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67GTO... You can get past them because there are very few issues with this model. Taurus does some things well, some not quite as well. They seem to have hot the mark on these. I do beleive these are the same frames that SA uses (Imbel Mnufactured) and the parts added on are all high quality. Basically what they have done is legoed (new word??) a 1911 together. The parts are mostly from outside suppliers and they are just putting the guns together. I think they only thing they are actually making is the slide. Get one... I have a permit burning a whole in my pocket and I think I am going to take some of this overtime I am racking up and get one.

ok... I have the jones for something new. And what I really mean by that is new to me but mostly something modern. My current collection of long guns is this... Rem 597 GSG5 Garand 1952 Henderson RomyG Ak47 Mossy 500 Wood Field 1970s Browning A5 Sweet Sixteen 1934 Beretta 303A You might notice the lack of anything designed after 1985... except the 597 but that dont count. I have too much stuff... I cant decide what to shoot when I got to the range... except the GSG because it is too much fun. Between 7 different handguns (G19, SW14, SIGP6, FNP46USG, Ruger MkII, SW M19, SIG P220 i pick up when I get back to NJ) I dont have time to wring the stuff all out. And stuff gets neglected. Case in point, I got the AK in Jan... I have put 100 rds through it ... 100. That is just sad. I like it, but the last two time I have gone to the range I took the Garand once and then the GSG the next. The 597 gets shot, and was so cheap to buy I think it will just stay around. So thinking of consolidating, going to one 9mm... one .45.... one classic rifle, I dont think the Garand is going anywhere, and one modern rifle. Something cutting edge... something designed in the last 10 years or something that has been continuosly updated. I love FALS and was thinking along those lines, but that is a 60 year old design as well. Needs... none. Gun will become my primary shooter right out of the box. I want it to be my only choice on range days. Not really looking for shorty carbines... i want a rifle. I think I can generate about $1500 if I sell some stuff... and i could up another $500 so keep it under $2K. What do you all think.... MSAR, SIG, AR, AK74, SCAR, ACR, ???? Give me suggestions. I am a cheap bastard at heart so keep that in mind. Mags must be affordable, accesories also.

Full range report required. Congrats... shoot it like you rented it.

cosmoline = marinade

I am sure many a Russian Peasant took a Russian Blue boar with his Mosin. Why not... it is perfect for that application... and use the irons.

you dont want to know.... it involves burning, scarring, loss of tactile feeling and an acute case of the runs. But go ahead and try it.

ok... good deal. Yes. Hell I do believe that might have been the first trade that ever involved an SKS and a Super. As a matter of fact.. that might have been the first time they were ever mentioned in the same sentence together! Let me know if you ever want to move it. I have been known to trade a thing or two also.

Petros... The '30 era brownings are real POSs... dangerous.... you should dispose of it. I am looking for a wall hanger. I would give you $25 bucks for it. :twisted: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browning_Superposed The Superposed was the first O/U. It is also one of the best. They were very complicated to build, and need maintainance every few years just like a fine swiss watch. They were the last completed design by John Browning. Value really relates to grade... They all say Special Steel on the barrels I believe. If you can find a grade marking... Field, Pigeon or Midas that would help. Yours looks like a Standard, or Field or Lightning depending on year. I have seen Superposed go for $1000 to $20000! Oh... make that $45,000 (http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewIt ... =164307952) I hope you got it for a song. If you did and you would like to sell it or trade it please let me know.

Probably won't shoot as well as, say, a DPMS LR-308 Now that is just down right f'ning rude right there, but funny.

Why not post the info here for all the AK shooters. Maybe make the guy rich next month.

Before I went away I wanted to spend some special time with each of my boys. Well my 5yo wanted to go to the playground so Daddy went and ran around with him for a few hours and got ice cream. My 9yo wanted to go to the archery range... so I suprised him. He is a mature kid, decent head on his shoulders most times. So I loaded up the GSG and S&W .38 while he wasnt looking and then loaded him up. He asked if his bow was in the car and I said nope... we were going shooting instead. You would of thought I gave him a gallon of chococalate fudge sauce the kid was smiling so much. So he did very well, we ran though the rules repeatedly and he was very attentive and listened. He was also a very good shot with the GSG. He had a great time and cant wait to go back. Proactive helped me out with him at times as he was at the range also, and we gave my boy a rundown on different rifles, round sizes and power. He loved Proactive's M4, and the Garand, although he did not want to shoot them.. he was a little intimidated I think. I think the GSG will soon be his. Here is a pic. Thats ProActive in the background. Caught him with the cell camera .. a little bad form, he was lettig the stock slip down his shoulder, but he was safe and had fun thats what matters.

