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This is posted on Castboolits, thought it was a great post. "All of these folks put their careers on hold to keep us free. Yes it was a GREAT GENERATION. Stewart Hayden, US Marines and OSS. Smuggled guns into Yugoslavia and parachuted into Croatia. James Stewart, US Army Air Corps. Bomber pilot who rose to the rank of General. Ernest Borgnine, US Navy. Gunners Mate 1c, destroyer USS Lamberton. Ed McMahon, US Marines. Fighter Pilot. (Flew OE-1 Bird Dogs over Korea as well.) Telly Savalas, US Army. Walter Matthau, US Army Air Corps., B-24 Radioman/Gunner and cryptographer. Steve Forrest, US Army. Wounded, Battle of the Bulge. Jonathan Winters, USMC. Battleship USS Wisconsin and Carrier USS Bon Homme Richard. Anti-aircraft gunner, Battle of Okinawa. Paul Newman, US Navy Rear seat gunner/radioman, torpedo bombers of USS Bunker Hill Kirk Douglas, US Navy. Sub-chaser in the Pacific. Wounded in action and medically discharged. Robert Mitchum, US Army. Dale Robertson, US Army. Tank Commander in North Africa under Patton. Wounded twice. Battlefield Commission. Henry Fonda, US Navy. Destroyer USS Satterlee. John Carroll, US Army Air Corps. Pilot in North Africa. Broke his back in a crash. Lee Marvin US Marines. Sniper. Wounded in action on Saipan. Buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Sec. 7A next to Greg Boyington and Joe Louis. Art Carney, US Army. Wounded on Normandy beach, D-Day. Limped for the rest of his life. Wayne Morris, US Navy fighter pilot, USS Essex. Downed seven Japanese fighters. Rod Steiger, US Navy. Was aboard one of the ships that launched the Doolittle Raid. Tony Curtis, US Navy. Sub tender USS Proteus. In Tokyo Bay for the surrender of Japan. Larry Storch. US Navy. Sub tender USS Proteus with Tony Curtis. Forrest Tucker, US Army. Enlisted as a private, rose to Lieutenant. Robert Montgomery, US Navy. George Kennedy, US Army. Enlisted after Pearl Harbor, stayed in sixteen years. Mickey Rooney, US Army under Patton. Bronze Star. Denver Pyle, US Navy. Wounded in the Battle of Guadalcanal. Medically discharged. Burgess Meredith, US Army Air Corps. DeForest Kelley, US Army Air Corps. Robert Stack, US Navy. Gunnery Officer. Neville Brand, US Army, Europe. Was awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart. Tyrone Power, US Marines. Transport pilot in the Pacific Theater. Charlton Heston, US Army Air Corps. Radio operator and aerial gunner on a B-25, Aleutians. Danny Aiello, US Army. Lied about his age to enlist at 16. Served three years. James Arness, US Army. As an infantryman, he was severely wounded at Anzio, Italy. Efram Zimbalist, Jr., US Army. Purple Heart for a severe wound received at Huertgen Forest. Mickey Spillane, US Army Air Corps, Fighter Pilot and later Instructor Pilot. Rod Serling. US Army. 11th Airborne Division in the Pacific. He jumped at Tagaytay in the Philippines and was later wounded in Manila. Gene Autry, US Army Air Corps. Crewman on transports that ferried supplies over "The Hump" in the China-Burma-India Theater. Wiliam Holden, US Army Air Corps. Alan Hale Jr, US Coast Guard. Russell Johnson, US Army Air Corps. B-24 crewman who was awarded Purple Heart when his aircraft was shot down by the Japanese in the Philippines. William Conrad, US Army Air Corps. Fighter Pilot. Jack Klugman, US Army. Frank Sutton, US Army. Took part in 14 assault landings, including Leyte, Luzon, Bataan and Corregidor. Jackie Coogan, US Army Air Corps. Volunteered for gliders and flew troops and materials into Burma behind enemy lines. Tom Bosley, US Navy. Claude Akins, US Army. Signal Corps., Burma and the Philippines. Chuck Connors, US Army. Tank-warfare instructor. Harry Carey Jr., US Navy. Mel Brooks, US Army. Combat Engineer. Saw action in the Battle of the Bulge. Robert Altman, US Army Air Corps. B-24 Co-Pilot. Pat Hingle, US Navy. Destroyer USS Marshall Fred Gwynne, US Navy. Radioman. Karl Malden, US Army Air Corps. 