tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post7037271661634352260..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: Raving Bull.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-21892732250884450772007-12-19T19:50:00.000-05:002007-12-19T19:50:00.000-05:00Some day Tams, you'll be working in your bosses' s...Some day Tams, you'll be working in your bosses' shop. You'll hear either a loud motorcycle engine, or maybe smell the fried chicken smell of a bio-diesel car. A big bearded bonking bastard shall ask for your evaluation of a rifle. He will then present you with that which you publicly said was impossible and a 'transparent fib'. In fact I'm tracking down the rifle now. I've wanted to make your acquaintance since I've become addicted to all three of your blogs. The fact that I can wow you with something you're sure is impossible...<BR/><BR/>I mean how can a guy resist.<BR/><BR/>and to the others, Sigvald said 'Pointless and Ugly', that's an Uzi or Mac-10 Kim Du Toit pointed out the price of an M2 barrel. I bought it in 1981 for 1/2 ($) half the price new of the 10 gauge H&R.<BR/><BR/>I'm also prepared to find out my child didn't survive the 22 years between then and now. In which case I'm prepared to rebuild it.John Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875185117306503147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-87650593127939869382007-12-17T00:19:00.000-05:002007-12-17T00:19:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.John Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04875185117306503147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-31817660516985705512007-12-14T07:27:00.000-05:002007-12-14T07:27:00.000-05:00Tam,Apart from the mechanicals, why would anyone w...Tam,<BR/><BR/>Apart from the mechanicals, why would anyone <I>want</I> to attach a .50BMG barrel (value: $$$) to the H&R action (value: $)?<BR/><BR/>Kinda like the guy who claimed to have put a Ferrari V-12 into his VW Beetle.Kim du Toithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157567080411432375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-794826231580521792007-12-13T18:02:00.000-05:002007-12-13T18:02:00.000-05:00You mean everything written on the internet is not...You mean everything written on the internet is not 100% true! Egad!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-68593955098359603522007-12-13T15:50:00.000-05:002007-12-13T15:50:00.000-05:00Sigivald,The difference is that an AR upper is the...Sigivald,<BR/><BR/>The difference is that an AR upper <I>is</I> the gun; the lower is mostly nothing but the fire control assembly and a place to hang a buttstock. Heck, they make them out of plastic at CavArms.<BR/><BR/>In the H&R/NEF shotties, however, the "lower" is the actual receiver, which contains the locking mechanism and the breechface.<BR/><BR/>Further, you couldn't just "turn down" a Ma Deuce barrel, like this guy claimed to have done, as you'd need to machine the lug to attach it to the lower (brazing or welding would be contraindicated with a .50BMG...) To top it all off, you certainly don't want to "turn down" the area of an M2 barrel surrounding the chamber, at least unless you're trying to build a pipe bomb.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-47939741155277590922007-12-13T15:13:00.000-05:002007-12-13T15:13:00.000-05:00You know, having seen a .50BMG AR upper, I don't t...You know, having seen a .50BMG AR upper, I don't think converting an H+R shotgun to .50BMG is actually impossible.<BR/><BR/>But it <I>would</I> take more than just a barrel, and it'd be pointless and ugly.Sigivaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16152366541957466049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-72119827600957318292007-12-13T13:29:00.000-05:002007-12-13T13:29:00.000-05:00Not too long ago some poor sap on another forum cl...Not too long ago some poor sap on another forum claimed that his friend/uncle/GF in Canada had fired one of those 4-barrel COP .357 Mag derringers, and all 4 barrels went off at once.<BR/><BR/>The responders who explained about the derringer's rotating firing pin and the bogosity of his claim were a lot more polite than I would have been, but he was still given a good spanking for lying to his elders.El Capitanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166884584708996911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-88156485880578439502007-12-13T08:58:00.000-05:002007-12-13T08:58:00.000-05:00Alex,Your buddy misread it.Alex,<BR/><BR/>Your buddy misread it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-10235023060594100582007-12-13T05:30:00.000-05:002007-12-13T05:30:00.000-05:00"converted two-thirds of the barrel to titanium?" ..."converted two-thirds of the barrel to titanium?" Alchemy is not dead!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-90551227150409120672007-12-12T21:44:00.000-05:002007-12-12T21:44:00.000-05:00Well, a buddy of mine spotted a Glock labled as .3...Well, a buddy of mine spotted a Glock labled as .357 magnum (not SIG!) in a gun store not far from here... I wonder how they did that with it being a rimmed round significantly longer than anything else chambered in the Glock line. Maybe they sawed two Glocks in half and then bondo-ed them back together? I really like the idea, though!