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Wow , going back to my rock roots. Still listening to the likes of Iron Maiden , Alice Cooper , .38 Special , Slayer , Slipknot , Kiss and other great bands of the past still leads me back to my roots of metal ; Black Sabbath. Not that The Stones , The Who , The Guess Who , Grand Funk and who else are not part of my library but when I first decided to take up the bass ; Gezzer Butler , John Entwistle and Mel Schacher were my idols. The new Black Sabbath 13 rocks my stereo (IPOD) just as the older ones , for once they have put out a collection that is close to the first 4 presses of vinyl , if you are old enought to recall it. Not that there is a problem with something like Technical Ecstasy or Never Say Die, prob the only mid life band albums I loved prior to the Dio days. Dio days are a different thread. Regardless , if you are a Sabbath fan of old I think you will be pleased with this release. It's like the days of old although missing Bill Ward ; he says he's too tired and they can't get along. Kind of like when Tony Iommi decided he couldn't play with Jethro Tull anymore back in the 60's , Tony didn't like a leader of a band ; so what about Ozzy ? " Good Night , We Love You All ! "

10 to 1 says they are at Academy and Walmart on tues / thurs waiting on their inventory truck to show???

Cleaning his gun my a$$. He was playing with his new gun. Dumba$$ should have known he could have put someone's eye out.

Lighting up the room and that loud bang is a pretty good warning. They just gotta be quick. :)

[quote name="confidence" post="1022141" timestamp="1377576467"] Not sure what I think about this Pincus video: I think for me it would be more like this: 1. If there is time, the family would barricade in the safe room without me 2. I would positively identify the target as a BG (especially important at night) and then pull the trigger I know it would likely not be that cut and dried as there could be other complexities, but I'm not sure I agree with his version, including the idea of verbally warning the BG that you have a gun.[/quote] I have kids to protect. Any apprehension on my part to eliminate the threat puts their lives at risk, especially due to my floor plan. Anyone who illegally enters my home does not deserve the benefit of the doubt, and anyone who risks their lives by giving an intruder the benefit of the doubt is being foolish. The benefit of the doubt ends at the locked door or window they came through. The locked door was their warning.

I have been an Iron Maiden fan for 28 years. This September 5 I will finally see them in concert for the first time. I'm as giddy as a little schoolgirl. 

My goodness but that's cute!!   On a serious note, if you do take one of these pups, please get him/her fixed unless you are willing to take on grandpups in a few years. So many heartbreaking stories of animals being sent to the pound would never happen if people spayed their pets.  Smith--is it too late to spay mama?  I think that should be done.

Brother TGO'rs, I came across this just a bit ago, and thought y'all would get a good laugh. Enjoy! DaveS Crack'a American

You are doing something wrong. There is no way you got two sets of bad dies. If so go buy a lottery ticket because the odds are astronomical you did.           When you got the replacement die did you put the original decapping pin in that die too? Completely remove the decapping pin and run a case inside the sizing die. Does it still come out looking like a sharpened pencil?   It almost sounds like you have the seater rod in the sizing die rather than the decapping rod.   Take a picture of the problem die and make sure to include a view inside.

F. J. J. !

  Retaliation=prison in ANY state. Not a good word in this context.

I would always "warn" if I have a safe opportunity to do so...why wouldn't I??? I not armed just so I can shoot someone, especially if it can be avoided; if the home invader (or the thug in any given situation) can be warned and he decides to make an intelligent decision to disengage then so much the better. This is right in line with most every other training I've had including Massad Ayoob.

Only "law abiding" gun owners will be affected, since criminals don't buy their guns & ammunition at retail outlets, they buy them on the streets or they just steal them. As mentioned in the video, this is simply an attempt to curb the sales of firearms & ammunition just like they did by taxing the crap out of tobaccco products. Maybe this is just what this nation needs, a reminder of what happened when King George raised the taxes on the tea being imported into the colonies? Of course I couldn't condone tossing perfectly good ammunition into the Boston harbor though.

My credo: More than 4 legs, kill it. 4 legs, it stays outside. 2 legs, ok. 1 leg, get it a wheelchair.

nah, if I wanted to drive a bunch of muscle cars, steal money, shoot cops, and beat up hookers I'd just move to Detroit. 

  I think Obama needs to pick up his trusty sword and lead the charge, bein' commander in chief and all.

