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Sounds like his roots go back to one of the original Green Mountain Boys? (Folks up that way are still a different breed today.)

On a different note, in certain parts of the world that see violence like this as almost common practice, you hardly ever see it in the news and no one ever sensationalizes over it. One difference is that when mass shootings of innocent people occur here in the U.S., we usually call the shooters “lunatics” and “crazies.” When mass shootings of innocent people occur in 3rd-world countries, it’s usually done by people we call “terrorists” (and they’re all lunatics). Another mass shooting five days ago, in Nigeria: http://abcnews.go.co...28#.UCezjXqoyHs

U.S. made knives - http://www.northamer...page_83716410=1

This flew over my house today. WHAT a rumble. Beautiful sight. I used to ask my dad, a Navy pilot, that same question when I was young. His response always began with; "We flew by the seat of our pants." His stories gave me a greater respect for what everyone went though back then. Propelled flight was only four decades old when he took to the skies. He has some great stories.

I wholeheartedly agree with this sentiment.

The sad irony of people like Arizona killer Jared Loughner, Batman-movie killer James Holmes, Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, Son-of-Sam’s David Berkowitz, Ronald Reagan’s would-be-assassin John Hinkley, et al – all of them seriously mentally ill people, yet none of them received the treatment they needed until after they had killed innocent people. A day after the Batman-movie shooting, my sister sent me an email where she expressed; "I'll bet once the dust is settled they find out that James Holmes was seeing a psychiatrist and they determine he's suffering from schizophrenia and is considered a danger to others." Interesting read on Jared Loughner: http://treatmentadvo...-ironic-tragedy PS - Today is the anniversary of David Berkowitz’s arrest on August 10, 1977.

No, just a pic from the S&W Forums. (You'll find more info on this conversion piece there.) My uncle has a S&W Kit Gun that he had S&W make an extra cylinder for him many years ago. It's not that much of an oddity. Ruger's SA convertible is a handy tool, and has been around a long time.

I have been unimpressed with the Glock knife. It looks mean. The blade geometry serves one useful purpose, that's about it. I heard the sawteeth are a good feature. I have carried this Schrade Custom Hunter, a Schrade-Loveless collaboration I purchased back in the 70's. It is not a camp knife but makes a great skinner and field-dressing knife. It's thick spine can split pelvic bones with a good piece of timber behind it. It is shaving sharp and I have had no cause to find something better. However, I would never pry with or abuse this.

Try to find one of these in your firearm search travels. S&W used to do this on a custom/request basis. I don't know if they do anymore. (Swapping cylinders is easy, simply a matter of removing the forward on the sideplate screw which releases the yoke assembly. )

I believe the number is over 4,000.

Looks sharp enough to cut yourself. Wonder if they recommend making any modifications to the gas system (unitize) and how it's bedded (says: "neoprene?")

+1 Low-grade, utility shotguns were at times minus S/N's pre-69. Other maker's shotguns did have serial numbers dating back to the late1800's. Most double shotguns where hand-fitment required precision of parts carried S/N's and often the last digits of that S/N could be found stamped or engraved on critical working parts, including the wood buttstock and forend.

Good question.

Get well!

Didn't take someone long to pin it on "right wing extremism." http://www.washingto...VgbbX_blog.html

Chances are his knowledge of diverse groups was fueled more by his white supremacist leanings than his military training. Or was a combination of both. We'll never know the answer, he sleeps with the fishes.

No one said he was uneducated. Most sociopaths are pretty intelligent. Was Major Nidal Malik Hasan another example of an Army experiment gone wrong?

A good time to check out their used gun selection is the early fall through winter. A lot of folks trading up to the latest hunting arm and you often can find some interesting items as noted.

Recipe for disaster = redneck Army vet discharged for undisclosed reasons + runs into financial troubles and defaults on his Wells Fargo mortgage + has links to white supremacist groups. Some pics the media has dug up already - Blame it on the mortgage meltdown? Domestic terror intent? I'll bet he had no clue what a Sikh is.

Of course, that's very true. But manually-operated shotguns like the M97, M12, M37 and 870, all good hunting arms and pretty good duck guns too; also served well in our armed services and in LE patrol cars across the U.S. for decades. And while I think the 1100/1187 is an okay semi-auto shotgun, it's not the bee's knees for everything. Guns with some longevity do bear recognition though. Despite introduction of other shotguns to take its place, the 1100 remains in Remington's lineup today because they have yet to have a runaway hit with anything else. The Navy tried the 1100 in the late 60's as a platform for a selective-fire shotgun. I don't think it made much of a splash. Benelli's were around in the 60's too. It took a while for them to establish themselves and for the rest of the world to adopt Bruno Civolani’s design. The rest of course is history.

Then four million+ duck hunters and clay target shooters must be wrong? One is a cheap but affordable everyman's shotgun and the other is an overpriced sexy European that is cheap to manufacture due to its design and through modern computer-manufacturing methods practically untouched by human hands. But it's lifeless and without a soul. However it is the sexy Italian to some who are smitten. Note: When Remington introduced the 870 to replace their venerable Model 31, it was referred to and scoffed at by purists as the "tin can" pump. Ten million copies later it's still in production. Albeit there have been some QC issues lately because nothing is made like it used to be.

I'll refine that by saying they stocked powder and primers. Centaur, that's a blast from the past. Charlie used to dabble in remote control boats, and had a WWII replica battleship, complete with firing cannon. He used to "sail" it at a park in Bergen County when my kids were young. The kids got a big kick out of the cannon.

They had competitive prices way back when, when they sold more volume. I always looked forward to their special; "10% off on all used guns." They don't sell half the firearms they sold twenty years ago. They have less of a clientele that trades in used guns which kept their used gun rack flush with their new stock. Their fishing department carries the store, followed by clothing and then guns. They closed their archery department many years ago and stopped selling reloading supplies as well. If you run a business you have to do what's necessary to survive.

No love for the Remington 1100's/1187's?

Keep reloads in the range of 50,000 PSI - 55,000 PSI (7.62x51 NATO pressures) where the M1A's gas system operates best. Your SOCOM will thank you for it. Commercial .308 Win. ammo has a SAAMI/ANSI maximum pressure of 62,000 PSI.