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I think carrying a 1911 is easier than most revolvers because a 1911 is thinner. The weight is an issue because of the holster more so than the gun itself. If you have a nice fitting holster that is comfortable you will not notice a 1911. I have carried several revolvers and several variations of a 1911 between officers and a fullsize but for me I always come back to a 1911. Dolomite

Just checked introduced legislation and there is nothing related to magazines, firearms or ammunition. All old legislation, as in prior to January 1st 2011, is now dead. Legislators must start fresh with the new 2011-2012 congress if they want to pass anything. There is literally thousands upon thousands of bills introduced, most are for the legislators to say that they were for or against something. They do this with no intention of them ever passing. I like the representatives we have now. It is better to have nothing pass than something idiotic being passed by either political party. Dolomite

Truer words are rarely said. Dolomite

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Any grease is better than none but I use the moly because it supposedly treats the metal. I can say from personal experience that by adding the moly grease to trigger parts the trigger does become smooter and lighter. It also seems to remain that way after the grease is no longer on the parts. I started using it last year after doing a lot of research into coatings and treatments. I don't like Remoil, it is too thin and offers very little lubrication. It does seem to work for pretecting but even in that role it doesn't last. If you soak a gun with it the Remoil will evaporate leaving a gummy film behind. The best, easiest and cheapest place to get the moly grease is at Walmart. In the automotive section they sell grease gun tubes of the stuff for around $4. I use it all the time and have only made it through about 1/8th of the tube. Dolomite

Try ejecting a loaded round. If it hangs your extractor might be out of spec like mine was. The nose wasn't contoured like it should have been. It fired and ejected empties just fine but not loaded ammo. I put an Ed Brown one in mine and it was been flawless since. Other than those two things I also replaced all the interals just for added safety because mine is my carry gun. It may not have had any issues with the MIM parts but I didn't want to take a chance. Get a good molybendum disulfide grease for the break in. Use it on the rails and the lugs. Dolomite

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Bell and Carlson Thumbhole Buttstock AR-15 Synthetic Freedom Tan - MidwayUSA Here is one you can use rather than buy a new lower. Dolomite

I spoke to Bud's. I asked if they have ever heard of them shipping a stolen gun and the person I spoke to said that was the first they have ever heard of a shop stating they received a stolen gun from them. I am not standing up for Bud's because they screwed the pooch with me last year by sending two guns that both had the same problem after I was told it would never happen again. I seriously doubt I will order from them again but to say they are shipping stolen firearms is a huge stretch. Dolomite

I seriously doubt a stolen gun was shipped from Bud's. More than likely the dealer is just tired of competing with them. I bought a gun locally that I could have gotten cheaper from Bud's. When I mentioned I would but it from him rather than Bud's he matched Bud's price. We spent a while discussing Bud's and they are making it very hard for local dealers to compete. I might even give them a call today to ask. I have dealt with one of the supervisor's enough to feel I could trust him and what he has to say about it. I will take it with a grain of salt but I would believe Bud's not sending a stolen gun before believing they would. Dolomite

Nice Gen 1 Glock. Don't see them very often. Dolomite

My thumb is still not right. It healed at an angle and the skin constantly grows out weird then peels off like a hangnail every couple of weeks. It is numb yet is still slightly sensitive to pressure but that is probably because the bone is closer to the surface now. I joked about this happening because it removed a scar I had when a drill bit went through my thumb a few years earlier. That one was rough because I couldn't just pull it out so I have to reverse the drill and back it out. I couldn't get the speed just right so it pushed some flesh out as the drill backed out. Both bled pretty good but the router did make for what looked like a murder scene in a shop that wasn't mine. I even went back a week later to find bits of "Dolomite jerky" still clinging to the bit and the piece of wood. I did go on to complete the piece I was working on but not for close to a year. Dolomite

Did you have a magazine in the gun when your fired the single round? It almost sounds like a charging handle impingement malfunction. Here is a video on how to deal with it as well as a few others. At this point I would just avoid the Tula ammo if it is giving you taht many problems. Maybe after the guns are broken in with a few more hundred rounds they might work better. Other than the malfunctions there is no chance of the Tula ammo harming our firearms. Dolomite

You will really like the midlength gas system. My first AR was a middy and I really liked how it shot. It is also easier on the bolt and related parts. Spike's is a great company that stands behind their products. Dolomite

I have had zero problems out of mine as well. It is a well broken in gun though. I suspect your S&W isn't going to have any issues because it would be odd to have two seperate brands exhibit the same problems. The Tula is a little underpowered but not like Wolf. It runs 2850~ in my 16" AR. Is it not extracting the rounds from the chamber or is it extracting them but they are getting hung up in the action? The two have two totally different causes. If you single load will the bolt lock back? If it does then it is not the ammo. If it doesn't it is not necessarily the ammo either but could be part of the problem. I would look at replacing your extractor spring if the gun is used. I would replace it with a decent one anyways like those from BCM. Check to make sure your ejector has tension on it as well. Check your bolt to make sure the gas rings are not aligned or broken, there should be three. I would also do like Garufa said and make sure your chamber is clean. I would grab a 45 caliber bore mop and use some metal polish like Flitz. Chuck it into a drill and give it about 30 seconds of in and out of the chamber while spinning it. This will clean and smooth the chamber without causing any problems. Make sure to get all of it out of the chamber area before firing. Dolomite

I didn't realize the chupacabra was this far north. Dolomite

What you using the cedar for? It has been a long time since I did anything with wood but I used to turn bowls as well as make custom pieces of furniture for people. I have tried pretty much every kind of wood imagineable when making bowls. If you really like the look of red cedar look at finding some box elder. Most people consider it a trash wood but I used it a lot. The red going through it looks like a cross between someone bleeding through it and it being on fire. When we would saw it into lumber it was like Christmas not knowing what you are going to get. It makes cedar look boring in comparison if you get the right cuts. Box elder is also great because it isn't as brittle as cedar after it has been dried. It also take stain very well and tends to be very stabile. Not my stuff but examples of box elder: Like I said these are not my pieces I have made but examples of box elder. I keep telling myself I need to make some grips for my 1911 using box elder. Dolomite

Yes it does. Picture, thousand words, yada, yada, yada: These were taken the next day. The black is from paint. Mine was a larger piece of wood and I never thought it would drag me in bu tit did. I have since started using a router because the speeds are so much higher which makes it less jumpy. Dolomite

Hey Jamie, When you want to get together and shoot your NAA across a chronograph? I am in the Knoxville area so if you are ever in the area let me know and we will sling some lead. I am always interested in the velocity numbers of various guns. Dolomite

Not really as far as cycling but it seemed to have issues with the concentricity of the bore to the threads. My biggest concern was they liner would be sticking out so far that it was going to start to slam fire. It definitely was enough to change the headspace. As you can see the liner was sticking out quite a bit but in their defense we did have a lot of rounds through the gun. It is my wife's and she shoots it A LOT. It isn't uncommon for her to shoot 500+ rounds in a session and during warmer weather that happens very often. Dolomite

Your Pac-Lite setup is nearly a spitting image of my wife's or at least how it used to be. When I first got hers, a black 4.5" threaded as well, I also installed a Fastfire except hers had a picatinny protector. It also has a reworked trigger. I had enough rounds through mine that the liner was being exposed from the aluminum breech being battered. It stuck out probably a 32nd of an inch. It was so bad that they replace the entire unit for free. Their customer service is great. If I had to guess round count I would say 10K-15K. Overall I really like the Pac-Lites on a 22/45. Makes for a very light, 20 ounces empty, and handy gun. It also allws my wife to take part in long range sessions without getting tired. Dolomite

I have used mouse traps for birds while I was deployed. It was more of an excercise to see if it was possible and it worked well. I would cover the trap with a fine layer of sand then place crackers on the trip. I also setup rat traps to sling cups of water at buddies to help them get in the mindset to look for bobby traps. The traps are very useful and I would say that even if the shotgun shell didn't send the shot the shell case itself would have enough velocity to potentially kill at short range, the whole equal and opposite reaction law. If nothing else it could be used as an early warning device. Dolomite

