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Found a copy of it. http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=198964

There has been one sd use of an nfa machine gun. The guy isn't in jail. It was an interesting story, I'll see if I can dig it up.

Yes, stripper clips are faster than putting cartridges into a magazine one at a time. They are not faster at getting, for example, ten rounds into a gun than just inserting a loaded ten round magazine. I'm not particularly fond of the rock it in type mag setup on an aka pattern rifle, but I do have to say it is still faster than loading an sks with stripper clips.

Not true. NJ statute limits you to exactly one pair of auxiliary driving lights, even if dot approved. They must be DOT white or DOT amber.

IF you go eneloop, check them for made in japan vs. made in china. Panasonic bought them and there are now two sources. The chinese versions self discharge more and have less recharge cycles before they bite it.

Since when does Taurus recall their broken guns?

But all their press releases when they tried to get them in a shop claimed they weren't trying to do this very thing. They couldn't have been lying could they?

The Kirkland batteries at costco definitely do not last as long as the Duracell ones. IMO, they are on par with ray o vac which I find to be substandard, but usable. Panasonic, Duracell, energizer, all have done well by me. Discount no name pharmacy batteries? They seem to cost half as much and have 25% of the capacity.

I always have gear with me. If someone shows up, I put a piece of gear in the way on the bench. Or move to prone or sitting or something. There's lots of ways to work around it.

Apex = good. IOR = good. Beat to heck mil-surp made by IOR? you roll the dice and take your chances. The scopes in question are NOT IOR's best work. Solid construction, nice reticle etching usually, very much a KISS piece of gear other than the mounting solution. THey do tend to skimp on the glass compared to IOR's usual and be a bit on the green side and not as bright as they could be for the format. IT just looks like they picked up a bunch of stuff that was in need of being refurbed and either didn't get done or didn't make the cut.

I agree. If you need tools and spare parts, I'm going to argue the gray is pretty damn dark. Spare parts only, or just tools, it gets lighter. Practically where I think you are in deep doo-doo is if you find yourself someplace with someone verifying capacity, and they can make it fit 16+ without having modified any part of the magazine.

Yes it is. It's also nature to settle that argument definitively.

My logic, which may count for jack in the real world, but it's my best interpretation of reading between the lines on reasoning we simply have not had explained. Much like heller has in it language saying essentially don't expect SCOTUS support for opening up the machine gun roster, Drake may have been denied to protect some line SCOTUS won't endorse crossing. PErmitting felons to buy guns may be it, or shall isssue concelaed carry may be it, constitutionally protected open carry may be it, or something else. We don't know. Drake was more or less brought to the court in a manner where at the very least it was a foot in the oor for the argument that the state possesses no regulatory authority on the 2nd beyond the sale and purchase of firearms. That the permitting requirements in NJ, like the permitting requirements in MD, were an unconsitutional restriction on the right rather than making a solid argument that a lawful regulatory system was being used to systematically, and unconstitutionally, abridge the rights of the people. Clumsy as it may have been, the state came to the table saying 1) we can do whatever we want because we believe it is in the best interest of the people, and 2) we approve 95% of applicants.. here's the numbers. SCOTUS may have felt that as argued, it put things like denying elons guns and being able to ban open carry at risk. We jsut don't know. Also, Gura is a bit on the bold and brash side, and tends to reach really far in his court cases. Without someone to temper his approach, he loses a lot more often than you may think. At the circuit and scotus level, he's often on the winning team, but that's not the same as carrying the game so to speak. Peruta is as far as I can tell a cleaner case. Our side is challenging only a portion of the regulatory structure, and their side is openly admitting they use it as a means of preventing law abiding citizens from carrying. Peruta can't be appealed to SCOTUS though. We need a new case. The only people who have standing based on this ruling refused to appeal shortyly after the decision dropped. Officially, nobody is arguing with it. In that regard though, we have IIRC at least 3 Hawaii cases, and one county in CA where the sherif is saying F-U to everyone and saying he doesn't care what the court says. So... opportunity abounds.

Well without the locking plate, the magpuls tend to not stay assembled under actual use. At least with the gen 3 ones. The main thing that concerns me with the block is you may not be able to go back to full capacity, but can you snap one in half without tools and have a >15 round mag. Pk90's insert is designed so that you can't reduce it's size without ruining the ability to be a locking plate. It's all gray area. It's about what you feel comfortable mounting an affirmative defense with.

