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GreyWoolfe:

--- Quote from: Saskia on July 19, 2022, 06:59:34 am ---
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--- Quote from: tautech on July 18, 2022, 10:34:27 pm ---After signing out last evening a toddy of vodka and dry was the plan and a few minutes in front of the goggle box before retiring however there was Callahan from '76 with his 44 Mag and not to watch it would've been plain rude.
So Monday nights are Dirty Harry nights for a few weeks here, ain't watched that stuff in years.  :)

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The .44 Magnum. A truly insane cartridge. Having shot them from a genuine Dirty Harry S&W Model 29 revolver with the 8 inch barrel, I wouldn't think of using just one hand when firing it. The recoil is like stopping a train! It's quite easy to be accurate with it though, as long as you take single shots to allow some time to recover your senses before the next deafening explosion!

 :-DD

The contrast when shooting .45 ACP cartridges with the classic Colt M1911 pistol and its comparatively stubby 5 inch barrel couldn't be more striking. I could get good groupings at 25 metres standing with the Model 29. Hitting anything smaller than a barn door at 25 metres with the M1911 was a real challenge. Partly because of the short barrel, but also because despite the fact I'm right handed, I shoot left handed which means I end up dodging the cartridges as they get ejected from the side of the Colt and fly past dangerously close to my eye. :)

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well, hubby and me used to double tap with the .44 Mag. I did sell my .500 S&W (the one with a 2.75" barrel, no comp, cuz nobody would let me try it on their range.

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Had a buddy years ago had a Ruger Super Blackhawk in 44 Mag.  Was a joy to shoot, even 1 handed.  The way the revolver naturally rolled in your hand greatly reduced felt recoil.  I had an M1911 chambered in .38 Super Auto.  Had adjustable sights installed and it was pleasant to shoot and accurate enough to keep all shots on paper targets at 25 yards.  I remember being at an outdoor range once back in the day and some poser had one of those .500 S&W.  He couldn't hit paper 15 feet in front of him as he flinched badly every time he pulled the trigger.  Wonder if he was compensating for something. >:D   Then again, I did have a Dan Wesson
357 with the 4 and 8 in heavy vent barrels.  Maybe I was compensating.  Nah. :-DD Tautech, I also owned a Beretta 945 .22 pocket pistol back then.  Stinger hypervelocity ammo would punch quarter sized holes in steel lockers at 10 feet.  I miss that one.
med6753:
For those who think my benches are never a mess. 465B spread all over bench 1 and 2. I finally have some time today to clean this up.

The severe storms last night bypassed here. Not even a rumble of thunder. It's 8 AM here and I already have the A/C cranked up in anticipation of +90 F temps today.


 
mnementh:

--- Quote from: bd139 on July 19, 2022, 09:15:58 am ---Well that was a turn up for the books. My missing IC turned up!

RM 19 days for 2nd class signed for.

Seller has refunded already  :-//
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As it wasn't his fault, you might do the honorable thing. OTOH, if they already got refunded by eBay, for the lost parcel...  :-//

EDIT: Woops... you already did. Enlightened self-interest is a rare thing, these days...  :clap:

mnem
I am MOOP.
Cerebus:

--- Quote from: Neper on July 19, 2022, 10:58:53 am ---
--- Quote from: Cerebus on July 18, 2022, 11:42:32 pm ---Quite so. Now, if they started supergluing Jacob Rees-Mogg and friends to things they'd have the British public on side in no time at all.  >:D
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How about founding a royal society for gluing toffs on top of each other?

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 :-DD  :-DD

With an annual competition held in Trafalgar Square? First pile higher than Nelson's Column wins?
Cerebus:

--- Quote from: mnementh on July 19, 2022, 11:18:56 am ---Oklay... I'm confused. Which admittedly, takes very little anymore...  :o

So is this broader usage a regional thing, or just colloquial usage? Or is it another case of egregious cultural misappropriation (which practice, we 'merkins have raised to an art form), and you scone-eaters who know what a proper toddy is supposed to be really wish we would fucking stop...?

mnem
Or do I need to start sending Mr Toddywallah a royalty check for stealing his name every time I misuse the term...?

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Er, I dunno, it's officially too hot to think. I'm not sure which bit you're referring to, but basically it's misappropriation of the name all the way down the line with the meaning changing the further it got from Indian.
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