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After reading and contributing to AR for a few years, here is my feeling or ‘sense’ of a correlation. Exceptions will always be encountered: Person with less than 50 posts: probably owns a rifle. Looking for information. Person with over 100 posts: owns more than 1 rifle. Person with over 500 posts: owns more than 3 rifles. Person with over 1,000 posts: owns more than 10 rifles. Person with over 5,000 posts: could stock a LGS. Person with over 10,000 posts: could stock all big box chain store gun depts. Person with over 30,000 posts: owns 5 rifles. YMMV | ||
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I like to calculate avg post count per day. Excel can easily calculate the number of days between two dates. My rule is if it exceeds 2.5, I recommend therapy Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue. What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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guess there's no hope for me /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." Winston Churchill | |||
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Vapo, 4.96 If you break 5, you are certifiable. Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue. What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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Vapo, You are rapidly approaching the dangerous 30,000 mark. After your epiphany, feel free to pm me on any & all guns you have for sale. | |||
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Mike, You too sir, are probably letting custom rifles go on trades to LGSs, friends and AR classifieds. You are closing in on needed therapy, but short of certifiable. p.s. If you have any 358 Norma Mags for sale, call me first. I am not a real doctor, but I can help you on your journey to recovery... | |||
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I looked at my number of posts, and opened my gun safes. I've sold a bunch over the last few years. Looks like i either need to post a lot more, or put a lot more posts in the classifieds! Bfly Work hard and be nice, you never have enough time or friends. | |||
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Black Fly, I hear you. You seem lost, searching, looking for direction in this over load of firearm mania. I am here to help. Do you have any custom 358 Norma Magnums, with gorgeous wood, exquisite metal work, and accurate as hell, that is hanging heavy on your mind? ‘Post a lot more or put more posts in the classifieds?’ Neither. Just send me a list of all custom guns of which you need to relieve your soul. Cheap. By my theory, you own more than 10. Why not just make it (5) and graduate to the cognoscenti. I hear you and I’m here for you.... | |||
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I hope Medicare covers it :-) | |||
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Anyone with 10k post has way to much time spent on line ________________________________________________ Maker of The Frankenstud Sling Keeper Proudly made in the USA Acepting all forms of payment | |||
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How do I know haw many posts I have made? Is it displayed somewhere? NRA Life Benefactor Member, DRSS, DWWC, Whittington Center,Android Reloading Ballistics App at http://www.xplat.net/ | |||
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Mrs Biebs would probably pay for any institutionalization Mike | |||
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That is a highly guarded secret. But if you know the secret handshake... | |||
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Lower left corner of your post. | |||
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The numbers mentions could be accurate. except the 30000 post are mostly in the swamp. Some of those very active there. I think do not own any. | |||
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Biebs, I am still 7 years from Medicare. Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue. What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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CR shelton, you are good only about .3 per day Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue. What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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I have learned a lot of guns, knives, hunting and just stuff from ar. I don’t care about their post count. And I have not yet started reloading. I do miss gato. Mike | |||
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X2.... ------------------------------- Some Pictures from Namibia Some Pictures from Zimbabwe An Elephant Story | |||
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Mike and P dog, Thank you. Somehow , I had never read all that line on the screen. NRA Life Benefactor Member, DRSS, DWWC, Whittington Center,Android Reloading Ballistics App at http://www.xplat.net/ | |||
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I calculate I'm right at 2.0, give or take a little. Not ready for therapy yet. Maybe sitting in the waiting room. | |||
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I think the post count estimate for LGS level is far to low. These things tend to hit critical mass not much over 20 and the self multiplying effect takes over from there. | |||
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I'm only posting this so I can see how many posts I have. I guess I may have to make some adjustments before or after I post this, but if I'm one post away from where I go over the line and post again I will have to undo either a post or the gun count to match the number of posts. oh one question? do guns with stocks that look like a post count as a post or a gun? | |||
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okay I checked I'm between stocking a gun store and owning a gun, think I'm alright for another 10 years. | |||
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I've done thousands of posts. Strung them together with barbed wire. But my count doesn't reflect that. Excuse me while I go catch some butterflies with my internet. Have gun- Will travel The value of a trophy is computed directly in terms of personal investment in its acquisition. Robert Ruark | |||
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I just want to see my post count too. Seriously though, I do own more than 1/2 of a gun. | |||
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This is one of those “oh shit!” moments then for me! You have to add two zeros to the right of the above number! | |||
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Until we have an indoor range attached to the house, we are all amateurs... | |||
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If I understand this correctly you can have as many rifles you like if your postcount is between 100 and 30.000. | |||
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Saeed, You are not even close to Edmond but you did break 5 per day easy which does make you certifiable...but that is not really news is it? Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue. What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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I really do not know what to think. We just arrived this morning at an island in the Maldives. We have been here many times, so we are known! They give you a bicycle to use on the Iskenderun, and the bike has your name on it. Mine has WARNING! Instead of my name?? I asked why, and was told “there are a few people here who do not know you. So we are warning them!” | |||
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Your reputation precedes you Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue. What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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Yes, life is good between those two numbers. Enjoy it while you can before it’s too late. Beyond that, like Ray and some of the other posters on this thread, the sell-off begins. The cleaning out of safes and either making room for their next 100 rifles, or the quiet reduction of their collections to only their (5) basic/needed/favorite rifles for hunting. I am obviously in the over 1,000-posts category, so I simply haven’t gathered all of the rifles I ‘want’ (note ‘need’ was gone way past the magical 5-rifle battery!) Those mature rifle owners like Ray, et. al, have made it to the mountaintop and enlightenment, or Saeed who hunts with only one rifle/cartridge, his beloved 375/404. Amatuers like myself are still searching for the perfect rifle, the perfect cartridge, the perfect bullet weight, perfect velocity, perfect etc., etc. I figure by the time I have collected over 1,000 rifles, I will then begin the sell-off! But I will never sell my 404 Jeffery, 35 Whelen or 280 Rem. Life is good for now... | |||
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"Let me start off with two words: Made in America" | |||
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I just broke the 1000 mark! Good thing I did so I don't have to sell a bunch of guns! I suspect the post count more accurately corresponds with the time we want to spend on the site rather than out shooting!!!! This is proof I need to get out more! Zeke | |||
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I had to post just so i could check .... If you think every possible niche has been filled already, thank a wildcatter! | |||
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Ok the math checks out If you think every possible niche has been filled already, thank a wildcatter! | |||
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MileHighShooter, I taught mathematics for a living. Allow me to tell you what the numbers say. You are doomed/elated (depends on your life’s lookout) to acquire many more rifles, perhaps double, triple or dare I predict, quadruple your current battery. I suggest a second job, start buying lottery tickets, or marry into wealth. And for this free advice, I’d appreciate being in your will. No money please, just rifles... | |||
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Or just so old you have way to much time on your hands in a cold Idaho winter anyway. Summers are still spent roping that takes precident over shooting and guns, at least so far, but that too will come to an end by 2050 I suspect.. Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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So, Ray. Not being a horse person, I’m curious. At what age does a roper stop roping?! This sounds like an activity that has the potential to rearrange body parts and separate bones that were intended to stay together, even among the young. Healing has to be tougher, like you, at higher ages. p.s. Hearing of you selling off your rifles is depressing. But in a effort to assist a fellow AR member, have you any 358 Norma Mags? Cheap. | |||
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