8th Air Force, NCO. Earl Holliman. US Navy. Lied about his age to enlist. Discharged after a year when they Navy found out. Rock Hudson, US Navy. Aircraft mechanic, the Philippines. Harvey Korman, US Navy. Aldo Ray. US Navy. UDT frogman, Okinawa. Don Knotts, US Army, Pacific Theater. Don Rickles, US Navy aboard USS Cyrene. Harry Dean Stanton, US Navy. Served aboard an LST in the Battle of Okinawa. Robert Stack, US Navy. Gunnery Instructor. Soupy Sales, US Navy. Served on USS Randall in the South Pacific. Lee Van Cleef, US Navy. Served aboard a sub chaser then a mine sweeper. Clifton James, US Army, South Pacific. Was awarded the Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart. Ted Knight, US Army, Combat Engineers. Jack Warden, US Navy, 1 938-1942, then US Army, 1 942-1945. 101st Airborne Division. Don Adams. US Marines. Wounded on Guadalcanal, then served as a Drill Instructor. James Gregory, US Navy and US Marines. Brian Keith, US Marines. Radioman/Gunner in Dauntless dive-bombers. Fess Parker, US Navy and US Marines. Booted from pilot training for being too tall, joined Marines as a radio operator. Charles Durning. US Army. Landed at Normandy on D-Day. Shot multiple times. Awarded the Silver Star and Bronze Star and three Purple Hearts. Survived Malmedy Massacre. Raymond Burr, US Navy. Shot in the stomach on Okinawa and medically discharged. Hugh O'Brian, US Marines. Robert Ryan, US Marines. Eddie Albert, US Coast Guard. Bronze Star with Combat V for saving several Marines under heavy fire as pilot of a landing craft during the invasion of Tarawa. Clark Gable, US Army Air Corps. B-17 gunner over Europe. Charles Bronson, US Army Air Corps. B-29 gunner, wounded in action. Peter Graves, US Army Air Corps. Buddy Hackett, US Army anti-aircraft gunner. Victor Mature, US Coast Guard. Jack Palance, US Army Air Corps. Severely injured bailing out of a burning B-24 bomber. Robert Preston, US Army Air Corps. Intelligence Officer Cesar Romero, US Coast Guard. Coast Guard. Participated in the invasions of Tinian and Saipan on the assault transport USS Cavalier. Norman Fell, US Army Air Corps., Tail Gunner, Pacific Theater. Jason Robards, US Navy. was aboard heavy cruiser USS Northampton when it was sunk off Guadalcanal. Also served on the USS Nashville during the invasion of the Philippines, surviving a kamikaze hit that caused 223 casualties. Steve Reeves, US Army, Philippines. Dennis Weaver, US Navy. Pilot. Robert Taylor, US Navy. Instructor Pilot. Randolph Scott. Tried to enlist in the Marines but was rejected due to injuries sustained in US Army, World War 1. Ronald Reagan. US Army. Was a 2nd Lt. in the Cavalry Reserves before the war. His poor eyesight kept him from being sent overseas with his unit when war came so he transferred to the Army Air Corps Public Relations Unit where he served for the duration. John Wayne. Declared "4F medically unfit" due to pre-existing injuries, he nonetheless attempted to volunteer three times (Army, Navy and Film Corps.) so he gets honorable mention. And of course we have Audie Murphy, America's most-decorated soldier, who became a Hollywood star as a result of his US Army service that included his being awarded the Medal of Honor. Would someone please remind me again how many of today's Hollywood elite put their careers on hold to enlist in Iraq or Afghanistan? The only one who even comes close was Pat Tillman, who turned down a contract offer of $3.6 million over three years from the Arizona Cardinals to enlist in the US Army after September, 11, 2001 and serve as a Ranger in Afghanistan, where he died in 2004. But rather than being lauded for his choice and his decision to put his country before his career, he was mocked and derided by many of his peers and the Left. Ladies and Gentlemen, I submit to you that this is not the America today that it was many years ago. And I, for one, am saddened."

