<![CDATA[AlphaRomeo15 - All Forums]]> https://www.alpharomeo15.org/ Tue, 16 Jun 2026 07:37:11 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[Paging Rampy...]]> https://www.alpharomeo15.org/Thread-Paging-Rampy Fri, 12 Jun 2026 23:26:35 +0000 Towtruck]]> https://www.alpharomeo15.org/Thread-Paging-Rampy
My boss and I will each be in our own trucks hauling some sort of specialty items. I am not one to travel far and only agreed to go on this trip to help him out.....anyway, if you are nearby let me know.

We are loading in Folsom, Ca.  Monday morning. 

How is that drive across all that area...boring or decent?]]>
My boss and I will each be in our own trucks hauling some sort of specialty items. I am not one to travel far and only agreed to go on this trip to help him out.....anyway, if you are nearby let me know.

We are loading in Folsom, Ca.  Monday morning. 

How is that drive across all that area...boring or decent?]]> <![CDATA[Back in The Saddle Again]]> https://www.alpharomeo15.org/Thread-Back-in-The-Saddle-Again Fri, 05 Jun 2026 02:14:34 +0000 Rampy]]> https://www.alpharomeo15.org/Thread-Back-in-The-Saddle-Again
Spend almost a hour a week in the gym on the county fire department and after that….nope, not been in a gym since 2005 😬😬😬😬😬

In the rehab hospital I did enjoy the recumbent bike and resistance machine and drove the physical therapists crazy pushing so hard but never followed up with it 

Now I’m planning on starting out 3 days a week for 30 mins and working up to 1 hour and who knows from there 

Will be strange going on base to the gym as it’s full of military so we shall see if we stay on base or find a gym off base. On base is “free” just not sure what all they have as far as resistance machines so we shall see……

Trying the muscle supplements thing to help with building muscle since us old folks loose muscle mass and struggle to maintain & build it 

Protein 1-2 hours before going, hydration during (salts & minerals) & specially formulated recovery/repair muscle post workout and then a “snack” or meal replacement protein bar. Everything is low/zero carbs & zero sugars [Image: IMG-0796.jpg]]]>
Spend almost a hour a week in the gym on the county fire department and after that….nope, not been in a gym since 2005 😬😬😬😬😬

In the rehab hospital I did enjoy the recumbent bike and resistance machine and drove the physical therapists crazy pushing so hard but never followed up with it 

Now I’m planning on starting out 3 days a week for 30 mins and working up to 1 hour and who knows from there 

Will be strange going on base to the gym as it’s full of military so we shall see if we stay on base or find a gym off base. On base is “free” just not sure what all they have as far as resistance machines so we shall see……

Trying the muscle supplements thing to help with building muscle since us old folks loose muscle mass and struggle to maintain & build it 

Protein 1-2 hours before going, hydration during (salts & minerals) & specially formulated recovery/repair muscle post workout and then a “snack” or meal replacement protein bar. Everything is low/zero carbs & zero sugars [Image: IMG-0796.jpg]]]> <![CDATA[Need a leather holster for this Monstrosity]]> https://www.alpharomeo15.org/Thread-Need-a-leather-holster-for-this-Monstrosity Sat, 30 May 2026 20:10:13 +0000 Rampy]]> https://www.alpharomeo15.org/Thread-Need-a-leather-holster-for-this-Monstrosity
3” 19 carry comp with a red dot…had a trigger job done on her and it’s a huge incredible improvement, love the single action as well as double action 

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3” 19 carry comp with a red dot…had a trigger job done on her and it’s a huge incredible improvement, love the single action as well as double action 

[Image: IMG-0735.jpg]]]> <![CDATA[Kurt Schlicter]]> https://www.alpharomeo15.org/Thread-Kurt-Schlicter--2370 Sat, 30 May 2026 13:52:17 +0000 tommag]]> https://www.alpharomeo15.org/Thread-Kurt-Schlicter--2370 As always, he hits it out of the park with this piece on the reforming of the Republican party.
https://townhall.com/columnists/print/2676723
Hmm, that link takes you to print preview, just click back once for the article.]]> As always, he hits it out of the park with this piece on the reforming of the Republican party.
https://townhall.com/columnists/print/2676723
Hmm, that link takes you to print preview, just click back once for the article.]]> <![CDATA[School’s out…]]> https://www.alpharomeo15.org/Thread-School%E2%80%99s-out%E2%80%A6 Fri, 29 May 2026 21:50:50 +0000 srjdsmith]]> https://www.alpharomeo15.org/Thread-School%E2%80%99s-out%E2%80%A6 [Image: IMG-1957-Original.jpg]

Well, so. Today was the last day with students. I have to go Monday and close up my classroom. After 26 years of teaching, retirement drifts in pretty softly. Every year summer vacation ends the school year, but I guess I won’t really feel ‘retired’ until I don’t go back in August.

