EssOne

Like I said:

Invited or not, harsh or not.

I'm a retired 30 year cop. Don't try to come in my house armed if I don't know you. Period. If you're with a trusted friend of mine, we'll discuss it. Just don't let me discover you in my house armed without my knowing about it beforehand.

Yeah, I've already got extractors and springs, etc, so I went ahead and got this kit.

Yessir. I just bought that set, which is a Rock River Double Set Lost Parts Kit, from Amazon.com for $21.90. Here's the link; http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00V5MF75K?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00

  Like the other guys have said, getting set off isn't allowed when carrying a gun. Uncommon restraint is the rule.

I got my new Magpul MOE SL stock today and installed it right away. It installs quickly and easily and I really like it. Actually I like it better than the CTR stock, and that's saying a lot. It fits the tube very tightly and therefore there is absolutely no rattling or wobbling at all. It slides back and forth on the buffer tube kinda hard, but I imagine that'll work in with time. All in all I think it's a good upgrade and I'd do it again.

I'm very sorry that your friend has been lost. Blessings to his family and yours.   EssOne

The homeowner might be required to take a blood alcohol or drug test until the police get it all sorted out and figure out what happened. But a homeowner cannot predict when a home invasion will occur and there is no law against him drinking in his home. So if it is a righteous shooting fired in defense against a real home invasion, my personal conviction is that the alcohol will be a moot point since it is not unlawful to possess or consume at that time and place.

One Word:  IDIOCRACY.

Naw. Been one for a long time. :pleased: But thanks for the compliment.

I bought myself a Confederate flag today.   My family were Union zealots and I personally can't think of a worse cause than the Confederate cause. I think the Confederacy cost us 800,000 lives without good reason and I could never support it, then or now. I think it is wise to remove the Confederate flag from government buildings in places where its presence causes offense. But there it ends. Removal of Confederate memorabilia from our Battlefield Parks, our cities, and our stores, vandalizing Confederate monuments, pressuring schools to change their names from those of Southern leaders, and even pressuring the Army to rename posts named after Confederate generals is political correctitude run amuck and weak-kneed cowardice unbecoming this nation. The Confederacy existed and it influenced the nation and its history- get over it.     I bought that Confederate flag because the Confederacy is a major part of American history, a part that helps define us as a nation, and a part every American should know about. That being the case, no dictatorial bunch of feather merchant liberals in denial about its importance as something more than a symbol of racism will have my support in banning that flag from its rightful place in our national heritage. About all I can do to help preserve it is to buy a Confederate flag. So I did. 

In accordance with my firm conviction that sometimes the only way a man can keep his self respect is to pin a big piece of mistletoe on his shirt tail and walk right down the middle of the street for all to see, I bought a Confederate flag this morning. I guess that's my gentlemanly way of dropping my drawers and showing the bas....ds what to kiss.

  Yep. Once you discover them its kinda like finding a fire headed for a gas tank - you have to be quick to stop it.

  Thank you. That's good to know.

  At the time the Government started its coyote control program in Wyoming back in the 70's, sheepherders out there were suffering 20% losses of their flocks to coyotes. Now considering that a flock can be as many as 10,000 sheep, that's 2,000 sheep lost to coyotes in this hypothetical flock. A friend of mine was a Government coyote hunter and trapper in Rock Springs, Wyoming during the late 70's and 80's, and he and two others routinely killed 600 coyotes per year just in the county around Rock Springs by hunting, calling, and trapping. I talked to him a number of times after he had spent the day shooting coyotes from an aircraft, either a helicopter or Super Cub, and in every instance he had shot roughly 40 animals that day, while the others on horseback took another dozen or so. One day the chopper settled him in just above a pack of coyotes on a dead cow elk and he killed 12 of them with his issue Beretta 12 gauge auto before the other coyotes got wise and boogied. The chopper went off into the hills for a while and returned about a half hour later and shot another dozen coyotes off of the same cow elk. After the program was in full swing it managed to bring sheep losses down from 20% to 5% - or from 2,000 sheep lost per 10,000 to ONLY 500. This is what happens when the coyote has a reliable food source and no predators - they multiply to profusion and raise bloody hell with other animal populations.   So to try to answer your question, the coyote in numbers is a major league danger to any and all animals in the region, not just to dogs and cats. Once they get a strong foothold in a region, coyote eradication can become a major cost and consideration in any venture involving animal husbandry, and the local small game population diminishes accordingly as well.   My friend told me that the Piute Indians had a saying that "the coyote will howl over the last man's grave." They're that smart and that resilient. So in small numbers they may be just a nuisance to pets and fawns, but in large numbers they're a real problem that is almost impossible to solve. Just ask the State Legislatures of Wyoming or Utah. Hope these thoughts help answer your question.   P.S - I've never heard of coyotes attacking human children, but still,  I sure wouldn't let my toddlers outside unsupervised if I had coyotes In the area.  

If they have pups you'd better get a move on. I had a close friend who was a Government coyote trapper out in Wyoming and they made a special effort to take out the pups every year. So don't just take out the adults - the pups have to go too.

Good on him. It took guts to do this in light of recent events and he apparently has them.

Very nice work.

Propositions truly deserving of consideration.

.............Or as resistant to being blown over by wind or being defeated by repeated center fire bullet hits.

OK, the M44 was designed to be fired with the bayonet extended, and that's the way the Soviets used it. It has to do with barrel harmonics. Now I've seen it have a big effect on accuracy in some 44's and not much in others. So when you go test fire it for accuracy, you might try it both ways just to see what it prefers. They're darn good rifles. FWIW.

Hey Mr. Brian, were you shooting the M44 with the bayonet folded or extended when you shot the 25 yard groups?

A very common prayer request. Love to see the pics.

I think it's got a bit more width for a cheek weld and a new anti-wobble/latching mechanism. That's about it. I ordered one from AIM Surplus a minute ago, so I'll tell you more when I get it.