Dolomite_supafly

I agree. People are passionate about what they believe and I applaud anyone who is. Problem is when it is not welcome by someone else they get hurt that someone else doesn't feel as passionately about it. Among friends and family we do not discuss religion and politics. The reason is everyone has different opinions even when standing on the same side of the fence. Dolomite

I don't care what his intent was it was the fact it happened. Same as a car wreck, it didn't intend to happen but there are consequences to it. I don't have to prove his intent to try to prevent it from happening again. And it is different because it would take a bunch of posts by different members to accomplish what he did by himself. And I don't care if it is videos or not. Dolomite

My straw, so to speak, was one morning when I opened TGO and hit the "new content" button. A significant portion of what I was looking at was his posts of copy and pasted videos. It isn't just his posts that are the problem. It is the fact that his posts were pushing people's for sale ads off the first page and when that happens the item is less likely to sell or at least as quickly. Dolomite

Just a sign of being a caring and compassionate person. Dolomite

It might help to what kind of gun Dolomite

Fixed carry handle models are not very popular right now so you would be very hard pressed to sell it for $650 if you intend on reselling it. It is a gun put together by someone other than the factory and they generally do not garner the same amount of value as a factory built gun. Honestly I have seen DPMS hodge podge guns sell for under $600 regularly and on occassion under $500. I would view this one the same way. Complete, factory built, DPMS guns can be bought for under $600 at any Walmart now. You can also buy S&W AR-15's for under $700 as well. Dolomite

And I swear there are AR fairys that bring ranodm AR's from time to time. I will be looking for something then there is one I don't remember. I guess it is good having a not so great memory. I get a new gun every couple of months without buying any. Dolomite

From this website: http://www.ar15fornoobs.com/mil-spec-vs-commercial-spec-buffer-tubes Dolomite

Shipping ammunition by USPS is not allowed. http://pe.usps.com/text/DMM300/601.htm#wp1065404 8.6 Hazardous Materials Harmful matter also includes regulated hazardous materials as defined in 10.0 that are likely to harm USPS employees or to destroy, deface, or otherwise damage mail or postal equipment. This includes materials such as caustic poisons (acids and alkalies), oxidizers, or highly flammable liquids, gases, or solids; or materials that are likely, under conditions incident to transportation, to cause fires through friction, absorption of moisture, or spontaneous chemical changes or from retained heat from manufacturing or processing, including explosives or containers previously used for shipping high explosives with a liquid ingredient (such as dynamite), ammunition, fireworks, radioactive materials, matches, or articles emitting obnoxious odors. Dolomite

How many you want and what calibers? PM me your address. Dolomite

If you have any cycling issues, you shouldn't, replace the front recoil spring with a 16 pound 1911 spring. That is what is in the reliability package most vendors sell. That is what I run and mine cycles EVERYTHING. They are a great platform and mine will never leave my hands. Dolomite

I wonder if that also applies to FFL holders? I know they can ship firearms yet the rest of us can't, maybe it is the same in this case. Dolomite

What kind of revolver? Metal type? That can make a big difference on whether they want to tackle it or not. Dolomite

I guess people think they are going to "bitch and complain" them into submission or until they shut them down. If people don't like the policy then don't go there but don't come on here and try to ruin them before they even open and that is idiotic. This is one of the rare times when I am really, really upset. The next person who tries to subvert Nashville Armory on here, especially before they open, will be gone. Dolomite

Doesn't matter. It is his insurance company that is making that decision for him. I am sure they wanted to allow reloads but unfortunately the insurance is the limiting factor, not the owner's decision. I am sure they did not want start out by limiting their customer base but it is what it is. I would rather have a nice, high tech range in my area that you can't shoot reloads in than to have no range at all. Also, they have been more than accomodating enough to us reloaders IMHO. These gentlemen have made a considerable investment of money, stress and time into starting this range. They are filling a gap and in this day and age of seeing ranges closing every single day it seems I am glad to see one opening for once. And even though I reload everything I shoot I would be glad to go there and buy factory ammo to support them in their endeavor. We, as gun owners (me included), like to complain a lot. Issues big and small we complain about often to no end. Sometimes it is warranted but in this case it is not. Think about this as well, they are supporting this site with their sponsorship. And without sponsors like Nashville Armory this site would likely not be what it is today. So before we go chastising a company, that supports us and the shootign sports, over something small we need to take a look at what they bring to the big picture. And what they bring is far outweighs the issue of being able to shoot reloads. Dolomite

Thanks to teh Feds lifting the ban on sporting only guns last year. Glad to see we are getting them finally. If you don't mind. What model and what price? Dolomite

No disappointments. It5 is your rifle and your money so get what YOU want. It is a great gun and it will suit you well. Dolomite

I am anal about the loading. I only have one powder off the shelf at a time. I only load one bullet at a time. And I write down the charge weight on my desk so I can constatnly remind myself of what it should be. Dolomite

I would rather have spare parts imported than guns. I would really like to find a complete bolt. Everything else I can get. Last ones I seen sold for $250 and they were gone in minutes. Dolomite

