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JFK speaking informally to a crowd. Note the kid with the toy gun just to the right of JFK in the pic. I think security was a bit less extreme then, Looks like he kid has the muzzle in his mouth, too.

A friend gave me an old box of Winchester .270 ammo this morning. Check out the price tag! And also take a look at the price of a pound of powder back when. Of course I wouldn't want to work for $5.00 an hour anymore, either.

I've read it happens in New Jersey as well, and can be VERY expensive. Nothing less than harrassment.

I just did a quick Google search, and there's some information out there. Armory USA is now defunct.

I use a liberal coat of Thompson's Bore Butter. It works really well for me, and it's designed for BP firearms.

Easy outs work pretty well, but whenever I have to drill out a fastener I start with a reverse-twist drill bit. Almost all the time the fastener will back out as the bit bites. You can buy a cheap set at Harbor Freight, and those bits will work for two or three jobs before they become too dull. The PB Blaster, or Kroil, work wonders. If the nipple turned out three or four turns you might try turning it in and out again, too. Just as you do with a tap, turning it both ways might help clear any grit.

Trailboss is a pretty good all-around plinking powder and can be used in older, sound, firearms. I use it in several different cases and really like it.

Did you find your sawmill? I see one advertised on Craigslist near Gatlinburg. I know nothing at all about it except what's in the ad: https://knoxville.craigslist.org/hvo/d/gatlinburg-portable-saw-mill-woodland/7438368841.html

I may go, but not if I get busy. The only thing I "need" are primers, and I'm betting any that are there are going for premium prices. Of course there may be something there that I need without knowing it yet.

I have to wonder why they spent 18 months on this guy. Maybe they should have arrested him after the first illegal sale, or after four or five. Was he selling other guns to other people for all that time?

Isn't it odd how one man's trash is another man's treasure. I have several Rugers from a 22 Single Six to three PRP's, and I like them all.

Anyone here tech-savy enough to flood that email address? It'd be great to send 500 emails an hour for a day or two.....

You can buy a "study guide" that has every single test question in it. In fact, you could just take those practice tests several times and learn the answers by rote.

Well, at least experiences like yours help to educate the rest of us so that none fall victim to this kind of scam.

Bear in mind that you must have a license to operate on any of the ham bands. The FCC is proactive about pursuing unlicensed operators, and the fines are substantial. Having said that, getting a license isn't very hard and the code requirement was eliminated years ago. I hear very little simplex VHF ham communication around here. The majority of VHF ham communication is through repeaters, and that would require a lot of channel switching if you're driving outside a relatively small area. 73- de KC7EN

Those old boxes are pretty cool! Some collector might want them.

I've been very happy with Progressive, which does my cars and motorcycles. You can apply on-line with them.

Maybe the trick is to set up shop in Vietnam inside a couple of shipping containers. No big problems with permits or hazmat requirements. No problem with keeping the floor flooded, at least for most of the year. Shipping containers are easy to replace as they're blown up.....

My wife thought the seat of my race bike would look a lot better with Armorall. Or maybe she was looking for insurance money.....

Wow, that looks interesting! Too rich for me, but still interesting. I wonder how the firing mechanism works.... Looks like there are a couple of YouTube videos featuring this revolver. Gonna check them out. This is a pretty good, quick discussion of the revolver:

Mine is a 2002 7.3 Powerstroke, and yes, it needs the plugs. I've seen starting slowly deteriorate over the past year and with the current cold weather it's reached the point of needing new plugs. But given that the truck is 20 years old with over 100K miles on it, I shouldn't complain.

Just ordered a set of glow plugs for my Ford diesel and the set, including the wiring harness that runs through the valve cover gaskets, comes to $350. And I'll do the labor. Everything is more expensive....

You wouldn't think it would be all that hard. Primers are simple devices, just a couple pieces of pressed metal with some chemical compound. But the licensing, hazmat etc. might be a nightmare. Great question, though, and something I'll bet has been considered by people who could make it happen. This is a brief explanation: A primer cap is a stamping made from rolled copper-alloy sheet. The sheet is fed into a small stamping press where a multiple die set produces more than a dozen caps on each stroke. The caps are often nickel-plated. Primer caps are made in different diameters for different applications. In manufacture, the primer caps are filled with primer mix using a method called "rubbing." This process begins with a thin steel plate containing several hundred holes. The plates are placed on shaker tables and primer caps broadcast over their surface. The shaking motion causes a cap to fall into each hole. Next, the plate is sent into the primer "rubbing room," a heavily built and spotlessly clean room where plates sit on a metal table and wet priming compound is hand-rubbed over the surface to fill each cap.