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:up: Sometimes, the younger generation takes "facts" and runs with them, without taking the time to research it for themselves.  Sad really, but we have lost control of our educational system, now controlled by liberals, news and social media.

Lee universal decapping die that way I can do all my range brass at once.

USAA has coverage which covers windshields, tires and other items that can be vandalism related or incidental with no deductible.  We just had to replace my wives windshield and had to pay a large deductible, so we changed our coverage.

It's going to be tough outlawing this stuff, seeing how its a binary explosive and these ingredients are not able to be classified as an explosive by itself.  No, I see the use of these being outlawed not the sale, sort of how they try and control fireworks.  But I had the same thought when I first seen it, it won't be long.

Not really, but when I first started reloading 5.56, this type of sale got me some plinking rounds and some great brass to reload.  While some avoid MIL brass, I prefer it, LC is used enough to have a lot of information on it, thickness, longevity etc.  You can get cheaper, but usually in bulk so you have to make a larger investment.  So if you are starting from scratch, and want to keep expenditures low, these are not bad.  Oh, and no shipping if you are local, so all you have is the tax.

Here is a prime example of when to buy: http://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/item/00129XM193/5half6-mm-55-Grain-Boat-Tail-With-Lake-City-Headstamp-Brass-20-Rounds

Well dang, now I have to go look to see what my points are.  Ok, I'm at 0 for now, who do I have to tick off around here to get some love?   I know Comms could be a bit brash sometimes, but that kind of goes with youth.  Most of it was just bravado to get the conversations going, I don't recall the posts that got him canned but I have seen some posts on here that can be just as entertaining.

Yea, I read that, but no round was chambered.  Now I am not condoning his actions, clearly a stupid thing to do, but I have never heard a round discharging in a magazine without a round in the chamber causing it.  Now the whole gun in school thing, he should of known the laws he was subject to, no defense for that.

That's the stupid part, attaching mechanical things to quickly pull the trigger are considered legal by the ATF (for now), just not electrical.  How a dang shoestring crosses that line is beyond understanding.  The same goes for the guy who was arrested, convicted, and served all his time for a malfunction.  I hope there is something not being reported about that situation, because with all these trigger jobs, and upteen AR triggers out there, there are many stories of malfunctioning triggers.

Hmm, no round in the chamber, is that considered loaded?  Not the smartest idea, but unless they have an issue with the gun on school grounds I don't see the legal issue.

I'll give him $400 and a magic button that will turn his next one fully automatic.   https://youtu.be/hwLD3erPe_s

Welcome to the site, and don't be shy, we love gun porn so post away.

Good, I could see a lot of abuse from this bill as written.

Welcome to the site...I did a quick read on the title and thought Obamy had joined the site, was about to write a whole different welcome message :mad:

