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Originally Posted By Combat_Diver: USS Alabama (BB-60) is a retired battleship. She was the fourth and final member of the South Dakota class of fast battleships built for the United States Navy in the 1940s. The first American battleships designed after the Washington treaty system began to break down in the mid-1930s, they took advantage of an escalator clause that allowed increasing the main battery to 16-inch (406 mm) guns, but Congressional refusal to authorize larger battleships kept their displacement close to the Washington limit of 35,000 long tons (36,000 t). A requirement to be armored against the same caliber of guns as they carried, combined with the displacement restriction, resulted in cramped ships. Overcrowding was exacerbated by wartime modifications that considerably strengthened their anti-aircraft batteries and significantly increased their crews. After entering service, Alabama was briefly deployed to strengthen the British Home Fleet, tasked with protecting convoys to the Soviet Union. In 1943, she was transferred to the Pacific for operations against Japan; the first of these was the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign that began in November that year. While operating in the Pacific, she served primarily as an escort for the fast carrier task force to protect the aircraft carriers from surface and air attacks. She also frequently bombarded Japanese positions in support of amphibious assaults. She took part in the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign in June–September and the Philippines campaign in October–December. After a refit in early 1945, she returned to the fleet for operations during the Battle of Okinawa and the series of attacks on the Japanese mainland in July and August, including several bombardments of coastal industrial targets. Alabama assisted in Operation Magic Carpet after the war, carrying some 700 men home from the former war zone. She was decommissioned in 1947 and assigned to the Pacific Reserve Fleet, where she remained until 1962 when she was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register. A campaign to save the ship from the breakers' yard succeeded in raising the necessary funds, and Alabama was preserved as a museum ship in Mobile Bay, Alabama. https://d1ldvf68ux039x.cloudfront.net/thumbs/photos/2208/7372268/1000w_q95.jpg https://epqkkxb65h3.exactdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/USS-Alabama-Launch-486x600.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&ssl=1 https://www.ussalabama.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/uss_alabama_battleship_memorial_park_inside_uss_alabama6.jpg https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Rjgl7i-M4H0/ULk3M_BLN8I/AAAAAAAA43M/G6wziFKUVME/w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu/USS+Alabama+(BB-60)+anchored+at+Lynn+Haven+roads+on+1+December+1942.jpg https://storage.googleapis.com/clio-images/large_4435_1.-USS-Alabama.jpg View Quote Much better on the Big Screen Many leagues she steamed, rounds fired, crews served |
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Originally Posted By Combat_Diver: The M60 is an American second-generation main battle tank (MBT). It was officially standardized as the Tank, Combat, Full Tracked: 105-mm Gun, M60 in March 1959. Although developed from the M48 Patton, the M60 tank series was never officially christened as a Patton tank. The US Army considered it a "product-improved descendant" of the Patton tank's design. The design similarities are evident comparing the original version of the M60 and the M48A2. It has been sometimes informally grouped as a member of the Patton tank family. The United States fully committed to the MBT doctrine in 1963, when the Marine Corps retired the last (M103) heavy tank battalion. The M60 tank series became America's primary main battle tank during the Cold War, reaching a production total of 15,000 M60s. Hull production ended in 1983, but 5,400 older models were converted to the M60A3 variant ending in 1990. The M60 reached operational capability upon fielding to US Army European units beginning in December 1960. The first combat use of the M60 was by Israel during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, where it saw service under the "Magach 6" designation, performing well in combat against comparable tanks such as the T-62. In 1982, the Israelis again used the M60 during the 1982 Lebanon War, equipped with upgrades such as explosive reactive armor to defend against guided missiles that proved very effective at destroying tanks. The M60 also saw use in 1983 during Operation Urgent Fury, supporting US Marines in an amphibious assault on Grenada. M60s delivered to Iran also served in the Iran–Iraq War. The United States' largest deployment of M60s was in the 1991 Gulf War, where the US Marines equipped with M60A1s effectively defeated Iraqi armored forces, including T-72 tanks. The United States retired the M60 from front-line combat after Operation Desert Storm, with the last tanks being retired from National Guard service in 1997. M60-series vehicles continue in front-line