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Re: What did you buy in a moment of weakness?
« Reply #50 on: February 02, 2017, 06:48:03 AM »
what if I, owner of a gun, become mental?

If I "become mental" and cant ride anymore, I can end my misery quickly.

What is the best gun for beer can target practice?!
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Re: What did you buy in a moment of weakness?
« Reply #51 on: February 02, 2017, 07:02:09 AM »
Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Peanut Oil, Kroil, Canola Oil, Synthetic Oil, Acetone, Cutting Oil, Marvel Mystery Oil (by the warm what's in that stuff?), 3:1 Sewing Machine Oil, Damper Fluid (for your gauges), Spanish Olive Oil (for real tapas!) Wesson Oil...

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Re: What did you buy in a moment of weakness?
« Reply #52 on: February 02, 2017, 07:05:53 AM »
what if I, owner of a gun, become mental?

If I "become mental" and cant ride anymore, I can end my misery quickly.

What is the best gun for beer can target practice?!

Few years back I would say Ruger .22 but while those guns are still good, .22s are harder to find.  I dont shoot .22 much anymore :(
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Re: What did you buy in a moment of weakness?
« Reply #53 on: February 02, 2017, 07:10:59 AM »
I'm hoping half of them either get lost in the mail or have broken plungers. Then I'll only have to deal with like 12 cans. Yeah, coconut oil, whale oil, kerosene, personal lube...I do have options.

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Re: What did you buy in a moment of weakness?
« Reply #54 on: February 02, 2017, 07:14:52 AM »
what if I, owner of a gun, become mental?

If I "become mental" and cant ride anymore, I can end my misery quickly.

What is the best gun for beer can target practice?!

Few years back I would say Ruger .22 but while those guns are still good, .22s are harder to find.  I dont shoot .22 much anymore :(

.22 is too small, need at least a .380 [in case of needed for home protection!]
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Re: What did you buy in a moment of weakness?
« Reply #55 on: February 02, 2017, 07:18:45 AM »
GSG Firefly (.22LR) is good for popping cans, or skulls if you've got a zombie infestation.
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Re: What did you buy in a moment of weakness?
« Reply #56 on: February 02, 2017, 07:32:19 AM »
what if I, owner of a gun, become mental?

If I "become mental" and cant ride anymore, I can end my misery quickly.

What is the best gun for beer can target practice?!

Few years back I would say Ruger .22 but while those guns are still good, .22s are harder to find.  I dont shoot .22 much anymore :(

.22 is too small, need at least a .380 [in case of needed for home protection!]

Well, anybody has their own preferences and recommendations, sometimes more than one.  ;D

 I carry little Ruger LCP more than anything else, small and light .380, but keep GP100 .357 under my pillow.  I prefer revolvers to autos. 

Bottom line, if you want just one gun, get something you will enjoy shooting because thats the way to shoot it well.  Would not hurt to go to the range and try shooting different handguns before you spend the money.

My $0.02 only, of course.

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Re: What did you buy in a moment of weakness?
« Reply #57 on: February 02, 2017, 07:48:40 AM »
Do people in Texas really own guns ?  ;D ;D  That's a fine looking model of Ruger.  I take my Ruger .44 mag Super Blackhawk six shooter out for a spin once in awhile  ;)

few years ago I bought this Bisley, love that gun.

Funny I have friends that live on Turkey Shoot Road. What I wanna know is did you actually have to leave the front porch to shoot that thing?

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Re: What did you buy in a moment of weakness?
« Reply #58 on: February 02, 2017, 08:02:33 AM »
Do people in Texas really own guns ?  ;D ;D  That's a fine looking model of Ruger.  I take my Ruger .44 mag Super Blackhawk six shooter out for a spin once in awhile  ;)

few years ago I bought this Bisley, love that gun.

Funny I have friends that live on Turkey Shoot Road. What I wanna know is did you actually have to leave the front porch to shoot that thing?