I think you and others may have misunderstood my post.  I don't feel the analogy of "Todd" is correct, simply because those type of people are not "usually" the problem.  Just as I don't expect to ever hear you snapped one day and went on a killing spree, I don't think "Todd" will also.  The only time you will have to deal with bad "Todds" is if you are wrapped up in a world where "Todd" has made you a target, such as when you are into drugs, dealing or using, and or other crime type lifestyles.  That's not to say that you may not somehow get in the way of one, just that it's not likely.  Having said that, there is nothing wrong with training to become a "Todd" but many such as myself have very little time left in the day for training, and again like myself, have a hard time forcing myself to do it.  The only saving grace for me is that I was lucky enough to have received a lot of specialized training, which while dull, is not forgotten.  And the two I said were more likely the people you will run into are no slouches either, specially when they are high on their drug of choice.  I have not, thankfully, had to deal with anyone on drugs but many guys I have trained with have and some have paid the price for it.  In Somalia, khat was the drug of choice and made them skinnies very hard to take down, and of course their numbers didn't help either.  I bet some LEOs here can attest on how hard it is dealing with some one on meth, crack or PCP.  With these folks, they can attack with little provocation, they may look innocent enough or be a total crack head looking individual but can be totally underestimated by anyone that has not had to deal with them. Mr. hajji, while better trained is a different breed altogether.  This guy does not mind dying, and hope to take you with him, more if he can manage it.  He is difficult to neutralize because he has no escape plan, hostages mean more bodies not negotiating chips.  He can attack in the unlikeliest of places, more so if the places are busy and posted.  Again, he is no slouch, there is only one way to stop him and that is to shoot him until he poses no threat. And even if shot and going down he may have a backup plan to make your day go bad in a hurry.  Again, hard to deal with these guys due to the fact that most likely you will be unarmed. Back when I went to Hostile Government/Hostage Training (pre 9/11), we were taught to cooperate with our captors because you were mostly a bargaining chip for money, political gains,  or prisoner exchange.  After 9/11 all our training was changed, now cooperation was mostly out the door when it came to hostage situations and our two training courses were molded into one, that of Combat Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape (SERE).  There the mantra was to never give up, no matter what because giving up meant torture, propaganda and death.  We got lucky when some of our soldiers were captured (in 03'??), they were traded to a less hostile insurgent force and only subjected to propaganda and intimidation but others were not so lucky. I guess what I am trying to say with all this is that yes, you need to train, and have the mental acuity to recognize "Todd,  "Fred" and "Muhammad",  and yes even "Suzy" when they come a callin.  If you are like me, you need to make time to train and try and get in on these courses when you can.  You may not have a daily training regimen but at least with a course or two you will have something to draw from.  Spots; I am glad you (and others) provide this type of training to the masses.  I feel we are fast approaching scenarios all over the US like what are happening in Europe and have happened already here' just larger.  We need more sheepdogs around all these sheep.

I have a bunch of reloading equipment, its mostly Lee though I have a smattering of RCBS, Hornady etc.  I started reloading in the mid 80's, then it was cheaper to reload for me because I shot my 9mm and .40 almost every weekday 1 box ea at lunchtime and more on weekends, .  I have dies for every caliber I shoot, and since I started trading and upgrading I have a few duplicates.  So far, 9mm and 5.56 has been the only calibers that I could honestly say I could not reload cheaper at times.  But those sales are far and few between, specially since I have collected a bunch of brass.  When I get a new to me caliber, I try and get all the reloading gear with it, currently it's the .277 Wolverine.  I got the dies, gauge and barrel in one order, and since it is almost the same process of the 300 Blackout, the saw and jig I used for that will probably work too.  There are two sources for loaded rounds, but I prefer to do my own due to cost and control over QC.   For trimming I have three ways, one is the Lee hand held, best cheapest way to do it.  Using a drill to chuck the universal 3 jaw chuck make trimming quite effortless, I also got two bench trimmers, a Lyman and a Forster.  The Lyman is setup for my rifle rounds, .270 and 30-06, .303 etc.  The Forster I just got to do neck turning to try and get a more precise case on my .308 and .277, maybe even use some of those "bad" headstamped 300 Blk cases to chamber well.   All this to say that once you start reloading, it becomes a hobby in its own right.  Right now I probably have more ammo and components than I will ever get to shoot and plan on doing more once I get my casting setup going again...yea, another hobby.

As I understand it, even helicopters have to be licensed.  But you only need register once, its you that are registered really as the number is there to identify the pilot not the drone.  I got one early on since they refund the $5 you are charged, may still be that way.

I don't know if ATF trolls ranges or not but them bastards will charge you if they can: http://www.wnd.com/2011/04/289181/ Its not for a faux silencer, but Fd up just the same. I don't know how ATF got involved here, but somehow they got wind of it then charged and convicted him. Here is another BS ATF "ruling" concerning my particular rifle: http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2010/02/17/atis-fake-suppressor-deemed-illegal-by-batfe/ I don't know how they deem it a suppressor even in its pre-recall state, the barrel goes all the way through the shroud and no gas ever enters it... Idiots. And of course most everyone has heard of the infamous shoestring ruling: Like I said, a bunch of idiots working at that Bureau.

