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Palmetto State Armory has a weekend deal on a 16" Mid-length Freedom stainless 1/8 rifle kit - everything but the stripped lower for $379.99. Sounds like a good way to use up any stripped lowers you might have laying around.   http://palmettostatearmory.com/index.php/catalog/product/view/id/20572/s/psa-16-mid-length-5-56-nato-1-8-stainless-steel-freedom-rifle-kit/?utm_source=PSA+Mid+Stainless+Rifle+Kit+%24379.99+%7C+S%26W+22A+Pistol+%24199.99&utm_campaign=Constant+Contact&utm_medium=email

A full 10 1/2" blade 16" OAL of 1/4" thick 1095 carbon steel. A false edge/swage, textured G10 handles and some custom etching as requested by the customer. It also has some jimping for the thumb on the spine. This will be headed to Colorado in the morning. [url=https://flic.kr/p/rxoYkP][/url] [url=https://flic.kr/p/subimZ][/url]

This is one of my all-time favorite pistols. It is a Hungarian copy of the Browning Hi Power manufactured by FEG, the arms conglomerate of the Hungarian government. It is a KBI import called their Model PJK 9HP. It is a completely reverse engineered, totally faithful copy of the FN design, and was manufactured back around 1994. I bought it unfired in '09 off of GunBroker and I have to say it took my breath away when I opened the box - The high polished blue job honestly rivals the Colt Python and the Weatherby Mark V rifle. I can only conclude that this gun was probably reserved for a VIP, given the meticulous attention to detail shown by the workmen. Not only are the frame and slide polished to a high sheen, so are the inside of the trigger guard, the slide stop, and the safety lever. But the rear of the slide and frame facing the shooter are polished to a much lower sheen, as they should be. The guy who polished this gun was very good at his trade. The frosting on the cake is that it is tight as a drum in fit, has an excellent trigger, and shoots every bit as well as it looks, routinely producing 15 yard bench rest groups of 1 1/2 - 2 inches. So I really doubt that this was just an ordinary production pistol. I've owned five of these guns and none of them come within a country mile of this one. And all for $315+fees. :up: Anyway I finally went for the brass ring by installing Novak three dot sights and Hogue Kingwood checkered grips. I wanted to bring the gun up to the full potential of its looks and shootery, and I think I probably succeeded. Here she is. .....and to answer your last question - do I baby it? Oh yeah I do - bigtime!! EssOne

Makes me think of a story my mom has told me a couple of times over the years.  I am not sure if this happened when I was a baby or before I was even born but, anyhow, mom was working third shift and trying to sleep during the day.  She said that it never failed that right as she was about to doze off a rat/mouse would start gnawing inside the wall next to her bed, keeping her from going to sleep.  Well, one day she was trying to sleep and, sure enough, the gnawing started.  Having had enough, mom got up and retrieved a hammer and a decent sized nail.  She figured out where the varmint was by the sound of its gnawing, placed the point of the nail over the spot and BAM - one strike from the hammer drove the nail into the wall and the gnawing stopped.  Permanently.  She said it was worth putting up with the smell for a day or two to finally get some sleep.

Some people, when the Lord said "brains" thought he said "trains" and missed theirs.

I do read to my kids, but I also emotionally scar them by spanking them when they do something wrong. I think it evens out in the end.

No cigarette, but I did go in and fix them a Rum and Coke.  But they were gone and I had to drink it myself. . . 

Thanks guys. I own several glocks so I was pretty shocked that I hadn't even heard of a USA made glock. I really like the less common variants of guns. I have a fde g17 gen 4, a gen 3 g17 tb, and a mpdc marked g17 gen 1 so I think this goes with the collection nicely .

        Iron sights are EMP proof.  

Anyone planning on using a bike should definitely have one now and be riding it regularly. Just like humping a pack it takes practice. I hear several people who's plans include walking home or bugging out on foot with a small to medium sized pack. When was the last time you rucked up and did 4 miles, or 8 or 20? I did a 20 mile ruck back in the winter and got reminded quickly that I'm not a 20 year old Marine anymore. A bike is the same way. If you plan to use a bike, you should be riding it to work, to the store, and on the weekends as often as possible. I'm not much of a bike person. I'll stick with horsepower just as people have for years. My decision is based off the fact that I have horses available, along with enough land to graze them all spring summer and fall and still have land for hay in the winter, as well as the equipment to use the horses to harvest the hay. This is my cousins team, many of you have seen our draft. You could comfortably haul half a ton in a wagon 20 miles a day if needed.

