deerslayer

This. I trust my Dillon 550-loaded pistol ammo more than just about any factory ammo nowadays.

I haven't seen .20/round 9mm that I would put in my gun. A friend told me that Academy had Blazer brass for .24 each yesterday. That is about as good as I've seen. I've been through these cycles several times now. Components are cheap>people get complacent and say reloading isn't worthwhile>Democrats win/covid hits etc>people freak out>ammo disappears>I handload for .10/round>people want to get into reloading. Back in 2018 or 2019 when primers were $22/1k, people on this site were telling me reloading isn't worthwhile. The same people were scrounging for ammo in 2020/2021 and probably standing in line at Academy every Thursday morning. I can still load pistol ammo for less than half what it costs if I use components I bought when they told me I was wasting time and money. With components bought today, it's still worthwhile. If nothing else, it's there when the next run starts and I don't have to hunt up and down hoping to find some.

I don't think I've ever handled a Staccato, but if they are using the same grips STI did, there is room on the sides to remove material and thin them down. Extreme Shooters https://extremeshooters.com sells slimmed-down grips or works on grips provided by customers. I have one of theirs on an STI 2011 and it was worth it. Not that long ago, you could buy a complete Extreme-treated grip for under $200, but their prices have gone up (like everything else). I'm not sure if Extreme removes material from the back of the grip like you mentioned, but if there's material that can be removed, they have mastered it.

I think the more important question is whether or not the Hellcat can fire out of battery. Anybody know for sure?

Holy smokes, a trip down memory lane. The first car I remember is our 1970?? 2 door army green Coronet. My not-so-fondest memory of it was when my dad slammed the hood on my fingers (I was maybe four years old and he didn't realize I was standing next to him on my toes trying to see what he was doing under the hood). GLWS

They don’t make them like they used to. I think half the kids in Memphis went to him. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/commercialappeal/name/charles-housholder-obituary?id=12395437

I probably had what would later be diagnosed as ADHD. This was in the late 70s/early 80s. My mother asked my doctor about it once and his response was, “All he needs is 10 acres and a 10 foot fence.” Fortunately, she got the point.

Imaaaaaagine that

I found Fiocchi small pistol primers for $89/1500 at Sportsman’s Warehouse. I haven’t seen .06 each since 2020.

Miculek is the man.

They are bulky, but Federals are my favorite. They seat the easiest when loading and they are the softest - nobody gets light strikes with Federal.

I meant if I lived fairly close and I were a handloader, I would get a stack. $70/thousand may not make tons of financial sense to some, but between two wars, an upcoming election, and a less than 2A friendly administration, I don't get a warm and fuzzy feeling about the near future price/availability of ammo and components. A big pile of Federal primers will not lose value and is more versatile than an equivalent dollar amount of store bought ammo.

There are no bargains any more, but if he had Federal SP for $70/k or so, I would pick up a stack.

I’m not sure he has a limit. I suspect he just saw the writing on the wall and was thinking hey guys, we can’t be this blatant.

What kind of primers and how much were they?

In the same scenario, a skilled F-class shooter with a hot rod bolt action could have killed more people than Paddock did in Las Vegas. I fear we still haven’t seen (fortunately) the havoc that a truly talented shooter is capable of wreaking.

I’m still not sure what extreme MAGA means. As far as I can tell, it’s a term Democrats use to describe any Republican not named Romney, Cheney, or Kinzinger.

You may be correct, or MSM may drag this one out because he’s a white male, apparently hetero, and oh my goodness, he’s a firearms instructor. Probably a white supremacist by Monday.

I recognize you in those pics. That's awesome.

I was looking for the 150 marker on one hole when a voice inside my head said, "Hey numbnuts, it's a par 3." Yeah I have a long way to go.

I haven’t played golf in several years until this week. I got my shoulder rebuilt earlier this year and was curious to see how it would react to swinging a club. I played nine holes earlier this week and was sore as hell, so me not being the smartest kid in class, I went and played again. Sore again. I think my days of 300 yard drives are finished and my putter wasn’t working, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. I would like to get back into it again, but between my daughter’s soccer team and my addiction to competitive shooting, it will be tough to do.

Maybe I missed something or a comment was removed, but MacGyver’s post seemed to be directed at a different member (not the guy who got banned).

Arafat turned down that offer back in 2000. I wonder where things would be today if they had signed on. https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2002/may/23/israel3

Sounds like flu, but the first time I had covid, it was pretty much the same as flu (except I temporarily lost my sense of smell). The second time was a headache and scratchy throat for a couple days. My daughter’s friend recently had something similar to what you describe and she was covid negative/flu positive.