We need something like this here in Outdoors and Fieldcraft...

We sure do, partner...Good job starting this one off <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> !

Hoping to do some more canyons in a couple of weeks.

I was in Theodore Roosevelt NP last night... Was only there for one night though, so starting a small fire was about all the fun we had... Just passing through.

they said knife nuts are gun nuts...it holds true for me.

Knife nuts are typically flashlight nuts as well...

Some of them are even car nuts <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> ...

that is so true, got a surefire z3, L4, G2 and a 4D mag, and some fenix!!!

Nice collection of SureFires there! I am waiting on the UA2 and the UB2. Gotta have those two puppies for some reason. Hoping the ARC-1 and ARC-2 HIDs are not priced out of my range as those are my two SureFire grail lights <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> .

I'm starting to use the fenix more because they use double A batteries. those CR123 3v can get quite expensive if you play with it all night <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

You can use rechargeable 17670 Li-ions in most SureFire bodies w/o issue. I bored out an M2 for 18650 and run all three of my G2 lights off 17670 cells.

Hello, fellow Death Chatters...Where are all y'all tonight?

good idea to put one here! chat away!

maybe I'll give them a try. How do they hold up after say 50 charges? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

they hold up great if you charge them right, hundreds of charges but every single time you charge them wrong, I understand you cut that number in half!

do your homework.

please don't post pictures of guns...right now is not a great time for me to pick up more toys...beautiful shotgun. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

yeah that's why I stay away from Ni-Cad type rechargables. Knowing myself I'll probably mess it up after 10 charges. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

Thanks, MRPink <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> . As for KENKEN, all you need is a good charger, perhaps a voltmeter to periodically verify your ending voltages (no more than 4.2V). Pick up the Pila IBC, or two for safe and reliable charging of 18650, 17670 and 18650 cells. Hundreds of charges is correct!

Well done!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Good afternoon everyone. I love me some surefires!!KROMA!!

all my surefires are very nicely made too. The L4 feels just right and its 5watts LED gives off a huge amount of light. Its not a spotlight by any means but it does hell of a fine jobfor close up work outdoor. The 5watt LED is suppose to last at least 50,000 hours too. No chance of it "burning" out.

I'm more of a bag and jacket nut.

"Bag" as in tactical, Maxpedition and such.

I also bought a new jacket with lots of pockets. M-65 style.

I like everything!

But speaking of flashlights, I really like some of The NiteCore stuff, but the one i really one is the Fenix LD10: https://www.4sevens.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_65&products_id=466

That looks like a nice one.

Anyone here into lasers....Whoohoo I am!!!

I have one that I boresight the rifles with, and its almost dead on accurate. give or take a few MOA at 100yards. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

Good afternoon dogs. Life is good!!

Sure couple here and there. mean green

We should get the SODs within 3 weeks or so!! I can't wait to test 'em out against the CT!!

Some of us are even hotrod boat nuts too! Here's a pic of my baby's new mill.

<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />WOW Tolly!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Wow is right. that is cool

As James Brown would say "GOOD GOD"!!!

Thanks guys. That's my play boat. We'll be building the fast boat this winter... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

look at this tree!

imagine chopping that thing down... Now that will be a true test for the SOD... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

You go a head and start, But I would recomend something more like this.

I dont know about cutting it down but I sure would give that old tree a HUG.

Oh yeah Good morning everyone.

I have a Wicked 55mW and Optotronics 35mW and 75mW lasers <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> . That looks pretty serious, Tolly.

I have several handhelds over 300mW, one over 430mW but that is a prototype Hercules that Dimitry from LaserGlow hooked up. Bootlegtogo over at Optotronics is a great guy I have several of his as well... one at 315-350mW. Oh all are 532nm(Green). That LaserGlow prototype can cut through a setbelt in about 10 seconds.

No check that...10 seconds if the setbelt is being pulled tight, and any were from 15-22 seconds if the setbelt is just laying there. Oh, it has to be a dark colored belt. The one I just tried was blue-black.

Is that the tree of life? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" />

any AR15 lovers here?

I love mine but .223 and 5.56 are still somewhat pricey!

And remember folks when playing with lasers to keep those safety glasses on. Anything over 35mW will do permanent eye damage and nobody wants that.

