Doctors for over 6 years since his injury. He had been taking a very powerful drug call respirdal. What does this have to do with gun control? Because of his behavior it was necessary to call the Elk Grove PD, from the advice of his analyst. We did a couple times and he vowed revenge. We called them because he wouldn't take his meds and he would turn into a raging animal. Destroying things, threatening to hurt people, and himself. It was a terrible thing to experience, especially to your "baby boy" who is 16 now and bigger than your wife and yourself. On May 19 of this year my wife and I were having a very stressful morning due to the "outburst" of our son and medicine. I did something stupid but my son saw it differently. He called the PD. The Swat team came to my house. But I had left for work. I even said ,"good-bye, I'm going to work." This was at 10:00 am. I get to work and there was a Swat team waiting for me. My son had called and stated I had weapons with me and was trying to kill myself. This was not true. To make a long story short, in California they have a law called 5150, if you are trying to kill yourself, they can hold you for 72 hours, and sedate you. I talked to a psychiatrist and he stated I wasn't trying to kill myself and released me after 12 hours. When I was in the holding, the PD called and stated they wanted the keys, and combo for my gunsafe or they would destroy it with a locksmith. They took all my guns. I had been collecting for over 40 years, My father and I used to go shooting together. I even had matching serial numbers and some of the rifles. Some were brand new. They took everything. The problem is nobody will help me get them back. I called the NRA, the told me to call the grassroots leader, and they told me to call a lawyer. The lawyer wanted $5000 dollars upfront. In all I had 48 rifles,shotguns, and handguns taken. I went to court, the judge stated he would give my guns back but the City Attorney, busy on the phone, told the judge that someone had filled a 5150 against me. The problem is I can't find out who did that. So now I have to go to another court. I need help. If there is anyone that can help me, please, help. With this 5150 they have taken away my Second Amendment rights. The PD have treated me like a criminal. The 5150 is for 5 years. There have been criminals in this state that have murdered people and gotten less time.
This is true testimony.
Sincerely,
DownNoutNElkGrove

Shun the Non-Believer

Chris — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:40:45 GMT

I recently moved to the Greenville, NC. I don�t know a lot of people, and I was looking for a way to do so. I am also attempting to understand the Bible as I think that will be a great way to not only meet others with the same questions as I, but also make friends with hopefully like minded people. I posted a few months ago about a young lady, and how hard it was to get close to her. She is also involved with this group. The group is called Campus Crusade.

Friendship to me has to have one of the highest traits I think someone should have. Loyalty, that encompases not only honesty, but also trust. Without those things, you can�t be loyal. The young lady that I had issues getting close to, well I got close to her. I thought I had a close friend. She steps up before her church and tells them I�m not a believer. First off � I believe the only way to get into Heaven is through Jesus Christ. I don�t makee qualms about there being a God, or ask for proof he exists. I know He exists. I was extremely distraught she would smyte me in front of her congregation, appreciate the thought�but there are people in the world, that deserve thoughts a lot more than I do. Honestly, I don�t feel there is anything wrong with me. I�m looking for answers, I�m looking in the Bible for the answers.

Does the young lady stop there. No. She tells her Bible Study group of ladies, as well. So now there are 3 ladies that have nothing better to do than to harass me. Now she has ruined my chances with 20 other young ladies I haven�t met yet, and now they treat me as if there is something wrong with me. There is a �confrence� in Myrtle Beach this weekend, that I did signup for. I even paid money down to reserve a spot. After hearing the things above�I think it�s best I don�t go. My dad would like to go to an island of f the coast of NC to fish. It would be with my nephews, brother, and him. I miss my family terribly, so it looks like it would be best to be with my family.

I did speak on the phone last night with the young lady. I exploded on her. I shouldn�t have. I told her I�m not a pet project, and she should just leave me alone. I didn�t tell her that one of the Bible study girls told me everything I had asked her not to. This was the straw that broke the dam. The Bible Study female that told me about this, said the hard I fight this, the more that will get involved. She asked me not to get discouraged. Not everyone is like this.

This is not what a relationship with God is about.

Solution: Cut all ties with this group, church, and people.

Protesting!

toolman — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:31:54 GMT

I've decided to protest all of the idiocy over politics by deleting as many of my political posts that I can find on G&G. It's getting to where you can't express your opinion without being flamed, the thread removed, or getting off into stupid-land crap totally unrelated to the original post. I know who I'm voting for, leave me alone and vote for whoever you like without talking down to me and all will be rosy in the land of the free...

a zbk110 222 rem.

littlecreek — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:34:16 GMT

how to ajust triger pull

savage 300 rum mag

don brown — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:01:30 GMT

I have a savage 300 rum mag that will not group and hasn't since it was new,I was wondering if any one else has ran across this problem and would have any idea what might be causing this.
thank you
don.

Another "Russian" rifle...

TheWanderingMind — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:38:45 GMT

Ran across another little-known fact this morning. Besides their Berdan II and Winchester 1895 rifles, the Russians also used another "back-up" military rifle in World War One.

The Italians, until they themselves ran into severe weapons shortage problems, shipped the Russians fairly large quantities of their Vetterli 1870 and 1870/87 bolt action rifles. These were in both 10.4mm black powder rimfire and the converted 6.5mm Carcano calibers. The Italians considered these "emergency" weapons - especially the conversions - because they hoped the weapons would never be fired, as the conversions were thought to be unsafe.

In this period photo, the Russian soldier on the left is holding a Vetterli. The Russians reportedly used the rifles to arm warehouse guards, etc., and eventually scrapped them.

How about that?

TheWanderingMind — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:21:17 GMT

Got in a smack-down on a guy on another forum the other day. He claimed he had all the rifles used by US troops in World War One. He was going on about his 1903 Springfield, his Model 1917 Enfield, his Remington Model 1891 Mosin-Nagant and his .45 Colt semi-auto pistol.

