Gilligan wrote:
I'm not familiar with the G-1 but I have a stainless Mini-14.

My understanding is that the G-1 is the same as the Mini-14 chambered
for W.308, and possibly made in a couple of other 7mm rounds. Never seen
one though.



.... The (Mini-14's) chamber is
oversized so it can fire that cheap steel cased Russian ammo no problem. My
Contender won't chamber the Russian ammo, probably because of the laquered
cases.

I would think that an oversized chamber would have accuracy issues, as
well as problems with feeding and erosion. Steel cased ammo sounds like
bad news, isn't it a problem for the ejector as well?

T/C makes some great weapons. If one shot will do the job, the Contender
is probably the best.


... Make sure along with guns you also have cigars and whiskey (single
malt).

Whiskey, check. I like to carry a variety including some single malt.
But cigars? Why?


... The FN is a fine weapon. .308 ammo is expensive nowadays.

Less so if you handload. It's almost necessary, also a major time sink,
but you can put together a much wider range of loads and tailor the
propellant. At one time I was very fond of boat-tail rounds which are
impossible to find in commercial loads.


How's your trawler doing? Have you gone on any long cruises? Do you tow a
small daysailer behind?

Right now the trawler is CASREP'ed with a bad exhaust injection elbow...
expected at around 2,000 hours which is right about where we are. I'll
replace it with a stainless one, which should outlast everything else.
The hardest part of the job is getting the exhaust hose off the outlet
barb. Should be running fine by next weekend! When are you coming by?

So far we've cruised from St Augustine up to NC, to the Chesapeake, to
Charleston SC... that included a side trip up the Waccamaw R to Conway
SC, which was very cool. We've also double or triple covered the Neuse,
Trent, Pamlico, & Pungo Rivers, locally. Lots of cool places around,
mostly very isolated & remote.

Nyet on the small daysailer, so far. We pack a canoe, though. Here is
the hull design for the sailing dinghy I'm building

http://community.webshots.com/album/82561569ZSrzNA

What do you think of the lines? The plan is to put an oversized cat rig
on it, using the leftover old mainsail from the Hunter 19, or maybe one
of my old Lightning mains. Should be fun!

Regards
Doug King

"DSK" wrote in message

Right now the trawler is CASREP'ed with a bad exhaust injection elbow...

Guess I missed something--what trawler did you acquire, Doug?

Max

"DSK" wrote in message

At one point in my life I had an FN-FAL. Accurate, easier to clean than
the H&K...

The FN-FAL is the supreme paramilitary weapon. High quality, accuracy, as
you pointed out, and very collectable. You should have hung onto it.

Max

Maxprop wrote:
The FN-FAL is the supreme paramilitary weapon.

???

Actually, the select-fire (ie can be fully auto) version is the standard
issue infantry arm for many many countries. Mine was a Spanish made
single fire one... a darn nice rifle but not particularly valuable.
People looked at me funny when I went deer hunting with it.


... High quality, accuracy, as
you pointed out, and very collectable. You should have hung onto it.

You're right there, but then I've never liked to accumulate a mountain
of possessions... until I got married, I moved a lot.

DSK

In article . net,
Maxprop wrote:

"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message

You feel the need to respond to every single post about it.

Oh my. Pot--kettle--black.


--
Jonathan Ganz (j gan z @ $ail no w.c=o=m)
http://www.sailnow.com
"If there's no wind, row."

OTOH your point is why there are so many contradictions in the "Swift
Boat Veterans For (ahem) Truth" between each others stories; and in many
cases, with the the stories they have told now against Kerry and the
stories they told back then.

I have read extensively regarding the Swift Boat Veterans since I was in
Vietnam in the Navy. I haven't seen the contradictions you speak of.


"some" = 1(that's one)
Usually "some" = at least 3.

That's right. Some is usually 3 or more. I've only read about one guy
changing his story. Would you post the names of the other two.

"Contradicted"= 0, unless you can post a link to the contrary written by
the person in question.

Haven't seen any contradictions in their stories. Please post.

So, your standard of proof varies according to what you want to believe?

No, as you can see I'm asking you for proof since I haven't seen anything
regarding your statements anywhere else.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"Trains are a winter sport"

SAIL LOCO wrote:
I have read extensively regarding the Swift Boat Veterans since I was in
Vietnam in the Navy. I haven't seen the contradictions you speak of.

Of course not.

Have you read about John O'Neill's testimony that he was with Kerry in
Camobodia, and his testimony that Kerry lied about being in Cambodia?
Seems to me that one or the other must be... umm... not entirely truthful.



That's right. Some is usually 3 or more. I've only read about one guy
changing his story. Would you post the names of the other two.

Actually I think there's seven or eight who have been challenged on
"inconsistancies" in their story, and recanted, including the one who
claimed to be Kerry's CO and later changed this to say he 'was in
Kerry's chain of command.'

Not to mention that the whole 'Swift Boat Veteran' thing was originally
purported to be a "public service" by patriotic veterans, and it turned
out to be paid for by Republicans and directed (albeit in a quasi-legal
under-the-counter way) by the Bush-Cheney campaign.


Haven't seen any contradictions in their stories.

Well, if you read the paid-for advertising, of course you won't. If OTOH
you check into the news, you will.


So, your standard of proof varies according to what you want to believe?

No, as you can see I'm asking you for proof since I haven't seen anything
regarding your statements anywhere else.

What would you accept as proof? Maxpropsprit insists that all "media"
including web sites are biased; although he seems to not realize that
this makes his info biased as well.

DSK

Actually I think there's seven or eight who have been challenged on
"inconsistancies" in their story

You said there were inconsistancies. I asked for examples. Now you say they
were challenged. What a laugh.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"Trains are a winter sport"

I guess that comes under the heading of "heard it so often you think it
must be true."

So DSK, are you staiting here in public that Kerry has not refused to release
his records?
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"Trains are a winter sport"

Right on! Thank God for Dan Rather!

There's a man of integrity. Ole Dan claims to be a marine. Problem is he quit
boot camp. If you don't finish boot camp you ain't a marine.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"Trains are a winter sport"