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The improved it all the way down to 225 rounds in a brick.

I liked the S&W Shield I recently shot, but I liked the Springfield XDS 3.3" even more. I did prefer the sights and the trigger on the Shield, but the ergonomics of the XDS were better for me, and it grouped much better--just a hair over 2" at 50'

Anyway when UPS freight came to pickup the two safes I know the driver and told him to make sure it never gets back to them...to this day (2 years later) they never got them back...they were lost in freight Kinda hard to follow the narrative--either both bad safes were picked up at the same time and you had your driver friend make sure they never made it back to Dicks, or they were picked up separately and you had proof of the return. But in neither version of the story do I see where you paid for the safe you kept.

No, they stole from me... Guess there must be more to the story, because what you have written doesn't support that.

The local country music station, rebroadcast out of NYC on 94.7, regularly runs ads for The Bullet Hole. Guns and ammo for sale! Indoor firing range! Novices welcome! I like to think that someday Bloomberg will hear it in the back of his limo and his head will explode.

I wouldn't deprime 12k cases and stop there, facing the ordeal of then loading 12k rounds. Bite the bullet, so to speak, buy a progressive press, and start loading. At least then with every pull of the handle you are rewarded with a loaded round.

Ask a neighborhood kid if he wants to earn $10.

"The dose makes the poison" Paracelsus had it exactly right, way back in the 1500's. Too much CO2 is a pollutant; doesn't matter that the right amount is essential to life on earth. Ditto for oxygen, nitrogen, ozone, whatever. I've never heard CO2 described as the worst greenhouse gas. It's pretty much common knowledge that water contributes more to the greenhouse effect based on it's total mass in the atmosphere; methane contributes more per unit of mass, and other gasses contribute as well, more or less per unit of mass, always less based on total mass. CO2 just happens to be the one major contributor over which humans have the most influence.

For one spectacular example of how such super-secret lists can be abused, look no further than this: http://www.loweringthebar.net/2011/02/immigration-officer-puts-wife-on-the-no-fly-list.html Ok, on some level that one is hilarious...but it's still VERY VERY wrong.

There are any number of organisms-from unicellular plankton to the largest trees-that can and have altered the earth's environment. Why, then, do some still believe that humans cannot?

Nothing succeeds like excess.

No worries. I still remember that old SNL sketch!

What I meant was: "Does he have any living sons? Seriously? Jeff and Beau Bridges are Lloyd's sons."

I wouldn't wait. You can find pistol powder with a little searching, and in small pistol calibers, a pound will last a LONG time. Depending on the load and the powder, you'll get 25 to 30 boxes of 9 mm loaded from one pound of powder. Pour over the loading data in your book and online, pick a couple of favorite powders, pick a couple of alternatives that would also work for the loads you want to make, and when you start shopping for powder go with that list of half a dozen powders that could work for you.

Seriously?

I thought you were referring to the ammo companies. I don't know if the American Eagle ammo is covered by the impending ban or not (I would have thought not), but I doubt Dicks is planning to sell it and then somehow get it all back later in order to...well, there wouldn't be much they could do with it. Nor do I think they want our guns confiscated. That won't help their bottom line, either. My conspiracy theories of corporate behavior don't go much deeper than expecting them to do whatever they can to maximize profits.

I'm not following...you think the business strategy of these for-profit ammo companies is to first cut prices on existing stock, and then stop sales to consumers entirely?

Yes, but no matter how well intentioned and well executed, the police report and the write up in the local paper will include the words "mob" and "intimidation tactics"

I'm not sure that I'd open the door in the first place if I see 20 strangers on my doorstep. What with NJs mag capacity limit and all...

The holster seems to be a solution in search of a problem.

I once visited a big cigar store in Belize that had tables stocked with new cigar bands for their American customers. You could buy your Cuban cigars and re-band them as anything-but-Cuban before leaving for home. Maybe Cabelas needs to set up some tables and provide drills, rivets, and epoxy for customer use!

Not to pick on DargZ, but when and why did half the known universe start referring to 'bullets' as 'bullet heads'? Drives me nuts.

1). Move to a Rocky Mountain state where I'd get the most favorable tax treatment 2) Cash in the ticket Only problem with the plan is that statistically, to EIGHT significant figures, the odds of winning the powerball lottery are the same whether you buy a ticket... ...or don't!

Thanks! Great lead on the PPS Now, to try and find the elusive Walther CCP somewhere! That's the one that seems more interesting, at least on paper.

I've been looking for a small 9 mm. I've handled most of the usual suspects, but the Walther PPS and Walther CCP are on my short list of guns to check out...and I've not yet found one in a store. I don't want to order one; I need to first get my grubby paws on them to see how they feel compared to the competition. Does anyone know of a gun shop in North Central or North Jersey that has one or both in stock? Thanks.