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The only time I had a FTF in my Glock, it was my fault. I was shooting reloads and apparently forgot to put some powder in one. Unfortunately the primer wasn't strong enough to push the bullet out the barrel. It hung about 3 inches in. We had to take a long screw driver and hammer it out. I was pretty embarrassed. It was shooting in an IPSC match at the time.

Truat! It's funny how all my favorite guns are his designs. I had a Hi-Power that I loved until it got stolen in a burglary. I also have an Auto 5 12 gauge that is a fantastic shotgun. Bit heavy to carry for any length of time, but it's a shooter!!!

JMB designed it that way. He was one smart cookie!

I've found that 1911s tend to be a little tight out of the box. They need to be broke in. Once they are broke in though, they run fine. However my plastic has always ran flawlessly. Still there is just something about a 1911... Once you go there, it's hard to turn away!

Hey, plastic is good too! I have one of those as well. It's the only pistol I've never traded. I gave it to my wife, so that wouldn't happen. Still get the benefits though. It goes to the range from time to time.

I love 1911s! I have an older Springfield Operator in SS. Great shooting pistol!

So that's the one! How does it shoot?

Well you got one of them any way! The reason I asked was I posted about one of those Systemas over at Randy's Guns a couple of months ago. Which reminds me. I need to go another round to all the gun shops and see what new old items are on the shelves. Man, I'm getting the hankering for a new to me firearm bad!

Those are good JustAGuy! Me just some white wine tonight. Nothing special.

Why is it Mark@Sea has all the neat toys?

Are you REALLY sure Wayne is a friend? I miss that place! It's a great range. Sadly I no longer work in Sevierville. I'm out near the PRoF (People's Republic of Farragut) now. It's a little closer to home, but the drive time is the same and by the time I get to work, I REALLY need a gun range! The drive over to Sevierville was much calmer and nicer!

During the Iranian Hostage Crisis, didn't the plan for the aborted rescue operation call for a landing of C-130's on a carrier on the way out?

Really bad joke KarlS. But I understand what you mean. I'm not a master of the recurve either. However all it takes is practice just like shooting. It would probably make sense to not only learn how to shoot them but to get totally into them to the point if you had to, make your on bow and arrows. You would never be unarmed after that. The reason I bring all this up is not to replace firearms, but to rather to save firearms for a defensive role instead of hunting/defensive role. Firearms are loud, by nature and may draw unwanted attention to the user in a survival situation. Primitive weapons offer a silent alternative for the hunting role. Besides bows there are also slings, spears, and throwing sticks. I've seen Survivor Man use a throwing stick to bring down a rabbit. All that said trapping is the way to go in order to supply fresh meat for the table. Not to mention fur for coats and leather for shirts and breeches. But other primitive weapons also have their place. A good flintlock rifle might be a part of your gear, if you can make powder or lead balls.

Remington 521 Junior Match that had been bastardized. Traded some ammo for it. Scoped it and it's a tack driver. Squirrels hat this rifle! My Uncle gave my son a Marlin Model 80 that is also a tack driver. I had my doubts when we got it. The bluing is all brown The stock was all beat up the trigger mechanism was all gunked up along with the bolt and it had no magazine. Another uncle had got it in trade off an old drunk that lived behind a garage he worked at. He got it sometime back in the early sixties for a bottle of MD2020 or whatever passed for it at the time. I got on Gunbroker and ordered a new magazine from a fella down in Mississippi. I spent all of one Sunday afternoon cleaning this"trash" gun up. Then we took it over to the range. With the iron sites, I was shooting quarter sized groups at 50 yards with it. It still doesn't look like much, but it sure does shoot good! To the guy that got the Nylon 77 for $25 at a garage sale, WHAT A DEAL! Trash ones go for well over a $100 and great ones are over $350!

Weapons and such are nice, but food and water are the basis for all survival. That must be the big Number one most important thing. Not only must you have both, but you must have the means to keep both in steady supply, throughout a crisis. After that, some sort of shelter is the next most important thing. Shelter provides protection from the elements, animals, and if possible from other men. Health, medicine and first aid come next. Cleanliness is next to godliness. Disease and infections will kill you faster than just about anything. Transportation is pretty important too, for hunting, gathering and scavenging. Something we haven't really talked about is scavenging. Weapons are probably about last on the least. While on weapons, as far as hunting goes, has anyone thought of going primative. In other words using bows and arrows, spears and such. Does anyone know how to make such weapons? Might be a good trick to learn and to use. Just a thought.

Sun, where did you find that beauty at?

That's not good! I have an older Stoeger Condor that is a great shooter! I hope this is a not a reoccuring problem. It was something I had my eye on. Not that I could afford it at the moment.

Alex Jones is not a good source. He's just out to make a buck and he'll say anything to do it. I heard him make the 9/11 comment on a late night radio show I listen to on occasion. He lost all credibility right then.

Hard to beat the 870. Mossberg is a very close second.

Ah Jody! The nemesis of all soldiers everywhere. Well in this case it's Poak! Have a safe and uneventful plane ride back! And if Poak's at your house when you get there, give him some of this!

My son has an old Marlin Bolt that I would put against any other plinker out there. Marlin makes good rifles IMHO. Don't get me wrong though. So does Ruger. But that extra $100 you will pay for it would purchase just about all the .22 ammo you'd ever care to shoot.

Thanks, but no thanks. Have a friend of mine that actually lives in your neck of the woods, that flipped one. Lucky for him he landed between two large rocks and the quad ended up on the rocks above him. He was up at Windrock at the time. I don't mess with them. My lucks not that good. If your selling everything off for hookers and blow, I'd move to another city first. The pictures I've seen of the hookers in this town leave much to be desired.

Sounds like a plan, Mike. Huh, could you forward me your address, so I can put you on my map. I'll want to come by and pick up your stuff after wards.

Nice! How does it shoot?

I agree with that mostly OS. But I think a lot of the bad customers would try to get out along with a lot of the smart ones. The dumb ones that drink the party koolaid would be the ones that end up dieing in place. Smart and bad could actually be a bad combo. Smart and bad could mean Very Evil. It would not be a fun place to live in.