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My experience is that muzzle breaks usually don't make much difference. I can give you one exception though. PWS FSC (Bulldog Compensator in my case. When I heard all the claims about how effective they are, I figured they were exaggerations. Now I can tell you they aren't. I have yet to try them on a .308 but the recoil of my AR-15 is literally a little less then a Ruger 10-22. They have a powerful shockwave though, more then twice as bad as on the M1 Garand and 1/4 as bad as that on the Barrett M-82A2. One of our members once said they kill all nearby bugs and he's not exaggerating.

Edgecrusher. In February or March, I am going to TRY to register a provisional patent for the automatic slide release. I don't expect or plan to really go very far, but I'd LIKE to be able to protect myself long enough to make and sell a few copies to at least get something back for all the time and effort I put in to it. I'll have to check but I THINK the provisional patent is already written. I'd be grateful if your wife were to check it for errors and exploits. If nothing else, I can reward you guys (assuming I am able to complete the provisional patent process) with a freebie or 2.

When I died, I just shut down and there was nothing. When I was 6 years old, I had to go under anesthesia to have an ingrown tooth removed. Actually dieing was a very similar experience. Under anesthesia, you just fade out over maybe 3-5 seconds. When I drowned, there were all those other things I mentioned, but the very end is exactly the same as anesthesia. At the end of it, your emotions themselves just shut down and about 3 seconds later, you're completely out, just as if you were under anesthesia. Whether or not that means there is an afterlife, I don't know. There was a woman who was deliberately brought to clinical death for a full hour and closely monitored throughout the operation. She described exactly what I experienced but also went on to say that afterwords she turned back on and was then out of her body. Given the circumstances, I couldn't have been dead for more then a minute at the most, so there seams to be a potential for a spiritual event that happens if you're dead long enough, which I wasn't. That's why I call the "out of body" experience a big "maybe". Regarding death of loved ones, I've had more then 30 people die on me. I hate to admit it but it's something you eventually get use to if you see enough of it. Everyone is either going to die on you or you are going to die on them. One of the two WILL happen eventually. Just make the best of the time you have with one another. Those you love most really can be gone tomorrow. That's a lesson I've had to learn the hard way. My brother and I are not close and I have allot of animosity towards him. So I will never know your pain and do not pretend to. I sure do hope I didn't open up any old wounds. I'm sorry if I did.

I've considered that and that's actually the main thing on my mind right now with regards to making such video. On top of that, being objective about death is a good way to get religious folks as well as atheists to team up on you, and I get the impression that I will have a very hard time getting this video up and any kind of accuracy to the impression without getting in to my objective outlook on the matter.

I have a 10mm Beretta 96FS Brigadier Inox. That thing is a super accurate power house. However, the 10mm Auto; being a pistol round, will only shoot at full speed up to so much barrel length before the pressure goes down and barrel length starts to slow the bullet down, so I suggest staying with the shortest barrel length you can legally get. A 10mm AR would make an excellent duty rifle, assuming it's reliable. If we ever get out to the range, I'll let you fire my Beretta. It's hard to fire a 10mm without falling in love with it. The full house 10mm loads I've fired were meaner then any .357 Magnum I've fired. The overall performance of 10mm Auto loads I've fired seamed a little closer to "Wal Mart" .44 Magnum loads. Somewhere in between, but closer to 44 overall. The long range accuracy of my 10mm Beretta is almost identical to that of my CZ-52. At least when using Double Tap 135gr JHPs. I have yet to get results quite that good from a .357. With both my CZ-52 and Beretta, shoot at the head of a human silhouette target at 150 yards and hit the chest.

