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I have both. As others have told you, mags for the mini are expensive. Off sandbags, my AR will outshoot the mini. Get off the bench, and I do much better with the mini. I prefer it in every way to the AR, but everyone has a different opinion. I can say that both are 100% reliable. The Mini 14 is prettier and just feels better to me.

I vote BOTH. Why would a gun guy limit himself to one rifle? I finally got around to buying an AR15. As I thought before I bought it, it really just ain't my thing. It does what it was designed to do, but I personally have little use for it. However, I own it, it doesn't eat anything, and I see no reason to part with it. Who knows what the future holds?

Are you a big gunfighter?

When the killin' starts, who do you blame? :shrug:

If it doesn't have a safety, and you don't have to take on a second mortgage to get it, jump on it! You'll thank me later. If it was made before 2000, I believe you can subtract the first two digits of the serial number from 100 and get the date of manufacture. I.E., if the first two numbers are 20, your gun would be made in 1980.   Where are you finding 44 Special cheaper than 44 Magnum?

                                    http://news.msn.com/us/rainbow-flag-painted-on-house-across-from-westboro-baptist-church Nothing could go wrong here, right? :rofl:

Wow! Our thoughts and prayers are with him. Maybe someone up that way can drop him off a laptop so he can stay in touch and maybe pass the time a bit better as soon as he feels like it.

You are correct. Semi autos were looked upon as hard to train with, and more complex as well as less reliable than revolvers. If I remember correctly, there were a couple of incidents in the late 70's or early 80's where different police departments felt undergunned while trying to subdue the perps. Then, all that wnt out the window in favor of superior firepower. Just fads if you ask me.

Give Graf a call. I would be amazed if they didn't make it right.

So far, 1 round would have more than enough for me. Who knows what the future holds? It is a decision one must make for himself. Personally, if I truly thought there was going to be trouble somewhere, I wouldn't be there. If that weren't possible, I would have a rifle handy.

LOL! We've derailed this train for sure!

Buy the bullet puller. This may be the first time you need one, but it likely won't be the last. Kinetic bullet puller=the handloader's eraser.

Oddly enough, I've spent a good deal of time pondering that very thing. I don't know about anyone else, but a big part of the attraction to women for me is because they smell good. I'm not sure I could go for a woman who hasn't bathed in forever. I suppose if you didn't know any different you didn't know any different, and hormones just take over.

So far, I've really enjoyed the program. It makes me see things in a different light than I picture it while reading. For instance, I never considered Mary might have been hot!

                              http://arts.nationalpost.com/2013/03/18/satans-resemblance-to-obama-in-history-channels-the-bible-nonsense-showrunners-say/   I don't know if anyone else here has been watching this show, but it is pretty interesting. Also, I can't imagine the similarity shown above was a coincidence. :rofl:

See if you can find some old 1899 Savages while up there.

 Cheap Spanish Smith and Wesson knock off. Sometimes you'll also see knock offs from some far flung region in China. They'll have stampings with english letters, but in random order, not resembling words. Khyber Pass I believe is the Asian area. If you ever see one, the writing on them is quite comical.

I use a little dab on my finger of whatever's in my grease gun in the toolbox. :shrug:

Been a while, but there's a small pawn shop in Westmoreland. During my one and only trip in there, I noticed a Krag, sporterized by Bubba, in the rack. The price tag appeared to say $250, so I asked to see it. As the young guy behind the counter handed it over, while explaining what a 30-40 was :ugh: , I noticed another zero on the tag I didn't see before..... :stunned: $2500 for a cut up Krag!!!! I gently handed it back, eased out the door, and stayed away from there since.

...get a rope!   I would sugest the O.P. watch the movie "Deliverance" before making his photographic journey here. :cool:

Yeah...there's that. :rofl:

Of course. I've thought about this for years. They are a piece of sheet copper, stamped into shape, and filled with priming compound. Once set up. I'll bet the primers are cheaper to produce than to package.

Sure. It is the perfect handgun, just as John Browning intended. As evidenced by it's popularity today, after being in production for over 100 years, there just isn't anything better.

I've wondered what it would take to get started manufacturing primers. I can't see you running out of business...ever.

I think you've gotten to the bottom of it. :up: It's "for the children", right?