monkeylizard

Back before Covid, and the ammo price spike, what was .30 Carbine going for? I need some but I want to wait until prices are back to normal. I can be patient, but I don't know what the old normal was for this caliber.

Glad this came up as it's something I've been mulling over too. It's on the "maybe someday" list, but never hurts to get educated. I'm a but confused on the canisters. I know 40mm NATO for the size, but what's the best type for the most likely scenarios? It seems like you'd need different canisters for different types of gases/agents.

Freedom Day seemed like a good time to get this one cleaned up, so as promised here are some finished pics. I picked up 2 USGI 15-round mags wrapped in the wax paper from Brownell's. I'll keep them as they are and get some KCI mags for actual use. I'm waiting on ammo prices to get back to normal and I'll get some .30 Carbine and have some fun. The splotches on the wood were definitely some kind of mold or mildew (given the round clusters, I'm going with mold). Oderless Mineral Spirits wasn't doing anything on those, but it did cut the little bit of dried grease off easily. There wasn't much on it. It wasn't all gunked up the way a milsurp SKS usually is. Some are pics made as I disassembled so you'll still see some of the grease. I did have to resort to Simple Green for the mold. It took it off without damaging the finish, but the mold did leave behind some lighter splotches in the wood. I may go back over the stock with some Tung oil to help preserve the wood. The splotches are right where human sweat would have been most in contact with the wood. The left side of the cheek weld area, the underside of the grip where fingers would be grabbing, and a little out on the lower forearm where the support hand would be. I kind of like the discoloration it left behind because it tells the story of this rifle a little more. The metal is in great shape overall with only some very light rust marks on one side of the trigger group. The rifling is clean with sharp edges. I didn't disassemble the trigger group or the bolt. Both move freely and weren't crudded up so I just hit them with some cleaner and scrubbed what I could reach then added some oil. I tried to capture all the stamps for those of ya'll who nerd out over that sort of thing. The main stock, is stamped with an "H" by the mag well and a "3" along the front edge, both inside the stock and not visible when assembled. No markings in the upper hand guard. The bolt is marked "EM-Q" for Quality Hardware. There's a "5" at the rear of the the trigger assembly and "4" and smaller superscripted "3" towards the front. I didn't notice any other markings. There's a "W" on the hammer for Winchester. The usual ordinance bomb on the bottom of the trigger guard. The rear sight is marked "IR CO." for Inland or IBM. With the number on it, I think that makes it a post-war part so it was replaced at some point after the war. The barrel, as I mentioned above is an Underwood "3-43". The barrel spring retaining clip is marked "U". On the bottom of the barrel it's marked "PW ARMS REDMOND, WA" but that looks lasered on to me rather than stamped. I suspect it's the importer?

At least they got something right.

..never mind . . .

Looks like Chucktshoes was spotted in Wal-Mart.

It would if your cover garment slid up and an officer decided you were open carrying. https://www.floridacarry.org/news/54-florida-gun-owners-still-face-arrest-and-prosecution-for-innocent-exposure-of-handguns

Cruel Hand Luke hit the right spot on this: The permit serves as a defense to the law, but carrying is still violating the law. I'm not fully up to speed on the permitless-carry (I have ECP, so don't really care enough to read the details yet) but I suspect it's similarly phrased to "provide a defense" rather than removing the violation in the first place. In theory, a police officer can arrest you, a DA can charge you, and a judge will look at both of them like they're idiots and dismiss the case as the permit provides a valid defense. AFAIK, this has never happened. In the real-world, it's a moot point because no DA in their right mind would EVER charge someone because they know they'll get ripped up one side and down the other by the judge, and no officer would ever arrest for it because they know no DA will ever prosecute it and they'll get ripped up one side and down the other by the DA or their command. But from a legal theory perspective, it's important to understand that the state of TN does NOT recognize carrying in public as a right

Not SHTF-related, but along the lines of movies deviating from the books: Amazon Prime's "Without Remorse" had two things in common with the book: The main character's name, and that he's military. Otherwise, a total deviation from the book. Forgoing my disappointment in its lack of book content, as a movie, it's still pretty lousy. Good action, but that can only carry so much. The dialog is poorly written, though well delivered and the characters are as rote, cliched and forgettable as they come. 1-star. Would not recommend.

