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mansaxel:
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Today I picked up a hp 5372A in running condition for work, from forum member bsdphk. Buying TE for ${EMPLOYER}'s money. There are few things more satisfying. Especially since the traditional service department is downsizing aggressively and reducing the use of TE and servicing skills in favour of tossing broken things and buying new.

In all fairness, BD was spot on when he described modern electronics as essentially unrepairable. There is not much a normal service department can do beyond swapping PCB's. And to do that, you seldom require TE; it is mostly enough to have a paint-by-numbers fault-finding guide.

Anyway, I need the 5372A to properly diagnose my network. We've come full circle, and need the precision it offers to get things verified. I also hope that I can get some text and pictures out to dispel the voodoo that is "timing transmission over stochastic networks". I feel there are some presentations waiting to be written and held.

The enheavyment-enabling rear suspension enhancement on the car is worth its investment, so very much.
Saskia:
got a Husqvarna 130 tree moped today.
tautech:

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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.

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Not having done much with one hand guns I'm sure technique has an awful lot to do with the accuracy one can deliver and for the little I've done always the lesser recoiling one provided the best accuracy for my skill level = not much.
This was forefront in my mind when in Phuket Thailand for our older Larry Majors wedding in 2014 when with a little time to kill we were all dragged along to a shooting range and when offered all manners of calibers for some 10m pistol work I selected the very tolerable 38 Special which punched the first 2 shots to the right of the bull and attempting to counteract this with the next shot didn't get the right result and only made the group look worse.  :rant:
So back to the hold started with to empty the thing and then to be highly amused by the look on the range attendants face after he wound the targets back in. All but the attempted correction shot were in one ragged hole for which he did a treble take before handing over the target with a good grin.

The little Beretta, what staggered me about it was that it was 5 different weapons each based on what you fed it.
We didn't have any Stinger that day but Laser sure woke the thing up but it would cycle anything from Shorts to the Laser, amazing as most auto rifles won't do that and for sure my 10/22 won't.

Anyway, back to getting a tidy bench arranged for when a customer calls with his busted scope to see what's wrong with it while he waits. Get ya  :popcorn: ready !
tautech:

--- Quote from: Saskia on July 19, 2022, 09:03:03 pm ---got a Husqvarna 130 tree moped today.

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Oh the little Orange baby of the fleet.
Our Larry Major in Perth has one for his camping trips and gathering some wood for his outside burner thing...what are them things called.....and anyways it seems to have served him pretty well although a massive step down from the 90cc Husky I'd built him outta spare parts before he left these shores for Aussie skirt.
mnementh:


Of all the chainsaws I've owned in half a century on this mudball... the only one I actually miss is grand-dad's PowerMac 6. It just worked, and the colder it was the better it ran.

mnem
*mnemories*
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