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I like all the Remington 870's, the Mossbergs, and the great Ithaca 37. You cant go wrong with any of them. My vote,if you can have only one, has not been named yet. It is the greatest of all pump shotguns, the Winchester Model 1897. Every shotgun man owes it to himself to handle and shoot a model 97. I know they are getting scarce and old now; but they are a great thing. Attached is a picture i swiped from the Collector's firearms website: Kind regards, LEROY

Glock 33 in an Allen Miller Kydex pocket holster. Hip or front pocket -- it doesnt matter. Kind regards, LEROY

Sorry SUNTZU; I see what you mean. Did the Google search. How sad, I really liked Peggy Noonan. She may have had a stroke or has become demented and possessed like the "govenator". A common problem with the "political class". Looks like yesterday's voice of reason is todays nut. Keep up the good work. Kind regards, LEROY

Alex:__________ You are exactly right!!. I see what you mean: Yes. I was too quick to see the "Failure to Eject". Take a close look at the extractor and the chamber. The ejector may not be hooking over the powerball round all the way to the bottom of the extractor groove in the corbon round; or it could be that the rim on the powrball round may be a little small. If it is an extractor problem; you will need a gunsmith to adjust it; my guess is that that is not it; but i dont know. I would also inspect the chamber area and see if it is good, smooth and really clean. You may want to scrub it with a good bore solvent and really clean it up. I would follow the cleaning with the solvent with denatured alcohol to remove any oil. It could be that the powrball loads are really hot (I suspect they are). That may be causing the casings to really expand and conform to the chamber walls; causing the casing to stick in the chamber. Any dirt or roughness in the chamber just locks it in and the extractor rides over the rim or the slide doesnt have enough momentum to extract the round all the way. I have had similar problems with magnum revolvers and hot loads. It generally stems from hot loads and a dirty or rough chamber. It makes the rounds hard to extract. My guess is that this may well be the problem. Taurus is a good product and not prone to problems with functioning. Sorry for the confusion. Hope this helps Kind regards, LEROY

Alex:__________ Here is something to try. Take the Taurus down and inspect the barrel feed ramp with a magnifying glass very closely. Look and see if there are any small grooves, humps, or machining marks on the ramp. If there are. gently polish them out, keeping the ramp geometry the same (flat and straight- no humps of bumps). If you are worried about doing it your self, take it to a gunsmith. He can probably do it while you wait. Hope this helps. LEROY

Busman:_________ Give Mahoney's in Johnson City a call. The price may be a little high, but they may have it. Kind regards LEROY

TMMT:_________ You may heve her confused with someone with a similar name. Peggny Noonan is a Republican; see here: Kind regards, LEROY

Maybe the dog was gimped up!!! I'm willing to give him (the dog) the benefit of the doubt. Dog owners/handlers can be pretty sorry though. Keep up the good work! LEROY

XREED:___________ Mossberg 20 ga pump loaded with the biggest size buckshot you can buy. Make shure she knows exactly how it works. Take it to the range and do some practice-- burn lots of powder thru it. The shotgun is a great HD tool, the greatest, I think. Three are two in my house right now, along with handguns. Hope this helps. Kind regards, LEROY

Unique has a tendency to be a little "dirty" (the "old" Hercules Powder formulation especially; it think the "new" alliant formulaton does better there); especially with cast ("lead") bullets. For lots of smoke, the bullet lube is the most likely culprit. There aint much you can do about it -- it is the bullet lube on cast bullets vaporizing when the round is fired. I've found that crimping pistol loads when unique (and other powders) is used is the best way to cut done on unburned powder residue and improve accuracy. The only to fix the "smoke" problem is jacketed bullets -- thats an expensive solution. That being said, Unique is the greatest of the pistol powders from 32 s&w right up to 45 colt, including the magnum "midrange loads". Very accurate and powerful in revolvers and autos too. Hope this helps. Kind regards, LEROY

Amen brother!! I heartily agree. This is a war between the adults and children in this country. It was brought on by the Republicans running a weak candidate. I like John McCain on a personal level, I know he loves this country, but he personified what all of us abhore in polititians. He was way too accommodating to his enemies and had way too much of an accommodating voting record that went, many times, against the will of the people. He looked too much like a polititian to most folks. The bunch running this country today have elevated political oppression of enemies, largessee for supporters, recriminations against business, adding of power to government,etc to the highest level i ever remember -- and im pretty old -- been watching politics since LBJ (The only Democrat i ever liked). They have brought Chicago Thug Politics to the national level. The real adults in the country better wake up!! Kind regards, LEROY

Thanks for the post. I SUSPECT that the problem may well be the round being a bit short (2.20) vs (2.250), that may have caused the hiccup. I loaded the first batch "short" by not paying enough attention when i set up the seating die. Thanks again for taking the time to tihink about this. Kind regards, LEROY

Dear fellow thinkers. In an effort to improve the literary awareness of some and to provide a thought provoking commentary. I present without further discussions the musings of some unknown poet. He may have put his finger on how things might have been. Here it is:

Dear fellow TGO'er:________ Finally got our AR carbine together, handloaded some ammo and took it to the range the other day. Loaded up several mags and started shooting. Everything worked just fine (about 8 or 10 rounds -- 20 round P-Mag) until i had a round fail to chamber. We took everything down and discovered that the round had evidently "stubbed" on either the feed ramp or magazine causing the ballistic "nose" to bend. That evidently caused the round to fail to chamber fully. The bent nose evidently hung on the front of the chamber and wouldnt let the bolt come far enough forward to close and lock. The question is: Have any of you all had similar problems with the balistic tip rounds? I was using nosler 55 grain ballistic tips loaded from 2.200 to 2.250. I suspect the "short rounds" may have caused the problem. What do you all think? Thanks in advance, Kind regards, LEROY

Been thinking about getting some fiber sights myself. Has anyone tried to drop a small drop of super glue on the fiber sights to hold them in? I wonder if it hurts the fiber and will hold the rod. LEROY

That probably aint a bad assumption. Keep up the good work! Kind regards, LEROY PS-- I got me one of them purses too. Used to contain a stainless 629 smith -- 4 inch bbl. It's amazing what you can put in them things!!

What a great thing!! A beautiful tool. Kind regards, LEROY

Looks to me like Chattanooga is in better shape than knoxville. I't aint workin out too well here. Maybe the chattanooga city fathers can put some of them money makin red lite cameras up down there and get more money for "enforcement". By the way, at the risk of seeming overbearing and preachy, I believe that there is a scale of law breaking. The legislators (you know, the guys that make the laws) designed it to run from major to minor. That's why there are graduated sentences for different crimes. You know, capitol murder rape on top == death penalty, life without parole (for the time being, ayway); all the way down to j-walking and littering at the bottom == monetary fines. All crime aint equal. I say it's ok to be an apologist (you know, an avid supporter and vociferous spokesman) for the law by saying that all law breaking is bad and ill go along with that. The fact is that laws are placed upon society to protect society. My quarrel is that i dont agree with the emphasis being placed on traffic enforcement when you have mother rapers, father stabbers, murdering gutter trash, and predatory excrement running wild. I may be old and foolish; but it looks to me like there ought to be more emphasis on rounding up and corraling them instead of smacking motorists; but that's just me. When the KPD (or any other police department) starts cutting the Traffic Division and re-allocates those resoucres to the Patrol and Crime Divisions i'll ease up a little bit. To me, this whole little conversation about the "law being the law" for all "crimes" from j-walking to murder and thus being subject to equal emphasis of enforcement is the epitome (you know, the apex or top) of the "Theatre of the Absurd." Remember, all lawbreakin aint equal!! LEROY

Strickj ole buddy:_________ Matter of fact, i do believe that running red lights is both wrong and dangerous. I make it a policy not to run 'em. More that that, there's another law i dont like to break. I'ts the natural law that says two things cant occupy the same place at the same time -- that's why them red lites are there to begin with -- public safety -- not objects to raise revenue with. Consequently, i dont pay any "stealth" fines. Oh really, a $100 fine for running a red light (which i dont recommend) is a nuisance. I happen to believe that the guise under which this whole little thing is done is dispicable. You mileage and opinion may well be different. Since we're on the "break the law and pay thing" -- how's that working out for "real crimes" in your neighborhood? From where i sit; not too well. Knoxville is being invaded by real crime -- the crime rate is twice the national average for a city of knoxville's size. When the crime rate takes a noticeable downturn on "real crime" -- you know, rape, murder, armed robbery, home invasion, etc; i'll start paying more homage to the law enforcement enterprise -- but that's just me. That's how i see things this morning. Kind regards, LEROY

I'm sorry your sad. I wuz tryin to cheer ya up with the aspirin and hat thing. I'm sorry you feel bad -- poor baby!! RE: 'Fixing the budget." I do like the idea of making law breakers pay. Let's bring back the old chain gangs and do public projects with convict labor. What do we need to do to get started?!!! Ready to help. Kind regards, LEROY

Brad:____________ Glad to thave ya here. Welcome!! Thanks for making all them neat bullits. We'll be orderin some soon!! Kind regards, LEROY

Volz and others are exactly right. It is about the money. Just looked up the numbers on the 2009-2010 Knoxville City Budget. Here they are: TOTAL BUDGET: 165 Million POLICE BUDGET: 45 Million or 27.2% of the total Revenue from TC's: 1.055 Million counted as revenue. The total is actually greater because the fines are split with the camera operator. My guess is in the 40/60 city/contractor vicinity. The camera installation and maintenance expenses are pretty high. By the way; the fire department budget is about 31 million or 19% of the budget. I think this is interesting in itself. Fire departments are a very important (and noble) service; but a net drain on the budget. Not many fines here. The revenues from the traffic cameras are, indeed, counted as revenue. If you assume it all goes to the police budget (which i dont think it does); their budget becomes 27.9% of the total. That 1/2% doesnt seem like much when percentages are discussed; but to most people, $1 Mil will buy lots of toys; and that is exactly what this is about. Traffic cameras are, in fact, a "stealth" revenue stream. By the way, if strickj is reading this; i loosened my tinfoil hat and took a baby aspirin before i did the math. The data is from the knoxville city budget and a knoxnews article on traffic cameras. Did the math with an excel spread sheet. Used to do it for a living. Hope this helps. Kind regards, LEROY Sources: Laws for traffic cameras debated Knoxville News Sentinel City Budget Facts

OR:________ Recently been thru this and decided to use a stripped lower, build it myself; and have someone else build the upper the way we wanted it. The reason i wanted to do the lower was to see for myself exactly how all the trigger parts, buffer, spring, ect went together. I also did bunches of looking and ordered the exact parts i wanted to go into the lower plus the exact stock that i wanted. That having been said, the advice of several other posters here is applicable. First, it probably aint going to save any money when you start picking and choosing parts. It will give you what you want though. To me, that ability to get what i wanted was the most important thing. FiftysixFordGuy makes a great point here: If you do what he recommends, you can get what you like and learn a little about how they work in the process. There are several members of this forum that helped me greatly when i was looking at this stuff for myself -- they are all good guys and a great resource and help. I would also take a look at AR15.com and Brownells AR Builder page. Building the lower aint a big deal if you spend a dollar or two on the tools to do it with and pay attention. Have fun!! Kind regards, LEROY

Strickj; ole buddy. As a matter of fact, Yeah, i realize it. I commented on some reasonable opinions at about post #10 on this thread. I ADDED the British link from the NYTimes. RE: Who is watching the watchers. I don't know about you, but it looks to me like the conversation i was involved in moved from the LAPD thing to the real problem in Britain. RE: George Orwell, 1984 stuff. Refer to post #14. RE: The British Youwatch Program. By the way, them little red things that look like cameras in the graphic are cameras stationed in a residential neighborhood near ole George's house -- yeah, i realize he dont live there anymore -- he's dead.. Mabee i appear a little slow; my tinfoil hat may be a little too tight. My comments RE: the Fourth Amendment are in connection with the British article and public surviellence by the "watchers", who many in this country will quickly endorse. I, like many others (some of them here), think this public surviellence and "rat on your brother" stuff is not good for any free society. Hope this clears up any misconceptions. I'm old, and my hat may still be a little too tight. I am, by nature, a suspicious man. I'm not senile, childish, or foolish. LEROY

Daaaaavid:____________ I aint distortin nothin.I aint worried about the red-lite cameras and dogs pooping on the street. I'm worried about the tools used to nab these terrible lawbreakers. The "surveillence" cameras pointed TOWARD the house (and car) whose sole purpose it to allow the "watchers" to watch you. It seems to me that constant watching equals constant search -- search without probable cause. The whole general surviellence camera thing is a rabbit trail that no free people ought to allow their government to go down. The ole " you aint got nothin to be afraid of from the authorities if you aint doin nothin wrong" line dont work with me or anybody else who has much insight. If you expand that "you aint got nothing to be afraid of .." stuff to it's logical conclusion with your definition; you can put a "watcher" with you constantly; home, person, ect, ect. -- you get the idea. I believe that does, in fact, violate the Fourth Amendment. The reason that we have a Fourth Amendment is that the British did, in fact, kick in the doors of the colonist houses and did, in fact, randomly search, seize, and intimidate them without benefit of law. I'll repost the Fourth Amendment for you again: Notice that it says: "The right of the people to be secure in their person, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable search...."; you get the idea. It is more than your houses. It seems to me that your definition of "probable cause" is: "we watch you until you do something wrong" -- that violates the whole "freedom and innocent until proven guilty thing" and does away with probable cause.... Any way you slice the pie, the idea of surviellence cameras and activities such as those described in the NYTimes article in Great Britain should be odious to anyone who loves liberty. This whole surviellence camera thing is kinda like the communism thing -- it sounds good in principle; but it stinks in practice because humanity on the whole is bad and not good. Consequently, there is a great opportunity for them to use tools for the "public good" to persecute their enemies -- political and otherwise. The matter of the fact is that "watchers" do, in fact, abuse the tools handed to them to spank real and imagined enemies; and you aint got to look far to find examples. I aint trying to start a spitting contest with you; but i don't think for a minute that every proposal made by government, law enforcement, and the "protectors of the masses" is a good idea just because they thought of it -- it aint. I also dont think that everyone in government, law enforcement, and the "protectors of the masses" are all using the tools given them to do wrong; but there are enough instances to be noticeable. My sainted old mom used to tell me regularly --- "If you dont start doing things, you dont need to stop doing them." That's the way i see things with the "watchers" and public surviellence cameras. I'll say it again: Dont be fooled, the character of the "watchers" matters. The best solution is not to allow the "watchers" the tools to do this stuff with to begin with when there is a great potential for abuse and no mechanism for protecting honest folk, other than the good will of the "watchers". There aint any "checks and balances" for the public surviellence idea. That's why in the old days, you had to go before a judge to obtain that authorization in the first place. More food for thought. Kind regards, LEROY