Off Topic Chat. (MOD NOTE post# 3949 and post#5279)

tudderone

Feisar wrote: »

Travel, as in find some last frontier if there is one left. The Inca trail probably looks like a county colours night! Having said that I would like to go a mite further and see the statues on Easter Island.

Yeah, i'd love to wander around America for a couple of years, see the interesting places, not the usual tourist traps. Ditto Europe i suppose, especially eastern Europe, as it was behind the Iron Curtain and mysterious and plotting to invade the west when i was growing up.

BattleCorp

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

So what's on everyone's "Bucket list" the things you want to do before you kick the proverbial...?

Sadly I'll never get to complete my bucket list of Salma Hayek, Alesha Dixon and Emma Watson ........... so I'll have to make do with hoping to shoot (or better still own and shoot) a CheyTac M200 Intervention. It's Euromillions money but a kid can dream.

Feisar

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

CS
Gen 1 Tanto Voyagers in small and Xlarge. Early CS Bushman , Vietnam tomahawk. Kinda went off CS in the last while.Just dont find them that user-friendly anymore.

Benchmade Reflex.
Currently EDC is a Spyderco Endura,once I get a new pocket clip or an AL Mar flipperlock.

Looking for something more slicey to replace the benchmade 940. What’s the Endura like?

otmmyboy2

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

So what's on everyone's "Bucket list" the things you want to do before you kick the proverbial...?

Fire some machineguns from a helo

Play a game of firetag.

Immigrate

Not necessarily in that order :rolleyes:

Grizzly 45

Feisar wrote: »

Looking for something more slicey to replace the benchmade 940. What’s the Endura like?

I recommends!!
Just sharpening it here as we type. I got it in the half and half serrated version which I now think half blade half-serrated blades are a PITH to sharpen properly,so if that is an issue for you,go the full blade.
Its nice and slimline,if you are a front pocket carrier and a definate EDC .At 70/80 usd on Ebay...How bad?

civdef

Has anyone else noticed how well people on this topic seem to get on when we're not talking about politics? Funny that, given we mostly seem to have similar interests....

Is there anything to be said for adopting traditional Mess Rules on topics of conversation on the Off-Topic thread? - i.e. leave off discussion of politics / religion? The world isn't short of places to discuss those, views tend to be strongly held, and aren't going to be changed here for sure.

otmmyboy2

civdef wrote: »

Has anyone else noticed how well people on this topic seem to get on when we're not talking about politics? Funny that, given we mostly seem to have similar interests....

Shocker and a half

Is there anything to be said for adopting traditional Mess Rules on topics of conversation on the Off-Topic thread? - i.e. leave off discussion of politics / religion? The world isn't short of places to discuss those, views tend to be strongly held, and aren't going to be changed here for sure.

I would disagree with that, unless there was a creation of another thread specifically for discussion of such verboten topics.
IE one "general" thread, and one verboten thread, and if some users did not want to engage on politics/religion then they could simply ignore the verboten thread?

I do like hearing other user's opinions, even if I disagree with them, especially on the hot topics that get tempers flaring.

Richard308

NRA bankruptcy: US judge dismisses case https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57081142

Mellor

Feisar wrote: »

Has anyone got any other oddball hobbies?

I've more knives than sense! Bark River, Zero Tolerence, a Gough Custom, Survive!, Enzo, Esse, Cold Steel, Benchmade, Lionsteel and an odd Buck or two for good measure.

Dunno where I got the interest from...

I've always have the notion I'd make my own knife someday. Hard to get around to without a workshop or shed. But can;t call it a hobby without have done a thing.


Whiskey, Wine and Choking people suppose. Not necessarily in that order.

Mellor

otmmyboy2 wrote: »

I would disagree with that, unless there was a creation of another thread specifically for discussion of such verboten topics.
IE one "general" thread, and one verboten thread, and if some users did not want to engage on politics/religion then they could simply ignore the verboten thread?

I do like hearing other user's opinions, even if I disagree with them, especially on the hot topics that get tempers flaring.

Another thread might be more appealing for many who don't post here.
It seams to be politics/current events more so than religion.

Rows Grower

Richard308 wrote: »

NRA bankruptcy: US judge dismisses case https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-57081142

Holey Moley, just had a read of the claims made against the NRA...

https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2020/attorney-general-james-files-lawsuit-dissolve-nra

Feisar

Mellor wrote: »

I've always have the notion I'd make my own knife someday. Hard to get around to without a workshop or shed. But can;t call it a hobby without have done a thing.


Whiskey, Wine and Choking people suppose. Not necessarily in that order.

See below link for stock removal, doable without a shed but would require an amenable missus!

Feisar

civdef wrote: »

Has anyone else noticed how well people on this topic seem to get on when we're not talking about politics? Funny that, given we mostly seem to have similar interests....

Is there anything to be said for adopting traditional Mess Rules on topics of conversation on the Off-Topic thread? - i.e. leave off discussion of politics / religion? The world isn't short of places to discuss those, views tend to be strongly held, and aren't going to be changed here for sure.

