If you can afford one… – IOTW Report

If you can afford one…

But if you can’t…

27 Comments on If you can afford one…

  1. Uncle Al ʘ JUNE 26, 2021 AT 6:15 PM

    And those on either side of you are not thrilled with the blow back from the muzzle brake either.

    What is it? Five dollars a round these days?

    5
  2. JDHasty, I’ll be in Ellensburg tomorrow afternoon delivering flowers to Ellensburg Floral and will look for that sign when I’m passing by. Of course it’s going to be hotter than hell tomorrow and all this week. We are not used to Arizona hot weather up here in the PNW, it’s supposed to be above 100 degrees all week and 112 on Tuesday in Eastern Wash. which is way too damn hot. Thank God for air conditioned trucks. I want a normal 75 to 80 degree day and lots of rain, we need it badly.

    3
  3. @Anymouse:

    And those on either side of you are not thrilled with the blow back from the muzzle brake either.

    What is it? Five dollars a round these days?

    Gotcha! (-: Hit that link. I wasn’t referring to .50 caliber, but rather 50 caliber.

    @JDHasty — Yeah, I figure if I wipe out my retirement savings I might be able to afford two or three rounds!

  4. @JDHasty:

    I much prefer the 16 inch/50 caliber MK 7…

    Me, too. One of those interesting but otherwise useless stats that has stuck with me is that one of those guns can throw a shell the weight of a Honda Civic (about 2,700 lbs.) from Annapolis, MD, to Washington, DC (about 24 miles), with about a minute and a half flight time.

    3
  5. “Time to break out the 50 caliber”. Come out here to Eastern Connecticut (the good part of our Effed up State) Uncle Al. My gun club, Rockville Fish & Game, will let you shoot it on our rifle range as long as you do it in Semi mode. I’d love to have you visit.

    Mean while I’m headin down to the Sub Base in Groton to see if they have old Cruise Missiles layin around.

    4
  6. We all know the unfortunate story of the Enola Gay Tibbets.

    Wingspan: 43 m (141 ft 3 in)
    Length: 30.2 m (99 ft)
    Height: 9 m (27 ft 9 in)
    Weight, empty: 32,580 kg (71,826 lb)
    Weight, gross: 63,504 kg (140,000 lb)
    Top speed: 546 km/h (339 mph)
    Engines: 4 Wright R-3350-57 Cyclone turbo-supercharged radials, 2,200 hp
    Crew: 12 (Hiroshima mission)
    Armament: two .50 caliber machine guns
    Ordnance: Little Boy atomic bomb
    Manufacturer: Martin Co., Omaha, Nebraska, 1945
    A19500100000

    3
  7. @ geoff the aardvark JUNE 26, 2021 AT 7:20 PM

    It was warm here in Tacoma today. I worked in the yard from about 05:30 – 1 and then went down in the basement and worked in there and made a couple runs to Home Depot and Costco before going back out to work in the gardens.

    I am probably a little more used to summer heat because the kids and I spend a lot of time in central WA in August and September. A lot of people were having a tough time today.

    By the way we use HyperKewl vests a lot while in Central WA and Walla Walla. My younger daughter was so affected by the heat that she had to be air conditioned or dunked after fifteen minutes. After buying hers I bought one for myself and the other kids. We hike in them in 105 degree weather and wear them all day long. None of us mind the dampness, but some people do.

    I wish mine wasn’t in the RV in Ellensburg, if I had it here I would have got a lot more accomplished today.

  8. This is a HyperKewl
    https://www.mycoolingstore.com/hyperkewl-cooling-vest-for-women.html?mainc=6530F-Black-L&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&adpos=&scid=scplp6530F-Black-L&sc_intid=6530F-Black-L&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIrKOapa638QIVkxatBh1ergCCEAQYBiABEgINfPD_BwE

    They are not expensive. My youngest grew out of her heat intolerance, but still loves her vest. We soak them in the water in the ice chest especially before heading into a rodeo, but tap water is just fine. The ice water soaking is refreshing after a day of activity in the sun.

    If my youngest daughter didn’t have it she would have gotten heat stroke for sure if we let her go out in hot weather, once she got it she was just as good in the heat as the rest of the kids.

Comments are closed.