service with a number of countries' militaries, though most of these have been highly modified and had their firepower, mobility, and protection upgraded to increase their combat effectiveness on the modern battlefield. The M60 underwent many updates over its service life. The interior layout, based on the design of the M48, provided ample room for updates and improvements, extending the vehicle's service life for over four decades. It was widely used by the US and its Cold War allies, especially those in NATO, and remains in service throughout the world, despite having been superseded by the M1 Abrams in the US military. The tank's hull was the basis for a wide variety of prototype, utility, and support vehicles such as armored recovery vehicles, bridge layers and combat engineering vehicles. As of 2015, Egypt is the largest operator with 1,716 upgraded M60A3s, Turkey is second with 866 upgraded units in service, and Saudi Arabia is third with over 650 units. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6z79llukbb4/sddefault.jpg M60A1 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pmbbt5bSe-Y/maxresdefault.jpg M60A2 with 155mm https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-55b0977f037c675543041593a3160595-lq M60A3 https://i.redd.it/72cdxnejs4981.jpghttps://milinme.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/bbc-101.jpg View Quote Great photos |
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Originally Posted By Combat_Diver: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/00FIMG_1347_jpeg-2957975.JPG View Quote Got some orifices to probe |
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Originally Posted By Combat_Diver: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/panty_not_lick_itself_IMG_2049_jpeg-2957976.JPG View Quote |
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Originally Posted By Combat_Diver: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/panty_IMG_2020_jpeg-2957977.JPG View Quote Not my face if licking |
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Originally Posted By Combat_Diver: The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk is a four-blade, twin-engine, medium-lift utility military helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. Sikorsky submitted the S-70 design for the United States Army's Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System (UTTAS) competition in 1972. The Army designated the prototype as the YUH-60A and selected the Black Hawk as the winner of the program in 1976, after a fly-off competition with the Boeing Vertol YUH-61. Named after the Native American war leader Black Hawk, the UH-60A entered service with the U.S. Army in 1979, to replace the Bell UH-1 Iroquois as the Army's tactical transport helicopter. This was followed by the fielding of electronic warfare and special operations variants of the Black Hawk. Improved UH-60L and UH-60M utility variants have also been developed. Modified versions have also been developed for the U.S. Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard. In addition to U.S. Army use, the UH-60 family has been exported to several nations. Black Hawks have served in combat during conflicts in Grenada, Panama, Iraq, Somalia, the Balkans, Afghanistan, and other areas in the Middle East. Over 5,000 built. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/53A560DD-4B28-4E07-AF6E-0348462C91C6_jpe-2958009.JPGWhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/90C2504B-4664-44DB-AA7B-C8723397C603_jpe-2958012.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/FF625F36-1E0D-4201-B062-D9977CB4F2D4_jpe-2958032.JPG View Quote Thassa lotta birds |
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Originally Posted By Combat_Diver: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/DE5E827E-BE1A-4A99-918D-118D8F58E27C_jpe-2958034.JPG View Quote Kept Woman $! |
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Originally Posted By Combat_Diver: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/4E6CC511-D43C-4EE5-BD4D-2D5E81F04A18_jpe-2958037.JPG View Quote Giant! |
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Originally Posted By Combat_Diver: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/F4412B9A-DE1F-416B-B6CA-72263ECCF015_jpe-2958038.JPG View Quote Peachy |
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Originally Posted By Combat_Diver: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/51018E05-8CE6-4B06-B49B-2C782E236309_jpe-2958040.JPG View Quote Beer Wench! Bud Light sign shoulda been torn down by now |
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Originally Posted By Combat_Diver: I want to get a SF RC can for some reason. Need to do some finger prints when I'm home for a SBR. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Combat_Diver: Originally Posted By Freakinout: Mind you I rock my shorty with a can, so its just a hair longer than most 16" setups. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/62443/2021-12-27-13-22-51-510_jpg-2958152.JPG I want to get a SF RC can for some reason. Need to do some finger prints when I'm home for a SBR. Cousin (and many other) love their LT Tranquillo's. I'm still rocking a heavy SOB need to update mine |
