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Yep I live in a wooded area and any time we have a lot of rain is when trees start to fall. The wind doesn't seem to get them as much as the ground being wet. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe

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On Wed, 17 Jan 2024 23:17:57 -0500 Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: > On Wed, Jan 17, 2024, at 18:05, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: > > ??? > > > > > > Just need 1.21 gigawatts and you can really go somewhere!

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Just need 1.21 gigawatts and you can really go somewhere! On Wed, Jan 17, 2024, at 18:05, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: > ??? > > > [00c0c_4uCF15rUoWk_0gl0t2_600x450.jpg] > 1968 VW kit for sale by owner - Lutz, FL

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??? [00c0c_4uCF15rUoWk_0gl0t2_600x450.jpg] 1968 VW kit for sale by owner - Lutz, FL - craigslist

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Yeah, almost got swatted out of the sky in my 140 last year. On Sun, Jun 26, 2022, 6:12 PM mitch--- via Mercedes wrote: > Oops. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZLXMKMgnS8 > > The pilot of the tail wheeled-equipped airplane reported that, he was on > an approach to land at an uncontrolled

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Remember when F1 cars sounded really, really cool? Aston Martin remembers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPn1RMh_msU=147 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

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Oops. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZLXMKMgnS8 The pilot of the tail wheeled-equipped airplane reported that, he was on an approach to land at an uncontrolled airport behind two helicopters. An airport surveillance video showed the accident airplane flying over the runway about 20 seconds

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It is really cool to see a Boeing or Airbus pass under you both out the window and on ADS-B while flying through the departure path of an airport (TUL in my case). Yes, I was under air traffic control - they told the airliner to stay under 5000 ft till they were past me. On Sun, Jun 26, 2022 at

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They can automate avoidance maneuvers with that data in the drone - I don't trust human drone "pilots" to not hit me while I'm in the landing pattern. I want it in all drones. On Sun, Jun 26, 2022 at 12:59 PM mitch--- via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > $1000 consumer drones now have

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$1000 consumer drones now have ADS-B In. (the $500 drone I bought last month does not) https://www.dji.com/newsroom/news/dji-adds-airplane-and-helicopter-detectors-to-new-consumer-drones I'm not sure why they put the receiver in the drone and use the uplink signal to get the info to the pilot,

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True. But it’s also fun to see what’s passing overhead. A lot of military flight ops here due to the relatively quiet airport and altitude. They clearly come to train on a regular basis. The youngest’s work is right under the final approach for 21, less than a mile out from the threshold, so

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It's even more fun to be that traffic! On Sat, Jun 25, 2022 at 7:40 PM dan penoff.com via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Youngest son likes to track flights, so I got him an ADS-B RaspberryPi > receiver from FlightAware. It came with a little base-loaded magnetic > antenna that he

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Youngest son likes to track flights, so I got him an ADS-B RaspberryPi receiver from FlightAware. It came with a little base-loaded magnetic antenna that he had stuck up in one of the skylights in his room, which limited the reception somewhat. Just put up a full blown ADS-B “stick” on the

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Re: [MBZ] OT - Fun with Water Heaters [resend]

On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 11:33:50 -0500 Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: > We have been fighting this stuff and have gained some traction but it > is a struggle against big money. May you be successful in driving away that kind of stuff. Craig ___

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On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 08:09:14 -0600 Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > Are you going to FSBO it? We sold our house in Los Alamos by owner. I even painted up some nice signs to put in front of the house and on the major road at the end of the street. Craig

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On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 11:33:50 -0500 Floyd Thursby via Mercedes wrote: > We have been fighting this stuff and have gained some traction but it > is a struggle against big money. May you be successful in driving away that kind of stuff. Craig ___

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On Tue, 31 Dec 2019 08:09:14 -0600 Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > Are you going to FSBO it? We sold our house in Los Alamos by owner. I even painted up some nice signs to put in front of the house and on the major road at the end of the street. Craig

