MacGyver

Years ago I used to keep a quarter for a payphone in my wallet - but when's the last time you saw one of those?   These days I use this on the back of my phone - license, HCP, one card and a couple business cards.  I've been using it for a year or so, and just don't find myself needing more since all the affinity/membership cards can be scanned off your phone these days

I'm frankly surprised you can still buy Tannerite in it's branded form.  There have been plenty of people who have caused a whole lot of trouble by combining the components on their own en masse.   It'll get banned as soon as it generates enough attention.

Y'all realize that this election was for the Houston Community College Board, right?

  That's just a limitation of the software as it stands.    Maybe an update will come out at some point to address it, but it's not something we can influence or change on our end by somehow adjusting a setting.

My comment was directed towards the users who commented that they'd like to be able to post pictures directly.   The forum software's basis is filtering is certainly a security issue.  There have been a host of hacks that have born out the concern.   But, as a practical matter, as consumers of this forum software - not developers, we're kind of limited in what we can do anyway.  The only files that are allowed are types that are whitelisted.  Remove that list, and the software won't allow you to link anything.  To look at your original image above, this has more to do with how some web servers are hosting image files and the fact that it's not listing an extension.  So, your image above is a valid .png file, but since the hosting server doesn't list an extension, IPB isn't going to allow it.  Maybe at some point they'll update to looking at mime-type, but it's not something that David or I can influence.

I can't imagine how our database would grow if we started allowing people to post pictures at will.  Discount the potential security issues (known and unknown) with allowing users to upload files entirely.  Subtract potential legal issues with hosting images we don't own, and it's still not something we're really going to be interested in doing.  It simply boils down to performance issues. We already spend a ton of time balancing performance with database size.  One poorly resized picture could literally consume the database space of thousands of threads with pictures linked from external sources.    I just don't see it happening.

Most of the major insurance carriers have exclusions that essentially require their insureds to prohibit weapons if they want to remain insured.  I expect you can get away with it when you're a smaller company, but when you get big enough that they actually start auditing your practices, it's going to come up.

The city museum. Trust me.

That's a great looking knife.

Yes. I think we've got enough to do it. I'll leave this open for another week or so and then assign names.

It's still going to be a little while, yet.   Uppers are still being machined.  Per the last update I got from Jeff, they plan to ship them out to be anodized on the 18th.  With the holiday, they hope to have them back and start shipping them out by the 10th of December.  So, assuming everything proceeds as planned, we should have no problem with having these in folks hands in time for Christmas - just like we originally hoped.

Welcome to TGO, everyone!  Having spent the first 18 years of my life in Atlanta, I still have a fondness for the place.  Y'all have a lot of law from a firearms perspective that we would love to have up here in Tennessee.  Unfortunately, taking this same walk in any park in any major metro area in Tennessee would have you arrested with a different end result.   I'll be honest in saying that my first impulse is to shut this thread down - for two reasons.  One, is that we suddenly have an influx of people from outside of our immediate community coming onto the board to jump into this thread.  The second is that experience tells me that these open carry threads generally only go one way, and that folks will keep pushing the issue as long as they have a platform to speak.  I'm going to go against my impulse for now and keep this thread open, but everyone please be cognizant of TGO's code of conduct.  This thread is on thin ice, so to speak.   After reading the initial article that was posted here, the court documents and the majority of the thread over on GeorgiaPacking, here's the thing that just doesn't sync up for me - I just can't level set that this particular walk on this particular day had to result in Mr. Proescher getting arrested.    I'll agree that he shouldn't have been arrested.  I'd like to support his ability to carry openly.  It wasn't long ago in Georgia that this by itself would have constituted a crime.  I'm glad the security company settled and the Mr. Proescher got enough money for a nice AR out of it (though I will say that I've never seen a settlement agreement that doesn't have a confidentiality clause that prohibits talking about the outcome).  I'm glad this case hopefully resulted in some better training for somebody.  But, I fail to see how this case advances our rights, our agenda at large as gun owners or our message with the public at large.   This isn't the Woolworth's lunch counter, y'all.   I know that we trend towards these all or nothing positions these days, but I'd argue that we can all step back from the edge just a little bit.   I'd argue that there's some distance between Gestapo'ish "papers please" police force and a police officer who's just trying to figure out if a person with a gun on his hip represents a threat.   I'd argue that there's a little distance between helping less-informed officers understand the law as it exists and being non-cooperative.   I'd argue that there's some distance between being civil and how these encounters so often go.   There's some distance between having the government on your front porch and going to seek the man out so you can poke him with a stick.   I'll give Mr. Proescher a wide latitude as he presents his version of events.  But, I personally level set that with his statement in his signature over on GeorgiaPacking that he "will not answer questions, I will not produce identification."  I'll level set it with the fact that he left his license in the car, but brought his recorder with him.  I'd argue that had he presented a license - despite the fact that the law does not technically require it - he would have driven out of there that afternoon.   Like I said, I'll give the gentleman a bit of latitude, but looking at what we do know - regardless of whether the guard changed his story or not - it sure looks like he went out that day prepared to be detained, whether or not he actually expected it when it happened.   This case may actually hurt the community because now there's opinion in Georgia that open carrying is reasonable suspicion to detain.  I didn't see in the GeorgiaPacking thread that the decision was going to be appealed.    I'm sorry, but I just don't see how this helps the community of gun owners at large. 

