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Sorry to hear about Tucker. Pyrs are as much family and partners as they are LGD’s. Getting 2 makes sense, get them trained in before your senior statesman leaves. Good luck with them.

That is fukkin not funny

After the picture revived it and put it back in the water. We had cut a live well trench in the ice with a slanted hole down to the water to release the big ones. Worked like a charm. Released a dozen big ones and kept 4 smaller ones for the frying pan. Picture of my friend with another nice one.

I made an exception 6 years ago for that trip to Manitoba, but we were on 5 feet of ice.

We finally got ice fishermen in front of us yesterday. Playing roulette, they have about 4 inches at best with a current. 11 years ago I lost two friends through the ice in one year, so I decided to quit.

A LGS guy here won the Palma Cup about 10 or so years ago.

Our weather in Northern Wisconsin is basically the same as yours. Could have written a similar post. We are getting more snow than usual this year. And being on the big lake we get an inch or so of lake effect snow most every night. 3 winters ago we broke our snowfall record by 30 inches. Hope it is not like that again.

I had Prime Rib at a restaurant at New Years last night and was disappointed. Under seasoned, unevenly cooked, a little tough like it had been sitting. A good restaurant, know the owner, excellent chef, took me a bit to figure out why. They had cooked up a lot of it and were reheating as ordered. They do not normally feature Prime Rib, it was a New Years special. They don’t have the experience that a place that offers it routinely would have. Experience counts. Picture below is my Prime Rib. Done in the smoker a while ago. And was excellent.

You can have them reduced, but it’s still a record will never be broken.

The look on Alan Rickman's face when Bruce Willis lets go. A Christmas Classic.

Very nice!

What he did after the Carolina floods last year was amazing. No questions asked. Just took his helicopter and went. A real tragic loss.

When I was in Norway, I picked up 2 of these for Christmas presents for my son and his cousin, who is kind of our adopted son as well. I would have gotten a third for myself, but I already have a couple of very nice knives. It’s a Helle Nord. Handcrafted in Norway, with a beautiful birch burl handle that has amazing heft and perfect balance, and a scary sharp stainless blade. For forty dollars more, or 400 krona, you can get it with a heavier carbon steel blade. I am already regretting not getting the third one.

Got 15 inches last week the day before Thanksgivjng and another 2 inches Sunday. Enough for a while.

Here is another for you then. 🇺🇸 On this day, 75 years ago, November 25, 1950, 23-year-old First Lieutenant Ralph Puckett Jr. led the 8th U.S. Army Ranger Company in a daylight assault to capture Hill 205, a strategic high point overlooking the Chongchon River in Korea. They advanced under intense enemy mortar, machine-gun, and rifle fire. Determined to get support for his men, Puckett climbed onto a tank in full view of the enemy and directed its fire at the opposing positions. He then jumped off the tank, rallied his Rangers with shouts of encouragement, and led them in a charge up the hill. When one of his platoons was pinned down by withering fire, Puckett deliberately sprinted across open ground three times to draw the enemy’s attention and expose their firing positions. His daring gambit allowed his Rangers to identify and destroy the enemy emplacements and seize the hill. By evening, Puckett’s 51 Rangers held Hill 205, isolated more than a mile ahead of any friendly units. That night, around 10 p.m., the Chinese launched a ferocious counterattack with a sudden mortar barrage. Wave after wave of Chinese soldiers—an entire battalion—charged up Hill 205, outnumbering Puckett’s company roughly ten-to-one. For four hours the Rangers grimly beat back five human-wave assaults, inflicting heavy casualties on the attackers. Early in the battle, Puckett was blown off his feet by grenade fragments and wounded, but he refused evacuation and kept fighting. He called in artillery strikes dangerously close to his own positions, blasting apart the oncoming enemy formations. Time and again, Puckett left the cover of his foxhole to move along the perimeter, checking on his men and distributing ammunition to whoever was running low. The Rangers, inspired by their commander’s fearless example and leadership, stood their ground against the onslaught. After midnight, during the sixth assault, the enemy finally broke through and overran the hilltop in vicious hand-to-hand combat. By then, supporting artillery had gone silent and ammunition was nearly exhausted. Realizing the position could not be held, Puckett ordered his Rangers to fall back and leave him behind. Moments later, two enemy mortar rounds exploded in Puckett’s foxhole, spraying him with shrapnel and inflicting grievous wounds that left him barely able to move. Bleeding and immobilized, Puckett shouted for his men to go without him and save themselves. His Rangers refused to abandon their leader. Two soldiers dashed through gunfire to reach Puckett’s side, shooting down several enemy troops at close range and hauling the badly wounded lieutenant down the slope to safety. At the base of the hill, Puckett, still conscious despite his wounds, called for devastating artillery fire on the enemy now swarming over Hill 205. Shells crashed onto the hilltop, stopping the Chinese advance and preventing the Rangers’ annihilation. In the face of overwhelming odds, First Lieutenant Puckett had fought with extraordinary heroism above and beyond the call of duty. For his gallantry that night, Ralph Puckett Jr. was originally awarded the Army’s Distinguished Service Cross. Decades later, that honor was upgraded to the Medal of Honor. In a ceremony at the White House on May 21, 2021, President Joseph Biden Jr. presented the Medal of Honor to Colonel (Ret.) Ralph Puckett Jr. in recognition of his valor on Hill 205. Ralph Puckett Jr. lived to age 97. He died in his sleep at his home in Columbus, Georgia, on April 8, 2024. At the time of his death, he was the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient of the Korean War. #OnThisDay #MedalofHonor #KoreanWar #fblifestyle

