| Author | Message | ||
     Macbuell |
Anyone else see that AR15.com was shut down by Go Daddy for apparently "encouraging violence". If this is what we are in store for over the next 4 years I'm very worried about how this could escalate. | ||
| Fireboltwillie |
AR15.com is owned by Brownell's, I believe. i watched an interview with him discussing this the other day. | ||
| Ourdee |
Dear Gun People, Follow the Lead of the Weed People https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2020/12/30/dear-g un-people-follow-the-lead-of-the-weed-people/ | ||
| Ratbuell |
It's already starting - multiple states have declared "2A Sanctuary" status. Call your representatives. Remind them that they represent their voters' wishes. | ||
| Aesquire |
One of Just Joe's announced strategies is to put all guns under the NFA. Federal "permits" background checks and taxes. Taken to the logical conclusion, how you going to shoot skeet when each shotgun shell has a $200 tax? ( And a 6 month waiting period ) And more immediate, New York bans all NFA items. If my Redacted is made an NFA item by decree, then I'm an instant felon, unless I turn it in to the State or destroy it, and somehow document it's destruction. So, here's my documentation, from my canoe trip this fall, with a false title, intended to be humorous. | ||
| Ducbsa |
https://bearingarms.com/patrick-r/2021/01/28/bill- public-registry-of-firearms/ | ||
| Ratbuell |
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| Ducbsa |
https://bearingarms.com/patrick-r/2021/02/03/viole nce-policy-center-problem-black-gun-owners/ | ||
| Rick_a |
I sold all of my Benchmade knives but my favorite (turns out the older ones have become rather collectible) and a Bulgarian bayonet. I'm considering selling off my remaining 5.56 AR's and building a lightweight that I can affix my M7 bayonet to. Seems prudent. Some of the nice, but less popular parts are still readily available. | ||
| Rick_a |
I'm doing it...selling my first AR and making my 10.5" pistol a 16" lightweight midlength. I need the money...plus...the Colt is too fat and the 10.5" is obnoxious. I like it  | ||
| Tootal |
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| Shoggin |
I had a gen 1 version of that ^^^ in .44 mag. One of the few things I own that fit in my hand well! Other than being pretty heavy, it shot very soft for that load and I liked it a lot  | ||
| Ratbuell |
https://www.gunsamerica.com/digest/michigan-ammuni tion-company-refuses-to-sell-to-biden-voters/ Upon visiting Fenix Ammunition’s website, users are posed with a question: “Did you vote for Joe Biden.” Answering “No” takes visitors to the Fenix website. Answering “Yes” redirects to Joe Biden’s gun control platform, which proposes ending the online sale of ammunition across the country. We need more companies like THIS. Cancel conservatives? Fine. We'll do the same to you. Don't like it? Tough shit. It's time to fight back. | ||
| Ducbsa |
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| Rick_a |
I always liked the polished one.  A little impractical to carry around, though. | ||
| Fireboltwillie |
looks like a similar safety design to a Beretta 92. is there a de-cocker only version of it? | ||
| Rick_a |
Nah. Manual safety only. It's a pretty simple gun. I rebuilt our range gun. It was fun test firing it. Last time I fired one was a rental when I first started shooting. It's actually not too severe in recoil. A lot of fun, but ranks low in practicality. | ||
| Rick_a |
My Colt AR is gone. I about broke even on it. My GF lost it when a new barrel showed up as I'm using my leftover parts to retain one last AR in 5.56. She doesn't see the value or utility in it. | ||
| Whisperstealth |
Some people, (Like me.), don't see the value or utility in having a GF... | ||
| Rick_a |
This one has me feeling satiated beyond belief most of the time. I cannot tell you how amazing she is. That said, I have calculated that about 15% of the time, she is profoundly disagreeable and nay on impossible. We make it work. I will continue to downsize in the great sell off (no boating accident required) until I'm down to the very basics. I figure the stuff that's never used for its intended purpose or that only comes out once or twice a year may as well go. | ||
| Ourdee |
