hardknox00001

Ignore all advice above. That gun is dangerous and will get you hurt. You should proceed immediately to a meeting place to be determined and give that thing to me for safe disposal................. It's for your own safety...........................really

Other; please explain No impulse buys, you'll get hosed. If I see something that I might want, I get the specs (what is it, who makes it, accessories, etc.) and what they want for it and leave. I will then go somewhere (home, office, library, trusted gun store, etc.) and do research (internet, asking questions to an expert) on it and find out exactly what it is and what it is worth in its condition as applicable to the item in question. If the pawn shop is in a decent price range, you have some haggle room and can proceed with negotiations. If you know what real world pricing is for what it is, you now know when to walk away and when to jump on it. Pawn shops are experts in buying low and selling high, or they won't be in business long. With that in mind, you know going in that they have some wiggle room, how much depends on how they did on the front end, and they won't tell you. If you have a "favorite" pawn shop, even if you don't buy anything for a while, going in and becoming familiar to the staff and building a repore with them always helps on getting a deal later down the road. I have bought stuff from pawn shops at a good/great price, and have walked away from deals that weren't so good. Sorry for rambling................

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Hahahahaha. I thought it was SOP to leave it running 24/7 anyway. That's what you would think if you saw what goes on around here. I work on signs, so I am around restaurants and the like alot. Over the years, I have noticed patrol cars running in the parking lot for no apparent reason while LEO was eating lunch. Seems like alot of wasted money to me but, what do I know. I don't even know why I thought of that, and why I even bothered to post that. Gotta love staying up late...................

This is a good idea. This will defininately help narrow the search, point in right direction.

The big load that a car pulls normally (ie, not accessorized heavily) is when it starts. Once it starts, the alternator powers everything with the battery as a backup. This is proven that when somebody accidentally leaves the headlights on and drains the battery, a jump start gets the alternator going and as the person will drive around for a while, the battery will recover its charge. As far as the disconnect goes that MSCOTT links to, that would work but only if you screwed that knob completely out. Remember you have a drain somewhere that runs you out of juice and leaving that 15 amp "memory" power source in line doesn't stop the rundown leak. To stop the leak, you must turn the source off completely. As far as the amperage rating, without testing the load and seeing what everything is pulling, we can't really say. However, I am like you and would think just off my head that that would be big enough. Somebody with a DC amperage clamp meter should be able to test what your pulling very easily. What is a clamp meter you say????? This;

I'm thumbnailing, so some thought is in process as typing is occurring...................... Something like this is simple in that you intall the switch inline with positive battery cable. I have seen switches like this in local parts houses, these are sort of common. I found this link by googling "12v master switch". Mustang Master Disconnect Relocation Battery Switch at AmericanMuscle.com - Free Shipping! It has two studs. Connect battery to one side, vehicle to other, that's it. You would have to modify the positive battery cable somewhere convienient by cutting it in half and soldering on some bigger ring terminals and screwing them down on the studs. Probably would want to mount the switch in a plastic electrical box for insulatory considerations on the switches exposed studs, which would allow for screwing/strapping the whole mess down to something possibly. Too bad your over there, if you were over here I could whip this up in less than an hour if I had all the parts in front of me............ Edit - If you decide to go with the switch idea, just make sure that the amp rating of the switch is over what the vehicle will pull (starting and when all lights, sirens, a/c, t.v., coffee maker, donut warmer, etc is running) or the switch will melt.......................

I looked at that too but I figure it had something to do with the action of the hammer and start of recoil in the hands.

I found this pic on coltforum.com. Thought I would copy and paste here for your enjoyment. Hammer down, battery still closed, bullet ~ 1 inch forward of barrel. Disclaimer: I had nothing to do with the pic, I just found it. I am not attempting to claim it in any sort of way to improve my "coolness" quotient

My wife needs that done, but if she ever got her eyes fixed, I'd be fired................ =

You left out the remote and beer

I don't know any. I was hoping you would educate me.

Before it gets locked I think some of the previous posters who weren't so nice - and obviously did not have the any/all of the facts - and were quick to condemn Mr. Hillis and his business practices without said facts - have something they need to say to the man................................... edit - and I am ashamed to see that nobody in that category has not already done so......................

Like what?

Something or other Hooker wasn't it?

Or in this particular case, its all about the angle of the dangle

Hey, he looks familiar..........could it be............naw it couldn't could it? You decide

I voted for the Remmy for selfish reasons. Like you, I have pistols. Like you, I have shotguns. I don't have any rifles other than a little ole armscor ak-47 (sorta look like) .22. Me want rifle, must have rifle.

If this pole cat showed up at my house, there would be a cat fight........................... I've caught myself when dealing with oriental people slipping into choppy english, incomplete sentences, etc. just as they speak to me...............

Kmart Sues Rain Man for Slander Over

I was born and raised in Atlanta but, I had to learn to translate a few things when I came to TN and married my wife. For instance: wasper = wasp hosepipe = garden hose or hose pole cat = skunk ( she thinks that cause I had never heard that before her is extremely funny) and everytime I hear "ain't got no" I go cross-eyed

The tribute hour was in that catagory as well at times. It did a good job though.

The Talo night defenders might but, the regular defenders do not. I'm with you on this, I'd probably just screw it up and hurt myself in the process.

Roger, A/C repair service suggestions terminated, squawk VFR, Frequency change is approved, good day......................