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I know 2 people with that tick borne illness. I use permethrin and bug spray when I'm in the woods. If I ever find a tick on me, I shower in dog flee and tick shampoo. Kills them dead! True story, at one point when I was a kid, I got into a nest of seed ticks. I literally had thousands buried in my skin. The only solution was dog flee and tick shampoo and it worked like a charm. The only side affect is that if you rub my stomach my left leg starts twitching.

hold up some britches and guns, all hand tooled 1/4 inch thick saddle skirting 1 1/2 wide.

You said mounted!

Its perfectly safe.   Some people treat guns with a kindergarten teacher mentality -- if you run with that pencil your shoes will become untied, causing you to face plant and impale yourself through the eye sorts of unrealistic scenarios.     Let it fall out the mag well or port and catch it with enough distance that your hand does not push it back in.  Its not difficult to do this, nor dangerous.  The bullet won't defy gravity and fly back up into the gun.  I promise.

[quote name="Wingshooter" post="1367265" timestamp="1458104197"]The older ones are best. I haven't checked the used prices lately, but there's always a couple at the pawn shop. I picked up a 336 from a pawn shop in Jackson a few months ago for $250 out the door. Sent from my XT1254 using Tapatalk

Well, I see it as a statement of fact: you are F'd if the dust cover flies open. :)

In the military there are many reasons they do what they do and how they do it.  First, as was stated, there is standardizing ammo within NATO units, the 9mm is not going away so any mention of .45, .40 or any other caliber is probably a moot point.  Second, logistics; it is much cheaper for DOD to purchase in bulk, so there will be very few models it keeps in inventory do to initial price and most importantly is the support package that gets negotiated when a contract is assigned.  A weapon must have x amount of parts in inventory before it is fielded, just in case something comes up such as the cracked slides in the M9 early on.  While I agree that the sidearm is not up there with your battle rifle, it should be a reliable piece of equipment; its not important until it is.

SHOOT THE GUN! Don't worry about accessories except mags and ammo until you are very familiar and competent. During this time , think about what your needs are , especially as opposed to what your wants are. Depending on the role this rifle is intended to play , plan intelligently to buy once, cry once. Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk

Sidearm selection only narrowly beats out bootlace selection in importance.   Replace end-of life M9s with M9A3s.  Done.   Anything else is a complete waste of resources.  Doing something really stupid like switching to .45 or .40 would be even worse than just a waste or resources.

I am so glad I didn't grow up in today's ridiculous no fun environment.  I would have missed out on about 90% of the best things I ever had as a kid.  I might make my kid where a helmet (which we didn't do), but taking away everything that "could be" dangerous makes for a boring childhood.  No wonder we have so many weenies out there today.  I learned a lot about physics from having too much fun.

I hate the new Wideners. No surplus ammo. No c&r guns. What I would've given to have known they were gonna sell out. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Zero difference other than primer size. Load them up.

I've never heard the Ruger Mark series called 100% reliable.  They are ammo finicky just like any other .22.

I'd have to pick the Glock 17 (9mm) or the Glock 21 (45acp) . The Glok is so easy to operate , it has VERY few parts , and has no large take down levers , and safety levers and such sticking out of the side like the Beretta does.  People say that soldiers "need" a mnual safety . I say that if they can't learn to keep their finger or foreign debris out of the trigger guard then they need more training .  I have carried the Glock pistol for over 18 years on my job and have found it to be extremely user friendly and just plain reliable and tough.  This isn't rocket science . But then again you are talking about government crap and anything government related doesn't use common sense .

