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I am an engineer and have designed a few springs.... A properly designed spring will not weaken by being left compressed. And by "properly designed" I mean designed such that the stress in the spring when compressed to the max in its application is low enough that the material doesn't fatigue significantly over time/cycles. Sometimes it's not physically possible to do that. The requirements of packaging, rate, etc. may be such that you simply can't get there and the spring will eventually fail in one way or another. And while a spring may be designed for "infinite" life, sometimes they don't get made correctly. The temper may be off a bit or it may have some corrosion or something like that. When people disassemble anything with a spring in it, they tend to like mashing the spring completely flat into "coil bind". That's generally a really bad idea. If the spring doesn't go into coil bind in its application, it's likely you're over stressing it by doing that and causing permanent damage to the spring. The same thing goes with extension or torsion spring. Stretch or twist them too far and you'll ruin them.

I will test this soon.  Next time I go to Memphis and root through my Mom's attic I know there is a 20-round Colt M16 magazine fully loaded with blanks somewhere.  Got it when I was a kid and there's no telling how long it was loaded before I got it...at least 35 years.

A dog is the only thing on this earth that loves you more than he loves himself. - Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw

So now I can not get three boxes of .22 instead of not getting only one.   - OS

    These two statements are really important, and provide some clarity in this argument that should be carefully considered.   As has been said many times here before, "statists are gonna state." It's the nature of the beast.  All three of our branches of government are guilty of power grabbing.  This isn't a new thing.  It's been happening since the very beginning of our country.  It's expanded under republican leadership.  It's expanded under democratic leadership.  It's expanded under non-partisan guises simply because it's the government thing to do.  People don't go to Washington to reign in the government.  Even if they talk "small government," they go to Washington because they think they know better than everyone else how to run it.  They're going to grab power where they can...all of them.   There are things that the average American should be concerned about.  Warrantless surveillance, drone strikes, no-knock raids and gun confiscation all qualify as things to be concerned about.  Some of them not simply because they violate our "rights", but also because we're better than that and ought to be asking harder questions instead of taking the easy way out.  BUT, there's still a gulf of separation between where we are now, and a drone killing someone without oversight on American soil or the government going door to door in Connecticut and grabbing peoples' guns.    Perspective matters, and we have to keep that in mind to avoid be marginalized as "tinfoil hatters."  There's a lot of distance between where we are today and needing load up our magazines.  Unfortunately, when our rhetoric focuses on hanging politicians from the yardarm we neglect the most basic action that our founding fathers gave us to take back control.    Vote.  Get out there and get involved.  Blog about it.  Speak about it in the media.  Talk to your neighbors in your community.  Don't let the big guys control the dialogue simple because of their size.  If the internet has given mankind one thing, it has given voice to the common man in ways it's never happened before.  Don't squander that voice.   The vast majority of our members on this forum are here because of their love of guns.  But remember, shots fired in anger will change this American experiment in ways that cannot be undone.  Your life will not be the same.  You won't go home to suburbia and get on with your life.  What follows won't resemble what was.   There may come a day when armed conflict comes again to our shores - even from within. But, we're a long way from that day.  And, our actions today can prevent that day from coming.    You have more power than any citizen in the world has ever had.  People are giving their lives worldwide right now for just a taste of the power that we take for granted.  Go out there and use it!

In defense if the shooter, I'm pretty sure I heard the moose refer to him as a creepy cracker before attacking. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Well, pretty much! This big feller was running down OHB close to the Nolensville Road intersection. My wife after a while and some burger bribing got him to get into her Rogue. She took him to the vet and had his toenails clipped and checked for a chip. He had one, and she got ahold of the previous owner. But she had sold the dog and had no contact info on the person she'd sold him to. We're putting ads up tomorrow and hopefully the rightful owner will get their dog back. I'm sure someone is worried sick. Well, I hope so, I hope he wasn't dropped somewhere! He is HUGE!! 129 pounds and for now he's not sure about me but loves the girls. Anyway, here are a couple of pictures of Mr. P. (My daughter said he's as big as a pony so Mr. Pony it is) :rofl:

Next thing you know, there will be no limit to the number of boxes you can't get!  Good to know that the shortage is coming to an end ...

