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I wonder if the evaporation cooling effect will work on a building like this? I have seen where two pots were used to cool stuff below ambient.   Dolomite

Nothing better to give a man who gave so much. Things like this are cherished for a lifetime.   Savages, all of them, are great shooting guns. And with your ammo it will just make shooting it so much more special.   Dolomite

Now is not the time to be delusional and look the other way with hopes that our representatives think they know what we want. Now is the time to call and write EVERY representative, and not just ours. They are not going to go through the whole verification process to make sure you are in the representative's area. We need to take a play from the anti's playbook and call, in their case vote, multiple times to effect our desired outcome. It is not against the law to call a representative from another county or even state and tell them how you feel about ANY legislation restricting our gun rights.   For OUR representatives I can't imagine a larger statement than them getting thousands of letters daily. Is keeping things the way they are worth a stamp a day for the next month? Imagine the impact of coming back from vacation to a literal ton of letters? If nothing else write a nice letter then make 30 copies. Send one a day until you are out. Total cost under $20 but the impact will be huge for a representative who sees a voterthat is passionate enough to do this for 30 days or even longer.   Seriously, we have 2 weeks until they come back from break to make a statement. I am going to start tomorrow.   Dolomite

This is what really scares me:     Even if our representatives do not agree to it Eric Holder, and the Department of Justice, will make us all outlaws before it is over. Then use Homeland Security to do their bidding under the guise of thwarting domestic terrorism.  I can see owners of certain weapons being classified as domestic terrorists so they could unleash the full brunt of Homeland Security's will.   Dolomite

They CANNOT just come and do an inspection of a private residence. They still MUST have probably cause to get a search warrant and to do that they must have evidence to support a search warrant. They have to follow the letter of law just like any other LE agency when it comes to search warrants. And unless you ARE breaking the law they would have no reason to apply for a search warrant.   How do I know this? Because I asked.   Dolomite

I had an officer at my house yesterday and gun confiscation was brought up by him. He said he would not do it and would quit before he was a party to it. He went on to say he would do everything in his power to prevent it from happening to anyone else. He said he would fight if need be. We live on a dead end road and he mentioned blocking the road to protect ourselves if need be regardless of who it is. We spent another 15-20 minutes discussing contingency plans if the world came to an end. I will add this. I took an oath, several actually,and I do not believe it expires. I have never taken another that supersedes the one I took. Dolomite

I ordered twice from them and never got what I ordered. BTW, this is the same company that scammed the taxpayer by providing old, unreliable Chinese ammo to our allies on our dime. It was a multiple million dollar contract. They have and continue to runs scams. They sold "new" Aimpoints that turned out to be old surplus sights. It was found out when Aimpoints refused to warranty them. It would not surprise me if they took the money and ran. Dolomite

<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote'data-author="Steelharp" data-cid="861493" data-time="1355703908"><p> Ok, I gots ta know.</p></blockquote> We called it "Canadian knocking" as a kid. :) Dolomite

