10-28-2014, 11:47 AM | #796 |
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OK, they claim in a laboratory setting 10,000 cycles. Of course a defective battery would be excluded from the results. And nothing gets damaged in the lab, if it were it would be repaired before the actual test. The grunt pinned down in the third world shithole will understand, when his scope is rendered useless.
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10-28-2014, 01:21 PM | #798 |
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Because 7 Achilles' heels are better than 8 Achilles' heels. Eliminate as many weak points as possible.
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Gotta eliminate iron sights then...they can be bent.
Gotta eliminate bullets then...ya can run outta them. Gotta make the guns out of titanium then...plastic can be broken. If ya worst-case everything...
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And anyway, where were you hollering about batteries when all them dadgummed $700-and-up 1x (no magnification) Aimpoint red dot sights were getting slapped on ARs all over the dang place? [/ikid]
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That's why you should have more than one system, for back-up.
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Even used, they ain't cheap.
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Yeah, I'm familiar with them. I like 'em, but my ass ain't on the line.
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In 1620s the Swedes decided to build a warship, named VASA. Not just any warship, but a kick ass and take names, 64 gun pride of the fleet. Unfortunately they had it designed by a committee, and if I remember correctly it was top heavy, so in 1628, 1 mile into it's maiden voyage it rolled over and sank. Well this was pretty embarrassing to the committee so they just left it on the bottom until 1961, when the raised and restored it.
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Lj has a short commute, but after a long day of bullshit, and even shorter fuse.
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Yes! I need that
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Yikes...Are...are those actually...turbochargers?
They look kinda turbo-ish.
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I thought they were Gatling Guns.
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Brian Shul talks about his time with the SR-71 Blackbird.
This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Blackbird's first flight.
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Awesome.
I remember the first time I saw that plane. It was at an airshow at Norton AFB in Southern California. It made a couple passes over the field, so loud, so dramatic, what an EPIC aircraft. The last pass was a real surprise. For some reason we were all looking to the west (or whatever, to the right, I don't know for sure.. .thataway) and waiting for the speck and the sound to arrive and swell and overwhelm us. Then everyone's heads turned to the east and there she was coasting (relatively speaking) in, silently. Then when she got over the field the pilot put the hammer aaaaalll the way down, double rainbow afterburner baby. BLAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMM and gone. just ... gone. Absolutely epic. I got another look at one close up, close enough to steal a touch at the Museum of Flight here in the Seattle area. It is every inch the badass up close that every other representation shows. This machine radiates untouchable invincibility.
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