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Actually, there is no reason you shouldn't be able to do that under the laws that Congress passed.  The CLEO signature, fingerprints, photo and wait are all required by regulations created by BATF, not required by the NFA, GCA, or other law. All that is required by the actual NFA, GCA, etc is LEO approval (NICS or TICS check?  Duh.) and the appropriate tax or $200 or $5.   But, I agree.  Ideally, you should be able to walk into WalMart, Bass Pro, or wherever with cash, and walk out with a M-240, M-249, M-4, or similar firearm without filling out any forms or submitting to interrogation.   As for the blatantly un-Constitutional '86 Hughes amendment banning us from new manufactured machine guns, there is no valid reason for it to continue.  There is no better example of an un-Constitutional Law than that one.  The Supreme Cort has ruled several times that the specific type of weapon explicitly protected by the Second amendment are those suitable for military use.

  I would REALLY love to be wrong about this.  If the Senate dumps it, I'll be VERY relieved.  Even if it gets put on hold until next year, I'll be pretty happy.  The Liberals are expending a huge amount of political money and capital towards this effort.  The longer it goes on, the more resources they will lose and the more ineffectual they will seem.  Also, next year is an election year.  It's very difficult to get controversial legislation passed in an election year.  And the closer to November it gets, the harder it will be.

Hornady, Barnes, and other bullet manufacturers started out as garage businesses.  Simply making bullets is not a regulated business as long as you aren't making complete cartridges.  Capital investment depends on how efficient you intend to be and what your production rate will be.  Use muscle power and a low rate of production and Corbin can get you in business for a grand or so.  Machinery will obviously cost a lot more.

As a veteran, I still oppose this bill.  I am against ANY bill that gives one group of citizens privileges that other citizens cannot have.  I do not favor laws that permit retired police officers, judges, or anyone else to carry without a permit unless everyone who can legally possess a firearm can do so as well.  Thus, I do not support a bill which gives certain veterans a privilege that everyone cannot have.   If, as a private citizen, you want to start a fund to pay part or all of the fee for veterans, I'm fine with that and would probably contribute.  But making a law that gives special privileges is a bad idea.

It was no surprise that it came out of committee.  With 10 liberals Democrats, 3 liberal republicans, and only 5 others, It's amazing that the vote was only 10-8.  It will probably get amended a bit before the Senate passes it.  The Senate PROBABLY will pass it.  Democrats still have a majority there, and Obama controls a huge amount of Democrat political money.  When it goes to the House, it will get amended a lot more.  Even though Republicans control the House, don't expect the bill to get shut down.  Most Republicans aren't opposed to it on logical, Constitutional, or moral grounds.  To them it's a matter of votes.  If they can pass something that won't lose them an election, they will go for it.  Expect 'Universal Background Checks' to be the biggest part of what remains after amending.    'Universal Background Checks' will allow the Feds to track EVERY firearms transfer.  Buying a firearm will forever mark you as a gun owner, and make you subject to very harsh treatment for the slightest reason.  They want to discourage firearms ownership any way they can.  Vilifying semi-autos and other types of guns also vilifies their owners.  If a certain gun is 'evil', what does that say about the person who owns one?   Unless we fight this every step of the way, it WILL pass in some form or another.  Obama is spending a lot of political capital on this.  We will have to spend a lot of ours as well.  Call you congresscritters every week.  Make sure that they know that a vote of ANY gun control on their part will mean a vote against THEM in the next primary.  Back it up with whatever contributions you can afford to pro-gun organizations.    If we lose this, it means that individual freedom will be a thing of the past.

Shortly after the end of the Vietnam War, I enlisted.  After Basic training at Ft Jackson, SC, I was sent to Ft Benning, Ga for Infantry training.  the first day was normal admin BS, with just getting situated, equipment issues, etc.  The morning of the second day, we fell out for PT in a company formation, and the First Sergeant was there.  Now, for a bunch of guys straight out of Basic, the First Sergeant was barely a step away from Jesus in the celestial hierarchy.  After a few minutes of warmup exercises, we started on a nice, long road run.  So, we ran.  And we ran.  And we ran.  The sun came up and the South Georgia heat and humidity began to be felt.  And we ran.  Eventually, guys started to drop out despite all the screaming from the Drill Sergeants running alongside. Since none of us had ever been to Ft Benning before, and we were way out in the boonies, we had no idea how far we ran or where we really were.  Eventually, we went to 'quicktime, march'.  And found out after a short march to catch our breath that we were only a short distance from our barracks. The First Sergeant addressed us as a company and announced that we had run five miles!  As a confidence builder, I cannot imagine a better way to make an impression.  As for those that fell out, they know where KP lists come from!

