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Definitely .... and then figure out a way to teleport the extras to all of us poor deserving souls south of the border
(obviously anything other than a teleport just isn't going to do the trick ...)Bob
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Definitely .... and then figure out a way to teleport the extras to all of us poor deserving souls south of the border
(obviously anything other than a teleport just isn't going to do the trick ...)Bob
Hungry here: Yeah, the cost of welding was usually a large Tim's Double-double, but since your price went to a beer, you must be going to the wrong welder.
Now Hungry, we haven't meet but I am the welder going to be doing the weld job on Jay T's 14. And well I don't drink the viel brown liquid that is called coffee, plus it stunts the growth. By the way I'm 6'5"..... LOL And I took your advice and have Two M-14's and possiably and third one into the locker. Waiting for your clnic in Edmonton..........still waiting LOL.... Any way happy holidays to all the shooter's, may santa bring you truck loads of ammo....
Tex
Hungry here: ha ha ha NOW that is why I'm 4'18" and you are much taller... it was the coffee. Yes, I will be doing the August 2008 Western Canada M14 Road trip , so you can look forward to it then. Yeeeeha....
Now Hungry, we haven't meet but I am the welder going to be doing the weld job on Jay T's 14. And well I don't drink the viel brown liquid that is called coffee, plus it stunts the growth. By the way I'm 6'5"..... LOL And I took your advice and have Two M-14's and possiably and third one into the locker. Waiting for your clnic in Edmonton..........still waiting LOL.... Any way happy holidays to all the shooter's, may santa bring you truck loads of ammo....
Tex
Hungry here: ha ha ha NOW that is why I'm 4'18" and you are much taller... it was the coffee. Yes, I will be doing the August 2008 Western Canada M14 Road trip , so you can look forward to it then. Yeeeeha....
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Bigtex, do you have any thoughts on suitable methods for welding? The components may be chromoly. I'm thinking tig would be the best as it would be less prone to weld embrittlement from rapid cooling. Or could you just spot it with a mig?
JayT:
While we are on the welding topic.... have a look a the pictures posted by Skullboy in the stickies above this thread. He shows pics of my welded gas cylinders I had done for the lowly sum of a large double-double at a Collingwood Welding Shop. Then BigTex can get a visual on what can be expected. This ain't rocket science.
Like I mentioned in the Calgary clinic, the setting up of the welding job takes way longer than the actual welding itself.
Also, ensure that BigTex's #### don't fall off, even after he reads your notes.....
While we are on the welding topic.... have a look a the pictures posted by Skullboy in the stickies above this thread. He shows pics of my welded gas cylinders I had done for the lowly sum of a large double-double at a Collingwood Welding Shop. Then BigTex can get a visual on what can be expected. This ain't rocket science.
Like I mentioned in the Calgary clinic, the setting up of the welding job takes way longer than the actual welding itself.
Also, ensure that BigTex's #### don't fall off, even after he reads your notes.....
No worries, he has looked at all of Skulls stickies and as I posted before if he can't weld it no one can. Big Tex can weld!! Lord knows he can't shoot!!! Hehehehe..... He had some wild ideas about his 14, but I told him to watch out about his #### falling off. So he is going with the welfare method of beefing his 14.
After all this discussion about the welding, remind yerselves that "It's all about doing this the Hungry Welfare Method" and NOT about the high budget US ARMY MTU method (you know the ubiquitous 'cruise missile to kill a mouse approach'). It's a lot more fun that way. More bragging rights, too.
Another been there, done that story.
I made the mistake of chilling out at a NRA High Power Rifle match once... I sat next to a bunch of shooters who had more money than shooting talent. I was a newbie that just tweaked a 'standard' M1A, with a plain and simple Sproingfield civilian contract barrel and a recycled USGI walnut stock that I personally glass bedded. Yeah, I had the gas cylinder welded up for another Timmie's double-double back then.
They got one look at my tan colored ISU (slack torso) shooting jacket, the full auto cutouts on my $ 25 Numrich Gun Parts USGI stock and they must have figured out that I was a poor teacher. Well they were right and I had to remind them that my student loans cost more than BOTH their SUV's combined and my wife certainly did not marry me for my (lack of) good looks.
Their kit would intimidate anyone (but my coach trained me well) They had stainless (Hart, Obermyer, Mike Rock 5R, Krieger, or some other super expensive stress relieved Kryogenic treated) barrels on their McMillan fat bastard epoxy painted stocks. Their M1A's had hooded match aperture sights while my aperture was filled with JB Weld and then drilled out with a tiny drill. They wore these Hard Backed NRA jackets that supported your off hand position and their walking pattern reminded me of 'Magilla Gorilla' or some Silverback Gorilla from Afrika.... They had the shooting stools, the shooting matts, the ISU shooting boots , the side curtain baseball shooting , long billed hats, and they both looked 7 months pregnant. Boy did I ever feel poor....
