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And this is a big reason not to use a bore snake, this and muzzle wear is a big reason...

Iraqveteran is on the right track but I dont like using grinders or power tools for sear work. You really take a chance of changing the characteristics of the steel by overheating. I am not talking about red hot but you are dealing with a thin piece of metal so I just use a file. Also thinning the sear works wonders, thinning the width takes up creep and thinning the thickness of the spring lowers pull, with a little work I got my "target" mosin down to 1.6 lbs. I didn't want to go any lower, and yes there are a ton of other people that have shot the gun that can verify. Once of the worst things you could do is add a shim or spacer between the sear and the receiver. You are limiting sear engagement and have a great possibility of making the gun unsafe in a hurry. I am not responsible if you screw up your gun or make it unsafe, use at your own risk. And I did not stay at a Holiday Inn last night, but I am an apprentice gunsmith.....

To zero out the windage if the crosshair is where you want it you just loosen the 2 screws on the top of the cap and rotate the silver ring to the desired position. Once there tighten the screws down. If you need to move the crosshairs but still keep them centered in the scope you need to do some filing on the bottom feet of the mount.

also you can join a garand collectors club while you're there for $25 if you don't have a membership anywhere else)

Sarco, springfield sporters and numrich should have most of the parts to put it back to its former glory. Rebarreling a enfield is a major PITA though.

As a FREQUENT traveler I can say I have nothing but complete hate and discontent for the TSA. They are completely unprofessional, overzealous, disrespectful fools that make a living off of my taxpayer money. I play a game when I travel, I call it spot the sleeping TSA agent. You would be amazed how many of them are sleeping on the job, not on break but on the job. The most common one is the guy that sits at the exit of the terminal. I cannot believe that we pay money to be treated like cattle, and the American people are ok with how they are treated. I travel globally and the US security is a joke. One of the things that I have seen and have thought about going to the media was when I was coming home from New Orleans. In the line for the morning strip search, the man behind me had a walker and was wearing a Congressional Medal of Honor. I was talking with the gentleman, a true American Hero, and he said that he wanted to see the National WWII Museum before he died. When it was his time to get strip searched, they took his walker away. He told them that he couldn't walk without his walker. The TSA guy said " just get in the scanner." I walked up to the TSA "officer" and explained what the old man was wearing around his neck was and said he should be showing a little respect, this man was a hero. The TSA "officer" said "I dont give a fugg, get back" I then walked up and assisted the old man, the TSA guy then said " I am doing what I can to protect my country...... WHAT THE FU*# HAVE YOU EVER DONE." I then proceeded to explain to him how I am a veteran of Iraq and Afghan and if he wants to know what it's like to protect my country he can feel free to ask me. Other passengers started clapping and cheering when I said that. Needless to say Security was called on me and I was threatened to be detained if i did not move on. Ever since then I am at war with the TSA. I think every airport in the country has my picture. My tactics are childish fun but the response is always good. 1)First, when they ask for your boarding pass and ID walk up and in your best German accent go, "PAPERS, you need papers, you cannot travel without papers, I need your papers! " Kinda start sounding like Gestapo, they get the hint. 2)Then the best is to always opt out of the the cancer making machine and get a pat down. When the guy walks up explain to him that you are extremely homo-phobic and request a female TSA agent. They decline and say a male must do it. Then say "Well I have a horrible fear of being touched by another man and may not be responsible for my actions. This sets them up and gets them on their toes. Then as they are patting you down just twitch every once in a while.... believe me this one is funny. 3)Go to Bourbon Street and eat some GREASY mexican food before you fly home. In a drunken stupor when they are patting you down start releasing some tactical atomic farts. This is classic and they actually had to call for assistance before because I almost made the guy puke...... 4)when they are patting you down start making some "gay" comments like oooh thats the spot, or a little to the right. Ask "ming lee, you got any coconut oil here, you could save me my next trip to Thailand." Then they yell at you for talking when they are patting down, so groan every once in a while...... they really dont like this one.... LOL I have a bunch more but a true master never gives out all his secrets.

Because they are reliable

Joe only has the early stages, I guess mine has run it's full course.

Well it hit me as I was doing the 6 month oiling of some of my guns today and I realized I am completely content with what I have in the collection. There is nothing that I am currently lusting for, I have my last purchase, a Black Widow Luger, on layaway and I am purely contempt. When I had the guns out today cleaning I was just awestruck with the quality of the examples of guns I own and dont want any more. I NEVER in my life thought I would say it. Has anyone else had this happen, just be happy with what you got. Is it a phase? I mean I am not even lusting for the CMP any more, figure I got enough Garands for now.....

