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- Thu Jul 29, 2010 1:42 pm
- Forum: General Firearms Discussion
- Topic: embarassing, harmless moments
- Replies: 87
- Views: 4047
Re: embarassing, harmless moments
TSA existed pre-2001? :lol: I've been selected for so many 'random' additional screenings it's hilarious. On one, I set off the sniffer with my shoes and they asked if I had been near any gunpowder or residue and I said yeah, lots of guns, bombs, artillery shells, propellant... and laughed my way th...
- Wed May 26, 2010 8:58 pm
- Forum: General Firearms Discussion
- Topic: Sometimes I wish I were .gov
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2044
Re: Sometimes I wish I were .gov
Group buy forming.Kommander wrote:I'll bet that if you ordered a half million ARs at a time FN would probably be willing to give you the same discount.
- Fri Apr 30, 2010 1:10 pm
- Forum: Survival Experiences
- Topic: Training to be a census worker
- Replies: 12
- Views: 730
Re: Training to be a census worker
Hey, neat. I'm a census worker, and this very issue came up in my mind, but I didn't voice it to the higher-ups. I already had to take the trunk gun out of the car, because I'm going to be in school zones more often than I want. We have pot farms hidden in the hills around here, and I do worry that ...
- Wed Apr 07, 2010 4:24 am
- Forum: General Firearms Discussion
- Topic: Transporting a gun in California
- Replies: 65
- Views: 4962
Re: Transporting a gun in California
The scans are a pretty good summary of how the law looks when you condense it from all that legalese. If you're going to toe the line, have a good lawyer on retainer. Notice that there are plenty of areas that even the handbook is vague or says it might go one way or the other, depending on the arre...
- Tue Apr 06, 2010 11:07 pm
- Forum: General Firearms Discussion
- Topic: Transporting a gun in California
- Replies: 65
- Views: 4962
Re: Transporting a gun in California
...bunch of stuff that was not constructive or germane to the thread... We're well aware how bad our laws are without someone like you coming in and telling us. We live here. The OP wanted advice about what he knew was a bad situation. Your trolling does not help him with his dilemma nor does it he...
- Tue Apr 06, 2010 10:42 pm
- Forum: Other Weapons
- Topic: Jeriah's Thoughts on Swords
- Replies: 295
- Views: 24397
Re: Jeriah's Thoughts on Swords
I used to be pretty enthusiastic about swords and took a few classes here and there. Picked up a Made in China special and looked it over; wouldn't be afraid to cut some pool noodles with it, but don't care to carry it with me into the ZPAW. Guess my post should be directed less at you and more at a...
- Tue Apr 06, 2010 9:35 pm
- Forum: Survival Experiences
- Topic: strangest thing you have ever seen
- Replies: 1844
- Views: 158048
Re: strangest thing you have ever seen
Easy, his name "was" John Genji. He "was" a wildlife and game expert. But thats just his cover, he is actually a black ops agent in the Chinese secret service. He was doing some field recon to scout the mission ahead of time. In a month and a half the target G. Petrenko was going to do a arms deal ...
- Tue Apr 06, 2010 3:31 am
- Forum: Other Weapons
- Topic: Jeriah's Thoughts on Swords
- Replies: 295
- Views: 24397
Re: Jeriah's Thoughts on Swords
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z18X1jmj15w lol katana epic fail. But those things in the video weren't katana, no matter what terminology the salesmen used. The sword community calls them 'swordlike objects' as a bit of a joke. A sword intended for use will be made of a carbon steel with enough fle...
- Tue Apr 06, 2010 12:01 am
- Forum: General Firearms Discussion
- Topic: Transporting a gun in California
- Replies: 65
- Views: 4962
Re: Transporting a gun in California
I am headed there next week and plan on ccw my Walther PPS. Before hitting CA I plan on unloading and locking the gun and mag in the case; and have it and the ammo box in my bag in the trunk. Both in different pockets of my bag. Anyone seeing any problems I should avoid? I will store it at my siste...
- Mon Apr 05, 2010 7:34 am
- Forum: General Firearms Discussion
- Topic: firearm identification...need help!!!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1118
Re: firearm identification...need help!!!
AMT also made the Hardballer/Silverballer, a sort of 1911 clone in stainless, and a couple other thingies including the Backup, a little guy chambered in lots of different calibers. A search found a Gendarmerie handgun could be related to any number of police forces, including GIGN so list could inc...
- Mon Apr 05, 2010 7:20 am
- Forum: Other Gear
- Topic: Best Budget Body Armor
- Replies: 28
- Views: 4053
Re: Best Budget Body Armor
[...]budget is better then nothing at all Eh, to an extent. Like most preps, none of us should need armoring; it's handy to have for those JIC scenarios. But cheapo armor might instill a false sense of security, or weigh you down/restrict movement without providing any protection, or be a waste of ...
- Mon Apr 05, 2010 6:54 am
- Forum: General Firearms Discussion
- Topic: Wanna get hubby a gun for Christmas * Updated 4/3/10
- Replies: 72
- Views: 3146
Re: Wanna get hubby a gun for Christmas * Updated 4/3/10
Truly awesome. Gold thread, through and through. All that junk came on the rifle from the shop, or you added it? If it's not field-tested, give it a course of fire without anything on it and see if there are any tasks for which you feel it's not equipped. If there's a chance it'll be a defensive arm...
