Displaced Texan

Good deal. Glad your experience was uneventful.

I don’t have any personal experience with this company, but I know a couple of people that have used them to make vinyl vehicle decals. They were pretty happy. https://www.wrapit360.com/full-wrap?cam=ppc-m-m170317-c623836-g1581723-&ClickAttributionId=782dd01073ef1322e5ec8c62b3e55b78

What’s the BEST way to gather information on your citizens?? Make it ‘fun’, so that they give it up voluntarily. Facebook, and other social media. These DNA geneology tests....

I went in ‘87 and got out ‘99....I know mine is in the database.

You’re prior .mil, you DNA is already in a database.

Yes, you need the o-ring on the extractor. It’s an upgrade to improve extraction reliability. Gas rings require no special tools to remove or install. Just (carefully) use your fingers.

It’s not so much as programming the new fob, but telling the vechicle what serial number of fobs to recognize. Requires special software to talk to the car. I have it for VW/Audi (VAGCom), but can’t help you with Mopar.

I think it’s ok to pack your holster in your checked luggage.

I’ll second that. Ed is a stand up guy.

One would hope. The Lamp Post Diner has a pretty good staff, and owners, so I would like to think they would.

Every grip screw I’ve seen has a Star washer on it.

Do you have a pic of that receiver extension? Reason I ask, I wonder if you have a rifle tube instead of a carbine tube. Edited to add, if it looks like one of the pictured tubes, you have a rifle receiver extension.

With all the stories of strife lately, I liked this one. Happened at the diner Mrs Tex and I frequent. https://www.nj.com/camden/2019/02/nj-cops-100-tip-touching-note-for-pregnant-diner-waitress-brought-her-to-tears.html

The one word I would use for Pelosi will get this thread moved to 1st A...

Leave the gas tube alone, it doesn’t need cleaning. Ever.

I had posted this in the ‘TSA’ thread in 1st Amendment lounge, but since you’re flying with a firearm soon, I thought you might get a kick out of this story. This REALLY did happen to me.. When I go to the ranch in Texas, I always take a rifle with me. An AR, properly packed and locked in a Pelican case. Leaving philly, no problem. I informed the ticketing agent I was flying with a firearm, and she had me fill out the paperwork, and sent me over to TSA for them to clear....no problem. On the return leg out of DFW, the TSA guys wiped down the case to check for gunpowder residue. Tested positive. Told me I couldn’t fly with my rifle, because of the gunpowder residue. I said, “Of course it has gunpowder residue, it’s a GUN case, with a rifle in it, which you have verified is unloaded.” After 2 rounds with TSA ‘supervisors’, I finally found one with the common sense to realize that a gun case with a gun inside it probably does have gunpowder residue on it....and he cleared me to fly with it. Sheesh!!! I nearly missed that flight. With apologies to any TSA workers we have here, but I believe the TSA to be the most useless branch of .gov we have. They are nothing but an illusion of ‘safety’.

The Pelican may be a little bulky, but it will protect your gear. I have accidentally knocked one of my cased rifles down a full flight of stairs, and it didn’t even lose zero. Case barely got scratched. For me, Pelican all the way.

If I was home, I’d loan you one of my cases, but I’m in Texas at the moment.

Yeah, they’re used to it. Pretty discrete.

Look at the Pelican 1500 series cases, I’m sure one of those will suit your needs.