Murgatroy

This thread has both made me glad about society, and sad at the same time.   It is a shame that this world has become so distinctly 'us and them.'

I know that my car will throw fireballs from the sidepipe when you rev it up unloaded.   It is also loud enough to wake the dead with a straight pipe off of the turbo.   I drive like a little old man though in most situations, and she behaves then.

The Welderup crew built that, and it is awesome. The guy that owns the shop also produced, acted in and provided all the vehicles for the Five Finger Death Punch video of their version of House of the Rising Sun. I don't say cover, since it has been covered so many times that it is uncertain of who wrote it, or begat it to who.

I keep telling myself that I don't need one of these.   Stop it.

I had the 7.5" version, it was a lot of fun. I always wanted to get the conversion cylinder, but I never did.

Before the shortage my daughter and I would go to the range about once a month and shoot through a ~500 brick. After the shortage started we cut that down to about every three months. I had plenty of ammo in reserve. I have used some of that for trading over the last two years to help folks go shooting. Always at reasonable rates, even giving some of it away.   Throughout this whole panic I have managed to buy several hundred rounds through Walmart. Mostly CCI Mini-Mags. Some standard velocity, and even some subsonics. Cabelas however has been the most reliable, I have been able to purchase several thousand rounds through them, at reasonable (not pre panic though) prices. I suppose the difference is that I normally stop by sniffing for it around 8-9am. Since the Academy opened up here, they have always had it in stock, though only in 50/100 quantities.   I hope this isn't the new normal, as I miss going to the range and shooting a brick with my daughter often, but as it sits, I haven't been without rimfire (or any other caliber I need) through this whole thing due to prior stockpiling and rationing. It was just the way I was raised. You don't fall below a minimum number on any caliber. And that number on rimfire is twice what it is on any centerfire caliber.

My understanding is that the home/state will put a lien on the property. They won't sell it until after death on the chance that the owner can/will go home. After death it will be auctioned off.

I like that, does it come in different lengths for someone trying to build as light as possible?

I have to say I like it, not only because I do, but because I just built the same thing over Christmas. I used a 14.5 barrel, and all Magpul furniture and then topped it with a carry handle. It is a joy to shoot, virtually no recoil and is very compact.

GI guns turn me on. I bet that thing is going to be awesome.

Ubuntu is the easiest for folks to learn on. It is the most 'Windows Like.'   I have been running Bodhi on my netbook because it is pretty stripped down and fast. But it does take a little bit of learning to use. 

It will make for a decent extra AR, my daughter has already asked if it was for her. 

Oh and to contribute to the original topic, we use a Rossi Overland 20" SxS Coach Gun for HD in my home, and have for two generations and 40 years.

It is my understanding that in Tennessee (and Kentucky as that is where I now reside) that if you are found to be justified in a clean shoot, you are immune from civil suit. Kentucky is also a state that in order to even be arrested and charged there must be probable cause that the shooter was not acting in self defense.   IMO it should be pretty easy in a state with Castle Doctrine/Stand Your Ground Laws to be found justified in a home invasion situation.   Tennessee (and Kentucky) is also among the few states that allow a defendant to be reimbursed for all fees if he successfully defends himself for a justified shooting in a civil suit.   [url=http://lawofselfdefense.com/statute/ky-503-085-justification-and-criminal-and-civil-immunity-for-use-of-permitted-force-exceptions/]Kentucky's Laws.[/url]   [url=http://lawofselfdefense.com/statute/tn-39-11-622-justification-for-use-of-force-exceptions-immunity-from-civil-liability/]Tennessee's Laws.[/url]

I wasn't trying to go cheap, but at the price, I couldn't pass it up. Finished the assembly tonight. Anderson lower, $63 OTD from Buds. PSA rifle build kit from Easter, PTAC upper, 16" midlength gas system, 1/9 twist. PSA Freedom lower build kit. $387 delivered. I haven't decided what to do about sights/optics.

I heard similar, that it was retribution for attempting to unionize. This is what is going around at Target as to why they were shut down.

Bandit on vacation.

