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    November 17, 1871, NRA founded

    Founded on November 17, 1871, the NRA has grown from a small group of marksmen into a nationwide institution dedicated to firearms training, safety, and advocacy. Together with millions, we celebrate 154 years of heritage and hard work. https://home.nra.org/
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    Natural Aiming Area

    How to find your body’s preferred sightline: When you watch top pistol shooters on a range, what looks like uncanny precision often comes down to something unglamorous and entirely physical: alignment. Not the alignment of sights to a target in the abstract, but the alignment your own skeleton...
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    Reading a ballistics table chart, help needed

    Also the sight is shown as 1 1/2" above the center of the barrel bore (typical of scopes on rifles), most pistols will be closer to an inch or less with open sights, may be more if you have a Dot.
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    At 11 AM on 11/11/1918 WWI ends

    Historian Joseph Persico estimated the total dead, wounded and missing on all sides on the final day was 10,900. https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/11/08/in-the-final-hours-of-world-war-i-a-terrible-toll/
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    November 11, 1978 “The Dukes of Hazzard”

    On November 11, 1978, a stuntman on the Georgia set of “The Dukes of Hazzard” launches the show’s iconic automobile, a 1969 Dodge Charger named the General Lee, off a makeshift dirt ramp and over a police car. That jump, 16 feet high and 82 feet long (its landing totaled the car), made TV...
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    At 11 AM on 11/11/1918 WWI ends

    At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the Great War ends. At 5 a.m. that morning, Germany, bereft of manpower and supplies and faced with imminent invasion, signed an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car outside Compiégne, France. The First World War left...
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    10/10/2025 History Channel at 8 PM ET The Warfighters: Battle Stories

    Two-hour special for Veteran's Day honoring America's Elite Special Operation Forces https://play.history.com/shows/the-warfighters/videos/preview-the-warfighters-battle-stories
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    US Marines established November 10, 1775

    During the American Revolution, the Continental Congress passes a resolution stating that “two Battalions of Marines be raised” for service as landing forces for the recently formed Continental Navy. The resolution, drafted by future U.S. president John Adams and adopted in Philadelphia on...
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    It's FALLING IGUANA SEASON AGAIN

    Yes, iguanas are edible and are consumed in various parts of the world, particularly in Central and South America, the Caribbean, and some Pacific islands. Taste & Preparation Flavor: Mild, white meat similar to chicken or frog legs. Preparation: Skinned, gutted, and often stewed, grilled, or...
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    Dick Cheney Dies

    Cheney operated much of the time from undisclosed locations in the months after the 2001 attacks, kept apart from Bush to ensure one or the other would survive any follow-up assault on the country’s leadership. With Bush out of town on that fateful day, Cheney was a steady presence in the White...
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    Richard Jordan Gatling received his first patent for the Gatling Machine Gun

    November 4, 1862 Indianapolis resident Richard Jordan Gatling received his first patent for the Gatling Machine Gun. According to sources, he designed the gun with hopes that it would "minimize the number of men needed to fight a war, and thus minimize the number of men exposed to its...
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    Indoor Gun Range Fees

    Range USA near me is $24.00 per hour. $12 for second shooter on a lane. Memberships start at $29.99 / month with unlimited (mostly) weekdays. (if there is a waitlist you are limited to 2 hours.) $49.99 / month for unlimited weekdays and weekends (if there is a waitlist you are limited to 2...
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    Cheapest most Reliable Online Ammo Business

    Midway has free shipping on orders over $100. (If you create an account and list your birthday, you will get addition discount for one order for your birthday) S&B or Magtech 230 gr FMJ $20.99 /50 https://www.midwayusa.com/45-acp/br?cid=21841&sortBy=7
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    Pumpkin Plot foiled per the Bureau

    From a post on X- Attorney General Pamela Bondi Our newly unsealed complaint reveals a major ISIS-linked terror plot with multiple subjects arrested in the Eastern District of Michigan targeting the United States. According to the complaint, subjects had multiple AR-15 rifles, tactical...
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    JP-7: A Look at the Special Fuel of the SR-71

    This is what Grok says about the fuel:
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    What would you like to see from SA?

    How a 22 LR pistol with adjustable sights. Maybe even a 1911 / 2011 22 LR conversion unit.
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    Range Report: More .45 Practice, 10/31/25

    The 185 gr Nosler has about 10% more muzzle energy than their 230 gr HP round, so it isn't less recoil. The Marines used to use the Nosler 185 gr bullet in their pistol shooting team loads. Their load was about 180 fps slower than the Nosler factory load, around 780 - 800 fps. They loaded it...
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    Range Report: More .45 Practice, 10/31/25

    You should try a box of these https://www.nosler.com/45-acp-185gr-jhp-asp-handgun-ammunition-50ct.html AVERAGE SPEED 910.3 STD DEV 9.2 SPREAD 30.8 chrono results from my Gold Cup. $37.99 at Midway :) (three boxes will get you free shipping) Here is a 9mm 1911 with Koenig ammo at...
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    SA competition idea.

    Springfield Armory and the 2025 Pin Shoot https://www.thearmorylife.com/springfield-armory-and-the-2025-pin-shoot/ Springfield Armory® Announces Title Sponsorship of Hillsdale College USPSA Match...
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    The S&W model 76 sub machine gun

    Developed in 1966 for the U.S. Navy SEALs, the Smith & Wesson Model 76 Submachine Gun was built to replace the M/45 Swedish K after U.S. supply was cut off during the Vietnam War. Production of the M76 continued until 1974, with a total of roughly 6,000 units built. Supposedly it cost $76.00 to...
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