Oh Shoot

  I thought the thread was about lazy people when I opened it (liers), rather than prevaricators. :)   - OS

  Get the bundle with internet/TV/VoIP phone. Will knock it down to about $150 and you get all the movie channels except TMC.   After a year, goes up to about $175 but you'll still be getting more than you are now.   Quality of service can always be a prob though. First 10 years I had it at current location was rock solid, has been a moving target for the last 5, though.   - OS

  Mine is not really "blurry", quite sharp really. It's just not a circular dot, doesn't even resemble one.   - OS

I must admit I worry about them a bit, since that's about all I use anymore.   I assume you mean the string broke out of the main body of the snake, I hope you can still grab the other end? I've heard they can be damn tough to get out of there,and not real sure how I'd get one out myself if not.   Keep us informed.   - OS

  Neil, it's not the brightness, although setting it is squirrely. Well, maybe maximum  brightness isn't bright enough, not sure, plenty bright except in full outdoor sun, but maybe that's as bright as it gets, dunno.   It's  that main complaint is that it's not a "dot" at all, but a messy looking patchwork thing. It's not even one solid shape. It's now actually changed shape (s) into something a bit different that it was before.   I'll do photos and post Sunday night, need them to show Vortex probably anyway.   - OS

  NV button simply makes dot almost disappear entirely, can barely see something is there at highest intensity, you'd only see it full blown with the NV attachment, eh?   And btw, as faint as it is with the NV on, can still tell it's not an actual single round circular dot.   - OS

Well, I dunno guys, I'll try a pic and see if I can get some other folks to look through it.   Brightness clicker as per Tricky can't be right, as I can click it 30 times and it might or might not do anything.   Looks same to me in dim interior and in full daylight, only diff is intensity of dot (s).   I will say I've looked through several red dot scopes in the past, and even the cheap ones did indeed look like a frigging single dot. You know, like perfectly round on the edges.   - OS

Hey guys, you have have them now, how about checking out my questions in this thread?:   http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/topic/74087-vortex-strikefire-broken/   - OS

  I'm out of town, had thing sent here to Mom's. I'll do the pic thing when I get back Sunday.   But AFAIK, I just have normal old fart farsightedness, wear reading glasses is all. Everything cept that okay as of about a year ago when I had eye exam.   - OS

  You forgot Plainsmen, too.   "Auburn, the loveliest village on the plains". Compared to what, Opelika?   - OS

My first red dot, grabbed it for $120 delivered from Cabela's, red/green model, with 2x magnifier, too. Great deal, 'cept it sucks; I hope it sucks because it's broken, though.   Directions say to "bump" switches up and down for 10 levels of  brightness. Each "bump" ("click") does nothing, sometimes maybe the 20th or 30th click switches to what I guess is full brightness, which is still quite pale in daylight. If I simply hold down on the bright or dim button, I do get minimum and maximum brightness, but doesn't seem to be in any kind of even increments, just sorta suddenly goes quite a bit brighter or dimmer at some point.   Worse, though, the dot isn't a dot, Is like 3-4 small separate irregular tiny dots making an irregular looking bumpy whole, and have little spider web light streaks emanating out around the center, with one long bright streak emanating backward at angle toward the eye. That's the red, and switching to green is the same except more intense, looks rather like a sort of bumpy irregular "v" shape.   Surely this isn't the way the thing is supposed to work? You folks that have one, you get a nice precise sharp dot, etc?   Dunno whether to send back to Cabela's for exchange or contact Vortex first, or what. 'Course, if this is what it's supposed to do, guess I don't want it at all.   Appreciate any feedback,   - OS

  Probably right. The light at the end of the tunnel can be an oncoming train -- named The Hildebeest.Special.   - OS

  And it could get worse still.   - OS

  Yow, that's tough -- sincere condolences.   - OS

  Transfer is a permanent situation, loan or rental is not.   Again, read 18 USC 922. Even in the sketchy FAQ you quoted, it says you may loan or rent a firearm to a non-resident,  as I said and I assure you there is nothing in the statute about it having to be done in either lender's or lendee's state.   Private transfer of a firearm between residents of different states is illegal by federal law regardless of where they occur. Loan or rental of a firearm is legal by federal law between residents of different states regardless of where they occur.   I'm a little unsure about the "rental" part without an FFL however, believe it could easily fall under the "being in the business" section, so I wouldn't really consider that as an individual.   - OS

I think all those estimates are too high,myself.   1. permits per household is pretty shaky stat, for a variety of reasons, and of course, percentage of total population is too. You really need to know the number of >21 year olds vs permits, and that would give you the most accurate number. That available from last census?   2. Is that 449,419 permits simply all permits ever issued? If so, the actual number of current ones would be significantly lower due to deaths, non-renewals, folks moving out of state, etc.   3. No accurate statistics,but I'd posit just from what folks say about their carry habits, that half or less of all permit holders are likely to be packing at any given time. Indeed, I'd posit that at least 25% never carry at all on their person.   etc.   - OS

  You can make up a law if you like, but that doesn't make it true. (Feel free to cite the federal law that refutes me).   - OS

  Not true, federally. Under 18USC 922, "the loan or rental of a firearm to any person for temporary use for lawful sporting purposes" is an exception to prohibitions against private transfer between non same state residents.   The duration of "temporary" is not defined in the statute or in 921 which contains definitions for 922.   - OS

Missed this thread till now -- best wishes for ole Ernie Dawg.

  Yes. Mistyped.

  Yup. Patriot Act stuff is perhaps the most significant infringement on overall rights in our history, really a giant leap forward for the Big Brother State.   Also, Dubya said he sign extension of the AUB AWB if Congress authorized it and was also for universal background checks.   Fortunately, he was too dumb to do nearly the damage that BHO has, and without Cheney's evil brain would likely have been quite a bit even more benign. Though I'll always consider both as war criminals for Iraq.   - OS

  I get surprisingly little spam any more, but I got that one.   - OS

  Yeah, whatever the Howard Leight type are, the slick, non-porous ones. They're the only kind that really seal for me, have to compress 'em correctly and then hold 'em in till they expand. Never found anything as effective, including my electronic ones and the custom molded ones either.. Drawback is can't hear anything at all to speak of.   - OS

  YMMV. Their official policy is no open carry, and they may ask you to remove the gun or yourself from their premises, of course they aren't perfectly consistent about enforcement.   Recent example if you haven't seen it:   http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/topic/73938-cracker-barrel/?view=getnewpost   - OS

  Unless they see it. Then may be quite gun unfriendly.   - OS