Hi all, I suspect I'll be mostly a lurker. I'm not even sure how I found this board, but it's good to see some shooters that aren't crazy!
I'm mostly a poor guy that likes milsurps, building 80%s, and target shooting.
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2 lots of milsurp people here. naturally, we want to see pictures.
i'm retired. what's your excuse?
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3Welcome, I'm next door in Michigan. Also a milsurp guy.
Bud.
"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure"---- Dan Quayle, 1990.
"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure"---- Dan Quayle, 1990.
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4Howdy from Missouri !!
were you at in Illinois? Your interest sound a lot like my cousin Mike.. in Illinois, who is a liberal and lurks here occasionally..
were you at in Illinois? Your interest sound a lot like my cousin Mike.. in Illinois, who is a liberal and lurks here occasionally..
This is just my opinion, yours may vary and is no less valid.
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8Welcome from Houston! Rifles and pistols? Pics?
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10 from Oregon. I like M&Ms (Mosins & Mausers)
Cynistoicureanism: The world view best expressed by "I can't trust 'em any farther then I can throw 'em, There's nothing I can do about it anyway, So let's have a drink".
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11Lurk away. Lots can be learned. And a few laughs.
CDFingers
CDFingers
Crazy cat peekin' through a lace bandana
like a one-eyed Cheshire, like a diamond-eyed Jack
like a one-eyed Cheshire, like a diamond-eyed Jack
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12"There never was a union of church and state which did not bring serious evils to religion."
The Right Reverend John England, first Roman Catholic Bishop of Charleston SC, 1825.
The Right Reverend John England, first Roman Catholic Bishop of Charleston SC, 1825.
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13Welcome from NE Ohio!
“We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.”
― Ernesto Che Guevara
― Ernesto Che Guevara
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15In Champaign Urbana. One of the blue areas in the state.dandad wrote:Howdy from Missouri !!
were you at in Illinois? Your interest sound a lot like my cousin Mike.. in Illinois, who is a liberal and lurks here occasionally..
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16I've done a few polymer. I have 2 aluminum ready to build but the father in law borrowed my jig a while back. One of them will be on my lady's birthday gift in a few weekssenorgrand wrote:Welcome!
When you build 80%, do you do polymer or aluminum?
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17Tried to add some pics from my phone but I get an error. I'll try from a PC soon!
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18I know it well. Home of Hal ! Lots of time at college parties back in the 80s up there as my friend, and bass player in our band, sister went there. We'd play 1 night, party 2. Lolsorebutton wrote:In Champaign Urbana. One of the blue areas in the state.dandad wrote:Howdy from Missouri !!
were you at in Illinois? Your interest sound a lot like my cousin Mike.. in Illinois, who is a liberal and lurks here occasionally..
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This is just my opinion, yours may vary and is no less valid.
- Me -
"I will never claim to be an expert, and it has been my experience that self proclaimed experts are usually self proclaimed."
-Me-
I must proof read more
- Me -
"I will never claim to be an expert, and it has been my experience that self proclaimed experts are usually self proclaimed."
-Me-
I must proof read more
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19Welcome Land of Lincoln!
"It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of non-violence to cover impotence. There is hope for a violent man to become non-violent. There is no such hope for the impotent." -Gandhi
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20Ps. Im actually born and raised in the Bevivilledandad wrote:I know it well. Home of Hal ! Lots of time at college parties back in the 80s up there as my friend, and bass player in our band, sister went there. We'd play 1 night, party 2. Lolsorebutton wrote:In Champaign Urbana. One of the blue areas in the state.dandad wrote:Howdy from Missouri !!
were you at in Illinois? Your interest sound a lot like my cousin Mike.. in Illinois, who is a liberal and lurks here occasionally..
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Ps. Im actually born and raised in the Belleville, waterloo, columbia , Illinois area. Monroe county to be exact, but a stone throw from St. Clair co. Out in the midst of farm country. But still only 25 minutes from st. Louis mo. Where i live now.dandad wrote:I know it well. Home of Hal ! Lots of time at college parties back in the 80s up there as my friend, and bass player in our band, sister went there. We'd play 1 night, party 2. Lolsorebutton wrote:In Champaign Urbana. One of the blue areas in the state.dandad wrote:Howdy from Missouri !!
were you at in Illinois? Your interest sound a lot like my cousin Mike.. in Illinois, who is a liberal and lurks here occasionally..
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This is just my opinion, yours may vary and is no less valid.
- Me -
"I will never claim to be an expert, and it has been my experience that self proclaimed experts are usually self proclaimed."
-Me-
I must proof read more
- Me -
"I will never claim to be an expert, and it has been my experience that self proclaimed experts are usually self proclaimed."
-Me-
I must proof read more
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21It looks totally different now. They keep building tall buildings.dandad wrote:I know it well. Home of Hal ! Lots of time at college parties back in the 80s up there as my friend, and bass player in our band, sister went there. We'd play 1 night, party 2. Lolsorebutton wrote:In Champaign Urbana. One of the blue areas in the state.dandad wrote:Howdy from Missouri !!
were you at in Illinois? Your interest sound a lot like my cousin Mike.. in Illinois, who is a liberal and lurks here occasionally..
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