Hello guys. Something has been on my mind lately and has led me to some consideration. in the summer of 2005, I drowned from influenza induced pneumonia and still have a very good, though imperfect memory of the experience. I actually modeled a death in a book I am writing after it, where I described with limited detail at least what it feels like, but I recently noticed that there aren't any good videos out there produced by those who actually experienced death that show what it LOOKS like. Although it ended with going completely blank (just like when under anesthesia) leading up to it consisted of allot of the things people describe, including but not limited to the light at the end of the tunnel and MAYBE what some think of as out of body experiences (seamed more to me like a mixture of imagination and weird emotions. Anyway, I am thinking about making a video that shows what I experienced to give others some insight as to what all this stuff people keep hearing about actually looks like. The problem is that it's going to have to be a frame by frame video and could last a good 20-30 seconds, which translates in to ALLOT of editing, possibly a good 20-30 hours. Allot of time spent on something people may not care too much about. So, do you guys think it's really worth it?

I looked up the Huldra. That's a very interesting weapon. The Addax system seams a tiny bit more reliable to me, and far more durable, but to a minor enough degree that it would require some seriously epic circumstances to expose. I DO like the price though. The Addax ZK mid length is $850 for the base model, so assuming you use a spikes tactical lower receiver and standard parts, the Addax is ultimately about $50-$70 more expensive. TBH, I know and trust Addax, so if I were to get another Gas piston AR, I'd probably stick with the ZK (if it isn't broke, don't fix it), but I'd DEFINITELY like to fire a Huldra, and possibly add it to my list of recommendations.

I have one coming up very soon about firearm innovation. It's a "top 10" article but quite interesting. The AR-10 gets some coverage (which reminds me, I need to bug Armalite about it tomorrow. You are welcome to it if you like.

I started a series of "how tos" on youtube and wanted to do a more "professional" job at them but never got around to it. So it's mostly just armature style tutorials. I have them listed below. I've been planning some write-ups for quite a while. I'll be happy to share them when I am done. Bake finishing with Aerosol spray primers Rifle stock making tutorial. 1 2 3 4 Rubber gripping tutorial 1 2 Cleaning up metal surfaces with brushed or mat texture. 1 2 CZ-52 mag adaptation 1 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56O2OYwYETM

I've experimented for years with "off-the-shelf" spray primers as bake-on finishes and tried everything I can think of, including all the high and low quality Crylon, Rustolium etc. paints and primers and at different temperatures. So, what's the most effective? There are actually 3 that are very close and you'll be surprised to hear that Rustolium is NOT among them and that a "dime a dozen" primer is. I'll have to go out to the shed and check which exact series, but there's a series of Crylon that is actually just a tiny bit weaker then the top 2, but the difference is so little you'll probably need many months or even years experience to tell the difference. It's little enough that I use it in conjunction with the others according to what colors and textures I want. The actual top 2 are generic fast dry spray paint (primer actually. That is the cheap spray paint sold in blue and white cans at Wal Mart for around $1. Be forewarned that it's only exceptional as a bake-on finish. It's not very good for it's intended purpose. The other one is Testors flat model spray paint. These two are, from what I can tell, a perfect match. Now, what paint to get is only half the story. What temperature you bake it at and for how long dramatically effects the durability of the finish. The best results I have seen by a very long shot are to bake at 275f to 300f for 3 hours. If you bake it for 2 hours, the finish will be literally half as strong as a 3 hour bake, if even that. At 4 hours it starts to crack and chip. Same results with different temperatures. 200f gets a weak finish, 400f gets a brittle one. So there you have it, Cheap $1 flat Wal Mart spray paint or Testors flat model spray paint at 275f to 300f for 3 hours. Keep in mind that this is just a cheap and convenient DIY option. Some, but not all purpose bake-on finishes (like Duracoat) are stronger. ...... So why ISN'T Rustolium on that list? Rustolium is an excellent primer untreated. It's when these primers are baked that the others take the lead. Some series of Rustolium were specifically designed to work well at high temperature, but the ones I have seen were also meant to handle your food (grills), so I am sure that was taken in to account. The others on the other hand were never designed for high-temperature but were never meant to handle your food either. This gives for a good THEORY as to why they work better, but I personally think the bottom line is that they just got lucky. As for how Rustolium compares to the other two? Pretty straight forward. Just less durable and more prone to chipping at very high temperature and/or from long bakes. FWIW, Rustolium is still a decent bake-on finish. There's just better stuff out there and at a much better price.

