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I wonder 100 years ago, when the farmer with a mule and plow transitioned to the tractor and plow, did he have faith in the new technology? Did he embrace the new 20th century technology, or resist it. Hmmmm

At first, with a name like Grab-A-Gun thought it was a fly by night outfit. After reading about them on other forums, found them to be a great retailer. I have bought maybe 3-4 new guns from them without any issue.

Bye Megan, I stopped watching the big network tv news a long time ago. I see those networks catering to the folks that just lost the election! Why would I watch? Fox is where its at!

I really dislike the credit card fee and try avoid gun retailers that make this apart of their business model. I don't know why this cc fee is a disease is so prevalent within the gun retailers community! As for as the Bud's layaway program, I have used it only once to avoid the wife complaints, and it worked well for me 2 years ago, and thought it was a great program, otherwise not really a tool for me. I actually have bought more from Grab-A-Gun out of Texas in the past 2 years, no layaway, but find them slightly more competitive.

Mother-in-law gave me a Amazon gift card for Christmas this year. After laboring for a couple of days, decided to buy a new watch. I already had a another G-Shock, a simple G100-1BV. So I purchased another simple watch, but a little larger and black/black, a GA100-1A1. I thought it good deal, and it is large, not a microwave on my wrist large, but when compared to my other watch, large. These are very cool watches.

Happy 2017 to everyone. My 2016 was not bad, but I know it was bad for a lot of people especially Gatlinburg citizens. BTW, we were able to drive around Gatlinburg yesterday in some of the back roads in the heavily damaged areas. Just very sad. Words cannot describe the scenes. We finally turned around, it was too much to see.

I have never experienced plumbing problems before until about 10 years ago, my leak was no where like that, but I did learn how to turn off the water coming into my 1st house. For my 2nd house, before I made the offer, I already knew where to turn the water off. Just common sense to me.

From actual personal experience, I am not worried about if the other person has insurance or not, I am more concerned that my own uninsured coverage and the amount. I recommend carrying $500K or even $1M for uninsured insurance. Trust me. Even if the other person has insurance, a lot of people take the bare minimum in coverage. Sometimes $50K, $100K, etc. is not enough to cover major medical and death related law suits. Its best not to gamble on the other persons insurance coverage.

More legitimacy to the Colt release:

Colt must have made the gun media swear to not release anything until Jan 1. Found this liked by the "official" Colt facebook page, its one of the 1st media releases about the new Colt Cobra: http://rangehot.com/new-colt-cobra-38-special-revolver/ Well, it would appear the prayers of Colt enthusiasts have been answered. It was Colt Media Day at Gunsite when the specs were released to a select group of members of the gun media. I was fortunate enough to be in the room and I was not the only person there with my mouth wide open is disbelief and excitement. We were allowed plenty of time to examine the new Colt revolver up close then proceeded to the range for live fire. Once I made it to the range, I decided to put enough time in on the new revolver in order to give a review on that gun. Allison and I both ran a dozen or so cylinders of Double Tap 148gr .38 Special wad cutter ammunition through the Colt Cobra as well as talking and filming others that were also spending a lot of time with the little revolver. Though similar to the original Cobra, there are some improvements made to update the design. My friends Max and Kevin from Colt and Major Ed from Folds of Honor wringing out the new Colt Cobra. Paul from Colt, who is as good as an instructor as he is shooter. The major improvements over the original Cobra are an enhanced leaf mainspring, making the hammer throw smooth and even. A user changeable front sight with choices of a a brass bead, night sight, and a fiber optic. By simply removing a set screw at the muzzle, and pulling the front sight straight up it is an easy swap. Enhanced trigger guard, being larger for more room inside while the location changed to avoid getting your fingers hammered between the guard and stocks during live fire. The trigger broke at eight pounds in double action and two pounds in single action. The trigger is very reminiscent of the original smooth Colt revolver triggers, and should satisfy even the most scrupulous Colt revolver fan. Low profile hammer to reduce the chance of a snag and factory installed Houge overmolded rubber stocks for added comfort when shooting +P .38 Special It was no problem at all keeping six rounds in a six inch circle from twenty five feet, with double or single action. Being a revolver there were no reliability options through four different examples and hundreds of Double Tap rounds. When the revolver was introduced it was hinted this design could easily be scaled up to larger revolvers, so take that for what you will but I have all idea Colt is entering back into the revolver game with quality models that do the Colt lineage proud. I am confident this little Colt will serve well as a defensive revolver and I look forward to seeing what else Colt has in store for the future. Estimated MSRP will be $699

Not to offend anyone, I do not miss Mexico. Never have been there on vacation, but I have spent some considerable time in Matamoras (border town), but I also have spent time in Queretaro and San Luis Potosi and few more places like Leon and Mexico City. The natural beauty is great, and the people I met were great. Nice pistol by the way.

Bump reminder this goes in effect Jan. 1, 2017!

