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I’m the one who bought the S&W 41 on here. Been on the look out for one in the $800 range for the last 4-5 years. After shooting it yesterday I should have dropped $1000+ years ago. The pistol was extremely impressive and accurate. The trigger is great. Kept a smile on my face the entire time at the range.

The back ground for this project is off a deal I made with my son this past Christmas. In lue of any Christmas gifts, I would just do some basic gunsmith work on his guns threw the year. So, he buys this CBRPS bullpup stock for his SKS and the trigger system the thing has is a sliding trigger and rails system that just flat out would not work the action reliably no matter what I did to it. Pure crapola! In frustration, I decided to ditch the bulk of the SKS trigger system for a much simpler mil spec parts set that would run the SKS hammer. With this new set up I could modify the bull pup trigger into a pull forward connecting rod rather that the sliding trigger and rails that originally were supposed to work the stock SKS trigger. The new parts I used were a M1 Carbine trigger and a FAL trigger seer cut to fit the carbine trigger. With these fit and positioned just right, I achieved a perfect zero creep single stage pull on the nearly stock SKS hammer. The final product pull weight is running 10.5 pounds but with the super wide aluminum trigger, it feels much lighter and no creep is a pleasure in any thing that goes bang. Here you can see how it all hooks up with the main trigger now pivoting on its own axis pin rather than that of a sliding assembly. And I installed a HK grip over the plastic nub of a grip that was there. The original mag system for this stock was cut tapco mags. Once again, just crapola in the raw. One of the tapcos was cut a little off and basically made it an example of why you should not cut these mags without a true jig that replicates the correct angles consistently. Rock & lock on this tight a unit is very un-natural. So, the solution was to install one of Marcus's G-9 adapters that would let me run AR mags but in my case, I would only do it if I could modify the receiver and BHO to function off Stock, UN cut ASC AR mags. And that is what you see on this pup. For this to be reality, it takes no more than 1 hour of machine work on the receiver and some minor reconfiguration of the bolt hold open plate. And these mods will not hinder the rifles function in the least if one were to put the stock fixed 10 round box back on the receiver. Marcus has all the technical machine operations needed to run the G-9 adapter with factory stock AR mags. In addition to the receiver mods for this, the drop free bolt mod is slightly different since the bolt needs to be narrowed a tad more and the length of the cut needs to be lengthened slightly so as to effect a clean pick up of cartridges from the un cut AR mag. Also, the inherit design of the AR mag with its straight body on top of its curved portion, demands a pair of 5 & 7 O-clock feed ramps be cut into the chamber face. Otherwise, when the follower gets light pressure under the forward part of the cartridges, the bullet tip will stab the chamber face just below the chamber mouth. The AR chamber face configuration does not suffer from this problem since its ramped lugs pitch the bullet up into the chamber right from the git go. The other issue I had to resolve was what was to be used as a folding rear sight that would be rock solid yet able to move left & right for windage so I could pre align the base so my knob adjustment could maintain center of the protective wings. The pictures show the solution with 2 belly screws threw the ladder sight, once loosened allows the sight base to move left or right threw oblong cut screw holes in the aluminum base body. Personally, I'm not a fan of bull pups in general but this is something my son wanted to play with so this one is as practical a shooter as I could have made it. The barrel is just a tad over 16" and it does in fact shoot where you point it!

I’m the one who adopted the Karambit. Gotta say, not only is it a sharp, hefty beast, it’s purty too! Great craftsmanship, as usual.

Only if they don't agree with who We the People elected.

Apparently they are elected to become multi-millionaires by doing absolutely NO WORK!!

My vote would be for Lee as well, but for a turret press. It can be used as a single stage to learn on, then, if you want, it can be used in a more progressive fashion. Lee has a reloading kit that pretty much has everything except the consumables which come at a good price. Some of these pieces are rudimentary but you can upgrade once you know what to look for. https://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/item/0000690304/classic-turret-press-kit

Well I called them back this morning asking to speak to the supervisor I spoke to yesterday and she said she didn't know who I spoke to. So she asked for the Transaction # on the papers I received. I gave them and she looked it up and said oh he granted your appeal yesterday after reviewing your claim again. Just glad to be able to take the thing home after a week. But I emailed the FBI and they're sending me the VAF form and Fingerprint card through the mail so I can get a UPIN. It might not work on future firearm purchases but it can't hurt either. Thanks again for all the info and responses, I much appreciated it.

A tough, durable skinner with black canvas micarta handles, red G10 liners and mechanical fasteners as well as epoxy holding the handles on. A karambit with black oxide finish, black G10 handles and subdued SS pins to keep with the look. Another damascus knife featuring custom handles from Voodoo Resins...

