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Maybe they already had, dunno, but just noticed: complete upper (just need rear sight) 259.99: http://palmettostatearmory.com/ptac-16-carbine-1-7-phosphate-upper-with-bcg-ch-516444459.html Complete lower 139.99: http://palmettostatearmory.com/psa-ar-15-complete-blem-lower-classic-edition-no-magazine.html both with free shipping - OS

I try to purchase at minimum 1 gun per year, combine this approach with the excitement and patriotism of the 45th president being sworn in coupled with a couple of work buddies buying guns this week, then the release of the Sig P320 won the army contract, and knowing that a run will almost certainly pursue, I was doomed, and too weak to holdout. So I pulled the trigger yesterday midday, its the Sig P320C FDE in 45ACP. The FDE is refreshing amongst the sea of black that I have. If the rain will clear out today, I plan to go shooting.

Before everyone gets their panties in a wad over "genetic engineering" look up Gregor Mendel

Don't kid yourself. Virtually everything we eat has been genetically engineered. Hybridization is genetic engineering. Basically all the grains we eat (wheat, corn, oats) burpless cucumbers, spineless okra, thornless blackberries, ... all genetically engineered.

Well it is done. Purchased new yesterday, Sig P320C FDE 45ACP:

I'd take one of these over a Del-Ton or DPMS everyday of the week for a good, cheap truck gun. If only AK's would get this cheap again...

Went to a political rally for my state rep. Andy Holt last week, asked Andy about Constutional carry and was told that Speaker Harwell is the problem . Andy said anything to do with guns was a no-no for her. Exactly what is her problem with the Constution? Andy also said he thought we could get Constutional carry through the House next year, if Harwell didn't fight it. Do we need to lobby Harwell to support it? Maybe do an e-mail campaign as TGO members state wide to lobby Harwell to support it. Comments or suggestions. Thanks

I found this on Rimfire Central several weeks ago, and it has been driving me nuts. I thought I would post here to see if I could get some other people interested. Misery loves company, right? Rules: .22 LR only 100 yards Must get 8 out of 10 straight shots in the bullseye (no sighters once you start) Breaking the outer black ring is in Must use official target linked below No fluorescent stickers to enhance the bullseye Bench rest ok - anything but a vise Click here to download target. Print as actual size. The bullseye should print just under 1 5/8". My best is 7/10 so far. I have done that over and over, so I'm about to lose it since I can't get that 8th round in there. But I've really been having fun with it. Ammo inconsistency and wind has been killing me. When you complete the challenge post a pic of your target along with details on your rifle, scope, and ammo used. If several people get interested in this I may offer up some sort of prize or drawing like they did over at RFC. Good luck!

I have often wanted to try out a F3 Curtiss knife but never got the opportunity. I spent a couple of hours on the phone with Dave and decided to start selling his knives. They are very comparable to Hinderer knives with the exception of using IKBS Ball bearing system which makes them some of the best fastest flipping knives around, i ordered a 4 inch and should have it Saturday, if it is as nice as I expect I see many in my future, I already have Dave building for me a special Custom Smotth Carbon fiber F3, so if any of you want one of his knives, let me know he is a very nice guy and I am pleased to be a dealer for him http://curtissknives.com/

I don't mind that. I like to be able to cover water on the lake.

Odd. Mine says you just posted. Please go away.

Yeah, even current "legacy" seed varieties had to be selectively bred and/or hybridized over the 5,000 years or so man has been farming, otherwise you'd only have wild predecessors, like grasses that are 90% chaff instead of the wheat/oats/barely we know, tomatoes the size of blackberries, whatever. Much the same with domesticated animals. - OS

I came across these the other day.... Uncle Al's Cookies made in Hoover, AL What got me thinking was this notice below the ingredients.... May be produced with genetic engineering Why would a cookie be genetically engineered Please pass the moon pies....

meh...

:/ I'm not too surprised, but thats a shame. At this point the smartest thing they could do is contract S&W to make them .

You won't get anything thinner than kydex.

You guys are making me glad I stayed with a fishing kayak!

Welcome to the club, now you need special effects for that sucker

That is exactly my viewpoint as well. Don Jr is SUPER Pro 2A, however. I'm hoping he will be influential to his father and DC in general. I'm hoping Ivanka (global warming fanatic) won't. Our luck, it'll be the reverse. :/

I think they had a tribute in their last catalog. He was a giant in the firearm industry.

