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And I say so what! That is why I own a few ARs, to have the capability of taking on a large contingent of opposing forces should the need arise. It is my Constitutional Right and my American Duty, which I consider a privilege, to be able to come to her defense. All this BS talk about sporting arms has nothing to do with our 2nd Amendment rights, we need to start defending our rights to self defense and defense of the Constitution; not sporting arms. All these anti-gun laws are illegal in my book, the acts themselves should be regulated not the equipment. Its already illegal to rob, and murder with or without a gun so why does the gun need regulation?

I would start with the Lee turret press. I don't load thousands of rounds per session so a turret does fine for me and with it I can do a few hundred in one session. I spend my money on powder, bullets and primers instead of the so called hi-end reloaders and equipment. I started with the Lee single stage press in an anniversary kit which included most everything I needed even a set of dies which were 9mm for me (now they are separate). As I progressed I got the turret press and even though it indexes to the next stage, I still use it as a single stage due to how I reload. You will eventually want to get things like an electronic scale, and maybe a better powder measure but the kit has everything you need to get started. In dies, I like Lee, you will hear many decry the brand but I and many others have used them and they load a good quality bullet. If you are a competition shooter, or have that kind of money, then you won't go wrong with other brands but if you are just a plinker or hunter then Lee will do just fine. If you can, get with someone that reloads in your area and see if they will mentor you and show you their setup and let you use their equipment to reload a few of your bullets. This way you will get the feel of what you like and don't like before you commit to a brand or type of reloader.

The buyer is the one at issue first sentence: A person may only acquire a firearm within the person’s own State, except that he or she may purchase or otherwise acquire a rifle or shotgun, in person, at a licensee’s premises in any State, provided the sale complies with State laws applicable in the State of sale and the State where the purchaser resides. A person may borrow or rent a firearm in any State for temporary use for lawful sporting purposes. [18 U.S.C. 922(a)(3) and (5), 922(b)(3), 27 CFR 478.29 and 478.30]

Go to the craft shop on post and take the safety class, it has all kinds drill presses but not sure about mills. Its located by the post office where the theater is, while there you may ask to see if they have a problem with you working on a weapon part. You may take some literature in to show them that its perfectly legal to be doing it though since they may not be aware.

Welcome neighbor, I guess the army did you a solid.

Yea, I was wondering the same thing.  Short of breaking after a few years and not finding the same spout I have not had any major problems and no spill issues with them.  I have a couple of smaller 1 or 2 gl cans too with the button thing to stop the flow which I use for my saws, weedeaters and other small engines.  I also have three or four 5 or 6 gl cans and a couple of the plastic US GI cans with the DD spouts for my diesel tractor, again no issues there either.  Of course these are older cans with the standard spouts not any that look like the pics.

Ah, that changes the equation quite a bit.  My bad, thought it was 22lr for some reason; and yes that is not bad for 100rnds of 45 ammo.

Yea I know about TN, I think it was TX that is now allowing hogs to enter the feed the hungry program and maybe FL too.  I am sure that when they get here in large numbers, TN will have to adapt to accommodate reality.  Right now its about not having them relocated for sporting purposes like it is alleged happened around Ft Campbell.  I was stationed in GA, and when they finally got onto Hunter Army Airfield they destroyed the area I used to hunt in.   There was a large pipe that went under a highway next to the base which they used to get into the base during a drought; luckily it was easy enough to wipe them out there since it was all fenced in but it took a few months.  At Fort Stewart just up the road from us they had to use the hog panel traps sometimes to get them out of residential areas.

While he may of softened his words a bit I am going to have to agree with him.  That is not a very good price for 100 rounds of 22lr, my last order from Cabelas was only $25.99 for 500 rounds of Remington's Thunderbolt ammo.  I know 22lr is like the mythical unicorn but it is available at better prices but you have to jump on it when you see it.  When we purchase from these local shops that overprice their ammo, or anything really, all we are doing is hurting the community in the long run.  I know ammo is not being purchased for that much more from their distributers, and if the distributers are selling that high then maybe they need better distributers.  Just look at what is happening with the possibly future banned M855 5.56 ammo, it is skyrocketing and nothing on the supply side has changed except the price.  It is being sold for a large profit margin because there are some that are willing to pay that much; and its not even that good of a round.

