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system: You are Fletcheror, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Airguns message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

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In a message dated 98-03-06 13:20:39 EST, you write:
<< -----------------------Great offer, but I wish you could stretch the
filesize to
 around 300K or so.  ld >>
If the picture justifies it. However, normally that much size isn't neccesary
for a web page picture. But, feel free to send me the graphic file I might
have to adjust the resolution a bit but that is easy. I currently have more
than 2 megs of extra web page storage so as long as that isn't used up, no
problem.
regards
dtf
system: You are Hamilton, Robert E,, Dmd, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Airguns message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

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Hi dtf:
     I don't have Crosman's but I will certainly recommend to any
Crosman-interested associates your book.   Nice work!    You perform a
valuable service to the hobby of airarms and I wish you good success
with your publications.   You are definitely THE Crosman expert!
Robert Hamilton
system: You are Keith, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Airguns message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Re: Crosman 160 Book first edition offer20:07:0003/06/98".

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> Hi dtf:
>      I don't have Crosman's but I will certainly recommend to any
> Crosman-interested associates your book.   Nice work!    You perform a
> valuable service to the hobby of airarms and I wish you good success
> with your publications.   You are definitely THE Crosman expert!
> Robert Hamilton
>  ----------

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assistant: Message-ID: <199803070036.SAA29678@mail.texoma.net>
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Sproinnng  Sproinnng  Sproinnngg   Proper airguns have springs in them.
But you allready knew that didn't ya. I just wanted to warn you to watch
out because their are folks out there that will try to slip you a Crosman
160 or QB22 to shoot when your not paying attention. Oh yeah if this
misfortunate should befall you just tell folks that new air gun is your
wifes.  :^)   Keith/tx
system: You are Fletcheror, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Airguns message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

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In a message dated 98-03-06 20:09:53 EST, you write:
<< Sproinnng  Sproinnng  Sproinnngg   Proper airguns have springs in them.
 But you allready knew that didn't ya. I just wanted to warn you to watch
 out because their are folks out there that will try to slip you a Crosman
 160 or QB22 to shoot when your not paying attention. Oh yeah if this
 misfortunate should befall you just tell folks that new air gun is your
 wifes.  :^)   Keith/t >
Well, in a way you are right, it is a bit disconcerting when the airgun
doesn't jump and vibrate like a proper airgun.  Lightweight, powerful,
recoiless, accurate  just isn't playing fair now is it. That they are
available at a fraction of the cost of a halfway decent sproing-gun makes
hem
downright anti-European.  Lets not even mention all that fun with spring
compressors, grease, etc that us American airgun shooters miss out on.
By the way, your right again. A new 160/QB22 from MAC-1 would certainly  be
appreciated by any wife, girlfriend, daughter.  With it actually being fun to
shoot she will want to join in on the fun. With any luck at all she will
tart
outshooting you and you might want to take a look at an Ultra-QB22 with a
Lothar Walthar barrel and special HD high performance bolt for 20 plus foot
pounds.
dtf
system: You are Larry Durham, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Airguns message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Re: Brainfart".

They wrote:
> ---Larry Durham <lhdurham@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Fletcheror wrote:
> >
>
> > > Just in case you don't have easy access to web page stuff, you, or
> anyone else
> > > can send me their interesting airgun graphic and an appropriate
> description. I
> > > will post it on a web page...
> > > dtf
> >
> > -----------------------Great offer, but I wish you could stretch the
> filesize to
> > around 300K or so.  ld
>
> Maybe Dean could reformat the picture to under 100Kilobytes?
> Seems like 50-100k is typical for a JPEG'd 640x480 pic. Mitch.
> _________________________________________________________
> DO YOU YAHOO!?
> Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
>
> --
>  (Mitch Haley)
>          AirPower Information Services BBS * 610-259-2193
>                      http://www.airpower.com
> FREE copy of 1st Reader! http://www.airpower.com/airpower.html

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Mitch Haley wrote:
system: You are Keith, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Airguns message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Re: Crosman 160 Book first edition offer01:15:0003/07/98".

