Clod Stomper

  Ummm...   I didn't take his statement as condemning ALL hunters.  Nor did most, I gather.  But a previous post, plus the post above, gives us a glimpse as to where you actually stand in the matter.   http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/topic/50832-petition-to-stop-magazine-ban-sign-it-asap/?p=795276           And while I realize that neither post can be construed as advocating bans, we can infer that you support one.  Here, in a public forum.   I hope to be wrong.  Please tell me that I'm mistaken.

I have no idea where that is, but I bet it has hourly rates. As far as reflective bags, they'll keep you alive, but as others have said, they are no replacement for a real sleeping bag. I used one of these once to keep warm overnight at about 11,000 feet. http://www.nationalfirefighter.com/product_info.php?cPath=152_228&products_id=1021&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=bing_shelter Except the one I slept under was an older generation and had no floor. Fortunately, I had a friend to share bodyheat with. Unfortunately, I had sent my own backpack, with my jacket and "survival" gear on ahead of me with the last helo ride back to camp. I didn't know at the time that it would be the last helo flight of the day. I don't know what the temp got to that night, but it was at least in the low 40s. Probably 30s. We deployed the fire shelter around midnight. Fortunately it was the only time I had to deploy a fire shelter, and it was to keep heat IN instead of keeping heat OUT. It seems to be made of essentially the same stuff except fire shelters have a couple extra layers to maintain stiffness. They work very well to block radiant heat, but they are difficult to wrap close to your body.

In general, .22s shouldn't be dry-fired.  I've seen the results on a S&W .22 LR pistol.  The breech was peened and needed to be re-reamed.  I've never seen such damage on any Ruger .22.  Even after being dry-fired hundreds or thousands of times.  They design it so that the firing pin doesn't reach the breech face.   CZ-52s shouldn't be dry-fired.  Though I have one, I haven't dry-fired it.  I've always read that the firing pins are more brittle than modern guns.  I'm not willing to test it, lest I have to buy a new firing pin.  They used to be fairly easy to find, but I don't know about the present situation.   The manual for the Taurus PT-92/99 (from the '90s) says not to dry-fire.  It has been a few times without obvious damage, but the manual says no, so I don't do it.   Others that I have dry-fired hundreds to thousands of times without obvious damage:  Various 1911s.  AR-style rifles.  Glocks.  Colt-style single action revolvers and Ruger-style single-action revolvers.  Marlin lever-action rifles.  Savage 99 rifles.  Mauser rifles (excepting '89-'91-based rifles.  Don't dry-fire those.).  Mosin-Nagant rifles.  Lee-Enfield rifles.  M-14-style rifles.  Ruger Mini-14/30 rifles.  Various (modern) Remchester and Winington rifles.   Do some research.  If you hear that you should not dry-fire that particular model (or if it's a rimfire), do not dry-fire it.  Otherwise, don't worry about it.

  HA HA HA HA HA HAHAHAH!!!   Boy, that shur is funnee.   wHewr'd yew come u p wit that'n?  Are U a comed.... a comid...  a funny guy?     Kin you tell us sum mor?     Don't use too many big words.  We're just simple folk down here in tha stix.

I think there is another thread that addresses this very thing. But in short, it was a bit like this time except not as bad because no one expected it to pass. Mag manufacturers did crank out as many mags as they could leading up to it. After it did pass, manufacturers simply changed the cosmetics of the affected guns to comply with the law. Renamed the ones that were named in the law. So for 10 years, you couldn't have a flash suppressor or bayonet lug on your AR, unless you had a thumb hole stock or eliminated some other "dangerous" feature. I seem to recall someone even making a pump action AR-style rifle. It was ridiculous. It will be ridiculous this time if it passes again. This law will be stricter, so it will be more ridiculous. My prediction? It barely passed a democrat-controlled congress the first time. Now the republicans control the house. And many dems still remember the trouncing they got in the '94 election mostly because of the AWB. I don't think we'll see an AWB legally pass both houses. That's not to say that there will not be other attempts, like an executive order or the UN arms treaty. Of course, I've been wrong before.

