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A gun was banned? Or do you mean GUY was banned?

The next step in integrating your gun-friends into your life is to bring your wife to a TGO get together. Our very own HunterH learned the perils of doing this.

I don't recall precisely. I bought some other stuff too so all I remember is that my total wasn't too bad. It's within the normal ballpark for good ammo. PM Joe and see if he can give you an exact quote.

Regarding PMC, I have read quite a few threads on M4Carbine stating that people are having trouble with PMC rounds causing their rifles to short-stroke. Ostensibly from having too light of a powder charge. I recently bought some Armscor ammo from Joe @ Hero Gear and it has performed flawlessly. In fact, I need to go buy more from him soon.

We really are a civil society here.

Thanks. As always, I have to point to the team of moderators and to the members themselves for the success of the forum. I just sweep the floors.

The show's only redeeming feature is Shatner as Denny Crane. Unfortunately, Shatner has let himself boldly go.

James, if you'd been my third kid I'd have gotten chopped too. Do you ever fear for your wife's safety working in the ghetto like that?

Nice kill on the bobcat, Kahrman!

I admire your optimism. I think it probably has more to do with the fact that in your part of Tennessee, traditional values are still held dear ... even by the teachers.

I want to be happy when I hear stories about kids at elementary schools voting for McCain but then that sinking feeling sets in and I am reminded that this means that kids who are too young to understand any of the issues are being indoctrinated by an overwhelming liberal, socialist biased public education system and that only a few will survive it without being utterly brainwashed.

Tru-Glo sights are nice but should be considered to be expendable items. Even non-chlorinated gun scrubbers will cause the fiber optic rods to lose their transparency over time. If you opt for them, try to keep chemicals away from the fibers when you clean the gun and realize that you may need to replace them periodically depending on how much use / cleaning the gun sees. Just my $0.02 worth on it.

Source: http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,446140,00.html John Ripley, Who Led 600 in Battle Against 20,000 North Vietnamese, Dies at 69 Monday , November 03, 2008 Retired Marine Col. John Ripley, who was credited with stopping a column of North Vietnamese tanks by blowing up a pair of bridges during the 1972 Easter Offensive of the Vietnam War, died at home at age 69, friends and relatives said Sunday. Ripley's son, Stephen Ripley, said his father was found at his Annapolis home Saturday after missing a speaking engagement on Friday. The son said the cause of death had not been determined but it appeared his father died in his sleep. In a videotaped interview with the U.S. Naval Institute for its Americans at War program, Ripley said he and about 600 South Vietnamese were ordered to "hold and die" against 20,000 North Vietnamese soldiers with about 200 tanks. "I'll never forget that order, 'hold and die'," Ripley said. The only way to stop the enormous force with their tiny force was to destroy the bridge, he said. "The idea that I would be able to even finish the job before the enemy got me was ludicrous," Ripley said. "When you know you're not going to make it, a wonderful thing happens: You stop being cluttered by the feeling that you're going to save your butt." Ripley crawled under the bridge under heavy gunfire, rigging 500 pounds of explosives that brought the twins spans down, said John Miller, a former Marine adviser in Vietnam and the author of "The Bridge at Dong Ha," which details the battle. Miller said the North Vietnamese advance was slowed considerably by Ripley. "A lot of people think South Vietnam would have gone under in '72 had he not stopped them," Miller said. Ray Madonna, president of the U.S. Naval Academy's 1962 graduating class, served in Vietnam as a Marine at the same time and said his classmate saved countless U.S. and South Vietnamese troops. "They would have been wrecked" if the tanks had crossed, Madonna said. He said Ripley also coordinated naval gunfire that stopped the tanks from crossing at a shallower point downstream. "He was a Marine's Marine, respected, highly respected by enlisted men, by his peers and by his seniors," Madonna said. Miller said Ripley, who was born in Radford, Virginia, descended from a long line of veterans going back to the Revolutionary War. He graduated from the Naval Academy in 1962, after enlisting in the Marines out of high school and spending a year in naval school in Newport, Rhode Island. He earned the "Quad Body" distinction for making it through four of the toughest military training programs in the world: the Army Rangers, Marine reconnaissance, Army Airborne and Britain's Royal Marines, Miller said. He was also the only Marine to be inducted in the U.S. Army Ranger Hall of Fame. Ripley earned the Navy Cross and Silver Star for his service in Vietnam. He later served on the Joint Chiefs of Staff and was regimental commander at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, among other postings. After retiring from the Marines, he was president and chancellor of Southern Virginia College in Lexington, Virginia. Stephen Ripley said his father had a deep and tenacious love for his country, the Marine Corps and his family. "My Dad never quit anything and never went halfway on anything in his life," he said. "He just was a full-throttle kind of person and those people that he cared about, he really cared about." Ripley is survived by his wife, Moline B. Ripley, 67; three sons, Stephen Ripley, 43, Thomas Ripley, 38, and John Ripley, 35; a daughter, Mary Ripley, 39; and eight grandchildren.

In all seriousness, I do appreciate the cooperation but I do ask that the members at large let the moderators do the moderating. "Mob Rule" doesn't get any traction here. A while back we took in several new moderators, so they should be left to do their job and everyone else should just try to enjoy the place. If you don't enjoy the place, the exits are clearly marked.

Your cooperation is appreciated. Get me a beer while you're in the kitchen, sweet cheeks.

These are two shops that I know carry the S&W AR15 rifles. I have used both and would recommend either to anyone, without hesitation. Some of our other local authorized vendors may also stock them and should chime in if they do. (organized by distance) Guns & Leather Greenbrier, TN 41.9 miles from Franklin Hero Gear Winchester, TN 101 miles from Franklin

I hope to be able to attend.

Congratulations and welcome to TGO. Enjoy your new sidearm and the forum!

The original poster has been permanently banned for trolling and this thread is done. If there is a God in heaven, the OP will wake up tomorrow in a mountainous region of Afghanistan and have to fight for his very life against people who would deprive him of not only his right to vote but his right to live. Barring a life changing experience like that, I am convinced that nothing he could possibly add to TGO in the future would be of any value. He won't be missed.

Unless you have your heart set on a Bushmaster, I'd look at the S&W line of AR15's instead. Their build quality and quality control seem to be consistently better than the stuff Bushmaster cranks out.

http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/showpost.php?p=181363&postcount=15 Please read that, and then the original post again. As for a recommendation, I understand that the S&W AR15's are pretty good out of the box. If I had to buy a pre-built AR right now, I'd look at those first.

I can only speak on the EMP from having shot Towerclimber's at a recent get together. The EMP is a damn fine weapon.

I heard he's going to pardon Phil Fulmer.

Spurrier has too cushy of a gig to leave it, and I doubt he would even if the Vols coughed up enough cash. What I want to know is... who will the Vols fans blame next year with Fulmer gone?

Don't forget the Black Panthers... http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/20081102/NEWS01/811020310