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DANG! I thought 10 to 15 days was just wishful thinking on Armalite's part. 12 days in, I got a shipping notification. Either Armalite wasn't hit that hard or they're really on the ball.

If your Desert Eagle is a MARK I, KEEP IT!! They're probably the only Desert Eagle that's actually good for any real world use and they will become collectors items sooner or later if they haven't already. Any other Desert Eagle, chuck it. I can't comment on your Calico. Don't know enough about them.

That reminds me. I need to go look at getting another bank account today.

I have no problem spending my money on Pmags.... whenever they're available, but if this availability problem continues and I need some extras while having the $.... Just for my own personal purposes, I'm thinking about it... http://www.smooth-on.com/Silicone-Rubber-an/c2_1113_1135/index.html http://www.smooth-on.com/Urethane-Plastic-a/c5_1120_1157/index.html

WOW! At age 36. He died so young. Very sad.

I am completely with you. It IS a great design. That's not why I am bummed out about it. Like I said, it's all about color and plastic. Synthetic trigger guards don't suffer finish wear. That's why I prefer the Magpul winter guard. A machined trigger guard is going to be a minus to me no matter how good a design it is. But it's also not a very big deal. I made the order and waited the year and 1 month knowing it would have that trigger guard. BTW. For the record, I also happen to agree with Chris Haddadian's reason for it. According to him, apart from the design it's self, he wanted to minimize the risk of damage to the receiver during LPK installation, so he took punching the roll pin in to the trigger guard out of the equation. For my own personal interests, removable would be better. But Addax Tactical doesn't exist to cater to my own every last personal preference. For the bulk of customers, it makes the most sense and is a decision I couldn't agree with him more on.

The one thing I really DON'T like about it is the trigger guard. I am perfectly happy with the design and think it's a very good one, but I prefer removable so I can install a Magpul winter guard. It's all about color and finish wear. I've actually thought about cutting it off and machining in fittings for the magpul, but after seeing it in person, it's clear that won't work. Plus, the Addax Guardian lower receiver is an extremely rare high-quality lower receiver (search around and see if you can find another one) and will probably increase in value provided I don't modify it.

This site IS my porn surfing. Now excuse me while I go to the adult toy store and buy some ammo.

These yuoutube voice override videos are almost always very stupid and annoying. But now and then someone actually comes out with something well done and creative. This is by far the best example I've seen to date. Very careful and quality editing. Perfect choice of lines, perfectly placed and even lined up perfectly with Vader's body language. If you saw the video and hadn't seen FMJ or Star Wars, you'd have no idea this is a work of fan fiction and not the original. On top of that, it had me in tears with laughter. They basically took a few scenes from Star Wars and gave Darth Vader R. Lee Ermey's voice and dialogue. It's a good thing Darth Vader wasn't really like this. The good guys would have lost! I shouldn't have to tell you that it's full of vulgarity. Enjoy!

Here you go!

COOL!!! Going to take pictures in a few minutes.

I got the impression that few; if any people here are familiar with this thing, so I will give my first impression here. I will update this when I take it to the range. This is the actual product I ordered. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005EJHSMU/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00 I had read a few reviews on this, including a couple on amazon.com as well as some I found through web searching. The things they said about the size and weight concerned me and I am not crazy about having my hair blown by the muzzle blast, but the price was right and the things they said about it's recoil reduction were appealing. So I went ahead and ordered one. It was $29 but I ordered 2 other items from the same vender, so I wound up paying a single shipping fee for all 3 parts. It arrived in the mail today ahead of the earliest expected delivery date. So I can only give the vender a good rap on that. But there were some pluses and minuses that were unexpected from the reviews I read. First is the finish. I read the finish wasn't very good, but I figured it was overly complaining. Both the machining and finish SUCKED!! It reminded me of cheap, black finished junk tools sold at Harbor Freight. That's probably the best way to describe it. It looks like something that would fit right in at Harbor Freight. But that was OK for me. I just went and smoothed out the machine marks with a sand pad and refinished it with a black bake-on finish using that dollar flat spray primer (blue can) sold at Wal Mart. Cheap it is and a good primer it isn't, but it's the best flat black bake on finish I've seen before high-end purpose bake-on finishes such as durakote. The similarities to Harbor Freight style prompted me to investigate and I learned that this sure enough is some Chinese junk. In terms of size, it's about what I expected. From the very tip to the very back it's 3 inches, 2mm long and is 1 inch, 2mm wide from flat surface to flat surface (a little wider at the corners. That means it's roughly as big around as a 2 liter soda bottle cap and as long as 6 of them stacked on top of one and other. The good surprise was weight. This thing is much lighter then it looks. I can't hold it right now for comparison, but my memory is something like maybe a loaded 1911 magazine. Basically a little heavier then a PWS FSC, but only a little. I had hoped it was just pure ugly, but I went ahead and installed it and discovered that it doesn't line up correctly when fully installed. So I had to go to Ace Hardware and get a washer, hollowed out the interior to fit and trimmed it until it made the correct space needed to line the break up correctly. It doesn't sound like much, but the combination of refinishing, discovering problems, shopping around and corrective machining took all day. A day when I was suppose to be doing other things. Anyway, I got it on and it fits well and looks brand new and clean cut. Ironically, I wish I couldn't honestly say I played a huge part in that. I seam to have worked off everything I saved buying it in order to get it to fit properly and have a half decent finish. In the end and after all has been done, the one thing I am still not crazy about is the way the thing looks and feels on the gun. In conjunction with the round handguard, the break makes the gun give off the sense of a miniature Barrett M-82A1. That I don't mind provided it has the firepower to back it up. But even for .308 that seams a little extreme. The overall size of the gun seams allot greater then what I am use to seeing in .308 ARs. It reminds me more of what you would expect from a .338 Lapua. I guess the upside is that it's probably not going to have much recoil at all. On top of all that, the prongs on the tip seam to be a little too outwardly intrusive, negatively effecting both looks and handling. I think this break would do much better with a slight inward slope like on the Addax Tactical Bulldog compensator. I might make that adjustment myself some time. Anyway, I have yet to take it out shooting, so I cannot comment on performance until then. But for now, unless you are well acquainted in fine tuning and parts fitting and are prepared to refinish it, I would not recommend this thing. If you ARE prepared to make those adjustments, it seams like an OK break for the price.