But, on paper, it’s official. Your boy is retired (…from 6th grade social studies. I’ll keep teaching college as an adjunct faculty).

I think I’ll hit the range on Tuesday.]]> [Image: IMG-1957-Original.jpg]

Well, so. Today was the last day with students. I have to go Monday and close up my classroom. After 26 years of teaching, retirement drifts in pretty softly. Every year summer vacation ends the school year, but I guess I won’t really feel ‘retired’ until I don’t go back in August.

But, on paper, it’s official. Your boy is retired (…from 6th grade social studies. I’ll keep teaching college as an adjunct faculty).

I think I’ll hit the range on Tuesday.]]> <![CDATA[[GOA News] Repealing The Hughes Amendment With Your Help!]]> https://www.alpharomeo15.org/Thread-GOA-News-Repealing-The-Hughes-Amendment-With-Your-Help Fri, 22 May 2026 21:43:39 +0000 Alphie]]> https://www.alpharomeo15.org/Thread-GOA-News-Repealing-The-Hughes-Amendment-With-Your-Help [GOA News] Repealing The Hughes Amendment With Your Help!

ABOLISH THE HUGHES AMENDMENT! GOA-backed legislation introduced by Rep. Jimmy Patronis repeals the Hughes Amendment, making post-1986 machineguns legal… Representative Jimmy Patronis has just introduced a GOA-backed bill: the “Firearm Freedom Act” This bill fully repeals the dreaded Hughes Amendment, which banned the sale of automatic firearms manufactured after 1986. The Hughes Amendment was an unconstitutional “poison pill” in the Firearm Owners Protection Act that should …
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https://www.gunowners.org/na052226/]]> [GOA News] Repealing The Hughes Amendment With Your Help!

ABOLISH THE HUGHES AMENDMENT! GOA-backed legislation introduced by Rep. Jimmy Patronis repeals the Hughes Amendment, making post-1986 machineguns legal… Representative Jimmy Patronis has just introduced a GOA-backed bill: the “Firearm Freedom Act” This bill fully repeals the dreaded Hughes Amendment, which banned the sale of automatic firearms manufactured after 1986. The Hughes Amendment was an unconstitutional “poison pill” in the Firearm Owners Protection Act that should …
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https://www.gunowners.org/na052226/]]> <![CDATA[[GOA News] GOA Fights Back Against Gun Bans, ATF Surveillance, and False Denials]]> https://www.alpharomeo15.org/Thread-GOA-News-GOA-Fights-Back-Against-Gun-Bans-ATF-Surveillance-and-False-Denials Fri, 22 May 2026 21:43:39 +0000 Alphie]]> https://www.alpharomeo15.org/Thread-GOA-News-GOA-Fights-Back-Against-Gun-Bans-ATF-Surveillance-and-False-Denials [GOA News] GOA Fights Back Against Gun Bans, ATF Surveillance, and False Denials

Here’s What YOUR Gun Lobby Did For The Second Amendment This Week! At GOA, we’ve been hard at work fighting for your Second Amendment rights, here’s what we did… We at Gun Owners of America have been hard at work fighting for your rights this week. Between filing a lawsuit in Virginia against the just-signed ban on commonly owned firearms, …
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https://www.gunowners.org/na051526/]]> [GOA News] GOA Fights Back Against Gun Bans, ATF Surveillance, and False Denials

Here’s What YOUR Gun Lobby Did For The Second Amendment This Week! At GOA, we’ve been hard at work fighting for your Second Amendment rights, here’s what we did… We at Gun Owners of America have been hard at work fighting for your rights this week. Between filing a lawsuit in Virginia against the just-signed ban on commonly owned firearms, …
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https://www.gunowners.org/na051526/]]> <![CDATA[[GOA News] Help GOA Make Machineguns Great Again!]]> https://www.alpharomeo15.org/Thread-GOA-News-Help-GOA-Make-Machineguns-Great-Again Thu, 21 May 2026 20:14:03 +0000 Alphie]]> https://www.alpharomeo15.org/Thread-GOA-News-Help-GOA-Make-Machineguns-Great-Again [GOA News] Help GOA Make Machineguns Great Again!

