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    What Does the Castle Doctrine Defend?

    "lawfully present in their dwelling" Can an illegal alien meet the "lawfully" requirement? I don't see how. -
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    Ayoob: Was the 10mm Destined to Fail?

    Perhaps you're just the man: A chap on S&W forum told of shooting his way out of a pack of three circling and growling feral dogs in the Wisconsin woods. At least one chap was dubious and less than congratulatory. After all they weren't wolves or coyotes. My comment was that feral dog packs are...
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    Ayoob: Was the 10mm Destined to Fail?

    Critical Duty perhaps? I don't find Hornady Critical Defense in 10mm, but Backcountry Defense yes. -
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    Ayoob: Was the 10mm Destined to Fail?

    Brushing up on that Dale Carnegie material again? -
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    Ayoob: Was the 10mm Destined to Fail?

    For self-defense, Hornady 180-gr XTP @ 1158 fps can't be beat for consistency in FBI penetration and expansion (LuckyGunner Labs tests). -
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    Was the Atomic Bombing of Japan Necessary?

    That was brief? -
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    Lessons Learned: Insuring Your Guns

    Of course premiums will go up. Valuable items like collectibles and jewelry typically require adding a rider to a policy. One must first actually read one's policy closely, then talk to their agent. If a state villifies and punishes you for owning firearms you're simply in the wrong state. As...
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    Lessons Learned: Insuring Your Guns

    Much of this applies to my other collection: vintage and valuable guitars. But there's no saving those with expensive "fireproof" safes. And any sprinkler suppression system will destroy a guitar. The important thing is proper insurance and documentation. I've been through testing insurance...
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    Remembering the USS Maine

    Re: the main batteries, en echelon means staggered fore and aft; the port side turret is abaft the starboard turret. Thus the ship is bilaterally asymmetrical in the plan view.
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    Grumman TBF Avenger — The Navy’s Portly Hero

    I also got the red stains, in S. Lake Tahoe, CA, circa 1980. I never saw the aircraft, I was a passerby volunteering to help drag a fire hose through timber when someone yelled "Cover!" and the guys around me dropped to their bellies and covered their faces. I heard the sudden roar and whoosh go...
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    Grumman TBF Avenger — The Navy’s Portly Hero

    I believe it was the largest single-engine warbird until the A-1 Skyraider. -
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    Kukri: Famed Battle Blade of Nepal

    Incidentally, here's where to buy authentic kukris. https://www.atlantacutlery.com/knives/kukris-machetes -
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    Grumman TBF Avenger — The Navy’s Portly Hero

    No mention of Marine Corp Avengers? Award-winning author Samuel Hynes flew a ground-based USMC Avenger in the Pacific. They were crucial in nearly all of the island-hopping campaign. Hynes trained 100% as a Marine and never attempted a carrier takeoff or landing. They lived rough on the islands...
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    Grumman TBF Avenger — The Navy’s Portly Hero

    Yes, as mentioned in the article. We had a TBM modified for fire bombing at our airport in Lewiston, Idaho in the 1960s. It was huge! -
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    Kukri: Famed Battle Blade of Nepal

    There weren't only Gurkhas carrying kukris in WW II. Renowned author George MacDonald Fraser's excellent memoir of his service in Burma, Quartered Safe Out Here (1993), dotingly describes the issue kukri he carried in Fourteenth Army under Gen. Slim. Military historian Sir John Keegan wrote...
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    Lockheed P-38 Lightning: Fork-Tailed Devil

    I'm not going to dispute that. But, to be fair, even if you just let it sit for 70 years (no operating expenses, annual inspections, overhauls, fuel, lubricants, coolants, tires, etc) there's still significant ongoing expenses: Insurance, hangar fees, etc. And if it really just sat with zero...
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    Lockheed P-38 Lightning: Fork-Tailed Devil

    Yeah! Of course, $8000 invested in a S&P 500 index fund in 1964, dividends reinvested, would be worth over $2 million today. -
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    Lockheed P-38 Lightning: Fork-Tailed Devil

    A friend (now deceased) bought a P-51 w/ a spare engine in the early 1960s for $8000. Then he essentially taught himself to fly it. -
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    Lockheed P-38 Lightning: Fork-Tailed Devil

    @warbirdlover, I hope you were able to attend the Reno Air Races before they were discontinued. Living in Reno, probably two dozen times for me. Sad. -
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    Lockheed P-38 Lightning: Fork-Tailed Devil

    @Talyn, Great info, thanks! FWIW the lanky, grinning pilot chatting with Lindbergh after a P-38 sortie is Maj. Thomas McGuire, Jr., commander of the 431st Fighter Squadron and erstwhile rival of Richard Bong. -
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