And hits on target is more effective than misses....that is the bigger issue. Why is it that the British SAS and SEALS don't complain about 9mm effectiveness putting people down but people who never actually train with pistols say 9 is useless.....maybe it has to do with actually hitting what they aimed at? In fact Bill Davison (former British SF) goes as far as to say that if 9mm doesn't work then all his ammo must have been defective as everyone he shot with it died. A big part of it is simply that the military spends little resources on pistol training for the average soldier. Very few soldiers actually ever use a pistol. Unless they are an MP or in a specialized unit very few guys in the military use pistols AT ALL much less with any regularity. Pistols don't win wars and as such the military spends little resources on training for them with the exception of some specialized units. There are probably 100 support people for every trigger puller and those support people get virtually no training with pistols and the actual 11B (infantry) troops get very little . In fact a good friend of mine who was in the INFANTRY in Desert Storm said after basic training he doesn't even remember SEEING a pistol except on the hip of some higher level officers or MPs. So if few people carry them and even fewer get regular realistic training with them then no wonder there is little confidence in it. As to Sig320 getting the nod over Glock ....the army likes external safeties so that non dedicated personnel (who get little to no training) are at least theoretically less likely to accidentally shoot themselves and others.

Quite a lot of stuff sits in the trunk of my car until wifey isn't home, THEN gets brought in and put away in the man cave. ;-) Sometimes it's better to just avoid the discussion, haha! Last night's purchase: 400 rds CCI Quiet, 200 rds CCI Subsonic, 200 rds Federal champion, all 22.

I fought with a couple old chainsaws for years. I finally broke down and got a 250 Stihl 18". It's perfect for light-medium duty work around my place. My dad has had the same Jonsered saw for years (70's or 80's ?), and it's performed without much issue to this day. I'm a fan of both. If I had to buy another today, I'd get a Stihl (the one without the EPA kit).

I am very familiar with that same phrase "don't tell my wife" . When my wife catches me with a new gun I tell her "at least guns and shooting is way better than chasing women and hanging out in bars"

I have a Husqvarna 455 and it's been fantastic, I've had it about 13 years and wore out my last bar. Come to find out not all Husqvarna bars are the same. Special order item now. (Which reminds me, I still need to order a few) i replaced my shindaiwa (which was awesome) with a stihl, awesome as well. Echo bought out shindaiwa and quit making their saws, the dealers were selling echos in their place. I was more than unimpressed with what echo did to shindaiwa's trimmers and think they ruined the brand. So I highly recommend Husqvarna and Stihl.

Maybe they are scared of the syringes and used condoms. Lol

Sad for Beretta, right after moving here. Dang.

Overzealous prosecutor: So, then, Mr. tnhawk, you have spent a great deal of time, energy and money training and building skills with your firearms? tnhawk: Correct. Overzealous prosecutor: Interesting. Then perhaps you can explain to the court why someone with your obviously high level of skill and proficiency with a firearm chose to shoot the deceased three times in the chest, killing him, rather than using those skills to shoot him in the leg or arm, stopping him from attacking you but giving him a much greater chance of surviving? tnhawk: I responded as I have been trained. Overzealous prosecutor: Really? You have spent all of that time and money training to shoot someone in the chest three times at close range? I would think that someone who went to the amount of effort that you have would want to train to avoid killing in a situation where you believed it necessary to use your firearm. Have you really been training to be able to use a firearm more safely and proficiently or have you, in fact, been training to simply become more proficient at killing? tnhawk: I have trained to stop the threat, not expressly to kill. Overzealous prosecutor: Well, sir, if 'stop the threat' means shooting someone three times in the chest at close range then it sounds, to me, as if 'training to stop the threat' is really just a euphemism for 'training to kill someone.' I know, over the top, doesn't take into account that the defending lawyer would hopefully find many ways to object to the line of questioning (which still doesn't wipe it from the minds of jurors) and not very likely to happen in Tennessee in the first place but, unfortunately, it is my understanding that similar questions have been raised in other states in shootings by police. I could see a prosecutor (or a lawyer in a civil suit) using or trying to use a similar idea in a trial against a non-officer. It's kind of a crap shoot, I guess. As chances R said, hopefully none of us ever need to use our firearms and end up in a position to find out.

Looks like it was introduced again this week, so here's hoping.........

18 year old wounded and discharged medically, honorably, is the first that comes to mind.

As much as I like the idea of universal carry, what the bill does is make the FedGov even more into the omnipotent god of the states. The Feds need less power over the states, not more. I think it's also unconstitutional, but that's a long 14th Amendment debate right there. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

National Reciprocity will lead to National Regulations, then of course, National Restrictions. No.

Well, if the present bill is simply resubmitted with date changes, both issues are already spelled out, so don't see likelihood of much debate, either the majority leaders of both chambers get behind it or they don't. The existing bill does not change the definition of "firearm" in US 18 921, so a silencer would remain one. The original push felt it was a bridge too far to actually try to make them just normal consumer items, probably that won't change. - OS

Glock 20 & 29

but i have also see this on ar15.com http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_3_122/465457_ATF_opinion_letter_on_stripped_lowers_for_pistol_builds_and_rubber_cane_tips_on_the_extension_tube.html

New here? Step up and tell us about yourself. A good format to follow would be your first name (if you care to share it), where you're from, what your interests are, what gun(s) you have, where you like to shoot, etc. It helps break the ice and you might just find new friends as a result.