Welcome. It seams we have allot of Californians here for some reason. Unfortunately, most of your questions thus far are questions i have myself.

So far, you seam to be successful. But it DOES seam that every single forum that gets really big, goes down the tube. I've thought allot about this as I have long considered starting my own forum and have sought to NOT make the mistakes that pretty much everyone eventually does. So i have carefully studied what it is that causes these forums to go down the tubes. What I have found is that is is almost always a combination of peer pressure and moderator misconduct. When the forum starts ruling the moderators and the moderators start ruling the forum, it's only a matter of time before things fall apart. I myself am virtually immune to peer pressure, so it's not a problem for me, but for your average Joe, the only thing I can think of is to make an extended effort to never form personal relationships with your mods. Select them according to their performance and always be ready to step in and overturn their decisions and even get rid of them if need be. Allot of forums have a "moderator has the last word" policy yet that is probably the single worst policy you can have as it is almost always rogue moderators who cause a forum to go down the tubes. I'm a moderator on another site and the owner and I have gone over this allot. One policy we have (one i myself encouraged but works well) is that I am only able to restrict someone's account, but the site owner is the only one who can outright ban someone. I have always run things according to his preferences, but the system was put in place for the event that any other mods get out of hand and try to hijack his sight, he always has the means to come back and fix things and effectively respond to any grievances. Above all, don't let the forum control you. YOU control the forum. So long as you yourself are on top of things, not giving in to or tolerating forum corruption, it'll always stay a good place to be no matter how big it gets. Neglect or violate any one of those duties and it WILL fall apart, sooner or later.

LOL. "Shooting it is no worse then being in a plane crash". Where do we draw the line between practical defense loads and loads that are almost as crippling to the shooter as the target? Allot of stopping power is a good thing, so long as it remains only on one end of the barrel.

I am not prepared to say it will ever see the light of day, but I am working on a rifle design that (on the inside) is a slightly up-scaled, gas blocked AR-10 in .416 Barrett. Being that I work with synthetics allot, if it ever DOES see the light of day, I'll be making my own purpose built .416 magazine, so you won't need such a huge mag well to accommodate the over-sized Barrett .50BMG mags. What I have got together so far indicates a gun that's only as much bigger then the AR-10 as the AR-10 is then the 15. Of course, this is all on paper right now. I know for sure i can get it built. It's really a question of $ and whether or not it's worth the time and $ to me. Of course, this .44 Magnum gets finished before anything new gets started. And even then, there's still 2 projects ahead of it. BTW. According to Barrett, the .416 has something like 115 ft lbs of recoil without the muzzle break.

LOL. Sorry about that. Started reply and had to get up to do something. In the process, I forgot we we're talking about .308. LOL.

I heard Chris Haddadian of Addax Tactical once mention that he carries Tactical Machining lower receivers in his show room. They also have their own name-brand receiver but it costs $350. I can tell you from experience that Addax is exceptional quality. I have only read countless reviews and handled JD products but can honestly say that I am highly impressed with what I've seen and fully intend to invest in them. Both Addax and JD have great reputations. So it sounds like you're in a good spot actually.

I have a Red X upper for my .308 AR build with a fluted barrel. I obviously haven't shot it yet, but the barrel is not what I would describe as light weight. Looks like a good barrel though. I am planning to get a UBR for both my AR-15 and .308. I've held them and noticed the weight at the back, but from what I understand, that's actually an optional counter weight for heavy barreled rifles. Don't quote me on that, it's only what I've heard in product reviews. I've never actually installed one. Fulton armory is a good company. I can't imagine their upper receivers being anything short of excellent, though I personally would go with a Vltor MUR or a Rainier Arms Ultra Match receiver. You can get them from Valhalla Tactical for $159 and $169. I special ordered my AR-15 upper with a Vltor MUR and am very glad I did. Money very well spent.

