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My frame has two pins. And it is a G26 frame. I don't know enough to tell you if the ejector has been changed. But I do know that it shoots 40SW just great, and has a very nice trigger. Thanks for your input.

Didn't there used to be a thread about odd or unusual GLOCKS? I bought mine from a fellow board member here, and it is unusual. The frame has a G26 serial number, and the slide and barrel have matching DBW Alaska Commemorative G27 serial numbers. Anyone else got an oddball GLOCK?

It always boils down to: what is the gun for? If you just love to shoot holes in targets 100 yards away, get an AR. Piston driven or not doesn't matter, if you clean it well after shooting. On the other hand, if you want legendary reliability to have on hand for possible "social situations," you can't beat a plain ol' never fail, easy maintainance AK.

This is my short story on AKs.... 1. The cheapest and most available right now are the Romanian WASR10, modified by Century Arms to receive ordinary 30 round magazines. They have also been made 922r compliant, so they are good to go, as long as you get a good one. The Tapco trigger is said to be pretty good. The finish and stocks are barely OK. It is the cheap Chevy of the AK world. But if it works, hey! Why not! Most easily recognized by the absence of "dimples" which hold the mags in a bit tighter with less wobbles. 2. All the others are a step up in workmanship, and come from Yugoslavia, Hungary and other places. 3. The MAK90 is Chinese, and comes from the early 1990s. They are nice AKs, but some people hate the thumbhole stock. the Egyptian Maadi is closely related to the MAK90, having been made from Chinese parts. 4. Check out the various AK forums for lots of information. Try some links on this link page: http://www.mouseguns.com/homedef.htm

As someone intimated above, it depends on the distance. For self-defense, you don't need to be very accurate at more than seven yards. If you can generally hit what you aim at at less than seven yards, that's good enough. Most times you will be confronted at a much shorter distance than that. Another thought, self-defense involves target that are moving, and you yourself will be moving, too. So it gets VERY difficult over just a few yards.

This was in the Chattanooga Times Free Press on Sunday morning, August 16, 2009....

Before you send it back, try hitting it a couple of times with a 2x4. That might fix it. (seriously!) And if not, you can always send it back. HiPoint customer service is legendary.

Congrats on getting a nice gun. I have always liked the PT145. I don't know how you can pocket carry it, though!

Everybody needs a farmer friend out in the country!