MAKE MACHINEGUNS GREAT AGAIN! GOA-backed legislation introduced by Rep. Lauren Boebert works to gut the NFA and make machineguns more accessible… Representative Lauren Boebert has just introduced her GOA-backed bill: the “Freedom From Taxes Act of 2026.” This bill reduces the $200 tax stamp on Machineguns and Destructive Devices to $0. This legislation helps to gut the National Firearms Act, and helps our lawsuit …
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https://www.gunowners.org/na052026/]]> [GOA News] Help GOA Make Machineguns Great Again!

MAKE MACHINEGUNS GREAT AGAIN! GOA-backed legislation introduced by Rep. Lauren Boebert works to gut the NFA and make machineguns more accessible… Representative Lauren Boebert has just introduced her GOA-backed bill: the “Freedom From Taxes Act of 2026.” This bill reduces the $200 tax stamp on Machineguns and Destructive Devices to $0. This legislation helps to gut the National Firearms Act, and helps our lawsuit …
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https://www.gunowners.org/na052026/]]> <![CDATA[[FPC News] FPC Asks Supreme Court to End Maryland's Public Carry Bans]]> https://www.alpharomeo15.org/Thread-FPC-News-FPC-Asks-Supreme-Court-to-End-Maryland-s-Public-Carry-Bans Wed, 20 May 2026 23:12:59 +0000 Alphie]]> https://www.alpharomeo15.org/Thread-FPC-News-FPC-Asks-Supreme-Court-to-End-Maryland-s-Public-Carry-Bans [FPC News] FPC Asks Supreme Court to End Maryland's Public Carry Bans

Maryland defied the Supreme Court. FPC is going to make them answer for it.

What: Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) petitioned the United States Supreme Court in Novotny v. Moore, seeking to strike down provisions of Maryland’s Gun Safety Act of 2023 (Senate Bill 1, 2023 Reg. Sess.), which imposed new bans on the constitutionally protected right to carry firearms in public. The district court previously ruled that parts of the challenged laws were unconstitutional, followed by the Fourth Circuit wrongly ruling that all provisions but the state’s “Vampire Rule” are constitutional.



http://www.firearmspolicy.org/fpc-asks-s...carry-bans]]> [FPC News] FPC Asks Supreme Court to End Maryland's Public Carry Bans

Maryland defied the Supreme Court. FPC is going to make them answer for it.

What: Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) petitioned the United States Supreme Court in Novotny v. Moore, seeking to strike down provisions of Maryland’s Gun Safety Act of 2023 (Senate Bill 1, 2023 Reg. Sess.), which imposed new bans on the constitutionally protected right to carry firearms in public. The district court previously ruled that parts of the challenged laws were unconstitutional, followed by the Fourth Circuit wrongly ruling that all provisions but the state’s “Vampire Rule” are constitutional.



http://www.firearmspolicy.org/fpc-asks-s...carry-bans]]> <![CDATA[I have no words]]> https://www.alpharomeo15.org/Thread-I-have-no-words Tue, 19 May 2026 13:33:08 +0000 tommag]]> https://www.alpharomeo15.org/Thread-I-have-no-words
Take your blood pressure medicine before reading this one.
https://freedomfortate.org/the-case/]]>
Take your blood pressure medicine before reading this one.
https://freedomfortate.org/the-case/]]> <![CDATA[[FPC News] FPC WIN: Second Circuit Strikes Down New York Public Handgun Carry Ban]]> https://www.alpharomeo15.org/Thread-FPC-News-FPC-WIN-Second-Circuit-Strikes-Down-New-York-Public-Handgun-Carry-Ban Mon, 18 May 2026 21:12:20 +0000 Alphie]]> https://www.alpharomeo15.org/Thread-FPC-News-FPC-WIN-Second-Circuit-Strikes-Down-New-York-Public-Handgun-Carry-Ban [FPC News] FPC WIN: Second Circuit Strikes Down New York Public Handgun Carry Ban