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assistant: Message-ID: <199803070608.AAA16079@mail.texoma.net>
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Well, in a way you are right, it is a bit disconcerting when the airgun
doesn't
jump and vibrate like a proper airgun.  Lightweight, powerful, recoiless,
accurate  just isn't playing fair now is it. That they are available at a
fraction
of the cost of a halfway decent sproing-gun makes them downright
anti-European.
Lets not even mention all that fun with spring compressors, grease, etc that
us
American airgun shooters miss out on.
By the way, your right again. A new 160/QB22 from MAC-1 would certainly  be
appreciated by any wife, girlfriend, daughter.  With it actually being fun to
shoot she will want to join in on the fun. With any luck at all she will
tart
outshooting you and you might want to take a look at an Ultra-QB22 with a
Lothar
Walthar barrel and special HD high performance bolt for 20 plus foot pounds.
dtf
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Don't need any more of this kind a luck, thanks anyway. When I was a dating
the
missus I took her to the range one day amid the nah this go here or theres. I
finally got up the courage to hand her my Browning Medalist (I knew I loved
y
Medalist just wasn't real sure about her yet) an told her just take your time
and
see if you can hit the target. Blam   blam  blam blam blam blam no no take
your
time your not going to hit the target shooting fast. I did too I just wanted
to
use the bullets up so we could go on. Well we went to go have fun elsewhere,
center of the black was gone, Daddy took me shooting all the time...so been
there
done that. Keith/tx
system: You are Fletcheror, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Airguns message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

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In a message dated 98-03-07 01:13:39 EST, you write:
<< You guys are way over my head, I'm not very savvy on this
 stuff, but I'll send the pix to Dean, and he can do what he can with em.
 ld >>
And anyone else with what they think the group might be interested in
iewing.
Just try to send a file with extension of either .tif (prefered) or .jpg
ok),
and I'll do the rest. I also would like a short caption of what it is that we
are looking at and any applicable photo credits.
dtf
system: You are Airgun*Hq (Sm), a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Airguns message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "New Airgun file(s) released             04:01:0003/07/98".

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assistant: Today, Saturday 07-03-98, AirPower Information Services (1:273/408) released
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system: You are Jim Henry, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Airguns message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "ALLFIX error".

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assistant: That last message, announcing the latest release of the
FidoNews, was (obviously) a mistake.  I've just upgraded the file
processor to the latest version and there's a bug causing it to place
announcements in the wrong conferences.  Sorry about that!
Jim
system: You are Tim Mcmurray, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Airguns message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Re: Hi".

They wrote:
> airgun
> stuff on the net, I had no idea there were so many airheads, although
> they
> represent a whole range of interests from the formal target to the tin
> can
> shooters.   I hope to come by the shop and visit with you soon, if you
> are not too busy.  Best regards.   Dan Dolan

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Organization: Mac-1
Dan Dolan wrote:There certainly is a lot of
There is a toy gun and airgun collectors show tommorrow at the Santa Ana
Elks Lodge. 9AM to 3PM Sunday. 212 Elk Lane Santa Ana CA.  I'm gonna
make a fashionably late entrance sometime in the late AM. I'll see if
anyone else feels like checking it out. $5 is the entry. Tables are $40.
See ya there if you can make it.
Tim
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http://www.mindspring.com/~airguns/  Hours-M,Tu,F,Sa 11:00AM-6:00PM PST
13974 Van Ness Ave.                  Tim McMurray
Gardena, CA 90249 USA                mac1@concentric.net
system: You are Jim Henry, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Airguns message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "new mounting system for Field Targets   21:48:0003/07/98".

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assistant: Hey LD, I just wanted to thank you for the suggestion of the capping
blocks (or are they called topping blocks) to mount Field targets on.
We've decided to go in that direction and the prototypes look and
work great.  It's also a very inexpensive solution.  Whilew the blocks
themselves are costing us 90cents each, the block and hardware combo
works out to just $3.12 per unit.  We've bought our first 25 and when we
get them done we'll get 25 more.
This solution will allow us to vary the distance to targets much more
easily than we can now and it will also allow us to quick change them.
We will still be keeping the targets out year round but we'll constantly
rotate them into the shop for maintenance.  I know you said they could
be drilled in the field with acordless drill, but we're going to use the
club's machine shop and drill press to do them all at once - should be
quicker.
Watch the scores this year - we'll see if it makes a difference!
Jim
system: You are Airgun*Hq (Sm), a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Airguns message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "New Airgun file(s) released             22:08:0003/07/98".

