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Old 02-19-2013, 05:45 AM   #21
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so any 7.62x51 in the 50 cal cans you want to get ride of
Sorry Bansil, no ammo for you! This stuff is impossible to get now, especially now with NY's "Safe Act"
BooHoo....I know the feeling

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Old 02-19-2013, 07:24 AM   #22
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I don't envy you all of that work.
I have found one of these to be worth every penny, they are a bit pricy. I've used mine many, many times and still going strong.


I'm sure the made in USA applies here.
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Old 02-19-2013, 01:50 PM   #23
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Roger the above ---If yer gonna mess with sheetmetal...ya gotta have a step drill.
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Old 02-20-2013, 06:55 AM   #24
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Thanks for the info guys. I always thought step drills were only for sheet metal, but after some googling they can actually go through 1/8" and even 1/4" steel! Lesson learned I 'll remember that for the rest of my project!
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Ok, so the big snow storm passed and I got some more work done on the bus today. I finished pulling the floor up.....what a P.I.A. !!



Here you can see better, the extensive damage to the crossmembers. It looks like I'll be taking them all out and replacing them with new steel.



That's some scary stuff there.
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You're just a big tease putting those ammo cans in the picture.
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Old 02-22-2013, 10:16 PM   #27
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You're just a big tease putting those ammo cans in the picture.
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Old 02-23-2013, 10:02 AM   #28
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Roger the Ammo Envy --- which reminds me...anyone else curious about what the Hell is going on with the Feds buying up most of the ammo on planet Earth for "non-military" agencies like Social Security? Mainstream media has once again avoided raising any questions so that only leaves us with a few fringe sources for any info at all. I'm not much on conspiracy theories, but this is just weird. Do a little digging and see what you think. Here are a couple of many such articles...

http://theintelhub.com/2013/02/08/co...ounds-of-ammo/

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Governm...-Of-Ammunition

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They are getting ready for the wheels to come off this economy.
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Old 02-23-2013, 01:19 PM   #30
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"Panem et Circenses"
When you add gun and or ammo control, you got'em (us) by the short hairs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_and_circuses

And remember...the sole purpose of the Second Amendment to the Constitution was not to insure hunters the right to hunt or homeowners the right to stave off intruders. Our Founding Fathers added that clause to insure that the American people would always and forever be able to defend themselves from the Government should it ever become so corrupt and out of balance that it no longer represented We the People.

Pretty wise and insightful guys, those Founding Fathers. Anybody here know of anyone currently in office that is equally as wise ?
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The conspiracy theories I've looked at over the years mostly didn't hold water but we'd all agree that handling a complete financial collapse of our country (or the world at large) would require a lot of ammo. The Geneva convention forbids military use of hollow point ammo so the intended use would logically be non-military targets.

OTOH, when ammo was dirt cheap I was able to burn through quite a lot of it without any effort at all. If I was one of the Federals and all my plinking was on the taxpayers dime I'd be likely to burn up way more yet. So, while I would put NOTHING past our lovely government, I'm not ready to start building a bunker in the back yard YET. I do, however, have quite a nice collection of those ammo boxes myself. Just sayin'
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Old 02-23-2013, 06:20 PM   #32
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What happen to the bus pics? I came here to forget about the sad sd of NY and the country for a while!
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Old 02-23-2013, 09:58 PM   #33
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Ditto guys, an unarmed people is a conquered people.
Sorry for the tease but that's my man cave! I have to squeeze all my goodies in there so the wifey don't kick me out!!!!!
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Old 02-23-2013, 10:01 PM   #34
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What happen to the bus pics? I came here to forget about the sad sd of NY and the country for a while!
You asked for it! Well the weather still stinks so I was browsing the net and came across these seats on Craigslist. The guy was asking $200 for them, I was able to chew him down and got them for $100. I was pretty psyched. I picked them up in your neck of the woods 100mpg, they were located in Dix Hills, Long Island.

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WOW! --- What a great find! Really good looking seats at a "steal" price. Nice score.
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Damn, I hope you at least bought him dinner first.
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NICE FIND!! I thought I got a killer deal on my seats but you've outdone me.
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Thanks. Although I think they may be too nice for my bus!!!!
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nice find!


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Old 03-06-2013, 07:52 PM   #40
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GAH! I didn't need the details! Thats is too close but hey, you got a heck of a deal. Did he have two more?
What were they out of? A custom van maybe?
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