MaDuce

The only benefit from featureless is not needing a tool to release the mags. You still can't use high-caps in it. I'd just stay with the bullet button.

I dunno man. The video I found is claimed to have happened in Brazil (I have a friend from Brazil and tells me similar treatment of child rapists is common) and looks to me like a mob of angry people apprehended him and basically rammed a board up his rear end. That has 3 critical differences from the form of impalement Vladislav practiced in Wallachia. 1. Not just in Wallachia but pretty much the entire Balkans at the time made impalement an official form of corporal punishment. That is to say it was practiced in a structured setting, with official methods, a judicial system behind it etc. Vlad the Impaler himself for instance was remarkably insistent about his victims receiving last rights before being handed their punishment, even in the field. 2. The corporal form of impalement used in the Balkans at the time was not lethal by it's self. If you went back in time and pulled one of Vlad's victims down after being up there for a day, you would probably be able to bring them to a full recovery using today's medicine, save for peeing and pooping in a bag. That may sound humane but the exact opposite is true. It was deliberately like that to insure they would suffer as long as possible before death. Victims usually died from exposure to the elements. If their crimes were especially bad, they were (particularly in the case of Vlad) sometimes impaled indoors to even further prolong their death. * One of the main reasons he was so famous for impalement during his life time isn't so much how many people he impaled, but how well he refined his methods. He was known to have actually used rats to experiment and test refined impalement methods on. In other words, Vladislav wasn't just some guy who rammed tree trunks up people's rear ends in a fit of rage. He was a calculating killer who made a science out of it and knew perhaps better then any other man to ever live how to make the process as painful to the victim and horrifying to the spectators as humanly possible. 15th century Wallach impalement was really a dire threat to the common folk and a delivery of the promise all in one. That all said, 15th century Wallachia was a cesspool. Most of the finer details I've been able to dig up about 15th century life in Wallachia before and after Vladislav's reign indicate that it was largely a giant "Port Royal" run by mafia with decent folks living almost entirely at the mercy of the local scum. Most of what I could find indicates that honest people in Wallachia regarded Vladislav's reign of terror as the best days of their lives. Punishment was extreme if you messed up but as long as you didn't bother anyone, there was security and prosperity. Dig deep enough and you'll discover that the massive impalement ground outside Tirgoviste wasn't a testament to his cruelty. It was a testament to just how bad things had gotten before he came in to power. When you guys get a chance, watch this series: Most of what that series depicts about medieval life in England was also true in 15th century Wallachia and often even worse. That alone will give you a whole new insight in to even the well known stories about Vlad the Impaler you've already heard, let alone the less well known ones you haven't.

I wrote a book about Vlad the Impaler years ago. Impalement was frequent and generally graphic but there was one instance involving one of the best known cases of impalement where the impalement process was described in detail. Allot of people; including a few people I know who are not soft stomached by any means flipped out reading it. I'll copy and paste it below. I shouldn't have to warn you that this is graphic. As he walked about, he noticed a man near the condiment table who seemed so frustrated that he was about to burst. He immediately recognized him as one of the more snobby nobles. "Is their something wrong?" Vladislav asked him. The man paused and began to slowly raise his head and take a slow, deep breath, as if he were preparing to lash out. "Isn’t the food good enough for you?" Vladislav asked. Speaking in a tone indicating disgust and frustration, but trying to conceal it, the man replied, "The food is great, but the air is foul!" This statement got peoples' attention and an uncomfortable silence fall across those near enough to hear the exchange. "Well..….then we must make it pure for you....Mmm?" said Vladislav in a cocky sarcastic tone. He immediately called his men to seize him and the entire party came to a halt as nobles gathered around to see what was happening. Vladislav called to his men, “Send for an impalement team” Upon hearing this, the condemned man began to scream and struggle and the guards responded by beating him. Vladislav continued, “and an extra long stake.” Vladislav called to a servant, “go muster a chaplain so that this man may receive his death rights.” By this time, the condemned man had fainted out of fear and panic. The impalement team arrived with horses, a wagon and all of the tools necessary for impalement. The man was awakened and lifted to the table. His breeches were cut at the buttocks area. He began to fervently pray to God to have mercy on his soul. Then the soldiers moved him to the nearest hole in the ground adjacent to the party, which so happened to be near the noble section of the execution ground. Lining the stake up with the hole, the soldiers then placed the wagon the noble was now shackled to in line with the stake. The executioner then drew a large-bladed knife and plunged it into the man's anal cavity, forcing a series of horrific screams from him. Next, using a stick dipped it in lard, the soldiers lubricated his anal cavity. Then, backing the blood drenched wagon up a slight bit, the executioner calculated how deep they would insert the stake by the time it realigned with the hole. This was done by sliding the sharpened stake up the man's back. Next, the soldiers tied ropes to notched areas on the lower portion of the stake and then forcibly inserted the stake in to the man's anal cavity, until the bottom of the stake realigned with the hole. Lastly, a rope was tied to a horse and the impalement team guided the stake into position as the horse moved to raise the stake. As the stake rose, the man screamed horrifically and began to hyperventilate, and going numb with shock, soon passed out. Once he was settled on the stake, a soldier put some dung on a stick and placed it up to his nose, awakening him. When he took the dung away, Vladislav turned to the shocked and speechless crowd and said in a laughing tone, "Well…..he’s above the stench now." He then calmly went and sat down at the head of a banquet table, the terrified Boyars carefully following.

