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"You look like a woman, you stupid haggis!" "Haggis? What is haggis?" "Sheep's stomach stuffed with meat and barley!" "...And what do you do with it?" "You eat it!" "How revolting!"

I fully admit to doing that voice when I wear my gas mask at work.

I was going to say that one but decided for the "A king may move a man" bit. Also the extended Director's Cut is much better than the theatrical version, a rare instance of Ridley Scott not getting to have his ideal version of a film go to theaters.

Baldwin IV, but yes.

"None of us know our end, really, or what hand will guide us there. A king may move a man; a father may claim a son. But that man can also move himself, and only then does that man truly begin his own game. Remember that howsoever you are played, or by whom, your soul is in your keeping alone...

The Empire Strikes Back

Oh yeah uh... Yeah it snowed. There's STILL snow out there in patches. And I had to stay/work on my day off. But they let us go on Thursday. Just one more night and I get another two off...

At the moment it's 30-something F. There is supposed to be some ice and snow and sleet this evening and overnight, when I'm at work. I'm just hoping I can get to work before it happens too much, and that it doesn't mess up my car. And that I get to go on home in the morning and not stay at the...

Looks like a thistle or oak leaf with J and S below it. Perhaps just a little mark by a previous owner?

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/52364 Seems the Fraktur-style markings are for WWI-era Kar98AZ models, along with the small-ring receiver. I'm thinking it was a Parker-Hale or some other post-WWII sporterized surplus rifle, especially with the bolt handle redone like that.

... I'm... I'm sorry, did one of them say she was gonna "wake up a slave"? Is that something that people seriously think is even capable of happening?

... I'm... I'm sorry, did one of them say she was gonna "wake up a slave"? Is that something that people seriously think is even capable of happening?

Damn this thread is getting attention again and I'm looking back at that one rifle... Simpson also has a barreled action that I could maybe do something with. Something most esoteric, just to have. .318 Westley-Richards, .350 Rigby. .425 Westley perhaps...

For tonight's update, my tenants (who live in the main building next to my little carriage house) got their power back on today. I was supposedly included in that and really should have been. But from 0900 this morning to when I left for work at 1900, my meter box was still nonfunctional and in...

Hinged floorplate and stock trap, perhaps?

Oh I'm living with my sister literally across the street. It's not so bad. I'm just disgruntled from the lack of decent communication between GA Power and its customers. Apparently linemen and workers aren't even getting the notifications and reports from people in my neighborhood at times, like...

Pffft I don't know why I even bothered. This is getting to be intolerable. I'm of a mind to apply for fema assistance at this point just for extra grocery money. Maybe once it's all finally complete and fixed and if nothing is abysmally ruined, I'll think about buying myself something nice...

According to GA Power, they now say "We expect your power to be restored by Oct 2 8PM." Well perhaps. We'll find out.

I am. But I believe the issue lies with my power meter and not the lines.

The Omnissiah has not favored me with fast power recovery... In fact my power meter seems to have blown... But I was able to fill up my car on the way to work earlier this evening. I just have to get through tonight and I can go try and rest at my family's or maybe even my own place. And face...

Thankfully Joyce is slated to decay into a remnant today. Depression 12 is graphed as staying in the middle of the Atlantic through the week, though it's supposed to become a big one while it does. The one kinda-sorta off Nicaragua has a <40% chance of forming past a "disturbance" at the moment.

I live in coastal Georgia. Some of the city has power, a lot doesn't. My neighbors do, my family literally across the street do, I don't. Well that's not quite right; I have power but it's like a trickle that sometimes turns into a waterfall. Every now and then I'll get my lights back on and the...

Well in-universe he did lose his guns over the course of Raiders. That Hi-Power never showed up again. He pretty much just got a new gun in the intervening years, and the novels written later on establish that he developed a liking for Webleys early in his career. In real life they used two...

Well if you mean the Cairo one, that was a .455 Hand-Ejector Mk II. His M1917 was only used for footage filmed in the US (handing over to Belloq outside the Peruvian temple and being unwrapped when he's packing his suitcase before Nepal). Last Crusade is my favorite though. Plus big hefty...

