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Folks:______________ Crimson hit a home run here: He is exactly right. As my 21 year old is fond of sayin: "...They are all in it together!!!....". We need to throw 'em all out. They can probably get by with playing this game thru 2012, making the arguement that with the split congress that they are doin the best they can. My guess is that that wont be a good idea after 2012. I'm like him; we need to throw the whole damned lot of them out!! Libertarian leroy

I care too!! I like 'em!! Thanks for posting the pictures. I think the herron is the original avian "tough guy". They look funny, are carnivorous, and no other creatures bothers them. HEHEHE. Seriously, i love these things (...especially the blue ones...). They are a great creature. BEARMAN: I bet they dont taste like chicken. I think they taste like frogs, but too tough to eat. All in keeping with their "bad guy" image. Keep up the good work. leroy

Interesting read. Thanks for posting it. leroy

Folks, Jamie hit a home run here: The problem aint more legislated anything. The problem(s) are the guy who did the robbing and killing; not the folks that sold him the gun. That is the personal responsiblilty problem. The robber will be tried for murder and robbery. The second problem is the Colorado judge and parole board that turned this thug out. In my opinion, they are the "real criminals" here; but they will never be charged, tried or punished for their crimes. More law hardly ever fixes anything or deters it (...especially now...). I contend that leniency in the law undoubtedly contributed to this tragedy. If you want to assign blame for this, i say it's 50/50 parole board/thug. If this hoodlum had have been bustin rocks in a prison quarry somewhere instead of being "rehabilitated" by a bunch of mush head "social engineers" or if he had been identified as a sociopath (...which i think he is...); he would have never have been allowed out, and no one else would have been endangered. Folks need to think about all that for a bit, and figure out for themselves who the "real criminals" are in this tragic story. leroy

mds:_____________ Your question. RE: Car searches: Yes i do. I've seen folks fired for having property stolen from their employer and "prohibited items" (...read that alcohol and illegal drugs...) based on an employer initiated search. It was all "legal" due to being subject to searches while on the employer's property as a condition of employment. leroy

Bingo!!! How sadly true. Keep up the good work. leroy

All:______________ A bit of "food for thought": Why would a bunch like Glock (...who i think are some of the smartest guys out there in the firearms design business..) build a "new" 45 auto cartridge? My guess is that they were working to solve a "real" problem on two fronts. The first is the "reliability" problem with subcompact 45 ACP caliber semiautos; ala Glock 36 and 3 inch 1911's (..popular, thought they may be...). One approach was to refine the gun (...the Glock 36...); the other was to design a 45 cartridge that they thought would work better in the subcompact pistols. The 45 gap solves the second problem. You never hear of "reliability" problems with the GAP handguns (...the GAP cartridge is shorter than the ACP...). I think the GAP probably IS a typically great Glock solution to "reliability" with the 45 caliber semiauto (...and a good one, i might add...). I could also have no problems imagining that Glock is banking on another "handgun revolution" in some big market sector (...think the police sector here...) in the future. The GAP would be a great contender (...remember, big military and police customers like to spend money, they are political animals...). The european military and police market may need a 45 caliber handgun; who knows!!? The GAP may never be a "caliber of major porportions in the USA" , principally (...again in my opinion...) because of the near idolatrous worship of the 45 ACP by us americans; but it could well become a good seller elsewhere. If i wuz goin to fool with a GAP, i would start handloading for it. Gather up a couple of thousand rounds of brass and go to work. Ya can always find the bullets. I think they are a great (...abeit a bit unpopular...) idea. leroy

I tend to agree with Mike here. Let's hope that the "adults" make some hard choices (...the "right choices, even for the wrong reasons...) and a few real statesmen show up. If not, it will ultimately turn the greatest country in the world into a third world country with no money, no influence, and no freedom. That is a sobering thought. By the way, thanks for posting the "pie chart", it tells the truth in a forthright and hilarious way. Keep up the good work. leroy

RE: Glocks post: All:_________________ I smell a rat here. My guess is that the rat is the current Speaker of the House. Always remember, MS. Harwell, though she is a Republican, is no friend to gunowners. It's sad to say (...and i have no proof to back this up...); but i also have no problem imagining that the current Senate Leader (...who i like on a personal and political basis...) is bought and paid for too. The payoff (...i believe....) is the promise of backing a gubanatorial campaign when "The Snozz" (...my pet name for Bill -- check out a profile shot and you'll see what im sayin...) decides to run for the US senate (...again, my guess...); and take his "rightful place" as a paternalistic politico "who knows what's best for us lesser beings" (...just like the great Howard Baker and Albert Gore, SR, did in the bygone eras...). That will happen when that noted RINO (...who would do exactly what is being done now if he was governor...), Lamar Alexander, retires. Remember this; politics can be a very dirty business, and we're talikn about some "dirty birds" here. Now, after having blasphemed the motives and impuned the character of these "politicos"; i also believe (...as several others do here...) that there is a problem with rights here. If you take a fair look at all rights here, it appears that the "right to carry" trumps the real property owner's right to control his real property. That is a problem that has to be carefully addressed as to liability and property rights. Food for thought. radical libertarrian leroy -- Who would still rather have the "Snozz" than that commie McWerter; but i'm a suspicious man.