The only thing I've been able to find remotely close to it is this armalite BC http://www.armalite.com/ItemForm.aspx?item=10503011&ReturnUrl=Categories2.aspx?Category=c15f5bcb-07bb-4c63-8518-8f26512df4ae The only design conflict I am seeing is the location of some pins in it. First thing that comes to mind is maybe you might have an older version of the Armalite bolt, or maybe an experimental one?

He acts odd, so people think he's nuts, but this guy seams to be very good about accurately predicting what the government is up to and the stuff he says always seams to check out. I think he overreacts sometimes, but I've found little, if any further evidence to illegitimize him. Basically, just someone thinking outside the box. I am only half way through the video, but everything I've heard from him so far seams to check out, though I should point out that the "video game" factor only really works when some of the other mentioned factors are brought together with it. Anyway, it's long but so far, so good.

Ted Kennedy, Dianne Feinstein and Barak Obama were flying to a meeting in Air force one when the aircraft was hit by lightning and exploded. The 3 of them found themselves at the gates of hell. Satan met them at the gates and said to them. "Each of you have served me well, so I will bestow upon you my gratitude. For each of you will be forever tormented by a ruthless barbarian. Which one and how will depend upon what kind of wrong doing you are guilt of." "Lets see." Then he called in Alexander the Great. "Ted Kennedy" Satan said. "You rolled over people with your car, and your countryman's rights with your politics, so Alexander here, the master of the phalanx will run you over for all eternity with his powerful legions." Then Satan called in Attila the Hun and said, "Dianne Feinstein, you thrashed your country and the lives of your fellow men for your own selfish ambitions, so Attila here will viciously thrash your flesh and bones for his own selfish enjoyment for all eternity." Then Satan called in Vlad the Impaler and said, "Barak Obama, you screwed your own country in the worst possible way and".... "NOOOOO!!!!" screamed Barak Obama.

Gun buy backs are the one thing the anti-gun lobby does that actually helps the shooter's community. In the end they mostly just serve to get all the garbage guns scrapped for the money to buy good ones. Unfortunately, in some cases criminals can use the programs to get rid of evidence. So I guess it's still a double edged sword. I wonder if home made guns count. I bet I can very quickly scratch up some hardly working junk rifles to turn in. LOL.

Perhaps only she knows why, but I would imagine legal fears may have stayed her hand. There are people serving lengthy prison sentences for murder who actually used a gun in self defense. Even for me "tried by 12 VS carried by 6" is not an easy decision. But under those specific circumstances, I would have fired on him immediately for reasons I'd rather keep to myself.

I guess that with all the orders they're getting, it wouldn't hurt to step up their game a little. A call to them last year left me with the impression that they had some .308 plans in the works. Perhaps they're just moving forward with what they were planning to do all along.

Police showed up and ordered him to surrender. He failed to comply so they dispatched him. I am not sure why she didn't shoot him either. None of the locals seamed to have a problem with her judgement though.

Here's actual video footage of a similar incident to Sandy Hook. The big difference is that it was prevented. No on on this board will be at all surprised at how.

LOL. Supposedly something like that actually happened in Russia, except the would-be victims were spetsnaz. Don't know what happened to him but I doubt he got out nearly as unscathed as the guy in that video.

I am just sitting out the storm. But people doing the right thing still may get business from me when necessary, just on principal. On BCGs. I have done ALLOT of BCG shopping and the extended wait on Addax ZKs sort of caused me to take a personal interest in the subject of their production. What I've learned actually is that allot of variably priced parts we think are all just made in the same factory under the same conditions and just slapped with different names have much more story behind them. Some parts are made in stages for starters. So one manufacturer may be doing all the base machining work, but the next hands to get it may end up fine tuning it differently. In many cases, the attention these parts receiver after they've already left the original maker is what really sets them apart from one and other. Where one company might polish and fine tune the action before chrome plating, and then fine it up again, another may do nothing but repackage it. But even AT the original factory, not all parts are created equal. Many companies send specs. to the manufacturer to make the parts by and either the manufacturer or a middle man handles specific fine tuning and/or quality control efforts. I ran in to both of these with Addax Tactical. They ordered special BCGs that they designed themselves which do no have a gas key but are all one part. The first manufacturer failed to live up to their quality control standards, so they went with Young Mfg. In this case, even after it had cleared all the factories, quality control still played a part. So allot of it goes in to who's ordering the part, what are their demands, which factory is making them, which of the factory's services, if any are ordered, what middle men does it go to for special features and; if it is sold as part of a gun or upper, how well did the person who assemble it do about making sure it's a good part. Those extra processes are what make the real difference. The initial manufacturers pump data in to their CNC machines, have the part milled out and run it in a spec checker. The things that happen between that point and the point it gets in the consumers hands are where the real magic happens and the real differences made.

