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"Did you also notice the weight retention was 98% for the A-Frame and 68% for the Partition???"
Yup.
And that would help.............how?
If the Nosler makes a hole clear through, it would not matter if it was a bit lighter.

Bullets holes kill, not bullets. I have 2 friends that have bullets in them right now, and have had them in their bodies since the Vietnam war. The bullet holes didn't get the job done.

And yes Ripp you are absolutely right about staying in shape. Old and unfit are not the same.

I am never going to be in the shape I was at 25 again, but I am still out climbing many of my young finds in their 20s. I tell them "you going to let this old bald man kick your ass -----again?"

When they catch their breath they usually say yes.
I do not delude myself into thinking I will be young forever, but I will promise you, I am going to do young-mans-things a lot longer than most other men of my age. I played rough when I was young and some of those old adventures are coming back to haunt me some, but I will not let them beat me yet. Some day I will run out of hours, but that's up to God. Until that time I will enjoy the life God gave me and do as much good as I can for as many people as I can and enjoy every hour I can. I have had 33 bone breaks and 4 wounds in my life, and I am still here. I figure God has more for me to do. Giving up is the same as surrender. I don't denounce those of my age (and younger) that give up, but it's not in my makeup. I have to live in this body until I die. (give THAT some thought) I should take care of it.

When I was in the Marine Corps I served with an Old Salt, a CWO 4, who was still in the Corps at 64 years old. He was a WW2 vet who landed on the first wave at Guadalcanal. He could still do a 1st class USMC P.F.T. (Physical Fitness Test) at that age, and he had been given wavers to extend his enlistment 3 times.

A USMC PFT is not easy, and only 9% of the Marine Corps could come in at 1st class. Most come in at 2nd class and the bottom 28% come in at 3rd class. He was one of them in the 9%, and he could do it at 64 years old.

At 64 they finally discharged him. 3 wavers was all they would give him. WW2, Korea and Vietnam. Combat tours too, no admin assignments for him in any of the 3 wars.

This was a VERY tough old man and not anyone a punk should pick on. That would be a VERY bad choice in the "victim selection process".

I admired him very much. He told me something I have lived by all my life.

He said " Sargent Zihn, you'll find it a lot easier to keep it than it is to get it back"

He was talking about staying in shape. He was 100% correct.

So when I say I am now old I mean it, but it may be as much a boast as it is a statement of fact.
Ask my collage age friends.

Edited by szihn (03/12/16 12:58 AM)

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