Major Kong

I was sold on Daniel Defense from the moment I saw the destruction test video. It's the only AR I have now in 5.56 and I can't really imagine it not doing everything I'd ever need an AR to do. I used to have a Smith and Wesson and was very happy with it also.

Realistically I'd say it's worth about $200.   I could meet you tomorrow if you like...

Cool looking set. I love my EMP How do you like the finger grooves?

Very similar to the way I was hit last fall. Really glad you and your wife are okay.

I have a small lanyard on my ZT0350 that I carry but I remove them from CR knives.

I had a 9mm one one time. Fun to shoot, it was cheap to shoot back in the day. The only thing I didn't like about it was the proprietary magazine. Would have much preferred they went with a Glock mag.

  Have you decided which one you're getting? I'd like to have one too but the reviews on all of them seem to be hit or miss.

A nice pair you have there. I especially like that Series 70.

That looks great. How is the trigger?

Whittaker's in Kentucky has had them recently. You may check them out.

We've had more than enough in my opinion. As I've said many times I'm over this crap. And I don't care if it's "whining", I'm calling BS when I see it. We're too much a persecuted community already to be screwing each other. I'm as sick of seeing the jacked up prices as I am of being given economics reminders of the "free market".

Ooh, it's the free market. An item is worth what someone will pay for it. Supply and demand in action. Did I cover them all? Screw CTD.

At that price range there is not a better knife out there, IMHO.

Bill's is my favorite LGS. Unfortunately they just raised their transfer fees. Guess that new rent is a little more expensive....

The links in the OP are now saying available in July 2013.   Dammit, don't they know I want one NOW!

Yep, live and learn says it all I think. It looked like it was going to be an awesome blade.

I haven't regretted it for one minute Eric. It gets carried daily and is well loved :D

Will I lived in North Carolina for 35 years and wouldn't go back there for anything. Hope you make it back to TN soon...

Red I'll try to find that piece of brass but I put it in my EMP and it chambered and fired with no problem. The brass was a mix of reclaimed range brass, mostly mine but not all. I did resize the case so I wouldn't think that the bulge would still be there.   I measured a sample of the brass to make sure it was good but I'm typically not as anal about that with straight walled cases.   Thanks everyone for the tips and thoughts. It's great to have the collective reloading experience around here to draw from.   As an aside, I'm liking the lead boolits so far. I figure it's costing about 11 cents a round to load these. That cost will come down the next time as I'll buy the boolits in bulk to save a little more.

Yep, that sounds exactly like what happened to me.

Hmm, I tapped the round out of the barrel with no problem. I took another reloaded round with the same OAL and chambered it. The Glock went fully into battery and fired with no problem. Maybe it was a bulged case. I'll pick up some case gauges next time I have the chance to hopefully prevent this problem in the future.

I agree that I'm lucky it didn't go off. I did measure the round with a digital caliper before loading. It came in at 1.15, which is right where the Alliant loading data said it should be for this bullet. I did also measure it against a factory 115gr FMJ round and it was the exact same length.

Nope, no bang at all. The chamber was clean and the barrel was brand new.   Any ideas on how to remove the round?

Hey guys and gals, I was loading some 125gr lead bullets this morning. It's the first time I've loaded 9mm and the first time I've loaded lead. My intention was to shoot them through a Glock 19 with a brand new Lone Wolf barrel. After I got the first round finished I went out to test it. I'm not sure it matters but I used a Tulammo primer, 4.6 grains of Bullseye and an OAL of 1.15". I loaded the round, racked the slide forward and pulled the trigger. I got a good trigger pull but no bang. I looked down and noticed that the gun was about 1/8" out of battery. Two things here: first, it was stupid of me to not insure the slide was all the second forward. Second, I was under the impression that a Glock would not fire out of battery. I disassembled the pistol, removed the barrel and found the situation pictured. The round is thoroughly stuck in the barrel and there is a striker dimple on the primer. Any suggestions on how to safely remove this round? For what it's worth I took a half dozen other rounds from the same batch and ran them through my EMP without a hiccup.

Yep, Benton's has been on my "don't visit/don't spend a dime there" list for a while now.   Hope everyone else remembers this after the stupidity ends and they pay in the long run. Unfortunately that probably won't be the case.