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I remember going to Manhattan in 1970 after I got off active duty to see "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly", "For a Few Dollars More", "Fist Full of Dollars", and "Hang'em High" all on one bill. Something like 8 1/2 hours of continuous Clint Eastwood.

Your eyes are better than mine!!! I make my 270 cases just by running 3006 brass through a 270 sizing die. Neck is a little shorter but no difference in performance. Frank Sinatra, John Wayne, Burt Lancaster, and Robert Mitchum were all considered for the role before Clint got it. All good actors but I don't know if any of them could have pulled it off like Clint did. FWIW the gun he uses in the movie is actually a Model 57 41 Magnum. Dirty Harry movies created a big demand for 6 1/2 inch Model 29s through the 70s and even into the 80s. You also found some on the used market as new that were being sold with a box of ammo with 6 rds missing

I beg to differ. If FBI or ATF had anything to do with it they would have been there. If either was there they would have been sure they were mentioned in the press release. The FBI does little, if any, ITAR cases and most of them would probably be an additional charge from an espionage case. The HSI component of ICE which was birthed by US Customs Office of Investigations and INS Investigations has full jurisdiction in ITAR and a lot of other stuff most people don't realize. US Customs OI/ICE-HSI has been doing ITAR for nearly 40 years that I personally have knowledge of all by themselves.

I doubt numerous negative results on everify would generate a fishing expedition on the part of ICE. Numerous negative results, especially in an area like NC which has a lot of illegals, would indicate the employer is trying to do the right thing.

HSI doesn't have to be "called in" by anyone to start an ITAR investigation. If you want a for instance PM me and I'll set you up with one.

ITAR is enforced by State, Commerce, and the Homeland Security Investigations component of ICE which also conducts the investigations of immigration violations. Hard to do an ITAR case without involving Customs. Enforcement and Removal component of ICE is responsible for rounding up illegals. The FBI does not usually do ITAR cases. However, they kind of do whatever they want as they are the FBI. Investigative agencies that have jurisdiction in Customs violations (HSI being the primary) actually have just about the broadest authority in federal law. They always have had this. Some jackass on this forum thinks Customs only involves checking packages and luggage. When he made that comment I didn't dignify it with a response as he did a good enough job displaying his ignorance. I can't remember if ITAR has anything about having aliens working at a place manufacturing arms but there are regs governing the sharing of arms manufacturing technology. From the article I surmise that the illegals working there were doing so because they provided false documents (identity theft). There is more to the story which may implicate the manufacturer in ITAR violations. I don't know of any federal law requiring any special documentation for people working in the firearms manufacturing industry. Last time I was at the Colt plant the workers were all members of the Teamsters Union.

Well...yes and no. Many of those factors you mention might be reasonable suspicion but any one of them or all of them may or may not amount to probable cause. You can't "manufacture" probable cause. There is or there isnt. Hard to come up with PC? One factor many don't think of about establishing PC is the LEO''s experience. That may be the most important. What might be PC to someone on the job 10 years is not PC to someone with 2 years on the job.

That might be considered recycling. A big thing on the liberal agenda!!!

I'd you were the only hold out on the jury that isn't jury nullification that's a mistrial. The defendant could be tried again.

@Maksim FWIW I went through a year in Vietnam and went through a M14 and 2 M16s (one at a time). I wasnt a Ranger. special operator, or SEAL but these guns saw more abuse and use than many can imagine. None of them ever saw a "detail strip". Never saw anyone other than an armorer fixing a gun do a "detail strip". A bath in solvent and getting a good blast from an air hose cleaned any gun without taking it apart.

The lighter weight and more so the thinner grip will increase felt recoil compared to a 19.

Not fighting to be right. Sharing information I have that's all. I base what I say on my experience of looking after a few hundred guns that people relied on. I mentioned the most common cause of crap in the firing pin channel not all of them. I would undoubtedly miss a few if I did. The only time a total takedown is needed IMO is when the gun needs to be fixed. No need to do it on a regular basis just to do it.