  I'd welcome his loss at this point

  Yep.   Im going to stick to my AK or 300 BO suggestion.    I respect a skilled lever gun shooter in a "situation".   It takes a lot of practice,  but don't sell it short either.   I would rather have the higher capacity and faster semi-auto, of course.   My advice in these situations is to sit on it.    I see this a lot -- "I have $500 to spend what can it get".   Now, 500 might get you what you want, and if so, that is awesome.   If you are drooling after something that costs 750 ... sit on it until you have 750.    Or get the gun now and the optic for Christmas.    The point is to remove the budget restriction from the equation.  If you had 2500 bucks in hand today, right now, what would you buy to put in your truck?  Answer that one, and then see if its a workable goal in a workable timeframe.   And don't forget used ... that 750 gun new might fall into your hands for 600, 500 used if you find one.

      Sorry about your brother~I hate ticks!  Plants are good to eat though, I've been on a plant based diet going on 4 yrs now...luckily my own decision.  My health was going downhill fast and decided to eat a plant based diet because of all the health benefits.  Eating plant based meals in addition to regular exercising has truly changed my life, and i'm sure it will your brothers.  Ironically, that little blood sucker probably added a couple more years to your brother's life lol.  Not to mention save him $$$.  

    Talk about ruining someone's day.  Never heard of that before, and it would affect me liking bacon!  Now I want to soak my entire property in 1" of insecticide.

Thought I would show the community how well I've progressed since becoming a trigger finger amputee.   All pistols in this video except the Nagant and the Enfield were fired with the nub I still have.   Notice I switch to the middle finger on the 3rd shot with the Nagant revolver, because even in single action the trigger is atrocious.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPsC6FXN_Fw

Few weeks late, but the FN49 works pretty good so far. Got me a reproduction sling on the Garand now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Some levers are picky. The shorter overall length often causes issues. The lifter doesn't support it enough to guide it into the chamber and they like to hit the edge of the barrel. It's really a non issue with a cartridge like a .44 magnum. Buying or trimming cases for 44 special is a waste of time and resources. You could just as easily load the 44 magnum to Special velocities and retain the overall length of the longer cartridge. Studious handloading can solve SO MANY firearms related issues.

I used to post a bunch of gun, knife and gadget stuff.  Now I mostly just use it to follow whores.  I just downloaded snapchat too, for the whores.  

Yup, da Muzak be funky....

If these people can argue for crap lawsuits like this I can argue that my peers are TGO members.

I eject it about a foot straight up in the air and catch it, like the guys in the movies...  (Not really.)   I cup my hand over the slide and tip the gun so that it pops into my hand.- never had a problem or concern.

Pretty good, but not sure about that dirty ass weapon carried by that clean operator. I'll get dirty before my weapon will, even if it's designed to, like the AKs.

Judged by 12 doesn't mean judged by 12 TGOers.

