MacGyver

Caster's got you pegged. +1

I like it! I like having the forward assist, too.

I've got a Kidd set at 8oz/1lb and have fired a 3oz/6oz. With the 3/6 you just have to know that you're the only one who's really going to be able to shoot it. Most people apply more than 6ozs. of pressure simply putting their finger on the trigger. With the 8oz/1lb, once you've taken up the first stage, it really only takes thinking about it to fire the weapon.

I carry a M&P 340CT, but expect I am outnumbered 100:1 in 442s and 642s. For that matter, I expect I'm outnumbered by NAA mini revolvers. The Kahr PM9 certainly should be on the list, though I expect in reality it's more "top 25" than "top 5". Any top 5 list that doesn't include a Glock 19 is bunk in my book, though. I mean, really?

Interesting. I'm going to be extruding my own brass before I'm done.

Shooting earsafe is fun. Suppressors make shooting more fun than it already is. Be careful, though. As many here can attest, once you buy your first suppressor, it will influence every firearm decision you make from that point forward.

Ammonia. Dab it on with a cotton ball or something. They'll be gone in the morning.

This type of thread is generally discouraged; they never end well. Three suggestions, in order: 1. If you've got a problem with someone, work it out via PM, email, phone or carrier pigeon. The key here is to do it privately. No one cares or wants to see all this drama played out in public. 2. Your name does contain the word "dealer". If you're also selling something on a regular basis, I can see how people get confused. Heck, I'm a little confused. You have the ability to change your screen name via your control panel. 3. If neither of the above work, report offensive posts and the moderating team will check it out. Oh, and just as a matter of semantics, do non- disclosure statements still apply if the company is no longer in existence? I've signed plenty over the years and always figured they would be moot if the agency/organization were no longer a viable concern.

I've got a 96 that just rolled 300k miles. It's been a great truck. I'd buy another one tomorrow if I could still get one with a standard transmission.

A Greek default will trigger liquidity events in Spain, Ireland, Portugal and Italy immediately. The Greeks will back out of their promises because they believe that Merkel will cave - that somehow the financial downside of the EU blowing apart is worse than continually bailing it out now. Their problems are the same as ours. When you're not playing with your own money, what do you care about being responsible with it? I'm not sure the eu can be saved at this point. Unlike America's grand experiment, this European one looks doomed to fail. I guess the life expectancy of a Keynesian state is about 19 years... The implosion of the EU will not be pretty. It's going to make 2008 look like it was a good year. Pay attention. Our modern society is three days from killing one another once the toilet paper and cigarettes run out.

Not cool! He needs to find a way to make that right.

I put one of these in my ZIPPO. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003IRNUQI/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B0049K2TR4&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1ZJF8WG1TYJ2MPJZ4JGN It gives me the best of both worlds. I get the nostalgia of a ZIPPO, Get to support an American company, but also get the benefit of butane, so that I'm sure the lighter works when I need it.

If it were really a matter of money that we're putting into schools, we'd have the smartest kids in the world. Too bad it doesn't really work that way - despite what most politicians and teachers' unions would have us believe.

That's cool, Caster!

MBlackwell is gone, too. How can we be any more clear. Go away!

Seems that some folks just can't take a subtle hint like being banned. So, I guess I'll be more concrete. Neither canebreaker not any of his aliases are welcome to participate in this forum any longer.

Man, I hate to hear this. What a senseless loss.

I guess it's possible, but it seems like it would be confusing. I don't know that you'd get out to 300, and stay under max pressure even if you did. With M855, there's 12.17 inches of drop between 100 and 300, that's a lot to make up with extra powder, but I'm sure someone will chime in with the math if it's possible. I just moved to a Horus H59 reticle, and won't go back. you still have to know your dope, but it sure is easier to hold it over than to dial it.

And with that, you're done on TGO as well.

In all reality, we're already probably in the beginning stages of it, everyone is just purposefully ignoring the gorilla in the corner hoping he'll just go away. All kinds of European banks are seeing their bond yeilds go through the roof. It's costing several Euro bloc countries almost double digit percentages to borrow money. That's a good indicator that things are about to get bad. All this talk about issuing Euro bonds is like extending credit to a bankrupt crack whore. Any rational observer can predict what's going to happen next. You're right, though. It isn't like this is an isolated problem over on the continent. Our own Fed cites displeasure and confusion about bond yields here responding with behavior that is opposite of what they expect. QE2 happened precisely because QE1 didn't work. They would have already done a QE3, except they were fearful of being lynched at the hands of an angry public. We're not far behind. Our world economy has been hijacked by financiers who will drive us straight to the gates of hell. All the while, we'll consume American Idol while our bought off politicians argue about gays marrying each other and the color of the drapes.

Greece exiting the Euro bloc will immediately trigger liquidity events in Portugal, Ireland, Italy and possibly Spain. It'll make Lehman Brothers look like a Sunday picnic. I would expect a shooting fight to start shortly thereafter. It may ironically be Germany vs. everyone else when they take their toys and go home.

Hunting for this stuff can make for a fun walk in the woods. Take a machete or ax (your choice - but beware of the risk if you're going out by yourself) and look for old stumps that haven't really rotted. Take a couple of whacks to get down to the core, and if you've got good fat lighter, you'll see it and smell it pretty quickly. Since the taproots have sap as well, I always find it useful to try and pry the whole thing out of the ground. One good stump can yeild enough fat lighter to last a decade.

I know historically, that the Longleaf Pine is the most prolific producer of fat wood. Stumps and taproots from fallen or downed trees are excellent sources. Also, "joints" of limbs are good candidates. I have always heard that the spring is the best time to collect it, but I expect this point is moot when you're searching for deadfall. When you find a likely stump, you can usually bludgeon away the rotten stuff around the outside to get to the good, rosin-infused heartwood.

Yep. Jeff is in Alabama. They've started offering a couple of courses down there.