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  There are a lot of folks who aren't citizens but who feel that way. I was in the 7th Army in Karlsruhe and Augsburg in the early 60's, and it was policy at that time to immediately draft all male legal immigrants of draft age In their first year here. So in my outfit we had Manfred Buerkle from Germany, Antonio Hurtado from Ecuador, Matti Luhtala from Finland + 2 other Finnboys whose names I can't recall, Snanouge from France, a kid from Cypress, Lopez from Mexico City, John Pence from Scotland, and a couple of Texans. :pleased:  And this was just a small 125 man detachment.  I would have trusted these guys in combat just like anyone else. They weren't citizens yet, but they were darned sure devoted Americans. (The rate of exchange was 3.86 Deutsche Marks per Dollar, and a 0.9 liter bottle of beer on the economy was a Mark. Gas was $1.60 per liter. I was there from 1961 to '64.........er....AD.

Some stores carry Buffalo Trace single barrel bourbon, but the store owner has to go to the distillery in Louisville to put in his order. Each store owner goes to the distillery and is allowed to sample five barrels. He makes his selection, pays for it, and stipulates how he wants it bottled and delivered. Each bottle has the barrel number on it and there can be a lot of variation from barrel to barrel. The standard Buffalo Trace is a blend of five barrels. Obviously we have such a store here and I've never seen a batch that wasn't first rate, but if you don't pay attention to the barrel number on the bottle you can get a real surprise. Very good bourbon.

Impresses the heck out of me!

Hey hey - wonderful news on the job interview. Very best wishes.

Facts of life: A body in motion tends to stay in motion, a body at rest tends to stay at rest, and all good jobs eventually turn to crap. - Me

All of my docs are personable guys who shoot, so we BS a lot about guns when I go see them. Heck, I know as much about their guns as they know about mine. But not one of them has ever asked me about gun ownership as a part of their treatment of a medical problem. I think they would rather kiss a Chiropractor than do that.

  I'll row.

I have a 300 gallon hot tub that could sustain life if need be, and it has an insulated cover that prevents all evaporation.  Our water is very high quality so all I ever need to put in the tub is occasional chlorine, which heat dissipates real fast. While that's happening I can live on the 30 gallon reserve supply in the garage and the 50 gallons in the water heater. We live in the country so there is no need to flush our three toilets - in an shtf situation we would just flush the bushes.   I too need medical supplies.  

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Good-O. Glad it'll work for you.   Just for your info, the FEG guns were imported by several importers, all but one of which used the FEG factory's model numbers - like yours for example. However the one that used it's own in-house model numbers was the Kassnar/KBI concern. Their model numbers were taken from the initials of the CEO's family members or for himself. Thus the GKK-92C is identical to your P9RK except for the finger grooves, despite having different model numbers. (MBK stands for Michael B. Kassnar, CEO of Kassnar/KBI, and the PJK-9HP was named after his wife, Pamela Jane Kassnar.)   Also, if you go to the Numrich website and want to look for parts for FEG guns, they aren't listed under FEG - they are listed under their principal importer, either "Kassnar" or "KBI" - two companies owned by the same family at different times. So you would click on the letter "K", then "Kassnar" or "KBI" - either one - then on the model number you are looking for. Now, some models will be listed under "Kassnar" and others will appear only under "KBI", so don't give up just because you don't find your model number on the first one you select. Go on to the other one. I had to do that to find the MBK - It's only listed under "Kassnar". You get the idea.    Another source of parts is the parts section of GunBroker and I believe the extractor assembly is a copy of the Browning Hi Power assembly, FWIW. Other than that I don't believe anything else in the gun is modeled after the Browning gun.   Anyway, have a good time with it and let us know how it shoots.

  OK I think this may be the schematic you're looking for. It's for the full size MBK 9mm, which is the full size version of the GKK-92C, the KBI twin of your pistol. I matched up quite a few parts to the GKK I was working on, so I think it will work for your gun as well. FWIW.   https://www.gunpartscorp.com/Manufacturers/Kassnar-33329/AutoPistols-36850/MBK-35057.htm

Be sure to let us know what you decide, OK?

Our Club rules call for commercially made glasses and say that one's regular prescription lenses will fill the requirement but contacts won't. Once upon a time I cashed in an old pair of glass readers that came in an expensive frame. I had my doc replace the reading lenses with uncorrected industrial safety glass. I've been using them for shooting for 25 years.

A guy posted this on FaceBook today and I laughed myself silly over it. Yessir, payback can be an eelray itchbay for sure.   “Today something terrible happened to me. I sat down on a toilet that had the seat left up by a careless male; Me.  In 34 years on this planet (for nearly 17 of which I have habitually used a toilet) I have never done this. Truthfully, I had always wondered why women got so upset over the issue. But, as I plunged a##hole-deep into the ice cold drink and felt the sting of freezing water kiss the back of my sack, I came to terms with the treachery in not replacing the seat to a down position. I’m now working on a livid bruise that doubles as a tramp stamp and am conjuring the courage needed to admit I was gang raped by germs. In fact, the smearing of my fresh butt cheeks down the inner bowl not only left my a## covered in enough bacteria to cure ebola, but made it to number one on my short list of “gross #### I shouldn’t ever do again” and I’ve accidentally drank my own p### while camping.    All I can think to say to women everywhere is;   I’m really really really….SORRY.”    

