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If you're looking in the P290 price range, I highly recommend checking out the Kahr PM9 as well - I carry one when clothing dictates that my 229 can't be easily concealed. Very nice trigger for a small pistol, somewhat similar to the Glock trigger*, and maybe even a little smoother than the stock Glock trigger. It also has very manageable recoil compared to other small 9mm guns I've shot. With a Hogue Handall Jr. on it, it's a fun gun for the range. *the reset is not as positive as a Glock, and the length of pull / reset distance is longer

You are going to [u]LOVE[/u] the SRT trigger.

[quote name='TeamJackson' timestamp='1354490031' post='853935']Just ordered these for my Springfield XDS 45 (Part of my Christmas from wife). She told me today to order some Night Sights since I talk about them. Truglo TFOs [IMG]http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/12/03/e6y8uquq.jpg[/IMG][/quote] I have them on my XDm (all green). They're great for range days with funky lighting, and really help shooters with bad eyesight. The night functionality could come in handy someday in tandem with a flashlight,

[quote name='graycrait' timestamp='1353856983' post='850419'] However, I am wondering and will have to look into how Walmart ends up with its guns. Do they really just get them from RSR, Ellett Bros., AccuSport, Lipsey's, etc., just like any local gun store? I am also wondering if Walmart gets a significant better deal than a LGS on their wholesale costs? I expect they do or they buy them annually at a contract price that maybe only Walmart/Big Box can afford or special pricing due to volume. I dunno and it doesn't directly effect me much as I buy so few new guns, mostly parts nowadays. [/quote] Many consumer products companies treat Wally (and other major chains) as a distributor since they have such a well-established internal logistics system. I don't know that the major firearms companies have that relationship with them, but it's certainly possible.

[quote name='Mike.357' timestamp='1345414691' post='802890'] gotta love a team that has not won a national title since 88 but still collects millions from a national tv network,is the only school with someone sitting in BCS meetings and has fans always commenting on them. HA Haters gotta hate! And I can't wait until the Miami game at Soldier Field with the funkyl uniforms and two tone helmets. [/quote] I enjoyed dredging this one up, Mike - you were way more confident than I was at the start of the season! I was hoping for 4-4 through October, with a 7-5 finish. It seemed like a safe bet at the start of the season, didn't it? 12-0 is so unexpected that I don't know how to act these days, other than to say whoever the opponent is on 1/7, I hope they lose. Go Irish! (note to those who aren't reading the above with comment - the quote was made sarcastically to a "Is Notre Dame even relevant?" question). Now that we've been through the first two cycles of the standard and invariably rote Notre Dame press approach, e.g. 1) "Is Notre Dame still relevant?", and 2) "Notre Dame is back!!!", if they pull out a win, I'll happily sit through the inevitable 3) "Did Notre Dame sell its soul for national prominence?" story. It's been a long time since I've had a chance to read a legitimate one, since the last time was over the outcry over Ty "Radio" Willingham's firing.

[quote name='Mike.357' timestamp='1353818518' post='850332']Go Irish![/quote] YES!!!

[quote name='LawEnforcementSalesTN' timestamp='1353164831' post='847149'] No extra charge while it's already set up in the lathe to just whack it off... Just PM me when you're ready [/quote] Nice offer, LEOSales, but...PHRASING!!!

Presented without comment: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=S6u7ylr0zIg[/media]

That's absolutely ideal for a stroll through the park!

[quote name='Drewsett' timestamp='1351984806' post='838520'] ...so it meets that [i][b]criterion[/b][/i]. [/quote] O/T, but the correct usage of "criterion" vs. its plural, "criteria", is so rare that you, sir, get the slow clap ovation from after the speech in Hoosiers. /Pedantry off, as you were.

For those interested in a polymer AR lower, PSA (www.palmettostatearmory.com) has stripped ATI lowers on sale for $39.99 right now.

Yes! Huge win and a statement game to boot.

Make a color copy of your FFL, sign it, and scan it into a .pdf. Upload it at Brownell's, Midway, etc., and that C&R will pay for itself very quickly. Enjoy!

Exactly so. Any object can pass through another if carrying enough energy. Remember the scene in Kill Bill II where the guy punches through 4" thick boards? He could in real life if human hands moved fast enough, as opposed to in a movie (though the hand would be liquified in the process, so it's a one-time proposition). It's not mind over matter - speed kills. It's one of the reasons ultra-high speed space travel (e.g. approaching the speed of light) isn't thought to be possible. At those speeds, even the occasional hydrogen atom found in space will tear through any material known often enough to leave the crew flying the doomed ship an irradiated mass of Jell-O.

