RichardR

I call them like I see them & I am not surprised that you're offended, but I am not a fan of thuggery or thugs, regardless of their color, you do remember that whole "content of their character" speech? anyway I am thoroughly disgusted by the folks trying to turn this Trayvon thug into some kind of martyr because of his skin color, not because of the content of his character. If my being disgusted by that offends you, well then the problem is on your end, not mine.

Lee-Enfields took a great deal of machining to manufacture, which was a draw-back when it came to the large numbers needed to fight WWI & WWII, but the rifles were superb so the British kept the rifle as standard issue even though they took so much milling & machining to produce. Now why am I mentioning that? Well because the quality of commercial (non-surplus) & post-war Lee-Enfields tended to be typically better than the ones made during both the Great War & World War Two. That said even the surplus rifles made during both of those wars are still out-standing when compared to other rifles from other nations in that same time frame. I understand that some guys want surplus rifles that had been issued & used in various conflicts, however the rifles that have seen combat, especially heavy combat are usually pretty chewed up. They often make better wall hangers than they do servicable shooters, but the opposite is true for issued surplus rifles that seen little or no comat, or post-war or better yet commercial production rifles. Completely up to you though, but iffin it were me? I'd be all over that 52' especially in that condition & at that price, numbers mismatching regardless. Anyway g'luck in your search, they are great surplus rifles, second only to Schmidt Rubin straight-pulls IMHO.

The "majority" was only that of the top tier trusties, the rank & file leadership, the host organizations, the parents & the actual Scout members were not included or even had their views accurately represented in that vote. We'll see the outcome of the actual "majority" vote when troops all over the country start disappearing as traditional value organizations & folks withdraw their participation & funding from Scouting.

I am guessing that if Trayvon had lived he would be the one on trial not Zimmerman, quite possibly for the attempted murder of Z. And his probable explaination (if he was truthful on the stand) as to why he brutally assaulted Zimmerman that night ... "he be like following me and talking on da phone and telling da police where I be and sheeet, dat's why ...".

"Innocent"? As in Trayvon was not violently assaulting Zimmerman when Zimmerman discharged his weapon? Or "innocent" as in you would rather Zimmerman had died, instead of Trayvon that night? I'm only asking because your interpretation of the word "innocent" must be vastly different from mine.

Sinners are quite not the same as former sinners, who've realized their past mistakes & have asked God's forgiveness of their past sins. Just as "openly homosexual" is not quite the same as simply homosexual, here in lays the problem with this BSA's decision, it allows "openly gay" boys to join the Scouts, making their sexual preferences a known issue within the Troop. There was no "gay test" required to join the Scouts, if the gay Scout kept his sexuality to himself it never became an issue, now however their "open gayness" will be an issue, one many parents & host organizations will simply not want to deal with inorder to participate in Scouting. That's my .02, spend it wisely.

Why bother having any immigration laws at all if no-one is going to either abide or bother to enforce them anyway?

How does it make sense? Probably because of the out & out distortion of Trayvon's character was portrayed as a 6 yr old angel, who was skipping merrily & innoccently down to the store to fetch candy & iced-tea, when mean evil white guy gunned him down in cold blood for simply being black. Now folks are taking a closer look at this lil angel & not liking the fact we were lied too, had the facts purposely distorted by folks who had a racial agenda & now having to watch Zimmerman go through the grinder for defending himself against a brutal assault at the hands of this lil angel. "Justice for Trayvon" *spit* has already been served, now it's time to drop the obviously trumped up charges on Zimmerman & arrest Trayvon's parents or "auntie" or who ever it was who hid/covered up the fact that Trayvon had planted dope plants & a stolen handgun in his bedroom and charge them with hindering a homicide investigation.

Well at least you are covered if any of that stuff is not there when the owner returns. Sad to say there is a good chance some of it will disappear, too many eyes have seen it & none of it is secured .. *sigh* I hope that is not the case but in this day & age it's very likely.

I'm guessing if they run the serial # on that S&W ....

Let's see, guns, drugs, fighting, I think the real problem for Team Trayvon will be the items found in Trayvon's belongings at school that school security officials refered to as a "burglary tool" which was some sort of modified screwdriver? as well as a nice little pirate-horde of women's jewelry, which obviously didn't belong to Trayvon ..

Sweet heirloom piece man, congrats & hope you enjoy it til the day that you pass it down!

Lee-Enfields are some of my favorite milsurps, the action on them is slick & very fast, only thing to watch out for is bad bores, if the bore is in good shape I'd jump on it quickly at that price. The .303 round is also superb, which is probably why it was in service for so long & continues to show up in various conflicts around the globe to this day. Cheap/inexpensive surplus ammunition tends to hit in waves, so buy it up when it is availible, it is usually either Turkish or Pakastani these days, both of which is good stuff, there also both imported & domestic current production ammunition availible, but that can get pricey if all you are doing with your Enfield is punching paper or plinking, however the cartridge is quite capable of taking any of the big game in North America & a couple of bullet manufactuers offer bonded soft-points & even hollow points. I recommend Sierra MatchKing 174gr HPBT if you want to roll your own, most surplus & imported brass is Berdan primed but Winchester & other domestic stuff is Boxer primed.

