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Gotta keep you guessing. But if you want more vegetation photos, here is one of a Venus Fly Trap. Who’s fly is up for debate.

Grammar school for the rest of us.

Our sportsmen clubs have been pushing for tougjer penalties since some licensed guide abusers got slaps on the wrist about ten years ago. The new judges are getting tougher. Sorry about your friend getting in the middle.

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Down here too often poachers get a slap on the wrist.

Nice!

We have a few of that type around here as well. Canadian authorities aren’t as lenient with tame infractions as the courts in my area thank goodness.

If I remember correctly, Troops under Patton and Eisenhower, under MacArthur’s overall command, actually dispersed the protesters.

US Army Staff Sergeant Leroy A. Petry recipient, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in Afghanistan in 2008 during Operation Enduring Freedom. Born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Petry joined the Army after high school. Completing the Ranger Indoctrination Program, he was deployed several times to both Iraq and Afghanistan as a member of the 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. On May 26, 2008, during his seventh deployment, Petry was a member of a team on a mission to capture a Taliban target in Paktia Province. Despite being wounded in both legs by gunfire, Petry continued to fight and give orders. When a grenade landed between him and two other soldiers, Petry grabbed it and attempted to throw it away from them. He saved the soldiers' lives but the grenade exploded, severing his right hand. CITATION: The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Staff Sergeant Leroy A. Petry, US Army. Staff Sergeant Leroy A. Petry distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty in action with an armed enemy in the vicinity of Paktya Province, Afghanistan, on 26 May 2008. As a Weapons Squad Leader with D Company, 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Staff Sergeant Petry moved to clear the courtyard of a house that potentially contained high-value combatants. While crossing the courtyard, Staff Sergeant Petry and another Ranger were engaged and wounded by automatic weapons fire from enemy fighters. Still under enemy fire, and wounded in both legs, Staff Sergeant Petry led the other Ranger to cover. He then reported the situation and engaged the enemy with a hand grenade, providing suppression as another Ranger moved to his position. The enemy quickly responded by maneuvering closer and throwing grenades. The first grenade explosion knocked his two fellow Rangers to the ground and wounded both with shrapnel. A second grenade then landed only a few feet away from them. Instantly realizing the danger, Staff Sergeant Petry, unhesitatingly and with complete disregard for his safety, deliberately and selflessly moved forward, picked up the grenade, and in an effort to clear the immediate threat, threw the grenade away from his fellow Rangers. As he was releasing the grenade it detonated, amputating his right hand at the wrist and further injuring him with multiple shrapnel wounds. Although picking up and throwing the live grenade grievously wounded Staff Sergeant Petry, his gallant act undeniably saved his fellow Rangers from being severely wounded or killed. Despite the severity of his wounds, Staff Sergeant Petry continued to maintain the presence of mind to place a tourniquet on his right wrist before communicating the situation by radio in order to coordinate support for himself and his fellow wounded Rangers. Staff Sergeant Petry's extraordinary heroism and devotion to duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service, and reflect great credit upon himself, 75th Ranger Regiment, and the United States Army.

I don’t don’t know. I guess if something works well, Nature imitates it again and again.

In honor of our veterans and our Allies Veterans.🇺🇸 Gaucho this came from Canada🇨🇦 The Men of the Enfield Gun ( in honor of Remembrance Day) They come from the fields and forests These men of the Enfield Gun They were young, proud and defiant And heroes every one And they came from the towns and cities Uniting in a common cause And they advanced over the bones of dead brothers Where lesser men would pause And the screams of war came to them These men of the Enfield Gun Til the mind seemed to flee from the body And the conscience of all said run But they stood their ground with valour For great men are seldom led And Mother Earth that they clung to Turned from brown to red Many died, while others tried As thunder from the Enfield rolled For hard is this thing called glory And elusive as the wind to hold Their deeds are seldom mentioned In war stories or in song And like the years that are swiftly passing Their memories move along But they walked the road to greatness And they've seen the bowels of hell The smiling band of soldiers From Canada I tell

Another Nat Geo picture. Just gonna leave it right here…..

At this point buy is probably a better option then build. I don’t see many Armalites in gun stores anymore, probably need to either special order or direct from Armalite via an FFL holder. They make an excellent rifle.

Good points.

I have one suppressed and do notice the gas a little bit (300Blk). I shoot all my handguns right handed although I can shoot them left handed as well.

I am a lefty and left eye dominant as well. I guess I have never noticed any gas to the face using a normal right ejection AR, whether 5.56, 300 Blk or 308. I am so used to it now it would be strange to go to left ejection. If they had been more common 30 years ago I might have gravitated in that direction. Sounds like a really nice build.

