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  1. 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.
  2.   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.
  3. Supply and demand.  If you don't want to pay the panic prices, you have three choices; buy before the panic, decide to do without or find a substitute, or wait until the panic (and prices) subside.    Price gouging serves a useful purpose.  It causes demand to drop so that inventories can build back up to meet demand.  If sellers did NOT raise their prices, then there would be no incentive to find substitutes, do without, or wait.  In that case, it takes MUCH longer for inventories to accumulate to the point where stores actually have them on the shelves.    If prices do not rise when demand increases and supply cannot meet it, then this is what ALWAYS happens.  Suppliers sell ONLY to their friends or those with influence.  Those people sell some of the product on the black market at much higher prices.  The consumer then has the option of either paying that higher price or doing without.  There is a reason that stores in Soviet Russia had long lines, empty shelves, and poor quality goods.
  4. Facts are what matter.  Have background checks like NICS and TICS stopped criminals from getting firearms?  If there is a significant reduction in criminals getting firearms, then you can point to some success.  Unfortunately, the evidence points the other way.  NICS and TICS have not stopped criminals from getting firearms.  Since they do not accomplish their stated goal, why keep them?   Liberals love to make the excuse that a program is failing because it is not expansive enough.  In other words, the reason background checks don't stop criminals from getting guns is because all sales are not legally required to have a check done.  That's absurd.  Criminals will still use straw-man purchasers, theft, and the black market to get guns.   This is just more feel-good bullcr@p.  Background checks are worthless for reducing crime.  But it's an excellent way to create backdoor registration.
  5. Yeah, but you didn't wear your TFA hat.   :usa:  I saw a lot of NRA hats, which is good.  But when it comes to Tennessee, it's the TFA that the politicians recognize as the powerhouse.   Still, it was an excellent event.  My guesstimate of attendance was 700, and the media said over 1000, so I was pleased with that.    Rep. Mike Carr was adamant that Haslam, Ramsey, and Harwell are 'good' people and friends of his.  I have to wonder why he thinks that the voters give a rat's @ss about that?  My $.02 is that I could care less whether he likes them or not.  The only thing that matters to me is whether his votes agree with me.  I have Liberal friends.  But that doesn't mean that I would ever trust them to vote for me!
  6. A lot of what it boils down to is whether a person is able to take responsibility for themselves.  Liberals, by and large, do not believe in personal responsibility.  They blame guns for violence, bad fortune for poverty, and Republicans for the bad economy.  that si why they want to have a government program to take care of people.  They do not believe that people are capable of taking care of themselves without help.  They do not take any responsibility for their own decisions unless it works out well.   And since they are incapable of taking responsibility for themselves, they cannot conceive of others who CAN take care of themselves without help.  Likewise, they cannot conceive of people who are not only capable, but willing to be prepared to protect their lives, families and property.  Somehow, once a person puts on a uniform or badge, they are magically capable of being trusted with firearms where normal folks are not.   Likewise, their politicians magically become honest, moral people with only the most altruistic motives once they are sent to DC.  This, in spite of all of the evidence that Democrat politicians seem to be even more venal and dishonest than Republican politicians.
  7. The little SDB is actually faster than the 550B.  I leave mine set up for my normal 9mm load as that's what I shoot the most.  I use my 550B for all other calibers.  I'm thinking about getting another SDB to use for .38Spl when I get my new workshop finished and have the space.
  8. "this would change in the late 1980s when a off duty LEO shot a man with a registered machine gun that he found in bed with his wife"   I have to admit I find this appalling.  I do not see how the fact that the machine gun was in bed with his wife is relevant.   All joking aside, no 'gun control' has ever been implemented for the benefit of law-abiding folks.  I challenge anyone to show me where any gun control has resulted in a reduction in crime.  So, if they are not using it to reduce crime, what IS the purpose?  It is done solely to make politicians feel safer about there phoney-baloney jobs.  The more desperately they cry for 'gun control' the more deeply they know that what they are doing is wrong.
  9. MG42 and BAR.  That's all I really want.  Except maybe a Beretta PM12s.  Yep, that's it, the MG42, BAR, and PM12s.  Well, maybe also a full-auto Ruger 10/22 because they are just too cool.  So, yep, that's all.  A MG42, BAR, PM12s, and 10/22.  Oh, wait, an M-16, too.  And that's it.  Really.       Well, maybe a Swedish K like I used to have.         And I did forget to add a M1A! Thompson.  Really, I can stop any time. :pleased:
  10. If this passes, we will never get inventories back to normal!  Sales will be through the roof!!!  Like most government programs, it will have an actual result exactly opposite of the intent.  Instead of reducing the numbers of semi-auto rifles in civilian hands, I predict that huge numbers of firearms will be turned in so that folks can buy new ones.   More feel-good cr@p paid for with our taxes.
