Jonnin

Mine goes 3-20, each is a 100 meter increment, I double checked it. I guess some things changed across the models, they must have decided that was too far. As a bonus, my gentle on the shoulder wuss loads happen to drop it to zero at 100 while not beating me black & blue.

the stuff I find useful: a dowel rod, I have 2, a .22 caliber and a 9mm caliber, home depo has both. Paper towels and q-tips. A cheapo cleaning kit with some swabs and brushes and stuff. Rem oil, 3 in 1 oil, hoppes #9 for the chemistry set. There is not much I cannot do with those.

Dead is dead, so the bullet will not make much difference. It is the package anyway; my 44 mag pistol fires a heavier bullet than any rifle short of an elephant gun, coming in at 300 grains, yet these rifles clearly have more power. Accuracy is more of how the gun was treated than production, even the rough mosins are fairly accurate and many were good enough for sniper use, mausers were usually better made and also had a share of snipers, not sure about the other one but honestly, if the barrel isnt worn smooth or flopping around, even a pretty sorry rifle is going to be accurate to hunting ranges in TN (200 yards or so, tops?). The sights on my mauser START at 300 yards, under that the shooter is too close and has to adapt his aim -- so they thought a typical soldier could hit a man at 300 yards with them using iron sights and military ammo. The sights adjust out for much, much longer ranges though the last couple of clicks are for "harrassing fire" where you just shoot in amongst the enemy. He already has a mosin, but they are indeed great guns at a great price. I would get one if I didnt have the my mauser, it is a joy to shoot so the mosin would just sit in my safe.

It sounds like you have done well with what you have to work with. As far as I know, if you can prove you have a disability, the school MUST accomodate you (if a public school). Period. The teacher can be over-ridden on this. As one example, one of my peers in school was in a wheelchair and as she and I were often in the same classes, I just came to expect that the room for the class would be wrong every semester... and it usually was, the room moved to accomodate her. Others took tests as you did, privately with extra time or whatever. This is required by the ADA and because public schools take tax money, they must accomodate the students. So that one teacher is wrong and if you made a case for it, you would likely win, but it could lead to aggravations later on (she may take it personally). If you can pass the class without making a stink, that may be better for you -- schools are much like politics and teachers can really mess up a student who they dislike, and that dislike could just be "professer X said he was trouble/stupid/petty/etc". For your questions: 1) Yes, 100% is 100%, to give a student an A+ grade for a 75% grade is to take away from the disabled students who EARN the 100%, and it takes away from the normal students, the grade must stand as it is earned so the degree is respected and for many reasons. 2) I am ok with special accomodations up to a point. Extra time, private room, oral exam instead of written, all those things that are often done are good things to happen. 3) No. The degree is the credibility of the school. Imagine if you were earning your MD to be a brain surgeon... and they let you pass because of your issues and you kill 10 patients, is that OK because you are disabled? Or if you are an engineer and the bridge you make collapses because of it? You MUST be held to the standard because that degree gets you a job, and those who hire you expect you to be able to do the work, and if you cannot, that reflects poorly on the school AND all the other students who have that degree from that school! It is simply not ok to let someone who is disabled have a pass. To put it another way, I am fairly smart and certainly not disabled, but there are things I cannot do, and other things I cannot do *well*. Just because I can program a computer or do complex math does not qualify me to be a lawyer, for example --- my memory is poor and I would not do well in law where memory is critical to success. Should I be given a passing grade at harvard and the bar exam anyway, because it would be a nice thing to do for me? 4) Probably not. A lot of LD problems are treated as behavior problems and the students sent to a special ed class to get them out of the way, rather than to help them. The poor sap with a 20 IQ who can barely find the toilet alone is lumped in with the "hyper" guy who has trouble concentrating or whatever. Its not very well set up. 5) I do not like the whole discrimination topic. It is over-used, people are all the time claiming discrimination when none is to be found. Schools can do better with their special needs students, for sure, and many colleges do a decent job because they know if they do not help out the student will stop paying tuition and stuff. Discrimination is not based off what the schools have not done, it is based off what they WILL NOT do. If the school denies you a reasonable request (say, a seperate room to take a test and more time) that is being unwilling to help which is discrimination. If they are willing to work with you but deny an unreasonable request (say you demand 24 hours to do your test as a take-home effort) that is not discrimination. It really comes down to specific schools and instances --- there is no answer without specific things to talk about.

