Murgatroy

I have one of the Magpul MOE models. It is a solid gun, shoots where I aim it. I haven't run thousands of rounds through it (probably just a couple hundred.) There was some talk about the trunion or such cracking after heavy use. I don't recall exactly.

I have a `16 883 Iron, and it was in my opinion the best base for a build. The aftermarket is abundant and the ability to turn it into anything was much easier than anything else offered, regardless of the line. There are a lot of obvious changes from factory, and a lot of little ones too that you have to know the bike to spot. But on the street, it is very different than most of what you see. And I ride it like I stole it.

If you aren't an H-D devout, you can just skip this. So today the new 2018 line-up was announced. The big hype was on the new Softails. I scrolled through them. A Softail Street Bob. Oh that is neat, they have a Dyna and a Softail now. Next, the Softail Fat Bob, oh, that is neat they have a... Next The Softail Low Rider... Oh snap... What about the Dyna? Sure enough the Dyna and the VRod are gone from the lineup. It seems that the Motor Company has put enough effort into the Street line that it is intended to replace the Sportster as the 'girls bike' and the Sporty moves uptown to be the mid-line bike the Dyna used to be. Being a Sporty enthusiast I always thought of the Dyna as a heavier more powerful Sporty, but the heritage was still there. To be honest I never cared much for the Softails. I guess the goal is to focus on the Street (the Street Rod would interest me a lot more with rearsets, just saying...) and the Touring bikes. With the Sportster and the Softail being the stop-gaps to get there. I do find it funny, my Sportster (which is highly modified) will outhandle any other HD I have encountered, even if it isn't as comfortable as a Geezer Glide. So with it being the de facto Dyna replacement, how will that change popular opinion?

We use Zedge solely in my family, it is all free. Whether the copyrights are or not is another question.

Bandit and Brigand are truer friends than any of the two legged variety. It is arrogant in a sense to say, but their sun rises and sets with our family. A friend will have their own concerns from time to time. Not so with a dog. They are an extension of yourself, properly motivated. They know our schedules, and they have their routines, all which begin and end with the family. Today was odd as my wife came home early, we missed one another by minutes. Brigand is still a puppy with curiosity and chewing issues, so she is kenneled from 10am to 1pm, and it completely messed her day up when the wife let her out at 10:10am. I feel and understand your pain Doug. If/when the time comes for one of my dogs, it will be like losing a member of the family. It was hard enough putting our twelve year old cat down last year. I can't fathom the loss and pain for one of the dogs. Whom aren't arrogant and antagonistic spoiled semi-deities expecting to be waited on hand and foot.

To be fair, her middle name is Takhisis. Her first name is a mundane name that won't cause her grief in the real world.

Jerry Ahern was unique in the Survivalist series in that his protagonist didn't carry a pair of .45ACPs, he carried a pair of stainless steel Detonics Combat Masters in a double Alessi shoulder rig. His back up was a AG Russel Sting bootknife (which I own a CRKT remake of.) He rode a Harley Low Rider, and preferred Ford Trucks. Everything was name brand. Nothing was mentioned in passing or as a generic. All of his weapons were Magnaported or Metalifed. Gunsmiths were namedropped, etc. Jerry Ahern was a contributor to many mainstream magazines of the era and was a big part of the survivalist movement. Reading this in the formative years in the shadow of the Cold War, it struck a chord. I never thought of things as a generic, I always thought of them by name, model and brand. That was what I must have. Even as an adult I learned the value of a dollar and research, but I was still jaded by a pulp novel of thirty years ago.

Anyone? I just binge watched all of Season 1, and while I knew the outcome a few episodes in, I was still highly impressed with the acting and storyline. The wife is into GoT, while I am not (odd being a fantasy fan) so I sprung for the HBO package on Amazon Prime. It was cheaper than renting all of GoT for her to watch. I was interesting in WW, so it worked for both of us. I am really interested in how they do a Season 2.

