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Yea, didn't catch Dolo's last sentence. It would be an interesting experiment to see how long an AR can run on BP and cast; maybe if run real wet it would last longer. I know that during the Vietnam war dirty powder was a major contributing factor into the AR's bad rep in the early days.

Not a fan of the A2 front sight, even though I used one my entire military career. I like the sleek look of a flattop, and now that my eyesight is not what it used to be I put optics on mine anyway, most don't have iron sight at all. I think with the choice of iron and optic sights available now a days a flattop is the best choice, then you are not limited on what you can mount on it. So I suggest a low profile gas block under the handguard.

You would be surprised, the AKs, well heck most Eastern Block weapons and equipment has such loose tolerances that carbon, sand, and dirt buildup wasn't much of a problem.

This argument/decision keeps raising it's head, even in these modern times. When I first joined we had select fire (auto and semi) M16s, then they came up with a select fire with semi and three round burst. Now, they have auto and semi again with the M4s, which took an upgrade to get rid of the three round burst. Here is my take on this; full auto is hard to control, but it's a good psychological tool, nobody wants to raise there head when someone is slinging all that lead at them. But precise controlled fire wins the day. I was not infantry, but unfortunately I had a few opportunities to return fire and in none of those cases did I even consider full auto. I can pull the trigger fast, fast enough to put at least three rounds per target in critical areas. In that same time frame, I would of wasted 10-15 rounds, at the same target. I have some training though, many soldiers did/do not; I seen many just let loose never knowing if they even hit anything. I am sure there are those with more experience than I that can effectively keep steel on target in full auto, but I don't think the average troop can do the same. The three round burst thing, well short answer is it sucked. It always shot three rounds per cycle, so if you let off after two, the next pull you would only get one then you had to release and pull again to get to the next three . At least with full auto, with practice, you could do the same thing in three, four, or five round bursts. As far as the civil war, if you could arm all your soldiers with M4s, and each man had a combat load, typically 210 rounds, and you could drum it into them to have ammo discipline then I do believe what ever side had that advantage would win. But, and that is a big one, there would eventually be a need for more ammo, so once engaged they would need to be quick and merciless collecting weapons and ammo along the way.

I think that would depend on a few things; The three delays, were they the only transactions at that LGS? What where the delays, background check related? If so are they using/spelling your correct info vs the other LGS? Are the prices/guns worth the hassle to you?

Unless there were a reason why they could not reload their ammo, if all they had technology wise is what they had then, then maybe they couldn't , then yes they would probably stay with their MLs. But if they could reload or had a large supply of ammo, then I highly doubt they would choose a ML over an M4. One squad of trained infantry could decimate a civil war era skirmish line with an M4, they can also take out leaders from 4-600 yards easily. Hell, the Gatling gun was used in the civil war and would of been used more if the early models didn't have some issues.

Probably misunderstood one of the survivors from before who described the climb as "It was a sum beach!".

If by old site you mean the way it looked before the upgrade I'm afraid you can't. Once the site's software is upgraded you have one of two versions, with light or darker views each, the mobile version (less brown on the outsides) and the regular full site version.

I thought i would add this article I came across awhile back, a lot of useful info: http://www.6mmbr.com/annealing.html

I'm not a collector, but for $35 I'd take it. It's just a tool to me, it's history means little to me.

This will cover it:

1) Not sure I've seen the same results at least with self cast bullets, purchased ones maybe, because when they advertise.401 you usually get .401. 2) Sort of, the plunk test is as good as a gauge but a gauge is an invaluable tool for cases such as the 300 Blk and others which you form yourself. 3) Many bullets sold are already lubricated, you almost have to request unlubricated ones if you want to do your own. And if you require.402 or .403 just open up a .401 it's easy enough to do: There are a bunch more vids out there .

I'm ok with the way it is, I seem to be able to hit the button on my tablet consistently, maybe if the button was a little bigger it would help others a bit. As for switching the function, I think it works as is, the title SHOULD take you to the top, such as a forum title, the blue button would be counterintuitive if it took you to the top of the thread. I don't know if the old software had this function (last read) but I like it, before I had to go to the last post and scroll up to start where I !eft out. Overall I'm a fan of this upgrade, seems there are quite a few improvements over the old one. Maybe we need to give it a little time to get used to it and concentrate on bugs for now.

I like the look of the darker theme, and I like how the top menu area stay in top (on my tablet), but scrolling seems to load slower. I don't know if that (dark theme) is non mobile or not but even though I like the look better I'll stay with the default for now . Just noticed that the background in the darker theme is translucent, kinda cool.

Did he have his shotgun ready?

Yea, it's basically on the same level as some of the DIY projects on YouTube. In a couple vids they show the back; besides the metal it looks rather simple. But I'm not that skilled at metal work so I'd have to buy one if I wanted one.

I've done that too, but I used a square baking pan and I put enough water to go just below the shoulder. I stood up some deprimed .308s (was thinking maybe they wouldn't sit right on the bottom if not full of water) then went to putting the torch to them. it worked decently enough, but standing them all up became tedious so now just use the drill method. I toyed with the idea of getting an Annealeez machine but I don't anneal enough to warrant it.

I had seen a video once on how I do it, but can't seem to find the exact one. Here is one sort of like it, but the torch is in a stand and you have a bucket of water to stop the heat from progressing: I don't anneal often, maybe after 3 or 4 firings for my hunting rounds or ones I formed myself like the 300 BLK or .277 WLV.

@peejman I guess it depends on how far gone the bear is, I've seen many videos of animal control using dogs and shotguns to scare a bear away from a populated area. I suppose if a bear deems a trashcan easier than getting food in the woods it may take that change of getting euthanized. One of the videos was from one of the northern states, Alaska maybe, and they had tags on the bear that showed she had been back to the trash heap a few times, so I don't know how well it works, but there is no doubt they keep trying to correct the behavior.

I disagree to an extent, every once in awhile I come across a brick or two at the older prices. And I no longer see table upon table offering these .22s at .223 prices at gunshows. Sooner or later the hoarders and gougers will get their fill and the .22s will be back at every Wal-Mart in the US. As I see it, those of us that are willing to pay those high prices are as much to blame as the gougers out there. Me, I started plinking with my AR because I could shoot cheaper with that than my .22s. I am not saying not to shoot your .22s, I like them too, but when we pay over the top prices it only urges the gougers to keep the prices high.

Maybe, but this was a high profile win for him so am sure his business increased accordingly, he may not be so inclined.

Many places will scare the bears away when they get close to human areas: They even have dogs trained to scare them as well: http://animalrescuehome.com/the-bear-scaring-dog-reacted-in-the-sweetest-possible-way-to-a-fawn/ FL recommends scaring them off your property too: http://myfwc.com/media/2577707/Scare-that-Bear-Statewide.pdf

And Sold $120K: http://www.abc15.com/news/national/george-zimmerman-sells-gun-that-killed-trayvon-martin-for-120000

Sounds more to me like the Rangers just wanted to make a point. Why is it that when bears get habituated to people they go out of their way to retrain their fear of people and not much effort was made to save this animal. Even if the herd didn't eventually take it in, I am sure there are more than a few sanctuaries it could have been moved to. No, they just wanted to make a point and get some media exposure about this problem, and it is a problem, and since Bison have become so plentiful, well...

Yea, definitely appreciate the effort put forth to keep us sharing and arguing about important and totally stupid subjects. Keep up the good work, we will be right here even if it means staring at the maintenance screen while you get it running the way you want it.