Alex C.

Parents are on vacation so I am house sitting. Had Columbus Day off and decided it was time to get the old 1929 Model A running again. We bought this car out of a barn in Arkansas for 5k back in 2006.
 
Cleaned her up real nice too, as there was a thick layer of dust of it. Really the simplicity of these cars is mind blowing and it is very apparent that they were designed so that even isolated people in the most rural pockets of America could order a part and fix the thing themselves:
 
 

 
 
 
Having to manually retard and advance the timing is pretty neat, and a reminder of how far things have come:
 
 

 
 
This model is a Business Coupe, and does have a rumble seat ensuring that passengers are just a bump away from death:
 
 

 
 
 
Also, ever wondered why we call the area behind the cabin where you put stuff a trunk (in the USA at least)? Because cars used to have a literal trunk behind them where you could put your spare fedora and Thompson:
 
 

 
 
 
 
Really it isn't hard to appreciate how far we have come in the way of automobiles and you can see how much difference a decade of development makes if you go from a 1919 Model T:
 

 
 
To the Model A featured above, then to a 1939:
 

Parents are on vacation so I am house sitting. Had Columbus Day off and decided it was time to get the old 1929 Model A running again. We bought this car out of a barn in Arkansas for 5k back in 2006.
 
Cleaned her up real nice too, as there was a thick layer of dust of it. Really the simplicity of these cars is mind blowing and it is very apparent that they were designed so that even isolated people in the most rural pockets of America could order a part and fix the thing themselves:
 
 

 
 
 
Having to manually retard and advance the timing is pretty neat, and a reminder of how far things have come:
 
 

 
 
This model is a Business Coupe, and does have a rumble seat ensuring that passengers are just a bump away from death:
 
 

 
 
 
Also, ever wondered why we call the area behind the cabin where you put stuff a trunk (in the USA at least)? Because cars used to have a literal trunk behind them where you could put your spare fedora and Thompson:
 
 

 
 
 
 
Really it isn't hard to appreciate how far we have come in the way of automobiles and you can see how much difference a decade of development makes if you go from a 1919 Model T:
 

 
 
To the Model A featured above, then to a 1939:
 

Parents are on vacation so I am house sitting. Had Columbus Day off and decided it was time to get the old 1929 Model A running again. We bought this car out of a barn in Arkansas for 5k back in 2006.
 
Cleaned her up real nice too, as there was a thick layer of dust of it. Really the simplicity of these cars is mind blowing and it is very apparent that they were designed so that even isolated people in the most rural pockets of America could order a part and fix the thing themselves:
 
 

 
 
 
Having to manually retard and advance the timing is pretty neat, and a reminder of how far things have come:
 
 

 
 
This model is a Business Coupe, and does have a rumble seat ensuring that passengers are just a bump away from death:
 
 

 
 
 
Also, ever wondered why we call the area behind the cabin where you put stuff a trunk (in the USA at least)? Because cars used to have a literal trunk behind them where you could put your spare fedora and Thompson:
 
 

 
 
 
 
Really it isn't hard to appreciate how far we have come in the way of automobiles and you can see how much difference a decade of development makes if you go from a 1919 Model T:
 

 
 
To the Model A featured above, then to a 1939:
 

I once filled up a johnson with 7.5 French as it was in a sleeve next to a 30-06 box at a good sized shoot with a lot going on. Took about 5-10 minutes of banging to try and get the damn thing out.
After this, Nate goes "NATO standardization saved us from a lot of this kind of thing I reckon".

I once filled up a johnson with 7.5 French as it was in a sleeve next to a 30-06 box at a good sized shoot with a lot going on. Took about 5-10 minutes of banging to try and get the damn thing out.
After this, Nate goes "NATO standardization saved us from a lot of this kind of thing I reckon".

I once filled up a johnson with 7.5 French as it was in a sleeve next to a 30-06 box at a good sized shoot with a lot going on. Took about 5-10 minutes of banging to try and get the damn thing out.
After this, Nate goes "NATO standardization saved us from a lot of this kind of thing I reckon".

Crozier was such a dickweed.
Source: the New York Times, General Wood, The Secretary of War, Winchester, Remington, Congress, The House Military Committee, and presumably every American who went into battle with a Chauchat.
 
The best part must have been when Crozier called Lewis out for being greedy/a profiteer... and then he sent the USA millions of dollars back as promised.
Oh, or when the board of inquiry regarding Lewis essentially told Crozier "motherfucker, you called us together because he doesn't like you? What kind of grade school bullshit is this?"

I always run leaded stuff in older engines for valve lubrication/preventing valve seat wear. He also mentioned it running hotter than hell, so the 100LL likely prevents detonation (as he said he can only run it for 15 minutes before it overheats).

You know, that would not be too hard to make. Might be a fun project and video (charge your iPhone with a machinegun or some shit).

I have three yugo 98s that I bought for $220-250 over the past 2 or 3 years and they are all in excellent shape. I also have a beautiful Czech 98 I bought for $300 two years ago with all the accessories and stuff. That is one of the reasons I like 98s: they are very cheap for what they are. Buying a WWII Kraut Mauser 98 for casual shooting is just foolish, as they offer no advantage over a czech, yugo, etc.
 
But out of curiosity, what real world situations are you talking about? I cannot imagine one where a lever action outshines a Mauser 98 outside of a cowboy action shooting event.

I can't help but feel accomlished after reading the comments on that video that reference my review. That was a hard, expensive, and long test, but very worth it.

I can't help but feel accomlished after reading the comments on that video that reference my review. That was a hard, expensive, and long test, but very worth it.

I can't help but feel accomlished after reading the comments on that video that reference my review. That was a hard, expensive, and long test, but very worth it.

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Stamp and 922r parts/stock came in for my 805. God damn this thing looks cool:
 
 

 

 

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So I tested the fuck out of the R51 Gen 2. Don't buy one.
 
I also ran 810 rounds through a Galil ACE. Buy one immediately.

Few spoilers on the R51 test:
Jammed first round.
Wont handle steel.
Failure rate of about once every three mags (mag cap is 7 rounds)
Doesn't like 115 grain

That's wrong. You are clearly biased and want to slander Remington's good name. You are just doing it for clicks. Who are YOU, anyway?