Yeah man . . . Bisons have that "Barnes" look for sure. One of my favorite "models." -- Jimby admin - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Nice pics. You're better off getting closer rather than staying far away with a big ole telephoto -- sharper pics that way. We've got them around here too. My commute to the new office takes me out through the country, and driving up after running some errands yesterday afternoon, I saw a hawk sitting on a wire on the side of the road. Two and a half hours later, when I was headed the otherby admin - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
So, when do you open up the ledger for folks wanting to order the latest Barnes big bore Tazer? Yeah, it may not technically have been a hack, but it could have been handled . . . better. -- Jimby admin - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Yeah Gary, low-tech repeatability is where it's at . . . seriously. A couple of our new pieces of imaging equipment adhere to the same philosophy: massively over-engineered structures machined out of solid steel / extruded aluminum, then engraved with measurement scales so you can reposition everything *exactly* the way it was before -- just like your rig. And it works! From what I hear, aby admin - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Wow . . . that's awesome. What's the computer keypad on the mill? Is it a CNC rig? -- Jimby admin - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Can't believe you've officially turned in your Team Simmons shooting jacket. What will Mr. Simmons say? Hey, from what I hear, blondes have more fun. Take it easy, man, and mount up that scope! -- Jimby admin - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Bummer man. That happens. I used to play guitar pretty seriously actually, when I was in my early-mid 20s. Still have a few friends that stuck with it and tour all over the world. I've kept a lot of my gear, in the hopes I'd do something with it once I "settled down" and got it out of storage, but that hasn't happened yet . . . we'll see. But I've got a few nice pieces -- among them, a 197by admin - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Me too . . . three boxes. But of course I'm always interested to see what others have found that works. -- Jimby admin - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Hi Gary: You could upload a pic to the glbarnes.com server (one that is not used in any page, for example), and paste its address into the PM's window when prompted. That way, it's not all over the public Internet. Any other website would work too. -- Jimby admin - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Gary . . . did this work for you? -- Jimby admin - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
I dunno . . . my Victory 32 SS was shootin' like a target rifle last week. Must be that Hornady buckshot. -- Jimby admin - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
The Hawg had a buttstock that screwed into the pistol grip to convert it from "horse pistol" as Gary would say to 300+ fpe big bore carbine. Pretty cool, and very accurate for a smoothy. -- Jimby admin - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Hey, that *was* fun! OK, so where are my royalties for appearing as the Barnes Pneumatic spokes model? That Hawg kicked a little bit . . . you can see me almost get "scoped" in the first clip. But yeah, it was really laying down those steel plate targets. Thanks for posting those Gary. -- Jimby admin - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Looks like a round-nosed Shrike, but with the bottom cut off. -- Jimby admin - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Looks a bit plastic-y for my tastes, especially with a four-figure price tag. Paintballers have had electronically-controlled valves since the late '90s -- seems that airgunners have lagged behind for quite some time with a few exceptions (Daystate etc.). I have to admit that the six-shot magazine sounds pretty cool. But I want to see groups . . . will be interesting to see if the rifle is mby admin - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Today . . . recuperating after painting our new offices all day yesterday. Our new neighbors in the building came by and told us that the room in which we're setting up our imaging equipment -- a fireproof vault with concrete floor, walls, and ceiling -- was used to house secret plans for the Sherman tanks they built there during WWII. Moving most of our furniture over there later this afternby admin - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
That was fun . . . thanks Gary. This was actually better than going to the range, as all the remaining snow / ice melted yesterday and turned the ground into soup. That buckshot does shoot great -- such a drag that it's been discontinued. That second pic was my very first group of the day, which turned out to be the best one (of course). And I ordered two more boxes of it yesterday (aby admin - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Thanks Gary . . . cool pic. Here's the only page I could find on it . . . I thought there was more info somewhere: -- Jimby admin - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Good stuff. The stock looks great. Outrigger huh . . . interesting. Go Team Simmons! -- Jimby admin - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Wouldn't it be great if someone started a company to digitize, archive, and organize all of these old records, from libraries, gun manufacturers, etc.? -- Jimby admin - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Yep . . . then I could sell them to airgunners and have them complain about how expensive everything is. Nope, not me man . . . I'm guessing one of those printers probably costs about the GDP of a small nation. Jerry is correct to a certain extent. There is no master part -- just code that can be mailed to any fab printer anywhere and used to reproduce an identical physical object.by admin - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Thought you guys might enjoy this . . . a guy at MIT designed and "printed" a real, playable flute using their 3D printer. It's a work in progress, but of course will continue to improve. One step closer to "tea, Earl Grey, hot." Posted here as an example of "state of the art" machining and fabrication. As the article states, "the more access we have to 3D printers, the more we may appreciaby admin - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
C'mon . . . the Germans were just copying good ole American ingenuity, and scaling things up a bit. I give you . . . "The Dictator." This 13" railroad flatcar-mounted mortar was used by Grant to shell the Confederate lines at Petersburg 1864-1865, from a distance of over a mile at a fixed 45 degree angle. -- Jimby admin - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Hawk . . . interesting. Do tell. -- Jimby admin - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
That's a Tundra 45 of some flavor . . . maybe a Tundra Mag? Cecil Whiteside had one with similar stocks he was trying to sell for awhile . . . maybe he did. I know Gary will be thrilled to support this one . . . -- Jimby admin - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Hi Joebill: Windsor Locks, just five minutes from Bradley Int'l Airport. Traffic was a mess . . . what is usually a five hour drive took us about seven-and-a-half hours. We're heading out this evening to try to miss the traffic and snow. -- Jimby admin - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Merry Christmas guys! We're up in CT for Christmas with Cindy's family. . . Heading back tonight to beat the blizzard home. -- Jimby admin - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
Not just community colleges . . . *all* colleges have that problem now, especially the big ones. I've been visiting a lot of huge state schools lately and I routinely have to arrive at least two hours before my meetings just so I can find a place to park the car and walk at least a mile to my destination. Too many students, and not enough jobs, while the cost of a college education skyrockets.by admin - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
The lever cocking makes a huge difference. You could shoot it all day with almost zero effort. I get ridiculed about the one on my Delta 45 (they call it the "Ladies' Model). Nice shootin' Julio. -- Jimby admin - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum
I have read good things about those scopes . . . insane amount of elevation change available. Enjoy it! -- Jimby admin - Airgun Rendezvous Main Forum