New motor for my vette...

Man sounds like you have been to hell and back over that vette

You know what they say about project cars though, they are never finished, usually though its not fixing other peoples mistakes.

Yeah, I'm about to the point where I just want it running so I can drive it somewhere and slap a FOR SALE sign on the damned thing. I'm sure I would get a better price for it running than I would if I had to tow it there.

IF it ever gets done, I'll just have to see how many bad memories are now associated with it. I know the last few times I saw it on the lift I felt kind of nauseous. Seeing the engine out again was definitely an unpleasant experience.

Wowzaa Rich....that is a NICE ride ! <G>

Ya I can imagine it would be hard to enjoy something that has caused so much pain and grief. SOOO when your done you can ship it up to me hahahaha

All joking aside sorry to hear its been such a pain in the butt. I have had cars like that where they were nothing but problems, I wanted to take my guns to a few of em.

Originally Posted by Allalaskan

Ya I can imagine it would be hard to enjoy something that has caused so much pain and grief. SOOO when your done you can ship it up to me hahahaha

All joking aside sorry to hear its been such a pain in the butt. I have had cars like that where they were nothing but problems, I wanted to take my guns to a few of em.

I haven't ruled that out neither. Fifty caliber API and incendiary rounds would probably make a mess of that blue plastic body......

Originally Posted by Rich Z

I haven't ruled that out neither. Fifty caliber API and incendiary rounds would probably make a mess of that blue plastic body......

Haha


Last summer we went out for a big shoot out. A buddy brought his 2 lb Black powder cannon and his brother donated a 94 Explorer. Needless to say, that thing was a "holy SUV" when we were done with it hahah. It was shot with every thing from a .22lr up to a 12 guage up to a .300 win mag and of course the Cannon haha. It was fun.

I would have a hard time though doing that to a Corvette lol.

Originally Posted by Rich Z

I haven't ruled that out neither. Fifty caliber API and incendiary rounds would probably make a mess of that blue plastic body......

Not to high jack this thread but do you have a Barrett 82A1? If so how do you like it?

Originally Posted by tsst

Not to high jack this thread but do you have a Barrett 82A1? If so how do you like it?

Well, actually I recently sold it. Matter of fact, I shipped it out to the buyer just yesterday. Haven't shot it for many years now. Bought it back in 1997 and it's spent most of it's life sitting in a vault.

It was fun to shoot, but it does wear you out pretty quickly. I honestly never put more than two rounds in the magazine anyway, as rapid firing this gun to empty a full magazine is just not something I wanted to try. The gun is BIG and HEAVY and quite honestly at this stage of my life (age) not any fun to try to lug around. Accuracy is not all that great because of the recoiling barrel assembly, so figure on 2 MOA at best.

Recoil is something you have to be aware of all the time when shooting one of these things. The muzzle brake helps a LOT, but it is still there. Feels like a big shove on your shoulder pushing you back about 4 inches. You HAVE to keep your face welded to the stock of the gun unless you want the back end of the scope imprinting above your right eye. A scope with substantial eye relief is a MUST.

I actually liked shooting the model 99 a whole lot more than the M82A1, even though it is a single shot rifle. And I also have a model 95 that I have never fired yet. So it's not like I got rid of all my .50BMG shooting arsenal...

Here's some old pics when I had the "family" all together. From front to back it's the model 95, model 99, and model M82A1.

Did it hold it's value well? I am seeing prices around $8000 - $10,000 around me

I did OK with the price I got for it.