A portion of the Appalachian Trail runs near a Zinc mine near
Palmerton, at the Lehigh Gap in north-eastern PA. For a good
half hour of hiking, one finds themselves walking among trees
so stunted that they are barely 20 feet tall… and already
50 years old. The landscape there was so blasted, and looked
so much alike in all directions, that I actually lost sense
of direction and ended up walking back the way I had come,
for a short time.
Yeah I bet, there’s a old quarry just across the street from me
it’s long closed but the stone wash concrete structure is still there,
showing it’s about 75-100 years old. sad thing was, they were
blasting and hit the water table, it was totally filled in a day.
It’s a private lake now that’s more than 50 feet down, there’s
still some of the digging machines still down there, piles of rust
I’m sure. The local prison uses it as a park for the guards etc.
They did quite a bit to clean it up over the years, I’d never
suspect it if it wasn’t for the 20 foot tall stone wash tower.
I think it was 1973, on a family vacation, we visited the copper mine outside
Ely, Nevada. At the time it was touted as the largest open pit copper mine
in the world (maybe mine of any kind, but after 50 years, I don’t really recall
for sure).
It was huge, and it’s only gotten bigger and/or deeper since. Of course,
Nevada doesn’t have nearly the trees and such that would reflect the
ecological damage like Gary mentioned is evidenced in Pennsylvania, and our
intrepid officers are probably about to witness in tomorrow’s strip.
There’s one near Indianapolis that’s still in operation that’s 5
times the size of the one next door and it’s still in operation.
I drove past it once and it’s so deep and wide my fear of falling
was triggered while I was on the road and in a vehicle!
Ah yes, the excited girl squeal! good idea guys, let them talk and get it
out of their system. I’m sure once the dust settles, you’ll all be very happy!
Cherry wants a big wedding?!? Ok Jami, stand back, say yes to everything,
and above all, KEEP SMILING! heheh…
Yeah, like said, ecological damage. I’m sure it’s going to look like death
rolled through, leaving nothing alive in it’s wake. Or a meteor strike at a
low angle. I still wonder what was on this planet that was so important,
they wrecked it for the inhabitants and future generations? I’m no
tree-hugger but, damn…
Everything I’ve read and seen, asteroid belts are common in just about
any planetary system, so why? Are they that lazy and small minded?
I hope Cherry doesn’t wear her ring, I never wore mine at work.
I worked with a guy that lost his ring finger because he was
wearing it and dropped a forklift counter-weight on his hand.
they saved his hand, but the finger was nipped right off.
When I worked in a steel warehouse post college, the rings
came off at the beginning of the shift and went in my pocket,
around the chapstick tube.
Went back on my fingers after work.
Looks like the LT has a stainless steel Winchester* rifle.
Way beyond carbine length.
*Or Henry, Marlin, etc. I’m just partial to Winchesters.
(I grew up deer hunting with a 1951 Model 94 in .30-30.
My older brother has it now, so I bought my own several
years ago, also a 1951 edition.)
Rob – I like Winchesters. It doesn’t mean I know all iterations. 🙂
Heck, I barely know the Model 94s, as seldom as I get to use mine.
I do know my 94 has no cap on the forestock, but I have no idea on
earlier or later models.
Also, I can’t blow the pictures up. The comic fits my screen side to side,
and no matter how much I change the resolution up, that won’t change.
Go down on the resolution and they’ll shrink, but not the other way around.
And that auction gun is purty. Thanks for the gun pron.
If the comic appears too small, right click on the comic, “Open in a
New Tab”, then left click on the image. That will bring it to its original
resolution and you can move it around using the scroll bars, mouse
wheel or keyboard arrows. It’s 1805 pixels wide and some ungodly
number of pixels long.
@Sam, @rob stanley,
I wouldn’t get too far into the weeds regarding the make/model of rifles
Capt. Harris and Kima are carrying. It is unlikely that the modeler knew
anything about firearms and thus was simply recreating a generic lever
action rifle. Most people know little about guns. I for sure couldn’t
tell you any more than that myself. I’ve never held much less fired a
lever action rifle and would be utterly unable to tell you which make
rifle I was holding. I was surprised that the characters were holding
lever action arms instead of a more modern semi-auto like an AR-15
pattern rifle. I’m sure the Catman has his reasons for issuing those
guys those rifles as opposed to ARs.
It’s pretty simple, actually. They don’t know what size predators there are.
