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The main problem is the sand. The sand over there is nothing like I have ever seen anywhere else. We called it moon dust and it looks like talcum powder. It gets everywhere, and causes nothing but issues. Clean all you want and it is still there. We could tell the new guys because their rifles were still black. The longer you have been there, the browner they get. You can scrub all you want and it will never come off. Rounds getting stuck in the chamber was the most common failure, but I have seen more than my share of FTF's and FTE's. It seems like most of our wars and civilian saving actions are in the middle east. We need to adapt and adopt a weapon that isn't so susceptible to sand. I am not a fan of the 5.56 cartridge either. If you ask me it is grossly under powered. It was designed for a European adversary, under European compassions in combat. The round is designed not to kill, only injure. European armies will evacuate their wounded from the battle field. So you hit one guy and you effectively take 3 out of combat for stretcher bearers. Haji doesn't care about that. He just steps over his wounded and keeps coming. I have seen first hand someone need several shots to go down. I am a fan of the M14- Reliable, hard hitting, and battle proven. I carried one and it always performed flawlessly. There is a reason they are pulling them out of armories and re-issuing them in Afghan now. One of my good friends is a "private contractor" over in Iraq right now. He said they mostly carry SCAR's or M14's, almost nobody carries a 16 based platform. If you are allowed to carry what ever you want and that is what they are carrying, it says something.

As y'all know, I have absolutely no respect for the m16 type rifles. I have carried them in the armpit of the world and was let down by it on more than one occasion. Ask many vets returning from the sand box about it and many will agree. This is the reason there will never be one in my collection, I have no faith in it. Here is an interesting read about the problems with them, many sources are from the troops themselves. How long are we going to keep this thing in service just because it is "America's iconic weapon " How many troops are going to get maimed and injured because of it's inadequacies? I understand many people have them and have never had an issue with them. But how many are put to the extremes of an actual combat situation? Most just see the benches at Dix or CR and use the finest ammo available and cleaned with the best supplies on the market. The military "upgrading" them with better barrels and gas pistons is like putting a bandaid on a bullet hole. It is time for the US to move on and once again carry the best weapons in the field. Here is an interesting read about all of the above, although a bit long, it is goodMy link

If I see it on sale I buy it. That mentality has done me well over the years.

and the "scout mounts" are just plain fugly! Look up a jmeck mount. They attach with a band and attach to the receiver. I have heard of some very positive results with this one and no drilling and tapping is required. Actually I have never heard of a bad review on them My link

here is "pinky" having fun with my Finnish capture SVT

Nope, half the fun is cleaning It yourself. Think of it as Christmas, unwrapping a present.

For accuracy go with a Finnish m39. Almost all will shoot sub moa easily For a plinker go with a standard 91/30. I prefer pre war but it is all personal preference. The biggest thing is to be picky about bore condition. All of the mosins I have, a ton, will shoot 1" groups at 100yds. It is just a matter of being picky and finding a good one. Go to 7.62x54r.net for a good resource.

Fortunately I live in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by farms and have a large lake in my back yard. At the first sign of stuff going badly a select few members are coming out to my place and hunker down. Everyone that is coming has something to offer for the greater good of all. No man can plan to survive solo. Many hands=light work

Either way, we need to start drilling. Another rig in the gulf announced yesterday that they are heading to Africa. By the time we start drilling again, there wont be any rigs left in the gulf to drill. There are absolutely HUGE oil and natural gas deposits in the gulf, they just aren't allowing us to get to it. Look up the Desdin Dome aka the nipple. That is one of the largest natural gas deposits in the world sitting in our own back yards. If they allowed us to drill and produce in our own back yards we could be self sufficient with our oil. Also once a well is drilled, it takes about 2 months to "complete" the well which includes tapping into a nearby pipeline. So total start to finish drilling to production on a well is about 4-6 months.

I am not against CCW in any way. I am just saying go after the smaller stuff first. Once CCW passes and something happens it pretty much closes the door to any future reform. They will use that one isolated incident to demonize NJ firearms owners. It would definitely be used against us and greatly impinge any efforts to change our draconian laws.

But the thing with CCW is that when it passes give it a couple of months max and someone will do something stupid. You and I both know it. Many people will be carrying just for the "cool" factor. Then when someone goes to challenge the AWB, permits, ect the state legislators will say "we gave them CCW and look what happened." Thus pretty much shutting down any other chances of gun reform. CCW is going too big too fast, we need to show that if they change other smaller laws such as permits, we are a responsible enough group not to have anything happen and show by example that we are responsible enough to go after the larger issues.

