Print

[Bad Dad]

Well, I've got all of the leaves mulched up.  I think I'm going to warm up some pre-cook bbq ribs that we get at Schnucks.  St. Louis style, and they are very good...!

[Travellin Dave]

Well, I've got all of the leaves mulched up.  I think I'm going to warm up some pre-cook bbq ribs that we get at Schnucks.  St. Louis style, and they are very good...!

Morning's work well rewarded, think I'll go find me a bit to eat as well.

[SLY]

Had to catch a little nap.

Dave, you got a preference for gun oil/cleaner?
Hoppes #9?

This is like opening Pandora's Box these days, there are a lot of good products availability.  Hopes #9 is still a good bore cleaner and probably very adequate.

I currently use:

M-Pro 7 Gun Cleaner for the bore

https://www.amazon.com/M-Pro-Cleaner-8-Ounce-Spray-Bottle/dp/B00162PQTG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1478531844&sr=8-2&keywords=m+pro-7


Break Free CLP General Purpose Clean and Lube (Amazon r Walmart). Ballistol found at Amazon Link is also very good.

https://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Aclp%20gun%20cleaner

Lots of folks use Frog Lube these days also

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_p_89_11?fst=as%3Aoff&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Aclp+gun+cleaner%2Cp_89%3AFrog+Lube&keywords=clp+gun+cleaner&ie=UTF8&qid=1478532128&rnid=2528832011

Rem Oil Wipes for just a general wipe down protectant  (Walmart)

There are many other good choices just don't use WD40 or such on your guns.

so I take it Virgin Olive Oil is out too?
thanks Dave.

As is KY and Vasoline

Vaseline can be a cheap and effective preservative if you're going to put weapons in long-term storage. Just make sure to remove it thoroughly before using the gun. Stuff ignites - which is why I always carry vaseline-soaked cotton balls when backpacking. Stuff makes a great firestarter.

/// Wow, I'm sure glad I checked in on the banter this morning.  No telling what you will learn!  Morning fellas.  Raz, how did your return visit to the range go?

Well, I didn't fall in a hole, so I guess that's success.

Yay (applause)!

But then yesterday - the second anniversary of the injury - I had a little mishap with a ladder and thought I might have reinjured the leg. Doesn't appear so, but the leg lets me know every so often that it isn't happy with me.  And the whole thing gave me a touch of PTSD. Combination of panic and horror. I had to quit working on the house and have a cigar and a couple of drinks.

Sorry to hear that.  Take her easy, Raz.

[SLY]

Vaseline can be a cheap and effective preservative if you're going to put weapons in long-term storage. Just make sure to remove it thoroughly before using the gun. Stuff ignites - which is why I always carry vaseline-soaked cotton balls when backpacking. Stuff makes a great firestarter.

Wow, I'm sure glad I checked in on the banter this morning.  No telling what you will learn!  Morning fellas.  Raz, how did your return visit to the range go?

+1 on glad you checked in, Sly. Hope all is well. Another +1 on the interesting factoid about petroleum jelly. I guess that makes a lot of sense. Just never thought of it.

Works like a charm. Throw a spark at a Vaseline-soaked cotton ball and it lights right up and burns for several minutes, even in wet conditions.

I wonder if those (flaming) could be shot out of a tube?

If you've got the ability to shoot something from a tube, there are better ways to make fireballs.  Vaseline and cotton are for survival, not great as artillery.

/// I'm open to any ideas you might have, Raz. Not looking to start any fires, but maybe something for fun at the club parking lot. Course I could just drive 115 miles up to PA and get some roman candles.

[SLY]

Last week my 4 year old grandson ran out into the street, and right in front of a car.  It turned out that the car was new and had that auto breaking feature and stopped the car before hitting him.  The woman in the car was all shook up saying, "I never seen him, and then the car automatically stopped."  I guess in stead of Luke, I'm going to have to call him Lucky...!

That is scary as heck, BD.  I would have freaked out.  Just recently I was derisively thinking of those systems going towards self driving cars ... I prefer to retain the abilities & senses I have acquired from years of driving ... but that is a good example of the feature going beyond your own abilities that saved a life (how can you stop in time if you never even see the kid?!!!). That's a good example of how those sensors and systems can extend your abilities and save a life ... my mind is changed.

[SLY]

See you guys later. Two friends went last night to a Trump rally in Leesburg, VA (30-40 miles west) It was supposed to start at 9:30pm, but he was in Pittsburgh and didn't get there until 12midnight (really 1am).  He spoke for two hours.  They said his speech is available on his website. 10,000 people showed up, but there was only room for a few thousand.  I imagine they had speakers for the overflow.  Local media didn't cover it.  Not a mention on the midday local news. 

[South Carolina Redfish]

DOW Closed UP 371 @ 18,260

[South Carolina Redfish]

SHEESH

[South Carolina Redfish]

MATILDE RENACER ROBUSTO

Box of 20 Mashing @ $72.19 using CATSRULE

Animal Cracker 550's on there too Box of 20/$119, not sure about code on those

Just fired up a Matilde Renacer, tried one and liked it so figured to try a second one before squeezing the trigger on a box I got in the Monster cart.

[South Carolina Redfish]

Fixer Upper' participant claims house-hunting scenes are fake

http://www.chron.com/life/article/Fixer-Upper-participant-claims-house-hunting-10598743.php

[razgueado]

SHEESH

Since you're bored, tell me why you avoid Cheaper Than Dirt. I've never ordered from them, but I get their spam.

[A Friend of Charlie]

Fixer Upper' participant claims house-hunting scenes are fake

http://www.chron.com/life/article/Fixer-Upper-participant-claims-house-hunting-10598743.php

I'm not surprised by that. In the end, if they don't do a certain amount of producing, the show will be boring.

[A Friend of Charlie]

SHEESH

Since you're bored, tell me why you avoid Cheaper Than Dirt. I've never ordered from them, but I get their spam.

You get what you pay for? Just a guess. Don't know anything about anything but even less on this topic.

[South Carolina Redfish]

SHEESH

Since you're bored, tell me why you avoid Cheaper Than Dirt. I've never ordered from them, but I get their spam.

Gougers during difficult times and just generally a bunch of shitheads. Few if any serious gun folks buy from them. 

[South Carolina Redfish]

SHEESH

Since you're bored, tell me why you avoid Cheaper Than Dirt. I've never ordered from them, but I get their spam.

You get what you pay for? Just a guess. Don't know anything about anything but even less on this topic.

They are rarely cheapest on guns