Oh Shoot

  What made the book so nifty was the detailed "science" and behavior of the zeds, and the logistics of the effort,  as people and agencies world wide reacted to the problem. Lots of little fasinating details, such as  the weapons that were made and distributed like the spring loaded headspike on a pole and etc.   Even at the end of the book after the war was "won", in present time, the ongoing random zed control of those still wandering up onto land from the oceans and the annual thaw of those in northern latitudes, etc.   And yet through the overall huge overview, the characters relating their individual parts in the thing to the "interviewer" also gave it the microcoosm of one on one storytelling. Point is, one's suspension of disbelief is easily maintained by the "logical" presentation of the thing as a whole.   I suppose it's my fav of all the zombie stuff I've read and pretty high in the larger EOTWAWKI genre overall too.   - OS

  There are actually lots of quaintly nice little burgs tucked away here and there, and once I saw a deer run across the road!   But the parts you'll most likely travel are indeed depressing.   - OS

"In 2009, the Glock 22 RTF2 (Rough Texture Frame 2) (chambered in .40 S&W) was introduced. This pistol featured a new checkering texture around the grip and new scalloped (fish gill shaped) serrations at the rear of the sides of the slide" "In 2009 at SHOT Glock introduced the Model 22 RTF2 with a pyramid grip texture and scalloped slide serrations. It is still considered a 3rd generation gun. Glock produced the RTF2 in models 17, 19, 22, 23 and 23C. Around mid-2010 Glock dropped the crescent shaped slide serrations and started using the standard slide serrations on the RTF2 models. As of January 2011 the RTF2 Model Glocks were available only to Law Enforcement."

  I'll go. I'm yer man fer Zeds.

  And likely BHO's comments (and who knows what behind the scenes influence) were the tipping point for getting Zim charged period.   - OS

No way the movie could be even close to the book, since best I remember there were like 25 or more separate "stories" recounted by the characters in the book from all over the globe, giving a true sense of world war.   - OS

  I think it's a big "meh" for 99% of shooters, discussed not long ago here:   http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/topic/65885-tracking-point-the-end-of-long-range-shooting/   - OS

CDNN has     Gen 2's, didn't work in either of my Minis. They beefed them up, but that made them too tight for many rifles in the 580-581 series, binds, won't feed but 2 or 3 at a time.   The Gen 1's worked fine in my two rifles, but feed lips wouldn't keep the rounds in. I didn't shoot them long enough to wear out the hole, which was their other problem, before sending them in for swap.   For as factory mags, keep watching CDNN. They only have 20 rounders for $40 right now, but sometimes still have 20 rounders for $30 and 30 rounders for $40, which is still 10 clams more each than they sold them for two years ago.     - OS

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Geena Davis: " I got myself out of Beruit once, I think I can get out of New Jersey."   Samuel L. Jackson: "Yeah, well don't be so sure. Others have tried and failed ... the entire population in fact."       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnDpckMBdUU   - OS

  The link I gave you have in stock availability, if you decide you want nice leather. I believe it was TGO David who got one of the "Phoenix" models, seemed very pleased with it.   You're gonna pay around at least fifty clams for anything truly worth a hoot in the first place, and another 50 or so ain't much considering the seriousness of carrying a heater in the first place, IMNSHO.   - OS

Most folks will recommend a Crossbreed or similar hybrid rig, but I love quality leather with loops (don't like metal or Kydex clips). Like my TT Gunleather (Tim Thurner). http://www.ttgunleather.com Takes about 3 months or more to get one made, but he also offers the Phoenix line of ready USA made ones, according to his designs as I understand it, which I've seen touted as very nice also. http://www.ttgunleather.com/catalog/c12_p1.html Here's my XD subbie 9 in his Slim IWB "Mikes Special" holster: - OS

Amazed this hasn't been mentioned here yet, happened on Friday, looked around, did I miss it?   6 or so dead, more wounded, AR-15 or rifle "similar to one", beau coup ammo, like 1300 rounds in this report.   Sounds like lots of shots fired, few hits.   "John Samir Zawahri", I'll go out on a limb and opine that he probably wasn't a Southern Baptist or anything.   http://abcnews.go.com/US/santa-monica-shootings-father-daughter-victims/story?id=19359338#.UbV4i9hIXZc   Should be plenty of fresh news by the time y'all read this.     - OS

Well, I can only say that the guy did not comply with the "safe passage" part of the Firearm Owners Protection Act so he couldn't use that as defense:   - all firearms were not unloaded - at least some of the firearms were readily accessible - in the case of a vehicle without a compartment separate from the driver's, either the guns or the ammo must be in locked container   Also, there's a gray area about stopping for the night, not addressed in the act. Obviously when behind enemy lines, best to get over the damn border.   - OS

