Special Forces Fire Mini-Gun, Military War Dog Goes Ape-Shit

 @HugeFan  @Old PH2  @CK5150 We re lunatic militia fighters. Laded in Plymouth mid 1600's. There were 7 of us assembled, when a British ship rounded a bend headind round the rock towards Boston, one of my ancestors launched a canon and blew a hole into a british ship. That pissed them off. They deboarded, raided our farm (women and choldren fled to the forests) conficated some pigs and chickens and other supplies, then took back off round the rock. WE held our ground though. They were 60, we were 7. Later, we became army.....militia began...then organized...then became military.

 @Old PH2  @HugeFan I must have been channeling the Jimmy Buffet album A1A.  i'm a dumbass.  m1911 a1 is the proper model number.  

 @marbito11  @StormR  @JHR  @HugeFan If you ever doubt that God has a sense of humor, just look at a platypus. : )

 @StormR  @Old PH2  @JHR  @HugeFan

dont get me wrong. i hate people who torture and mistreat animals. however, i strongly believe that god put animals on this earth for our well being. fur makes us war, beef gives us nutrition etc... why would god make steak so delicious if he  didnt want us to eat it?

 @HugeFan  @CK5150 Not yet, my guess Is there needs to be some technical super ninja type shit from the Elves before they'll sign off on it.  

The 1911 I have from my grandad is a Remington too!  I guess they cranked out a shit load of  them.  Mine is mostly grey and rattles like an old beater pick up running down a potholed street!

 @HugeFan  @CK5150 Our Conversation was here:

http://sofrep.com/4329/dogs-of-war-part-one/

 @HugeFan  @CK5150 He actually had a web site but I can't remember it.  I do know he's located near Paris Tx.  Most of our conversation is on a thread that he posted about dogs here on SOFREP.

 @CK5150  @Old PH2 Goddamn! <said with the same emphasis as Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction, lots of staccato on the God part>

 @HugeFan  @Old PH2 We have a Red standard and when she was about 2 she got out the gate while we were on vacation.  Found her after two weeks.  She'd lived off the water at the golf course near by and judging by the row of rabbits she laid out back at the house a few days after, I know what she ate.  Keep in mind this is serious coyote, bobcat and javelina country.  That being said that fucking dog will eat ANYTHING left unattended to in the kitchen.  

 @HugeFan  @Old PH2 Love 1911's.  Really.  

 @CK5150  @Old PH2 Yeah, I would have laughed but Poodles are no joke... They are terribly smart and have pointy-ass teeth...

 @CK5150  @Old PH2 PH, do we have the all-inclusive forum up in the Team Room yet? We need to have a forum thread about these heirlooms and for that matter 1911's. :-)

 @Old PH2  @HugeFan you  can have one of my standard poodles.  Wicked smart.  and ridiculously athletic.  I grew up with Labs but they are hard to have in AZ with the heat.  

 @Old PH2  @HugeFan Both of my grandfathers were in S. Pacific.  My dad's dad was 6th Infantry (Sightseeing 6th!) fought in New Guinea, etc.  My mom's I don't really know as much about except maybe he was a combat engineer, but like I said, not sure.  It's his Remington-Rand 1911 A1A that I have.  Barrel is shot for the most part, but it functions just fine.  I'll have to ask my uncle exactly what my grandfather did.  I have several other 1911's so its not a priority. Good input on the topic. 

 @Old PH2  @CK5150 Do you get in touch with Mike via Comms Check? I've been interested/curious at finding something like that as well.

 @Old PH2  @JHR  @CK5150 "Three brothers rounded up and transported from Scotland landed in the Port of Charleston South Carolina in 1760.  Sold into bond by the government to pay for their transport and exile.  After about 3 yrs my direct forefather escaped into the mountains of Appalachia." Indentured servitude was a means for many of our ancestors as it turns out. My Irish-Scotch side came here that way. The Swedish/German half were farmers and Hessians(not sure if they fought for the right side or not, roots get blurry that far back). Meh, I like where I ended up. Think I'll stay... :-)

 @HugeFan  @CK5150 I'd love to get one of Mike's dog's, just need more green!  He only carries the best.  Nice thing is he has steered me towards looking at some local trainers that are more in my price range.  Shutzhund type dogs can be found about anywhere just gotta look for a reputable guy.

 @JHR  @CK5150  @HugeFan  My dad's family was still being oppressed by the Brit's around that time! : )

Three brothers rounded up and transported from Scotland landed in the Port of Charleston South Carolina in 1760.  Sold into bond by the government to pay for their transport and exile.  After about 3 yrs my direct forefather escaped into the mountains of Appalachia.  We lived there until moving North during the Great Depression.  