I think you're in pretty good shape. Add some water and a bit of food. If you're planning on 3 to 5 days, collecting food is a secondary consideration. You can carry what you need. Ramen noodles and energy bars are plenty. You may get hungry, but so what? Most of us carry a few days extra calories around our midsection anyway. Here is my priority list for a 3 to 7 day get-home kit. 1) Hydration. Keep 4 1-quart bottles of water in your BOB. Keep a few coffee filters and some iodine tablets. And a small filter. I have this one. http://m.buy.com/product/details/222936039?listingID=258977074 I do need to add a couple water bladders 2) Warmth. Looks like you have redundant methods of building a fire. Keep warm clothes, headgear gloves and footwear with you. Especially in winter. 3) Dry. A small tarp and some dry clothes. Combine your warm clothes and dry clothes (Gore-tex) to save space and weight. And... 4). Protection. You seem to have that covered with your first aid and weapons. And a blade, obviously. You have that covered too.

Apologies if this has been posted elsewhere. I looked, but couldn't find it. http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/assault-weapons

  I'm tending that way. 

  I have to admit... I was watching the interview.  It didn't jump out at me either.  I'm not particularly quick-witted, but I am quite a bit younger than LaPierre.  But if it was my job, maybe I'd have caught on quicker.   I'm torn.  Gregory broke the very law that he was arguing FOR against LaPierre.  But, I don't believe that the law is Constitutional.  It's as if he was asking to be locked up, but some of us are asking that he be excused.  I don't know...

Mine is not quite as into guns as I am.  Though she likes to claim that she is.     She has instructed others (male and female) about shooting a .50 BMG.  She loves to shoot that one every July 4.   She defends gun rights even when she's outnumbered by leftist morons at work.   She's not a great cook.  So I cook for her when I can.  I'm not a great cook either.  But she eats it (usually).   She can't shoot quite as well as I can.  But I'm plenty proud of how good a shot she is.   If she practiced, she would be at least as good a pistoleer and rifleperson as I am.     Most of all, she's the foundation of my sanity.  I'm not sure I could function without her.

Ha!  I don't smoke at all, though I do enjoy the smell of mild pipe tobacco.   I just thought it was humorous that you're wearing a stocking cap and have a small heater when it's close to 60 degrees.  I have a couple friends from FL, so I understand.  But it's still funny.   It was about 50 degrees here today, and I wore a T-shirt.   Welcome to the forum.  Hope your visit is pleasant.   Will

I sincerely hope you're right.     I have been close to lightning strikes several times.  When I say close, I mean no discernible time lapse between flash and sound on at least one occasion.     One time I was about 75 yards away from a young girl that was struck indirectly by lightning.  Her AL frame chair was on the roots of a tree that was demolished by a bolt of lightning.  There was a watch-shaped burn mark on her arm where the watch was, literally, blown off by the charge.  Fortunately, she survived.   My point is, getting struck by lightning is very rare.  But it does happen.  And yes, I'm extra cautious when I am out in a thunderstorm.  Paranoid?  Maybe.  But justifiably so.

  Not sure of your point here.  You didn't do it, so it hasn't happened?     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tta1qhQZWSE   It's 9 and a half minutes of stuff that actually DID happen.  Oh, but many states passed laws to "prevent" that from happening (again).     Well... it was illegal the first time.  Has any one of these thugs been prosecuted?  No?  So what's to keep them from breaking the law.  Again.   I don't doubt that you would disobey an unlawful order.  But I have little doubt that there are many who are willing and eager to kick in my door.

Really good price! I paid 350 for a like-new PT 99 many years ago. And it was a good deal even then. Why the Taurus over the Beretta? You can carry it hammer-down and first-shot double action. Or it can be carried cocked and locked with the hammer back and safety on. Beretta doesn't have the second option.

As has been stated, it depends on the maturity level of the kids. For example, I was a really boring kid who was mature for my age. My Dad had me shooting (with him holding the gun) when I was 2. I don't remember the exact time frame, but by the time I was 12 at the oldest, I would wander the farm with a rifle or shotgun. By the time I was 17, I was armed almost all the time. Not while sitting in class, but I most likely had one in my car. No, it wasn't legal, even back then. But it wasn't as big a deal as it would be now. My point is that a 17 year old can legally join the military. So if they are mature enough*, I'd make sure that they have quick access to a defensive firearm when they are home alone. *How do you know if they are mature enough? Ask an objective, and honest, friend if they think your kids are mature. I have friends who think their kids are just great and mature enough to handle a gun. I have observed evidence to the contrary. So sometimes parents can be biased (obviously).

<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote'data-author="RobertNashville" data-cid="865982" data-time="1356162487"><p> No, that is not "right"...you might want to read the actual law posted above.</p></blockquote> I read the law. And you're right, I don't know where I came up with a DNA database. Mea Culpa. However much tinfoil-hat-wearing there may be on this site, I think it's more prudent to be overly suspicious of government than not suspicious enough. I see as much of that as I do paranoia.

