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The Marlin 39 from before about 1995 was a beautiful piece of machinery.  Mine was made in 1952 and has had countless rounds through it.  It was my grandfather's, and if I do my part, it will easily serve my great-grandchildren just as well. My favorite semi-autos are the Remington 552 and an old Savage 7A.  Both are very accurate and reliable.

No.  Shoot it then clean.  Barrel break-in is for target shooter looking for that extra 1/10th moa.  You will never notice the difference. You are more likely to wear the rifling unevenly from running a cleaning rod through it excessively than from bad break-in procedures.

The CZ52 is an excellent design but has some eccentricities.  Dry firing is a bad idea as the firing pins aren't designed for it.  They will snap.  Using the decocker as a safety is also a bad idea.  It's not a safety.  It lowers the hammer but does not block the firing pin.  I've seen a CZ52 fire when the decocker was used.    Do not completely trust ANY mechanical device.  They can all fail. 

    Ditto!  A basic .22 pistol is the most useful firearm you can have.  Training done with a .22 will apply to any other caliber.  You can afford to shoot a lot more, and it is easier to not learn flinching, jerking the trigger and other bad habits by starting with a .22.   Whether you want to learn tactical training, hunt small game, or just kill tin cans, the .22 is your best bet for doing all of that economically and with fun.  And in a pinch, the .22 is no slouch for self-defense.  While not ideal, it is certainly better to hit with ten rounds of .22 than to miss with 6 rounds of .357 that you have not practiced enough with.   There are a number of good .22 pistols available for under $350.  There are ranges that offer basic handgun classes and have rental guns.  Rent a .22 that feels good to you and take the class.  After the class you will be better prepared to shop for features that appeal to you.

YES!!! :up: :up:   Nothing irritates me more than a company that makes an item sure to be in high demand and does not make sure that an adequate number are ready for initial delivery.  Yes, I know that it takes some expenditure of cash up front to do that.  But, I believe that it makes buyers more certain that a company will be there later to support that product.   KelTec makes some excellent products.  But their production rate is WAY behind demand, and has been for years.  Yet, they keep churning out new products KNOWING that they won't be able to produce enough.  They currently have wait lists for the RFB, PMR-30, and KSG.  The RFB was first offered for sale at the 2007 SHOT show.  The first rifle shipped in March 2009.  They STILL have not caught up to demand.  THAT is a classic example of poor marketing.   1)  Do not offer a product until it is ready for sale.  All testing and user test have been done and production is running 2)  Do not take deposits until production has started. 3)  Do not ship until you have a significant number ready for customers and production is ramped up. 4)  Do not offer another high-demand product until you have met demand for previous products and can meet requirements 1, 2, and 3 for the new one.   I do not buy a KelTec product until it has been in user hands for at least a year.  This is because they ship before they have finished refinement, and have to constantly stop production to incorporate improvements.  Kind of like how the Germans built Panther tanks in WWII.  Too soon into combat, and no two tanks had exactly the same parts!  They never had enough, and they had a reputation for unreliability.

I re-use the Remington Target 100rd plastic boxes as well as other plastic boxes with the sliding lid.  It allows you to know exactly how much ammo you are taking with you, and how much you have used.  I also like that the sliding lid lets you choose 5, 10, or 15 rds to dump in your hand without having to count them out.   I peel off the original label and use a Sharpie to write what ammo is now in it.

Gun owners were compromised in 1934, 1968, 1986, and 1994.  All of the compromising came from us.  And none of it ever slowed down crime, stopped a single murder, or gave anyone more freedom.  Gun Control is a lie.    Show me ONE PLACE where gun control actually reduced crime or violence!  JUST ONE PLACE!!   You can't because it's never happened.  And don't fall for the BS about only looking at 'gun violence' statistics.  Murder is murder, whether it's done with a .45 or a tire iron.  If murder with handguns goes down, but overall the murder rate goes UP, how is that a benefit?  And that is what happened in Britain and Australia as a result of their gun control.   No more compromise.  Any congresscritter who votes for ANY Federal gun control needs to be voted out in the next primary.  If they will vote to disarm you, then they will vote to take away anything else you have.

So, it's OK for Obama to surround himself with kids for political theater, but it's not OK for the NRA to point out Obama's hypocrisy?