I'm beginning to think that Mrs. 'lizard and I (raised in different areas) just happened to both have indie or regional chain restaurants in our malls that used those flicker lights. A neighbor put some on his porch a few months back and we've both commented about how it reminds us of "that place in the mall" . . . oh well. Thanks for trying!

IANAL, but I don't think money has to change hands. The liability is the same. If they were mine, I'd be willing to give them to a fellow reloader who would sign a letter saying he/she would not fire the reloads and would instead disassemble them and use the components. Simple and should be risk free on your part. It really doesn't have to be any more complicated than a single sentence or two, a signature, and a date. Or better yet, I'd pull the bullets, dump the powder, and hand over the components.

https://www.atf.gov/firearms/qa/person-who-reloads-ammunition-required-be-licensed-manufacturer Is a person who reloads ammunition required to be licensed as a manufacturer? Yes, if the person engages in the business of selling or distributing reloads for the purpose of livelihood and profit. No, if the person reloads only for personal use. [18 U.S.C. 922(a) and 923(a); 27 CFR 478.41] Further info from ATF documents: https://www.atf.gov/file/82791/download Of course the argument could be made that selling a few is a far cry from selling "for the purpose of livelihood" even if the profit requirement is met and the definition says livelihood AND profit, but it's a risk I wouldn't take. Besides the possible (though highly unlikely) criminal ramifications, there's the risk of a civil suit if something is wrong with the ammo.

My dad has an RG-10. It's a piece of crap. It's not terrible to shoot, but it throws lead particles or something off to either side so we can't shoot it at a range when anyone is in a neighboring lane. It's worthless, but we keep it as the family joke. I'm sure I'll "inherit" it some day . . . lucky me.

Nice work!

No, that wasn't it.

Steak & Ale came to mind, but like ya'll we don't think they had mall locations, but yeah, similar decor. It definitely wasn't a Friday's or RT. It's a defunct restaurant for sure. I'm beginning to wonder if maybe it wasn't a chain but was instead several local/regional outfits who happened to all be knocking off the same dark ages theme from Steak & Ale. It was certainly a popular thing in the 70s (the rise of fantasy movies like Conan, Renaissance fairs, D&D, etc.)

Calling all fellow old timers. Back in the 1980s (and maybe 70s) there was a restaurant found in shopping malls (maybe they had freestanding too, but I don't think so). They weren't part of the fast-food food courts. They were regular sit-down restaurants. The decor was some red/orange brick. I don't recall if it was brick-patterned wallpaper or if it was just a brick-layout tile floor. The most prominent thing I remember is that they were kind of dark inside and had wrought iron light fixtures with the fake flame flickering electric light bulbs, supposed to look like gas lamps. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THOSE RESTAURANTS?!?!?!?! It's driving me crazy that I can't think of it and my Google-fu is failing me. I'm pretty sure it was a chain because I remember seeing them in Oklahoma, and possible Arizona in the 80s and my wife describes the exact same thing being in the Nashville malls around the same time. Both of us want to say the name had "Olde" or "Ye Olde" in the name, but maybe we're projecting some other memory onto these places. I was thinking "Tavern", "Pub", or "Inn" may have been in the name, but I'm not certain.

I bet there's one or two hiding in the smoker too.

yes.

I half-expected some of that text to be blinking and to have a MIDI track playing.

Yep . . . and I'm pretty sure my 2019 Wrangler with sub-15K miles is proving the rule.

I finally got around to reading World War Z while on vacation last week. Besides zombies and Israel having a wall, the movie had zero in common with it.

That's not shadow underneath. It's oil.

TOTALLY unrelated . . . but does anyone want to buy 23 guns? NIB, never fired. Cash only. Must meet in dark parking garage. . .