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DPMS is not milspec and is not the same quality as the S&W. About the only good thing DPMS does do is their lower parts kits. Other than that most of their stuff is budget minded stuff. Dolomite

If you were ever in the military you will meet nearly all the requirements. I know I looked them up and even called. They told me that my military service allowed me to meet all the requirements other than club membership. In the end you can have a gun shipped directly to your door without a lot of fuss or at least less fuss than ordering and going through an FFL. Dolomite

It isn't the toy guns that frightens the grown ups it is the kids that frighten the grown ups. I vote that they regulate having children in California. Maybe make the grown ups get a license before having any children. They should also ban high capacity families. Dolomite

I have done the Flitz treatment to a lot of firearms over the years. Never had single issue. I will say that the majority of them were on rimfires though. Dolomite

Give it a week after your checks cash and call in to check the status. When it goes pending as for the examiner's name. I can look it up on another site to give you an idea of the current wait times for that examiner. Dolomite

Ckech the safety lock to make sure it is disengaged all the way. I have and like my Taurus 24/7. I have over 1,500 trouble free rounds through it so far and clocking more every week. Dolomite

The berdan primers are larger than our large rifle primers. I did reload some berdan primed stuff using boxer primers. Seating the primers was done without a tool and soem would not stay in place without some sort of adhesive. I think I used nail polish to keep them in place until I fired them. Even doing that on nearly every round the primers fell out after firing. They did seal long enough that no gases escaped but it was a pain picking out the primers from the action. By the time you go through the hassle of removing the berdan primers, opening up the cases and then finding new berdan primers on our shores you could have just bought American made cases and used standard primers. Dolomite

They were supposed to be imported last year. They prices were supposedly going to be in the $150 range for the M1 carbines and $250 for the Garands. Unfortuantely politics intervened. Even if they didn't I am sure the prices would have been more than that. Dolomite

NRA-ILA :: Twelve Big Wins for Gun Owners Maybe those Garands and M1 Carbines that were banned from importaion last year will hit our shores now. And with the new shotgun rules we should see the Saiga shotguns come in how they are supposed to and not the neutered version we have to convert now. Overall I think this is a good thing for all concerned, that is if these are actually enforced. I suspect it is nothing more than mouth service and that we will not see a change in the current importations.

My wife and I have found a sweet spot for morels. Last year we picked over 7 pounds and 5 of them being in a single day. The best part about the area we now search is they seem to be much larger than most of the other areas we have looked. About the most flavorful way I have found to fix them is fried. The stems tend to hold most of the flavor as well. I have tried them in sauces but their flavor tends to be muted some. Dolomite

S&W's offerings are as good as any other factory AR in the under $1,000 category. And as others have said the CS is among the best if you do have problems. As far as ammo goes it depends more on the individual gun than anything. I have literally put together at least 30 guns. And with tolerance stacking you can have the same, thoeretical, guns act totally different. As a matter of fact I have seen an M&P at a range that choked on Tula and Wolf but ran great on American made stuff. This is contradicting Baron's gun's performance. It all depends on the individual gun. Recently I had a group of guns that had triggers, because of tolerance stacking, I would have paid for. Most were the usual factory 7+ pound trigger pulls while others had nice, crisp <4 pound triggers. Same goes for S&W I am sure. When buying a factory gun pull the trigger on as many guns as you can to find the one with the lightest trigger, you will be surprized at the difference between seemingly identical guns. Something else that contributes to how well a gun digests the cheap stuff is how broken in it is. A brand new gun has much tighter tolerances and with the lower powered import ammo you might have problems. And if you do then fire 300-400 quality rounds and try the cheap stuff again, I bet the gun will cycle them even though they didn't before. If you really want to save money buy a 22lr conversion kit. Before I built a dedicated gun I used a kit to put over 15K rounds through one of my guns for training. They work well enough for any run and gun drills you might run within 50 yards. Although not as accuracte as a dedicated upper/gun they are still capable of decent accuracy. Through a 9 twist barrel and shooting CCI Minimags mine shot under an inch at 25 yards. With the dedicated I can shoot under an inch at 50 yards and with ammo it really likes under 3/4 inch at 50 yards. Or if you want a more useful gun that is cheap to shoot look at an AR in 9mm. I built one for my wife and it is by far the funnest gun we own. We have over 7,000 rounds through it and other than a few brands of HP's is 100% reliable. It is our house gun because the muzzle blast is more forgiving than a 5.56 is in an enclosed area. It is one gun that will never get sold. It is accurate enough that 100 yard shots on clays is easy with a red dot. Dolomite