I'd like that but I can ignore the politics. If we all chimed in with other topics it would dilute the politics to a degree.
The US politics I find funny as it's like the antelope arguing over the lion vs the tiger. At the end of the day the antelope creates the wealth, i.e. turning the grass into meat and the lion and tiger take it as they please.

Feisar

BattleCorp wrote: »

Sadly I'll never get to complete my bucket list of Salma Hayek, Alesha Dixon and Emma Watson ........... so I'll have to make do with hoping to shoot (or better still own and shoot) a CheyTac M200 Intervention. It's Euromillions money but a kid can dream.

You can keep the other two but dear Lord on a pedal cycle!

otmmyboy2

Guy attempts to rob bags at a CCW class, at a shooting range.
Ends up stabbing a cop after being escorted outside and dying of acute lead poisoning from the other cop and 3 range employees concealed carrying.


I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say, Darwinism in action?

tudderone

otmmyboy2 wrote: »

Guy attempts to rob bags at a CCW class, at a shooting range.
Ends up stabbing a cop after being escorted outside and dying of acute lead poisoning from the other cop and 3 range employees concealed carrying.


I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say, Darwinism in action?

Darwinism ? Nope this is Darwinism. A guy on his way to an anger management class, loses his rag and kicks in someones front door, and gets himself shot :rolleyes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PXJz38_7a8

Grizzly 45

Feisar wrote: »

You can keep the other two but dear Lord on a pedal cycle!

Ya dont get too many of those to the pound tBH.:eek::eek:

For Selma, Tarantino and horror movie fans,her most famous scene.

https://youtu.be/V7me9c0tLkY [

Rows Grower

otmmyboy2 wrote: »

Guy attempts to rob bags at a CCW class, at a shooting range.
Ends up stabbing a cop after being escorted outside and dying of acute lead poisoning from the other cop and 3 range employees concealed carrying.


I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say, Darwinism in action?

Looks like the poor guy chose suicide by cop.

tudderone

Callum from Englishshooting saying there is a new law coming that means every component must have the serial number of the gun marked on it. It comes from an eu directive, but is it only the uk taking this up or are all eu countries going to have to do this ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cmaok3km2Y

BattleCorp

tudderone wrote: »

Callum from Englishshooting saying there is a new law coming that means every component must have the serial number of the gun marked on it. It comes from an eu directive, but is it only the uk taking this up or are all eu countries going to have to do this ?

I could be naive but why would the UK give a fiddlers about an EU directive?

There was an EU directive a few years ago (I'm too busy here now to look) that stated that all firearms coming into the EU after a certain date must have certain parts marked with a serial number, barrel, receiver etc. Maybe the Brits are going to implement something like that for themselves.

Mellor

BattleCorp wrote: »

I could be naive but why would the UK give a fiddlers about an EU directive?

According to that screenshot, it’s a UK Law.
Nothing to do with the EU.

tudderone

Mellor wrote: »

According to that screenshot, it’s a UK Law.
Nothing to do with the EU.

The first thing he says it is from an eu directive.

BattleCorp

tudderone wrote: »

The first thing he says it is from an eu directive.

I think the UK are somewhat copying this EU Directive. Directive (EU) 2017/853 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017.

We put it into operation through this S.I. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2019/si/420/made/en/print

Grizzly 45

Yup ,just the UK copying the EU directive...Why? They still have to comply with EU legislation if they want to sell into the UK ASFIK UK made firearms.

tudderone

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

Yup ,just the UK copying the EU directive...Why? They still have to comply with EU legislation if they want to sell into the UK ASFIK UK made firearms.

There isn't really any bulk manufacturers of firearms in the UK anymore though, thats the thing. BSA, Parker Hale, Sterling etc etc are all gone. Maybe the likes of Accuracy international, or BSA airguns, but the Turks, Germans and Italians have the mass market covered. Odd.

Grizzly 45

Purdey,H&H,Rigby,etc...The bespoke brands have to come with the same approved standards to be EU sellable too.

BattleCorp

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

Yup ,just the UK copying the EU directive...Why? They still have to comply with EU legislation if they want to sell into the UK ASFIK UK made firearms.

The UK manufacturer's don't need legislation for this. They could have started marking the pressure bearing parts themselves without the need for UK legislation requiring them to do so.

tudderone

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

Purdey,H&H,Rigby,etc...The bespoke brands have to come with the same approved standards to be EU sellable too.

Numbers stamped all over your Purdey ! How frightfully working class !

Grizzly 45

Oh do have a look under your great grandpaters H&H breach and lock next time ol chap! Full of the dashed things from proving it from BP to nitro and what not.So I suppose another one or two to keep the Huns and Frogs happy across the channel wont make much of a difference when we sell them some proper British firearms, what?;)

Grizzly 45

BattleCorp wrote: »

The UK manufacturer's don't need legislation for this. They could have started marking the pressure bearing parts themselves without the need for UK legislation requiring them to do so.

they do ASFIK.This is just to be able to sell them in the EU so they are traceable,and its not every part either just pressure bearing.

Looking at you too Irish gunsmiths. You build it,you gotta mark it now as well here under this legislation, otherwise, you cant legally sell it in the EU .