I always tell people that .30-06 is the true SHTF round as there are plenty available and not an overwhelming demand.

I've been wanting to put at least 1 Armalite part in my gun. After listening to advice and suggestions from you guys, I decided on buffer and spring. They are out of buffers, so spring it is. Springs are $6 each while S&H is over $13. Since I intend to eventually put together 2 rifles, I chose to get my money's worth out of it and bought 2. Buffer is already on it's way here but I am pretty sure I can make the gun work temporally with the spring in it. So it's really not a very big deal. Plus, my limited experience with Armalite has been very good. I like giving my $ to people who treat you right.

Seen it before. The only smart man there was holding the camera. You can hear him trying to stop that moron from handing the gun over.

It seams that way.

This one happened in Mr. Robobot's jurisdiction I believe (correct me if I'm wrong Mr. Robobot. A little different this time. Sounds like someone got in to an argument and couldn't control his emotions. Like the mall shooting, his shooting spree was cut short by a law abiding gunman. An armed guard in this case. Well, that's at least the story I am getting.

That sucks. Well, I waited over a year for my lower receiver. I can wait a few weeks for a couple springs. LOL

GREAT!!! I have allot on my plate right now, so give me about a week to start giving you names and info.

One thing that drove me crazy during the anti-gun years was gun owners who talked the talk but never walked the walk. That is, baught and enjoyed the fruits of the gun world but seamed to think that writing letters, taking polls and giving money to the NRA is all that needed to be done. Of course, back then we were on the loosing side of the gun battle, much of our rights were already being trampled and; odd as it may be, the threat even then wasn't as grave as it is now. Now that it's in our face, I think gun people will be willing to take some real decisive action provided a workable plan is devised, word spreads and people are brought together on the matter. What I am getting at is boycotting. Not just one but many boycotts on resources the gun grabbers depend on us for. For instance, if a gun grabber releases a movie. Refuse to ever watch it. And make sure they know why. Find out which industries they are invested in and boycott them. Have a look at liberal media and identify their sponsors and boycott them and make sure they know why. I know there are allot of cops who personally respect gun rights. I bet that if you think it through enough, you can probably find a way to alter your methods as a professional law officer in ways that are harmless to the public, within the guidelines of your job and a head ache to the gun grabbers. If you ever question the effectiveness of boycotting in today's world, just look at what happened to Smith and Wesson. It works and it works well. I am going to start digging and see what dependencies the gun grabbers have that we can deprive them of through boycotting. I'm a good researcher and tactician, but not a good organizer of people. That's where you come in, if you folks are willing. Guys, I really do believe that this is an area where we have very strong potential of succeeding if we commit to it.

Uuuuuh... you DO know why California cows are so happy, right?:

My mother and cousin teamed up and got them for me, complete with cage, bedding, toys and goodies. They're my first (and probably last) pets. The choice isn't a matter of price or entry pet keeping. I love mice, bunnies and squirrels to death. These little critters make the most sense. I love them to death. They're cute as can be. Full of energy too. They're like a second TV.

For gripping, I prefer to use a rubber gripping tape I get at ace hardware. It has a sticky surface but I found it works best when the sticky part is removed and replaced with gorilla glue. I keep procrastinating about adding that to my AR-15 mag. I normally use it on custom made parts. I am well aware of the tolerance issue. It's a no-brainier. I think I mentioned earlier taping off the upper area before coating. It is also very unlikely I will use this method myself, at least not on this build.

Well, I went ahead and ordered what I still needed. The additional stuff was a little more expensive then I expected (mainly because I wound up buying from multiple sources and ended up with allot of shipping charges) so I more or less had to settle with a shark brake for now and I'll get something a little nicer later on when I can afford. That doesn't bother me since I am eventually going to build a second rifle out of the parts I gradually replace on this one. I DID take your advice as much as I could on Armalite and ordered 2 springs from them so one will be available for the .308 rifle I'm going to build out of the parts I gradually replace on the current gun and shipping cost more then both springs combined, so I figured I'd get my money's worth. After looking at the weight difference, I wanted to get an Armalite buffer but they're out of stock, so I had no choice but to settle with DPMS for now. Anyway, I wound up spending around $110 for everything out of about $140 I could have afforded.