Like I said it has more to do with the client/sponsor and what they are looking for than the person being clearanced. Some like the super aggressive types so they don't hold a few fights against you. Your current clearance will have no bearing on future clearances by other clients. Rarely do different sponsors/clients look for the same criteria as other sponsors/clients. I am sure it does happen but I have been told by a couple of different sponsors/clients that it is extremely rare. Dolomite

I would hope not. Seems counterproduvctive to have to spend money to give something away or get something for free. Dolomite

Perhaps they need to categorize them like they do inmates. The most heinous offenders are not allowed to have any contact with children, must register, can only live in certain areas and are monitored through the use of bracelets. While others who meet the criteria for a minimum classification do not have the same restrictions. And allow them to have restrictions lifted based on their performance in society. But if they do offend again they go back to the original classification +1. For multiple offenders or those who are the heinous type they need to do something more extreme. Perhaps mark them permanently on a hand. That way no matter who they come in contact with they are aware he has a proclivity for doing it. It makes it much easier to tell a child to stay away from the person with the "mark". Personally I would take the most heinous offenders and sentence them to death. After all, those they vicitmized are sentenced to a life of misery in most cases. I have seen some of these cases in the legal system. One in particular was a 50+ year old man who raped a 15 year old girl that was his neighbor. In the end he only spent 15 months in jail and openly admitted he raped the girl as he was being released. The girl will likely have problems for the rest of her life because of this. Dolomite

I think a clearance that is no longer active, and why, would be their biggest concern and not an active one. Just because someone doesn't have a criminal record doesn't mean they can own firearms. A clearance can get pulled for an order of protection and it may not show up in a criminal history check. I do not believe they look into DD214's only what kind of discharge. The same way they do for firearm purchases. As far as clearances goes it doesn't really matter who the sponsor is or was. Each new investigation by a different sponsor is new investigation and done to the new sponsor's criteria. Some require a very extensive background investigation while others are only concerned with financials and a basic criminal history. Rarely do they use the clearance from another sponsor for their own even if the old clearance was higher. I waited longer for a secret clearance for one client than I did for my top secret from another client. The top secret was only about 3 months old when the secret clearance investigation was started. I asked why I had to go through another when I had a active TS. I was told the client had different areas that the TS didn't cover. They also issued a clearance for my wife even though she was not working on the clearance. They said it was because we shared the same household. Clearances and the sponsor's criteria for keeping it can be very different from sponsor to sponsor. I had a friend who kept his clearance even though he had been arrested numerous times for bar fights. With the same client I have seen people get their clearances yanked for a DUI, drug use or even for being a few months late on bills. I spoke to a client about it and they said a bar fight isn't really a character or judgement flaw but a DUI or getting in over your head financially was. Dolomite

With my wife and I starting to give away some stuff here it got me thinking. What about having a Free Stuff section in the classifieds area? Just a place for people like us to post items they no longer want to keep but are too good to toss out. I imagine most people are like us and keep stuff just because we don't want to throw a perfectly good item out. Make the only rule be it must be free to pick up or shipping costs only. Dolomite

Very talented guy. Dolomite

Predator Custom Shop does great work as well. I have been in there and seen them install sights several times while the customer waits. They do know about the nuances of working on SIGs. Dolomite

Glad to hear your LE gave you no issues. Mine didn't either when I finally tracked him down. As far as time goes it is a crapshoot. Some examiners take a couple of weeks while others take much longer. I have been told if you have a background of some sort, which I am sure you do, it can take a bit longer. The reason I was told is during the investigation the examiner sees that you HAD an active clearance that is now either inactive or expired. Because you no longer have an active clearance they have to determine the reason it is no longer active, whether it just expired or if it was pulled for another reason. Depending on the number of clearances you have or had this can extend the timeframe. I do know that my examiner has a long track record of taking less than 2 weeks to complete her investigations. But my investigation took almost 2 months to complete from the time it went pending. The only reason I can think is I have had a number of clearances from various sponsors with some being expired and some being inactive. Dolomite

This is very informative and helped me out when I grabbed my first 922 gun. Gunwiki: 922® Worksheet for Saiga Conversions Dolomite

