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YOu might see a few more feet per second out of the same load with the Magnum primers. Other than that, you won't notice any difference. I use Winchester Large Pistol primers, because the say "for regular and magnum loads". I do this just because it makes me always right.

Can you disengage the safety using only your right hand?

A guy dropped one off here today to have a holster made for it. I haven't shot it, but I can tell you there's way to many buttons, levers, switches, etc; on it for a carry gun. The trigger is awful, and I can't get a good enough grip on the safety lever to reliably work it. I wouldn't carry one if you gave it to me. A carry gun should be a simple point and click affair. I'm a Smith and Wesson guy, but this thing is a no-go in my opinion.

I could not agree more. I have trouble expressing my thoughts well. My thinking on restrictive regulations is this: 200 years ago, for instance, this was a very vibrant country; by far the greatest in the world. It was strong, growing, and the place to be. It had relatively few regulations. For the past 200 years, we've been constantly adding laws and regulations; most ridiculous, but some necessary. All in all, do you think our nation was stronger 200 years ago, or is it stronger now? Which had lower crime rates? Better morality? Under which Government would you prefer to live? Which tax rate would you prefer? Every time we add something like this, it equates to a larger and larger financial burdon on the taxpayer, and less liberty. I actually said I distrust anyone with a badge or an elected office. Do not misunderstand that to mean that I think all LEOs are bad, but when I see one, or have to deal with one. I keep my eye on him. There are many fine LEOs, and the have a difficult and thankless job. Often, they are handcuffed from doing what they should. If you had the same experiences I've had, I believe you'd feel much the same. I'd go into detail, and provide examples until you got tired of reading them, but you'd likely think me a liar.

As far as the regulation part of your post, I guess I just have a general mindset that the vast majority of regulations are bad, and often have motives other than the obvious. Aside from that, I firmly agree with everything else in your post.

Some things a man should just keep to himself.

I expect most of us here do work for a living. It is a big deal to stay home from work and go to the Dr. when it shouldn't be necessary. I agree that meth is a problem, but punishing law abiding citizens, and regulating one of several ingredients used to make it is NOT the way to deal with the problem. I didn't mean to offend you, and I imagine we'd see eye to eye on most things. I am simply asking for everyone who thinks making ephederine available by prescription only to think it through and not just jump on the bandwagon blindly. Frankly, allergies is also a real and serious problem for many; especially in Tennessee. If there are hundreds of us sitting in an already crowded Dr's office waiting to get a prescription for it, someone who really needs to see the Dr. isn't going to get to. To my knowledge, there isn't a suitable alternative for it. If there is, I'd really like to know. I've tried a lot of products, and found only one that works.

+1. DOn't ask why I have a dent in the side of my safe.

Call me crazy, but I don't trust anybody with a badge or an elected office. A lot of people thought the Jews were overreacting in Germany. It didn't happen all at once. I shouldn't have to cede any freedoms because of the bad decisions of others. Going to the doctor is a major pain in the can to people who work for a living. No one even considers punishing the offenders. Meth is a bad prmblem. I haven't disputed that. What you are proposing, however, isn;t going to help, just like every "common sense" gun control law doesn't help anything. Making and selling Meth is already illegal! We need to enforce existing laws and we wouldn't have a problem.

It makes you feel betterr about having sinus trouble, but actually does little to cure it. Actually, a sinus infection just reduces the enjoyment factor of a good bourbon.

I'd suggest you order a firing pin for it, unless it's already been changed. I bought two of them, and within a box of shells, I had to replace two firing pins. The replacement pins will last. I guess the original were brittle or something. I bought two of them; same as new, for $70 at an auction. That was several years back. Also, don't forget that the milsurp ammo is corrosive, so clean it after shooting any.

Everything you have the right to do isn't specifically ennumerated in the constitution. Anyway, I haven't found any sinus medicine other than pseudoephedrine that actually works. If you have, what is it?

I never saw anything to sign.

Untouched as it came from the factory.

Just stick a couple of speed strips in your front pocket. That's what I do.

Sounds pretty darned respectable to me.

Thanks for the post vontar. That is a lot of information I haven't been able to find myself.

I think Vontar answered your question about Mexico. I didn't say al of it came from Mexico, but a good percentage of it does. I'd like to know some specifics about what would be considered reasonable suspicion. Not what you were told, but I'd like to see something concrete in writing.

Anytime you hear the phrase "it's for the children", rest assured that you are about to take it in the shorts.

Right now, if it has been determined that you've bought too many sinus pills, they come and arrest you for making meth. I can't find anyone who will give me a definite number for what's too many. Some of the ingredients they'll confiscate for evidence include 2 liter drink bottles, coleman stove fuel, drano, and mouse poison. Now who the h3ll doesn't have all this stuff in their house? The real problem is that the offending people aren't dealt with. They are arrested, tried, and turned back out on the street. This is just another feel good piece of cr@p legislation that does nothing but add to the ever increasing government control over your life. Closing the border to Mexico would have a far greater effect on curbing this problem, if in fact, that was the actual goal.

The part you are talking aobut; filling out paperwork and answering questions like you were getting a mortgage to get sinus medicine is already in effect. What they want to do is to make it so that you have to go to the doctor and get a prescription for it. This will make the price of meth a tad higher, and add yet another unnecessary burden to working, law abiding citizens.

How many people do you find you are busting again and again and again and again..........?there's your problem; not sinus medicine.

Model 39-2 Smith and Wesson. They used to be everywhere until I decided I wanted one.

I cancelled my subscription to Field and Stream when McManus retired. There's a definite place for a guy like that.

You, sir, are destined to be a writer. Great story. Thanks for sharing.