The rifle is a .45-100 and the shotgun is loaded with 00 buckshot magnums.
Simple and reliable, and a 450 grain solid stepping out at 2200fps will
certainly ruin a large predator’s day.
Yeah, I guessed they were close to light artillery weapons,
the rifle looked either .45-.50 range. My son built his .50 beowulf
and that thing rocked him back onto one foot! Now he’s talking
about doing a .50 BMG… I’m going over here now….
What? Yes, behind that old bulldozer…
back to my post.. “stock art, generic.” and “IF” real, probably”,,,.
..”Guns, LOTS of guns.” . of lever action i have at least 9. ( not
including rolling locks, like the Sharps (Quigley down under movie))
AR-15 / M-16 – is a “Wounding weapon”,. not killing, hence why they
changed from the original ‘.308’ round. and so troops could
carry more ammo..
M-16A2 vs wild boar(200lbs) = 2 rounds in right shoulder,. 28 in
the skull, 27 of them just pissed it off.. the 28th pushed one of
the 27 far enough to finally kill it.. o.0
Yeah we went through that with a 1500lbs bull, .223 just
made him mad, my brother-in-laws .762 took the fight out
of the bull but didn’t down him, it took my son’s
.50 Beowolf to drop him.
My son’s is something of a collector, He’s got a lever
in .22LR and a older .308? Plus a M1 that he doesn’t
like much, he’s left handed and is complaining about
hot brass to the face/chest etc…
Adding to the off topic aspect of shooting semi-auto rifles
left handed, when we were kids my sister caught a shell in
the middle of the forehead from an M-1 Carbine, shooting
right handed. And I, shooting left-handed, have never caught
one in the head, from either an M-1 Carbine or an AR-15.
Weird.
Switching to pistol… My (now ex)Girlfriend got to close once
and took a .45 ACP brass down her blouse while I was playing
with my 1911. Range Master got a free show as she ripped
open her blouse trying to get it out.
A portion of the Appalachian Trail runs near a Zinc mine near
Palmerton, at the Lehigh Gap in north-eastern PA. For a good
half hour of hiking, one finds themselves walking among trees
so stunted that they are barely 20 feet tall… and already
50 years old. The landscape there was so blasted, and looked
so much alike in all directions, that I actually lost sense
of direction and ended up walking back the way I had come,
for a short time.
Yeah I bet, there’s a old quarry just across the street from me
it’s long closed but the stone wash concrete structure is still there,
showing it’s about 75-100 years old. sad thing was, they were
blasting and hit the water table, it was totally filled in a day.
It’s a private lake now that’s more than 50 feet down, there’s
still some of the digging machines still down there, piles of rust
I’m sure. The local prison uses it as a park for the guards etc.
They did quite a bit to clean it up over the years, I’d never
suspect it if it wasn’t for the 20 foot tall stone wash tower.
I think it was 1973, on a family vacation, we visited the copper mine outside
Ely, Nevada. At the time it was touted as the largest open pit copper mine
in the world (maybe mine of any kind, but after 50 years, I don’t really recall
for sure).
It was huge, and it’s only gotten bigger and/or deeper since. Of course,
Nevada doesn’t have nearly the trees and such that would reflect the
ecological damage like Gary mentioned is evidenced in Pennsylvania, and our
intrepid officers are probably about to witness in tomorrow’s strip.
There’s one near Indianapolis that’s still in operation that’s 5
times the size of the one next door and it’s still in operation.
I drove past it once and it’s so deep and wide my fear of falling
was triggered while I was on the road and in a vehicle!
Ah yes, the excited girl squeal! good idea guys, let them talk and get it
out of their system. I’m sure once the dust settles, you’ll all be very happy!
Cherry wants a big wedding?!? Ok Jami, stand back, say yes to everything,
and above all, KEEP SMILING! heheh…
Yeah, like said, ecological damage. I’m sure it’s going to look like death
rolled through, leaving nothing alive in it’s wake. Or a meteor strike at a
low angle. I still wonder what was on this planet that was so important,
they wrecked it for the inhabitants and future generations? I’m no
tree-hugger but, damn…
Everything I’ve read and seen, asteroid belts are common in just about
any planetary system, so why? Are they that lazy and small minded?
I hope Cherry doesn’t wear her ring, I never wore mine at work.