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Originally Posted By Combat_Diver: Love these Marlins View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Combat_Diver: Originally Posted By Freakinout: Got a SS 60 and a Marlin 99 too Love these Marlins yeah I shoot them 99% of the time for 22lr rifle time. Marlin 99 in particular and its super accurate even with most cheap bulk stuff |
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Originally Posted By WWIIWMD: Hello there. What's shakin & bakin? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By WWIIWMD: Originally Posted By Freakinout: Morning all Hello there. What's shakin & bakin? taco has been emptied, cleaned, and reloaded for trip. need to finish packing personal stuff, and it'll get loaded tomorrow for very early exit Wednesday whats happened MGD |
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Originally Posted By Combat_Diver: Morning FnO. Just cleared the shop of visitors and customers. Just made a Kydex holster for a G19 w/SF300 light. Also just put food out for Jack. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Combat_Diver: Originally Posted By Freakinout: Morning all Morning FnO. Just cleared the shop of visitors and customers. Just made a Kydex holster for a G19 w/SF300 light. Also just put food out for Jack. Sweet! Good blend of folks. Jack must be fed! |
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by Don Francisco, not too bad. What this country needs is a good ten cent cup of coffee, and this ain't far from it |
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Originally Posted By Combat_Diver: Morning WMD. Just got in another .50 reputured case extractor and another Mk48 bbl assembly. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Combat_Diver: Originally Posted By WWIIWMD: That was easy peasy, good idea to always list here first. Howdy Monday shmashers. Morning WMD. Just got in another .50 reputured case extractor and another Mk48 bbl assembly. Tell them dudes to baby that gear, may not get more |
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Originally Posted By Combat_Diver: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajQhLYgohGM View Quote What a relic! Damn few around! |
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Originally Posted By Combat_Diver: Morning WMD. Just got in another .50 reputured case extractor and another Mk48 bbl assembly. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Combat_Diver: Originally Posted By WWIIWMD: That was easy peasy, good idea to always list here first. Howdy Monday shmashers. Morning WMD. Just got in another .50 reputured case extractor and another Mk48 bbl assembly. They couldn't remove the case with their extractor? WD40! |
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Originally Posted By Freakinout: Mind you I rock my shorty with a can, so its just a hair longer than most 16" setups. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/62443/2021-12-27-13-22-51-510_jpg-2958152.JPG View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Freakinout: Originally Posted By Combat_Diver: Originally Posted By Freakinout: Perfect little pig gun, except maybe needs more of a grip my mitts need some meat Yeah, they determined that too Mind you I rock my shorty with a can, so its just a hair longer than most 16" setups. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/62443/2021-12-27-13-22-51-510_jpg-2958152.JPG |
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Originally Posted By SpeyRod: I flew search and rescue in one of these. The next search I wasn’t on and they stuffed it into the mountain. They used a chinook to lift it off. It rolled 7 times down the mountain and everyone walked away. Litterally had to walk off the mountain. Fortunately they had a ranger with them that knew the mountain. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By SpeyRod: Originally Posted By Combat_Diver: The Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk is a four-blade, twin-engine, medium-lift utility military helicopter manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft. Sikorsky submitted the S-70 design for the United States Army's Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System (UTTAS) competition in 1972. The Army designated the prototype as the YUH-60A and selected the Black Hawk as the winner of the program in 1976, after a fly-off competition with the Boeing Vertol YUH-61. Named after the Native American war leader Black Hawk, the UH-60A entered service with the U.S. Army in 1979, to replace the Bell UH-1 Iroquois as the Army's tactical transport helicopter. This was followed by the fielding of electronic warfare and special operations variants of the Black Hawk. Improved UH-60L and UH-60M utility variants have also been developed. Modified versions have also been developed for the U.S. Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard. In addition to U.S. Army use, the UH-60 family has been exported to several nations. Black Hawks have served in combat during conflicts in Grenada, Panama, Iraq, Somalia, the Balkans, Afghanistan, and other areas in the Middle East. Over 5,000 built. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/53A560DD-4B28-4E07-AF6E-0348462C91C6_jpe-2958009.JPGWhttps://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/90C2504B-4664-44DB-AA7B-C8723397C603_jpe-2958012.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/FF625F36-1E0D-4201-B062-D9977CB4F2D4_jpe-2958032.JPG I flew search and rescue in one of these. The next search I wasn’t on and they stuffed it into the mountain. They used a chinook to lift it off. It rolled 7 times down the mountain and everyone walked away. Litterally had to walk off the mountain. Fortunately they had a ranger with them that knew the mountain. Good grief, cant make this stuff up! |
