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eh, I will be old fashioned. Get a GARAND! If you go to a high power match, I am sure you will see many there. They are accurate, historical and fun. Many of the shooters will be shooting groups with iron sights that rival many people with scopes.

I am wondering about the legalities of the T37 flash hider installed on my new M1D in NJ. I know on most semi autos in the state, it needs to be welded or pinned.Does anybody know if I can install it and not get in trouble. here is a pic of the hider in question....

here is my beautiful new M84 scope for the "D"

I just picked up an original M84 scope and case for the sniper. Hopefully this time tomorrow, I will be posting pics of the completed rifle...... WOO HOOOOOOO!

well here are some pics of two of my new babies. The 1950's one is in a million parts right now getting cleaned. I haven't touched these two yet to clean, so hopefully they dont look too nasty in the pics. Here is the new M1D....... And my purdy new 1942 Service grade.....

no, you still need to meet the requirements to get a rifle. A little bit of jumping through hoops and you are done. It is a really easy process, and supposedly easier for us next time since we are already in the system.

Here are some pics so far, no pics yet of the rifles individually. I picked up a couple CHERRY Garands. I picked up a M1D sniper that was made in August of 1941(PRE WAR!!!!) with a muzzle wear of .25!!!! and a throat erosion of about 1. The guy behind the counter actually said it was the best barrel on an M1D that he has seen so far. I also picked up a plane Jane springfield that was made in June of 1942 with original barrel that gauged at 1 and 1.5 and lastly I picked up a 1956 Springfield that was in amazing condition that gauged .75 and 1.5. I gotta say that the store is AWESOME and well worth the trip. All of my rifles were service grades and look PERFECT!! Cant wait to get some de-cosmo'd pics up. Matt has the nice pictures, so hopefully he puts em up soon!

And it ends up that WISELITE ARMS has been shut down.............

truer words have never been spoken...... When I was in Iraq, you could always tell the new guy. He was the only one with a black rifle. For some reason, you cannot get the dust off of your weapon over there. No matter how much scrubbing, it just stays there. The longer you have been over there, the browner your rifle gets.

well off to go do it all again today....WOO HOO!

SWEET!

Total it weighs about 200lbs I would say. The equipment was actually in top notch condition. The crappy overalls are put on over the suit to keep it from getting scraped and beat up.

my only fear is that when I die, my family will sell off my guns for what I told them they cost.......

I drove down to Dutch springs yesterday and had a little fun that you don't get to do too often. I got to dive an original US NAVY MKV hardhat!!! There is an awesome organization called the North East Diving Equipment Group that had all the gear down there and was allowing any certified diver to give it a shot. Best of all it was FREE! So I got down there early in the morning and help them set everything up. Once all the gear is set up and tested, they let you have at it. They make you assist in dressing a diver or two before they let you give it a shot. They were very informative and explained absolutely everything prior to you trying it. There was no question at all that I knew what I was doing before I made the dive. So lets begin....... First off they have you step into the almost 20lb suit through the neck. Even for me, a big boy, this wasn't bad. Once you are all settled in the suit, next come the brass toed boots. Each boot weighs about 20lbs. Once you have the boots on, next comes the breast plate that the helmet attaches to. After about 10 minutes of bolting the breastplate to the suit, then comes the giant HEAVY weight belt. (this is a bad time to figure out you are either claustrophobic or gotta pee) Once the weight belt is on, it is time for the big old helmet. Once that is on, all you hear is the hissing of the air from the compressor coming. All total, the gear supposedly weighs about 185-200lbs. Next comes the 10ft walk from the "dressing area" to the steps into the quarry. You have absolutely no periphal vision, so you have to go purely by the voice of the tender assisting you to the water. The helmet has a communication system to they can talk you through it all. Going down the stairs was fun, and next thing you know you are going into the water. You can feel the water going around your legs and waist as you enter, but once it is to your chest you dont feel the water coming up. I actually didn't realize that I was already under 10 ft until the surface told me. Diving the gear is just absulutely opposite of it on surface. It weighs nothing, and you can move around really freely. I think this must be what it is like in space. I went down to about 35-40 ft down a really steep slope, having fun. I actually came up on an open water class doing their check out dives and they all came over to "check me out." Well going down that slope to go that deep was easy, now I had to come up.....uh-oh. It was like hiking up a 45

UUUGH AGAIN :? !!!!! Maybe it is time for a career change......LOL Am I the only one that finds it kinda suspicious that we have gone how many years drilling without an incident. Then Comerade Obama takes office................

a little late but congrats bro!!!!! http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/81024528/

Just a heads up, hope everyone is ok and nobody on here had orders they were waiting on. http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/News/article.php?ID=80632

So Chinese food at your place when SHTF

here is my weather info. Dont ask where I get it from. The storm is presently supposed to have a max wind of 115 kts and max gusts of 140kts at 3am on Saturday, making Hurricane Earl a strong category 4. We are currently adjusting our track a little more westward around Friday bringing the storm to the close proximity of the Long Island area with possible strong impact on the island of Manhattan. Our confidence in this proposed track is 50%. Please check in later for the adjusted graphic and updated advisories.

Non refurbs bring a higher price because they are original all numbers matching as they left the arsenal. I prefer non refurbs, but wouldn't hesitate on a refurb if the price was right.

shoot there occasionally because it is only about 15 mins from the house. It is fun to see all the " city dwellers". Holding the glocks sideways I am normally in the bring your own gun area. It is fun to see how many people gather around when I pull out the MG42

I can say that I have seen people killed, and i almost got killed, because of malfunctioning 16's. We would often play with captured Hadji weapons and I can say they were beat to hell but utterly reliable. I have handled captured weapons anywhere from the desert to jungles and can say that they all were perfectly functional. There is a reason that I refused to carry a 16, and carry a 14 instead. This is the same reason why I will never own an AR. For reliability, AK all the way. Now if there is ever a day when we have zombie groundhogs, maybe a AR should be capable for that threat.

little side note, my grandfather was very good friends with John Basilone. He has several pictures of the two of them. If I am home I am going to try to get to the parade.

Sweet!!!!! Is the sniper Izzy or Tula? Looks like I may have competition as the board's official mosin freak :mrgreen:

I have a M2 .50 on layaway. It should be paid off by the end of the year. So hopefully this will be out to play sometime in the winter. Gotta love the awesome power of the good 'Ma Deuce!!!!!