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I'll go $20...that leaves a couple of more equal donations and we can get him here Southwest, via Tallahassee, switch planes in Chicago to Albaquerque, then on to Tucson.

The lack of quality gunsmiths is disturbing. People get a couple of armorer certifications and think they're gunsmiths. Much like people that sharpen a few tool bits and think they're "tool and die makers". Not even close.

Dates man! We need dates! My two weekends in mid-December are totally full...training instructors both weekends. EDIT: Okay...I see the "after Christmas" title now. This would be a GREAT opportunity to head out west and give the long distance place a try!

This looks like a screaming deal to me! Carried lots and shot little: http://palmettostatearmory.com/index.php/firearms/handguns/beretta/beretta-92s-italian-police-trade-in-s-9mm.html

I'm telling ya MG...they scaled up the collector's toy versions of Homer Simpson's car he designed:

/\/\/\/\/\ Bwwaaaahahahahahahahaha!!

I like the UN colors personally...they've really spiced up Homer's car. https://autos.yahoo.com/news/armored-electric-chinese-police-patrol-car-words-fail-143004133.html

Those frickin Pakistanis with tredle-lathes and files do better gunsmithing.

M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle :hethan: :auto: :hethan: Not available in .270.

Right on bro! Glad to see you rising up!

That's truly horrible...on many levels. His buddy took that back?! I would have demanded a new rifle. Wow. "I took welding in highschool shop, for half a semester before getting kicked out for smoking pot and drinking beer on campus. That means I'm a gunsmith!" I shouldn't say that. Stoners create more quality foil pipes than that so-called gunsmithing job. While I've not seen anything that shoddy locally, a local store...Black Weapons Armory...is garnering quite the reputation for incompetent and incompleted work on ARs, keeping rifles for half a year, etc.

Welcome from AZ!

Welcome from AZ!

Of course it could be brought up that, when replacing the .30-06, the Army skipped the .270 caliber and went with a stubby .30, which is why we have this forum. <thumbsup>

Not here. There was .30-06 almost through the whole thing. Never ran out of .30-30.

Let's see...what is it that the corrupt, warning points awarding moderator likes telling everyone? Oh yeah..."Buy once, cry once!" The moderator that doesn't want anyone to know it was him on the front of the motorcycle while filiming The Road Warrior.

Welcome from AZ PV!

I've had two SA M1As, both "loaded" models with the medium weight NM barrels (one blue, one stainless), NM trigger group and sights. Both were great shooters! However, I've decided if I go that route again, it will be with a LRB M25 forged receiver.

One of my retail customers summed it up very well. "The problem with .30-06 is it does everything so well." From 50gr Accelerator sabot loads (at over 4,000fps!!!) to 250gr thumpers, and everything in between. IME all the .270s I've shot kick more than a comparable .30-06 rifle. Feel like plinking? Get some old surplus .30 M1 or M2. You can still get .30-06 in most small-town hardware stores across the country. Not always the case with .270 ammo. "But the .270 shoots so flat!" So do .30 caliber bullets of the same weight. The .270 will have an edge in some arenas but not at typical hunting ranges. And if you're hunting big game at long(er) distances, those heavy .30-06 really start to shine! The .270 is good if you want to sit around a campfire with younger folks, stroking each other about how great the .270 cartridge is. If you are planning on world travel, chances are that you can find .30-06 in any place you are willing to travel. Teddy Roosevelt took ship loads of African game with .30-06 chambered rifles. And that was back before they REALLY got some interesting powder and bullet combinations going! Carlos Hathcock used a .30-06 in a Winchester 70. What famous sniper used the .270 in what rifle? Older service rifle shooters will tell you that the .308 shooters/protaganists had the rules changed to exclude .30-06 rifles back in the 1970s, "because they couldn't be beat by the lowly .308 cartridge." While you may not get the distance and energy, you have a larger bullet selection with the .30-06 than you do with the .300 Win Mag, due to the latter cartridge's shorter neck interfering with seating longer bullets. EVERYONE who makes rifle bullet moulds makes a variety of .309 and .310 diameter moulds in different shapes and contours. On the other hand, the .270 is in the .30-06 family, so when you tire of it or regret your choice, you can neck up your used brass to use with your new .30-06 rifle (which you traded to the guy who just read all the ".270: King of The Cartridge" articles on old GUNS magazine articles.

More interesting points. This guy refers back to his discoveries while writing his thesis, using information from many departments and hundreds of autopsies.

For blue and Drew:

"Finally broke...a shock mount." :hethan:

The stupid is strong with this one: http://www.bizpacreview.com/2013/11/05/man-thinks-hes-tougher-than-a-bear-punches-bear-trap-86617?utm_content=fbshare-js-large&utm_campaign&awesm=fbshare.me_gT1u&utm_medium=fbshare.me-facebook-post&utm_source=facebook.com

Fixed it bro!

Welcome from AZ Hans!