Negative. I learned young to sh##can "friends" that were destructive and didnt care to cover their destructiveness. We all make mistakes, but we're expected to own up to those mistakes. A friend that can't do that is the exact opposite of a friend.

That’s not “Not paying attention”. That’s DUI and leaving the scene. Whoever did that needs to be in jail. And they certainly aren’t a friend.

Time to find new friends 

What was wasteful and absolutely STUPID was the engines and transmissions being destroyed.  THey wanted them off the road permanently but they destroyed millions of dollars worth of parts that working class people could have used to survive.  Go find a good used engine nowadays.  Not as easy as it once was.  Certainly not as cheap.  They wanted these vehicles permanently disabled but ALL THEY HAD TO DO was put the VIN number in the DMV computer database as NOT REGISTRABLE.  Destroying a perfectly fine running engine only shows what a bunch of retarded morons our governing elect really are.  

They were probably getting ready to put the $70 stickers on them for the gun show this weekend.

Stealing is never funny. The Outpost has been a sponsor of this site as long as they've been open. Both corporately and as a family, they do a ton to support the shooting community. They've got a lot of nice stuff in there, and while they may not beat Bud's and the other big internet players all day everyday, I'd be willing to bet Chris won't willingly lose too many sales to them. And, they do it while paying the overhead it takes to let everyone put their grubby hands on stuff they're going to turn around and buy online. You don't have to shop there, but don't disparage them - especially as they put a pallet of .22lr out at mostly normal prices. You just can't make some folks happy.

Ding ding ding !!! Round up the troops!!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 of course it ate my spelling.

It's interactive, clickable, & shows our Blunder in Chief falling almost as fast as his latest approval ratings. A bunch of us have been having fun relieving some of our stress with it. Have fun... http://media.y8.com/system/contents/13365/original/Falling_Obama.swf

I've got the big brother in .300WM. I'm going to get one of these. You're welcome. ;) http://www.kineticresearchgroup.com/products/boltlift.php

Homeland Security bought the entire production run, loaded it in black helicopters and flew it out to Area 51 ...

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Well, how else are they supposed to get a foothold over here and establish their little soldier cells. They're really good what they do but they ain't never fought in the woods with a bunch of rednecks, un-encumbered by rules of engagement.

I have been fishing this winter and doing pretty well. I am planning on going tomorrow and freezing my ass off but I hope to catch some crappie. Got out two weeks ago and had 15 keepers with another 15 non keepers. Bersa, We fried some of those Crappie the day we caught them, Tough to beat that!

hard to beat a glock.  they just work, right out of the box.  load and go.  hard to find any other brand that will do that.  

That about covers it. Honk the ATF :)

Glocks aren't for everybody. But if it works for you, this won't be your last. I can guarantee that.

"I'm Lamar Alexander and I lied through my teeth during this message."

I would love to do a float and fishing trip. Maybe we could try and get together for one.   Dave

One of the biggest concerns I have about micro stamping is this. I go to the range and shoot my gun that micro stamps the brass. Then, no matter how hard I try, I cannot find all my brass. So some unscrupulous person manages to hit the range and pick up the brass I missed. Then the criminal decides to throw it down as he commits a crime. This will throw LE off of him and put me squarely in LE sights. Now I understand it should be easy to clear but not before they confiscate my gun and spend countless hours questioning me. And in the off chance I was sitting at home alone without an alibi I could find myself being charged with a crime I didn't commit. And even if there are eyewitnesses the micro stamped brass belonging to another will be enough to raise reasonable doubt at trial.

If I need the specific performance of a 22lr I can cast for 223 and a nice little dose of green dot puts me between .22lr and .22 mag. The primer is 90% of the cost per round.

I suspected as much -- thanks for well documented and irrefutable proof.   -  OS

I think my response would be something like, "I was considering buying that $2,000 _______, but since this is an example of how you treat customers, I think I'll go buy it at _____."

Aero Precision posted this on their FB page. Gotta love it

  You'd prefer to be eaten by rich walkers? What a snob! ;)   - OS

Sometimes you can tell the caliber of a man by his clothes. This is one of those times.

By announcing the numbers of non compliant citizens it just may give strength and sense of purpose to the hundreds of thousands that told the governor to stick his registration up his butt.

Get an optic, shoot it stock. Then figure out what you want to upgrade first. Oh, and congrats on the new gun!

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Actually I think it would make for a pretty open and shut case. "Cause of death, huge gaping chest cavity." Or "Back of head missing."

That looks like a coroner's nightmare.

Although I am not a huge XD fan I am a fan of that little .45 I have a friend with one and I am truly envious.

