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The point isn't actually about who was at one particular battle.
"Sitting Bull et al" means Sitting Bull and other natives, which the Sioux still have an ancestral claim to be.
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If I were a "colonial", the British would still be here running the show. But they're not. Because, well, guns.
If I were a "gun-nut", I'd have quite a few more guns than I do, and I would buy them at every opportunity. The next gun I'll get is the Winchester lever-action my dad has left me in his will - it was purchase the day I was born (58 years ago), and it's never been fired.
I hope I never have to fire it in anger, but I am willing and more than able if it comes to that.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Before my Dad died, he gave me his Win '94 .30-30. It was missing the hood over the front sight, which was lost while deer hunting on Big Bear mountain and rolling down a hillside, but I recently found a replacement at Numrich and repaired it. Beautiful condition, and a delightful gun to fire. They just don't make things like they did in 1948. 
Will Rogers never met me.
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you only got it cause we were busy in France, even then you nearly lost against the dregs we sent against you
all Jonathans are gun nuts arn't they?
wiling and able are two separate things, they say that 70% of solders in combat never killed anyone, just because you can fire a gun doesn't mean that at the pinch you can shoot someone, in fact the more "civilised" you are the less likely you are to do it
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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But I *did* shoot someone when I was in the military. It was dark, raining, and the guy was 25 yards away - I put a .45 round through his femur.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Accidentally? 
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No. It was in the Philippines, and I was on fo'csl (forecastle) watch.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Quote: The smell of a freshly oiled firearm, and the reassuring "CLACK" of the slide pushing a new round into the chamber...
I don't think you can get that misty eyed about it without being a gun-nut
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Sometimes, I wish there was a version Nope, found it[^]
Alberto Brandolini: The amount of energy necessary to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude bigger than to produce it.
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Ah, but if you use bacon grease... ![Badger | [badger,badger,badger,badger...]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/badger.gif)
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Bacon grease would do in a pinch, but I actually use axle grease to protect the mnetal, and gun oil to lube the interesting parts.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Ah, yes... nothing better! I just cleaned all the big toys last week, and the sweet scent of Hoppe's #9 still lingers faintly. 
I'm loading up another 500 rds of 9mm Luger for my new Sig P938 tonight. Hopefully I can get back to the range after work one night soon.
Will Rogers never met me.
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I stopped using Hoppe's because the wife was complaining about the smell. I told her it was one of the odors of freedom, but the conversation quickly degenerated into wondering if my farts were too ...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: wondering if my farts were too
If they're derived from bacon, of course they are!
So what do you use in its place? I'd like to find something that works well for copper fouling, as well as the usual powder residue, since my .243 leaves a little Cu on the lands every time I shoot it. I suppose I could back off the 3000 fps loading I'm making, but what's the fun in that? 
Will Rogers never met me.
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I think it's called M-Pro7.
I use axle grease for metal protection (parts can go for as much as two years without a fresh coating) and lubing slides, and gun oil for rotating parts.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Nice! I'll have to try that.
Will Rogers never met me.
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Is that an euphemism?
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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I don't intentionally speak in euphemisms.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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You don't know what you're missing!!
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May I have either the firearm or the bacon , either will work should i ever need to kill my boss. I think he weighs 400 pounds, bacon might actually do the job faster.
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Probably quieter, too, unless he happens to collapse against the water cooler.
Will Rogers never met me.
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The sound made by the hammer hitting an empty chamber sounds the same to everyone.
The meaning of that sound is directly related to which end of the gun is pointed at you.
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That's known as the "death click". If you needed to pull the trigger and heard that noise, you're now dead.
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When a 1911 is empty, the slide locks backwards and you can't pull the trigger, thus, no "death click". When a 1911 is emptied, the sound you hear is generally a loudly exclaimed expletive followed by the sound of dull tuds on a human skull, because a 1911 has enough weight to be used as a battering weapon, where your typical sissy plastic guns (aka "Glocks") do not.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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