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In a message dated 98-04-13 21:28:45 EDT, you write:
<<  A subscription to One Cylinder Short, the magazine that reflects the
 goals of ACI.
 - A really boffo bumper sticker that says, "This car should be banned."
 Call: 1-800-BAN-CARS. Have a credit card ready. >>
Interesting that you make the analogy between cars and guns. That is the same
argument that the HCI is making. See their web page about licensing and
registration of handguns (http://www.handguncontrol.org/about-main.htm) Their
point is to treat guns essentially the same way as we treat cars. Cars are
registered to the owner. Guns should be registered to the owner. Drivers of
cars are licensed, shooters of guns should be licensed.  Why treat guns any
less serious than cars?  Fascinating, I thought you would be dead set against
all that. Or is the licensing of drivers and registration of cars all part of
some secret agenda to ban cars?
dtf
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Mike,
I don't rightly know if they hes SER-X, but I kinda doubt it ... mabe
"competitors"?
ld
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Jon,
Trumpet repairpersons use a suitibly sized ball bearing driven through the
tube to remove dents, I am told that it works very well.
Rob Prosio
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Dear Ron,
Nicely done! (but your still a Copycat!):
Subj:  Re: Ski's for toys! Schumer,Feinstein,Brady Where are you?..
Date: 98-01-06 17:51:18 EST
From: PROPERTOOL@aol.com (Propertool)
Sender: root@airpower.com
Reply-to: AIRGUN.LIST@airpower.com
To: AIRGUN.LIST@airpower.com (Multiple recipients of list AIRGUN.LIST)
Hi folks,
If you haven't heard, Con. Sonny Bono was killed on a ski slope monday,as
his
was the second high visibility death in as many weeks, I feel that I must
erk
my knee up and respond.
At the risk of alienating the skiers on this list (of whom I am sure their
re
many) I feel that something MUST! be done. Also, I am in a perfect position
o
initiate this
campaign as I myself have no interest and certainly no knowledge of this
inherently
dangerous and obviously Deadly so called sport.After reading about these
deaths
my immediate (my knee is quivering here) gut feeling is that nothing short of
total elimination of skiing will make this country safe once again.That can
e
accomplished over many years of legislation and subtle public brainwashing
through
the media and in our schools and universities. The following are some of my
suggestions to get this started:
Turn your ski's in to your local "Ski's for toys" program (you'll feel
etter)
Write your con. suggesting the registration of very short ski"s
Urge regulation of ski's capable of high velocity and any modifications for
that purpose
Limit importation of ski's that look mean in any way
Ban so called "Ski Patrol Killer " ski wax
Ski wax should be manufactured with an abrasive of some sort ( slower is
better for now)
Discourage the teaching of proper skiing techniques in the home and schools
I won't sleep til this country is safe from ski's :)
Rob Prosio
S.C.I. Ski Control Inc.
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I spend a good deal of my time developing my sarcasm and irreverance, I would
be upset if we were not on the same side!!!   :)
Rob Prosio
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>
> Mike,
>
> I don't rightly know if they hes SER-X, but I kinda doubt it ... mabe
> "competitors"?
> ld
> -------------------------
> Reames wrote:
>
> >  Ld, I agree, I have to really think about what he's saying, and I think
> > it's serious, not a joke.... He has a real history about him, wish he
> history buff, Scottish too..... D'ya think he is also ser.x too? Maybe
> they're brothers!  Mike

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Larry Durham wrote:
ere
on the list... I'll bet he's an older gentleman, or at least a
Mike,
Why don't you E-mail him and tell him that if he gets on the list I'll
donate his prescription cost. I think rgf rules and ser x is a bad copy.
Larry thought it was some atempt at artificial computer airgun
inteligense. I don't rightly know what the heck it is but I know when I
read it I laugh a lot and that's worth the price of admission. The ser x
stuff leaves me head cocked. Jiberish.
Later
Tim
PS rgf rules (:<)
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>
> In the course of playing with and tuning the Tau 200 rifles, I have
> come
> across some quirks
> that I will share with you.
>
> The above mods all pertain to my PC conversion, using "hydro-tested
> components" and no more than 2250psi.  If you need help with any of
> the work, or further explanations, email me at:  lhdurham@mindpsring.com
>
> ld

