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Style points out the wazoo. If it shoots half as well as it looks you've got a keeper.

We've had this discussion before on here a few times. But I'm still of a mind that the NRA shouldn't be doing anything that isn't related to firearm safety, training, and education. They lost the plot going into legislative influence, and didn't do much of a good job. Let GOA handle all that, and SAF can work the courts.

I use both. Rem Oil for on the spot lubing when needed at the range and quicker cleaning jobs, CLP for deeper cleans and when I know the gun is going to sit around for a bit. There's a clear viscosity difference in them, so they aren't interchangeable. Both good products.

The only policy or budget defense of this bill you hear is how we need the tax cuts from 2017 to be made permanent. While that's a debate worth having, it's also a debate that can be had specific as a bill for it. Much like the 2017 tax cut was its own legislation, making them permanent can be as well. To mix them into the BBB was a deliberate choice to try and box in every member of the Republican majority. Don't vote for this bill and you'll be explaining why you supported the Democrats on a tax hike in the primary next year. Nevermind what other garbage is in this bill they're being asked to swallow with it.

If they did it likey was because Republicans didn't raise a point of order to call it out via the Byrd Rule. But it's always a blury line when deciding if something is primarily a policy changes achieved through budget tweaks which should be a no-go in reconciliation, or firm budget items that get by. Since budget and policy are almost interchangeable as legislative affairs go, you can usually make an argument in some way, or save part of your intent. The subject of this thread where the budget part (the tax) can be clearly separated from the policy (the rest of the NFA), is an example, and it's hard to say that take is wrong. It's also worth noting, something disgustingly bloated like "The One Big Beautiful Bill" where Republicans had to give a lot of their members something personal to get a Yea vote because of the thin margins in each chamber is bound to have plenty that can be whacked off in reconciliation. We're seeing the sausage to through the grinder into the casing.

Senate rules. Everything that can qualify for reconciliation, and get through with 50 votes because the filibuster isn't allowed has to be directly related to budgetary matters. So the tax survived, but changing how the NFA classifies things can't happen that way. People are screaming at the parliamentarian, but she's just reading the rules and calling it correct as the rules currently stand. Now the kicker is, each chamber of Congress can set their own rules, so Republicans could change things, but that's risky. It throws out a lot of norms the Senate keeps around to be more deliberative than the House, and would give the Democrats the same power when they eventually take over at some point to be determined. It's also entirely possible the Republicans knew this was gonna happen and were a-okay with it. The tax stamp revenue is completely insignificant, even as an offset to ATF processing costs, so they're fine with that going. But do you really think they want to eliminate or reduce the NFA?

It feels like we're either Arizona or Florida right now with the weather. Neither is particularly appealing. July and August are going to SUCK me thinks.

After going to a civilian audiologist for the first time three years after being in the military I started taking hearing protection seriously. For the last 10+ years I've doubled up by using SureFire EP7 and a set of Peltor Tactical 6s.

Those Otis cleaning kits are a racket. Like when you see all the crazy 16-piece knife sets when just a few key ones are all you need. Just buy things you'll use to clean, and find something to put them in. I still have an old ammo can for mine. Oil, (I use Break Free and Rem Oil) Q-tips Pipe cleaners Old dental tools Boresnake Toothbrush Shop towels I can't remember when I've used anything else. It's not complicated. Just get as much of the carbon off as you can with the oil and tools, it doesn't have to be pristine, look for any rusting, and a good coat of oil wherever metal touches metal. For the AR, I had an old Sergeant tell me, "pretend the bolt carrier is your dick, the rest is wherever you're putting it, and lube both up".

Maybe or maybe not his wife, but I really want a true investigation (not some Republican committee hack job) to figure out if anyone in the West Wing or from Jill Biden's staff were issuing orders to cabinet members without the proper authority delegated by the President in a way he understood. I get Biden wasn't a vegetable and this was more a collection of age limiting stamina and senior moments compounding...but I have the shaking suspicion there was executive power being used by people who weren't elected or properly appointed. The sudden shift to the fringes under Biden who historically was more center left than full progressive makes me wonder who was driving the agenda.

"I always get the shakes before a drop."

Good progress, but now is when to watch it carefully. The Senate could take it out of their bill, but even if they don't, reconciliation is where this will live or die. When two committees come together to work on the actual bill that will be passed onto the President in order is the shadow where something like the HPA could die without an up or down vote.

Three pages in and nobody is here shilling for .40S&W, so we at least have some hope. I'd say carry what you have confidence in- the gun and the round are a marriage...and in that analogy, the gun is your wife. It's the most important part, and has to be attended to first.

We need the or in the post emote options. A thumbs up seems poor and inadequate for this beauty. Hope it finds a good home.

I'll have to come back to this if I ever sell a gun. Haven't been able to bring myself to do it yet. I do have little overlap, so that helps my "buy and hold" on this.