So, what happens when you put together a medium ALICE pack, ALICE frame, MOLLE straps, and a MOLLE sleep system carrier? You get what is affectionately known as the "Hellcat" pack by the dude who originally did a write-up on it over on Survivalist Boards. In any case, I built this one to try out. I'm out of town this weekend, but I'm looking forward to giving it a go. It is very adjustable and should adjust all the way through the range of kids (age 10+ probably) to adult torso sizes. It's not as lightweight as today's ultralight packs (obviously), but it's not painfully heavy by any means.

not around my area.  when i see 16 gauge ammo i buy it.  got to feed my sweet 16 bird gun. 

  You're not kidding. That guy is FAST. But Nicko is the reason I play the drums. He is definitely one of the most underrated drummers out there. The guy is GOOD.

Reminds me of the bruise I got when I thought it would be funny to let off both barrels at once on my coach gun when I was kid.   Stupid hurts.   Glad you didn't get stung.

I really, really, really, really, REALLY hope that Honey Boo Boo does not watch MTV.........

Its way to early for them to go anywhere yet..Please keep them at least another month..12 weeks is the best age..before that they are still learning from mom and at 4 weeks they are to young to get any shots really. 4 weeks is the bare minimum for shots..And they are so sucsebtible to Parvo at that age also... I know you said the mom is not feeding them but still  4 weeks is to early..

That looks amazing! I was gonna try to make a tomahawk out of a ball peen hammer tomorrow, this makes me want to even more! I need some tomahawks for a ministry I'm getting into. Since I make things similar I can't seem to cough up the cash to go buy one!

We have 8 dogs, 7 cats and 11 chickens, yall need to catch up. I will offer to take any that have to go to the pound.

Do you have to provide your own lube or do they prefer going in dry? Tapatalk ate my spelling.

I hope they go out of business.

One of the big issues is that some people believe that Jackson and Sharpton are black leaders. Until you realize that they are nothing more than self serving profiteers you continue to provide them with a lucrative platform when you elevate them to the status of "Black Leaders". Blacks pull out Sharton and Jackson when they want to make the most amount of noise that will give their voices an opportunity to be heard as in the Martin case. Other than that no one has a need for Jackson or Sharpton. I would imagine that both of them spend many hours searching for incidents to spin into racial crisis so that they can continue to line their pockets at the expense of the poor, ignorant black and white racist.

Sounds like we need to force the legislature to strengthen the preemption law huh?

The tea party, a new confederacy? Well, I dunno. That doesn't sound so bad to me.

Some of comments on that article are pretty funny.

  My thought, exactly.  I tend to view 'home invasion' robberies as being entirely different than a burglar who breaks into someone's home when the residents are away.  A home invader would be breaking in knowing full well that the residents are home.  Therefore, my line of thinking is that such an invader is prepared to 'deal' with the residents - i.e. inflict serious, bodily harm or death - if the invader meets with any sign of resistance.   I do think that, perhaps, the region in which one lives could make a difference in response.  In New York or New Jersey, meeting a homeowner armed with a firearm might not be as likely.  In East Tennessee, however, for someone to be 'anti-gun' often really means they don't like handguns and only believe in owning one shotgun with which to defend their home.  Any home invader who knows anything about this area has to assume that the home owner will be armed.  That being the case, were I to be the victim of a home invasion, it would be my assumption that the invader knows I am likely to be armed, has chosen to invade my home anyway and is prepared and equipped to meet my threat of armed defense with deadly force.  Therefore, I would have no desire to give him a 'heads up' and a chance to shoot me, first.    For that matter, such home invaders might even be prepared to take preemptive measures.  There was a case in South Knoxville a couple of years back where two individuals intended to invade the home of a sixty-something year old cancer patient (probably looking for his pain drugs.)  The gentleman was in another room when the invaders knocked on the door.  As the gentleman's son approached the door, the invaders shot through the door and killed him and killed the gentleman's fiance who was sitting in a recliner.  The gentleman returned fire with a handgun, killing one of the would-be invaders and wounding the other.   The Knoxville News-Sentinel is doing some 'new' things with their online material (requiring a paid log-in to view some things) so I am not sure if this link about that story will work or not:   http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/jul/25/three-shot-killed-in-apparent-home-invasion/?comments_id=1410870   I know that isn't exactly the same thing but my point is that shouting out a warning, to my thinking, only constitutes:   1. Giving up any element of surprise you might have had, 2. letting the invader know that you are armed - meaning he probably wants to go ahead and take you out now and 3. helpfully assisting the invader in pinpointing your location so he has a better chance of shooting you, first.   I absolutely, positively do not want to shoot anyone, ever, period.  That said, I have an infinitely greater desire to never be shot, myself.  In some, other instances I might issue a warning, first.  Heck, if someone were creeping around my (fenced in) yard at night I would certainly yell for them to go away (I live in a rural area where 'cutting through' yards does not happen.).  Once they are in the act of entering my home while I am there, however, to my thinking they intend to seriously harm or kill me and, at that point, I am protecting my life, not just property.