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Seattle is going the way of banning single family zoning as well. They want density in the worst way, in hopes of ameliorating the extreme cost of shelter. Banning new homes over 2000 square feet, allowing three housing units per lot, banning NG in new construction and trying to claw back

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Shouldn't be any more not allowed than firing up a 2000i generator and plugging the fridge into it. Sunny Boy has an optional outlet that you wire up in the garage. You turn it on manually and plug a cord into it. At least I don't know of any NEC requirements to disconnect the panels from the

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es that mean?Sent from my Galaxy Tab® A > Original message From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes > Date: 2020-01-01 10:10 AM (GMT-06:00) To: Okie Benz > Cc: Dan Penoff Subject: Re: [MBZ] > OT - Fun with Water Heaters Not allowed here if you’re doing net metering &

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What does that mean?Sent from my Galaxy Tab® A Original message From: Dan Penoff via Mercedes Date: 2020-01-01 10:10 AM (GMT-06:00) To: Okie Benz Cc: Dan Penoff Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Fun with Water Heaters Not allowed here if you’re doing net metering unless you have

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Not allowed here if you’re doing net metering unless you have storage batteries. -D > On Jan 1, 2020, at 10:25 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes > wrote: > > >> On December 31, 2019 at 2:13 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> >> Dan, have you priced out solar PV panels for your

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> On December 31, 2019 at 2:13 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes > wrote: > > > Dan, have you priced out solar PV panels for your roof? I don't know about Mrs Dan, but I bet Dan could make do nicely in a power failure with the 2000W emergency outlet on a Sunny Boy inverter, assuming it

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Nope. Not going to. We’ve had this discussion here before. While it makes total sense based on where I live, the utilities make it very difficult and not cost effective to do. Once the other house is sold I’ll be searching for a standby generator for this place, but I’m not going to bother

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Dan, have you priced out solar PV panels for your roof? On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 11:35 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I have 8.5 acres, high ground, marsh, and island which is fairly high > ground too. Zoning is AG8 which is one house per 8 acres so unless the >

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Sounds like a good plan, Dan Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Tue, Dec 31, 2019, 9:54 PM dan--- via Mercedes wrote: > Sort of. > > Because the market is very active here (2nd highest increase in home > prices nationwide) we’re going to go with a fixed price broker. $400 will > get us a year on

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Sort of. Because the market is very active here (2nd highest increase in home prices nationwide) we’re going to go with a fixed price broker. $400 will get us a year on MLS and full support from the brokerage as far as managing the listing and advice on pricing and comps. While we could

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Date: 2019-12-30 8:17 PM (GMT-06:00) To: Okie Benz Cc: Dan Penoff Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Fun with Water Heaters You’re talking out your butt and you don’t know this real estate market.Properties like my house are under contract around here in three days on average unless there’s something

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I have 8.5 acres, high ground, marsh, and island which is fairly high ground too.  Zoning is AG8 which is one house per 8 acres so unless the zoning got changed that is it for houses.  I am in the County, there is a lot of shadiness that goes on with zoning and development.  Part of this

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They are attempting to re-create more paradise cities like San Francisco, Seattle, LA, etc (read: rampant homelessness due to un-affordable housing). - Max Charleston SC On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 9:35 AM Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I saw that VA

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I saw that VA proposal attempting to ban single family zoning. It’s absolutely outrageous. These idiots are chipping away at our country and our freedoms one bill at a time. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.dailycaller.com/2019/12/23/virginia-house-zoning-environment Sent from my iPhone > On

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Are you going to FSBO it? Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 31, 2019, at 4:53 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > > First of all, my apologies to Curley and others if I misunderstood. The real > estate market here appears to be very different than yours. While I know that > people are all

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There is a proposal in VA, now that one party has finally taken control of the House, Senate, and Governorship, to enact a law banning single family residential zoning. So no matter what you and your county government and zoning board want, an apartment complex can go anywhere houses can go.