Thanks for posting these pictures. The super looks great. I like the contrast and the grips. A 38 super is the "ultimate legacy 9mm". It actually does what the 9mm cheer leaders originally said the 9 mm would do during all the 80's hype about changing from the 45 acp to the 9mm. A good one (...one that has a barrel that headspaces on the case mouth...) is accurate, powerful, and has easy recoil. I'd like to have a full size lightweight myself. Keep up the good work! leroy

Thanks for posting this. I saw it the other day; it is well worth taking the time to look at. The guys at Areva are well worth listening to. PS: HERE IS AN UPDATE GRAPHIC I FOUND JUST A MINUTE OR TWO AGO (...12:50...) RE: USA UPGRADES TO GE MARK I BWRS: http://resources.nei.org/documents/japan/major_mod_usbwr_4511.pdf. TAKE A LOOK, Keep up the good work! leroy

My guess is that it is a phonetic spelling of Ruger. It also could be a rural vernacular variant of the original name; we just dont know for sure. (...dont feel bad about it Rod; we all knew exactly what ya ment!!...--- keep up the good work!!!...) leroy

I kinda got the same problem. I think it is gun nut related curiosity. I tend to watch a while, read a bunch of stuff, then buy "the next good stuff". Just bought a bunch of Slip2000 stuff and a quart of 5w-20 synthetic oil. I think it's part of the "gun techie derangement syndrome". We may need to start a support group and meetings. leroy

All:________________ Notice what's goin on in "spraying" picture. The guys are using what looks like a garden hose to spray the blue green stuff over the ground (...and eveything else...). This is a pretty commonly used method (...it appears to be some sort of inexpensive, soft setting, flexible, polymer...) to bind up contaminated particles and keep them in one place. They do it pretty regularly inside the plant on everything that gets contaminated with dry particles. You spray it on (...to bind up the particles to keep them from blowing around...), let it dry, peel it off (...it comes off easily...), then put it in the radwaste "trashbasket". My guess is that they will spray a bunch of this (...both inside and outside the plant...), clean it up (...by the square mile, almost...), and start taking things apart. Once they get things decontaminated inside the plant, they can assess the damage and figure out what to do. I wouldn't be a bit suprized if OS isn't right about the ground contamination around the plant toward the island. I bet they figure out how far the particles went and fence it off. It will be interesting to watch this one. My guess is that the TEPCO guys will do a real thorough assessment to see if the RPV is damaged. If it is, that's a bad thing. If it's not, they can most likely fix everything else if they have enough money. Real estate to build stuff (...like powerplants...) on in Japan is extremely rare and valuable. My bet is if the plant can be saved or the real estate reused somehow; thats what TEPCO will do. Japan desperately needs electric power (...just like every other developed country...) both in the near and far term. leroy

We always used a variation on Dave's post here. I've done feed ramps on 1911's with a half round hard arkansas stone; all by hand, just like Dave's post says. We always polished up and down the feed ramp and DID NOT CHANGE THE FEED RAMP GEOMETRY. That means to polish the ramp, not put dips or humps in it. The idea is to make the feed ramp look like a mirror and to just barely round any sharp edges going into the chamber. Hope this helps a bit, leroy

nicemac:_______________ Thanks for posting he note on the racing team. Looks to me alike another validation of "...they (...the good oils...) are all about the same...". Keep up the good work. leroy

Craig:_____________ Interesting read. Thanks for posting it. It validates a quip that a gunsmith buddy of mine uses when he is asked about "the best gun lube". His answer: "....the one currently on sale at Brownells (...or, wherever you buy your gun cleaning stuff...)....". Thanks again, leroy

All:__________________ Take the time to check out this link for some work photos at the nucelar plants: Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Hi-Res Photos 2 There are some great photos of folks working that shows the problems with doing this stuff in protective clothes. There is also a photo of workers spraying "sticky stuff' to bind up the dust to prevent contamination from spreading. What amazed me was the level of destruction all around. leroy

JAB:_____________ RE: The "old blackhawks" and original vaqueros are just alike except for the sights. They are built on the bigger frame (...about 10'% bigger than a colt saa or the original 1955 blackhawks...).The new vaquero montados are basically the same size as a colt saa (....see this link from ruger: Ruger® Vaquero® - Single-Action Revolvers. ...). I wouldn't hotrod the new vaquero montados or the new blackhawks "original 1955 blackhawk" models. The old models are just fine. Hope this helps. leroy

I think it's laughable that a bunch of chumps like those who run Salon would rat out their own brothers and sisters on the left coast, the rustbelt, and the northeast. It must be a simple case of "self loathing" by the "best and brightest" among us--HEHEHE. Segregation and "Jim Crow" has been over for quite a while; but the earstwhile leaders of these "bastions of tolerance" evidently aint got the message yet. I thought that all these city fathers and their pimps were the "best and brightest" and those who were "colorblind". Silly me!! All the while i thought they were working on a "colorless working man's utopia". I must have missed something. "...Sounds to me like "tha man" is keepin the brothers (...and sisters...) down; man...". Looks to me like that Nobama and company ought to start using some of them "New Reconstruction" tactics on these places. Where's Eric Holder when ya need him? Thanks for posting this interesting info. leroy

Sonny:______________ Thanks for the update. I like these little guys too (...got a sig 328; their problem is cost...). We could use another 380. This would be a nice one. Now, if they would only build one in 9mm. Thanks again, leroy

I love this!!! (....Lighten up, Francis....). What a truth. I dont know much about this and am very willing to listen to Fallguy's observations, as well as the observations of others. Like OS and others have said, "....i wouldnt get too overheated if i wuz you. There are lots of things to learn here. ..." leroy

DMark:______________ I understand. Thought that might be the case. I've got the opposite problem. I like a long trigger. I really like the pistola; it looks great and is in a great caliber. Thanks again, leroy

Will:______________ Ya did good!! Got his brother in 45 colt. Exact same revolver. leroy

DMark:_________ Just wonderin (....by the way, the super looks great!!...). Why did ya decide to use a short trigger on this pistol? leroy