Okay, you can't always test fire a pistol that's been field stripped for normal cleaning. That's why you do function checks to ensure your gun will shoot. Learned this over 50 years ago. This was in a situation I KNEW I was going to have to shoot. Never had any problems with this. Gun always worked. I will agree with you to the point I won't carry a gun where that has been totally taken apart because it was broken and/or had parts replaced. That goes for pistol, revolver, rifle, or any gun. Carrying a dirty handgun (pistol pr revolver) is not a good idea as I'll get into. I've known people that would clean at the range and fire a few rounds to check function. You can accomplish that with a function check. This also has its downside. More later on that later. I've seen people come out for training and qualification which involved firing 200-250 rounds. Their attitude was "my gun worked, why clean it". The next time they came to the range the temperature was in the teens. The combination of that crud sitting in their gun for several months and the cold temperature resulted in them unable to fire more than 2 or 3 rds at a time. GI'm cleaned, problems went away. Letting a dirty gun sit is worse with petroleum base lubricants as they can dry up, evaporate, and/or get gummy over time. Okay, carrying a dirty gun can work against you. Say you're approached by Manny, Moe, and Jack who have 2x4s and appear to be ready to split your head open. You draw, they see your gun, drop their 2x4s, and take off without you firing a shot. Manny, Moe, and Jack decide tI call police and tell them you took a shot at them. If your gun is clean that shows they areally lying. If it's dirty, as Ricky used to tell Lucy, you got some splaining to do. @Howard I'm pretty familiar with Glocks as I elaborated on above. Do you take the gun all the way down to individual components as some do on a regular basis? That's what I'm talking about not taking it apart to fix it. The crap getting caught in the firing pin channel is not unique to Glocks. On Glocks and other guns it's caused by people slopping solvent on the interior of the slide and letting the slide sit upside down. This allows all the crap to flow into the firing pin channel tying it up. Spritz of Gunscrubber or Brake Kleen washes that stuff out if you do that periodically. Follow up with a blast of compressed air if available (mainly to blow out the Gunscrubber) and you never have to take the slide apart. Are you firing thousands of rounds in competition a day, a week, a month, a year? If you're firing thousands of rounds between without proper cleaning that's why your firing pin channel gets gummed up. Not that I recommend it but I know of Glock 9mms that have gone to 170,000 rds and more without cleaning just to see how long it would take to develop issues. Zero problems with that round count. I still believe, 1. Maintain your gun properly. Fieldstrip is all that's needed. 2. Don't carry a dirty gun.

Why are you guys taking your guns completely apart? Are they broken? Do you tear down the engine and transmission on your car every 20,000 miles to detect abnormal wear and cleaning. Those are the most common reasons people give for a complete takedown. My G26 is over 20 years old and has at least 30k rounds through it. It's never broken and the last time it apart was when Glock put it together. Never taken down past barrel, frame, recoil spring and guide, and slide. I have full confidence in the gun and carry it on a regular basis. Guns are not designed to be taken apart on a regular basis. Doing so will result in widened pin holes, overstressed parts, and breaking parts even if you know what you're doing and have the correct tools. I have other guns I've had for over 40 years and have never taken them totally apart. If you go over all the "my gun broke" threads you will find maybe 90% of them are during a complete teardown for no reason. The other possibility is it was some aftermarket part like 1/2 ounce trigger or moon metal firing pin that was designed by some guy in his basement in Iowa. Yes I know there are quality aftermarket parts out there but I think the engineers at the factory have a better idea of what should work in their gun. I used to oversee several hundred Glocks (17s, 19s, and 26s). I've personally witnessed exactly 1 part break, a recoil spring guide. That was because the guy was putting the gun back together the wrong way. Yes there were magazine issues too mostly from the mags being stepped on. One of the few reasons I can see for taking a gun totally apart is a milsurp that was packed in grease for the past 60 or 70 years. I've said all of this before and I'll probably say it again.