Not me. I'm in my prime. I have actually got rid of the ones that I won't be using. I hope to add a new one in May. Worked out a deal a while back and hope to take delivery then. I have one that I am not allowed to get rid of. Inherited it when my FIL passed. | ||
| Aesquire |
Significant Others... A Lady in your life that's only 15% less than boring perfection is well worth the ... Everything. I'd love to get another AR, but not while I live in the Empire. You built some nice ones. I discovered with my heavy barrel varmint gun that, to my surprise, I really like the AR operating system. It's the internal inline gas system that impresses me with It's vibrational disconnect from the barrel. I really like that. Does wonders for accuracy. You pay with a few minutes with a wet & filthy cloth, I like Break Free CLP. And even though I bought the plastic chamber bushing and high end long carbon coated cleaning rod, so I could clean from the breech, like a pro, never used the darn stuff. I always used a bore snake. The gas system works just as well for accuracy with a light, short barrel. I rather lust after Brownell's WWSD 2020 carbine. | ||
| Rick_a |
Yeah. She's broken up with me once, but sometimes I'd break up with me. I just have to stop taking her so seriously when she's trying to crush my soul  I have a strong affinity for the AR pattern of rifle. I have them in 22lr, 9mm, and 5.56mm yet. I'm tempted to loose my first rifle...a fancy 10/22...as I just don't shoot it anymore. My PSL, awesome as it is, just doesn't get out much, either. I was tempted to do one of those new all polymer fixed stock lowers...but I'm sticking with forgings. My prime was a decade ago, I would say. I'd be happy to fade into the woods quietly. | ||
| Ratbuell |
I love this woman... https://www.foxnews.com/politics/california-huffma n-colorado-boebert-gun-fetish | ||
| Akbuell |
'Soldiers in the parking garage at Ft Pelosi' -Perfect . . . | ||
| Ourdee |
I'd be happy to fade into the woods quietly. Yes sir. Peeps on a gun forum yesterday were talking about what kind of back-pack they had. My bag is a duffel bag with 24 MREs in it and a Berkey water filter. My philosophy is to avoid contact. | ||
| Ebutch |
Only the Govt Should Have Guns (Message edited by Blake on February 19, 2021) | ||
| Blake |
I recently refinished my gramp's old Ithaca 20 ga. shotgun. In original OEM form the furniture was stained and varnished, and its cast receiver was painted black and full of blemishes, dings, and scratches. As I began sanding to prepare the receiver for a quick rattle-can treatment, it revealed itself to be stainless steel, a real gem in the rough. After a some hand filing, progressively finer sanding, some steel-wooling, and lots and lots of polishing, the cast receiver looked like finely finished forged billet. Not a pit in it anywhere. But the rest of the gun then didn't compare. The lever is cast aluminum and was fully coated with the same OEM black paint as the receiver. The black paint on the perimeter surfaces was hit with fine steel wool for a nice smooth satin finish, and the sides got sanded to bare metal and polished. I am not a fan of varnish. Wood finishes on stuff that gets used inevitably get scratched or chipped, and a damaged varnish coating requires a complete refinishing, no getting around it if you want a quality finish. Penetrating curing oil finishes like boiled linseed oil allow for quick and easy touch ups, apply liberally, rub it in vigorously by hand generating heat, let it set for a a half hour, then rub it in some more until just a very thin film remains, essentially recoating dry spots by moving excess oil off the wetter spots, then let it cure thoroughly, which may take a few days or more if you left too much oil on the surface. Some prefer a perfectly glass smooth geometrically planar plastic over wood type finish, but I prefer to see and feel the natural wood, so instead of sanding blocks during the final sanding, I use my bare hand to back the paper and then final-finish with fine steel wool. It leaves a very smooth surface with the slightest variation between growth ring stages and wood grain. Photos aren't great, but you get the idea.    | ||
| Blake |
Here's a specimen that is better looking that what I started with: https://pictures.gunauction.com/cashamerica/Sept11 %20084.JPG | ||
| Rick_a |
Looks purdy. That barrel is too long, though. |