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-80480301532652020422007-12-12T20:43:00.000-05:002007-12-12T20:43:00.000-05:00"They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance."T..."They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance."<BR/><BR/>Though to be fair, it was a Whitworth, not something flavored in .50 caliber.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-15205041152529868492007-12-12T20:02:00.000-05:002007-12-12T20:02:00.000-05:00It's harder to scream BS! when the person adding u...It's harder to scream BS! when the person adding up yarns is your boss. One of the guys I knew at work who'd just been promoted was BSing with me about precision shooting. I'd just gotten a 700 Light Tac that shoots 3/4 MOA with factory ammo. he was going on about how the black powder .50 was one of the most accurate long range rifles available. I read at the FCSA website so I know better but I have to be more er diplomatic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-56369920590938493422007-12-12T18:46:00.000-05:002007-12-12T18:46:00.000-05:00Ah hell. I guess Tam's about to slam me next for t...Ah hell. I guess Tam's about to slam me next for telling the tale of my brother who's good with tools helping me turn some old plumbing supplies, tritium watches, 3 rolls of duct tape, an old Timex Sinclair and a road flare into the prototype for the Nukem 5000 Personal Nuclear Device in the convenient back pack delivery system.<BR/><BR/>Available now in new colors Plum and Gunmetal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-6903014748786187862007-12-12T18:09:00.000-05:002007-12-12T18:09:00.000-05:00I know just about enough about firearms to know wh...I know just about enough about firearms to know which end the bullet comes out of (as well as the "basic four", I might add) and even I would have split a gut laughing at that booger-eatin' moh-ron!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-71963570960707073452007-12-12T17:07:00.000-05:002007-12-12T17:07:00.000-05:00b&n,See #21 in "No comment" commentary, below.b&n,<BR/><BR/>See #21 in "No comment" commentary, below.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-76371771441177812942007-12-12T16:59:00.001-05:002007-12-12T16:59:00.001-05:00Wot robb, she only converted 2/3 of your barrel to...Wot robb, she only converted 2/3 of your barrel to titanium?<BR/><BR/>Canajins. Eh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-16933604244435286902007-12-12T16:59:00.000-05:002007-12-12T16:59:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.New Jovian Thunderbolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452246769246304612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-80764901443881632092007-12-12T16:58:00.000-05:002007-12-12T16:58:00.000-05:00Ok. Just got back from talking to him. Turns out...Ok. Just got back from talking to him. Turns out instead of "convert a glock to 454 Casull" he concerted a glock to $454 Cash.<BR/><BR/>I musta misheard<BR/><BR/>And instead of it "fires really neato" he used the money to get a fire-patterned Speedo.<BR/><BR/>You don't want to see any pictures of that. (brrrrr)New Jovian Thunderbolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452246769246304612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-27353884029309701892007-12-12T16:56:00.000-05:002007-12-12T16:56:00.000-05:00What? But my buddy really DID convert a glock to ...What? But my buddy really DID convert a glock to 454 Casull. And it fires really neato! Hold on, I'll check with him and get him to post some pics.New Jovian Thunderbolthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452246769246304612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-41396637129660828932007-12-12T16:19:00.000-05:002007-12-12T16:19:00.000-05:00So I should save the description of how I converte...So I should save the description of how I converted my J-frame Airweight to fire 20mm Solothurn?<BR/><BR/>It's not as unbelievable as it sounds... I had to drop it to a 4-shot.<BR/><BR/>:)Joe Merchant24https://www.blogger.com/profile/07339086169062396440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-12075000796346614462007-12-12T16:16:00.000-05:002007-12-12T16:16:00.000-05:00I'd hate to get on Tam's bad side on something she...I'd hate to get on Tam's bad side on something she's acutally passionate about! :)<BR/><BR/><BR/>B&N - Exactly what I was thinking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-8059506272816021702007-12-12T15:51:00.000-05:002007-12-12T15:51:00.000-05:00Ah, comeon, no linky for laughter of the masses?Ah, comeon, no linky for laughter of the masses?theirritablearchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04105315709746689270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-88736188776250171102007-12-12T15:50:00.000-05:002007-12-12T15:50:00.000-05:00Pfffffffft. I suppose next you'll be telling us th...Pfffffffft. I suppose next you'll be telling us that not everyone's rifle really shoots eighth of an inch groups at 200 yards.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-58765461100814743482007-12-12T15:11:00.000-05:002007-12-12T15:11:00.000-05:00My girlfriend from Canada did that once...My girlfriend from Canada did that once...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com