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Nor BCM.

That was awesome.

This. I loaded some up to this exact spec and had matching results. My barrel is a 1:7 twist 16". Was VERY happy with the load. Held good groups too.

There is a GREAT LW in Oak Ridge. WATE just did a piece about him here http://www.wate.com/story/19478653/mans-custom-leather-work-takes-off-in-east-tennessee. I have one of his holsters and am very impressed. I would drop him a note and see what he has to say. https://www.dragonleatherworks.com/

Yeah, the movie is just a smoke screen. Almost no one has seen it. Now maybe the pot-stirers over there are TELLING the riff raff that they should be upset over it just to fan the flames, but the guy with the rock in his hand hasn't seen it. This is the Arab Fall. But yes, the bigger deal was probably QE3 by Bernanke. I feel like things are coming to a head. Had a good day at the range yesterday sighting my rifles in though!

I thought the '90's catch phrase was "EXTREME!" I do shave with Mach 3 Turbo...but I can't find the wastegate anywhere on the damn things.

Black Talon!

Well the article did end with "this is going to be big". If only someone would come out with kits to make the 5.56 even LESS effective...oh wait...

Yeah, I have heard about the SSN problem for years now. Nothing will ever come of it. People are so confused about the birth issue that the arguments for investigating is a turn off for independants. I heard a guy on the radio this morning saying it isn't even an issue because his mother was an American. I just screamed at the radio that she renounced her citizanship before he was born! She hated the United States. She kept marrying 3rd Worlders for the that reason! But, frankly, the issue isn't that he may not be an american, it is that he doesn't behave like an american. The rest of the world, in his view, is the 99%!

Very grim, and frightfully plausible.

As I first reported, I have a buddy that just got one, and I just spoke to him about it. He LOVES it. He only has run about 50 rounds through it, but no trouble, and with winchester soft tips was shooting 1.5 or better at 100. He was sighting the gun in, and not trying for super tight groups, but is very impressed. I suspect it will be close to an MOA gun with quality ammo.

The question is which is the bubble. The dollar or precious metals? The dollar has actually been stronger globally as of late (because every other currency is screwed or pegged too)...the fear is that the dollar will collapse pushing silver higher. But Lester's point is well made. Silver is not an investment in the traditional sense, think of it more like car insurance. It is only there to make you "whole" in the event of a crash (and if the crash never comes you bought it for nothing). But unlike car insurance, even if there is no crash, it will still have some value. One more attempt at simplifying it...if the dollar crashes--and you have PM's (or something else of value)-- you will likely still have the same buying power with that PM that you have now with the dollar. But people who have only dollars will have very little, if any buying power. Of course, if everyone else is living like they are in the third world because they have no silver, but you still have today's buying power because you do, in comparrison to them, you would be wealthy. Poverty in the US is better than middle class almost anywhere else in the world. BTW, when Obama is talking about looking out for the 99%, he is talking about the rest of the world being the 99%, not the US OWS crowd. Anyhoo, if the dollar crashes and you have no PM (or other commodity)...then you are in the same shape as if you had a car wreck and had no car insurance. Lastly, if you have no insurance, and there is no crash, then you haven't wasted any premium money. The problem is, the guys driving the dollar right now appear to be drunk, and heading for a fiscal cliff...which is why PM's have been climbing. A lot of people are wanting insurance.

I really like the options the 901 gives you, and I LOVE seeing technology develope. To me though, assuming I have another AR15, I don't see what the appeal of swapping uppers just to do with it what I can already do with my current AR15 is. I'd rather just carry two rifles to the range as opposed to one rifle and one upper. And if the defication collides with the rotating blade, I'd rather hand a buddy my extra rifle, instead of an extra upper. I guess what I am saying is that anytime I have had a spare upper laying around, another lower has soon entered the equation. YMMV!

A buddy at work just got one...I will ask him his impressions tomorrow. As for talking you out of it, I will only say If you can swing approximately another grand, look at the SCAR 17. The magazine shortage is resolved. They are readily available. Having said that, I would have been looking at the Sig too if the SCAR weren't on the market. I was an M1A shooter for years, but as much as I love them, the AR10 or SCAR gives you a lot more options.