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assistant: Today, Saturday 07-03-98, AirPower Information Services (1:273/408) released
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system: You are Gshweid@Bigfoot.Com, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Airguns message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Re: new mounting system for F           02:10:0003/08/98".

They wrote:
>
> --
>  (Jim Henry)
>          AirPower Information Services BBS * 610-259-2193
>                      http://www.airpower.com
> FREE copy of 1st Reader! http://www.airpower.com/airpower.html

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I don't know if you can help me or not, but I know that up until about a
week ago, I was not getting airgun list msgs.  I had unsubscribed some
week or two earlier. Then all of sudden I started getting them again.
And I CANT seem to stop them.
Please help if you can or tell me who can.
I have only my address of gshweid@pacbell.net, which is forward though
gshweid@bigfoot.com.  I have unsubscribed using both addresses, but to
no avail.
I am tiring of getting these unwanted msgs, because I read them from a
differnt source as part of use group.
Please let me know what I can do or who I can talk to.
Thank you.
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Gary Shweid                     Email -> gshweid@bigfoot.com
GBS Associates
PO Box 1416                     Ph. (650) 533-3734
Millbrae, CA 94030              Fax (650) 697-6272
system: You are Larry Durham, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Airguns message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Re: new mounting system for F           00:46:0003/08/98".

They wrote:
> Hey LD, I just wanted to thank you for the suggestion of the capping
> blocks (or are they called topping blocks) to mount Field targets on.
> We've decided to go in that direction and the prototypes look and
> work great.  It's also a very inexpensive solution.  Whilew the blocks
> themselves are costing us 90cents each, the block and hardware combo
> works out to just $3.12 per unit.  We've bought our first 25 and when we
> get them done we'll get 25 more.
>
> This solution will allow us to vary the distance to targets much more
> easily than we can now and it will also allow us to quick change them.
> We will still be keeping the targets out year round but we'll constantly
> rotate them into the shop for maintenance.  I know you said they could
> be drilled in the field with acordless drill, but we're going to use the
> club's machine shop and drill press to do them all at once - should be
> quicker.
>
> Watch the scores this year - we'll see if it makes a difference!
> Jim
>
> --
>  (Jim Henry)
>          AirPower Information Services BBS * 610-259-2193
>                      http://www.airpower.com
> FREE copy of 1st Reader! http://www.airpower.com/airpower.html

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Allright!  I was just reading some old  Airgun World Magazines, and there on
page 23 of the September 1991 issue is a description of these very blocks
(their debut in fact) for the State California  Championship, of which I was
the match director.    I had thrown in a "Joker" in that match as I said any
ties would be awarded the shooter that shot the most shots offhand .... the
top three shooters werent taking any chances, taking 90% of the shots
offhand, while  ole Steve Gibbons, he took 'em ALL sitting, as he wasnt
shooting to WIN, just do the best he could! A couple pages later is a
picture of me congratulating Steve Gibbons,  the winner.   Gofigure?   ld
Jim Henry wrote:
system: You are Phil Paskos, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Airguns message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Re: new mounting system for F           06:12:0003/08/98".

They wrote:
> Allright!  I was just reading some old  Airgun World Magazines, and there
> page 23 of the September 1991 issue is a description of these very blocks
> (their debut in fact) for the State California  Championship, of which I
> the match director.    I had thrown in a "Joker" in that match as I said
> ties would be awarded the shooter that shot the most shots offhand ....
> top three shooters werent taking any chances, taking 90% of the shots
> offhand, while  ole Steve Gibbons, he took 'em ALL sitting, as he wasnt
> shooting to WIN, just do the best he could! A couple pages later is a
> picture of me congratulating Steve Gibbons,  the winner.   Gofigure?   ld
>
> Jim Henry wrote:
>
> > Hey LD, I just wanted to thank you for the suggestion of the capping
> > blocks (or are they called topping blocks) to mount Field targets on.
> > We've decided to go in that direction and the prototypes look and
> > work great.  It's also a very inexpensive solution.  Whilew the blocks
> > themselves are costing us 90cents each, the block and hardware combo
> > works out to just $3.12 per unit.  We've bought our first 25 and when
> > get them done we'll get 25 more.

