Malice4you

If they are anything like the real AR pattern, should be extremely simple to clean. I don't have one yet, so I'll have to take @Contrvlr's word on how easy they are. GSG522 (.22 MP5 clone) is a real annoyance to really clean, and in stock form requires multiple tools to even get to the guts (mostly included). And based on my experiences, any bulk HV ammo dirties it up so quickly that I have to go in and clean it thoroughly quite often, so you can't even enjoy it that long. I guess I'll have to go back to running only CCI MiniMags.

Black and stainless under the right kind of lighting can be ...different...

Next thing you know, there could be competition, and god forbid - competitive pricing, and I WANT TO PAY HIGH PRICES, DAMMIT! And I want to wait for open ports too, while I'm at it... I've heard about this location for a while, glad it sounds like they are making a bit of progress with it. Hopefully it does well, and offers better service than the Fudds that it is replacing...

Exactly. If I were to get a rifle version, it would have to be an MP5SD_ variant so it can at least look fairly cool...until I move somewhere where I could have a 2 stamp gun. I don't like the look of the thinner fake cans on the MP5 non-SD guns. Same would go for a PS90 if I were to ever buy one - it would have to have a fake can to cover that ridiculous barrel sticking out what looks like yards in front of the gun.... That said, the SP5K pistols without the front MP5K handgrip just don't do it for me visually - I fell in love with the MP5K exactly as an MP5K is. What is needed to legally get the front MP5K style handgrip? SBR stamp? Or is that a firearm or nothing special in a free state? Some of the other pistols (like the palmetto one above) I'd think I'd almost rather have the option of a standard MP5A4-length front end with a brace at the back... Doesn't matter to me now, can't have (or afford) any of the really fun ones while I live here anyway...so GSG it is!

If it is an m20 or m21 warrior, that should work with a single 17670 or 18650 battery and would provide likely 2-3x longer runtimes than 2x cr123s - that is what I run in the 3 or 4 M20 and M21 lights I own, but again, I already had a charger. If you dislike the batteries used in it, might sell that one off to help fund a new one, or get 2 surefire cr123s to keep in it for 10 years for emergency use in the car or something. If I didn't have rechargeable cr123s/17670/18650, I would be spending $250+ a year on batteries for lights I have now. I have at least 12 lights which get used frequently to almost never and all get rcr123s/etc, and I am changing out something at least once a week Free batteries would certainly sway me in that case. I believe the forum is candlepower forums, it will come up in a search, there should be a load of info for you there on specifics of 1 or 2 models you narrow your choice to, and probably where best price is too. More than you ever wanted to know, probably.

Might I ask why no CR123? If you aren't aware, there are rechargables available which are great - I have had great luck with Eagletac rcr123s, they run about $8 each, but will last you years. Charger will add $10-20 (I have Nitecore charger). With daily use, I typically get 2 weeks+ of use per charge. Do note that rechargable rcr123s usually get up to 4.2v fully charged and 3.7 typical, so they may not work in devices designed for standard lithiums at 3.7-3.0v, and none should be run undervoltage (get protected cells if you get one). There are also 18650 and 17670 cells which are 2x length and will give much longer runtimes. As such, not familiar with AA offerings out there. I run a large number of Olight brand lights, with excellent results, and they may have some AA offerings. I think Streamlight may have some too, and Fenix are another well-liked brand. Mini Maglite is another good option if it has the LED and clicky tailcap.

Well then, before my permaban, been fun folks!

Color or B&W? Off the top of my head, likely Unique photo in Fairfield for color, and Boonton Photo *may* be able to still do B&W for you. Unique may also do B&W, or they may send it out. Which if you have a few rolls at a time to develop, may also be an option for you (I haven't looked). I still have a roll of B&W in one of my SLRs that I started shooting in 2010/2011 and haven't bothered finishing, and I used to work somewhere where it was free for me to develop. I never particularly enjoyed shooting film, and I'm glad I didn't spend more than $225 on my EOS3.

Because after a 7 or 5 round limit will come the 1 round limit, with any features like "ability to accept a magazine", "revolving cylinder", "pistol grip", or "ability to fire or propel any kind of projectile, at any velocity, with or without sufficient force to injure someone" as an assault weapon.

