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I'd go with the Becker BK11. I really like Mora's for the price. Some of the sheaths like the ones that come with the Triflex and HQ models are easily modified to be really handy. The quality on the Condor knives has greatly increased over the last year. Of course, the first thing I would do with it if it were mine is convex the edge any way. I've never bought a knife that I didn't have to sharpen when I got it, except my Moras. They have always come scary sharp!

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Both are morons.

We got bayonets in Desert Storm. Personally, I wasn't that impressed. My personal knives I carried were much sharper. I'm not sure if the Kabar is issued anymore to the Marines, but the Marines I know, all carry them.

I see no need in the Government knowing how prepared I am or am not. I find it odd that they would even ask such a question, especially coming from Homeland Security or the FBI. I am not comfortable with the power Homeland Security has been given as well. As said earlier, it reminds me specifically of the Nazis and the Communists in Russia, China etc, etc and what they all did to their populations after they came to power. Anything the Government does should be treated with a healthy dose of skepticism IMO.

It's not the FPS I worry about, but the pressure increase necessary for that extra 100 FPS. Still, if you want to shoot a cylinder or two on occasion, I don't it would do a lot of damage, but definitely not a steady diet of it. My Agent loves the Nyclads though. When I bought the pistol off a Postal Inspector, that was the load he recommended. I've tried others, but in the accuracy department, the Nyclads win hands down and it's a standard pressure load, so I'll stick with it.

Sweet looking 66! I'm not a fan of Gun Shows. Yes, you get a bigger variety, but the prices are usually higher than a cats back for what you are getting. Your descriptions of the 4 66's that were left at the end of the day is apt. Used quality at a new price.

I would not use +P in it. I have a Colt Agent, which is also not rated for +P, and I'm quite happy with standard pressure Federal 125 gr. Nyclads.

And I agree with that, but we have to still lead and sometimes that requires policing and money too. Besides, we can't just surrender everything to the Chinese. Which in my opinion is what Ron Paul would do. If we become isolationist, then in 20 years the power of the world is going to be located in the far east with the rest of the world kowtowing to them. The EU isn't scared of us, they are are scared of China. Same goes for the democratic countries in Asia and the southern hemisphere, like Japan, Korea, Australia and the Philippines. That's why we signed that agreement with the Australians a couple of weeks back that allows us to station 2500 marines there permanently as a coordinating command. The Chinese are giving money to every third world country in the world and everyone knows they aren't doing it because they're just good people and feel sorry for the poor and hungry. They're doing it so they can have a big stick to keep these people in line, when it comes time to directly challenge us. I don't think we really want to be without allies when that time comes and it will come. The other thing is I don't think Ron Paul will be able to get congress to go along with him on what he wants to do. They all but shut him out in the House as far as leadership goes.

Once again, I'm not real happy with the selection of candidates. I will most likely support Gingrich though, because I think he is the only one that could seriously take on Obama and cut him to shreds in a debate and win an election. I also think he would appoint pro 2nd Amendment Justices to the Supreme Court. I think Romney could possibly beat Obama too, but I do not under any circumstances trust Northeastern politicians with our 2nd Amendment rights. I wouldn't trust a west coast Politician either for that matter. Christy would have been a complete disaster for the 2nd amendment had he chosen to run. I could like Paul, but I do not like his isolationist stance. I don't think it's good for the US to withdraw back into it's borders on not help allies. I could imagine what that stance would have earned us in 1941, if Roosevelt had felt that way. I personally am glad we aren't speaking German and going around spying on each other and wiping out whole populations because we don't agree with them religiously or hate their "kind" (stick whatever minority in there you like). We are the strongest nation on earth and we must lead regardless of what others call us or say about us.

+11111 etc ad nauseum!!! I can't stand any of them. I need no one to tell me how to think or vote. Most are absolute morons anyway. I do listen to Neal Bortz, but simply for the entertainment factor; he's hilarious! The rest are idiots. George Noory on AM Coast to Coast gives out better information and much cooler too!

