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Ruger SR9 9MM 17R Stainless $398.00 SHIPS FREE There is a 3% credit card fee. It generally takes 2 days to ship and in some cases a single day. I have ordered on a Monday morning and picked the gun up Tusday evening. Then have Bud's send it to: On Target Training Center, Inc. 101 East Inskip Drive, Knoxville, TN (865) 242-4665 He charges $20 for the transfer and $10 for the TICS. Everything said and done it will be under $440. Dolomite

When I was in Alabama we would have a bunch of vehicle burglaries about every 6 weeks. It was almost like clockwork. We contacted surrounding agencies and they said they had the same problem in some of their communities. After some investigating their cycles were also 6 weeks. It took some time but we figured out the thieves patterns. Turns out they were hitting 6 communities, one every a week. We were also able to determine which communitiy was next inthe rotation. That agency setup surveilance and like clockwork the groups came down the streets pulling on door handles. They wouldn't actively break in but look for unlocked cars. They wouldn't take credit cards or even checks. They took cash, loose change or anything that could be sold without much fuss like music CD's. The reason why they were able to get away with it for so long is they made sure to hit different jurisdictions. With a 6 week cycle most of them would agencies would work vigorously to figure out who it was for a couple of weeks then forget about it by the time the thives hit again. I forget how much they estimated they were netting but I know it was something very substantial. I can say from a security standpoint locking up your car can make most would be thieves pass on it unless there was someting really enticing in plain view. A friend who works for Knox County said that vehicle burglaries are on the rise and there are a lot every single day. He went on to say they are opening unlocked cars to get a credit card and really nothing else. He said they will use that credit card within 30 minutes to make a major purchase then toss the credit card. The day I talked to him he said a stolen card was used to make $6,000 of purchases at Big Lot. Either the cashier is in on it or just doesn't care enough to verifiy identities. A Uhaul that was rented with a stolen card was used to take bounty away and you know the trailer is gone now as well. LE needs to increase penalties for thieves as well as investigate more vigorously. A firend has called LE (not Knox County) on several occassions about people breaking into a place of his fathers. LE doesn't sem interested so my friend has taken to self help. The last time he caught them he made them unload everything and put it back in place. Again, he only did this because our local LE is understaffed and overworked. My friend has the thieves nams, address and vehicles descriptions but LE said they can't do anything because they live in another county. Not to bash LE becasue it isn't the officers fault it is the county government's as well as their administration's fault. Dolomite

Afghanistan has about a good a cell network. In all of the places I travelled I never was without a signal. They have solar powered towers everywhere. Dolomite

Thanks. We just need to realize that the 5.56 was never intended or designed to do what they are try to get it to do now. If they are going to keep using the 5.56 they need to go back to the original specs then design a new long range caliber. That is if they feel the 308 doesn't fill the role. Personally something in 6.5mm-7mm would be a better choice than 7.62 in it's current state. 7mm-08 would be better ballistically as well as lighter to carry and give terminal performance at least as equal to the 308. And doing a service wide swap from 308 to 7mm-08 would be nothing more than a barrel swap in most cases. Dolomite

I know I keep popping in but if there is anything I can help you with let me know. It has been a couple of years since I was over there but I would be glad to help you in any way I can. Dolomite

I am changing services. I am signing contracts for my wife and I to go from ATT to Verizon. My son is leaving for the military in the next few months and we don't want to buy a phone for the next few months. If any of you have an old phone my son can use until he leaves that would be great. I will gladly pay shipping to me and ship it back when he leaves. Thanks Dolomite

I still don't understand why a federal agency, TSA, is searching children at a local level school function. I can understand supervising but physically searching children is a bit over the top especially with the TSA's track record. The TSA is overzealous in thier searching yet fail to find items they should. All this is doing is numbing our children to the actions of those who are overstepping their authority under the guise of safety. If it was my child being searched I would sue the school district, TSA and any other person even remotely affiliated with this action until they were in bankruptcy. I would call and write every media outlet that will listen to the story of my poor child being victimized. When light is shed on those who are doing wrong, and don't get me wrong what they are doing is without a doubt wrong, they tend to either stop or run away from the light. After reading this I realized something: We are now but a generation away from loosing all freedoms our forefathers and troops have fought and died for. Our grandchildren will not know what it was like to be free. We, as a country, we need to wake up. If not for ourseoves then for our children and grandchildren. Dolomite

