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Troy Tritium folding front and rear. Front is standard AR style and rear is DOA. Love 'em. (Could have saved some coin and gotten the non-trit ones... but... well...)

Maxim!

If new shooters are the reasoning... what about another option: a dedicated .22 upper or .22 conversion for use for the new shooters? Then you can swap uppers or whatever and move up to .223/5.56 when they feel comfortable.

Hate to say it... you want sign of the times... you might want something like: "Solyndra" if it's a girl.... Come to think of it... it really isn't too terrible of a name for a girl....

A Linear-type compensator should help. (Like a Levang.) D'oh! Just saw someone mentioned that already...

And the HK45C too!

Geissele for the win! Worth every penny.

I don't really know if there's a better type... but I'd suspect closed-cell foam is best. But if you either put some silica gel in the case to keep moisture at bay... or put it in one of those silicone-impregnated gun socks you should be okay with either for longer term storage. (I have since pulled the foam from my Storm case and put in the removable soft case from Larue. (But even that has a giant silica gel container in it for when I don't touch it for a while.)

TWong... the prices are likely to be the same most places you're gonna look right now especially. When I bought my SSA (almost a year ago), I bought direct from Geissele... the price was the same as everywhere else, they had it in stock, and their shop is in PA so shipping to NJ on flat rate shows up in a day or 2, AND... I got a mess of free schwag. (2 velcro patches, 5 stickers, and a hat... which has become my go-to ball cap.)

Ontario used to manufacture some knives for what used to be RAT Cutlery... then RAT turned to ESEE and went it's own way. Ontario still makes good quality stuff (even the guys from ESEE are known for saying so)... but the ESEE stuff has a better warranty and in my opinion worth the little extra. Word of warning: Every ESEE knife I've ever owned has had the most wicked factory edge. My RC-4 bit me real bad the first day I had it, and I didn't even feel it at first. Scalpel sharp.

Here's another vote for the HK45/45c. I have a 45c and I love it.

I just got into this because of a buddy (and cutting down on smoking isn't a bad thing)... I bought an ego-C kit... for $25 here: http://www.vaportekusa.com/product.cgi?product=747&group=217 And mtbakervapor.com has some great juices. (plus use: vaporfrombaker to get 10% off your order) (I can't believe what some other places are charging for a small 15ml bottle... $10+, yikes! Glad Mt Baker is only $5.)

The Lansky Diamond kit isn't bad... I found with some practice and patience you can get real good results. I was using that on all my knives for a long while... till I sprung for an EdgePro Apex. Is it worth the $200.... if you have a lot of good knives that you want to keep razor sharp, hell yes. With very little skill and effort you can make any blade scalpel sharp. And there's no risk of marring or scratching on the blade flats like with careless hand honing, etc.

I'm confused by your last paragraph. With the current political brouhaha... I'm pretty sure that now would be a good time for manufacturers to move "excess" ammo to us, but the reality is: 5.56, for example, is going for at least double what it was 6 months ago, there are reports of retailers rationing ammo, etc. If there are so many surplus rounds that they're worried about them just sitting around, why aren't the manufacturers trying to unload them to retailers to get ammo to citizens? Or are they pulling a fast one over on all of us and just price-gouging us, and any threat of shortages, etc is just BS? The statement that an ammo manufacturer couldn't run it's business on just civilians alone doesn't compute. 5 billion rounds shouldn't be that hard to sell to just civilians... there's an estimated 300,000,000 guns in civilian hands alone in the US. That's 15 rounds per gun. Depending on your state and weapon, that's anywhere from 3 mags (5 minutes of range time at most) to 1/4 mag (2 seconds of range time).

You're replacing the stock... not just trying to change the LOP... so it's not the biggest of deals if you damage the current stock, right? You'll have to remove the current buffer tube that's on there too... the UBR comes with it's own buffer tube. (I'm pretty sure it's proprietary.) Be sure you pin your UBR.

Trijicon's already working on it. Introduced it at SHOT. Trijicon CCAS http://www.trijicon.com/na_en/community/whats_new_item.php?whats_newID=news_115 Hehe... looks HUGE... but looks like fun. Digital reticle that moves within the FOV to show holdovers etc. Like a friggin' video game.

In my humble opinion, Clenzoil is the champ... but it's gotten so expensive over the years that Break-free is my old standby.

He's a douche. I got the same canned response... to which I sent him another email. Mainly... I wanted to thank him for <sarcasm> taking the time out of his busy day to carefully and articulately respond to my first email </sarcasm>. I actually did send a second email and I basically told him he contradicts himself in saying he supports our rights, but then acts on policies that do the opposite. I reminded him that he's supposed to support and uphold the US Constitution and fight for the rights of his constituents. Fat lot of good it's going to do... but it made me feel better.

Damn. That. is. sexy.

Have a look at the SWFA-SS scopes. Lots of praise on Sniper's Hide and other long-range forums. I'm eyeballing their 3-9x FFP tactical model.

Don't know how many people read Ace of Spades (http://ace.mu.nu). It's a conservative blog. One of their contributors really found a way to analogize our gun rights. However... he did it in such a way that I'm completely surprised that he hasn't been called out by some MSM news organization for being racist. He's absolutely NOT being racist... but... well.. read the article. http://ace.mu.nu/archives/336664.php

Cigars here's a couple quality brands to look at: Fenix lights Quark Jetbeam Sunwayman EagleTac All decent lights. Lots of features, decent price point... and some (like the JetBeams and Sunwayman lights) even come in cool limited editions with cool paint jobs or bodies made of Titanium or Carbon Fiber. Right now I usually EDC either a JetBeam RRT-01 or my Sunwayman V10. However... I think my next light is gonna be a the EagleTac D25 clicky.

+1 I loved SF lights. For a long time they were king. Bright, durable... the best. Then everyone else caught up. Quality and features are improved among the competitors, and the prices are down. (Fenix, Quark, Jetbeam, Eagletac, Sunwayman, Olight, the list goes on.) I have no more Surefire lights in my collection. Haven't for 4-5 years or so. While their quality hasn't gone down... there are better bang-for-the-buck lights out there by far.

Bought all my gear and spent most of my time practicing at Targeteers when I was a teen. High marks all around. Nice staff, real good selection and they know pretty much all there is to know about archery and any application (hunting, competition, etc.).

I downloaded it too. Nothing crazy at all. The emotional knee-jerk reactions out there are really beginning to get on my nerves. People need to stop being so damn sensitive. FYI... the Surefire branded Shot Timer app for the iPhone is free right now. It's basic, but it works, and it's not hampered by some of the other free shot timers out there.