I expect sales of Ruger Mini-14 and Remington 750 rifles to skyrocket.   And this bill will do just as much to stop mass killings as banning high-capacity toilets.

Nice rant, but he has several facts dead wrong. 1)  Congress DOES pay into Social Security.  They have their own pension system as well, though.  Paid for by the taxpayers. 2)  The draft was a failure on many levels.  There is this myth that drafting men will make them better citizens.  It's a myth.  Didn't happen that way.  I remember draftees.  I saw lots of them kicked out of the Army.  While some were decent soldiers, many were trash.  They had no motivation or desire to do anything except the bare minimum to avoid punishment.  And they lied, cheated, and stole at every possible opportunity.  Finally, the draft IS Slavery.  3)  Over 50% of the population gets public money in the form of entitlements of a paycheck.  Those folks have no incentive to change the system.  In fact, they have an incentive to vote for Obama and those who promise to continue funding those EBT cards.   Those of use who value Freedom over 'Free Stuff' still have a few things going in our favor. 1)  The Constitution still imposes limits on government.  2)  The 9th and 10th Amendments provide the states a way to refuse to play by Federal rules.  State governments can still nullify Federal laws that conflict with State law. 3)  Most of the folks who prefer 'Free Stuff' over Freedom are located in the major cities and in only a few states.  If the other states refuse to support them, they will starve. 4)  we have LOTS of guns and ammunition.

The only wear you will see with a .22 suppressor is to the first baffle, sometimes referred to as the blast baffle.  Some companies offer suppressors with a stainless blast baffle.  This is really only needed if you have a full-auto .22.  Last year I sent my old Gemtech Outback to the factory to be upgraded.  Not because of wear, but because after over 15,000rds, it was pretty gunky and I'd had a few baffle strikes from using inappropriate ammo (Aguila 60gr SSS in a .223 barrel).  The original baffles were not worn out at all.    For the normal shooter, this is a non-issue.  Clean it every couple of thousand rounds and it will stay nice and quiet. Interestingly enough, my suppressor gets about 1Db quieter after a couple of hundred rounds.  With a bit of dirt, the baffles absorb energy more rapidly.  Of course, after a while, the lower internal volume caused by added gunk will make it less able to absorb that energy, and thus, a bit louder.

Reasonable gun control would be a law requiring every able-bodied adult male to own a serviceable rifle in a military caliber as well as a basic load of ammunition and equipment for it.  Hmmm, that sounds familiar.  Oh, wait!  We already did that once with the Second Militia Act of 1792!  Maybe it's time to dust that one off.   More Reasonable Gun Control would be a law requiring a citizen to shoot the Army Rifle AQT course with a passing score in order to vote. Even my 80 year-old Mom can qualify on the AQT, so this should be a no-brainer.  Maybe make some kind of allowance for those who are blind, though.   Here's some more Reasonable Gun Control that I REALLY like!  Allow tax credits for those who have more than the minimum rifle and equipment in the first paragraph!  How about a $1000 credit for owning a long-range rifle and completing a 800 yard qualification course?!  And a $2000 credit for owning a belt-fed machine gun and completing a qualification course!

The whole argument about whether women are CAPABLE of serving in combat is a red herring.  the argument should be about whether women SHOULD be serving in combat roles.   The question nobody seems to be asking is what detrimental effects could occur from a strategic perspective.  Women can do one thing that men have never been able to do; produce babies.  After WWI, France, Britain, and Germany had lost between 10-25% of their men between 18 and 45 years of age.  Among men age 18-30, the dead accounted for as much as 50% of the population.  Yet, just one generation later, all of those countries were capable of fielding armies just as large as they did in WWI.  The reason is because they did not have a significant loss of young women in WWI.    We have not had to fight a war where the dead accounted for a significant percentage of the population since the Civil War.  Imagine if we fight one in the near future where we have 10% of our young adults as casualties.  If women are in that mix, then we have just lost 10% of our ability to have a new generation.  We will have lost at least 10% of our future.    As a practical question, if we send our young women off to fight in that same horrendous war, who will run the country while they are gone?  In WWI and WWII, women stepped up and worked in factories and farms so the men could fight.  But, if both men and women are off fighting, who will keep the power plants running, the farms producing, and all of the other jobs needed to win a war?   A usual, the liberals are more concerned with appearances than with reality.