That is why a sign posting it as private property is important.  You have notified the trespasser that he is entering private property and unless he knows you he should stay out. Fencing is also important, in many jurisdictions it is as good as a sign to notify someone that it is not public land.  A private land owner has the right to run trespassers off his land, and while you can't shoot them, unless they escalate, I as hell won't be challenging anyone unless I am armed, which is always out there.   On my little piece of land I have a couple right of ways, one for the gas line and another for TVA powerlines.  So I had both TVA and Sunoco provide fencing and gates with a lock to said gates which we can all have access to.  I had many ATV riders use the TVA strip as a track so the fence stopped that ricky tick.  I still get word that a hunter crosses over my fence now and then, so he knows he is wrong, but I have not seen him nor identified him as of yet.   As for the OP, this particular case has many caveats that a regular joe will not encounter; First, it was a duty weapon of sorts.  I am sure he did not receive permission to display the dust cover, even though I doubt there was a specific policy against it.  Second, it was a line of duty shooting, good or bad shoot will have to come out in court and he may receive some protection because of it.  Having actually been charged, I would think there is enough there to make the shoot questionable, but we have all seen a lot of PC crap pop up lately so who knows.  And lastly, its the lawyer for the wife that is making the statements, not the prosecutor so the jury may or may not be exposed to his diatribe unless it goes to a civil court. 

I also seen this on another site,  there I commented that the words on the dust cover absolutely don't mean what the lawyer says it means.  And while I agree that it was a poor decision to put it on his AR, not withstanding facts in the shooting, I don't think that decision should dictate his character.   I also remarked how we had scopes with Bible verses on it, and had to return them.  I also have seen comments written on some of our missiles and bombs headed to war time targets.  Poor decisions?  Maybe, but at the time it made sense.

I traded for a .22 rifle with one, it is a GSG 522 SD, the faux suppressor is for looks only. The barrel actually goes all the way through the tube. In this case I doubt anyone would buy it without the tube. They do make an adapter to actually use the tube as suppressor but I don't know how effective it will be since the barrel would only be inside the suppressed portion a couple three inches. Mine looks like this one. The actual MP5 it's based on Without the tube/faux silencer

If there is a product you wish to look at they will let you.  I have done that with a rifle case, a powder trickler and a couple of AR parts.  Their catalog is available in print for free too, and their site lets you save a wish list; all in all a good place to buy.

Deprime before here (Lee Universal Depriming Die), I have had media stuck in the flash hole (easily removed) but I started going with corncob with a larger grain and it worked out.  Now I do the wet tumble bit and haven't had an issue.

No, didn't say that.  If you can save .10 cents per round then do it, I was saying I can sometimes buy surplus ammo at cheaper than I can reload it.  I have seen surplus ammo for cheaper than .20 cents a round, but you have to be quick as it sells fast.  Midsouth on occasion gets surplus ammo, but they also get factory blem bullets for reloading so depending on what you are after they are not a bad place to shop.  The problem most times is availability, components and loaded ammo; so sometimes you get the cheapest you can get by with at the time you need it.   Take 300Blk, for awhile you could not find it cheaper than about $1 a round loaded.  And with the dies, gauge, saw and all the rest of the 300 Blackout specific reloading components I could barely get it under that.  But, the more I reload for that caliber, the less each round costs, and now I can reload it for much cheaper than I can buy it even using premium bullets such as the Barnes Blacktip. 

At the moment I can't, I can reload for about .25 cents a round due to all the brass I have.    Some of the bulk ammo out there runs around .35 cents a round, http://ammunitionstore.com/products/223-5-56x45-ammo-55gr-fmj-federal-american-eagle-ae223bl-500-round-case.html (may be cheaper out there)   Brass I have seen between .06 to .08 cents a case in lots of 500 or so, so if you don't have brass you can come close but with shipping and or taxes you may be better off one way or another.   I use a reloading calculator on my phone (one online) to make a baseline of the costs associated with the calibers I reload for, that way I can make a quick decision (because they sell fast) on if it is worth the sales price to me.