  11. Ammo cannot be sent through the Post Office.  UPS and Fedex both have some rules you need to follow.  Only a few states have restrictions on ammo.  You cannot ship any steel-core ammo including 62gr 5.56mm to Massachusetts.  Some cities have restrictions.  Unless you are shipping to Chicago, Boston, or NYC, you are probably OK. 
  12. Not much there that will do much.  I do note that he seems to be willing to violate HIPAA and wants Federal Agencies to share information about mental illness   1. Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal agencies to make relevant data available to the federal background check system.  2. Address unnecessary legal barriers, particularly relating to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, that may prevent states from making information available to the background check system.  3. Improve incentives for states to share information with the background check system.  4. Direct the Attorney General to review categories of individuals prohibited from having a gun to make sure dangerous people are not slipping through the cracks.  5. Propose rulemaking to give law enforcement the ability to run a full background check on an individual before returning a seized gun.  6. Publish a letter from ATF to federally licensed gun dealers providing guidance on how to run background checks for private sellers.  7. Launch a national safe and responsible gun ownership campaign.  8. Review safety standards for gun locks and gun safes (Consumer Product Safety Commission).  9. Issue a Presidential Memorandum to require federal law enforcement to trace guns recovered in criminal investigations.  10. Release a DOJ report analyzing information on lost and stolen guns and make it widely available to law enforcement.  11. Nominate an ATF director.  12. Provide law enforcement, first responders, and school officials with proper training for active shooter situations.  13. Maximize enforcement efforts to prevent gun violence and prosecute gun crime.  14. Issue a Presidential Memorandum directing the Centers for Disease Control to research the causes and prevention of gun violence.  15. Direct the Attorney General to issue a report on the availability and most effective use of new gun safety technologies and challenge the private sector to develop innovative technologies.  16. Clarify that the Affordable Care Act does not prohibit doctors asking their patients about guns in their homes.  17. Release a letter to health care providers clarifying that no federal law prohibits them from reporting threats of violence to law enforcement authorities.  18. Provide incentives for schools to hire school resource officers.  19. Develop model emergency response plans for schools, houses of worship and institutions of higher education.  20. Release a letter to state health officials clarifying the scope of mental health services that Medicaid plans must cover.  21. Finalize regulations clarifying essential health benefits and parity requirements within ACA exchanges.  22. Commit to finalizing mental health parity regulations.  23. Launch a national dialogue led by Secretaries Sebelius and Duncan on mental health. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/01/16/list-executive-actions-obama-plans-to-take-as-part-anti-gun-violence-plan/#ixzz2IA7XOJkt
  13. I'll be there.   Just as a note:  Dress neatly and leave the cammo at home. 
  14. Absurd.  An Executive Order cannot stop manufacture and sale of magazines.  Magazines are not regulated.  There is no law to enforce on them.   Granted, His Highness has never really cared about the law.  But I fail to see how this could be done.
  15. No, no, and no.  Since when do you need Federal permission to sell your own property?  This proposal would have absolutely no effect on crime, except to create new criminals when fol;ks get busted for violating a stupid law.   There is no law against private sales on FFL property.  Most FFLs have a policy of this as they want first crack at making any deals.  It's their property, they can make the rules. 
  16. Go to a range that rents and try them all.  Then buy whatever you like the best.  Or, if you have friends with those guns, get a couple of boxes of ammo and invite them to a range session.   My personal preference is in this order; CZ75, Browning HP, Beretta.  My CZ has been deadly accurate, absolutely reliable, and has excellent ergonomics and balance.  The Browning is an excellent pistol but single-action only, and I sometimes get hammer bite because I have large hands.  The Beretta won the military tests, but I sold mine as it was ammo sensitive and I never felt comfortable with the feel of it.    All three guns have excellent reputations.  Get the one you like best.
  17. Already been proven to be total BS.  WalMart is NOT stopping ammo sales! https://twitter.com/bob_owens/status/290971238665428994
  18. It sounds like your load is too light and is not ejecting properly.  Lighter projectiles need more (or faster) powder to achieve the same amount of recoil energy in order to properly operate the action. Reloading .25acp is a PITA for me.  Everything is too small for my clumsy fingers.  But, considering how much you have to pay for so little brass and lead in a box of .25acp, I can sure understand why you want to reload it!