Because Webley:

In the early part of Vietnam, they still used the Browning Automatic Rifle as a squad-support gun. But it was too big and heavy for the ARVN plus it needed its own cartridge, magazines, parts, and so on. The M14 was intended to replace it AND the M1 Garand, after all, but it had trouble with...

Alas the switch is a fake, just screwed into the stock. The receiver is a semi-only from Fulton Armory, but everything else is OG Vietnam-era USGI.

I love my M14.

Well I can't yet speak to its effectiveness personally but I have a .303 and a .450 BPE that should be an acceptable combo for North American game at least. Could add my .44-40 repeater to the lineup for smallest critters...

I was wondering when I'd see the members of Die Antwoord on this site lol.

It seems to have done the trick sufficiently, along with dawn. I hope.

Ah well I can't do it quite like that. Ain't no way I can bring olive oil into work with me. They're mighty particular about what you can bring into the jail... But if it starts to give me trouble, I have some in the pantry.

It's abating but slowly. How curious that it should suddenly pop up like that despite using both anti-oil dish soap and baby soap several times when the rest seems to be alright. I wonder if it's to do with my psoriasis/slight eczema... Hmm. Olive oil. Just rub it on a bit?

ROMANES EVNT DOMVS

This is entirely unrelated to the thread but I can now say with utter certainty that I have NO desire to get OC sprayed again. [Expletive omitted] that! My face feels fine but for some reason my left arm/hand and my right hand have decided to be on fire now. And I really have to go use the...

The AMT Backup is quite conveniently sized and comes in a variety of calibres including .380 ACP, .38 Super, 9mm Para, .357 SIG, .40 S&W, and .45 ACP. They were designed specifically as a self-defense pistol or a backup pistol for LEO. Used ones in .380 are pretty common and should be found for...

Being a corrections officer with the goal of certified deputy isn't where I thought I might be but I'm doing just that. Always learning.

I'm only recently LE but I'd certainly want to make a few changes if I was given the ability to do so re: some of our stuff... But I don't, and can't, carry a firearm at work. Did get certed for taser last week, though. Too bad we don't get to have those on us... Maybe one day after I've gone...

LAPD learned about 9mm vs body armor the hard way in 1997.

In terms of the US military, it's because the M4 is enough of a jack-of-all-trades to be acceptably useful in a variety of roles. It cuts down on the need for new or extra training, additional equipment, firearms, ammo, accessories. Subguns are gradually getting nudged aside in favor of shorter...

Shiloh offers a metal aging finish but I'm not sure that's it. Maybe someone tried to, like, French Grey it and didn't do a great job? Or they tried to age it themselves, yeah...

Well as it turns out... Won't derail the thread further, though. My own will be forthcoming.

Ir might? I haven't been able to find it yet. But if I do a Sharps, I think it'll be in .44-77 or something related.

I have since found out that only TWO prototypes seem to be extant. One in more military fashion (I've not seen it) and one in long-range competition style. Apparently the C. Sharps model is CLOSE to the competition prototype but lacks a particular feature: a sort of automatic-cocking device...

If not for being the wrong war, I'd think you meant a very particular Watson...

They didn't. Something like five prototypes or test models were made, but I've never actually seen photos of one that I know of. Just folks' modern versions.

Y'know, I've thought about those '75s. They were barely produced at all historically speaking, IIRC, but they have a distinctly English look to them like some of their overseas contemporaries. The allure of the '74 isn't there but of late I seem to keep coming back to consider them.

I've seen some chambered for .45-120 and for larger bore cartridges than a .45/.450. I suppose it just depends on the barrel and the action used.

Heck I'll share a listing photo or two... I did a trade for this: Is it a Sharps? No, and I still want one badly. But I like the Remington design too; it's a bit more sleek and has plenty of military and hunting pedigree of its own. Plus here's the fun part: (Except it's not NE. It's...

Hopefully within the next few days I'll have something to post here. Although it's not a Sharps. That's still on the table for the future but I found a contemporary cousin that I couldn't quite pass up...