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While at the dealership, I saw a Tacoma and thought a mount in the bed would be perfect. Alas, I need the SUV and not a truck.

It's a Highlander, not a minivan! Leave me some dignity

Because during the buying process, I thought about how well would a belt fed fit in the rear then I came home and had to check it out for myself.

There was nothing wrong with it. It's just something the commercial market liked/wanted hence it being a fluke.

Haha, that's why it would amuse me. It would be the blind leading the blind. I swear the release of the SCAR rifles to the commercial market was a fluke for FN...

It would amuse me if FN acquired HK.

I was a few beers in last night and thought it was a good idea to send that picture to my wife. "Oh hell no, that better be gone by the time I move in!" was her response. In my alcohol-fueled brilliance, I responded with, "Bolted it down already, you can cook around it." She was not amused The working surface of the bench was too heavy to lift on my own. I'm waiting for my FIL to arrive so we can zip up the bench. In hindsight, I wish I would have gotten thicker and wider steel bracing. Lesson learned for the next bench I build.

I've got a couple open bolt projects on the burner right now which I'm trying to get wrapped up for Knob Creek. I figured I could put the press to good use and actually save money longer term as I need to load 17k rounds of .223 to break even but I also load 9mm, .45, .308, and 10mm. IIRC, my plinking .223 costs about $0.10/rd while I can buy it for $300/k (I only run brass cased ammo). So based on that, I'll be more than halfway there on .223 alone when I go to Knob Creek. I didn't really spend money, I invested it. Or so I tell myself

I don't know why but I get some sense of satisfaction from overbuilding benches. This thing weighs in excess of 100lbs already but I'll still bolt it to the floor. Once I add the 1050 and my Wilton vise, it should be close to 200lbs. Then I'll toss components on the bottom shelf which will add a substantial amount of weight as I buy bullets 5-10k at a time. I'd put my .223 brass down there but I've got a 16x16x16 box full of spent brass which weighs a little over 300lbs and, well, that's just too heavy to pick up

All I can say is, it's a damn good thing my wife isn't here this weekend. She'd murder me for taking over her kitchen like this.

My moving present to myself is a Dillon 1050 with all the trimmings. I'm setting up a brass prep toolhead with a RT1500 trimmer and a separate loading toolhead with a Mr. Bullet Feeder. Everything showed up today so I was excited to get it all rolling, starting with building a new bench. My plan was to build a 2x8 box around two 4x12x82 planks which would serve as the surface of the bench and brace the 4x4 legs with a 2x6 box which would also serve as a surface to store stuff. The 4x12s are to be reinforced on the underside with four one foot strips of 1/8" steel secured by lag bolts. The press and vice would have an additional 1" backing of Garolite on the underside of the bench surface. Yeah, I kind of overbuild my benches...it's like my signature thing in the house and shop. But of course, something has to rear its ugly head and stop me dead in the water... One of the 2x8s was delivered split. Argh! I'll snap some pics once it's all set up.

Personally, I stick with 55gr for loaded ammunition. I have yet to come across a public range that won't allow them but screen for the 62gr since they don't want the bullets with penetrators. Now, my reloads are all 75gr Hornady HPBTs because they're pretty cheap per bullet for being a match bullet and I don't have to setup a second toolhead which is convenient as well as all of my rifles chambered in 5.56 are eight twist or faster.

I'm certain the "too big to fail" card will get played. Besides, HK has to replace those crappy G36s that weren't even minute of barn after heating up.

Yikes. 300M Euros in debt, 14M in cash, and expecting a check for 8M to make interest payments...that's just ugly.

The first 200rd belt fired by my father in law. He had to take a couple breaks due to the burning Cerakote fumes

Open bolt Mk46 Mod1 with a temporary M249 top cover. A railed top cover is in the works so the ACOG I bought for it back in February can be used. We ran a 200 round belt through it this weekend and did this to a virgin 762SDN6 can: The Cerakote finish was burned off and by the end, the end cap had a small fire going. Once I get it off my phone, I'll upload the video of it but it ran like a sewing machine.

I wonder how they'll have the bolt setup and how easily I could make it a postie machine gun... A .45 with a short barrel, can, and a happy switch with AR ergonomics sounds like a little slice of heaven.

The Yamazaki was disappointing but I don't fault the scotch. It's a very good single malt with many very apparent flavors. However, it was overhyped for me by my friends. It was basically built up as a competitor to the Oban which is my go-to currently. Don't get me wrong, it's a great scotch. But between the hype and the pricepoint, I prefer Oban. I haven't tried the older Obans yet but they're on my list. Actually, I have a lot of bottles on my list I ordered them from a store here in Missouri. www.wineandcheeseplace.com

I tried a few 60s and couldn't get them to run reliably. Others have gotten them to run without issue. Reviews on the internet seem to be hit or miss too. I noticed the distributor these SGMT drums are being drop shipped from is closing them out. I'm tempted to grab a couple just to see if they work reliably or not. If they do, it would be worth grabbing a Colt LMG upper to stick on my AM15 lower which utilizes the LMG FCG.

Here's another which hits a lot closer to home for me as it happened in Springfield, MO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGHEHjaSYro I thought about this video when I went out over the weekend. Five on two pisses me off to begin with. But when one of those two is female who gets sucker punched, I see red. But goddamn if she wasn't a scrapper who got back in the fight against such odds to keep her boyfriend from getting completely overrun. He held his own pretty well but while watching the video, I couldn't help but think, "*$*, one of them needs a gun to start putting those dirtbags on the ground..."

In about six months, I'll be setting up a private range which should dramatically reduce the amount of FUDD in my life.

M-LOK had more launch partners as far as handguard manufacturers go. Key Mod stumbled with getting accessory manfacturers on board which is why it's taken so long to see KM parts like mounts, VFGs, etc. For quite awhile, the solution to KM was to add a KM pic rail where you needed it then mount standard accessories which negated the lower profile feature of KM. Now we're starting to see more direct mount stuff which should really show off the low-profile nature of KM. M-LOK, OTOH, requires you to add a section of pic rail wherever you need it. It's supposed to be a stronger interface than KM. I'm curious to see how it plays out over the next year or two.

You'd be surprised at how often even in "free" America that full-auto brings negative attention. "OMG that's illegal!" "Are you a cop, only cops can have full auto." "Do you have a permit for that?" I have heard all of these things unfortunately. The funniest incident was some busy body asking if I had a permit for a full-auto suppressed SBR and next to me was a closed case with a full auto beltfed. I said, "No, and I don't a permit for this either" as I kicked the lid open to show off my Mk46 in all its glory.

Could be a bad heat treat.

You owe me a coffee.