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[ABLE1 <somewhere@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 5/15/2020 10:35 AM, Bob La Londe wrote:
> On 5/14/2020 8:16 PM, ABLE1 wrote:
>> On 5/14/2020 6:41 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
>>>
>>> On 5/14/2020 1:30 PM, ABLE1 wrote:
>>> Â > On 5/14/2020 3:22 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
>>> Â >> On 5/14/2020 12:20 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:
>>> Â >>> On 5/14/2020 9:56 AM, ABLE1 wrote:
>>> Â >>>> On 5/14/2020 10:20 AM, Bob La Londe wrote:
>>> Â >>>>> On 5/12/2020 5:13 AM, ABLE1 wrote:
>>> Â >>>>>> On 5/11/2020 10:58 PM, Jim Davis wrote:
>>> Â >>>>>>> On Monday, May 11, 2020 at 8:58:18 PM UTC-4, Bob La Londe
>>> wrote:
>>> Â >>>>>>>> On 4/4/2020 1:47 PM, Jim Davis wrote:
>>> Â >>>>>>>>> Hey!
>>> Â >>>>>>>>>
>>> Â >>>>>>>>> How's everybody doing?
>>> Â >>>>>>>>
>>>  >>>>>>>> I had a gnat fly in my mouth the other day.  He tasted like
>>> mosquito
>>> Â >>>>>>>> repellent.
>>> Â >>>>>>>>
>>>  >>>>>>>> HACK!  HACK!  HACK!
>>> Â >>>>>>>
>>> Â >>>>>>> Let's see now -----
>>> Â >>>>>>>
>>> Â >>>>>>> If you had a choice between eating a gnat that tasted like
>>> mosquito repellent and a green horse fly that tasted like horseshit
>>> Â >>>>>>>
>>> Â >>>>>>> Which would you choose?
>>> Â >>>>>>>
>>> Â >>>>>>> Sorry Bob, I just couldn't resist
>>> Â >>>>>>>
>>> Â >>>>>>
>>> Â >>>>>>
>>>  >>>>>> Jim,  Your resistance was futile..................
>>> Â >>>>>>
>>> Â >>>>>> Oh and Bob, think about it!! There has to be another choice.
>>> Not!!
>>> Â >>>>>>
>>> Â >>>>>> ROFLOL
>>> Â >>>>>
>>> Â >>>>>
>>> Â >>>>> My place is surrounded by citrus and alfalfa, so gnats are a
>>> regular hazard.  Mosquitos for some reason not so much.  Several of
>>> my neighbors have horses as well, but no horse flies either.  Never
>>> heard of a green horse fly, but we have a big black one that I see
>>> out on the river fairly often in the summer time.  They will but a
>>> nasty bite on you, and are hard to hit with anything.  One anglers I
>>> used to knew kept a badminton racket in his boat for taking them out.
>>> Â >>>>>
>>> Â >>>>> Anyway, not the first gnat I've wound up eating or spitting
>>> out. Just the first one that tasted like deet.  FYI:  Mosquito
>>> repellent seems to have no affect on them.  I tried back when I first
>>> moved to this place back in 2005/06.
>>> Â >>>>
>>> Â >>>> Many Many years ago when I was the Maintenance Supervisor for a
>>> Plastic
>>> Â >>>> Extrusion Company I had a very small office near the shop.
>>> Â >>>> (maybe 11' x 9')Â  One summer there was this standard housefly
>>> that got
>>>  >>>> into the office.  Since he was young he was very fast and I
>>> could not
>>>  >>>> get him.  Buzz buzz buzz around and then would hide for a while.
>>>  >>>> Myself in and out of the office all day.  Drove me nuts for 3
>>> days.  Now
>>>  >>>> the fly is 3 days older and getting slower.  He sat down on my
>>> desk and
>>> Â >>>> I very quickly reached out and caught him in my hand.
>>>  >>>> Yahoo!!  Gotcha sucker!!
>>> Â >>>>
>>> Â >>>> Due to the torture he bestowed on me for 3 frickin days there
>>> had to be some appropriate punishment that was needed for this now
>>> captured fly.
>>> Â >>>> So I pulled off a bit of Scotch Tape and gently stuck him to
>>> it.  His
>>> Â >>>> legs were wiggling and his wings were trying to get loose but
>>> the sticky
>>>  >>>> Scotch Tape adhesive would not let him go.  I walked him out to
>>> the
>>> Â >>>> shipping dock and gently stuck the tape with the fly to the
>>> floor.  He
>>>  >>>> continued to try and get free but he couldn't!!  I then went
>>> over to
>>> Â >>>> the walk-behind forklift and positioned the left front wheel in
>>> line
>>>  >>>> with the fly.  I the slowly (ever so slowly) moved the the 4,750lb
>>>  >>>> forklift forward.  Once the tire rolled over the fly I went
>>> back and forth a couple of time just make sure he was DEAD.  I then
>>> pealed the
>>> Â >>>> Scotch Tape with squished fly off the floor and returned to my
>>> office
>>>  >>>> where I pinned it to my bulletin board.  I did not have another
>>> fly enter my office for the rest of the summer.