Well yes...and no. Recoil in a firearm is determined by the total ejected mass (bullet and powder) with a factor thrown in for velocity. Not just the gases. You can use a muzzle break to mitigate this recoil to some degree. Recoil in a spring powered air gun is different as you get a foreward recoil from the release of the spring and a rearward recoil (as with a conventional firearm) from the total ejected mass. The pellet in this case. I have heard of scopes rated for spring powered guns. I have an inexpensive spring gun that gives an honest 1000 fps. This probably is enough to take out a squirrel although I haven't tried it. I have an inexpensive 22 rf scope mounted on my inexpensive spring gun that has worked fine for the several.hundred rounds I have put through the gun. I would guess one would need a scope designed to deal with the forward recoil in a more powerful spring gun. Just my experience.

The only dimension differing between the 48 and 19 is the 48 is 1/4" smaller in overall width. That makes no difference in carrying concealed. The G26 is the same height and a big wider and longer than a Nano but holds 66% more rounds than a Nano. I don't see any big benefit as far as concealability.

I wanted a, S&W Model 30 or 31 with a 3" barrel. I've wound a 31 with a 2". PPK in 32 ACP just like James Bond. Finally got one NIB. Walther P38. Wound up with a brand new P1 a few years ago and that satisfied that itch. Beretta Jetfire .25, got that some time ago. Backed it up with 2 Minx (Minxes?) which is the same gun in 22 short. They all are the most reliable mouse guns ever made. S&W Model 27 3 1/2". Still working on that and a few others.

Wish I can offer you better advice but a military pistol just has to find the hollow points it likes. I really can't give much more advice than what @Zeke said. I've seen 1911s, Browning HPs, P38s and P1s that were stock issue pistols that fed anything. I've also seen others that will only feed FMJ. I don't have much experience with Tokarevs but I think they wouldn't be much different.

The listing says you need receiver, barrel, trigger guard, and safety.

I know salt is ineffective at lower temperatures. I never want to be anywhere too cold for salt to work.

Salting dry roads has a benefit not only for severe icing conditions but for plowing snow as well. The first I remember some doing this is about 45 years ago. The melt it creates enables a plow to clear the snow down to the pavement. PA has been using brine on the PA Turnpike for maybe 20 years. It has the same effect.

A little followup. The SAS Trooper is supposed to be awarded the George Cross, 2nd highest decoration in the UK, by the Queen. That's equivalent to the Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross, or Air Force Cross. Being he's in the SAS the ceremony will be private, unannounced, and his name won't be revealed to the press. Recommendations for decorations sure run through the system faster in the UK than our military! https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/754324/Kenya-Nairobi-terror-attack-hotel-SAS-soldier-Queen-honour-George-Cross/amp

The only real difference in size it's 1/4" thinner and has 1/10" less trigger reach. It's not that much smaller than the 19. I agree with @Maksim on most points but think it will sell well as @High Exposure says. Some people are always looking for the smallest gun possible. When they came out with the 26 guys at work bought a lot of them. Borderline shooters found they couldn't shoot them as well as the 19. Instead of trying to learn how to shoot the 26 they went back to the 19. There were a lot of 26s for sale then. That's how I got my first.

I agree. You used to be able to go to places like Radio Shack or Lafayette or Arrow Electronics, or dozens of small places and know they would have it.

A SAS Trooper took on terrorists who attacked a hotel in Kenya singlehandedly. Another win for the good guys. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6598189/Hero-SAS-soldier-Navy-Seals-helped-battle-Islamist-terrorists-attacking-Kenyan-hotel.html?fbclid=IwAR0VZp3a_C1G6t6tZ8__u8OKImjM8NzYJoBHGXhOTA3789Thd46klA2YJZg