This expedition is definitely going forward on a "Bring Your Own Babe/Coed/Feminine Icon/Amazon/Pneumatic First Violinist" basis. Those of us old soldiers and sailors know that girls issued to us by the brass will not at all correspond with our images of "the ideal woman".

As to the First Violinist on board, I am compelled to say that I hope that she (as well as the other ladies) will not be too synthetic. In this case I have the same taste in ladies as in gun-stocks...

My personal choice in a First Violinist would be Hillary Hahn or Vanessa Mae. While I think Miss Hahn have more class and is the finer violinist, I guess Miss Mae would be more fun. I sadly fear that Vanessa Mae is the artist that Miss Lampenius wanted to be, but did not have the stamina to become...

Marterius: You are totally correct on the Mae/Lampenius issue. If I had to choose I´m with Husky -there´s something about cheap blonds that makes my heart beat faster...

As you see I´ve given this some thought.

Lawndart: Madelaine and I will not be ringing violins but I can be DJ for the invasion -DJ Destroy! Hope you guys like everything from Bach to Led Zeppelin to trash metal.

Where´d you find the boat?

Gidday Marterius, Could I trouble you to measure the base diameter of one of your 9.3x66 cases. On an earlier page Cewe mentioned that Mr Erkki from Sako said that "you only need to run a 9.3x62 reamer 4mm deeper". Would this work??? I am not a gunsmith, but I thought chamber reamers were tapered. If the reamer was put in deeper wouldn't the case have a greater diameter at the base????
I cannot find the specs for a 9.3x66 case anywhere.
As for wildcats on the 66mm case----choose any /06 based caliber. The 66mm case would probably go close to outdoing the Z Hat range of wildcats.
Malcolm56

Malcolm56: I checked my mail from Erkki and that is exactly what he says -he should know as he did design the 9.3x66.

But I see the logic in your question -let´s see who can answer it

Cewe,
I have no problem with Miss Lampenius signing on for the trip as First Cheap Blonde, as long as we have another First Violinist! By the way, did she not get involved in a libel case or something like that, and lost a very considerable sum?

Malcolm56,
I brought out my calliper at once!
The rim is 0.467 in.
Just above the rim, the case is 0.475 in.
I get exactly the same measures for a 9.3x62, both are fired cases.

Malcolm56: I think Marterius measurements show that the same reamer can be used. Are you planning on building one?

Marterius: Linda been involved in a lot of stuff, I sort of remember a libel case -then again who actually cares? I think "blond" is a fair description of Ms Lampenius...

Could somebody fins a look alike for Brooke Shields? Not Pretty baby aged but more Blue Lagoon...

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Originally posted by Marterius:
As to the First Violinist on board, I am compelled to say that I hope that she (as well as the other ladies) will not be too synthetic. In this case I have the same taste in ladies as in gun-stocks...

My personal choice in a First Violinist would be Hillary Hahn or Vanessa Mae. While I think Miss Hahn have more class and is the finer violinist, I guess Miss Mae would be more fun. I sadly fear that Vanessa Mae is the artist that Miss Lampenius wanted to be, but did not have the stamina to become...

Marterius,
Next time you are mentioning "GOOOD TASTE" in the same sentence as you are mentioning "Husky" -I will sue you!

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Originally posted by lawndart:
This expedition is definitely going forward on a "Bring Your Own Babe/Coed/Feminine Icon/Amazon/Pneumatic First Violinist" basis. Those of us old soldiers and sailors know that girls issued to us by the brass will not at all correspond with our images of "the ideal woman".

lawndart,
You got a point there

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Originally posted by husky:
Marterius,
Next time you are mentioning "GOOOD TASTE" in the same sentence as you are mentioning "Husky" -I will sue you!

There is absolutely no risk at all that I should mention you in connection with good taste!

Regards,
Martin

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Originally posted by husky:

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Originally posted by lawndart:
This expedition is definitely going forward on a "Bring Your Own Babe/Coed/Feminine Icon/Amazon/Pneumatic First Violinist" basis. Those of us old soldiers and sailors know that girls issued to us by the brass will not at all correspond with our images of "the ideal woman".

lawndart,
You got a point there

Well ok then. I assume this lady is living now. If so then she can be Marilyn's replacement.

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Originally posted by Jarrod:

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Originally posted by husky:

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Originally posted by lawndart:
This expedition is definitely going forward on a "Bring Your Own Babe/Coed/Feminine Icon/Amazon/Pneumatic First Violinist" basis. Those of us old soldiers and sailors know that girls issued to us by the brass will not at all correspond with our images of "the ideal woman".

lawndart,
You got a point there

Well ok then. I assume this lady is living now. If so then she can be Marilyn's replacement.