H1 buffers are nothing more than the manufacturers attempting to mitigate the effects of an over gassed gun. Colts are just as over gassed as most other ARs on the market. Any gun that cycles Wolf or Tula will be an over gassed gun with quality, US made ammunition such as M855 or commercial loadings. They are over gassed because no manufacturer wants their gun to come back for warranty issues because it will not cycle weak foreign ammunition. So they drill the gas port a little larger so it will cycle weak ammunition and then install the H1 buffer to mitigate the fact they drilled the port larger. And most ports are well beyond what is needed for most foreign ammunition. Then some say their 16" barrels are "milspec" but the problem is they drill their 16" barrel with the same port size as what is used on a 14.5" barrel. That 1.5" of barrel do make a difference in the dwell time as well as pressures at the port.   An adjustable gas block is a much better option than a H1 buffer to resolve issues related to over gassed guns.   People say that a heavy buffer helps fight through crud but that is not the case. When the H1 is opening it is the gas pressure that is pushing it back. Once it bottoms out it relies on spring pressure to move it back forward and the heavier H1 will return to battery slower than a lighter, carbine, buffer. And because the carbine buffer is moving faster than the H1 it carries more energy to plow through crud than the H1. If you double the weight of something the energy doubles but if you double the speed the energy goes up by a factor of four. So speed is better than weight. And the recoil spring will be exerting the same amount of pressure regardless of the buffer weight but a lighter weight buffer will have a higher speed than a heavy buffer and that higher speed results is more energy than you would see with a heavy, slow buffer.   An adjustable gas block does a lot of things an H1 buffer just will not. It reduces the amount of pressure in the barrel at the time the bolt unlocks. This reduces the amount of crud left in the receiver, which helps the gun run cleaner. It also reduces the amount of blowback being thrown into the shooter's face when shooting with a silencer. It reduces wear and tear but the biggest advantage to an adjustable gas block is it reduces felt recoil. I have an honest 5 pound AR and it has less felt recoil than a typical 7 or 8 pound AR because the 5 pound gun is gassed perfectly. Plenty of people here have shot that gun and all were amazed at the reduced recoil. I even had a few suggest they were shooting reduced power loads but they were not.   I, as well as a BUNCH of people I have built them for, run very lightweight buffers. I have custom made them for quite a few people, including those who shoot competitively, and they all report a more reliable gun that recoils less and reduces their times. And by lightweight I mean less than 1.5 ounces of sprung weight. They are filled with a certain type of powder, not tungsten or any others you might see, which act as a dead blow hammer to prevent bolt bounce. But it also keeps the weight of the buffer down. I also have a few other tricks I throw in to reduce the felt recoil.   Chrome lining is not as good as salt bath nitriding, that is fact. There is a reason why every major gun manufacturer is going to salt bath nitriding and it has nothing to do with opinion. It has everything to do with performance. Chrome lining   Name a single time in your life that a dustcover would have made the difference between a gun operating and not operating. I have carried an AR for work for over 20 years and I cannot think of a single time that a dust cover would have made a real difference.   The forward assist is nice but the ONLY time I have ever used one is when I am doing a chamber check. Now I just make sure every gun is loaded so there is no confusion. If your gun is requiring the use of a FA to go bang then you either haven't been doing proper maintenance, the ammunition is out of spec or the gun has broken. I have personally shot over 3K rounds over the course of several months without cleaning and never needed the FA to continue shooting.

:insert $5 footlong joke here:

  2nd that.  No difference that I can tell.

I disagree with the statement that the pistol is the least important weapon system in the DoD. It should be the most important because if a service member is using theirs that means everything else has failed. I carried a rifle and a pistol while I was in and I always felt the pistol was the second most important weapon I had and was only second to my brain.   What should happen, like they do within some police departments, is the command come up with a list of "authorized" pistols and allow the soldier to pick from that list. I could come up with a list of probably five pistols that should suit ever soldier's wants or needs. During training cover the basics of each one on the list then let the soldiers handle and shoot each one before letting them choose.   The reasoning for most changes is cost savings and our soldiers are expected to do more with less these days. We should be supporting the soldier's choice because their sidearm is likely the last weapon in their arsenal that they can use to save their own.

Nice pistolas :up:

I could have used one of them the other day.  BTQ, another friend and I went shooting at Stones River.     I'm standing there holding two rifles and all my gear and my pants fell down - all the way.   Fortunately for me, BTQ was behind me and not the other guy who I just recently met.   Fortunately for BTQ, I had boxers on - there are some things that you simply can't un-see.   :tinfoil:

The older ones are best. I haven't checked the used prices lately, but there's always a couple at the pawn shop.    Yeah, they balance really well. I kept a winchester 94 in 30-30 in my truck for a long time. One of my favorite deer rifles is a Marlin 336 in 35 remington with a fixed 4 power Nikon scope. A 30-30 is much better for ammo availablity though.