For the money the STI Spartan's are decent and they hold their value well so when you sell it to upgrade, and yes you will, it will be easier to sell. Most of the Para I have seen for sale used are no where near the cost new. Not that they aren't decent guns but they just don't seem to hold their value like some other brands. If you are planning on doing a lot of custom upgrades I would look at something a bit cheaper then install the parts you want. That way you don't have to settle for what the maker wanted you to have. It is also easier on the budget as the upgrades can be done as funds allow. It doesn't take a high dollar gun to have a accurate, reliable and nice looking gun. It does take sensible, quality upgrade parts. After all the STI Spartan is a worked over Rock Island Armory gun. I really like my Metro Arms with the worth of $150 parts I installed bring the cost to a little over $600. I am able to do the work myself so I saved money there. I have no intentions of selling it so I didn't worry about resale value when I bought it. It didn't need the parts but I wanted to get rid of the MIM parts inside and it has been extremely accurate from the first shot. It shoots better than most guns in the same price range and even a bit more. The slide to frame fit is tighter than my Colt and the Metro shoots better as well. Most makers today are using MIM parts so you are not going to find one that doesn't use MIM until you get into the thousands of dollars spent or do the upgrades after you purchase the gun. Even spending a lot of money doesn't gurantee the gun you buy doesn't have MIM parts. Whatever brand of 1911 you decide to get you will be amazed at the amount of customization that can be done. They are like the 10/22's of the pistol world and can become very addictive. Dolomite

While I can not stand CCA I seriously doubt they have done anything illegal. Now unscrupulous yes but illegal, no. If someone can't take possession of a firearm it needs to be returned to the shipper rather than sit and collect storage fees. Sounds alomst like they are trying to collect enough fees to take possession of the firearm. I have friends who do business with them on a very regular basis and they have never mentioned storage fees for any of their guns that were in CCA's possession. The person posting this on Yahoo obviously has some issues that is preventing him from owning a weapon. Based solely on his post I would be very concerned about his actions if he did or does own a weapon. He has some serious control issues. An FFL can refuse to sell or transfer for any reason and if an irrational person came in to pick up a firearm I can see why the person could be refused. Dolomite

The problem is not the 5.56 cartridge itself, it is what the military has tried to do to "improve" it that has ruined it. The 5.56 needs barrel length to be as effective as it can possibly be. The next problem is barrel twist, too much twist and the bullet overstabilizes which leads to even more problems. An over stabilized bullet that doesn't have enough velocity to come apart upon impact will not tumble and will only punch a neat little hole through the target. Even if it does tumble it will likely be through most of our enemies in the middle east by the time it does. Most males over there are concentration camp thin. An Afghan male that weighs more than 130 pounds is a big Afghan and most come in under 110 pounds. They are very, very thin and as such we need a round that will tumble or fragment within the first few inches in order to eb effective on these targets. 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: 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 Again DO NOT HOTLINK. Open a fresh browser and copy the above URLS. The host has had issues with people hacking his erver so he has disabled a lot of differnt stuff including hot links. The original design had it nearly perfect with a 12 twist barrel shooting 55 grain bullets. The twist was slow enough that it would tumble upon impact and the velocity was fast enough with the light bullets that is would disrupt upon impact as well. If the military would start using longer barrels with a slower twist and lighter bullets in the AR platforms there would be and increase in effectiveness on soft targets. The Marines have it right by using longer barrels and this is probably why you don't hear as many problems coming from their side of the house regarding the effectiveness of the 5.56 because ever FPS counts. The military needs to quit trying to make the 5.56 into something it will never be, a long range caliber. The 5.56 is a wonderful caliber but is not a magical caliber that the military wants it to be. As long as you stay within is limitations and original design it performs very well. The 5.56x45 and the 7.62x51 are in two seperate classes. The 5.56 is not what I would consider a long range caliber while the 7.62x51 is. 7.62x51 is always going to be better than the 5.56 in actual performance but with everything else in life there is a trade off. For most the 5.56 is plenty. The 7.62x51 is more of a long range caliber or hard target caliber or at least more so than the 5.56. If I were going to be using a short barreled gun I would not choose the 5.56. I would use any of the others you mentioned or even the 7.62x39. With a 10" barrel there even isn't enough velocity at the muzzle for the 62 grain bullets to tumble or fragment. If you must then I would definitely use a bullet that is designed to disrupt like any of the polymer tipped bullets like the TAP rounds. Dolomite