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I doubt I would go for one with the deerstalker stamp. A later model would suit me fine. And I've seen them for around the same as I paid for the 96. Its up there, but not out of my range yet.

Nothing new but it was the missing piece for me. I only needed it to complete the */22 set. So here it is, the out of production, not well loved Ruger 96/22 in 22lr. I've been shopping for one for a while and even though I didn't get a screaming deal on this one, I got it for what I think is a decent price right now. I'll have to get it out with its brothers soon for a */22 family picture. Someone asked me what I was gonna get next. Now I have to decide. Part of me wants to get the */44 set. But before I get too far in that, I need to get a spare barrel for the 96 and get it threaded. Or maybe I can get a Gemtech Mist modded to fit the 96 and have the ultimate Ruger squirrel gun.

It is. Or at least it used to be. I know the original XM18 fattys were XM24 thickness so they used xm24 standoffs. Scales may or may not have been thicker. Can't remember for sure.

Thanks Mike. I have another project ahead of this one so its going to be first half of next year but I'll let you know.

I guess I just didn't notice. Wish I had. Oh well.

Thanks y'all. I knew I could find the stuff. I was more commenting on how quickly all of it kinda faded away. I understand there are still a few out there but they used to be EVERYWHERE!

yeah thats a 20 inch barrel but not an A2. And I don't want a detachable carry handle.

Current production is fine. I remember not too terribly long ago Palmetto had complete uppers for something like 399 with FN barrels. Those are long gone. But even finding a stripped upper looks like its a scavenger hunt these days. I just hate that flat tops have become so popular that places aren't even carrying the older style stuff.

Always wanted to build an A2 clone but never got around to. Finally made up my mind and set aside a lower and now all of the A2 stuff is gone. Figures that would be my luck. Time to start hitting the secondary I suppose.

Thats unfortunate. They advertised heavily that it is the "same magazine family" which to me means same mags. And I haven't watched the MAC video. His opinion is garbage to me at this point so I'm not wasting 20 minutes.

Doesn't take 75 mags. Its in the family with P07 and P09 so shares mags with those two.

I'm running a Denon 5.1 receiver (room isn't ideal for 7.1 or 9.1) and a yamaha speaker setup. The receiver was 220 from Crutchfield. Speakers were 120 when I bought them from Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001AVRD62/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Plus speaker wire 7.99 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004M4CSGO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 15.99 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0044YPN0A/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ends for the wire - 14.99 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005E1CGZC/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I already had speaker mounts and my HDMI cables. This has been a fantastic setup. I didn't link my receiver model as its a 2011 model that I bought in 2012 and its not available anywhere any longer. All in I have under 400 dollars in this and I use it to run everything. I have it setup with passthrough so I don't use the TV remote or settings at all. I use the receiver to change inputs and volume control.

Hopefully this will show up on a quicker timeline than the TB models, or gen 2 scorpions did.

No but there are free programs out there like the autodesk suite. I think the ultimaker communicates with cura for a slicer and I don't know what file types you can import. But I know you can use .stl. Your solidity of print and all that is set in the slicer.

I'm jealous. I want an ultimaker pretty badly.

I don't have the cad skills but no reason that it couldn't be done. Some of the areas would be a little tricky. But materials are getting better constantly and some of the old issues aren't issues anymore. I love 3d printing.

Ultimaker 2? What did he print in? There are some bridges there that look like they would have frayed a good bit but he print looks great.

It would take a coordinated effort from all of them. Otherwise, one drops their price and outsells the rest in spades.

If you're happy that's awesome. I hope it stays that way. But HTA has a really bad rep from exploded tubes to just horrid customer service. They've been known to take people's cans back for warranty work and then stop responding for 8 months. Or just not respond in the first place.

Prices won't drop like y'all are saying but they will drop a bit. Gary Hughes has said that only 8% of FFLs are able to carry NFA products. That means that just the available dealers would expand over tenfold. Its my belief that supply would be overwhelmed by demand instantly and gouging or just MSRP pricing would be the norm until all of the manufacturers could gear up. And yes the market would be flooded with cheaper cans. But do we really want more hunter town arms? As for innovation, most of the innovation in baffle tech is at a plateau. We might not see anything change for decades. But the real innovation these days is in mounting systems. The Wolverine is a perfect example of this. And don't get your hopes up about this bill. This one is already dead. I think it has just a few more months before it will have to be reintroduced. Then we start over. And the tax credit line will likely be removed. Not a great chance of it remaining if the bill has a chance to pass. If we as a community want to get a bill like this passed, we need to make the antis in charge stop looking at cans as fun toys and make them see it as true protection, not just for the shooters, but for the people that live around ranges. And we certainly don't need to remind them that we could make our own. They would never let it pass on that alone. Ghost silencer kills hundreds would be the next headline.

Green Bay is terrible, but still, look what happens when Butterfingers Mariota doesn't give the ball away umpteen times.

no. if it was a politician, maybe, but since this is an actual product, sales are the goal.

I'm scared. You and I agreed on something. Its the Apocalypse.

I think its cool that they brought an ar to market. I don't hate them for that. I hate the marketing hype for something that just isn't special.

I was really hoping for something different. Didn't care what, but just not something that is already so readily available.