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MadPick
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Location: Renton, WA Joined: Sun Mar 13, 2011 Posts: 51919
Real Name: Steve
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Sparky D wrote: My first. Complete noob on BP.
I've shot them before, though, just never loaded one. Lots of reading ahead. Tons of fun. Looks like you probably have everything you need there. Don't use heavy loads with the brass frame. And clean it every time you shoot it. Religiously .
_________________SteveBenefactor Life Member, National Rifle AssociationLife Member, Second Amendment FoundationPatriot & Life Member, Gun Owners of AmericaLife Member, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear ArmsLegal Action Supporter, Firearms Policy CoalitionMember, NAGR/NFGRPlease support the organizations that support all of us.Leave it cleaner than you found it.
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Mon Sep 20, 2021 9:11 am |
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sportsdad60
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Location: The banana belt of MT Joined: Wed Dec 30, 2015 Posts: 8578
Real Name: Brian
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MadPick wrote: Sparky D wrote: My first. Complete noob on BP.
I've shot them before, though, just never loaded one. Lots of reading ahead. Tons of fun. Looks like you probably have everything you need there. Don't use heavy loads with the brass frame. And clean it every time you shoot it. Religiously . This. And boiling hot water is best to clean your barrel out. Then wipe wipe wipe until the patches comes out clean. Then a light coat of oil.
_________________ "I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me."- Hunter S. Thompson
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Mon Sep 20, 2021 9:53 am |
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WaJim
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Location: Tacoma Wa Joined: Tue Oct 8, 2013 Posts: 16607
Real Name: George Bailey
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sportsdad60 wrote: MadPick wrote: Sparky D wrote: My first. Complete noob on BP.
I've shot them before, though, just never loaded one. Lots of reading ahead. Tons of fun. Looks like you probably have everything you need there. Don't use heavy loads with the brass frame. And clean it every time you shoot it. Religiously . This. And boiling hot water is best to clean your barrel out. Then wipe wipe wipe until the patches comes out clean. Then a light coat of oil. Gonna smell like Bad EGG Farts...
_________________ "Remove one freedom per generation and soon you will have no freedom and no one would have noticed."......Carl Marx
"Let us Cross the river and sit in the shade of the trees" .....Stonewall Jackson
T. Jefferson "....the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. it is it's natural manure"
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Mon Sep 20, 2021 5:02 pm |
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TechnoWeenie
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Location: Nova Laboratories Joined: Tue Oct 25, 2011 Posts: 18385
Real Name: Johnny 5
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Modern technology, and as much as I hate it, Google.
Specifically, Google Translate app.
So, a decade ago, the closest thing you could get to live translation was converting text to another language........and back again...
and now, you can have an almost seamless conversation with someone, without knowing anything.
I was down in orting, and saw a minivan not just on the shoulder, but full on in the grass, and decided i'd hop out to see what's up....figuring it was a flat... or out of gas.. something I could help with in 2 seconds...
Well, this Asian lady in her 60's that's standing next to the van walks towards me and starts pointing at her phone, which has a text message with an address on it.... and we very quickly realize that she doesn't speak a word of English, and I don't speak a word of Chinese.
But, Google translate to the rescue.
Put it in the live conversation mode, and it's instantly taking her spoken Chinese, translating it, and speaking it in English, and translating my spoken English into spoken Chinese.
Yeah, it wasn't perfect, but I very quickly found out that she was lost and didn't how how to use her GPS, and didn't know about Google Maps, so, despite her phone being in Chinese, I was able to put the address in Google maps and got her on her way.
This just blew me away for some reason. The idea that 2 people that don't even know the same language can communicate pretty seamlessly with minimal issue, is mindblowing. Yeah, I know the technology has existed for a couple years now, and I've tested it just dicking around, but this was my first real world use, and it's pretty fucking amazing.
TLDR; I have a love/hate relationship with Google.
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Thu Sep 23, 2021 9:10 pm |
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NWGunner
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Location: South Seattle Joined: Thu May 2, 2013 Posts: 12419
Real Name: Steve
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TechnoWeenie wrote: ...you can have an almost seamless conversation with someone, without knowing anything.
You do that all the time here... TechnoWeenie wrote: I was able to put the address in Google maps and got her on her way.
Nice of you to help her!
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Thu Sep 23, 2021 9:18 pm |
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TechnoWeenie
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Location: Nova Laboratories Joined: Tue Oct 25, 2011 Posts: 18385
Real Name: Johnny 5
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NWGunner wrote: TechnoWeenie wrote: ...you can have an almost seamless conversation with someone, without knowing anything.
