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I just wanted to remind everyone that no matter how busy we all get in our daily lives or how crappy our day has been to never forget to hold your loved ones close to you and hug them every day and tell them how much you love and appreciate them. This goes for our friends and buddies too!    I want to NEVER regret again not saying something or giving someone a well deserved hug or thank you. So please be kind to one another!   With that said Happy New Years to everyone and I pray that hope that 2015 brings success, hope, faith and love to everyone!

Here's the part of the couch I USED to sit on :rofl: They are wore out this New Years Eve!

http://youtu.be/0QtM7X0xYN8

is (at last) mostly done & ready for testing (who knows if it will actually run... but finished QA & function testing tonight) Needs optics installed, and adjusting of gas block. Oh yeah... got to install the Giessele National Match DMR trigger post testing, [url=http://s585.photobucket.com/user/HR_TR_2009/media/CIMG2398_zps43a37f39.jpg.html][/URL] [url=http://s585.photobucket.com/user/HR_TR_2009/media/CIMG2400_zpsc1d10301.jpg.html][/URL]

I wanted to take a minute to wish everyone on TGO and their families and Very Happy & Prosperous New Year....................... :up: :up: :up: :usa:

I'm gonna get these younguns in bed and go to sleep and get up and go hunting.

Did my mother in law make that picture? :eek:

Reminds me of when we had Siberians. Bedtime was a trip. Trying to get a pair out of the bed sometimes was a little bit of a problem. They considered it their bed. It wasn't unusual to wake up with a Husky nose in your face, or a set of big paws in your back. And the male was very protective of my wife. He'd get between us if I even tried to move over to her side of the bed. .

Are you saying that this story takes "doggie style" to whole new level?

My wife and I never celebrate NYE. It all goes back to a party we went to 37 years ago and involves a red headed woman wearing a dog collar. Sorta put us off the whole concept of New Years Eve. I'm watching the Beatles Hard Days night and drinking whiskey. All's well.

What is that saying Luke 6:31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.

  By this logic, the Surefire Mag5-60 would be along the lines of a 40mm grenade. 

My other Christmas present. My upper came in today and my pig yesterday. Still waiting on everything else. Palmetto states customer service is non existent right now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

He also says EVERYTIME he posts some kind of rant that they are in the minority of his business. Most that I can remember are because of customers that think he keeps everything in stock when his website plainly states a possible 6-8 week wait and then complain about why it hasnt been shipped....I would probably get tired of that myself at some point...

  I sincerely hope you've learned patience and fiscal responsibility...those two things are severely in short supply around here. Especially for me.

I love his attitude. At least he isn't kissing the ass of every moron who screws up an order then blames him. The customer is not always right. Of course it helps Ive ran quite a hit of his gear and its basically bomb proof.

And then I found this... be forewarned gents, it is CRUDE. But you MIGHT giggle. http://imgur.com/a/gLBU5

You can get a thermostat and gasket for less than 10 dollars. You could spend  that much or more in extra fuel by driving it like that.

  He has the appropriate tool right there.

Never, ever carry in a purse or bag. The reason is that is the first thing most bad guys grab leaving you without a way to protect yourself.

[URL=http://s612.photobucket.com/user/gregintenn/media/IMG_1885.jpg.html][/URL] [url=http://s612.photobucket.com/user/gregintenn/media/IMG_1886.jpg.html][/URL] Mine's a 4" with an Officer's grip frame. I can't find a bad word to say about it, I'd buy another one in a heartbeat. I've owned, fired, and otherwise tinkered with 1911s in many different brands and price ranges through the years. For all practical purposes, this one is as good as any.

Let's see if I get this right:   The top badge is the Combat Infantryman's Badge. The star indicates that he earned 2 of them.   Starting with the ribbons and moving left to right:   Row 1: Bronze Star Medal (agree with Dolo that there was possibly a "V" pinned there that broke off) Row 2: Army Occupation Medal; Korean Service Medal (3 stars = 3 campaign phases); United Nations Korea Service Medal Row 3: Purple Heart (silver oak leaf indicates 5 awards, plus the ribbon itself = 6 purple hearts); Army Good Conduct Medal (the double looped rope = 3 total awards); European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal  (3 stars = 3 campaign phases) <<Note that this ribbon is actually upside down>> Row 4: American Defense Medal; World War II Victory Medal; American Campaign Medal   The bottom one on the pocket in the gold border is the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation.   Conclusion: Your father was a certified badass!   ETA: updated based on additional info from Sidinman.   *A bronze oak leaf indicates an additional awarding of the same medal. 5 bronze oak leaves are replaced with 1 silver oak leaf.

Excited.  My wife just informed me my Christmas present was going to be a day late.  She ordered me a Rock Chucker supreme master reloading kit.  Delivery was rescheduled for Friday.  Been wanting to get into reloading for a long time but just never "pulled the trigger" on the purchase.  Yes, my wife is a keeper.

Looks good, Bert. You're gonna love that trigger. Shoot it before you do any adjustments. It may not need any.

Major maintenance on my fish tank. Pissed off girlfriend over said maintenance. Typical stuff :)

Happy New Years all. Today is my dads 89th birthday.

That is a Blackhawk Ergo Grip.   Honestly, the only other grip I have ever handled on the range is a standard AR grip. So, I really can't compare (other then I like mine better).

Sharing a bottle of wine with my wife, watching TV and working on some web site stuff.

We're staying home. Even if I was into big crowds, it's too damn cold out there.

Thats a tough battle to fight right there brother lol Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Waste not, want not...that saying is lost on me unfortunately....

You really can't argue with the Porsche he has parked outside of his shop.  He's an ass, yes, but he makes really, really good gear.  As far as anyone is concerned if you don't like his attitude you can always get the same things from other makers out there.

