TGO David

I think if I had to choose between those two, I would without a doubt choose Chattanooga.

That was last year. My lawn is completely dead right now since I refuse to pay upwards of $300/mo to water it. That's one of the few (very few) benefits of not having to deal with a homeowners association.

Cars are my other passion. My 1987 Mustang GT that I sold earlier this year to Hornet Handler here on the forum: My 1998 GT that I sold a few years ago after getting to the point that playing with it just wasn't fun anymore: And finally, my 2003 Mach 1: There's a pretty interesting story behind the Mach. I bought it from the original owner, a friend of mine, a few years ago. After owning it for about two years, I went through a divorce and the car was a casualty of that. I sold it to try to keep peace and that didn't work out so well. I have been kicking myself for selling it ever since. Earlier this month, the original owner called me up to say that he had just seen the car sitting for sale on a local lot. My new wife and I went by to look at it and sure enough it was my old car. A few days later, my wife sold her truck and bought the Mach back for me! So I'm now the second and fourth owner of the car. We are in the process of restoring it back to the condition it was in previously. The douchebag who owned it between me and, um... me, didn't take care of it the way I had so it's been a slow process of making things right.

Natosha, I'm not sure a clip-in style holster is really going to work that well with a heavy gun like your Glock 26 and shorts without a belt. The accepted school of thought is that a sturdy belt is the foundation of a comfortable holster system. I say system because the parts really do have to work together as one. Have you thought much about getting a small revolver like a S&W J-frame to carry in a pocket? Or even the new Ruger LCP automatic might be a good choice, although I think I'd rather have the slightly more potent cartridge from the .38spl than the .380 automatic.

The Carter Administration is directly responsible for our current predicament with Iran. Prior to Carter, we had a very strong relationship with Iran via Shah Reza Pahlav. When the Carter Administration turned its back on Pahlav, Pahlav was deposed and Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini returned from exile in France and assumed power. Ayatollah Khomeini was certainly no friend of the United States and his assumption of power marked a serious swing in anti-Western, anti-American hatred in Iran's government. You might remember this as the catalyst for the Iran US Hostage crisis that started in 1979 and lasted for 444 days. So yeah, Carter was and remains the biggest Presidential F-Up in both your and my lifetimes. Bush doesn't hold a candle to him.

Stick to debating the issues and not the person. We don't need personal attacks here from either camp.

That's taking things pretty literally. Don't look now, but the car in your driveway isn't whatever nameplate is on the trunk lid. It's actually an amalgamation of at least twenty or thirty manufacturer's parts.

I guess it would be nice to know what manufacturer made the frame if you are worried about the metallurgical properties or something... but really I don't see the ultimate importance of it to the average consumer. For instance, Tokico makes the shocks and struts for many Ford vehicles but Ford assigns each a Ford Motor Company part number and in effect they become "Ford Parts". This sort of OEM sourcing happens all the time and isn't consequential to most folks.

I don't have one. You need to talk to Easily Obsessed. His is the one that I shot with once.

Millett DMS-1

Let's build one!!!

The Dan Wesson bobtails are great little guns.

They received mine on the 21st so I'm much less into it than you are. I never bothered to look and see if they had cashed my cashier's check or not. If current trends on M4C are any indication, you and I may see our stamps close to the 50 day point. Some have reported close to 30, others closer to 60. What else are you using in your build? It looks like our rifles are REALLY similar since we both went with Spikes lowers, Magpul CTR stocks and LMT 10.5 uppers.

That being said, good 10.5 bbls can be accurate out to 100yds and effective at 200yds with proper holdover. I haven't seen anyone claim anything beyond those two distances though.

Ballistics aren't really that much of a concern to me on a CQB rifle where you typically wouldn't engage targets beyond 50yds. The idea here is bringing a rifle caliber to a handgun fight.

Yes, ours will be extremely similar. If I didn't already have the LaRue 7.0 rail I would be doing exactly what you're talking about. I keep reminding myself that I wanted it to be stupid-proof so the FSB is probably more in keeping with that mentality even though people rarely if ever have problems with the folders. What day did you actually send your paperwork off to the BATFE?

10.5"

Yep. The idea of building a midlength 16" bbl upper for my AR has hit me more than once lately, but I can't afford to do it right now. It sure would be nice to have a legal upper to go use until I get my tax stamp back though.

You're waiting on your AOW right?

Very well put.

That looks pretty familiar... and nice! I'm waiting on my Form 1 approval also. It will be interesting to see when you get yours as mine should then only be about a week or two behind.

Those are all free floated. LaRue's rails are very rigid so I doubt seriously that a front sight mounted on them is any less accurate than one on a front sight block.

This picture demonstrates how differing lengths of quad rail handguards look on an AR15 platform rifle with a 14.5" barrel. It might be useful for those who like to window shop and daydream about putting together a rifle of their own but aren't sure how different combinations would look. The handguards in this pictoral are all LaRue Tactical.

Makes you wonder what DEET does to you doesn't it?

Len, if the Liberals debunk Santa Claus or the idea of cheap .45ACP ammunition... I'm going to be hella pissed!