- Mon Apr 05, 2010 5:04 am
- Forum: Contingency Planning & Preparation
- Topic: Survival with a family
- Replies: 41
- Views: 2551
Re: Survival with a family
Dave will move or bury it. In the meantime, if you see this, you probably won't find specific threads on plans including family, but it is a common consideration around here. Just hang out and read through the better threads and you'll absorb it in time. Maybe try a search of one of the specific sub...
- Mon Apr 05, 2010 5:01 am
- Forum: General Firearms Discussion
- Topic: firearm identification...need help!!!
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1118
Re: firearm identification...need help!!!
Yeah, stay away from the typical Saturday night special brand handguns. If you're not after the surplus rifles we shouldn't push them on you, but they're a decent monetary investment. Baikal are Russkie shotguns, and I think they make a rifle or two. They have a decent reputation but you'll find mix...
- Mon Apr 05, 2010 4:22 am
- Forum: Survival Experiences
- Topic: Freakish coincidence? Or am I now a fleeing felon magnet?
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1248
Re: Freakish coincidence? Or am I now a fleeing felon magnet?
Your superhuman powers are starting to manifest themselves! Just be careful with that first one; setting nearby cars on fire with your mind is a dangerous skill.
- Sun Apr 04, 2010 9:16 pm
- Forum: General Firearms Discussion
- Topic: Saiga California legal?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2821
Re: Saiga California legal?
The "Kalashnikov USA" model is banned by name. The RAA (and EAA?) imported ones are not listed, so they are legal in factory configuration. Because the other model is banned, some shops will not touch any saiga at all. Don't listen if they tell you it's illegal, just find a different FFL. If you cha...
- Sun Apr 04, 2010 3:34 pm
- Forum: General Firearms Discussion
- Topic: Saiga California legal?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2821
Re: Saiga California legal?
Indeed. Has been banned by name in CA before, but that was under a defunct importer. Same rifle coming into the country, different markings, so you're good to go there, simply follow AW laws. Quality is great. Is AK, is shoot. just my remembering (which is iffy at best :lol: ) but if it has a pistol...
- Sat Apr 03, 2010 5:49 am
- Forum: Other Weapons
- Topic: Full auto .45 airgun
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1777
Re: Full auto .45 airgun
Having seen what a normal airgun or paintball marker can do when overgassed or using the 'wrong' ammunition, I can see this as an alternative. goes off and fondles his Splatmaster, and VM68. regrets selling the phantom, loosing the PGP before he could send it to Palmers, and some what selling his Au...
- Sat Apr 03, 2010 5:37 am
- Forum: Survival Experiences
- Topic: strangest thing you have ever seen
- Replies: 1844
- Views: 158048
Re: strangest thing you have ever seen
I hate them so much, and I don't care if they read this. Who, the potato bugs or the museum? :) The insects. The museum's pic was the first one I hotlinked, but it got zapped. Now get back to strange things you've seen! To contribute more, I saw a bedbound man with diarrhea so bad it filled up betw...
- Sat Apr 03, 2010 5:25 am
- Forum: Survival Experiences
- Topic: strangest thing you have ever seen
- Replies: 1844
- Views: 158048
Re: strangest thing you have ever seen
Once when I was maybe fourteen or so and little Sis was still in diapers, I was in the kitchen and she in the backyard playing with dirt, pail and shovel, whatever. I heard her start crying and she toddled up to the back door, so I lifted her onto my hip and did the 'look into the back of the diaper...
- Sat Apr 03, 2010 5:06 am
- Forum: Survival Experiences
- Topic: So at least I know My wife will live through TEOTWAWKI
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1842
Re: So at least I know My wife will live through TEOTWAWKI
My wife was listening to me read this thread and asking, "What is wrong with you people?" As if she would never resort to violence against me. :roll: I then reminded her that she (and our daughters) are deathly afraid of spiders. If I had a spider, even a baby one, in my hand and surprised her with...
- Thu Apr 01, 2010 5:16 pm
- Forum: General Firearms Discussion
- Topic: Mythbuster and phonebook armor
- Replies: 33
- Views: 2690
Re: Mythbuster and phonebook armor
I didn't see the ep, but enough of anything can be armor. Seems like the phone book idea only made it as far as it did because of how implausible and wacky it sounds on its face. Earth and sand have done great in a pinch for decades; before the .gov gave us funding for armored vehicles back when I w...
- Wed Mar 31, 2010 10:16 pm
- Forum: General Firearms Discussion
- Topic: Hardest hitting gun you have fired.
- Replies: 99
- Views: 2684
Re: Hardest hitting gun you have fired.
Hardest hitting for me was a M109A6 Paladin in 155mm. Rounds weighed 98 pounds apiece. 140-160 dB blast and a shockwave that will knock over stuff that isn't tied down. The old sergeants drove home the idea that a gun was a gun, and small arms were weapons, rifles, firearms, etc. so I can't say I've...
- Wed Mar 31, 2010 9:49 pm
- Forum: General Firearms Discussion
- Topic: I finally took pics of my guns ( Pic heavy)
- Replies: 70
- Views: 2677
Re: I finally took pics of my guns ( Pic heavy)
I'm really not a fan of most v-grips and grip-pods. I feel a foreward grip is supposed to make a weapon more ergonomic, and for me at least, that mag holder would do the opposite. Ignoring that, I admire your loadout, OP. Does the .308 mag ride in the vest at the same time as AR mags? I didn't follo...