Thanks, everyone!!! Picked it up today and DMark helped me put it through its paces. It shoots great. Very straight... Just have to work on the shooter now. Ha-ha! DMark, cannot thank you enough for your help today. Colt, can't thank you enough for a great rifle!!! I'll post a pic or three tomorrow. Brandon

I bought a 10x10 from a local storage building company (Cherokee Storage Buildings). It is run by Mennonites and it is the best yard building I have ever seen. Way over built and solid. Highly recommend looking for Mennonites builders they take pride in their work. Besides what has already been said about bigger (10x10 was as big as would fit where I wanted it) go at least 10 ft wide, most times the 10' comes with a bigger door which will appreciate when you start moving things in and out. They also delivered with a real trick trailer that puts the building where ever you want it. I ordered the wrong ramp and they took it back and delivered a longer one the next day, only charge was the difference it the cost of the two ramps. When I said I might be putting extra heavy stuff in the center they added an extra pier in the middle, no extra charge. You sit down and tell them what you want and what you don't and they tell you the cost and built it with siding, roof, size, etc you want.

2.99 toasted melts........test your carry load.......win win.

Marlin .45/70 Great deer rifle, plus would be handy for when the rabid elephants start roaming around, you know just in case.

Never heard of Alpha Gal... interesting.  And kinda frightening. 

As I have explained to my kids; court is not held on the street. If there is a hearing on whether or not there was probable cause or whether or not the guy was drunk, that will be done in a courtroom; not on the street. You ask if he was under arrest or was being detained. Based on the story of a Police Officer pointing a gun at him and yelling for him to stop; yes, he was being detained, No, he was not free to leave. But it appears (from the story) the guy was drunk and the Officer was trying to deal with multiple arrests. I don’t really care if he was drunk or not; be was detained and he was not free to leave. I also don’t care whether the cop jumped in back because he had nowhere else to go or he just jumped in the back when pursuing the guy; does not matter. He was in the bed of a truck attempting to capture a fleeing suspect. The Officers situation met the requirements for the use of deadly force. He was in danger of death or great bodily harm, he ordered the suspect to stop multiple times (according to the stories) and then he shot him. He didn’t get a death sentence for DUI. It has escalated far beyond that; the suspect escalated it. The suspect made bad choices and he paid for them with his life. I hope the cop will be okay. I have been a Police Officer, I respect Police Officers, but I can’t for the life of me see who would want to be a cop in the climate we have today. Soon no one will want this job and we will have the bottom of the barrel as Police Officers. Sad.

Letting them know that Maggie was pregnant was part of her plan.  You can clearly see the mood change once they found out Maggie was pregnant.   Remember, in their eyes, the Saviors are the good guys, and not many good guys would hold the sins of the mother against the unborn child.   At the very least, Carol figured they would be less likely to shoot Maggie first if they needed to send Rick a message, so you could see it as a potential self-sacrifice.     The caring about the baby's welfare was both genuine AND part of her long con, I believe.

Next step, ammo, lots and lots of ammo! Mags, lots and lots of mags. Then I think you're set :)

I know all about climate change. It is climate and it changes!

It is a beautiful animal, but if they are even half as mean as my domestic cats, I wouldn't want to be anywhere near one that size.  

I recently acquired this beautiful browning 92 in .44 mag. Does anyone else on here own one of these? I understand these were also made in 357. I'm just trying to get as much info as possible, and would like to know what loads others have shot through it with success. I've done a little Internet research but haven't yielded much info, plus it seems they made a few different models of these in the 70s and 80s. Thanks! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Its all code that means something to the right people......   "There is fire at the travel agency..... Wounds my heart with a monotonous languor...... Molasses tomorrow will bring forth cognac..... John has a long mustache......"                                               - The Longest Day

A belt I just finished to go to Kali

I'm actually faster shooting with my middle finger, but I have less control because of the changed grip so I don't do it with firearms. When I played paintball and laser tag a lot, I almost exclusively shot with my middle finger because in both games, volume can be just as important as accuracy. It's definitely a two-handed grip to do it though. With practice, I don't see why it won't become just as natural as the index finger.

Man, so sorry to hear this. I'm sure it is devastating at this point, but sounds like you are on the road to physical and mental recovery.   God Bless you buddy.