That style of box was from the 1960's IIRC.  I saw those ammo boxes in the Sears stores when I was a child.  I also think I heard that Sears ammo was made by Winchester.

Winchester and Federal .22 ammo have been showing up relatively frequently on gunbot.  Usually from $.04-.06 per round.  When you see it, grab it as it sells out quickly.  As supplies build up, you will start seeing it in stores again.    As for getting a .22 pistol, go for it!  If you see what you want at a decent price, get it.  Ammo may be hard to find right now, but nobody is talking about restricting .22 ammo, so it will be least affected by whatever might happen in the future.  the pistol you want MAY be affected by legislation, so you should probably move sooner rather than later.

As stated above, get an extra firing pin and do not dry fire it without a snap-cap.  I have not had problems with the safety, but your CCW holster should cover that area anyway. The real sleeper in the line-up was the BKM.  It has the alloy frame and a short barrel, so it's an excellent CCW pistol.  The marketing name for this model was 'Starlight'.  It's appropriate as the pistol feels very thin and light.  Mine has been very reliable and is accurate.  the earlier model BKS also had an alloy frame, but the barrel is slightly longer than the BKM. The biggest drawback in my eyes is the lack of magazines.  Aftermarket ones are not reliable, and factory ones are expensive.  If you pocket-carry a spare magazine, be aware that lint loves to get in the magazine through the slots in the side.

The biggest problem so far has been that they used aluminum feed trays when the belt links are steel.  Impacting steel against aluminum means the aluminum will wear pretty quickly.  Aside from that, they seem to actually work pretty well.   There was one at the Black Dog Range MG shoot last Spring.  I don't remember who had it.

Increasing production for ammo is not something easily done if you are already running close to capacity.  Machinery is usually something that has a six-month to one year lead time.  If a lot of companies are trying to buy the same machinery, it could be longer.  High-speed case-drawing machinery is not found at Walmart.   Increasing capacity is a risk.  Spending a lot of capital is the kind of thing that keeps CEOs awake at night.  What if this is just a short-term demand?  If they spend a lot of money, only to have demand drop when production is ready to increase, then it's a lot of wasted money.  If this demand stays high, then any manufacturers who started increasing supply early will have a big advantage over those who choose not to increase production.   The problem is in trying to predict demand.  Right now, not many folks have working crystal balls.

  Just to clarify this.  In their test, they fired many thousands of rounds of steel-case and brass-case 5.56mm ammo.  The findings were that the rifling wears out faster due to the copper-plated mild steel bullet jacket.  The steel cartridge case had no effect on wear.   I've fired a bunch of Wolf .45.  The only drawbacks are that it's a bit weak and it's dirty.  For plinking ammo, it's fine. 

I took no offense.  I just wanted to be VERY clear that I wasn't suggesting that anyone spend any money for that book! :yuck:

The sad thing is that there are a lot of folks that would not recognize the sarcasm.   I propose that we bring back intelligence tests and poll taxes before you can vote!

That's what I suggested.  EVERY library has several copies.  I would NEVER suggest that someone actually spend money for that kind of socialist anti-American cr@p.

Keep in mind that Obama's OFA is targeting voters in areas where they think that they can get a congresscritter to change their vote.  They had over 100 anti-gun rallies on Friday while pro-gun folks were working.  And every one of them got news attention, no matter how small.  Did anyone see any TV coverage of the 99 pro-gun rallies that were held Saturday?   We need to keep up the pressure because the opposition is pushing this with every lie they can make up.   Our biggest advantage is that a LOT more folks are fervently pro-gun than are anti-gun.