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Larry Durham wrote:
Since it turns out that this is not the drop in that we originally had
thought it would be. If anyone has a problem with any of the systems
that have already been shipped they can send in the gun and we can tune
it for them. Probably be around $30 labor and we see some guns with a
lot of potential and some guns that don't so the performance that you
want might come easy and in some cases it comes real hard. So service on
these will have to vary somewhat. But the gun needs the valve spring,
valve body mod and spring preload adjust and/or spring replacement.
We have stock on systems ready to ship but as described if you haven't
got the ability don't buy the kit. We are going to change this from a 3
to a 5/10 on the difficulty scale. Sorry if we got anyone over thier
head. If it goes in noproblem. I'll send four washers out with each kit
and we found if you put the preload washers in front of the spring it
adds hammer weight and often the factory spring will work with 1-4
washers. The problem as ld stated is we find a variety of set-ups on
these guns like they were set at different power levels and porting
levels from the factory. So we don't know yet what to expect. No
patterns are developing that I can detect. Time will tell. Anyway if
their are anymore out there that want the conversion now is the time
cause they are in stock and ready to ship.
Thanks to ld
Tim
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Jon,
 Get it Out?  I didn't know that you wanted to get it back out!!.:)  (maybe
you can blow it back out with air. Air hose).
Rob P.
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>
> How do they get it out, or do they have the simplicity of the trumpet
> part
> being a thru-tube?
>
> The Benjamin tube is only open at one end, though if you had all the
> special tools you could take the valve apart.  Quite a mess to get
> apart
> and together without the correct tools (read: single purpose - not
> available at Sears.)  Then you could drive the ball bearing back out
> that
> way - through the small air inlet hole in the valve body.
>
> I like your idea.  I'd hard solder a rod to the proper size ball
> bearing.
> There might be a problem getting it started as the tube tends to
> narrow
> slightly at the barrel end.  It's worth a try.
>
> Jon
>
> >Jon,
> >Trumpet repairpersons use a suitibly sized ball bearing driven
> through the
> >tube to remove dents, I am told that it works very well.
> >Rob Prosio

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Jon Jenkins wrote:
I use drifts with steps that you can use to back up tube while you get
to smack it. Pound it back to factory specs is what some guy always says
when I'm beating something. On that model you can use the piston guide
if you file it afterward. Most are alloy and you'll trash it some but it
will do the job. Brass is best.
Later
Tim
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> Interesting that you make the analogy between cars and guns. That is the
> argument that the HCI is making. See their web page about licensing and
> registration of handguns (http://www.handguncontrol.org/about-main.htm)
> point is to treat guns essentially the same way as we treat cars. Cars
> registered to the owner. Guns should be registered to the owner. Drivers
> cars are licensed, shooters of guns should be licensed.  Why treat guns
> less serious than cars?  Fascinating, I thought you would be dead set
> all that. Or is the licensing of drivers and registration of cars all
> some secret agenda to ban cars?
> dtf

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same
Their
are
of
any
against
part of
Am I the only person who remembers the old days when if you wanted to sell
a gun and you found a buyer all you had to do was hagle price and agree on
payment and the deal was done. i bought a sweet shooting Ithica skeet gun
that way and sold it 2 years later for what I paid for it on a Browning
Lightning grade skeet gun that I still own and never shot as well as that
old Ithica. Skeet and trap shooters in this area are many and the dealing
went on weekly. It was great.
 The business of drawing parrallels with cars is skewed because many of the
laws having to do with them exist as revenue raising devices only. To
maintain the roads only of course.
 Phil.P.
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>
> Jon,
> Trumpet repairpersons use a suitibly sized ball bearing driven through
> tube to remove dents, I am told that it works very well.
> Rob Prosio
>
>

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the
In thin walled brass yes. In a rifled steel barrel, I don't think so.
Phil.P.
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In northern CA, when we shoot off it is
chickens on the ram line.  Turkeys
sounds so... easy.
What were the scores for the any sight match?
Rich Hume
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Phil,
Dean S. had originally wanted to remove a dent in the pump tube as I recall,
not the barrel! ( same procedure with barrel dent of course, just have to hit
the bearing ALOT harder!! :)
Rob P.
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FR>Interesting that you make the analogy between cars and guns. That is the
>argument that the HCI is making. See their web page about licensing and
>registration of handguns (http://www.handguncontrol.org/about-main.htm)
>point is to treat guns essentially the same way as we treat cars. Cars are
>registered to the owner. Guns should be registered to the owner. Drivers
>cars are licensed, shooters of guns should be licensed.  Why treat guns
>less serious than cars?  Fascinating, I thought you would be dead set

