MacGyver

  Most people use a foregrip for more of a reference point than an actual grip.  That's why the angled grips have become so popular.

Nice.  Depending on how you shoot, you might want to see if you can move that forward grip back just a bit.  You're probably going to want to be able to support the rifle without you hand necessarily contacting the barrel.    Congratulations on graduation and a job.  Those are exciting times!

I've never really been able to get my head around why government employees need a union in the first place.  I mean, the government wants what's best for us all, right?

What a shame. I had no idea.

I love working with Cocobolo, but fear the horror stories I've read about people developing sensitivities.

No squishy cups in the car. Feet on the dash directly related to the cuteness of the occupant.

It was a capital offense to be caught by Napolean's army with one of those.

The Crosman Rogue is a neat rifle. It's not your kid's pellet gun.

Wow, Dave! What a trip. Have a good time trying to count all your blessings tonight!

What's that old Proverb?  Raise up a child in the way he should go...

Walmart likely loves their competitors buying up their ammo to resell - at least in the short term.  Look at the prices in the OP, compare them to Walmart's "everyday low prices" and they see a lot more customers when all of this stuff dies down.

The Grumman exhibit at the Naval Air Station is second to none.   If you're already at the Naval Air Station, Fort Barrancas is a couple of hundred yards from the museum.  It's worth a look, as is Fort Pickens a little further out in Gulf Islands National Seashore.

My mama taught me not to speak ill of the dead.  So, this is a rare case where I find myself with nothing to say.   In light of the way this thread has turned, I found this article compelling last week:   http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/05/29/the_bomb_didnt_beat_japan_nuclear_world_war_ii?page=0,0   When you look at Hiroshima and Nagasaki in comparison to the 68 other cities that had suffered both conventional bombing and firebombing, the atomic bombings may not have really have the game changing impact we attribute to them.  The victor gets to tell the story, I guess.   Reading the article nonetheless makes you appreciate the horror that was the war in the Pacific. 

Call me one day and we'll grab lunch. You can try both my military and paramilitary before you buy. I feel like I've got at least that responsibility to your girlfriend.

Who's doing that cover of Outside?

Wipe it down. Perform an appropriate function check. Shoot it. Enjoy sharing a great piece of family history.

Love some Roy's.  A steak and some scallops after a long day on the water.   There's not much better.

    We fish not too far from there. We go out of Steinhatchee and Keaton Beach a lot. Good people down there.   Come late summer, we love to go scalloping down there. We usually head down about 3 times a year. The economic downturn has been especially rough on those folks.   Make sure you take a flounder gig.

  See, that's what I get for trying to think about food while trying to work...   Both insects and crustaceans are arthropods - which I guess means we can also add spiders (chelicerates?) to the list of things that Mike may or may not eat.

Yeah, but crabs are crustaceans. 

Neat blade!

Fair enough, I guess.  Just don't go ordering them down in Savannah, GA.  When they bring them out with the heads on and the legs still attached, there's no denying that shrimp, despite the fact that they are tasty, really are bugs.

How do you get around classifying a shrimp as a bug?

I like to cut a cube-pattern on the tail - about 1 inch squares - almost all the way through.  Cover it with barbecue sauce appropriate for wild game - your choice, and throw it on the grill.   Yummy.

Just a word to the wise... it's worth having a conversation with your spouse about things that are appropriate to put in the disposal, and things aren't appropriate.   Potato peels from the better part of a whole bag of potatoes - not appropriate.