The Official Status Update Thread: Part 90 - HOME ALONe

[SEIndSAM]

Evening G23

 

[chocktaw2]

I think there are crazier INGOers who are unupervided.

True, but CT2 is an old guy, I have to watch him for premature senility!!

Who you talking about?

 

[chocktaw2]

Now where was I ?

 

[chocktaw2]

Oh yea, got the dishes done, now to take a s......

 

[Sylvain]

Who you talking about?

SnS, and others ...

 

[Suprtek]

I spent some time shooting my new crossbow in the backyard today. That thing is pretty impressive. I've never shot a crossbow before in my life and 3" groups shooting off hand at 20 yards seem to be no problem at all. I'd like to see what I could do at 50 yards from a rest.

 

[GLOCKMAN23C]

I spent some time shooting my new crossbow in the backyard today. That thing is pretty impressive. I've never shot a crossbow before in my life and 3" groups shooting off hand at 20 yards seem to be no problem at all. I'd like to see what I could do at 50 yards from a rest.

Nice shooting! I don't have a crossbow, but my compound bow is a good fill in for shooting when I can't make it to the range.

 

[SaintsNSinners]

Still cant get the castle nut off, still waiting on UPS with my RMR mount so here she sits..

 

[Sylvain]

Still cant get the castle nut off, still waiting on UPS with my RMR mount so here she sits..

That's the nut holding the flash hider you wanna remove?

 

[SaintsNSinners]

Yep sylvain

 

[Sylvain]

Yep sylvain

That's really annoying when you have the other part and you're only missing the proper tool to swap it.

Is it a castle nut like you find on the stock of an AR15 that would require a wrench like this but smaller?

 

[SEIndSAM]

I spent some time shooting my new crossbow in the backyard today. That thing is pretty impressive. I've never shot a crossbow before in my life and 3" groups shooting off hand at 20 yards seem to be no problem at all. I'd like to see what I could do at 50 yards from a rest.

Howdy Supr!!

Your one up on me, I have never shot a crossbow.

 

[Suprtek]

Nice shooting! I don't have a crossbow, but my compound bow is a good fill in for shooting when I can't make it to the range.

Thanks, but a quality weapon and basic shooting techniques deserve most of the credit. The thing that impressed me the most was the quality of the trigger. It was very smooth and much lighter than I expected. I figured the tension it was holding would make it fairly heavy but that wasn't the case at all. Also, being able to have some fun in the back yard without scaring the neighbors is pretty cool too.

 

[SEIndSAM]

What ya using as a backstop??? Is bails of straw enough, or do you need more??

 

[SaintsNSinners]

That's really annoying when you have the other part and you're only missing the proper tool to swap it.

Is it a castle nut like you find on the stock of an AR15 that would require a wrench like this but smaller?

Yep sylvain...


Needs a set of these.... I have a pair but my small children did something with them and for the love of me I cant find them..

 

[Suprtek]

What ya using as a backstop??? Is bails of straw enough, or do you need more??

I'm using a box packed tightly with a stack of newspaper. I have to make sure I'm shooting through the stack and not at the side of the stack. If I shoot at the side it would just separate the paper and likely go right through. Shooting through the stack at about 20 yards it penetrates 6 to 8 inches. I don't think a bail of straw would stand much of a chance against this beast. It shoots at about 320 fps, which is pretty fast for a bow.

 

[Sylvain]

Yep sylvain...


Needs a set of these.... I have a pair but my small children did something with them and for the love of me I cant find them..

Would a punch and hammer work to unscrew it and then use a pipe wrench to make it turn?

 

[Suprtek]

Yep sylvain...


Needs a set of these.... I have a pair but my small children did something with them and for the love of me I cant find them..

A good vice and a pipe wrench with a piece of leather wrapped around the castle nut will solve your problem if you can't find your tool.

 

[GLOCKMAN23C]

SnS, have you tried a strap wrench?

 

[SaintsNSinners]

Cant really wrap anything around it.....