Dang, you guys are harsh. It sounds like I have to be an unarmed moose expert, willing to risk being killed or injured by a wild animal in lieu of harming it, in order to go snowmobiling with you guys.

  I can assure , she was raise in a home that has high morals and she was an honor roll student all of her years in school. She dated many very nice respectable young men and because she is a beautiful young lady she could have had her choice of a lot good upstanding young men. When her mother saw her heading down a wrong path she tried many times to talk to her about some of the nice young men she dated. The only excise she gave her mother for not wanting to choose one of them was they were boring and she liked men that were exciting. Well I guess she is now learning just what exciting can do for her future. We as a family are going to take the steps necessary to protect her and her baby and when he decides that the paper means nothing to him and he will do as he pleases that may end up being the biggest mistake of his life because then he will deal with family which may be detrimental to his health and physical well being...............jmho  

  A real good example of this... read Jan Brewer's statement on her veto of the anti-gay bill in Arizona. One of her justifications was that the PEOPLE weren't asking for the law. It was dreamed up inside the legislative bubble. Politicians, in general, need to get in touch with their constituents, or be thrown out of office.

 May just be me but this situation seems to share some details of the Zimmerman/Martin fiasco. Both "to-be shooters" made a mistake in pursuing causing them to be attacked then shooting to get themselves out of it... 

I prefer the term OCD (Ordinance Collection Disorder). I'm in a 12 pistol program and am taking it one range visit at a time.

If it makes you feel any better, I've seen kids in places where they don't have access to violent music/TV/video games and they were more evil in their actions than any kid I've ever seen in the states; far worse than this story here. It may be hard to think back, but boys between the ages of 10-14 are some of the evilest little things out there. They are at an age where they're being hit with hormones that are out if control while trying to fit in to a social construct resembling a pack of wild chimpanzees, and their ability for empathy isn't quite developed. Really, if you want to see the true nature of what humans used to be before society was established, observe a group of boys that age who aren't being supervised. It is nothing new. The key here is having good parents who teach their kids right and wrong so they will make better choices. But peer pressure is a mofo. It ain't easy for a kid that age to overcome that and I think we forget what that was like. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

His markings are beautiful, if we don't find the owners I'm pretty sure we're going to keep him. I know how devastating it is to lose a dog, so I hope that if he's ran away that we can find the owners. I know one thing, his growl would definitely make sure the house and us are safe....that's if they don't even see him LOL.

There's definitely at least some Dane in that pooch. Beautiful dog. I wish I could say that I'd take him if you don't find his owner, but the two we have are already a handful. 

Okay, I'll try a couple more.   I'm assuming there is a small section of wrench left.  Can you use visegrips and clamp on the end of the wrench enough to use it as a makeshift allen wrench?   If so, choke up on the wrench as close to the end as you can so it's less likely to twist into again.   It's hard to tell in the picture but if there is enough threads exposed could you find two nuts that fit the threads and screw them on using one as a jam nut and then unscrew the set screw?

  It's almost certainly true that the cases won't. However, the bimetal bullets that are generally part and parcel with steel cased ammo will most definitely accelerate barrel wear.   Extractor wear and whatnot from steel cases is anecdotal only, but the barrel wear from the bimetal bullets has been empirically demonstrated.     - OS

Since we are on the subject of magazines I know there are a number of folks that served in Nam and other theaters of war both then and even now. Back when I was in Nam we always smacked our loaded magazines against our helmets before reloading into the gun to prime the magazine. How many guys still do that today while at the range regardless of what Semi Auto your shooting. I know your not wearing helmets but I will tap mine on the gun rest plate in front of me to prime the magazine before putting it in the gun. If shooting out doors I will bang it on heal of my boot. It is a habit I got into and I am just curious how many folks still do that today with their magazines? That may answer one of the questions being raise here. Do folks here think magazines that have been loaded for a long period of time may just need to be primed before loading in gun?...........just curious

I have plenty of spare Magpul anti-tilt followers as I generally use aluminum mags and sometimes have to replace an outdated follower. If you want, PM me your address and I will throw one in the mail to you just to see if it helps the mag work better for ya.