The LE package pricing on standard Glocks, which the 26 is considered to be one, is $398. After taxes and everything it comes in right under $450. Another great thing about the LE package Glocks is they come with 3 magazines. To tell if a Glock is a LE package Glock is it will have a blue label rather than a white label. All LE dealers should be charging the same for LE packages because of an agreement with Glock. Dolomite

+1 Those cheap Afghan cell phones worked better and more reliably than some of our state of the art stuff. I can guarantee you aren't going to use the MBITR to "chat" like you would use a cell phone for. Most of those who are on the MBITR channels don't want a lot of excess chatter or non mission talk. We also had motorollas that we used like squad radios. Basically we used cells phones to call and talk about and too everybody about everything including non mission stuff. We used the motorollas to talk about mission related stuff amongst our small group and a few other elements. We used the MBITR exclusively for contacting other elements about mission related stuff. Believe it or not but within the same FOB not every group is on the same freq and that is what the MBITR was used for, contating other elements because their motorollas would work with ours and we generally didn't have their cell phone numbers. For every minute I spent on an MBITR I spent at last an hour on our cell phone phones. Then there is the pesky problem of the MBITR loosing its fill or the comms guy not having the right fill making the MBITR useless. Redundant comms are mandatory. We had one group that lost all comms except the cell phone. One guy called back to the states, they in turned called back to HQ in Afghanistan and they coordinated what needed to be done. Dolomite

This has been hashed out plenty of times before. The military ruined the cartridge by increasing the twist and using heavier bullets. The heavier bullets require the velocity to be reduced this reduces the chance the bullet will disrupt on impact and the increased twist decreases the likelyhood of the bullet tumbling upon impact. Believe it or not but by taking the 5.56 and reducing the velocity to less than 2000 fps it will increase its penetration because the bullet no longer tumbles or disrupts on impact. This is the reason we are hearing of all the problems with it overseas. The military is trying to take a short to medium range caliber and turn it into a long range caliber. Here are some interesting reads on the effectiveness of the 5.56 you have seen before: Do not hot link this but copy and paste it into a new browser to open it: http://stevespages.com/pdf/5_56mm_military_info.pdf This is the penetration based on velocity: http://stevespages.com/jpg/bestbullet.jpg To fix the problem the military needs to slow the twist down to get the bullet on the edge of stability so it tumbles upon impact or increase the velocity of the bullet so it falls apart upon impact. Right now the heavy bullets out of a 7 twist barrel do neither at any range beyond QCB distances. Adding barrel length would help some. This is why you don't hear as many reports of problems from the Marines because they are still using 20" guns which increase velocity. I would also venture a guess that the barrels they are using are 9 twist rather than 7. The original design called for a 12 twist barrel firing a 55 grain bullet. The Miller formula, which is used to determine stability, was 1.42 which according to the experts was perfect. If the military insists on using these bullets they need to go back to at least a 9 twist barrel and maybe even a 10 or 11 twist. That way the bullets are stabile enough for flight but tumble immediately upon impact. I shoot 69 grain bullets with a 9 twist barrel and have no issues with keyholing. I literally have hundreds of rounds without a single incident of the bullet not being stabile. With that being said there is no reason to have a 7 twist barrel for a lighter bullet that is definitely not longer than the 69 SMK I use. Another thing to consider is the size of the target personell. They are barely 8 inches thick and with the heavier, faster spinning rounds the bullet exits the body before it tumbles or disrupts. Just my thoughts on this. I am no expert but I have done a lot of testing on twist rates when I was trying to get subsonic bullets to tumble. If I can get a bullet travelling at 1050 fps to reliably tumble in 6" of water then there shouldn't be a problem getting a 2500 fps bullet to do the same providing the twist is the correct one for the bullet ebing used. Dolomite

One more thing about the S&W is trigger parts for the centerfire version work in it. You can buy a target trigger for any AR and it will drop right in. Dolomite

I Loctite every single screw on every single weapon. You will be surprized how many accuracy issues later on can be attributed to loosening screws on the optics or sights. Make sure you use BLUE and not red. If you use red you will break the screws before they break loose. If it needs to be tight and stay tight then use thread lock on it. I even blue loctite the knobs on most of my QD items. They can still be loosened by hand but won't work loose from vibration. Dolomite