I was into muscle cars & hot rods when I was a lot younger, my father owned a 68' Plymouth RoadRunner (440 6-pack), 70' Plymouth Duster (340-HO) & a couple others, so he was sort of my high-HP guru ... On top of that 70' Cutlass 442 I mentioned earlier, I've also owned a 65' Pontiac Tempest, 65' Chevy II, 68' Chevy II, a couple of Camaros (80'-85') & a few others. I switched over to trucks sometime in the early 90's with a Dodge, after the transmission went out in the Dodge in 95' I bought a fully-loaded 95' Chevy Silverado "cowboy Cadillac" 5.7 vortec & I've been happily driving it trouble-free ever since. It doesn't look as purty as it used to, but it still purrs like a kitten at idle & sounds awful angry when my big booted foot slips down on the throttle, I haven't hopped the bed up & down in years but I'm guessing it'd still easily do so if it's ever asked too. Everytime I think about replacing it, I just can't seem to bring myself to do it, I know that'd I would regret it afterwards.

We aren't talking about India though. In this country the vast majority of Scouts, Scout leaders & Scout Troop's host organizations are followers of the Christian faith. But hey anything to screw with those homophobic religious (generally greedy capitalistic Republican) bigots right? I mean who gives a shit about offending those right-wing clowns, eh am I right comrade? Of course I'm right! We must first slowly erode the fabric of Traditional American values, before we will be able to successfully surplant them with subversivous Soviet replacements!

Agreed. When a Christian organization for children is allowed to be "bullied" into compromising their religious faith to accommodate people who do not share their basic tenants, values or beliefs, essentially corrupting the organization's premise for existing in the first place, this nation as we once knew it is doomed, doooooooooomed I tellzya! I am not kidding btw, very serious subject, I just like typing "doomed, dooooooooomed I tellzya!" Because it makes me look cool kind of like Fonzi, only without the painful herpies or the gay leather jacket... wait ... what?

Thanks guys, it looks like I'll need to buy her an apprentice license.

I use the thin hard rubber foam covers, they seem to be the best compromise between durability & comfort, the thicker softer foam, while more comfortable doesn't seem last as long. I haven't tried wrapping the buffer tube like OS's, but on my next one I might try that on.

Well like that fellow on ARFCOM you might get away with it ... up until the one time you don't ... shining up tarnished cases on live ammo by tossing them into a tumbler seems like such a trivial reason to take such a tremendous risk IMHO. But to each their own, I hope I never am in a position to say "I told you so" because that'd really suck, especially if you lost an eye or some fingers or something.

I have noticed a great deal of "blatent anti-white racism" since moving down here, granted there was some up north but it seems to be more readily & more openly expressed here in the south. Shame that it prevented you from buying the truck that you wanted, but hopefully you'll find another one at another dealer that will appreciate your business regardless of the fact that you are da debil.

I used to ride a lot in Indiana, we had some really great bicycling trails both paved & dirt paths where I lived, unfortunately I haven't found anywhere around here to ride except on road - which I'd rather not, considering how inattentive & dangerous the folks around here seem to drive. I would love to find some decent trails, even if I have to drive a bit to get to them, my 29" Mongoose MB has been sitting idle collecting dust for over a year now, which absolutely bites because it is hands-down the best riding, most comfortable bicycle I've ever owned ...*sigh*

You could always go the old-school route, before rails were common everyone just used a piece of bicycle inner-tube to secure a flashlight to a weapon. It was pretty darn effective, much more so than duct-tape & could easily be removed without leaving a bunch of "sticky" crap on an expensive firearm. Just needs to be long enough & tight enough to keep the light from moving around, if you can't get it secure using one piece, a second piece stretched over the first should do the trick.

I've got an Eotech & flip ups on one & just flip ups on the others. If you tuck-in tight, locking the weapon's buffer tube against your cheek & with your nose almost touching against the charging handle, you should be able to sight down the sights w/no problem. It takes a bit of practice before it feels normal, but the results are worth it especially if your trying to put rounds on a target at any sort of long distances. If you are using a non-buffer tubed AR or AK pistol, the best way I've found is to use a sling, pushing the weapon forward, putting tension on the sling to help stabalize the weapon while sighting down the sights.

I am not sure how I'd be able to provide proof of this to you other than I guess you could tumble some loaded ammo, pull the bullets & measure the grain sizes of the tumbled powder after/at various time intervals. Or if you are that sure it won't effect them & you have a chrono you could tumble a few for awhile, see if there is a change in velocity when you shoot them, or you could just stay on the safe-side, take the word of some semi-anonymous forum poster, who's been shooting for 35+ years & reloading for 25+ years & who is just trying to keep potential bad things from happening to his fellow forumites. *shrug* I shared a bit of safety info, what you all do with it is completely up to you, heed it, ignore it, test it, but whatever you do .. please be careful doing it.

She's 10 yrs old, has been hunting with me before numberous times in Indiana but I wanted to check to see if she needs her own licence &/or if she has to attend a hunter safety course before I can take her out hunting with me down here in TN.