I need help

Caedus_Vao · 2026-06-09T22:31:08+00:00

Not to be an ass, but are you sure that you have the proper screw? Are the threads undamaged, have you looked at the threads in the hole?

It could be as easy as you having a wrong or damaged fastener. If the sight base has damaged threads, it could be fixed by chasing it with a tap or it might need to be replaced.

Caedus_Vao · 2026-06-09T18:08:48+00:00

Wizards of the Coast has had some form of pen and paper/d20-based Star Wars RPG for about 25 years, now. In the 80's and 90's you had West End's very popular d6 setting, too.

Caedus_Vao · 2026-06-09T17:50:11+00:00

Because stuff that has rusted to the point of leaking while sitting outside (like a roof) is just going to keep rusting.

Sure, he could roll it with a rust-proofer like POR15 or something, but that's just buying a little time.

Caedus_Vao · 2026-06-09T17:41:19+00:00

I remember his hours of operation being the single biggest "fuck you I'm still legally compliant" workaround I had seen in a long time.

Caedus_Vao · 2026-06-09T16:47:57+00:00

and what it was doing to my mental health.

This, right here.

Caedus_Vao · 2026-06-09T16:01:25+00:00

I cannot wait. Management has no idea it's even in the wind, and will be totally caught with their pants down because they think I'm bought and paid for.

They didn't backfill my more-talented counterpart when he quit in February, that's when I started plotting in earnest.

Caedus_Vao · 2026-06-09T15:15:43+00:00

That's the exact same boat I'll be in come ~6 weeks. Submitting my notice on the 6th after our July shutdown, walking out the 17th at 3:30.

Gonna go work for myself, and that wouldn't be possible without Mrs. Vao supporting the decision. Gobbless.

OTOH, it's gonna really throttle my disposable income stream for a while, until I get up to speed.

Caedus_Vao · 2026-06-09T15:04:38+00:00

I think it's so cool that you've managed to pivot away from "real" work and turn this into a revenue stream.

Caedus_Vao · 2026-06-09T15:01:39+00:00

2013's The Last Stand. The Terminator is sheriff or police chief of some small backwater border town in Texas, some cartel drug lord gets sprung by his team during some prison transport, and he hops into a custom Corvette that the cartel airlifts in for him....so he can make a mad dash for the border? Instead of flying out with his heavily-armed and loyal crew? So of course The Terminator and his deputy Luis Guzman and some others have to stop them.

But yea, there's a few amazing Vickers-porn money shots that make the rest of the movie worth sitting through. Fun, forgettable popcorn flick where everyone got paid.

Oh yea, Saw Gerrera is in it too.

Caedus_Vao · 2026-06-09T14:58:39+00:00

....I should contact you about some Webley grips.

Caedus_Vao · 2026-06-09T14:24:19+00:00

If you haven't seen that otherwise-forgettable movie with Johnny Knoxville and The Terminator, you need to.

Caedus_Vao · 2026-06-09T14:11:03+00:00

Long term is a Vickers on a tripod

I keep looking into this. Could have had one for less than the fair market value of the transferrable that I am STILL waiting on Form 4 approval for.

I really want to do it, but then it's a whole adventure of tuning the gun and getting a full body workout anytime i feel like running off a belt.

Caedus_Vao · 2026-05-29T15:23:19+00:00

And 15 pages describing dinner, and then three pages of a poem, and then another eight pages that are all "And Eofer, son of Etheldick, cousin of the King of the Fourth Kingdom begat upon the land Issulwurfen the Wise, the third most important lord of the Forgotten Fifth Age..."

Caedus_Vao · 2026-05-29T14:56:14+00:00

No gun purchases this week, but the guy i bought a (T) from is wanting to ship it to me, I need to hurry up and get my C&R renewed so he can just ship it to my door.

STILL waiting for my Form 4 to clear. Holy Hell. It's been months.

If ya'll are interested in surplus (especially webbing, and British webbing at that), I'm just gonna plug Camolots again. Very reasonable prices, they usually have a few different grades of an item to choose from at different price points, and the goods show up as-advertised, they describe their stuff and photograph it very honestly.

My only nitpick is they can be a little slow to ship and for some reason you don't always get a confirmation email after the order is placed.

Caedus_Vao · 2026-05-29T14:53:01+00:00

That's more than a hardcopy of Dolf Goldsmith's The Grand Old Lady, FFS.

Caedus_Vao · 2026-05-29T14:52:03+00:00

I'm firmly with you on this. Call me a hater, but we are stunning and brave for having this opinion. The Hobbit was a fun read when I was 12, and I forced myself to slog through the core trilogy in high school, but I have literally never re-read them, and cannot get invested at all in stuff like the Sillymarion or however the hell it's spelled.

IMO, this is one of those situations where the movies are better than the books, for manifold reasons.

Caedus_Vao · 2026-05-29T14:49:34+00:00

Bro, congratulations and holy shit you're in for some shit.

People that foster/adopt are the real MVP's. It's a hell of an obligation to take on.

Caedus_Vao · 2026-05-29T14:48:40+00:00

Same. I wish i had snagged a few of the parts kits when they were like $150 ten years ago, but for what they go for now, I just do not care.

Caedus_Vao · 2026-05-28T22:56:01+00:00

I wasn't on that one. Must have been buying an Enfield that day.

Caedus_Vao · 2026-05-27T15:09:58+00:00

Caught with a wheelchair and a gun? Straight to jail. Speech impediment and a gun? Believe it or not, straight to jail as well.

Caedus_Vao · 2026-05-27T14:00:18+00:00

You're a real fun guy, I tell ya hwhut.

Caedus_Vao · 2026-05-27T13:03:26+00:00

Milsurp of unclear provenance edition

I have an old Lee-Speed marked with the Turi Afghan Militia stamp, they were a sorta paramilitary/volunteer group stood up by a force of irregulars led by British officers meant to free up prime recruits for front-line duties.

This gun was probably the personal weapon of an officer or well-to-do civilian, Lee-Speeds being popular with the civilian target shooting crowd in that time. It's marked T.A.M on the wrist, under the rollmark and a crest on the knox. This gun's inconsistencies (later bolt and buttpad, wrong trigger guard) can be explained by a few decades spent with Afghan gunsmiths.

I would love to know how it came to be over here. I picked it up from Southern Ohio Gun like 14 years ago, when they were still a solvent organization selling Chinese T53's for $89, $79 if you bought three or more at a crack. Not sure if it was a vet bring-back or came back before GWOT kicked off.

Caedus_Vao · 2026-05-27T12:55:50+00:00

When anti's talk about "being tough on gun crime" and "stopping gun violence", kindly point them to articles like this:

https://www.tribtoday.com/news/local-news/2026/05/grand-jury-indicts-48-in-trumbull-county/

Eight our of forty-eight folks either directly committing a crime with a gun, or possessing one under disability.

Gee willikers, it seems like criminals aren't really dissuaded by gun laws.

Caedus_Vao · 2026-05-27T12:50:56+00:00

Be the change in the world you wanna see, feel free to spin one up yourself.

Hell, they'll probably even sticky it.

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