I'm local to Foohills WMA but I've never messed with it.  Last I checked it was one of the few WMAs that you could take pigs on.  It is very hard to access from the South side, it's 3+ miles of walking from the parking area until you get to the actual WMA.  The terrain is basically the side of a mountain so it's rough going.  There are usually a couple of trucks around the South side during Archery season but not usually much of anything around after that.  IMO it's a whole lot of rough walking just to get in there, I couldn't imagine hauling game out of there.

Thanks so much for the heads up!!! I was able to score 3 boxes! :D

Accuracy by volume. Give me a 240 with a lot of belts and a long and wide field of fire with a wall at my back. Or a Minigun hooked to a generator and the worlds longest ammo belt. The grid going down is a concern, but I have less worries than most. We have a draft horse so I dont have to worry about fuel production for farm work or transportation. We have wood stoves for heating and cooking, as well as axes and mauls for firewood harvesting and the knowledge to do so. The blacksmith shop can operate with zero electricty, etc. I feel like in light of such an event, were probably in the upper 10% of prepadness, though not quiet Amish level.

I think you need to use it to trim your toe nails !

Finished up the fix today.  Reused the gasket and replaced the leaking bulkhead pass through seal.  Man, I hate working under the vehicle.  Didn't help that to refill the fluid was a total PIA.  Almost as bad as Ford KNOWING the seal is bad, but wont pay to have it fixed.   All in all, I was down about 1/2 to 3/4 of a quart of fluid, so not bad, but I had a piece of cardboard under the tranny last night and it had a pretty good soaking of fluid.  Glad I did this now and didn't wait.

Heres the maintenance schedule for my H1 and a HMMWV is exactly the same. http://www.flashoffroad.com/Maintenance/Scheduled/scheduledMaint.htm BTW, if you didn't know what HMMWV stands for here you go: High-Maintenance-Money-Wasting-Vehicle

We'll changed the stock around to save some weight, but here it is finished. Now, I have to go shoot the thing and dial in the gas block.

  Gordon, if it helps, try to look at it this way:   The people that you and I generally think of as the "gun community" are the people who think like us.  They hold dear to traditional, dare I say conservative, values and believe in the principle of God, Family, Country.  They love Liberty and love what this great nation of ours once proudly stood for, and lament what it has become and is becoming.  They are "salt of the earth" people who believe in personal freedoms and desire that they be left alone while they in turn live and let others live.  For those folks... us... a firearm is either all or in part a tool of provision, protection and freedom.   When I frame my fondness for gun owners in that light, I generally do OK and am not regularly disappointed.   But when you bear in mind that anyone regardless of their character or morals can own a gun, as our Forefathers wisely engineered into the Constitution, it widens up the audience considerably and includes all kinds of people (good and bad) with all sorts of ideas (good and bad) and all manner of agendas (good and bad).  Thankfully we TGO'ers tend to be more of the first-paragraph type and run off the majority of society's turds that happen across our happy corner of the Internet.  But damned if there aren't still some complete and utter window-lickers out there who own guns and hurt us more than they help us.

If what you meant by 3rd row is above what Omega found, it looks like the European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal. http://www.medalsofamerica.com/Item--i-F051_Full_Size_List   Your father was the real deal, man.  But you already knew that.  A CIB with a repeat, and a Purple Heart with what looks like a silver leaf cluster means he had a helluva lot of lead thrown his way, and he caught more than his fair share of it.     I keep my Class 'A' jacket in the closet with the dry cleaning bag over it for the day where I might give it to a kid of my own when I pass on.  Glad to see your family kept his around for you.

  The other day I was going somewhere with my wife and that Lee Brice song "Woman like You" came on the radio.  It got to the line "I'd keep my cash in a coffee can," I looked over at my wife and asked her if she knew why he kept his cash in a coffee can, she replied "no, why?"  So I answered her "Because he's single and has cash."  I think she's still mad, and I'm still broke.

As I understood this, the Sig brace it was NEVER considered lawful to use it as a means to shoulder the firearm. The whole problem here is that we have too many people who can't keep their mouths shut and leave well enough alone, so they kept sending letters to the BATFE and forced them to put onto paper what the rest of us pretty much already knew in the first place. If you ask the BATFE whether something we know is probably unlawful is unlawful, then don't be surprised if you get confirmation of that. As I always saw it, I was going to get one and use it for its intended purpose, then if the world ever went to hell in a handbasket, it wouldn't make a lick of difference if I shouldered the darn thing or not. Frankly, if people keep asking these sorts of questions, there will likely come a time when the BATFE pushes to have the AR pistol subjected to NFA due to the potential of using buffer tube as a way to shoulder the firearm.

There's not really anything you could have done that would be dangerous. Go shoot it. Some guns, particularly new ones that need a little break in, don't like to manually cycle rounds. Lube it up and go see if you you have live-fire problems before you start troubleshooting.

Not a bad plan. You can never have too many guns. If you are looking at budget shotguns for 3 gun take a good look at the stoeger m3000. Good gun at a good price. There is a long thread about them over on enos forum. Definitely worth a look.

I've got all kinds of Christmas spirit. I'm not sure why we've let KingArmory last as long as he has, here. He's been quietly trying to circumvent vendor rules hoping no one would notice despite being warned not to advertise. This series of posts goes beyond that, though. Community is important. We do a lot to protect it. He's done here.

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Haha! Just got my two boxes. I'm not hurting for 22... I buy what I see and usually give it to good friends who don't have any or sell it at my cost to someone who hasn't been as lucky to find it. These boxes will be going to nephews who will be getting a 10/22 for Christmas. :-)

Italian Gun Grease, wasnt in their test...my favorite.

My worst battles happen at the all you can eat buffet. I don't really own any battle armor.