Or just turn you into the coolest guy on the block!
<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Knife nuts may also be wilderness survival nuts



that was one of the first bow-drill kits i made, and I have since realized how crappy it was. My current ones are much better.

First workday with an extra hour of sleep...and I'm feeling great!!

I usually get up at 5 am for work, and thought I would have the extra hour...
for some reason, however, I woke up an hour earlier instead of getting an extra
hour's sleep. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />
Go figure eh?

Cloak,
Think that you could take a couple of pics of your better ones?
I'm interested in trying this as I've never done one before, and it
would be great to see a good one.
Thanks
DotD

looks like a good kit...it can serve as a walking stick too <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Went to the gun store today and put on lay-away a Remington 870

Nice one.

Good score on the Remmington, I have one at home, very nice shotgun and a must have

keep it up guys, your doing great, make it biiiig! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

I'm looking at getting a Rem 870 DotD, sweet!
waiting for a good sale! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Turns out that they made a mistake when they set up the lay-away plan.
Instead of getting this one


I ended up with this one


Both are .12 gauge with 20 inch barrels, and I saved myself $100.00 which was cool.

If I ever want to get a different barrel, I'll be able to pick one up for about $75.00.
I think though, that I'll just leave this one as it is, and pick up an old Lee Enfield .303 or something like that if I want another one.

Took this one out shooting clay targets on the weekend. It has a lot less kick to it than I thought it would.
After shooting this one, I shot my friends Ithica Featherlight .12 gauge.
It is far lighter than my Remington, with a 26 inch barrel as opposed to mine
with a 20 inch barrel.
Man did that thing kick. Way worse than my 870.

Just realized that I've passed the 200 mark for posts today.
Joined here on March 12th of this year, and it took me until November 7th to get
my first 100 posts, then a mere 20 days later, here I am doubling my first 8
months of effort.

Guess it took me awhile to get my posting legs under me... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Looks like a nice one, congrats.

you are 1/5 of a JYD now DotD <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> .

YEAH!!!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

GZ

WOO HOO !!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
JUST MADE MONGREL STATUS !!!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

GZ.

GZip? Gesundheit? Graff Zeppelin?

<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

Yeah, I was wondering about that one too.... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Been racking my brain trying to figure out what that meant. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

My new outdoor toy:


<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

That looks fun CO! Who makes it? Specs?

Very nice Cold. What do we have there- looks mighty fine from where I am sitting <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

It is a Dominion Arms 870 clone in 12ga. Chinese made, but quality reports seem to be pretty good. Instead of the usual tube mag thought it uses a 5 round box mag as you can see! Should make for an amusing toy. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Once I have it I'll be able to measure the OAL with just the pistol grip and then figure out how short a barrel I can put on it. Remington parts swap into it quite easily.

Very nice Chris! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> An early Christmas present? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

That is a very cool shotgun CO.
I wonder if there are after market goodies like that available for mine <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Hehe, There isn't a conversion kit that I know of.

This is part 1 of 2 Tom. Next up should be a S&W 617. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /><img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

Are those weapons approved by the Canadian government? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I don't know about those, but maybe these ones are:



http://www.palmpistol.com/

Apparently it is a single shot 9mm "pistol" designed ergonomically for senior citizen and disabled self defense.

Dangit. Store sold the 617 out from under me. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif" alt="" />

Ah well, just wait on the next one.

Tom - Handguns are legal depending on barrel length. Only really annoying thing is that they are range use only. Still, you can have some decent fun there. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I was reading about the possibility of the Palm Pistol being deemed a medical device in the US. The thought of getting a prescription for a handgun for self defense is hilarious! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Gz is short for gtats which is short for congratulations.

Closest I've ever gotten to something that compressed was "GLGH": Good Luck, Good Hunting. My Mechwarrior 3 gaming clan always used to say that over team-chat before we deployed into a mission.

Man. Fond memories of stomping around in my Bushwhacker custom. Everybody else seemed to prefer the UAC/20 more than the LBx/20 owing to its greater cyclic rate and kinetic transfer... But the LBx/20 was my favorite since it was a twelve ton sawn-off shotgun and sanded the entire target with pellets. Good times.