I worked with a guy that lost his ring finger because he was
wearing it and dropped a forklift counter-weight on his hand.
they saved his hand, but the finger was nipped right off.
When I worked in a steel warehouse post college, the rings
came off at the beginning of the shift and went in my pocket,
around the chapstick tube.
Went back on my fingers after work.
Looks like the LT has a stainless steel Winchester* rifle.
Way beyond carbine length.
*Or Henry, Marlin, etc. I’m just partial to Winchesters.
(I grew up deer hunting with a 1951 Model 94 in .30-30.
My older brother has it now, so I bought my own several
years ago, also a 1951 edition.)
so stock art, (free) which means a generic rifle.
but,, if real, probably a Rossi,.
Winchester: wrong butt plate, barrel rings in wrong spot,
sight to far forward, and no cap on fore stock.
https://picturearchive.gunauction.com/573/10982206/img_4970.jpg_thumbnail0.jpg
Rob – I like Winchesters. It doesn’t mean I know all iterations. 🙂
Heck, I barely know the Model 94s, as seldom as I get to use mine.
I do know my 94 has no cap on the forestock, but I have no idea on
earlier or later models.
Also, I can’t blow the pictures up. The comic fits my screen side to side,
and no matter how much I change the resolution up, that won’t change.
Go down on the resolution and they’ll shrink, but not the other way around.
And that auction gun is purty. Thanks for the gun pron.
If the comic appears too small, right click on the comic, “Open in a
New Tab”, then left click on the image. That will bring it to its original
resolution and you can move it around using the scroll bars, mouse
wheel or keyboard arrows. It’s 1805 pixels wide and some ungodly
number of pixels long.
.. (1805 x 3200) ..
@Sam, @rob stanley,
I wouldn’t get too far into the weeds regarding the make/model of rifles
Capt. Harris and Kima are carrying. It is unlikely that the modeler knew
anything about firearms and thus was simply recreating a generic lever
action rifle. Most people know little about guns. I for sure couldn’t
tell you any more than that myself. I’ve never held much less fired a
lever action rifle and would be utterly unable to tell you which make
rifle I was holding. I was surprised that the characters were holding
lever action arms instead of a more modern semi-auto like an AR-15
pattern rifle. I’m sure the Catman has his reasons for issuing those
guys those rifles as opposed to ARs.
It’s pretty simple, actually. They don’t know what size predators there are.
The rifle is a .45-100 and the shotgun is loaded with 00 buckshot magnums.
Simple and reliable, and a 450 grain solid stepping out at 2200fps will
certainly ruin a large predator’s day.
Yeah, I guessed they were close to light artillery weapons,
the rifle looked either .45-.50 range. My son built his .50 beowulf
and that thing rocked him back onto one foot! Now he’s talking
about doing a .50 BMG… I’m going over here now….
What? Yes, behind that old bulldozer…
back to my post.. “stock art, generic.” and “IF” real, probably”,,,.
..”Guns, LOTS of guns.” . of lever action i have at least 9. ( not
including rolling locks, like the Sharps (Quigley down under movie))
AR-15 / M-16 – is a “Wounding weapon”,. not killing, hence why they
changed from the original ‘.308’ round. and so troops could
carry more ammo..
M-16A2 vs wild boar(200lbs) = 2 rounds in right shoulder,. 28 in
the skull, 27 of them just pissed it off.. the 28th pushed one of
the 27 far enough to finally kill it.. o.0
Yeah we went through that with a 1500lbs bull, .223 just
made him mad, my brother-in-laws .762 took the fight out
of the bull but didn’t down him, it took my son’s
.50 Beowolf to drop him.
My son’s is something of a collector, He’s got a lever
in .22LR and a older .308? Plus a M1 that he doesn’t
like much, he’s left handed and is complaining about
hot brass to the face/chest etc…
Adding to the off topic aspect of shooting semi-auto rifles
left handed, when we were kids my sister caught a shell in
the middle of the forehead from an M-1 Carbine, shooting
right handed. And I, shooting left-handed, have never caught
one in the head, from either an M-1 Carbine or an AR-15.
Weird.
Switching to pistol… My (now ex)Girlfriend got to close once
and took a .45 ACP brass down her blouse while I was playing
with my 1911. Range Master got a free show as she ripped
open her blouse trying to get it out.
Thanks Bill, for reminding that not everything can be,
nor should be, direct from our experiences/world.
Gosh. I have lost track. Hi all.