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Yes, but you’ve got a fair amount of land, too, don’t you? That has to be in your favor. Around here land is in short supply. One of the things the County is promoting is “suburban infill” which is a fancy term for subdividing small plots of land (10 acres, for example) that exist here and

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I’m going to put my house on the market soon. Some similarities here with out-of-control development on fill-and-build tracts of too-low land that needs 6 or 8ft of impervious fill to throw up sh*tty slab-on-grade low quality vinyl villages that won’t likely survive the next big blow. That’s

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First of all, my apologies to Curley and others if I misunderstood. The real estate market here appears to be very different than yours. While I know that people are all about “new-new new!” as buyers, with the average age home being much less in years than in places like the Midwest and

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> On December 30, 2019 at 9:30 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes > wrote: > > > Exactly.   His market may be different that the rest of the country, > because of all the people fleeing stupid states and moving to FL wanting > to buy houses.   but he needs to consider it is exactly these people

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BTW, the "experts" don't evaluate a roof by looking at it on the roof. (and under the roof)  They look at a satellite picture, then try to figure out the worst case scenario for the roof.   THat goes on the report to the buyer and their agent.   It is completely bogus, but it is how they do it

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Exactly.   His market may be different that the rest of the country, because of all the people fleeing stupid states and moving to FL wanting to buy houses.   but he needs to consider it is exactly these people who made their state of origin stupid. I had 2 experienced agents tell me the same

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I do not think Curley was talking specifics with your house, just making a point of how stupid people are these days, and he is not wrong about that. On 12/30/2019 8:17 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: You’re talking out your butt and you don’t know this real estate market. Properties like

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You’re talking out your butt and you don’t know this real estate market. Properties like my house are under contract around here in three days on average unless there’s something seriously wrong with the place. No one is going to demand a new roof when one was just done less than 18 months ago.

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+1   Having just been through the mill, Mitch is exactly right.   Any potential buyer will want a new roof, new furnace, new WH, and probably new appliances, and they don't give a shite about efficiency or cost, as long as they don't have to buy the new roof/appliances.    Cheap, crappy, new

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yes.  All you need for solar water heating (in summer or where it never freezes) is black pvc tubing laid out where the sun will heat it and a circ pump.  It can be on the roof, or on the ground/pavement, or anywhere else it will catch sun.   When/where freezing conditions exist, it gets a

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I’m not going through all the gyrations to swap stuff out of the old house, it’s just not worth the hassle. Everything in it is less than two years old, that's AC, exterior paint, water heater, carpet, etc., etc. Close enough to make it a marketing plus. -D > On Dec 30, 2019, at 7:47 PM,

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> On December 30, 2019 at 6:34 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes > wrote: > Energy guide for standard 50 gallon electric heater, roughly $500: > > > http://pdf.lowes.com/energyguides/035505002440.pdf Nobody cares about performance anymore, they want new. Buy the above and put it in the house

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gt; Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Fun with Water Heaters > > I have never heard of these hybrid water heaters before so I looked into them. > I like the idea but the problem here is our water heater is actually in its > own > closet inside the house. The cold air it would vent in the

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rcedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > Sent: Monday, December 30, 2019 12:16 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Cc: Kaleb Striplin > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Fun with Water Heaters > > That reminds of something. So my father i

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At our other house the water heater is in the garage which would be OK but in the winter mah not be as effective. At this house if some sort of vent could be installed that had some sort of diverted to vent the cold in the winter and direct in into the house in the summer. I wonder if that sort

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Yeah, that’s one of the issues with these being used in colder climates. That and their efficiency drops off when the ambient goes down, too. In a basement they seem to do OK but if they’re in the living quarters like in your place it’s probably not the ideal setup. I did a lot of research on

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I have never heard of these hybrid water heaters before so I looked into them. I like the idea but the problem here is our water heater is actually in its own closet inside the house. The cold air it would vent in the winter would be a problem unless I installed some sort of vent to vent it

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> On December 30, 2019 at 4:48 PM Andrew Strasfogel > wrote: > > > So what's wrong with installing a properly designed solar hot water heater? > Isn't the plumbing infrastructure already in place? Back around 1980, I saw plans in Popular Science for a very cheap solar heater. It was, IIRC,

