"Publication mocked for reporting Jacob Blake had knife in car but was 'otherwise unarmed'”.
Except for his Tommy gun, Sgt. Saunders went through WWII unarmed.
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"Publication mocked for reporting Jacob Blake had knife in car but was 'otherwise unarmed'”.
Except for his Tommy gun, Sgt. Saunders went through WWII unarmed.
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I got to shoot a real Thompson at the range a couple of weeks ago. I Shot a cardboard box at about 20 yards. My 10 round burst came out about the size of a dinner plate. I guess you'd need a drum mag and spray to hit anything. We were shooting Tula, the guy had a license and a another 9mm full auto, both with cans and we were shooting Tula haha, take that gun snobs.
Cool, ck! Firing full auto take practice. But if you superimpose a dinner plate on a human torso, you will see that your shot group is a good one, especially considering those are .45 bullets. Ouch!
Paco, there’s a rare case of the Fish Wrap of Choice(tm), a/k/a the NYT, engaging in what appears to be actual journalism on Twitter, regarding the 3 rioters shot by a 17 year old citizen.
https://mobile.twitter.com/trbrtc/status/1298839097923063809
It’s actually readable. I hope the author isn’t fired for this display of integrity.
Catching that much lead in your torso could ruin your whole day. Glad to see the Tula worked; I think that stuff sometimes gets an unfair bad rap.
Jeff, I'm sure whoever it is will soon be shoved onto the cancel bus with a one-way ticket to Podunk, Nebraska.
I have tons of steel cased ammo, it's all my backup. Tula, Wolf, Mixed Russian, Norinco(Chinese) and a bunch of Winchester in 9mm. My guns eat it all up and spit it out just fine. I shoot reloads and keep the steel for a rainy day.
Combat! One of my favorite WW II shows when I was a kid. Altho I was always more impressed by Littlejohn's BAR, for some reason.
Steel ammo depends on the firearm. I've shot a lot of Wolf ammo out of my pistols, no problem. Never have tried in a rifle, but I understand some ARs have problems with extraction and feeding.
Try the old Soviet ammo if you want a real challenge. Plastic cases, copper cases, you name it. Whew!
I have some steel cased .30 carbine. It works fine in a carbine, it gets jammed in the cylinder in my Ruger single action.
For you aussies here, WTF?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-16/victoria-coronavirus-state-of-emergency-powers-explained/12059194
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The chief health officer could also give authorised officers the power to exercise the following "public health risk powers" if it is deemed necessary to investigate, eliminate or reduce the risk to public health:...
Enter any premises without a warrant...
Require "any information" needed
...
Direct any other person to take any other action the authorised officer considers necessary
I've used Bear 7.62x39 with great success in my AK-47s; they make a zinc-plated steel cartridge that's smooth as silk. I haven't checked lately, but the stuff used to be super cheap.
I have a dozen AR's in three calibers and assorted barrel lengths. The AR47's (762x39) have never even shot brass.
R-man: I like Combat!, too (it's one of Mrs. Paco's favorites). We watched a bunch of episodes on YouTube a while back and it was great. And it's fascinating to watch some of the guest stars - Ted Knight as a kindly German infantryman, James Caan as a smart German sergeant who matches wits with Sgt. Saunders, James Whitmore as a German soldier pretending to be a priest, so many, many more.
I think you'll find that it was Kirby who carried the BAR.
Yes Veeshir we're all as disturbed about that as you. That's the southern state called Victoria which used to be the most conservative. But then to us 'conservative' is seen through our mostly Catholic (including Anglican) roots. We don't have a tradition of radical individualism or checks on power like the US does, except British institutions in the last recourse. The British Empire which we came from was run the same way, with arbitrary absolute power by a bunch of benign bureaucrats. The US was founded by Britih radicals who wanted to get away from that, and that seems to still be the default.
Combat! is on Saturday night on H&I, a broadcast network.
They also have Rat Patrol, which is a cheesily awesome show about 2 Jeeps cruising around North Africa.
I love watching Jeeps with Ma Deuces cruising around the desert shooting up Nazis.
They have Tour of Duty, a Vietnam tv show that I don't watch and 12 O'clock high, a tv show based loosely on the movie of same name about a bomber wing general in Britain during WWII and my personal favorite, Black Sheep Squadron. I love that show.
Black Sheep Squadron - is that the one with Robert Conrad? I don't think I ever caught any of it.
Yeah, Robert Conrad is the star. It's a very good show.
It's very loosely based on a true story. Pappy Boyington, from the Flying Tigers, goes back to the Marines after Pearl Harbor and leads a squadron in the Pacific. Based on a true story in that they use his name and he actually was a pilot in the Pacific.
In the show, he's a scam artist who 'steals' a squadron and fills it with misfits. His colonel hates him but the general thinks he's hilarious.
Sounds pretty good.
Combat! was one of my favorite shows as a kid.
Ah, Rat Patrol and Black Sheep Squadron.
Great memories.
The real history of Wake Island and Captain Elrod and the Marines in WW2 makes for fascinating reading, as well as the Marines and Cactus Air Force at Guadalcanal.
Veeshir, it's horrifying what is happening in the antipodes regarding the Covid-19 scamdemic.
I know many here don't believe in conspiracy theories but this is genuinely scary: we are talking mandatory vaccination and concentration camps for those who don't submit to the tyranny. For something with the mortality rate of the common cold.
I am six feet all...except for that missing 13.5 inches...
My point being that I have not trusted any media outlet information since...GulfWar1...when the stories being told about that time were something I knew to be untrue. So they can use any twisted propaganda they want, I love that they are fodder for Paco to use to make me laugh...but other than that, completely useless.
Based on a true story in that they use his name and he actually was a pilot in the Pacific.
In the show, he's a scam artist who 'steals' a squadron and fills it with misfits. His colonel hates him but the general thinks he's hilarious.
I met Pappy Boyington once, when he was selling autographed copies of his book Baa Baa Black Sheep, when the TV show was airing (the show was based on his book, and had his blessing, although I'm sure royalties helped). Having personally spoken to a number of his former Flying Tiger squadron mates at another autograph signing session, and heard their opinions, the "scam artist" bit was probably the most accurate part of the plot.
I saw an interview with him where he said it was dramatized, he was a consultant on the show.
I bet he had a lot of fun watching it.
Oh, he liked it alright, especially since Robert Conrad was then still a very handsome fellow, and a believable "tough guy". Boyington himself much more resembled Simon Oakland (General Moore) in 1944.
By the way, Baa Baa Black Sheep (renamed Black Sheep Squadron in syndication) launched the career of John Larroquette.
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