I never argued about the inequity of the law or how it is prosecuted. In fact, if you read back to my very first post on the subject you'll see that I acknowledge the issue and don't agree with it. The only thing I have argued against I this thread are folks who believe that black folks, as a whole, are partly responsible for the racist actions of other black people. They simply aren't. If it they were we would have to apply the same logic to white people. That is the only thing I've been arguing.

Are you putting lube on the shoulders and necks of your cases? If so, DON'T!!! You should put a very light coat on the straight part of the case body only, and perhaps just a touch on the rim of the case mouth.   What are you using for lube? I like the Lee tube of wax based lube.   Take the die apart and look inside it. The inside should be smooth and cylindrical, and shaped like your brass case. I'm betting the die is fine.   I have a bunch of RCBS dies, and aside from breaking the occasional decapping pin, I've had no trouble with them. I prefer Lee dies, but for reasons not linked to the problem you're having.   Could you post a picture of your brass after sizing?

I agree, life is about living, and carrying a handgun is about the best insurance policy to make sure you keep on living.  

Pincus is smoking crack. 

Been watchin this thread with interest.  Lots of good information has been passed along; especially with regard to sizing the brass, overall length, taper crimping, use of loaded round gages (...a must, i think, with semiautos -- pistol or rifle...).  I started off reloading for 38 special and 45 acp lots of years ago (...early 70's...).  Havin said that; here's the principal thing that ive learned in regard to semiauto pistols RE: the "...minimum powder charge..." and velocity thing:   The first rule of shootin reloads in a semiauto of any flavor is to understand that the pistol is designed for a particular loading.  That loading is the "factory load" for that particular pistol.  If your load does not meet the minimum impulse - momentum value for that particular loading (...momentum = mass times velocity...); the pistol may not cycle reliably.  The "source" of that failure can be not enough powder, too slow a powder, or too light a bullet. That is why all our brother opiners are recommending a load of at least 5 grains of bullseye in this particular case.   Said another way; your reload in a standard pistol (...standard recoil spring...) must meet the ballistics of a "factory round".  If ya want to find a reload combination that works in a "stock" pistol; ya need to first see what the factory load is with the particular bullet ya like; then go to the reloading tables to find one that develops at least the same velocity in your particular pistol at the same bullet weight.   Hope this gives a bit clearer perspective on this issue.  It works for all semiautos; regardless of caliber.   leroy  

French-Ukrainan-Canadian-Korean'N-American.   Is that better?

  This I do not understand.  Yes, I know if I'm careful nothing should happen. In reality, people make mistakes or slip at the wrong moment.  When I clean a gun I make sure it's unloaded upstairs, then I carry it downstairs and clean it in a room where there isn't so much as a single round of ammunition.  But maybe I'm just weird that way.

  WTF? Get you a camera and youtube away. Let us know how it works out for you. As far as I know, the cop in this case still has his job, and the youtube twerp's 15 minutes was up weeks ago.

At what point should I have stopped hoping Walt gets away with it all? I mean, I recognize he's a bad guy, but, but....

Yea I carry each time I boat and fish.  Those dudes in trucks by themselves with no boat and no fishing poles are spooky at the boat ramp!

I don't know for certain R_Bert, I'm thinking a combination of a healthy population + damage they are causing to both game birds & livestock.

Sir, that was very well said! In my opinion, the middle east is the cesspool of the planet. Let them settle it amongst themselves. What scares me is what Iran will do if the US strikes Syria?   Dave Crack'a American

  Very true and very timely as I was just reading the lawsuit against Paula Deen has been dropped.

Hard to say since I wasn't there, but I think that unless he had some direct influence over me I wouldn't have worried about it.   In these situations though what gets me is, it isn't the firearm the person is uncomfortable with....it is YOU with the firearm. If a LEO or some other "authority figure" was armed, he probably wouldn't have gave it a second thought.

