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I have had quite a few Ace stocks and currently have a Bonesteel on my Vepr. The Bonesteel is far better than the Ace. It locks up nicer, tighter, and has a thinner profile. The Ace is very good and I have two of them currently on various AK's. I do like that they are shorter in OAL but will get a bit of wobble when they aren't tucked into the shoulder. I've never had any issues with the Ace stocks and wouldn't hesitate to use them, but the Bonesteel is a better setup all around. Tighter and more solid, but I do like the versatility of the Ace setup and ATM it has more stock options. Bonesteel is working on interchangeable stock options that will be nice, but not as adaptable as the Ace IMO.

Well, I guess the irony is that I'm now a non-conformist/rebel. I refuse to get a tattoo or piercing simply because everyone seems to have them and it is the "in" thing to do. I figure anything I do to try to fit in with some culturally relevant issue or fad is controlling me and expressing a cultural message as opposed to expressing my individuality or will.    I really feel for the guys (or gals) who got them to be non-conformist and have now been nearly negated by the culture they were trying to differentiate themselves from.   I guess the age old principle of letting who you are be represented by your character and name is still the most true individualistic expression one can display. 

Don't know of local guys that can personally walk you through but if Troy at InRange is taking work again, he can't be beat.  Here are a couple links to jigs and tools you can use to do your own. Robert Forbus is local here in Nashville and you can get him on the phone and he will be a world of help. Essentially all you need in addition to the jigs is a 12 ton press (or better). Even a cheap one from Harbor Freight, a bolt cutter (for rivets), and welding set-up.  http://ak-builder.com/ http://www.tothtool.com/ http://robertforbus.com/Kalashnikova_Tools.htm http://akbuildingtools.com/   Also AK builder has some helpful links than can walk you through most of it. ie http://ak-builder.com/index.php?dispatch=pages.view&page_id=13

I've always loved the look of the Rhineland wood. Made me want to get another gun just to have one of the SVD stocks. Very Nice! 

Yeah, Car Doctor. He just did some work for me. Great guy and he's fair. You'll recognize him. He used to come in D&T when you worked there.

No. It's not magnified so it doesn't affect sight picture. The benefit is that you get a wider field of view because the optic body is not so close it blocks out the side field of view as much. The drawback is that it puts a little more weight out front and AK's tend to be a bit front heavy as is.

It's all from the same original charge. The ex-girlfriend lost in a custody battle and this followed shortly after. After the first CPS charge went nowhere she filed again on the same charge with another department. The Marshall's were called due to the possibility of automatic weapons being on him.   They also say the daughter is very upset and wants nothing to do with the mother. According to people who are close to the situation.

I've got another one. You guys really should just switch to AK's and not worry about "spare parts"! :) PM me.

#4 Simple and sweet.

[quote name="atlas3025" post="1177122" timestamp="1407525858"]Can you turn that into a Head Up display on an Aimpoint or EOTech?[/quote] Yes:D http://www.guns.com/2013/05/16/the-inteliscope-tactical-iphone-rifle-mount-system/

Love them. If I ever get any more AR's it's the only stock I'll run. Too simple to use anything else.

They are built in Radom Poland but not in the famed Radom plant. These are fine AK's once you get past the IO connection, built using polish AK specs but not polish military AK parts.

Taylor Swift is hot like Hillary Swank is beautiful :ugh:  That being said my 10 year old like her and my family has spent some time with her and she was pleasant enough. I've heard the horror stories but she has always been good to the people I know that have met her.

[quote name="contendershooter" post="1169077" timestamp="1405533073"]I believe this has some validity, but here is the deal. Unions destroyed the big 3 automakers, and the fact the reliability across the board couldn't compete with Toyota, Nissan, Honda. Also Chrysler and GM lost a lot of people when they stepped in the bed with the govt in regards to the bailout money, and the govt sold GM back to itself for pennies on the dollar compared to the tax dollars used to bail them out, and the fact a lot of people aren't comfortable with GM vehicles due to OnStar and the fact the govt. can have your vehicle disabled with a phone call. It was done in a high speed chase not long ago in Nashville with a new Camaro. Secondly, gun shops typically purchase from the same wholesalers that Wal-Mart, Cabellas, Bass Pro, etc. purchase from. Some retailers like BassPro, Cabellas, Gander Mountain are higher than your LGS, whereas Academy is typically cheaper. Money is tight now, and if Bud's can sell a Ruger P95 for 300.00 delivered, so should Guns and Leather, D&T, Nashville Armory, etc. I had a friend who was a LEO that had his FFL and sold out of his home and online. I got to see his Jerry's Sports Center wholesale catalog and seen how much markup are in guns. For example at the time a Taurus 85 at a LGS was running 269-329.99, it cost him to get one 177.65 new, blued. He sold them online for 249.00 as fast as he could get them. Now 100.00 don't seem like a lot of markup, but multiply that across multiple firearms, and the markup on the high dollar stuff was even greater, you could make a nice penny. Places like Buds is volume based sales, so that is why they don't have the markup as much. not to mention they have a huge store and LEO sales division, and large range. I just posted myself asking what happened to Academy of Self Protection in Joelton, and there is a sign in the window that says "RIP Academy of Self Protection, has the years they were open and says at the bottom gone due to the price point shopper". I take they are referencing people buying from Buds, KY Gun Company and others. The gun shops need to be more competitive in pricing, and be more than willing to match Buds and others prices or at least come within the transfer fee price calculated in, and a lot of LGS are not willing to do that. [/quote] Most can match price, but they can't match state sales tax. In TN that is huge. 9.25% is typically close to the profit margin, so they end up not making money absorbing an additional 9.25% in the cost, even with shipping and transfer. Internet sales tax would even the field and keep far more LGS in business as pointed out by Joelton's sign.

