MacGyver

I've chopped a bunch of wood over the years.  While I'm sure that the guy in this video benefits from using well seasoned straight-grained wood, this take on the axe is pretty neat:   http://www.vipukirves.fi/english/description.htm   [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jDR_2Zsr40 [/media]   And, the tire on the chopping block is  genius.

Nice find from back in the day.  Those Carbon V blades were great.

You are a dedicated, dedicated man.  I've been to Blade a couple of times over the years and always hope to get the chance to go.   I'm fairly certain your calendar may actually be defined by the show.  If you're married, your wife is terribly indulgent :)

I've never gotten that excited about that particular line.  They're nice enough, but for that price I'd love to see them in something other than 440a and 154CM.

I can really only keep up with one thread, and Willis started this one as the official one.  You guys have both been here a long time.  I'd love to see you both get what you want.  I'm going to put you provisionally at #14 per the other thread, but y'all work it out and let me know.

Updated as of 0845CDT - 04/`8/14   Note - #18 was previously requested.  If you want a particular number, please post it in this thread - not via PM or in the other thread.   00 - TGO David 01 - Willis68 02 - MacGyver 03 - TripleDigitRide 04 - gjohnsoniv 05 - hipower/capbyrd - hipower was first in this thread, but indicated willingness for a couple of others.  Y'all just let me know. 06 - Ugly 07 - Ted S. 08 - chuck 09 - CQB Elite 10 - LINKS2K 11 - JPS 12 - Smith 13 - jliew08 14 - capbyrd 15 - 16 - Magor Kong 17 - (bronco302) 18 - Maroonandwhite 19 - 20 - 21 - runningfree 22 - xRUSTYx 23 - 24 - 25 - hipower* 26 - GKar 27 - 28 - 29 - 30 - 31 - 32 - 33 - 34 - 35 - 36 - 37 - 38 - 39 - 40 - 41 - 42 - 43 - 44 - 45 - Fourtyfive 46 - 47 - 48 - 49 - tnhawk 50 - 51 - 52 - hipower* 57 - bronco302   capbyrd dcloudy777 cj0e slowsure JWinTN TrickyNicky *(90) mav mikegideon chucktshoes - last serial JRM nowhouc bubbadavis TMF Resivoir Dog pieslinger KahrMan East_TN_Patriot bigtruuck wewoapsiak wewoapsiak Hershmeister *(88) SWJewellTN

They're plain edge.

Updated as of 0845CDT - 04/`8/14   Note - #18 was previously requested.  If you want a particular number, please post it in this thread - not via PM or in the other thread.   00 - TGO David 01 - Willis68 02 - MacGyver 03 - TripleDigitRide 04 - gjohnsoniv 05 - hipower/capbyrd - hipower was first in this thread, but indicated willingness for a couple of others.  Y'all just let me know. 06 - Ugly 07 - Ted S. 08 - chuck 09 - CQB Elite 10 - LINKS2K 11 - 12 - Smith 13 - jliew08 14 - 15 - 16 - Magor Kong 17 - 18 - Maroonandwhite 19 - 20 - 21 - runningfree 22 - xRUSTYx 23 - 24 - 25 - hipower* 26 - GKar 27 - 28 - 29 - 30 - 31 - 32 - 33 - 34 - 35 - 36 - 37 - 38 - 39 - 40 - 41 - 42 - 43 - 44 - 45 - Fourtyfive 46 - 47 - 48 - 49 - tnhawk 50 - 51 - 52 - hipower* 57 - bronco302   capbyrd dcloudy777 cj0e slowsure JWinTN TrickyNicky *(90) mav mikegideon chucktshoes - last serial JRM nowhouc bubbadavis TMF Resivoir Dog pieslinger KahrMan East_TN_Patriot bigtruuck wewoapsiak wewoapsiak Hershmeister *(88)

I used to have one.  They had their critics, but mine operated just fine.   That said, I far prefer the .22LR PPK variant, the PP 22.  It's definitely one of the most reliable pistols that I've ever owned, and is a pleasure to shoot.  It's a pistol I'll never get rid of.   I don't know that I'd pay current prices for a TPH.  I'd buy a PP 22 again in a heartbeat.

Okay, I'm starting a list for serials within this thread.  Serial requests have been added in order of posting in this thread.  If you've added your name and not requested a serial, I've put you at the bottom of this list.  By my quick tally, we're at 40 people in.  For those of you who didn't request a specific serial but would like one, just let me know.   00 - TGO David 01 - Willis68 02 - MacGyver 03 - TripleDigitRide 04 - gjohnsoniv 05 - hipower/capbyrd - hipower was first in this thread, but indicated willingness for a couple of others.  Y'all just let me know. 06 - 07 - Ted S. 08 - chuck 09 - CQB Elite 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - jliew08 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20 - 21 - runningfree 22 - xRUSTYx 23 - 24 - 25 - hipower* 26 - GKar 27 - 28 - 29 - 30 - 31 - 32 - 33 - 34 - 35 - 36 - 37 - 38 - 39 - 40 - 41 - 42 - 43 - 44 - 45 - Fourtyfive 46 - 47 - 48 - 49 - tnhawk 50 - 51 - 52 - hipower* 57 - bronco302   capbyrd dcloudy777 cj0e slowsure JWinTN TrickyNicky *(90) mav mikegideon chucktshoes JRM Ugly nowhouc bubbadavis maroonandwhite TMF Resivoir Dog pieslinger KahrMan East_TN_Patriot bigtruuck wewoapsiak wewoapsiak

Yeah, OpticsPlanet will make good on it.  No reason to settle.

Mav, I think your account's been hacked.  PM me and we'll get it squared away :)

I'm in.  I'll be posting a serial number list shortly.

