MacGyver

If they'll sell for that, then more power to them. Their decision I guess. I would bet that there are going to be some buyers with a lot of remorse when they finally open up the market and they start selling closer to what they're worth. I wouldn't want to do that to one of my customers.

Specialty Arms II has got serial number 16 for $7499. They said they've sold every one they've had.

That would be alright. Then you would have a nice hole to hang it from. .50BMG rounds are designed to penetrate up to 1" of rolled armor. Even they wont touch 400 or 500 Hardox steels at an inch thick.

Can't help the politics, but at least you can get some good eats. Next time you are downtown, check out Macrina Bakery. Walking distance from Pike Place Market - great breakfast treats. 1943 First Avenue South

I always feel funny signing that form that as I recall has in the fine print "If this plane crashes, it's because you brought a gun" Post some of your pics when you get back.

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Never had any problems. I field strip the weapon prior to checking it as well.

The video started, and I thought, "why the roll cage?" Now I know. That's pretty cool.

Typical .177 pellet is only 8.3 grains. Many cases of lethality reported over the years, but it seems like the simple math of F=MA doesn't often lead to doing terminal damage to a bigger target. I guess our moms were right. You really are more likely to shoot your eye out.

I have to use one of those ratchet straps they use to hold stuff on trailers. Took some getting used to, but my pants don't budge an inch.

A little bit more expensive than the P3AT, but I've been really happy with the Micro Eagle. Any 380 has limitations, but it fits in well as a bug or in more formal social situations where you can't carry a full size piece. At 145 lbs it still disappears in the back pocket of my jeans with a Meco pocket holster.

So with two small children, it's hard enough to walk in a restaurant, much less notice whether they have posted. I keep meaning to check several places to see if they have posted, but as of tonight remembered to check when we ate at Cozymel's in Cool Springs. They were not posted. Name: Cozymel's City: Cool Springs Contact details:

I've got a 552.A65 and love it. The 512.A65 is identical minus the night vision setting on the 552. The AA units are long. On a standard M4 with a non rail handguard, I can only fit the holosight and an ARMS #40 BUIS. Not that I need, or want anything more on the rail, but it is a big unit. TripleDigitRide mentioned liking the units that take an n-type battery, they are also making one that takes a single Lithium 123 mounted transversely. That might be a nice option. Having used Aimpoints and EoTechs, I prefer the EoTech, especially the 65MOA ring with the 1MOA dot. Shoot both if you get a chance, as they are both great products and I think it is really a matter of personal preference. Noting the good deal you mentioned, make sure you are getting an authentic sight. They are having big problems with counterfeiters right now, and a lot of them are showing up on EBay. The sight may look identical from the outside, but turn them on and they are just a cheap knockoff red dot with no holographic technology.

I grew up in Atlanta and all of my family is there. PM me if you want to talk about pros/cons of particular neighborhoods.

Tom, I actually couldn't agree with you more on this point. The loss of simple knowledge in this country (and the world at large) is distressing. Not just on stuff like this, but gardening, mechanics, etc... If things were to ever really head south, we would have to relearn a lot of lost knowledge by trial and error - in a time where trial and error will likely cost lives. I think the knowledge presented here is actually good. I have filed it away to remember myself. My problems with it as a practical matter remain, though. Match heads are going to be inconsistent at best, and really time consuming to fill primer cups with. Second, get past the corrosiveness on any of the posted mixtures in the link, and you've still got a problem. Potassium Chlorate, Potassium Perchlorate, Antimony Sulfide, etc... are all consided "Explosive Materials" by the ATF as of 04/26/02. It's a shame - when I was a kid we could walk into the pharmacy up the street from my house and buy Potassium Chlorate by the pound (the pharmacist thought my mom had the best fertilized roses in town). Known possession these days will get your door kicked in. Just another way the world has changed for the worse, I guess. I would strongly discourage people from trying this in any situation other than an emergency. Our grandfathers didn't make their own primers. They bought them just like we do. A percussion cap is an entirely different animal. My own experience with match heads as a kid left me with a scar from spontaneous combustion when there was no other abrasive present than the inside of a smooth rocket tube. If it could happen then, there is no way I would walk around with a bunch of bullets strapped to my hip containing the same mixture.

Per my Avatar, I appreciate anything that can be improvised when things head south. That said, I stand by my earlier caution. Pressing pressure sensitive explosives into a case in close proximity to other explosive media is a bad idea. Sooner or later, you are going to reach down into your bag of luck, and there isn't going to be anything there. Should we ever meet, ask to see the scar on my hand from the unexpected ignition of a matchhead powered rocket when I was 10 or 11. Walking to the 'launchpad' - no dropping it or jarring it - it just lit up.