Velocity increases energy by a factor of 4 while weight doesn't. Doubling the bullet weight only doubles the energy while doubling velocity increases energy by a factor of 4. And the same amount of energy is going to recoil the same regardless of the bullet weight. A 7.62x25 Tokarev with a 85 grain bullet at 1450 fps has the same energy as a 230 grain bullet travelling at 881 fps. Even though the energy is the same the recoil impulses are going to be drastically different because of the velocity. The 1450 fps is over more quickly than the 881 fps so the 1450 is going to feel snappeir than the 881. The recoil energy is the same but the difference is the amount of time it takes. I think the reason why most people think a heavier bullet recoils harder is because it spreads its recoil pulse out over a longer timeframe. It is perceived as a heavier recoil because of the longer recoil impulse. Dolomite

I use the clear epoxy that sets in an hour or two. I have tried the 5 minute epoxy and it sets too quickly. With the 1-2 hour stuff it thickens enough to stay put once you add the powder, either titanium dioxide or glow in the dark. Once I put the epoxy in place and sprinkle it I will position the gun so the epoxy blob is level with the floor and let it set overnight. It may be thick enough to stay put but I do not want to take a chance on it shifting. After that it is staying put until you wnat to remove it. Something else I also do to help out is this. I take a small drill bit and by hand, drill the hole in the sight deeper. This also gets all the old paint out and helps the epoxy stick. I have also tried red oxide to get a red sight but it doesn't work very well. Turns a brown color once it is mixed in with the epoxy. I haven't tried it but another approach might be to put the colors you want in place first them put a sealer blob of epoxy over it. Just out of curiosity, where are you located? Dolomite

You can buy the glow in the dark powder. Sprinkle it in the wet paint before it dries. An ounce of the powder will go a long way. As far as length and brightness I like glow in the dark powder better than tritium. A 1 second burst of light and the glow in the dark powder will stay brighter than any tritium I have ever seen for at least 20-30 minutes, plenty long enough to deal with any threat you may have. And if it begins to dim another 1 second burst of light and you are good for another 20-30 minutes. The best way and what I use is two part epoxy rather than paint. I mix in titanium dioxide which happens to be the whitest thing known to man second only to Michael Jackson. I will dab it into the the hole on the sight and then sprinkle the glow in the dark paint on top. It works really well. I have also mixed the glow powder in with the two part epoxy and then sprinkled it with the same powder. This results in a green/yellow looking dot during the day and BRIGHT green at night after being charged. If you just sprinkle the glow powder on the titanium dioxide epoxy the dot remains relatively white and nearly as bright. Another advantage is you can put the mixture on guns where tritium sights are not available. The best part about using the two part epoxy is it is impervious to almost any solvent you might use on your firearm. It also stays put and doesn't wear like some paints. If you are in the Knoxville area I can help you out. We can get together so you can see how mine looks and if you like it we can do the same to your gun. This is what I use: Ultra Green v10 Glow in the Dark Powder - Do not buy the glow paint as it is suspended in fingernail polish and most solvents used to clean a gun will harm it. Trust me I know. Like I said the best way to do it is mix it with two part epoxy, put it in place and then sprinkle with more glow powder. Even if glow powder isn't wanted the titanium suspended in epoxy is a GREAT alternative to most paints. If you have any questions I'll be glad to help you out. Dolomite

I do believe they "burn" meth and suck the smoke up. They will put the meth in a small tim of aluminum or silimar metal. Put it over heat and it will begin to burn and smoke. The user then uses a tube to inhale the byproducts of the burning meth. This method can be used for a few other drugs as well but not Oxycontin. Sounds like that it is probably meth as that seems to go hand in hand with a lot of Oxy users. Especially in this area. They also use tubes to "smoke" crack but I think the plastic would be very melted and burned with the required heat and flame to "smoke" crack. Was there anything in the tube like pieces copper cleaning pads? Not the drug expert here but with a brother who is a 10+ year user I have done a lot of research into what and how people use drugs. Dolomite

He was in possession of $17 woth of appliance bulbs when he was taken into custody. He likely fought because he was on probabtion and a violation would have sent him back to jail to finish a 11/29 sentence for prevsious charges. The officer fired 6 shots and killed the shoplifter. There have already been comments that he was just trying to support his family. If he had a pistol he could have sold it for more than the $17 worth of bulbs was worth. Dolomite