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  1. Top 100 BBC "Star's" yearly earnings revealed

    I presume these approximate average rates of ~>£250K are "salaries" not contracted remuneration

    I appreciate some BBC products like news APP, but how does BBC measure worth?

    Is a programming...
  2. Wednesday April 19th 1775 ' The Shot Heard 'round the World ': by The Minutemen

    :beerchug:
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    Nomenclature question: M1907

    Thank you for these images of an excellent example of this model.

    I've recently been lucky enough to win one of these Spanish blades
    however I've not found much data (searching in English. )
    ...
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    "RayBar" front sight

    I used an extra fluorescent plastic 'straw' to help aiming while wearing my eyeglasses.
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    My new high tech skeet gun Remington 1100 Competition Synthetic

    My new 12 gauge is not traditional and at fully 53 inches required a new gun case !
    The shot pattern is very effective and when I point correctly really smashes the clay targets.
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    I'm a proud American today.

    Bravo USA
    Today we are freely voting and tomorrow we will have a peaceful change to the next president of our republic.
    Hoorah
  7. Will it float? ( a military rifle, that is... ) SMLE?

    Thanks in advance to those with answers !
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    Do you remember this?

    Saving certain glass bottles for targets and breaking them methodically?
    Like shoot the bottle neck first... Gallon jugs are great. Wine bottles a must and no deposit.
    How about tin can labels for...
  9. Thread: EAL ??

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    I like it. Someone took pride in it and spent...

    I like it.
    Someone took pride in it and spent hard earned $$ on the sights
    How does it shoot?
    Was it a deerslayer?
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    My thanks to our moderators for allowing this...

    My thanks to our moderators for allowing this discourse because as a American I don't fully understand the EU
    What I know is on the BBC and in our news daily and affects our investments and savings...
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    Congratulations to you on what some are calling...

    Congratulations to you on what some are calling an independence day for Great Britain.
    It's curious to read some from Scotland or Ireland call for session(?) I suppose the rebels(?) would raise a...
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    OK. Here's another part of the fort that stuck in...

    OK. Here's another part of the fort that stuck in a kids memory. The privy which I think was like a wall at adult 'seat height' with lumber railings over to the back wall to keep someone from falling...
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    Thanks for sharing that memory. Our family did...

    Thanks for sharing that memory. Our family did the same. Gunsmoke & The sound wave of the ceremonial cannon...felt that BOOM !
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    The smell of BRASSO and black kiwi shoe polish...

    The smell of BRASSO and black kiwi shoe polish when I would shine Dad's combat boots, brass, buckle and buttons before drill. He would of course blouse the heavy starch trousers and button up that...
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    BRASSO Metal Polish ' For over 100 years '

    8 oz. From Mystic Army & Navy
    I'm sure this plastic bottle will last me and my family the next 100
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    I've been boating near Mystic CT. Have not made...

    I've been boating near Mystic CT. Have not made time lately for QHR&GC
    Considering the licensing and purchase of a NAA .22 pocket piece.
    Maybe gold plated 'just because'.
  17. Oh yes that reaction ! Thanks I have a...

    Oh yes that reaction ! Thanks I have a Winchester model 9410 and it does attract attention. When pointed correctly will break a target or sometimes two after a quick lever action. I won't try with...
  18. Thanks for sharing that memory. Such a .410 MK 4...

    Thanks for sharing that memory. Such a .410 MK 4 weapon could be used here in CT to hunt small game including public land. Hitting some moving clay targets would be more fun than the same old bulls...
  19. Thanks for all the details and information...

    Thanks for all the details and information because some of my initial interest to acquire an Enfield was because I shoot .410 and have a modest collection and found some called single shot 'muskets'...
  20. Why don't I find examples for sale of those...

    Why don't I find examples for sale of those Enfield smoothbores you described bored standard .410 shotgun?
    I would like to buy one.
    It seems only the East Asian "muskets" bored for a single round...
  21. Watching '55 Days at Peking'

    Watching '55 Days at Peking'
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    Sticky: I'm glad to be a part of this interesting and...

    I'm glad to be a part of this interesting and informative member's forum for a year on this Memorial Day. In remembrance today those who preserve our freedom.
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    I have the impression that 007 movie scene on...

    I have the impression that 007 movie scene on deck was enacted by the RN as a type of ' advertisement' as is done here in the U.S. Am I mistaken? I remember the scene it's a favorite.
  24. Sticky: Yours is the first I have seen of this weapon and...

    Yours is the first I have seen of this weapon and accessories. The steel case, glass, sights, bolt, and bipod are so we'll designed and rugged. Please tell me is that bipod available for sale in...
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    Well, possession of certain auto loading rifles...

    Well, possession of certain auto loading rifles or shotguns, by Britons or myself, may have equivalent criminal punishment in many places like Long Island Sound in Connecticut too.
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