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on
was
any
the
we
I mentioned this idea to Rich Bassett who runs the shoots in Delran and he
is going to make up some of these for Delran. Delran is in N.J. and the
soil is very sandy,so this should help the stability and mounting of the
targets there a lot. I got so carried away I voluntered to help him set the
course the day before the shoot..
 Phil.P.
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user: You are replying to All about "Re: new mounting system for F           12:27:0003/08/98".

They wrote:
>
> Gary,
> -> I have only my address of gshweid@pacbell.net, which is forward
> -> though gshweid@bigfoot.com.  I have unsubscribed using both
> -> addresses, but to no avail.
> ->
> -> I am tiring of getting these unwanted msgs, because I read them from
> -> a differnt source as part of use group.
>
> Now I know what the problem is, you are having your mail forwarded.
> People, please remember to only read/subscribe/unsubscribe ONLY FROM
> YOUR REAL EMAIL ADDRESS!  Besides the trouble Gary is having, it's hell
> on me when someone decides to drop their account without the courtesy
> of unsubscribing from the list, I get deluged with bounces, and I can't
> trace the address to remove it from the list.
> In your case Gary, the LISTSERV logs only show unsubscribes form your
> bigfoot address, not your pacbell address, so you haven't unsubscribed
> from your pacbell account yet.  Now that I know that, I'll remnove you
> manually!  First though, please tell me from where else you are reading
> the AIRGUN.LIST?  Thanks.
> Jim
>
> --
>  (Jim Henry)
>          AirPower Information Services BBS * 610-259-2193
>                      http://www.airpower.com
> FREE copy of 1st Reader! http://www.airpower.com/airpower.html

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Jim Henry wrote:
I am reading what is called "Airgun" usenet.  This is from a local BBS
that gets echo or fido or something.  I log onto his BBS (Hints.com) and
read the msgs there.  I do not have Hints.com forwarded, so only
Pacbell.net is associated with bigfoot.com.
I am still confused as to why I started getting stuff again at
Pacbell.net after I had unsubscribed weeks before.
Anyway, please unsubscribe me.  Thanks
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GBS Associates
PO Box 1416                     Ph. (650) 533-3734
Millbrae, CA 94030              Fax (650) 697-6272
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It`s here!!  Chrono Tech Chronographs is proud to present their new web
page.  Please come see it at  www.airpower.com/chrontek.htm.  Tell
others and dare to compare!!
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Hi Keith:
    Yes, being a .177 steel spring fan, I have to be vigilent....don't
want to get slipped any wooden nickels or Crosman C02 airarms cunningly
disguised with a Weihrauch label :-).
Robert Hamilton
p.s.  I see Jim Maccari is considering developing a higher quality
Beeman R7/R8 mainspring.   It would be an ideal match with a Watts
custom spring guide (Paul Watts makes his spring guides to custom fit
the mainspring).   I'm interested, any other R7 or R8 owners interested
enough in a Maccari mainspring to "spring" for it (I'd guess approx $ 30
for just the spring......?)  The factory R## spring guides are pretty
sorry items.   A Watts custom guide runs somewhere around $25 and is far
superior!
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I have only received 2 messages (not including these) in the past 2-3
days....
Kerry
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assistant: Message-ID: <3.0.2.32.19980311143837.006bb7f8@alpha.wcoil.com>
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hi Jim, I got both tests, but that's all I have received for about 24 hrs,
Mike
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They wrote:
> >
> > just a test, I've had several inquiries about a possible problem with
> > list.
> > Jim

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the
I received both of your tests. I also received the info. on the AFFTA field
target nationals at the end of May. Anybody going?  Also is anyone out
there going to Damascus this Saturday? The weather is supposed to be O.K.
with near 50 degree tempertures. I'm definitely getting ancy about getting
to a match.
 I've been tinkering with the FWB-P70 lately. I've found that that gun
seems to like to be cleaned fairly often. I shot it 2 weeks ago and the
groups at 40 yds Plus where  all over the target. Last week after a
cleaning, they closed back up to the 3/4" group size. The patches were not
all that dirty either.
 Phil.P.