Head Shops..... Not Just for Stoners anymore!

[chunkstyle]

I, for one, would enjoy seeing Strad give a tuba recital...

[hammAR]

Speaking of head shots.......

This March 18, 2010 photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows a Computerized Axial Tomography Scan (CAT) which shows the placement of a 14.5 millimeter high explosive incendiary round which was removed from the scalp of an Afghan National Army solder at the Craig Joint Theater Hospital, in Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.
(AP Photo/U.S. Air Force)

[DeanC]

high explosive incendiary round

IT BURNS... IT BURNS!!!

[FJ540]

............you mentioned in a thread recently that you spent time as a professional tuba player. That sure does give you some street cred.

In some areas of town it does...........

Edina?

[mrp]

............you mentioned in a thread recently that you spent time as a professional tuba player. That sure does give you some street cred.

In some areas of town it does...........

Edina?

Not Edina, Northfield.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddn3mrQkeuA

And if you have free time August 5-8:
http://vintagebandfestival.org/

[justaguy]

Yes. Thanks for pointing that out. I Have been a musician since the tender age of 8, (before actually) and have played Tuba professionally. I also played guitar and bass in an endless stream of "jam" type bands, Punk bands (in my highschool years) and folk rock groups. I will leave it to your imagination as to where I gained my second hand knowledge.

Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.

You know Stard I'm turning over a new leaf and shouldn't have question your resume. I'm sure those years from age 8 (before actually) to 16 were some pretty drug laden years. Mom and dad probably put some serious miles on the old mini van getting you to those birthday parties and bar mitzvah gigs. I also know a tuba player and boy does he have some stories about being back stage at those crazy tuba gigs. I'm glad you gave me half the battle.

[Ram-tastic]

The cool thing is the screens come in different sizes for bigger bores...

[DeanC]

I would guess you can also go the hardware store and buy some brass faucet screens.

Some guy has them on ebay $1/10 plus 75¢ shipping.

[John S.]

In brainstorming different ways to clean lead out of the barrel of my handguns, I remembered back to the Lewis Lead removal kid that Vlad has. The Lewis kit uses a jag and brass screens to remove lead, and it does a fine job. The only problem is that the kit is spendy, and the replacement brass patches are $5 for 10, plus shipping. It turns out that people use screens like this for their "tobacco" pipes. The folks in question put these screens in the bowl of their "tobacco" pipes to keep the "tobacco" from falling out or something to that extent. So with this in mind, I went into the local Head shop and wondered over to the "tobacco" smoking accessories section. They just so happened to have these brass screens in little packages of 14 screens for a dollar. I bought some and headed home to clean my revolver.

The screens worked great. They are fairly thin, so in order for them to work well I had to double up on them, but after only a couple of passes the barrel was free of lead. No lead on or around the lands, and everything was spotless. I picked up the 1" screens, but they usually stock 1.5" screens as well, and I think those would work a little bit better. Just a heads up for those who might want to give it a try.

Is wondering over what dope heads do or what?