Might want to reconsider the thought that you won't have a local cell phone, almost every person I had interaction with over there had cell phones. We used them a lot to contact locals or each other. We never used the local cell phones to call the US unless we were in a pinch and had to make a call right then and right there. We also used them to call each other like people do here. Coordinate lunches, dinners or watching a movie together. In all of the places I went in Afghanistan I had a better signal than I do right here at my house. I would rarely have less than 3 out of 4 bars over there. Their cell phones are really basic and don't do much more than make a call. One odd thing about their cell phones over there is most had an LED light to help see at night. Never seen that here. They cost about $50 and another $10 or so for the SIM. After that you had to buy minutes and I don't know how much the minutes were because the company supplies the minutes. Are you going over in a military capacity or contractor? Does the carrier have armor in it? If not US Palm has some reasonable soft armor. I had PACA custom make my kit for me. It was a one off vest made to my specs based on several trips. It is the lightest 3A soft armor money could buy at the time. Then throw plates over top and all was good. Dolomite

If you come across any Keltec's for under $250 please PM me. I would love to find one for a reasonable price used. A PF-9 would be perfect for those times whan I just want to grab a gun and go. Dolomite

At a bare minimum check to see if you can rent a gun for the class. That might give you a little time to find something or save a bit more money. When I got my armed guard license I was told it was caliber specific but not gun specific. Things may have changed since I got mine. I never worked under that license but maintained for other possible work opportunities out of state. I know I qualified with a Saiga shotgun but only owned a 870. The instructor let me use the Saiga so I know the shotgun was only caliber specific. At shows there are used Glock LE turn ins that sell for less than $350. They are generally 40 caliber but from time to time you find some 9mm's for that price. Renting a gun will lock you into a caliber but will give you time until the next show to save up some more money to get what you want. Also, you can find S&W Sigma's on sale for $249 at some of the big box retailers. If you do not have a HCP you need to seperate the weapon and ammunition during transport. Put one in the trunk and the other in the passenger compartment. As long as you do this you should have no issues. Dolomite

Persoanlly I would have ditched the Rhodesian and hang everything directly on the carrier They tend to get hung up on all kinds of stuff. I have used them and I can't tell you how many times I was stopped by a door knob. Not sure if that is a blow out kit but I consider that just as important as ammo. At a bare minumum keep a turniquet or two, some bandages, ace wraps, feminine pads and some tampons. Water is also something else you need on your carrier. The pistol mags are probably a bit high as well. I woudl put a couple more pouches on there for other items like a cell phone, note pad and maybe a place for quick access to some high energy candy or something like that. Always assume you are going to have to fight without your goody bag. Everything to fight to the bag needs to be on your person. You are probably not going to be fighting with the pack, it will be used as take along storage or at least that was what mine was used for. In the bag I carried 15-20 AR magazines, additional water, snacks, more blow out kit items and extra batteris. If you are serious I would also put your blood type and allergies on the kit as well. Make sure the belly strap for the bag doesn't ride on your hips. It can be very, very tiring for your hips if they have to fight the belly strap. Looks like a good setup. TT makes some of the best stuff out there. I have TT mag pouches. I used malice clips to put everything together. There is no way they are coming off in the middle of a fight. If you are going to buy your own plates avoid the ceramics. The ceramics aren't that much lighter than steel and they are a lot thicker. Most steel plates are around 1/4" thick while most ceramics are 3/4"-1". The additional 2" can make getting into and out of vehicles a lot harder. Another thing with ceramics is they are fragile. At the end of the day if you take your gear off and toss it on the ground your could easily fracture them and there is no way of knowing without exrays. Just my thoughts Dolomite

They won't return my calls anymore. Dolomite

Look at the Zoom Dot. It used to be made by Millet but now made by Bushnell. It auto adjusts the brightness according to ambient conditions. The knob changes the dot size from 1 MOA to 10 MOA. It takes AImpoint batteries and they last a long time (not as long as an Aimpoint though). I carried one overseas with me and never had an issue with it. The best aprt, like I said, is not having to constantly change the dot intesity for changing conditions. I can go from a dim indoor enviroment to a bright outdoor enviroment without the need to take my hands off the gun to change dot intensity. Dolomite Zoom Dot on Google

I am needing the contact info for the lady who does firearm engraving at the shows. Or at a minimum the contact information for a engraver that does firearms. Industrial laser engraving works so long as it goes deep enough. I have tried the people who do trophies and they aren't setup to do steel. The engraving they have done is a bit on the shallow side. It needs to be local to Knoxville if at all possible. Dolomite