With Facebook and Instagram and Twitter, I can see how individual forum based chat was a losing proposition. But I don't subscribe to those mediums. Even if it makes me the minority. I accept that even at a relatively young age, I am becoming a dinosaur.

Totally. If I could swing it, I would not even hesitate to buy a pair of Stainless Detonics .45ACPs to wear in a double Alessi Shoulder Rig. The Colt XM177 is my favorite AR variant. I have built my main rifle to mimic it in modern terms. I have carried a Bali-Song (Benchmade Type 44) for well over twenty years. However I think the 9x19mm is superior in modern form to .45ACP based on capacity vs. capability. So I carry Glock 19s. Oh, and I have used the same Zippo for 20+ years, and I ride a Harley. Though not a Low Rider. I eat Mountain House foods... The list goes on. Jerry Ahern brainwashed millions of us in the early 80s. And we know it, and accept it. Other than Dragonlance, The Survivalist is my other book series I collect. I have complete bookshelves dedicated to each series. My wife tolerates it, to the point of naming my daughter Takhisis.

I was thinking of John Thomas Rourke myself, but with vertical holsters. I am leaning toward the Galco VHS system, since I am a holster whore. The nice thing about having multiple of the same platform is not having to duplicate accessories.

I grabbed a Gen 3 Factory Remanned G19 for $450 and a S&W M&P 22 Compact at $350 last week. Now I want a fancy shoulder harness for my not quite finish matching G19s...

I get it, it truly do, but being a person that started with the real time chat revolution twenty years ago, sometimes it is hard to move on. Forums give everyone time to chime in at their own pace. Being a firm believer in texting philosophy (I will respond when I have time not necessarily right now) I appreciate forums, as shown with my decades plus devotion. I just think that a chat function is good for that bonding experience. I lament at the moving on of technology and that live chat is seen as a legacy.

I found the Dark Theme thanks to this thread, and I much prefer it, and much like Omega, I have just learned to highlight text I can't read in my chosen native theme.

We made it back to the range on Saturday, she knocked it out of the park. I am really impressed with how she handles the pistol. She has the function down like a pro, thumbs forward, and decimates the target. It is a shame it will be another calendar year before she can compete with a pistol in competition.

Title says it all. I wasn't the most religious user, but it was nice to have. Does the current build support it? If not, I get it it. Forum=/=Chat is all. Sometime I like a realtime response.

The recoil spring and associated, it is how they kept the bore axis so low. The video explains it in part.

Even more evidence that charcoal is the way to go.

Her eyes and ears are matching. That was her reward for bringing home two regional first place finishes this season. We set the goal at the end of last year. Now the goal is two first place finishes from state, or five first place finishes from regional. The prize is a custom 10/22 in whatever her favorite color is at the time. Right now it is purple.

That was an expensive range trip. S&W M&P 22 Compact. She can load it herself, work the slide herself and clear malfunctions as the range rental was filthy and would fail to feed every dozen or so rounds. After 100 rounds (and our hour) she begged me to buy one for her. She was grumpy when I told her we were going shooting, but after she beat me at Battleship (with highly skewed rules that changed every shot...) she has been pretty pleased with herself.

That would work for my heathen, not my wife. To tell my heathen that I am giving her a pair of Glock 19s, she would be thrilled. My wife, pissed that I spend $800 on guns, instead of Harry Potter memorabilia. I mean, who the eff is Harry Potter?!

It really pisses my wife off though. I have learned that if I buy similar looking ones she doesn't catch on. I mean, all Glocks looks the same, right?

I am kinda upset, I don't see any contact information there, I just happen to have vacation time coming up.

I get free cruises and hotel stays all the time. If it weren't for the fact I have had this cell number for nearly twenty years, I would change it, then it would all start again of course. We don't have a home phone. The funniest part is that I still have and 865 number, even years after leaving ETN. So I assume I am supposed to pick up whenever I seen an 865 number call?

I saw one at Cabelas last night. I am not sure it translates well in person. It is still a unique take though.