Now I will admit my memory isn't what is used to be and I forget a lot of stuff since my accident. Stuff I really shouldn't like names are really bad as well as my short term memory. When I go to sleep it is even worse because I forget a lot of the previous day when I wake up. But it isn't all bad that bad because when I open up TGO in the morning I find myself looking at what appears to be all new topics even though some already have a dozen pages of replies. And I get to relive the emotions and exploration of these "new" topics that I don't remember from the day before. It is like watching reruns for the first time but doing it over and over again. It is especially fun trying to remember what it was I posted in some of the threads before opening them up. I write or save everything important now otherwise I would go crazy. But in the end having a "new" TGO everyday isn't all that bad. Dolomite

And a real good chance you will never get it. And when you don't you have to fight to get your money back. I have placed several orders with Botach and have yet to receive a single one. The first one they billed immediately then when I called a few weeks later they items ahd been out of stock for a long time. Then I had to call another part of the company to get my money back. They said they would send a check. No check came. Called back and then they refunded it back to the card. All in all about 1 and a half months from the order to the refund. I honestly believe part of their business model is to charge knowing they will be issuing a refund but not before they get the interest off of your money. These are also the same company that defrauded the government out of millions of our tax dollars and put our soldiers in danger. The were supposed to supply new ammo to our allies in the middle east. What we got though was out of date and defective Chinese ammunition. Dolomite

A MG is going to see a lot more rounds and that is why they probably wear out quicker, not the heat. It is the blast at the case mouth that wears away the chrome lining at the throat not the heat. If it was the heat then the entire barrel would be relieved of its chrome lining and not just the throat. I am sure heat plays a part in it but I am also willing to bet that isn't the primary reason they wear out. Under extreme cases I am sure it is possible to blast the chrome from the bore but not with a DI AR because the gas tube will heat and burst long before the barrel gets that hot. I guess with a piston system it would be possible but that is a LOT of rounds on FA to get the barrel hot enough to loose ts chrome lining. In the article he says rapid fire shooting hastens the chrome removal but I believe it is from the round count more so than the heat. That is why they military is trying to devise a way to count rounds for maintanence. If it was heat that ruined barrels all of them would be a lot bigger in diameter and have cooling fins. And when I get ready to build my "crew served" AR soon it will have large OD barrels with fins reminiscent of a Tommy Gun. Look at the average round counts between a MG and a AR. The average MG probably fire 3x-4x more rounds than the average AR. That is why they wear out quicker. I am talking about normal use conditions. Not those times when the MG barrel is red, and nearly white, hot from firing. In those cases yeah heat probably does remove the chrome lining quicker but under "normal" firing rates I don't believe there is enough heat to remove the chrome from the bore any quicker. I have been on M60 ranges where the barrels were so hot you could see the bullet pass down the bore as it temporarily wicks the heat away from the barrel leaving a moving dark area that was visible from the outside. And in those cases there was a lot more sparks coming out of the muzzle than normal. This was no doubt part of the bore, the chrome lining as well as part of the bullet being vaporized. But that was with EXTREME firing rates, not normal firing tempos. So I will say that improper cleaning as well as the erosion of that blast at the throat removes the chrome more so than the heat. Dolomite

The dedicated CMMG lowers are $155 (with deaer discount). The Hahn, which is the best, magblocks run $160-$200 not including the cost of the lower. There is a plastic magblock out there but not sure I would trust it just yet. I have a freind that has the CMMG dedicated and it runs like a champ. I would go with a standard Colt pattern over anything else. As far as parting it out it will never happen. They are great guns and that is why you don't even see a used one for sale. Once you shoot it a few times you realize it is a keeper. Dolomite

It was actually a Garrison manufacturing kit. I used a Hahn dedicated block. I took the barrel and thinned it to reduce the weight. I recently added a Ranier Arms tube/rail, MFT grip, an offbrand stock, offbrand AFG and a trigger kit. It used to wear a Kobra red dot but recently went back to Magpul Irons. Before all the updates it had went through hell because we shot it all the time. It had a Hoge grip, UTG quad rails (which are pretty good BTW), several red dots and several stock. It also suffered a krylon paint job for the first 5 years we owned it. It also had a Magpul rifle length forearm stock set on it for a bit as well for a Dissipator look. At one point it was a take down gun as well. It would all fit in a briefcase sized box. Dolomite

Just to expound on what TMF is saying. He was talking about dirty, dusty enviroments. Here in Tennessee we hardly have any dirty or dusty enviroments. So the need to maintain your rifle is lessened here. You still need to maintain it but for a different set of conditions. And what you are worried about here isn't going to be avoided with a dust cover. I think the biggest threat to any gun, at least in E. Tennessee, is humidity not dust or dirt. So use lube with that in mind. Even if you are running, jumping and crawling through the woods for a week it doesn't compare to a day in the dusty, Martian landscape that is the middle east. The dust cover is not a replacement for maintaining your rifle. It is only there to keep out the big stuff and even then I don't believe not having one is going to make that much of a difference. I have been over there as well and seen everything he talks about. But here in Tennessee there is no need for a dust cover or the kind of maintanance like you would need to do over there. Here all you need to do is lube to keep the humidity from attacking metal and to keep it running. I haven't cleaned the bolt in my main AR in probably a year now and I do shoot it a lot. That is because it doesn't get dirty or dusty from the enviroment, only from shooting and it takes a lot for an AR to quit running from use. Dolomite