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If the bullet type is similar (IE BTHP or Spitzer) I would back off the recommended load 5-10% and work up looking for pressure signs.  Basically, the more of the bullet that touches the barrel, the higher your pressure is going to be with a given charge.  If you are staying with the same bullet weight, the potential danger would be if you are using load data for a "low drag" bullet but actually loading with a "high drag" bullet such as a round nose or dangerous game bullet.   If you are going with load data for a high drag bullet but using a low drag bullet, you are probably OK.    So to recap, if the bullet style is a blunt with long straight sides, it is going to generate more pressure than pointy bullet that is tapered.    But backing the charge off 10% in either case and working should be safe, given the same bullet weights.

Because it is 40 Short & Weak (S&W)  =P

What is crazy is that at one of the Powell Auctions last year, everything was going over MSRP...I mean like $225 for HI-Points, $400 or more for Ruger P95's, all before the 10% markup AND sales tax.  You wind up paying about 20% more than you bid.  Anyway, at that auction, everything was going more than retail, yet, I picked up an HK USP 9 for $440 (AFTER tax and markup) and a USP 9 Compact for $475 after markup.  People quit bidding around $380 or so...I wound up with 2 steals.  But that is NOT the norm.  Maybe they were all out of money from buying all the Jennings, HiPoints, and Lorsens. 

  Sweet Tooth?   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZLK4NSahIs

  Hips, tits, small size.  I don't think the identity of the driver is a plot point of anykind.  There are no missing women on the show that I am aware of since Sophia was found.  Andrea, Michonne, the sisters, Carol...they were all accounted for.  The driver was too big to be Judith.   I think I am losing interest in the show too.  I wasn't interested in the prison/governor angle in the comic, so I guess it is natural that I don't care so much on the show.    I am digging on "The Americans" and "The Following" right now...just waiting on "Breaking Bad" to return for its last few episodes.

Nail her to the wall.

  Hopefully without all the man-on-man action.

I have always had great service from them.  Their shipment expectation dates are usually accurate.  I suspect in the current climate that is getting harder and harder.

  Yeah, they don't teach economics anymore.  But not picking on the OP.    My family used to run a gas station...and OH MY GOD what would happen when the price surges hit.  People have no understanding of "replacement costs".  "But, but, you already paid for the gas that is in the ground...you can't raise prices on it because that is gouging!"  They didn't understand that if we didn't raise prices on it, there would be no more after what was in the ground was gone. 

  The New Castrati.

It is only gouging when you have no choice but to buy at inflated prices...for instance, selling water to a man dying of thirst.  If market prices rise to a certain level and they sell at that level, that is not gouging.  Sorry, just a peeve of mine.  Words have meaning and we must strive to preserve the correct definitions. 

Actually, Rick killed him (he was a zed) when he and Morgan left the police station. Python to the head.

PSA's are quality pieces.    When it comes to valuing home-built guns, it is really the price/quality of the major components I look at.  I am pretty comfortable with AR's, so if I spotted a problem in the build, such as the gas block or handguard mis-aligned, I know I can fix that at no cost with minimal work.  But if it was made of parts from suppliers I don't trust or with less than desireable components, I would take that into consideration.  I basically look at the parts list and see what I could build the gun for, and then go from there.  There are parts where the manufacturer doesn't matter, and parts where it does.    If you are not intimate in the building process, it can be tricky to value one correctly. 

  For the .1111111% of us that know, it is a 100% proposition. 

It is a disgrace.  There is outrage on their Facebook page.    At least they publicized it, unlike Joke Daniel's which tried to slip it in un-noticed.

Its not discrimination if DP coverage is less.  Its because the cost to cover DP's is less than that of a spouse.  It is discrimination if they charge one married couple more than another married couple when they are both part of the same class and rated the same.  If they charge me less than they do a smoker, that is not discrimination. 

Lol, but, but Worf...I mean Michelle tells us we are fat!  That is government looking out for us!