Please, if you decide to ruin (sporterize) an antique, figure out if the gun has any history or value first. Its ok to to do that to a gun made from random spare parts or one that the barrel is rusted to death or the like, but dining room table gunsmiths have ruined a number of guns that today would be worth thousands... one of my friends for example has a hunting rifle that was made from a sniper rifle, would be worth about $5000 if he had not butchered it, now it is worth maybe $200.

They are going to be equally good for hunting any normal game. The mauser and mosin are going to be HEAVY and BIG to haul around. I think you can get a lightweight 7.62 platform, not 100% sure. Mauser, mosin, 7.62Xlong, its all "close" to a 308 and plenty of power and range. A thought: surplus ammo is great while it lasts, but people shoot it up at alarming rates. The *reason* 8mm mauser is pricy is the surplus ammo is long gone... at one time, it was cheap. Eventually the mosin will only have 3 or 4 ammo brands and it will also be $30 a box of 20. Not this year, or next, but in time... this is the nature of the milsurp rifle. Eventually, if you are into these old guns (and they are quite good!), you will want to just reload for them. They will all shoot common slugs, so all you need is some brass, and often you can remake modern brass fit with a little work. For my 765, I can use a tube cutter on 30-06 brass, then force that thru the sizing die, poke in any common .311 diameter slug, and proceed from there. A little annoying with all the cutting and trimming but you reuse the brass many, many times. I could have bought it, but the 30-06 brass was cheap and easy to find.

welcome, and thank you for your service! The chattanooga club has a full auto area on their range, if I remember that correctly (I am not a member there). I think the cleveland range also allows it on one of the pistol bays, short range though. Both have excellent outdoor facilities, and both have at least 200 yards, I think chattanooga has an even longer range. Indoors, shooters depo is very nice for short range work, they allow most smallish semi auto rifle platforms and pistols. Prentice cooper has an unsupervised free to the public range. Those are the main ones I know about, there are some other stores with indoor ranges, one out by northgate (a-frame building) and one north on 153 (?) and at least one more outdoor one with skeet/trap/etc but I forget the names and details...

welcome! Wife and I do 3 gun, against each other to see who will be in last place, but its a lot of fun.

I bought a box of their "brown box" birdshot for 3-gun and it all worked 100% in my gun. Not magnum, just the 2 3/4 12 ga stuff, a blue shell with a hefty brass back end for so light a load. It was hotter than the black walmart cheapos we normally use, I think remington, black with a thin silvery metal part? Anyway, I was satisfied with this type of RIO, so some of their stuff is pretty good.

The mauser is a better made gun, IMHO. The ammo is about the same, for any practical purpose (short of extreme long range comparisons). I prefer the 7.65 version to the 8mm but if in doubt, get a mauser. I made 7.65 ammo for mine at about $40 per 100, using high quality bullets though.

the KTOG moved too, it is now thektog.org (was ktog.org).

comcast on-demand has a good selection, a large free area for older movies and shows and pay for view for newer stuff at a pretty low cost per movie. It is just like a player, pause, rewind, watch it as much as you want (it is "rented" for 2 days I think). Only works if you use their service though. The ONLY reason I pay for cable is they have my internet, and its basically a bundle, buy one get one cheap. The price for basic cable on top of the internet is not bad at all....

Another way to do it is to inform the employees on a new policy: ask anyone open carrying to leave using the following phrase: "our business is pro gun but open carry bothers some customers, so we are going to have to ask you to leave until you can conceal your weapon".

Yea I am not sure if the 75 parts will work or not, looking into it. They may fit, it seems to be the same guts in different frames for much of their lineup. The Rami is their smallest model in the 75 series. So likely the other parts will fit it, but I want to find out before I buy anything. I am left handed, the mag release was the part they got right, its the safety that was mixed up.

Well I got mine but there is an issue. I am now the proud owner of a RAMI with a RIGHT HANDER safety lever and a LEFT HANDER mag release! I was assured by the CZ custom guy that the RAMI had an ambi safety... sigh... it does NOT. Trying to get some feedback from them on that issue. The trigger and mag release were great, it just needs that ambi or LH fixed. Not sure what happened here, hopefully its something simple that they can mail me a part to install or such.

