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Sending a text.

I will say this. My best friend was stationed st fort Campbell. They were allowed to hunt on site.

Nice find. That’s a deal.

I’ll take it. Sent you a text earlier tonight non related. Don’t want to text so late.

I feel like the people that want to complain about low skill workers making slightly above poverty line have no right to complain about having to scan their own groceries. Or order through a kiosk at McDonald’s. I hate bagging my own groceries. Wish they’d pay someone a living wage to save me my time. But it’s a free market! I’m certainly welcome to not shop at Walmart and pay 40% more at my local gas station for necessities so I can have a human wait on me. The owner. Or the people he’s employed for years and treats well. It’s certainly not because no one wants to work. It’s that everyone gets riled up because they see “starting pay $16-22 an hour”. They‘ work you 20-24 hours a week to ensure you get no outside shot of Bennie’s. They will ensure you have no say in a set schedule in a lot of cases, making part time work not an option to stay afloat, especially when you introduce kids. It’s not AI in the sense everyone thinks of… But that low rent burger flipper will be replaced with a servo and automated through plcs in under five years. Automation is phasing out everything left and right. Quickly. That’s why I went to school for mechatronics. I worked nights on top of full time schooling five days a week for over two years, if I had a kid there’s zero chance I could have done that. I’m fortunate every day I don’t have kids in this economy right now, because that nuclear family ain’t surviving off of $60k rent w this housing market. They already have robots that will run food to tables in restaurants. There’s supermarkets that have robots that scan for out of stock items and monitor spills. I’ve seen the food runner and robot over three years ago. Granted they suck. But it’s already here. Just maybe not in rural America. Friends brother is a social worker. Everyone knows they’re underpaid. He works nights a few hours a day at a liquor store for $9 an hour because he got into a fender bender and needed a job quick. That’s in Antioch. Customers son is a CNA. He capped out at $17 an hour and moved to South Carolina because he couldn’t live in Nashville off that wage.With two roommates, one being his single mother. I dunno, I’m not going to be needing a CNA soon hopefully. But it’s time they get paid a living wage, that’s a field that’s growing and it’s not going to be a need for my generation in the short term. I do believe by the time I need one the older generation will have stopped complaining about someone being paid good money to clean them up and roll them for bedsores. As much as the younger generation can be a pain in the ass they’re going to be a driving force in the change for people making a living wage. (Also Rex was just quoting the thread, certainly not a shot, just commenting. I agree that the tech now is still weak).

I also talked w an engineer yesterday I work with occasionally. He’s got the 9mm. He’s got 3-4k rounds through it and he loves it. No issues with it. He’s had it for a few years and looking at get the .45 banshee.

Second the radians. Im dying to find one for my 15-22. A couple times a month https://arftac.com/radian/ this site will do a blem sale. Usually can grab one for $65, no tax, free ship over $100. Small shop I like supporting.

Thanks for posting this. On my grandmas deathbed I picked her brain. I asked who her favorite president was. No hesitation she said FDR. People deserve a living wage. Not minimum. Im in my late thirties. I’m fortunate where I grew up poor and was frugal all my life. Put 30% down, paid for school out of pocket. I’ve worked three jobs my whole life. My 15 year mortgage is manageable, it’s all the necessities that come with life that has skyrocketed. Health care, auto and home insurance/property taxes, pet insurance, almost everything across the board has nearly doubled for me. I carry good insurance on everything because I really like my home and I’m not trying to lose it over an act of god. I now need to make $8k post tax just to have the qualifications to keep a roof over my head and a paid off beater Honda accord to earn money. I shop around every 6 months for insurance. Groceries is another issue. I was in such a better spot financially pre-covid… my firearm hobby is half of what it used to be because I’m still worried about inflation. I bartend on the side. Always will. I’ve had 3, correct 3 people reach out to me to ask me for work. They all have doctorates or 5 year degrees. They’re all my age. I feel fortunate that I have no debt and buy everything outright. I can’t stress enough that it’s tough for millennials at the moment. Sure you can blame DoorDash, and subscription services and avocado toast. That doesn’t change the fact that a dollar is worth 20% less now than it was pre covid.

I also run an H2 buffer in it.

It’s not apples to apples. I have a 10mm banshee. A couple of other PCCs. The radial delayed blowback is phenomenal. My 10mm kicks less than my 9mm pccs. CMMG went through a phase where they had issues with the extractor, and it would cause some wear while ejecting on the frame. I couldn’t be happier with mine, it’s probably my favorite gun. When I introduce new shooters I start with .22s and end with that. Kicks similarly to a stock 5.56 16”. Everyone is always smiling after. If you have the coin I’d gladly get another CMMG.

Just saw this on my email. https://dahlonegaarmory.com/product/maverick-arms-31014-88-field-and-security-combo-pump-12-gauge-black-synthetic-stock-blued

I’ll second this one. I’ve got a handful of 12s. The 88 does just as good as my 590. It’s my bedside 12 even though I have higher quality ones. Keep one by the back door for critters. Superb and reliable shotguns and for $250 plus ship and ffl fee you can get the security/field combo and get one with an additional “28 barrel. Can’t beat it buck for buck.

Pm sent.

For sell. You wood have to be a paid member.

Anytime I can get HST 124gr for +- .50cpr including tax and shipping I jump on it. It’s very hard to find that price point.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATF_gunwalking_scandal We’ll arm the cartels, but they’re coming for ours…

https://gun.deals/category/hand-guns?caliber=17&brand=179 type your upc up top and it should pop up.

I’ll take it. Shooting you a text.

Someone buy this. It’s a great plinker. If i didn’t have more .22s than brain cells it’d be in the safe.

Ex has one as her backseat camping gun. She was able to hit a torso at 5 feet consistently. I was garbage at 5 yards. It’s a heavy pull.

That guy hopping the railing had some serious skills. I rewatched that part at least 6 times. That’s some athleticism with some adrenaline going fight or flight mode. Hero stuff.

Brother I did that on a date once… a date that I was cooking at her house. One might say it was a pretty sure thing. Definitely utilized her shower, we had a good laugh out of it. Not a pleasant few hours though.

Ill take ‘em, I’ll send you a text.

I want to say I’ll take it because this is actually a hell of a deal. Priced to move. GLWS.

I’ll give a small sample. I bought an apx carry on a whim at my LGS when they had a rebate running in 2020. Tolerances were off. Slide was too tight, even after polishing the feed ramp would get a stovepipe. It had the worst trigger I’ve ever used, they say factory it’s supposed to be DA 12.5 and SA maybe 6.5 (going off of memory) but I swear it was more. Very spongy as well. Worst trigger I’ve used other than the early middle SCCY/SKYY triggers. Thought I couldn't shoot it worth a damn because of the ridiculously heavy pull and was consistently landing rounds low left. Handed it to a friend with pistol skills and trigger time and he had the same issue. Sights were also off. One of the few guns that I’ve sold outright. I follow a lot of firearm threads and will say that everyone complains of the fit and finish on the Gallatin guns. Very few complaints about the A400s that are made there. I’d consider getting an A400 from that plant but I already have a 1301. Small sample size. I wouldn’t do it. I also looked into doing maintenance for them as it’s close to home and the pay scale from operators and up is severely low for the industry. Seems gun manufactures kind of hope they get gun people to work for poverty wages, and that was also echoed on a S&W forum regarding their plant workers. Would explain QA issues. Small sample size. I personally will not buy a handgun unless it’s manufactured at the Italy plant. Would consider a shotgun. I think their rifle line is ugly as sin.