I saw the movie 2016.  That inspired me to go read Dreams of my Father from the library.  If Obama's own book doesn't scare you, nothing will.  He really lays it all down; anti-colonialism, anti-capitalism, socialist agenda, and anti-Americanism on every page.   A very effective campaign for Romney could have consisted simply of quotes from Obama's own book.

Canada gave up on their Registry with only about 30% compliance and over 3000% over-budget.  And they started with a registration on handguns and some other types of firearms already.  We have a LOT more folks, a LOT more guns, and a LOT less efficient government. California had less than 10% compliance with their 'assault-weapon' registration.   Making firearms is not rocket science.  Anyone with basic machine tools can make anything that they want.  There are a lot of plans on the internet.   As usual, this will not accomplish anything towards reducing violence or mass shootings by deranged people.   Finally, show me WHERE the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this legislation?  Yes, I know if hasn't stopped them in the past.  But why should they be allowed to violate their oath of office now?   And yes, everyone needs to call, write AND email Corker, Alexander, and your congresscritter to express your displeasure.  But polite, but firm.

Probably the best 10mm semi-auto out there.  Very rugged, decent trigger, and reliable.  It was designed to take the original 10mm loads which are about 10-20% more powerful than today's factory loads. I have heard that some pistols from the '90's had light recoil springs which caused cracked slides with heavy loads.  I usually replace all springs in a used pistol anyway.  So, if it was mine, I would just order a Wolff Spring kit with a 20lb recoil spring and never give it another thought.

Mosin rifle is perfect as is.  The Great Socialist Revolution has provided perfect rifle for Workers to use against Greedy Capitalist running-dog Oppressors!  All Workers are Equal with this rifle.  Bolt operation gives Workers Strong Right Arm!  Only weak American lackey arms need to use hammer or wood stick to beat bolt open when rifle gets warm!   Replace wood stock grown from trees of the Holy Motherland with Capitalist plastic produced from greedy aristocratic oil-scum ?!  Take this unpatriotic mewling scum out and shoot him with Excellent Cheka Commisar Nagant pistol.

Nagant pistols are surprisingly accurate.  I use .32 H&R mags in mine, especially for reloading.  You lose a bit of performance since you don't get the chamber seal that the 7.62 Nagant brass provides.  But for the price difference, I'll live with it.  A 100gr JHP over 7.7gr of 2400 gives 1100fps.  If you use any case except the Nagant case, stick with jacketed bullets to avoid leading up the recess in the barrel where the Nagant case mouth fits.   Most of the Nagant pistols have a LOT of gummed-up oil in the mechanism.  Just cleaning it out usually helps a lot.  There is also a clever trick of using a small hex nut as a spacer that lowers the trigger pull. http://www.surplusrifleforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=71&t=56731

I use 2400 for my .357 loads.  My favorite load is 15.0 grains behind a Remington 158gr SJHP.  It's a bit stiff, but I have yet to see any high-pressure signs from it in any revolver.  I have also used the same load for the Berry's plated 158gr for an inexpensive practice round.   Bear are a thicker, heavier animal than deer, and penetration is important, especially if you need to defend yourself against an enraged Mama bear.

Excellent!  I keep looking for the part of the Constitution where it grants Congress ANY power to pass gun control. 

The real Beta Mags work very well.  Keep them clean and follow the instructions.  I have not tried the Korean knock-offs yet.  But the copies do not look as well-made.   As for 'need'.  What does 'need' have to do with it?  When I see these folks with 8 pounds of tacti-crap on their AR's, I don't see how a Beta Mag makes much difference.  If that's what folks want, who cares?  No skin off my nose.   For me, I got the Beta because it looked like fun when ammo was cheap.  And it was!  Whacking a 400 yard gong from a heavy-barrel AR on the bipod with one shot per second for almost two minutes was WAY COOL!!!  It sure made me wish that I had bought a M-16 back when I could have afforded one! 

It's your subconscious telling you to get rid of that pistol with the long-heavy trigger pull.  A decent 1911, Glock, XD, or similar will stop that dream and let you get back to the one where the cute blonde admires your .45 and asks you to take her home so that you can show her how to field-strip and clean it in private. :pleased:   Ummm, don't tell my wife that I still have that dream from time to time. :ugh: