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Save your money and don't buy from Amazon. Right now Amazon is $29.75, direct from Waterbob is $24.75, Cheaper than Dirt is 19.97. I bought mine from them around Christmas and paid $17. CAMP-205 - WaterBob and Siphon Pump Holds 100 Gallons in FDA Approved Bag
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Quick Draw...thought everyone would like to see.
Trekbike replied to a topic in Competitive Shooting Sports
Impressive. Did he make the 1.5? He seem to have enough time left at the end of 1.6. -
Cool story. I bet that thing is a tack driver.
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I've been thinking this for some time. We now have to too differing opinions on how the country should be run to continue to survive this back and forth every election.
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I've got two and highly recommend.
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Very nice looking grips.
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I might suggest you watch the video before going to the website. It helps set the stage for the painting. When you go to the website be sure to hover over the various presidents to see what economic condition the country was in when they left office.
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So I guess it's possible that maybe since I like to rotate the rounds in the magazine to keep them from being rechambered that might do the same maybe??? I did look at the factory rounds and they don't appear to have a heavy crimp.
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I'm pretty picky on my ammo and while I might have overlooked and not noticed it on 1 or 2, I would have seen it by the time I loaded 31. I went back and counted and out of 31 rounds only 4 didn't have the indention on the case. The 4 did have the ring marks though. Neither one of us will know for sure since we both didn't inspect them together before they were loaded. I did pull out 2 new unopened boxes from the same lot and none of the 40 rounds had the marks. I did have 2 rounds left out of the same box that were in the magazines and neither had he marks. I would agree that's what it looks like. As I mentioned, I'm picky on my ammo. If I have any show up that look like that while I'm reloading, I cull them out. So if I notice it during reloading, how in the world am I going to miss seeing 27 out of 31 on the factory loads? I did have some additional things come to mind since I've unloaded and reloaded the magazines a couple of times this afternoon. During my original post I might have made it sound like I loaded the 2 magazines and never unloaded them until today. I have from time to time unloaded them for various reasons. As I mentioned, I like to rotate the rounds to keep from rechambering the same round again. In the process of playing with them this afternoon, I noticed that during reloading when I push the next round into the magazine the rim of the entering round contacts the other case right in that area. Is it possible that the loading force would indent the case like that? I wouldn't think so but just wondering.
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I currently use Federal Hydra-Shok 135g JHP for my house and sometimes carry gun. It's a full size M&P, 40 caliber. I keep two magazines fully loaded and so the ammo just stays in there. When I go to the range I just use different magazines and leave these alone. Yesterday I was doing some dry firing and when I was finished I went to go rotate some of the rounds out of the magazine to keep from chambering the same round again. I started noticing an odd ring indention on most of the rounds. I unloaded both magazines and most, but not all, have this indention. It's not all the way around the case but about 75% around. It appears to be right at the base of the bullet. I'm guessing it's from sitting in the magazine but haven't ever seen this before. I know they weren't like this when I originally loaded them in. The ring doesn't look to be in the same area of how the rounds nest of top of each other on the top rounds but can't tell what happens further down in the magazine. These are factory unfired rounds and the ring is an actual indention, not just a wear ring. I checked the rounds and they go into my Wilson sizing gauge just fine. Does anyone have any ideas on what is causing this? Do you think they are safe to keep loaded in the magazines? The round on the right is one out of the ammo box that's never been in a magazine.
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Community Groups - discussions posts have disappeared
Trekbike replied to Trekbike's topic in Feedback and Support
In another thread TGO David posted the following, As for the other, no I wasn't able to determine what happened. I think the groups discussions got wiped inadvertently during the last vBulletin upgrade as when I went to check and see, the feature was off and the posts were completely gone. With that said, unfortunately it looks like the discussion posts are gone. -
Notice I said, if I wanted to..
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I can do about 90% of that stuff if I wanted to...
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Gotta love it. I wonder if those areas have a lower crime rate than is typical for the surrounding area?
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Dave, which one did you get first? I bought my full size 40 several years ago before Smith was doing the "X-Grip" extention offering for the compact. If I was buying today I would get the compact since the X-Grip allows the best of both worlds of a carry capacity and a HD capacity/better grip.
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I do think there are very reliable semi's available but believe most people still feel the pump is more reliable. The failures with most pumps come when people short stroke them if they don't practice enough. So with a pump you are introducing more potential operator error on a more mechanically reliabile firearm. So in theory maybe you end up with the same reliablity out of both in the long run, who knows. A while back I did listen to two good Podcasts from Proarms Podcasts on the subject of the shotgun in the home defense roll. The link is below. Be sure to listen to 17A first, then 17B. It's about 9 mins or so into it before they really get into the discussion of pump vs. semi's. IRRC they ended up recommending the average homeowner to go with a semi, and potentially even a 20 gauge because more people in the household might end up having to use it other than the "Alpha male" which is the one that would probably purchase a 12 gauge pump. I did have to end up putting a adjustable buttstock on my 870 so my wife could more easily reach the forestock to operate the action. Shotguns « The ProArms Podcast
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TGO's continued evolution: Help me test out NEW forum software!
Trekbike replied to TGO David's topic in General Chat
I'm guessing the community groups would go away since I don't see the tabs for that section but please confirm. I do find the groups area useful for posting reference info for others in the group. TGO David, on the same subject, different matter, were you able to figure out why all the discussion topics vanished? -
Interesting situation this evening
Trekbike replied to dunndw's topic in Handgun Carry and Self Defense
Don't forget the option of having a BUG, such as a snub, on your ankle. Sometimes your BUG needs to become the primary draw depending on the situation. The ankle carry position actually becomes an advantage while driving. This way you're keeping your primary piece in it's normal position and with your BUG on your ankle there is no moving or readjusting of your weapons when getting in and out of the car. There maybe times that you have to jump out unexpectedly and this way your weapons are along for the ride with no additional effort. -
They keep them next to the metric adjustable wrenches. On shooting left handed, you could always learn to shoot with your right. My son is stuck in between. He writes left handed, does any sports related stuff with his right hand including handguns, but prefers to shoot rifles with his left. Go figure.
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Congratulations on your son's accomplishment!