99% of all the cycling issues with an AR are related to the gun being over or under gassed. An under gassed gun is easy to diagnose but an over gassed gun is much harder to find.   What is over gassing? It is when the bolt is unlocked prematurely when the barrel pressures are still relatively high. It can becaused by a few things but the biggest cause is a gas port that is way over sized for the port position.The industry has embraced the idea that a over gassed gun is a reliable gun. But that is just not the case. When the same industry began to realize this they introduce heavy weight buffers to mend the problems of their over gassed guns.   When an AR is over gassed the bolt speed increases and this can cause rounds to not be picked up or the bolt not locking back on an empty magazine. It can also effect how well the gun ejects the spent rounds. Both of these problems are problems wth reliability.   An over gassed gun will also reduce the velocity because the bolt is unlocking while there is still more pressures in the barrel. Those additional pressures are used to vercome the resistance of the bullet and increase velocity. Once a bullet is moving is doesn't take much to keep it moving so any amount of gas bleed off by a over gassed system reduces teh velocity.   Another issue, the biggest IMHO, with over gassed guns is they run much dirtier because of the extra pressures still in the barrel at the time the bolt unlocks. Also, the additional gas being forced down the gas tube only adds to the large amount of crud in the upper receiver. And all this extra crud causes reliability issues. This is why everyone says to run an AR wet, it is not because an AR needs the extra lubrication but because it helps suspend the crud and this helps the cruddy gun run. I have had one of my guns go well over 1,000 rounds without cleaning or lube. It ran an adjustable gas block that was set to the minimum gas impulse to run. A properly gassed gun will shoot thousands of rounds between cleanings. And it will do so with a minimal amount of lubrication as well.   Another problem is premature wear on the locking lugs. When a gun is properly gassed the amount pf pressure on the locking lugs as they clear the corner is minimal comparted to when a gun is over gassed. Although it will take a long time to become an issue it is still an issue.   And finally, having a properly gassed gun will reduce the felt recoil. What, how can that possibly be? Well when a gun is over gassed the bolt unlocks earlier than is should when the pressures and gas volume are still higher than they should be. The additional pressures and volume exert more force upon the bolt and buffer. When this happens it increases their speed as they travel rearward. And then those fast moving buffers and bolts come to an abrupt stop as they impact the rear of the buffer tube very hard. And this impact is felt as a strong jolt that most confuse with recoil. An AR should have the same recoil as a bolt action that weighs the same or even less felt recoil because the impulse is lengthened because of the semi automatic action. But in most cases the AR will have a harder recoil impulse. And if you want to see a difference disable the gas system on your AR and shoot it, you might be surprized at how light the recoil actually is.   These are the reason why people say a midlength gas gun recoils softer. It is because they have more volume in the barrel to reduce the pressues before the bolt unlocks. And that is why rifle length systems are generally the softest shooting guns. Take an old A1 that weighs less than most modern M4's and the A1 will have less of a recoil impulse than the M4. The reason why is the bolt speed is much slower on the rifle length gas system of the A1 than the on the carbine length gas system of the M4.   I recommend this to everyone, even if they think their gun isn't over gassed. I recommend they install an adjustble gas block and tune their gun. It offers a lot of advantages that people don't think about without any detractors. It reduces recoil, keeps the gun clean, makes the gun more reliable and reduces wear and tear. People spend a lot of money on fancy muzzle brakes and flash hiders to reduce recoil when an adjustable gas block could accomplish a lot of the same effects. Shootign an AR with an adjustable gas block AND a muzzle brake is 22 lr like in recoil.   In the industry's quest to build a better gun they have made it much worse than Gene Stoner's original design. Gene developed a lightweight gun that was both effective AND reliable. It was when the industry began monkeying with it that both of those attributes were taken away. If you have ever shot an original A1 against a modern M4 you will understand completely.   Dolomite

I would recommend you add some red loctite to those screws you tightened. It is a lot more permanent than blue loctite but still able to be removed with heat. Only add it to the screws and not the block itself.   Dolomite

 The cost or value of the gun has zero to do with you being shot or not. It has to do with how safety minded the carrier is. If you are going to be shot by a cheap handgun because of negligence it would have happened with the most expensive handgun as well. In order for you to be shot a person has to point a gun at you and that is not a failure of the gun but a failure of the user. I guess all the unintentional shootings we hear about are the guns fault because it sure couldn't be the fault of a human being.   Just because someone can afford a gun doesn't mean they can afford the licensing to carry it. I have offered guns to people in need because they could not afford a gun. Those people sure couldn't afford the cost of training and licensing to carry a firearm. Then there is the wait time associated with getting approval to carry. If a person has a situation where they are in fear of something happening to them they should not have to wait until they can get trained and then get their permit back to be able to defend themselves. In those cases where the personis  in fear for their life they should be able to carry immediately without the need to be trained or licensed.   Personally it should not cost anybody anything to be able to carry within our state. There should be no requirements mandated and anyone who can own a firearm should be able to carry that firearm. Carrying a gun in our state should be the same as carrying a gun on your own property. Now if the person needs to travel outside of the state then that person should meet the requirements of the other state. If there are costs associated with the additional training then the individual should be pay those costs.    And if the state wants to collect a "tax" on carrying a firearm then they should run it like a "tax" and base it upon income. Maybe .1% of the gross, not net, annual income reported on the income tax returns as "taxable amount". If they don't have any income then their permit is free because they have shown a hardship. This would mean that the average person in Tennessee would pay about 1/2 what they do now.   Dolomite

