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Thank you...It was a good day when I got the call to come pick it up....😎 I know how you feel. It took about the same amount of for this rifle to be in my grubby little hands. I picked out the stock blank,action,checkering and the other odds and ends for this rifle.
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Take your responsibilities seriously, never yourself-Ken Howell Proper bullet placement + sufficient penetration = quick, clean kill. Finn Aagard
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Oooooopsie!...............
Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."
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Thank you...It was a good day when I got the call to come pick it up....😎 I know how you feel. It took about the same amount of for this rifle to be in my grubby little hands. I picked out the stock blank,action,checkering and the other odds and ends for this rifle. Yep, I know you enjoy nicely built rifles....And I like even more that you hunt them. Always seemed strange to spend the coin to build a rifle you want, but not use it to it’s potential. We all usually find out someday our custom builds usually won’t return the cash we spent if sold. Why not hunt the schit outta something you wanted enough to spend good money on. I use mine, too. It’s why I had them built. 😎
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The last 53D I flew was out of Lash Kar Gah in 12-13 I think. Crew was outta Hawaii I believe and we’re some squared away dudes but them poor bastards looked like beggars with all the hydraulic fluid that dripped from it. I even looked like I’d flown 10K miles just riding after an hour flight.
Good memories. All the CH53D's final days were in Hawaii. Hydraulic Fluid is a good thing! Not bad for 40 years of service.The CH53K is a thing of Beauty and a Beast of a machine. Full Glass Cockpit, Fly by Wire, No engine or transmission limitations. Wider cabin and narrower footprint. I saw an E variant grab a small dozer in East Timor. Took a couple of tries since the mud was making a little suction to the tracks. They moved it a few feet and the 53 made off with it. It was a cool sight though. The pilot was the MEU XO who flew for awhile with the 160th and was rumored to have the most hours in a 53 as any pilot at the time. Great dude.
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BobinNH Awesome picture Scott!
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Ping pong balls for the win. Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
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Oooooopsie!.............
Brad says: "Can't fault Rick for his pity letting you back on the fire... but pity it was and remains. Nothing more, nothing less. A sad little man in a sad little dream."
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Oh BS...You couldn’t have killed those Ring Necks with a 17 hmr....Big Grin 😎 Don’t you dare say it was a 22 Mag. Liar! Haha
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And Damn Lapua! I missed out on the Balkans and anything Europe, IZ, AFG and Africa for me most of the time. Estonia looks like a place I would’ve been a serious Libbo risk. Estonia well worth the trip. 90% blondes with blue eyes Yup.... would’ve been on lock down in no time. I got busted from Cpl to LCpl for missing a movement. I don't regret it at all. Never lost rank but I did run a bit wild one time in Thailand that my TL kept me on the not the last day... that was a cool place to let loose though.
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Great pic of Marines in dress. My son has one like it with his MSG detachment at the Parthenon when he was in Greece. He was with the MSG detachment that had to evacuate the ambassadors and personnel before the strike on the airport in Belgrade.... If you've hunted Mt. Emily we've tramped some of the same country. i recognize almost all of that country in your pics... One of my favorite spots to hunt but getting harder every year to get a tag.... Bob [/quote] I usually put my 1st choice for spikes so we do well on that draw. I’ll leave the monsters for those that can wait 20 years to hunt elk. I think those pictures are from around 9 Mile and Buck MTN. It’s my favorite place to hunt elk since there seems to be so many monsters there. The spikes fill coolers though. My hunting partner has been hunting Emily since the 60’s. A lot of fun for us.
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Oh BS...You couldn’t have killed those Ring Necks with a 17 hmr....Big Grin 😎 Don’t you dare say it was a 22 Mag. Liar! Haha 17’s are good for robins and such. I’ll happily take the 22 MAG.... haha
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The last 53D I flew was out of Lash Kar Gah in 12-13 I think. Crew was outta Hawaii I believe and we’re some squared away dudes but them poor bastards looked like beggars with all the hydraulic fluid that dripped from it. I even looked like I’d flown 10K miles just riding after an hour flight.
Good memories. All the CH53D's final days were in Hawaii. Hydraulic Fluid is a good thing! Not bad for 40 years of service.The CH53K is a thing of Beauty and a Beast of a machine. Full Glass Cockpit, Fly by Wire, No engine or transmission limitations. Wider cabin and narrower footprint. I saw an E variant grab a small dozer in East Timor. Took a couple of tries since the mud was making a little suction to the tracks. They moved it a few feet and the 53 made off with it. It was a cool sight though. The pilot was the MEU XO who flew for awhile with the 160th and was rumored to have the most hours in a 53 as any pilot at the time. Great dude. Who was he? A dozer is a breeze for a CH53E, They had to lift it easy so they could control the load. If they just snatched it out it would be swinging everywhere.
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Oh I dig this shiit gotta get the feet tuned up for Hawaii tomorrow
Ping pong balls for the win. Once you've wrestled everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable I keep my circle small, I’d rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies.
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BobinNH Awesome picture Scott! Tell us more where’s the dead fur.
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The Marine Corps needs to go to a full on civilian Phase team. Let the Marines take care of the daily maintenance and light scheduled maintenance. They will get so much more life out of the Kilo that way. Plus will give the Marines a much needed break from the long hours and 6 day work weeks. Which will also give more time for PT, Rifle range, and other training. Most from the ground side don't understand the work load put on the Air Wing. My first SGTMAJ was from the ground side, SgtMaj Helmkamp he wanted to be a hard azz, was going to change the way we did things. That didn't last too long. As soon as we lost our 95% mission readiness the CO was in his azz! He mellowed out a little and was actually a pretty dam good SgtMaj after that.
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Not much action in the front yard,this morning.................
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