>>> Â >>>>
>>>  >>>> Wow, just typing that, made me feel so good!!  LOL
>>> Â >>>>
>>> Â >>>> I hope you all enjoyed reading my little fly story!!
>>> Â >>>> You may now resume your normal activities................
>>> Â >>>>
>>> Â >>>> Les
>>> Â >>>>
>>> Â >>>>
>>> Â >>>
>>> Â >>> Did you cackle and rub your hand together as you dreamed up your
>>> revenge?
>>> Â >>>
>>>  >>> A few years ago I tried to grow a winter garden.  Black birds
>>> and grackles were eating my seedlings as fast as they would sprout.
>>> I looked them up.  There is actually an international treaty
>>> protecting both of them, but there is a clause in that treaty where I
>>> can exterminate them with extreme prejudice when they are causing
>>> substantial harm to crops.  I broke out an air rifle and spent the
>>> next several weeks shooting anything with wings that came near my
>>> garden. I'd go pick them up and toss them in the garbage, but one day
>>> I popped two crackles  and a customer called.  Those two grackles got
>>> left at the end of the rows of broccoli for several days, and as long
>>> as they laid there not another grackle came near my garden.
>>> Â >>>
>>> Â >>> FYI, If a grackle happens to bend down towards you a properly
>>> tuned .25 Marauder will put a 25.4 grain pellet though his beak and
>>> exit his asshole at 30 yards without hardly slowing down.
>>> Â >>>
>>>  >>> P.S.  I am sure when you were a kid somebody said they had a
>>> Benjamin/Sheridan/Daisy/ etc that they could pump up a hundred times
>>> and it would shoot like a .22.  They were full of shit.  LOL.  My .25
>>> Marauder develops about half the energy of a .22 long rifle.  There
>>> are air rifles that develop as much energy (or more) as a 45 acp, but
>>> they sure aren't doing it with a .177 caliber 7 grain flat nosed cast
>>> lead badminton birdie.  My Marauder is charged to 3000 PSI with an
>>> SCBA compressor or SCBA tank and gets 28 shots at a little over
>>> 900FPS before velocity starts to drop, and I go refill it.  Its an
>>> awesome medium range game bird killer.
>>> Â >>>
>>> Â >>
>>> Â >>
>>> Â >> PPS:Â  When I was a kid my Daisy 880 did a number on horse flies.
>>> 2 pumps with a steel BB would take one off the side of an aluminum
>>> drop tank without leaving a dent.  It would leave a pretty healthy
>>> dent on the side of the feed shed though.
>>> Â >
>>> Â > I have a Beeman Silver Kodiak X2 single pump will move a .177 pellet
>>>  > at a speed of 1000fps.  Unless I am having a bad day, all targets are
>>> Â > sent to ~~~~~~~~~>>>>>>>> another place.
>>> Â >
>>> Â > Yes, those good old Daisy steel BB's will also shatter A-L-L the
>>> glass
>>> Â > windows that are located in the neighbors chicken coop............
>>> Â > Don't ask me how I know!!!
>>> Â >
>>>
>>>
>>> If that's what it said on the box it may and it may not, but they
>>> post their bragging speeds with a light weight pellet under ideal
>>> circumstances with their best guns off the line.  I wouldn't believe
>>> it unless I saw it on the ProChrono, (Chronys suck) and I wouldn't
>>> expect to see it except with a 7-7.4 grain pellet.  It might even go
>>> super sonic with a light alloy (5.4gr if I recall) pellet, but it
>>> would have little energy if it did hit its target.
>>>
>>> If you are getting 1000FPS with a 7 grain pellet that is still about
>>> 15.5 ft/lbs at the muzzle.  Almost twice the legal energy for an
>>> airgun in the UK.  If its making the kill shots you need then its
>>> more than adequate, but I bet if you bumped up to a heavier round
>>> nose your terminal energy would increase dramatically even though
>>> your velocity would drop.  I can't speak about accuracy.  I always
>>> found spring piston guns to be problematic to shoot due to the double
>>> recoil.  Some people love them though.  I went with PCP and love it.