  Or the cruel trick on old alkies when pints and half pints went to less booze in milliliter packaging.   - OS

  Same trend as common products in supermarket staying same price for smaller packaging, Grande Meal at Taco Hell being 10 instead of 12 gut grenades, etc.   The .22lr ammunition companies started this several years ago with the 325, 350, 375 count packages, priced higher proportionally than the 500-525-550 ones. Now just translated to the smallest quantity package too, I guess.   - OS

  Well, all an interesting viewpoint, and yeah I admit I've been surprised by some various negative media from traditional sycophants of The Anointed One, but I think it's more about their being in between champions. Like Herr Leader and the Dem Party itself, they're more about elections than anything actually related to effective government itself.   And I'll certainly concede that 3.5 years is an eternity in political time, or any kind of time in American life today, as far as that goes, but unless a major socioeconomic change happens before, Hildebeest is in the catbird seat. I said it when she resigned, that the fix had been in all along.   She gives four years of service to The Anointed One, thereby bringing the Dems who were bitterly disappointed by her loss of the nomination into the fold, kept her in the press daily doing "important things", and allowed her to bow out with plenty of time to systematically gin up the machine for her Ascension. If BHO winds up being seen as a miserable failure, she was still a team player, and didn't have anything to do with it (after all, she didn't want him to be president), if a success, just more coat tails to ride in on.   It was to BHO's benefit to have her heading State, mainly in the "keep your friends close and your enemies closer" sense.   Unless the various Benghazi probes eventually show that she and BHO basically said "Screw Chris Stevens, let's have another drink", it won't cost her any significant points at the polls.   Keep an eye on Christie. Assuming he almost certainly wins reelection as Guv, I honestly don't see him running for Prez on the GOP ticket. Seriously giving odds here that he might mount an early independent campaign, maybe only half seriously as for as winning, but if his favorability stays high,  with the deal being he becomes Hillary's veep, switching parties in "a true sense of bipartisan service to the country".   He'll be a hundred pounds lighter, and she'll look 50 by the time the campaigns begin and unless something overall terrible happens as mentioned in my post above, it would be a cakewalk, even if Christ himself decides to run for the GOP.   - OS

  Yeah, I just don't see any swings back from the damn "progressive" thing until most of the folks who feel they are getting something from it feel real pain due to cutting of payments or services. Of course, the conservatives still wouldn't win back most pro abortion choice, pro same sex marriage, pro lax immigration, pro marijuana, pro affirmative action, etc voters.   Or the Big Pain happens that will affect everyone, the ebb tide that lowers all boats.   8 years of BHO has finally put the fix in, made things bad enough that the most people in history are dependent on the fed, and their vote is locked in, as long as they are still getting theirs.   Ironically, a rarefied strata at other end of the spectrum benefits also, just look at the market -- it's become totally separate from the reality of the masses. Rank and filers can't make do on the interest from their saved money, but that zero interest thing that has hurt the majority still allows the minority of high rollers who have extra money to risk to make a killing.   - OS

You generally don't remember too much about having childhood maladies, but when I was 7 or so, I got the worse case of chiggers you can get. Solid bands around waist and ankles, and other areas here and there. Tromping around edges of a flood stage Reelfoot Lake fishing with my pop. Don't remember him getting any at all. Will never forget that level of agony, remember taking a hair brush to them, which of course just made it worse, bloody and weepy. And still incredibly itchy for at least a week.   Can remember going to some doctor, who recommended the ole paint 'em with nail polish trick. Which of course turned out to be just old wives tale, since the chiggers do not burrow under the skin or anything as per common lore.   Had beau coup localized areas in all the years since, but nothing to hold a candle to that time.   During my summer stint killing hardwoods for Bowater, the crew was issued sulfur powder, and apparently that does actually work (to prevent, not cure).  I used it some off and on in years after that too, when clearing and cutting wood in bushy areas, and never got the first bite any time I thought to use it.   - OS

  Ya gotta be joking. Right now, Hillary is the most overwhelming favorite this far out perhaps in history.   I expect Senate and House to remain about the same percentage as now after the midterms.   - OS

  Georgia Arms won't be there, so there's about the best prices I've seen since Sandy Hook at shows gone right off the bat.   - OS

  Do ya feel lucky?  Well, do ya, punk?

  Left up to the state, by federal ruling.   Dunno what fed's ruling is for federal cases.   - OS

TN recognizes ALL other states' permits, by TCA statute.   That means soon as IL gets cranking, 48 of the 49 (Vermont does not issue one).   Here's states that honor PA permit. I have never known handgunlaw.us to be out of date. Fellow who runs it has posted here some:   http://www.handgunlaw.us/states/pennsylvania.pdf     - OS

  Well, maybe except for:   http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/topic/66133-brass-to-the-face/     - OS