Grayfox54

Don't be at all surprised when Baldwin claims to be a completely innocent victim and never accepts any blame what-so-ever. In fact, don't be surprised when he doubles down on his gun control efforts because now he "knows" what its like to take a life. Btw: this azzhole anti-gunner has now killed and injured more people than I have in my 67 years as a gun owner.

Actually, he was the star of his own TV show. A spy series called "Cover Up". That's where it happened. It didn't last long.

I'm a bit of a sci/fi geek. But never really got into Dune. Never read the book. I tried to watch the original movie a couple of times, but never got past the first half hour. It always seemed to be more about politics and back stabbing than real sci/fi. From what I've seen of the previews, this is just another special effects driven movie with a so-so story. IDK, maybe I'll give this new version a shot.

Another anti-gun actor making big money using guns in a movie. I feel badly for the victims. No sympathy for Baldwin at all. A real gun person, even an actor on set, would have checked the gun himself before using it. Back in the 80s a hot, up and coming young actor, Jon-Erik Hexum, accidentally killed himself on set playing Russian Roulette with a .44 magnum loaded with blanks. The blank drove a piece of his skull through his brain. There is no excuse for bad gun handling. Even an anti-gunner should know that if you plan to make your living with one.

I'm not a fan of plastic from anybody. But it is nice to see Gluck lose.

Springfield don'rt sell no junk. Even if it is just a rebranded foreign made gun, you can bet it will meet Springfield's rigorous specs. I have high hopes for this one. But very likely it will be pretty expensive and take forever to get to the open market where guys like me can get one.

If it is a Springfield version of the BHP, I WILL buy one!

You might wanna check case length. Some of that brass may need trimming. Also possible that the barrel has a short throat and tight chamber. You may need to adjust OAL accordingly. Third possibility is that your over crimping and slightly bulging the shoulder.

I've mentioned disposing of my late friends collection before. He had a bunch of SKSs and Several Mosins. I think the most he ever paid for one was $100 and that was a scarce SKS that was still in cosmoline. Depending on exactly what it was, I sold them all for between $250 & $450. A very nice profit for his wife.

I'm a long time fan of John Wayne. But I just can't see that kind of money just because he owned it. OTOH: I have been known to pay too much for something just because I wanted it.

Unfortunately the NRA is the big name fighting gun control and have been around for a hundred years. The name recognition alone is priceless. Despite the current bad leadership, we do need the NRA. I know its frustrating as hell, but we have to face that fact. We don't need to quit as that only weakens our cause. Next thing you know the antis will be bragging about the NRA's loss of members. What we need is to oust WLP along with his cronies and get some good people on the board to make major changes and get back in the fight for real. Honestly, I have no idea how to do that. Meanwhile I'm just hanging in there. They will get my regular dues, but not one penny more. I really believe that GOA and SAF are coming into their own, but need more time to strengthen and get better known. Them I give extra money to.

The Postal Service is being tight lipped and not giving out much info. Local news has learned that the victims were the manager (male) and a supervisor (female). Shooter was also an employee. Everything is pointing to a disgruntled employee who just snapped. No info as to just what or why he went over the edge.

Welcome aboard from a neighbor. Don't worry, we won't hold being from Mississippi against you.

Looks pretty good. With a MSRP of $528 it would be a good way for Hi-Power fans to get into the game. As for me, I have 3 variations of the HP already. I don't need one, but I won't say I'm not subject to the occasional spur of the moment buy if I see one and like it.

Yep, the Happy Chappy! C battery 2nd Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery, 2nd Armored Division, Fort Hood, Texas. 1972-74 "If it flies, it DIES!" Basically, its Sidewinder fired from a ground launcher mounted in a tracked weapons carrier. Like I said, I was a mechanic. When the missile boys played, I was pretty much just a grunt on the perimeter. But I did drive the M578 Tracked Recovery Vehicle and thus, my main weapon was Ma Deuce!

You got the lack of transparency thing right. But they also don't care what the members think. I hadn't been happy with "Compromise Wayne" for a long time, but when news of his shenanigans came out, I tried to speak up. Oddly enough, NRA's e-mail suddenly went down and phone calls only got recordings. The NRA leadership has completely lost touch with the membership and don't seem interested in what we have to say. They have become just like the politicians they are supposed to be fighting.

Depending on how much trouble it would be, I'd want it back just to be a PITA to New York. My FIL was the head of security for a local grocery store chain. On day many years ago a real pro decided to rob his store. The guy had done his homework and knew who my FIL was. He came in, got a cart and proceeded to act like a regular customer. Came up behind my FIL and without any warning knocked him out cold! He took a 2" Model 10 from my FIL, went up front and robbed the store. Some 20 years later, FIL got a call from the Sheriff's Dept saying his gun had been recovered. He got it back and it was in surprisingly good shape.

When the OP originally posted this, I was well aware of how badly he had dropped the value on the gun. However, its a family heirloom, he's not planning to sell and he's happy with it. So I didn't say anything. I have several classic old guns in my collection that have been refinished. The truth is that I wouldn't have been able to afford them if they hadn't been.

When at Hood I was in an Air Defense Unit. Chaparral missiles. On FTXs it was quite normal for various aircraft to pretend to attack us while we pretended to shoot them down. Of course, I was just a mechanic, so I had no real part in the fun and games. While the missile crews were busy, the rest of us just had to deal with the noise. What was interesting was when the Air Force came to play. Fighter jets on strafing runs scare the chit outta ya!

As a young troop in 2nd Armored at Ft. Hood in 1972-74, we shared the post with the 1st Air Cavalry. Helicopters constantly in the air. When we'd go play in the field, they'd come visiting just to harass us. Especially at night when we were trying to get some sleep. At tree top level with those big searchlights. But they were just doing their thing like we were doing ours. We learned how to deal with them. Take a spent blank cartridge case and shove it into the flash hider of your rifle. Use a live blank to launch it. Bounce a few of those off the main rotor and the pilots would find somebody else to go annoy. I once saw the entire 1st Cav in the air and passing over at one time. Helicopters in all shapes and sizes, the sky was full of 'em! Must of taken a full half hour or more for all of them to pass over us. Made a lasting impression on this young soldier.

Not at all surprised. All the key board members are WLPs cronies and in just as deep as he is. I've been an annual member for almost 40 years. Every time I start thinking about a life membership, WLP does something else to piss me off. So I just keep taking it year by year. We need the NRA. They're the big kid on the block. But I'm not at all happy with the current leadership. The other day I got a letter begging for more money again. I wrote on it in big bold letters: "Until Wayne LaPierre and all his cronies are gone, you will not get one extra cent from me". Then I mailed it back to them. I doubt it'll do much good, but at least they know how I feel. I recently read somewhere in gun news (Guns America?) that the Charles Cotton, President of the NRA, is quietly negotiating with the courts to re-organize the NRA which would include dissolving the entire current board of directors including WLP. I can only hope this is true.

Its a $20 holster. You get what you pay for.

Its been getting TV news coverage in Memphis. But nobody is making a big deal out of it. A quick story lasting maybe a minute and then they move on. A crooked politician in Memphis is hardly news worthy.