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Alley_Oop Mod/Admin Admin
Posts : 15226 Join date : 2010-06-06 Age : 76 Location : Denton
| Subject: UhOh! Another New M1 Garand!!! Sat Oct 09, 2010 7:40 am | |
| Man she is gonna be pissed!!! My buddy taht owns the acreage 15 minutes or so west of me decided to sell one of his Mq Garands at the gun show in Fort Worth today. Well I happened to be out at his place yesterday afternoon to practice the grenade launching with him and he happened to mention that the garand I had been watching for the last few months was going to the gun show this morning in Fort Worth!!! I was pressed for time and wifey, daughter adn Gdaughter were all waiting on me to show for supper so I did not have enough time to finalize the deal but, I have the Mq Garand in my possession (in my gun safe now)! So, the chances of it ever going back to his house are slim to none!!! It is a SA of 42 vintage with a barrel that was reaplced in 54! The barrel is not a SA but that is so easy now to take careof as I have the barrel tool and the book with all specs for the Garand and carbine!!! I will find a barrel from SA one of these days that will be reasonable or I will get one that is shot out and have it glass beaded so my new Garand will technically correct!!!! I love it when a plan comes together!!! I will have to do something nice for him now that I owe him for this one!! I was shooting it (and that is what was making me late) and on iron sights at 220 yards hitting a metal target that is about 9"x12"! I did not take time to go see the groupings but I can tell you if it will consistently hit a 9x12 at 220 yards with iron sights, it ain't all shot out!! I just love this hobby! Now i got to figure out how to break the news to wifey and see what this will really cost me!!! LMOA! | |
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UncleFrank Honored Armed Service Member
Posts : 11868 Join date : 2010-07-25 Age : 74 Location : Commie occupied N.J.
| Subject: Re: UhOh! Another New M1 Garand!!! Sun Oct 10, 2010 5:30 am | |
| Very nice, you're in a lot of trouble boy. Wait till wify hears. LMAO | |
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Alley_Oop Mod/Admin Admin
Posts : 15226 Join date : 2010-06-06 Age : 76 Location : Denton
| Subject: Re: UhOh! Another New M1 Garand!!! Sun Oct 10, 2010 5:54 am | |
| I still have a couple of days. Went to mother-in-law's yesterday and did a day of pennance! Have a couple of chores that I will get done around here tomorrow and taking her and couple of the kids w/gkids to the state fair today in Dallas so I am trying to prepare her for the blow!!!! LMAO!! It may cost me a lot for these last twoas her BD is later this month. I feel like Halloween may be the most expensive yet!!! | |
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UncleFrank Honored Armed Service Member
Posts : 11868 Join date : 2010-07-25 Age : 74 Location : Commie occupied N.J.
| Subject: Re: UhOh! Another New M1 Garand!!! Sun Oct 10, 2010 6:07 am | |
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Alley_Oop Mod/Admin Admin
Posts : 15226 Join date : 2010-06-06 Age : 76 Location : Denton
| Subject: Re: UhOh! Another New M1 Garand!!! Sun Oct 10, 2010 6:12 am | |
| I may need it!!! LMAO! May need the dog house too!!!
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UncleFrank Honored Armed Service Member
Posts : 11868 Join date : 2010-07-25 Age : 74 Location : Commie occupied N.J.
