Displaced Texan

Mipafox is gonna need that bottle of Jaquins to wash that taste out of his mouth....

We should set up a meet and shoot one day...

Nope. I got anti freeze for that!!

I have plenty of food, water, and coffee. Snowblower and generator have been PM'd, and I have 20 gals of gas at the ready. Most importantly, I am well stocked with good bourbon. Eagle Rare, Buffalo Trace, and a little Marker Mark Cask Strength. Hopefully this shit is all cleaned up by Thursday night...I'm going to the ranch on Friday!

I was being a smart ass, not a sissy! Lol

Those have a lot of concussion....

Lol. I have enough wild pig problems at my place!!

Agree...my HD rifle is that way. That one is a backup, and has been cleaned and tucked away in the safe for a year. I'm glad I went through that rifle before the trip!!!

I wanted to share with you all very stupid mistake I made with one of my AR-15's. Maybe my stupidity will save one of you a little trouble. I am preparing for a trip out to the ranch in Texas...while I'm out there, I'm going to do a little hog hunting. I am taking a couple of friends of mine with me, one of which does not have a suitable firearm. I am loaning him one of my ARs for the trip. I am pretty meticulous about my firearm maintenance, so before the trip, I went through my rifle PM checklist on both AR's I'm bringing. Cleaning, lube, function check, etc. The loaner rifle, identical to my primary HD rifle (Colt 6944) has not been used in quite awhile. I had cleaned and lubed it last about a year ago, then tucked it into my safe. When I pulled back on the charging handle to check chamber clear on the loaner, I noticed that I could not pull the bolt back all the way. Odd.... I found that when I released the charge handle and sent the bolt forward, it didn't fully close either . Really odd. I had to cycle the action gently by hand to get the bolt to fully seat, so I could disassemble the rifle and investigate. When I pulled the pins and removed the upper, the firing pin fell out onto my lap. Apparently, I was careless when I had last cleaned and lubed the rifle. I had installed the firing pin retainer pin without the firing pin fully seated. In other words, the firing pin retainer was not capturing the firing pin. Not good. Had that been a HD rifle, that could have sucked really bad. I guess I somehow got distracted when I re-assembled that BCG after cleaning it last time, and put the bolt back together incorrectly. Yeah, that's my story, and I'm sticking to it. The firing pin was not bent that I could tell, but I replaced it, and the retainer pin anyway. I'll inspect it further when I have more time. No sense in taking chances with inexpensive parts. This prompted me to inspect all my other AR's. No other issues were found, thankfully. I have over 30 years experience with AR-15's, so I'm not exactly a novice. This just shows that if you don't pay attention, even someone with lots of experience can be stupid too.

I use these muzzle devices on all my 14.5" carbines. https://store.ar15.com/product.html?cat=108&pr=650 Inexpensive. Effective. Great solution. This is the long comp installed on a 14.5" Colt 6944 upper.

Any mil spec, HP/MPI Bcg will do nicely. You don't need any fancy coatings, standard old phosphate works like a champ. I pick up PSA Premium BCG's when they go on sale. Stash them away as spares.

As long as the power is in spec, it doesn't really matter. I'm a Colt guy, but if I build an AR, I like Mega Gator lowers. Edited to add: most chrome lined barrels will still shoot better than you are capable of. I would, however, take the above advice and look into LaRue barrels. Regarding muzzle devices, most precision AR's are sans muzzle device. You don't really need a brake or a comp for a .223.

A2

Oh holy hell....I'm flabbergasted.

Whoa, whoa, whoa....Bangers is going out of business??!!!! I've been busy as hell and haven't been to SJSC in about a year, please tell me this isn't so....

Great barrels!!!!

Not like anyone would notice a blemish on a Bcg after it's had a few hundred rounds through it anyway. As long as it functions correctly....

Those are Master Replicas sabers. One is Luke's from ANH. The other is Luke's from ESB.

Did somebody say Star Wars?? I'll share my nerd-ness!! I am a HUGE Star Wars geek. I collect all sorts of memorabilia, and have several studio scale replicas of the ships from the movies. I used to have a full sized Storm Trooper, but he freaked my wife out every time she walked upstairs. This is just some of what I have...

Oh hell, it's too painful to watch that much stupid all at once...

Being on the other way around...moving from the South to the North, I have experienced some 'interesting' reactions from people up here. Id say the BEST thing you can do when you move south is not to mention things like 'this is how we did things up north, and it worked out SO much better.... Or call your new neighbors (as a few people up here referred to me) as an 'uncultured redneck'. If you refrain from those things, you should be ok. I am somewhat joking, of course....well, a little, anyways....

West Texas land isn't as cheap as it used to be!! I bought my land at $200/acre. With mineral rights. It's worth north of $3500/acre now.

Bahahaha, come work a day on my ranch, I'll show you soft. You'll be thankful for a hot shower after a full day working the ranch.

Because it adds value to the land. Because it makes it a comfortable place to be. Because why the hell not?!

Uhh, do I WANT to know what a clam cannon is??