Jonnin

  the prius battery is running 2500 at the moment, which isn't far off the tax break you get for buying the car if they are still doing that (not sure). battery development is huge and ongoing.   If a battery lasts 5 years the price will drop a fair bit in that time at todays rate of tech increases.

  Because he was able to manage both at the same time?

223 is the worst, really, high surface area for getting stuck and too small to work with when it happens.  My only stuck case so far was a 223 and I destroyed the die getting it out.  Being my first one, I was careless about my approach and tried to get it out faster rather than carefully.      Kroil might loosen it.   But that stuff is annoying around primers, you'd have to clean it pretty well after.    Its probably a non-issue if you are a big tools guy.   I should have just taken it to the shop @ work instead of trying to get it out without decent tools. 

Im fairly tall but not heavy,  and I like the prius.  My mom has had one for about 10 years now and its given no trouble at all,  classic Toyota dependability and longevity in a comfortable car.   I have no trouble getting in and out of it,  its not sports car low and its not truck high, its a little lower than your typical car but not "low" by any stretch.    That said, the thing about hybrids ... they are not really designed for interstate.   It will do it, but its not awesome.    I would just get a 35-40 MPG family sedan type car that you like for this type of daily drive in.   Something with a moderate 4 cylinder and a low body weight will do quite well. 

I don't know the drum, having a disk, but I would suspect the same powders work well in both.   Those being things like accurate's offerings which are pretty much dust, as opposed to other types that consist of large irregular shaped chunks.     I use accurate #5 for my 9x18 which is more or less a 380 and its a nice case filler, I feel pretty safe with it and love how it does in the disk.

  Right.   2200 cents.  7000 grains.   A grain costs  roughly 1/10 pi cents each.   5 grains costs 1.5 cents roughly (half of the 3 given).  At 3, it would have cost over 40 bucks a pound (almost double what you paid).

3 cents..  if it took 5 grains of powder, you are looking at over 40 bucks a pound?! I haven't bought any in a while, but that seems a little steep.  

  the little sigs also have a bobbed hammer,  and its pretty much shielded entirely from snags by the small beavertail.   It would only snag if you tried to draw the gun from a pocket sideways or at a steep angle.  Coming more or less just out, it won't -- theres nothing to catch on.       The rationale for me is simple enough.   My hands are weak, and I simply can't fire most of the small guns in a defensive manner.   Some I can't fire at all.  Others I can manage but its 3 times slower per shot.   I can empty, reload, and empty again my sig 938 before I could empty a LCP or LCR once.

I would only buy loaded ammo for brass if it is cost effective --- which it can be for some of the more exotic rifles and a small number of pistols.   For example, buying a box of 44mag or 45 LC for near 50 bucks to get 50 pieces of brass is not a good idea as you can get that brass much, much cheaper.    So it just depends.  

As I said in the other thread, you might also look for a Makarov if you are OK with used.   One of the top 10 most accurate pistols I have owned, and I have some  good ones.   Its very similar to these frames you are looking at.  I carried one for 10, maybe 15 years in a pocket.   Upgraded to the sig 938 after a couple of in-between guns.  Ive tried the others and none of them seemed as well made and accurate. 

  If you like the 1911 style,  and you like the sig micros,  I would just advise you to save up a little longer and get one.   A great price on a gun you don't like is not helpful unless money is your #1 concern, and even then, saving just a little longer might still be the better choice.   Small revolvers tend to have brutal trigger pulls.  Bersa is a lot like a Makarov which does not have a mag disconnect if I remember it right,  its bigger than the 938 while shooting a 380ish round.   There should be a few used 238s out there fairly cheap,  and by now, maybe a few 9s too.   The price on both has fallen too, now that the "new release" has worn off.  

on the topic of poisons ...  its the stuff that smells and tastes OK that gets you.  No one is going to drink bleach, it stinks and it tastes super bad.   Now the scented stuff, maybe, but the basic variety, not so much.    Bug spray etc smells sweet and might even taste ok, I dunno as I haven't tried it.   But that's what you have to watch out for.  