Jarrod,
Yes! That is our Crew Member Miss Lampenius.




I'll bet that she can be our driver! A Landy Series III 109" Safari Station Wagon has to be procured!

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Gidday Marterius, Could I trouble you to measure the base diameter of one of your 9.3x66 cases. On an earlier page Cewe mentioned that Mr Erkki from Sako said that "you only need to run a 9.3x62 reamer 4mm deeper". Would this work??? I am not a gunsmith, but I thought chamber reamers were tapered. If the reamer was put in deeper wouldn't the case have a greater diameter at the base????
I cannot find the specs for a 9.3x66 case anywhere.
As for wildcats on the 66mm case----choose any /06 based caliber. The 66mm case would probably go close to outdoing the Z Hat range of wildcats.
Malcolm56

Hi Malcom,
My Sako factory brass measures .473" at the web. I ordered my reamer and gauge from Dave Kiff at Pacific Tool & Gauge. $147.00 USD for the reamer, and $27.00 USD for the gauge. Turn around is running about a month these days.

I ordered the reamer set up for the original cartridge overall length of 87mm. There is plenty of room for that length when using Remington, Winchester, Ruger and older Sako actions. With a new Sako action or a Mauser 98 type action I would specify the 85mm cartridge overall length.

I don't know enough about reamers to offer any sort of informed opinion about running a 9,3 x 62 reamer 4mm further in.

LD

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Where´d you find the boat?

That is the USS Missouri, known as "The Mighty MO". She last saw combat duriong the opening stages of the first gulf war in 1991. 16 inch main guns. We could almost reach the Zimbabwe from the ocean. We would have to dredge the Zambezi to get closer .

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I'll bet that she can be our driver! A Landy Series III 109" Safari Station Wagon has to be procured!

Even if the driver's side air bag is not working, she will be safe. Actually, we will ned to disable her air bag. If it inflated, on top of her inflated state, she could not breathe.

LD

9,3 x 66 on top, 30-06 on bottom.

Malcol56: You´ll have to settle for sloppy seconds as Husky first found Linda -or you could settle it with a duel!

45-70´s in the morning...

Lawndart: Should have recognized the Missouri. My mistake. Shot a small buck this evening -man I love deer hunting.

Got him with my mighty 9.3x62

Marterius: If good taste is a requirement for the trip you may find yourself without a crew

Where´s old "peg leg Boha" hiding?

PS This has got to be one of the strangest threads in a long time!

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Originally posted by cewe:
PS This has got to be one of the strangest threads in a long time!

Now, please do not tell me you think the threads on Atkinson & Co or Carmelo et al. are normal?

Or perhaps they are...

If I should invite a lady for our trip, I think I should ask Miss Illum Berg!

She don't play the violin as far as I know, but she plays a double rifle and we have more need for that.

I can bring my own violin, but I fear you will only want me to take it out if we need a predator call...

Regards,
Martin

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I can bring my own violin, but I fear you will only want me to take it out if we need a predator call...

We would be killing lion left and right in self defense.

LD

I do believe that the new round 9,3x66 never have been covered this extensively before. That is on an international level.

Oh, Cewe, I´m here. I´ve been figuring out how to get out of tight spots. This may come in handy when our campaign is brought on foot. Or under it...

"hold on, baas, I´ll get your 9,3!"

Could'nt you just grab the trunk and sort of blow him up like a balloon?

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Originally posted by Marterius:
Could'nt you just grab the trunk and sort of blow him up like a balloon?

You mean, blow him up like Ms Lampnius

Boha: I forgot about your close call with the bull! Man are you strong!

Marterius: Ms Berg´s first husband died mysteriously -it´s your life not mine.

Husky: Cartoons sure were different in the 60´s.

Husky,
Yep, something like that!

Cewe,
It was her lover actually, married but not to her... She as written a book about it. I think her third book also is out now, about a matador wanting to face a cape buff. I think she should be the right person to tell the story of our adventure!

Naval Intelligence have found some classified Zim Navy Regulations!

Marterius: Discharge of fecal matter? Expectorating?

Give me blood and guts any day.

About Ms Berg: She would be perfect dor writing campaign propaganda so she can come. I´ll sleep with my door locked though.

Are we settled on the guns? Don´t we need special ammo? Flame throwers? BBQ sauce?

Farting would be allowed, wouldn´t it? So we´d better bring gear for biological warfare= hard bread, pea soup, prunes, lots of red wine and gasmasks.

I will not blow anybodys trunk. That´s final. Why do you think I built me a mighty 500 Jeffery?

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Originally posted by Marterius:
Naval Intelligence have found some classified Zim Navy Regulations!