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Originally Posted By Combat_Diver: I want to get a SF RC can for some reason. Need to do some finger prints when I'm home for a SBR. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Combat_Diver: Originally Posted By Freakinout: Mind you I rock my shorty with a can, so its just a hair longer than most 16" setups. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/62443/2021-12-27-13-22-51-510_jpg-2958152.JPG I want to get a SF RC can for some reason. Need to do some finger prints when I'm home for a SBR. Redickless... a couple inches... rigamarole... meanwhile, 500,000 illegal guns and 7,000,000 illegals across the border, no prollem |
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Originally Posted By SpeyRod: I am going to order a Craddock built Bartlien barrel for my next build. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By SpeyRod: Originally Posted By Combat_Diver: Morning WMD. Just got in another .50 reputured case extractor and another Mk48 bbl assembly. I am going to order a Craddock built Bartlien barrel for my next build. Sweet |
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Originally Posted By SpeyRod: I am a huge fan of suppressed sbr’s. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By SpeyRod: Originally Posted By Combat_Diver: I want to get a SF RC can for some reason. Need to do some finger prints when I'm home for a SBR. I am a huge fan of suppressed sbr’s. Aye |
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Originally Posted By SpeyRod: 6 arc Twist Rate: 7.25 400MODBB: No Gas Block Diameter: .875" / Medium-Heavy Length: 20" +2 Rifle Gas System Accessories: Superlative Arms Adjustable Gas Block w/ Tube (+$122) Thread Size: 5/8x24 Time and Blended Muzzle Brake: No Thread Protector: No Fluting: None Headspaced Bolt: Yes(+$72) Finish: Bead Blast Built Upper Options: None I Acknowledge: Yes View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By SpeyRod: Originally Posted By Combat_Diver: Caliber? 6 arc Twist Rate: 7.25 400MODBB: No Gas Block Diameter: .875" / Medium-Heavy Length: 20" +2 Rifle Gas System Accessories: Superlative Arms Adjustable Gas Block w/ Tube (+$122) Thread Size: 5/8x24 Time and Blended Muzzle Brake: No Thread Protector: No Fluting: None Headspaced Bolt: Yes(+$72) Finish: Bead Blast Built Upper Options: None I Acknowledge: Yes MighTee fine |
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Originally Posted By Combat_Diver: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/860DB645-DD52-4E11-ABD7-518EA47C829B_jpe-2958195.JPG View Quote She got the drop |
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Originally Posted By Combat_Diver: top of page https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/c_img_3_1651339609960_jpg-2958200.JPG View Quote Mary Mammary! Wonder where you'd gone! |
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Originally Posted By Combat_Diver: USS Iowa (BB-61) is a retired battleship, the lead ship of her class, and the fourth in the United States Navy to be named after the state of Iowa. Owing to the cancellation of the Montana-class battleships, Iowa is the last lead ship of any class of United States battleships and was the only ship of her class to serve in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. During World War II, she carried President Franklin D. Roosevelt across the Atlantic to Mers El Kébir, Algeria, en route to a conference of vital importance in 1943 in Tehran with Prime Minister Winston Churchill of the United Kingdom and Joseph Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union. When transferred to the Pacific Fleet in 1944, Iowa shelled beachheads at Kwajalein and Eniwetok in advance of Allied amphibious landings and screened aircraft carriers operating in the Marshall Islands. She also served as the Third Fleet flagship, flying Admiral William F. Halsey's flag at the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay. During the Korean War, Iowa was involved in raids on the North Korean coast, after which she was decommissioned into the United States Navy reserve fleets, better known as the "mothball fleet." She was reactivated in 1984 as part of the 600-ship Navy plan and operated in both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets to counter the recently expanded Soviet Navy. In April 1989, an explosion of undetermined origin wrecked her No. 2 gun turret, killing 47 sailors. Iowa was decommissioned for the last time in October 1990 after 19 total years of active service, and was initially stricken from the Naval Vessel Register (NVR) in 1995, before being reinstated from 1999 to 2006 to comply with federal laws that required retention and maintenance of two Iowa-class battleships. In 2011 Iowa was donated to the Los Angeles–based non-profit Pacific Battleship Center and was permanently moved to Berth 87 at the Port of Los Angeles in 2012, where she was opened to the public as the USS Iowa Museum. https://uboat.net/media/allies/warships/am/bb_uss_iowa.jpg https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Z71GULjoCFU/sddefault.