You have expensive tastes.... an AR is going to cost as much as a 1911 9mm, and for both types you can pay anywhere from $500 to $5000. Here is the RIA @ just under $500: 2-ARM16323FCE - Rock Island Armory 1911 Semi Auto Pistol 9mm 5" Barrel 9 Rounds Ambidextrous Safety Fixed Sights Steel Parkerized Synthetic Grips. Here is the taurus version: 59330 - Taurus Model 1911 Semi Automatic Handgun 9mm 5" Barrel 9 Rounds Black Checkered Plastic Black Grips Blued Finish. From there, they jump toward the $750 mark at an alarming rate, there may be a couple more cheaper offerings but the instant something is partially derived from the 1911 format the price doubles.

There are plenty of people deemed well enough to be at large in society that cannot own a firearm, including the unpardoned but free ex-cons, the mentally handicapped, the underage, as well as temporary states such as medication/booze/etc. I totally agree with pfries, but I do not like it one bit that a thug with a buddy politician could be restored full rights every time is caught and pardoned -- unlikely, but possible, if a corrupt enough person is elected. Reminds me of that jerk in lethal weapon, running around breaking the laws on purpose using his diplomatic immunity....

I am not sure about this one. If the person is not guilty, IE their conviction is overturned due to new evidence or whatever, yes they should be allowed. But a pardon? Maybe not. Say some thug up in chicago happens to know Obama, and is therefore pardoned for whatever, can he now own a gun? Or someone knows someone who knows the governer, or whatever? A pardon of that sort is a get out of jail free card, but it should not restore access of firearms to someone who has been proven guilty of breaking serious laws. I do not know the legal terms but the only way the rights should be restored is if it can be shown that the person did not break the law; there is a difference between an innocent person/wrongful conviction and a pardon, a big difference.

there are many, many good 9mm 1911s in various frames from full sized (45 classic sized) to almost pocket pistols. The colt defender or new agent. Para's night hawg. STI has a few. RIA has a big one that is inexpensive. Many more, those are just a quick sample. For the price range of a new high power, you can get most of the 1911 frames, so it becomes your choice, whichever you like most.

I think you can buy the RCBS lockable die rings or whatever they are called, has a set-screw to lock the die where you had it last for single stage presses -- should fit on any brand of die too.

it gets you close. You would want to use a factory bullet that is like what you are using. I do a similar method -- I keep one loaded round that is the correct OAL from doing it the hard way (seat it shallow and tighten die a little at a time with calipers in hand) and use that to set up the die again if needed. I have also used factory ammo to do it, for simple stuff, like standard 230 grain 45 acp ball ammo, its all the same size and shape so setup off a factory round works great. Clearly, if you set up the die off your short, big hole hollowpoints and reload with long cone-nosed slugs, it will be all wrong...

Run one case with no components, see what happens then. IE, size it but do not prime or powder it, then run it thru the seating die (no bullet), see if it is belled or crimped or anything odd, then crimp, see what that does. Then repeat this but use a bullet (no primer, powder). When those turn out ok, proceed to make live rounds.

The difference between 150 and 165 is small enough that those bullets should be safe if you did not use MAX-Do-Not-Exceed load data. If you used starting load data, just shoot them and learn from this.

Another good maintence program is ccleaner. If you use it to kill off the junk that is nice, but what makes it priceless is the additional ability to easily (this can be done other ways, like msconfig) kill off TSR style junkware from the auto startup locations, to fix the registry, and so on. I have killed a number of junkware (not harmful but slows down the PC, stuff like quicktime or adobe auto loaders or other total junk) programs, some computer users have 50 or more of these kinds of programs and wonder why the computer is sluggish.

I do not think the press matters for the bullet seat ring issue. It seems to be slightly fat bullets: I see this a LOT with my 9x18 when I cram a fat hard cast slug into a 9x19 trimmed case. After a few firings, the back end of the case finally expands to match and the bulge is less visible. I see it now and again with any caliber, sometimes you just get a slightly fatter bullet. I think any dangerous bulges would fail to chamber, for example if the press were at fault and the ring were uneven with a large bulge on one side of the case... that would not fit in the chamber at all, say if your bullet were somehow jammed in at a 10 degree tilt or something.