So sex in the pool is permitted then?

Sex? In a pool?? In Zimbabwe??? On a military base????

Ya might want to open up the spigot on the chlorine tank a turn or two.

Speaking of farting gentlemen, my dear spousal equivalent unit Lois, despite being a near teetotaler, has a pancreas that shuts down if she is too stressed. How do I stress a woman? Easy, I simply talk to her in passing about the concepts of reason and accountability. Works every time; she goes batshit, her pancreas starts to shut down and she wins the farting contest. Remember that one brave Roman on the bridge over the Tiber? He kept about a company of the attackers of the week from crossing over. You think he did that with a sword? No f****ng way; he had a touchy pancreas and a bowl of garbanzo beans for lunch that day.

LD

Oh, hi honey. Now come on hun, try to calm down. I didn't say I wanted you to try and assimilate those two concepts. Do I look nuts? I just wanted to show you the nice words. Yes, they are located on the Y chrosome, so you don't have to worry. Thats a good girl. I'll be along in a minute after I say good night to the guys on AR. Yes dear, you too. Yes dear xxoo.

Woooeeeh, that was close. If I had tried that trick at breakfast I would be wearing a frying pan for a yarmulke.

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Originally posted by lawndart:
Remember that one brave Roman on the bridge over the Tiber? He kept about a company of the attackers of the week from crossing over. You think he did that with a sword? No f****ng way; he had a touchy pancreas and a bowl of garbanzo beans for lunch that day.

I think this will make the gentlemen from Finland to remember Sven Dufva of similar fame...

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If I had tried that trick at breakfast I would be wearing a frying pan for a yarmulke.

My wife and I have agreed not to talk politics at breakfast...

You guys actually talk to your wives? I thought they were for sex and making food! Man! that brings a new dimension to marriage!

What should I start our first discussion with? Bullet weights?

Farting has to be allowed, it´s as natural as breathing and keeping a look out for T&A.

As it seems that the attack will be up the Zambesi we could try to recruit some of our Finnish attack boats - class Jurmo- or something like that.

I wonder if any "agency" is monitoring this thread?

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Originally posted by cewe:
I wonder if any "agency" is monitoring this thread?

You will find out next time you apply for a Zim visa...

Or did you refer to your wife?

Marterius: Lovely reply! A married mans paranoia is not to be taken lightly...

cewe, landwart, Marterius, boha & Co,
Up the mighty Zambesi it will be
Maybe we could have a boat like the Swedish Amphibious forces have? The Stridsbåt 90.

I asked them to add something good for poacher culling (-there must be more poachers than Mr Mugabe -right?) So they put on a twin barrel 120 mm mortar turret besides the two .50 BMG.
The only thing that worries me is if the boat is to small for the crew? What requirements do we actually have?



If Mr Marty Feldman had lived today, he would be our recce pilot in the Supermarine
Seagull V "Walrus" flyboat!

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Originally posted by cewe:
Marterius: Lovely reply! A married mans paranoia is not to be taken lightly...

Cewe, I always presume that my wife will one day read what I write on the net, or my daughter will read it in a couple of years time... Keeps me a bit sober when I post...

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Maybe we could have a boat like the Swedish Amphibious forces have? The Stridsbåt 90.

I asked them to add something good for poacher culling (-there must be more poachers than Mr Mugabe -right?) So they put on a twin barrel 120 mm mortar turret besides the two .50 BMG.
The only thing that worries me is if the boat is to small for the crew? What requirements do we actually have?

A bit too small I am afraid... They take a crew of three and in the transport area 21 soldiers with full equipment for amphibious operations.

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Originally posted by Marterius:

I think this will make the gentlemen from Finland to remember Sven Dufva of similar fame...

Sven took it litterally when his officer said "not one devil over the bridge!" That he did. We need him to secure all the bridges over the Zambezi.


And Husky! I want the Lewis gun! I want to arm my boat with Lewis guns fore an aft! If I cant have that I must have a Colt potato digger, made famous at the Melin attack on Tampere, in the book I gave you!


These gentlemen of course are US Marines. If one or all of them perchance are still alive we will need their services as military advisors.

I wonder who will make one in 9,3x66?

Capt. Boha

B&H&L&M et al: Can´t we have Vickers guns? They still have a few live ones in SA and after reading about them in Magnum I won´t one!

A Gatling gun would be cool too.

But using antique weapons can have some drawbacks when it comes to fire power.

Could someone teach me to fly an attack helicopter carrying something that shoots a lot of bullets very fast and some rockets...lots of rockets.

Never mind agent Civet, he´s on kodein after having nails removed from his - well - body parts...


Ok, firepower:
Armored train!!



And then some modern stuff: