JonF

Well, i too have finally made up my mind to pull the proverbial trigger on reloading. I've settled on the Hornady LNL and conveniently I have some Cabelas gift cards which i can use for the press. I have a whole laundry list of the necessary items to load 38/357 and 44mag to start with and this certainly isn't as cheap as i initially thought! Next step is figuring out a bench solution and then stocking up on powders/primers.

Welcome! I've always been interested in checking out the fun shoot as well... what sort of things do they do there?

What is a "ball mill cut" and what is it for?

Tues looks open for me this week. i'll plan on being at SS as well.

Oddly, I woke up at 10:10 am today.

Ray, he's actually using this example to illustrate why 1 should use mag pouches instead of a dump pouch entirely. With mag pouches you know exactly where every item is whereas A dump pouch is a random grab bag of who knows what.

After watching the Art of the Tactical Carbine, I just couldn't help myself, i had to have it.

You should line the butt pad with those spikes, then go out and shoot a bunch of 3 1/2" shells and then tell us out how it went.

Specifically i was looking at those kits that allow you to hang your pistols on the door. I see two different types, 1 with velcro holsters that you can move around to suit and the other is a wire rack with fixed positions. I have reservations about both such as will the holster velcro break loose and drop you guns? And with the wire rack model, are the pistols really secure in those cradles? Now its not that i go slamming the safe door or anything, just wondering how robust those things actually are beyond the pics i see on the website.

Is there any prerequisite to shooting the CMP match itself other than bringing eligible guns and paying an entrance fee?

Have you gotten the new pin yet and if so, have you tried it out? True that the costs are skewed, but thats just the benefit of buying surplus. Imagine if that gun were still new production what it would cost!

Even with a short mag, this one isn't legal here, is it (i'm not schooled up on auto loading scatter guns)?

How many times are they gonna try to hock those lcp mags? Lol

Maks, its certainly possible i was inadvertently restraining the latch. the ergos of the Mak are quite acute and my hands are large so i wasn't counting on me coming in contact with the slide stop but i'll take a further look.

Maks, i recently observed the same thing with my new (to me) Makarov. I took it out for the first time a week or two back and it wasn't reliably locking back for me at all for the 100 rounds i put through it. Lunker was there too and i gave it to him to try out and the one mag he ran through it locked back just fine. The blowback mechanism is a bit stout in recoil so maybe i just need to man up a bit more with this thing and lock my wrists out harder although i've never had this issue on any other auto that i've owned, rented or borrowed, ever!

I prefer 'opportunistic'.

Wow, serious money closet for sure! Lots of nice looking rifles, i like the bi-tone look of them, very classy. The WASR looks like a peasant among kings hung up on the wall with the rest of them though.

Do you Militec users follow step 2: heating the metal to "set" the lube for maximal results? I have a little sample bottle of it but after reading that, its seems a little bit of a hassle to perform religiously. Does it make a real difference if you do it though?

Good to hear you're ok. I had an accident about 6 years back where, like you, there were no other parties involved. I was able to bargain it down to "unsafe" which carried no points, just fine and court costs.

That may be true, however, that's why we have 'context'. With context, its easy to understand that the discussion here is aimed at the behavior of an object, not the actions of an individual.

Mark, i have the Competition Harrington pin which drastically improves the trigger pull and eliminates all "trigger slap/sting". My OEM pin never broke but this one was purported to be so much better, i preemptively replaced it and never looked back. the trigger pull is really sweet and one of my favorite guns to shoot now. http://www.harringtonproducts.com/firing-pins/

On a serious note, my buddy has been seeing more and more of this in Philly. I'm not sure how they get some of this so high up. http://crochetguevara.com/

Re-read the thread, open your mind and you'll see exactly what the "hell" we're talking about, jumpy.

I could only imagine if the day comes that we can legally carry, either everyone will carry on with thier ignorant lives and pay us no mind or there will be a massive boycott from the "For the children" crowd to post these signs everywhere. Not sure which will be the case yet.

IS the center a smart place for the anchor? I mean, i'm always aiming at the center (whether i hit it is a different story) but if thats where i'm aiming, its probably not where i want the stuff thats holding it together in the off chance that i get lucky and POA=POI.