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Thei
f
ny
agains
Cars are more dangerous than guns.  You have no right to a car.  You
do have a right to a gun.
In spite of the fact that there are more guns than cars, virtually
every automobile related death occurs by accident, while most operators
of those vehicles are trying to handle an inherently dangerous machine
as carefully as they can, or at least not intentionally trying to cause
harm.  Yet, there are 40,000+ accidental auto deaths annually versus
about 1500 accidental firearms deaths in this country.
�
Virtually all (except 1500) of the 35,000 firearms deaths are the result
of deliberate intentional human action.
Thinking of the children now, about 290 children die annually in the
U.S. due to firearms accidents.  Compare that to 3700 in automobile
accidents, or 1200 in swimming pool accidents.
The evidence is clear : firearms, which we have a RIGHT to, are
inherently safe.  Automobiles, which we have NO right to, are
inherently dangerous.
I have no problem regulating automobiles.
 * 1st 2.00 #9525 * if guns cause crime then  cameras cause pornography
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dtf:
    reread the spoof.....you miss the point.
Robert Hamilton
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FR>Where's the cut line here. You state that 3700 dead = dangerous and 290
>safe. Where do swimming pools fit in?  1200 dead, a little dangerous or a
>little safe?
FR>It is a bit stunning to hear a seemingly rational person state that
>ANYTHING, that causes  290  children a year to die is inherently safe? Are
>really ready to stand on that?

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y
Perhaps I should have said relatively safe?  Since I already stated
in a previous that even one child's death is too many, I had assumed
you would retain that and assimilate it with my later message.
Simply stated, since there are many more firearms than swimming pools,
yet many more children are killed in swimming pool accidents than
firearms accidents, we can conclude that firearms are much safer.
So, would you support registration of and licensing for swimming pools?
 How about a waiting period?
 * 1st 2.00 #9525 * Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.
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FWIW, I'm running Netscape (latest version, I forgot) on a Win95 through
Concentric Network.  I've had no problems with the forum at all.  If I
understand it correctly AOL uses a form of cacheing that messes with Tom &
Edith's forum reload.  I'm sure someone can give a better description.  I
would
suspect it's an AOL conflict.  I would check there first.
WJS/wi/usa
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I worry that I'd end up re-sizing the whole tube with the ball bearing idea.
Then where do I get an oversize pump piston assembly?  :<)
Dean Speidel
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Rich,
Here it is again( same as last time):
ANY SIGHT PISTOL
MW,      Larry Durham        36     Morini, Leop 10X, Prem 7.9
1st,         Paul Compegna     36     IZH46,  Leop 6-20X
2nd,        Norm Holmiller     35     FWB 102, RWS 2-7X
3rd,        Tom Krutch           33     IZH46, Leop 6-20X
Joe Haddad                         23     MKI/LD, Tasco 4-16X, .22
Meisters
Tim McMurray                    22     Crosman MKI/LD, 3-9Leop, .22
Meisters
R. Shames                           22     Dz 747, Bush 4-12X, Prem 7.9
Alex Newton                       15     Dz 717, 3-9 Tasco
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Has anyone else had a problem at AGF with page having a black background and
just Topics listed, no text at all and no names of posters!!! I had the
foresight to download AOL 4.0 last night and haven't seen the forum since.
Other web pages seem fine, any body got a fix before i call AGL ?
Rob P.
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They wrote:
>  Phil,
>  Dean S. had originally wanted to remove a dent in the pump tube as I
> recall,
>  not the barrel! ( same procedure with barrel dent of course, just have
> to hit
>  the bearing ALOT harder!! :)
>  Rob P.

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Whoops! Whole different deal. Just to fill those people in who might be
curious, If you take a hardened steel pin .250" in dia. and drill a hole in
mild steel the same dia. the pin should slide in the hole with some slight
resistance. Make the hole .249 (.001) smaller and you can with some effert
drive the pin in the mild steel. Lots of luck getting it back out. Make a
hole .248 dia. in the steel and in won't go in with a multi ton arbor
press.
 By the way,is anyone out there going to Hermando for the National FT
Championship at the end of May?
Phil.P.
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Ugh.  I did it again!  I hope my boss doesn't find out I can't get my replies
to the
right address.  We support and install internet mail systems and this kind of
stupidity will probably reflect poorly in my review ;-(
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In a message dated 98-04-19 02:08:05 EDT, you write:
<< This gun was
 built special for Dean Fletcher (the Crosman historian). He has an extra
 big soft spot for the QB's since they are a copy of his favorite crosman
 160 and he has a book coming out soon that chronicles the QB project
 from the beginning. >>
This is a heck of a gun. I really like the looks with the heavy RWS hooded
front sight and the Beeman Peep works just fine. The extra weight of the
extension tube makes the handling of the Ultimate QB77 completely different
than a stock gun and I found it just about perfect for target work. The
trigger is one of the best ever on any 160, much better than the one on the
QB22. This baby is a tack driver and one of the most consistant guns I have
ever worked with. Haven't been able to get a real full charge into yet, but I
will and am looking forward to taking 350-400 shots between fillups. Gotta go
down to the local airgun shop and pick up a couple cartons of Premiers I'm
running out.
Great job Tim!
Thanks
dtf