I informed him he was in error. Until he gets a Mannlicher-Berthier Model 1907/15 rifle, he doesn�t have them all�

He blustered away, until I dropped him in his tracks with a reference to the 369th Infantry. The �Harlem Hellfighters� � as they called themselves � were the only Black U.S. Army fighting unit to see action in World War One.

They were originally constituted as the 15th Infantry Regiment, NYARNG. They were reorganized and redesignated March 1, 1918 as the 369th Infantry Regiment. Upon arriving at St. La'Zaire, France, they were fired upon and some were killed by a detachment of US Marines who resented them being there. They were placed into service unloading ships

Because none of the American units wanted to fight alongside them or to be assigned to their units, it was decided April 8, 1918 to assign the unit to the French Army for duration of the United States participation in the war. The men were issued French helmets, brown leather belts and pouches, and the three-shot Mannlicher-Berthier Model 1907/15 fusil d�infanterie - although they continued to wear their U.S. uniforms.

The 369th Infantry Regiment went into the trenches as the first regiment in US history to serve as an integral part of a foreign army, holding for two months an entire sector against withering German fire as part of the French 16th Division. They returned to combat in the Second Battle of the Marne. Later the 369th was reassigned to Gen. Lebouc�s 161st Division in order to participate in the Allied counterattack. On August 19, the regiment went off the line for rest and training of replacements.

On September 25, 1918, the French 4th Army went on the offensive in conjunction with the American drive in the Meuse-Argonne. The 369th turned in a good account of itself in heavy fighting, sustaining severe losses and capturing the important village of S�chault. �My men never retire, they go forward or they die,� said Colonel William Hayward, the regiment�s commander. At one point, the 369th advanced faster than French troops on their right and left flanks and was in danger of being cut off. By the time the regiment pulled back for reorganization, it had advanced fourteen kilometers through severe German resistance. The entire regiment received the French Croix de Guerre for gallantry under fire.

In Mid-October 1918, the regiment moved to a quiet sector in the Vosges Mountains, and was there on November 11, the day of the Armistice. Six days later, the 369th made its last advance and on November 26, reached the banks of the Rhine River, the first Allied unit to get there.

Eleven times the 369th was cited for bravery and individually 171 of its officers and enlisted men were decorated with Croix de Guerre or the Legion of Honor. In fact, the first American soldiers to receive the French Croix de Guerre with star and palm (France's highest military honor) were Sgt Henry Lincoln Johnson from Albany, New York, and Needham Roberts of Trenton, New Jersey.

The regiment was relieved on December 12, 1918 from assignment to the French 161st Division, and returned to New York. They were the first combat regiment to arrive home and march up 5th Avenue under the Victory Arch. They had served 191 days (almost 6 months) in action, longest of any American Regiment. They never lost a man to capture and never lost a foot of ground. It was demobilized on February 28, 1919, and returned to the New York Army National Guard.

egyptian 9mm

shotbyadeer — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:09:15 GMT

I have an old Helwan that has the arabic writing on the slide. Mine is marked U.A.R. (United Arab Emirates), I have shot lead reloads as well as hot reloads and I've had many problems. The steel on mine is finished in a parkerized finish. All components on my pistol are well heat-treated and the internals have a minimum of tool marks that tend to need raplacement frequantly. I really think I could have found a better deal for the price. I paid 160 at a local pawn shop.I've put numerous rounds through the pistol but have had many problems and have had to replace numerous parts that are hard to find and very expensive. As this is my only Helwan I certainly cannot speak for the quality of other Helwans. However I've heard other people have the same problem.

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egyptian 9mm

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I Am Ok

TexasT — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 07:09:00 GMT

So, a lot of members have been expressing concern for me and other members who have been affected by hurricane Ike, and I am thankful for that. I want to let everyone know that I am fine. I haven't been in Galveston for a few weeks while I am doing a rotation at a central Texas hospital. The bad news is that I was not able to return to retrieve my any of my things. Basically all I have with me is about a months worth of clothes, my laptop, and a pistol. That's what I took with me when I left a few weeks ago.

My biggest concern is not knowing how my apartment has fared, and not being able to return for days. My next biggest concern is looters. Though I haven't heard about any widespread looting as in the case with Katrina, I am sure that some has occurred. I recently read on chron.com that 40% of the 60,000 residents did not evacuate. Why those idiots did not leave the island in the face of a massive storm is beyond me, but I hope they keep their hands on their own property. I'm glad they have beefed up police force and they are really trying to combat burglary.

I guess all my stuff is just stuff and can be replaced, but I would like to keep what I have. When I got to Galveston 3 years ago, all my possession fit in my medium sized 4 door sedan. I didn't have a bed, couch, or even dishes. I had myself and an empty apartment. I slept on an air mattress until could afford a bed. I sat in a chair my mom gave me until I could afford a couch. I slowly built up my home over time. I would really hate to see what I worked for destroyed by selfish people who didn't care enough about their lives to evacuate...but I digress. Stuff is just stuff.

Hopefully I can return Monday or Tuesday to survey the damage. I am not really finding much online that tells the residents a timeline of when to come back, or what has been damaged. TWC and CNN have drastically decreased their coverage of Ike, so I really don't know what's going on. All they show is the same old pictures over and over again. I did find a good site with coverage if anybody wants to look.

Ike coverage

Also the newspaper: The Galveston County Daily News

And people who were able to leave and just didn't should have to pay the coast guard for saving their sorry arses when they got into high water. If you have children and didn't evacuate you should go to jail for child abuse.

Once again, thanks everyone who was concerned for those of us affected by Ike. I am ok and I hope the other members are as well.