What if law enforcement rolls up on the scene after a defensive shoot?  Do you want to be standing around with a gun in your hand - fumbling to get it holstered?   What if you're injured and need to reholster to administer first aid to yourself?  What about administering aid to someone else?   Ever seen what happens when one of those "safe action" pistols gets something caught in the trigger guard upon reholstering?  A lot of those "accidents" are from worn out or collapsed holsters entering the trigger guard.  Those incidents often present the subsequent opportunity to administer the above mentioned first aid to yourself.   There are plenty of reasons you want a rigid opening at the mouth of your holster.  I'd encourage anyone who hasn't been through some formal training to do so and you'll clearly see the reasons for yourself.   Remember, it's not just your gun that matters.  Your weapon and the accessories you attach, your holster, your belt and you all matter.  It's the combined set that makes an effective weapon system.   Edit to add: I can also vouch for both DM Bullard and Kramer Leather.  They've both got reinforcement strips that'll prevent the holster from collapsing.  And, they're both really nice folks to boot.

I'm guessing you have some excessive wear on either or both the inside of the bolt carrier and the exterior of the bolt itself as evidenced by the slop as you move it by hand.  Add a little bit of upward pressure from the round in the magazine and it kicks out of tolerance just far enough that it's binding.  That's why if you drop the magazine and/or rack it by hand without a magazine in place it'll appear to do just fine.  I'd bet that if you were to take a micrometer to the separate pieces you'd find #1 out of tolerance.

We've actually had members ask us to ban them so they could get their lives back. I'm guessing the internet didn't work out for them in the end.

The problem should be fixed.  Let me know if you guys continue to experience issues.

So, we need to know about it when we've got restaurant owners on TGO.   You've got to spend your money somewhere.  I'd just assume support someone I know.

Some of our banned accounts had been using hundreds of IP addresses.  If y'all have the ability and don't mind, next time it happens, note your external IP address and PM me with it.   There could be some overlap.

Weird.  Let me know if it continues to be an issue.

Steve, David's got the artwork. Let me know if you need help. Feel free to give me a call next week if you'd like to discuss.

Steve, David's got the artwork. Let me know if you need help. Feel free to give me a call next week if you'd like to discuss.

I almost brought you out of retirement to do the dirty work.

I learned a whole bunch from these guys: http://www.6mmbr.com/annealing.html

Today, the staff of TGO did something that we very rarely do.  We banned a handful of members - and by an handful, I mean five members plus one special case.   While one can certainly read into the changes to the forum structure this week and David's admonition to "be nice or be gone", I thought I would share our reasoning with you guys in some detail so that no one is left guessing and out intentions will be clear.   In short, this community is something that we're very passionate about protecting. And, community is a delicate thing sometimes.  We like to believe that TGO is a place where we can discuss big topics, and I honestly believe that it is.  We ask our members to abide by the Code of Conduct we've put forth, and for the large part everyone complies.  I have to commend our members, because you guys actually do such a phenomenal job policing the board that moderators rarely have to get involved at all.  If you've been involved in more than one or two forums over the years, you probably realize what a rarity that is.   But, of late we've sensed a change.  We've had a few members who have just had the effect of turning threads sour.  Many of you are probably like me and are quite capable of reading viewpoints you don't agree with and simply dismissing them.  You need some pretty thick skin on the internet, and we've got some fairly mature personalities on TGO.  Yet, when a person keeps being presented with negative arguments, while you may be able to dismiss them, you find yourself distancing yourself from the source.  We realized as a staff this week, that TGO was becoming a place that weren't enjoying hanging out as much.  That's when we realized that we needed to take some action.   I expected that we would end up booting a few dozen people.  When you grow from a few thousand people where we were a few years ago to over 21,000 people today, you're going to have some bad apples get mixed in.  I was wrong in my expectation.  I was actually quite surprised to see how few voices it takes to turn something completely sour.    I want to be very clear that this isn't an exercise as some have opined, in political correctness.  Those of you who know David or I personally know that we're about the farthest thing you'll get from politically correct.  This isn't a case about tolerance; rather it's one of over indulgence.  A few members have taken advantage of the graces of this forum, and we're not going to sit idly by and let that happen.   We made the changes to the way the political forum shows up so that you actually have to go and seek it out to participate.  We welcome the conversations, but it was becoming overpowering.  At one point a couple of weeks ago out of 20 threads on the "new content" page, 18 were political in nature.   If you hit the "New Content" button now, you might notice that it actually looks like we're running a gun forum again.  I welcome the change.   Several of you sent either David or I notes this week following David's call for guilty consciences.  I want to thank each of you who did that, and let you each know that not a one of you we're on our list of people who were abusing the forum.  I would ask that each of you consider your tone in posting.  There's a time for hyperbole.  There's a time for strong rhetoric.  Consider those times carefully.   I would ask each of our members to be mindful of your tone.  In this modern time of zero sum politics where what's good for one party must necessarily be bad for the other party, it's easy to become polarized ourselves.  But, I'd ask you to consider guns as a bit of a special case.  With over 300,000,000 guns in this country, guns aren't a republican/democrat thing.  They're an American thing. With 20,000 members, I expect we've got people of at least slightly different flavors of politic.  But, each of them joined this forum because they like guns.  Please watch your voices and consider your rhetoric.  Let's not make enemies where we don't have to.   We are going to be watching things carefully in the coming months.  Please help us out, as the staff doesn't see every thread that's posted.   We really do value our membership here and the community that has formed.  Many of you, if you're like me have made new and lasting friends as a part of this board.  I look forward to meeting more of our members and will seek to do so in the coming months.   Thanks for all of your help!   Mac