What happened to the days of common sense? He's suing for "emotional damage"? Really?! Crap happens & you get over it. It's not like they threw it in his face or something. Maybe Starbucks should counter-sue this idiot for taking up precious oxygen in the environment. IHO, Starbucks should tell him to...

  never had a problem.  I have had a .40cal that for the most part stays in a 4 wheeler at the farm and it has never once failed to feed.  It being in the dust and changing temp and bouncing around at times, it simply just works. 

Please don't use rat poison unless there's no other options.  Rats eat the poison and die.  Other very beneficial critters eat the dead rats and die or get very sick.  I had rats take up residence under my screened porch.  Plain old rat traps made quick work of them, and the bodies are easily located and disposed of. 

MMA / UFC has taken a huge chunk out of boxing.   Arguably the best conditioned athletes in the world, more well rounded fighters, and much more entertaining to watch. Boxing really doesn't interest me anymore.

You got ripped off, pretty sure that gun was part of the Hi Point open carry kit which contained the pistol, a nylon holster, and a concealed carry permit holder badge. It was a limited production thing, if only you had the badge the value would be about triple.

My goal in life should be to prepare and educate my children that they are far superior to the point they make smart kids look dumb.  Anything less is doing them a injustice.  Im not saying Id have the smartest kids, but giving them the chance to be, is all I can offer.       and I will not feel bad about it, I will feel bad for those who have parents like the degenerate who wrote the article.  He will make sure his kids are not better than the status quo; which lately seems to be barely mentally competent.  

I load 45acp until the case splits, then I throw it away. Kurt

Everybody seems to be missing the worst part of this scenario:NO TGO.

So I got a cryptic message sent to me at work about my birthday present arriving today. I was very confused because I was 99.9% certain and the new Glock 29 I got on Tuesday more than covered that. Turns out Monkey was sneaky and ordered some knives from an expert you all know. He ordered them thinking they covered his birthday present and mine. Pretty right? So I now know why he was gobsmacked when I brought home his 29. I also know why he told me it was too much and how can he top it. Personally, the knife is equal to or tops it because he put thought into this and kept it from me. Which is hard to do considering I am the one who usually handles the finances so it is hard for me to not notice. ^^ Monkey's new knife above. Mine below! These knives are absolutely beautiful! I find it funny how the older I get the more I want things that I would never have asked for 10 years ago. I gotta say, I love the wood and grain on Matt's but mine feels so good in my hand that I just know to ask for wood the next time we order knives. Which we will order again, these are too awesome to not start a collection. Finally, a shot of my new Glock 29 with my awesome new knife too. I think our birthday presents this year were totally overboard when I look at them together but I gotta give him kudos for finally being able to surprise me! I just maybe should have held off on buying myself the 29. Or not. Also, a huge thanks to GT for making such beautiful knives. It reminds me a lot of my uncle. He worked long shifts at his job but when he came home from work he would make knives, they were beautiful and I always wanted one but he kept every single one he made. This makes me think of him A LOT. I love it. So thank you for making something so awesome! I appreciate all the hard work you put into it!

I ran across these today while weed eating my tree line. This is two snakes wrapped up together. I thought they were dead. Then they gave me a disgusted look and crawled away. What do you think they were doing????  :yum:

By chance do you have a single sister in her early 20's? My son could use a good girlfriend... :)

  Yup....you can hold on to it. I'm trying 380 auto now, and it's like castrating gnats. Anyone who reloads 25acp has my utmost respect.

That's very easy to do, you just have to keep an eye out on Craigslist. The one I bought had less than 100 miles, not a scratch, never been off the pavement to get dirty. Seriously you could have taken it to a bike shop as sold it as new. He had put around $150 in accessories on it so he had close to $800 in the bike and I paid him $375. I was a happy camper...

    That would depend on how much gear reduction it has.  If not geared properly, you're right, it'd be hell on earth to pedal.   :P

That was prudent. From what I've read current model HP magazines are a bit better then earlier ones. I also agree on not purchasing after market magazines for the HP.  