I used to turn wooden bowls. I never did it with the intention of selling them, more as a means of getting away from life for a while. I used all kinds of exotic woods and they generally turned out really well. When I would finish them I would give them to my father and tell him to sell them and keep whatever he could get out of them. It was never about me making any money and I would probably make one a month or maybe even two if it was a stressful month. My father would sell most my bowls for $50-$150 to people as well as several artsy fartsy type stores in Sevierville and Gatlinburg. Then one day about 2 months before Christmas. My father asked when I was going to start making bowls again because it had been a month or so since my last one. I said when I feel like it and he said I probably needed to start making some. He sounded odd so I asked why, he said he took in a bunch of orders and that I have to make about 25 bowls in time for Christmas. On top of this he had orders for bowls made out of various types of exotic wood that I didn't have on hand. I told him that I didn't have some of the wood and he said I would have to buy it because he couldn't. I told him a week or two later I probably couldn't make them all by Christmas because I also worked full time job. That is when he told me I had to because he already spent the money from some of the people's orders. So I worked 6+ hour days on top of my regular job for about 6 weeks in order to keep him out of hot water. After I was done I asked about my cut for the ones he has yet to collect money for as well as repaying me for the wood I had to buy. His response was "you always gave the bowls to me before so I thought these were gifts as well". We argued a few minutes about it but in the end he said he didn't owe me a thing. Since then I have turned exactly one bowl and not for him. He has even called and said he took more orders for bowls. I said make them yourself because I am not making any more bowls. He got upset and tried to say I needed to pay back the people he had already taken money from. Probably because in his mind it was all my fault. I really enjoyed turning bowls until it became a job. After that I lost all interest in turning bowls for fun. Dolomite

Re: Twist rate? I would stay away from a 7 twist barrel. I would go with a 9 twist barrel. The reason is a 7 twist barrel over stabilizes the bullet preventing it from tumbling on impact. Then you have to rely on bullet design to cause it to disrupt. And with FMJ odds are it will not, especially with the heavier bullets that the 7 twist is supposed to shoot. 9 twist should work well if you plan on shooting anything up to 70 grain bullets. And with that 55 grain FMJ's should disrupt inside of 200 yards. It would also be more likely to tumble. If you only planned on shooting 55 grain bullets I would see if you could get an even slower twist, like a 12 twist. But you will be limited to 55 grain or less. I would advise against it right now because all the surplus coming out right now is 55 grain as well as 62 grain bullets. I do not believe the 12 twist will stabilize the 62 grain bullets well enough for longer ranges, as in past 100 yards. If it did that would be better than perfect but again I don't think they will. The most accurate load in my 9 twist gun is a 69 grain Sierra Match King. As far as bullets go look for something that is designed to disrupt on impact. Like a soft point bullet or one of the polymer tipped ones like a TAP round. Regardless of twist these bullets are going to come apart upon impact. If you were going to be shooting FMJ I would just shoot the 55 grain or the 62 grain bullets. Don't go any heavier because it slows the velocity down too much and the bullet will not disrupt and may not tumble. Also, these are more common and cheaper than some of the heavier stuff in order to make full use of a 7 twist barrel. So in the end I would say 9 twist barrel should fill any need you have shooting either 55 grain or 62 grain FMJ's or anything designed to come apart on impact like a TAP or soft point. Here are some interesting reads on the effectiveness of the 5.56 you have seen before: Do not hot link this but copy and paste it into a new browser to open it: http://stevespages.com/pdf/5_56mm_military_info.pdf This is the penetration based on velocity: http://stevespages.com/jpg/bestbullet.jpg If you have any other questions feel free to ask. I am far from the expert on the subject but I consider myself more knowledgable than most. Dolomite The military ruined the cartridge by increasing the twist and using heavier bullets. The heavier bullets require the velocity to be reduced this reduces the chance the bullet will disrupt on impact and the increased twist decreases the likelyhood of the bullet tumbling upon impact. Believe it or not but by taking the 5.56 and reducing the velocity to less than 2000 fps it will increase its penetration because the bullet no longer tumbles or disrupts on impact. This is the reason we are hearing of all the problems with it overseas. The military is trying to take a short to medium range caliber and turn it into a long range caliber. I have persoanlly done a lot of testing on twist rates and how they affect the tumbling of rifle bullets. I have also tested the effectiveness of those same rifle bullets as they tumbled. Most of my testing was done on the edge of the sound barrier so roughly 1050 fps. If I can get a bullet to reliably tumble at less than 1100 fps there should be no problem getting a bullet travelling at 2500+ fps to reliably tumble. It is all in the twist rate. Dolomite

Does it have the ability to turn the gas off? I am wondering what one of these would sell for. I am looking for one for use with subsonic ammo. Dolomite

