If you shoot .223 in an AR15...
 

On 10/27/14 2:37 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 12:11:27 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

I don't have "employers."

Of course you do, they just call you a contractor so they don't have
to pay you all those pesky benefits you are always waxing on about.
I guess you don't care about a pension since you planning on working
until you die and you get your medical benefits from your wife.



Wow. You've been eating at the Trough of the Stupid...again.

I'm a contractor because I don't want to be on anyone's payroll, other
than my own. If you are the sort of employee you apparently were, you
have to show up at a particular time every day, get the bennies if any
the employer offers and deal with the bull**** of the employer and his
managers. I get my bull**** direct from "the boss" and try to help his
employees do a better job.

My pension needs were taken care of by me a long time ago.

I get my healthcare benefits through my union, not through my wife,
although I am considering switching over to Medicare and an optional
program, since my monthly outlay probably will be less.

Fortunately, my skillset was not made obsolete by IBM, nor did I have to
take orders from my quasi-military employer.

My aggravation today is a vine that has taken over one of my wife's
planting beds. Sadly, it is not a grape vine.



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If you shoot .223 in an AR15...
 

Harry, I used to shoot a lot! Not so much anymore. One thing, I don't feel like several around here that you need to keep "practiced up" or for the sake of just burning up a lot of brass. Both the ranch rifle and Steyer have scopes. So that takes all the 'practice' out of them.

Granted, with bench rest I'm still good for 250 yards with my V iron-sighted big bores.

If you shoot .223 in an AR15...
 

Anymore Greg, I'm sure you're right. I haven't needed to buy any fodder for years, so I'm really not sure any current pricing is. But today I wouldn't think there would be much of a quantity price break for anything over 500.

If you shoot .223 in an AR15...
 

On 10/27/14 2:40 PM, Tim wrote:
Harry, my ranch rifle is chambered in .223 and not the mini-30. I've had ak47's and 74's for the 7.62x39. Now I've got SKS's with standard 10 magazines. I got rid of the ak's because the pistol grip and commie clips were cumbersome and always getting caught or hitting on something. At one time you could get crates of military dirty ammo for them by the crate load lower than dirt cheap. Basically 0.5c a shot. I have about 5000 rd's of that too.


Ahh..you are prepared for the Zombie Apocalypse!

I can only handle a small Zombie attack.

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If you shoot .223 in an AR15...
 

On 10/27/14 3:03 PM, Tim wrote:
Harry, I used to shoot a lot! Not so much anymore. One thing, I don't feel like several around here that you need to keep "practiced up" or for the sake of just burning up a lot of brass. Both the ranch rifle and Steyer have scopes. So that takes all the 'practice' out of them.

Granted, with bench rest I'm still good for 250 yards with my V iron-sighted big bores.



I have a scope on my .22LR AR, but just a red dot on my .223 AR.
Sometimes I have a different red dot on my 1892 Win clone, but usually I
just shoot through the "iron sights" with my "custom" $10 right-eye
closeup reading glasses.

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If you shoot .223 in an AR15...
 

On 10/27/2014 2:58 PM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 10/27/14 2:37 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 12:11:27 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

I don't have "employers."

Of course you do, they just call you a contractor so they don't have
to pay you all those pesky benefits you are always waxing on about.
I guess you don't care about a pension since you planning on working
until you die and you get your medical benefits from your wife.



Wow. You've been eating at the Trough of the Stupid...again.

I'm a contractor because I don't want to be on anyone's payroll, other
than my own. If you are the sort of employee you apparently were, you
have to show up at a particular time every day, get the bennies if any
the employer offers and deal with the bull**** of the employer and his
managers. I get my bull**** direct from "the boss" and try to help his
employees do a better job.

My pension needs were taken care of by me a long time ago.

I get my healthcare benefits through my union, not through my wife,
although I am considering switching over to Medicare and an optional
program, since my monthly outlay probably will be less.

Fortunately, my skillset was not made obsolete by IBM, nor did I have to
take orders from my quasi-military employer.



Sounds like me in a way. I wanted a good job so I started a company and
hired myself.

If you shoot .223 in an AR15...
 

On 10/27/14 5:12 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 14:58:31 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 10/27/14 2:37 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 12:11:27 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

I don't have "employers."

