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If it is not a time proven product by Sig I tend to stay away. Every 239, 229, 220, and 226 I have ever owned or been issued has been wonderful and failure free. I keep hearing those alarming reports of the 320 not being able to handle 2-3k rounds without requiring parts being replaced. One of my friends who is a diehard sig and sig 238 fan couldn't wait to unload his 938. I wouldn't necessarily let this experience with the 938 be my only try with a sig.
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My family and I have worked 4cyl Tacomas more than most 1 tons get worked. I am a believer in the 2.7. My father had a 95 that I believe we would still have today if it had not gotten t boned. It had 600k miles and was still as strong as the day it drive off the lot. I pulled a boat with my 2.7 for a friend that I found out nearly exceeded the towing capacity by double. I didn't find out until afterwards what it weighed. Don't know how many stuck vehicles and farm equipment our 2.7's have retrieved, but the funniest one was a F600 dump truck that was stuck while trying to recover a 1 ton Dodge.
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I have used about every brand of pistol primers and Federal primers are by far my favorite. I do not hesitate to substitute magnum primers for non magnum primers.
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Never, I mean never, let that truck go. They don't make them like that anymore. That truck will outlive all of us if you keep the rust away.
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I can not honestly come up with an argument on why you should not buy one.
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That is a weird one. The holster is similar to the Bianchis they gave to all the investigators the entire time I was in the Army. I can't say I ever heard of anyone having an LCP.
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Hard Cast ammo and polygonal barrel
Patton replied to Wingshooter's topic in Ammunition and Reloading
I have shot tons of lead through factory Glock barrels and have noticed very little lead, but it generally was cleaned out easily by cleaning or shooting. I see were you bought Underwood instead. While I can not comment on them I can comment on Buffalo Bore. I found Buffalo Bore to be some of the worst performing ammo I h age ever shot. Accuracy was terrible, and it wasn't because of heavy recoil. -
The last time I checked they were all over eBay, but you can get them from local shops. I know SMKW carries them, but I don't know who in Nashville will. Is there a local cop shop? i just checked and there was only two frame son eBay. I did find a ton in gunbroker.
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What's in your pocket most often?
Patton replied to Handsome Rob's topic in Knives, Lights, EDC Gear
I picked up a current model Buck 110 like new for $20. It has to be the best $20 I have spent on a knife in my life. -
I don't work for Toyota but many of my friends that my wife and I used to sell cars with have wound up at Toyota dealers. It may not be that this guys are not willing to help you so much as they really can't. Toyota does some weird stuff with their dealerships. I was in a similar boat wanting an excab prerunner with the 2.7. My connections could have actually put me in a 4.0 for the same money, but I didn't really trust the engine as much. My friends all swore up and down to me that it was not possible for them to get me this truck in our region. Ironically, it could have been bought new in Georgia since it came from a different regional supplier. Toyota's website would not even allow me to build the truck with my zip code, but giving a zip code several miles south of me allowed me to build and price it. Within a short period of trying to make a decision the truck I wanted and was told would be unachievable appeared as a pre owned with only a couple of thousand miles on it.
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My first year of college, albeit nearly 20 years ago, I did intensive research with large cats. If you just say Lynx you are referring to what we call a bobcat in Tennessee. There are several species of Lynx like the Canadian Lynx not found in the southern United States. But keep in mind, we can have hybrids of domestic cats and bobcats in Tennessee. It is not common, but it does occur. There isn't much there to make me believe that is anything other than a southern bobcat. The walk, the spotted legs, and even the lanky stature identify with what I know of bobcats. The only thing I can say that is weird is to see it on gravel. Maybe that was its only walking path, but I have seen and heard them walking to purposely avoid gravel and pavement. Also, the color is weird. It's not weird for a bobcat, but it is this time of year. Unlike domestic cats their coats change seasonally. Summer will have an orange tint to it. While this sounds impossible, it is actually just shedding of a winter coat.
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I highly recommend SGammo. http://www.sgammo.com/catalog/rifle-ammo-sale/30-carbine-ammo
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I will keep that in mind. I have heard a little about it before.
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Thanks everyone. This confirms everything I know about the shipping laws. I was just kind of wondering what most people were paying their FFL to ship firearms for them. I was wondering if the old legend that FFLs can do it cheaper through the USPS.
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What do shops normally charge you to ship a handgun to another FFL? For example, if I sold a handgun on gunbroker what should I expect my FFL to charge me for their services? I know I can ship it myself, but I have heard an FFL can ship it for less than I can. Also, some FFLs will only accept shipments from other FFLs.
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I believe the RTIC coolers may actually be better than the Yeti, and I have a Yeti.
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I bet a case cleaning brush would solve that.
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I understand liking the 26 and it does have some advantages. Fortunately, the shield is so cheap I see no reason most people can't have one also. My last shield cost me $360 OTD new off gunbroker.
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That is a brilliant choice. Oh, and that is the way I carry it. The 7 round magazine with the 8 round magazine, minus the sleeve, as a spare.
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I don't know which Speer Gold Dot load it was in 9mm, but Georgia State Patrol had a pretty disturbing incident where a head shot through a windshield failed to incapacitate. In fact, the suspect was not even hospitalized. This occurred outside of Atlanta last June. http://www.tiftongazette.com/news/names-released-in-shooting-incident-on-i/article_e05779a2-03e9-11e5-8e28-7f5523ef2e1d.html
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New York City is about the only large department that I know of where officers buy their own duty weapon. City of Austin used to but they started supplying officers their weapons a few years ago. NYPD is a very strange place. Officers buy every piece of gear except the radio, the ammo, and the badge. That is why you see some really ugly and worn uniforms and belts. I was told by a friend that works there that officers take pride in nasty looking gear as if it shows their experience. Rookies have to earn their wear. Their are still several hundred revolvers worn as duty weapons because officers refuse to switch and buy new gear.
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Actually, the NY trigger spring is not that bad. I was told about four years ago new recruits could no longer choose the Sig 226. They were limited to the G19 and 5946 for on duty weapons. If you were on the job before 1996 or so you could still carry a 38spl as a duty weapon. The only authorized 9mm ammo is the 124 plus p Gold Dot. It is the only ammo you can carry and even practice with.
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Just to add fuel to the fire, I discovered some Gold Dot, 135 gr 38spl that had been my carry load to have some rediculously under performing velocity. Through a 2" S&W j frame they were traveling a whopping 750fps.
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I am on my third Shield and they do seem to break in. I purchased the first shield I ever put my hands on in the spring of 2012. The trigger broke in after only about 100 squeezes. Then I picked up a 9mm after a foolish experiment with an XDS. That trigger was utterly smooth when I traded it to one of my best friends and it had been fired thousands of times. Many people borrowed that shield and it was responsible for many people buying their own shields. That same friend picked up a PC version and we agree that it's trigger feels about like the well used one I was just speaking of. Earlier this week I took possession of a model 10035 and its trigger is better out of the box than I remember of the other two.