OK. First everything lithium and rechargeable is a hazard. If you don't understand the mechanics of how your particular chosen cells can fail, just buy primaries. Your dwelling burning down or being permanently injured by an outgassing, high energy lithium cell is simply not worth it compared to hitting up battery junction for $1 a cell titanium brand primaries. They work great. If you are looking at getting cells and a charger for under $20, stop and just buy some cheap primaries. At that price point either the charger is junk, the batters are unprotected junk, or both. Both is a very dangerous combination. Put it this way. Doing a quick web search for RCR123 batteries at the usual places of good deals, The cheapest protected cell I have found is $4 each, and it's brand not on the top of my list for trusting with QC and safety. Step up to a brand I trust, and it is minimum $5 per cell and for decent miliamp hours, about $7. Chargers I trust for a 4 port run about $35-60-, $20-40 for a two port. Looking around ebay, the closest to what you want would be the tenergy 4pc of liFePo4 RCR123a and their cheap ass wall charger for lifepo. That is assuming that it isn't counterfeit. The lifepo chemistry has a much lower chance of burning your house down if it goes wrong. I still wouldn't want one to offgas in a sealed metal tube in my pocket, so you won't see me buying from ebay. Heck, I won't even buy form amazon for high density rechargeables. Don't be cheap. When your light is eating up $2+ a pop on a frequent basis, you recover the cost differential quickly. My $0.02. My current charger is this http://www.batteryjunction.com/nitecore-d4-digicharger.html 4 port nitecore smart digital. supports most everything, and I can run it off my fold up solar panel if needed.

My $0.02. the baby eagle platform was engineered around the 9mm and 41AE. .45 in the same size frame was an afterthought of ensuring it could handle 41E recoil over it's lifetime. I don't know if they are sorted out now, but previously it was much more common to have FTF and FTE issues with the .45 version. The .45 version was also only available in the semi-compact size (still seems to be the case). So if you want it to feel like and shoot like a full size, you need 9 or .40. If you look at CZ and witness, the two big players in cz pattern pistols, they both use a larger frame for .45. I don't think the baby eagle platform would have durability issues, but geometry is geometry, and I've never heard the complaint for the cz97b that I have with the baby eagle .45 I have a ca. ~2001 ish 9mm myself. It is accurate and smooth with very manageable recoil. The .40 version shoots pretty nicely as well, especially with minor power factor hand loads.

It differs in that it would require the purchase of at least a full length spring. If I have to buy a new lock plate and new spring, I'd argue I'm in the business of manufacturing a >15 rd magazine. Yeah, you could fret about constructive intent, but show me one successful prosecution on constructive intent. I've run into very few people who have ever had their capacity checked by someone who could arrest them. Of those few, the test began and ended with seeing if there were 15 rounds in it.

But it'll be super easy to hack it into a machine gun, so why not?

PIgtails and flared tubes won't do much for recoil. With a carbine length system, you vent the gas at a point where pressure is crazy high compared to the port position on a rifle length setup. They will drop it slightly, but they are primarily designed to delay unlocking so that the bolt's locking lugs aren't fighting as much pressure (i.e. the space behind the bullet has increased enough to provide a lot more volume for the gas column). you canb cet carbine length pigtails and flared tubes. http://www.brownells.com/rifle-parts/gas-system-parts/gas-tubes/ar-15-m16-pigtail-gas-tube-prod1591.aspx The usual thing is to go with an adjustable gas block, a decent comp, and fiddle with the BCG and buffer weight as needed. From experience, I can tell you it doesn't change the behavior that much if adjusted to run with a wide variety of ammo all year round with an m-16 styl carrier and a heavy buffer. To get any real difference, you would be wading into the deep end of the pool on gas system tuning/balancing. Unless you can remove and replace your gas block, you are talking about a barrel replacement anyway to put an adjustable block on. Or you could go with adjustable tube or carrier key. The tubes tend to have their quirks and suck when they fail.

Why? Usually ease or volume. If you are a DIY type, you can get the right kind of silvver solder in paste form, and then you just need a mapp gas torch and no concern about overheating the barrel. It's cheaper than a welder. If you are a business, silver solder paste and a magnetic induction heater give you speed and control, and no machine steps. Seam welding is similar in that it can be largely automated, but the investment cost is higher for a largely automated machine. During the 94 AWB, some businesses did a pin, and covered it over with a bigger pin that was press fit somehow and then machined down to flush. You weren't getting it off without cutting off the muzzle device.

Sounds like a smart guy, DC must have made him want to kill people.

I know several people happy with the konus 20-60x100mm and more expensive.

That's just you wanting to not be wrong. There are manufacturers who get audited regularly that do not use the seam welding method, but one of the other two approved methods. Heck, other methods were used as well during the 94 AWB, they are just out of the reach of folks like you and I and many small manufacturers.

Well the issue was why the limitation to internal float tubes. Doesn't really apply to space gun now does it? Hence not talking about space guns.

I was running the match for the usual folks. They just got the nooks back from me Wednesday.