I dont think the drill could produce the torque required to raise all that weight.   I like this, but I've seen other low tech traps that capture a bunch too.  One thing I didn't see, if trying to harvest vs exterminate, is a way to get them out one at a time.  Some companies are capturing pigs and taking to feed the hungry programs which require the  coralling of pigs like this.

But what is not taken into account is the numbers of potential victims from underwear, shoe and printer cartridge bombers.  Just because our current victim numbers are low does not mean we sit back and wait until we have another incident which adds a few more hundred or thousand to the numbers before we do anything about it.  I know there is a fine line between safety/security and freedom, but to dismiss all of what they do would be foolish.  I don't have any solutions to this complex situation, but in todays world its wise to be vigilant and quash any threat that we see.

Thats the beauty of it;  due to the freedoms we enjoy, you can easily and legally setup a compound to train others for any reason or mission you deem fit.  There is very little authorities can do about it unless it crosses into an illegal activity.  I watched a video where it showed a school bus riddled with bullets, disconcerting maybe, illegal,  no.  But that is why we must remain vigilant and keep an eye on activities such as this; not with routine "welfare checks" mind you but a community watch would not be out of the question.

While I think it was listed as satire, I have seen prices going up all over for it.  I hate it when some dealers raise their price due to a perceived shortage.  Its not even that good of ammo vs standard fmj and you can't even use it for varmint.

I picked up a few pounds of IMR's new powder from midsouth to reload my .270 and 5.56. IMR 4451 and 4166.  Since its new I am not sure how good it is, but its still available while others are hard to come by: http://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/Dept/reloading/smokeless-powder?FilterBy=InstockOnly&CurrentPage=1  

A simple one is made with a wire hanger and it works great.  I sent out three of them as a pay-it-forward on castboolits not too long ago, I sent a complete one and a kit with instructions to make at least one more. 

Haven't done one that big, mine usually have a marble instead of a bearing due to ease of finding marbles and since I also use them for zipper pulls they are airport friendly. I have also made bracelets but not too many.

I dont know, milk and bread while not required for survival are an essential start of many a meal.  Kids with their cereal, pancakes,  french toast, sandwiches,  and grill cheese.  Feeding the kids and most of the adults here is easy as long as we have a gallon of whole milk and at least one whole loaf of bread. If push comes to shove of course we can go awhile with out, but its not that king of storm.

As a former parachute rigger I used plenty of 550 cord, still have plenty of od green but have purchased a few hundred feet from Lowes in assorted colors.  I make a few bracelets and such but like the monkey's fist better, not as a survival item, though they can come in handy for that as well.

Maybe not, I used some low temp aluminum solder on a few other things and it may just work:  Not sure of availability, but I found some rods at my local hardware store many vids out there here is one:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiThO-UQIWE

Same here, never gave the guard much thought.  Even in extreme cold I never needed a larger one since I either ungloved or used a set of lightweight flight gloves to shoot.  Got to admit though, some look better than others but I won't buy them.

Yes, it would specially since I live right on the border.  It sucks that I can't buy a handgun when its less than 5 miles from the house and on my way home from work.

No, military members retain their residency from wherever they have their home of record but the JAG part was for losing his FL privileges; for the permit part Lisa would be a good call.  Military members pay state taxes (if any)from wherever their home state is and can retain their drivers license from their home state and many states will extend their expiration dates almost indefinitely.  They CAN get a license from the state that they are based at and are considered residents for most state things like gun permits, college tuition and vehicle registration.  The state can't force them to change their license but some do have things like that two things must match, drivers license, car plates and insurance.  I have almost always got a drivers license from where I was stationed so it did not apply to me, but many of my guys had permits and some had out of state drivers licenses.

Check with your JAG office, but you dont change your home of record if you get a TN drivers license. And you should be able to apply for a TN permit even with a FL license. 

Umm, maybe I'm a bit dense but what exactly is all the dry firing for?  In basic, we would put a coin balanced on the barrel to teach us not to pull but squeeze the trigger.  Reseting was part of the drill and it didn't take that long to learn the drill so pulling the charging wasn't that bad. Just how much does one of these cost?

I own one case guage and thats for my 300Blk.  Since I am forming my own cases the guage makes sure the shoulder was formed properly.  For just reloading, I have the lee trimmer guage which takes care of the length portion, and I only use that after a few reloads. I don't worry about the rest of the measurements since I full length size all my cases.  Though case gages can be handy, they are not totally necessary. A good set of calipers can measure most of the critical points.