Armed Eye Doc

Got a check in the mail today.

Never mind

Thank you for your service.

Welcome from Texas.

I would not have passed the check since the magazine was published in Feb 67, which was 5 months before I was born.

I was looking through some of my dad's old magazines. I came across this in the back of an old American Rifleman. It seems like background checks were a little different back then.

That's just wrong... That I chuckled at that.

Another Texas welcome.

Welcome from Texas

Sorry for your loss. Pets, dogs especially, are always there for you to keep you company. It is tough to lose that.

Welcome from Texas.

Welcome from Texas

Welcome from Texas.

Wow, just wow!

This may be the only thing that would alert someone before Tacticat strikes.

I don't know if this is what you are looking for, or if it is any good, or if it is a good price, but I got this in an email. http://defenderoutdoors.com/163744-federal-signal-p308etlr175

I went to one in Arlington, TX yesterday. They were up to 60% off with guns at 20-25% off. I saw several items that were obviously marked up before the discount was applied. One example: A Ruger SR1911 commander "regular price" $999; 20% discount made it $799. Example 2: They had this black powder rifle for $499 marked down 40% to $299. It was still more than Cabelas. There were others as well. I only bought some batteries and a pair of pants.

You're going to have to work on your sandbagging techniques.

I have not got an email from them yet. I will look into it tomorrow. As I said would happen, I forgot how long it has been.

Another Texas welcome.

Nice looking rifles. And another Texas welcome.

Without close-up pictures of the gun, especially the receiver, it would be very hard to determine. There may be some here who could tell by the picture, but I wouldn't bet on it. Welcome to the forum.

I glanced at a couple of other sites to see if it was more widespread. I didn't see mention of blown primers anywhere else. It may have been a couple of lots that Midway purchased.

I went to see if your review was on Midway's site but I don't see it. There were several other people who reported blown primers in the 55gr ammo. They all seem to be in the last couple of months. Here is a review one guy posted. Looks like quality control issues By Mike from Minnesota About Me Enthusiast See all my reviews I am also having some pressure issues with this batch. After seeing all the reviews and having some issues myself, I did some basic testing. My lot is #00218/G and after blowing a few primers and seeing other obvious signs of high pressure (primer cratering, witness marks on case left by the ejector hole in bolt and extreme "scrubbing" of head stamps), set up the chronograph. On several 20 round strings, the extreme spread was 119 to 140 fps. I checked each round after firing and found that the rounds that had blown primers (or gas leakage due to stretched primer pockets - primers fell out after tapping the case on a bench) were running about 80fps faster than the average of rounds that did not show issues. After editing strings taking out the 2-3 hot rounds, the strings ran pretty consistent with an average velocity of 3168fps with extreme spread in strings of 39 to 53fps, which is typical out of this rifle - a stock 5.56x45 M&P15. The cartridges with blown primers were all running around 3240fps with one as high as 3280fps. Some 30 round boxes had no issues, while others had two or three of these "hot" rounds. There is no way to tell which ones are bad until you drop the hammer. This seems like an obvious quality control issue. I like IMI ammo and have been very happy with it up to this point. While they do group quite well, I can't recommend this ammunition until this issue is worked out - at least not this lot number.

Bubba, you seem to know this person. How close are you to him?