Let me get this straight....   I have no prior DUI.   I haven't been involved in a wreck involving injury or death.   But my wife will deliver our first child in about a month.  So If a cop pulls me over for "suspicion" of DUI while I have my new baby in the backseat, I can have blood forcibly taken from me and my DNA added to a database?    Because we all KNOW that no LEO would ever pull anyone over under false pretenses.  Right?

Technically, every C&R firearm, whether obtained with your FFL or not, is supposed to be logged in your bound book.  Non-C&R eligible firearms are not required to be logged. That was my understanding of the law.  I had a C&R FFL from 2003 to 2009.  

I hate to disagree with you, but I say "Yes, really, no compromise".  When the opposition proposes banning ALL guns and we compromise and say "Let's just ban these features", we lose.  When they come back again and want to ban all guns, we compromise and say "Well, let's just ban these certain guns", we lose.  That's not compromising, that's losing a little bit at a time.     A real compromise would be saying "Ok, we'll agree to background checks at gun shows if you take suppressors out of the NFA '34".  THAT is compromise.  When each side gets something they want.   For the record, I did vote for Romney even though he wasn't my first choice as nominee.  That's compromise.   And finally, if I were a woman and were about to be raped, I'd want to have a pistol in my hand so I could blow the rapist's brains all over the landscape.  But we're about to compromise away our ability to do that.   Respectfully,   Will

My wife's OB said that it should be no problem.  I asked specifically because we would be doing some shooting on Independence Day.  It was early in her pregnancy, though.     I would worry less about the noise than the lead levels in an indoor range.  Yes, fluid carried sound very well, but in my experience sound waves don't make air to water transition very well and vice/versa.  Go to a public pool (if you dare) with a bunch of kids screaming.  Dunk your head underwater and it suddenly gets very quiet.   One could even try it with gunfire if that doesn't convince you.  A bucket of water and a friend to shoot near you.     And shooting outside, I don't think lead exposure is going to be a real problem.  Inside, probably so.  Just make sure to wash hands after handling ammo and dirty guns.   All that said, I recommend not risking it.  Just wait a few weeks.  I wanted to send my wife to a training class last month, but we decided to just wait.  Mostly because of money, but the risk was another (small) factor.   Will

You may want to try this.   http://www.sargenthome.com/15_Minute_AR_Trigger_Job.htm   I've done it to a couple AR triggers with a couple of my own modifications for enhanced safety.   Unfortunately, I haven't tried one of Dolomite's trigger kits.  But I'm guessing that his kit combined with this trigger job will make a pretty nice trigger.  1/8" of take-up is pretty significant.  His kit should take care of that.   For that matter, I would recommend simply using some polishing compound on the sear engagement along with Dolomite's trigger kit.

I bought my first automatic transmission car ever in 2005.  I really want another manual.  But yeah, they're almost impossible to find in newer model cars.  People are just too lazy and it's hard to change gears manually when you're texting, eating and putting on makeup at the same time with a little dog in your lap.   Heck, I don't want a computer controlling any part of my vehicle, let alone driving for me.  For most people on the road around here, I think it would be an improvement, though.   But the flying car?  Oh yeah, I'd be all over that.

Self-driving cars? Meh... That's fine for most "drivers". Would make it safer and less stressful for the rest of us. But, if we don't have flying cars by then, I'm building my own. Will

[quote name='Dolomite_supafly' timestamp='1355168515' post='857962'] Steel casings for the 300 has already been made. Not planning to be made but have been made. They are ramping up the loading as we speak. I give it two months and we will see it. This is coming from someone who probably knows more about the Blackout than anybody, not me but another know it all. Dolomite [/quote] Mr Silvers, perhaps? That's awesome. I WILL be building a .300 BLK (along with a 7.62x40 WT) in the near future. I had already been contemplating how I could convert steel-case 5.56 without hurting myself, so I could have disposable cases. This will save me the trouble and potentially damaged digits. Will

If it has just been announced, I'll wager it will take a long time to ever see steel cased .300 BLK on shelves. Steel case 6.5 Grendel has supposedly been in the works for several years now. It STILL hasn't shown up. I believe it is getting closer, though. I believe I read an article earlier this year that Bill Alexander has received several thousand rounds for testing. I hope, I hope.... Steel core, too, according to Alexander. http://www.65grendel.com/forum/showthread.php?1181-Wolf-Steel-Case/page32