By anti-gun, I mean "stay away from these particular guns". LOL. This is perhaps the funniest article I've read yet on the subject of firearms. It's about ammo that kicks WAY too hard. We're not talking about .300 or .458 Magnums either. We're talking about stuff that will send you across the room if you're not careful. http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/ammunition/2009/06/petzal-hardest-kicking-cartridges

These were just hobby videos I made over the last few years, just for laughs. Quality varies according to resources. Drive by shootings: Street gang VS US Soldiers. Obama meets Hancock Russian woman goes hunting Elliot Spitzer discusses politics with his best friend (joke about someone he looks allot like) Parody I wrote of Marty Robbin's: Big Iron Frosty the Snowman parody I wrote when I was a 19. For the record, this was written in 1999 and without politics in mind. In terms of the thinking behind it, this song was an "add-in" to Weird Al's, "The Night Santa went Crazy"

A "California" rebuild kit is nothing more then a disassembled magazine. Sacramento Black rifle for instance carries them. On the shelf, they're a complete high-cap magazine. When you buy them, the store employee disassembles it before handing it to you. Ultimately, you are just replacing an old high-cap with a new one, but there's a legal catch to it. At least one part of the two mags has to be interchangeable. The real question is whether or not there's anything in an AR-10 mag that will fit and work in a .308 P-mag, even if not very well. Technically, you are suppose to replace it in at least two stages. Meaning, the parts must actually be mixed before fully replaced. It's the same thing as if you put BMW tires on a Mercedes today and and replaced the BMW tires with Mercedes tires tomorrow so you could say that you rebuilt a BMW with Mercedes parts rather then "replaced" it. Likewise, what I am asking (in magazine terms) is whether or not the BMW and Mercedes tires are interchangeable. No need to preach to me how stupid this is. You can take it up with the California state government.

NICE!! I don't know why but OD green looks especially good on .308ARs.

Not for sale anymore.

Welcome! This is a nice and homely community that hasn't been corrupted yet. People here are friendly and helpful. I'm sure you will enjoy your time here.

Truckee Summit involves cannibalism. In order to make sure I was putting things correctly, I looked up CSI photos of a Mexican serial killer's "shop of horrors". I almost wish I didn't. Just one of many examples. There's very little man has done in the past that he isn't still doing and if you look hard enough, you can find footage of almost all of it. "In the End" was written using real events, real people and personal experience as a model. As much as 80% of the traumatic details seam so life-like because I'm writing from first hand experience. Don't confuse that with being a true story or involving real people or events. By model I mean looking at how things panned out for real, what people are really like and what it feels and seams like to go through various ordeals. The incident in the first chapter I posted where the story's main character is waken top a national crisis was done using my experience of the 1989 earth quake as a model, and the part when the soldiers board the plane was done using an incident when police boarded a bus I was on in search of some wanted criminal as a model. There was an incident when I was in my early 20s when someone pulled a gun on a friend of mine and I happened to see it coming out of the woods with a rifle on my shoulder. I never had to pull the trigger but it got very close to happening. An incident in an earlier chapter of that book was written, using that experience as a model to give the reader a picture of what it's like to actually be trapped in a situation like that and (in your mind) have to decide between two lives for real. My focus as a story teller is to give the reader a real life sense of what it's like to experience the events. Think of Saving Private Ryan. In order to achieve that, you have to have a sense of what it's really like to go through things and know what actually happens in real life.

Yep. I'm well aware that the police still carried rangers. I didn't know Sac county did though. I no longer remember what brought it on, but I've been under the impression all this time that you guys carry Hydra-Shocks. In any case, it's better to use actual black talons in testing and then describe the difference (or lack thereof) in Rangers. I say this because there are going to be a bunch of nutbags out there who are going to say "it'd be different with the Teflon coating". You and I may see the logic, but this is for audiences of all levels of intelligence and maturity, so we need to be prepared to get things across to people who aren't very bright. I'm a fan of the Sig Pro and am hoping to get my hands on one by mid summer. I'm going with 9mm though. My 10mm is a one of a kind. Beretta 96FS Brigadier Inox. It's got a very nice trigger. Much like that on a S&W revolver. Recoil isn't as bad as you'd think.