TGO David

  You've got more posts here than I do.  The server knows who's important!

I was eyeballing a R1 Enhanced recently at a local shop.  They're nice!  The only thing I'd be tempted to do to one of them would be to replace the thumb safety with an ambidextrous version, install a set of flat-bottom VZ Operator grips and add a magazine well.  With those things done, it'd be about perfect for a working 1911.

  We're already aware of OhShoot.  There's nothing we can do about him.  :)

Guys... I admire the dedication and tenacity, but we're still working on this behind the scenes and it's nowhere near ready or performing like it should yet.   Until you see an "all clear" post from me, you're going to experience all sorts of weird crap and there's no reason to report any of it.  We know it's happening.

    No doubt.  Total badassery.

I've been known to use the BFH on more than one occasion.  :)   I think this particular issue is related to a security patch that IPB released back on Dec 27th.  I've raised the issue with them and will be following up as soon as they address it.

Yeah... apparently our nightly backup job crashed last night and took the database offline.   I'm looking into why that happened.

Regarding 5.56 AR pistols, has the full powder charge really burned in the 7-9" or so that the barrel provides?  I know the 300 BLK charge is optimized to burn completely in a short barrel which would seem to make it a far better choice for small-ish AR builds.

  That's been my experience as well.  And as I've said before, my wife says my general demeanor tends to perpetually border on "GFY" so I guess most folks don't want to risk smarting off to me in line at stores.

TMF, you have a PM inbound.  :lol:

Costa had a very short and to the point post this morning on Facebook.   http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=510842915614285&set=a.246354765396436.65474.229735767058336&type=1

Warning... video not safe for work, family, children, delicate ears. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2BjA7B_mpg :lol: First thing that came to my mind. Anyone else?

:)

TGO isn't a democracy, dude.  There's no reason for this thread to be locked other than the fact that you didn't get the traction you were hoping for.   Sorry.

  Novelty item, IMO.  I've shot them and find them to be bulky and unwieldy.  A better option would be an FN 5.7 pistol if you're wanting something that shoots a light weight bullet really fast, won't over-penetrate and has high round count in a pistol form factor.   Any 16" bbl AR-15 with a collapsible stock fully compressed would be tolerable to operate in the tight confines of most homes.  A short barrel rifle would be even better, but the NFA aspect makes it somewhat undesirable for some people.

It's a social group, not a forum.  Request membership in the social group and whoever set it up and manages it will grant you access - or it may be automatic if that's how they set it up.  Regardless, the software can't read your mind or somehow know that you should be granted access to the group without you telling it.  It doesn't comb through all known DD214's and grant access.... or something.

Why haven't you dragged that assclown over to see your company's HR department yet?  Most companies have strict policies against behavior of that sort in a workplace.

This thread here [LINK] describes exactly why I think an event like this would go badly.   This is at least the second or third story I've read lately about a permit holder somehow losing their damn gun in a movie theater and letting someone else find it.   Like I said, I believe everyone should have the right to bear arms.  I just don't want to be around some of them when they're exercising it.

Man... I really need to get my wife a minigun.

  Sorry, I can't let this one go.   Targeted home invasions typically involve more than one assailant and the increasing trend is for them to be well armed and sometimes using soft body armor.  A compact carbine shooting a rifle caliber is exactly the sort of weapon you want in these cases, and a home invasion is the one practical scenario where you realistically will be able to go for your primary weapon (rifle) rather than being limited to what is easily man-portable and concealable like your secondary weapon (handgun).   I enjoy the nostalgia of the model 1911 but you are still talking about having two of a handgun that only carries eight to nine rounds in a platform which can be rather finicky about feeding and cycling.  If your 1911 chokes on the firing range, no one dies.  If your 1911 chokes at 2:00am, or runs dry of ammo, while you are defending your house then the wrong people most certainly might die as a result.   Shotguns for home defense scenarios are fine provided you're using an appropriate ammunition and have worked out how you will maneuver through the house while holding a large stick out in front of you, or bringing a large stick to bear if you encounter someone without them using the barrel's bulk against you.  Most people have this fantasy idea that if someone breaks into their house, they will get to go slinking from corner to corner all ninja-SWAT-badass, clearing the house, in full control of the situation.  The statistics I've read don't bear this out.  Most true home invasions are done by perps who know to come in fast and hard, and hit with overwhelming force before the home owner gets a chance to fully wake up and react.   I'm not sure how big your house is, or how it's laid out, but for most people the amount of time the homeowner gets to react is fairly slim.   My recommendations are a little more complex than telling a person what firearm they need.  Home defense is a lot more dynamic than that and you should stack the deck in your favor in as many was as possible.   For example, use motion lights outside the house.  Keep dogs; Yappy little dogs are hard to shoot and make a lot of noise.  Invest in strong but decorative outer security "storm" doors as well as strong external doors.  Thick solid core wood doors are great.  External doors that open outward with double hinges that cannot be popped from the outside are more resistant to being kicked in.  Always run lag bolts through the hinges and into the studs surrounding the door facing.  Always use double-key deadbolts rather than the kind that have a thumb toggle on the inside.  Get deadbolts that have LONG bolts that go deep into the door frame.   Etc. and so forth.  Make it hard for the invaders to get into your house.  The more time you buy yourself here, the more time you have to react.   As for firearms, I'm a huge fan of short barrel, NFA item, carbines for home defense.  Short barrel AR-15's are great chambered in either 5.56 or a caliber like 300 Blackout.  They're compact which lets you maneuver easier inside of a house, and they don't present a long barrel that someone can use against you for leverage, or that you'll bang around corners, smack lamps off tables with, etc.   Just food for thought.

  :lol:  No worries, man.  Yeah we did some really sweet polo shirts a while back using Port Authority Tek-Dry (or something like that) which was similar to Under Armor.  They were very nice and not too pricey, but the problem was that we had to order them in batches of sizes and for a while there we were stuck with a bunch of oddball sizes that no one wanted.

  I feel your frustration, I really do.  But this wouldn't be my first rodeo and like others have said it's just a recipe for disaster.  I too have spent time at countless ranges over the past 28 years of shooting and have seen all too well the extreme diversity of skill-levels and weapons safety practices among firearms owners.  There's too much about this that scares the hell out of me, and it has nothing to do with "sticking it to the man".   It's a bit of a catch 22... I firmly believe everyone should have the unrestricted, Constitutionally guaranteed right to bear arms.  I also firmly believe that there are a lot of people out there I wouldn't trust being around with a sharp pointy stick, let alone a carbine of some sort.  I'd prefer some folks observe their 2nd Amendment rights out in the middle of the desert somewhere.  ;)

Eh, I could have closed the thread but I'm seriously just not a fan of closing threads or heavy-handed moderation. Sooner or later we'll all get bored with this thread and move on to something else. Until then, it can entertain us...

  I've looked at them numerous times over the year but the quality from both Zazzle and Cafe-Press has been less than stellar, in my opinion.  I've started looking at a few other options lately that might fit the bill.   One of the things I've always preferred is to have the logo embroidered on shirts, hats, etc. rather than using die sublimation or heat transfer printing.  Embroidery just holds up so much longer and doesn't look cheap after a few washes like the others usually do.  I figure if folks are going to pay what those places charge for a hat or shirt ($20-35) then they likely want them to hold up for a while.   Maybe I'm just too picky.

I've had decals made in the past and stumbled across some of them in storage the other day.  I'm probably going to make more soon.   Hats and things like that will come again eventually; it's just a matter of me being able to outsource production and order fulfillment because I simply just don't have time to do it anymore.