I finally built my TGO upper/lower set! I went with a pistol (for now) in 300 Blackout. I still need to tweek a couple of things (need a riser for the red dot, need to trim the foam pad back, etc.), but it's ready to function check. -8.5" bbl -8" SLR Rifleworks handguard -BCM BCG -BCM large charging handle -Magpul MOE grip (originally FDE painted black). I will replace this with a K2+ -cheap ($20) red dot from eBay. I wanted to make sure I liked this setup before I replace it with a Better one -YHM 1/2" mini riser on order -A set of generic BUIS I had laying around. I'll replace these at some point -I'll have to trim the foam pad back a little because it interferes with the CH -Kenti-Tech muzzle brake / redirect. http://www.kineti-tech.com/kineti-tech-muzzle-brake-with-sound-redirect-with-13-16-x-16-threaded-sleeve-2-piece/ -I plan to suppress it in time

Nice ! Love the rail ...

  Here my solutions to the road bike vs. mountain bike question and also the pedals.    Since we are talking "survival" situations, I'm not likely to chose my road bike.   I going to pick my Giant Roam 2 that is marketed as a X-Road bike.    http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-us/bikes/model/roam.2/11508/55859/#overview    I've found it to be a good blend of both worlds for me.    It's much more road friendly than a pure mountain bike but can go offroad.     Part of that good blend is the hybrid tire.   If you are riding on pavement, your contact point of the tire is very short tread.   When in soft ground, the side knobs come into play.   The picture makes the center tread much taller than it is.   http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-us/gear/product/p.rx2.tire/557/52917/    This style of tire can be put on most mountain bikes to make them more mixed terrain friendly.      Finally, on this bike I have two sided pedals.    One side has the SPD clipless design and the opposite side has regular pedals.    So I have my choice of whichever shoes I want to wear.   http://bike.shimano.com/content/sac-bike/en/home/road/pedals/pedals/pd-a530.html

They have nasal spray now. :)

I like it...!!  Must have been built as a hungarian barbecue pistol...      leroy

Anarchyball?

  IIRC, there was more to it than just 'what kind of idiot doesn't know coffee is hot."  To the best of my recollection (I was in high school at the time) the lady got the coffee to go and had it sitting between her legs in the car.  I think the defense was more like, "What kind of idiot sits a cup of hot coffee between her legs while driving a car and then is surprised when said hot coffee spills and burns her legs?" 

I agree that these type of lawsuits are frivolous and this individual does not have a leg to stand on.  Most of this stems from a situation back in the 80's where a woman burned her self on McDonalds' coffee.  The McDonalds corporation and their lawyers can up with "what kind of a moron doesn't know coffee is hot" a defense to invalidate the plaintiff and turn the public to their side.  Just goggle picks of old lady's legs burned by McDonald coffee and you will see that her lawsuit was not frivolous.   This family originally asked for McDonalds to just pay for the medical bills and they refused multiple times.  These were also multiple examples of people being severely burned my McDonalds' coffee and they refused to do anything about it.  Frivolous lawsuits make me sick from individuals, but corporations are just  as bad.   This is a link to a documentary called Hot Coffee about it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmEYWCg0J7Q   This is a picture of her leg, it is graphic. http://www.google.com/search?q=old+lady+burned+by+mcdonald's+coffee&rlz=1T4VRHB_enUS614US617&tbm=isch&imgil=z20aJmWf9CxF-M%253A%253BPZJT6YhITzmoCM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.dailymail.co.uk%25252Fnews%25252Farticle-2470792%25252FStella-Liebecks-hot-coffee-McDonalds-lawsuit-The-truth.html&source=iu&pf=m&fir=z20aJmWf9CxF-M%253A%252CPZJT6YhITzmoCM%252C_&usg=__ZtCP4JZUPSgnUyyRZzU_GPsCdlg%3D

You bent my arm. I'm in.

i get many reloads with my 45 acp brass.  i lose more in the grass than i split.  45 acp brass will last a long time if you don't chop them up with the lawn mower.  

While I wouldn't sweat it unless there was a bur sticking out, it really sucks to have a brand new part come in scratched. Primary arms is easily one of my favorite vendors. They ship the next business day, and have helped me out multiple times. Can't recommend them to folks enough

  Bought it through Primary Arms, so not sure what Spikes can do.    No light shines inside, if it did, I'd of already filled out the return form.  But with all the pressure a bolt carrier has to endure, this one has me looking for some expert opinions.     ETA:  I just called Primary Arms.  They were very quick to help me out, and I already have a return shipping label.  I'll be sending off the scratched one and getting a replacement at no cost to me.  Very happy with the customer service.

Look, both the OP and the Hitler video were excellent.  I spat at my monitor in the Hitler rant when he said "For all we know, they're just releasing this six-round piece of shit until they can come out with an IMPROVED version that only holds four rounds."

Damn what a mess. I hope you son is able to get over it and move on. Who knows....she may have done him a favor in the long run.

