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As a general rule, the AR will be more accurate than the AK. I believe Stag is your best bet for lefty AR's. A friend has one and really likes it. There will be little cost difference between a budget AR and a converted Saiga. I shot a .308 Saiga a while back... it was awesome, though the neighbors didn't much care for it. The .308 will cost about twice as much to shoot as a 5.56. The real bargain is an AK74.

I'd much rather break the gun than my pelvis or ribs.

Welcome!

Going to the ER sucks, glad you're feeling better. I learned a trick to getting quick service in and ER from a friend.... bleed on them. My friend was being dumb and fell. His hand hit a curb causing a compound dislocation of his pinky finger... mean it didn't actually break the bone, just separated the joint causing part of the bone to poke through the skin. So we took him to the local ER, which was pretty busy. He walked up to the front desk, took the towel off his hand, stuck it in the nurse's face and said... "Can you fix this?" She was rather startled and when she noticed the blood dripping on her paperwork, she said... "Just go in that room!" He walked in and got fixed right up. We could tell that several people in the waiting room were thinking...WTF! I've been sitting here for an hour!

What settings are you using? Do your print-outs really need to be "top quality"? My printer at home stays set to "fast draft" quality. While not publication quality, they're perfectly fine for my purposes. It think it uses less than half the ink per page as "normal".

Once upon a time, the keyless entry system circuitry was in the radio.

Maryville. Or Murvul, if you're a local.

Ever considered pemmican? http://www.marksdailyapple.com/how-to-make-pemmican/#axzz1wXajpGqa

A friend's father used to hunt from the kitchen table.

This.

My employer has a position open for a welder. I am not this person's boss, but I am the engineer responsible for this area. The official job description is below. Here's my version of the highlights... AWS certs and TIG experience with non ferrous alloys, primarily aluminum, titanium, and nickel alloys are a plus. Ability to read and follow instructions and ask if you're not sure is required. Experience with automated welding equipment (not robots) a plus. PM if interested...

Seems that lots of folks' opinion on Islam is based on a vocal minority faction of that religion. How would Christians feel if folks based opinions on Christianity from the teachings of Westboro Baptist? As EastTNPatriot stated earlier, the teachings of most any established religion can be taken out of context and/or otherwise selectively interpreted to suit most any sort of motive. Rather than form your opinion based on how the media portrays Islam, why not seek out some Muslim folks and educate yourself from first hand experience?

Seems I was wrong. A little googling has confirmed the above. Retarded, but true.

I didn't read the article because I'm sure it'll just upset me, but I figure I know what happened. My 4 yr old asked to see daddy's guns over the weekend. I opened the cabinet and let him see a few, all the while trying to reinforce that if he ever finds a gun to leave it alone and go get mama or daddy. I try to appease his curiosity and emphasize no touching guns without mama or daddy. I hope that sinks in. http://www.corneredcat.com/Disarming_Kids_Curiosity/

Welcome back.

Yep, very nice.

Much as we like to tout our 2nd amendment freedoms, it's quite telling to see some folks so willing to trample the 1st amendment. If due process wasn't followed, then that should be addressed.

Castle doctrine, imminent danger, etc. not withstanding, I don't think I could bring myself to fire the first shot into a man's back with no warning. Had there been verbal threats, shots already fired, or they were between me and my loved ones... no worries.

What Caster said. I suppose it could've glazed up the cylinder walls if it over-heated. Wave runners typically get used pretty hard. I'd pull the plugs and have a look, before I got real excited.

I started wearing glasses at about age 10. Uncorrected, my vision is about 20/400. I'm left handed and grew up shooting left handed. A minor astigmatism formed in my left eye 6-8 years ago. I hate wearing glasses and contacts that correct astigmatism aren't cheap, so I switched and started shooting right handed simply because I see better out of my right eye. It sounds like the problem you describe is simply eye fatigue. Your eye is working hard trying to see the sights and the bright sunlight is making the eye work that much harder. There's various exercises you can do to help strengthen the muscles. One I do occasionally is to sit where there's something close in to focus on and something far away very close to one another. For example, put a picture on a window sill. A fast as you can, change your focus from the picture to a tree or something far out the window. I'm sure you'll feel your eyes get tired pretty quickly. Similarly, sit in a chair and, without moving your eyes, note what you can see at the edges of your peripheral vision. Then, without moving your head, shift your eyes from one side to another to quickly pick up those objects.

Quite a collection. The cords hanging from the ceiling would imply that they're all on battery tenders. I hope that means he drives them. Like the token Merc daily driver. Right, it's basically a kit car. Likely worth less than the sum of the parts. Still cool though.

Reminds me of something some friends and I did early in college... Another friend was a very annoying drunk. He got loud and belligerent, but thankfully not violent. After one particular saturday night of drinking, we decided to teach him a lesson. We were taking him home at about 4am and dropped him off a couple doors down from his parents' house. He was completely hammered, stumbled out of the car, took a few steps and paused, realizing he wasn't sure where he was. We took off and left him to figure it out. We were hungry and headed to the nearest Waffle House. After eating and sobering up a tad, we felt a little guilty and went back to find him. The sun was just coming up and we found him passed out in his next door neighbors yard. The thought of his parents' neighbors coming out in their robe to get their Sunday paper and finding him passed out in the yard, covered with dew was too good to pass up, so we left him here. He never told us what happened, but he also never got hammered again. After reading the OP... I'm glad he didn't get shot.

I have Hi-Tec boots that I've been quite happy with. I've found that the biggest thing for comfort with hiking boots is the footbeds/insoles. My guess is that most all hiking boot makers put the cheapest insoles in their boots, assuming that everyone will replace them with good ones anyway. The second biggest thing I learned was to get boots at least a half size bigger than normal and wear 2 pair of socks. I wear the fancy supportive, wicking socks with a 2nd pair of cheap cotton socks over those. I'm also a day hiker, though I typically have at least 30 lbs of young'un on my back. My suggestion is to visit an outfitter place like Gander Mtn or BassPro and try out a bunch of stuff. There's so many options, it's difficult to figure out what's best. Here's a good database of reviews. http://www.backpacker.com/gear/

The national forests are only places I can think of that have what you want... Joyce Kilmer/Slickrock, Nantahala, Cherokee and Pisgah. http://www.main.nc.us/graham/hiking/rangerhq.html http://www.fs.usda.gov/main/cherokee/maps-pubs http://www.hikewnc.info/trailheads/pisgah/

This, mostly because of the effect is has on my wife.