Pete123

Nice job.  You really did well.

  These guys go past the ID 10 T in my mind - they progressed to Idjitatic Doofuswads.

The behavior of the attacker disgusts me, especially with the victim being elderly.   Many on the forum have talked about keeping doors locked, while wise, no one has acknowledged that the victim was 78 years old.  If I live that long and an still drive, I don't have great expectations that I'll remember things like locking the doors.   In the same way that a hate crime adds to the charges, I think there are special circumstances for elderly victims as well.  

Nice!

I hope she wasn't badly injured.

Check out the grin on this GI. I would be grinning like that to if I had those trophies to take home.

You know what they say, "Black Blades Matter"

Nice!

That special forces video was awesome!

No brainer for me - the Garand  all day long.  The Mauser would probably make a more accurate sniper rifle.  

I'm not good at seeing  partial pic of a gun and identifying it.  The label on the pic said these are guns German soldiers captured from us.    I can definitely ID Garands.  I can't tell what the guy on the right has under his arm, but they look pretty badass.  Are those Tommy guns?

Some of you will remember that years ago they had those contests where the winner would get to go in a store and they could keep whatever they could put in the shopping cart in a certain amount of time. Well, the guy on the left in the pic below looks something like I would if I won such a contest for my favorite gun store.

Thanks for the great review!

If the question is whether you have to pull the slide to the rear each time to dry fire your LCP, then the answer is yes, you have to cycle the slide each time.  This applies to all striker fired pistols.

Nice Review - we need more solid reviews like this

Glad you are here

I keep waiting for them to put Katyusha's on the C&R list, though it hasn't happened yet,

I just looked through them.  Prices seem to be rising quickly.  Nothing jumped out as a deal to me.  There were several that seem pretty pricey considering you have to make the purchase decision based on the pictures.

Welcome to TGO.  It's hard to argue with the quality of a Glock.   You mentioned traveling to various states.  Make sure to review their gun laws.    Virginia is one the the states you listed.  They have just done some very anti-gun things.

The other day a friend of mine shared a comment that is one of the more profound observations I've heard in a long time.   He said, "You know, there really aren't very many problems that can't be solved with the right amount of well placed high explosives."   So simple, yet so very, very true.    

This won't stand if they are arresting them for not paying.  An important principal in the development of America was that debtor's prisons like they had in England wouldn't fly here.     I'm not saying that it is ok to default on debt.   _______________________________________________________   After writing the info above I did a little research.  They will arrest people for debt.

congrats, glad everything is going well.

I'm weighing in on the side of this being dangerous, especially if the tire is on the front.  He has a Corvette, so we know he likes to drive fast....and keep in mind that driving 80 mph isn't really driving fast around here.   At those speeds, especially if the tire is on the front, it just isn't wise to have that big gouge.   I did a lot of stupid things when I was a kid that should have killed me, so I don't take chances that I can avoid.

  I think the original M82 and it's follow on variants filled a small but relevant need for a sniper rifle that could do more than pick off personnel.  It was definitely a unique approach, even if it's not really practical for dismounted sniper teams, which is where the bread and butter of the trade is.   I can also appreciate that he is part of the Tennessee economy in a positive way.   _______________________________________________________________________________   btq,   Most of the time you assert arguments which you can defend well.   In this case I'm not convinced that is the case this time.     First, to make sure we are communicating clearly, I read the above interchange to infer that you are saying that Barrett Firearms isn't a significant force in the world of sniper rifles.  I have to strongly disagree.   I do have to admit that I don't have the military knowledge you have, though here is my thinking:   Barrett was founded in 1982.  At that time standard sniper rifles would have been along the lines of the Remington 700, Winchester Model 70, 1903 Springfield and the M1 Garand.  I would expect max effective range to be roughly 800 meters with those.   Ronnie Barrett dreamed big and came out with the first 50 caliber sniper rifle. I should mention that Ronnie was a photographer for a living.  He saw a military boat downtown with twin 50s and from that developed his dream.  Everybody and their brother told him it couldn't be done.  His background as a professional photographer didn't boost his case, yet he perservered.     First point:  I assert that his work had a significant impact on the development of long range sniper rifles - with a range of 1500-2000 meters.  Barrett also works on scopes and sighting instruments and I'll bet they have contributed to accumulated knowledge there are well.   Next point:  The Barrett rifles aren't best in all cases.  While conceding that Remington 700 class rifles may be the bread and butter, there is still a need for longer distances, anti material shots and shooting bad guys that are behind walls, etc....   I'll argue that Barrett has pushed competitors to improve and come up with better guns.   You do acknowledge that Barrett has been positive for our economy in middle TN.  I think their impact may move past positive to significant.  I'm betting that military officials became used to traveling to middle TN to see Barrett.   We Tennesseans love our guns and Barrett provided a rallying point for conservative politicians in the area of gun manufacturers.  This has made TN popular for firearms industry facilities.  In addition to Barrett, we now have Beretta, Military Systems Group, and an ammunition manufacturing plant on the way to the tri cities. I think we have some ammo companies that are pretty big.  Lucky Gunner over in Knoxville is certainly coming on strong.

    Well, your choice was more popular than mine.  There wasn't anyone who was with me on making the SKS the state gun. :angry:   Personally, I would be with you on going with the old ones.     Unrelated to either of our comments, I'm very appreciative of what Ronnie Barrett has achieved.  He had a big impact on development of a really important weapon of war - the sniper rifle.  Also,  I suspect that his success primed the pump for a lot of the firearms companies that are here or coming here.