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Also, no rule says you have to use a "gun" bag. My bag is just a plain black gym bag. I chose that to stay discreet during transport

What's really bizzare with Sweeney and the Newtown families and ten rounds is that there is no relation. Lanza shot himself before cops arrived right? And the CO movie theatre shooter just stopped and walked out and sat down. The amout of death at each scene had nothing to do with mag capacity. I mean I can understand Newtown families relating to AWB or something. But mag capacity didn't have any affect on lives in that mental nutjob scenario

Prior to that I'd say those are some generally smooth looking feet. Now I'm not into feet but there's not a callous on there. This guy definitely wears socks all the time and is no hippy. (that's sorta my Pulp Fiction ripoff impression there, hope the joke comes through)

Getting into debates about ND and which systems allow or disallow that (pin blocks etc) is a whole different topic. I like hearing who carries what and how. But this just made me think of something else. For those that carry and use a safety do you do it that way because you PREFER the safety? Or is it that you just love that gun regardless of a safety? In other words, do 1911 guys carry cocked and locked because the safety is there? If that same person carried a glock would they stil carry in the chamber? Or vice versa, a glock guy who switches to a 1911 would he not use the safety? It seems we all agree 1 in the chamber is mandatory but now in intrigued about views on safeties is it the individual training or is it the gun that dictates it?

So then you're implying that any gun without a true safety (not trigger safety), a glock or M&P, should never be carried with one in the chamber? Or is this about a cocked hammer vs striker fired hair trigger issue? Not challenging you just trying to learn a detail here. What I think everybody above should clarify is what their weapon is. Does cocked and locked only refer to a hammer fired? Or is it being generally referred to anything condition 1?

Just discovered their products. Affordable battery powered motion sensor LED lights. Flood, spots etc etc. They actually have a package designed for making sure your house has lights during power outages. Haven't bought one yet but he Amazon reviews looked good. Don't know why it took me so long to find compact battery powered motion lights

This topic has been discussed before. Search for "sump" in the forums. The best "long term". Solution was a combo of a generator plus a marine battery with an inverter charger. You would flip back and forth between running in battery and running on generator and recharging the battery at that time Obviously you need to be there to switch them. This scenario was envisioned where people live where water table stays high for several days and perhaps the power out for a week. Aka Sandy And lastly. If it was so bad as far as the water rising like Irene or Sandy, and the power was out, are you really going to work? My home is my castle and I would use every sick day and vacation day to watch the basement.

Getting worse before getting better. Seeing so many houses with icicles down the siding and front doors. Which means it has worked back from the gutters. I think rain Friday is gonna blow out a lot of ceilings.

No pinning. I'm using the Magpul fixed stock. I will try to get a pic but the angle might be tough. It almost seems like the inside of the tube is not slick, it's rough. But the buffer even gets stuck when I do the test without the spring. No spring, drop buffer in tube. Tap it to get it to slide all the way back, then flip around and sometimes the buffer won't slide back, I have to tap the tube again. So if it's catching in the tube it's all throughout the tube that's giving ita friction. Yes I did think about sanding down the buffer SLIGHTLY. But this operation should be so basic simple. And again I'm not getting repeated failures however if I've got friction I'm putting stress on the bolt BCG going back and I don't want to break a key prematurely.

No burs I can find. This sucks. Wish I caught this before I installed it. Now I have to decide if send the whole thing back to PSA or just buy a new tube. FARG. So frustrating. It's just has a hair of resistance but I will never stop thinking about it now.

IWB? On the hip? Can't be rear of the hip because perhaps back of a tshirt or polo shirt might just show a smidge of your back when you sit down. Unless your Ts are really long. Yes I know, dress to carry, just never ever considered the wardrobe befor because I knew in NJ I would never be allowed but it's still good to think about it. Sitting down I would guess is the make or break decision about clothes or comfort.

