Another week
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Topic: Another week
Posted By: nunga
Subject: Another week
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2020 at 6:07pm
Well we have another week of lockdown. How do you guys think the government have handled the situation?
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2nd place HP springer - WFTF World Championships 2014
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Posted By: dvlnme
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2020 at 6:55pm
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while not a fan this mob,i tend to think they are handling it right so far,but do have concerns about all these planes coming in from india and else where over next few days,if they stuff that up we will be in for more lock downs etc.dont think any other government here would have done it any different mate,nothing changed much around here tho,we dont have much contact for long periods with the outside world any way,so life continued pretty much as usual here,hows it been your way?? cheers mike
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Posted By: Pauly5
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2020 at 12:02am
I reckon the right thing has been done. It's been pretty easy for me, as I have still been able to go out and work, but been really quiet.
Looking forward to shooting some rabbits though.
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Posted By: nunga
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2020 at 2:25pm
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Well i havent been able to do much anyway with my arm in a cast. been on the phone with the site manager this morning and we putting together a work plan to get the construction site back up and running again on Tuesday, there is a lot of new rules we must follow, some make no sense some are good, either way the new rules are going to slow down the work output by a lot. and ill probably be manning the gate and sign in book by the looks till i get this silly thing off my arm.
But all in all been okay. made lots of moonshine and kept busy.
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2nd place HP springer - WFTF World Championships 2014
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Posted By: jusepy82
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2020 at 7:14pm
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I think all things considered , they have done a pretty good job. Im going to leave it at that .Otherwise it will turn into a bitch/moan fest.
Im enjoying the time with my family but cant wait too go back to work , my hands are the cleanest they have been for a while (diesel mechanic). I know I will be saying I need a holiday the week after I go back but that's just the way we humans are right.
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As long as there is lead in the air...there is hope.
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Posted By: dvlnme
Date Posted: 23 Apr 2020 at 7:02pm
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well i have had a good week,spent much of the week finishing the parts and polishing them and case hardening them for my pcp revolver project,bout time got my a into g and finished this gun,as hadnt done anything much to it for the last year,been a while since i had done any case hardening and totally enjoyed doing it,the Cherry Red case hardening powder i use is dead simple to use and results allways excellent,hard enough so a file wont mark them,good nuf for me hard enuf i need to use a stone to get final fit and finish. lot small interlocking and interacting parts in a revolver and all need to work perfectly for a revolver to function correctly,and the mechanical working parts in the pcp revolver a little more complicated than a firearm,took me a good while to get all these parts right and functioning correctly,and was bit worried some might twist when hardening,but all came out perfectly,never know how things going to go when hardening small weird shaped parts,dosnt take much for them to warp out of shape when heating then qeuching them,bit of a lottery at times,and a real bugger if warp and have to make them all over again too,was lucky this time,so thats a bonus,i used to make my working gun parts from tool steel but didnt have much luck with them after hardening tool steel hardens right thru,leaving small weird shaped parts prone to warping,they allso with small parts can end up brittle if not annealed correctly so gave up on tool steel years ago,mild steel case hardened works better for my purposes,any way had lot fun doing this over past few days,and still have hammer and trigger to go. cheers mike
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Posted By: jusepy82
Date Posted: 23 Apr 2020 at 7:05pm
Nice mike !
I found a spinning target in my shed and have been shooting away at it. Really has helped my stance/aim in a couple of days. Went out tonight and managed to smoke a rabbit at 40m.
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As long as there is lead in the air...there is hope.
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Posted By: dvlnme
Date Posted: 23 Apr 2020 at 7:12pm
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used to have quite a few spinning targets but my pcps destroyed them all,got a 3mm thick stainless steel plate here thats all twisted outa shape on several holes thru ,its been hit in same places so many times. cheers mike
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Posted By: jusepy82
Date Posted: 23 Apr 2020 at 7:16pm
Wow , that’s some power mike.
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As long as there is lead in the air...there is hope.