I stalked group of three toms through the woods and was lucky enough to have a chance to shoot one.
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Re: What did you buy in a moment of weakness?
« Reply #59 on: February 02, 2017, 08:22:59 AM »
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Re: What did you buy in a moment of weakness?
« Reply #60 on: February 02, 2017, 08:50:31 AM »
My side of the bed, 10w-30 full synthetic. My wife's 5w-40 Mineral oil. Kids all have popcorn kettles. We've got it all covered in my place. And the only turkeys here are those behind the keyboards.
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Re: What did you buy in a moment of weakness?
« Reply #61 on: February 02, 2017, 09:01:57 AM »
Hmm, this all took an odd turn. I would have never thought that me buying a couple master cylinders would be a primer for a gun discussion. Strange how the world works in its own special way.
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Re: What did you buy in a moment of weakness?
« Reply #62 on: February 02, 2017, 09:10:12 AM »
Hmm, this all took an odd turn. I would have never thought that me buying a couple master cylinders would be a primer for a gun discussion. Strange how the world works in its own special way.
  The world can work in mysterious ways sometimes Matt.  By the way you all forgot baby oil,may have been my Son's best friend when he was young  8)  !!
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Re: What did you buy in a moment of weakness?
« Reply #63 on: February 02, 2017, 09:54:25 AM »
 At 3 am while cruising the internet, I pulled the trigger on a set of DSS repro 4-4 no number pipes for the K1. BOOM.
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Re: What did you buy in a moment of weakness?
« Reply #64 on: February 02, 2017, 10:05:17 AM »
At 3 am while cruising the internet, I pulled the trigger on a set of DSS repro 4-4 no number pipes for the K1. BOOM.
The shot heard around the internet...  ;D
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Re: What did you buy in a moment of weakness?
« Reply #65 on: February 02, 2017, 11:58:24 AM »
I would rather ride my bike to the reunion than a pistol.
I would rather have another gas pump than a firearm...looks better in the driveway..
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Re: What did you buy in a moment of weakness?
« Reply #66 on: February 02, 2017, 12:04:18 PM »
Hmm, this all took an odd turn. I would have never thought that me buying a couple master cylinders would be a primer for a gun discussion. Strange how the world works in its own special way.

 I am always amazed how many motorcycle forums have a majority of people obsessed with guns and make it a regular item of discussions....
Even in some of the local clubs I am part of, the Sunday morning breakfast communication often diverts into gun talk :o
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Re: What did you buy in a moment of weakness?
« Reply #67 on: February 02, 2017, 02:17:14 PM »
Totally my fault, I apologize for leading the discussion astray.
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Re: What did you buy in a moment of weakness?
« Reply #68 on: February 02, 2017, 02:34:51 PM »
In a moment of weakness, we tolerated JWilde's return and then he swiftly reminded us why he deserved to be banned!
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Re: What did you buy in a moment of weakness?
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Re: What did you buy in a moment of weakness?
« Reply #70 on: February 02, 2017, 02:49:32 PM »
In a moment of weakness, we tolerated JWilde's return and then he swiftly reminded us why he deserved to be banned!
I never bought into that though  :D
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Re: What did you buy in a moment of weakness?
« Reply #71 on: February 02, 2017, 08:42:03 PM »
what if I, owner of a gun, become mental?

If I "become mental" and cant ride anymore, I can end my misery quickly.

What is the best gun for beer can target practice?!

Few years back I would say Ruger .22 but while those guns are still good, .22s are harder to find.  I dont shoot .22 much anymore :(

.22 is too small, need at least a .380 [in case of needed for home protection!]

Naw, not if you have a 30 round mag in your Tec-22. And they are accurate with adjustable scopes (unlike my Tec-9).
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Re: What did you buy in a moment of weakness?
« Reply #72 on: February 03, 2017, 03:48:51 AM »
Maybe not weakness, but boredom? I want to have more oiling cans with cutting oils and other machine oils all dedicated and labeled around my shop. I was planning on getting new ones because I thought they'd be cheap but I found a lot of the old Eagle, Craftsman and Plume oilers for like $5 a piece. I kept making offers on eBay and went to sleep then woke up to find they all accepted. I'm going to be getting like 10 packages to a total of about 25 oilers...what the hell am I going to do with these things?

Start a thread on how handy and nice it is to have these things around the shop.  Then, post a for sale ad over in the classified section.

Just a thought...create the market and supply them, just like any dr--- er, salesman would
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Re: What did you buy in a moment of weakness?
« Reply #73 on: February 03, 2017, 03:52:30 AM »
At 3 am while cruising the internet, I pulled the trigger on a set of DSS repro 4-4 no number pipes for the K1. BOOM.

Just tell the wife you did it in your sleep, it was your unconscieous mind righting a wrong or something like that...
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Re: What did you buy in a moment of weakness?
« Reply #74 on: February 03, 2017, 03:55:49 AM »
Well, after saying that I'm trying to thin the herd, I just bid on another K0. Stop me, before I bid again........... ;D
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