 @Old PH2  @CK5150 Yeah, that's a Simthsonian quality piece there bro. I think the most that I would do to it is clean it once a year(no more range days though) to check function and make sure it does have any rust/corrosion issues.

Wow, that's really something that you have there... looks like you might need to talk to Ritland about getting a Malinois to protect it... oh yeah, you're family too! :-)

 @CK5150  @HugeFan I have my grandad's 1911 too, learned to shoot pistol with it.  Saving it for my Nephews, they'll get it but I stipulate that it stays as is.  He wore that baby on the Beach of Iwo Jima, so it means a great deal to our whole family.

 @CK5150  @HugeFan  @Old PH2 that was pearl handled pistol...

 @CK5150  @HugeFan  @Old PH2 This how we roll. Back in the 16-1700's we had captain Bill in our familiy. He had a pear handled pistol, went to my uncle who kept it in a safe and it was stolen. Then 2 swords w/captains initials went to my Dad. My son, at age 7, became fascinated w/the swords (still is). My Dad said, take them outside, as my son was swinging them wildly in my Dads closet, my dad imagining all his suits cut to threads. We are outside and my son is playing war, stabbing the back lawn with the swords, running at the gtrapefruit tree and cutting off fruit. I say use them, but don't abuse them. Swords were cleaned and put away.

 @HugeFan  @Old PH2  Interesting point.  I have my grandfather's WWII 1911, which my uncle also had when he was in Vietnam.  For some stupid reason, my dad gave his back (the nerve).  But I struggle with "modernizing" it some so I can shoot it more.  Their are some guys around here that do incredible work on 1911's-so it can either sit in the safe with the other guns that get used or get prettied up and join the party.  

 @StormR  @Old PH2  @HugeFan  @marbito11 well, you better take the cell phone with you for back-up. Operation get Storm and friend out of underneath buffallo! BTW, The polar Bear rug Thor is giving me, its because the Polar Bear has such wild hair. Its not comfortable to touch:-) OUCH.Brissly

 @StormR  @JHR  @HugeFan  @marbito11 Now that's Friendship!  I'd want to be there under that blanket too.  If you've ever held one you immediately can see the value of them.  Pure practicality!

 @Old PH2  @JHR  @HugeFan  @marbito11

 My next door neighbor is an Elder.  When her husband passed, his tribe gave her a full adult Buffalo skin in his honor.  When she got back from the passing ceremony, her son put it on her bed.  I got a call at 6:00 am the next morning from her - she couldn't get out of bed because the Buffalo skin was too heavy.   Fortunately I have a key to her house, so I went over and took it off the bed so she could get out :)    The Buffalo robe is now safely put away someplace.  But she promised that if we get a big snowstorm and power goes out, I can come over and huddle under it too :).

 @Old PH2  @JHR  @marbito11 I know exactly what you mean. Grampa Ken, before he passed, gave me his knife that his crew bought him when he made Chief. I honed and sharpened the blade. He hadn't in years but that's what Alzheimer's does to people, he would have never deliberately neglected that blade. EVER. A friend mentioned that doing so destroyed it's "value". I know that he thought that he was being helpful but I told him that it didn't any value at all because it's an heirloom and therefore priceless. Period.

 @Old PH2  @HugeFan  @marbito11 Dang, I'd love to see that! I have allot of fake furs, a few real ones. Some bear rugs. My friend Thor has a polar bear rug for me, its an heirloom. He hates it. My friend, used to have a polar bear rug in the house, all 7 kids would haul it up to the 3rd story od an old farm house, drape it over the stair rails, then "ride ir down the windimg stair case", the would fight for head position:-) The Germans used furs to stay warm in Porsches (they are freakin COLD to drive-heating systems are bunk). We keep a spare old fake fur in all the old Porsches. They are awesome to keep warm.

 @HugeFan  @JHR  @marbito11 It was my great-great Grandfathers.  And I treasure it beyond it's real value.

 @Old PH2  @JHR  @marbito11 Very cool stuff...

 @JHR  @HugeFan  @marbito11 I have an old family heirloom that is a buffalo blanket that is felt backed for use as a lap blanket in the winter for open horse drawn sleds/ wagons.  I swear that skin must weigh 40 lbs.

 @HugeFan  @marbito11 Remember that reporter that got bit in the face when getting up close and personal to that dog she covering the story on? Man, its getting chilly here, I am going to throw on a fur:-) BTW, If I want a fur coat, I hunt my own, fair and square on our lands, within game wardens rules-PETA hop on that:-). Otherwise, I buy fake furs from the 1920's and 30's....they are WARM. The depression area knew how to make 'em......