What you are missing is metallurgy. You just discovered that not all springs are created equal. It depends on what the spring is made out of and how it is tempered. You can get bad springs, or bad heat treat. Any time you see someone making blanket statements about things involving metallurgy, physics or ballistics you should be skeptical. Is a magazine that has been in storage for thirty years good to go? No, but that doesn’t mean it won’t work when you try it. Here a couple of other blanket statements that I can assure you are false: Dry firing won’t hurt your gun. Steel case ammo won’t hurt your rifle.

Ishel.... It's been my experience that with military brass (...both 223 and 308...) that if the brass has been shot out of full auto guns (...and lots of it has been...); the brass is stretched a bit as to length and it may be a tad swelled at the base; but it's nothin that cant be fixed by first resizing the brass completely and trimming it after re-size... We've done lots of 308 that way...   It's been my experience that military brass is good stuff; but you need to just go ahead and resize it (...we completely resized it and ran it thru a case gage...); then trim it to size and neck ream it as necessary; as sometimes the case mouth gets a bit thick... It will work just fine; but you cant take any shortcuts like not re-sizing it or not checking for trim to length... If i wuz shootin it in a semi-auto i would use a small base re-sizer to resize to minimum chamber size...   We always shot ours thru bolt guns; but the M1a guys always prepped their brass the same way...   Hope this helps... leroy

I could not find anything offical, but searching for load data for that round (well, for generic fmj 230s anyway), time and time again people posted closer to 4.5 grains.   You should consult a validated source, but I suspect you could use a little more oomph and it might solve this problem.   I back this up with experience -- I am very cautious when I make a load and often my initial loads, which tend to have a rather low charge, will keyhole.  And every time increased loads straighten up.   I dont have experience with that powder, so this is all educated guesswork intended to provide a direction for you to investigate. 

I had someone try to doggy nap my Lilly. Had that happened they would have had a very, very bad day. Our road is a dead end road and they stopped on the way in and tried to get her into their truck. They took off when they seen that I had seen them. I can honestly say that when it comes to my dogs I will put their safety above most humans.   It infuriates me when I see how some people treat animals and wish domesticated animals, such as dogs and cats, had the same level of protection as people enjoy. I would love for the penalties for killing an animal, without justification, carried the same penalties as if they had killed a person without justification. Or if they decide to abuse an animal the penalties should be the same as if they abused a child. And if you abandon an animal you should be required to pay for all care and medical treatment until the animal is adopted.   Too many people consider animals disposable. And all animals want to do is please. No dog is born aggressive or mean, it is only after they have been exposed to awful people that they turn mean.

If you in knoxville head over to LES (mike dresner) in oak ridge. he can get it out and re-thread it and set you up good. 

I do understand that it's a sacrifice but there is also home schooling. If there is anything I've learned in my life it's that, with rare exception, people can do and will find a way to do what's truly important to them.  Yes, private school is expensive and home schooling is not inexpensive either when you get right down to it but unless this family is on the bottom of the income ladder I suspect there are plenty of things they could give up that would free up enough $$$ resources to make private or homeschooling possible for their kids. How many of these stories do we have to hear before people wake up and realize that public schools today, even in good 'ol Tennessee are nothing but indoctrination centers to teach children how to bend the knee to government...to believe the exact opposite of true history?  We have a lot of conservatives/libertarians on this forum who scream about wanting personal liberty, freedom and small (or sometimes NO) government yet they seem just fine with the federal government dictating to TN schools what they must teach and how they must teach it using textbooks that are full of liberal BS and sometimes, outright lies...why aren't you storming the capital building demanding that TN get the federal government out of our TN classrooms and stop dictating?

I couldn't wait. I grabbed a Ruger SR9c. Plenty small, light, and accurate as all get out.