Great job. My father is self taught at bringing back to life old guns. I have seen a many of guns that most people would just throw away, give away, etc., that he has taken apart, cleaned, cold blue and etc. When I say many, maybe 50+ in my life. Almost all shotguns and 22LR rifles. Broken stocks he stays away from, but rust, he loves rust.

I wrestled with the idea of reloading for over 20+ years, trying to justify cost vs. what I can buy new ammo for. The only way I could justify the cost was to look at the variable cost only (powder, bullets, primers) vs. new ammo cost. I even lumped my brass into my fixed cost (press, dies, cleaning), this would finally yield a positive return (very minimal), then Sandy Hook happened in late 2012. All of the factory ammo dried up, and it changed my reload model from a cost savings model to a necessity model. Then I made all of my investments to reload every center fire ammo I shoot approx. 8 calibers. Having done heavy research at the time, it seemed that most reloaders always had a single stage press in their shop, either as a carry over from their first press, or something to handle one off calibers or simply to push out spent primers. So I read and listened, and purchased the Lee Breech Lock Classic Cast Press. Its large, and can handle up to 50 caliber reloading (I don't have a 50, but may have a 338 Lapua on the distant horizon). So why share my story? Looking back after reloading 5000+ (total) in varying calibers using my single press, I have no regrets, I have learned so much, very easy to setup, easy to change calibers, but yet I still do not feel I can justify a Dillon yet. Besides, I very much like my little setup. I like working in my shop, painstaking going through each step. It feels more like careful craftsmanship, vs. a mass production line in my own weird way. However, if I shot just one caliber exclusively, and shot in the 1000s per year, a Dillon would make sense to me. BTW, make sure you get a good reloading book, read, read, and read some more. Its good that you have buddies that can help you. I am self taught by reading and Youtube is my friend! For what it is worth, my 2 cents!

I have had this idea too. Maybe a 18" tile/culvert, maybe in a total length of 100'.

I cannot confirm, but a lot of hub bub on other forums (AR15, Colt, etc) that Colt will introduce new Colt D/A Revolvers in 2017. On Colt's Facebook page, there is a teaser of a new production line going in, with the caption: "....something going on here, but what". I should say I am not a wheel guy at least not yet, but this just might cause me to buy one in 2017. You stoked, or is this just meah?

Having gone through my parents house fire myself when I was 19 where the kitchen was a total loss, here is what I remember: Smoke/soot gets on everything even in non fire related damaged rooms and things; The smell lingers for a long time on everything, one of the closets till this day has that smell (weird). Not sure the situation, but a few years ago some of you may remember that vendor at the Knoxville gun show who had several hundred guns for sale that had been in a fire damaged store, I remember walking by and smelling that same smell that my parents house had weeks after the fire. Its just a smoky/sooty smell. My backwoods reasoning tells me, a true fireproof room will have to be isolated from any air whatsoever from reaching the room from the rest of the structure. The room itself will have to be highly insulated, fire/heat insulated from the sides, roof, and possible the floor depending upon the location. TNWNGR makes a good point about a fire suppression system, assume either Halon system for the whole house which setups another new risk for its occupants, or just an old fashioned sprinkler system. My conclusion, I am about 1-2 years away from converting my attached garage into a man cave, and I plan to build a gun room in there large enough like the picture I posted above. The door, I like those non-discreet doors, but to me, it does not matter. Practical, but effective. Regarding fire proof, I live in the country, so at best I am 15-20 minutes away from the nearest fire station. So I am going to study how to protect the room for at least 30 min from high heat, smoke, and soot along with an independent HVAC to control the humidity.

Why did I have to open my email!!! I received an email moments ago about great deals at Grab-A-Gun. The Glock 43 had $449 with a slash through it, says to email them for a quick quote. Out of curiosity I sent an email, the response was bascially automated, and received my quote in less than 2 min. by email, $415. That is best deal that I have seen yet on these 43s, and I think GAG shipping is like $5.99 and no CC charges. I guess this will be another gun purchase before 2017! http://grabagun.com/glock-43-black-9mm-3-39-inch-6rd-fixed-sights.html

Not that I can help, but I cannot recall ever seeing "50" round boxes at a retailer. I think I have seen them online.

I like to get there some day. I would like to start with 94s, but would also like to explore other Winchester lever actions and different calibers. I already have (2) 94s and one stray Marlin in the safe now. I am particularly fond of carbines.

I am interested in this thread. I think building the room, ceiling and door is the easy part (materials), but how to apply HVAC to control the humidity along with my comfort and at the same time making sure the room is fireproof fox X amount of minutes/hours is my concern. This here is exactly what I want:

Only for heirloom reasons since I have multiple sons. Otherwise on a super deal would sway me to bite.

Is it possible that a FFL does not want any part of the hassle? Regardless of easy money or not?

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May not be a big hassle but nonetheless a hassle. Some FFL folk just don't like the added effort of having to deal with it, otherwise I am in your camp. No big deal. Just my 2 cents as a former FFL.