Wasn't Palmetto supposedly doing one? Just like screwball, closest I've got is a GSG-522SD... Believe me, I want one in a real caliber, as MP5s have always been a favorite (as have most HK rifles, actually)

I know! And after yesterday, I really need a long range session...

Entirely possible that I missed something due to lane change and looking elsewhere, but I tend to be very mindful of road hazards as I run soft, easily bubbled/easily punctured high performance tires and pay attention far ahead so I can slowly react instead of jerking the wheel around. Exterior of the car has no new dents. If you didn't edit your post and add this later, I'm sorry I missed the second bit. Interesting discussion there, and I guess tomorrow will be a fun day on the phone with the insurance company and Mercedes...

Oldest cars in that link are far newer than mine was, but thanks for the link - " Mercedes told affected owners and lessees the airbags could suddenly deploy if insufficiently grounded components were exposed to an electrostatic discharge at the same time the steering column module clock spring was broken (due to wear). " - I wonder if the massive sudden vibration caused a similar problem with a ground somewhere... Didn't even really think about that til now. It wasn't just a vibration, it really felt like a rim had come completely apart and I was driving on 5 spokes....violent and loud...more like if rt78 suddenly had some huge speed bumps spaced only a few feet apart and you were going over them at speed. I forgot to mention that the trim around the gear shifter came off, which I can't explain, unless the steering wheel bag expands enough to violently knock the hell outta the gearshift knob while leaving the car in gear. I was still in drive until I stopped, and couldn't put the car into park.

I did not see (notice) a single police vehicle the entire 45 minutes I was on the side of 78. As it is a wagon, everything is visible inside it, though the curtain airbags do significantly impact side visibility, both in and out, I will say. It was flat bedded home. Driver said in 21 years, he had not seen an example of spontaneous airbag deployment.

Car is a 2000 Mercedes E320 4matic wagon, with around 150,400 on it. Transmission had not been acting up prior to today, so really no clue, if it even was the trans. At first, I thought I had either a tire blowout or a rim had come apart, but all 4 are intact and holding air. I suppose it's possible a diff went, I know too little about cars to guess much beyond that. No fluids anywhere though. I had it towed home instead of a shop - no reason since I'm considering it a total loss. Scary - yeah, that's an understatement. I'm glad more than anything that the airbags didn't knock me out....going 55 with no driver and no airbags to go off again would be...unpleasant.... It is also difficult to see out of the now much smaller viewing areas...I was glad i was already safely changing lanes when it happened. Amazingly, no new underwear needed.

It is a beautiful day out, so I decided to go to the range - get some use outta my hunting license. Drive over to Clinton WMA. At the exit for the service road on 78W, there is a massive, sudden vibration in the car. "That's not good" pops into my head. The next thing to pop was the airbags a split second later. I was doing 50-55 when 7 outta 9 of my airbags blew. Only ones that didn't pop were front passenger bag and front passenger door bag. Steering wheel, driver door, driver side curtain, rear driver side door, passenger curtain, and rear passenger side door all deployed. Hadn't hit anyone or anything. No idea what the hell happened. I am guessing transmission fragged itself since I can't really get it into park and it did not like coming down off the flatbed, but no idea beyond that. Had no warning. I am OK*, but car is done. On a list of things not to want to experience again, random airbag deployment at highway speeds ranks pretty high, I gotta say. *Scrapes and lotta red marks on my arm, plus hearing in left ear is screwed up, from airbag deployment...