Of course you do, they just call you a contractor so they don't have
to pay you all those pesky benefits you are always waxing on about.
I guess you don't care about a pension since you planning on working
until you die and you get your medical benefits from your wife.





I'm a contractor because I don't want to be on anyone's payroll, other
than my own. If you are the sort of employee you apparently were, you
have to show up at a particular time every day, get the bennies if any
the employer offers and deal with the bull**** of the employer and his
managers. I get my bull**** direct from "the boss" and try to help his
employees do a better job.

Uh Huh

My pension needs were taken care of by me a long time ago.

What? You have your 40 quarters?

Hehehe.


I get my healthcare benefits through my union, not through my wife,
although I am considering switching over to Medicare and an optional
program, since my monthly outlay probably will be less.

What union? Are you a union contractor?

The union I've been a dues-paying member of for many decades.



Fortunately, my skillset was not made obsolete by IBM, nor did I have to
take orders from my quasi-military employer.

My skill set has evolved and although IBM is not doing that anymore I
could work any time I want to. I just don't want or need to.


My aggravation today is a vine that has taken over one of my wife's
planting beds. Sadly, it is not a grape vine.

Garlon

Probably would kill my wife's lilac bushes.

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Social Security, Medicare, Minimum Wage, Fair Pay, Food Stamps, Clean
Air and Water, Modest Gun Regulations, Public Schools, Rebuilding
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If you shoot .223 in an AR15...
 

On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 14:58:31 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

My aggravation today is a vine that has taken over one of my wife's
planting beds. Sadly, it is not a grape vine.

===

Careful now, gardening is a hobby you know. How boring.

If you shoot .223 in an AR15...
 

On 10/27/14 5:19 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 12:10:37 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Anymore Greg, I'm sure you're right. I haven't needed to buy any fodder for years, so I'm really not sure any current pricing is. But today I wouldn't think there would be much of a quantity price break for anything over 500.

I am still watching the prices and when I can get some decent 308 at a
good price I am going to get a few thousand.
I am also looking for .45 and maybe some .380. I had a lot but I have
shot some of it.
I don't shoot my .38/357 stuff much but I would buy some of that if
the price was right. I probably have the components to load several
hundred rounds if I needed to. It is all in a box I haven't opened in
years. If I was doing anything but plinking with it, I would use new
powder and primers tho.



I don't know what *good prices* are for what I shoot these days, because
the only ammo I shot "back then" that I shoot now is CCI Mini-Mags,
which used to be $5.00 for a box of 40 grain 100 rounds, and now is
$7.99 to $8.99 for the same quantity at the non-ripoff sellers. I hit
the Bass Pro up near Baltimore about once a week on my way to or from a
meeting, and though they have a one box limit for the moment, they
usually have it.

I've got enough .347 MAG to last me a long time. The .223/5.56 ammo I'd
buy I see dropped down to .27 a round this week. It was .33 a round when
I got my AR15. What was it 10 years ago? I have no idea.

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If you shoot .223 in an AR15...
 

On 10/27/14 5:24 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 16:35:56 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 10/27/2014 2:58 PM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 10/27/14 2:37 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 12:11:27 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

I don't have "employers."

Of course you do, they just call you a contractor so they don't have
to pay you all those pesky benefits you are always waxing on about.
I guess you don't care about a pension since you planning on working
until you die and you get your medical benefits from your wife.



Wow. You've been eating at the Trough of the Stupid...again.

I'm a contractor because I don't want to be on anyone's payroll, other
than my own. If you are the sort of employee you apparently were, you
have to show up at a particular time every day, get the bennies if any
the employer offers and deal with the bull**** of the employer and his
managers. I get my bull**** direct from "the boss" and try to help his
employees do a better job.

My pension needs were taken care of by me a long time ago.

I get my healthcare benefits through my union, not through my wife,
although I am considering switching over to Medicare and an optional
program, since my monthly outlay probably will be less.

Fortunately, my skillset was not made obsolete by IBM, nor did I have to
take orders from my quasi-military employer.



Sounds like me in a way. I wanted a good job so I started a company and
hired myself.



I was a contractor for several years too but I was not confused about
it. Without an employer (AKA customer, client or whatever) I was just
a guy with a business license, sitting at home watching TV.
In fact I still have a contract with the state, it was never canceled
and it had no end date. They just have not called me in 12 years ;-)


They don't need your obsolete Coast Guard-IBM skill set. :)



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