gregintenn

I cannot believe how many here are ready to just roll over and take it! We are in the right here. You DO NOT compromise when you are 100% right. You are playing into the progressives' hands. They'd like you to give a little now, and then next year when something else happens that stirs them up, then you will be expected to "compromise" again. When do you see them compromose?

We are right; they are wrong. We have the U.S. Constitution to back us.; they have lies, distortion, and a complicit media. Why the hell do you want to compromise??!!??   I've got your reasonable gun control: I'll control mine, and you control yours. Everything else isn't negotible.

I am quite ignorant of law enforcement protocol. That being said, It is hard for me to wrap my head around any entity having the right to take your personal belongings from your home without making an arrest.   Also, you have to love the unbiased reporting. They seemed utterly amazed and shocked to find there were about two dozen rifles in the house. A lot of us would call the owner a rookie.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=327149906   Now this is just getting ridiculous. The shipping alone is more than the retail price of the ammo! :squint:

Looks good in the pic! The M1 remains one of a very few items left on my wishlist.

Oops.....I deleted mine. :snore:

If mine isn't loaded, I'm eaither cleaning it or reloading it.

LOL! You reminded me of this classic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_DEp1lz0CM Probably NWS!!!

Now that would be a shocker, huh? They've rolled over on everything else. I swear I think I prefer Democrats right now. At least they are being up front about their intentions. H3ll, you don't ever know when or how the Repubs are gonna hit ya.   Rand Paul is the only man left in D.C. with a pair.

When I see Mitch McConnell speak, I want to grab that second and third chin of his and choke him with it! Am I the only one?   He reminds me of Kermit the Frog with a bad combover.

I may well be proven wrong one day, and I pray not, but I trust my children with firearms more than a large percentage of adults I come in contact with.

Mine shoots the cheap steel cased Russian stuff about as well as anything else. 55-62 grain bullets work better than heavier ones. I've yet to find anything that won't function properly in it.

I'll go one further. I do not own a weapon. I own rifles, shotguns, pistols, and revolvers.

...and if you want to truly be anal about it, you can further tweak your load by trimming cases each loading, and seperating them by headstamp and then by weight. You can also tinker with different seating depths and amounts of crimp. You can go far as you want to go with it.

  Range brass picked up, or reloading some you already have-free 100 primers                                                                      -$3-$4 100 55 grain FMJ                                                              -$9-$12 Powder for 100 rounds                                                       -$6-$8   So on average, $3.50+$10.50+$7=18 cents a round x 20=$3.60 per box.   You can spend a bit more for premium bullets, benchrest primers, or the latest whizzbang powder, but this will give you an idea.   David has what you need to load 223.   I expect you can put together a pretty comprehensive, basic reloading setup for less than $200.

Reload.

What brand are the bullets? I'd go with the load data for them. Different bullets can have different overall lengths, when seated to the same overall cartridge length, can affect case capicity, therefore changing pressures even with the same powder charge. I wouldn't go by the Alliant recipe unless I were using the exact components listed. If you don't own a reloading manual, you should really get one....or two....or three.   I would suggest you start by loading a few at the minimum load and shoot them. Then, you can load a few more with an increased powder charge and shoot them. When you begin to see high pressure signs, back off some. If you reach the maximum listed load without pressure signs, stop there. Somewhere in this range, you'll likely find a load that shoots very well and functions well in your gun.   Next, you can start the process over with a different bullet, or powder, or both. Finding that perfect load is one of the best parts of reloading.

I've heard good reviews for the accu struts, but I wouldn't put one on my rifle because of the added weight and gaudy looks of the product. I've done a bit of tinkering with mine, as well as load development, and I've come to accept that it is a 2-2.5 MOA rifle. I had a friend that is now passed, and I've seen him shoot less than 1" groups at 100 yards with his in the prone position. I sure wish I'd have asked him what all he did to it. It appeared factory on the outside.

I'm you in reverse! I have a Bushmaster Patrolman Carbine with a free float quad rail, and I'd like to get rid of it. I'm not sure what parts or tools I'd need either.   The quad rail is heavy, and feels in your hand much like a cheese grater.

I picked up a box or two of the Federal 550 round bulk packs every time I went to Walmart when they were $7.97, then $8.97, and even got some at $9.97. I even had my wife trained to do the same. She thought I was crazy, but now with two young boys burning through them, she finally understands. We aren't worried about finding 22 ammo at this time.

I'm shooting and reloading at a normal pace for me.

That will be a lifetime memory for your son, and a good life experience as well. I'm not sure January and a canoe are good companions.

We were talking about this a few days ago. As tight as tthe supply line is on food and medicine, I expect that somtime there will be something happen that causes a disruption in the supply, and thus a run on stores and a shortage. That will be a very bad situation if people buy up food like they've been doing with guns and ammo!

Right now, I think we all need to keep the pressure on our reps and senators, and see what happens. Assuming a law is passed, it'll depend on how bad it is as to what the next step should be. Assuming a ban, I'd like to see a whole bunch of us flatly refuse to comply, be arrested, and tie up the court system to the point it won't work. I don't know what happens then, but I expect the gloves will then come off.   I really don't see much of anything substantial passing in congress at this time. They are definitely feeling the heat from us, and looking at the 2014 elections. I'm guessing the worst case scenerio is being required to do a background check on private transfers, and maybe a mag capacity cap. Not good, but not the end of the world either.   Don't discount the power of th NRA. They'll be there for us.

Not by a long shot.   Some magazines were expensive, and primers were hit and miss. You could still buy an AR and 22LR ammo.