Obviously with this guys prior history and the fact he was intoxicated, it looks like he was primarily at fault.  That said, I would never recommend following someone to their residence.  Bersaguy referenced the good old days... While I am only 36, I would like to know when honking your horn at someone began to be interpreted as you want to pull off the side of the road and have a fist fight? Seems to me cars have always had horns and honking your horn used to mean, "hi, how you doing" or maybe it meant, "hey please stay in your lane", or it could mean, "stop picking your nose, the light turned green".  I have spent a bit of time driving small sports cars, motorcycles and even bicycles on the road.  Sometimes people don't see you.  Often you have to honk the horn to alert someone you are there.  Too many people these days think honking is a way to instigate a fight.  Don't people have better things to do with their time?  Further, most of these things seem to happen when somebody is in a hurry and either thinks someone cut them off or someone is in their way.  If you are in the hurry, how do you have the extra time to have an altercation on the side of the road?     Even when I began driving in the late 1990s, it seems if people had a disagreement, they would honk, yell, maybe make a gesture and then everyone went their separate ways.  In the last few years it seems like people following or chasing someone down has become more common and I just don't quite get it.  My wife (with both our kids in the car) had a guy chase her, honking and cussing, til she reached an intersection at which point he pulls on the shoulder to tell her he thinks she should have pulled out from a previous intersection sooner.  If he's in such a hurry how does he have time to follower her later.     2nd example:  A few years ago, I'm on the way to work when a heavy duty pickup truck towing a trailer with construction materials doesn't stay in corresponding lanes getting off of the interstate.  He's taking up half of my lane so I honk the horn at the guy because I have a busy day planned and I don't have time to be in a car wreck.  My intent is for him to pay attention and get out of my lane.  He honks back rolls down his window and begins screaming... Pulls up next to me at the next light and says something to the effect of "What the F is your problem?"  I could have been calmer but annoyed at this point, I say, "You need to learn how to keep your vehicle in your lane."  Again, I wasn't happy but I said what I meant.  Stay in your lane.  I was driving my wife's Cadillac CTS and she wouldn't be too happy if this guys equipment trailer smashes down the side of it.   Honking did not mean, "lets have a fight."  At this point I notice this guy is probably at least in is late 60s.  Not only do I have no interest in fighting on the side of the road, but this is a lose-lose... Am I gonna really be proud of beating up some guys Papaw on the side of Kingston Pike?  Alternatively, am I gonna get beat up by Grampa?  So he informs me he is going to "knock all the g*dd*mn teeth out of my mouth".  He follows me through several intersections on Kingston Pike and then left on Papermill Drive.  At this point I'm only a few blocks from my office and I decide I'm going to call 911 comes into my parking lot.  Thankfully he continued on and did not turn on to Weisgarber....   People are crazy... 

Glad to hear that you got the gun without a lot of administrative red tape. Since your son is involved in a highly emotional situation filled with conflict, and many more tough times ahead before it's resolved, I would highly recommend that you take possession of all his firearms and other weapons, and lock them up at your place or another secure facility where he (and the wife) can't get to them. The last thing any of you need is another bad decision made impulsively that could result in significant fines, imprisonment, or death. While I'm sure nobody expects themselves or their relatives to react in such a manner, the fact that he's already been arrested means that he is not always able to avoid those types of circumstances. I know what he's going through, and will pray for a safe and healthy outcome for all parties.

Walmart doesn't lose money on anything.  Their suppliers may, but Walmart will not.

There are some in the world of 2nd Amendment advocacy who appreciate the need for engaging the poliicians which to most people includes or may be limited to the governor and the legislature.  Still others realize its also a battle with local politicians such as mayors and council members.  From my experience far to few appreciate the significant of the respective parties' State Executive Committees and the influence (and damage) that those SEC groups can have on who is even allowed to run as a member of the party.  Protecting our rights is not a spectator sport.  It requires engagement, effort and funding.

I truly believe some people just need the dog snot slapped out of them!

Just like an ugly, cur dog it'll stay by your side, eat what you feed it and never have to go to the vet.

Enjoy the safest and most reliable pistol on the planet. Not many handguns can handle rounds loaded to 4x or 5x max pressures like a High Point.

Tryin' to catch what now? :D

There ain't no way a pair of basketball shorts would ever contain a Hi-Point!  It's the Chuck Norris of pistols and can never be contained!  They are so heavy, the shorts would be down around the wearer's cankles!!! LOL!!!