Awesome, just flat out awesome pictures Shepp. Thank you.

Want to see Maine some day.

Been expecting this to happen for the last 5 years or so. My Iver Johnson Thrasher (Officer sized 1911) sheared an operating rod at the base. This has been reported for a long time to be a problem with Shooters Arms Manufacturing 1911’s produced in the Philippines. Fortunately a couple of other brands operating rods will fit interchangeably. Crazy, but this is without a doubt the most accurate 45 1911 I own at 10 yards, short barrel and all.

It is a stainless heavy barrel with a 1x4 Simmons variable scope on it. Can get balky with standard velocity 22 LR’s but with CCI Mini Mags it is gangbusters.

Gotta love 22's. 50 rounds out of a mannlicher stock 10/22 at 50 yards.

Question: What happens when you accidentally put a burst in the camel’s head?

I was reading my on line copy of National Geographic Magazine.

That is the problem with just about any BDC style scope. You have to get out there and make your own adjustments based on what is in the cartridges you are shooting. I have kept a Nikon Monarch 4x16 standard crosshair scope on my AR10 rifle since I got it. And while I don’t get the opportunity to go past 300 yards much, even at that range I find some significant variation in loads. That is why God invented pocket notebooks, is to record what each load does in a particular rifle. With that info, I don’t find lack of a BDC on that rifle much of an inconvenience. I do need to do a better job of measuring the clicks off the standard zero for individual loads. My hearing is so bad On some scopes I need to really concentrate to feel the clicks in my fingers. My Burris is like that. Not my Nikon thankfully.

Special Forces Legend Major General Eldon Bargwell... Eldon Bargewell knew he would serve in the military from a very young age. With Vietnam War heating up, he enlisted in the Army in 1967 and went straight to Special Forces selection. Once he received his Green Beret, he deployed to Southeast Asia. There, he further volunteered for the elite Military Assistance Command Vietnam-Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG). SOG was a covert unit that conducted cross-border operations in Cambodia, Laos, and North Vietnam. It was composed of Green Berets, Navy SEALs, Recon Marines, and Air Commandos. As conventional units struggled against the North Vietnamese and Vietcong, these operators fought America’s secret war. Bargewell quickly made a name for himself as a steadfast operator who was cool under fire. During a cross-border operation, Bargewell’s team came upon an NVA base camp that appeared deserted. They quickly scavenged through the camp, trying to locate any valuable intelligence. Bargewell did indeed find something, but in the process, he was shot in the chest by an enemy soldier who had been hiding. Miraculously, the bullet got stuck in his chest rig. In another harrowing mission, Bargewell was shot in the face. Despite the severity of his wounds, he continued to provide cover fire for his team to exfiltrate as their perimeter was being overrun by scores of North Vietnamese troops. His actions on that day earned the Distinguished Service Cross, an award second only to the Medal of Honor. “Eldon was an absolute stud. He always pushed guys to the limits, whether it was in training or in the field,” John Stryker Meyer, another legendary Special Forces operator, told said. “Another great thing about Eldon was his thirst for knowledge. His desire to learn never left him, not even when he made general.” Bargewell and Meyer served together in the secretive SOG. Meyer has written several books on SOG that offer a unique combination of on-the-ground but also historical perspective. Bargewell commissioned as an officer in 1972. Nine years later, he tried out for the Army’s new counterterrorism outfit: Delta Force. He successfully completed the arduous selection process and passed the technically and physically rigorous Operator Training Course (OTC). He went on to command at every level in Delta Force, including as commander. Later in his career, Bargewell held positions in the Joint Special Operations Command, US Special Operations Command, and as commander of US European Special Operations Command. In an interview in 2003, Bargewell had described what draw him to service and the military. “As a child growing up, I was always interested in the military. I still remember watching newsreels from World War II and the Korean War, and thinking that was something I wanted to be a part of. When I was promoted to brigadier general — one star — my mother told me that when I was 6, we were watching a newsreel of the Korean War, and a general was talking on it, and I pointed and told her that’s what I wanted to be when I grew up.” Bargewell spent the majority of his career in special operations units. He deployed to Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, El Salvador, Panama, Bosnia, Kosovo, Haiti, Afghanistan, and Iraq (both during Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom). When Bargewell retired in 2006, he was the most decorated soldier on active duty. His award repertoire included the Distinguished Service Cross (the second-highest award for valor under fire), three Bronze Stars with Valor, four Purple Hearts, and the Presidential Unit Citation from his time at SOG, among other medals. Story by Stavros Atlamazoglou