I would forget about the VTR A-TACS. The triangular barrel as well as the integrated comp cause accuracy issues as the barrel warms. Not to mention you can't have it threaded. The Tactical AAC®-SD™ model has a bit more fit and finish to it compared to any of the other models. Probably because it wears AAC's name. I have read a lot about them and they seem to be getting a lot of good reviews accuracy wise. Me, I am a Savage guy. The reason is they are like the 10/22 of the centerfire world. I can swap a barrel at home in about 10 minutes. Most smiths charge less than $50 to do a Savage barrel swap. Most Remingtons have to be fitted and that drives the cost up to well over $300 generally. Almost all the custom barrel makers like Shilen, Benchmark, McGowen, Pac-Nor, and a few others all make drop in replacements for a Savage. All Remington barrels have to be machined, chambered and headspaced on the lathe and that costs money. Savages do not. Factory drop in barrels can be bought for $100-$200 and custom barrels run about twice that. Aftermarket parts are jsut as plentiful for Savages now as Remington. The only thing that Remington has that Savage doesn't seem to have yet is a AIC stock setup. There were rumors but I don't think it ever materialized. There are better setups out there though. Detachable mags are available as are plenty of stock choices. Plenty of nice, high quality triggers are availabe as wll. To swap a barrel on a Savage all you need to do is this. Break the old barrel loose and remove it. Install the barrel nut on the new barrel. Screw the new barrel down onto the headspace gauge until it is snug then tighten the barrel nut. That is it. Persoanlly I go a bit farther and use sized brass to set my headspace for the round I make for the gun. It tends to be more accurate with the headspace being set at the minimum. It also saves my brass because there isn't as much room to grow it doesn't need trimming as often and doesn't work harden like a SAAMI spec chamber. If I need to fire factory ammo I just loosen the barrel nut and tighten the barrel down onto the factory ammo I plan on shooting. You can't do this with a Remington. The floating bolt head of the Savage is good as well. Most custom action makers are using the flaoting bolt head now. Even those who build actiosn based on the 700. The bolt can be taken apart and a different bolt head installed for different calibers. That takes me about 10 minutes to do as well. So in 20 minutes I can go from a 223 bolt gun to a 308 or virtually any other caliber as long as my action length will handle it. A long action can pretty much handle anything out there from 223 to the magnums. The only bad thing about a Savage is you are going to get ribbed by the Remington 700 crowd, especially those who have built custom 700's. But the fun part is taking your stock Savage and embarrassing them. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX OP, that is a nice rifle. You are going to get the bug and have it decked out in no time. They are reliable and accurate guns. What type of glass you planning on using? Mildot, duplex or something else. I would recommend trying a mildot. I never thought I wanted or needed one but now I can't imagine not using one. You can range your target with it AND use it for hold over if you don't feel like dialing in the elevation. The formula is easier than a MOA dot setup. And make sure if you do get some sort of mil dot make sure the adjustments are mil as well. It just makes life easier when you are making adjustmens on the fly. This is a good scope for the money. Bushnell Elite 3200 Tactical Rifle Scope 10x 40mm 1/10 Mil Adjustments Mil-Dot Reticle Matte - MidwayUSA Also look at Falcon and Wotac. Wonders Optics Home Hawke, Vortex or Mueller (not in any particular order) are decent budget scopes. All of these are great for the money and will serve most people well. I am sure I am missing a few brands but these tend to be the hot ones. Here are a few online vendors that carry most of the recommendations. SWFA.com OpticsPlanet.com SWFA also has a used section that can have some amazing deals from time to time. Samplelist.com Dolomite

I said from day one that there was something not right when there was a mistrial when officers were killed. I said either it didn't happen as portrayed or LE within the community was so out of control and so disliked that the Houston's peers would side with murderers over LE. Sounds like a little bit of both. It has been reported numerous times that a no knock was served on the wrong house and the homeowner either gets killed or charged when they fire at the would be intruders. In instances where someone dies the person responsible for the mistake, ie the person in charge, should be charged criminally for the death rather than the usual, month off without pay and additional training. Maybe this will ensure those who are in charge are doing proper diligence in preparing for the raid. No amount of additional training or money is going to bring back an innocent person and those responsible should feel some sort of long term pain for what their negligence caused. I just want people to be accountable for what they do. Not just LE but anyone. We have become a society of "not my fault" people. Everyone is looking for someone to point the finger at for their own shortcomings or faults. I seen it in trials when they try to blame the father's or mother's poor parenting for the reason why little johnny is a murderering POS. Fault needs to be placed squarely on those who are responsible. Dolomite

A bazillion, gajillion congolese francs would seem reasonable. Dolomite