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I'm glad you correctly omitted soy from the list.

Are you able to record the release pin speed on a modern phone ?


I've still got a fair way to go before it's ready for fine tuning, but I've seen video software that will do speed and trajectory calculations from footage far more basic than a current gen iPhone.
That said, when it's time to ...

Very nice job, Dave!

Mine is made almost exclusively from scrap (someone dumped a weightlifters squat frame outside my workshop!)

There is indeed a *lot* of energy in it, and that first test reveals that a 20mm mild steel main axle isn't going to cut it.

The plan is to use tennis balls filled ...

tim wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2026 2:13 pm I'm waiting for the "throwy-thing" to make an appearance, and the accompanying news article

First test of said "throwy-thing". Just 10kg counterweight (designed for 120kg).

The Phil Wang school of negotiation

tim wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2026 2:13 pm I'm waiting for the "throwy-thing" to make an appearance, and the accompanying news article

Something like "Scottish man decapitates himself in act of extreme stupidity"?

Did you shoot this stuff prone? My understanding of large calibre like that was you kick up a load of dust and muck if you are on the ground. Although perhaps your muzzle break sends it all sideways.


That's an issue if you're somewhere very dry and dusty and your life depends on staying hidden ...

How deep are the butts somewhere like that or is there just a huge open space ?


This was at a friend's farm. We were shooting at just short of 1km across a valley, using the opposite hill as the backstop
i presumed you’d only be able to shoot these sort of things at a proper range?!


You ...

They don't look like the hands of a man who works on his own car... :D

However, how many life lines do you have :o - you're going to live forever... :lol:

Looks like an awesome day out - I'll bet the noise was something else... 8-)


What can I say? Lots of swarfega and lots of moisturiser ...

Except, instead of yelping and attacking its owner, the Staffie, or whatever it was, would simply have disappeared, leaving only a slight hint of pink mist

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1202687176370823199/1485906427993391114/PXL_20260323_141139660.MP.jpg?ex=69c391b3&is=69c24033&hm=1d0bf5db53e5c4c6d9b77ad1af9fbb68367d594fecfb5595084a6858bd1e66e4&=&format=webp&width=882&height=662

Big holes in 3mm steel, more than half a mile away.

The ...

V8Granite wrote: Tue Mar 24, 2026 7:57 am How deep are the butts somewhere like that or is there just a huge open space ?

This was at a friend's farm. We were shooting at just short of 1km across a valley, using the opposite hill as the backstop

Let's see if any of these pics will post:
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https://media ...

There is a huge gulf between what is being said in public and what must be being said behind closed doors.

I largely agree with Rich that the conversation around the time of his appointment was probably something along the lines of "you'll have to hold your noses chaps, but Mandy is probably our ...

My simple homemade muesli:

Jumbo porridge oats. Spread half on a baking tray and toast. One measure raw, one measure toasted, one measure Lidl Special flakes crushed a bit. Add lots of dried fruit and crushed mixed nuts.

Soak in apple juice for a few hours for a bircher, have with yoghurt and ...

No problem. I'll PM you my address

(have sent message, but it seems to be sitting in my outbox - shout if you haven't received)

Hey Tim. Yeah I have a lathe.

For what you describe you might be better buying and repurposing something off ebay.

Something like this:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/223858040338?_skw=thumbnuts&itmmeta=01KK959YXR1RHBY8HRS7RAGWJ1&hash=item341efa9e12:g:hNgAAOSwXGBmOgLJ&itmprp=enc ...

I don't think there will be another Presidential election in the form we know it.

If the mid-terms can't be sewn up with dirty tricks (excluding women, ethnic minorities, blue states or whatever) Trump will come up with some flimsy excuse to cancel them (noises already being made about emergency ...

Wanna know what comes after Trump? Hard right Christian nationalism.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/03/us-israel-iran-war-christian-rhetoric

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/19/politics/douglas-wilson-pastor-pentagon-service-christian-nationalism

Which is arguably even more ...

On a slightly more serious note, I'm seeing Trump's rowback on Minnesota as potentially quite good news for reasons beyond the obvious.

I think it means he's had a big fat fuck off from the stooges he's put in charge of the military. Something I also suspect was behind the spontaneous and ...