Nope, I don't misunderstand at all. I was there. They rarely took us on. We killed them by going to their homes and shooting them in the face. By monitoring roads with physical and technical surveillance, then killing them. We killed them by doing a lot of sneaky type things they still don't know how we did. Their casualty rate was incredibly high. Their capture rate was much higher. If they tried something similar in the states it would be worse. Not everyone is brown in the states. It is not a permissive environment for Muslim extremists. They could easily take a few soft targets initially. It would end there. Not because everything would be made a hard target, but because the environment would change and their ability to make war would change, drastically. Like I was saying, they operated in a permissive environment where everyone looked the same and much of the population supported them or were afraid of them. The states will never be that environment for them no matter what anyone likes to think. They could never do what they did there. They can only get these small scale attacks once or twice a decade. In Iraq they were conducting hundreds of attacks daily. They could never achieve that for more reasons than ROE.

    Well, I know back many years ago long before the technology we have today a guy was able to put the entire Lords Prayer on the point of a needle and when it was printed and looked at under a microscope and magnified 40,000 times you could actually read the entire Lords prayer on it so why with the new technology could they not micro stamp a firing pin many many times larger the the point of a needle?...................jmho

Like in most cases, when money starts friendship stops.

Form 4 trust transfer submitted 03/19/2013.  Approved 01/21/2014.

That made my morning, thanks.    Is there a shortage of tinfoil?

I haven't had any issues with the Burris rings on my 308. They have held strong and have not marred my scope at all. I did lap them, but I do that will all rings, although it's probably not necessary. They are heavy duty and seem pretty bullet proof. Same thinf for the EGW base. EGW has a pretty good following with the Savage crowd and I'm sure their Remy bases are exactly the same as far as fit and finish/quality, etc.    If you are planning to use it for deer and yotes, you would probably be better off with a variable optic. I have one 4-14 ( one fixed 10 (http://swfa.com/SWFA-SS-10x42-Tactical-30mm-Riflescope-P499.aspx). The fixed 10 has noticeably better glass (clarity/brightness), but I wouldn't want to use it to hunt considering most of my shots are under 100 yards. I would think that rifleman would suit you just fine.    You could also think about getting 30mm rings with 1inch inserts if you are planning to upgrade to a 30mm optic sometime in the future.   

  And roll the dice on what shipping might end up costing.

Never thought I would own a Glock.  I'm a "revolver guy".  Disliked all semi-autos since I had jamming problems with Colt, Springfield, Sig, two 1911's...just a "revolver guy" because they are dependable and I don't like worrying about whether the gun will fire when I need it.  But for some odd reason I got to thinking I wanted a Glock (crazy, I know) and so I started doing my research.  I had shot a few Glocks in the past, all of the .40's including the 35, but I really was intrigued by the 9mm ballistics because they appeared to be better than the .38 +P I was carrying around in my little 5-round revolver.  Well, after some research, I purchased a Glock 19, Generation 4.  Still skeptical, I went to TAC in Knoxville and put 220 rounds downrange without any issues other than a blister on the top of my thumb.  The gun was flawless in every way.  My problem may have been that I installed the biggest backstrap and beavertail on the gun and it caused me to rotate my hand around to reach the trigger, and the recoil slammed the beavertail down into the bone/knuckle on top of my thumb.  So, now I have removed the backstrap and I'm going to bare Gen 4 (which may be smaller than even the Gen 3?).  Anyway, the gun works.  The person at PDO in Knoxville where I purchased it said it would be pretty much jam free because it was a Glock.  So, I now have a leather holster (DeSantis) and I'm planning on carrying the Glock 19.  Not much bigger than the revolvers and it holds 15 rounds...and the Speer Gold Dot 124 grain +P has about 410 ft-kb of energy.  I'm thinking I may like this setup.  I'm not 100% ready to say I'm now a Glock person, but maybe I can be a "revolver + Glock" person.   Best Wishes, B

  "The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that's how the smart money bets."   - OS

Give it up.  That battle's lost....until a Republican with questionable heritage and citizenship tries to run for President.

  It's much more fun this way.

  I don't know where that info came from but it's still 5 per person.   -Daniel

Made it back to decent cell service so here comes a few pics. This guy was in major rut mode with a very swelled up neck and walking quite stiff legged.

  FIFY :up:

Sounds like the classic "He wasn't guilty of what we originally went after him for, so we've got to come up with something else to charge him with"   Also seems to me another prime example of why not to do any paperwork on private party transfers.

I got my fix today by shooting my coyote AR, getting ready for LBL center fire season in a couple weeks. Gonna see if we can out do last years hunt and smoke at least 4 coyotes in a day.

Same for me. They received mine on September 9th and mine is due back November 22. It has been way too long.