| Subject: Re: UhOh! Another New M1 Garand!!! Sun Oct 10, 2010 6:18 am | |
| A bigger gift may work. LMAO Got to take wify shopping now, see you later. Enjoy the fair. | |
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Alley_Oop Mod/Admin Admin
Posts : 15226 Join date : 2010-06-06 Age : 76 Location : Denton
| Subject: Re: UhOh! Another New M1 Garand!!! Sun Oct 10, 2010 6:21 pm | |
| OMG! It has been over 40 years since I went to the Texas State Fair!!! Has it ever changed. WOW! The crowds were just unbelievable and the weather was just great. Fantastic time with one son and one daughter w/kids and others there! Rides, food, more rides and more food!!! My blood sugar is through the roof. I will not get to eat for another day or two!!! Fried frito chili pie! Sounds like yuck!!! I got to tell you I may have to get a deep frier to make this stuff in because that was some of the best I have ever eaten!! Fletcher's Corn Dogs!!! The lines to get to the original Fletcher's stand for one were over two blocks long. We sent one to the line and the others took kids riding and I went to get drinks for everyone and hold the fort at a table!!! Great lunch but again my blood sugar is in the stratosphere somewhere!! I am reluctant to test it cause it is so bad!! I will just take an extra pill tonight and not eat tomorrow and maybe by Tuesday it will be back where it belongs! Great time and over 220 acres of midway, rides carney games and exhibit buildings!! Don't even want to know what it cost me to do this cause I could have probably bought another M1 and had change left over!!! LMAO! I am worn completely out! And to top it all off, we got home in time to see the Cowgirls get their backsides handed to them on a silver plate by TN and found out the Rangers got their duffs kicked by the Rays! Oh well, there is always next year!!! | |
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UncleFrank Honored Armed Service Member
Posts : 11868 Join date : 2010-07-25 Age : 74 Location : Commie occupied N.J.
| Subject: Re: UhOh! Another New M1 Garand!!! Mon Oct 11, 2010 2:11 pm | |
| Sounds like a good ol' time. That's got to be one of the biggest fairs in the country,220 acres. I cant even fathum that size for a fair. | |
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Alley_Oop Mod/Admin Admin
Posts : 15226 Join date : 2010-06-06 Age : 76 Location : Denton
| Subject: Re: UhOh! Another New M1 Garand!!! Mon Oct 11, 2010 2:53 pm | |
| We took an electric scooter for wifey to ride as she has a bad knee! She is perfectly fine today and I am having trouble walking!!! Knees sore, calves really sore and I have not walked that far in I can't remember when!! Great time but I gotta tell you, that sob is spread out over a lot of territory. They have one of the aerial trams to go from one end of it to another without having to walk the whole thing. SO, you can start at one end and work your way back and forth across the thing arriving at the other end to then take the aerial tram back to where you started. Huge mother bear!!! I am glad it is over and I probably will not go back and bbother them again in this lifetime!!! LMAO! | |
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UncleFrank Honored Armed Service Member
Posts : 11868 Join date : 2010-07-25 Age : 74 Location : Commie occupied N.J.
| Subject: Re: UhOh! Another New M1 Garand!!! Mon Oct 11, 2010 3:27 pm | |
| Sounds interesting, I bet you wore your cowboy boots. Didn't you? Sounds like a pair of hush puppies would have saved you a lot of pain today. LMAO Yeah I know "TRUE TEXANS DONT WEAR NOTHING BUT COWBOY BOOTS!!!" Just saying...ROTFLMAOPMPX90 | |
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Alley_Oop Mod/Admin Admin
Posts : 15226 Join date : 2010-06-06 Age : 76 Location : Denton
| Subject: Re: UhOh! Another New M1 Garand!!! Mon Oct 11, 2010 3:37 pm | |
| Wore the ones that have the hand sewn scales of justice on the front of them! Don't leave home wihtout them!!! LMAO! It would not have mattered what I wore, I would still be sore as hell!!! LMAO! | |
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UncleFrank Honored Armed Service Member
Posts : 11868 Join date : 2010-07-25 Age : 74 Location : Commie occupied N.J.
| Subject: Re: UhOh! Another New M1 Garand!!! Mon Oct 11, 2010 4:29 pm | |
| You are probably right, that IS a huge endeaver. | |
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Alley_Oop Mod/Admin Admin
Posts : 15226 Join date : 2010-06-06 Age : 76 Location : Denton
| Subject: Re: UhOh! Another New M1 Garand!!! Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:12 pm | |
| I am just not used to walking multiple miles in a set period of time! I don't mind walking and I do walk a lot! However, I don't walk several miles at once without breaks in between!! Getting old is not for sissies!!! | |
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UncleFrank Honored Armed Service Member
Posts : 11868 Join date : 2010-07-25 Age : 74 Location : Commie occupied N.J.