How wonderfully representative of our President!  A fake rendition of the National Anthem for our fake President. :rofl:

There are several very active pro-gun organizations started by veterans.  Oathkeepers is about as pro-gun as you can get.  Veterans probably have a higher level of support for firearms rights than the general populace.  But, they are just folks like everyone else and many have opinions opposed to ours.

Brand new Meprolight night sights for the Glocks would have been less than $100 each.  And Glock down in Smyrna, GA does refurbs that meet CALEA standards.  It's not about 'worn-out guns'.  It's about 'new toys'.   Other police departments that use Glocks usually run them through Glock's refurb program every 3-4 years.  If KPD has been using their Glocks for more than four years, I'd be surprised if they haven't already been doing this as well.

Controversy sells newspapers.  And Glenn Reynolds is one of their normal columnists.

Summary:  Urban areas that voted heavily for Obama have very high murder rates.

Newsweek?  Are they still around?  Their circulation is what, 20 or 30?  I'll bet that they sell more magazines to conservatives who get outraged by the cover than to anyone else.   A lot of liberal media are like that.  They only make money because ticked-off conservatives pay attention to them.  That doofus Piers Morgan only has viewers because he makes conservatives mad.  I refuse to let them maker money from me.  Ignore them and they will disappear.

  No, no, and HELL NO! This will not make any difference in crime stats.  And I WILL NOT comply with any registration attempts.  Historically, registration ALWAYS leads to confiscation.  In NY, they know who has legal semi-auto rifles.  Guess where they will be looking for 30rd magazines when the one-year grace period is over?  And, if the specific rifle is no longer legal, guess how they will know where to look for folks who decided to not comply with such an obviously unConstitutional law?  It's happened before, right here in the US.  If we permit these 'Universal Background Checks', then that Form 4473 becomes defacto firearm registration.

I love watching you folks getting bent out of shape over high ASKING prices.  So what?!  I can ask $200,000 for my beat up old Ruger .22 pistol if I want.  And if somebody actually buys it, I will be a VERY happy camper.   :rofl:  And everyone here will laugh about how somebody was foolish enough to pay all of that money for an ordinary Ruger .22.  This is exactly the same.   Unless we have a sudden infestation of rabid elephants somewhere, I sincerely doubt that anyone is going to find themselves feeling a need to buy a $20,000 Barrett .50. :squint:

Corporations don't vote.  Sure, they can give lots of money to a politician.  But that does not equal votes.  Just ask Debra Maggert about that.  what you have to do is remind your politicians that not only do YOU vote, but that some do lots of your friends who agree with you.  Your calls to your congressman count for more than a check from a foreign corporation.  And that check can even be a liability when you show that your congressman accepts checks from a foreign company!   Visits, calls, letters, emails are what matter.  As one politician told me, "Money is the sincerest form of flattery".  But give your money as a result of a correct vote, not before.

When I was growing up NONE of my family's guns were secured.  The only one that was left loaded was my Dad's .45 in his sock drawer.  When I was old enough to get into things (3-4), my father blew up a melon with the .45 close enough to splatter me with juice and rind.  He then very firmly told me to never touch a real gun without his permission. When I got to 12, my grandfather started teaching me to shoot with his old Remington M12 .22.  By the next year, he was handing me the Remington and a box of shells before sending me off to go play in the woods all day.   My son went through Eddie Eagle gun safety at 6 years old.  My wife and I have always had our carry guns loaded, available, and under our control.  Our son has never touched them without permission.  Our other guns have been unloaded, and most have been secured.  Growing up, he spent plenty of time on ranges and had safety and instruction.  He's grown up now, and we have never had a moment's worry about the guns.   I have seen kids that grew up with guns that I feel perfectly safe to spend range time with.  I have also seen kids that grew up in the same family as the other kids, but who I would not trust with a loaded squirt gun.  You have to know your kids, and treat them as the individuals they are.

Cold water is very dangerous.  I would never go out in a canoe in the winter.  Even with a life jacket, that water will sap your energy and kill you a lot faster than you would think it could.

  Do NOT fire it from the hip!!!  It ejects straight up and if you don't have the gun well in front of you, you will get a face full of very hot brass!  Drums typically take a bit of tweaking and need to be loaded vary carefully to make sure the spring tension is right.