I am an idiot...working to hard and I am admittedly distracted. This did not take place in NJ but in PA. Dont know why I thought it was SJ. Stupid... sorry for any confusion. http://www.philly.com/philly/news/break ... ident.html

It actually sounds to me like your friend has been listening to his wife too much. The is a suburban mommy myth that has been around since the dawn of suburbia. As a parent I object to your painting of all of us breeders as imbeciles. While that is usually the case... not always. Too many parents in NJ think the schools are 100% responsible for educating and maturing our children. This is because the NJEA and it's minions have marketed that idea... that without schools our children are doomed. I am sure you kow this, I am prob preaching to the choir. When did it become necessary for every high school to look like a college and who was the idiot that came up with the idea that self esteem and comfort are more important then reading, writing and arithmetic! Taxes never go away.. this is something people in NJ are about to learn. And coming from a town that has had school budget issues in the past, the property values will not plummet because the budget failed to pass. The only thing that makes property values plummet are stupid neighbors.

oh .. I forgot. On the day I dropped the rifle off there was a middle age woman in there, buying a S&W Model 19 .357 4" in pristine condition for her SON!!!!! Next day, 30yo woman getting an education on 1911s, she was looking for a new purse gun!!! I love free states.

the first thing I looked into. When is Bridge Day? The festivities on the bridge begin in: -172 days -6 hours -47 minutes -15 seconds

Hello all, I am here in Beckley, West By God Virginia trying to help out with the floods they experienced back in March. It is really pretty here, I am about 50 minutes southeast of Charleston and only 20 minutes from Montco where the mine blew up the other night and killed those miners. This is the closes big town to the mine and many of the people here were pretty shook up. Mine accidents really hit home in these places. Well to keep this gun oriented I am trying to get ready for the Appleseed shoot next weekend so I needed to take my 597 into a smith to have sling studs mounted and posibly cleaned. Well there were internet reviews of a nice smith at a local gun store here, went in and paid him a visit, Mr Smiley is his name. Nice older gentlman in a little shop off to the side of Flat Top Arms in Beckley. Store was nice, but not much in the way of inventory, which suprised me. Prices were high also. Taurus Pt1911SS was $670, SIG P250 9mm was $560. If you were into bolt guns and different calibers they had a ton of sporting rifles. Some nice shotguns, A5 20g... Beretta Silver Snipe etc etc. Mr Smiley worked on my gun, had it completed in a hour and only charged me $12 for the sling studs and cleaning the action! You have got to love small town craftsman. Anyway I will be down here for three weeks... following everyones antics from afar is pretty entertaining.

Mikey... did you get it throught Bob? Can I ask your walking price? Check my new thread about the Pt1911 I fondled while in WV.

you know... in this state you either get someone that knows only modern tacticool stuff and anything w/out 30+capacity sucks or the guy will only know C&R and anything built after WWII is crap. Does not suprise me.

You are 81% prepared for a Zombie Invasion! You'll Make It, But Just Barely... Good News! Looks like you'll survive the invasion. You may want to keep a few spare first aid kits around because you're probably gonna need 'em. You're in good shape, however, there's still a little room for improvement. All things considered, your keen wits and knowledge of the undead makes you a formidable addition to any group. Your fellow survivors will look up to you as a leader, and zombies will look up at you from the business end of your boomstick. Yes! Yes, Let's just hope they get this little outbreak contained before it gets too big huh?

856 in the house...... that was queer I admit. where you from?

i got 4 from a guy on ar15.com..... Equipment Exchange. He makes them from 30rds... dont know if he is still doing it though. I think I paid $20 each.

Ok... I have belt and paddle holsters. Some stay better then others.... belts always stay if your belt is snug. That being said... i am a lefty and sometimes finding a holster for a specifc gun is a chore. I have had to buy paddles if i wanted to play. I have drawn my holster.... it was not funny... actually it was. My own fault, I had not snugged my belt enough. I am still going to show up sometime with a paddle depending on the gun I have.

I was going to go to the Winslow shoot but i got orders to go to Beckley, WV for three weeks starting April 4. So it just so happens that the wonderful people at the Beckley gun Club are hosting an Appleseed shoot April 17 and April 18, in conjunction with the Applesees Project "Coast to Coast" marking April 19, 1775. So I am all registered, have the 597 and am trying to decide whether to bring the GSG5 or my AK. I have plenty of ammo for both... slings and mags. I am leaning towards the GSG just because I am so familiar with it and dont think I should show up to the event with the AK, I have only put maybe 50 rds through it since acquiring it. Any words of wisdom from others that have attended?

This "church" makes millions of dollars suing people that confront them at their so called rallies. There single goal is to get you to assault them or insult them on tape so they can sue you. They recently showed up in Cherry Hill to protest a meeting of Jewish Leaders and then went over and protested at the local high school because the kids there were morally bankrupt in their opinion. A high school... Some of the kids dont even know what these people are talking about when they use the word fag or homo. I got involved with a group that stood across the street form the holding signs that read "For every minute you stay here I am donating $10 to the Mathew Sheppard Foundation". This is the foundation started to fight anti gay viloence after Mathew was beaten in Wyoming and left to die on a fence. Not something that I would normally get into, but I tell you what we raised $10K for that charity that day and pissed them off seriously. It was much more satisfying then slingshotting water ballons at them which was my first idea. Check out the facebook page http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/gro ... 4656452473 They are scum and do it for money only.

My .02.... My FFL is a damn nice guy, honest, forthright and simple. He was the NJSP and NJDOC firearms instructor for about 20years as well as a champion shooter. does some custom gunsmithing on 1911 and revolvers also, mainly upgrades, race gun, steel plate options etc etc. I told him I was interested in acquiring a 1911... as I dont have one currently. He showed me a couple he had in stock, estate sale stuff. I told him of my ambi requirements, me being lefty, and he pulled out 2 Tauri ....Pt1991s. His words now.... "This is the best buy in 1911s ever available, from fit, function, features and price." This is a man I trust explicitly in regards to firearms. I still have not got one yet though....