Long story short.... I got these reactions from our conversations that followed:
What ? The US ARMY Marksmanship Training Unit armorers did not build YOUR M1A ? Your #### will fall off !
How could anyone shoot accurately when their armorers did not drill, tap and then epoxy the 2 screws to unitize your gas cylinder assembly ? Your #### will fall off !
YOU ? You glass beded your own rifle ? You're not an armorer (active or retired) and now your #### will fall off ?
You can't possibly be shooting commercial ammo in that cheap rifle ? Your #### will fall off !
What ? Your front sight is not a National Match stamped unit ? Not issued from the USMC Armorer's Van ? How could a teacher like you file down your sights to the NM spec of 0.062" found in the US Marine manuals ? Your #### will fall off !!
Summary: They could not believe that I could do all the tweaks myself. I did not tell them about my NRA High Power coach (High Master Class) taught me everything. I was in the lowly Sharpshooter Class (average 420 pts out of 500 pts).
As I was standing up to walk away and grab a Coke from the vendors down the lane, I let my match cards fall out of my shooting jacket (did not turn them in yet). They were kind enough to retrieve my cards for my return to my shooting stool.
"What ? How could you shoot so well with that rifle?" was the question I was greeted with.
"Sometimes the Welfare way works for you...." And the rest is history... That's why I do all these clinics, so that your dicks don't fall off !
Gotta drop dead, took a slapshot at the right edge / side of my chest protector while goaltending tonight and my ribs are killing me. Thanks for the walk down amnesia lane...
Come to my clinics and listen to more stale stories.....
More bragging rights, too.Another been there, done that story.
I made the mistake of chilling
out at a NRA High Power Rifle match once... I sat next to a bunch of shooters who had more money than shooting talent. I was a newbie that just tweaked a 'standard' M1A, with a plain and simple Sproingfield civilian contract barrel and a recycled USGI walnut stock that I personally glass bedded. Yeah, I had the gas cylinder welded up for another Timmie's double-double back then.They got one look at my tan colored ISU (slack torso) shooting jacket, the full auto cutouts on my $ 25 Numrich Gun Parts USGI stock and they must have figured out that I was a poor teacher. Well they were right and I had to remind them that my student loans cost more than BOTH their SUV's
combined and my wife certainly did not marry me for my (lack of) good looks. Their kit would intimidate anyone (but my coach trained me well)
They had stainless (Hart, Obermyer, Mike Rock 5R, Krieger, or some other super expensive stress relieved Kryogenic treated) barrels on their McMillan fat bastard epoxy painted stocks. Their M1A's had hooded match aperture sights while my aperture was filled with JB Weld and then drilled out with a tiny drill. They wore these Hard Backed NRA jackets that supported your off hand position and their walking pattern reminded me of 'Magilla Gorilla' or some Silverback Gorilla from Afrika.... They had the shooting stools, the shooting matts, the ISU shooting boots , the side curtain baseball shooting , long billed hats, and they both looked 7 months pregnant. Boy did I ever feel poor.... Long story short.... I got these reactions from our conversations that followed:
What ? The US ARMY Marksmanship Training Unit armorers did not build YOUR M1A ? Your #### will fall off !How could anyone shoot accurately when their armorers did not drill, tap and then epoxy the 2 screws to unitize your gas cylinder assembly ? Your #### will fall off !
YOU ? You glass beded your own rifle ? You're not an armorer (active or retired) and now your #### will fall off ?
You can't possibly be shooting commercial ammo in that cheap rifle ? Your #### will fall off !
What ? Your front sight is not a National Match stamped unit ? Not issued from the USMC Armorer's Van ? How could a teacher like you file down your sights to the NM spec of 0.062" found in the US Marine manuals ? Your #### will fall off !!
Summary: They could not believe that I could do all the tweaks myself. I did not tell them about my NRA High Power coach (High Master Class) taught me everything. I was in the lowly Sharpshooter Class (average 420 pts out of 500 pts).
As I was standing up to walk away and grab a Coke from the vendors down the lane, I let my match cards fall out of my shooting jacket (did not turn them in yet). They were kind enough to retrieve my cards for my return to my shooting stool.
"What ? How could you shoot so well with that rifle?" was the question I was greeted with.
"Sometimes the Welfare way works for you...."
And the rest is history... That's why I do all these clinics, so that your dicks don't fall off !Gotta drop dead, took a slapshot at the right edge / side of my chest protector while goaltending tonight and my ribs are killing me. Thanks for the walk down amnesia lane...
Come to my clinics and listen to more stale stories.....
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