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Kinda the trend I've also noticed. Argh, it's so fregin hard to talk myself into one! haha I suppose it's more of a neat novelty than anything.

Yes, but please don't push the issue. We JUST got this changed and don't need another Voldermort carrying a Katana downtown... Not saying you would, just a generality, no offense intended. ;)

I know, seems like the holy grail of blades but I am curious if there is one. Every single one I come across is almost as much as a gun, heck some even MORE so. I like the Microtech's in the $250 range, I just hate the thought of spending $4-500 on a knife. Yeah, yeah, you get what you pay for. Just hard to justify something in my mind that DOESN'T go bang for that kind of cash but I may suck it up and get me one of them fancy James Bond knives.  :P

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Welcome to the forum cousin, firearms and all that encompasses that has a rather large learning curve. You have made yourself apart of a community that is a wealth of knowledge, make use of it as I have. Kanpai  :cheers:

Thank you for your service and welcome to the board cousin. :)

Welcome aboard cousin.  :woohoo:

  Agreed, I'm in a similar boat and am trying to get my ducks in a row, short term first, then long term BUT that being said, I'd like to get all the bases covered eventually. Just takes time and money. It seems when you have one, you don't have the other.  :-\

Now all silliness aside, let's create a "what if" scenario. What if Ebola was weaponized into a very aggressive strain (http://www.google.com/patents/US20120251502 not trying to fear monger, more a curiosity than anything) AND went airborne? Would you have the preps on hand to survive such a outbreak? I know I don't as I need hazmat gear and a mask. DISCUSS!

Yeah, dealers use MULTIPLE sources for acquiring firearms; RSR, Davidsons, Sport South, Ellett Bros., CSS, etc. Most distributors are pretty close in price, some not so much. Like Davidsons for instance is usually $40-80 higher than the next one down BUT they have lifetime guarantee's on ALL guns regardless of manufacturers warranty, so it's a bit of a trade-off. Buds usually has about a 8-15% mark up, hence their good prices. Volume in their case.

I see this and it reminds me as to why I hate hippies.  :bat:

Nah, last show I went to was NOPI Nats in '06. I haven't been in the tuner scene much since then.

Jack thought back to the gruesome sight of the crazed man eating that cat, uncooked and only half skinned. He tried to justify Jeb's actions but his conscience wouldn't allow him to do so. He shelved this thought into the back of his mind and tried not to ponder on it. Tay leaned his head through the folded down rear window of the canvas top, "Eyes up gang, get your weapons at the ready." Jack leaned into the window to see what Tay was talking about. The truck was approaching military roadblock but there were no armed guards manning it. There were two Humvee's parked at the entryway to create a funnel effect which left the deuce just enough room to squeeze by.   It was a military checkpoint that was abandoned. They crept slowly through the encampment, Tay brought the deuce to a halt and killed the motor. The group waited to see if anyone, or thing, would come out to greet them as they sat there. No one approached the old transport truck after sitting there for a few minutes. Tay gave a thumbs up. Everyone crawled out of the truck, both from the cab and the bed, weapons at the low ready. The group joined up at the back end of the truck. In a hushed voice, Tay said, "Jeb, you go with Julie and Jack. Search the area, get anything you can find that you think is useful. I'll leave that judgement up to you." They all nodded in agreement and began their very careful search of the area. Tay and Sarah took up patrol of the east area which had a medical tent. As the two looked through the tent here, there many dead bodies that had 'ripened' due to the heat of the last few days. Sarah used a bandanna she had around her head as a mask. Tay did the same with his Shemagh, that he had brought back from the sandbox, he had around his neck.    The two searched this tent and recovered as much as they could which was far more than they thought was there. The two of them were able to fill up one of the sealable containers used by the DOD, watertight and airtight with a pressure relief valve, these were good to go. The only things they couldn't use were the liquid medications left like the saline bags as they had been exposed to too much heat compromising their capability. The bags had turned a yellowish color, they weren't good anymore. Tay knew this from the medical training he had received in his stint with the Department of Defense. The meds they could use were those in pill or cream form, they snagged all those that they possibly could. Just as they finished up, the two heard a scream from across the camp along with a few pops from what they guessed were suppressed gunfire. Tay looked at Sarah whose color was running out of her face. The couple fast moved it, with their dominant hands on their weapons, over to the origin of the sound. 

