Whisper

12 gauge is probably best. Get a used single-shot Savage or something like that; they're cheap and will last you forever. I still have the one my father gave me in 1964. Many if not most of them came with a full choke, which is what you want for turkeys. Cheers, Whisper

So, this afternoon I am headed back to the house from church, and I stop to get gas at a convenience store. I fill the tank at the pumps, and decide to get a drink inside the store. As I'm walking to the store, I pass a guy at another pump filling his car with gas, but he's smoking a cigarette. I think to myself that this seems awfully unwise, but I don't say anything to the guy. Just as I am getting to the door of the store, a couple of cops come out carrying jumbo-sized coffees, and at that moment I hear screaming behind me. I turn around, and the guy who was smoking the cigarette is now jumping around and hollering, with his arm covered in flames. Quick as a flash, the two cops run to the guy, grab him, and push him down to the ground. Both of them dump their jumbo coffees on his arm, they roll him around on the ground, and they extinguish the flames. In a little while the burned guy is calmed down, and the cops get him to his feet. To my surprise, they put handcuffs on him, and escort him to their cruiser parked in front of the convenience store. As they're putting him in the back seat, I ask one of the cops, "Why are you arresting him?" The cop looks at me and says... Wait for it... "He was waving a fire arm." Thank you, thank you, I'm here all week. I stole this one from a friend of mine, so you're welcome to steal it yourself, Cheers, Whisper

Compact uses a 15-round magazine. Full-size uses a 17-round magazine. You can put a full-size mag in the compact but the mag will stick out beyond the pistol butt, just like it does on the Glock 17/19 family.

Trolling or not, I'd unsubscribe from a group where a post like that appeared....

Guy I met who works on the show told me that this season and next season are shorter, but the budget for these seasons are the same as the budgets for the 10-episode seasons -- so, more content and more spectacle per episode.

Next season is only six episodes.

The title on the video says "Hudson MFG H9 1911."

Interesting that this video is calling it a 1911. The grip looks somewhat like that of a 1911, and it has a grip safety, but in every other way it is different. Still, I want to shoot one. Cheers, Whisper

Did not recall this. Thanks for the reminder.

I suspect something will happen to demonstrate that Jon, like Danerys, is immune to fire. This will prove his Targaryen lineage.

I wound up using Terry Walden in Manchester. I'm supposed to pick the gun up Saturday. I'm interested to see the result. Thanks for the suggestions, Whisper

Yep, but I think we can guess pretty accurately.

So, just got an email from Apex Tactical: "Please discontinue using or carrying your Sig P320 pistol equipped with the Apex Curved Advanced Trigger." The message goes on to say that Apex is suspending sales of its triggers for the P320 and is directing customers who purchased the triggers to return them to Apex for credit toward another product. Dealers with unsold Apex triggers are asked to return them to Apex for credit. Apex says they will test their triggers with the P320 once it has been upgraded by Sig, but "it could take some time...." I imagine this will get cleared up reasonably soon. But I'm glad I have not been too quick to grab up a P320. I am still interested in having one, but maybe in a few more months.... Cheers, Whisper

Savage 220D 20-gauge shotgun that my parents gave to me for Christmas 1964. It's still in the gun rack although I have not fired it in decades. But it killed doves, quail, rabbits, squirrels, ducks, one sandhill crane, and innumerable clay pigeons in the years before I got my first double barrel. The firing pin broke at some point and my dad made a new one out of a piece of bicycle spoke. Cheers, Whisper

Didn't have any problems with mefloquine when I went to Iraq in 2006. Maybe I was lucky. Or maybe I'm just extra tough. Yeah, that's probably it....

I'm building up a few more ARs, and for some reason I'm intrigued by the idea of a side charging upper for use on a minimalist rifle. Anyone have personal experience with side charging uppers? I'm particularly interested in positive or negative comments about specific brands. So far I'm hearing good things about BCA and Crosshill Technology (apparently they're out of business now); mixed things about American Spirit Arms; bad things about AR-Stoner. But there are lots of models around, including Tennessee's own CMT. If you've used any of them, I'd appreciate knowing your thoughts. Background: I shoot long guns left-handed, and I've determined that shooting a right-handed (i.e., right-ejecting) semiauto from the left side offers some gun handling advantages. It's one of the benefits of shooting an AK from the left hand. So I'm not interested in any of the AR side chargers with the handle on the left side (New Frontier, JARD, Spartan, etc.). Thanks, Whisper

And, if you're going to be watching Vaxxed, be aware that the director and main expert appearing on camera is a known liar and fraud: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/05/25/7-things-about-vaccines-and-autism-that-the-movie-vaxxed-wont-tell-you/?utm_term=.87b22953ed98 Cheers, Whisper

So I emailed Diamondback and heard back from them within hours. They do in fact have "a" wrench to fit their proprietary barrel nuts, and they do loan it at no charge to purchasers of their guns or handguards. Unfortunately, they said, they had just mailed it out today to another purchaser, so they suggested I check back in a couple of weeks. So, either Diamondback is not selling a lot of these handguards, or there are a lot of guys out there cranking away on their guns with pipe wrenches.... I'm thinking now that I will probably wait for the tool to arrive before I install this handguard. I may finish up my current build with a different handguard and just build another rifle when the barrel wrench arrives. Thanks to all who offered suggestions. Cheers, Whisper

Well, I've written them and asked about the loan of a barrel wrench. We'll see what they say. And, as we've already concluded, there's always the pipe wrench and a strip of leather.... Cheers, Whisper

Well, well -- look here: https://www.classicfirearms.com/diamondback-rail-10-5 Apparently it really is a Diamondback rail. Also, the review on this page mentions the issue with proprietary barrel nut. Cheers, Whisper

Yep. Fits fine. Also, barrel nut is steel -- not what I usually associate with airsoft parts. But I don't know anything for sure except that a standard barrel wrench won't fit it.

Pipe wrench with leather pad -- better idea than vise grips. I bet I can hit the minimum torque value with that. I'll be paying more attention to barrel nuts when I buy rails in the future. Thanks again for all the suggestions. Cheers, Whisper

Thanks to all for your suggestions -- especially to you, bruiser09; making CAD drawings is really beyond the call of duty. I appreciate it. Yes, the nut has 42 teeth. I agree it probably requires a proprietary nut wrench, which was why I wanted to see if someone could identify the maker. I've seen a fair number of barrel nuts before but nothing like this. The problem with the idea of strap wrenches, chain wrenches, vise grips with leather pads, and barrel vises is that none of them offers a way to measure torque. I'm not worried I can overtorque this nut with a strap wrench, but I do want to make sure I can reach minimum torque. If we can't identify the maker, I'll probably throw this into the vise, tighten it as much as I can with vise grips padded with leather, and then fire the first few rounds through the gun from behind a barrier. Thanks again, Whisper

It's completely unmarked. I was told it was a Diamondback but it doesn't look to me like anything on the current Diamondback website. Thanks, Whisper

Strap wrench is all I can think of unless someone knows the brand of this barrel nut so that I can see about getting a wrench that will fit it. The problem with a strap wrench is measuring the torque value.