I have bought my mother and wife both guns. Both times they were with me at the store. Both times I plainly asked the clerk "Who does the 4473? I am buying this for her." Both times, different stores, the clerk told me "You are paying, you are doing the 4473. You are gifting the gun."   My understanding on what makes a Straw Purchase is if you are buying the gun with the knowledge that the other person is otherwise legally prevented from purchasing the gun themselves, and obviously you are using their money.   This is also clearly explained on the 4473 if you read the definition of Question 11.a. "However, if Mr. Brown goes to buy a firearm with his own money to give to Mr. Black as a present, Mr. Brown is the actual transferee/buyer of the firearm and should answer “YES” to question 11.a."

The OP is trolling us. He has to be...     Jar Jar was an abomination.    The dynamic between Han and Chewie was superb. R2D2 was an is still the funniest of the whole bunch. Han and Leia were hilarious together "Scruffy looking nerf herder!" Need I say anything beyond 'Let the Wookie win,' to prove the vast superiority of the original trilogy for comedy?   If you can't grasp the tatamount importance of Han shooting first, I am not sure anything we say can impress upon you that Han WAS NOT a good guy. He was in it for the money, then the girl. Only at the end did he become a good guy.   The CGI was acceptable to me. It allowed a greater depth of realism to the characters, though puppetry has never bothered me and I consider Labyrinth to be an American Classic.   Now, and this might get me some flaming from others, I will agree that III was a good film. In fact, I will go as far to say that III was my favorite of the entire series. It is my opinion that the story was always about Darth Vader. Han may have been the hero (not Luke, Han) but Vader was always the main character. The completeness that was granted to his character in III from his fall, his defeat and then his rebirth, that to me was what I always wanted in watching the story. 

Easy killer. I ride.   This idiot made a choice to ride like a total asshat on a public road. He brought this on himself. If the driver saw him, he never had a chance to react with the idiot running at 100MPH on a two lane highway.   Yeah. The driver bears little responsibility IN THIS INSTANCE.   When Paul Walker and his buddy went out in a blaze of glory on the light pole, I said the same thing. And if some jackass were doing this in a Pinto, I would say the same thing. If you play stupid games, you win stupid prizes. To claim that the biker was 100% innocent in this and the onus is all, or even in a major part on the driver is an ignorant statement.

If we assume the car saw him, the driver had no way of knowing that the squid was doing 100MPH in traffic. The driver had plenty of time to complete the turn had the rider been doing 60MPH, which was the speed limit.   This accident is 100% (or should we say 97%) on the rider, not the driver.

Having gone the three speed route with a V8 before, it is a lot of fun, but it tops out way to soon to be any fun for anything other than roasting tires. The fact that any form of rapid shifting locks the linkage up also take a whole lot of the fun out of it. Anytime you think you are going to chirp second gear with a really fast shift just locks you on the front track and you have to stop, get out and twist the linkage to free it. It can be pretty embarrassing after an epic burn out.   As for the rear end, I have run more V8 swaps on four cylinder rear ends than I can count and never had a problem. However, I hate a Chevy rear end and I hate c-clips even more. Unless you are out doing clutch drops with slicks on it, I am sure you would be fine.           As for all the fancy engine ideas, unless you are an electrical engineer, or a very dedicated mechanic, don't. If you don't even know where to begin with finding a SBC, you will never get a VQ, an RB, or any other super computer controlled engine to run. If you have to go new, just get an LSX with a standalone/swap harness and drop in it. Being unique is great and all, but it is also a really fast way to lose a lot of money and have a car sit in your garage for the next fifteen years until you get frustrated and sell it to someone else with the moon in their eyes.   Rebuild the six. Learn as much as you can. Learn so much that folks ask you the advice. Then you will know if you are capable of doing something absurd.   For the record I have been working and tuning on the same car for fifteen years, and she is absurd. I have more money poured into her than any man has a right too on a 25 year old POS Toyota. But I am also the guy that everyone comes to with a question regarding the platform.   So smoke, I am not blowing up your ass.   Experience and grounded reality I am.

Congrats.   My daughter was the best thing that ever happened to me.

You can find a SBC all day long on Craigslist.   It is going to be cheaper and easier than hotrodding a straight six.   There are a lot of things to take into account though. New motor mounts, transmission, transmission crossmember/mount, driveshaft, etc, are just the start.   If you choose to hotrod the straight six, you will be unique and staying true to the car as it left the factory.   It is all up to you and your personal taste.   I could be down with either option.

Different strokes for different folks. I have a lot of money invested in my rattletrap Celica that can zip through corners like it is on rails.