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I love 1911 threads. Les Baer builds nice 1911's. But......I feel their quality of fit and finish is below that of Ed Brown and Wilson Combat. They are tight guns but they are not as polished as the other two big semi custom shops. And their customer service is not exactly on par (nowhere near to be honest) with the other two. No manufacturer comes close to the customer service Wilson Combat provides. Ed Brown gets a bad rap from time to time about their service but it is top notch from my experiences. I moved my two Les Baers out of the safe to make room for others. They were just not in the same league. Sometimes I wish I had kept my old Monolith but not often. I have heard great things about Les Baer AR's as well but have never had the chance to fondle one. Volkmann Custom builds a nice gun too in my opinion. Good Luck with your search.

Everyone summed it up pretty well. Just be careful - I have had many great transactions but a few that went badly. I recently listed a rifle and it was sold right away. The only problem is that I never received payment. The jerk insisted he sent it and threatened to report me if I didn't ship the rifle. Turns out, this guy tried something similar and the Gunbroker rep that handled the issue said some criminals try to get you to ship the gun before the "check clears" so to speak and this guy was obviously one of them. I ended up selling the rifle locally but the experience made me realize that gunbroker does have some problems. That said - I still LOVE it and will use it again. Carefully.

She sounds like my wife. I think she means it even if she is acting / repeating a rehearsed line for the camera.

3) actually had the audacity to get pissy over being called out on their being asshats. Thanks for that - you read my mind. Please forgive me for leaving out such an important one. It makes me sick so many people in this world are pieces of SH*T !!!!!!! It makes me even more sick that too many of my friends and family have made the ultimate sacrifice overseas and here on our own soil in the line of duty in order to protect the freedoms of these same ungrateful pieces of SH*T !!!!!! :evil: Sorry all - Rant over.

Before I start cleaning/working on my guns while drinking.. i double and triple check to make sure the guns are unloaded and all the ammo is locked in it's own cabinet. Thanks for the disclaimer - I will take it one step further if you don't mind. I do that long before I leave the range but I also triple check all firearms are unloaded and even disassemble to the teeniest of parts before the first cap is popped. Negligent Discharges are the fault of the handler of the weapon. I will never accept another explanation so don't even try it all you wiseguys - no ammo - no discharge! (If the weapon was not maintained and as a result.......something unfortunate occurs - that is your fault as well so the weak firing pin spring in a 1911 is an unacceptable explanation in my mind - It should have been changed long before this would occur). I personally never have any ammunition near the area I clean my blasters. Since I have a little one, the idea of him mishandling ammunition and god forbid piercing a primer with god knows what literally makes my wife (also an avid firearms enthusiast) and I feel sick to our stomachs - This is why I have all of my ammo under lock and key and I am extremely anal about never leaving anything related to firearms lying around the house or my garage. I also take all leftover ammo in my range bag when I return home from the range immediately to the "ammo-only" storage area. I know this might be a bit much to some - but not me - I take firearms ownership VERY seriously. After all - we can't afford to give the elitist lying bleeding heart liberal anti-gun pro criminal idiot politicians any ammunition.

I'm all for pounding brews (yeah that's right - plural form of that noun) while cleaning my blasters but these folks are just plain MENTALLY RETARDED! I can't believe.... 1.) I actually saw that with my own eyes and... 2.) These people actually videotaped their stupidity and posted on youtube of all places. :roll:

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My EYES! That's worse than getting rick rolled... I vote for a temp ban! Dude, that is downright Horrible. I am considering the ban Sorry - I apologize. I just got that image emailed to me and in my defense, I have been inhaling gun powder all day and Sam Adams Oktoberfest with a shot or two of Butch's Bore Shine and Hoppe's every so often all night.

Much less dumb than the other one....

That is pretty dumb but I managed to find something even dumber. Take a look at this....be careful though...... http://bandaragama.files.wordpress.com/ ... linton.jpg

It's been weeks and we still can't stop talking about bazookas. Like I said - It's genetic.

Thanks Tom. Just spent a few hours in my friend's shop and handled just about every o/u he had on the racks. The Browning Lightning and white lightning, Charles Daly, and Winchester 101 felt just about perfect. 14 3/8 to 14 1/2 inch LOP seems to fit me very well and I can pick the sights up very easily when I shoulder the above mentioned guns. I also tried a Beretta (not sure which model but it didn't feel very different from the Browning Citori and Winchester 101. I like a wide fore-end to fill up my hand and the beretta had a thin to medium fore end. A little small for my liking but supposedly the action is thicker and slightly more sturdy from what I was told by another patron at the store. Does anyone know if this is true and worth the increased price and wait time? So far, The Winchester 101 is probably the way I'm going to go. Chrome lined barrels and nice wide fore end. Oh...and did I mention it was a classic beauty. Amazing wood and an excellent classic blued action without any inlays or unclean lines.

Would you be so kind as to recommend a few models that would fit the bill. I know I will have to go shoulder some and swing them (as my friend says so he can help me find one that fits perfectly.) but perhaps you could give me some sugguestions I can begin to research. Just in case this helps, I'm 6 foot 1 inch tall and weigh just under 200 pounds. My buddy Joe says I'm tall with long arms so I will probably need a longer length of pull than most. He shoots clays every week religiously so I've been picking his brain a bit. He says top of line Beretta or Bust. My wallet ran away when he said that screaming Saiga first please. Christmas is coming though......... Thanks again to everyone for their help.

Hey Tim - I just want it for busting up clays at the range - just a pretty toy gun with a good old wood stock - classic beauty that I can leave to Gavin! When I need some wings....lol....I usually take my synthetic auto-loader in case I need to use it as a paddle or walking stick. I held a Stoeger at a friends earlier today! He got it for under 350 bucks. Made me like it even more but many say it is unbalanced and doesn't swing well and I haven't shot enough of them to even really understand what they mean. It felt fine to me but like I said, I can't pretend I know much on this topic - I'm new to these fancy dancy shotguns. Those same people told me my auto-loader swings horribly too but Lorian and I never took our weimaraner out without giving him a chance to fetch something yummy!

I knew of lab professors who had ridiculous rules regarding margins (1.0" plus or minus NOTHING) etc. I could have been a 4.0 liberal arts major Instead, I'm an engineer. I always say if you can succeed in real lab science and practical math courses - the humanities are a joke! We are a dying breed my friend - But I promise all of you that my wife and I are trying our hardest to change that!

Wow - Thanks - perfect example of why I like to ask you guys rather than listen to the "know it all" behind the counter. Well, like I said, I know nada about O/U's other than what little reading I have had the time to do, and what the "expert" at Dick's Sporting Goods had to say. Well, is it any good Captain? I think I have to go talk to my friend Joe at the NJ Firearms Guild in Rahway - his favorite thing is busting clays and he offered to educate me. Now I have to find some time to get down there. I don't know if it is any good. I read online that it is good for $1000(which is a good price). Don't think it is as good as the Ruger Red Label but i have never shot either so don't trust what I have to say. When i saw the price in the Dicks ad, i tried talking the wife into letting me get it, but with the AR i just purchased, she wasn't buying it. Maybe i'll try for a christmas present. I put the guys behind the counter at Dicks, advanced auto parts and Mcdonalds in the same category. DIcks guy is an gun expert just like the mcdonalds guy is a chef. That is great. McDonalds guy a chef. The Dick's guy is definitely an "expert" in spewing random BS for sure. Last time I was there, he told my wife the Ruger 10/22 was chambered in .223 Remington. She even handled it (with a trigger lock on as that is their rule - stupid IMO) and showed the same counter guy it said .22LR. Counter guy responded with, it must be a typo, and went on to explain how not many who work in the gun section know too much about the guns they sell. I could hear myself thinking, "Well said moron!" We bought the 10/22, some gun club shot shells, left, and laughed the whole way home.

Fall in love with it and cherish it forever !

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Wow - Thanks - perfect example of why I like to ask you guys rather than listen to the "know it all" behind the counter. Well, like I said, I know nada about O/U's other than what little reading I have had the time to do, and what the "expert" at Dick's Sporting Goods had to say. Well, is it any good Captain? I think I have to go talk to my friend Joe at the NJ Firearms Guild in Rahway - his favorite thing is busting clays and he offered to educate me. Now I have to find some time to get down there.

That would be awesome! I figured the lacquer coated stuff is sub-par, but can you suggest any place I can pick those items up from in NJ? trying to avoid mail order, any idea how much the approx total cost would be? Thanks again Mauser! NJ Firearms Guild in Rahway usually has a good selection of components.

I was a Physics and Chemistry double major as an undergrad so curves were never allowed in my classes. All of our grades were calculated on a points earned over a points possible system. I would have flipped out if my grades were lowered for any sort of bell curve. I wish my English professors would have done this. I love to read and learn new things but writing those tedious 15 page papers drove me crazy. We scientists are mostly a "straight and to the point bunch". I'll take a lab practical over a BS paper any day!

My wife loves this idea and wants to do this with her classes !!! Many of her students are blind faith followers of our embarrasment, oops, I meant President. Wonder if this is true.......

Tiny and Ray Ray. :oops: :oops: I'm turning red. Thanks guys. Don't ever hesitate to ask me whatever. I love to help out with anything I can. When I can't help - I will send you to TB as even I bother the crap out of him all the time with everything from reloading questions to gunsmithing. +1 on TB and Mauser. TB is the definition of a STAND UP GUY you can trust completely! Although I have never harassed Mauser with any of my own silly questions, I know many here on this forum who say how he goes out of his way to help anyone in need. It's really kind of fun to setup scopes and BS about rifles/blasters with others who enjoy it as much as I do. Tiny - I got the torque wrench in the bag - and the targets ready. What's next on the sight in/set up list? CJ trip next Monday???? I Got a day off of work!

Used to have a 92 HD Soft Tail with blue flames on the tank. A short while after my best friend nearly died due to an idiot driver that ran a red light, my mother convinced me to to turn it in to a down payment for a house when my wife and I got engaged. YES - I MISS IT VERY MUCH AND WILL BUY ANOTHER ! My wife wants me to buy my friend's Harley which is for sale but it's not a practical purchase right now. Maybe next year?

Most rimfire scopes have a parallax set for 50 yds. Some higher end models have an adjustable prallax adjustment. Parallax is a B-word !