I cannot reconcile the belief that we are a special species with a moral dimension.
Do other animals exhibit moral behavior thus indicating a moral dimension? If we are indeed just another animal and not a special species, I suppose there is no reason other human animals should not be...
Yes we are alone. Seriously.
You all will go to your graves without the discovery of evidence establishing life anywhere outside of this planet.
Why? Given the billions of other planets out there with conditions that could possibly maintain life there is better than an excellent chance...
1: yes, I got it when I realized how little I was carrying the Springfield U-C 1911.
I hear you there. I have Glock 27 which is a very potent little package yet still too large and bulky for comfortable pocket carry.
As much as I prefer the potency of the .40SW Speer Gold Dot 165gr...
230 grain "ball" is another name for standard fmj military fodder.
Thompson presently recommends only 230 grain ball for reliable function.
http://www.auto-ordnance.com/DL/WarningAmmoCard.pdf
Anyone can get lucky on a given shot so I don't put much weight on those stories. I once made a one shot kill on a Pronghorn at 641 paces with a modified 284 Win and killed a flying coot with a 22 pistol at about 40 yards. Pure luck.
I once hit a running jackrabbit at about 40 yards with a...
Read this at The Republic P-44
"After being reorganized as Republic Aviation, an order was taken from Sweden for the EP1-106, essentially a development of the P-35 with 20 inches added to the length of the fuselage. There were other minor changes, not easily spotted. Interesting enough, the...
I have never heard of the M1 Carbine described as particularly accurate but having trouble hitting a head sized target at 100 yards? Renrich, you sound like quite a good shot. Never having fired the M1 Carbine myself, though, I am ill equipped to offer a response.
It was never meant as an...
I posted a similar thread more than 4 years ago that may yield something interesting:
http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aviation/hawker-hurricane-mk-iib-vs-grumman-f4f-4-wildcat-1550.html
The link is busted.
I don't know but I bet 275mph is way too fast for that bird. I wonder if she could make 250mph.
A USAAF A-29 became the first USAAF aircraft to destroy an enemy submarine when it sank U-701 on July 7, 1942.
http://home.att.net/~jbaugher4/a28_17.html