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This. 10k oil change intervals are more common and surprise surprise, so is unprecedented oil consumption across brands.

Right. My wife drives a RAV4 and says my 4Runner is a big SUV. A friend has a 2001 crew cab long bed F250 he calls "Hank the Tank." I think she needs to take Hank for a spin to get some perspective.

"Can't be duplicated from gun to gun" implies faulty parts or tolerances, as opposed to faulty design. It is highly concerning that the striker safety is not always catching the striker in the video Ken posted. Back in the 90s, Glock was chastised as being unsafe, but Glock simply produced a mechanically sound gun whose design exacerbated lousy gun handling habits. I don't think the 320 issues can be compared to the Glock issues of yesteryear.

The Brownells Youtube channel with Caleb and Steve is a treasure chest of AR building, tuning, and troubleshooting info.

It's all about having the ideal dwell time for gas interacting with your bolt carrier group. Different barrel lengths need different gas systems. Mid-length for 16" guns is generally more tame than traditional carbine length and has become more popular recently, especially if a suppressor is involved. Caleb at Brownell's explains it pretty well:

I think this is overhyped. Very few guns have "full case support." Early Glocks were notorious, but other brands have done the same thing. "Glock bulge" was more common in .40 guns, but was less a thing in gen 3 and later guns. I've resized zillions of .40 cases in a U-die that definitely worked the bottom of the case and never had a single problem. In my experience, loading .40 (bulged or not) has presented a lot less trouble than loading 9mm, probably due to the 9mm being around over a century and the resulting vast variety of troublesome 9mm brass one may encounter if a bunch of time is not invested in meticulous sorting.

After the first blown case, I would have stopped shooting and started pulling bullets. Measuring the charge weight of pulled bullets can be iffy (sometimes powder sticks or spills), but depending on the powder, 5.2 grains could be a significant overcharge.

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The pro fence/deck people are going to kill you. There is a side gig guy out there who will do just as good or better work for a lot less. The problem is finding that guy (usually by word of mouth). A friend and I used to build fences on the weekend. I've built a lot of fences and hope I'm done with all that lol. I've driven delivery trucks, cut grass, and done HVAC in the attic all summer when it's 95F outside, but the closest I've ever come to a heat stroke was the day I set 44 posts at our new house. That was 20 years and two rotator cuffs ago.

Rules or not, that was a silly lowball.

I always thought it would be cool to have a camping trailer that looked like a B-29.

I was also in there yesterday. Talked to a guy who has worked there for decades. Can't ever remember his name, but he's a good dude. He told me the same thing - closing in June, will make you a deal. They had an excellent price on a gun I've liked for a while, but I didn't pull the trigger. Decisions decisions

They will never get another dime from me. I finally got my money back after three months. No communication is a total deal breaker - I never even got an order confirmation, much less a tracking number. If they ever did decide to ship it and it got misdelivered or lost, I would be completely SOL because they refuse to be contacted. There should be some sort of law against taking folks’ money for an item listed as in stock when it is clearly out of stock. Their business model is horsesh!t.

Research magazines. Early Echelons were having magazines come apart unexpectedly.

Local radio was playing ads and I saw a couple billboards advertising it. You would think a quick web search would net some reliable dates and times, but I guess that's a lot to ask

How this is still available is baffling…

Each one has its own nuance.

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Brigdes...makes sense. 4-40 X .345 dot screw...not so much.

We have a not-too-mechanically-inclined local guy who recently sheared his dot screws. We asked how much he had torqued them. He told us that he puts the screw in snug, then goes another half turn because that's rule of thumb. He was dead serious. After the roar of laughter finally ended, we told him he probably went from 20 inch pounds to 220 and that the hex or Torx screw head is probably round.

Turn signals around here are useless and I kinda wish manufacturers would quit even putting them on new cars. There is a 1 in 3 chance the driver will do what they signal their intent is. I pretty much disregard turn signals and watch for what other drivers actually do.