So this site condemns folks like Jesse Jackson, Barack Obama, Al Sharpton and blames queers for making America weak?  Sounds to me like he could join TGO and fit right in; it looks as if he strongly condones gun ownership!   Some excerpts from that site:      

I agree, but as I said before, the issue is far more complex than that. They hate being treated differently because of their skin color. It happens far more than it should. there's just certian aspects of the issue that are difficult for the other side to understand.

.....   Aaron was running, through the yard of a house close to where he crashed the ambulance, at the fastest he could possibly move. The man was scared out of his mind in fear of losing his life. Following behind him at a pace that wasn't quite running nor walking either and in an almost stumbling fashion like that of a drunk, was his coworker. She was locked onto his back, following it like an FIM-92 Stinger missile. He began cursing himself, "@#$%, why didn't I stay with that cop?! God help me!!!!!" The scared man jumped a wooden fence, grabbing the top of it trying to pull himself over, as his chest began to clear the fence, his pursuer latched onto his leg sinking her teeth into his calf muscle. The average human has a bite pressure of 175 psi and this creatures biting power being far beyond that, rendered Aarons dickies pants like water and toliet paper. The man screamed and began shaking his leg violently trying to get his attacker to let loose but she did no such thing. Just as she began to go for a second helping he was able to use the opposite leg to kick the girl in the forehead sending her back and thus losing her grip on his now bitten leg.   Aaron used every bit of force that he could to pull himself over and came tumbling to the ground in a heap. When he landed, he felt what was akin to being punched in the neck. He grabbed his neck and looked at his hand, in the poor light he could see that there was a little blood on his hand but not much, just enough to match that of a nose bleed. He was confused, "What the Hell?" The pain on his leg made the pain in his neck seem like nothing. He sat up and then heard a sound which wasn't familiar to him, like that of a cicada in summer or a babies rattle. He looked to where the sound was coming from and drew his pen light from his cargo pocket, coiled there was a Timber Rattlesnake slithering away from him at a good speed. He groaned to himself, "Awh @#$%, can my day get any worse?" Sudden pounding on the wood scared the man to his feet where he then without realizing it put weight onto his leg that had been bitten, he screamed and began to hop like that of a wounded deer, trying to escape the pit of Hell he was surrounded by at the moment. He said to himself, "I'm not dying in this hell-hole!" He limped towards the yard of the house activating a motion sensor light on the porch, when it lit up Aaron recoiled in horror, an elderly man was there staring at him through the glass with a blank look about him; he then thrusted himself at the glass and began to claw at it in a slow but purposeful manner. Aaron fell onto his bottom, feeling as though he was cornered from all sides he sat there with his head between his legs, his neck now throbbing along with his leg. Aaron began to pray though he was an Atheist at this point he was willing to seek help from anyone, then he heard what sounded like an airgun and a sudden thump of a body on the otherside of the fence, "Is anybody alive over there?" Aaron thought at this point, 'If I make it through this I'm going to start going to church, I'll be a sonuvabitch if he wasn't listening!', he then spoke up, "Yeah, I'm here!" A man in full fatigues made his way over the fence, "Are you okay?", Jeb asked the man, "I've been bitten on my leg by the girl just shot and I've been bit on the neck by a rattlesnake!" Jeb chuckled, "Dude you are having one @#$% of a night but hang on a sec..." walking past the injured man, Jeb put the muzzle of his PS90 within inches of the plate glass door being careful to follow the mans head. Once Jeb believed he had an adequate bead on him he let go one whispered 5.7x28 round into the old mans head dropping him to the floor.   "Now then, where were we? Oh yeah, I was just about to tell you that you have two options. One is to turn into one of them." Aaron then had a horrified look that morphed his face into a panicked frenzy, "NO!!! Oh god no!" Jeb looked at him then with as serious as he could be, "The other choice is to die while your still human, I can help you with that but I won't do it unless you're absolutely sure." Aaron was about to respond when he began vomiting up blood, it was then he remembered how fast it had taken his coworker and killed her not five minutes away from truck accident she was bit at. He then realized no matter what happened, he was going to die tonight. Aaron looked to Jeb with a smile, "Well, I had a good run I guess." Jeb gave him a sullen smile, Aaron closed his eyes and began to whisper what he considered a prayer, Jeb then said, "Et Patris, Miserere mihi quid faciam. Amen.(And of the Father, have mercy on me, what I will do. Amen)" He then leveled the weapon to Aarons head and let loose a hushed round, Aarons body fell limp to the grass.