..............................but you may still be able to get in on "the ultimate meltdown of Western Civilization." If so, you might want to go ahead and get a few hot tubs full of Tannrite.

Things couldn't get bad enough for me to leave. This is my country and I'm sticking with it come hell or high water.

If anyone is looking for an excellent stand alone rear sight, RRA has just knocked $20 off of theirs. Purchase price is now $90 instead of $110. I just bought my third one and think it is the best milspec style sight on the market - even better than the LMT, which sells for $135. The RRA unit has two clamp screws instead of one and they are much neater looking without the usual huge clamp knob of the LMT and knockoff units. Here's the link.     https://www.rockriverarms.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display&category_id=320

  Hang on to those factory grips ArmyBrat..........they cost $65 to replace and aftermarket grips are not made - period. You can find the factory grips at Numrich for that outrageous price I gave you. :rant:   Also, squeeze in on the tail of the extractor with your thumbnail. It should be hard to press in. If it's soft, the spring needs replacing. You can find them at Numrich or a standard BHP spring works well. The extractor is basically a copy of the BHP extractor and all the guns that use it have a problem with the extractor channel loading up with crud - I mean real bad, and FEG is famous for using weak extractor springs. So while you're in the teardown mood you might tap the extractor pin out, pull out the extractor and spring and de-crud the channel. It's an easy job.

  Well, I tried that and it didn't work. I did all the measuring and concluded that the new cut would run right into the old one and would be entirely too big - prolly even snag the spring. (S&W cut two notches into their mags - one on each side.).) If you just insert It all the way, it goes in too far, so the cut has to be in the same relationship to the top of the mag as the cut in the factory mag. That's where the idea unravels and gives you too big of a hole. And even so, the mag hangs down farther than the factory mag. Google it and see if you can find where a guy made a Beretta 92 mag work. That has a better chance of working IMHO. BTW the 10 rounders are plentiful on Ebay.

It's patterned after the Smith and Wesson Model 59 and is bulletproof. It's the same gun as the GKK-92C except for the finger grooves. The GKK was just the KBI version of it. Mags are like gold, so buy all you can find.

  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D (I'd post more but my clickin' finger got sore.) LMAO in spades.

  Well, if it has your attention, I'd start looking at the reviews. Del-Ton tends to hold prices down by doing things like sticking to the 1:9 twist rate, not plating or meloniting their barrels, etc, none of which affect reliability. Here are a bunch of user reviews of Del-Ton products:    http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_3_4/531409_Del_Ton_Reviews.html   http://www.officer.com/article/10977976/del-ton-sport-ar-style-rifle-review   http://www.gundigest.com/firearm-gun-reviews/ar-15-review-del-ton-tapco   http://www.alloutdoor.com/2014/01/06/del-ton-dti-mid-length-5-56-ar15m4-carbine-rifle-review/   Anyway, these should give you a goodly amount of authoritative information you're looking for.   (Later note: My comment concerning reliability assumes a normal level of proper maintenance.)

  I've owned a couple of Del-Ton AR's and they generally have a very good reputation with their owners. From my experience with them, if a small company is going to produce a decent low cost AR that performs well enough for personal defense, Del-Ton is the one I would expect to do it. But since I've not owned the rifle you mention, here is a U Tube review by a reviewer of very good standing in the gun community. He likes it.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdQ6JB3r61s

Well, if you're going to consider faraway clubs like Kettlefoot, you should also consider Cherokee Rod and Gun Club on the outskirts of Kingsport, which is quite a bit closer to you. For $95 a year you get two trap ranges, two skeet ranges, two rifle and pistol ranges (300 yard max on one, 240 yards max on the other) two archery ranges, 5 Stand, and a catfish pond. After attending a two hour safety walkthrough you're given a gate card and you can shoot completely unsupervised from sunup to sundown, with the shotgun ranges mandatorily closed at 10 P.M. On Sunday you can't shoot before noon and the rifle and pistol ranges close down at 5 PM. I've been there for 14 years and consider it one of the best recreational values around, although I have a lot of respect for Unaka and Kettlefoot as well.

  Excellent advice. If you're going to hang in there with bargain basement rifles, make sure they have a good reputation with owners, like the S&W Sport as stated, and perhaps the very popular Del-Ton line. I would add my voice to the advice to stay away from DPMS products, given the high rate of dissatisfaction with them by owners, and buying a rifle that uses proprietary parts and assemblies isn't the way for a new guy to go.   If you will Google any rifle you are considering buying and ask for reviews, you will usually receive actual user comments from a number of sources, and to me, user comments and well-done reviews determine whether I buy the gun or not. Here is an example in the form of a review of one of the Del-Ton guns. I would add that reviews done by the traditional gun magazines such as Guns&Ammo and Shooting Times aren't always as critical as they should be, so study a number of reviews before making up your mind. (PS - I'm not recommending the Del-Ton gun in the review, I'm just using it as an example of what a well-done professional review looks like.)     http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2014/02/chris-dumm/gun-review-del-ton-evolution-ar-15/