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/82/250976664_3a9d5f3de1_b.jpg https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ships/img/BB/BB-61_Iowa-broadside.gif Pulling into Norfolk, last time. https://i.redd.it/x0wi9hjsqqd71.jpg View Quote Marvelous! the retirement that should never be... in our 1,000 Ship Navy |
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Originally Posted By Combat_Diver: Anyone remember the Escort https://i.ytimg.com/vi/v6szviAB2mA/maxresdefault.jpg https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets/covers/images/051/611/060/large/matthew-krause-matthew-krause-new-project.jpg?1657726503 View Quote Bitchin |
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Originally Posted By Combat_Diver: The Northrop P-61 Black Widow is a twin-engine United States Army Air Forces fighter aircraft of World War II. It was the first operational U.S. warplane designed as a night fighter. Named for the North American spider Latrodectus mactans, it was an all-metal, twin-engine, twin-boom design armed with four forward-firing 20 mm (.79 in) Hispano M2 autocannon in the lower fuselage, and four .50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns in a dorsal gun turret. Developed during the war, the first test flight was made on May 26, 1942, with the first production aircraft rolling off the assembly line in October 1943. Although not produced in the large numbers of its contemporaries, the Black Widow was operated effectively as a night fighter by United States Army Air Forces squadrons in the European Theater, Pacific Theater, China Burma India Theater, and Mediterranean Theater during World War II. It replaced earlier British-designed night-fighter aircraft that had been updated to incorporate radar when it became available. After the war, the P-61 was redesignated as the F-61 and served in the United States Air Force as a long-range, all-weather, day/night interceptor for Air Defense Command until 1948, and for the Fifth Air Force until 1950. The last aircraft was retired from government service in 1954. On the night of 14 August 1945, a P-61B of the 548th Night Fighter Squadron named Lady in the Dark was unofficially credited with the last Allied air victory before VJ Day. The P-61 was also modified to create the F-15 Reporter photo-reconnaissance aircraft for the United States Army Air Forces and subsequently the United States Air Force. 706 manufactured. https://www.historynet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/AVHP-150700-BLACKWIDOW-01-scaled.jpg https://www.maam.org/p61/images/BlackWidows55.jpg https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=NASM-A19510044000_AER01&max=900 https://media.defense.gov/2017/Aug/15/2001793036/-1/-1/0/170811-F-ZZ999-232.JPG View Quote Very dangerous... zee German gave the British fits at night over Europe |
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Originally Posted By Freakinout: Cousin (and many other) love their LT Tranquillo's. I'm still rocking a heavy SOB need to update mine View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Freakinout: Originally Posted By Combat_Diver: Originally Posted By Freakinout: Mind you I rock my shorty with a can, so its just a hair longer than most 16" setups. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/62443/2021-12-27-13-22-51-510_jpg-2958152.JPG I want to get a SF RC can for some reason. Need to do some finger prints when I'm home for a SBR. Cousin (and many other) love their LT Tranquillo's. I'm still rocking a heavy SOB need to update mine Forward Gas direction, much like Pelosi |
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Originally Posted By Combat_Diver: Word of the day is LEGS, lets spread the word. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/legs_1686920519214_png-2958236.JPG View Quote Well then here you go! Attached File |
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Originally Posted By SpeyRod: Well then here you go! https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/152968/IMG_1841_jpeg-2958412.JPG View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By SpeyRod: Originally Posted By Combat_Diver: Word of the day is LEGS, lets spread the word. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/legs_1686920519214_png-2958236.JPG Well then here you go! https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/152968/IMG_1841_jpeg-2958412.JPG nice hippy sandals |
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