Answering the original question, my favorite 1911 is the only one I've owned, a Kimber Super Carry Pro (commander size, alloy frame). One downside with the Kimbers that use the bull barrels and non-traditional recoil spring setup is that you need to replace the recoil spring every 800 to 1k rounds or you'll get FTFs in the form of stovepipes - I had this issue, but a Wolff replacement spring cured it immediately. I'm not a good enough shooter to tell you how "gnat's balls" accurate it is or isn't - I picked it up because I got it for a good price, so I can get my money out of it someday if some better trade comes along. Even being a series 80 style pistol, the trigger is very nice.

Look back to the Widener's thread a while back - I dropped way more than that on mine, and was GLAD to get it at that price. It's gonna be weird, 20 years from now, when we're all wondering where the $100 Mosins went. The advent of the magazine-fed select-fire battle rifle pretty much ensures that when the current stock of old milsurp bolt guns is gone, so are cheap surplus rifles unless there are major rule changes regarding...I was going to make a list, but it turns out to be basically everything. Rifle-wise, the C&R effectively cuts off with the M1 Garand and Carbine, it seems. Everything after that is mucho expensive.

Depends on what you're getting - more details would be helpful, but if it's new ammo, brass-cased, from a reputable manufacturer, that's in the ballpark.

And so it begins...buy plenty of ammo - when I take my non-shooting friends to the range, 7.62x54r is always a big hit...in both ways. The smiles are there, even if they don't take my advice to pull the rifle in tight to the shoulder the first time.

No, we cannot. I'm not entirely sure what is newsworthy about that fact.

I always include my SSN, since my last name is a very common Irish surname, made much more common when one's first name is "Patrick". My dad, my brother, and I found ourselves subject to extra scrutiny when boarding airlines after 9/11 due to this issue, likely due to sharing names with some of the boyos up to no good back in Ireland who were put on "no-fly" lists - at least that's how it was explained to us, so take the explanation with a grain of salt, since I got it thirdhand from dad. Oddly, that worked itself out without further action on my part (thankfully - I spent many hours in the air over the past year).

This is pretty neat stuff, made understandable for normal folks. In the first installment, the author illustrates what would happen if a baseball was thrown at the speed of light: http://what-if.xkcd.com/1/ Check it out, you'll enjoy it. Look on the bright side - I was considering posting on the positives of our increasingly divided political culture - aren't baseballs moving at the speed of light more fun?

Carter was up big at this point in 1980 in the polls, whereas R/R are essentially tied. While the landscape has changed such that a victory the size of 1980 is no longer possible, the election is not a done deal...especially when the most recent polls (Gallup and Rasmussen) are showing R/R tied or better with O/B among registered voters. Likely voters skew towards R/R by a greater margin than registered voters, but cost more to poll. Watch for a shift in polling as we get closer to the elections - pollsters will start shifting to a likely voter sample, and adjusting their turnout models to take into account the 2010 midterms - most outfits are modeling results based on 2008 turnout, which was a historic turnout year for dems. That said, it's not a done deal. 47 days is a lifetime in politics.

That would be fantastic.

There's nothing that needs fixing. Go Irish!

The Obama campaign is running a hard and serious campaign with two goals: A) turn out the base at the highest level possible, which is what all campaigns do, of course; and B ) influence undecided but potentially hostile voters which were part of his base of support in '08 to abstain from voting. He and his surrogates have already been bombing swing states with negative ads. Low information voters generally respond negatively to those ads, but are more likely to respond with "screw them all, I'm staying home" than to be motivated to vote for the other guy. In order to win Ohio again, he needs all the blue-collar whites who no longer support him to stay home. The same is true, though less so, for CO and VA. Additionally, the same strategy, if effective, can help hold VA and PA. If VA flips back red, it's bad news. If PA flips red, it's a disaster. With the complete and utter loss of NC, his margin of victory has already shrunk, so he cannot afford to have any of his '08 states flip against him; further, if formerly blue states like NV, PA, and WI come into play, then money and time will have to be spread out even further. They have a small window in which to work, and thus far they have not been moving the polling numbers even with huge ad buys in OH and PA(!). If they cannot do it before the RNC, at which point all of the Romney / Ryan money is fully in play, things will not be looking good for them at all. I hope he fails. (remember that one?) On the other hand, the R/R campaign will also be working to turn out the base - based on fundraising numbers over the weekend, the selection of Paul Ryan has helped, and without some black swan event changing that, the current unification of the R base trajectory should continue. At that point, the R/R campaign will focus on turning out independents who are open to a new administration and demoralizing Obama's base via the same sort of tactics, though they will be able to go far less negative in their advertising since they can portray themselves as a positive alternative.