I would gladly post myself at a school. Problem is in my area they are not to receptive to help. I would be willing to bet almost anything that my offer would be refused. Last time I offered my help they said they didn't need it.   Dolomite

Ask for a parent to volunteer providing they meet the criteria AND have a child in the same school. They volunteer once a month for an 8 hour shift and in return they get to deduct 1% of their property taxes for each day they volunteer within a calendar year.   If teachers volunteer to carry then give them a 10% pay increase for the added responsibility. Provide them with a Glock and require them to keep it on their person at all times while on school grounds or during a school even.   Dolomite

I will offer to meet you as well. I live in Knoxville and have been around AR's for quite some time. I have several in several different calibers and you are more than welcome to shoot any of them.   We can have an honest talk about them, as well as firearms in general, and I will answer any question you have provided it isn't being asked with an agenda in mind.   Dolomite

  I would not mention anything about round limits. Seems Ruger mentioned it once and screwed a lot of people in the process.   Dolomite

He was given a chance to come clean and do the right thing. The ATF even gave him ample time to comply or quit selling firearms. I have zero sympathy for this guy now because he either gave the finger to teh ATF or he is just plain dumb. And in either case he should learn a tough lesson.   Dolomite

  No they got it right, Bushmaster. I bet Nancy and Diane are freaking out because the 50 BMG was the most powerful a few years ago.   Dolomite

  So you are ok with gun control as long a it doesn't affect you?   You are silly to think that if they limit one set of "evil" guns then they will stop there. They will continue to find other "evil" guns to ban. Heck in some of the more liberal areas pellet rifles are outlawed because they are too powerful.   If you willing give up ANY firearm rights you will eventually be stuck holding a butter knife for your defense. Or worse yet mandated by law to surrender and not fight back.   Dolomite

Newsflash,   The Bushmaster 223 is the most powerful firearm in America.   Reported by Fox news.   Dolomite

Problem is they are about 15 years too late on the ass beating. Dolomite

Double check the gas block alignment. Clean the chamber, especially if doing a few mag dumps the last time out. Gas blocks can come loose and move without being noticeable. Although rare I have seen a number of undersized gas ports. Before drilling the gas port out double check everything else. Take a wire gauge drill bit and leg is know the port size. Dolomite

It is a gas issue, either the ammo doesn't have enough gas or there is not enough gas making it to the carrier.   Have you checked the gas block for alignment as well as tightness? Does it have an adjustable gas block?   If you were ONLY using Tula then you need to do one of two things. Either quit using it or drill the gas port out another size. If it was having the same issue with AMerican Eagle then it is a gas issue. The port is not aligned or the gas block has moved forward slightly or the gas block was installed without the required spacing for the handguard end cap (a very common mistake).   Dolomite

Need more information. Ammo? If it is Tula or Wolf that is known to cause issues. Gun type? Factory or home built? Barrel length? Gas system length? Ultimately it is a gas issue. I would check the gas key to make sure it is not loose. Make sure your gun is properly lubed. Dolomite

One more thing. The trigger my wife sells does NOT change the pull weight. It only removes the pre travel. It takes a bit more work to get the trigger pull down.

And that is not an advertisement. It is just to say it does take experience to have a quality trigger. Dolomite