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Posted By: dvlnme
Date Posted: 24 Apr 2020 at 6:34am
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have had some pretty mean as 22 cal pcp guns over the years,my two korean rifles both were very capable of 80/100 fpe with heavy 32gr pellets and up to 40 gr cast bullets,but my 32fpe pistol and 35fpe rifle will destroy steel plate and targets easily enough as well with heavy 21/25 gr pellets,particually if pellets are constantly hitting in same place for any length of time,they will evenually punch a hole thru tough 3mm stainless plate,this plate will stop a 40gr hi vel 22 rimfire bullet for many shots but the rimfire will eventually punch a hole as well.pellets and bullets vapourise but dump all their energy on steel plate,so will eventually punch holes thru,hi vel firearms jacketed bullets will penertrate quite thick plate andthe copper jacket never goes thru but the soft lead core will penertrate every time,go figure that one eh!!been lot of stuff published on why lead projectiles will penertrate steel plate when the jackets dont,no one has yet come up with a definative answer why this happens,logic should dictate the lead shouldnt do this but it does eh as its much softer the steel. cheer mike
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Posted By: dvlnme
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2020 at 7:34am
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once lockdown is over Paul and you up this way you may just get to fire the pcp revolver this time mate,finally made hardened and fitted all the missing mechanical parts to make mag function correctly,so gun finally functioning as a revolver should,still have little work to do fine tuning the mechanism to get the timing perfect,but everything working now,have decided to change valve a little before i go any further,but now very close to being fireable,been a bloody mission getting these mechanical parts right,if had been a firearm would have been simple,but being a pcp airgun complicated things mechanically some what and it turned out to be bit more complicated in getting everything fitted together and functioning correctly,its really all about timing,getting several interconnected parts working in their correct sequence and at exactly the right time in the cocking and fireing sequence,with a bit of compound leverage thrown in for good measure,when hammer is cocked the gun has to first unlock the mag,then rotate and index to next chamber during cocking stroke and then lock into fireing position at exact time hammer reachs full cock,as hammer drops on fireing the pawl lever that rotates mag has over ride mag ratchet to pick up next tooth as hammer drops,gun must stay locked until after fireing,then unlock as hammer gets kicked onto safety notch by valve stem as valve shuts etc.mag needs be free to rotate on safety notch for loading etc,lot going on here in a millisecond mate,and it all has to work perfectly in time and correct sequence,a mechanical night mare,its no wonder i drink eh!!allways knew was going to have some challenges getting this right,proberly the hardest part in building this gun to get right eh!!but all done now so onto next job,reworking the valve a little. cheers mike
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Posted By: nunga
Date Posted: 11 May 2020 at 5:38pm
So level 2 in a few days. things slowly getting back to normal....one thing i am worried about tho is this government's promises for all this funding....where are they going to get the money for all of this? they have run this country into the ground the last few weeks giving millions of dollars to businesses that can aford to get through the without help and the smaller guys are closing shop. it sucks big time, im just thankful i still have a job to go back to once my hand is better. And now they say bars can only only open if they have one server per table....fantastic, these guys now have to triple their wage bill and they are limiting their customer flow at least by 50% because of table restrictions ....i cant see them recovering. this government needs to wake up
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2nd place HP springer - WFTF World Championships 2014
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Posted By: dvlnme
Date Posted: 12 May 2020 at 6:15pm
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never been any different mate its allways the wealthy and powerful that get the biggest chunck of taxpayer money when things turn to sh*t,and these same people caused the sh*t to happen in first place.just as its allways the wage earning tax payer who allways foots the bill,the wealthy never pay their way,dont pay tax,keeping those who have to work to live on minimum wages just enuf to survive to maintain the wealthys life style,to answer who will pay for this!!the next generation will by being taxed evan more and becoming poorer for it as well while the rich get richer off the backs of the poor as they allways have,nothing changes never will either mate,and this mob will make an evan bigger mess of things before the dumb voters figure that out . cheers mike
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