The Czickness XXXV.....Masks masks masks....Arrgh

[Leadeye]

Shot the 1902 today, works fine. The seller thought the rifleling looked worn, but they all look like that. Really just needed a cleaning, springs are still in good shape.

 

[Benp]

Don’t touch anything on that phantom! It’s the best one in the group.

I took the slide off and when the slide was off the guide rod didn't protrude. It looks like only when it is all together does it stick out a little. I took the guide rod out and was able to put it right back in without a problem, so I'm going to leave it be.

 

[churchmouse]

I took the slide off and when the slide was off the guide rod didn't protrude. It looks like only when it is all together does it stick out a little. I took the guide rod out and was able to put it right back in without a problem, so I'm going to leave it be.

Do not start messing with these parts Ben. Everything interacts to another part in some way. If you have to use force then something is wrong. Find out what that is.

If you think it needs to be shortened then something is wrong. Find out what that is.

"ALWAYS"

 

[Benp]

Words of wisdom in here as always. I listen of course. I have learned a great deal in here and continue to do so.
I'm thinking tonight will have a little bourbon in it to wind the week down.

 

[Leadeye]

Having some hurricanes with the gardener tonight, evening was nice, quiet and cool to sit outside. That pistol you guys are talking about sounds complex.

 

[wtburnette]

Drinking a delicious glass of Moscato at the moment. Might be my second glass...

 

[ChrisK]

I remember running a BBS with a US Robotics 2400 baud modem. It was the bad boy of it's day.

I had a US Robotics HST Dual Standard....man, I’m old....

 

[mcapo]

Words of wisdom in here as always. I listen of course. I have learned a great deal in here and continue to do so.
I'm thinking tonight will have a little bourbon in it to wind the week down.

Have you compared it to the length of a factory plastic err polymer one?

 

[patience0830]

Saw this on a car carrier today. '68 GTO wagon.

 

[KJQ6945]

My guide rod on my Phantom sticks out, the tactical is flush. Who knew.

 

[KJQ6945]

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Saw this on a car carrier today. '68 GTO wagon.

Pretty slick. And 73 Trans Am decals on the hood

 

[mcapo]

Saw this on a car carrier today. '68 GTO wagon.

That is a sight to behold! Sleeper!

 

[Benp]

Have you compared it to the length of a factory plastic err polymer one?

I haven't yet, but that's a great idea. Also I'm wondering if it will act the same with the stock barrel as well.

 

[Trigger Time]

I use Firefox for my personal use stuff. I have an FF account that lets me sync my bookmarks, etc to every machine where i have FF setup with that FF account. I'm sure there is some aspect to that which may be getting tracked, but Firefox is a pretty good browser for the many years I've been using it.

That said, as WTB said, browser and search engine are not the same thing. Just go into settings set your preferred search engine, and delete the others from the list or move around the preferences. By the way, the new Edge browser is now based on Chromium for those that are into that sort of thing. I use Edge for work, but not so much on the home side. Also, home page is a completely different thing than either search engine or browser and is also a setting that can be changed.



Some people take it a step further and do the personal VPN thing. I haven't gone there yet. My son's been using one. He's gotten concerned with privacy lately which is not a bad thing.

You can also do some stuff with browser extensions that block various facebook tracking etc. Some of those can have some ill effects so just watch for it.
I know Firefox has some of these available, I'm sure the other browsers have similar or settings.

Also, when you setup a new PC, actually read what the various privacy settings are when presented. Choose as you feel appropriate for them, and revisit if you like.



Yep, do the basics, and you should generally be good. Also, I'd add to this... don't reuse passwords (setup a vault and use generated passwords for different sites), protect your email account & bank accounts, etc for sure. If you reuse passwords you are relying on the least secure website you use that password on to protect all the rest. The criminals will get that password and then they will go to every site they can access and try and hit it with your account and that password. Guess what you reused it, and next thing you know they will have access to your more important accounts. Don't use phrases such as Colts#2020, etc. Password spray attacks use that stuff, even regional stuff to guess and crack passwords.

Often your email account is the way into everything else (via password resets, etc. Someone gets your email account, and it could be game over). Depending n who you use for email provider, most have various settings you can change to make the account more secure. Always have recovery information, such as phone number, etc associated with your consumer email account in case the account gets compromised and you need to get it back.

Protect what you care about with Multi Factor Authentication, preferably using an application such as Microsoft authenticator etc or I assume Google has one, I know there are others. Do not just use SMS text MFA. MFA will keep you from about 99% of the badness out there if you set it up correctly. SMS text message MFA can be spoofed.



Have you shot this gun yet? Just curious. I'm always hesitant to make a bunch of mods before I shoot something and see if it works before I make mods.



Facebook and Google are primarily advertising and info sales driven. Amazon is trying to sell everything and be in every business along with being a cloud provider. Microsoft has been more on the forefront of privacy and security if you follow the industry, but of course does own Bing so there is some tracking associated with that, but Bing is small compared to Cloud subscriptions, etc for them. Of course, Microsoft uses a lot of telemetry from their services to trend and deal with bad guys out there (doing more than most people know they do). But yes, follow the money, and actively try and protect your privacy no matter which ecosystem you use.

Yeah I need to sit down with some of you guys. I have smoke coming out the holes in my head from the overload lol

 

[Benp]

My guide rod on my Phantom sticks out, the tactical is flush. Who knew.

Awesome! Thanks for checking! This makes me feel much better about it.

 

[mcapo]

My guide rod on my Phantom sticks out, the tactical is flush. Who knew.

I think mine sticks out further.

 

[Trigger Time]

I'm so grateful that dial-up is gone.

Yeah porn sucked on dial up.

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[patience0830]

I think mine sticks out further.

Braggin' or complainin'?

 

[mcapo]

Braggin' or complainin'?

To quote the President:

It is what it is.

 

[Trigger Time]

I think mine sticks out further.