Funny pic/gif thread...

Rusty in Montana said:
Hu , you know as well as I do they don't have a bayonet lug on a drilling gun ha ha

I'd love to own one but I'll never have enough money to get one now .
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Always wondered why they called the over/under rifle and shotgun combo's drillings but not an over/under shotgun. I always kinda wanted one and had I got the right six numbers I might have. I did own a few over/under shotguns and the last one was great. Not expensive, a Browning, but it fit me right. That thing came up on target and quicker than a snake!

Hu
 
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RickLafayette said:
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Reminds me of flying Delta. They started off as a crop dusting company in the Mississippi delta and they are still flying some of those planes! I got on a Delta in Dallas bound for New Orleans. Last leg of a trip to Hawaii. I happened to get a seat over the wing and once we were in the air I looked down at the wing. I didn't mind the tape covering about half of the wing. What bothered me was the loose bolts and welds so bad that I wouldn't have climbed in a bateau on the bayou with welds that looked like that!

I kept a careful eye on things in case I needed to tell the crew the wing was in immanent danger of falling off. I also made a solemn vow to never climb on another Delta without doing my personal walkdown!

hU
 
ShootingArts said:
Always wondered why they called the over/under rifle and shotgun combo's drillings but not an over/under shotgun. I always kinda wanted one and had I got the right six numbers I might have. I did own a few over/under shotguns and the last one was great. Not expensive, a Browning, but it fit me right. That thing came up on target and quicker than a snake!

Hu
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The three barrel gun was originally a German design. Drei translates from German to English as three.

The gun pictured earlier in this thread is a vierling, German for quad.
Quite versatile, including the .22 Hornet up top, a pair of 8x57 rimmed, comparable to 8mm Mauser/30.06 and a 20 gauge on the bottom.

Beautiful weapon!
 
ShootingArts said:
One of those guys just fooled himself in Yosemite. He made it to the top then was moving supplies. They think he rappelled further than he had rope which I have to admit must have caused a cartoonish "oh she-eee-it" moment on the way down.

Hu
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That was the account from his brother or climbing partner. One lapse and it's over. Fatigue, sneeze whatever.
That's the legit view...
 
jimmyco said:
Rope?
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Bear in mind that I don't know jack about climbing but from what I gathered he was free climbing but he had rope so he could climb without his supplies getting in the way or unbalancing him. He had reached the top then was rappelling down to his supplies. I think the plan was to spend the night at the top and go back down the next day.

This was a difficult climb but I think not the first time he had made it and he had made more difficult climbs or been one of the first to make certain climbs.

Just what I remember from a couple articles I read a few days ago. Can't swear to their accuracy or mine. From the picture what he had was a skinny rope, less than 3/4". Been decades since I have seen climbing rope but it was much heavier than what was pictured. The main article I read was a bit confusing. Apparently what they found indicated he had made the climb, now was moving supplies up.

I don't know. Incredible what all the radical sport guys do now, but a fair amount die here and there too. I was watching motorcycles a day or two ago and it reminded me that it was a huge deal about the time I was considering motorcycle racing, just to land front wheel first without being an instant crash! That was radical about 1970!

Hu
 
ShootingArts said:
Bear in mind that I don't know jack about climbing but from what I gathered he was free climbing but he had rope so he could climb without his supplies getting in the way or unbalancing him. He had reached the top then was rappelling down to his supplies. I think the plan was to spend the night at the top and go back down the next day.

This was a difficult climb but I think not the first time he had made it and he had made more difficult climbs or been one of the first to make certain climbs.

Just what I remember from a couple articles I read a few days ago. Can't swear to their accuracy or mine. From the picture what he had was a skinny rope, less than 3/4". Been decades since I have seen climbing rope but it was much heavier than what was pictured. The main article I read was a bit confusing. Apparently what they found indicated he had made the climb, now was moving supplies up.

I don't know. Incredible what all the radical sport guys do now, but a fair amount die here and there too. I was watching motorcycles a day or two ago and it reminded me that it was a huge deal about the time I was considering motorcycle racing, just to land front wheel first without being an instant crash! That was radical about 1970!

Hu
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Climbers call it "line", I think that was his point.
 
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