Great show! I'm really enjoying it!

Colhane does a great tutorial! He is a missionary down in Brazil and goes to the jungle all the time working with the locals. He has a bunch of Bushcraft videos on Youtube and all are very informative. Hey OS... And you should have joined up on that site I linked. Bushcraftusa is one of the best sites for Bushcraft on the web.

Wild Bill Hickock carried a pair of Colt Navies tucked into a sash he wore around his waist for a gun belt. I pretty sure they weren't conversions. He would empty both cylinders everyday, clean and reload his pistols and return them to his sash ready for a gunfight! Personally, both Preacher and Josey were bad ass, but Josey had better lines. "Well, you gonna pull them pistols or whistle Dixie?" "Dyin' ain't much of a livin' boy." Classics!!! I have a Pietta 1858 Remington, that I treaded for here. Great shooting pistol and pretty too! I would love to get a .45LC cylinder for it at some point., maybe even two. But that's well over $500 I think.

Don't go out and spend a small fortune on a machete. A Tramatina (probably the No.1 selling machete in the world), Ontario, or CS will do all you need it to do for under $30. Condor is fine too, except to get the leather sheath with them , you are looking at closer to $50. Machetes are made to be sharpened with a file and then be used hard. I worked on a survey crew for a couple of years and we used Collins, that we paid $10 for. They were used and abused, and lost (a lot). And they were excellent tools. They never broke or bent. If the blade chipped, then out came the bastard file and they were sharp, better than new (machetes usually come dull). Marbles is another brand to checkout. SMKW sells all the ones I've mentioned. Now here is a video showing how to make a machete into a REAL Bushtool! Bushcraft USA Forums

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I carry Federal Nyclads in my Colt Agent. Most accurate round I've found for this particular pistol.

I'd say the long one is some sort of military infantry hanger (short sword carried by a infantry NCO in the 18th and 19th centuries) or a hunting sword of some type. The short blade is a modified bayonet (probably Mauser). Could these be bring backs from WWII? The long one if authentic could be worth some money. Not sure about the bayonet.

I have to say, I'm more concerned about the guaranteed freedoms in this country more than ever before. The in charge in Washington need to go and go soon or we will end up like Nazi Germany. If Obama signs this bill into law, then all we have to fall back on is the Supreme Court.

Something else not to carry on a plane! Seems TSA doesn't look kindly on designer purses with firearms designs on them. Read here. Florida teen detained by TSA for design on her purse | The Sideshow - Yahoo! News I may never fly again. Does TSA hire morons or something? Oh wait a minute, they are run by morons, so they must hire like kind!!!

CYA! Don't let the screen door hit you in the butt on the way out! No call for stuff like that here. If anyone owes an apology it's you, and it's to all of us in addition to rgaper!

Sounds as if you are getting a good one. I bought an unconverted Saiga in .223 off a forum member a couple of years back and did the conversion myself. It's pretty easy and you end up knowing your rifle inside and out. I might add that I have hardly any mechanical ability. What pushed me over the edge was that I couldn't see paying CCA $650 to convert a $400 rifle. I'm known somewhat for being a cheap SOB. But I do highly recommend the Saiga.

Nothing wrong with a little looseness in a 1911. They were actually designed to be a little loose so as not to be affected by dirt and powder build up, by JMB. That's the reason they went 6000 rounds without a hiccup back in 1909 at the Army trials. They were also designed to be combat accurate and not as tack drivers. It was only later that people began to work on making them accurate by tightening them up and building them with closer tolerances. I doubt that my Springfield Loaded Edition could go 6000 rounds without a hiccup. At some point powder foul would probably get it. It's pretty tight. It also shoots a lot more accurate than the old rack grade, military 1911a1s I shot in the Army in the 80's. However Minute of Man is all you were looking for there, not X's.

Didn't Rossi discontinue sales of the M-62 here in the states? It was one I'd like to have. I like those pump .22s!

Nice looking pistol! It looks like a great collector! Congrats!