On Sun, 24 Mar 2013 16:58:01 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 3/24/13 4:51 PM, J Herring wrote:
On Sun, 24 Mar 2013 15:53:37 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 3/24/13 2:44 PM, J Herring wrote:


Does lightweight alloy mean polymer? This is off the Bander Mountain site:


No, John, a lightweight or even a heavyweight alloy does *not* mean
polymer.

Wasn't chemistry part of your liberal arts education?

Good grief.

I didn't think so. Therefore the frame isn't polymer.


I never field stripped the gun model you bought, so I don't know in your
case, but it is possible for the frame to be polymer, with metal
inserts. Glocks have a polymer frame with metal inserts.

For a guy who spent so much time in the army, and, as an officer, you
sure don't know much about firearms.



No, it's not a polymer frame with metal inserts.

For a guy who knows everything about everything, you seem to have a lot of trouble with social
skills.


Salmonbait

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On Sunday, March 24, 2013 5:58:01 PM UTC-3, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 3/24/13 4:51 PM, J Herring wrote:

On Sun, 24 Mar 2013 15:53:37 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:



On 3/24/13 2:44 PM, J Herring wrote:





Does lightweight alloy mean polymer? This is off the Bander Mountain site:





No, John, a lightweight or even a heavyweight alloy does *not* mean

polymer.



Wasn't chemistry part of your liberal arts education?



Good grief.



I didn't think so. Therefore the frame isn't polymer.





I never field stripped the gun model you bought, so I don't know in your

case, but it is possible for the frame to be polymer, with metal

inserts. Glocks have a polymer frame with metal inserts.



For a guy who spent so much time in the army, and, as an officer, you

sure don't know much about firearms.

Remember that old Phil Silvers comedy show where he was in the army?
Johnny would have been at home in that unit.

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On 3/24/13 4:51 PM, J Herring wrote:
On Sun, 24 Mar 2013 15:53:37 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 3/24/13 2:44 PM, J Herring wrote:


Does lightweight alloy mean polymer? This is off the Bander Mountain site:


No, John, a lightweight or even a heavyweight alloy does *not* mean
polymer.

Wasn't chemistry part of your liberal arts education?

Good grief.

I didn't think so. Therefore the frame isn't polymer.


I never field stripped the gun model you bought, so I don't know in your
case, but it is possible for the frame to be polymer, with metal
inserts. Glocks have a polymer frame with metal inserts.

For a guy who spent so much time in the army, and, as an officer, you
sure don't know much about firearms.

I don't know a lot about firearms, but I sure know the difference
between a polymer and an alloy!!

The Sig 250 I shot was a Polymer frame. They might be in Alloy or
Steel now, the one I worked with was Polymer.

http://cheaperthandirt.com/blog/?p=19072

"When SIG introduced the P250 series of polymer framed, modular
pistols in 2009, the marketing hype surrounding those guns made it
easy for potential customers to forget that SIG had already been
making polymer guns in the same calibers for a decade. It seemed like
the SIG SP2022 was destined to be one of the best-kept secrets of
pistol world...."

On Sun, 24 Mar 2013 16:13:18 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:





The Sig 250 I shot was a Polymer frame. They might be in Alloy or
Steel now, the one I worked with was Polymer.

http://cheaperthandirt.com/blog/?p=19072

"When SIG introduced the P250 series of polymer framed, modular
pistols in 2009, the marketing hype surrounding those guns made it
easy for potential customers to forget that SIG had already been
making polymer guns in the same calibers for a decade. It seemed like
the SIG SP2022 was destined to be one of the best-kept secrets of
pistol world...."

I think the new one is 'Gen 2', from what I've read. It's metal framed.


Salmonbait

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On Sun, 24 Mar 2013 09:57:52 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Wayne, those are beautiful pics of your Caribbean cruise. I enjoy
following your travels. Hope the 'ol "Fatboy" is holding in there, BTW
I have another 320 set aside for you 'just in case'. And ...something
else you might be interested in when you return to home port. Glad
you could find parts for your generator, especially way 'down there'

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Glad to hear you enjoyed the pix. Here's another one that a lot of
people have "liked":

http://oi49.tinypic.com/hrizgo.jpg

If it opens up with a lot of ad clutter, just right click the picture
and select "view image".

That's a picture of some fair sized surf at a little island called
Sandy Cay in the BVI. I have finally learned how to set up my camera
for really fast shutter speeds which has greatly improved telephoto
shots taken from a moving boat.

Both engine alternators have been performing very well (knocking on
wood), as has the anchor windlass. Both were trouble spots 3 years
ago as I'm sure you remember. There's really nothing like a nice big
Leece-Neville if you want some real amps. It was an interesting
project. We've also acquired another new piece of gear which has
greatly improved our quality of life at anchor:

http://www.defender.com/product.jsp?path=-1|10391|726675&id=726650

We now have one on each side which has greatly decreased rolling at
anchor. Almost all harbors in the Caribbean are exposed to open
water and swells from one direction or another. These things are
easy to deploy and easy to install. They help a lot to minimize the
motion.