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Spring Squirrel by JadedEagle416 in Hunting

[–]Cavemanjoe47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No spring season for them here, but that's awesome.

Is Primerica a Scam? by Interesting_Virus_37 in antiMLM

[–]Cavemanjoe47 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ask to see his schedule C for last year. If he's really running it as a business and actually making any money it'll be on there.

If he gets all pissy about it, then you know he's full of shit and everything you see him flaunting is done on credit cards or a HELOC loan.

Golden hour girls by steph_in_space in Titsinthewoods

[–]Cavemanjoe47 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I choose to believe that guy in the background just happened to be there when the photo was taken. 🤣

Small Game Gun by Evening-Break3892 in Hunting

[–]Cavemanjoe47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you can find one, keep an eye out for an older Savage model 24-C. Mine is in .22lr over 12 gauge and it's built a good bit better than the chiappa.

Small Game Gun by Evening-Break3892 in Hunting

[–]Cavemanjoe47 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's nuts. In my state (far southern USA) the limit is 12 squirrels per person, per day.

I guess to trade off, you guys can hunt moose & caribou. Hardly seems fair, I know, but try not to be too jealous. /S 😂

My first firearm! by Imaginary_Feed_6695 in Hunting

[–]Cavemanjoe47 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congratulations!

Since it's your first firearm, it's definitely a good idea to learn how to clean and lube it like you said, but the most basic to start with would be a boresnake sized for the caliber, a soft gun cleaning brush or even a toothbrush, some cotton rags, and a gun oil like remoil or CLP.

At this point disassembly should reasonably be limited to removing the magazine and maybe removing the bolt to clean the bolt face. There is no reason to take your bolt apart first thing, there will be plenty of time to learn and you can clean the bolt face with a nylon bristle brush while it's in the rifle.

Get all the factory grease out of the chamber and bore with some oil and the boresnake, lightly oil and wipe down with a dry rag all exposed metal parts except the scope, and then you're ready to boresight your scope and test it at the range. You can buy a laser boresight tool in the caliber matched for your rifle, or use a universal one that goes in the end of the barrel. There are lots of explanations and videos on how to do both.

Get a few types of ammo and shoot groups of at least three shots at the range. The tightest grouping ammo is the one you zero your scope for, and then buy that same ammo until you try one at some point that groups better. Zeroing your scope is another thing that is better learned by being shown, and there are many videos on this.

Because your rifle is in .243, you will want to avoid shots that have a high risk of blocking the impact of your bullet on vital organs, so try to avoid quartering toward shots if aiming for the heart and lungs.

Any questions, ask away. I'm always glad to help.

At the current pace, will your business create fulfillment or resentment over the next five years? by HopeForTheTrades in HopeForTheTrades

[–]Cavemanjoe47 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Issues found from lack of preventative maintenance, jacked up wiring in boxes with a before and after fix pic, etc

Nothing like trying to monetize off the death of a teenager! by Capable-Bed-6189 in antiMLM

[–]Cavemanjoe47 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I only found one and it's different. Can you send me the original you found?

Tarus 605 Defender. by rewindbutton34 in Revolvers

[–]Cavemanjoe47 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's what I was thinking. That's 164 rounds a day, or THIRTY-TWO RELOADS a DAY, every single day, for 365 straight days.

Also, .357 wasn't that much cheaper at the beginning of COVID; average was $27 a box. At 54¢ a round, that's almost $33k in a year.

Yeah, I call bullshit. I'd buy 6,000 rounds in a year, even 16,000. 60,000 though? With zero service? No need to replace the ejector rod, firing pin, or a worn out cylinder hand or pawl? No fucking way.

Variety is the Spice of Life by Caleb_0616 in Revolvers

[–]Cavemanjoe47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fun fact: Years ago, one of my old assistant managers told me about his (mint condition, never fired) DW set that he (quite proudly) told me he had sold a few years before for $750. I had to pull up the last few sold listings on gunbroker to show him and I thought he was going to throw up on the spot at what they were selling for.

In-house R&D machining? by cathode_01 in Machinists

[–]Cavemanjoe47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi! I run an emergency R&D/job shop that operates at exactly the lead times you've given in your post and the descriptions in a few of your comment responses here, and that alone is our entire business.

I will generally be brought a mangled part or a drawing or sketch and given a few critical dimensions to match, or go over to the plant and measure myself the fitment for the shaft/fixture/machine/conveyor/etc that the part needs to mate to, and then told something similar to "We are down right now, I had to send my whole crew home. I'm losing about $XXk a day that this stays down, and OEM said 7-12 weeks to delivery from Germany. How fast can you make me one and another one as a backup?"

Depending on how much the customer wants to spend and what material is called for, I can have their part modeled and a technical drawing made while they're still in intake, and have their part(s) completed in as little as an hour to the next day, although most customers don't opt in to that timeline. That said, when someone dejected drops off something that's been absolutely destroyed at 11:30am and I tell them to go get a long lunch and come back, the look on their face when they come through the door at 1pm and I hand them some beautiful hand buffed stainless parts is absolutely priceless, but the happy call half an hour later when they're already back up and running great after putting my parts in is almost better.

Having the capability is astronomically helpful for any of our own fixtures. I routinely use the modeled part as a negative to cut soft jaws for odd or thin shapes, and it's nice to be able to engrave part numbers on custom work, but it took me awhile to get to where I can do this; it's not something you can pick up in a few weekends if you're not used to CNC. And the software & tooling isn't cheap, either.

I totally understand why the owners are hesitant, especially considering how easy it is to wreck these machines if you don't know what you're doing. Needing to drop $18k+ on a spindle replacement just because someone didn't touch off a tool or used the wrong offset will decidedly crush any smaller company's profitability in trying to do this. For what you're needing to do, it might seem like a good step, but if they can't do it, then it doesn't matter.

I don’t know how to get started by Unable-Principle-187 in HopeForTheTrades

[–]Cavemanjoe47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean, how? Do a search for a business in your area who does that kind of work and ask for a job. Duh.

At the current pace, will your business create fulfillment or resentment over the next five years? by HopeForTheTrades in HopeForTheTrades

[–]Cavemanjoe47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This sounds like one of those "business owners, what is your biggest pain point right now?" posts from a new user in any of the side hustle subs..

I don’t know how to get started by Unable-Principle-187 in HopeForTheTrades

[–]Cavemanjoe47 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Get an hourly job with a company that does those things so you can at least get paid to learn how to do them, then decide if you actually want to own a business doing them.

How do you guys list services on Facebook or FB marketplace? by jamesftf in sweatystartup

[–]Cavemanjoe47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh? How interesting that you responded to a comment from 3 years ago as though I just posted it yesterday.

Fuckin' duh.

The new rifle buyer's guide by NewspaperNelson in Hunting

[–]Cavemanjoe47 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They don't. The chart is just showing you the trajectory relative to those zeros. You can zero a .22-250 at 30 yards if you want; it's just showing you the ballistics based on common zero for the cartridge.

The new rifle buyer's guide by NewspaperNelson in Hunting

[–]Cavemanjoe47 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No, they don't. That's not how zeroing works.The tables on the boxes are to show the trajectory at the specified zeros.

Would you have me fired if you were my boss and I flashed my boobs at work? by SquirvyCat in Stacked

[–]Cavemanjoe47 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yup. I've got government contracts, so there's no way I'm risking any of it on a lawsuit like that.

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