You do that all the time here...
_________________NO DISASSEMBLE!Thomas Paine wrote: "He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself."
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Thu Sep 23, 2021 9:35 pm |
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WaJim
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Location: Tacoma Wa Joined: Tue Oct 8, 2013 Posts: 16607
Real Name: George Bailey
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GF/Fiancee lives in Walla Squared.
She surprised me by coming over the pass yesterday instead of today.
_________________ "Remove one freedom per generation and soon you will have no freedom and no one would have noticed."......Carl Marx
"Let us Cross the river and sit in the shade of the trees" .....Stonewall Jackson
T. Jefferson "....the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. it is it's natural manure"
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Fri Sep 24, 2021 5:30 am |
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MadPick
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Location: Renton, WA Joined: Sun Mar 13, 2011 Posts: 51919
Real Name: Steve
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WaJim wrote: .....
GF/Fiancee lives in Walla Squared.
She surprised me by coming over the pass yesterday instead of today. Whoa. Wrong thread.
_________________SteveBenefactor Life Member, National Rifle AssociationLife Member, Second Amendment FoundationPatriot & Life Member, Gun Owners of AmericaLife Member, Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear ArmsLegal Action Supporter, Firearms Policy CoalitionMember, NAGR/NFGRPlease support the organizations that support all of us.Leave it cleaner than you found it.
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Fri Sep 24, 2021 5:37 am |
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Pablo
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Location: Everson, WA Joined: Sun Jan 6, 2013 Posts: 28149
Real Name: Ace Winky
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WaJim wrote: .....
GF/Fiancee lives in Walla Squared.
She surprised me by coming over the pass yesterday instead of today. Pics of the lovely couple or didn't happen....... That is so sweet though. Kinda stuff you actually don't forget, just a day, but sorta gets wrapped in your heart feels.
_________________ Why does the Penguin in Batman sound like a duck?
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Fri Sep 24, 2021 5:38 am |
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jukk0u
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Location: Lynnwood and at large Joined: Wed May 1, 2013 Posts: 21151
Real Name: Vick Lagina
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Gotcherself a little hayseed from the place-so-nice-they-named-it-twice, eh Jimbo?
So... will you be moving to the dry side, or is the Missus-to-be planning on growin web feet on yer side of the hill?
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“A return to First Principles in a Republic is sometimes caused by simple virtues of a single man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example. Before all else, be armed!” ~ Niccolo Machiavelli
Láodòng zhèng zhūwèi zìyóu
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Fri Sep 24, 2021 9:01 am |
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Pablo
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Location: Everson, WA Joined: Sun Jan 6, 2013 Posts: 28149
Real Name: Ace Winky
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MadPick wrote: WaJim wrote: .....
GF/Fiancee lives in Walla Squared.
She surprised me by coming over the pass yesterday instead of today. Whoa. Wrong thread. I see what you did there.
_________________ Why does the Penguin in Batman sound like a duck?
Because the eagle sounds like a hawk.
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Fri Sep 24, 2021 9:06 am |
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sportsdad60
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Location: The banana belt of MT Joined: Wed Dec 30, 2015 Posts: 8578
Real Name: Brian
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Pablo wrote: MadPick wrote: WaJim wrote: .....
GF/Fiancee lives in Walla Squared.
She surprised me by coming over the pass yesterday instead of today. Whoa. Wrong thread. I see what you did there. SPELL CHECK AISLE 69
_________________ "I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me."- Hunter S. Thompson
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Fri Sep 24, 2021 9:29 am |
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RocketScott
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Location: Kentucky Joined: Fri Jan 16, 2015 Posts: 11049
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Made it to Kentucky a little bit ago Been driving since 9:00 yesterday morning Boom truck did pretty good. Two blown tires and a ragged mud flap but the new engine is running really well. Better than it ever was
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Mon Sep 27, 2021 1:12 am |
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Pablo
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Location: Everson, WA Joined: Sun Jan 6, 2013 Posts: 28149
Real Name: Ace Winky
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RocketScott wrote: Made it to Kentucky a little bit ago
Been driving since 9:00 yesterday morning
Boom truck did pretty good. Two blown tires and a ragged mud flap but the new engine is running really well. Better than it ever was
Very excellent!
_________________ Why does the Penguin in Batman sound like a duck?
Because the eagle sounds like a hawk.
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Mon Sep 27, 2021 3:54 am |
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Massivedesign
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Location: Olympia, WA Joined: Fri Mar 11, 2011 Posts: 38293
Real Name: Dan
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Now come back….. we miss you
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Mon Sep 27, 2021 4:59 am |
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