deerslayer

Yeah I was over it decades ago (and never really was that into it). I may occasionally have one or two if I’m 50 yards from wherever I’m sleeping that night, but I wouldn’t care if it was suddenly never available again. I don’t see why it’s so necessary for some folks, but I do understand that it does different stuff for different people. Give three guys tequila and one goes to sleep, one has the happiest day of his life, and the third wants to kill everybody. I have little sympathy for whatever consequences the third guy faces unless it’s his first time.

This. Too many scenes in movies and shows where somebody has a long day (or even a normal day) and a stiff drink or five is obligatory.

I’ve seen this a lot lately and was initially suspicious, but now believe there’s something to it. I suspect the more serious fans of alcohol will write it off as Baptist teetotaler propaganda.

My suppressed M&P 10 might be worth one match.

This. The result of “holding them accountable” will be either metal detectors or more likely, security guards with hand wands. Either way, not a favorable result.

Same here, but that .308 ammo is no joke.

These are the changes I’ve made to 2011s I’ve had. They were improvements for me; some may find them dumb, which is also fine. 1. Mag release spring - either a lighter spring or trim the existing one. These springs are often too stiff and I don’t drop the mag. This may possibly be due to my left-handedness - I use my trigger finger to hit the mag release and I may not have as much leverage as you right-handed thumbdumpers. 2. Short trigger - I don’t have small hands, but I tend to use the tip of my finger and a short trigger helps mitigate this bad habit that I’ve never shaken. 3. Steel mainspring housing - I’ve added a steel MSH to add an ounce or so of weight in the heel (when the grip/MSH is polymer). Maybe splitting hairs, but I like the feel of it better. 4. Reduced power recoil spring - some factory guns are badly oversprung. As a competitive shooter, I often hear the misconception about “powder puff” ammo that non-competitive shooters assume we use. A lighter spring changes the recoil impulse, but has little to do with light ammo (at least for me). My gamer ammo is slightly spicier than what I usually carry. 5. Aftermarket fire control parts - only worthwhile if A. your gun has MIM junk (sometimes MIM stuff is ok), B. you want to improve/lighten the trigger, and C. you will shoot it a lot (10,000+ rounds). Some MIM parts will hold up, but some high volume shooters go ahead and ditch them when doing a trigger job. Having said all that, and the Mac 9 being your first 2011, I would just shoot the hell out of it and not do anything to it for a while, if ever.

It has a gen 1 style frame - no rail on the frame and different grip texture with no finger grooves.

Which set of 3 gun rules will you have to follow? That might eliminate a couple options.

The sky screamers are getting laryngitis today

I still have a metal NFL lunchbox like the kid on the left has. No idea where the thermos is, though.

About 3” out here. Took a short ride in the 4Runner early just to see what the roads were like but the 4Runner made that a boring affair (snow doesn’t bother the 4Runner). Roads look pretty clear now. The ground wasn’t cold enough yet to prevent melting. Good thing - the low tonight is 8F.

I finally got my own tools and gadgets to build uppers and lowers, I’ll never shop for complete uppers again lol

I ordered a stripped upper from them last week. The kinda janky website combined with the almost-too-good-to-be-true price had me skeptical, but they do list a street address and there was lots of good online feedback about them. They shipped my upper fast and I’ll do business with them again.

Meanwhile, their website shows a huge Presidents’ Day sale

You’ll pay more and you can get any color you want as long as it’s black, but the retailer will actually ship your stuff.

Sounds like a hassle but I did. CC company said it will take two billing cycles . Some guys online are seeing their stuff suddenly get shipped after starting a dispute. It it works, great, but now I just want my money back so I can go a different route with my build without having to wonder if I'll end up getting it or not. I don't believe my parts were ever in stock - nobody' shipping department is backed up 1.5 months.

They supply receivers and barrels for big name AR manufacturers - they are huge. I hope their new business model is not "we have plenty of business- F em." I have heard that the hard-to-find-good-help problem is still a big deal in Washington, and it's probably exacerbated for a company making evil black rifles in a deep blue state. Whatever the case, they need to stop doing "limited run builder sets in desert camo for January only" specials and send the marketing guys to help in the CNC room or the shipping department.

I checked the "Reviews" section of their FB page. Oh boy

I don't do much social media, but I am confident they are getting hammered on all the socials by others.

Buying directly from Aero Precision nowadays is apparently a catastrophe. I ordered a receiver set on January 3 and never even received a confirmation email. Thank goodness I always screenshot my order number after hitting "submit." Aero billed my card on January 5. No worries, I figured, they got blown out over the holidays. Fast forward to day 44 and they still won't answer the phone, reply to messages (I can't find an email address), and their chat just kicks you off after 30 minutes. Five minutes of internet research reveals that there are a lot of other folks with the same story. Their customer service is awful. Meanwhile, they keep emailing me about receiver sets and other parts ready to ship. Yeah right. I like Aero receivers and hand guards and I might buy them from a retailer if I can temporarily get the taste out of my mouth, but I will never buy directly from Aero again, no matter how good their prices are.

Another gun that I still kick myself for not buying decades ago when they were pretty affordable (along with Colt King Cobra, Ruger Mini-30, and Winchester 94 Trapper), although $850 nowadays is pretty fair. GLWS

One of the craziest fishing trips I've ever been on was when Poplar Tree Lake in Shelby Forest was being drained for repair. Fish were competing with each other for the dwindling supply of food and would knock the crap out of anything that touched the water. We caught a bass with every cast but we almost bled out from the mosquito bites.

Right, but I don’t think a holster would have made a difference. At least not one like the jackwags OCing around here use.

Prevention, hell, they targeted that guy!