I have an old (1975) used Marlin 1894 in 44 magnum I bought for a song. Love that little rifle!

Major General John Raaen is the last known Army officer to hit the first wave of D-Day. Part of the 5th Ranger Battalion, he landed on Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944, as Headquarters Company Commander. A 1943 West Point graduate commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, he joined the newly activated 5th Rangers that October and trained rigorously in Florida, England, and Scotland. In his first combat experience as an Army Captain, Raaen showed extraordinary valor against fierce enemy fire, earning the Silver Star and Combat Infantryman Badge. We're honoring his service and legacy today. #DDay #WWIIVeteran #USArmy #RangersLeadTheWay #ww2 #greatestgeneration

Followup: I didn't pick the best range day, 38F with a 20 mph wind, but that is life. I put 36 rounds through the CSX including 5 hollow points that will be it's normal load. It ate everything, and while not the best day to try, accuracy from 15 yards was decent. Below is my last magazine, fairly rapid fire. An interesting thing about this pistol, while it reminds me of a 1911, it has no grip safety, but has a Glock style trigger, With the center bar takeup necessary for the hammer to fall-which works very well I might add. Kind of like what you get if a 1911 and a Glock decided to have a baby. The trigger takes more pressure to release than a 1911, but is very crisp. All in all I really like it. It's a keeper.

The trigger was the weak point of the original CSX. Dry firing it, I would put the trigger below a 1911, but then most everything is. It is pretty close to my Springfield Armory SA35 which is a modernized Hi Power design and a good trigger. Have to do live firing to get a definitive opinion.

The CSX has combined a lot of the 1911 architecture with some newer technology in the trigger. One potential drawback is you do need a punch to disassemble the firearm. Which I have not done yet, but I will post when I do. All and all, I am feeling pretty positive about my purchase, but the true test will be at the range. Stay tuned next week.

My previous CC was an Iver Johnson Thrasher, a 3 inch barrel 1911 in 45acp. That weighed in at 35 ounces unloaded! The CSX 9 mm comes in at 19oz unloaded. A big difference. A big plus for the CSX is it has a similar design to a 1911. Enough that I can use my DeSantis paddle holster for my Thrasher with it. My IWB holster for the Thrasher fits it as well. And the CSX is light enough I can carry it in a belly band as well.

I have been looking for an all metal, lighter concealeable pistol for a while. Nothing personal but plastic just doesn't do it for me. I tried the M and P and it was okay, but just that. I had been reading reviews on the improved CSX (E edition) And finally bit. It arrived the other day and I haven't taken it to the range yet. So that will be on a later post. But here are my initial impressions. I have never seen a pistol this adaptable and flexible! It is a single action with a safety adaptable for left or right. It comes with 3 magazines, 12, 15 and 17 round with grip extensions for all three. In addition it comes with three inserts to modify the grip to individual hands. Having a XXXL bear paw, I found this useful. I am using the large grip insert with the 15 round magazine and grip extension and it fits my hand perfectly. The frame is aluminum and the slide and barrel treated stainless steel, yet it weighs only 1 Oz more than the polycarbonate framed M&P. The sights are white 3 dot. But it also has the cut out to install a red dot sight if wanted. Really this firearm can go from Micro, to Compact, to nearly full size depending on the magazine and grip insert you choose. I selected the 3.1” barrel, but it also comes with a 3.6”.

If you know, you know. Right R squared?

Up here it's great. Come up next year I will take you

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