>>> Its like shooting a light powder burner.  I've got a .177 Marauder
>>> also.  It shoots about 120 shots out of it regulated and tuned for a
>>> hair over 20FPE shooting 10.65 grain copper plated domes at 940-950
>>> FPS (over the ProChrono). Its made my longest airgun kill shot at 94
>>> yards. (gopher)
>>>
>>> My favorite though is a Chinese BAM-50 .22.  I never got it tuned for
>>> a great shot count, but at the range I'll shoot it tethered to an air
>>> tank with 14.3 grain Crosman hollow points.  Yeah, the tins from the
>>> discount store (if they are in stock).  I have it adjusted to shoot
>>> 1035-1050 at full pressure.  If there is no wind and I can have a
>>> couple ranging shots I can put shot after shot on a golf ball size
>>> target at 135 yards. Â Â That's how far it is to the mountain back stop
>>> at our local small bore range.  I do have to look for the pellets
>>> that are clean without flashing to do that though.
>>>
>>> If you want to play with other pellets I favor the JSB Exact in all
>>> calibers.  They have a nice range of weights in most common calibers
>>> too, although you will probably have to order them from an airgun
>>> supply.  You won't find them at WalMart.
>>>
>>> The .25 Marauder is putting out a consistent 45+ ft/lbs at the muzzle
>>> with JSB Exact Kings.  Its no toy.  (.22LR generic is about 110ft/lbs)
>>>
>>> I ran a .25 Kalibre Cricket regulated bullpup for a while.  Its was a
>>> little more powerful, very accurate, much higher shot count, and to
>>> damned expensive for me to leave by the back door of the shop.  I
>>> sold it before I scratched it.  LOL.
>>>
>>> If you want to have some fun (and annoy your neighbors) look into
>>> dieseling.  That will get you super sonic with a bang in a spring
>>> piston gun.  I've heard its hard on seals though.  Used to do it with
>>> my Nitro Piston gun since it wouldn't hold a group anyway.  I both
>>> loved and hated that thing.  Light and easy to hold.  Would group for
>>> about 5-7 shots and then the group would move.
>>>
>>>
>>> I almost forgot.  I have a Hatsan .22 underlever also, but its on
>>> indefinite loan to my dad.  Shoots a consistent 940fps shot after
>>> shot with 14.3 Crosman pellets.   That might be with a heavier JSB
>>> pellet. I forget.  Its a beast.  Underlever spring piston, and if the
>>> lever gets away from you it could very well break your fingers.
>>> Recoil on it is crazy for a pellet gun.  Its also heavy, which does
>>> help with the recoil.
>>>
>>>
>>> I still have a Daisy 880 in the closet.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Bob,
>>
>> Thanks for the lesson in the Air Gun stuff!!
>> Actually I needed something with more power since the
>> Daisy Powerline 880 pump I had left the furry tailed rat
>> laughing at me, and it became more than I could bear.
>> Something had to be fixed.  The single pump with
>> whatever true velocity or ft/lbs made a huge difference
>> since I got no more laughing rats.
>>
>> It seems that the rats have learned the rules of the property.
>> Haven't had to train one on the rules for quite some time.
>> But, it is spring and that may change.  Some are just born
>> stupid.  :-)
>>
>> Have a good weekend all!!  For some, the area may be opening
>> for business shortly.  Can't say if it is good or bad at this
>> time.  Only time will tell.  Be safe out there.
>>
>> Les
>
>
> Sorry about that.  I did go off a bit on one of my hobbies didn't I.
>
> P.S.  Yer a bad influence.  After posting here I went and looked at the
> various new air guns coming available soon or recently available.  I
> just barely retrained myself from ordering a new Hatsan Bully 9mm at
> 150FPE at 910FPS (claimed).  I did look a the .45  at 290FPE, but I am
> used to the trajectory of an airgun that shoots just over 900 FPS.  Then
> I looked at the new Hatsan pile driver.  Its the new (claimed) most
> powerful production air rifle on the market, and its priced to match.  A
> whopping 800+ FPE in .50 and still over 700FPE in .45.  I just don't
> have any use for an airgun like that.  Not even one tiny justification.
> Well unless the Bloomberg assault team does to Arizona what they did to
> Virginia.  Yes, they have targeted Arizona next.
>

Bob, I so very sorry that I am such a BAD influence on you.  Now that
will bother me tonight when I place my head on the pillow.  Sadly I
might postpone by going to sleep for a period of time as a result. The
time delay may be equal to the time it takes a .177 caliber 10.65 grain
copper plated dome to move 132 yards @ 940-950 FPS. + or -   :-)

Hope your weekend dreams are good!!

Les