I would LOVE to have a shop like that. I am truly envious..........

The way to fix the gas prices is to make the speculators take physical delivery of the commodities that they are buying. Imagine a rich Wall St fat cat trying to find a place to put 500,000 bbls of oil. HMMMMM that may make a difference.

WOW that is purdy BOB!!!!

Here is mine that was made for me by a friend at work. His father is one of the few in the country with the title of Master Craftsman Knife maker. His dad actually has a 5 year waiting list for his knives. Anyway, my friend is apprenticing in the "guild" and at the stage he is at he is not allowed to make a profit, he can only sell them for the cost of materials. I gave him $40 and said make me something you have never made before, have fun with it. This is what he sent me. It came in when I was offshore, and he kept telling me how he really didn't like how it looked, he could have done a lot better. He said this looked horrible compared to his normal work and if I didn't like it I can have him make another one. So I get home and open the box expecting the worst. When I saw this thing my jaw dropped. He has made me some knives for other guys on the board so I am hoping they post pics of their beauties too. But to start this off here is my custom knife.

Trucky was the official range mobile. The back window was enveloped with stickers such as Molon Labe, Arabic writing with INFIDEL spelled out, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom Combat Veteran stickers ect. If I saw a cool gun related sticker that was "ME" it went on. A friend of mine is an FFL, and he had some 1'x1' magnetic signs made. It always turned into a game for him. Whenever I went over there, somehow one of his signs ended up on my truck. I finally gave up and just left one on the back tailgate. At any given time there was always a bunch of brass in the bed rolling around. Those of you that have seen trucky, know what I'm talking about. I have been stopped by LEO's a couple of times and never was questioned about it.

I know with my P38 it is recommended to shoot 115gr only. You might want to see what is recommended for your gun.

I just did this method to hide a locking screw on a part that I am building for a member here. I didn't want any movement so I drilled a hole and tapped it. Countersunk the top of the hole. Took a screw and annealed it, screwed it in, and smashed it down. I filed and sanded and WOW! you cant even tell where the screw that I put in is.

Just remember the oil companies are paying their people to sit in the gulf of mexico and twiddle their thumbs. Not one permit to drill or do any kind of work has been approved since the Deepwater Horizon incident. Domestic production has dropped because of the white house.

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I am saving them but I have about 30 pics of TSA people sleeping on the job on my cell phone. I fly every 3 weeks and normally every trip that I make I catch about 1. Utterly despicable.

The best I saw period was when I was TAD in Oceana Virgina. I worked in a secure area and we had full security. One of our security guys was built like a shaved guerrilla. The guy was absolutely huge, and never said a word. We had a inspection of my shop performed by some marines one day. One of the marines made a comment about "squids" and this security guy went ape shiat. He said to the marines " you know devil dog you can call me staff sargeant if you want. Only 6 months ago I was marine force recon on the front lines. I was wounded and my contract was up so I decided to switch over to a comfy job with the NAVY." He then ripped off his t-shirt, literally ripped it off, and tattooed on his chest was a huge EGA. I just sat there laughing my butt off. He ripped them for almost a half an hr, and I loved every minute of it.

My link It ends up that an undercover TSA agent got through a body scanner with a gun. Now doesn't that make you feel so safe. As if these things weren't a huge waste of money to begin with, they dont even stop the stuff that they are looking for. I am so proud of the Govt! YAY!!!! how much did these things cost anyway? It is because they are so afraid of offending someone that they would rather pat down grandpa with a cane than the guy that is obviously middle eastern. I know that is profiling, but sometimes you gotta do what ya gotta do.

I did tell the guy what it was worth, and made an offer based on that. My offer was a ton more than the price he wanted. The guy just makes more money in a year than most people can comprehend, so the price doesn't matter to him. And he is not a gun guy, and said part of the price he gave me was for being honest on what it was actually worth. I will definitely post pics when it comes in. The deal should be done in a little more than a month now, so the i will post pics of the new "baby."

I personally avoid a counter bore at all costs. Just my thing. There are enough mosins out there that you can almost always find one with a mint bore. If it is a hard to find milsurp such as a fn49 or a Hakim I will go with it but if it is a common milsurp a counter bore is an automatic deal breaker for me. Like I said, it is just my thing.