Cluttered and messy reloading bench
- Thread starter uncle jimbo
- Start date
fiver
Well-Known Member
L Ross
Well-Known Member
You got that right. And have your neighbor brag to his employees about some great shots he witnessed you make with a handgun. Berms and rails all over, silhouette targets clearly visible. Oh yeah, can you say deterrent?
KeithB
Resident Half Fast Machinist
When I was in high school in the mid-late 60s one of the teachers there was a mid 30s woman from a rural background who was an accomplished equestrian. Not a physically imposing woman but there was an air of don't-push-me-too-far about her. She lived in a older lower middle class neighborhood that had suffered from some rioting in previous years. The story I heard was that one day when tensions were a little high in the hood she went outside in her front yard and tied toilet paper strands from the limbs of a tree. Then she hauled out an 8' braided whip and proceeded to cut apart the TP into indiviudual squares. By the time she was done the noise had attracted a crowd so a lot fo people saw her little demo.
That summer some of the houses in her area were vandalized in various ways - she never even had any litter in her yard. Oh yeah, can you say deterrent?
That summer some of the houses in her area were vandalized in various ways - she never even had any litter in her yard. Oh yeah, can you say deterrent?
smokeywolf
Well-Known Member
Definitely agree with you there Rick. Locks keep honest people honest. Also, to some degree will encourage a BG to move on the the next house. If someone is determined to get into your house (or garage) they will do it. Security is a means of discouraging someone with bad intentions and buying time.
Same way a $1,000 safe might buy you 30 minutes and a $3,000 safe might buy you 90 minutes.
Same way a $1,000 safe might buy you 30 minutes and a $3,000 safe might buy you 90 minutes.
JWFilips
Well-Known Member
Many Years ago I used to do all the Photography for ICS (International Correspondence Schools) You may remember the ads in all those magazines ! They had many correspondence courses with a lot of hardware that went with it. ( I still have a bunch of tools from their gunsmith courses)
A good friend of mine who was a detective in Baltimore MD started telling me about these correspondence courses that were for "Be a locksmith" You guessed it the BGs would recruit people to take the "locksmith" courses! For about $1000 they were provideded with all the tools and knowledge to pick any locks! Make keys and whatever!
True story
A good friend of mine who was a detective in Baltimore MD started telling me about these correspondence courses that were for "Be a locksmith" You guessed it the BGs would recruit people to take the "locksmith" courses! For about $1000 they were provideded with all the tools and knowledge to pick any locks! Make keys and whatever!
True story
I remember those "be a locksmith" ads. Had the same thoughts when I read them. 
With the right training and some experience your not gonna keep them out. A few years before I moved here the Sargent Greenleaf mechanical lock on my gun safe stopped working. wouldn't open for nothing. Called a safe guy to come out and open it & replace the lock. This guy had the job done in 15 minutes while chatting with me & drinking coffee. A cordless drill, a bore scope and a couple of picks was all it took and there was zero damage to the safe. He said after drilling a hole in the lock for the borescope that one of the tumblers was hung up and not falling when it was supposed to. Had him put an electronic lock on it.
With the right training and some experience your not gonna keep them out. A few years before I moved here the Sargent Greenleaf mechanical lock on my gun safe stopped working. wouldn't open for nothing. Called a safe guy to come out and open it & replace the lock. This guy had the job done in 15 minutes while chatting with me & drinking coffee. A cordless drill, a bore scope and a couple of picks was all it took and there was zero damage to the safe. He said after drilling a hole in the lock for the borescope that one of the tumblers was hung up and not falling when it was supposed to. Had him put an electronic lock on it.
Gary
SE Kansas
Boy, that's a lot of Green! I have (4) Green presses (one is a T-7). My most recent is a RC2 in like new condition that's been in use since the last century. Zero "slop" in the Ram and paint intact.
smokeywolf
Well-Known Member
Have changed my mind about the bars on the garage windows. There's a bullet hole on one of the windows that face the street. Think I'll use shutters instead.
EDIT: Also, think I'll busy myself with other things for a while. It was very difficult for me to constrain myself from responding to a contemptuous and divisive insult in this thread. Pretty sure my response would have gotten me banned.
Not stomping off and slamming the door, just need to cool off.
EDIT: Also, think I'll busy myself with other things for a while. It was very difficult for me to constrain myself from responding to a contemptuous and divisive insult in this thread. Pretty sure my response would have gotten me banned.
Not stomping off and slamming the door, just need to cool off.
Last edited:
RBHarter
West Central AR
Knock on wood I haven't had anything stolen in a long time .
I grew up in a little desert Oasis town . In my 20s there were 2 murder suicides that ended with "the suspect was found in the desert about 30 yd from the vehicle dead . Cause is ruled a self inflicted gunshot wound ." Weird , but swift justice by conscience I guess . These little Arkie towns don't seem to have much tolerance theft . A trespasser is a criminal and if there is any threat it sounds like it's pretty much 3 S's or report a death and move along quietly .
I grew up in a little desert Oasis town . In my 20s there were 2 murder suicides that ended with "the suspect was found in the desert about 30 yd from the vehicle dead . Cause is ruled a self inflicted gunshot wound ." Weird , but swift justice by conscience I guess . These little Arkie towns don't seem to have much tolerance theft . A trespasser is a criminal and if there is any threat it sounds like it's pretty much 3 S's or report a death and move along quietly .
You sure it's a bullet hole? Could easily have been a rock thrown out from a lawn mower, happens. Look on the opposite wall and see if there is a bullet hole across from the window. John took out the rear window of my truck with a rock from a weed whacker, accidental of course but it does happen.
Gotta be referring to me. No contemptuous and divisive insult intended, simply calling it as I see it. Don't be so thin skinned.