was just cleaning my rifle (still new.. only four range trips so far) and as I was pushing the buffer back into the tube I realized it "catches" a little after the first two inches or so. Call it sorta where the castle nut is if I had to describe where it catches. Never picked up on this before because I usually only push it down the length of the knuckle of my thumb. it DEFINITELY has some resistance in the tube. So took the spring completely out and just dropped the buffer in there. And honestly out of setting the lower verticle I'd say only one out 5 five times will that buffer drop "freely" to the back of the tube. I have to give it a little "tap" to get it to drop.. Same thing going in reverse. Meaning once its all the way back of the tube and I flip it vertical the other way it will not drop, I gotta tap it. Now, I'm really not having malfunctions with my new rifle. But it just doesn't seem right that the buffer shouldn't drop smoothly 5 out of 5 times to the back of the tube. There definitely looks like some wear marks inside the tube but I'd expect that as normal, I mean there's a ton of force going on inside that tube. Can someone take their lower off, and pop the spring out and then drop the buffer back in and tell me if slide smoothly, freely back and forth every time (just tilt it vertical and then reverse) without having to give it a tap? I ordered everything mil-spec from PSA on this guy. I dunno, maybe some rubbing is okay given the extreme force a round pounds that thing back.. I'm not supposed to put lube on the buffer right? thanks!

I've been staring at this reply for like 5 mins. It's probably so true, then yet i think that would eliminate about 80% of the shirts I wear. I don't really wear "long" shirts. So then I guess I'd be relegated to appendix carry because I really couldn't think of clothing that wouldn't guarantee it peaking out when I sat down. Good reply.

But ice dams and collapsed roofs is pretty friggin bad I'm dreading rain later in the week if more snow doesn't melt from roofs or gutters. Anybody ever have an ice dam bless you with water dripping in the living room? Not fun

If you're not carrying does the barrel length matter? Plastic guns look good stubby. But I just think the 1911 with that hammer and the beaver tail look great full size.

The knowledge gained from this thread is not about the time it takes to get to your gun to be effective nor is about the odds you would use it someday The knowledge is you can do it whenever you feel necessary: 1. Hunter scenario above 2. Taking a ride somewhere extremely unknown where maybe you don't feel safe (cabin in woods etc) 3. Times of social unrest for example the gas lines crisis during Sandy. Crime was rampant So the the issue is not "would you use it?". The knowledge is you can drive with it and not have to worry about getting arrested because of your choice to do it

I'm gonna use both methods. !!

Don't you love when old threads get renewed. there has to be some sort of internet word for bringing threads back from the dead.

It's a Simmons 4x12 40. It's not high end at all. Yes I was getting the half moon thing and it was driving me crazy and I wasn't getting that before I mounted it because i was able to change tje distance so that's what lead to this post I will try the paper thing above. Thanks for the replies !

Okay so the consensus with iron sights and a red dot (and for general AR good habit) is to have your head/eye very close to the receiver, like right up on the charging handle... but what is the optimal distance for a real scope? I started tinkering around with it (not mounted to my rifle yet) but I actually think I get a better, full lens) view when my head is farther away from the lens than from really close up to it. Does this sound right? I haven't googled around enough to learn about the parallax and stuff like that. It just appeared like the view/image was getting compressed as my eye got closer to the lens vs farther away.. (and when I mean farther away I mean like 10 inches). The reason I'm asking is right now my stock is in the shortest position so I'm trying to figure out if I want the scope mounted closer or farther down the rail.. thanks!

I have an appt next week to have molds made at an audiologist

Here's some advice. You are all over the place. First you wanted 500 yards accuracy. Then you wanted 200. Now you want noise reduction. They are compensators they do differnent things. You needtip decide what you want first. I'm not being a doosh here and not helping. I'm just saying as soon as you said you want it quieter you just changed the purpose entirely. As above: 500 yards no comp. 200 yards anything will work. Noise reduction look for linear compensator

Rule 1 tell a neighbor you are away and nobody should be entering the house. Rule 2 do not post on FB about vacations. Rule 3 lie to your cleaning lady if you have one when you will be gone. Rule 4 great reason to have at least one camera at the house inside or out. ( don't want to thread drift about home security so let's keep it back to the safes)

Just last week at shore shot for an intro to firearms NRA course my friend was told that with handguns a deviation for food was allowed. Also told that he could never take the wood dowel out of his Moss 500 So even instructors tell bad info. To the OP: search for a thread from me called "what is loaded in NJ?"

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