"Wolverines" is sort of an inside joke, but well-known to all AK-47 owners. It comes from the name of the football team of a small town high school. In the movie Red Dawn, the USA is invaded by Communists with ak-47s. They are eventually repelled, etc. etc.... Red Dawn From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Red Dawn Starring Patrick Swayze Charlie Sheen Lea Thompson Jennifer Grey C. Thomas Howell Brad Savage Darren Dalton Music by Basil Poledouris Cinematography Ric Waite Editing by Thom Noble Distributed by MGM/UA Entertainment Co. Release date(s) August 10, 1984 Running time 114 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $4,200,000 Gross revenue $38,376,497 Red Dawn is a 1984 American war film directed and co-written by John Milius and also written by Kevin Reynolds. The film is set in an alternate timeline during the mid-1980s, and deals with an invasion of the United States by the Soviet Union and its Central American allies. However, the onset of World War III is merely in the background of the plot and not fully elaborated upon. The story follows a group of American high school students who resist their foreign occupiers through guerrilla warfare and call themselves the Wolverines, after their local football team, some of whom are members. Red Dawn was the first movie in film history to be released in the US with a Motion Picture Association of America PG-13 rating.[1] At one time, Red Dawn was considered the most violent film by the Guinness Book of Records and The National Coalition on Television Violence, with a rate of 134 acts of violence per hour, or 2.23 per minute.[2] Contents [hide] 1 Plot summary 2 Cast 3 Themes 4 Development 5 Cold War 6 Operation Red Dawn 7 Remake 8 See also 9 References 10 External links [edit] Plot summary The prologue of the film explains that Communist ideology has taken root in many nations of the world, especially in South America and Central America, due to falling economic conditions and food shortages. The Soviet Union has experienced its worst wheat harvest in 55 years, and invades the former countries of the Warsaw Pact in Eastern Europe such as Poland, where mass rioting has occurred. Previously, West Germany was forced into disarmament when the Greens Party came into power there, and as such was left helpless to the Soviet onslaught (the film was released 5 years before the fall of the Berlin Wall). These events cause global disruption and tensions, NATO dissolves with the countries of Europe saying "twice in one century was enough" (according to Lt. Col. Andrew Tanner (Powers Boothe)), and the United Nations is left a political non-entity. With the onset of World War III looming, the United States is left standing alone. The film begins when a normal September morning in the small Colorado town of Calumet is unexpectedly interrupted by the surprise appearance of Cuban and Soviet paratroopers in the empty fields behind the local high school. As the paratroopers begin their attack and rounding up the townspeople, a small group of teenagers escapes in a truck, obtains weapons and supplies from a store, and flees to the nearby mountains where they had previously hunted with their fathers. The Arapaho National Forest becomes their base. When they return to find news on what has happened, the boys are given sanctuary for a time on a ranch by an old couple who are long-time friends of their families, and who inform them that they are "40 miles (64 km) behind enemy lines." The couple charge them with the care of their two granddaughters, Toni (Jennifer Grey) and Erica (Lea Thompson) Mason. Led by Jed Eckert (Patrick Swayze), his brother Matt (Charlie Sheen) and their friends Robert (C. Thomas Howell), Danny (Brad Savage), Daryl (Darren Dalton), and Aardvark (Doug Toby)—who call themselves the Wolverines after their high school mascot,[1]—they begin a resistance against the Soviet-allied occupation force. Jed and Matt learn that their father, a former military colonel who has given the two boys a lifetime of rigorous military and survival training, has now been captured and is being held in a Soviet concentration camp. Col. Eckart tells the two boys to forget about him, and to "avenge" him. In response, the "Wolverines" mount strikes on invading forces, and persuade others to do the same. Soon afterward, the Wolverines encounter Lt. Col. Andrew Tanner, a fighter pilot whose plane was shot down in air combat against Soviet planes over the area. Tanner informs them that half of America was taken over by a sudden strike through Mexico, but that the Soviet progress had been halted; the Colonel then assists the Wolverines in organizing raids against the Soviets. As the result of escalating guerrilla attacks, the Soviet field commanders now view the Wolverines as a serious threat. Initially, the occupiers had tried terror tactics, executing groups of civilians following every Wolverine attack, to intimidate the local population and the Wolverines into halting their attacks. However, this tactic backfires, and civilians lend increasing support to the resistance movement. Following a rise in popular support for the Wolverines, the Soviets decide to stop reprisals against civilians and begin hunting the Wolverines themselves. Spetsnaz commandos are sent into the mountains to eliminate the resistance, but the commandos are ambushed and killed by the Wolverines. The Wolverines are weakened, however, by the attacks and other events, and their morale erodes as the war of attrition takes its toll on their numbers. Even though the civilians are increasingly resistant to Soviet rule, the occupation forces are pushing the resistance to the breaking point. The remaining Wolverines are ambushed by three Mil Mi-24 helicopter gunships, and Robert and Toni are killed, leaving the group reduced to four: Jed, Matt, Danny, and Erica. The survivors realize that they cannot outlast the Soviets, and if they keep fighting, they will all die. Determined to save at least some of their number, Jed and Matt stage a suicide attack on the Soviet regional headquarters in order to distract the troops while Danny and Erica escape to "Free American" territory. The ploy works: Jed and Matt are killed, but Danny and Erica are free. The film's epilogue, narrated by Erica, suggests that the United States successfully repels the invasion some time later; a plaque is displayed with "Partisan Rock" in the background, a rock which throughout the film has been a recurring motif as each dead comrade's name has been inscribed upon it by a member of the Wolverines.

Only if you shout "Wolverines!" when you make your kill. And yes, the other hunters will laugh at you. But if your deer is big enough, they will stop laughing real quick, and run out and buy AKs (if they can find them). "Rifles or handguns loaded with military or other full metal jacketed type of ammunition are prohibited." Here are the rules: http://tennessee.gov/twra/huntweapons.html

Thanks, Lowbud! I like it.

OK! Recoil shield! Thanks enfield!

The Walden Town Council voted 2-1 on August 11 against permitted gun carriers in their town parks. Here's the story... Chattanooga Times Free Press | Walden votes 2-1 against guns in parks I was glad to read that two of my church members were there sticking up for the Constitution and State law. I was not able to attend the meeting, but I previously wrote to everyone on the town council urging them to not opt out of the new State permission to carry in parks.

I look at it this way: we just aren't supposed to be there to begin with. As General Patton said: Americans love to fight. It's true. But we must have a fight worth fighting. When we fight to defend our families, we will always win. When we fight to please some politician's goals, we will always lose.