Though I probably racked up more kills with a Timberwolf and 3 ER-PPCs. Requires some fire discipline owing to the long cycle and extreme heat output on the ER-PPC, but if you wait for that sweet shot, an alphastrike delivers utterly catastrophic damage. That and it was amusing to plink people at 800 meters or so. Most combat in Mechwarrior 3 took place at very short range owing to the poorly written net code and its massive amount of lag. People got so used to fighting at short range that a lot of time they wouldn't even start dodging until 600 meters (ERMLAS range, which was the longest-ranged commonly used Zero-TOF weapon). Though they learned fast when you took off their mech's arms and legs with one shot.

If you want to be really classy, you sit off from the main battle a ways and wait until an enemy unit alphastrikes a boatload of lasers into one of your buddies, then you shoot the guy that just fired. ERPPC hits add heat to a mech. Between the huge heat spike they got from alphastriking a bunch of lasers, plus what you just added to them, they go nuclear.

(Topic? What topic?)

Even better would be being able to get your insurance company to pay for it! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

My DMDC survived the dreaded peanut butter and jam sandwich performance test today. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />
I posted pics over in the knife section <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Ha! I know it's somewhat old but I wanted to respond. Just got mine and I love it! Of course being in california and after the election price was inflated. Everyone that has shot it loves it though, no kick. I got some 62gr. steel core green tip (M855) from wideners @ a good price. Check 'em out. Plus, the green laser visible in the day is awesome, you can't miss.

So, did the double-cut allow for a noticeably easier plunge?

Hey Dawg,
The knife started out life as a Double Cut. However, I decided to sand it off
to get a bare blade, so can't give an opinion about the ease of plunge. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

I've got a couple...

I'm sort of a gun guy.

Want to see pix?
Stuff

Gotta love the guns. Now that's a collection, a lot of history there.

Thanks.

Thanks -I also enjoyed your pictures. Very nice- good looking pup on avatar too <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

He's a big sweetie...

I had a pitbull mixed with labrador, loved the water. Also loved to dig and chase people, parents gave him away while I was in school. Soooo wrong.

something strange happened at our xmas party yesterday...

My cousin who is pretty much an anti wants to get a shotgun. He said things might actually hit the fan with the economy going the way its going.

Want to know what I told him?

"Hope for the best, prepare for WAR young jedi" <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

My wife just signed up for facebook with her daughters and grandaughters...
I assisted in setting up the account and showing her a few things.

Have I opened a Pandora's box????

My favorite saying is by a friend WarEagle off of a different forum.

Always prepare --- Prepare All Ways


Cheers

Went shooting for Christmas. My family (which likes to tell me I'm crazy for buying guns) took me up on my joke to take them shooting. I thought, Sure-they'll bail out last minute! NOT. Shocker. We all had fun, all 16 of us(uncles,cousins,etc.) What have I started...?

Careful Dawg, you'll end up having your own family army <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Careful Dawg- they will shoot all your ammo and want more. Next- they will want all your steel. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Got a replacement credit card in the mail the other day. They told me that
my account had been compromised, but that they didn't think there had been
any fraudulent activity on it. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />
Ok, I can buy that, but I questioned why they didn't get ahold of me in a more
timely fashion? Especially over the Christmas buying season!
Spent an hour on the phone with the guy going over each and every purchase made
on my card over the last 2 months. Turns out that I could account for each and
every transaction, so all is well.

We canceled the old card and activated the new one.

The new one has one of those computer chips in it.
I asked directly if it could track my movements via satellite. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" />
The guy said it couldn't <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> ... yet <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
After a lengthy pause without laughter on my part, he told me that he was just
joking...who said they don't have a sense of humor. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
Then he told me that it was an additional layer of card security to prevent
double skimming (not sure what that is?)
All is well <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> I think <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />


Cheers <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

The "chip" in your card is called a RFID (Radio Frequency ID) tag. They have a lot of neat uses, but some potential privacy infringing uses as well. Skimming is where someone takes your card out of your sight (like when eating someplace and they take your card from you while at the table and go ring it up) and they run it through a handheld device that allows them to copy the info on your card and fradulantly copy the info to a blank card. Google both if you want to learn more.

Andy, do you own shares in Google by any chance? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> just kidding.
Thanks for the info. I'll look that up when I get a chance.

Cheers <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

They replace your card if there's a chance that it has been compromised, not just if they know it has. Like they may have had a security breach and lost a thousand credit card records, and yours just happened to be one of those leaked.

