Scorpio64

Carlisle PA has several car shows every year, it's about a 3.5 hour drive. I used to work there as a vendor. The shows are huge, literally thousands of cars, mostly classics and parts galore. The spring show was always the best in my opinion, it begins April 22 this year and draws about 100,000 visitors. They also hold manufacturer specific shows, Chevy, Ford, and Mopar. There is a Cabelas not very far from the show and there are many many LGS along the way if you want to make some detours. It's much more than a car show, it is an event with lots of things to do. http://www.carlisleevents.com/carlisle-events/carlisle-spring-swap-meet-corral-auction/default.aspx

There is no shortage. How can there be a shortage of surplus?

No, the battle is still on. The opponent has just retreated and deciding on whether they should regroup for an attack or surrender and save face.

I disagree. The OTS computers are built to the cheapest possible specs with every shortcut in quality taken. You get what you pay for, sort of. Building your own high performance workstation with quality parts is cheaper than buying a comparable quality Dell.

Just as with the AR-15, I feel it's better to build than to buy. And just like with your firearms, it's better to go with a LCS, that is unless you don't mind spending hours on the phone in often fruitless attempts at customer support from reps with barely intelligible English speaking skills.

I second the Ruger American. I've heard nothing but good things about them. It's not made with wood, it's not sexy but it is a very good rifle and a superb value. The 77/22 is also another good American made rifle by Ruger. You can get one with a synthetic stock in your price range but the beauties with wood stocks cost a bit more.

That's what I'd like to know too. If the ban is already in effect, how are retailers still selling it?

PSA has had XM855 in stock for almost two weeks. $90.00 for 150rds, what a bargain!

Ruger SP101 .327 FM

It seems that this place is communist and Fr. G is probably not going to enjoy his time there.

Crime without punishment: the secret Soviet terror against America by Guenther Reinhardt. From what I can gather it's a book about Soviet espionage. It was copyrighted in 1952. Falls in line with the spying angle. Also had another thought about the wall braces. As siderman pointed out, they are designed to keep things in, not so much out.

yeah, my bad. I just watched the episode again. One thing that kinda piqued my curiosity . You cant see in, you can't see out. Funny that the Congresswoman said "I guess we lost to the communists after all" while they actually live behind an iron curtain. I'm guessing the name of the city, Alexandria, is going to have some significance. Ancient Alexandria was once a grand economic, cultural and intellectual capital. It eventually fell to the Muslims and was plundered of it's resources. It is still today considered one of the greatest tragedies because of all of the knowledge lost when the muzzies burned down the library. Alexandria had the largest library in the world at it's peak. Deanna had quite an impressive library too. And what's the deal with the book Michone took Crime Without Punishment.

Daryl has no other mode. Didn't the emo girl scurry up a brace on the inside when she went for a walk on the wild side? They do seem to like their surveillance gadgets. There's a new sheriff in town, and his name ain't Reggie Hammond. Is Rick is going down the same path as the Govnuh.?

This is probably not the easiest way to do things but I installed a 30A exterior inlet and ran cable to four new GFCI outlets. I guess you could call it a parallel system. Why did I do it this way? Because I had everything but the inlet in my shed and it addressed all of the safety issues. There is also a 20A outlet (separate tap) on my genny and I'm contemplating using it for the furnace. I recall someone saying they put a 20A plug on their furnace and an outlet so the furnace is basically plugged in instead of hard wired.

Bob, I had come across that on Midway before but it is listed as rifle ammo. Honestly, I know very little about this old fashioned ammo so I passed it up because it will be used in a handgun. Back in the old days if ammo said 32-20 it was black powder and the powder charge would be standardized. I am apprehensive in ordering it because it may have a greater powder charge for use in rifles. If you or anyone else can shed some light on this I'd sure appreciate it.

There is no reason to sell a rifle you like. It's pretty rare to hear stories about people being glad about getting rid of guns, even the ones they didn't shoot much. On the other hand, if you don't shoot the rifle because you don;t like it, is there really any point in keeping it? As far as future value goes, that's anyone's guess. Something bigger and better and more flashy could come out five years from now and all the AR rifles could loose half their value. Or, there could be a ban on new purchases and existing ARs could triple in value. In my opinion, the safe bet is always to keep a functional firearm. If you won't be shooting it for a while, there are ways to prepare it for long term storage. Pull the BCG and grease that baby up. Cosmoline would be the obvious choice but I'm sure that there are newer less messy products that should do the trick.

I'm trying to get a line on 32-20 WCF Ammo for a neighbor who I am very good friends with. We have a range opening up in Eatontown pretty soon and I thought a box of ammo would be a nice gift and encourage him to go to the range when it opens. The only problem is this stuff is as rare as 22lr was last year. Are there any shops around that carry this antiquated ammo? I've tried ammoseek and wikiarms and the ammo is not even listed there. The few websites that have it listed seem to be eternally OOS.

Makes me wonder if compensators will be reclassified and banned in NJ. Up to now only the birdcage and three prong were officially banned along with others that won't pass the arbitrary "pinky test".

The reliability of fixed iron sights is extremely high, it would take an awful lot to render them unusable. This is not to say that everyone should throw away their optics. A quality RDS or scope adds tremendous capability to a weapon. When in proper working condition, they are almost always superior to iron sights. They make an excellent plan A. However, glass breaks, mechanical parts degrade and electronics fail. From an engineering standpoint, the more components a system has the more likely it is to fail. It is a statistical certainty. Anyone who relies solely on an optic, powered or not, is putting all of their eggs in one basket. Yeah, one could go on about advanced concepts like TTP, or Tactics Technique and Procedure. But just us plain old average folks don't need such fancy theories of training. All regular folks need to do is have a reliable set of iron sights, learn how to use 'em and then go on ahead and mount a good optic to make life easier. This way, if someone who has a cheap failure prone optic finds themselves blind they will have a plan B. Plain and simple, having and learning how to use open sights is a benefit. It does not make one more or less manly, it just makes them more competent and gives them better odds. That's all. Now, if y'all don't mind I have some shopping to do. I'm looking at red dots for my M4.

Aww geez. You fellas are too smart for me. You apparently know everything. You win, I guess.

Y'all with your fancy pants bazillion hour battery powered toys with lots of high priced quality components, whoopee for you. You have a magnificent plan A. Smart people always have a plan B too, yanno, just in case.

Most are reporting the site being slow as an nuisance issue but the main problem is with e-mail validation.

I am seeing reports that some people have been experiencing problems signing the WH petition to stop the ban on SS109 and M855 ammo. I'd like to know if anyone else has had a similar problem. A link to the petition s below. https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/stop-batfe-banning-xm855-ammunition/XrvVh1cj The petition was receiving about 10,000 signatures per day, then slowed down to about 1,000 per day around the time reports of difficulties started coming in. I have been urging all 2A supporters to sign the petition. If anyone who has not yet signed the petition wishes to do so, please report any problems. Please, I'd like to keep this thread on topic. Just let me know if you have had any issues with completing the signing process. If you would like to discuss the ban, there is already a thread about that. http://njgunforums.com/forum/index.php/topic/75228-atf-classifies-ss109-and-m855-as-armor-piercing/ Thanks for your help.

What ya got there is a dead serial mouse, or possibly a dead serial port. You can buy a new mouse on ebay, easy peasy. If the port is dead it complicates matters.