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So what's wrong with installing a properly designed solar hot water heater? Isn't the plumbing infrastructure already in place? On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 4:46 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Time to put a new electric water heater in the old house, and put the old >

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Time to put a new electric water heater in the old house, and put the old hybrid in the new house. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

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On Mon, 30 Dec 2019 16:34:46 -0500 dan--- via Mercedes wrote: > Time to make a Lowe’s trip in the morning with a 10% off coupon and buy > another hybrid water heater like the one I put in at the old house. > Yeah, they’re $1200 new, but cost about $100/year to operate. A > comparable standard

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Time to make a Lowe’s trip in the morning with a 10% off coupon and buy another hybrid water heater like the one I put in at the old house. Yeah, they’re $1200 new, but cost about $100/year to operate. A comparable standard resistance element water heater costs around $400/year, so the hybrid

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Dan wrote: "This could get ugly." You meant "uglier". On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 1:07 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > The best part about Kroil is its largely inoffensive smell, unlike PB > Blaster... > Would a gallon of white vinegar allowed to sit for an hour be

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The best part about Kroil is its largely inoffensive smell, unlike PB Blaster... Would a gallon of white vinegar allowed to sit for an hour be worth doing? In lantern land vinegar gets used to clean parts quite often. I upgraded to citric acid, I can make it stronger and in the long run its

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Kroil 1, water heater 0. Old valve removed, new setup with brass fittings and ball valve in place. Now draining into my front yard for some free landscape watering. Long time for 80 gallons of water to drain via gravity through a 3/4” garden hose. Then the pulsing comes in to hopefully clear

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This reminds me, we're going to (finally!) replace the exhaust manifold on the Pisten Bully on Wednesday. Its cracked near the flange to the turbo and has been leaking the whole time I've been around the machine. Ben says the machine is noticeably down on power because of it. Oh and you need

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That reminds of something. So my father is living in mi grandparents house. This is about a 100 year old house and they bought it in 71 or 72. My grandfather died in 91 and grandmother died in 03. Not too long before she died she hired a plumbing company to completely replace all of the gas

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Since most of the household is back to work today, I figured it would be a good time to do some maintenance on the hot water heater. A bit of a build-up: This (new) house was owned by a widow for probably 8 years after her husband (allegedly) offed himself. That’s a pretty bizarre story for

Re: [MBZ] OT - Fun

That's a good 'un! -- Max Dillon Charleston SC On June 10, 2019 12:31:49 PM EDT, Mountain Man via Mercedes wrote: >> Time is like a river. You cannot touch the water twice, because the >flow that has passed will never pass again. Enjoy every moment of life. >As a bagpiper, I play many gigs.

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> Time is like a river. You cannot touch the water twice, because the flow that > has passed will never pass again. Enjoy every moment of life. As a bagpiper, > I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral director to play at a > graveside service for a homeless man. He had no family or

Re: [MBZ] OT fun shooting day

Hey, speak of coincidences - I traded a couple and sold a couple bought a  new EC9s Ruger (not sure what the dif is to the LC9s) I hope to get to the range if the weather cooperates.  When I lived in Summerville SC we were able to shoot in the backyard but I worked so much it was hard to find

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I wish I could shoot off the back deck... I went over to the range today, took the .54 muzzle loader, I'd carried it though hunting season and wanted to discharge. Fired 5 shots (the loaded one plus the 4 reloads I carried) and kept all the shots on the paper offhand at 50 yards, I was

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I would be happy with 25 yards. -D > On Jan 1, 2019, at 7:48 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > > We also have a "range" in the backyard where we shoot rifles at 25 and 50 > yards. What are standard distances for pistols? At 25 yards, the 2" > barreled PPK can hardly hit anything. > > On Tue,

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We also have a "range" in the backyard where we shoot rifles at 25 and 50 yards. What are standard distances for pistols? At 25 yards, the 2" barreled PPK can hardly hit anything. On Tue, Jan 1, 2019 at 5:20 PM Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > How true. I would probably