  19. CZ-75 for 9mm.  Mine has over 40,000rds and still going strong.  All I've replaced are the springs, three magazine springs, and one magazine body with a broken floorplate tab. For .45, just get a decent 1911.  At the cheap end, I have a Rock Island made in the Philippines that only has a couple of thousand rounds through it, but has been reliable so far.
  20. Not really worried.  This is basic supply and demand. On the supply side:  At the NRA convention, all of the AR manufacturers were working at 100% capacity trying to catch up with existing orders.  They also knew that the election would cause a large demand, so they were prepared to continue producing at high levels for a long time.  So, production of ARs has never been higher.  Well over a million per year.  Because of that, and possible legislation, nobody really wants to spend a lot of capital to expand capacity. On the demand side.  At some point, everyone who wants an AR and has any money will have one.  Demand will start to slacken off.  When inventories start to rise, price will drop.   Frankly, I figure it will take a year for inventories and prices to normalize.  Prices will NEVER get back down to where they were a year ago because of inflation.  Contrary to the claims of the Feds, inflation is currently running somewhere between 6-10% per year. that means that next October, that $100 AR lower you could have bought before the election will cost $110 just because the dollars are worth less.   Ammo takes longer to normalize due to the way it is produced.  To keep costs down, most manufacturers only make one batch of a particular load each year.  So if you are a big fan of Remington Golden Saber 124gr 9mm, it may take a year before Remington makes any more.  Typically, the sales on ammo you used to see were stocks that were a year old and trying to be sold before new stocks hit the inventory.  I would imagine that manufacturers will be making longer runs of popular loads like 9mm 115gr ball, and 5.56mm 55 and 62gr. http://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data/inflation-charts
  21. The school in CT had electronic locks and security doors on all exterior entrances.  It didn't even slow him down.  The best solution is juut to end all of the stupid 'Gun-Free Zones', and allow CCW.
  22. I need to see some specifics on HOW an EO will change our gun laws.  About the only thing that I can think of is requiring the ATF to compile information on the actual firearm being approved by NICS.  That is against the law.  Remember, an EO only applies to the Federal government.  He can require the Feds to do things, but an EO has no ability to require the citizens to do anything.   As far as treating normal firearms like NFA weapons, good luck with that!  :rofl:   The NFA Registry is a total mess!  If the Feds can't keep track of just a bit over 200,000 machineguns, how do they expect to keep track of 300 million! :down:   Canada gave up on it's registry.
  23. Ahh, but the final conclusion is that the steel-cased ammo is still cheaper to shoot, even if you replace the barrel and extractor every 5000rds.  And most reliability problems with the Brown Bear were traced to carbon build-up in the gas system.  At the bottom of the article, you can see that the main problem with the steel-cased ammo was not the steel cases, but the different type of powder used.  The Russian ammo had a different pressure curve which caused accelerated wear on the 16" barrel carbines used.  And the bi-metal bullet jackets did cause the barrels to wear out much faster compared to normal copper jackets.
  24. ND was totally outclassed. They didn't even score a single point until Alabama started rotating their best players out.  I mean really, Alabama had TWO running backs that each had over 100 yards rushing! :rofl:     Actually my favorite aspect of the game was the talking heads who were all excited about ND before the game and during the first quarter.  But during the second half, they were discussing every subject under the sun EXCEPT Notre Dame.  Oops.
  25. Most government policies actually cause an effect that is opposite of their stated goal. 1)  War on Drugs - before that, illegal drugs and pushers were small-time crooks.  Now, it's a huge business that helps fuel terrorists and large gang operations in the US.  Just like Prohibition before it.  It has also caused an enormous increase in police powers as well as asset forfeiture. 2)  War on Poverty - created massive fraud and waste, destroyed families, increased single-parent households, created multi-generational welfare homes.  Definition of 'poverty' keeps changing so that bureaucrats can justify their jobs. 3)  Economic Stimulus - Pure pork, stimulated nothing except donations to Obama's campaign. 4)  Farm subsidies - Originally supposed to keep food prices low and balance production.  Actually artificially keeps prices high as a form of corporate welfare.  Led to the most absurd legal opinion ever - Wickard v Filburn, stating that if you grow wheat for your own use, it's interstate commerce. 5)  1934 National Firearms Act - A response to the use of automatic weapons by bank robbers and gangs in Prohibition.  Most of those machine guns were actually stolen from the police and from National Guard armories.  It has never stopped criminals from getting whatever weapons they wanted.   I could go on for hours on this subject.  The examples are too numerous to mention.  Any new 'gun control' will be exactly the same; useless, expensive, and just another excuse to hire more bureaucrats and waste our money.

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