But we all know the Ka-bar originated for the USN........ Had to fire up my time machine for that bad boy. Nothing like having a 70yr old knife that is brand new.

I was downed aircraft recovery so a tomahawk was one of the most useful tools I could ever have.

from experience get him a real, full sized Ka-bar. Hajji is a blade oriented culture, they respect the blade. If they see you with a blade they respect you. When I was in the sandbox I carried a Real Ka-bar and a tomahawk, yup a tomahawk. If you can find one look for a WWII vintage Ka-bar, they are higher quality steel with higher carbon content. They were made for use not display like today's modern made ones. I am heading to a shop today that normally has a bunch of them and will find out the price if you are interested.

I am not a member of 2AS because of the same reason several others are. They tend to focus on CCW too much. Even with all the anti-gun proposals that were coming down the pipe there was still a push for CCW reform. I honestly can care less about CCW and I know I am not the only one. When it is brought up members say "oooh there is other things in the works but we cant talk about it....." I do not want to have the need for a secret decoder ring and secret handshake to get information.

The one thing that drives me nuts is people assume since the regular refurb mosin is cheap that all Mosins are cheap and lack collectability. Here are a few of my Tikkas.... Top is a Tikka M39, next below that is aM91, below that is a Tikka M27, then a 1943 round receiver Tikka(only 750 were made in 43 with a round receiver). There are a bunch more in the Tikka herd, but this is just a pic I had handy.

It is only 15 minutes from my house and I am going there monday... I'll give a report then.

send me a pm with where you are located. I have access to crates of WWII SA clips......

bad enblocs are a common issue. I use real GI blocs and dont have issues, but friends that use the repo's have issues.

hahaha Harley is one of my real good friends, I go shootin with him almost 3 times a week and he still talks me into buying something once in a while.

Well it was fun but painful. I will NEVER shoot that damn 20mm again, fortunately too because it is $37 a round. But it was toooo painful and I am a recoil lover. I took one shot and it felt like i got hit in the shoulder with a sledge hammer. My shoulder actually hurts today horribly. I hurt so bad I did not shoot the boyes, so overall it was a bad day. Nothing i would ever want to do again.

I have a rock island 1911 and absolutely love it. I abuse the gun, shoot it all the time and never any issues. The nice thing is GI parts are interchangeable. I actually made my RI an exact copy of one of my original GI's just by swapping parts. That way I dont ruin the original, i have its clone to bring out all the time.

ummmmmmmm yes... Black rifle disease isn't actually that bad. Those rifles have no history, character, or soul and are the biggest marketing ploy in the entire history of marketing(but I wont go there right now) . If you break your black plastic you can go to the store and get the exact same one you had before, including all the dangly doo-dads. There is nothing on a black rifle that differentiates it from an exact same that someone else has, there is nothing stopping someone else from making an EXACT replica of yours including all the dangly doo-dads and what not. Garands have warmth, history and soul. Something that can only be replicated by buying another Garand. But then the next Garand you buy will be completely different from the one you already have, it has a different story, age and era. Was it at Chosin Reservoir, on the beaches of Guadalcanal, the Jungles of Vietnam, or was it in the Ardennes almost frozen solid. Was the dent or ding on the stock from hand to hand combat, dropped when diving for a foxhole, or was it from being put roughly in someones safe. Black plastic has no character, it is injection molded for profit, it has no history. When you hold a classic American milsurp it changes your appreciation for what was done by the men that carried that rifle.

oh god, just got a call from a friend that is throwing a class III shoot for my b-day next week. He wants to know what his Anzio Ironworks 20mm and Boyes anti tank rifle does to them... So tomorrow he wants to do a test fire on the guns so we are shooting on the farm and seeing how far we can shoot the buggers. nope we aren't shooting in NJ. >

well tomorrow is going to be the cicada apocalypse so I will get pics then. I am going to try my best to nail a couple at the 250yd and 300yd lines. At 200 they were hard, would miss about every third shot but didn't try any further today. Tomorrow its game on! Now watch and I'll show up and there wont be any hanging around...

and as a plus i didn't once have to go walk down range to change targets.... I guess you can say they are the "resetting" kind

I went to the range today and had the most fun I have ever had shooting. We were giggling like little school girls the entire time. The 100yd line at the range was covered solid in cicada's. I had the monster mosin with me and can now say that a 7.62x54r completely VAPORIZES the damn things at 100, at 200 they are a hard target and a challenge to hit. THIS IS AWESOME I am hoping they are there tomorrow