Displaced Texan

HIGHLY recommend Pelican cases. They have reinforced lock points for your own lock. Personally, I wouldn’t use a combination lock of any type on my gun cases, for the reasons mentioned above.

Yeah, I just did it yesterday. No big deal, as long as you follow the rules. Use an approved case (I use Pelican cases), and locks, YOU keep the key. Do NOT use TSA locks. Keep ammo in boxes, and empty mags. Ammo and mags can (should) be locked in the case with the firearm. Declare it when you check in. They will ask you to fill out a tag that goes inside the case. They may, or may not ask you to demonstrate the firearm is clear. I’d get a big ole orange chamber flag, it makes it easy for them to see it’s clear without you waving the firearm all over the airport ticket counter. They will take it to the TSA checkpoint for clearance. You should hang around for 15-20 mins to ensure they don’t have any questions or issues. I had to collect my rifle at the oversize luggage counter, so they could verify my ID. Other than that, easy-peasy.

A boat is a hole in the water that you pour money into. Dad always used to tell me, if it floats, or flies, it’s cheaper to rent!

This one started life as a Colt Match Target 6400. The rifle resides on the ranch in Texas, and has now been ‘de-banned’, with a real collapsible stock. ALG ACT trigger. The upper was worked over by Ken Ellison at SAW as the Colt/SAW 6944-SE and has his 14.5-16 package on it. OAL barrel length with the flash suppressor is 16.045”. It also has his reliability package on the upper and BCG. Optic is a TA-31RCO M4 ACOG on a Larue Mount. Magpul sling. http://www.specializedarmament.com/14-five-16-barrel I sighted it in today, it’s lovely!

Here I go talking about having a spares kit for each rifle.....I’m out at the ranch now, and I realized I left the spares kit for the rifle I keep out here...back in NJ. Oh well, I guess that’s an excuse for another trip out here. Damn....

Cool read, thanks Peel!

She’s just talking smack.

I’ve seen one or two gas key related malfunctions, and I’ve even seen an AR work with broken gas rings, but I bet you’re right, probably bolt/gas ring related.

I (used to) shoot my AR’s quite heavily, and have never had a malfunction of any kind. Even after heavy use.

Weekly PM for me!! I CHANGE my own oil too!!

If I have a rifle that is going to sit around for awhile (and lately, I haven’t shot them, so....), I do a ‘deep clean’ and lube everything for storage. Other than that, I rarely do anything other than to run a swab down the barrel.

I have several ‘kits’ I make up for each of my AR’s, with a spare bolt, firing pin, gas rings, firing pin retainers, and a few other bits. They fit into an Altoids tin, and I keep it with the rifle.

Man, so serious here....lighten up, Francis.

Never, ever have seen a dirty gas tube.

Gas key, or gas rings are this issue

Unless you’re shooting suppressed and FA, I just don’t see the need for piston AR’s. DI does the job quite nicely, thank you. Mr. Stoner knew what he was doing.

I know electrics have instantaneous torque, and are faster. I meant in terms of environmental advantage. Still requires fossil fuel for charging, mining minerals for batteries is dirty, as well as making the batteries themselves, that’s a nasty process.

Not apples to apples. I have no doubt that battery and charge rate technology will come along eventually, but it’s a long way down the road. EVs arent ‘green’ by any stretch of the imagination, either. What’s the real advantage?

Yeah, VAG is making big strides with EVs, but I still think it will be quite some time before they overtake IC.

Look at Tesla’s P&L statements...they ain’t making $... Telsa will be dead inside a couple of years, once the subsidy $ stops.

Paging @remixer. Remixer to the white courtesy phone!

I’d use sharks, with frikin laser beams on their heads. Every creature deserves a hot meal...

It very well may, but there are a LOT of hurdles to overcome before it happens. Still, the environmental issues will be there. EV’s aren’t green, despite of what the Greenies tell you.

@Zeke I do see quite a few around urban areas, but very few on longer highway commutes. Range, and time to charge are the limiting factors at this point. I think they are pretty good for local area driving, but not practical for long distance trips, or business travelers who drive to customer sites. Just this morning, I drove 250 miles to a customer site, and that’s not unusual for me. Teslas current technology gives a 250-ish mike range, and it takes 4-6 hours to fully recharge for another 250 miles. I do see quite a bit more infrastructure for charging around, but think about driving 250 miles, then having to park and charge for 6 hours before you can drive another 250? Not practical. Im not AGAINST EV’s, but I just don’t think the tech is there yet to make them overtake the market. It will be MANY years, if ever, before the tech gets to the point of replacing IC engines.

Tesla wouldn’t survive without subsidies. Hell, even WITH subsidies, they continue to lose millions upon millions EVERY year. They have never even broken even!