You guys must have watched it before the shakiness filter was done running.

I am putting this here since it covers a few forum categories. I just put this up. A video review of some of the stuff I put on my .308 AR. Some of the stuff is rare and not seen very often.

Thought some of you would enjoy this. Most historical documentaries kinda get on my nerves because they are... well, so full of beans to put it lightly. But, once in a while someone actually comes out with something that's pretty true and accurate. When it comes to series, this one is Numero Uno for what I have been able to find on the subject of medieval society. Although he sometimes fails to mention a thing or 2 that I think people should hear, I don't think I've ever found a single flaw in the entire series. He's also pretty good about putting things in to perspective about giving a "real world" sense of what the evidence might add up to. Anyway, each episode in this series covers a different trade of medieval society. It's kinda similar to my own upcoming series in that it revolves around more or less proving that medieval stereotypes were often and even usually the reverse of what we today think. The episode about peasants got nominated for some award, though I myself was most impressed by the one about medieval scientists (proving that they weren't stupid. This one is about medieval knights. It's got some good insight in to who medieval knights really were, what they did and how their world worked. And some icing on the cake, the host was one of the Monty Python guys. Needless to say, it's made with a sense of humor. This video was uploaded to youtube by the copyright holder. BTW. The battle of Crecy mentioned in the video was the battle that introduced powder guns as a valuable tool of war. In other words, it was the moment the age of cannon fire began.

Yep, that's pretty much it. I am already planning on replacing the gun piece by piece, but will I be able to actually follow through. If everything my gun is made of were readily available it'd probably be a done deal already. But that's not the case. That's what's making it such a tough call. The lower receiver I currently have on it is out of the question. If; by some miracle I come up with a better BCG, I will let the one it has in it go with the gun. In any case, if I let it go at all, I am going to make sure I at least have my current lower receiver AND a BCG to build a new gun with. I am not going to risk leaving myself high and dry on this one.

It's NOT a hard car to come by. In terms of value and exoticness, It's in the same ballpark as maybe a Ford Mustang or Pontiac Firebird. Basically one step under Corvette, Porsche 911 etc. Not a new model but not very old either. Like I said, I can get them on craigslist.com for as little as $1000 but most of the good ones are $1500+. Little maters though since I spent basically the last half a year and already close to $1000 prepping this project around that specific model car, so I can't really use anything else, regardless of what's worth what. To answer your questions, yes, it IS a project. I intend to replace pretty much everything but the BCG and lower receiver anyway, so the real loss is being back to short of a .308 rifle for another 7 to 13 months. The project on the other hand; though probably road worthy in less then a year is expected to go on for another year and a half, so there's room to be patient.

Needing some opinions here. I have been secretly working on a car project for months now. Mostly I've been planning, gathering supplies, conducting experiments, making deals and producing patterns. It's pretty much down to supplies right now. One thing I am short of is the car it's self, and it has to be a specific line of car from a specific time period for reasons I'd rather keep to myself right now. They usually sell on craigslist for around $1000 to about $6000 depending on make, condition, features etc. It's a sport car. I'll tell you that much. I've had a rather long-term plan for acquiring it, but just today a friend offered to trade me one here and now for my .308 rifle. Now, as mentioned earlier, I intend to keep my lower receiver, BCG and MAYBE barrel but slowly replace everything else over time. So, I am thinking about; in stead of spending all year and part of next slowly replacing everything, just get an extra BCG, and pay the bill for a lower receiver for him and start over, IF the car is a good deal. What do you think?

Well, it's a done deal with a happy ending. A friend showed up today with an old scope he got and wound up not needing. It's nothing special, but at least it's not a $126 gamble.

I know. I am just looking for a "hold over" optic that's better then the $35 red dot junk I have now. That thing is just barely within what I can afford ATM. But I am also going to eventually replace most of my .308 rifle with higher quality components. Once that's done, I intend to build a second "back-up" rifle out of the replaced parts. Whatever scope I get now will probably go to that "backup" rifle. So that is part of the thinking too. In the long run, there's a good Bushnell scope FS across the road that I really like but it's a ways beyond my current budget.

I have long had a problem with the NRA's "sellout" behavior and I am especially furious with them now. The NRA isn't getting a dime from me.

Found this on amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005D9HZ1K/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1HZY90HEPA6YB It has some great reviews but the makers picked the wrong name to give their product line (Sniper) making it very hard to track them down since any search brings up either sniper scopes (in general) or the "not to be confused with" super sniper scopes. So, I am just wondering if anyone here has any experience with them.

Somehow, it doesn't take the butterflies out of my stomach.

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