| Subject: Re: UhOh! Another New M1 Garand!!! Tue Oct 12, 2010 1:21 pm | |
| I like getting old, it gives me hope. LOL | |
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Alley_Oop Mod/Admin Admin
Posts : 15226 Join date : 2010-06-06 Age : 76 Location : Denton
| Subject: Re: UhOh! Another New M1 Garand!!! Tue Oct 12, 2010 1:37 pm | |
| I got plenty of hope for you!!! LMAO!!! You are still a youngster!!! You aure you are out of diapers yet??? Or is it that you are going back into them now!!!! ROFLMAO!!! GGG!!! ROFLMAOPMP!! | |
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UncleFrank Honored Armed Service Member
Posts : 11868 Join date : 2010-07-25 Age : 74 Location : Commie occupied N.J.
| Subject: Re: UhOh! Another New M1 Garand!!! Tue Oct 12, 2010 1:58 pm | |
| Huh? why you old fart sac, you're just so jealous. Just cause you're older than mud, don't give you the right to criticize us young uns. LOL | |
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Alley_Oop Mod/Admin Admin
Posts : 15226 Join date : 2010-06-06 Age : 76 Location : Denton
| Subject: Re: UhOh! Another New M1 Garand!!! Tue Oct 12, 2010 4:04 pm | |
| Young Punks!!! That's what you'll are!! LMAOPMP!!! Ain't no way you'll ever gonna grow up!! GGG! | |
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UncleFrank Honored Armed Service Member
Posts : 11868 Join date : 2010-07-25 Age : 74 Location : Commie occupied N.J.
| Subject: Re: UhOh! Another New M1 Garand!!! Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:53 pm | |
| LMAO, I'm thinking all that cool air down there is affecting your judgement. Now settle down and climb into your pickle barrel and dont come out till you understand why you're in there. | |
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Alley_Oop Mod/Admin Admin
Posts : 15226 Join date : 2010-06-06 Age : 76 Location : Denton
| Subject: Re: UhOh! Another New M1 Garand!!! Tue Oct 12, 2010 6:16 pm | |
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UncleFrank Honored Armed Service Member
Posts : 11868 Join date : 2010-07-25 Age : 74 Location : Commie occupied N.J.
| Subject: Re: UhOh! Another New M1 Garand!!! Wed Oct 13, 2010 3:25 pm | |
| You never looked so good partner. Hmmmmmm. | |
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Alley_Oop Mod/Admin Admin
Posts : 15226 Join date : 2010-06-06 Age : 76 Location : Denton
| Subject: Re: UhOh! Another New M1 Garand!!! Wed Oct 13, 2010 7:58 pm | |
| All those boobs have affected your vision!!!! I understand!! LMAO! | |
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UncleFrank Honored Armed Service Member
Posts : 11868 Join date : 2010-07-25 Age : 74 Location : Commie occupied N.J.
| Subject: Re: UhOh! Another New M1 Garand!!! Thu Oct 14, 2010 3:32 am | |
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Alley_Oop Mod/Admin Admin
Posts : 15226 Join date : 2010-06-06 Age : 76 Location : Denton
| Subject: Re: UhOh! Another New M1 Garand!!! Thu Oct 14, 2010 5:18 am | |
| [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]What has been seen can never be unseen!!! Going totally blind! LMAO! | |
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UncleFrank Honored Armed Service Member
Posts : 11868 Join date : 2010-07-25 Age : 74 Location : Commie occupied N.J.
| Subject: Re: UhOh! Another New M1 Garand!!! Thu Oct 14, 2010 9:01 am | |
| Going totally bonkers!!! LOL | |
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