By the way, I would take that guy seriously when he says "not yet". There are some truly scary technologies being developed in the name of security. A good question to ask when people talk about security is, what's being secured; and another is, what does it actually cost. Not in money but in freedoms.

I try not to be too paranoid, but... They're not out to get you, but if they were, you're screwed.

Very disturbing post my friend. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />


Just what business did you say you are IN? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

I didn't.
</mysterious> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Anyway, if you look at:

1.) powers given to or taken by (given via acquiescence) the governments of the world in the name of security,
2.) increasing dependence on interconnected digital systems at all levels of society,
3.) increasing features in decreasing size leading to more interconnectedness and less user understanding

... then it's easy to predict where we're going. At least in the near future.

Homework: Find out about the concept of the panoptic sort (pan-, "all" + optic, "seeing". Sort, verb, to select or organize data based on defined criteria). Identify ways in which modern society has already begun to implement it or ways in which it could conceivably be advanced without public awareness.

This concludes today's lesson on paranoia. Be vigilant!

Good advice Momaw. A very scary time indeed <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

The test case has been Great Britain.
Everything that has been implemented in that country is what we are heading
towards. If you thought that the USSR was an oppressive regime, think again.
That was just for practice.
The New World was implemented in GB and is now being implemented on the North
American continent. The next time you are at an intersection look to see if
there are camera's set up so that "traffic flow" can be "monitored".

Not so much Cheer, but Cheers anyway <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

LOL! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
I barely saw your post, you couldn't have said it any better. Everyone I have talked to and taken out shooting has been bitten by the 'I need a gun' bug. I made sure to go over the safety procedures with them and was surprised at how much fun we had.

Ordawg, I didn't even bother showing them any steel! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
Can you imagine that Christmas list? As for ammo, no kidding!
Tax returns, where are you....

Art,
I can imagine what that Christmas list would cost you! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Don't forget us Dawgs on that list (lol) <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

You're such a Dawg, ordawg <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
Make sure I'm on that list <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Hey- I said " us" <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />as in you - me- mc- Art- Jeff- Bruce- Tolly-Klink- Jim- Which and all the rest. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> See.......I remembered you. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />Yes _ I am a DAWG for sure <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

No problem! It only takes me two weeks to get my list covered...

There's that "two weeks" phrase again! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Good Grief- no Christmas next year <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />

Guess I'll just have to do what I did this year then <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />
I bought myself a Christmas present so that I could make sure
that I would get at least one thing that I wanted <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

What was surprising this year, was that most of the family actually
got me things that I liked. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />
That's quite a feat, because usually, no one knows what to get for
the others in the family. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbdn.gif" alt="" />

I got things I really liked also. Kinda nice. Mostly I get this really good coffee as nobody knows what to buy me. Coffee is good <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Yes, Coffee is good. We like coffee <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

You ever get that coffee that is from somewhere that an animal eats it- digests it- and is supposed to be really great ? It is supposed to be really good stuff- I just don't know if I would drink it <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

I've heard about that, and think I'll pass.

Just give me pure, undiluted coffee. I'll even chew on the grinds for that
extra buzz <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Maybe one of the other Dawgs have heard of it ? It was in that movie " Bucket List" ? Chewing grounds IS accepatable

I love coffee as well! I even went to Seattle to visit the first Starbucks. The city is dreary but the coffee was great and it was actually better at the little mom and pop places.

ORdawg here it is: Kopi luwak asking price: $600 per pound

"The secret of this delicious blend," enthuses the Indonesia Tourism Promotion Board, "lies in the bean selection, which is performed by a luwak, a species of civet cat endemic to Java. The luwak will eat only the choicest, most perfectly matured beans which it then excretes, partially digested, a few hours later. Plantation workers then retrieve the beans from the ground, ready for immediate roasting."

Sorry, but I also pass.

That is it Art!!! Thanks- but I will have to pass too <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />- maybe Dave ? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Mmmm...Sounds tastey...I have friends in Indonesia who are coming over
in the spring. Maybe I can entice them to bring a pound or so over.. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />
I could sell it for $100 / ounce....no prob <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbup.gif" alt="" />

cowboy coffee for me....<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />


ethiopian blends are nice