There has been some history in it, but in general, I would think it to be a phenomenally bad idea - for a couple of reasons. 1. Lead Styphnate, the primary explosive used in most primers is both impact (obviously) and shock sensitive. This includes electostatic discharge from the human body. One spark on a dry winter night, and there goes the neighborhood. Without some heavy duty safety equipment and an expensive press, you very well could blow yourself up. 2. Sourcing reloading mixture (whatever the composition) - this is a primary explosive, and as such I would guess that the BATFE is really going to take exception to people having it in their possession. If you look at what has happened with model rocket enthusiasts, sites like unitednuclear.com and others over the last few years under the misguided focus of DHS, I just can't see it happening. There were guys back in the depression who shaved the heads of strike anywhere matches to reload .22 shells, but it was unreliable then, and the mixture has changed since. Try striking a modern "strike anywhere" match anywhere but on the box and you'll see what I mean.

I am amazed I made it past a certain point in my life without safety glasses. It seems like I put them on religiously now if I am out in the shop or in the garage. Maybe I growing more cautious with age, but I've been struck recently at how many things have flown up and hit my glasses. That said, I'm not sure I would have been wearing them either when changing a baseplate. I've been wondering when you were going to redact that list. The collection seems to have been growing lately?

I find it interesting that opponents of the bill invoke the same states rights arguments that they argue against when it comes to the firearms freedom bills in various states.

What an amazing piece of history - both from your family and our country! Very cool.

I love a good Tomahawk, and really appreciate the fact that there are some great ones on the market today - I really like the ATC ones. That said, they are really only good at one thing - quiet CQB. For any other task there is simply a better more efficient tool - either a machete, saw, axe or in some cases a hammer. Your grandfather taught you to use the right tool for the job, and for better or worse, a modern tomahawk's intended purpose is to punch through helmets and skulls. For survival situations, there is something else to consider, and that is that you are going to spend a whole lot of precious energy using a hawk to perform a task that could be handled better with another tool - and with less chance of injury to yourself while in a compromised position. Do consider one with a nylon handle. The reason is that as an ambulatory member of the male gender, when you get a tomahawk, you are going to proceed directly to the backyard and attempt to throw it at the nearest wooden object of any size. It's going to bounce off that object many times before you get it down, and eventually your handle (even the good hickory ones) is going to break. It doesn't really matter how good you become, there seems to be an effective service life on the handle of a throwing tomahawk. I'm guessing that this is eventually a problem with the nylon ones, too, but maybe to a lesser extent. There's a guy down in Chattanooga that makes some really nice tactical tomahawks. I know at one time he was shipping them over to the sandbox about as fast as he could make them - I expect that has eased a bit by now. Tactical Tomahawks

Casino security is very tight, but focused on a different objective - that is how much a given customer is spending and whether or not they or anyone around them is cheating. Your entire experience in the casino is based on your spending level. Most have thousands of cameras in place, and can track your every move in the public areas and gaming areas. Most casinos are not formally posted, but any of them can ask a customer to leave at any time. As long as you go to Vegas knowing that the house is always going to win if you play long enough, and yet you go because you enjoy the experience, go and have a great time. I can never seem to get past that. For me, the only thing worth seeing in Vegas is 35 miles away at Hoover Dam, and that is a sight well worth seeing.

That's a really great bag. Did you see it in person before you bought it? I was looking at it on their site and in no way thought that the pictures they showed of the bag represented a bag with over 2000 cubic inches of space. I think that's about perfect for a go bag minus a primary weapon.

Sorry for the confusion Hatmaker, I wasn't criticizing your post. Since David asked about shooting 7.62 in a .308 - that is the reverse of the .223/5.56 argument. You can shoot either in a rifle marked 5.56, but not shoot 5.56 in a .223. Unlike the 7.62 where depending on the vintage/headspace you can get in trouble shooting commerical .308. I should have been more clear in my post.

It's actually the reverse of the .223/5/56 argument. It's okay to fire 7.62 in a rifle chambered for .308, but may not be okay to fire .308 in a rifle chambered for 7.62. While they are approximately the same size dimensionally, 7.62 is spec'd to have a thicker wall thickness. There probably wouldn't be a problem with a newer rifle, but in an old Mauser or something similar there could be. Here's a link if you are interested: 7.62x51mm NATO or 308 Winchester? What's the Difference?