From the Wall Street Journal yesterday....This I don't understand. How can the Taliban beat the USA? I don't get it..... By YOCHI J. DREAZEN in Kabul and PETER SPIEGEL in Washington Associated Press U.S. soldiers from the 5th Stryker Brigade take position next to Sari Ghundi village as they patrol near the Pakistani border in Afghanistan. The Taliban have gained the upper hand in Afghanistan, the top American commander there said, forcing the U.S. to change its strategy in the eight-year-old conflict by increasing the number of troops in heavily populated areas like the volatile southern city of Kandahar, the insurgency's spiritual home. Gen. Stanley McChrystal warned that means U.S. casualties, already running at record levels, will remain high for months to come. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, the commander offered a preview of the strategic assessment he is to deliver to Washington later this month, saying the troop shifts are designed to better protect Afghan civilians from rising levels of Taliban violence and intimidation. The coming redeployments are the clearest manifestation to date of Gen. McChrystal's strategy for Afghanistan, which puts a premium on safeguarding the Afghan population rather than hunting down militants. View Full Image Reuters Two boys watch a U.S. soldier Sunday during a dawn patrol in Kunar Province in northeastern Afghanistan. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the U.S. commander, is making protection of civilians a priority over hunting Taliban rebels. Gen. McChrystal said the Taliban are moving beyond their traditional strongholds in southern Afghanistan to threaten formerly stable areas in the north and west. The militants are mounting sophisticated attacks that combine roadside bombs with ambushes by small teams of heavily armed militants, causing significant numbers of U.S. fatalities, he said. July was the bloodiest month of the war for American and British forces, and 12 more American troops have already been killed in August. "It's a very aggressive enemy right now," Gen. McChrystal said in the interview Saturday at his office in a fortified NATO compound in Kabul. "We've got to stop their momentum, stop their initiative. It's hard work." In an effort to regain the upper hand, Gen. McChrystal said he will redeploy some troops currently in sparsely populated areas to areas with larger concentrations of Afghan civilians, while some of the 4,000 American troops still to arrive will be deployed to Kandahar. The Obama administration is in the midst of an Afghan buildup that will push U.S. troop levels here to a record 68,000 by year end. There are roughly an additional 30,000 troops from North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries and other allies. Gen. McChrystal's predecessor, Gen. David McKiernan, had a request outstanding for 10,000 more troops. Gen. McChrystal said he hadn't decided whether to request additional U.S. forces. "We're still working it," he said. Several officials who have taken part in Gen. McChrystal's 60-day review of the war effort said they expect him to ultimately request as many as 10,000 more troops -- a request many observers say will be a tough sell at the White House, where several senior administration officials have said publicly that they want to hold off on sending more troops until the impact of the initial influx of 21,000 reinforcements can be gauged. The U.S. war effort in Afghanistan is costing American taxpayers about $4 billion a month. Gen. McChrystal also said he would direct a "very significant" expansion of the Afghan army and national police -- which would double in size under the plans being finalized by senior U.S. military officers here -- and import a tactic first used in Iraq by moving U.S. troops onto small outposts in individual Afghan neighborhoods and villages. Outside experts are giving Gen. Stanley McChrystal an assessment of what the war in Afghanistan looks like on the ground, as WSJ's Peter Spiegel reports. One person briefed on the assessment said it will call for boosting the Afghan army to 240,000 from 135,000 and the Afghan police to 160,000 from 82,000. One official noted the emerging plans to double the size of the Afghan army and police will require thousands of additional U.S. trainers. The U.S. will also need more troops if security conditions in north and west Afghanistan continue to deteriorate, the official said. "At the end of the day, it's all about the math," he said. "The demand and the supply don't line up, even with the new troops that are coming in." In earlier phases of the assessment process, Gen. McChrystal's staff conducted a "troop-to-task" analysis that weighed increasing U.S. troop levels by two brigades -- each such unit has 3,500 to 5,000 troops -- or by as many as eight brigades, according to officials familiar with the matter. A middle option of four to six brigades was also considered, these people said. The prospect of more troops rankles some of Gen. McChrystal's advisers, who worry the American military footprint in Afghanistan is already too large. "How many people do you bring in before the Afghans say, 'You're acting like the Russians'?" said one senior military official, referring to the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s. "That's the big debate going on in the headquarters right now." View Full Image Associated Press U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, center, meets Afghan citizens in Canada's "model village" of Deh-e Bagh, Afghanistan, in June. Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said publicly during his campaign for the approaching Aug. 20 elections that he wants to negotiate new agreements giving the Afghan government more control over the conduct of the foreign troops currently in the country. Gen. McChrystal, however, says too many troops aren't a concern. "I think it's what you do, not how many you are. It's how the force conducts itself." Regardless of how he resolves the internal debate on troop numbers, Gen. McChrystal's coming report won't include any specific requests for more U.S. troops. Those numbers would instead be detailed in a follow-on document that is set to be delivered to Washington a few weeks after the assessment. The timing of Gen. McChrystal's primary assessment remains in flux. It was initially due in mid-August, but the commander was summoned to a secret meeting in Belgium last week with Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and told to take more time. Military officials say the assessment will now be released sometime after the Aug. 20 vote. The shift came amid signs of growing U.S. unease about the direction of the war effort. Initial assessments delivered to Gen. McChrystal last month warned that the Taliban were strengthening their control over Kandahar, the largest city in southern Afghanistan. American forces have been waging a major offensive in the neighboring southern province of Helmand, the center of Afghanistan's drug trade. Some U.S. military officials believe the Taliban have taken advantage of the American preoccupation with Helmand to infiltrate Kandahar and set up shadow local governments and courts throughout the city. "Helmand is a sideshow," said the senior military official briefed on the analysis. "Kandahar is the capital of the south [and] that's why they want it." Gen. McChrystal said in the interview that he planned to shift more U.S. troops to Kandahar to bolster the Canadian forces that currently have primary security responsibility for the region. Hundreds of American troops equipped with mobile armored vehicles known as Strykers are already in the province. "It's important and so we're going to do whatever we got to do to ensure that Kandahar is secure," he said. "With the arrival of the new U.S. forces we'll have the ability to put some more combat power in the area." View Slideshow Emilio Morenatti/Associated Press U.S. soldiers took position near Sari Ghundi village as they patroled near the Pakistani border, about 60 miles southeast of Kandahar Monday. Regional Violence View Interactive Follow events in Pakistan and Afghanistan, day by day. Taliban Militants Attack Afghan Town Taliban Leader's Death Spurs Turmoil Journal Community Discuss: Will President Obama's Afghanistan strategy be successful? Despite the mounting concern about the Taliban's infiltration of Kandahar, there are clear limits to how soon additional U.S. forces can be sent to the city. Moving forces from neighboring Helmand is nearly impossible, because those troops have already set up forward bases and recruited help from local tribal leaders, who have been promised American backing. As a result, the additional American troop deployments to Kandahar have only begun in recent days, with the arrival of new reinforcements that will continue into the fall. Gen. McChrystal defended the decision to focus first on Helmand. The current operation, one of the largest since the start of the war in 2001, was meant to disrupt the Taliban's lucrative drug operations there, he said. The armed group reaps tens of millions of dollars annually from the sale of opium from Helmand, and the commander said he wants to have troops on the ground before local farmers start to plant their next batch of poppies in November. The U.S. is working to persuade Helmand's farmers to replace their poppy fields with wheat and fruit. The roughly 4,000 Marines in Helmand have been charged with putting Gen. McChrystal's thinking about counterinsurgency into practice. They are trying to build local relationships by launching small development and reconstruction projects. Gen. McChrystal said his new strategy had to show clear results within roughly 12 months to prevent public support for the war from evaporating in both the U.S. and Afghanistan. "This is a period where people are really looking to see which way this is going to go," he said. "It's the critical and decisive moment." Write to Yochi J. Dreazen at yochi.dreazen@wsj.com and Peter Spiegel at peter.spiegel@wsj.com

By the way, anyone, anyone, Beuller? What is the name of the big flat part of the frame out of which sticks the pawl and the firing pin?

You are right. The H&R revolvers are simple and plain, but made of good material, and made well. Congrats on having one of the old 9 shot models!

From the prices on Gunbroker.com, $599 may be a fair price. Will Gander dicker down to $499? GunBroker.com Search Results

It's like Jello. There's always room for more. This is not an either/or situation. Why not have both? Then if one is "in the shop" you have another one. "Two is one and one is none," or so they say.

I got this from Lowbud last week, and I like it a lot. Here's a little review I did. I am new to revolvers, so please let me know if I used the wrong name for a part, or goofed up in other ways. Thanks... Mousegunner's Harrington & Richardson 676 .22 Revolver

Look at the picture closely. It is a forward grip for your left hand. (If you are a righty) Probably highly illegal NOW. (Oops, someone elses answer snuck in there just as I was posting this!)

I'm going to put in a new "good ol' days" ad each day. I have quite a supply of ancient gun magazines (the kind you read).

$30 rifles -- those were the good ol' days!

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