Great to see some cadet love! I need to revisit that blue set up you done…
This is not bluing… Just rust removal. Bluing is a bit different. On that note, I was thinking about butying a book on the subject.
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Similar steam set up though wasnt it? …I will watch the videos soon
Yeah, videos will help 
But there’s a thread here somewhere about it too.
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“Well well, looks like we have a litlle bit of unlicensed firearm repair going on here Sarge. Book em?”
I had a bad week. 751 at Service Unrestricted. Ugh…
Made the mistake of going to our pistol club AGM, apparently I’m on the committee now… 
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pretty much how it happens for everyone. I have yet to meet someone who’s goal was to actually be on committee. Most do it out of necessity.
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…keeps minutes, wastes hours. Although a necessary evil.
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Been there done that…never again.
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Ohhh nooo… You’re fucked now, It’s the inevitable spiral slowly declining into politics, bullshit, and opinions of the self proclaimed entitled gods of the universe. Just make the most of & try to remember your next few shoots as they may be the last you really enjoy. 
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Thats pretty accurate…Combine it with a highway man president, who ignores the quorum of commitee who votes on motions…Also your shooting is not enjoyed like it once was…100%
Ive been on 3 club committees…one was ok, out of 3
These blokes are actually alright. Best part is that I get a key to the range!
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We get that…
Does a key allow you to shoot on your own? Or without an RO? Just watch out you dont get blamed for things…sometimes a key, puts a target on your back, for some. But good luck with it mate, sounds like your club maybe an exception…
Fuck you are jaded @MaxJon, ooof! All VAPA associated clubs in Vic (that I know, but I know a few) give members open access, i.e. ‘on your own’.
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…next time I see you, you are getting hugs!
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I was on my way up north and going via Perth, so made a slight detour to the arms and militaria show at the cannington showgrounds over the weekend.
Once i got inside it was mayhem! probably 400 people + packed into this little indoor gym area. I walked around with a few dollars burning a hole in my pocket, desperately trying to find something to buy.
Being such a draconian state replicas seem to be pretty big, one guy had quite a spread of older stuff, sten, grease guns, sks, etc etc but it was a japanese made replica of a car 15 that got my attention, the guy said it took some sort of caps and if i could find them the thing would function in full and semi Auto i had a play and yeah it was nice but not $2800 nice, he did have a Barrett m82 on the table as well, which seemed to be everyones highlight.
Anyway i ended up walking away with a loaded 5.56 stripper clip and some .45 dummys just because.
It seemed my day was going better than the guys next door 
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No, @MaxJon , no solo shooting due to couple of blokes in the past doing the wrong thing, minimum 3 people now. I’ve driven the 40 minutes in to attend a shoot only to sit around outside the locked range with a couple of other blokes and miss out because the bloke with the key was crook and didn’t turn up. That won’t happen now.
I had plenty of run-ins with pistol shooter tossers in the past but these blokes are not like that. No-one takes it too seriously, none of them go away to compete anywhere else. I just do it for shits and giggles and my young bloke gets interested every now and then. I usually do the working bee days and try to get there at least once a month so attending a few committee meetings shouldn’t be too difficult.
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Will you have a gun in your pocket for those hugs…
SSAA got to me…my old VAPA did open access too, but it wasnt easy…