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How true. I would probably shoot on an almost daily basis if I could do it on my property. -D > On Jan 1, 2019, at 6:05 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes > wrote: > > Nice to be able to do that in the backyard. > > Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote on 1/1/19 1:37 PM: >> Daughter unit set

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Nice to be able to do that in  the backyard. Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote on 1/1/19 1:37 PM: Daughter unit set up a target out off the back deck so we went at it with her Browning.22 target pistol and my .380 M Bodyguard and Ruger LC9s 9mm. The Browning is a great pistol, I really

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I should have gone to the range over the holidays, dang it. I’m having too much fun with the finnie. We’re shoveling sunshine with temps at an unseasonable +80F or thereabouts. Been that way all week and appears that it will continue into the weekend. Guess I’ll need to make getting the

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On Tue, 1 Jan 2019 14:37:37 -0500 Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: > Daughter unit set up a target out off the back deck so we went at it > with her Browning.22 target pistol and my .380 M Bodyguard and Ruger > LC9s 9mm. Thank you, Rich, for the report. > The 9 can get some nice tight

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Nice. Plinking off the back porch, doesn't get much better than that. - Max Charleston SC On Tue, Jan 1, 2019 at 2:38 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Daughter unit set up a target out off the back deck so we went at it with > her Browning.22

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Daughter unit set up a target out off the back deck so we went at it with her Browning.22 target pistol and my .380 M Bodyguard and Ruger LC9s 9mm. The Browning is a great pistol, I really like it. Very tight groups. Might have to get one. She got it barely used, a real good deal. The .380 is

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Hardly, I was just lucky and had a good firearm. -D > On Jun 15, 2018, at 1:56 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > DED - Dead Eye Dan. > > - > Max > Charleston SC > > On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 10:07 AM, Dan--- via Mercedes > wrote: > >> Took the Ruger Super Single Six to

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DED - Dead Eye Dan. - Max Charleston SC On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 10:07 AM, Dan--- via Mercedes wrote: > Took the Ruger Super Single Six to the range for a quick visit yesterday. > Got some excellent instruction on it from the RSO, a 30+ year certified NRA > instructor and

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Took the Ruger Super Single Six to the range for a quick visit yesterday. Got some excellent instruction on it from the RSO, a 30+ year certified NRA instructor and competition pistol guy. I only put about 30 rounds through it as I didn’t have a lot of time, but it was definitely fun to shoot

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I took the SKS and my brand new SA 1911 Range Officer to the range on Tuesday and had a great time. The SKS didn’t want to cycle, which didn’t concern me. It sure was accurate, though. I was able to group 5 shots in a 4” circle at 25 yards holding it by hand. I could only find some Tula

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+1 -D > On Dec 24, 2017, at 6:35 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > wrote: > > We all need a road trip to Okieland in our Benzes to shoot at OKDon’s > > --R > Sent from iPhone > >> On Dec 24, 2017, at 6:30 PM, OK Don via Mercedes >> wrote:

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We all need a road trip to Okieland in our Benzes to shoot at OKDon’s --R Sent from iPhone > On Dec 24, 2017, at 6:30 PM, OK Don via Mercedes > wrote: > > The sand is only $10/ton - one more load will finish the job, plus I can > back the pickup right up to where we're

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The sand is only $10/ton - one more load will finish the job, plus I can back the pickup right up to where we're piling the sandbags. The funnel stand that I made for filling the bags makes it easy. On Sat, Dec 23, 2017 at 9:29 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > You

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Congrats! Just checked the status on mine. Still waiting. They have 90 days to do it and I just applied on the 7th, so I wasn’t expecting any results just yet anyway… Just finished wrapping the Walther P22 for the wife. Didn’t want to put a firearm under the tree and leave it for an

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Speaking of which, my CWP came in the mail the other day from The Man.  Merry Christmas!  And my inside the waist holster.  And 2 extra mags.  (from another source) --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/

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You could always order a 20 yard truck load of 'road gravel' (not clean stone, but the rocky dirt that dirt roads are made of), have them dump half of it in the driveway and use the other ten yards to make a backstop berm. I think I paid $14/yard for the last load I bought. Mitch.