  In the debacle that is American Healthcare, everyone is to blame.  2.ooohhh is right.  Dr's and pharma companies charge more than the market will support because there is no true market, and they jack up their rates/rpices to pay for mal-practice insurance and frivolous lawsuits, and to have a big tax write-off for the piece of their bill that the insurance won't pay.  The insurance companies won't pay Dr's and pharma what they charge because the rates are artificially jacked up, and they argue with the patient about what they will cover.  The patient doesn't pay any of the true costs (only the teenie co-pay) and so don't practice good consumerism (hence the broken market), then they jump on board to sue a Dr or Pharma whenever they can (at the Trial Lawyers behest) so the Dr and Pharma have to have raise their prices...   The piece that has always been missing is the patient's input and responsibility.  Healthcare went out of control about the time insurance became common because it shielded the patient from the consequences of thier actions.   I will temper all this by pointing out as bad as it is, we have the best doctors and medicine in the world.  Even the poorest among us can get medical attention.  We have incrediby high standards and expectations as Americans, which is why we are the greatest nation the world has ever known.  But I was in bed last night thinking "man, I wish I had more/nicer stuff", then it occured to me that as a middle-class American, I have it better than 99.9% of the population of earth since the beginning of time.  If I earned minimum wage, I would only be in the top 99.7%.

  The gist of Obamacare is that it makes it impossible for private insurance companies and self-insured employers to price thier plans competitively with the government option...because the government doesn't have to make a profit, or even break even (see current government for evidence of the second point).  They can offer the same coverage for much cheaper because they can print up money to pay for the losses.  Self-Insured companies and insurance companies can't do that.   When private insurance can no longer compete, everyone will move to the government plans giving control of the healthcare system entirely to the .gov.  Once the government is reponsible for paying for your health care, they have the "right" to tell you what type of risky behavior you can engage in, and what kind you can't.  If you eat that pizza, you are increasing your medical costs, and since the gov pay those costs they can forbid you to eat the pizza...among other things.

I work in my company's benefits department, and deal with employer group insurance for about 95% of my day.  I hear from our employees all day about how their friends at other companies tell them they are paying too much for our insurance.  What I usually find out is that the friend was comparing their 2012 rates to our 2013 rates, or a High Deductible Policy to a low co-pay plan.  In exactly none of the cases I have ever come accross has it been an apples to apples comparrison.    The rates for insurance are sky-rocketing, because medical costs are sky-rocketing.  With Obamacare, plans are now mandated to cover all this shit that costs a ton of money at 100%.  A huge piece is also that they have to cover an employee's kids til they are 26 instead of the previous ages of either 19 or 23.  You know how much more it costs to cover a 25 year old than a 22 year old?  Diabetes is tremendously expensive to treat and has a tendency to show up in the mid-20's instead of the early twenties.    Anyway, a lot of the mandates don't go into effect until next year, but some companies (like mine) have already worked them into the plans so that the jump in premium cost isn't as dramatic when it happens.    :rant on   People have a rude awakening coming.   They tend to think the bigger and better their company is, the cheaper the insurance should be.  That is not the case.  The HEALTHIER their company's insured employees are, the cheaper the insurance will be.  If you work for a tech company, you have a lot of lard-asses (like me) who sit in front of a computer all day.  They tend to marry people like themselves, and have kids that are like themselves.  Tech companies make a lot of money, but not enough to pay the medical bill for plans comprised entirely of asthmatic diabetics with high cholestorol and ulcers.  Our company also has a TON of former and retired military who tend to be healthy...but they are on Tricare, and so don't pay into the health plan that families of diabetics are on.  Trucking companies have bad rates too as truckers tend to be pretty unhealthy.  You can think your way through any company profile and do the math.    We switched to a High Deductible plan this year, so people have been used to paying a $20 co-pay for their Concerta, Novolog, and Lipitor...now they are having to meet a $2k or $4k deductible first, and so are having to pay the full retail prices.  They are stunned.  They call me and complain that they never paid attention to medicine and Dr costs before and that isn't fair...which is about the time I make the point that for that exact reason, insurance plans are going broke.   Because they never paid attention to those costs before...they just paid their little co-pay and had another donut.    People are now having to choose now between little Johnny's ADHD medication, their Bacon and Cheese Omlet Dessert, or the buying the newest Smart Phone with Quadraphonic Blaupunkt.  Tough choices, I know.    :Rant off

The music from the video is "We are The World".  That was pro.   Someone needs to edit in an X-wing fighter shooting down their Kimchi powered shuttle.

That Sky Stryker is pro.  One of the best toys of the 80's...right up there with the AT-AT.

Glad to hear of the service.  I will add that I ordered a bolt carrier from them back around Jan 1st, and though I had no contact from them of anykind, it arrived yesterday, right at the 4 weeks they mentioned. 

I am going to try and catch it, but already started watching "The Following" with Kevin Bacon and James Purefoy.  Its been pretty good...not sure I can take on another show.

  It is bleak, but excellent.