[quote name="sigmtnman" post="1117404" timestamp="1393503380"]This may sound like blasphemy, but I was finally able to try some Pappy 15yr the other night at Hennen's in Chattanooga. It was distinctive, but I can't say it was better than Weller 107. Even if they carried the same price tag. That said, I'll definitely give it another go if I see some and I would like to try the older varieties as well. Oh, and if anyone knows where to get some Weller 12 anywhere around Chattanooga or Knoxville, please let me know as I've been wanting to try some.[/quote] I have a bottle of Pappy 15 ie yet to open, I'll have to try and review McScrooges on Cedar Bluff had Weller 12 a couple weeks ago.

Rodney Carrington... them and beer. lol

Might have to get one of those patches to sew on this

Tattooing and piercing has been around for over a millennium, I find it a way of celebrating my individuality, not a form of mutilation.There are a multitude of beliefs and ideals behind body modifications, but very few voluntary modifications are considered mutilations in any culture. To be considered mutilation it is usually a mark done by someone else to represent a shame.    But again, we are all entitled to our own opinions, no matter how baseless and ignorant they are.   As for how I was raised, I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. It made me who I am, I know how I got here, I know why I feel the way I feel and I know why I make the choices I make. I like who I am, and I am pleased with the life I lead.        The point that I am making is that it is dangerous to judge a person, much less an entire generation on a brief cut clip of a single moment. You might be seeing a person at their best, or their worst.

  Every now and then its fun to be the pisser instead of the pissee...

Magnum comes on every night at 8 pm if you have Encore Classic.  I grew up on it too and enjoy tuning in again to watch Higgins' haughtiness.

They seem to be nice folks, but I was turned off at the high delivery fees. I ended up buying elsewhere and getting free delivery to my door.

Since the newest coin was 1894, I doubt if the previous owner(s) are still around ...   I don't know anything about California laws on found items on your personal property.  I don't know anything about Tennessee's laws on this subject either.  But I can promise that if I were to ever find anything like that, there won't be internet posts, forum threads, interviews or any other public information about it ...

After midnight! After midnight!

...were gonna let it all hang down?

Tom Selleck is one of my all time favorite actors. The wife loves him. Magnum PI was a great show.

  Which one? I went to Daytona Bike Week for a day once, but only because I was curious & happened to be living in Orlando at the time. Watching the Daytona 200 was neat, but that was about it for me. I'm not into bars or huge crowds in general, so it's not really my thing. I'd rather ride around with a small group of close friends than with a mob of strangers.

  I don't call it addiction. I call it obsession! Sounds tamer!!

Going on the facts that I know little about snowmobiles   1 How deep of snow can they go in? 2. How easy are they to maneuver? 3. how long would it take to turn around. 4. There was another person behind him. you can see this at the end of the video. Was this guy impeding rearward movement? 5. Was it a family member (a kid) behind him? 6. I'd probably would yelled at the thing to try to get it to "move". I know nothing about Moose. 7. It did charge him. More than once. And did attack him.   Yeah, I probably would have done the same. Based on what I can see in the video. And based on the answers I see here, I'd be strung up and imprisoned. Yikes...... Glade you guys are not game wardens.

And thats why I'm not brand loyal. I'd rather ride a cheap metric I can afford than look at pictures of Harley thats out of reach right now. Those lil motors are pretty peppy. Consdering how most people ride, 40 or more horsepower is usually plenty for cruising. That said, Id love to have one of the new Vmaxs. Nothing like rolling burnouts at 40 mph Tapatalk ate my spelling

I did. And those prayers were answered because I fixed the car and traded a rifle tha I might use once a month, and hadn't been able to sell, for a motorcycle I can ride to work everyday. My truck averages 16 mpg. This averages 50 mpg. Insurance is cheap on it at less than $100 a year. So yes, when I have less than $150 (tags and insurance) in a new mode of transportation that will save me tons on gas and maintenance cost it was a good finacial decision. Its not like I went and burdened myself with a huge monthly payment or something else that will be a finacial burden. I can park this tomorrow and I'll never pay another dime on it. Tapatalk ate my spelling

An old Indian Chief once said, "Only the white man would cut a foot off of a blanket, sew it on the other end and think he had a bigger blanket"

  Not a thing wrong with you. I am the same way - got everything I want. Haven't bought a gun in three years and haven't seen anything I gotta have.   It's called being content.

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I'm starting to question leaving the house in general. It's dangerous out there.

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