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Tula is an import brand and since they split with Wolf, it is currently coming from several different sources including but not limited to the Ulyansky factory. Tula brand boxes are still Russian but they distribute under other names like Cabella's "Herter's". IIRC.

Well being that only some of the Wolf line is actually made in Russia and the Tula is coming out of Bosnia/Herzegovina I don't think it's going to be a problem. Well, unless people start speculating and destroy the current market like they did with AR's and 5.56/.223 back last January. I'll wait till others have maxed out their CC and then the market dumps the price back down. That's when I'll buy. ;)

They are awesome and LOUD! Look at the Manticore Nightbrake for a really effective brake. Stormwerkz makes a rail that you can add to the too cover for an optic. They also make a sling plate that uses the same hole pattern and thread pitch as the Ace stocks, so you can add a sling in addition to the arm brace. Echo93 also had some good sling attachment options. Manticore is also coming out with a Magpul type HG that should be awesome. Currently only MI makes an aftermarket railed HG for the m92.

I should say that in my case I know many of the folks who work the Rivergate firearms counter and they are decent folks. They come down to our store quite a bit and we share info to some degree. The only problems I've had are with the youngerish guys that work the counter.

I had the same exact experience at the Rivergate Academy. Told me they were out of the Buckets and so I look around as I was mostly killing time. Some older guy comes up and he starts talking low with the counter attendant. The salesman not thinking I could hear them or was watching them points at me and tells him to be quiet as he pulls TWO buckets from under the counter and the older guy shields them from me with his body. Pretty crappy and it ate me up as I went home.   I called back and spoke to the store manager and he assured me they do not hold ammo for anyone and seemed to be concerned about the practice. I could care less about getting the ammo as I didn't need any and wasn't really going to buy any, but how he treated me when he thought I couldn't hear or see him was really infuriating and I let them know.

Price is the only thing Tapco has going for it, but if you watch you can find mil-surp for near the same price.   Are the Circle 10's worth it? Debatable. They are by far the nicest, best AK mags made but they don't run any better than steel surplus mags and the cost has become prohibitive. If I had unlimited funds I'd have nothing but Circle 10's, but being that I can get 3 or 4 surplus mags for the same price I don't have many Circle 10's.   There are also some Bulgarian poly mags that have steel reinforced lugs and feed lips that CDNN is selling and I have a few that work really well. Just have to be careful as there as Bulgarian "commercial" mags that look identical but lack the metal reinforcement.

Anything, but American made mags. You won't save money going with US mags and they have proven to be hit and miss on reliability, fit, and durability. Com-bloc mags are like AK's ... they just work.   The Magpuls are interesting but I'll wait till they come out with the Gen2's that have the metal reinforcement tabs like the Bulgarian Circle 10's, the pinnacle of the AK mag world. Toth Tool is also coming out with a Circle 10 quality mag that promises to be interesting depending on cost. I would also stay away from the KCI (Korean Mags). Outside of Tapco's, they are the only mags I've had feed issues out of.

Simple answer to all AR problems ... AK ;) Seriously though the problem with AR's is by their very nature you can't leave them alone. Anything new and fancy and it demands to have it installed and thus creates the AR market. If it was intentional it was a brilliant marketing strategy! :) Glad you got it worked out.   Maybe the Russian proverb holds true, "Better is the enemy of good enough."

Didn't intend to insinuate anything about LEO except they are human beings just like everyone else. My statement was more of an indictment about the complacency of the citizen towards this power grab. If we are expecting a president, politician, or police officer to be the one who takes a stand we have lost already. The Lt. was correct when he told the lady that he was the wrong person to direct her feelings toward.

As much as I hate to agree with you I agree with you on this one. I thought he answered pretty much as well as he could given the circumstances and questions that were asked. This was a no win and was a t least courteous enough to stay on the phone and let her vent.   That being said, I'm afraid the sentiment that most LEO will not go along with unlawful laws is mistaken and his interview speaks to that. They, like the American people who are going along with unlawful actions as we speak, will defer to those with percieved greater power over them. 

Why can't you stay on topic or use a PM for personal comments?

Nancy Grace has about as much credibility as Obama.

Either way the decision is confusing. The American flag ban was deemed constitutional because there were threats of violence from the "pro-Mexican" students and the school can ban things to prevent violence, but the Cinco de Mayo students could not be banned from wearing Mexican flag shirts because they had not been threatened with violence? Am I reading that right? Threats of violence (illegal activity) are what deem something constitutional or unconstitutional?   Potential illegals, using illegal threats of violence against US citizens, are ruled constitutional and protected and encouraged to flaunt said protection. American citizens who do not engage in illegal activity are ruled unconstitutional and are threatened with legal and punitive administration. Got it.

I had an old NASA engineer tell me about spring compression not weakening springs. He was the kinda of engineer that used a slide rule and knew Von Braun. I take that as pretty good authority. That being said there is a difference in spring quality and every spring will change its density the first few times it is compressed. A quality spring will not change its rate as much as a poor quality spring, but they all will eventually settle.

Get your Dremel out and cut a slot in the top and use a small jewlers's stryle screwdriver to remove it and install it.

Read the story again. Especially the last line. Sounds like it may be a typo.

[quote name="tnguy" post="1116145" timestamp="1393287867"]Totally different things. One is just getting up earlier (which is what I advocated for those so inclined), the other is monkeying with what are (in truth) arbitrarily assigned numbers, causing untold lost productivity, missed appointments and sundry other ill-effects.[/quote] I can see that. Either way I agree DST can go away. Time isn't arbitrarily assigned. The sun will do they same thing every day.

Thus the "practical DST" that I referenced. You said it was a myth insinuating some government "conspiracy". I'm assuming referencing it's US legal introduction in the 70's. I was simply pointing out that adjusting to "daylight" hours has been done since well before there were clocks and then formally introduced in 1855. If you need a citation here you go https://www.google.com/

Legally you can't and not supposed to be able to buy the vials separate. Being radioactive I believe there is only one or two authorized companies that can handle tritium for domestic commercial purposes. IIRC

  Agrarian societies have used the practical implication of a "DST" since before precise time keeping was modernized. The current DST was simply a formalization and adoption of that old practice as a general rule. With the advancement of technology that is no longer restricted by ambient light for safety and production it is no longer necessary or even helpful.   The real myth is that DST is some ill conceived government conspiracy program to get more work out of the plebes to benefit big industry and government.

Time zones exist to account for the earths rotation around the sun. DST was started to give and extra hour of "sunlight" to account for the earths axis tilt away from the sun in the winter solstice. Completely different concepts.

No. It was to extend "working" daylight for farmers.

Since we are no longer an agrarian society and even agrarian areas do not need the time shift anymore, I think ol Ben's idea is over.

If you're wanting cheap, build it in 5.45x39 and leave the 7.62x39 for the AK.

Union "democracy" is hardly the model of free assembly or assopciation that you cite. In fact, the very fact that the Unions have used the government to prevent their member from being able to vote anonymously, or to assemble or meet outside of Union presence, or to be able to negotiate with the company outside of Union presence flies in the face of the Constitution on many levels. What started out as a needed median has become an incredible roadblock to workers.