[quote name="Spiffy" post="1168462" timestamp="1405357012"]I've had dealers tell them the make and model over the phone when they call it in. Whoever they talk to might not type it in during the check on their end but it still sounds odd at the time.[/quote] That's because they run two separate checks that are not tied together except on the 4473 itself. The nics check runs one check on the buyer and a seperate check on the gun to verify it is not stolen or otherwise in the database for recovery. This is why they call the manufacturer, then distributor, then the dealer when they recover a criminally used gun to identify the original buyer. They don't know otherwise.

Middle class can not be defined because middle class is not a stagnate destination. The middle class is where people are in flux as they move between the bottom and top of the economic fields. You are in the middle class if you are working to move from a lower economic level to a higher level.

Haha, I've got two girls (4 & 11 going on 25!) And two boys in the middle (7 and 9). Girls are definitely harder than boys. Boys get physical interaction. Girls are all mental and emotional. ;-) On the other hand, there's nothing better than the loving affection of my little girls .... until they're mad at me haha!

Very hard to find in any quantity. Pretty much buy it when it's available, if you want it.

[quote name="fstbk65" post="1163051" timestamp="1403855034"]I looked into a 300WM when trying to decide on a long range rifle build. When I started comparing ballistics and such I kept coming back to the 260/6.5mm caliber. I ended up with a 260AI that can shoot as far as a 300WM but do it in a short action burning less powder. It takes a 200gr + bullet to equal the BC of the 139-140gr 260 bullets in BC. It takes a 300WM to push a pill that big to velocities that I can get with my 260AI. It was a no brainer for me. I think the military is just stuck on the 30 caliber round. They should consider changing everything to a 6.5mm IMHO.[/quote] They actually were testing .260 variants but brass wanted .30 cal for a reason I can't recall right now.

I find it funny that her main reasoning for the .45 was muzzle energy. I guess she didn't realize that the 9mm and .45 share virtually identical muzzle energy. It's about mass. Of course anytime someone claims the .45 is a "one shot stopper" compared to everything else, I stop listening.

[quote name="Oh Shoot" post="1162695" timestamp="1403754300"]Not sure what the exact rule is re FFL. A manufacturer can replace a firearm with one with diff serial number at any time without doing official transfer, can ship directly to you. Not all will though, as I found out with an ATI Omni AR-15 lower replacement. - OS[/quote] Taurus won't ship a new serial number replacement direct. It would have to be transferred through an ffl. Reason being they have to have a transfer of that serial number on the books to account for it in the log. anything that come in on the books has to have a log out or be destroyed. What manufactures can do is replace a serial number on their transfer book with a new one, but the old one then has to be destroyed.

Current projection is to be in mid 2015 before we seen any production from the expansion.  That's what I've heard some distributors we're told by Remington people for FWTW.

I ended up with a few different muzzle brakes I wanted to try on my Vepr x39. Figured I'd run a mag through each and see how they stacked up against each other. Going strictly on feel, off hand shooting, with no sling or any other brace, and no video. Very scientific ain't it? ;-) 1. '74 brake. 24m thread on a 14m adapter. - this was my standard as I knew what to expect and many folks have run it and know the comparison. Performed well as expected. 2. CNC Warrior Nightbrake - these intrigued me as they are a bit of a cross between an SLR brake, that works really well, and a Vortex FH and doesn't cost a fortune. Got to say I was impressed! All the others tended to have a bit of an up and to the left recoil. The Nightbrake just kinda recoiled in place. I believe this to be because while it is essentially a single port brake, the bottom the port is much wider than the top. That gives you the side to side stability but also pushes the muzzle down at the same time. It is the same port design as the '74, but the Vortex styled end must help keep the secondary blast more linear. Recoil absorption was just as good or better than the '74 but stayed on target better than the others. Don't know how it affects flash but if it helps, it's a plus. 3. Phantom - great inexpensive muzzle device that does better than average as a brake and as a FH. It had the most recoil of the group but it was still decent. The fact that it is also a decent FH makes it a great inexpensive hybrid that actually works. 4. Damage Industries (non-ported) brake - love how small this thing is and I love the price! Recoil reduction was very similar to the '74. So much like the '74 that I had to try it again. Cheapest of the bunch, smallest of the bunch and also loudest the bunch, but it works as well as a '74 brake. Bottom line -I really like the Nightbrake from CNC Warrior. I could get faster follow up shots and stay on target easier with my Primary Arms 1-6. It's a lot smaller and lighter than the '74 and looks pretty good as well. If it does anything for flash reduction then it will beat the '74 by quite a margin in my book. Hadn't seen many around so I was surprised it worked so well. Overall all of them worked fine and I could see using them all in the future on different builds, but the Nightbrake stays in the Vepr. Only wish I had a Manticore NightBrake in 14m to compare it to, as that is what I've started to run on all my pistol AK's. Those work phenomenally well but cost nearly twice as much or more than all the ones I tested today.

Could be. Could also be someone test fired it at the store in the range. Happens. They do have a lifetime warranty so it shouldn't be a problem, but I understand the concern.

That's a little more than usual for the test fire.