Silver and gold have held value as a trade medium through the fall of Rome, the Dark Ages, The Renaissance, three World Wars, yada, yada...and it will still hold value through the next Dark Ages. That doesn't mean buy all gold and silver, but it is a good idea to hold some. To the question You will use it just as you use paper money today. Some people will accept it in trade for goods and services. But the prices will probably not be in cents or dollars, but rather ounces or a fraction thereof. You may go see John the Barber and he says I'll cut your hair for a 1/10th an ounce of silver, which is approximately a silver dime. Some will not...just as it is today, they may only accept ammo in trade, or sheep, or chickens. The reason paper money has such a hard time is that people ONLY accept paper money because it is backed by the nation or power that issues it...it is an illusion. If society collapses, the money paper and modern coins issued by the US Government will not have that backing anymore...it will just be toilet paper (maybe some will still take it based on the notion that the US Government will be back again). The only reason gold and silver have any value is that nearly every society in the history of man has valued it, regardless of whose face is stamped on it. Cash is king (and silver and gold are cash...not dollar bills, which only are only a voucher for cash). The reason cash is king is because it is directly transmutable, in that...if I want to buy a bushel of wheat, but the guy selling it wants a chicken for it, and I don't have a chicken...what do we do? Does he let his wheat spoil waiting on a buyer with a chicken to come along? Or does he take my silver on the bet that he can trade the silver to someone else for something he needs? He can take ammo in trade...but would you trade for ammo in a caliber you don't use? You may, but that ammo ONLY has value if you find someone who can use ammo in that caliber. You need to buy horseshoes...but the blacksmith only accepts 44-40, but all you have is 30-30...now you have to run around finding someone to trade you ammo so you can buy from the blacksmith...all while trying not to lose your ass in the deal. There is no garauntee that anyone will trade for silver or gold, but it is likely that it will be accepted more than anything else. And whatever gets accepted most, will quickly come to be accepted by all. But others are right too...if the #### REALLY hits the fan hard...food will be about the most valuable stuff there is at first, until enough people die off that demand drops. The trouble with food as currency is that no matter HOW well it is packaged, it is persishable. Livestock has to be fed, it dies, its meat rots, same goes for veggies. The longer your food sits in a SHTF situation the more value it loses because people will die off, lowering demand...and it will lose all value instantly if it spoils.

Will you be at the Knoxville show this weekend David? If so, will you have some?

Apparently Varget works pretty well in my SCAR 308. I have been using 168 SMK's over 46grs of Varget (loaded just like the recipe on the bottle). I have been loading on a dillon 550. Of course Varget is not so great to charge by volume, but in spite of that, I am getting .75 to 1.25 groups at 100...with which I am thrilled. So I am wondering if there is a similar powder to Varget that is less costly. Is there a surplus equivilent? I have not experimented much in loading for this gun, the only other powder I've used being 4064, but the varget seems to be working better. 4064 is priced about the same though, so even if it worked better, it doesn't save me any money. Thoughts?

This is the daily internet winner.

It would be an incovenience, but hardly a show stopper.

I think the x54r would be pretty sweet.

I noticed that last night when I watched it again, but it didn't occur to me that it could mean Walt hadn't seen it. Great catch. They don't throw away any scenes or details on this show. They had to add an effect to make the pages stick together, and they wouldn't have done that for nothing. I had forgotten they were looking at the inscription in Gail's notebook the first time around. I was thinking it was in "Leaves of Grass" itself. I wonder why Gail put the incription in both places? Was he just practicing in the notebook? He was a bit of a perfectionist, so that would make sense.

I don't think that was a stretch at all. Walt had already dealt with that issue by informing Hank "WW" was Walt Whitman. If anything, tearing the page out would make Hank MORE suspicious...assuming Walt kept the book. Walt is certainly capable of mistakes...he has made a TON over the course of the series, but more importantly, he has become bolder, and much more careless in his mania...just like Gus. I am glad the show is taking a long break. It is getting so hard to watch. The penultimate scene where they are sitting at the pool, having a good time with everyone smiling...even Skylar...was agonizing because you knew it wouldn't last. There have been very few shows that have made me sick to my stomach because they are so powerful, but this one does it. I am glad for the winter break.

The suppression part makes a lot of sense...but I haven't shot a suppressed 300 or 338 before...so I don't know if they are much louder than a 308. If they weren't, would the end user ever even switch calibers?

http://militarytimes.com/blogs/gearscout/2011/01/20/fnh-unveils-its-ballista-precision-sniper-rifle/ I realize that this is an old story. But it got me to thinking, if purchased by the military, would these ever be used in any chambering but 338 (or if ammo is hard to get, 300WM)? Would they ever be configured in 308? I know that 308 is still largly the standard, but is that because of lack of availability of weapons/ammo in 300WM or 338Lap, or because 308 is preferred? My assumption is that the cartridge adaptability feature of a gun like this is used more to appeal to the bean-counters who like the idea of training on cheaper 308 ammo...but would the military spend any significant amount actually doing that if it is not the preferred or necessary calibre? I guess to sum up, is that feature really just designed to get the contract, and not actually of any benefit in the hands of the soldiers? I realize that in some WW scenario where our snipers are scrounging for whatever ammo they can get, there would be value there, but that seems an unlikely selling point. Thanks.

So, in the end, was this all just an attempt by him to get rich by lawsuit? Was this even about gun rights, or just an attempted moneygrab?