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Gun forums dying

There's been a trend of some orgs buying out various forums, then screwing with them which drives out the users that liked the original format, function & dialogue.

One example is the the Rimfire Central Forum, which has gone downhill since it was bought out.
 
Old_Me said:
same thing

there is the Cummins brake (trade name) , which is also the same (jake brake)

Jake is the nick-name for the Jacobs Co.
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Are you suuuuure? I mighta heard different! Just joshing you. A lot of the kids nowadays are not that interested and just want to shoot on their gaming console. They become experts in their own minds and think they can pick up a 1911 and shoot as in their war games. The recoil probably comes as a surprise!!
 
3L120 said:
Are you suuuuure? I mighta heard different! Just joshing you. A lot of the kids nowadays are not that interested and just want to shoot on their gaming console. They become experts in their own minds and think they can pick up a 1911 and shoot as in their war games. The recoil probably comes as a surprise!!
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Touching on that in BOLD.
My nephew was bragging about how good he was with a 12ga shotgun in the shooting games.
I made plans for a weekend of fun shooting real guns at the farm. Well lets just say that first pull of the trigger sent him to his bottom real quick like. So it seems on video games one doesn't need to lean into firing a shotgun, SO that lesson wasn't learned. The other lesson that was unlearned was DO NOT pull the trigger without the buttstock FIRMLY into the shoulder pocket.

The next lesson was also learned by an immense amount of pain. It seem that big powerful revolvers do not smack you in the forehead in video games like they can in real life.😉😂😂
The poor kid was giving me a lot of grief for not loading a full cylinder of 44 mag.
After it bounced off his skull, I picked myself up off the ground and dried my laughing tears from my eyes I said I'd go ahead and load up a full cylinder, he wanted none of it 😂😂😂
Let's just say he never bragged about how good he was a shooting firearms around me ever again.
I did take him shooting again, he did get better but not with a shotgun. I was always amazed at how he could hit the flying pigeon with a shot shell plastic wad yet NEVER break the pigeon. That was master class right there!
 
3L120 said:
Are you suuuuure? I mighta heard different! Just joshing you. A lot of the kids nowadays are not that interested and just want to shoot on their gaming console. They become experts in their own minds and think they can pick up a 1911 and shoot as in their war games. The recoil probably comes as a surprise!!
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there are hydraulic braking systems, electronic braking systems, and exhaust braking systems....

as a driver for all my years, the general engine braking system i drove had Jacobs (Jake) braking systems, that were supplied on all the company trucks that i ever worked for.

the 2 owner operators i ever worked for, had jake brakes as well.

not being a diesel mechanic, but rather an automotive one in my early years, diesel mechanics would pretty much know all the additional braking systems, and could explain those more in detail

the jake brake uses solenoids in the head to cut off the valves from opening, allowing compression to be used as brake.

that's about as technical i ever got...i had no interest in repairing anything, and in fact, all companies i drove for..??

forbid a driver work on his/her truck, unless a simple light bulb replacement.

i liked NOT being a truck mechanic...as in trucking, get into an accident, and THAT opens up a whole can of worms, i want NO part of.

due to liability..and nuclear lawsuits.
 
Old_Me said:
the jake brake uses solenoids in the head to cut off the valves from opening, allowing compression to be used as brake.
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What a Jake Brake actually does is open the exhaust valves just before the piston reaches Top Dead Center, thus dumping all the compression and the cylinder fails to fire. Yeah, I used to fix 'em. :rolleyes:
 
Grayfox said:
What a Jake Brake actually does is open the exhaust valves just before the piston reaches Top Dead Center, thus dumping all the compression and the cylinder fails to fire. Yeah, I used to fix 'em. :rolleyes:
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yes, using compression, they use solenoids.

the mechanical end of it, i really cannot say, only what i was taught like 60 years ago in trucking (driving school)...frankly, i could care less what type of engine brakes, or brand name were or were not installed.

i'd get my paperwork, get the trailer, do a pre-trip, and off i went.

the mechanicals were never really my concern, as i said all the companies i ever worked for, forbade us drivers from doing more than a pre-trip, or at the very least a headlamp or tail lamp replacement..they did not want us to climb on top of the tires to replace wiper blades.

when it came to many states DEMANDING we clear snow off of our trailers..??

again, my particular company forbade me from doing so, due to possible severe injury or death..that's what the shop did, and vendors do, not us drivers.

i know for a fact, i was fortunate enough to drive 3 trucks with the 425 CAT, and 15 speed transmissions...gearing..?? WTF cares..???..top speed...1 truck...112 mph, the other 2...110 mph...that's all i ever cared about

i never really talked "trucking" to owner-ops or "diesel in their veins drivers" who knew thier trucks inside out, and could talk specs all day long.

driving safely (which i did for over 40m years) and earning safety awards was where i was at.

i had a family of 6 to take care of, my mind was set on them, not how, or what made that rig.

i pretty much only knew that there were, electrical, hydraulic, and exhaust "Jake" brakes.
 
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