Heck, I have to do that sometimes just to make sure I'm getting my own material right and not mix up anything, lol. It's pretty difficult to stay focused until you have new inspiration but once you do, it's like a fire under your butt, ha!

Indeed but it cuts down the wait time dramatically and forgoes the fingerprint/local sheriff song and dance too. If they had an express lane, I'd probably fork out the extra cash too. The wait is what kills me, not the money but then the NFA should be done away with altogether BUT that's neither here nor there.   To the OP, as leftyk82 said(which I believe THEY'RE quoting Indiana Jones OR How I Met Your Mother, which was also quoting The last Crusade...), you've chosen wisely.

One day later...   The M35A2 rumbled along the city street, the banded group saw everything one could expect to find in a war zone and then some as cannibalism isn't exactly common place, even in modern war-torn countries, especially when it involves the resurrected dead. While searching for supplies on their way to Romeo Hotel, the group happened upon an elderly man feasting upon a cat that he had caught in a snare. When they realized that he wasn't a walking corpse, they understood just how bad things had gotten. Jack had an idea that the man would likely turn cannibal or worse if the opportunity arose, just given this short amount of time that has changed.   He had even contemplated killing him so as to for one, eliminate a future threat to someone else, both as a human and a corpse. No matter how many times he mulled it over though, he couldn't bring himself to do it. Jeb was apparently thinking the same exact same thing as Jack and took it upon himself to dispatch the man. Jeb approached the crazed codger who payed no mind to Jeb. He flipped the safety off of his suppressed carbine, shouldered the weapon and discharged it into the mans skull. Jack, even though he knew why, he asked, "Why, how could you?" Jeb simply replied, "He may not be a threat now, but here soon he could be and I don't give a @#$% about him, I care about you guys and our objective, that's all."   Jack would remember this as the first time he saw true merciless killing all in the name of "protecting the group". The craziest part to Jack, was that he made no attempt to stop Jeb, he watched him and knew what he was about to do. When Jack questioned Jeb, it wasn't out of disgust or disappointment but an actual question of 'how' to which Jeb answered. He didn't like it but he stomached it and he knew, from here on it would only get harder. Jack remembered a Navy Seal quote he heard in one of his classes he attended, 'The only easy day was yesterday.' 

Why? P-Mags are combat proven and capable. I personally know several guys who served who preferred them over USGI. Larry Vickers put it a pretty good way though, plastic mags are meant for the here and now as plastic over time deteriorates. Metal mags will last just about as long as you, if not more so. For a prep mindset, I can understand but I can't see any other reasoning than that.

Deuce running on JP4 with a M103M1 in the bed, a diesel powered KLR650 designed for multi-fuel capability. The latter, is somewhat difficult to acquire... -_-

We got a dual fuel(gas/propane) mounted to a trailer and two 20lb tanks to fuel it. The welder also happens to be mounted to this trailer as well. Portable welding rig baby. :D

Range report or it doesn't exist....

Blemmed Adams Arms piston gun WITH Samson rail....$729.00 THAT, is a steal.   http://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/36_1100/products_id/411554633/Adams+Arms+Base+Piston+Mid+Length+w+Samson+TE+Rail+556NATO+16%22+BLK+6-POS+Blem

Oooooo, Galil deliciousness.

.22 short to .300 Win Mag, excluding 12ga.

You do realize that several of the more affordable weapons and several defense contractors are not American? Glock(except some newer Gen 4's and 42's), Springfield XD/XDM/XDS, IWI, Sig Sauer, Beretta, H&K, FNH etc.. Hell Colt doesn't, and hasn't, made the barrels for the M16A4 and M4 family for some time, they've contracted out FNH, which they use the same barrel blanks as the M249 SAW. Springfield contracts several of their parts from Mexico for their 1911's but is that going to stop me from shooting their sweet pistols? Well... Cinco de Mayo amigo! Shooters want bang for buck but if you want to spend $3,000 on a 100% all American made Ed Brown by all means, they're awesome but you'll pay for that American manufacturing and customization.