Exactly. But you are going to see a lot of folks willing to change. You are witnessing a big change in handgun optics. A lot of companies are putting big bucks into the development of these small, extremely sturdy, red dots that can take the abuse of carry, or eventually even of Police Duty Weapons. Yeah, Yeah, I know there are some cops using them already, but they aren’t mainstream yet. In a couple of years, they will be even tougher. And they won’t be $400 (Shield RMSc used on Hellcat samples); they will be $100. The optic in the Hellcat isn’t built in; you have to buy it. It was test samples went out with them already installed. The Vortex Venom, Viper or the Burris Fastfire, you can catch on sale for $200 now. I’m sure it won’t be long before reasonably priced models are available by many handgun manufacturers. These sub compacts are belly guns; they don’t even need sights. But some very good marketing people are giving folks what they want. It’s technology; you can’t stop it. Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

I always liked the Model 41, and have shot several. Made me almost regret selling a 1974 production, NIB model that I inherited. My Dad had bought it for a friend, or so I was told, and when the buyer backed out on a 200 buck 22, it just sat in Dad's closet for many years, completely covered up. Short version of the story, I put it in my safe and left it alone until roughly 2010. Decided I really didn't need it, as I had a High Standard Olympic Victory Model. So I took it to the old M'boro gun show one Saturday and walked it around. Priced it at 1000. Had many offers I turned down, and one guy kept coming back. I held firm and got my price for it. Why? I really had no attachment to it. Sure, Dad had bought it, but not for himself. We had never shot it together, and it was too nice a pistol to just sit round and look at yearly. These days, I sometimes think on it, but have that Olympic and other 22s. I'm content. For now. lol

Just watched some reviews yesterday from the gun folks on youtube, seems like an interesting option vs the P365. I especially like that it comes with a plate to mount a red dot on, if I had more faith in the RMSc I would likely get one. Hoping that the sig Romeo 0 has some better reviews

I finally got to shoot mine yesterday and I was very pleased. It stove piped the first round and then ran flawless until about 500 rounds in. I got a couple of round that didn’t ignite. Could be ammo, could be a dirty chamber at that point. Shot Winchester M22, CCI minimags and CCI SV. The round that didn’t fire were the Winchester’s. They would fire the second or third time. For a 22 trainer for my Glock, fun gun for my kids or new shooters, it’s hit. Mags were easy to load and the trigger was great. Loved the short reset. My normal rule has always been friends don’t let friends buy Taurus, but I would recommend this one. Liked it much better than my Ruger SR22 too. Next time I’m going to run it suppressed to see how it does. Was at a public range so a can is pointless there IMHO.

It looks like they developed some suspects. https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/arrest-made-in-death-of-botham-jean-witness-joshua-brown-police-say/995149373?utm_source=trending&utm_medium=widget&utm_campaign=chartbeat_trending&utm_content=news

Spend some time at the reloaders bench. I spent some time there when I first got my press. They helped me a lot with what I needed to get things going. Take a note pad.

Apparently they are elected to investigate one another.

Why do we need elected officials to tell us (or suggest perhaps in this case) when it’s time to pray and fast? That is not what they are elected for.

http://www.lebanongunshop.com/services.html Sir, the Lebanon Gun Shop offers reloading courses. I'd be happy to show you what I know, but it'll be a week or two before I have much spare time. Also, I'm probably an hour from you.

Good for you. It is appropriate that a pastor would drink a Bourbon called Angel's Envy. (I think)

For snubbies, I'm a fan of the old 158 gr LSWCHP load aka the "FBI load". It can be found in both standard and +P velocities. Nothing fancy, it just plain works.

Assuming it is rated for +P, I use Speer Gold Dot Short Barrel 135g in my 642. https://www.speer-ammo.com/products/ammunition/gold-dot/gold-dot-short-barrel-personal-protection/23921gd

Rough night, about 7 pm lighting struck a large dying oak tree about 20' from my large hay barn. Luckily only had 10 roll of hay in it. Old oak tree was hollow and the fire was spectacular as the fire blazed out of a few holes about 20 ft up. Pouring rain had to get one of my tractors with 15' bat wing mower out along with a 30" cotton wagon with my square bale accumulator and grapple on it. Got the tractor and cotton wagon and fuel tank out along with the 10 rolls of hay. Watched that sucker burn, after calling power company that it could possibly hit the power lines. Not much way to put out a fire in a large hollow tree. Sucking air from holes in the bottom was like a run away chimney fire. Fell about 11 pm and only grazed the power lines causing the lights to blink. Went down to check damage about 5 am, tree fell and crushed two 10 ft gates and knocked down the top fence wire. Luckily the cows cannot get through the big tree limb to get in the road. Hollow stump about 15 ft tall still burning. No damage to the barn, a couple hundred dollars for new gates and a lot of fire wood. Too much drama for a old guy. This old tree was a good 4+ ft in dia. Life is interesting and some times too exciting.

Wow. If ever there was a frankenrifle, that's it. It's a SKSM1FALARHK.

I think it is time for a TGO poll.....

Only thing I think you got wrong in this post is which one of us is more obnoxious.

Well he is obnoxious, but so are both of us, you more than me, but that aside, I thought if you were going to pretended to be an expert at something… like a defense attorney in shooting cases, you would have had to actually successfully defended people in those type cases. But apparently, I set my standards too high. It should be criminal for clowns like him, and others, to be spouting off about what people should do or shouldn’t do after a shooting when they have no track record or experience in the real world. He’s academia and the other academics can’t wait to have him speak at their classes. It’s like one of them telling you what it’s like to be in a shooting. If you are going to have a conversation about what its like to be in a shooting; it probably should be with someone that has been in a shooting. There are plenty of those folks around.

I' don't know about that. If he drinks bourbon I'd say thats a pretty good Baptist preacher.

Not a Baptist wedding I presume.

Unless you are in Utah, he can’t marry you both. He is going to have to pick one or the other. I have no idea where you can get that bottle of liquor.

YOU'RE KILLING ME, SMALLS!!