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So we stacked a ton of sand's worth of sandbags and perforated them with the M1 and Winchester 94. We'll double it with another ton of sand next week. Picture at: https://1drv.ms/i/s!Aq8Oa078p_LjrC8w-OsOJsMHzB90 On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 12:39 PM, G Mann via Mercedes

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https://nypost.com/2017/12/14/this-is-the-the-us-armys-newest-pistol/ --FT ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to:

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Meade Dillon via Mercedes December 11, 2017 at 4:34 PM I presume slanted to reflect all rounds down into the ground? - Max Charleston SC Rick O'Shea! Yes ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives

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> On Dec 11, 2017, Craig wrote: > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT- Fun With Guns Today > > > OK, scrap the FMJ and just use softpoints. Remember there will be 14 to > > 21" of sand between the sheets of plywood . . . > > Maybe I should go to the local indoor range and ask th

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My outdoor range has a 30 foot high berm that ie easily 30-40 feet deep at the base. The BAR that was being fired yesterday just kicked up piles of dirt when it hit the berm. -D > On Dec 11, 2017, at 5:34 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > I presume slanted

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I presume slanted to reflect all rounds down into the ground? - Max Charleston SC On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 5:20 PM, as.thompson--- via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > My local range uses a slanted reinforced concrete back drop and allows all > calibers and all bullet

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On Dec 11, 2017, Craig wrote: Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT- Fun With Guns Today > OK, scrap the FMJ and just use softpoints. Remember there will be 14 to > 21" of sand between the sheets of plywood . . . Maybe I should go to the local indoor range and ask them what they have. I stopped by a

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On Sun, 10 Dec 2017 18:29:42 -0600 OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > OK, scrap the FMJ and just use softpoints. Remember there will be 14 to > 21" of sand between the sheets of plywood . . . Maybe I should go to the local indoor range and ask them what they have. I stopped by

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And in the next flood you are also covered! --FT On 12/11/17 1:39 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: Why not use a bank of sand bags... add as many layers as you need or wish.. bags contain the sand [more or less until they get "shot out" then you just rebag the sand, and you are back in

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After reading this thesis, that is what we will do . . . On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 12:39 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > Why not use a bank of sand bags... add as many layers as you need or wish.. > bags contain the sand [more or less until they get "shot out" then

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Why not use a bank of sand bags... add as many layers as you need or wish.. bags contain the sand [more or less until they get "shot out" then you just rebag the sand, and you are back in business It worked in Vietnam absorbing enemy fire. Should work for you. On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at

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Wow, thats certainly substantial research. He's using a 7.62x39 which is a much smaller, less powerful round than a 30.06 although I suppose you could load down. I'm not saying traps couldn't be made its just difficult. Where are you doing this? Not somewhere around the airfield I'd guess. -Curt

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It seems that someone wrote a masters thesis on the subject: http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4759=etd The bottom line being that 7.62 rounds penetrate about 10 inches into sand, so I'll build traps with at least 15 inches of sand. On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 8:37 AM, Curt

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Nope I saw it... Maybe park a dumpster full of sand behind it? Dig a hole and shoot from an elevated position? -Curt On Monday, December 11, 2017, 1:46:22 AM EST, fmiser via Mercedes wrote: > > > OK Don wrote: > > > > > > I'm thinking of building a trap

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> > > OK Don wrote: > > > > > > I'm thinking of building a trap consisting of several (5 to > > > 7) sheets of 3/4" plywood, separated by 2X4's on the long > > > edge, with the space between the sheets filled with sand. > > Curt wrote: > > > > Back the "trap" with about 100 cubic yards of sand

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Those would be nice, for sure. For now I’m just going to go with the wrap around grip as it’s been recommended to me by a couple of people for allowing a good grip, better than with the stock grips. Once I get some more rounds through it and become more comfortable with it I may decide to

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