Its right there in the piece.  "examples of doctors telling patients they’d have to find a new physician if they refused to answer questions about gun ownership or telling parents they should get rid of any guns in the home."   The solution is simple, as it always is.   1) let the Dr ask. 2) The NRA will provide a pamphlet the Dr will provide to the patient on gun safety.   3) if the Dr chooses to ask, they can never drop the patient for any reason. 4) if the Dr chooses to ask, they MUST provide #2, trusting that the NRA are the best qualified to provide safety tips.  5) the Dr may add their own thoughts in writing after providing credentials to show they are experts on the topic, evaluated by an NRA expert.  Their remarks can be submitted back to the NRA by the patient if desired to force a re-evaluation of the Dr's status. 6) The Dr may add their own remarks after stating clearly (pre-written statement)  they are NOT experts if they are not approved via #5.     Simple.

was it made that way or did someone "fix" it after losing a part?   The slide stop is clearly a replacement but I can't tell about the safety. If that's all you have,  and all that prevents it from working is a bolt... well yea, you do that.

  Ive got a sackful of the stupid things,  I thought every gun came with one.

can it CARRY enough gas to actually get in the air long enough to do anything more than say jump over the grand canyon before refueling or be dropped from a plane and coast down??   And how does it fly back home after being shot up and losing its props?   That thing ... is wildly impractical. 

The wording concerns me.   If a child causes harm using a GUN OWNED by the parent (or guardian etc), I am ok with it.   Most other scenarios should fall back to a case-by-case evaluation.   If a random unsupervised kid finds one somewhere not in their own home etc I have serious misgivings about blaming the gun owner.    Also the age bothers me... a child over old enough to be in first grade knows better.   13 is very, very high.    By 13 you have drugs, sex, violence etc from problem kids.  They get ugly young these days.   If some punk 12 year old takes dad's gun and shoots someone, knowing full well how to load it and where the ammo is and what he is doing,  that is not the parent's fault.   12 year olds are past the "lets see whats in moms underwear drawer" stage.  

  ^^^ The leftist police states of Europe vs terrorists.    I am not sure who to cheer for, but today Ill give a nod to the subjects who fought back with fire.

  you can use any semi auto rifle,  and to start out to try it you can use like a 10-22 or whatever, no one minds when new folks do that.   I did it with a min-14 for a while and a few ppl use an AK. 

Its pretty nice looking.   Looks like a lot of my folders, except fixed.  

  Yep.   Ill say it, and Im a member... there is some attitude from a few towards 3 gun specifically and idpa is kinda tolerated.   

Cleveland was running all year long last time I followed it which has been a while.   Someone should know its current status... 

  I don't keep track but the depo always has rimfire, because they use it a lot in the HCP classes.  You can't buy too much at once, and that number is pretty low, or it was.   You are not required to buy ammo there.  You can pick up your brass.    They might even sell you a bucket of random brass.

  The two I use are shooter's depo & the Cleveland hunting/manywords range.   The Cleveland one is cheap, but a bit of a drive, need to be a member but not too hard to do that if you reach out.  Its a nice place with a skeet house and some decent long ranges (200 yards).  The depo is close, reasonably priced if you go once a week or so,  and a good facility.    The depo has an extended hours option for a little more / year.   P-cooper is a good facility when people are on their good behavior.   Its had ups and downs with some rather unsavory folks over the last 20 years...  people shooting when others are downrange,  shooting from their cars,  the usual moron stuff.    Pretty easy there, go, and if you find the people there acting stupid, leave and try another day.    Its free, and you get what you pay for.     I didn't like the other two.   The a-frame place, guy tried to sell us something every time we walked in the door and seem mighty put out if we didn't buy his over priced stuff.   If he had been a little less gooberish, I would have spent some in the shop, but when the pressure comes on, the wallet gets shut.      And the other one, as said,  has no air supply, though its a nice store.  

the vast majority of modern hardware has a rail that sits on the gun, the rails are universal.   The rings grab onto those, around the scope. If yours is tapped to accept rings directly on the gun, you have to match them to the gun.     for your purposes, if it comes with mounts, use them.   Serious shooting might replace them, but you can do that when you start earning prize money with your shooting :)   it will do fine.  You  should hit 10/10 with a scope, even a cheap one.  If its poorly mounted, you should see it / feel it etc.   Don't over-tighten it but it does need to not move around.   Cheap scopes WORK fine, they just are less likely to still be in use 50 years from now.   Get one with a good warranty (lifetime or very long anyway) and it will work fine for sure, or they will mail them to you until you get one that does.