To further expand on my everyone and everything... #1 is incompetent/indecisive/timid/oblivious/distracted drivers, simply because I encounter oh so many on a daily basis. The kind who do 15 under the limit when there is no reason whatsoever to not do the speed limit (and then slow down further for a slight curve). The kind who want to make a left turn, and then wait because a car is 700ft down the road, and then decide they waited long enough when the oncoming car is 150 feet away, and proceed to turn in front of the oncoming car, get scared because there's an oncoming car, and then stop again, now in the oncoming lane. The kind who won't turn right from a stop sign because there is a car coming...1000 feet away. The kind who stop at a T intersection stop sign and then just go, no matter that the main road does not stop and both directions have oncoming traffic. The kind who come within inches of having an accident and don't even notice they nearly killed someone. The kind who pull out from a driveway in front of you in a 50mph zone and proceed to take 20 seconds to get up to 50 (usually when there was no traffic behind you if they'd waited 3 extra seconds to let you pass like they should have in the first place.) And of course, the good old fashioned texting, reading, shaving, eating, and/or looking anywhere but the road while "in command" (I use that very loosely) of a vehicle. Now, I'm sure I'm the kind of driver who is on lots of other people's lists because I may rarely sometimes drive slightly above the limit on occasion (though I do use my turn signals), but at least I am paying attention the the damn road. #2 is a deep seated hatred of someone constantly sniffling/coughing/clearing their throat/hiccuping (and other similar things.) After a minute of hearing someone do any of those, I'm thinking about how they'd no longer have these problems if they'd only kick their annoying oxygen habit. (OK, maybe not quite that, but does seriously piss me off) #3 - People who type long winded serious replies to fun topics instead of a single quick, mildly funny reply.... ....oh...

Everyone and everything should almost cover it.

I used to carry an (unloaded) shotgun in my trunk at (almost) all times. When I was in an accident (some kid ran a red light at 10PM a few days before Labor Day, nowhere near a range for that matter), the cop asked me something about the rifle case once. He then proceeded to call it "THE ITEM" the entire rest of my interactions with him. No asking for FID. No asking to see it. No asking anything at all about it, honestly. He was more concerned with it being secured than anything else. Him constantly talking about THE ITEM was one of the only funny things about that night...

Why not just get a couple dozen LED light bars for your bumper, grill, hood, pillars, and roof. Also, trunk, rear roof, bumper, etc for tailgaters and the high beam-operationally-challenged..?

If this is a comcast voice remote, I dunno if it is IR or radio, or possibly a hybrid. Take your cell phone, go to camera, and aim it at the front of the remote, if it is IR, you will see it on the camera screen as it transmits. Try changing channels. Then try using the voice remote part and see if it does use IR. I don't use the voice bit, but I can do things when pointed away from reflective surfaces and away from the box. When first set up, you pair the cable box and remote, so that makes me think there may be some sort of radio transmitter.

I dunno, I'd think he'd be good for lots of one word non-answers... (Sorry Zeke)

Do you mean Sig Pro 2022? I've never heard of a 2220, only SP2022 or P220. If so, I have been a fan for years. I was close to getting a second Sig Pro a while back, likely a 2340. Think I paid $450 for mine new with night sights a few weeks before Newtown. Has run everything I have thrown at it so far with zero issues (other than my own lack of skill shooting handguns). It's a poor man's P229, except 2/3 the weight.

Great rifle when it works. Biggest annoying POS when it doesn't. No other rifle I've owned is as picky a little PITA as my GSG522 is. But on those rare occasions when it is both clean and has ammo it will cooperate with, I'm not sure anything else puts as big a grin on my face, either. I will admit that at our NJGF shotgun shoots, I usually only put 75-125 rounds downrange, though I think I did once do 175. Saturday was an even 100.

When I started, I really enjoyed converting dollars to noise, and did so with gusto. Looking back, I guess I have always been a .22/rimfire guy, I just didn't know it enough to get serious about it until the last few years. There were days when I would bring two $17 bricks with me and go through all 1000-1050 rounds in my bolt action .22. The reactive wooden targets I used to chip away at, piece by piece, were a lot of fun, and I still miss those to this day. These days, I have gotten more into precision, so a lot less shooting, but making each shot count a lot more. (Except handguns. I just suck with them. Spray & pray is a valid shooting tactic, right? ) Depending on what I bring out, I might only shoot 150 combined rounds in a day, or I might go through 500+ combined rounds. Ammo costs are always a concern, and my broke ass also can't keep feeding 1000 round range days of the good stuff, if I even wanted to shoot that much in a day. That said, I still do enjoy a good ammo dump on occasion...just with the cheap stuff... The other issue is time. For me, up until recently, my range was a ~50 minute drive one way. Now that I have a hunting license, I can shoot rimfire rifles at a range 25 minutes away, which will allow me to go more often and/or feel less like I HAVE to make the most of my time at the range. I can't do everything I would do at my primary range (like centerfire rifle or any handgun), but since I have been concentrating on .22 rifles at 100yds recently, it is perfect for me.