Truth is, the vast majority of trans fats are already gone. The FDA is well behind the class action industry. They've just codified the threats.

Correct. It's a pretty simple tool with a jig to index it and make sure it turns at the proper twist rate.

I actually think in the case of the gun printed above they printed the barrel with rifling. But, it's worth picking up a copy of Foxfire 5. It's got a couple hundred pages of old school flintlock making with great descriptions of how they rifled their handmade barrels. I'm not saying the average joe is going to start rifling his own barrels; just that it's worth it to learn how they used to do it.

Rifling isn't necessary when you're talking Archduke Ferdinand distances that get the political class all itchy.

It's a desktop 4-axis machine. Bought around 2005. I'd post a link, but I'm on my phone. It's a Taig mini mill upgraded to CNC capability by MicroProto Systems. You need to talk to a used equipment dealer in a major market like Atlanta. There are still some deals out there. I learned on a mid 60's bridgeport. Great machines.

They didn't ask for his permit.  They asked for ID and he would only provide his permit.

Something that you really need to consider when looking at vests is not just how much gear they can strap on there, but how that gear is placed and more importantly, how you're going to use it. Look at the vest listed above: That belt is useless. It looks like it holds a lot of stuff, but let's think about it a little bit. First, the cross draw. There's a place for it, but just like small of the back carry, there's a good potential that in a stressful situation you're going to be sweeping yourself with the muzzle for part of your draw. You can make your own decisions, but it's not for me. Next, let's look at those pistol mag carriers. Go through the motions of removing a mag from a pouch up around your shoulders. It's wonky at best. I don't have a problem with the rifle mag carriers - but they've gone and stitched an admin pouch above it. If the pocket is there, you're going to stuff something in there. Well...now you've got an issue when you're trying to get a good grip on your rifle magazines and they're going to hang up when you try and extract them. We've got a bunch of folks on here who have spent more than their fair share of time downrange over the last decade getting shot at for a living. Most would be happy to share their rigs. Here's are two great setups by guys whose lives have depended on them: http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/topic/35847-new-equipment/?p=597123 http://www.tngunowners.com/forums/topic/68590-hsgi-sure-grip-belt/?p=1016301

For "casual" use that mostly resembles sitting in a closet, the Condor and Voodoo Tactical vests are fine.   Like you said above, it's a substantial investment.  If you're considering it really is a buy once purchase, we're it me, I'd spend a little more money and go with someone like Tactical Tailor or Eagle Industries.  The difference is worth it.

And I'm all for showing the emperor without his clothes, so to speak.   We own and use both a 3D printer and a CNC mill.  Both were purchased for less than $2,000.  The economy falling off the cliff in 2009 put so many small tool and die shops out of business that you can still find lightly used machines for pennies on the dollar.    For that matter, the internet and rapid-prototyping companies like FirstCut have made rolling your own more economical than ever - why bother with buying and setting up your own equipment when there are dozens of companies that will machine you parts from your own drawings for $99.   It's funny to watch them try to stuff Pandora back in his box.  It's sad to realize that they actually think they can succeed - and yet these are our "leaders".

The .dxf file that generates the print file is exactly the same as the .dxf file that generates the g-code for a milling machine.   I'm excited to see all of the popular support for 3D printing as it's dropping costs and promoting innovation.    But don't kid yourself.  This is not an amazing new way to manufacture a gun.  People who want a gun that can't be traced buy one off the street.  People who are looking for one-shot zip guns like the Liberator aren't going to print one.  They're going to go to the hardware store, spend $25, and make their own out in the garage with nothing more than a few hand tools.

Y'all are going to be disappointed in that vest.    I know the price is attractive, but a lot of the "tactical vests" on the market today are overblown photojournalist vests that they ran in ACU instead of khaki.   It might be okay if the only time you're going to put it on is when you take out the trash and then promptly go back inside, but wear it longer than that and you'll be disappointed.  The craftsmanship, fit, adaptability and durability of that vest are lacking.   If you're looking for a vest, it's worth the money to get an actual MOLLE equipped plate carrier that you can customize when you figure out that the placement of all those magazines, Twinkies and whatever else you strap on there isn't to your liking.  Or, if you're not going to use all that real estate to actually carry armor, you might consider a good belt and some mag carriers like HSGI makes.

Yep.  The best 10/22 trigger job is a call to Tony Kidd.

You can't use a Georgia permit for ID.  It's a laminated card for some crazy reason in 2013 does not have a picture on it.   This is a non-story.  This guy went looking for a confrontation with law enforcement and they obliged.