What: The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Firearms Policy Coalition’s (FPC) Christian v. James lawsuit that New York’s ban on firearms at all publicly accessible private property without the express consent of the owner (also known as the “vampire rule”) violates the Second Amendment. The court however also facially upheld the state’s ban on carry in public parks.



http://www.firearmspolicy.org/fpc-win-se...-carry-ban]]> [FPC News] FPC WIN: Second Circuit Strikes Down New York Public Handgun Carry Ban

What: The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Firearms Policy Coalition’s (FPC) Christian v. James lawsuit that New York’s ban on firearms at all publicly accessible private property without the express consent of the owner (also known as the “vampire rule”) violates the Second Amendment. The court however also facially upheld the state’s ban on carry in public parks.



http://www.firearmspolicy.org/fpc-win-se...-carry-ban]]> <![CDATA[10 mm PCC]]> https://www.alpharomeo15.org/Thread-10-mm-PCC Sun, 17 May 2026 17:05:15 +0000 srjdsmith]]> https://www.alpharomeo15.org/Thread-10-mm-PCC always get better velocity/energy than a pistol/handgun/shorter barrel. This seems not to be true for 10 mm ammo (and others). There’s a diminishing increase above about 10”-12”, right? Is it actually diminishing out to 16”, or just no appreciable increase?

But, it seems that one can reload with slower burning powder and get better performance out of carbine/rifle length barrels. There’s also a bolt & barrel combination that delays the blow-back.

But, then, where’s the advantage? if i need pistol ammo for my G20 (clone) and different, specially loaded rifle ammo for a PCC, what have I gained? If that’s so, i may as well build a 10 mm AR pistol instead of a PCC.

Thoughts?


(Oh. I’m specifically thinking whitetail deer hunting in Iowa.)]]> always get better velocity/energy than a pistol/handgun/shorter barrel. This seems not to be true for 10 mm ammo (and others). There’s a diminishing increase above about 10”-12”, right? Is it actually diminishing out to 16”, or just no appreciable increase?

But, it seems that one can reload with slower burning powder and get better performance out of carbine/rifle length barrels. There’s also a bolt & barrel combination that delays the blow-back.

But, then, where’s the advantage? if i need pistol ammo for my G20 (clone) and different, specially loaded rifle ammo for a PCC, what have I gained? If that’s so, i may as well build a 10 mm AR pistol instead of a PCC.

Thoughts?


(Oh. I’m specifically thinking whitetail deer hunting in Iowa.)]]> <![CDATA[AK47]]> https://www.alpharomeo15.org/Thread-AK47 Sun, 17 May 2026 13:59:33 +0000 olfart]]> https://www.alpharomeo15.org/Thread-AK47 [Image: AK47.jpg]]]> [Image: AK47.jpg]]]> <![CDATA[My daily affirmation]]> https://www.alpharomeo15.org/Thread-My-daily-affirmation Sat, 16 May 2026 13:20:17 +0000 tommag]]> https://www.alpharomeo15.org/Thread-My-daily-affirmation [Image: image016-3-copy.webp]]]> [Image: image016-3-copy.webp]]]> <![CDATA[[FPC News] FPC Files Federal Lawsuit Challenging Virginia Gun Ban]]> https://www.alpharomeo15.org/Thread-FPC-News-FPC-Files-Federal-Lawsuit-Challenging-Virginia-Gun-Ban Fri, 15 May 2026 05:58:57 +0000 Alphie]]> https://www.alpharomeo15.org/Thread-FPC-News-FPC-Files-Federal-Lawsuit-Challenging-Virginia-Gun-Ban [FPC News] FPC Files Federal Lawsuit Challenging Virginia Gun Ban

What: Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) filed a new federal lawsuit, McDonald v. Katz, after Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger signed legislation to ban so-called “assault firearms” and “large capacity” magazines. FPC is seeking a permanent injunction against the enforcement of the Virginia bans as well as other relief.



http://www.firearmspolicy.org/fpc-files-...ia-gun-ban]]> [FPC News] FPC Files Federal Lawsuit Challenging Virginia Gun Ban

What: Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) filed a new federal lawsuit, McDonald v. Katz, after Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger signed legislation to ban so-called “assault firearms” and “large capacity” magazines. FPC is seeking a permanent injunction against the enforcement of the Virginia bans as well as other relief.



http://www.firearmspolicy.org/fpc-files-...ia-gun-ban]]>